Great time travel

Chapter 5, 27 Moments in Four Years of Chongzhen ([-])

The Fifth Moment: The Sound of Cannons Across Time and Space

October of the fourth year of Chongzhen, North Korea, Jeju Island

The sound of rumbling guns and the pervasive smoke of gunpowder broke the tranquility of this island located in the southernmost part of the Korean Kingdom.

Looking down from the air, Jeju Island looks very regular, almost an oval.Except for a few places, there is no broken and rugged coastline, and the formation of bays, capes, headlands and the like is very rare.There are flat sandy beaches everywhere.The center of the island is Halla Mountain at an altitude of 1190 meters.The entire Jeju Island is a typical volcanic island.Or it can be said that Jeju Island was formed by the lava squeezed out of Halla Mountain on the sea.

The relationship between Jeju Island and the Joseon Dynasty is somewhat similar to the relationship between Taiwan Island and the Central Plains Dynasty. In the long ancient history, the Tamna Kingdom on Jeju Island has maintained a semi-independent status for a long time, relying on the vast sea and the rule of the Korean Peninsula. Those who contend.The Silla and Goryeo kingdoms in history could only be satisfied with surrendering in the name of Tamna. It was not until the early fifteenth century that the Joseon Dynasty formally annexed Tamna and renamed it Jeju Island.

But even after it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Korea, the court in Seoul only regarded Jeju Island as a barren and remote place for exile prisoners, and did not manage and build it much.Until the sixteenth century, Jeju Island was still known as a place of poverty in North Korea, and officials working there were almost like exile.

However, since Jeju Island is only more than 300 nautical miles away from Japan, it has been continuously invaded by Japanese pirates since the Goryeo Dynasty in history.Murder, arson, and robbery have always been the order of the day.In addition, it was only 30 years since the Japanese Invasions of Imjin and Jeongyou at this time, and the Joseon Lee Dynasty was still very wary of Japan, and was always on guard against the next Japanese invasion.Therefore, as the first line of coastal defense against Japan, Jeju Island’s defensive strength is not bad. The government of North Korea’s Li Dynasty built densely packed beacon towers along the coastline, and several higher peaks were also equipped with beacon towers. In the event of an emergency, Jeju City and other cities and towns can be notified in time.In addition, there are also permanent sailors in the port of Jeju Island.Although there are no bulky and expensive turtle ships—this thing is too precious, and the entire North Korea was equipped with only five to seven ships when it was the most prosperous.However, as the traditional main force of the Korean navy, there are still a few in the Jeju port.

However, the opponents these North Korean naval forces on Jeju Island have to face this time are so powerful that even if Yi Sun-shin is alive again, there is nothing he can do.

——Three 1171-type crocodile-class landing ships produced by the former Soviet Union!Plus several iron-hulled fishing boats and whaling ships equipped with Russian guns!This level of armed force was already horribly powerful in the world in the seventeenth century. It can be said that it was armed to the teeth. Driving such a giant steel ship could definitely sweep all the oceans in the world in this era. What? Such sailing warships are all scum when they encounter them!

Then, these steel ships from the modern world traveled through the rivers of time, and in 1631 Jeju Island fired the rumble of guns!

Since the Vladivostok "Far East Company" that purchased these ships was only established for more than a year in this time and space, and it has not had time to unify the flags and insignias, these ships are hung in a mess at the same time. The five-star red flag, the "August [-]" military flag of the People's Liberation Army, and even the Japanese sun flag—a few ships were brought from modern Japan...but the feelings they brought to the North Koreans were all the same despair.

Seeing so many unbelievable large iron ships approaching aggressively, and with a look of malicious intentions, a North Korean wooden house boat patrolling outside the port seemed to find that it could not escape, so it stopped the ship and anchored, and used the boat's unscrupulous A few more small-caliber artillery began to fight back desperately, and some courageous North Korean archers and blunderbuss soldiers also stood on the inner side of the ship and fired at the three landing ships rushing forward.It's just that because the distance was too far, most of their shots fell into the sea, making the sailors on the landing ship laugh loudly.

