Chapter 1121 Naval Battle
For the Japanese pirates, the focus of the war in Korea was to quickly occupy the entire territory of North Korea, determine the rule, and then operate it as a base for attacking the Ming Dynasty.
The purpose of the early combat was on land, but the sea did not take into account, so he actually asked Jeolla Do's Zuo Water Envoy Lee Sun-sin to bring out more than 50 ships. Along the way, the navy from Gyeongsang Do and Chung-chung Do came to join in. By the time he arrived in Incheon, it had already reached a scale of 135.
The essence of the Korean navy is Jeolla Do and Gyeongsang Do. Jeolla Do’s Zuo Water Envoy has the highest status everywhere. He was born in the various fleets that came to join this time, and there was no general with an official position greater than Lee Sun-sen. Naturally, the general manager of the navy became Lee Sun-sen.
The slab boat and the tortoise shell boat were not moving fast, or the North Korean king was walking too fast, and when the remnants of the North Korean navy arrived in Incheon, they knew that the North Korean king and ministers had arrived in the Ming Dynasty. Lee Sun-sen and others were helpless, but they could only send people to contact the king, and then the headquarters stayed at sea to fight.
They were doing well in other places, but in Incheon, the Japanese pirates could not allow them to move. Seoul was the heart of the Japanese pirates' Korean strategy and could not allow them.
The Japanese pirates all despise North Korea's military strength because North Korea's performance on land was really messy. I think the navy was not far away from anywhere, and they were all like native chickens and tiles.
Unexpectedly, the battle ended with a hardship. More than 20 Japanese pirates' warships were knocked and fifteen were sunk in the first battle, and the rest were burned down.
It is obviously not as convenient as transporting grain by land from Busan to Seoul by sea to Incheon and then to Seoul by Hanshui. Japanese pirates gathered more than 90 warships to go to Seoul.
This battle was not much different from the last battle. Five tortoise shell ships directly crashed into the center of the Korean navy's team. The boat was cruising outside, constantly sank and setting fires. After this stop, the Japanese pirates lost more than 4,000, which was considered a great defeat in the sea battle. The commanders of each legion were shocked and the news even returned to the Japanese pirates' island. All the famous people were frightened and angry. If Japan wanted to maintain the battle against North Korea, the sea route could not be cut off at present. North Korea was barren. It was unexpected that the Ming army in the north had already been suppressed. The transportation of supplies and even withdrawing troops at critical moments had to pass through the sea route. That was a big event that was turned upside down.
In this situation, some people have wanted to withdraw troops from North Korea, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who has always been clear in judgment, has become persistent. The people who tried to test the words were scolded back. Now everyone has shrunk. There are vague rumors that Tokugawa Ieyasu fully supports the continued North Korea's conquest of the Western Kingdom and Kyushu Daming in private, they are not doing anything in Kanto, and they really don't hurt their backs when they speak.
The navy that suffered losses in both naval battles were the most elite troops of the Japanese pirates, and they were all known as the strongest pirates somewhere. Who would have thought that they would be so unbearable to fight?
If it is normal, these people are not good enough. Others will not be able to make any moves, but now it is different. Shen Jun's fleet is also among the Japanese pirates' navy.
The third naval battle was near the entrance of the bay between Gyeonggi Province and Chungcheong Province. There were more than 50 Japanese pirates in the bay, which were blocked by the Korean navy.
At the beginning, the Japanese pirates wanted to fight but had no strength to fight back. Their tactics were nothing more than getting close to the setting fire and jumping gang. The Japanese pirate warriors wanted to serve their country with death and bravely stepped forward, but when they got there, they still ended up being old and were hit and sunk.
After sinking and destroying nearly ten ships, the rest of the warships shrank back and wanted to rely on the defense on the shore to resist. But what was there on the shore? Can bows, iron cannons and large tubes cause damage to such ships? The rise of the Korean navy's killing simply rushed into the bay.
The ships in the bay had no resistance, but the soldiers had the chance to get ashore, and the whole group could only watch their ships light up the fire one by one on the shore in dejected manner.
Just as the North Korean navy was about to return home with great swaying, the injustice fleet arrived and war began again near the entrance of the bay.
The fleet of the sank wrecks was a total of more than 70 ships, mainly the sank wrecks. The sank wrecks of the Ming Dynasty were much larger than the Japanese pirate warships, and the movement was flexible and swift. Not to mention that the sank wrecks were all old sea dogs who had been at sea for many years, and they were much better at the warships at sea than the Japanese pirates.
At the beginning of the battle, the Korean navy's tortoise ship rushed towards the Shenwu fleet, trying to disrupt the opponent's formation and then hit and fight. However, Shenwu immediately released a fire ship. This kind of fire ship is a small-scale wide ship with large iron nails on the bow and iron hooks on the ship. It hits head-on. The iron nails are nailed on the ship, and the iron hooks and iron claws hook the protruding part of the ship, and then sets the fire. If the ship cannot get rid of it, it will be burned together.
