Chapter 935: Destroy Hiroshima! (Part 1)

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Japan, Hiroshima, offshore.

The warships of the Third Fleet of the Tiger Army Navy slowly sailed into the port of Hiroshima.

Along the way, they did not encounter the Japanese navy. It is estimated that the Japanese navy had gone to the vicinity of Sado Island to counterattack Sado Island. Perhaps the Japanese did not expect that the Tiger Army Navy had the courage to attack Japan's homeland. It should be noted that the surroundings of Hiroshima were all Japanese inland seas. Except for the Zheng Fleet, no other warships seemed to have arrived.

Halfway through, I met some Japanese fishing boats, but I didn't recognize the Hu Ben Army Navy. Some fishing boats waved their hands to signal the Hu Ben Army, and didn't know who they regarded the Hu Ben Army as a warship. If they learned about the purpose of the Hu Ben Army, they would probably vomit blood.

"Han Li, count the amount of turmeric oil."

Zhang Haibin suddenly shouted.

"Commander, one hundred and thirty barrels."

Han Li's agile answer.

"Yeah, it's almost done."

Zhang Haibin said to himself.

The tincture oil carried by the navy is not actually used for naval battles, but for destruction. The tincture oil is stirred with tung oil and rapeseed oil and then processed, and is very flammable. As long as you pour it on the building and ignite it, a raging fire can be ignited immediately. In fact, Zhang Zhun wanted to get some oil, and the combustion power of oil is stronger. Unfortunately, his current technical strength is still unable to mine oil.

When Han Li heard his boss ask about the amount of tincture oil, he knew that Hiroshima was going to be in trouble.

Although Nagasaki and Hiroshima are both Japanese ports and are targets of the Tiger Army, there are still big differences between them. At that time, Nagasaki was not fully developed. In the eyes of the Japanese, it was a small affiliated port and its status was not very important. Not to mention the territorial factors, it was basically optional.

The rule of the shogunate was not very strong in Nagasaki. The Himemae country where Nagasaki was located had bad relations with Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Later, the situation forced him to surrender to the shogunate. Basically, it can be said that the Nagasaki Port and Tokugawa Shogunate were not all the way. The Tiger Army bombarded Nagasaki to shock the local Japanese, and asked them to consider the consequences of following the shogunate.

In addition, in terms of geographical location, the Hu Ben Army may have to land in Nagasaki in the future. Since this is the case, the port facilities in Nagasaki cannot be destroyed. The artillery attacks of the Hu Ben Army Navy are all aimed at the buildings on the shore, and the equipment and facilities of the port have not suffered any losses. This is to leave one hand to prepare for the future.

But Hiroshima is different. This is definitely a confidant area ruled by the shogun. The people here are all the backbone elements of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Hu Ben Army cannot land here. Therefore, the Hu Ben Army Navy wants to completely destroy Hiroshima. Aren’t you declaring war on our Hu Ben Army? Okay, we are here.

"Keep aware of the movements of the Japanese Navy!"

"Prepare for shelling!"

Zhang Haibin said calmly.

Han Li quickly posted the flag language.

The warships slowly approached the port, slowly arranged in a straight line, gradually approaching the land of Hiroshima. The cannon window had already opened, and all the cannons were already on standby to fire. With one order, tens of cannons could be fired together.

It seemed as if they felt something. The ships and sailors in Hiroshima Port all watched the arrival of these uninvited guests in horror. In fact, they had discovered the existence of the Hu Ben Navy before, but they did not know the origin of the Hu Ben Navy, nor did they know what their purpose was to appear here.

But now, they knew that the other party was here. Moreover, it was definitely not a small fight! Such a large warship seemed to be rare under Zheng Zhilong's command. It is hard to say that all the personnel in the port hurriedly went ashore to hide.

The Japanese army stationed in Hiroshima received the report and hurriedly sent people to check it out. This was a last resort, and it was enough to scare them all. So many warships appeared in Hiroshima, and idiots knew that Hiroshima was in trouble. For a moment, various bells kept ringing. From the Mile Mile, you can see that the entire Hiroshima was in a mess.

