Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1847 The Sword Pointing at Dongying ([-]) The Study and Judgment of the Japanese Army

Kuroda Rushui's question is exactly what many Japanese generals present are concerned about. What they are worried about is the "Jinghua Giant Ship". As for the Great Fortune Ship of the Ming Dynasty, they have actually seen many, mainly the merchant ships of Jiangnan maritime merchants sailing to Japan. .

Although these Jiangnan maritime merchants have occasionally cooperated with the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance and have some armed transport ships in their hands, they are still more willing to take care of the business of the local shipyard than to order ships from the Jinghua Shipyard.Obviously, Jiangnan maritime merchants still don't want Jinghua to make more money, so the merchant ships they have are still mostly Fuchuan, the traditional mainstream ship type of Ming Dynasty.

As we all know, there was the first peak period of the shipbuilding industry in the early Ming Dynasty. Historical records once recorded that the early Ming Dynasty took the initiative to enhance its military strength and build warships. There were about [-] warships in the coastal area alone.If you add Linjiang and Linhe warships, then the number of warships in the early Ming Dynasty will be even more.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, in order to better resist the Japanese invaders, a second wave of large-scale warship construction was set off.At that time, there were many types of warships in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the existing warships of the previous generation, such as Louchuan, Mengchong, Fighting Ships, Sea Falcons, Walking Vessels, Yachts, etc., there were also four smaller ones that were mostly active in inland rivers. There are [-] materials battle boats, [-] materials patrol boats, Jiujiang-style sentry boats, rowing boats, etc.

In addition to building warships, the Ming Dynasty also had strict rules and regulations for battleship formations. At that time, the Ming Dynasty Navy had more than 20 warships, and the most famous warship was the Fuchuan.

Fujido Takahu replied: "It is true that among the warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy that have been discovered so far, there is no giant Jinghua ship, but the navy's research judges that even the warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy that have been discovered so far are not easy to deal with.

After our navy suffered a setback before, we actively carried out pre-war investigations on the Ming navy that we might face, and now we have a good understanding of the inside story of its various warships. If you need it, I can explain it. "

Hearing the words, Kuroda Rushui nodded in relief, and praised: "Knowing yourself and the enemy can win every battle. The attitude of the navy is very good. It seems that you have learned a lesson. Then, please Fujido-kun to give us some introductions. "

Fujido Gaohu stood up and saluted the generals, and then said: "Since we just talked about the lucky boat, let's start with the lucky boat. The lucky boat is a large warship in the navy of the Ming Dynasty. The tail is upright, the tree has two masts, and the cabin is divided into three floors. The deck is as high as a city, and there are rain shields beside it.

The fighter bunker shoots arrows and bullets at the enemy ship, throws large fireballs, fire bricks, and fire barrels, and sinks the enemy ship along the water and wind.The bow of the ship is equipped with one Jinghua No. 300 large cylinder, and the whole ship has sixteen No. 500 large cylinders; it is equipped with 100 rocket launchers and [-] supporting rockets; [-] iron cannons (matchlock guns); Two for each, [-] supporting crossbows, [-] fire bricks, and some cold weapons.

Fuchuan had 64 crew members, nine sailors, and 55 warriors, organized into Wujia.The first is the gun armor, which has a large number of people. It operates the ship's bow gun and hull gun, and throws large fireballs and fire bricks at close enemies; It also handles boats for melee combat; the fifth armor is the Fire Crossbow Armor, which specializes in shooting rockets and crossbows. "

Everyone nodded after listening to it. It seems that the navy has indeed spent some time.Mao Lixiuyuan said: "The big lucky boat is supposed to be the main force, but there are many styles of warships in the Ming army, and there must be many other warships, especially those that match the lucky boat. Does His Highness Fujido understand? Needless to say, but Pick a few types that have a larger number and stronger combat power to explain to me."

Fujido Gaohu was not stage-frightened, nodded and said: "Indeed there are several other types, such as the Haicang Boat, which is a medium-sized warship with a draft of seven or eight feet deep, and usually maneuvers when the wind is weak, and cooperates with the Fuchuan.

This ship has four Jinghua No. 53 guns, fifty rocket launchers, eighty smoke pots, fire bricks, two hundred rockets, six cot crossbows, and one hundred crossbow arrows.There are 44 crew members, nine sailors, and [-] warriors, divided into four classes.From the first armor to the fourth armor are respectively responsible for the large tube, rocket, iron cannon, and boat operation. "

Kuroda Rushui nodded and said: "If the Fuchuan is equivalent to the Anzhai Ship of our navy, then this Haicang Ship looks like the Guan Ship of our navy. If so, I don't know if there are any ships similar to our navy. The little early boater?"

