War in the age of firearms was ever-changing.
You may have an advantage one day, but you may lose nothing the next day.
This was the case with the Japanese army.
The day before, we could still fight with the Liangzhou Army.
But the next day, as Laidong City was captured by Li Chengqian, the general Nakamura Xiushu and others fled to the sea in a boat, leaving Laixi City completely isolated and helpless.
In this way, war becomes simpler.
Li Chengqian directly asked the army to press forward, mobilized the entire army's 500 artillery pieces, and bombarded Lacey indiscriminately.
After there was no sound from the fighting in the city, the 3,000 Ganzi Battalion and the 5,000 Musketeers launched a charge together.
Then the scene in Laidong happened again in Lacey...
And Li Chengqian's side was fighting consecutive battles at the same time.
The other side is not idle either.
Li Ke built a lot of fortifications on the coastline to prepare for the possible landing battle by Japanese troops at any time.
Of course, Datang did not have other preparations besides this.
The navy of the Tang Dynasty also sailed directly into the sea from the Yellow River ferry under the assembly of father and son Li Xiaogong and Li Chongyi.
Li Chongyi and Li Xiaogong had fought a battle with the Japanese at sea earlier.
There was no hesitation at the moment. When the two parties met, it was also a meeting between old enemies.
There was no greeting, no communication, just a barrage of fire.
If compared to fire guns and the like, Datang was indeed lagging far behind.
But compared to this water battle, Datang's navy was really not that bad, especially in terms of artillery, its advanced level was far beyond what the Japanese could match.
It was also under such circumstances that the outcome of the first battle between the two sides was already determined on the first day.
Often the Japanese artillery had no time to load the shells and fire, and the Tang artillery shells were already fired.
And no matter how advanced the fire gun is, we have to wait until we are closer.
But how could someone like Li Xiaogong give the other party a chance to get closer?
When he saw that the Japanese army had drawn up their formation and was preparing to charge, he directly ordered the entire army to turn all the ships sideways and aim the densely packed black guns at the opponent.
You know, the Tang Navy was driven by Li Chengqian's reforms.
It has long been promoted from the original wooden boat to the current iron-wrapped ship.
Although such a ship is much slower, it is much larger.
And being bigger means that more artillery can be loaded.
There are as many as twenty-five cannons on one side of the ship alone, and there are twenty such ships in the Tang Dynasty.
Twenty large ships, loaded with five hundred artillery pieces, and five hundred artillery pieces fired at the same time, what kind of scene would that be?
After just two rounds of offensive, the Japanese army was almost stunned by Li Xiaogong.
Some soldiers looked at the muskets in their hands and looked at the opponent's artillery, and they were a little dumbfounded.
Is this special girl fighting?
It's simply a death wish.
In just an instant, as many as a dozen ships were sunk on the Japanese side.
And what about the navy of the Tang Dynasty?
The other party didn't touch them at all, so what did they have to lose?
But at the moment, the Japanese army was desperate and rushed forward desperately.
However, under the absolute crushing force of technology, the behavior of these Japanese soldiers was almost certain to lead to death.
I saw Datang's artillery continuously spraying out deadly fire snakes.
I saw that the Japanese warships that were rushing forward just a moment ago sank into the sea the next moment.
And when the Japanese army realized that they were no match for this navy, they didn't even have a chance to escape.
Because at this time Li Chongyi had already led dozens of clippers to pursue them.
Of course, these ships were not as exaggerated as the artillery offensive of the navy led by Li Xiaogong.
But each warship is equipped with four Zhenguan guns.
Moreover, their ships are smaller, faster, and naturally more flexible and maneuverable.
The Japanese army's artillery shells had just been loaded, and they had already finished shooting and ran away.
Moreover, Li Chongyi's style of directing wars was very hated by others. He would take advantage and run away, and he would not give the other party any chance to bite him.
This also made the Japanese army's coach so angry that he stomped his feet repeatedly, but there was nothing he could do against the opponent.
These Japanese troops fought successively in the country and became so powerful that they dared to oppose the Tang Dynasty.
But when they got here, they discovered that they, who had bullied others at home, were being rubbed like children in front of them.
Of course, on land, their firecrackers can have a certain advantage.
But at sea, they were still no match for Datang.
But Li Xiaogong did not hesitate and directly issued the order to pursue and encircle.
All of a sudden, Tang Dynasty's navy all started to move towards the Japanese army.
When the Japanese commander saw this scene, he quickly ordered the withdrawal of troops to the deep sea.
But if they want to escape, can they escape?
This is completely a crushing war like an adult beating a child.
The Clippers led by Li Chongyi were more than twice as fast as the Japanese army.
The crazy pursuit along the way caused heavy losses to the Japanese army.
Seeing such a scene, the Japanese general felt like crying.
Why was he so invincible at home, yet he was beaten so badly when he arrived here?
What kind of monster is Datang? Why are they so powerful?
And Gao Jianwu actually asked them to go to war with Datang.
For a time, the Japanese general also completely hated Gao Jianwu.
This guy, not only lost his own Goguryeo, but also wanted to force their Japanese country to be like their Goguryeo.
Now it is obvious that this war can no longer go on.
If he continues to fight, it is tantamount to committing suicide and dying.
While being pursued, the Japanese army did not fare much better.
Everywhere you can see warships that were blown to pieces and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
You can see Japanese soldiers everywhere who fell into the sea and kept calling for help.
The ensuing war almost completely turned into a one-sided massacre.
Being overtaken by Li Chongyi's fleet, their ship would basically be sunk.
The Japanese soldiers on the ship wanted to escape, so they had to jump off the ship to save their lives.
But in this way, there are only a few consequences, either sinking to the bottom and drowning, or being hit and killed by the warships that follow.
And even if you are lucky enough to escape these.
The ensuing purge operation by the Tang Dynasty Navy naturally gave them no way to survive.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Xiaogong sneered: "You little dwarfs from the Japanese country, how dare you go against the Tang Dynasty?"
"Go back and practice for a thousand or ten thousand years!"
Then he waved his hands and said: "Send the order to the whole army. If they don't accept the surrender, they will all be pushed into the water and drowned!"
After hearing this, the ordering soldier next to him also hurried down to convey the military order.
This maritime war between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese army started in the morning and continued until the evening, and it did not end until Li Xiaogong ordered to stop the pursuit.
When it came to light afterwards, the Japanese army lost nearly 200 warships and more than 20,000 soldiers.
Of the warships in the Tang Dynasty, only a few of the Clippers led by Li Chongyi were unfortunately surrounded by enemies and were sunk.
But no matter how you look at it, the naval battle between Datang and the enemy ended with Datang's victory and the loss of more than half of the Japanese warships...
