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Volume 1 Chapter 1682 There is no divine wind this time

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    In the early morning sun, the sea surface swayed slightly, making gentle waves, and the gorgeous morning glow reflected on the vast sea, like the red clouds cut by a fairy, decorating the sea particularly beautifully.  The waves rolled in from the horizon, they hit the rocks, and the waves splashed like broken jade.  The splashing water looks like clusters of white plums from a distance, falling down like light rain. The deep blue sea extends into the infinite distance, making people truly understand what it means to be boundless.  This should have been an ordinary day. The sea level rose and fell according to the rhythm of the past. It seemed that it would never stop. However, under this piece of blue, some black shadows gradually appeared from the sea level in the distance. The first ones that appeared were some black shadows.  dots, and then these black dots slowly rose up, finally revealing their original appearance - they were the masts of sea ships.  Then what appeared were huge white sails. These white sails swelled due to the sea wind. From a distance, they looked like giant white towers standing on the sea. In Mast Xia, blue-black warships also appeared.  Revealed magnificently.  These warships vary in size, ranging from large warships several feet high to small and fast ships. In the center of their surroundings is a large group of low transport ships. The formation of these fleets is very tight.  , huge in scale, covering a large area of ????the sea in darkness.  This is the essence of the entire maritime power of the Han Dynasty, and what they are going to carry out this time is also the largest maritime operation since the founding of the Han Dynasty. They will adhere to the will of the Han Emperor and sweep towards the most important choke point of the Japanese shogunate.  The shogunate had to succumb to the will of the Han Dynasty.  In the hunting sea breeze, on the deck of the Songshan, the flagship of this fleet, the commander of the Japanese army, the great Han Xingyang Bo Zhao Song, looked at the land in the distance with a telescope. His face was very calm, without any fluctuations, as if  It's like I'm just traveling on a sea ship now.  However, the group of people around him were not as relaxed.  "Shuai Zhao, we have now arrived outside Suruga Bay in Kanto." The commander of the fleet, Marshal Langyahou Caide, looked at the opposite side with a telescope and carefully compared the chart, "Now we can get closer  Coast, look for a place to land as soon as possible." Zhao Song didn't answer, didn't even move his eyes, and just nodded lightly.  Cai De immediately turned around and began to order his subordinates, and following his order, the entire fleet began to slowly turn, and a ship drew a clean wave trace on the sea, just like the claw marks left by a giant.  The map used by Cai De was a map of Japan drawn by Western missionaries more than ten years ago. As you can imagine, the quality was not high, but the general coastline and terrain were still drawn.  Japan's coastline is long, narrow and tortuous, forming several natural bays. Edo Castle is hidden in the deepest part of Edo Bay. There is only a small Uraga waterway connecting Edo Bay to the outer sea. You can only enter it first.  Sagami Bay can be directly inserted into Edo Bay through Uraga Suido.  After the war between the Han and the shogunate began, although the Han had absolute maritime superiority and the secluded shogunate was unable to compete with the Han at sea, in order to protect maritime transportation, the Han navy did not invade the Kanto sea on a large scale, let alone directly invade the Yangtze River.  The sea outside Tojo.  But now, the situation is different. The Han army has decided to fight the shogunate, and the navy will certainly not have any reservations.  Just a few days ago, the main force of the Japanese conquest army commanded by Zhao Song had boarded the ship, then set sail and attacked the throat of the shogunate. After setting sail from Nagasaki, they marched all the way to the northeast, along the  Following the coastline of Japan, they directly bypassed Shikoku Island, then the peninsula of Kii Province, and finally arrived at the outer sea of ??Kanto. Now, their sea journey is about to reach the end.  According to Zhao Song's plan, this fleet will directly enter Edo Bay, and then pour the Han army it carries onto the Japanese land. Then this army will march directly to Edo, forcing the shogunate Tokugawa Iemitsu and  The Han army will fight decisively, and when the army marches, the naval fleet will divide its forces to harass everywhere, directly bombarding various parts of Japan with merciless artillery fire, containing the power of the shogunate and causing panic in various places.  "Commander Zhao, now our army is about to land for a decisive battle with the shogunate. The soldiers are very enthusiastic and hope to fight the enemy bravely and make great contributions." Yan Guang, the chief counselor under Zhao Song, also spoke next to Zhao Song at this time.  "However, Kanto is the fundamental center of the shogunate, and their armies must be gathering everywhere. When our army lands on the sea, we must be extremely careful and never give them a chance to attack halfway." Since the war between the two sides began,  , the shogunate has been gathering troops to Kanto. It is conceivable that as soon as the Han navy enters Edo Bay, it will arouse an outcry from the enemy.There will be a huge shock, and then the enemy troops will desperately gather towards the landing area.  As a veteran of hundreds of battles, the Han army is not afraid of a head-on battle with the shogunate army, but if it is intercepted head-on by the enemy when landing, it may cause some trouble.  "Brothers in the army will naturally be protected by our navy." Of course Cai De knew that Yan Guang's words were actually telling him, "Please rest assured, Counselor Yan, as long as our navy still has a warship floating on the sea  If we go up, we will never let our army brothers suffer. Once our army starts to land, we will directly send the fleet to support and never let anyone get close to you. "For the Han army, the ideal landing location should be able to allow the army to move as quickly as possible.  