Of course, even if the North Korean counterattack is as insignificant as scratching the itch, it is impossible for the Far East Company's fleet to just be beaten and not fight back-accompanied by the order of the tweeter, several Dzsu-23mm double-pipes installed on the deck of the landing ship The anti-aircraft guns were stripped of the gun cover, and then the angle of the barrel was adjusted, loaded, and fired... Strings of shells splashed countless water columns around the Korean barge, and some of the shells even hit the deck and sides of the barge. On the side of the ship, large or small holes were created, causing the North Koreans on the ship to let out a desperate exclamation.

There was obviously no suspense in such a battle. After two rounds of salvos, the old wooden North Korean ship was riddled with shells, and sea water began to frantically pour into the small North Korean ship.After the blockade failed, North Korean sailors jumped into the sea holding boards, barrels and other floating objects.But the Far East Company's fleet of traversers ignored this, and just continued to sail straight to Jeju Island.

After a while, the fleet of the Far East Company finally arrived at the scheduled landing place - Jeju City at the northern foot of Halla Mountain, and then anchored in the shallow water near the coast, and then swaggered down a large number of small boats from the big ship.The small boat was full of soldiers in modern military uniforms—although most of them were trained Liaodong and Japanese natives in this time and space—and paddled toward the shore in a mess.

The North Korean defenders on the shore, who had been waiting in full force, were stunned and yelled in panic as soon as they saw these behemoths clearly.Then they didn't dare to resist at the beach, and directly burned the warships and fled into Jeju City, trying to rely on the city wall to stop the intruders.

But the problem is that these seventeenth-century Koreans hiding in the prefecture city of Jeju obviously underestimated the terrifying range of modern artillery.

"...Boom—boom—boom—"

As the fleet anchored, more than a dozen D-30 howitzers installed on several landing ships, whaling ships, and cargo ships began to roar violently one after another. One after another, 122mm grenades blasted on and inside the city wall. explode.The corpse fragments of countless North Korean soldiers and civilians, as if swept by the strong wind, flew wildly in all directions for a while... and the city wall built with volcanic stones was quickly blown to pieces, and many gaps were formed in the collapse, leaving the landing ship The traversers observing the battlefield curled their lips: The city of Bangzi in North Korea is indeed a shabby project!
Next, the Japanese Ronin Death Squad recruited by the Far East Company finally assembled on the beach and began to launch an assault under orders.

"...onboard! Kill it!"

I saw these Japanese ronin recruited by the Far East Company through various means, some wielding glaring katanas, and some carrying bayonet-mounted rifles, struggling to scream "onboard!" with the maximum lung capacity. Under the leadership, at the same time, they started "pig rush" towards the city wall.

Behind them, the traversers, most of whom were veterans, had set up their machine guns and fired towards the city wall. A dense rain of bullets swept across the city. After a round of shooting, there was no longer Li standing on the city. Turning to the soldiers - the city wall of Jeju is only three meters high, and there are no defensive facilities such as enemy towers or watchtowers on the entire city wall, not even the most basic battlements and parapets.The defenders were all exposed from the waist up.Not to mention machine guns and artillery, even bows and arrows can easily kill the defenders and suppress the city!Facing such a city, you don't even need ladders and cannons at all. You only need to gather some mud legs and hold a spear and machete, use ladders and ropes to climb the city, and you can still break through with one charge!
Therefore, relying on the suppression of machine gun fire, the Japanese death squads easily ran across the open ground and approached under the city wall-there were no trenches outside the city.At this time, there was still not a feathered arrow shot from the top of the city, and no one dared to poke his head out and throw a stone.Although the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the city did not carry any ladders or ropes, the seemingly solid, but actually thin city walls had already been blasted with 122mm grenades to open many gaps, and the thin Japanese soldiers could rush in through these gaps... and The terrified North Korean soldiers on the wall had long since fled...

So, less than 10 minutes later, the samurai soldiers of the Japanese death squad who were ordered to attack the city opened the city gate from the inside with unsatisfactory faces. Not even a single person died, and they were still cursing and complaining that the Koreans were cowards and killed them. I have no head to chop off...

Afterwards, a large army of the Far East Company wearing Russian military uniforms in stock swarmed into the city, and quickly cleared the North Korean stragglers wandering in the city of Jeju Prefecture. The tweeter is constantly broadcasting in Korean.After a while, those North Korean Li Dynasty soldiers who were not killed finally began to come out in twos and threes from every corner and surrender.

