Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 704
At this moment, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was really shocked.

He didn't expect that, instead of going to fight the Ming Dynasty Navy, the Ming Kingdom Navy came to beat him first!

Nothing to say, Matsudaira Nobuzuna immediately ordered the navy and army to prepare for the battle.

At this time, he suddenly discovered another problem, a more serious problem.

Here in Busan, it was originally a port of North Korea. It is true that coastal defense artillery was also deployed.

However, before Jianlu handed over North Korea to Japan, he plundered all North Korea's grain, grass, materials, young and strong population, etc.Moreover, this plunder was carried out from the south to the north. It was not until around Seoul that Yagyu Somoki, who was the first to go to North Korea, stopped and negotiated. It was considered that the grain, grass, materials and young adults in North Korea were left behind. Population, etc., did not move back to Liaodong.

That is to say, all the food, grass and materials here in Busan were plundered by Jianlu.Therefore, naturally, coastal defense artillery and so on, of course, cannot be left to the Japanese country.

After the Wa Kingdom occupied North Korea, for the southernmost port of North Korea, the Wa Kingdom was not rich enough to deploy their few heavy artillery here.

Otherwise, heavy artillery is deployed here to defend against whom?Here in Busan, the only ships that come from the sea can only be the ships of the Wa Kingdom.At least that's what they thought in the past.

There are not many coastal defense heavy artillery, of course, they must be deployed to the most useful places, such as important towns such as Seoul and Pyongyang.

Although later, Busan was attacked by Wu Sangui's troops, so that the food and supplies in Busan were burned clean, and all the people were killed.However, this time the attack came from land, not sea.

Therefore, when Matsudaira Nobutsuna redeployed Busan's defense, he only focused on possible sneak attacks on land, rather than responding to attacks at sea.

Therefore, at this time, Nobuzuna Matsudaira found sadly that the Ming expeditionary force came to Busan, and in the end it could only rely on the navy itself.On the land side, basically you can only watch.Otherwise, if the Japanese army on land were to shoot, it wouldn't even tickle the warship!

Really, who would have thought that the enemy would come from the direction of the Japanese mainland!

Understanding this situation, Matsudaira Nobutsuna looked worriedly towards the sea.

Sure enough, the navy of the Ming Dynasty was in an attack formation led by iron-clad warships.Although those armored warships did not emit smoke, it was because of the distance!
The tactic of the Ming navy is still to use the defensive power of their armored and smoking warships to break up the formation of the Japanese navy first, and then form a situation where more battles are fought by the warships behind.

Can the navy of the Ming Dynasty have some new tricks?
The bitter Matsudaira Nobuzuna quickly sent an order to his navy, asking his navy to use the warships led by the famous names as units. After dispersing, try to avoid the iron-clad and smoking warships of the Ming Dynasty, go around and talk to ordinary ships. The warships of the Ming Dynasty fought overboard.

Tsushima Island and Busan are not far away. At the moment when Nobuzuna Matsudaira was in a hurry to command, the flagship of the Ming Expeditionary Force, which was the armored boat, Zeng Ying looked at the flag on the warship and estimated the wind power. , and ordered the armored steam warship to boil water for cooking, no, it was to boil water to start the steam engine!

The fact that the smoke was rising from the ship was quite remarkable.

The Japanese people on the shore didn't understand the situation, and when they saw thick smoke coming out of the warships of the Ming army, they all gloated.

However, the Navy has already heard that the smoke is not because the ship is on fire, but that it will speed up the speed of these warships.However, most Japanese naval warships have never been seen. There is actually a question mark about how fast the iron-clad smoking warship will drive.

Listening to what Mitsuhisa Shimadzu said before, they think it should be an exaggeration.In their understanding, according to the description of the people of Satsuma, it is faster than Xiyi's style warship, how is this possible!

Now, they saw it.

Not long after Daming's iron-clad steam warship started to pick up smoke, they hadn't had time to fight on their own, and some of the warships hadn't even left the port of Busan yet. These iron-clad steam warships killed arrive.

Naturally, they didn't know that the only factors affecting the speed of the armored steam warship were the wind and the size of the waves.

If the wind is small and the waves are not strong, the paddle wheel driven by the steam engine can exert a great driving effect, and the speed of the iron-clad steam warship can exceed that of Xiyi's sail warship.However, if the wind is strong and the waves are high, the limitations of the paddle wheel will come out, and the speed will definitely not be as good as Xiyi's sailing warship.

This time, the Ming Navy took the initiative to fight in the Pusan ​​naval battle. Needless to say, Zeng Ying ordered the attack because he saw that the wind and waves on the sea were not strong, which was conducive to the iron-clad steam warships to exert their combat power.

Otherwise, if the wind is high and the waves are rough and they still go out to fight, then there is something wrong with their brains!
"Boom boom boom..."