Landing can also be convenient to prevent enemy counterattacks. In order to achieve this seemingly awkward condition, after careful selection, Zhao Song and his counselors finally chose Yokosuka as the landing site.  Yokosuka is located at the end of the Miura Peninsula. It was originally a seaport, and the terrain is flat, making it easy for large armies to land nearby. At the same time, because it is on a peninsula, even if the shogunate army wants to resist, they can only carry out reinforcements through the narrow isthmus.  , it is very inconvenient to mobilize troops.  At the same time, Yokosuka is also in Edo Bay. As long as the landing in Yokosuka is successful, the Han army can advance along the sea of ??Edo Bay and directly attack Edo. At that time, the shogunate will be extremely passive.  While the two of them were talking, the fleet had already begun sailing along the sea into the Uraga Channel. Because this waterway was relatively narrow, the Han fleet began to change its formation, starting with a rectangular array of warships surrounding the transport ship.  It turned into something similar to a long snake formation, and the transport ship was still sandwiched in the middle.  The first was the main warship of the Han Navy. These tall warships have now entered a battle-ready state. The window panels on the side have been opened one by one, and the cannons stretched out from the portholes. The densely packed muzzles let  The originally graceful battleship suddenly turned into a steel hedgehog.  Among the residents on both sides of the waterway, many people had obviously watched the arrival of the fleet, and there was obviously a commotion. Because the coastline was very close, the people on the battleship could clearly see that there were many people shouting on the shore.  He screamed and ran away, as if he had seen an evil ghost.  Now that they have arrived here, the Han Navy had no intention of continuing to keep their whereabouts secret. However, in order to achieve the suddenness of the battle, the shogunate army had no time to mobilize, so these ships did not pay attention to the residents on both sides of the strait, but rushed in directly.  Arrived in Edo Bay.  After arriving in Edo Bay, the fleet began to gather again, then began to turn left, and finally stopped off the coast of Yokosuka.  This is a small port city with not many residents. It does not have the common defense facilities on the coast of Dahan, let alone coastal defense forts.  However, after the Han began to go to war with the shogunate, because they were afraid of the strong ships and powerful guns of the Han, under the mobilization of the shogunate, the residents of the Kanto coast began to set up various obstacles on the beach, such as stones, stalagmites, etc. These obstacles  From the sea, things look like fangs growing out of the ground.  The large warships of the Han fleet stopped in the open sea because of their deep draft, while some medium and small warships began to escort several transport ships to the land, and did not stop until they were close to the distance where they were about to run aground.  Because there were no weapons on the shore to defend these ships, these warships were very leisurely. They began to set up their formations in accordance with the navy's operating instructions, and then stopped one after another. Then, the Han navy began to launch artillery bombardments on the opposite shore.  Loud noises suddenly sounded on the sea. With the banging sound, the waves became more turbulent. The sound of shelling was overwhelming and spread out in all directions. The rising smoke and water columns also floated into the air. During the shelling,  Among them, the battleship was also shaking slightly on the sea.  While the Han Navy was conducting bombardment, these transport ships put down some small landing boats. These small landing boats were moved by human oars and were full of Han soldiers wearing red military uniforms.  Turning their backs to the sun that had risen into the sky, they slowly rowed towards them. The golden sunlight dyed the copper buttons on their bodies even more shining.  Because it is difficult to carry out large-scale landings on the coast, the Han army decided to send a small force ashore before landing, then seize Yokosuka Harbor, and then use this port to launch the entire army to land.  Therefore, the requirements for the first batch of landing sergeants are very high, and today¡¯s batch of officers and soldiers who rushed to land on the beach were carefully selected from the Liaodong regiment of the Japanese army in the Han Dynasty.  Even within the Liaodong Army, which has experienced hundreds of battles, these people can be regarded as elites. They have rich combat experience and are very brave, so they were selected to carry out the mission.Such a task.  Because of the support of artillery fire, these Han troops did not encounter any threatening attacks before approaching the coast. Although there were some sporadic gunshots and bowstrings from the other side from time to time, they could not cause any harm to them.  Soon, these small boats reached the beach. The big Han soldiers immediately got off the boat, then began to regroup on the beach, and then immediately began to advance inland along the coast.  They are very experienced and their goal is very clear - they must capture the entire city of Yokosuka.  After the initial assembly was completed, these officers and soldiers immediately began to advance towards the city not far away. This group of red arrays pressed forward step by step.  And when they came to the edge of the city, a group of people with weapons suddenly rushed towards them.  Their equipment was very rudimentary, with no armor and no good weapons. Some of them even only had farm tools in their hands. It was obvious that they had gathered in a hurry and were unprepared for the sudden landing of the Han army.  