My Daming New Empire

However, there were no cannons on their ships, and Deming's fleet did not fight them side by side.Move fast and only deal with them with your ship's artillery.Facing the shell attack of the Ming Fleet, they had no means of counterattacking at all.

After losing several ships and hundreds of people died at the bottom of the sea, they had to calm down.

Today, they can only transfer the original sea transportation to land transportation, which has also caused the prices of goods in Japan to soar.

After the shogunate rejected the request of the Ming Mission to enter Japan, the major names in Japan have now lost the opportunity to have a dialogue with Daming.This kind of blockade that does not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy makes every Dongying person deeply understand the cruelty and difficulty of war.

Ananda is an ordinary fisherman in Osaka Prefecture. He has a three-foot boat of his own and two fishing nets. They are considered to be a good group of people in Osaka Prefecture.

Before being blocked, he went to the sea once every morning, and then he could harvest hundreds of catties of various aquatic products, and then sent them to restaurants in the city.

Although this is a bit more laborious, in addition to paying taxes to the samurai masters every month, it can also leave a lot of silver taels.

But when Osaka Prefecture was blocked, life became more difficult.After several ships going out to sea were bombed and sunk by Daming's fleet, no one dared to go to sea again.

But forced by life, he couldn't stop his fishing career.Without fishing, his two wives and a bunch of children would have nothing to eat.

After observing for a long time, he finally determined that as long as the boat did not leave the bay or the waters of Awaji Island, it would not be attacked.

Therefore, he took his eldest son out to sea every day before dawn, and cast nets in the bay. Although the harvest was far less than that outside the bay, at least there was still some harvest.

With fish, there is income. Osaka is not a food producing area, and it is not as rich as the Kanto Plain.After the blockade, the price of these fish has skyrocketed, and the price of these fish has become higher and higher. In the first few months, his income was higher than before.

But the good times passed quickly. The long-term blockade made ordinary people in Osaka Prefecture unable to bear the high food prices, and people with related relationships left for other places one after another.

In the past, the samurai lords had income every day, so they didn't care about higher consumption at all, but now that they have no income, they have to find another way to make a living.

Many people set up convoys to transport supplies by land to other areas and left Osaka Prefecture.More people stay here, but they can't afford to spend.

Most of the restaurants in the city were also closed, and even when Ananda came fishing, most of them were robbed.

But as long as the boat is still there, their family will not be hungry.In order to protect his family's boat, he and his eldest son slept on the boat every day, and parked the boat on the sea not far from the shore, for fear that one day when they woke up, their family's boat would disappear.

Early this morning, the sky was misty, and he and his eldest son woke up from the boat and started to pack the fishing nets again, preparing to catch two nets of fish.

Although the fish cannot be sold every day, the samurai lords also allow him to hand in the fish to offset the tax. Only by honestly handing in half a boatful of fish every day can they continue to enjoy their protection.

Suddenly, his eldest son Abe yelled in horror. "Father, look!"

Ananda raised his head, and saw on the distant sea, a fleet that looked like a forest on the sea was approaching.

Unlike in the past when there were only two or three ships, there were two or three hundred ships appearing on the sea today.

Ananda was shocked, and muttered to himself: "Has this day finally come? Daming's fleet is here!"

He didn't care about packing the fishing nets, and started to raise the sail vigorously, and said in his mouth: "Don't pack it up, I will drive the boat to the shore immediately, you go and pick up mother and younger brothers and sisters, we will hide temporarily."

Abe still didn't come back to his senses, and sighed, "Where can we hide? Where can we hide?"

Ananda, who has more experience in life, said: "Anyway, you must not go ashore. If there is a big battle, those warriors will be even more vicious than the Ming army when the doomsday comes!"

Osaka Prefecture is located on the north side of the bay in the southwest of Honshu Island. Shikoku Island and Wakayama in the south of Osaka Prefecture form a natural barrier to protect Osaka Prefecture.

Between Shikoku Island and Wakayama, there is another small island, Awaji Island. The two islands and one mountain hold the throat of Osaka Prefecture.

Daming's fleet basically operated in this water area before, blocking all ships going to sea in the bay.

But today, Daming's fleet officially entered Osaka Bay.

Not only Ananda and his son fled in a panic, but the farmers on the outside of the bay, seeing the mighty Ming fleet, also panicked and packed up their belongings, preparing to escape into the mountains for refuge.

Zhu Zhanji didn't care about these people, and didn't even care whether spies found them.

