Chapter 1122: Three parties work together
"Uncle, the Heavenly Army is so strong, "How is it not a blessing for North Korea?"
Li Shunchen's nephew was also a general of the Navy. In this era, no matter where he was, he was in battle, and Li Wan was Li Shunchen's deputy general.
Hearing his nephew's inquiry, Lee Sun-chen shook his head and lay on the side of the ship to watch the Ming Navy sailing on the side of the North Korean fleet. After a long silence, he spoke again: "Often a country develops maritime troops and horses, it means that it is a desire to expand. How can North Korea be on the side of the Ming Dynasty?"
"The king still asks to be a clerk. There is nothing wrong with being a Ming citizen. I have never been to the capital, but Liaoyang is much better than Seoul."
Li Wan disagreed with Li Shunchen's words and muttered a few words there. Li Shunchen's eyes widened, and he wanted to scold him until the end but still had no words. Li Wan knew that something was wrong, so she hurried to the side to take care of the ship.
The current wind direction is a good wind for the fleet, and this wind direction is a great advantage. The ships of the Navy Alliance are all full of sails, but the ships of the Ming Navy are now lowering their sails because their speed is far greater than that of the North Korean fleet, so it is better to go hand in hand.
Among the Ming Dynasty fleet, large and large ships surrounded by three large Western ships. You can see a large Western ship with the navy's flag on it.
However, this is not the focus of Li Shunchen's attention. The twenty-four ships outside the Ming fleet were shocked. This fleet that was called by the Ming Navy was a civilian bravery. Among them, four of them were larger than the flagship of the Ming Navy and had more artillery on it. When he was in the port, he sent people to see the names of these ships, "Flying Deer, Sea Tiger, Seal, and Sea Wolf". He originally thought that the people invited to help, but his subordinates gave them back. There were indeed several people on the ship, but most of them were sailor crew members of the Celestial Empire.
In addition to these four large ships, the other twenty were also gunboats with nearly thirty artillery pieces, which looked like the allies of the Japanese pirates.
Lee Sun-sin has always been quite confident about the tortoise shell ships and slab boats of the North Korean navy. He felt that with such powerful ships, North Korea would not invade others, but he had enough self-protection. When he saw this, all his confidence collapsed suddenly and he always felt heavy.
There is a way for North Korean officials to deal with Ming generals. Although Ping'an Road was ravaged by Japanese pirates, there were some wine and meat, and although there were not much gold and silver, some women who were able to make a good appearance were also comfortable for the crowd, which made them know a lot of inside information.
It turned out that this fleet was the private property of the Liao Duke and was used for trade at sea on weekdays. Even the Western gunboats in the Ming Navy were built by the Liao Duke's shipyard.
After learning about this news, all the generals of the North Korean navy found it incredible. How much money does such a large ship cost? The number of tortoise shell ships built by North Korea was accumulated by three generations. How much money does such large gunboats consume and spend on the materials and money.
How rich is Li Shunchen, who has such strength, is also a figure from the two classes. He has read books and saw an idiom saying "rich can rival a country". He always feels that this sentence is exaggerated and obvious description of the general, and then he feels that the word is appropriate.
However, it is said that the Liao Duke's fleet has ten such large ships, which are known as the "Ten Seas" to the outside world, and the other six ships have gone there. In fact, Lee Sun-sen also understands that twenty-four such ships can be invincible when they come out, but the other six ships have gone there. This idea always lingers in his heart. In fact, the people around Lee Sun-sen are also strange. In fact, the situation in North Korea is much better than a few months ago. Ping An and Hamkyung Dok will be restored soon. Although the Liao army failed, the new Ming army's main force is extremely powerful, and the restoration of the entire territory is just around the corner. However, Lee Sun-sen did not look happy and excited. The worry on his face is even heavier. I don't know what he was worried about.……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
"The Japanese pirates will be handed over to the Zuo Shui Envoy, and the rest will be prepared by our army!"
Someone received a flag-toned order from the Ming army's flagship, and a large number of Japanese pirates and their allied warships could be seen in front of him outside Incheon.
The wind direction in the past few days is the most beneficial to the Navy coalition. In the wind, the Ming army's ships were much faster than the Japanese pirates, and the main warships even exceeded the ships of the silent fleet. Even if the Japanese pirates wanted to escape at sea, they would be caught up. In this situation, it would be better to choose to fight in the offshore area where the wind was small, and there might be some chance.
"Uncle, uncle!"
