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The Rising Sun Chapter 435 Recruitment

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    "Well done." Wang Fugui looked at this scene with his binoculars and couldn't help but praise loudly. The officers of each ship were able to calm down and bring the enemy ships closer to fight again, maximizing the power of the rapid bombardment of the breech cannon.  , he was indeed quite satisfied. Looking at more than a dozen warships about 600 yards away slowly crossing his body, he shook his head slightly with a mocking look on his face and said: "Forget about escaping, I can't intercept a few ships.  If you don¡¯t know how to live or die, then let me help you.¡± ¡°Boom, boom, boom.¡± Before Yu Dayou¡¯s fleet could completely turn around, the artillery of the Dongxing Port fleet roared, and dense shells roared in. ¡°Bang, bang, bang, bang.¡±  The sound of impact is endless. The extended eighteen-pounder cannon shells are extremely destructive. Although it is impossible to penetrate the two-foot-thick oak ship wall with one shot, it still creates a crater with one shot. The huge impact force will smash the inner plate of the ship wall.  , broken wood chips and wood thorns in the bottom warehouse will cause considerable casualties.  "Get up, everyone, get ready for the bombardment!" A hundred households shouted loudly: "The enemy's artillery bombardment is fast, if you don't want to die, move faster!" A group of soldiers got up and hurriedly began to prepare for the bombardment, Dongxing Port battleship  The short and pot-bellied mortars on the deck immediately sounded again, and huge explosive shells were continuously thrown out one after another, exploding continuously over the sea where the opponent's warships were. The huge explosions were deafening, and more than a dozen warships seemed to be  After experiencing a violent storm, the deck was the first to bear the brunt. Even the bottom compartment was not safe. Broken shrapnel splashed in all directions, and some were shot into the bottom compartment from the muzzle. Seeing the danger, all the officers and soldiers took cover.  "Boom." After two rounds of bombardment, the Haizhou fleet's twelve-pound cannon finally fired. The eighteen-pound cannon weighed more than two thousand kilograms. It was extremely difficult to cast using the Ming Dynasty's clay mold casting process. It can be said that  There is no one out of ten, so the Haizhou fleet is equipped with twelve-pound guns.  Although it is also lengthened and more powerful than a field gun, it is still far from the 18-pounder. The damage caused by one round of shelling is quite limited.  After firing the artillery, the soldiers did not dare to reset the artillery.  Instead of loading ammunition, they quickly found a place to take shelter. Many people simply lay down on the spot, waiting for the opponent's artillery bombardment. Sure enough, the opponent's artillery soon rang. After the sound of the artillery, a group of soldiers were urged to crawl down.  Get up and continue the preparations for firing.  Just after clearing the gun barrel, the military attache in charge saw a flash of fire from the other party.  He quickly said in a deep voice: "Get down!" Following the shout, another round of artillery struck "Ping Ping Bang Bang".  With such constant delays, the opponent fired four rounds of artillery before they could fire back one round. Not to mention the soldiers, even the military attach¨¦s were disheartened. What was even more worrying was that the ship wall could not withstand the opponent's continuous heavy artillery fire.  bombardment.  There are already shells that can penetrate directly, causing huge casualties.  "This battle can't be fought!" "Block the water. There's a hole in the No. 3 warehouse! Call the carpenter." "Block it yourself. The carpenter is in the No. 10 warehouse, using a quilt." "Get down, the cannon is fired again!" "Rumble."  The sound of gunfire and huge explosions resounded across the sea, and the entire sea was filled with gunpowder smoke. Yu Dayou looked at the completely one-sided shelling situation with complicated emotions.  I felt indescribable desolation in my heart. No battle formations or tactics were worth mentioning in front of the absolute fire suppression. I had trained hard for three years.  I originally thought that the gap with the Dongxing Port Fleet was not that big, but now that I saw the other party's true strength, I realized that the gap was still a huge difference.  He couldn¡¯t figure it out, how could the opponent¡¯s heavy artillery have the rate of fire of a French machine gun?  And it seems to be faster than a Furlong machine gun. With such intensive heavy artillery bombardment coupled with terrifyingly lethal explosive shells, long-distance attacks are not possible, and close attacks are not possible. How can we fight this battle?  He turned around with some difficulty.  On the sea, only a stick of incense lasted. Except for four or five ships that were still firing back, the other warships no longer had smoke rising. No one could be seen standing on the deck, and the sails were all in tatters.  , riddled with holes, behind them, a large number of warships were swarming away, regardless of the way to the southwest to escape.  Although the sound of gunfire and explosions on the sea was endless, and the shells visible to the naked eye were flying wantonly on the sea, Xue Han did not huddle in the cabin like Guo Xun, but stood proudly on the deck, defeated like a mountain, his  Lead the fleet to rush out and break out of the encirclement of Dongxing Port.  Yu Dayou's troops were attracted by the intensive and frequent artillery bombardment. Although he was previously dissatisfied with Yu Dayou's refusal to fight, he was still quite happy to see Yu Dayou leading his troops in a bloody battle and attracting all the firepower of the fleet on the right.  What surprised him was that the opponent clearly had only ten warships, but the intensity of the artillery fire and the speed of the bombardment were much faster than ordinary warships. He couldn't help but feel scared. Has Dongxing Port developed a new artillery?  Feng Degui, who was standing behind him, said in surprise: "Did the Dongxing Port fleet install new artillery?" As he said that, his face lit up and said: "Commander, the crime of this battle was not a war, but Dongxing Port's crime  The artillery is too sharp.¡±; The sound of artillery was rumbling on the sea, but Xue Han heard this sentence clearly. This was to ask him to shift the blame for the defeat to the new artillery used in Dongxing Port. I have to say that this is indeed a good excuse. However, the loss  It was too big, and it was still difficult to communicate with Jiajing. He couldn't help but turn around and look at the intercepting fleet on the right.  Although that fleet had as many as twenty ships, the bombardment speed was obviously much slower, and it did not cause much damage to the large number of escaping warships. It seemed that the new artillery in Dongxing Port did not have a large number of equipped warships. He couldn't help but secretly  He breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the loss this time would not be great and was still within the bearable range.  "Commander, look." Feng Degui suddenly pulled him and pointed at Yu Dayou's department. Xue Han looked back and saw Yu Dayou standing on the bow deck pushing away the officer beside him, and then drew out the sword hanging from his waist.  , he couldn't help but feel tense and clenched his fists tightly. The army was defeated and the ship was broken. Most of the crew and sailors were killed and injured. The sail was also broken like a sieve. There was no way to escape. Yu Dayou was committing suicide and martyrdom for his country!  At this moment, a military attach¨¦ flew up and pushed Yu Dayou off the deck with his sword. Seeing this, Xue Han pointed at the sea where Yu Dayou fell into the water, and his lips moved, but he did not say anything.  There were no warships passing through that area of ??the sea. Even if they were reluctant, they could not rescue them.  "Commander, let's go." Several followers behind him rushed up, threw Xue Han to the ground, and pressed him firmly under him.  "Bang" a huge explosion then sounded in the nearby sea.  Yu Dayou was so depressed that he wanted to commit suicide. Here Zhang Dacai was also depressed and vomiting blood. He was like a greedy fisherman, watching the fish swimming by in front of his eyes. He cast a net, but only caught a few fish.  Watching the densely packed enemy ships slipping past, his fleet only left a pitiful five or six ships. Wang Fugui, who was pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, left more than a dozen warships and began to slowly move toward them.  How could this make him feel uncomfortable if he moved forward?  Seeing that the main force of the battleships behind him had quickly caught up, he immediately shouted in the communication officer's ear: "Send the order, left rudder forty-five, intercept laterally, and intercept all the battleships behind me." Following the order flag.  With a wave, twenty warships immediately raised their sails and plunged diagonally into the enemy fleet that was busy escaping.  "Boom, boom, boom!" The panicked fleet hurriedly opened fire to intercept this fleet, which was trying to block their retreat regardless of life and rules. Naturally, Zhang Dacai's fleet would not just be beaten without fighting back. Various large and small artillery fired in response.  The short-bodied and pot-bellied mortars also fired continuously, and all kinds of artillery pieces, large and small, on both sides immediately started firing.  The entire sea immediately turned into a pot of porridge, and it was a mess.  With a large number of French cannons put into use, the sound of gunfire was also extremely intensive.  Large swaths of smoke rose from the sea.  