"There are many ships in the Ming Dynasty, and there are naturally such ships, such as the Cangshan ship." Fujido Gaohu said: "This is a small warship with a draft of five feet, two No. 30 large barrels, nine iron cannons, and rockets. There are 100 shooting tubes, [-] chimney tubes, [-] yuan fire bricks, about [-] rockets, [-] bed crossbows, and [-] crossbow arrows.

There are 37 people on this ship, including 33 sailors and [-] warriors.The first is the Franc machine and shotgun, the third is the rocket and the chimney, and the second is the cold weapon. "

Because the Mori family is "Maori and two rivers", it is actually a fusion of three families. Among them, the Kobayakawa family has a good navy, so Moori Xiuyuan also knows a little about warships. After hearing this introduction, he was surprised: "It sounds like this The latter two ships are not smaller than our army's Guan ship and Xiaozao ship, but why are there not even as many people on board as our army?"

His question was actually on point, and it could be seen that he did understand the Japanese Navy. "Sekifune" is a medium-sized warship in the Japanese navy. The design idea is to improve maneuverability on the basis of taking defense into consideration. The number of sculls on both sides is between 40 and 80.

The main weapons are large barrels and iron cannons, which were the main battle force of the early Japanese navy. They were also called "early boats". The bow was pointed, the hull was slender, and plates were used as armor. The hull was light and maneuverable.

The reason why "Guan Ship" got its name is that in the early years, Japanese pirates set up "Customs Offices" in the key points of the sea, collecting toll taxes on passing ships, and attracting attention because of their fast speed in chasing tax evading ships. Used as a military ship.

The "Seki-ship" is surrounded by slats. Compared with the thicker armor of the Ataka-ship, the armor of the Seki-ship is thinner. Bamboo and other materials are often used to make the hull lighter, making it a fast ship.

However, due to the weak firepower of this kind of ship, and the fact that the Japanese naval forces were pirates in the early years, they often needed to jump gangs to plunder. Therefore, there were more than 120 people on board, and sometimes there might even be about 150 people on board.In short, even with the normal configuration, the number of people on board the closed ship is more than twice that of the Daming Haicang ship.

As for the "Xiaozaochuan", it is a typical small boat. The design idea is to give up defense and improve mobility as much as possible.There are less than 40 oars on both sides, mainly responsible for reconnaissance and communication.Because of its lightness and flexibility, low cost and low technical content, it has also become the mainstream ship of pirates and is often used in groups.

"Small early boats" can be divided into iron gun boats, long-handled boats, strange boats, object-seeing boats, fan boats, and military grain boats.Take the [-] stone ship as an example for manning, generally equipped with [-] sculls, requires [-] sailors, including [-] bow helmsmen, about [-] musketeers, and combatants account for half of the total number.

If sailing is used as the power to go to the high seas, the number of sailors required can be greatly reduced, and a [-]-man iron artillery team can be used.Because it has almost no armor, it is lighter and more convenient than Guan Ship, and it plays the role of destroyer in the fleet.However, there are advantages and disadvantages, because of its low defense ability, it is only good for close combat.

In other words, even the small early ships that went out to sea with the main force of the Japanese navy had more than one hundred people, which was also more than twice the crew of the Cangshan ship of the Ming Dynasty.

Fujido Gaohu explained: "This matter is related to the combat tactics of both sides. Our navy has not fought against the Ming navy for many years, and we cannot directly draw conclusions on the combat tactics of the Ming navy. However, looking back at the Kanto of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance Maybe we can get a glimpse of the battle of the fleet in the Northeast (referring to Northeast Japan) and infer one or two.

In general, we believe that the tactics of the Ming army's navy should be to avoid side-to-side battles and gang-jump battles as much as possible, and mainly focus on long-range strikes. Their operations mainly rely on large cylinders and rockets. Because of this, they don't need a large number of melee soldiers on a single warship. "

Mao Lixiuyuan frowned and said: "Then they won't guard against our army's boarding and jumping? I mean, they are so defenseless in melee combat. Once our army completes the boarding and jumping, won't they have to be slaughtered?" gone?"

"About this point, the navy sees it this way." Yasuji Wakisaka didn't wait for Fujido Takatora to answer, and took the initiative to take over the topic and said: "The Ming army, whether it is a land division or a navy division, has great advantages in its firearms, especially the large cylinder. Confidence, they probably think that under the bombardment of their powerful tanks, our army will not be able to successfully complete the boarding, so naturally it is even more impossible to successfully carry out the gang battle.

Therefore, the Ming army believed that they had the ability to rely solely on bombardment of large cylinders, rocket explosions, ignition, poisonous smoke and other means to win, and since there were bed crossbows and iron cannons in short-range combat, there was no great danger. "

Mao Lixiuyuan frowned and said, "Then, has the naval army studied and judged the tactics of the Ming army's naval division, and finally found a way to crack it?"

