Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1851

The coastline of North Korea, especially the southern coastline, is very winding. In addition, the terrain on both sides of the southern Yellow Sea is very similar, and most of them are "rocky shores". Therefore, there are good deep-water ports such as Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong in the western Yellow Sea, and southern North Korea on the east coast of the Yellow Sea. Many good ports.

However, the natural conditions are good, but after all, North Korea has limited national strength, limited population, and naturally limited cities. Therefore, although there are many places with good harbor conditions, not many are actually developed.

Due to the abundance of seafood around Sacheon and the relatively fertile land itself, Sacheon has been somewhat developed, and some fortifications have been built over the past dynasties.

In fact, Jiaoshan Mountain in Sanqianpu, Angu Mountain where the Dragon Meets, Chenghuang Mountain in the east, Nanshan Mountain in Kunyang and other mountains all have beacon towers that can light fire and smoke on the top of the mountain for the purpose of transmitting information to each other. The place where Yi sun-shin launched the turtle ship to defeat the Japanese army for the first time in the year of Chennian was the sea area in front of Jilong met Funjin-ri.

Although the fleet is strong enough, Gao Yushi does not want to have a confrontation at sea before Liu Ting lands, because he prefers that Liu Ting's move to capture Jinzhou will be sudden enough to form a strong deterrent to the Japanese army.

Therefore, when the Pingwa Fleet went south, it was always far away from the coastline—the Japanese navy had limited ocean-going capabilities due to ship type problems, and its activities in North Korean waters generally would not be too far from the coastline, which is relatively easy to avoid.

In this way, the Pyongwa Fleet did not go through the Myeongryang Strait where the Myeongryang Battle broke out, but took the wider Jeju Strait, then turned east and then turned north, and directly broke into Okpo—this is the first time Yi sun-sin confronted the Japanese army. Okpo naval battle that was carried out that Okpo.

In the early morning of this day, Yupu Bay was shrouded in mist, and Gao Yushi's Dongchang was still in the center of the rear formation. In front was the regular Ming army fleet led by Chen Lin, and Deng Zilong's advance fleet was naturally at the forefront.

Gao Wushi stood facing the wind on the podium of the bridge. At this time, the sight was limited in the early morning fog, and the situation of the coastline was unclear, but suddenly he heard the gunfire ahead, which made Gao Wushi slightly startled.

He turned his head to Gao Shengyi, the captain of the Dongchang, and asked, "Can you hear how far away the shelling took place?"

Gao Shengyi replied: "My lord, the shelling happened about six or seven miles in front of us, not far from us. From the sound of the cannon, it was the No. [-] cannon, which means that the distance of the battle is not far away, and it is not on the opposite shore. When the facility fired its guns, it should have encountered a small Japanese fleet, most likely it was a patrol ship."

Gao Yushi listened to his answer with confidence, and couldn't help being quite satisfied.This is the navy that I spent a lot of money on!As the captain of the flagship, Gao Shengyi knew the distance of the bombardment and what gun was fired only by "hearing", and he could even infer the situation of the battle based on this.

What does this mean?It shows that the live ammunition training of the Beiyang Fleet is normalized, and these situations are very familiar to them, as long as they hear it, they don't need to see it with their own eyes.This situation is also known to be highly pragmatic. For example, veterans in the army can immediately distinguish the type of weapon when they hear the sound of gunfire. It seems that the same is true at sea.

However, Gao Wushi continued to ask: "If it is really a Japanese patrol ship, do you think the advance fleet can sink or capture them all? I mean, prevent them from having the opportunity to report what they saw at sea to Busan?"

Although the advance fleet is not part of the Beiyang Fleet, and even the ship types of the two sides are different, Gao Shengyi still said with certainty: "Unless Deng Zongrong intends to let it go, there will be no obstacle to sinking or taking down the enemy ship. It depends on the ship types of both sides and the wind direction at this time. In addition, the number of patrol boats of the Japanese navy cannot be too many, maybe there are only one or two small early boats, and Deng Zongrong will be able to deal with it soon."

I believe that professionalism has always been a good habit of Gao Pragmatic. Since Gao Shengyi said so, Gao Practically felt relieved, nodded, and asked, "Have the crew finished their breakfast? How long will it take to enter the landing battle?" What's the report?"

Gao Shengyi said: "Master, the crew have finished their breakfast for half an hour, even if there is a battle now, it doesn't matter. As for Liu Zongrong, they should have eaten earlier than the crew, and it has already been done by now." Preparations for landing operations, please rest assured, master."

