At this moment, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was really shocked.
He didn't expect that instead of attacking the Ming Navy, the Ming Navy came to fight him first!
Without further ado, Matsudaira Nobutsuna immediately ordered the navy and army to prepare for battle.
At this time, he suddenly discovered another problem, a more serious problem.
Busan here was originally a North Korean port, and it is true that there were also coastal defense artillery deployed.
However, before Jianlu handed over Korea to the Japanese, they plundered all Korea's grain, grass, supplies, young population, etc. And this plunder was carried out from south to north, until it reached Seoul.
Around this time, Yagyu Munenuki, who was the first to arrive in North Korea, stopped the move and negotiated. Only then did the food and supplies, young people, etc. in northern North Korea remain, and no one moved back to Liaodong.
This means that all the grain and grass supplies in Busan were plundered by the Japanese. Therefore, it is natural that coastal defense artillery and other things cannot be left to the Japanese.
After the Japanese occupied North Korea, the Japanese were not wealthy enough to deploy their few heavy artillery here at the southernmost port of Korea.
Otherwise, with the heavy artillery deployed here, who are they defending against? Here in Busan, the only ships coming from the sea are the Japanese ships. At least that's what they thought before.
There are not many coastal defense heavy artillery in the first place. Of course, they must be deployed in the most useful places, such as Seoul, Pyongyang and other important towns.
Although later, Busan was attacked by Wu Sangui's troops, so that all the food and supplies in Busan were burned and all the people were killed. However, this attack came from land, not from the sea.
Therefore, when Matsudaira Nobutsuna redeployed Busan's defense, he only focused on possible sneak attacks on land instead of responding to attacks on the sea.
Therefore, at this time, Matsudaira Nobutsuna sadly discovered that when the Ming Dynasty expeditionary force came to Busan, they could only rely on the navy itself. On the land side, they could basically just watch. Otherwise, let the Japanese army on the land
Shooting, that's not even scratching the battleship's itch!
Really, who would have thought that the enemy would actually attack from the direction of the Japanese mainland!
Understanding this situation, Matsudaira Nobutsuna looked toward the sea worriedly.
It was indeed true. On the side of the Ming Navy, there was another attack formation with armored warships as the spearhead. Although those armored warships did not emit smoke, that was because they were still far away!
The tactics of the Ming Dynasty Navy were still to use the defensive power of their iron-clad, smoking warships to first break up the formation of the Japanese Navy, and then use the warships behind to create a situation where more and less were defeated.
Can the navy of the Ming Dynasty have any new tricks?
The bitter Matsudaira Nobutsuna quickly sent an order to his navy, asking his navy to disperse based on the warships led by the major names. After they dispersed, they tried to avoid the Ming Dynasty's iron-clad and smoking warships, and went around and ordinary people.
The Ming Dynasty warships engaged in a jumping battle.
Tsushima Island is not far from Busan. At the moment when Matsudaira Nobutsuna was in a hurry to take command, Zeng Ying looked at the flag on the battleship again and estimated the wind force on the flagship of the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force, which was the armored boat.
, he ordered the armored steam warship to boil water for cooking. No, he was boiling water to start the steam engine!
The thick smoke coming out of the ship was quite noticeable.
The Japanese on the shore did not understand the situation, and when they saw the Ming army's warships emitting thick smoke, they all gloated about the misfortune.
However, the navy has heard that smoke does not mean that the ship is on fire, but will speed up the speed of these warships. However, most of the Japanese naval warships have never seen it, and they are not concerned about the smoke coming from the armor.
There is actually a question mark as to how fast the warship can sail.
Listening to what Shimazu Mitsuhisa's people said before, they thought it was an exaggeration. In their understanding, according to the description of the Satsuma clan people, it was faster than the Western style warships. How is this possible!
Now, they have seen it.
Shortly after seeing smoke coming out of the Ming Dynasty's armored steam warships, the speed immediately began to increase. Before they had time to fight on their own, some of the warships had not even left the port of Busan. These armored steam warships were killing each other.
arrive.
Of course they didn't know that the only things that affected the speed of the armored steam warship were the wind and the size of the waves.
If the wind is light and the waves are not big, the paddle wheel driven by the steam engine can play a great driving role, allowing the iron-clad steam warship to exceed the speed of the Western sail warship. However, if the wind is strong and the waves are high, the paddle wheel will
The limitations will come out, and the speed will definitely not be as fast as the sailing battleships of Xiyi.
This time in the Battle of Busan, the Ming Navy took the initiative to fight. Needless to say, Zeng Ying ordered the attack when he saw that the wind and waves on the sea were not big, which was conducive to the armored steam warships exerting their combat power.
Otherwise, if you still go out to fight when the storm is high, then you are mentally ill!
"Boom boom boom..."
