After capturing Nishi-Uraga, Beihai Town did not cross the sea to attack Higashi-Uraga. Instead, they took some of the captured prisoners and retreated to Mount Hirone, and began to dig trenches nearby and set up a circular defensive position.

By this time, all the bosses and fishermen at the whale cutting site had already fled, so Pan Xiucheng set up his headquarters here. He placed warning posts 2 kilometers away, covering the north, south, and west sides, and fixed posts were arranged on the beach to the east.

Patrol patrol.

As a platoon leader, Monk Zhou did not know that his impromptu act of "killing local tyrants and dividing their fields" at the Imperial Palace was later recognized by the shogunate as a robbery by the "Northern Navy" due to the cunning of the island country's farmers and was recorded in the

However, the shogunate later did not dare to pursue the case in Beihai Town, so it was not until many years later that the true nature of this incident was clarified because the farmer involved drank too much and told the truth.

After leaving two bases of ammunition and three days of food supplies for Pan Xiucheng's troops, at ten o'clock the next morning, the Thor weighed anchor and sailed into Edo Bay.

At this time, the Tokugawa shogunate, which had received news of the invasion of Beihai Town, dispatched its naval forces overnight. By the time the Thor entered Edo Bay, hundreds of small morning boats and a dozen customs ships had already spread all over the ocean of Edo Bay. In addition to the customs ships,

In addition to the ships and early ships, more than a dozen Benzai ships trapped in Kanagawa and Edo were also requisitioned by the shogunate navy.

The Tokugawa shogunate's navy was born out of the Takeda navy in the Warring States Period. It was called the "boatman group". It was founded in the ninth year of Kan'ei (1632) and was responsible for managing warships and maritime transportation. The officials in charge were called

"The captain of the ship", also called the general prison, has been inherited from generation to generation by the Mukai family.

It is said that the most famous secret skill of the Mukai family is the "swimming technique", and navy troops from all over the shogunate must learn this. Whether it is useful in battle is another matter, at least you will not drown if you dive into the water to escape.

The current generation of Mukai Shogun is the seventh generation, named Masaka Mukai.

There are five teams of people under the "Shipmanship Implementation", each team has a leader, the position is equivalent to Ruo Nian Ji, and the annual salary is 700 dan. The Water Lord Tongxin (flag base) has more than 30 to 40 people, and sometimes there are about 100 people.

The annual salary is twenty bags of rice, and two people support him.

Like other shogunate officials, the boatmen are two teams, each team only works for half a year, and is replaced by another in the second half of the year. The navy of the Tokugawa shogunate is mainly responsible for the coastal land route from Edo to Osaka to Kyushu, as well as the West Sea

Coastal inspection of Sanyang Road, Shanyang Road.

Because Zhao Xin bombarded Nagasaki the year before last, the shogunate, which was in financial difficulty, mobilized half of the Mukai navy based in Ejiri to Edo, and was stationed in Uraga to strengthen the shogunate's coastal defense force in Edo Bay.

Standing on a 500-koku ship, Mukai Masaka was wearing bright armor and holding a monocular to observe the Thor in the distance.

It was only then that Mukai Masaka was shocked to discover that Tang Yi's big white ship actually had no sails! He tried to figure out what such a huge ship relied on to move, but because the Thor was too huge, it took him a while to notice.

When we arrived at the "Tenshou Tower" on the top of the ship, there seemed to be white smoke coming out.

After all, the island nation has been at peace for almost two hundred years, and the current navy of the shogunate has degenerated to even worse than that of the Warring States Period. The techniques of combat are nothing more than iron cannon bombardment, rocket fire, and fireboats, or sending people into the water to dig holes.

Boat.

The Seki ships were equipped with ultra-large matchlock guns with a caliber of 30 to 40 mm. With full firepower, even a thousand-ton Nanjing ship might not be able to sink.

After two days of fighting, the Nanjing ship did not sink until it finally set on fire and burned itself), let alone deal with the oversized Thor.

