Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 731 Bombarding Edo
Tanaka Kuro, the old shogunate, shouted loudly in the smoke, commanding the fort defenders to fight back.

However, these forts arranged by the shogunate without a sense of coastal defense are useless.

Each country has its own national conditions. The Ming Dynasty focused on heavy artillery and light artillery, while Japan focused on heavy artillery and light artillery in the development of firearms.

The Japanese bird guns of the sixteenth century were more advanced than those of the Ming Dynasty, and the bird guns of the middle and late Ming Dynasty were imitated Japanese bird guns.

Because of the many mountains, Japan hardly uses artillery, so artillery technology is poor.

After the Tokugawa Shogunate ended the Warring States Period, the development of firearms also stagnated.

Even the firecrackers gradually lagged behind Daming, and after 17 years in Chongzhen, they were left behind by countless streets.

There are only twenty or thirty small artillery pieces with a short range on the Yokosuka Fort. Facing the fierce attack of the Ming army's artillery fire, they have no power to fight back, and they are simply out of reach!

The shogunate army on the fort was completely bombed, with countless casualties, and all the soldiers were fleeing. It was useless even if the old Kuro Tanaka shouted his throat.

Under the cover of battleship gunfire, the Qi Family Army and the Royal Marine Corps of Ming Dynasty began to land in the Yokosuka area.

Quickly occupied the fort, built a position on the spot, and faced the counterattack of the shogunate army.

Zheng Chenggong ordered a squadron to stay on the coast of Yokosuka and cooperate with the ground troops to guard the entrance of Edo Bay.

The next day, the Ming fleet appeared on the coast of Edo and bombarded the defense line of the Shogunate along the coast.

When the rumbling gunfire was heard, there was already chaos in Edo City, and a large number of Japanese residents fled outside the city.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who received the battle report, sent people to appease the people in the city, and at the same time mobilized troops to garrison along the coast of Edo, preparing to face the landing troops of the Ming army.

The Japanese people discussed in panic, looking for a high ground to watch, many hesitated to leave or not, and some timid people hid at home and closed the windows, not daring to come out.

At the suggestion of the old man Tanaka Kuro, Tokugawa Iemitsu personally led a group of shogunate officials and the daimyo who stayed in Edo to the Edo Castle.

The city wall was covered with soldiers of the shogunate army, and a large number of weapons for defending the city, such as bows and arrows, firecrackers, and stones, were piled up on the city wall. In addition to a small amount of artillery, there were actually some trebuchets.

Tokugawa Iemitsu held a binoculars and watched the Ming army fleet approaching from the sea.

Although the distance was still far away, Tokugawa Iemitsu was stunned by the size of the Ming battleship.

All the ministers of the shogunate couldn't help looking at each other. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that the Ming army would have such a huge warship!

Looking at other people's warships, and then looking at their own small boats, they are not at the same level at all!

Until now, Tokugawa Iemitsu did not know how powerful the Ming army was.

He couldn't help scolding Satsuma:

"Those bastards from the Satsuma Clan, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu are trying to harm me!"

Tokugawa Ieko coughed again and again, almost spitting out a mouthful of old blood.

If he knew that Daming had become so powerful now, he wouldn't say anything to offend him, wouldn't it be good to be the boss in Japan honestly!
Alright, it's too late to say anything now, people call me, and I don't want to negotiate amicably!

After the Battle of Shanchuan, the shogunate sent envoys to negotiate, hoping to reconcile with Daming.

But not only did the Ming army ignore them, they should have fed the envoys they sent to bastards.

Tokugawa Iemitsu has issued an order to summon all the vassals to come to serve the king.

However, except for a few daimyos who are related to the Tokugawa family, none of the other hundreds of daimyos, such as the Kanto feudal clans and the Koshinetsu feudal clans, came here!

Tokugawa Iemitsu is well aware that the so-called wall falls and everyone pushes it. These princes are watching from the sidelines. They hope that the shogunate will be defeated by the Ming army. They are so free!
Over the years, the Tokugawa family has relied solely on "arbitrary politics" to suppress the daimyos of the vassals, allowing those foreign daimyos who had been hostile to the shogunate to be wiped out or surrendered.

However, these are all on the surface. Once the shogunate encounters a strong enemy, these daimyos are already very restrained not to stab their knives in the back.

Order the beaches, ports, water gates and other places, the soldiers and samurai of the shogunate to hold spears, samurai swords, bows and arrows, iron cannons and other weapons, as well as a small amount of artillery, to stand ready to stop the Ming army's landing battle.

Tokugawa Iemitsu felt a little relieved. Edo was not the Yokosuka Fortress. Although the warships of the Ming army were huge, they were at sea after all. It might not be so easy to break through the city defenses of Edo!

While thinking, Tokugawa Iemitsu saw a huge puff of thick smoke suddenly rising from the Ming army fleet in the distance, and it flew out of the visible range of the telescope in a flash.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was startled, and quickly put down the binoculars to watch with the naked eye.

I saw a long tube-shaped object across the sky, with a sharp whistling that tore through the air, and a flame and long thick smoke trailing from its tail, flying towards the direction of Edo Castle at an extremely fast speed.

The officials, samurai, and miscellaneous soldiers of Edo Castle, including the residents of the city, also found this strange flying object, pointing their fingers in astonishment and talking to themselves with their mouths open.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is also curious, what is this roaring thing?
In just a few breaths, the long cylindrical flying object has already begun to dive in a falling posture.

It almost rubbed against the wall of Edo Castle, and shot into the city all at once.

There was a loud bang of deflagration, and violent explosions occurred in many places in Edo Castle.

With countless sparks flying in all directions, it fell on the surrounding houses, and the flames gradually spread on the nearby houses.

Tokugawa Iemitsu and other shogunate officials were shocked. Edo Castle was three or four miles away from the warships of the Ming army. What kind of weapon is this that can hit so far!

A chill suddenly appeared from Tokugawa Iemitsu's back. If the warship of the Ming army got closer, it might cover the entire Edo city!

Rows of rocket launchers were mounted on the deck of the iron-clad battleship of the Ming army, which were the unique Mokang bullets of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Chenggong and Qi Jiguang stood side by side on the deck, and they kept checking the situation of Edo Castle with binoculars in their hands.

When they saw the Maokang bullet fired ahead successfully entered Edo Castle, both of them smiled.

Qi Jiguang knew best how rampant the Japanese pirates invaded the coast of Daming back then.

Even if he is the most successful general of Ming Dynasty in dealing with the Japanese pirates, it is not easy to fight the Japanese pirates.

The situation has completely changed today. The Japanese pirates who can be fought just by standing on the battleship are fleeing.

Qi Jiguang cupped his fists in the direction of the capital and said:

"Amazing! My lord can easily do things that even Kublai Khan can't do now, my lord is truly a god-man..."

"What the governor said is true, my emperor is wise!"

Zheng Chenggong has fought with his father for many years, and he is well aware of the gap between firearms in the late Ming Dynasty and the West.

But now it has left eighty streets in the West, not to mention Little Japan.

The two looked at each other and smiled:
"Haha... fuck him little Japan..."

"Here's an order to bombard Edo severely with Maokang bullets, and then the warship goes straight to the waters near Edo Castle and bombards Edo..."

(End of this chapter)