Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 170 Kill them all, leaving no one behind!
Ma He next to him was very excited.

When I was at the Ming Military Academy, I also trained in firing artillery and witnessed the power of rapid-fire cannons.

But during training, they fire one shot at a time to test their accuracy and power. How can it be as shocking as firing so many guns at the same time?

Under the coverage of artillery fire, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it will be defeated easily.

No matter what kind of opponent it is, it can be reduced to ashes in an instant.

It's not just him.

At this moment, tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty naval officers and soldiers were stunned.

It is difficult for humans to imagine scenes they have not seen.

Although the soldiers had been trained in firing artillery before, this was the first time they had seen a scene of thousands of cannons firing at the same time.

Shocked!

Deeply shocked!
Many of them came from other armies of the Ming Dynasty.

He signed up for the assessment and only after passing it could he enter the Ming Military Academy to study and become one of the first navy officers of the Ming Dynasty.

When I first witnessed the power of artillery fire in college, I also imagined how to deal with this kind of firearm.

For example, galloping on horseback and rushing forward under heavy artillery fire.

Only now did I realize how naive my original thoughts were.

Under the intensive bombardment of hundreds of cannons, the people and horses had already been blown to pieces by the artillery fire. What was the point of charging?

The powerful Ming Navy showed its fangs for the first time in war, which also brought a great psychological shock to all naval officers and soldiers.

The artillery fire continued for about half a quarter of an hour, covering the entire Japanese pirate camp several times before Zhu Yunhuan ordered to stop.

At the same time, the Marines were ordered to load their guns with bullets and bayonets and go ashore immediately to clean up the battlefield.

Yes.

Just cleaning up the battlefield.

Because it's all over.

When the smoke cleared, the camp was revealed to everyone again.

All that was seen were broken walls, scattered limbs, and countless motionless corpses.

Occasionally, there were a few Japanese pirates who were extremely unlucky and were still alive. They did not die immediately and were groaning in a pool of blood.

The plugs built by the Japanese pirates on the sea were extremely simple.

How can it withstand the fierce bombardment of artillery fire?

It has already become a ruin by now.

"Show no mercy to the Japanese pirates and do not accept their surrender. Kill them all, leaving no one alive," Zhu Yunhuan ordered.

These people, whether they are real Japanese or fake Japanese, are all guilty of blood debts.

I don’t know how many kind-hearted people along the coast died at their hands.

Zhu Yunhuan had no interest in forgiving the Japanese pirates on behalf of the people who died tragically and their families.

What he wants to do is to send all these demons to hell.

A group of Marines quickly went ashore and soon entered the ruins.

There was almost no gunfire.

Only occasional screams were heard.

Because there are basically no Japanese pirates who are still alive and uninjured.

Those who survived were also seriously injured and lay on the ground.

Of course, the soldiers would not waste precious bullets on such a person. They would just go forward and stab him to death with the bayonet in front of the gun.

The battle ended quickly.

But it took a long time to clean up the battlefield and record the results of the battle.

After all, there were more than 3,000 Japanese pirates.

It would take a lot of time just to cut off their heads and count them all.

What's more, the bodies of these people were scattered all over the camp.

After the battlefield was almost cleared, Zhu Yunhuan brought Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng ashore.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall.

As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally pays special attention to his own safety.

Although the Japanese pirates were badly beaten in the initial bombardment.

The remaining remnants are not a concern at all.

But we also have to worry that some of them are injured but not dead, or that those who are pretending to be dead may suddenly attack and endanger his life.

This happens frequently when clearing a battlefield.

Zhu Yunhuan would not take unnecessary risks.

After going ashore and inspecting the Japanese pirates' camp which had been reduced to ruins by artillery fire, Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu were once again deeply shocked.

Walls and houses collapsed everywhere, dust flew everywhere, and broken limbs and blood and flesh were scattered everywhere...

Even though the war was over, the two of them could still see the horror of the artillery bombardment at that time.

Under such terrifying power, the so-called courage, cruelty, and fighting skills of these Japanese pirates... are no longer important. It can even be said that they are meaningless.

Because under the coverage of artillery fire, all beings are equal and everything is gone.

Even the most elite troops would be reduced to ashes in the face of such fierce artillery fire.

Even if they were not killed, the entire organizational structure of the army would be blown apart.

The combat effectiveness of an army comes from its organization.

An army without organization has no fighting power at all.

Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu are both veterans of the battlefield.

It is also because of this that they can more clearly feel the horror and terror of such artillery fire.

Following behind His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, both of them remained silent.

Their minds were still digesting this extremely unbelievable scene before them.

"Your Highness, my Great Ming has such a powerful weapon. Can't we easily sweep across the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the future?"

Zhu Neng finally couldn't help but speak.

"That's not necessarily true!" Zhu Yunhuan shook his head. One important factor that made the artillery attack so effective this time was that it was the first time in human history that so much artillery fire was concentrated to carry out a saturation coverage attack.

The Japanese pirates' camp was built without any consideration for this kind of attack.

The buildings are densely populated and people are densely populated.

Moreover, they foolishly stayed in the camp and were unable to escape.

This is the main reason why such brilliant results were achieved under this saturation artillery attack.