Fujido Takahu did not answer directly at this time, but took the conversation back, emphasizing: "His Maori, before I talk about the navy's research and judgment on this, I would like to add an explanation. Just now I just talked about the Ming army's navy and The Anzhai Ship, the Guan Ship, and the Dafu Ship, Haicang Ship, and Cangshan Ship, which are similar to the Kohaya Ship, made some explanations. In fact, there are more than [-] types of warships in the Ming Army, and this time they have been discovered by Wujian Ship. There are as many as seven or eight types, and among them there is at least one ship type that deserves our attention."

Mao Lixiuyuan was a little surprised, but it could be seen that he attached great importance to it, and immediately asked, "Oh, what ship is it?"

"This ship is called mother-child ship, also known as mother-child fireboat." Takatora Fujido said solemnly: "Mother-child fireboat is also a light ship. According to investigations, the mother ship is three feet five feet long, two feet in front and one foot in back. Five, it can be described as quite small.

This kind of boat has only side boards on both sides and is hollow inside. There is a small boat with a rear cover on it and four oars for rowing. It is usually tied to the mother ship with ropes.There are firewood, fierce oil, explosives, fire wire and other things in the mother ship.When preparing for battle, use the mother ship to quickly approach the enemy ship and nail the two sides together. The crew on board quickly ignite the mother ship to complete the battle. At this time, people can take the sub-ship and return. "

"Oh... I see. This is a special type of fire attack ship. It sounds like the structure is quite exquisite and practical." Mao Lixiuyuan took a breath, looked around, and saw that all the generals looked serious, and said : "Tang people have been good at attacking with fire since ancient times, even though they are in the Ming Dynasty, they still don't change their style.

Although most of our naval warships are covered with iron armor, the iron armor obviously does not cover the sides of the ship. In this way, the Ming army's mother-in-law fireship can still successfully nail our army's warship and then ignite it... In this way, can the navy have a solution? "

Fujido Gaohu said: "If we want to talk about the method of cracking, we must first determine the enemy's tactics. What I said just now is just the respective usage of the enemy's ships, and I haven't explained their coordination.

According to the judgment of the navy, the enemy may have mother-child fireships in the front during the war, or the outer periphery of the fleet, while other ships that rely on long-range firepower to attack the inner periphery.

Once the battle starts, the mother-in-law fireships charge forward and try to pin our warships as much as possible, and then the crew sails back to the main formation. To extinguish the fire, at the same time counterattack them.

Considering that our army still has to try its best to take over the gangway to give full play to its advantages, then there are too many tasks to be performed at the same time. No matter how well-trained it is, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be in a hurry and overwhelmed. If this is the case, it will inevitably fall into a passive position The embarrassment of being beaten. "

This time the Japanese army was divided into left and right armies, and two generals were set up. Hidemoto Mori was one of them, and the other general, Ukita Hideke, who had never spoken out, finally spoke at this time, saying: "Todo, since you analyze You must be well-informed, and you must have a well-thought-out plan for how to deal with it? If that's the case, then don't keep it up, and speak out quickly to let everyone feel at ease."

However, Todo Takatora's performance did not seem to be "well-thought-out", but extremely serious.Perhaps it was because he suffered from underestimating the enemy a few times before, but now he finally became more cautious. Hearing the words, he said solemnly: "The enemy's planes are beyond human capabilities, so how dare I speak boldly? Against the possible tactics of the Ming army navy , The navy has indeed made some research and judgments, but the actual effectiveness still needs to be tested in actual combat.

In general, our navy has no obvious and effective way to restrain the Ming army's tactics, and can only use soldiers to block the water and cover it with soil.Since they need to spread mother-in-law fireships on the periphery, we will use small early boats that are light and full of people to deal with them.

The purpose of this is for the small early boats to quickly approach the mother and daughter fireships, jump on board as quickly as possible, snatch the enemy ships, or at least ensure that the enemy troops on the enemy ships are killed so that they cannot approach our large navy ships smoothly.

After solving the threat of mother-in-law fireships, if our army captures some fireboats in mother-in-law, turn around and approach the enemy's large ships such as the Dafuchuan. The ship as the core directly impacts the enemy's main formation!
The impact doesn't matter victory or defeat, as long as the enemy's formation can be disrupted, our navy will find the best target as soon as possible to join the gang, regardless of the ship! "

Mao Lixiuyuan frowned and said: "If we follow this method of warfare, wouldn't the large tanks that our navy installed before have no room for use, so what's the point of spending a lot of money to install large tanks?"
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