Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 698 The Frog at the Bottom of the Well
Seeing Lu Aiguo and Li Dongyang knelt down to plead guilty, Li Dingguo hurriedly helped them up:

"Please, two generals. Most of you are in the army. You have little experience in naval battles. Failure is normal. Besides, it is a common thing in military affairs. The subsequent naval battles will be directed by Dudu Zhang."

Li Dingguo, as the general commander of the attack on Kyushu Island, did not blame Lu Aiguo for his loss of soldiers and generals.

Let the army go to fight the Japanese navy, failure is normal.

However, this was the emperor's order, and Li Dingguo could not raise any objections. The emperor's actions must have his own considerations.

Zhang Huangyan nodded with a smile:

"General Lu has worked hard. After this battle, the brothers must be physically and mentally exhausted, tired and hungry. An order has been sent to the soldiers to have a full meal and rest for a while, and then our whole army will attack."

Lu Aiguo hastily bowed and saluted:

"Xie Dudu, the general will go back and prepare."

Saying goodbye to Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan, Lu Aiguo and Li Dongyang returned to the North Korean fleet.

Now that the main fleet of the Ming Dynasty is here, the Korean soldiers can have a meal with peace of mind.

The North Korean wounded were also sent to the Daming medical ship for treatment.

After Lu Aiguo left, Zhang Huangyan took out the map given by the emperor, and discussed with Li Dingguo how to attack Kyushu Island.

They took a closer look at the topographic map of Kyushu Island. Kyushu Island is very large and the terrain is relatively complicated.

One of the eight major places in Japan, there are many famous Japanese towns on the island, such as Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Saga, Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, etc. are all on Kyushu Island.

If the Ming army wants to land, it must first defeat the Satsuma Navy, which is the main force of the Japanese Navy.

According to reports from scouts sent out, no Japanese warships were seen in the Osumi Strait.

Zhang Huangyan looked at the map of Kyushu Island and said to Li Dingguo:
"Commander, the Japanese navy suddenly withdrew from the Osumi Strait. It must be waiting for our decisive battle on the Satsuma Peninsula. This battle is very important. As long as the Satsuma Domain Navy can be defeated on the Satsuma Peninsula, the Japanese Navy will cease to exist."

Although Li Dingguo has never commanded a naval battle, he has personally experienced two naval battles.

One was the battle to recover Taiwan, and the other was the battle to attack Batavia.

Both World Wars faced the world's most powerful Netherlands Navy, which is known as the existence of the Sea Coachman.

As a result, Daming easily regained Taiwan with its iron-clad warships, and took Batavia forcefully.

Japan's navy is simply not comparable to that of the Netherlands.

When the Yuan army was defeated at the beginning, it was only because of the large number of people and the typhoon that they were lucky enough to win.

Today, the overall strength of the Ming Dynasty has long surpassed that of the Yuan Dynasty, and the navy is so powerful that the Yuan Dynasty can only be held back.

Looking at the map in front of him, Li Dingguo stood up with his hands on the table, pointed to the Satsuma Peninsula and said:

"The navy is under the command of Commander Zhang. I shouldn't interrupt, but I have a small suggestion."

Zhang Huangyan smiled and cupped his hands:

"Our two armies must successfully take Kyushu Island, otherwise His Majesty will not be able to explain, and the governor will speak directly."

Li Dingguo nodded:

"Look, Commander, the Satsuma Peninsula is so big, and we arrived suddenly, it is impossible for the Japanese navy to fully defend itself.

The Ming Dynasty Navy was divided into two fleets, one fleet directly attacked Shanchuan Port, and the other fleet attacked Fukuoka, so that the Satsuma Peninsula Navy could not look after each other.

At the same time as our two fleets were attacking, the North Korean soldiers were ordered to bombard the forts and coastal defenses along the coast of Nagasaki, and quickly landed in Nagasaki. "

Zhang Huangyan applauded and laughed after hearing Li Dingguo's suggestion:

"Haha... Yes, I also have the same intention. After defeating the Japanese navy, the fleet will destroy all the coastal defenses of Kyushu Island, and then the Dragon Banner Army and the Marine Corps will land in Fukuoka."

