Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 716: A sneak attack fails but turns into a trap. The main force of the navy encircles and an

Chapter 716: A sneak attack fails but turns into a trap. The main force of the navy encircles and annihilates the Japanese army.
  The dawn in Jeju Island is quiet.

The Japanese army was very happy. Five hundred warships crossed Niudao and rushed directly to Chengshan Port.

This is also a desperate move. The god-damn drought forces people to take desperate risks.

The good thing is that there are fewer storms at sea this year, allowing the Japanese navy to attack Jeju Island for [-] miles.

It's a pity that the sky fails to fulfill people's wishes.

More than two hundred warships rushed into Chengshan Port as the vanguard and ran into the half-moon pocket formation of the Ming Navy.

When the Japanese warships entered the firing range, the Ming army fired a cannon, and the soldiers received the order to remove their disguises. The transport ship in the eyes of the Japanese army was transformed into a new type of warship.

The Japanese army was too excited and rushed too hard. When they discovered that the harbor was not a transport ship but a new Ming army warship, their front and sides were full of dark gun muzzles.

For a hundred years, neither the Ming army nor the Japanese army had fought a sea battle involving hundreds of warships.

Moreover, the Japanese navy is good at climbing enemy ships and engaging in close combat.

One hundred and twenty warships of the Ming army were connected from stem to stern in a half-moon-shaped pocket formation. Each warship had twenty broadsides on one side. Divide into three batches and launch in turn.

After seeing this scene, the Japanese army panicked, and there were differences. Some wanted to turn the bow of the ship and run away, some wanted to use broadsides to attack the Ming army, and some wanted to grit their teeth and rush over to engage in close combat with the Ming army.

The Ming army fired one salvo, hitting the Japanese warship with [-] shells, the second volley, another [-] shells, the third volley, another [-] shells.

After three rounds of volleys, the Japanese officers and soldiers reached perfect unity of opinion. The ships that could still move turned their bows and rushed out of the harbor.

On his flagship, Chen Mingde looked at the scurrying Japanese warships and couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Life is really wonderful.

There is a saying from the Holy Spirit that choice is greater than effort. If the Japanese navy had not succeeded in Busan and immediately concentrated all its efforts on a sneak attack on Jeju Island, then they would probably have succeeded.

It's a pity that they have to wait in Busan until the main force of our navy comes back. "

The deputy general smiled and said: "You can't blame them. At the beginning, they must have thought that there was a possibility of a storm at sea, so they were unwilling to risk going to Jeju Island.

With the precedent of Dayuan attacking Japan and encountering a storm at sea, which led to the destruction of the entire army, the Japanese army was also afraid.

Busan is only a little over a hundred miles away from Tsushima Island, so it is naturally much safer.

By the time they were forced to have no choice but to attack Jeju Island secretly, the main force of our Navy had already returned. "

Chen Mingde smiled and said: "They are pitiful. There is a traitor in the Muromachi shogunate. We knew about some orders issued by Ashikaga Yoshimasa earlier than they did. How can we fight against them?"

The lieutenant asked: "Should we pursue him?"

Chen Mingde waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't. If the formation is messed up, it will be quite troublesome if the more than two hundred undamaged warships behind the Japanese army rush in to fight.

When the Japanese navy's rear team is also dispersed, we will rush out to reap the military glory.

After this battle, I feel confident as the Marquis of Xinghan. "

However, he said that the more than [-] warships of the Japanese rear group were originally anchored between Niudao and Seongsan Port. When they were rushed by the escaped forward warships, they were somewhat disorganized.

As Chen Mingde said, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army and the leader of the Muromachi shogunate, Yitoshi Shiba, tried his best to gather the defeated troops and prepare to wait for an opportunity to fight again in order to turn defeat into victory. Unfortunately, Chen Mingde remained motionless and had no intention of pursuing him. The new warships of the Ming army are all covered with iron sheets and are truly strong ships and powerful guns. If the formation does not break up, there is no chance at all.

In a dilemma, Sibo Yimin made another wrong decision: to occupy Niudao first and confront the Ming army. Then, depending on the situation, you can choose to attack the Ming army at night, or you can choose to escape overnight and return to Hakata Port.

In fact, Jeju Island is empty of troops, and there are many places suitable for landing, and it is not just Seongsan Port.

If Shiba Yimin chooses to abandon ship and land on Jeju Island, Jeju Island is [-] miles long from east to west, with a large mountainous area in the middle.

As long as Sibo Yimin is willing to fight guerrillas on the island, Jeju Island will be ruined. So many people will spread all over the mountains and plains on the island, and the Ming army will not be able to catch them all in the Year of the Ox.

When Shiba Yimin commanded the navy to approach Udo, Chen Mingde also commanded the ship to sail out of Seongsan Port and stand between Udo and Jeju Island.

Before Shiba Yimin could take a breath, the soldiers came to report that the Navy was facing Niudao to the east and the Daming Navy at Seongsan Port to the west.

More than [-] warships suddenly appeared in the north and south. They were completely surrounded in the south, north and west directions. Niu Dao in the southeast was also a dead end.

Shiba Yimin angrily yelled: "Impossible, absolutely impossible. The sea between the west coast of Udo and the east coast of Jeju Island is five to six miles wide. How can it be completely surrounded by how many ships the Ming Navy has?"

The soldier replied: "Looking from a distance, the Ming Navy's new warships are all made of three thousand to five thousand pieces of steel. They are lined up in a row, and they are like a long embankment, tightly surrounding the sea.

Moreover, the Ming army ships were advancing in turns, narrowing the encirclement little by little. Before evening, we will be suppressed by the Ming army and huddled together, and then the Ming army will fire thousands of cannons.

The range of our naval guns is far less than that of the Ming army, which means that they can only bombard us, but we cannot bombard them. It's over, completely over. "

Sibo Yimin was so angry that he killed the soldier with a knife.

But the fact is as the soldiers said, the Ming army persisted in using stupid and clumsy tactics. Most of the warships pointed their broadsides at the Japanese warships, ready to fire at any time. A small part of the warships moved forward a hundred feet, and then another part of the ships moved forward again.

The formation was not chaotic, they moved forward bit by bit, and tightened the rope around the necks of the Japanese soldiers bit by bit.

In the evening, the encirclement narrowed, the Japanese warships came into range, and the Ming army began a happy bombardment.

Chen Mingde was having fun watching it on the flagship. After a round of shelling, gunpowder smoke filled the air and sawdust flew everywhere. It was really a bit too stressful.

Chen Mingde smiled at the deputy general and said: "Take a good look. Your Majesty spent millions of taels to build the warship just to let us watch the fireworks."

The deputy general asked: "The only regret is that I can't see the scenes of blood and flesh flying everywhere, ghosts crying and wolves howling."

Chen Mingde replied: "There is nothing we can do. We took advantage of the terrain of Niu Dao and successfully surrounded the Japanese navy, making it impossible for them to escape.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages, so the Japanese army was able to abandon ship and board Niu Dao.

Fortunately, they did not land on Jeju Island. They landed on Niudao Island. Niudao Island is seven or eight miles long from north to south and four or five miles long from east to west. Most of the island is fertile farmland, and there is a small hill in the southeast corner.

Send heavy-armored guards up there, and they'll be wiped out in a few months. Moreover, the people on the island have been transferred in advance, so the Japanese invaders can do whatever they want.

What does it mean to catch a turtle in an urn? This is called catching a turtle in an urn. "

(End of this chapter)

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