690 The Ryukyu Rebellion
In order to consume as much of the Japanese warships as possible, the Ming Navy basically used almost the same amount of materials to return.
Neither Zheng Hongkui nor Gu Sanmazi expected that the Japanese navy, who was beaten to hide in the bay of Satsuma, would dare to follow them.
When the Ming Navy returned to the port of Amami Island to replenish supplies, it was discovered that the Japanese navy was coming.
By this time, Zheng Hongkui came to his senses first and guessed what the purpose of the Japanese navy daring to chase him.
At this time, the Ming Navy had two choices. One was to defend the port of Amami Island to the end, and the other was to withdraw and return to the port of Naha.
Facing the Japanese navy, the Ming Navy soldiers had already raised their morale and were all asking for battle.
However, whether it was Zheng Hongkui or Gu Sanmazi, they all chose the second route and retreated to Naha Port.
The reason for this choice is not just because they are pirates, and the wind is engraved in their bones.
More importantly, both of them had participated in the Liaodong war. A famous saying by Duke Xingguo has been circulating in the army, and it also made those who were born as pirates agree very much.
The words of Duke Xingguo are: If the land is left and the people are lost, the people and the land will be lost; if the land is left and the people and the people and the land will be lost.
At that time, the imperial government army followed this combat policy against Jianlu in Liaodong. The main combat intention was to eliminate Jianlu's vital forces.
It just so happened that the tactical goal of Zheng Hongkui and Gu Sanmazi was to consume the Japanese navy warships. It can be said that to a certain extent, it once again coincided with the combat goal of fighting the Jianlu of Liaodong. Therefore, they naturally thought of the guidelines mentioned by Duke Xingguo at the same time.
In addition, because the supply port built on Amami Island is relatively hasty, far less complete than Naha Port. Therefore, the supply materials are loaded on transport ships, with only coal and other items accumulated to the port warehouse.
If you want to retreat now, you will lose the coal at most, and the losses are not serious for the navy. As for military supplies such as iron bullets and gunpowder, they are all on transport ships. If there weren't too many Japanese warships, these transport ships could have set out with the army.
Of course, it is impossible to be suddenly attacked by the Japanese navy without losses.
Many sailors were resting on the shore. Even if the police rushed back, some of them could not come back. They could only hide deep in the island and wait for the Ming Navy to come back.
There are also some food and other supplies, which are also in the dock warehouse, or simply in the canteen, and these will definitely fall into the hands of the Japanese army.
However, these are relatively small matters, and neither Zheng Hongkui nor Gu Sanmazi can take care of them.
It will definitely take time to retreat at the Amami Island port. Therefore, some of the warships that have completed the supply and take the initiative to face the enemy, trying to delay the time when the Japanese warships capture the port and block the transport ships.
As a result, there was a lack of mobility. Two warships were surrounded by Japanese naval warships. Under the Jump Gang War, there were too many Japanese sailors, and even if the Ming soldiers killed many of them, they could not kill them.
In the end, the Ming soldiers of the two warships detonated the gunpowder in the warships and died together with the Japanese warships surrounding them.
These two warships belonged to the central navy of the Ming Dynasty. The original Shanhaiguan Navy was Gu Sanmazi's old subordinate.
With the word "Yi" as the first, they sacrificed their lives for their brothers! Just like in the original history, Gu Sanmazi led his brothers to rescue Jiangyin City, which Yan Yingyuan was defending.
Of course, it can be said now that they sacrificed their lives to cover up their comrades!
Gu Sanmazi, who was broken behind, saw this scene and punched the boat on the side of the ship, gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, you are waiting in the Spirit of Heaven. I, Gu Sanmazi, vowed to pay tribute to you ten times the life of the Japanese pirates!"
Naba Port is the real base of the Ming Navy in Ryukyu, and it occupied the longest time and built the longest time. Even if the Japanese navy uses this move, the fortifications on the shore can cause heavy losses to the Japanese pirates.
As a result, as expected, the Japanese navy tasted the sweetness and came to Naba Port.
Zheng Hongkui, who arrived at Naba Port first, had the scene of the two warships and the Japanese warships dying together in his mind. At this time, his eyes were red and he shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Brothers, when have we ever been so humiliated that we were chased by a group of small dwarfs! He also had to rely on the sacrifices from Lao Gu! I put the words in front. Who would dare to say that I was tired and afraid? I was the first to chop him up!"
The navy soldiers have indeed not had a good rest since they fought with the Japanese navy. They fought in the Satsuma clan and returned to the port of Amami Island to replenish supplies after the battle.
