Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 746
"Nonsense, the Ming army is clearly attacking on land, how could there be enemy ships in Osaka Bay, how could..."

The leader of the Osaka Fort is Saburo Ono, the Gao family of the shogunate. The Gao family is an official of the shogunate, and his position is second only to the old middle school.

Saburo Ono was stunned when he heard the report from his subordinates, but he quickly realized:
"Hurry up, order all the artillery to be ready to fire immediately, and other soldiers to immediately defend each stronghold to prevent the Ming army from landing."

"嗐"

The messenger immediately conveyed Saburo Ono's order.

The Osaka Fort is the most fortified fort in Japan, with sixty red cannons and infantry and cavalry protecting the fort.

"Look, my lord..."

As soon as Ono Saburo's order was conveyed, one of his deputy pointed to Osaka Bay and shouted in panic.

Ono Saburo turned his head to look at Osaka Bay, his gaze shrank at that time, and his whole body began to tremble.

His eyes were fixed on the sea level outside the bunker.

On the sea level, a group of black spots appeared. The black spots became larger and clearer, showing tall masts and chimneys.

On the mast, the bright red dragon flag fluttered in the wind.

"That's the Ming Navy? How could they have each other's giant ships? No wonder the Japanese Navy was easily wiped out by them."

Saburo Ono hurriedly picked up the binoculars, he wanted to see the situation on the Ming battleship clearly.

But they saw countless huge muzzles exposed on the Ming battleship, aiming at the Osaka Fort one after another.

"It seems that the time has come for us to shed blood and die for the shogunate! Prepare to fight."

Saburo Ono said something in a deep voice, then walked out of the fort quickly, shouting at the Japanese soldiers outside.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

"Rumble..."

The sharp scream pierced the sky of the fort, and the battleship of the Royal Navy of Ming Dynasty fired!

On the sea surface, there are a total of sixty Ming warships, and the ones in front are all iron-clad warships, equipped with about eighty artillery pieces, and have a crew of 500 to 700 men.

Not long after the Ming Fleet opened fire, the Japanese navy docked near the Osaka Fort was dispatched urgently.

Since the last big battle, Japan's navy has basically been completely cold. This so-called navy that has been improvised has only a few patrol ships, regardless of its combat effectiveness.

Except for three of the Ming battleships serving as security missions, the rest were all lying across the sea, firing at the Osaka Fort and the Japanese navy in Osaka Port.

Both the enemy and the enemy launched a fierce artillery battle, and the sea was filled with gunpowder smoke and rough waves.

In about half an hour, all the wrecked ships of the Japanese navy were sunk by the Ming navy.

The armored battleship was in front, and the sailing warship followed. After the Ming Navy wiped out the Japanese navy, the warship approached the Osaka Fort and fired.

"Rumble..."

However, there are only more than 60 large and small artillery pieces on the Osaka Fort. These are coastal defense artillery purchased by the Tokugawa shogunate with huge sums of money.

In terms of the number and caliber of artillery, it is obvious that the Ming army has the upper hand. Even if the Ming army used line battles to bombard them, there were three or four hundred guns taking turns to attack.

On the Osaka Fort, smoke was billowing, and Saburo Ono saw through a telescope that an artillery position at the southeast corner of the fort was hit.

The corpses under his command, together with the body of the Hongyi cannon, were thrown into the air by the violent explosion and rolled down the fort.

It was very difficult for the Japanese artillery shells to hit targets in the sea, and it was much easier for the Ming warship to fire on the shore.

The overwhelming artillery fire blackened the soil around the fort, and another Japanese artillery position was hit by the artillery fire of the Ming army.

The artillery on the position, together with more than 30 gunners and auxiliary personnel, were blown up to the sky.

However, the resistance of the defenders of the Osaka Fort was very strong, and dozens of artillery still roared like thunder.

Ono Saburo squatted on the Hongyi cannon position on the north side of the turret, and issued a series of orders firmly.

At this time, there was a bandage on his forehead, his body was covered in blood, and there were two corpses of his subordinates lying beside him.

The position where he was just now was hit by a shell from the Ming army, and it was two of his subordinates who fell on him at the same time that made him escape.

Japan's weakness was in stark contrast to Ming's prosperity, and this contrast gave Saburo Ono an illusion.

He felt that Japan's weakness was completely imposed on Japan by the barbaric and unreasonable Ming people.

As long as the Japanese unite and drive away the Ming people, Japan can enter the era of peace and prosperity!
"Rumble..."

Another shell exploded not far away, and several Japanese artillerymen who were so frightened that they became incontinent, were blown up without a trace when they were about to run away.

The blood splattered all over the mountain villager's body, which made the kid tremble all over. This was the first time he saw a cannonball that would explode.

The mountain villager wiped the blood on his body and issued an order:
"The artillery on the left bank turned its muzzle and bombarded the beach to prevent the Ming army from landing, and the rest of the artillery focused on attacking the Ming army warships!"

Under the bombardment of Ming warships, for more than half an hour, only [-]% of the dozens of coastal defense guns on the Osaka Fort were usable.

Thirty percent of the coastal defense guns were destroyed by the warships of the Ming army, and nearly [-] Japanese soldiers were killed or injured.

On the surface of the sea, several sailing warships of the Ming army were shot and caught fire.

One of the sailing battleships of the Ming army tilted its hull, and of the sixty artillery pieces on board, less than twenty were still firing tenaciously.

"All the sail warships withdrew from the battle, and all the iron-clad warships were replaced with shells to bombard the Japanese forts, and the Maokang bullets were fired together!"

Seeing the Ming army's sailing warship being damaged, Zheng Chenggong worried that the Ming army would suffer a large number of casualties, and immediately ordered the sailing warship to withdraw from the range of the Japanese artillery.

However, the captains of the sailing warships were not cowards, and they all requested to bombard the Osaka Fort from other directions.

Zheng Chenggong nodded:

"Okay, your twenty ships bombard from the left and right wings respectively, be careful not to get too close to the fort."

"Yes"

The iron-clad battleship quickly approached the Japanese fort, and the naval guns and Maokang bullets attacked the Osaka fort together.

"Yes"

"Whoosh whoosh..."

More than 100 Maokang bullets flew towards the Osaka Fort quickly one after another.

"Look at the warships of the Ming army being repulsed by us!"

Seeing a large number of sail warships scattered left and right, the Japanese soldiers on the Osaka Fort thought the Ming warships were retreating!Immediately shouted excitedly.

The mountain villager also found this problem, and immediately picked up a single-tube telescope.

When the lens of the single-tube telescope focused on the Daming iron-clad battleship, it was found that the iron-clad battleship did not retreat.

And there are countless things with flames flying out from the deck of the Ming army.

"Quick, bombard the Ming warship..."

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

Before the villager Yamano finished speaking, hundreds of Mokang bullets bombarded the Osaka Fort one after another, and the Osaka Fort instantly burst into flames.

Half of the Japanese artillerymen who were loading shells were instantly killed, and the rest were caught in the fire.

"Rumble..."

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of flower bombs exploded in the fire...

Where have the Japanese soldiers seen such a scene, crying for their father and mother and running around, in order to extinguish the fire on their bodies, many of them jumped from the fort into the sea.

It's a pity that the water below is very shallow and full of reefs, and their final result can only be a pile of rotten meat.

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, the Ming Dynasty sailing warships in the other two directions began to fire...

(End of this chapter)