Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 363 War
The Kingdom of Ryukyu is an archipelago stretching thousands of miles between Taiwan and Japan.

The capital of the Kingdom of Ryukyu is on the island of Okinawa in later generations.

Because of the special geographical location, ships from Nanyang to Japan for trade will pass through the Ryukyu Kingdom, so the Ryukyu Kingdom is still relatively wealthy.

Historically, the Satsuma clan sent [-] soldiers to the Kingdom of Ryukyu by boat, captured the king of the Kingdom of Ryukyu, and ordered the king of Ryukyu to surrender to Japan, and the Kingdom of Ryukyu was thus controlled by Japan.

More than 200 years later, Ryukyu was forcibly incorporated into Japan, and the Ryukyu Kingdom disappeared from the earth.

The Satsuma clan can be said to be a concentration camp for Japanese pirates. Many incidents of harassment by Japanese pirates in the Daming sea area have the shadow of the Satsuma clan.

Therefore, Zhou Qingfeng is going to intervene in this matter this time, to teach the Satsuma clan and the Japanese shogunate a severe lesson.

For this reason, he has asked Wei Zhongxian to prepare for more than half a year.

In addition, he not only wanted to prevent Satsuma from occupying Ryukyu, but also killed the successor of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and then turned the Ryukyu Islands into the territory of Ming Dynasty.

On the vast sea, six heavily armed Galen warships and a dozen merchant ships sailed in formation.

This fleet is headed by the six Galen warships from Tianjin to Guangzhou built by Zhang Qingfeng.

The leader of this fleet is the eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

At this time, there were more than 2000 fully armed sailors in this fleet, as well as more than 2000 musketeers drawn by Zhang Qingfeng from the banking system.

Today, it has been several months since Japan invaded the Kingdom of Ryukyu, and it has only achieved substantive occupation and control of the Kingdom of Ryukyu.

This time, Wei Zhongxian's task was to attack more than 3000 Japanese soldiers on Okinawa Island before most of the Satsuma soldiers withdrew from the Ryukyu Kingdom and before the Ryukyu King Shang Ning was taken away, and wiped out these [-] Japanese soldiers. soldier.

Then, he had to find a way to find an opportunity to kill the Ryukyu king and members of the royal family, and finally threw the pot to the Japanese.

"Admiral, according to the report of the spies, the warships of the Japanese Satsuma clan are currently moored in Naha Port. Except for the five hundred sailors stationed on board, the others are stationed in Shuri City, the capital of Ryukyu..."

"In a few days, the King of the Ryukyu will be pushed to the mainland of Japan..."

On the Tianjin, Wei Zhongxian was listening to the reports of his subordinates, while looking at the map of Ryukyu and Okinawa main islands, thinking about whether there were any missing places.

Led by a guide familiar with the Ryukyu Kingdom, the fleet continued to sail, and at around ten o'clock in the morning, they finally saw the shadow of Okinawa.

The fleet continued sailing, and finally arrived at Okinawa at ten minutes past noon.

The arrival of such a large fleet naturally attracted the attention of the Japanese on the island.

Soon, a Japanese ship came over.

"Who are you? Okinawa Island does not accept foreign merchant ships now, please leave..."

After the Japanese ship approached, a group of people dressed as samurai stood on the deck and shouted at the people above the Royal Fleet.

"Your Excellency, do you want to make a deal with them?" Someone asked Wei Zhongxian.

"It's not necessary, just attack directly." Wei Zhongxian gave the order.

Following Wei Zhongxian's order, all six warships immediately opened their guns.

Seeing such a situation, the Japanese ship realized that it was not good, and immediately prepared to turn around and flee.

However, soon, with the sound of booming cannons, the ship was hit by more than a dozen shells, and soon sank.

"Block Naha Port and let's give the Japanese a trap to catch turtles in." Wei Zhongxian issued the order.

At this time, the violent sound of artillery had already alarmed the Japanese army on the island, which could be heard clearly from more than ten miles away.

Outside the port, six warships and more than a dozen merchant ships had dispersed, and then blocked the port of Naha.

In the port, the dozens of Japanese warships stopped because of insufficient soldiers, so only a dozen or so ships were launched to meet the enemy.

For these small ships with a displacement of less than [-] tons, the six Galen warships did not pay attention at all.

At this time, six warships and a dozen merchant ships lined up in a line, blocking the entire port.

Before the Japanese shipbuilding approached, countless shells were fired at the Japanese warships in the port.

At this time, there were not only the artillery of the six Galen battleships, but each of the dozen or so merchant ships was also equipped with several artillery pieces.

Although the firepower of these merchant ships could not be compared with that of six warships, they were equal to the firepower of one or two Galen warships together.

In Naha Port, as soon as a dozen sailing boats were rowing, countless shells were fired over.

Most of these shells are chain bombs designed to destroy sails.

For a while, the sails of at least several ships were damaged.

Fortunately, in addition to the sails, the Japanese warships also had rowers. Even if the sails were damaged, they could still move, but at a much slower speed.

On the Royal Fleet side, after the first round of shooting was completed, a few minutes later, the second round of shooting began again.

This time the artillery fired flowering ammunition, and the distance from the Japanese warship was a little closer.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

As the violent cannon sounded, countless shells flew towards more than a dozen Japanese warships without interruption.

At a distance of less than 400 meters, the hit rate of these shells reached an astonishing [-]%.

In less than a quarter of an hour, almost every one of the dozen or so Japanese warships was hit by several shells.

Boom boom boom!
With the explosion of the explosive bombs, the soldiers in these Japanese warships suddenly suffered heavy casualties.

Some shells fell into the cabin and exploded. The shock wave of the explosion and the wood chips caused by the shrapnel explosion caused heavy losses to the Japanese sailors rocking in the cabin.

Boom boom boom!
Within a few minutes, a new round of shelling began again.

"Hurry up, run faster."

At this time, countless Japanese soldiers were running fast on the way from the Ryukyu Imperial Palace to the port of Naha.

Naha Port is only a dozen miles away from the Imperial Palace. As the supreme commanding general of the Satsuma Clan attacking the Ryukyu Kingdom, Kawayama Kudaka naturally heard the violent shelling at the port, and he wished he could rush there immediately.

However, because of the distance, even if you march at the fastest speed, it will take more than one or two hours for a distance of more than ten miles.

Fortunately, there are [-] soldiers stationed at Naha Port, so Kawayama Kudaka is not very worried.

What's more, in addition to the warships in Naha Port, there are also two forts.

The two forts in Naha Port are Miejo Fort and Yaraza Mori Fort, each with dozens of cannons.

A few months ago, when Kawayama Kudaka led Japanese warships to attack Okinawa, they were sunk by two forts and sank seven warships as soon as they approached Naha Port.

This left him with no choice but to land in the undefended Nakijin area of ​​northern Okinawa and push his way down from land.

However, if Kawayama Kudaka knew that there were countless Japanese artillerymen in the two forts in Naha Port at this time, watching the fleet in a daze in the distance, he didn't know how he would feel.

"Yamamoto-kun, this is too far away, we can't hit it at all!" A gunner looked helplessly at a dozen enemy ships in the distance.

(End of this chapter)