So Masaka Mukai decided to arrange all the ships under his command into a trapezoidal formation to meet the enemy. The main ships, Kanfune and Benzai, were located in the formation, and a large number of small boats were distributed on the front, rear, left and right wings.

To sum up Mukai Masaka's strategy in one word, he did not seek to annihilate the enemy in Edo Bay, but only sought to scare the enemy away with more people and ships.

Of course, Zhao Xin would not be scared away. When he saw the shogunate navy forming a formation to intercept, he came to the deck and ordered the eight M2HBs on the left and right sides to remove their gun jackets and install ammunition, and prepare for shooting.

In order to prevent the enemy from approaching the bow and launching an attack from the stern, more than thirty PKM machine guns from each squadron under Jiuzang were divided into four groups, specifically responsible for defending the stern and bow of the ship.

Because of Hokkai Town's aggression against Nishiuraga yesterday, the shogunate no longer had to worry, so when the Thor entered less than 1,000 meters away from the shogunate navy's Kanfune, dozens of cannons mounted on Kanfune and Benzai's ships

No! It’s a large matchlock gun and we started shooting together.

"Oh my God! What are they using?" At the bow of the Thor, an observer from Beihai Town held a telescope and saw spearheads reflecting metallic light inserted into the gun barrels on the other side's ship.

, shouted in surprise.

"Get down!" As the observers lay down with their heads in their hands, more than twenty machine gunners and deputy machine gunners who had not yet received the firing order also hurriedly lowered themselves down on the deck.

"Tum! Tum!"

More than a dozen customs ships were filled with smoke, and thick metal arrows flew across the sea. Some fell into the water, and some hit the Thor under the bow.

Just a few muffled sounds of "dong dong dong" were heard, and the thick fire arrow was bounced off and fell into the sea.

"Iron plate!" Now the samurai and ashigaru on the warship were all stunned!

"Sir, is this ship entirely made of iron?"

"Impossible!" Mukai Masaka was stunned for a while, then shook his head.

What a joke! If you build a ship with iron, it won't sink to the bottom of the sea.

"They must have covered the hull with a layer of iron!" Mukai Masaka thought to herself that such a big ship was actually covered with iron armor. How much iron was used?

Yes, they must have only covered the bow with a layer of iron plate, and the rest of the ship was covered with wood. No wonder the other party wanted to paint the entire ship white, it turned out to be a cover-up!

He immediately ordered to his men: "Separate the two wings and advance forward, prepare to outflank, and set fire to the ship to meet the enemy!"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After receiving the order from the Lord, more than twenty small morning boats filled with firewood and sprinkled with whale oil set off for the Thor. At the moment, the north wind was blowing on the sea, setting fire to

The ship is just right to meet the enemy!

When Zhao Xin learned that the other party had sent more than 20 fully loaded boats, he guessed that they were fire ships, so he issued an attack order.

As more than a dozen machine guns began to fire at the sailors on the fireboat, the shogunate sailors on the ship were shot and fell into the water. However, most of them still struggled to light the fireboat before they died, and followed the wind towards the bow of the Thor.

Rushed over.

"Water cannon ready!"

"coming!"

Following an order from the boatswain of the Thor, the two fire-fighting high-pressure water cannons installed on both sides of the bow were activated. As two water jets sprayed out from the bow, the early boats that were on fire were extinguished one after another, and then were high-speed

The water flow rushed aside.

At this time, Mukai Masaka's mouth was big enough to fit a duck egg, and the shogunate sailors on each ship also looked ashen.

Not daring to fail, the shogunate navy took the next step. Those morning boats that had been deployed on both sides of the Kanbune ship began to move towards both sides of the Thor. The sailors on the ship rowed hard, trying to surround the Thor.

Beihai Town would not give them such a chance. When hundreds of morning boats divided into two columns and entered both sides of the Thor, eight M2HBs opened fire.

