Since I couldn't sleep anymore, I just got up to see how the battle was going!
Naotaka Ii thought so and got up.
Hearing the noise, Zong Yicheng knew at a glance that it was the elder boss who was coming, and hurriedly approached. Early in the morning, I just wanted to go over and flatter you, so that everyone would be better off!
"Sir, you are the only one who can sleep peacefully despite the roar of artillery fire. This determination is really..." Zong Yicheng walked over to greet him. When he said this, he saw Ii Naotaka's face clearly, and he suddenly understood the following words. It's stuck.
It turned out that the big boss, who had gone to bed long ago, actually came over with two black circles on his head. It was obvious that although he said he went to bed, he was definitely not asleep. He was like this after staying up all night.
At such an old age, still staying up all night, this...
Zong Yicheng thought about these things in his mind, but on the surface, he immediately picked up the topic and continued talking, not daring to neglect, pretending that he didn't see the dark circles: "...It's amazing!"
Ii Naotaka nodded slightly, as if it was just a small matter. As he walked away, he asked without seeming to be very concerned: "How was the war? Did they win... The Ming army must have been seriously injured, right?"
At this time, the cannons were still rumbling, and it was obviously impossible to capture Busan, so he immediately changed his question.
"Returning to Dai Lao, I don't think it's very clear, but there is no doubt that the Japanese navy suppressed the Ming army and fought." After hearing this, Zong Yicheng quickly followed Ii Naotaka, half a step behind and pointed with his finger. Busan direction replied.
Even a young man like Soyoshige couldn't see clearly, let alone the dim-sighted Ii Naotaka.
Naotaka Ii opened his eyes and looked around. On the rising sun, all he could see on the sea were the warships of the Japanese navy. Artillery fire, firelight, etc. were all blocked.
Then, Naotaka Ii said calmly: "Bring over the telescope that Hong Yi paid tribute to!"
"Hi!" His entourage quickly agreed, then held a monocular telescope in his hands and brought it to him.
When Zong Yicheng next to him saw him, he couldn't help but feel envious. He had heard of this telescope. Only those Western barbarians had it. He wanted to have one before, but all the Western barbarians were ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate to be concentrated in Nagasaki, so he was unable to do so.
Naotaka Ii took the telescope and handled it skillfully, adjusting the focus and so on. Obviously, he must have played with this monocular telescope a lot.
After a while, it has been adjusted to the best. Thanks to the good weather conditions, Naotaka Ii was able to roughly see the situation in Busan through this monocular telescope.
It was okay when he didn't see it clearly, but when he saw it clearly, he was a little dumbfounded.
I saw that many of the warships on the inside of the Japanese Navy were on fire, or were in pieces and slowly sinking.
The warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy were all facing the flanks, with rows of artillery roaring. More importantly, there were many artillery guns on the shore, and they were also firing on the sea. Precisely because our navy has too many warships, and they want to make a sneak attack at night, they are all crowded outside the Busan port, just exposed to the range of the Ming army's artillery. Every time the Ming army's artillery roared, Ii Naotaka saw a Japanese navy warship being hit by iron bullets, causing wooden blocks to fly in random directions, and the warship being smashed into shape.
And just when he was watching again, many small boats sailed out from the Ming Kingdom Navy. Taking advantage of the northeast wind, they filled up their sails and crashed into the Japanese Navy.
Seeing this, Ii Naotaka knew from experience that it was definitely an arson ship of the Ming Dynasty navy, and immediately shouted in a loud voice: "You trash, hurry up and disperse, hurry up!"
Zong Yicheng on the side was curious about what Ii Naotaka was seeing through the telescope. Suddenly, he heard Ii Naotaka scolding someone. Suddenly, he heard a "thump" in his heart, and he knew that it was the Japanese Navy's situation. Not good.
When he came to this conclusion, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded: Didn't the boss deliberately let himself fool Zheng Yiguan and used a chain trick to make Zheng Yiguan think that the Japanese Navy must have laid a trap and was waiting for the Ming Navy? Instead of thinking about the Japanese navy to sneak attack the Ming navy. Logically speaking, it should go smoothly. How could the Japanese Navy be at a disadvantage?
Then Zheng Yiguan is so powerful that he can even guess the big boss's conspiracy, but instead he set a trap for the Japanese navy to step on?
this……
As the masters exchanged blows, Zong Yicheng sighed inwardly, he really couldn't understand it.
But he didn't worry much. After all, the sea was full of warships of the Japanese navy. The defeat now should be just a temporary defeat and would not affect the final outcome.
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At this time, on the battlefield on the seaside of Busan, the Japanese navy originally took advantage of the darkness to make a sneak attack. It could not see clearly from other places and could not approach the shore to attack. Therefore, they are all thinking of attacking from Busan Port. This is a deep water area and there is no need to worry about running aground on reefs.
