Seeing that the artillery shell accurately hit the Shochiku Maru, Yang Fan was overjoyed and said, "Check who shot it, and upgrade that artillery crew to a higher level. Soldiers become non-commissioned officers, and non-commissioned officers become officers."
Xu Xiu nodded, then took out a small notebook and recorded it.
Xiao Niangpi looked into the distance, and the largest Anzhai boat burned into a torch. I couldn't help but say: "The incendiary bombs are really useful, but they are a bit dazzling. It's a pity that the golden castle tower is so beautiful."
At this time, they had already put on sunglasses, and this round of shelling started with the use of incendiary bombs. After all, when white phosphorus, aluminum powder, and magnesium powder burn, they will first emit a violent and dazzling white light.
"Look, sir, these enemy ships have scattered and fled." Lin Yueru was the first to notice something was wrong. "Where are they going to escape to?"
"Hmph, they are quite cunning. There are still more than sixty ships left. If they flee in all directions, three cruisers will not be able to catch up." Xiao Niangpi said.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "They can't run away. It's too far from the mainland and they will be overtaken on the road. There are three cruisers in three directions. Most of them will be overtaken and sunk. If they are smart, there is only one place to go, which is to return to the right side. Go to Jinshi City on Ma Island."
Lin Yueru said in confusion: "Do they have red cannons at that port? If we chase them, we will catch a turtle in a jar."
"I don't know if there are cannons. At least, they can abandon the ship and go ashore. With the protection of the castle, even if the ship is lost, at least they can save their lives."
At this time, a female soldier walked in, wearing a telegraph operator's armband.
"Sir, I heard that you encountered a blockade at the east exit of Tsushima Island. Other cruisers, patrol ships and early experimental clipper ships that were being replenished have all arrived, and three pirate groups are also following behind in pirate ships. They came over. They encountered a fleet of more than 400 Anzha ships, Guan ships, and small morning ships at the west exit. They have defeated the enemy fleet and are pursuing the enemy fleet towards the port of Jinshi City. "
Yang Fan knew that as soon as the news spread that he was attacked here, Jeju Island would be mobilized in full force.
"Understood, let all the ships rush to the port of Kanashi Castle in Tsushima Fuchu Domain. Block all the enemy ships in the port."
"Here!" The telegraph operator saluted, turned around and left.
Three hours later, before dark, all Yang Fan's ships on Jeju Island arrived outside the port. At this time, the harbor was densely packed with enemy ships escaping in.
Yang Fan's Royal Clipper also came to cruise outside the port. It was already evening. The sun sets in the west, and the golden sunshine fills the sea. On a small mound by the water in the distance, a two-story castle tower with white double eaves and black tiles stands.
The castle tower is dyed golden by the sun, which is really beautiful.
The Tsushima Fuchu Domain, also known as the Umohara Domain, was a vassal state in the Kyushu region during the Edo period. The lord of the domain was the So clan. The stone height is about 10,000 koku, and its territory includes the Tsushima country, as well as the Tashiro and Hamasaki areas of Hizen country.
Although it is only about 10,000 koku, due to the importance of Tsushima Island to North Korea's trade, it was specially approved to enjoy the treatment of 100,000 koku daimyo.
The feudal halls are located in Jinshi Castle (Umwon Castle) and Zhanyuan Castle.
At this time, twelve cruisers, eleven patrol ships, and nine clipper ships had gathered on the sea outside the port. Three regiments of pirates, riding the Fuzhou and Guangzhou ships of this era, also arrived.
The pirates had landed at both ends of the harbor.
Yang Fan laid a map of the strait on the table, and Yang Fan touched his chin, thinking about it.
Now that the commotion has started, why not simply occupy Tsushima Island? This place is so important as it is the transportation chokepoint from Yang Fan to Vladivostok.
Yang Fan has a lot to do, and he can't always keep an eye on this place. Capture Tsushima Island and completely control the strait. However, this is the only distribution center for trade between Japan and North Korea. It was impossible for the second-generation general Tokugawa Hidetada to give up here.
As for starting a full-scale war with Japan so early, it was not in Yang Fan's plan.
But Yang Fan thought that this was already the case. Simply destroy Tsushima's Japanese Navy. Then the castle was demolished. Move all the people of Tsushima away.
In this way, this place will be ruined. Japan is
It will take decades to restore this place to its original appearance. The vacuum period of these decades is enough to ensure that this sea route is not disturbed.
"Master, do you want to fight? They are surrounded anyway, so we might as well just take over Tsushima Island without doing anything else." The little girl clenched her fist with her little hand and said with a hammer on Jinshi City.
"Fight, this is a rare opportunity. Their navy has been trapped in the harbor. There is no reason to let it go." Yang Fan made up his mind. "However, we will leave after the fight and will not occupy this place. There is no need to entangle Japan here for a long time. We will demolish the city and move all the people to Vladivostok. Let this become a no-man's land. That will be fine. "
Lin Yueru took a breath, the master was so cruel.
In this case, Japan's trading base will definitely be ruined.
Anyway, until now, no one except the Western captain knows that it was Yang Fan who shot him. Simply send the captain to Vladivostok. Let the pirates attack here. Seamless.
If the Japanese officials came to visit Daming, Yang Fan would push back and say that it was pirates who did it and had nothing to do with him.
This is the largest port on Tsushima Island, and the port is filled with various warships. The Jinshi City on the hill is very strong. At this time, the feudal lord Mune Yoshinari was on the castle tower, looking anxiously at more than thirty Western-style soft sailing boats on the sea outside the harbor.
There are also densely packed lucky boats on both sides. Flying the skull and crossbones flag.
He knew that these lucky ships with skull flags were the ships of new pirates from Jeju Island in the past two years. In the past two years, Jeju pirates have risen rapidly. Their lucky boats are big and fast.
Specialized in robbing merchant ships coming to Japan from the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, everyone along the coast of Japan's Kansai region knows them. Their symbol, the pirate skull and crossbones flag, also spread.
The pirate group raised by Yang Fan has expanded from one group to three groups. In the past two years, he has been constantly encircling and suppressing pirates around him. Captured a large number of pirate members.
Send the most heinous pirates to the mines for mining. Pirates who were stubborn and stubborn and could not be reformed were sent to dig guano on the island. The rest will be absorbed into the gang. In this way, the pirate group already has three groups, with a size of more than 10,000 people.
Zong Yicheng looked at the huge white soft sailing boats outside and began to fire. Thick smoke flew out from the muzzle, and incendiary bombs were fired at the densely packed ships in the harbor. Emits violent explosions and white light. Then the flames rose into the sky.
By this time, the sailors had already run ashore. They all hid in the city. Plan to rely on the city to protect them.
Because the opponent's artillery is so powerful, they can't defeat it at all. They could only be burned alive on the ship.
The Anzha boats, Guan boats, and small morning boats in the port were set on fire by incendiary bombs one after another. Fires shot into the sky, and the entire port was filled with burning warships. Thick smoke obscured the sun, and even the sky became dark.
Zong Yicheng sighed. Tsushima's fleet was accumulated by the shogunate in the past twenty years. This was to prevent Ming and North Korea from retaliating. Now they are all burned down in the harbor. It will take more than ten years to build such a fleet.
