Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 706
Generally, supplies for wars are quite a headache. You must know how difficult transportation was at that time.

But sea transportation is not a problem, it is a hundred times simpler than land transportation.

There is no problem with the supply of the Ming army, but it is completely different in Japan.

The entire sea area of ​​Japan is blocked by Ming Dynasty, and the outside matter cannot enter at all.

Japan is an island country with scarce resources, and most of its living materials depend on imports.

The food they have cultivated is also far from enough to satisfy domestic food and clothing.

In the past, most of the imports depended on the coast of Daming.

Now not only has Daming stopped all exports to Japan, but his coast has also been blocked.

In this way, in just three days, the price of living materials in Japan has skyrocketed due to the lack of materials.

Although Da Ming was powerful in the past, the Japanese never put Da Ming in their eyes.

Instead, they often harass the coast of Daming and invade the island country of Daming, North Korea.

In order to support the vassal state of Korea, Wanli even launched one of the three major Wanli campaigns.

Although it beat Japan's Toyota Hideyoshi hard, it also significantly affected Daming's strength.

Japan never thought that the influence of Ming Dynasty on them would be as great as it is today.

Just blocking Japan for three days will cause problems in their country. If this is the case for a long time, the influence of the shogunate will be greatly reduced.

At that time, all daimyos will definitely rise up to oppose the shogunate. You must know that there are more than 200 vassals in Japan at this time.

Facing the blockade and invasion of Ming Dynasty, the shogunate did not think that Ming Dynasty could win Japan. No foreign country has ever successfully invaded Japan in history.

It is required that the daimyos of all feudal clans be closely united, resolutely deal a fatal blow to the invading Ming army, and let them retreat in spite of difficulties.

Once the Ming Dynasty fails, not only will the Ming Dynasty withdraw its troops, but it will also lift the blockade of the Japanese Sea.

The defensive forces of all cities along the coast of Japan are increasing.

In Japan, Kyushu has relatively strong military strength because of the existence of Satsuma, and it can be said that it is not inferior to Edo.

Fukuoka Beach, the largest city in Kyushu Island, where the Japanese built a large number of stone walls.

Their main purpose of building the stone wall was to block the landing of the Ming army, especially the cavalry of the Ming army.

Fukuoka is so big, even if the Ming army landed, it would be difficult to advance quickly without cavalry.

In history, when the Yuan Dynasty invaded Japan, the Japanese built stone walls on the beach to prevent the Yuan Dynasty cavalry from landing.

The strength of the Yuan Dynasty relied entirely on the cavalry. The stone wall did play an irreplaceable role in blocking the Yuan Dynasty cavalry, and finally won the victory.

This time the Japanese also built a stone wall on the beach, and they responded with the same change.

At the same time, [-] troops were deployed behind the stone wall. Once the Ming army landed, they would bombard the Ming army's warships with shore artillery.

When the warships of the Ming army broke through the bombardment of the artillery and landed on the beach, the bows and arrows and Vulcan guns behind the stone wall would give the Ming army another fatal blow.

If the Ming army breaks through the defense of the stone wall again, the problem will not be too big. There are still 5 troops waiting.

The 5 people included [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, and among the infantry were [-] death squads, all of whom were Japanese samurai.

These Japanese samurai have practiced killing since they were young, and they have been practicing for more than ten or twenty years. It can be said that they can do nothing but kill.

Think about the time when Japanese pirates invaded the coast of Daming during the Jiajing period, dozens of Japanese pirates could contend against hundreds of Ming soldiers.

Among them, a group of more than 30 Japanese pirates almost went from Taizhou to Nanjing.

If it wasn't for the appearance of Qi Jiguang, the Great Ming God of War, it would really take many years to completely quell the Japanese pirate rebellion.

The leader of the first line of defense is Tanaka Jiro, and his task is to resist the landing of the Ming Dynasty Navy on the stone wall.

Seeing many dark shadows appearing on the sea in the distance, he immediately took out a single-tube telescope to look at it.

Unlike the Ming army, which had a magical emperor, he not only had advanced firearms, but also used high-powered binoculars.

At that time, the Japanese had a single-tube telescope, which was already a luxury.

They were all bought from the West at high prices, and only high-ranking commanders could have them.

Through the telescope, Tanaka Jiro saw dozens of warships coming against the wind and waves.

Among them were six or seven warships he had never seen before, without sails, and with two huge funnels.

"Attention everyone, the Ming warship is here. Once they land here, wipe out this group of Ming dogs. We need to let Ming dogs know that Japan is not a place for them to run wild at any time."

"Yes"

An ashigaru general took the opportunity to offer another plan:
"My lord, get rid of these Ming dogs. Let's board their warships and go to the coast of Daming to plunder. I heard that Qinhuai Bayan is not bad..."

"Well, there is a shortage of materials in Japan now, so you have a good idea."

When Little Japan saw the arrival of the Ming Fleet, instead of being nervous, they thought about going to Daming to plunder after victory.

It can only be said that their hearts are higher than the sky and their lives are thinner than paper. Their ideals are full and their reality is skinny.

The Ming Fleet that came was the Navy led by Zhang Huangyan and Li Dingguo's Dragon Banner Special Forces.

Zhang Huangyan and Li Dingguo were standing on the deck of the Hongwu battleship.

Taking a closer look at the situation on the coast of Fukuoka through the binoculars, Zhang Huangyan put down the binoculars and said:
"Commander, look at Fukuoka Beach, Little Japan has already built a stone wall there. It is obvious that they want to use the stone wall to resist the landing of our Ming army."

Hearing Zhang Huangyan's words, Li Dingguo also raised the binoculars hanging on his chest.

If he saw a long row of stone walls by the sea, Li Dingguo couldn't help showing a sneer of contempt:

"Captain, this is a waste of effort for Little Japan, the small stone wall should not be able to stop the bombardment of my Ming naval guns, right?"

Zhang Huangyan laughed loudly:

"Of course, Japan's city walls can't stop the bombardment of our naval guns, and the stone walls that don't even have cement are useless in front of our naval guns."

"Come here, pass on the order of the governor, and the fleet will approach Fukuoka Sanli and directly bombard the father's coastal fort.

After knocking down the coastal forts, all the stone walls on the coastal beaches were blasted flat to cover the landing of the Daming Dragon Banner Army.

After the Dragon Banner Army landed, the warships continued to bombard along the coast of Fukuoka, and the Marine Corps landed from another direction. "

"Yes"

With Zhang Huangyan's order, sixty sailing warships and six ironclad warships quickly approached the coast of Fukuoka.

About four miles from the coast, the Japanese coastal forts aimed their muzzles at warships in the sea.

As long as the Ming Navy enters the range of their artillery, the Fukuoka Fort will immediately bombard it.

When the Ming battleship was three miles away from the coast, the shore artillery was ready to fire.

Their shore artillery has a range of about 200 meters, and if it is further away, the hit rate is almost zero.

As a result, the Ming warship stopped advancing at a distance of 500 meters, and turned the warship sideways to the coast.

"Ba Ge, what are these Ming dogs going to do, we can sink them by advancing 200 meters."

The commander on the small Japanese fort saw that the Ming army was no longer advancing, and kept cursing.

Although he scolded fiercely, he was actually praying in his heart, praying that the Ming army had better turn around and leave the coast of Fukuoka, after all, no one wanted to fight.

(End of this chapter)