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Chapter 77 Military Diplomacy 3
The Tofu Project Destroyed Kublai Khan's Aspirations

Kublai Khan was ambitious, conquering the north and the south, and wanted to trample the whole world under his feet.In 274 AD, Kublai Khan led his troops to conquer Japan, but inexplicably encountered a big typhoon at sea, which made Kublai Khan return without success.After returning to China, Kublai Khan, who was unwilling to fail, went to Japan for the second time in 1281 AD. He still encountered a typhoon and was unable to land in Japan. Kublai Khan had to return again, and Japan escaped.

Later, such a story spread in Japan, saying that during the Yuan Dynasty, the ships of the Mongolian invaders did not enter Japan because of the obstruction of the "Kamikaze".Japan pays homage to the kamikaze, and for hundreds of years, they have always believed that it was the "kamikaze" that saved them.

However, in an archaeological article in the British "New Scientist" weekly magazine, scientists pointed out that it was not the "Kamikaze" that organized Kublai Khan that day, but the poor shipbuilding technology and design of the Yuan Dynasty ships, which made the Yuan Dynasty When the fleet sailed at sea, they died in the sea.

In the first historical record of Kublai Khan's eastern expedition to Japan, he ordered Fengzhou's economic envoy Xindu and Koryo's military and civilian chief Hong Chali to expedition to Japan with 900 warships and 1.5 soldiers.At the beginning, the Yuan army was in full swing, and soon occupied the two islands of Tsushima and Iki, and then invaded Hizen Matsuura County.The Japanese army retreated steadily, and it seemed that they could not hold their positions. However, when the Japanese army retreated to the vicinity of Dazaifu, the Yuan army was overturned by more than [-] warships in a night storm.

It is said that warships should be made of the strongest materials, and storms should not have any effect on them.But when the typhoon came and the heavy rain poured down, the Yuan army moored the fleet at the mouth of Hakata Bay. The ships swayed and collided in the wind and rain, unable to maintain balance, and the force of the collision caused damage to many ships, which in turn led to sinking.

After that time, the death toll of the Yuan army reached 1.35.The Yuan army, which was greatly damaged in strength, had to retreat to the mainland, and Japan escaped. That battle was called the "Battle of Wenshui" in Japanese history.The second Eastern Expedition was still for the same reason, and the Yuan army fell short at the last moment.

It seems that God helped Japan, but from the later research on the wreckage of the salvaged Mongolian warships, it can be found that these warships are rough in workmanship and of very low quality.The rivets on many battleships are too dense, which means that these materials have been used repeatedly and need to be reinforced so that they will not shatter.

According to historical records, most of these warships were built by Kublai Khan's order to the Goryeo Dynasty. The Goryeo Dynasty was not keen on building warships. They believed that building warships would increase their military service. The following are perfunctory, and the quality cannot be guaranteed.

The shoddy construction of the warships cannot withstand the impact of the waves, and the typhoon hits and the storm intensifies, making these already fragile ships unable to fight.Kublai Khan probably couldn't have imagined that his ambitions were finally shattered by the tofu project.

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