"...It's really vulnerable...It should be said, is it really worthy of being a North Korean stick?"

Standing on the bridge of a landing ship in the bay, Gao Jianguo, Chairman of the Military Committee of the Vladivostok Far East Company, shook his head and put away his binoculars, "...Jeju City was breached in less than two hours, and the local judge hanged himself...I probably understand How Toyotomi Hideyoshi swept North Korea back then."

"...There is nothing surprising about this. We are using the firepower level of the 21st century, um, at least the [-]th century, to ravage an ancient weak army that was considered third-rate even in the [-]th century, and we are still Mental arithmetic is unintentional, if the North Koreans can bear it, they will see a ghost!"

Song Tao, the captain of the Special Forces, curled his lips and said disapprovingly, "...In fact, given the horrible performance of the Koreans on the battlefield in the past, when they saw our fleet attacking this time, they didn't even panic. And San, is already impressive enough!"

"...No matter what, if you win, you win! Lao Song, don't talk back to Lao Gao for nothing!"

The boss of Vladivostok Far East Company, in addition to Hainan Island, Li Ming, the discoverer of another wormhole, stood up to smooth things over with a smile, "...Since even the capital city of Jeju is so vulnerable, the rest of the island, Dajing County, Jingyi County must be easier to capture. We won the transfer point of Jeju Island, it must be no problem... Now can we implement the next action plan and go to Liaodong to attract people?"

"...It should be fine, but I think we should be more vigilant during this trip. The current Manchu Qing regime... I think it should be called Houjin. They are completely different from the old dynasty of the late Qing Dynasty who just passed by and closed their eyes and listened. It's not the same thing. The sensitivity of these Jurchens to the changes in the situation obviously exceeded our previous expectations. For example, we never dreamed that the Hou Jin Army would be able to make a move against us occupying Vladivostok so quickly. Response, he just climbed over many mountains from Ninggu Tower, and launched a sneak attack on our Vladivostok base..."

Gao Jianguo sighed and said, "...Although the Air Force has already burned down Ninggu Pagoda with incendiary bombs, who knows if Huang Taiji will react more violently, or display some conspiracy? Of course, I don't think there is I need to be afraid of those Tartars, but I just want everyone to be careful."

"...The situation of the Ming army camp also seems to be different from what is recorded in the history books." Song Tao continued the conversation, frowning and said, "...hey...Liaodong...Huangshi...this is said to be a single-handed entry Liaoyang, the guy who killed Nurhachi with his bare hands, is he a native of this time and space, or another traveler? It’s a pity that this guy has moved to the south now, and I’m afraid he won’t be able to find out more news in Liaodong.”

"...In addition, there are changes in Japan, which are also worthy of attention-since Tokugawa Ieyasu opened the foundation and laid the foundation stone, the Edo Shogunate, which could have been peaceful for 250 years, broke out in 1627. War'! This clearly should have happened at the end of the Bakumatsu, okay?"

Gao Jianguo immediately added, "... If this change in Japanese history means that there are time-travelers in Japan, or even a time-traveling group like ours, then it will be a big problem—even if the Yellowstone is really It’s a time traveler, so he’s still one of his own. But if it’s from Japan... oh——” He hesitated for a while, and finally just shook his head, as if he didn’t know what to say.

——When the Far East Company had just traveled to Vladivostok in the time and space of the late Ming Dynasty, it hadn't noticed the strangeness of this world.However, since the Far Eastern Company acquired the first former Soviet landing ship last fall, it has tentatively sent ships to attack Ulleungdo Island (belonging to North Korea), Sado Island (belonging to Japan), and the islands of Dongjiang Town in Liaodong to capture the population. While enriching the local labor force in Vladivostok, the people of the Far East Company learned some information that was different from the history books from some of the captured Liao people and Japanese population: On the Liaodong battlefield, an unbelievable man appeared in the Ming army. Huang Shi, the ever-victorious general Huang Shi, repeatedly beat the slaves to smoke, and even Nurhachi was personally assassinated by him; while in Japan, the Edo shogunate did not know what medicine was wrong, and launched a crusade against the long-term slaves more than 200 years ahead of schedule. The "Long March War" of the Maori family in the state...