Because they despised the attack from the opposite side, the Han army did not slow down its advance, and did not even form a formation to prepare for the attack. Only when the distance between the two sides shrank to a very short distance did the leading soldiers use muskets to start bombarding them.  On the opposite side, the not-intense shooting did not cause many casualties to the opposite side, but it frightened their courage. When they saw someone falling in a pool of blood, the group immediately stood up and ran back howling.  .  The Han army did not pursue them, but continued to advance, and they soon arrived at Yokosuka Castle.  At this time, the city was already shouting loudly. Many people were howling and then ran away frantically in the opposite direction of the Han army. Whether they were men, women, old or young, they were crying and running away. Some people because they were really  He was so scared that he even fell to the ground, but he quickly got up and ran again, as if he was being chased by an evil spirit.  And these Han officers and soldiers naturally had no interest in hunting down these civilians. They quickly penetrated deep into the city and then controlled the entire harbor.  With the signal they sent after occupying the city, the warships and transport ships of the Han Navy deep in the coast began to advance towards the harbor. They would occupy the entire city and then turn it into a base for the Han Army to attack Edo.  Seeing that the first step of the attack went so smoothly, the senior leaders of the Han Expeditionary Force on the Songshan were cheering and relieved.  "This city can be broken easily, which shows that the shogunate has no defense against our army!" Yan Guang looked at Zhao Song excitedly, "Shuai Zhao, we can expect great success!" "Japan's coastline is so long, even if they want to fortify everywhere,  It can't be done. Our military's maritime superiority is so obvious. It's only a matter of seconds to conquer Edo." Cai De was also quite proud, "I'll go straight to Edo later to show that kid Tokugawa Iemitsu.  See the power of our Han navy!" "It's just a surprise to the shogunate. It's too early to be happy." Seeing that his two generals were a little complacent, Zhao Song interrupted them coldly, "There's more to come.  We have to fight a tough battle, and we have to wait until the enemy is finally won!" "Yes!" Yan Guang and Cai De immediately stood up.  Under Zhao Song's watch, one after another transport ships began to drift towards the coast. After they docked, they would deliver the Han army to Honshu Island. This was also their first time to set foot on the Japanese shogunate.  heartland.  And this large army, under his command, will plunge straight into the throat of the shogunate. I don¡¯t know if this is a blessing or a curse?  No matter what, as the commander-in-chief, he is responsible for the safety and honor of the entire army. No matter whether the situation is good or bad, he cannot be swayed by it, and he must not relax.  He raised his head and looked at the defense line of Edo. Although the blue sea stretched to the end of his sight and seemed to be nothing, he could vaguely see the outline of Edo City.  There are enemy troops there, there are generals from the shogunate, there is the most important battle in his life so far, and there will also be a reward "Let's go ashore too." He looked at Yan Guang, "The chaos ashore must be  End it as soon as possible, and then immediately defend the occupied area and prepare to attack the shogunate army!" Before Yan Guang could agree, he looked at Cai De.  "Langya Hou, after I land ashore, I will leave all matters at sea to you. Please cooperate with me and don't stick to sectarian opinions Whether it is the army or the navy, we are all brothers, and we should be  Support each other. " "Please rest assured, Commander Zhao, as long as I, Cai De, will never suffer any loss from my brothers in the Army!" Cai De promised Zhao Song again, "Please give me two cups of the post-war celebration wine, Commander Zhao!  ¡±   "Okay! Let's get drunk and then rest!" Zhao Song laughed, and then boarded the boat on the Songshan with Yan Guang and a group of his council officers. Along with many other robes,  Rushed towards the mainland of Honshu Island.  ?????????????????It is already evening, and the main Maru in Edo Castle is still brightly lit.  In the main hall of Honmaru, the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu was sitting in the hall, looking at the documents with an expressionless face, while the people beside him also stood respectfully, with very solemn expressions.  If it were a normal day, Tokugawa Iemitsu would have gone to Ouchi to enjoy the service of his concubines and indulge in drinking. However, since the Han began to attack Japan a few months ago, this normal life has changed.  It became a luxury. Tokugawa Iemitsu often had to listen to reports from all parties and review documents, and could not sleep until very late.  Since the war started, his already very irritable temper has become even more surly, so few people dare to speak in front of him, and he also enjoys this loneliness very much, because it can slightly relieve the pain he is experiencing.  As the war progressed, the Han began to advance step by step, defeating his army many times and occupying large areas of land. Each time the bad news came, it made the pain a little more painful.  However, in order to encourage his subordinates, he could not reveal this pain. He could only endure it and hope that things would turn around.  Recently, he sent his number one auxiliary, the shogunate boss Ii Naotaka, to fight against the Han invaders, and he had always hoped that he would deliver the good news to him. However, after waiting for so long, the good news never came.  .  And the increasingly prolonged war also brought huge expenditures. When looking at the reports from various places requesting money and food, Tokugawa Iemitsu only felt an incomparable headache.  In order to relieve the pain, he picked up the wine glass next to him - recently he relied on strong drinks to maintain his energy.  However, just when the wine glass came to my lips.  "Boom!" A loud noise resounded throughout the entire palace, and then a bright light shone, causing him to drop his wine glass to the floor.  
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