When the first ray of sunlight penetrated the sea, casting a golden light on the world, the two landing teams of Ming Dynasty also started the first battle of the day.

Eight landing ships landed on the land of Wakayama and Tokushima City respectively. There were [-] soldiers on each ship. These [-] soldiers were divided into two groups to take down the guard posts in the two places.

The Japanese soldiers in the direction of Wakayama hardly resisted, and they voluntarily gave up the guard post and fled into the mountains.

But in Tokushima City, the soldiers who landed encountered resolute resistance.

Tokushima City is the prefectural capital of Tokushima Prefecture. It guards the entrance of Osaka Bay. There are many local fishermen. Facing the menacing Deming Fleet, they drive small boats in an attempt to counteract the attack of the Deming Fleet with morale.

However, the mode of war has changed. In the past, naval battles required two ships to approach each other and then engage in boarding battles.At this time, the morale of soldiers, including combat effectiveness, will play an extremely decisive role.

But now, before the Japanese people approached with small boats, the roaring cannon sound was like a harvester of death, directly blowing up most of the larger ships, and countless warriors fell into the sea, struggling desperately.

Located in the middle of the fleet, Zhu Zhanji was on the deck of his flagship, surrounded by a large circle of people, and all the generals and ministers who did not participate in the direct combat plan gathered around him.

The task of capturing the guard post did not delay the journey of the army, and the fleet continued to enter Osaka Bay at a steady speed.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers struggling in the sea, Jin Chun could not bear to say: "When the war is over, we should rescue them as well. After all, they are still human lives."

Although Zhu Zhanji disagreed with his benevolence, he followed his words and said, "Yes, the life of the Japanese is also a life. Keeping their lives can bring more benefits to Daming."

Jin Chun shook his head and said: "A gentleman speaks righteousness, how can he speak lightly of profit!"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Jin Shangshu's words are wrong. Words and righteousness cannot last, and words and interests are the long-term plan. If the management of a country relies only on words and righteousness, it is a harbinger of collapse."

Jin Chun did not refute this. Literacy and righteousness are just the difference between spiritual pursuit and real life. It is true that one must pay attention to integrity, but of course managing a country cannot be based on ethics, but on systems.

The formulation of the system must have a quantitative standard, and this standard is naturally based on profit.

Jin Chun is discussing things from a personal point of view, while Zhu Zhanji is discussing things from a national point of view, so neither of them is wrong.

In Tokushima City, two thousand soldiers successfully boarded the pier. Although they encountered resolute resistance from the Japanese, all the Japanese soldiers were directly stunned by the appearance of muskets.

Before the two armies joined the battle, the people around him fell to the ground screaming one by one. The power of long guns was stronger than that of short guns. Those who were killed by one shot were lucky. The soldiers who were seriously injured and survived were dying Before, I had to suffer from uncontrollable pain.

The screams of these people had a huge impact on morale, and most people lost the courage to resist.They can't face such a battle, they can't hit each other, but the opponent can hit them.

This fight is so unfair!

Of course, Ming's soldiers were not without casualties.This kind of street fighting, the enemy's short bow can also cause casualties to Ming's soldiers.It's just that compared to the firecracker, the power of the short bow is too small, and the damage caused is limited.

Every fallen Ming soldier was quickly moved to the rear by the reserve army, and their guns and ammunition were re-equipped by the reserve army, so that no gun was left on the battlefield.

For Daming today, although the cost of a gun has dropped from more than ten taels of silver to about eight taels, the actual value is not high.

But because Zhu Zhanji strictly ordered this kind of flintlock guns to flow out, every gun in any team must be registered according to the number, and if there is one missing, the chief officer will be held accountable, so even if it is a bad gun, I dare not Lost one.

When Daming's vanguard drove the Japanese out of the port area, the offensive was temporarily halted.

Another boat docked slowly at the pier, and the round wooden barrels were hoisted to the pier by the hammock on the boat.Hundreds of Ming soldiers in red jacket uniforms skillfully installed the handles on the barrel, tried to press down on the handle a few times, and black oil sprayed out from an outlet at the bottom of the barrel.

Then they put the barrels behind their backs, ran forward quickly, followed behind the musketeers, and began to spray oil on the houses on both sides.

This team was specially trained by the Chengxuan Political Envoy Division of Ming Dynasty in Sumatra Island. Their weapons were not knives and guns, but fire oil produced in Sumatra.