Hu Wanli, who was chasing behind, was speechless when he saw this scene. He did not expect that Zhang Dacai, who was intercepting, would be so desperate to intercept the opponent's fleeing fleet regardless of the cost. Although he was heartbroken and suffered casualties, he appreciated this kind of courage even more.  Dongxing Port needs the courage to fight, rush and fight!  He then loudly ordered, "Every ship is free to pursue, no more than fifteen nautical miles!" After the order, the Dongxing Port fleet was immediately in chaos, and the ships immediately dispersed.  They all rushed towards their respective targets.  "Bang!" Following the sound, the warship of the second battalion of the regiment, which was leading the way, shook violently and directly hit the opponent's warship. The battalion commander Li Feng was shocked and fell to the deck. Before he could get up, he shouted  He said: "Fire!" The sound of the artillery was rumbling. Who could hear his order? However, there was no need for an order at all. Everyone knew who would fire first at this time, and the damage caused would be huge. The artillery approached and bombarded, and the two  The foot-thick ship wall is just like paper and can be penetrated with just a poke.  "Boom boom boom boom" dense firecracker-like artillery sounds sounded one after another. Both sides fired almost at the same time. The Dongxing Port battleship faced each other vertically and horizontally, so it naturally suffered a loss. The wide and blunt bow was beaten to pieces almost instantly.  .  "Bang." A warship following closely behind hit him. The ship's hull swung sideways, and the dense artillery immediately tore the warship into holes. Seeing this desperate attack,  , and there was a large group of warships chasing behind them. All the warships that were eager to escape got out of the way. Zhang Dacai's fleet inserted in and cut the escaping enemy ships in half. Thirty or forty warships behind him saw this.  The situation made them so frightened that they immediately fled in all directions, even if they dared to fight.  Seeing this situation, Hu Wanli couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Although this battle had some twists and turns, he was quite satisfied that it had reached this level. Even if the opponent was ambushed, it was impossible to completely annihilate the opponent.  He would be satisfied if he lost half of the opponent's troops. With the current results, he could roughly estimate that he could kill about twenty of the opponent's ships.  After taking a look at the messy sea surface, Hu Wanli said in a relaxed tone: "Hurry up and ask the ships to rescue people and tow the damaged warships." Adjutant Wei Yixiao asked, knowingly: "The other party's officials?"??Save it too?  " "Nonsense.  Hu Wanli glanced at him, and then added: "Give them a happy life for the seriously injured prisoners."  After a slight pause, he continued: "Order Liu Siwu to lead a fleet of ships to bring back the baggage fleet."  In addition, Zhang Dacai was called over and two speedboats were sent into Satsuma Bay for reconnaissance. The fleet was anchored in Satsuma Bay at night.  " Not long after, Zhang Dacai boarded the flagship, walked quickly to Hu Wanli, stood at attention and saluted: "I see you, Marshal.  " "You fight bravely.  Hu Wanli glared at him and said, "But the casualties may not be small. Why are we fighting like this?"  " "Go back to the commander-in-chief.  "Zhang Dacai said loudly: "My subordinates secretly thought that if they did not seriously damage the imperial navy fleet, they might go south to harass Dongxing Port.  " Hu Wanli nodded, and then said: "Count the battle damage.  Seeing that he had no intention of blaming him, Zhang Dacai quickly stood at attention and said loudly: "Yes!"  ¡± A chase battle lasted for more than two hours. It was not until the end of the morning that the warships pursuing in Dongxing Port returned to the waters of Spearhead Island. At this time, the baggage supply ship and troop transport ship also returned to join the main force of the fleet.  After sailing into Satsuma Bay, a group of officers gathered in the large combat cabin of Hu Wanli. He glanced at it and saw that all the officers above the regiment were here.  : "Report the results and losses.  " "Commander.  "Liu Siwu stood up and said: "In today's battle, we sank three enemy warships.  Twenty-six warships were captured, and more than 1,800 people were captured. The number of dead cannot be counted, but it is estimated to be around 2,000. We suffered two heavy losses, five light damage, and 163 people were killed and slightly seriously injured.  Three hundred and twenty-two people.  In this battle, the imperial court's two fleets, Tianjin and Haizhou, lost more than 20%.  It will definitely not pose a threat to Xiaoliuqiu in a short period of time, and it will no longer affect the conquest of Japan.  " Hu Wanli nodded slightly and said: "The fallen officers and soldiers were cremated on the spot, and their ashes were sent back to Hanwu. Ten battleships and sea ships were arranged to transport the wounded soldiers and prisoners back to Hanwu.  "As he spoke, he then asked: "Are there any high-ranking generals among the prisoners?  " "Commander.  "Zhang Dacai continued: "Among the captured naval officers, the highest ranking was only a guerrilla - Yu Dayou, who was slightly injured.  " Hearing that Yu Dayou was captured, Wang Fugui took over and said: "Yu Dayou, a martial arts scholar in the 14th year of Jiajing.  This man fights¡­.  " Yu Dayou! Hu Wanli was stunned for a moment and then smiled. This is a famous man. One of the three famous anti-Japanese generals in the Jiajing Dynasty, before Wang Fugui finished speaking, he ordered: "This man is a rare talent.  Tell someone to bring him here so I can see him.  " After finishing speaking, he paused. Then he continued: "Today's naval battle will be spread throughout the four countries and Kyoto tomorrow. We can't delay any longer. We will set off for the Japanese Kyoto early tomorrow morning!  "    "yes.  "Everyone stood up quickly and responded loudly. "However. During tea time, Adjutant Wei Yixiao came in and reported: "Commander, Yu Dayou has brought it."  " Hu Wanli nodded and said, "Tell Tang Jinbao to bring in a few personal guards.  "    "yes.  "Wei Yixiao responded hurriedly, but felt a little strange in his heart. Is that Yu Dayou very powerful? Others don't know it, but Hu Wanli knows it very well. If there are martial arts masters in this world, Yu Dayou is the master who does his duty. Not only riding and shooting, but also swordsmanship.  , stick skills are also well-known, but he doesn't know how good he is. Naturally, he has to take more precautions. As Tang Jinbao came in with a few guards, Yu Dayou was also brought in. This guy was wearing a suit.  He was wearing the military trousers of the escort team. His upper body was bare, his left shoulder was tied with gauze, and his shoulder blades were still stained with blood. His hands were tied behind his back. Hu Wanli looked at him carefully for a few times. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a short beard, and a somewhat sloppy nose.  Bian, a bit dark, with an extremely strong body, and a very calm expression on his face, with an air of rebelliousness. Seeing him standing straight in front of him and looking at him blankly, Hu Wanli couldn't help but smile and said: "  Yu Dayou?  " Yu Dayou raised his chin slightly and said, "Hu Wanli?  " "Presumptuous!  " Tang Jinbao shouted in a deep voice. Hu Wanli waved his hand and said with a smile: "I know you are a master of martial arts, but to show respect, I still have to loosen your restraints. You'd better not move rashly.  Then he ordered: "Untie him."  " After being released from the restraints, Yu Dayou moved his wrists slightly, glanced at Tang Jinbao and others, and then smiled: "Do you think you can stop me with just a few of them?  " Hu Wanli took out a short-fire blunderbuss from the belt around his waist, shook it, and said contemptuously: "This is a short-fire blunderbuss. Can you outrun the musket?  "As he spoke, he pointed to the chair, motioned for him to sit down, and then said: "Dongxing Port is conquering the Japanese country, why are the imperial navy coming to join in the fun?  Has the imperial court formed an alliance with Japan?  ¡±  Yu Dayou sat down and said politely: "Hu Changqing is said to be extremely smart, so why ask?" "What are the benefits?" "Of course there are many benefits, but I don't know." Yu Dayou rolled his eyes at him and said nothing.  He said politely: "I haven't had dinner, can you get me some food first?" "No dinner?" Hu Wanli glanced at him suspiciously, and then shouted: "Wei Yixiao." Wei Yixiao hurriedly opened the door and came in.  , said: "What are the commander's orders?" "The prisoners were not given dinner?" "I don't know." "Ask" "No need to ask." Yu Dayou said: "Everyone  There are prisoners, but I don¡¯t have one. I beat a soldier.¡± Hu Wanli smiled and said, ¡°The Dongxing Port Guard does not allow officers to beat or scold soldiers. We ourselves are reluctant to beat them. You are really brave. You deserve it.¡±  I'm hungry!" After saying that, he waved Wei Yixiao to step down, and then said: "Looking at your accent, you are from the Zhangquan generation and were a Jinshi in the 14th year of Jiajing. You should know Dongxing Port very well." "I understand.  "Yu Dayou said simply: "I know Dongxing Port is hungry for talent, but if you want to recruit me, it's better not to waste your time." "You are a talent, unlike other prisoners." Hu Wanli said solemnly.  "If you can't be used by me, I will never let you be my enemy." Yu Dayou naturally heard the meaning of his words, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "I am willing to be a hundred people in Xiaoliuqiu." "No.  Are you willing to fight the Japanese pirates? " "Of course I am willing to fight the Japanese pirates, but I am not willing to submit to you." Yu Dayou raised his head and stared at him, saying with a solemn expression: "You are unfaithful, unkind, and unjust. I am ashamed to be associated with you."  To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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