The originally bright sunlight gradually faded. A few dark clouds floated over, covering the entire Hiroshima better. Under the dark light, the entire sea surface seemed even more ferocious. The waves rolled quietly. The increasingly violent waves hit the stones on the shore one after another, making a huge roar.

The head of the Tokugawa Shogunate's Fukuo tribe in Hiroshima was named Seiji Maeda. He was considered a relatively high-level official in the Shogunate. His main responsibility was to manage the overseas trade of Hiroshima. Most of the overseas goods that traded with Japan were on Hiroshima. For example, foreign muskets, cannons, etc. were all unloaded on Hiroshima.

Today, Maeda Seiji got up very early. He wanted to receive a batch of Western muskets from Zheng Zhilong, with a large number of them, with a total of 20,000. Tokugawa Iemitsu very much regards this matter and specifically reminded Maeda Seiji to be careful. For some reason, Zheng Zhilong's merchant fleet did not arrive on time, which made Maeda Seiji feel a little uneasy. He was worried that if something happened, the trouble would be great.

There was bad news, saying that it was a few daimyos who were loyal to the royal family, secretly contacting each other and preparing to fight against the shogunate. These people seemed to be unwilling to give up. Especially the relatively far distance between Idea and Muro Okura. Tokugawa Iemitsu mobilized the army to be put to extinguish them all.

To fight, there must be arms. The quantity of large guns, iron cannons and other products produced by Japan is far from meeting the needs, and there are also relatively large problems in terms of quality. To solve the problem of arms, we can only find Zheng Zhilong. Without Zheng Zhilong's support, the source of weapons of the shogunate army will be greatly restricted.

[Author’s note: The Japanese call muskets an iron cannon and a large cannon. There is no need to explain the details here.]

Zheng Zhilong did not deliver the weapons and equipment in time, and he didn't know what he was doing. This guy was very good at collecting money, and he couldn't even owe a single child. It was originally a rule to pay for the money and deliver the goods in the other hand, but when Zheng Zhilong came, he had to pay in advance. Otherwise, there would be no negotiation. As a result, all the money purchased by the shogunate was paid in advance.

There is a rumor that only ten taels of silver per musket in Nanyang, Zheng Zhilong will get twenty taels of silver for the shogunate once he re-sells. The profit in the middle is indeed too amazing. However, there is nothing we can do about it. Who made the vast ocean monopolize the Zheng family fleet? Compared with the Zheng family fleet, the Japanese Navy is not enough to see it!

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

Suddenly, the alarm bell came.

Maeda Seiji's face changed slightly. What happened?

"Master, it's not good, it's not good!"

While he was wondering, someone suddenly rushed in and shouted in panic.

"calm!"

"What happened?"

Maeda Seiji cursed impatiently.

"There are warships!"

The subordinate shouted in panic.

"Zheng Zhilong's warship?"

Maeda Seiji frowned.

"no!"

Maeda Seiji's subordinate was probably a little panicked. When reporting the information, there was something he was messed up. Maybe he was frightened, his face turned red and his neck was thick. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it. Everyone next to him was anxious for him.

"Yes, yes, yes, other people's warships!"

"Not Zheng Zhilong's!"

The subordinate held it in a long time before he said the key points.

"What?"

Maeda Seiji hurriedly stood up.

Other people's warships arrived in Hiroshima? That's not a good thing!

He hurriedly walked outside the castle, raised his thousand-mile mirror, and looked at the sea outside. This time, he was shocked. Outside Hiroshima, more than 20 large warships were scattered in one stroke, with great momentum, obviously an attacking situation!

"Damn it!"

"It's the Hu Ben Army Navy!"

Maeda Seiji suddenly screamed.

The intelligence department of the shogun was not completely vegetarian, and they knew a little about the situation outside. At least, they got the military flag of the Hu Ben Army. Maeda Seiji happened to see it, but he immediately recognized it. Isn’t the military flag of the Hu Ben Army floating on the masts of the warships the same?

