"Naval warfare is nothing more than defeating small boats with big ships, defeating small guns with big guns; defeating few ships with many ships, and defeating few guns with many guns."
This is the preliminary understanding of naval warfare by all generals. Of course, this is also the most reasonable at this stage. In the original history, armored battleships also operated according to this model. Whoever has more battleships and whose caliber is larger shows that Whose fist is strong.
The end of this model and fixed thinking was due to the emergence of aircraft carriers, which replaced battleships as the maritime hegemony.
In the Ming Dynasty, the progress of generals on land was relatively slow. If the Ming Dynasty had no external wars, it would be difficult to change the promotion echelon of generals. For many years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no military champion has ever had a title and has become a powerful force in the Ming military. , those who can fight at this time, the main positions are almost all from the families of world-famous heroes, because their starting point is relatively high, and they have been influenced by their fathers since childhood.
But it is different on the sea, because now it is still blank. There are only general families on land, and there has not been a general family on the sea. At this stage, there is no stable circle or fixed class. Everything starts from scratch. …
The clues can be seen from the Shandong Waihai Navy. From the beginning, the general who commanded three warships and more than 600 soldiers was a sixth-grade captain. Now, the general who manages three warships and more than 600 soldiers has been raised. When it comes to fifth-level guerrillas, there are fourth-level lieutenants who manage eight ships. There are six lieutenants, fifteen guerrillas, and more than forty captains under the Shandong Waihai Division Yamen.
And the speed of this progress is very fast, and if you have some achievements at sea, you can go further.
After Yang Zheng and many generals inspected the more than ten warships and generals at Longjin Port in North Korea, they personally led the warships south and headed directly to Tsushima Island.
Tsushima Island is close to Geoje Island. It is the maritime boundary between the Korean and Japanese countries. It is also under the control of the Kyushu Island clan. The Japanese pirate gangs who planned to plunder North Korea are all on Tsushima Island. However, now their Most of the combat power was transferred to the Ryukyu Kingdom. There were less than 5,000 Japanese people living on the island. There was also a retainer from the Satsuma Domain stationed there. However, the retainer had only a hundred samurai. They went to sea as Japanese pirates. They became nobles on Tsushima Island.
At the port of Tsushima Island, there were only some small fishing boats coming and going, and all their warships that went out to sea were mobilized.
On this day, the Japanese went out to sea to fish as usual. The sun in the east had just risen, and a new day in their lives had just arrived...
The weather has been good these days. I can catch more fish and sell them to the nobles on Kyushu Island in exchange for food. I can also buy pants for my daughter that can be worn out...
Life is very hard, there is no ambition, and most of the faces of these Japanese fishermen are numb...
Suddenly a Japanese man pointed into the distance and hesitated and shouted.
It instantly attracted the attention of all the Japanese fishermen in the port and the people on the shore.
Dozens of huge ships without flags appeared in their sights. These Japanese were very puzzled. They had never seen such a big ship... Those big ships that the nobles went out to plunder had been away for several months. came back.
As for the Japanese fishermen who followed the early bird-eating-worm approach, their ships were closer to these warships than the port. Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people at the port, several fishing boats were hit by artillery fire. The first thing they saw was that the ships were hit by gunfire. Sunk, and then heard the roar of artillery...
The people on the shore were screaming in surprise. The Japanese who had just boarded the fishing boat and sailed out of the port drove their boats to get closer to the port faster and escape for their lives...
At this time, no one was curious about the origin of these large ships that suddenly appeared...
And people on the shore also fled one after another.
At this time, Yang Zheng was standing on the leading warship, looking at the green Tsushima Island, and then he turned his head to the Japanese struggling in the sea...
These Japanese were the people on the three fishing boats just now...
"Kill them." Yang Zheng said without any emotion.
Behind him, the highest-ranking general and lieutenant of these ten ships was named Chen Guang. He was a former commander-in-chief of the Shandong Navy. He was promoted two levels in a row because of his bravery in combat.
After Chen Guang heard Yang Zheng's words, he immediately accepted the order: "Yes, sir."
Then he waved his hand, and dozens of soldiers with muskets came to the deck, loaded ammunition, and then aimed at the Japanese struggling on the sea. After a round of gunfire, the dozen Japanese were hit and buried in the sea... …
After Yang Zheng took charge of the navy off Shandong, North Korea was repeatedly attacked by Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island. After each incident, Yang Zheng would go to the scene and he also came to the conclusion that these Japanese were all beasts, bastards, and bastards. Damn, every time these Japanese pirates attack, they almost never leave anyone alive. And after he received the decree, His Majesty the Emperor said that blood debts must be paid with blood, so this time, Yang Zheng did not intend to hold back.
When the warship docked, thousands of soldiers boarded the shore, and there were shouts of killing instantly...
There are eight villages on Tsushima Island and one city belonging to the Shimazu clan, and they are all facing the north coast of Korea...
Before Yang Zheng set out, he already had a certain understanding of the topography of Tsushima Island. Of course, these things were obtained from the interrogation of some Japanese imprisoned in North Korea, and from the Japanese fishermen captured by the Ming army... …
The Ming army pretended to be bandits, but they only lowered their flags. They still wore armor and held muskets. Those holding muskets were equipped with long knives, which could be used for long-distance or close combat. Others who did not have muskets also had a crossbow. , a long knife...
After the battle on Tsushima Island began, the twelve warships of the Ningbo Navy that went to sea also encountered three Japanese pirate ships on the east side of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
The enemies were extremely jealous when they met... When they met, they didn't even give a signal. The cannons on the Ming army's warships began to project flames. Amidst the deafening sound of the cannons, the closest pirate ship was hit, and several Hundreds of bandits fell into the water and the sea... This place is close to the land of Ryukyu Island, which is still dozens of miles away. These bandits falling into the water are equivalent to waiting for death.
The other two pirate ships wanted to turn around and escape amidst the shouts of the warriors on board. Each of their ships only had three or five cannons, while the Ming army's warships were equipped with at least thirty warships. There are 15 cannons on both sides. In this kind of naval battle, the ships on Kyushu Island are not at the same level as the Ming army. Only on land can they have the power to fight.
Under the command of Zhu Yi, more than a dozen warships of the Ming army lined up one after another and began to pursue...
Of course Zhu Yi knew that the Ming army's advantage would be much smaller if they reached land... He was not willing to let go of the remaining two pirate ships...
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