If the enemy had been prepared, knew the power of artillery fire, and knew how to disperse and hide their personnel, then the same attack would probably not be able to achieve even one-tenth of the effect.

In the era of cold weapons, the armies were deployed as densely as possible.

The denser the population, the greater the power the military formation can exert.

But in the age of hot weapons, it would be suicidal to deploy troops densely without dispersing them.

The group of Japanese pirates in front of us suffered an unfamiliar loss.

But the situation on the grassland is different.

The people of the nomadic tribes are all on horseback, and when hit by artillery fire, they will flee in all directions.

In this case, it is hard to say how many people the artillery fire can kill or injure.

Zhu Yunhuan smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, the Northern Yuan will be here soon."

"Once we have dealt with the Japanese pirates and pacified Japan, it will be the turn of the Northern Yuan Dynasty."

"They are just a group of barbarians who are good at riding and shooting. It is not difficult to deal with them."

He said it lightly.

It seemed as if solving the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which had troubled the Ming Dynasty for many years, was just a piece of cake.

If someone had spoken about the Northern Yuan Dynasty in this tone in the past, no matter who that person was, Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu would have been dissatisfied.

They had fought against the Northern Yuan Dynasty and were well aware of the difficulty of resolving the threat posed by the Yuan Dynasty.

It is not easy to completely pacify the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

But when these words came from the mouth of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the two felt that it seemed natural.

Only after witnessing the power of the Ming Dynasty's naval artillery with my own eyes did I realize how god-like the man who built this navy was.

They had no choice but to believe that such a person could pacify the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Thinking back to before the war, the two of them had offered suggestions and advice on how to fight, and their analyses were very clear and logical. Thinking about it now, my face couldn't help but turn slightly red.

I thought the two of them were offering a brilliant idea, but unexpectedly they turned out to be "clowns"?
While he was thinking, a general came to report.

"Your Highness, I have captured a prisoner."

Zhu Yunhuan frowned slightly: "Didn't I already order that no prisoners should be taken and all should be killed?"

"This man calls himself Kameda Inugami, and he is the leader of this group of Japanese pirates. I did not kill him immediately, and I would like to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make the decision."

Zhu Yunhuan immediately walked over and saw a Japanese pirate lying on the ground, his body covered with wounds, groaning in pain, and several soldiers pointing guns at him.

"Your Highness, this man is Kameda Inugami." The general pointed at the Japanese pirate on the ground and said, "Based on the testimony of other Japanese pirates before they died, he should be correct."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince?" Kameda Inukai, who was groaning in pain on the ground, suddenly looked up. When he saw Zhu Yunhuan, his body moved violently. The soldiers around him thought he was going to attack and hurried forward to stop him.

Unexpectedly, Kameda Inukai actually kowtowed.

"Your Highness, spare my life!"

Now you know you are afraid of death?
Zhu Yunxun asked curiously, "How many years have you been in Ming Dynasty?"

He spoke Mandarin very fluently, without any Japanese accent, which is why Zhu Yunhuan asked this question.

"I am originally from the Ming Dynasty, and my original name was Ye Ma. Later, I worshipped my adoptive father and changed my surname to Kameda, and my name was Inukai."

Ye Ma was really frightened.

His biological father was a pirate. He followed his father on the sea since he was young. He started killing people at the age of seven. He was used to life and death and was ruthless enough.

That was why he was able to worship the former Japanese pirate leader as his adoptive father after his biological father died, and later became the new leader of the Japanese pirates.

He doesn't believe in ghosts or gods, nor is he afraid of death.

But the artillery fire just now really scared Ye Ma.

What on earth is that!
Firearms can't possibly be that powerful!
An impregnable camp and three thousand extremely ferocious bandits were wiped out so easily?
I don't even have the strength to fight back!
Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really a god from heaven who knows magic?
Thinking of this, Ye Ma's spirit collapsed.

He had never believed in ghost visions or karma in the past, but now he was thinking that if the prince was really a god, then after his death he would probably go to the eighteen levels of hell, suffer torture there, and never be able to be reborn.

This was the reason why Ye Ma kowtowed and begged for mercy, and honestly explained his origins.

He was really afraid that the other party was a god and that he would not be able to be relieved even if he died.

Zhu Yunhuan suddenly realized.

It turns out that he is a traitor who regards the thief as his father!

This kind of person is the most hateful.

Killing him like this would be too easy for him.

He immediately ordered: "Arrest him first, and when the coastal defense troops from Zhejiang arrive, have them escort him back to Nanjing and present him as a prisoner to the court."

By then, Zhu Yuanzhang would naturally execute him by means of torture such as cutting him into pieces, skinning him and stuffing him with straw.

The soldiers took the order and immediately took him away.

After the situation was handled, we then counted the casualties on both sides.

A total of 3,053 enemies were killed in this battle.

As for the Ming Navy itself, only two were slightly injured.

One of them accidentally fell and sprained his foot while cleaning the battlefield.

The other was injured by a sudden attack from a seriously wounded and dying Japanese pirate, and his injuries were also very minor.

Apart from this, there were no other casualties.

A score of three thousand to zero.

This is the power of technology.

This is the crushing of the hot weapon army over the cold weapon army!

The form of warfare has changed completely since then.

A new era is coming.

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(End of this chapter)