In the dense rain of bullets, the fragile little morning boat was beaten to pieces. Whether it was the samurai behind the rafters or the sailors in the rowing boats, their flesh and blood would immediately fly apart as soon as they were shot.

Before a sailor had time to react, he was suddenly splashed with blood, and half of a steaming severed arm flew into his arms. He was so frightened that he dropped the oar, and while yelling, he pulled the severed arm out of the water.

inside.

Ding Guofeng in the cockpit was itching at this moment, but as a captain, he could not leave his post without authorization. The man was holding on to the rudder, and at his hand was his HK416A7 with a variable magnification lens. He looked at it several times

Xiang Rifle, suppressing the urge to rush to the compass deck. Beside him, the two crew members were watching the navigation radar intently, telling Ding Guofeng to adjust the course at any time.

"Quick! Row quickly! Don't stop! Go around to the back of the white ship!" The people on the morning boat saw that they couldn't hit the front and couldn't get close to the side, so they tried their best to move around the back of the Thor, trying to find a weak point to attack.

"Don't even shoot! Wait until they get close before you shoot!"

At the stern of the Thor, several soldiers responsible for observation squatted on the stairs or on the side of the ship. When they saw a dozen morning boats rushing out of the hail of bullets and surrounding the sides of the stern, they waved the small flags in their hands vigorously. The commanding officer

Jiuzang immediately blew the whistle.

"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"

More than a dozen PKMs began firing at the moving targets on the morning boat. At the same time, several fire-fighting high-pressure water cannons at the stern sprayed the approaching small morning boat. The samurai on the small morning boat was about to carry the iron.

Taking aim with the cannon, he saw a white water column coming in front of him. The warrior was pushed backwards and fell into the water while holding the iron cannon.

Seeing that the big white ship was like a solid moving castle, unable to be attacked from the front, back, left, or right, the shogunate's navy was completely in despair.

"It's over, run away!"

"This is not a thing on earth, this is a monster on the sea!"

"How could this happen?" Seeing the blood and fire in front of him, and listening to the desperate howls from the surrounding ships, Masaka Mukai couldn't help but burst into tears. He knelt down on the deck, first bowed and saluted in the direction of Edo Castle,

Then he looked at the men on the boat.

"Sir! What are you..." Tongxin, his subordinate, seemed to understand what his boss was going to do.

Mukai Masaka said to everyone in grief and anger: "This war is not a crime of war, but God has not blessed us! I have no words to face the public, and I can only die to apologize! Who is willing to sail a ship with me to ram the enemy!"

"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than thirty colleagues and sailors on the deck stepped forward to respond.

"Count me in!"

"And I!"

It is said that the Tokugawa family has been raising soldiers for two hundred years. Although their military equipment is getting worse and worse, there are still many generous people. After all, they only have to work for half a year at most every year and are paid a full year's salary. The state also provides salary for a large field of more than 100 square meters.

Such treatment would be difficult to encounter in another time and space.

Masaka Mukai knew that even if he escaped back to Edo, he would still be dead and would bring harm to his family. The practice of sailing as a boatman has always been hereditary in the Mukai family. If he committed suicide or died bravely in battle, his son would also be fine.

Inherit the family business.

As for what the shogunate navy will become in the future, he can no longer care about that at the moment.

At this time, some warriors on the deck imitated the tone of Yang Shen in the Ming Dynasty and said loudly, "The country has supported the country for 180 years and has been loyal to the country. Today!" They quickly received responses from many people.

, arousing the hatred of the same enemy.

Seeing other large ships fleeing to the west, and only one Guan ship rushing toward us 500 meters away, Ding Guofeng in the cockpit immediately increased the speed of the ship to avoid it; at the same time, the light and heavy machine guns on the deck were aimed at the Guan ship.

Spray out a dense rain of bullets.

A 0.50-caliber armor-piercing incendiary bomb hit the Kansai ship, and a fire soon ignited. Masaka Mukai, who was standing on the bow of the ship directing the shooting, was quickly hit by several bullets because her armor was really eye-catching.
To be continued...