Because they were concerned about Sakurajima's comrades, they continued to go to Satsuma after the supply was completed, and they never went ashore. Now when they returned to Amamijima port to replenish supplies, they were attacked by the Japanese navy and rushed back to Naha Port. It would be a big deal if they were not tired!
However, Zheng Hongkui made a statement, and even forgot his identity for a while, returned to his life as a pirate, and made harsh words.
His navy was the eastern navy of the Ming Dynasty. It was originally stationed in Busan, but because of the Ryukyu war, he had not had time to return to his garrison, so he came to Ryukyu with the central navy of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, most of his subordinates were separated from the Fujian Navy at that time, and the former Denglai Navy was born like him.
When his subordinates heard Zheng Hongkui say this, his eyes were all red. He didn't say anything, he just wanted to fuck those little guys!
How can you let your brothers down and your comrades be disappointed?
No one expected that they, who were supposed to be tired, would be able to replenish supplies faster than ever before.
When the navy of Gu Sanmazi retreated and when he saw the shadow of the vanguard warship of the Japanese Navy from afar, the supply of the warship on Zheng Hongkui's side had been completed.
"Set out!" Zheng Hongkui didn't say much at all, but simply sent a military order. His flagship, the first ship, began to recognize outside the port.
When he and Gu Sanmazi were passing by, he clasped his fists and bowed loudly, "Old Gu, I'll leave it to my brother!"
When Gu Sanmazi saw this, he immediately folded his fists and replied loudly: "Don't leave some for me brothers and kill him together!"
As the two Ming navys entered and exited, all the naval soldiers on both sides saluted each other, silence was better than sound!
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The situation at Naha Port of course attracted the attention of everyone on the island. Zheng Xiangming, who had already returned, rushed from Shuri Castle to Naha Port to inquire about the situation.
To be honest, he was a little panicked because he heard the news that the Ming army was defeated by the Japanese army and had already fled to Naba Port.
When he arrived at the port, he happened to see the navy of Zheng Hongkui leaving the port, and Gu Sanmazi's troops entered the port.
It is impossible to rush back from the port of Amamishima without any confusion. Especially for transport ships, it seems a little panicked without the discipline of warships and soldiers.
If you only look at this surface, you will definitely feel that the Ming army is in a very embarrassed manner and is indeed defeated.
Looking far away, you can vaguely see the Japanese warships. If the Ming army had not been defeated, how could the Japanese warships come here?
Zheng Xiangming and Mingjun were in a relationship of prosperity and loss. Therefore, he panicked and hurried to find Ming General to ask about the situation.
But at this time, Gu Sanmazi was still able to care about him and never saw him, which made the Ryukyu people on the shore even more panicked.
When the army general in charge of shore defense saw it, he immediately issued a port martial law order. At the same time, he also ordered Zheng Xiangming to organize the Ryukyu army immediately and prepare to assist in the defense of Naha Port.
The most important reason for this is that the army generals didn’t know what the real situation was. He only knew that there was a battle in Naha Port. Based on this situation, he issued a series of orders.
After hearing this, Zheng Xiangming certainly would not have any objection, so he rushed back to Shuli City to organize the Ryukyu army to assist in the defense of Naha Port.
Naturally, further news from Naha Port was passed back to Shuri Castle.
This made Shuri Castle in chaos and panic.
Sometimes, this panic is contagious and even has an amplification effect. One passes through ten, ten passes through hundreds, and the ends of spreading is that the Ming army has been defeated and has only escaped back to a small number of troops and struggled dyingly in Naba Port.
When the Ryukyu people heard these rumors, they became even more panicked. The older generation still clearly remembered that when the Japanese army attacked, they were burning, killing, robbing, and doing all kinds of evil. So many people were preparing to hide in the mountains again.
However, there are still some people who are exceptions after hearing these news. The representative of these people is Shangzhen, the King of Ryukyu.
Hearing the embarrassment of the Ming army and hearing that the Ming army was about to be destroyed by the Japanese army, he immediately laughed. Then, he immediately took action and secretly met some people and contacted them to prepare to welcome the arrival of the Japanese army.
At this time, outside the sea of Naha Port, the Ming Navy warships had already begun to fight with the Japanese warships.
On the flagship, Takazo Ida saw that the Ming Dynasty warships were nearly twice as few as 50, and he realized that his decision to make a quick decision and immediately take advantage of the victory to pursue was wise.
So, Tada Takazo Ida immediately ordered that all Japanese warships should not be entangled with Ming warships, and that rushing into Naha Port would be a victory!
His men had already gained experience, and he rushed towards Naba Port without even saying anything.
When Zheng Hongkui saw this time, he did not intercept it. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity that the Japanese warship gave up defense and avoided it and rushed straight to Naba Port, and beat the Japanese warships from the flanks.
Chapter completed!