Kowloon wins

Chapter 460 Fierce battle at Osaka Bay ([-])

"Baga, what's going on? Tell me!"

Ichiro Watanabe is only less than thirty years old, and he is already in the top position of the banner, and his banner is different from the two unlucky banners of Wakayama and Awaji Island, but the distant country of Osaka, the most important city besides Kyoto. Fuxing is the highest military and political officer in Osaka, and it is naturally not based on talent, but on nepotism-Ichiro Watanabe is the eldest son of Sekio Watanabe, a veteran of the shogunate, and the brother-in-law of the current Tokugawa General Tokugawa Yoshimune. It's so luxurious, I often have big banquets for local celebrities, and today I plan to have a night banquet. Not long after the banquet started, I was disturbed by this little flag who came to report the news. I was shocked and angry, and my mood Since it was extremely bad, he jumped up without hesitation, and cursed angrily.

"My lord, at about six o'clock today, the three big Chinese ships suddenly appeared in the water near Wakayama. They didn't know that I was going to bombard my Wakayama Fort. I was caught off guard, and my Wakayama Fort suffered heavy losses. Lubian Banner was killed immediately. The whole army fled, and later, Haruyama Banner commanded the Awaji Island Fort to launch a counterattack, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the little one came to ask for help from the Lord, Dai Tokugawa Meilan, the guardian of the Kii clan."

Watanabe Ichiro is famous for his violent temper in the shogunate, and he often took down the head of the shogunate when he disagreed with him. This practice has been spread throughout the shogunate. With the slightest negligence, he hurriedly explained the battle situation in detail.

"Baga, hurry up, come, hurry up to Edo and report to the general!"

Hearing what Xiaoqi said, Watanabe Ichiro immediately remembered the big robbery during the Chinese New Year the year before last, and vaguely understood the purpose of the Qing army, but he didn't intend to fight with the Qing army. Compromise, not for anything else, just because after the robbery happened the year before last, the new president of "Wangchun Society", Zuobingwei Saburo, gave him nearly half of the income to Ichiro Watanabe, in exchange for understanding, taking people's money His hands are naturally soft, besides, Watanabe Ichiro is used to it, and he doesn't pay attention to the three warships of the Qing army. After cursing, he hurriedly sent a messenger to report the letter to the current shogunate general Dekang Jizong .

"Master Watanabe, the Chinese people are rampant, we must not sit idly by, we must teach the Chinese people a lesson!"

"That's right, even three Chinese ships dare to attack Dongying. If you fight, you must fight hard to wipe out these Chinese dogs!"

"Yes, kill these Chinese people, Ji Yifan is the hometown of the general, how can we let the Chinese people mess up, we must fight!"

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Today, Ichiro Watanabe's big banquet, celebrities, almost all the famous figures in Osaka have gathered in this flower hall, and the messenger sent to Edo has just set off, and all the dignitaries in Osaka are already shouting loudly , everyone shouted to beat, everyone shouted to kill.

"Mu Chuan Banner, do your sailors dare to fight?"

Watanabe Ichiro also wants to fight, but he is not good at giving orders directly, no matter what, even though he is in a distant country and is the highest military and political officer in Osaka, Mu Chuanyouhe, the bannerman of the navy, is obedient and does not listen to announcements. My master, whether to fight or not is really not up to Ichiro Watanabe alone. Because of this, Ichiro Watanabe could only suppress the impulse in his heart, and tentatively asked Mu Chuanyouhe: .

"Isn't it just three Chinese ships? Let's just fight. In the morning tomorrow, someone will lead the navy to attack and wipe out the Chinese people in one fell swoop!"

Mu Chuanyouhe is also an arrogant person, thinking to himself that he has more than a hundred warships, big and small, how could he really care about the three warships of the Qing army? Morale, rolled up his sleeves, and responded proudly.

"Okay, that's it. Tomorrow morning, General Mu Chuan will be invited to fight. Ben Fengxing will send two hundred warriors to meet Tokugawa Minglan's troops and attack the Chinese from both sides!"

Hearing Mu Chuanyouhe's statement, Watanabe Ichiro suddenly became excited, patted the couple in front of him, and excitedly made the final decision...

"Height anchor, half sail forward!"

On the sixth day of November in the 50th year of Kangxi, Chenshi was the official card. After a night of rest, Wang Yanxia's spirit was already in good spirits, and his voice for shouting and ordering was naturally very loud.

"twitter!"

When Wang Yanxia gave this order, the messengers who accompanied him loudly agreed and conveyed the order. As the lookout post on the tall mast waved two small flags, the "Prestige" and "Prestige" also began to fly. After a short while, three warships sailed away from the anchorage, entered the narrow Tomoshima Strait, and sailed towards Osaka with the wind and waves.

"Send the order, the whole army will attack and kill the Chinese people!"