The humble subordinate avoided the collision of the tortoise shell ship and released the fire ship. The fire ship nailed the three slab boats, and the rest were removed and then ignited.
The ability of Han pirates to control ships is far greater than that of Japanese pirates and Koreans. After the tortoise shell ship rushed up, the originally dense fleet immediately dispersed. But there is a problem. The ships relying on wind power want to maneuver and change directions. It is okay to have a good wind. If it is not in the wind direction, then they have to go around or circle. After putting down the sails, the tortoise shell ships and slab boats that are rowing paddles have much more maneuvering power in a short distance. Two ships with three hundred materials cannot escape and are directly destroyed. Two ships were lit and fired. After all, they went away, and they were rushed to put out the fire.
A few ships immediately responded. These ships looked like Western ships, but they were not as big as the tortoise shell ship and slab boat. They would definitely suffer when they collided. The Korean navy rushed over fiercely, but there were artillery on these ships.
The armed merchant ships customized in Tianjin were used here. When the tortoise shell ship and the slab boat approached, the artillery fired volleys.
A thick enough wooden board can also withstand the shooting of artillery, but many holes were opened on the tortoise shell ship and the slab boat. These holes and the surrounding areas were weak, especially the area where the oars were extended. There was the motor power of the ship, because the wooden oars had to be thick, and this was the weakest. The double deck of the ship, the second layer of artillery was just enough to hit the position of the paddle. After the second round of artillery, two slab boats had lost their combat power. What's more troublesome is that the ship that had lost its maneuver had not had time to raise the sails, and pirates were approaching, holding oil-filled quilts and felts, and other ships would not eat this at all. The quilt felts would only fall into the sea. But for the tortoise shell ship and slab boat, in order to prevent climbing, the hull was full of barbs and spikes, and the quilt was easily hung on it, and then a fire-driven arrow was enough.
Several platy boats lit up fire, and the tortoise shell ships hurriedly avoided them. They had no way to deal with the enemy's artillery fire. The core of the entire navy is the five tortoise shell ships, and there is no mistake.
There was no other way for the boardhouse boat. After removing the fired wooden board with a knife and an axe, the opponent's clamping boat had approached, and the current method was to fight with hand and blades.
Although he had the intention of serving the country, the combat effectiveness of the Korean navy in hand-to-hand combat was really not worth talking about. When he opened the boat board, he was swept by the earth cannons of the sank fleet once. Then the Japanese samurai rushed over with swords. When the Japanese samurai rushed onto the ship, the battle was actually over.
The real trouble is actually those flexible and mobile arson ships and the gunboats of the Sinking Army. After the Korean navy lost more than a dozen ships, and even one of the tortoise shell ships was ignited, the flagship issued an order to retreat.
At this time, it was not so easy to leave. The North Korean navy divided ten platy boats and stopped them at the sea, preparing to fight to the death to the rear of the brigade.
The wrecked fleet lost five large ships, and then three small ships sank all ten platy boats to burn them. However, for such enemies who fought to the death, they did not want to spend too much of their strength, so they did not continue to pursue them.
But after this battle, the Korean navy no longer dared to come to the sea around the Japanese occupied areas, and the other side was completely controlled by the sank fleet.
Because it ensures the safety of sea routes, Japan's new Daming made a fortune in vain. It is not just a waste of time to transport food and grass supplies from Japan to North Korea, but it has various benefits.........
In early May of the 21st year of Wanli, the North Korean naval commander Lee Sun-sen led a team to join the Ming naval commander at Wonsan Port and continued to go south to Incheon, preparing to block the maritime traffic in Gyeonggi Province.
The Korean navy had some understanding of the Ming Dynasty's navy, but had a low evaluation. In their eyes, it was incredible that the navy of the Heavenly Kingdom of the Heavenly Kingdom was so poor and weak. Lee Sun-chen once told his nephew that the heavenly soldiers on land were invincible, but we Korean men at sea had to rely on our North Korean men. Even if the Heavenly Navy came to support, the navy might not be able to compare to the injustice fleet.
However, after seeing him, Li Shunchen found that his opinion was the old calendar. The total number of ships in the Ming army fleet was only more than 200, but the quality of the ship was quite amazing. It seemed that the ship was not more than ten years old. There was a firearm configuration in front of it. The real thing that made Li Shunchen leapt were several large ships.
Such ships are in the style of Western ships, but their size is amazing. Because the tortoise shell ships and slab boats are offshore warships, they are built very large. However, the large ships of the Ming army are much larger than the tortoise shell ships. The huge hull, huge sails, and artillery on both sides of the hull are even more terrifying.
In addition to such gunboats, some ships are slightly smaller, but with the same regulations, such "...bu Ship" must also have more than twenty cannons under the calculation.
Chapter completed!