Gao Wushi asked again: "Did Liu Ting say whether any of his subordinates were seasick, which would affect the landing operation?"

"Liu's army has been fighting in the south all year round, and there is almost no seasickness. You don't have to worry about that." Gao Shengyi replied with a smile, and then added: "However, there will still be some other situations, most of which are unexpected physical discomforts. This kind of thing is very common in the military, but it is always an isolated phenomenon, and there is no need for the master to worry."

Gao Yushi thought about it carefully, and couldn't think of any other possible problems. He finally felt relieved, nodded and said: "Well, you can follow the plan later. The front army is under the command of Chen Lin, and the rear The army is under your command, unless there are huge changes in the specific process, you don’t have to ask me for everything.”

"Yes, master, I take orders." Gao Shengyi looked calm, and he didn't even seem to be excited.Perhaps in his opinion, even if the main force of the Japanese naval force is discovered and deployed here in advance, it is not enough to mention it. After all, the gap in strength is obvious, and not only the difference in quantity, but also the development direction of the Japanese naval force...

Sure enough, not long after their master and servant finished talking, the Chen Lin fleet ahead called semaphore and light language, indicating that although there was a small accident ahead, it has been completely resolved.Right now the advance fleet was already slowing down and waiting for him, and he was about to speed up his approach and arrange for the landing. Finally, he asked Gao Wushi if he had any other instructions.

Gao Wushi waved his hand and said, "Order Chen Lin and Deng Zilong to act on their own according to the predetermined plan. Our fleet will also turn to the east sea area according to the plan, to guard against the Japanese navy that may come from the direction of Busan, and provide an east direction for the landing operation." Cannon fire cover... I wish you all the best."

The Chen Lin Fleet in front quickly received a response. After also replying with "Wishing Wansheng", the Chen Lin Fleet immediately took action. The gunpowder and projectiles on board were put on the deck in boxes. They were all armored and began to board the landing boats one after another.

Since water battles are no better than land battles, it is rare for Liu Ting himself to stand on the bridge command platform of the flagship of the former army fleet together with Chen Lin instead of taking the lead.Since Liu Jiajun often fought landing battles in the past, he didn't have any special orders to issue at this moment, so he seemed a little bored, just holding his big knife back and forth from time to time.

As a general from Guangdong, Chen Lin also happened to be the commander-in-chief of Guangdong at the time. He was naturally a veteran in naval warfare, and he quickly issued all orders. Then he turned around and saw Liu Ting's appearance, and couldn't help laughing: " Liu Zongrong, I'm afraid you don't need to kill the enemy yourself in the battle of landing in Sacheon. If your hands are really itchy, you might as well leave your mind for the battle of Jinzhou afterwards.

After Sacheon is captured, there is no guarantee that Jinzhou, which is not far away, will get wind of it, and it may not be temporarily mobilized to cause some trouble for your next attack..."

"Ha, Chen Zongrong was too worried. I met my unlucky place in Jinzhou, so I had to be unlucky again. As for whether it's troublesome or not, I don't care about it, it's just..."

Liu Ting sighed, shook his head and said, "Now there are more and more firearms and equipment. It is said that there are only two or three hundred Japanese troops in Sacheon. We must have taken them casually. There is nothing to say. But Jinzhou is also a siege battle. Although my hands are itchy, I'm afraid I still won't get the chance to kill the enemy with my own hands, which is a pity."

Only then did Chen Lin realize that Liu Ting was unhappy because he had no chance to kill the enemy himself, and he couldn't help laughing, but he also persuaded: "It's okay, it's okay, after that, the Japanese army will shake up, and there will definitely be enemies coming from Hanyang to the south. Given the opportunity to fight in the field, Liu Zongrong wants to drink blood with a big sword, but he is not worried about being lost."

Liu Ting laughed, put the scabbard on the ground, and said, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Chen for his auspicious words."

At this time, as time passed, the sun rose, and the morning mist gradually dissipated, and the appearance of the Ming army fleet appeared in the beacon towers around Yupu Bay.The small groups of Japanese troops stationed everywhere were startled when they saw this, and after distinguishing that it was not their own navy, they lit beacons one after another to notify the friendly troops.

It's a pity that North Korea is not China after all, and there has never been a man as talented as Qin Shihuang in all dynasties. Naturally, he didn't have the super long-distance beacon communication ability like the Great Wall.These beacon towers can only communicate with each other, and cannot transmit the news to other cities only through the beacon.

But even so, the beacon towers everywhere are also defensive fortifications. Since the enemy army is attacking, they will naturally act immediately and step up preparations for defense, but this kind of preparation is actually of little significance.