After the iron-clad steam warships lined up locked on to their target, they rushed over and the cannons at the bow roared first.

This time the bombardment was not an ordinary iron bomb, but a chain bomb.It is ordinary iron bullets connected by iron chains.After the heavy artillery is fired, it will spin up and hit the enemy ship.

Generally speaking, the role of the chain bomb is mainly to attack the mast of the enemy ship, interrupt the mast, and make the enemy ship lose its power.

But the purpose of the Ming Navy is not like this.

The Japanese navy who bullied Japan did not have heavy artillery, and they were protected by iron armor. Therefore, these iron-clad steam warships rushed to the enemy ships, and after they got close enough, they bombarded them with Hongyi cannons.The chain bullets hit the small warships of the Japanese country, and they have enough destructive power.

The Japanese Guan Ship and An Zhai Ship have no keels and watertight cabins, and their walls are thin. Once hit by a chain bullet, it will be like a wound torn open by a tiger. Effect.

Before the howling Japanese could react, the high-speed iron-clad warship rammed past.

This method is simple and crude, but its lethality to enemy ships is very large.

As long as it is a Japanese warship that is targeted by an iron-clad steam warship, it will basically end up being smashed to pieces.

The target of the iron-clad steam warship's attack is of course the flagship of the Japanese warships, or those Anzhai ships that are much larger than the Guan ships.

At this time, the warships on the Japanese side had just completed their grouping when they were attacked by iron-clad steam warships.It's like a wolf rushing into a flock of sheep.

After the collision, the Ming army sailors on the ship steadied themselves, and opened the muzzle covers on both sides one after another, exposing the artillery, and started bombarding.

"Boom boom boom..."

On both sides of the armored steam warship, there were Japanese warships. Under the bombardment at close range, pieces of wood flew randomly.

Of course, the Japanese warships were also counterattacking at the same time.

Their Franco cannons were also firing, and the Musketeers on the deck were also aiming at the Ming warship.

"Blah blah blah..."

The smoke filled the air, and the flames burst out.

However, just as the sound of the musket was basically covered by the roar of the artillery, the damage caused by the musket to the Ming warship was almost negligible.

That is to say, the Franco cannons of the Japanese country can still leave a mark on the iron-clad steam warships of the Ming Dynasty.Although the rate of fire of the Fran cannon is fast enough, what's the use of that, at most, there is an extra pit left on the outside of the ship.

If the warships of Ming Dynasty were to stop there and let the Japanese warships fight, they could still find the shortcomings of the iron-clad steam warships, such as bombarding the paddle wheels with Frang machine guns, or destroying the sails.

However, Daming's armored steam warship was not only moving, but also a high-speed maneuvering warship, and it would have rushed forward without giving them any more chances to fire.

Just like the heavy cavalry on land, they broke through the infantry formation, leaving a mess on the ground, and only started to turn around after rushing out.

Before the armored steam warship rushed out and hadn't turned back, the Ming warship behind it came again.

However, these ordinary Ming warships were not as domineering as iron-clad steam warships. Instead, they aimed their sideways at the messy warships of the Japanese navy and entertained them with cannons.

"Boom boom boom..."

In the panic, the warship of the Japanese Navy, which hadn't recovered yet, was once again in a panic under the bombardment of the Ming warship.

Against the background of the jet of water, many wooden pieces of Japanese warships flew randomly, either the hulls were severely damaged, or they simply began to sink.

The Ming navy never gave the Japanese navy a chance to get close, and entertained them with heavy artillery.

It doesn't seem right, the iron-clad steam warship has very close contact with the warship of the Japanese navy, but it is a pity that the Japanese navy still has no chance to jump ship.

It can be said that since Daming had Liu Weichao as the "keyboard strategist", Ming's naval construction will no longer be based on jumping ship.Such jumping ship battles will only become less and less likely as time goes on.

The Busan naval battle was just the beginning, and it was a completely one-sided situation.

On the Japanese navy side, those who could withstand this unilateral ravage immediately began to retreat.

Those who were close to the port of Busan hurriedly hid in the port of Busan; while those who were a little bit away from the open sea fled to the open sea regardless of 21.And it was the kind that fled in all directions, and did not dare to gather together to escape.

Watching this scene, the tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers on the shore stared blankly, but no one made a sound: shocked, bitter, dumbfounded, etc., as if they were all made of clay.

Watching the battle situation, Zeng Ying sent out a signal, ordering the Portuguese sailing warships in the expeditionary force to leave the team to pursue the Japanese warships fleeing to the open sea, and kill as many as they could.

And he himself, leading the armored steam warship, continued to attack the port, completely ignoring the Japanese on the shore.

Seeing the huge iron armor smoking and sealing the boat, rushing majestically towards the port, those Japanese warships that had already hid in the port suddenly panicked, feeling like they were being rushed home!

(End of this chapter)