After the two discussed it, they immediately informed the captains of the battle tactics and intentions.

This battle is a large-scale naval battle, and it is impossible to rely on iron-clad warships. Zhang Huangyan only has twelve iron-clad warships under his command.

Let's talk about Huashan Kuro leading ten warships under his command to abandon the Osumi Strait and rush to Yamakawa Port to meet Shimadzu Tadara, and immediately head to the headquarters Kagoshima.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa, the lord of the Satsuma domain, was calling a meeting of his famous names at this time.

The Ming Dynasty invaded Japan this time, since the Yuan Dynasty invaded Japan, and China invaded Japan for the first time in more than 300 years.

Although the Satsuma clan, like the Tokugawa shogunate, did not take the Ming Dynasty seriously.

However, in the first battle of Ryukyu, the Satsuma clan's troops stationed in Ryukyu were all killed.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu had long wanted to publicly turn against Daming and directly send troops to control the Ryukyu Islands again.

However, after discussing with the Tokugawa shogunate, they jointly decided to send a killer to assassinate Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian.

Two years ago, Daming was in turmoil, and the Daming Building was about to collapse.

Who would have thought that Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty would suddenly show his might and kill Li Zicheng and hundreds of thousands of bandits in the defense of the capital.

Later, they regained the inside and outside of the Great Wall forcefully, sent troops to liberate North Korea, and defeated the captive regime.

Zhu Youjian saved Daming almost by himself.

Land reform, commercial tax collection, opening of the sea ban, and trade with other countries made Ming Dynasty completely strong and prosperous.

The Satsuma clan and the Tokugawa shogunate believed that as long as the current emperor was removed, the Ming Dynasty would once again fall into doom.

At that time, not only the Ryukyu Islands will return to their hands, but even North Korea and Taiwan will be included in the territory of the shogunate.

Even if the assassination of the Ming emperor failed, if Ming wanted to send troops to attack Japan, he would only be seeking his own death. The two times when the Yuan Dynasty was wiped out in Japan is a lesson from the past.

However, neither the Tokugawa shogunate nor Shimadzu Mitsuhisa, the feudal lord of Satsuma, would have thought that Daming would let the Koreans serve as cannon fodder to attack Japan directly from Tsushima Island.

They originally thought that if Ming Dynasty attacked Japan, it should also send troops from Taiwan.

Some bigwigs from the Satsuma clan were discussing how to eliminate the Korean soldiers, when suddenly Kuro Huashan and Zhongliang Shimadzu walked into the hall.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu saw the return of two admirals under his command, and hurriedly asked:
"How, will all the North Koreans be wiped out?"

Huashan Jiulang's old face was slightly red, and he hurriedly bowed and said:

"Reporting to the feudal lord, the number of North Korean warships this time has reached as many as 150. We tried our best to destroy only [-] ships, but the Satsuma warships also lost [-] ships."

"Ah... good! This is a big victory, so congratulations! The mighty Japanese navy..."

Some staff members of the Satsuma domain heard the comparison of the numbers and felt that they had won a big victory, and congratulated them one after another.

But Mitsuhisa Shimadzu had a bitter look on his face, how could he have imagined that North Korea would have two hundred warships.

His Satsuma domain has a total of more than 300 warships, of which there are only [-] main large warships.

A small North Korea consumes fifty of his warships, which is almost half of his combat power.

If the main fleet of Ming Dynasty arrives, can they still resist it?
It seemed like a big victory, but the loss was actually a bit unbearable for Satsuma.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa looked at his younger brother Shimadzu Tadayoshi, who was the only hope for the Satsuma Navy.

As the admiral of the Satsuma Peninsula Navy, Shimadzu Tadayoshi has the most say at this time.

"Shimadzu Tadayoshi, the Satsuma navy now depends entirely on you and Huashan Kuro. You must unite closely, concentrate all Satsuma naval forces, and wipe out the invading enemies of the Ming Dynasty on the Satsuma Peninsula, otherwise the Satsuma clan will cease to exist."

(End of this chapter)