As Chen Lin and Liu Ting said in their conversation, since this place is in the south of Korea, it is actually the hinterland of the Japanese army. Naturally, the defense is so lax that there are no more than 300 Japanese troops in Sacheon.

Liu Ting's troops are as high as [-], and the first wave of landings are all arranged by his own descendants, that is, Liu's troops who will not be trapped by seasickness.The Liu family's army came here with a total of [-] troops, which is equivalent to the remaining Southwest native soldiers. However, the seasickness of the native soldiers is very serious, so they are not going to be used for the current landing.

According to the plan, Liu Jiajun was responsible for landing and taking Sacheon as quickly as possible, and then went north to attack Jinzhou non-stop. After Liu Jiajun took Sacheon, the soldiers landed and stationed. It is expected that they will rest in Sacheon for three days to relieve seasickness and related symptoms. Let's talk about other things later.

The [-] Liu family troops captured Sacheon, which was less than [-] Japanese troops, and the battle itself was nothing to watch.Because Chen Lin was "escorted" by the highly pragmatic Beiyang Fleet, he boldly placed the Dafu ship on the forward line, and fired at several beacon towers with the few No. [-] guns it carried, which quickly defeated the Japanese army. start.

Liu Jiajun completely ignored the counterattack that the Japanese army might have—of course there was none—and skillfully drove the landing boats into the bay to land in waves.The Liu family army, which was the first to land, quickly formed a team and quickly began to attack the beacon towers, while the Dafu boat, which had only shelled a few rounds, stopped firing at the same time, so as not to accidentally injure friendly troops.

Due to the limited strength of the troops, there were as many as 40 or [-] Japanese soldiers on the beacon towers, and as few as a dozen or so. In fact, they did not have a strong defense force. Only the small town of Sacheon stood alone in the eyes of Liu Jiajun.

Liu Ting landed ashore at this time. He looked at the small town of Sacheon not far away. He saw that there were only a hundred Japanese soldiers on the top of the city, and many of them were already trembling with fright. These people behind the Japanese army are all new recruits, maybe they haven’t seen blood at all. This kind of people are easy to deal with, so don’t waste your troops, let people pull the cannon forward and put it on for a round, and then send People call the city, let them open the city and surrender." The subordinates immediately did so.

As Liu Ting expected, these Japanese troops were indeed recruits, and not even a single veteran had combat experience.These recruits were originally recruited temporarily in Japan's "Western Country", and they were recruited by force to make up for the losses in the Imchen year. They were originally local farmers.

Such a so-called army, in the face of the huge fleet in Yupu Bay that covered the sea, and the overwhelming army of thousands of people, how could it raise half of its morale!
Even those veterans didn't think that their side had even the slightest chance of survival. To some extent, they were even inferior to the recruits, and they had already clamored for a retreat—but the reason was good: the Ming army must be landed in Yupu Bay in large numbers. The news was sent back to Busan!

The guard of Sacheon is not a big man, but a low-level samurai named Kogo Murakami. Judging from his name, he is probably a descendant of one of the three families of the Murakami Navy.

Although the three Murakami navy families belonged to Toyotomi, Mori, and Kobayakawa for a long time, they started as pirates after all. You know that no matter whether you fight to the death or run away, it is actually a dead end, and the only chance to survive is actually surrender.

It's just that it would be ugly for someone to surrender before they can kill him, so he plans to hold on for a while, let the opponent know his "bravery" and "perseverance", and then look for a chance to vote... The chance of survival is actually even greater. big.

Who knew that the performance of the Ming army did not talk about martial arts at all, and did not launch an attack on the city at all, and directly pulled forward twenty or thirty cannons that seemed to be "giant barrels" in the eyes of Murakami Hirogo, and it was nothing more than a bombardment.

Not to mention the bombing, the city wall was cracked in two places, and more than a dozen unlucky people died. Even Murakami Kogo himself was shot, and a piece of wood fragments from nowhere even cut him. The scalp, almost even the head is gone.

Murakami Kogo didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately found someone to shout for surrender, and at the same time sent someone to open the city gate.It just so happened that Liu Ting also sent someone to call the city at this time, so a dramatic scene happened.

The loud voice sent by the Ming army just yelled: "Listen to the Japanese pirates on the opposite side..." Before they could say the following words, the "Japanese pirates on the opposite side" had already waved a white flag and shouted in somewhat broken Chinese: "The nests have descended, The nests are down!"
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PS: After fishing for a whole morning, I finally did not break my promise.

(End of this chapter)