The armored steam warships lined up in a row, after locking their targets, rushed towards each other, and at the same time, the cannons on the bows roared first.
The shells bombarded this time were not ordinary iron bullets, but chain shells. Ordinary iron bullets were connected with iron chains. After the heavy artillery was fired, it would spin and hit the enemy ship.
Generally speaking, the main purpose of chain bombs is to attack the mast of an enemy ship, break the mast, and make the enemy ship lose power.
But the purpose of the Ming Dynasty's navy was not that.
The bullying Japanese navy did not have heavy artillery and was protected by iron armor. Therefore, these armored steam warships rushed towards the enemy ships. After they got close enough, they bombarded them with red cannons. Chain bullets hit the small Japanese warships.
, it has enough destructive power.
The Kanbune and Anzha ships of Japan did not have keels or watertight compartments, and their ship walls were thin. If they were hit by a chain bullet, it would be like a wound torn open by a tiger. A large area was broken at once, which was a bit like a bullet.
Effect.
Before the howling Japanese could react, the high-speed armored warship crashed into them.
This method is simple and crude, but it is very lethal to enemy ships.
As long as a Japanese warship is targeted by an armored steam warship, it will basically end up being knocked to pieces.
The target of the attack by the armored steam warships was of course the flagship of the Japanese warships, or those Anzha ships that were much larger than the Kanshu ships.
At this time, the Japanese warships had just completed their grouping when they were attacked by the armored steam warships. It was like a wolf rushing into a herd of sheep.
After the collision, the Ming army sailors on the ship stabilized their bodies, opened the muzzle covers on both sides, exposed the artillery, and began bombarding.
"Boom boom boom..."
On both sides of the iron-clad steam warship were Japanese warships. Under the close bombardment, wooden blocks suddenly flew randomly.
Of course, the Japanese warships were also fighting back at the same time.
Their Fran cannons were also firing, and the musketeers on the deck were also aiming at the Ming warships.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Smoke filled the air and fire burst out.
However, just as the sound of muskets was basically drowned out by the roar of artillery, the damage caused by the muskets to the Ming warships was almost negligible.
That is to say, those Fran cannons of the Japanese country can still leave a mark on the Ming Dynasty's armored steam warships. Although the rate of fire of the Fran cannon is fast enough, it is of no use. At most, it will leave an extra mark on the outside of the ship.
It's just a slightly sunken pit.
If the Ming warships were parked there and allowed to be beaten by the Japanese warships, they would still be able to discover the shortcomings of the armored steam warships, such as bombarding the paddle wheels with Fran cannons or destroying the sails.
However, the Ming Dynasty's iron-clad steam warships were not only moving, but also high-speed maneuvering warships. They simply rushed to the front without giving them more opportunities to fire.
Just like the heavy cavalry on land, it broke through the infantry formation, leaving a mess behind. After rushing out, it started to circle around and turn around.
Before the armored steam warship rushed out and turned back, the Ming warship behind them came again.
However, these ordinary Ming warships were not as domineering as the armored steam warships. Instead, they aimed their sides at the messy Japanese naval warships and used volleys of cannons to entertain them.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Japanese naval warships, which were in a hurry and had not yet recovered, were once again in a state of disarray under the bombardment of the Ming Dynasty warships.
Against the background of water jets, wooden blocks from many Japanese warships were flying around, and their hulls were either seriously damaged or simply began to sink.
The Ming Navy did not give the Japanese navy a chance to get close at all, and entertained them with heavy artillery.
It doesn't seem right. The iron-clad steam warships had very close contact with the warships of the Japanese navy. It's a pity that the Japanese navy still didn't have the opportunity to jump from the ship to fight.
It can be said that since Ming Dynasty had Liu Weichao as a "keyboard strategist", Ming Dynasty's naval construction will not be based on jumping ship war. As time goes by, the possibility of such jumping ship war will only become smaller and smaller.
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The Battle of Pusan was just the beginning, and it was a completely one-sided situation.
The Japanese navy, which could withstand this one-sided ravage, immediately began to retreat.
Those who were close to the Busan Port hurriedly hid inside the Busan Port; while those who were a little farther away from the open sea fled to the open sea regardless of the situation. And they were the kind who fled in different directions and did not dare to get together to escape.
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Looking at this scene, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers on the shore watched blankly, and no one made a sound: shocked, bitter, dumbfounded, etc., as if they were all made of clay.
Zeng Ying watched the battle situation and sent out a signal, ordering the Portuguese sailing warships in the expeditionary force to leave the team and pursue the Japanese warships that fled to the open sea, killing as many as they could.
As for himself, he led the armored steam warship and continued to attack the port, completely ignoring the Japanese on the shore.
Seeing the huge iron armor smoking and sealing the boat, rushing majestically towards the port, those Japanese warships that had taken refuge in the port immediately panicked, feeling like they were being flushed home!