Chapter 407 Spending money is also the purpose of war
Tokugawa Iemitsu's anger is understandable. They have never heard of the king who came to enthrone other people's country on the pole, and have put forward a series of very excessive conditions, which is simply bullying people at home.
The Chinese dynasty, which always only has face but not inner self, changed its past habits for the first time, and once gave you enough face but emptied your inner self "enclosure".
The warships displayed outside Nagasaki Port were a threat of nakedness. Tokugawa Iemitsu believed that it was time to engage in a national war. He had this confidence to start a war with the Ming Dynasty because the Tokugawa shogunate had been there for three lifetimes, and every general was still competent, and Japan was coming out of the fatigue of the Warring States Period.
Moreover, Japan has a unique geographical location and is destined to be rarely invaded by foreign enemies. Occasionally, they took the initiative to attack in several foreign wars. If the war could not burn its own land, the country would not feel the pain of the war.
Of course, the more important point is that Tokugawa Iemitsu did not see the Ming Navy fleet on the sea in Edo. If he saw it, he really doesn't know if he still has the courage to fight.
Of course, Zhu Dadian knew that such a book of enthronement could not be exchanged for peace, but only for war. When he sent the Dutch off the ship, he was ready to start the battle on board 6.
In July of the second year of Jingyou, the first Sino-Japanese naval battle began. The Ming Navy destroyed all the Japanese warships in Nagasaki Port in less than a quarter of an hour.
One hundred and sixty warships, more than three thousand cannons, and endless ammunition poured on the islands near Nagasaki. Under the cover of artillery fire, the Shuizi Camp landed on the territory of Japan for the first time.
At this time, the popularity of firearms in the Japanese army was relatively high, but when encountering the Water-Character Camp, it was only a small witch.
The Shuizi Camp has always been ridiculed as an artillery camp. Except for Wu Yi who once brought them a bloody battle in Fujian, they almost all rely on firearms to fight.
The Japanese soldiers in Nagasaki Port were fearless and more brave than the Manchu Jiannu, and rushed forward in batches with ammunition. Hundreds of warships lined up to fire. Although they were not limited in close range shooting, the accuracy was not enough to make up, and the landing points were still very dense. The Japanese soldiers had no choice but to bite the bullet and rushed to the beach. On the distant coast, all the water-shaped camps in black-clad clothes and black armor were already holding the spirit turtle flag and rushing towards the shore along the deck.
The Japanese soldiers were wearing red armor, holding a long bow that was taller than others in their hands, and a Japanese knife hung on their waists. The most peculiar thing is that each person had a long-shaped flag on his body, which was painted like a mahjong plaque. They had a cloth hollow tube behind them, covering the seam of the flagpole. This is the unique "finger flag" of Japanese soldiers. This thing is mainly to distinguish who is their own people. Since the Muromachi Shogun era, the emperor has been a puppet, and the shoguns have also lost power. The local princes are in the separatist territory, but the small territory is divided into dozens of "countries". The rulers of these "countries" are called "Daming", which is the dominant king of one side, with its own territory, personnel, finance, rule of law, military power, and independent army.
On the other hand, the Japanese were very good at fighting and had to fight with neighboring countries every now and then. The farmers usually planted rice and plowed the fields, and it was a good idea to catch a spear during war. When the army fought, everyone knew that the uniform armor was best, but as we all know, in ancient times, Japan was very poor and had extremely shortage of supplies. For Daming, it was almost impossible to equip every soldier with the same outfit. In order not to cut down his own people, this kind of finger flag came into being.
In the eyes of the soldiers of the Water-Character Camp, they felt a little fuzzy. This thing was like his mother's soul-summoning banner. Not only did these veterans of the Water-Character Camp think of some ghost soldiers and ghost generals, but the Japanese were also extremely short at this time. This was not a Chinese arrangement in later generations. It was really the Japanese at this time. They were considered to be a burly man with a "tiger back and bear waist" over one meter four.
"These shorts are really tenacious, and they are still rushing like this." Wu Yi rubbed his hands and said. He did not feel contempt for the short Japanese soldiers. But from this fierce and fearless charge, this group of people is worthy of respect, and at least won the recognition of Wu Yi, the water hero of Taihu Lake.
Zhu Dadian knew something about Japan and said, "Like us, we have been fighting for a long time and have just been calmed down. Don't underestimate the journey of hundreds of wars, and move out the cannons developed by the Songjiang Navy."
"Why use a knives to kill chickens? It's too early to use that one at this time. I'll meet them!" Wu Yi saw the hunting heartbroken, jumped off the deck, half-duckled and came to the shore. Behind him, the former Taihu heroes, now his subordinates and generals dived and rushed towards the shore.
The Shuizi Camp in front was covered by three thousand cannons and landed at Nagasaki Port. It soon set up a mandarin duck formation that shone brightly in the Northern Expedition. The Japanese soldiers threw their hand axes and muskets back. Qi Jiguangming's formation was to deal with the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates came from Japan, so their tactics naturally followed the style of Japanese soldiers fighting. This time, they happened to hit the iron plate. The Shuizi Camp showed in surprise that its mandarin duck formation was much better than usual.
The soldiers of the Water-Capital Battalion were divided into small teams, with the sword and shield hands in front, the musket hands in the center, and the spear hands in the back. Slowly advance forward to make room for the brothers behind to board 6.
Wu Yi was aroused by the tenacity of the Japanese soldiers, and his heart was aroused. He pulled out his waist with his bare arms and said with a grim smile, "Brothers, kill, kill all these three-inch dicks."
After the close contact, the Ming soldiers were wielding their advantages, and the dense spear tips of the spearmen harvested the lives of the Japanese soldiers with very low armor. The resources here were scarce, and some people could not even wear clothes, let alone armor.
Wu Yi's sword body was extremely thick, and he was full of wind in the crowd, slashing left and right as if he was entering a no-man. There were many Japanese soldiers dead under his sword around him. Even the fierce Japanese people on their faces could not help but feel afraid when they saw this big man like an iron tower.
The blood stained Nagasaki Port red. Wu Yi looked at the corpse all over the ground with a knife and sighed, "What a pity, it's a group of good soldiers, but the power gap is too great."
Zhu Dadian said with a funny look, "Why, do you still hope they will be stronger?"
"Haha, Duke Wei was joking, and the general thought that these people were just a little brave."
Although the Japanese soldiers were brave, the gap in strength was too big. In addition, Zhu Dadian was not stingy with his gunpowder and shells at all. He almost poured money into the enemy's formation. This battle was destined to be a victory for money from the beginning.
The navy's important task was to force the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate to agree to be enthroned. The second task was to spend 20 million taels of military expenses. This was not a time to save life. Countless factories in Jiangnan were still waiting for the navy's orders.
Zhu Dadian looked at the sky. It was still early, and waved his hand and said, "Camp here tonight, and send orders to build fortifications and barracks."
Chapter completed!