Almost at the same time as Wang Yanxia gave the order to march, Mu Chuanyouhe, standing on the front deck of a sloop near the Osaka pier, also waved his hands with pride and gave the order to march. In the middle of the attack, more than 150 large and small warships of the Osaka Bay Navy launched together, set up a character formation, and took the flagship "Mikawa Maru" where Mu Chuan Youhe was located as the arrow, and headed towards the Youdao Strait through the waves.

"General Wang, a large Japanese fleet is found ten miles ahead, the number is unknown!"

At this moment, the warships of the Qing Dynasty traveling at half speed were tall and tall after all, and the lookout posts standing on the main mast had a very wide field of vision, and they spotted the Japanese fleet galloping early.

"Order: All ships are fully sailed, seize the T prefix, and are arranged in a battle line, ready to fight!"

As soon as he heard the alarm from the lookout post, Wang Yanxia did not hesitate at all, and directly issued a combat order. Following the transmission of the semaphore, the Qing fleet composed of three warships began to rotate to the left. , the three warships were already lined up, the gun portholes on the left side all bounced open, dozens of naval guns were pushed into the battle positions, rows of black hole muzzles were aimed obliquely at the Japanese country that was rushing at high speed Osaka Bay Fleet.

"Damn it, why is the warship of the Chinese people so big! Baga, send an order, charge, charge me, come close and fight!"

The warships of the Japanese navy are small, and the number of sails is much less than that of the Qing warships. Naturally, the speed is far less than that of the Qing fleet. It was not until the Qing fleet had formed a battle line that the Japanese navy sailed far away from Daqing. The Qing Fleet was three miles away, and Mu Chuanyouhe couldn't help being surprised when he saw the size of the Qing warships. The Osaka Bay Fleet was stationed in Osaka Bay all year round. Mu Chuanyouhe had seen the "Eight Banners" of the Qing Dynasty. The huge cargo ships of the "Shop Company", but cargo ships belong to cargo ships, and they are not the same thing as warships. Seeing that the warships of the Qing Dynasty are only slightly smaller than the cargo ships of the "Eight Banners Company", Mu Chuanyouhe couldn't help feeling a little scared It's just that now that the battle is imminent, he refused to show the slightest timidity, and ordered the entire fleet to assault while cursing.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

As soon as Mu Chuanyouhe's order was issued, the messengers who followed him blew their horns with all their strength, and conveyed the order to all the ships. Then more than 180 Japanese warships accelerated with full sail, and the formation remained unchanged. The "Sanhe Maru" rushed towards the Qing army's battle line at high speed for the arrow.

"Order: All ships maintain the battle line and fire rapidly!"

The Japanese navy was approaching menacingly, but Wang Yanxia standing on the bridge of the "Weiwu" was unmoved at all. He calmly held the binoculars and silently observed the approach of the Japanese fleet until the distance between the two sides was only [-]. Just as he was walking, Wang Yanxia waved his hand vigorously and gave the order to shoot loudly.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

With the issuance of the battle order, the sixty artillery pieces of the three warships of the Qing army began to fire one by one. Dozens of huge artillery shells roared through the sky and smashed heavily into the densely deployed Japanese naval fleet. Countless waves exploded in no time, and the broken wood splashed in all directions, and the original neat formation of the Japanese navy suddenly became chaotic. More than [-] warships were shot, thirteen of which were sunk in an instant, and three more A medium-sized battleship was blown crooked by shells, the deck was in a mess, sailors and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, cries, cries of pain, and the sound of splashing into the water were intertwined, and the scene could be described as appalling.

"Baga, lean up, shoot me, fight back, fight back!"

Seeing that Fang Yi started the battle, almost one-tenth of the battleships had already been damaged, Mu Chuanyouhe's eyes turned red immediately, and he jumped up and roared wildly.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Although the number of warships in the Japanese navy is large, they are limited to small ships, and the number of artillery loaded is not many. Among them, the large warships only have two old-style artillery on the front deck. As for the small and medium-sized warships, there is only one. The shooting range is even more pitifully short, but it can only be shot to a distance of about two hundred steps. At this time, although many warships fired wildly according to Mu Chuanyouhe's order, it is a pity that the noise was very loud. The result of the battle was a duck's egg, with more than a hundred shells hitting the sea at a distance of [-] steps from the Qing army's battle line. Apart from splashing waves, there was nothing to gain.

"Staggered shooting from the upper and lower floors, fire!"

After a round of bombardment by the Japanese navy, the results were zero. However, they took advantage of the gap between the Qing army's warships to shorten the distance between the two sides. The distance between the two armies was only about 150 steps. At that time, the second round of shelling by the Qing army began again. The difference was that this time the Qing army no longer fired a rapid salvo, but each ship covered each other and fired staggeredly. The sixty artillery pieces were divided into six groups. One layer of the gun deck is a group, and the shells are continuously smashed at the forward line of the Japanese navy, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese navy. While desperately rushing forward, he was unable to cross the [-]-step death blockade, and was shot down by the Qing army for several rounds, and more than [-] Japanese warships sank into the sea. , it was already a one-sided massacre...

(End of this chapter)