However, the Satsuma clan, as the vanguard, triggered a mine and was bombarded by the Ming army. Only then would a fool continue the attack, thinking of escaping if they could. At the same time, the second echelon of Japanese naval forces just came over and blocked it.
In just a short while, the sky became brighter and the Ming army could see more clearly, making it easier to aim and fire.
When Zheng Zhilong and others were discussing the military situation yesterday, many Hongyi cannons were transferred from naval warships and deployed to the coastline to coordinate with the original shore defenses. The rumbling sound of the cannons was quite efficient.
The Japanese navy was certainly no fool. As soon as they saw something was wrong, the following warships began to retreat and disperse. However, this requires a process. And what Naotaka Ii saw was exactly this point.
Ii Naotaka was not wrong. As soon as the sky brightened, Zheng Zhilong sent out all the remaining arson boats. With the north wind blowing southward in October, the sails were inflated and the speed was super fast. His men, all of whom were pirates, skillfully piloted the arson boat to avoid the slowly sinking Japanese warships and pounced directly on the Japanese naval warships behind them.
Zheng Zhilong was watching the entire warship under the commander's flag on the shore. When he saw this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that the Japanese navy was blocked in the harbor, otherwise, the war would be over now."
The first Battle of Pusan blocked thousands of Japanese navy warships in the harbor and burned them all on fire.
But this time, the arsonist ship rushed over and indeed burned some Japanese navy warships. However, these Japanese warships were not connected with iron ropes, and they had a lot of buffer time. They were able to avoid the burning warships and were not affected much by this fire attack.
Zheng Zhibao on the side heard this, but he didn't take it seriously. He didn't feel any pity. Instead, he said excitedly: "Brother, this is enough. Look, how accurate our artillery is!"
"Haha!" Zheng Zhilong listened and said with a smile: "This is the experience handed down from the emperor. If you mark it in advance, you can shoot more accurately. Sometimes, I also wonder why the emperor even knows artillery very well, what is the elevation angle, What about the monocular distance measurement method? I heard His Majesty talk about it before..."
Speaking of this, he recalled the scene when Emperor Chongzhen talked with him, and then said with emotion: "Your Majesty, you know so much!"
"That's not true!" After hearing this, Zheng Zhibao immediately agreed, "Brother, don't you know, didn't the emperor summon me to see you? At that time, the emperor also pointed out some things that the Jin Yiwei secret agents should pay attention to. I noticed that on the side The command of the Jin Yiwei made Mr. Li surprised when he heard it!"
Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong was in a daze for a while, but he quickly came back to his senses, and immediately turned to his fifth brother and said, "What, the eldest brother's choice was the right one, right?"
Zheng Zhibao naturally understood that the choice Zheng Zhilong was referring to was that time. He immediately nodded and said: "Brother's choice is never wrong!"
Zheng Zhilong listened and smiled slightly. When he was about to say something, he found that there were changes in the warships of the Japanese navy at sea. He immediately put aside this gossip and said seriously: "The Japanese navy relies on the large number of ships to land from other places." Yes, send a signal to Marshal Li immediately, he is needed to help defend!"
When Zheng Zhibao saw it, he realized that it was indeed the case, so he immediately agreed and went to work on this matter.
At this time, on the sea of Busan, the Japanese navy really began to spread out, no longer just gathering in one place at Busan Port. This time, it was indeed taking advantage of Japan's large military strength. The Daming Navy alone would never be able to cope with this kind of offensive.
In the previous war, up to now, the Japanese navy had probably only lost two hundred large and small warships. If it were just a simple naval battle, the Japanese navy might have retreated. However, this time, Naotaka Ii had given a death order and it must be carried out immediately.
The Japanese navy took full advantage of their strength. Although they lost about 200 warships, they still had more than 1,800 warships. In addition to the three hundred or so ships left outside Busan Port to contain the Ming Dynasty navy inside Busan Port, other Japanese warships extended to both sides, looking for landing sites to land, trying to outflank Busan Port from the land route.
The main warship of the Japanese navy was the Anzhao ship. The small one had a capacity of 500 koku, and the large one had a capacity of 1,000 koku to 2,000 koku. It was equipped with hundreds of troops. The Japanese naval warship sect also had many large Anzha ships. The total number of sailors who could land ashore was estimated to be about 50,000.
It has to be said that with such a large number of troops, they have the power to crush the Ming Dynasty Navy. And this is probably what Ii Naotaka said, which gave him the confidence to say that he wanted to go to bed.
Sure enough, when he saw through the monocular telescope that the Japanese naval warships had been deployed and were beginning to land, Ii Naotaka put down the telescope, breathed a sigh of relief, and regained his composure and said: "Finally, I still remember my mission." Military order, otherwise, I will definitely take a few heads when I turn around!"
Seeing him like this, Zong Yicheng knew that there should be new changes in the war situation, which was beneficial to the Japanese side. Otherwise, the big boss would never be so relaxed.