Of course, no matter whether it is the Bakumatsu War that should have happened in the nineteenth century in the official history (accurately speaking, it is only the second one, the first long war was negotiated before it even started), or this time and space happened in a few years The previous Long March War had similar endings. It also ended with the defeat of the shogunate army and the serious shake of the authority of the Edo shogunate in the Kansai region.However, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third-generation shogun in charge of the Edo shogunate, has far less prestige and skills than the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshiki.Therefore, although the crusade against the Maori family failed and the military strength and prestige of the shogunate were severely damaged, it was far from the point of collapse.Japan has not yet fallen into the turbulent Warring States period again.

However, although they are confused by the distortion of history, the more than 2000 traversers of the Far East Company still maintain sufficient confidence and high morale-because they have a lot of modern military equipment that is invincible in this era, enough Toss any ancients to death.

While they were chatting, a group of wolves-like Japanese death squad warriors were kicking doors from house to house in Jeju City, driving the North Korean civilians in the city out of their homes, and escorting them to the port to help the Far East Company's fleet unload. Boat.

Moreover, there are more rural civilians in Jeju Island who were driven in groups from a distance to serve as coolies.The Japanese samurai who escorted them were very cruel. As long as these North Koreans moved a little slower, they would immediately be kicked and beaten by them, so that there were shouts and screams everywhere on the beach.But after getting so many people, the loading and unloading speed of the Far East Company's fleet also suddenly accelerated.

It wasn't until this time that Li Ming, Gao Jianguo, Song Tao and other giants of the Far East Company calmly stepped off the ship and drove into Jeju City in armored vehicles and jeeps.In order to meet the occasion of entering the city, which represents conquest, the tweeters on every jeep and armored personnel carrier played the shocking "Soviet March", and hung the party flag of sickle and hammer... The remaining North Korean veterans in the city Weak women and children, facing these noisy metal monsters, all seemed to have witnessed the emergence of monsters in the world, and they were all trembling with fright, pouring out feces and urine.

After inspecting the dilapidated street scene in Jeju City, Gao Jianguo, Li Ming, Song Tao and others returned to the landing ship in a dispirited manner, and began to assign the next task——Gao Jianguo and Song Tao led No. [-] and No. [-] The landing ship No. [-], as the vanguard, immediately headed to Liaodong, and the other ships had to leave immediately after unloading supplies, leaving the No. [-] landing ship to provide fire cover for the troops on the island.

In the next stage, the main task of the landing force on Jeju Island headed by Li Ming is to occupy the entire territory of Jeju Island in the shortest possible time after the main force of the fleet leaves.But try to avoid harassing ordinary civilians, but all the property of officials and wealthy households were confiscated.Then we have to find a suitable place on the island to build an immigrant camp, and we need to collect food materials and various livestock and poultry as much as possible... In short, no matter what method is used, when the immigrant fleet pulls the immigrants from Dongjiang Town back, the people on Jeju Island Immigrant camps must have the ability to receive immigrants.

Then, the No. [-] and No. [-] landing ships were the first to finish unloading supplies, and Gao Jianguo, Song Tao and a battalion of troops sat down and left Jeju Island first, preparing to go to Dongjiang Town to recruit Liao people.The troops that had landed quickly completed the purge of Dajing and Jingyi counties.Next, some poor and boring soldiers even went to the seaside to hunt for women in their spare time—in this era of Jeju Island, haenyeo went to the sea with bare buttocks...

However, as the top leader of Jeju Island, Mr. Li Ming stumbled across an incredible item while searching through the spoils, and immediately fell into great confusion and hesitation—it was a box of high-end "Wendeng" Fragrance”, with a filter on the butt.

"...What the hell is going on with this thing? Could it be that in East Asia in the seventeenth century... there were already cigarettes? Even if there were already cigarettes, how did this filter come from? Could it be also a masterpiece of time travelers? Oh, this How many traversers are there in the world?!!!"

Mr. Li Ming, the CEO of the Far East Company in Vladivostok, couldn't help but scratch his hair, and his mind fell into an unprecedented chaos...