The Japanese around were all shocked. The arrival of the Hu Ben Navy is probably because the visitors are not good! So many warships are even more powerful than Zheng Zhilong's fleet. For a moment, they all felt that they were soaked in cold weather.

"protest!"

"We want to protest solemnly!"

Maeda Seiji roared angrily.

The warships of the Hu Ben Navy entered the Japanese waters without permission without the permission of the Japanese side. This is a provocative act! We must protest! The strongest protest must be raised!

"Master, we declared war on the Hu Ben Army..."

At this time, someone carefully reminded him.

"Declare war?"

Maeda Seiji's cold sweat suddenly came down.

God! He actually forgot about this big thing!

That's right, the Tokugawa Shogunate did declare war on the Tiger Army. That was two months ago. However, he knew very well that the so-called declaration of war was just a gesture. After the declaration of war, the shogunate did not make any particularly big moves. He originally thought that the shogun and the Tiger Army were originally a matter of nine or eight, but he didn't expect that the Tiger Army Navy actually came to the door on his own initiative.

Damn it! Which bastard encouraged the shogun to declare war on the Hu Ben Army? When he declared war, did he ever think about the reaction of the Hu Ben Army? A group of idiots had no idea what the situation of the Hu Ben Army was, so he declared war in a daze! Now, so many Hu Ben Army warships have come to the door.

"Where is our navy?"

Maeda Seiji roared furiously.

The fleet of the Tiger Army Navy appeared near Hiroshima. Where did the Japanese navy die? The Tiger Army Navy appeared here swaggeringly, as if they were the masters here, but the Japanese navy, as the masters, was gone.

Everyone around him quietly lowered his head. No one knew where their Japanese navy went. It seemed that no Japanese navy had ever appeared in Hiroshima. Because this is the Japanese inland sea. Except for Zheng Zhilong's fleet, no other warships would appear. Hiroshima is surrounded by Japanese inland seas!

Some people are familiar with the navy, but they know some news. The Japanese navy was basically on hold after the failure of the war invasion of North Korea. After the shogunate was established, it did not attach much importance to the navy. What the shogunate wanted to rely on was the power of the Zheng family fleet, and he was not very interested in his navy.

To be honest, even if all the Japanese navy were on Hiroshima at this time, they might not be the opponent of the Hu Ben Army. Look at the warships of the Hu Ben Army, they are even larger than those of the armed merchant ships of Zheng Zhilong. If the warships of the Japanese Navy are confronted with them, there is basically no possibility of victory.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

Suddenly, a rumbling sound of cannons came from the sea.

Without any hello, the warships of the Hu Ben Army Navy had already fired.

Since all war has been declared, why are you still polite?

One round of shells hit Hiroshima fiercely. Hundreds of cannons were fired together, and the power was imaginable. Suddenly, the entire Hiroshima seemed to have rained with iron eggs, and hundreds of round iron lumps were smashed down like this.

Having experienced shelling Nagasaki, the Tiger Army Navy's shelling seemed more skilled. They skillfully fired the shells like running water. You guys, aren't you going to declare war? Then let you taste the taste of war!

A burst of iron lumps roared towards Hiroshima. When they landed, no matter what they encountered, they were destroyed by them. Various sounds sounded in every corner of Hiroshima. A large number of people screamed, screamed, cried, and wailed each other, and were then suppressed by the violent sound of the collapse of the buildings.

The sword-tooth ships are equipped with 70mm caliber Dragon Cannons. Within a distance of two thousand meters, the damage caused by solid bullets was still very obvious. The houses at that time were not the steel and concrete structures of later generations. Most of them were mud brick houses, and some even thatched huts. How could such a building block the bombardment of solid bullets?

Especially the solid bullets fired by the red cannons are indeed too powerful. Even the castle where Maeda Seiji is located cannot withstand it. The 120mm-caliber solid bullet can make a sag on the stone wall, let alone hit other places.

In a moment, the coastal areas of Hiroshima were already in chaos. Large areas of buildings collapsed and a large number of people fled behind them. Even the local garrison was frightened by the brutal rain of bullets and rushed backwards.
Chapter completed!