Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 697
Because of the problem of firearms, the Japanese did not take advantage of the boarding battle that they are best at.

Now the warships of the two sides collided in a chaotic manner, which was tantamount to another boarding battle.

As a result, the Korean soldiers made the proud Japanese suffer a great loss, and more than 1000 people were directly killed.

However, Huashan Jiulang led more than a dozen warships and successfully escaped the collision of Ming warships.

Seeing the soldiers and warships of the two countries fighting together, Huashan Jiulang's eyes turned blood red.

He can accept defeat, but absolutely cannot accept losing to North Korean soldiers, it is a shame.

"Come here, launch rockets, my lord wants to set fire to the Ming army fleet."

"My lord, you can't, there are still many of our soldiers there."

The deputy under his command also wanted to remind Huashan Jiulang a few words.

But Huashan Jiulang looked coldly at the nearly [-] warships fighting together, and decisively ordered the launch of rockets.

"Fire a rocket, and die who disobeys."

The Japanese soldiers on more than a dozen battleships did not dare to disobey the order, and immediately began to fire rockets at the melee fleet.

"Whizzing……"

Thousands of rockets quickly ignited the sails on the battleships, and the wooden decks of some battleships began to catch fire.

As more and more battleships were ignited by the rockets, the ammunition depots of the battleships began to be ignited and exploded.

Those battleships that lost power were quickly ignited by the nearby fireships, and the sea became a sea of ​​flames.

Soon another battleship's ammunition depot was ignited and exploded.

The soldiers on the battleship jumped into the sea to escape one after another, but there were warships on fire everywhere, and no one dared to rescue them at all.

As the governor of Ming Dynasty stationed in North Korea and the commander-in-chief of this attack on Japan, Lu Aiguo's flagship North Korean warship would certainly not collide with the Japanese warship.

They led fifty or sixty warships to watch the battle from the rear, and when they found that something was wrong, they immediately ordered the warships to retreat.

Two hundred warships were hit hard by the Japanese fleet this time, leaving only sixty warships.

In addition, more than 1 Korean soldiers died in battle, most of whom were burned to death or drowned because they jumped into the sea and could not be rescued.

So many people died in battle, which made Lu Aiguo very distressed. The Korean soldiers were all trained by Lu Aiguo.

He could only order the fleet to suspend crossing the Dayumi Strait and wait for the main force of the Ming army to arrive.

The Japanese also sank nearly fifty warships this time, most of which were sunk by impact.

Of the 4000 Japanese soldiers, more than [-] were killed this time.

Although there were huge casualties on both sides, in general, the Japanese fleet did not lose, but was the victor, because they won more with less.

Lu Aiguo is very brave, but he has nowhere to use his strength in the sea.

In order not to be killed by the Japanese rescue warships, he did not chase Huashan Kuro's more than a dozen retreating warships.

Shanchuan Port on the Satsuma Peninsula is the most important foreign trade port of the Satsuma Domain and the main base of the Japanese Navy.

In 1609, the main force of Satsuma's army to conquer Ryukyu came from here.

The guard of Shanchuan Port is Shimadzu Tadayoshi, who is the uncle of Shimadzu Hisamitsu, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, and a strong naval commander.

Shimadzu Tadayoshi almost laughed when he received Korean soldiers coming to attack the Satsuma Peninsula and Kyushu Island.

Facing the powerful Tokugawa shogunate, North Korea dared to send troops to fight. In the eyes of Shimadzu Tadayoshi, it was death.

The famous Japanese admiral Kuro Huashan led the fleet to attack the Koreans. Shimadzu believed that he would win easily.

When Shimadzu Tadayoshi saw that there were only ten warships returning under the leadership of Huashan Kuro, his face immediately became very ugly.

"Huashan Jun, you didn't go out with sixty warships, why did you only come back with ten?"

Huashan Jiulang shook his head:
"Shimadzu-kun, I am ashamed to say that I was besieged by [-] warships of the Koreans, and finally sank one or two hundred of their warships. As a result, we also lost [-] warships and thousands of brothers. It is a shame!"

In order not to lose face in front of Zhongliang Shimadzu, Huashan Kuro said that the casualties of the Ming army were one hundred more warships.

His words startled Shimadzu:
"What? Do the Koreans have so many warships? No wonder they lost so much. Don't be sad, Lord Huashan, you have won the battle!"

……

When the small Japanese fleet returned to Shanchuan Port, the main fleet of the Ming Dynasty finally reached the Osumi Strait.

The navy that came this time was twelve ironclad warships and seventy sailing warships led by Zhang Huangyan.

The army is the [-] Ming Dragon Banner Army led by Li Dingguo.

These two armies are not only well-equipped, but also have a medical ship with hundreds of people.

When Lu Aiguo received the news of the arrival of the main force of the Ming Dynasty, he immediately went to meet Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan on the Hongwu, the flagship of the Ming army.

Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan were discussing how to attack Kyushu Island when soldiers came to report:

"Report to the two generals, North Korean Governor Lu Aiguo asked to see him."

"Oh please."

Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan said almost in unison, and they all laughed.

The Chosun slowly approached the Hongwu, the soldiers built the hanging ladder, and Lu Aiguo stepped on the Daming iron-clad warship for the first time.

Looking back at the Chosun, Lu Aiguo suddenly found that the tall warship Chosun had become much smaller at this time.

While feeling emotional in his heart, Lu Aiguo looked up at Hongwu's tall chimney, which was emitting black smoke.

Li Dongyang's eyes were full of shock, and he was also thinking in his heart, if they could have a few of these ironclad ships, they would definitely not be sunk.

"Captain, this is the real iron-clad warship of Ming Dynasty, it would be great if we could give us two..."

Thinking in his heart, Li Dongyang accidentally said it out of his mouth.

Lu Aiguo looked at his capable subordinates with a half smile and asked:
"I don't have a single sail, can I drive away if I give you one? I can only think about it in my heart in the future."

"Yes, the governor taught you the right thing!"

Li Dongyang hastily admitted his mistake honestly.

After visiting the Hongwu, they were just about to turn around to meet the Ming army commander when suddenly Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan stepped onto the deck.

Li Dingguo knew Lu Aiguo, they met in North Korea.

Although Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan were the main commanders of the Ming army, it was impossible for them not to give face to Lu Xiangsheng, the son of Daming's loyal soul, Lu Aiguo, and finally came out to greet him.

Lu Aiguo and Li Dongyang hurried forward and bowed to salute:

"North Korean Governor Lu Aiguo and Deputy Governor Li Dongyang have met the two Lords."

"Two generals, hurry up and get rid of the courtesy"

Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan hurriedly supported Lu Aiguo and Li Dongyang.

Li Dingguo is the Marquis, Zhang Huangyan is the Earl, and Lu Aiguo is also the Earl.

Among them, Li Dingguo has the highest status, and he also has another status, that is, the Prince Consort of Ming Dynasty, but the others don't know it yet.

Several people saw the ceremony, and immediately walked into the command room of the Hongwu.

After arriving in the command room, Lu Aiguo knelt down in front of Li Dingguo again:
"Captain, our army suffered heavy losses in the previous battle in the Osumi Strait. More than 100 warships sank and more than 1 soldiers died in battle. Lu Aiguo is incompetent and asks the Marquis to punish him."

Seeing Lu Aiguo kneeling down suddenly, Li Dongyang reacted quickly, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Li Dingguo:
"The last general is incompetent, please punish the Marquis."

(End of this chapter)