Li Wan shouted a few times before Li Shunchen came to his senses. The battle was about to happen, and the main general was distracted. Li Shunchen had been at the dragon head on the highest level of the tortoise shell ship. Hearing his nephew's shout, he reacted and quickly ordered: "Avoid the enemy's gunboats, close to the Japanese pirates' ships in close combat, mainly to ignite fire, use firearms and bows and arrows with caution, be careful of being set by the enemy, be ready to slogan and send a signal to ask the Tianjun ships to fight against the enemy's gunboats, go and arrange them quickly!" This is the arrangement of the old general. Li Wan took the order and hurried over and arranged them.
The sails on the tortoiseshell ship and the slab boat were laid down one after another, the masts were poured down, and on both sides of the cabin on the lowest level, a huge oar with a pole extended out and fell into the sea. Then the horn sounded and the oar began to slide.
With the comparison of the previous battles, the Korean navy was full of confidence. Their gunboats must be stronger than the other ones. The Japanese navy was definitely not the opponent. Lee Sun-sen also handed over the command power to the right water envoy of Gyeongsangdao, but he was carefully observing the movements of the Ming navy.
North Korea is observing the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is also observing the here. Although the Feilu is relatively old among the ships and its artillery is not the most powerful, it is the first cannonboat of the Sanjiang fleet. Several commanders like to use this ship as a flagship. The ship's tower has also been modified, which is more suitable for Biaowang and command.
No one cared about the Japanese pirates' ships. In the eyes of the Sanjiang fleet, the people were just pigs and sheep to be slaughtered, and no one cared about the injustice ships, because he was much weaker than the Ming Navy and Sanjiang fleets, but everyone was staring at the Korean Navy.
Seeing the tortoiseshell ship and the slab boat fall off the sails, Juan gathered a Portuguese language and then said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that you can still see the warships of the Mediterranean tactics in the East."
Everyone around also knows that the Mediterranean is a vast sea in Europe. Because it is surrounded by several continents, the sea surface is very calm and there are few winds and waves.
The so-called Mediterranean tactic is the fighting style of the fleets of several Italian cities and republics. It is a very stable and large ship, equipped with a large number of artillery, and then the maneuvering during combat is all driven by human paddles. To be honest, it is a moving turret and fortress.
Clumsy is not a good description, but in offshore combat, such ships can install larger caliber and longer ranges, because they are stable, and they have a greater advantage in collisions. Because they are stable, they can carry more infantry, which can make infantry more adaptable to maritime combat.
At some point, such warships were also the overlords of the sea. Until the emergence of the Galen ship and the Clark ship, they could also build larger, have stronger maneuverage power, and can sail in the ocean. Only then did they gradually eliminate the original large offshore ships, which Juan did not expect to see here.
The North Korean navy's ship made everyone sigh. What everyone did not expect was that the injustice fleet did not escape and actually came up to meet it.
"I'm really determined to hang out with the Japanese. I thought they either ran away or surrendered!"
Someone cursed in a low voice, and the ships of the Ming Navy had already met. The tortoise shell ships and the slab boats collided with the Japanese pirate ships and then set off fire and arrows. It was really majestic. After the vast ships with few artillery fired each other, they dodged and collided with each other, and when they got close, they jumped with knives to fight.
Compared to this wonderful battle, the battle between gunboats was boring. Both sides changed their formations at sea, trying to gain the upper hand.
The fleet slowly opened and lengthened as it changed its formation, and the gun windows were opened. The officers in the cabin were there cursing loudly to urge soldiers to load ammunition. The sailors on the ship nervously changed the sails and controlled the rudder wheel. The captain was staring at Xinyi, the flagship, and they were walking back and forth, gathering close to each other, and finally reached a close enough distance. Thunder sounded from the sea.
Li Shunchen, who was watching the battle there, trembled. He could see white smoke suddenly spread between the two fleets. On the other side of the fleet, he could see countless water columns exploded.
The white smoke has not dissipated much, and the destruction of the sank fleet can be seen. Many ship masts have broken and some ships have begun to sink.
You can see the Ming Navy fleet changing its formation again, but this time the injustice fleet had no resistance and simply raised the white flag.
Compared with such a simple and boring battle, the Ming Navy was much more exciting. The navy trained by Chen Zi was much more superb than the wrecked fleet and the Japanese pirates in terms of tactics and coordination. As time went on, the advantages became greater and greater. The wrecked fleet wanted to leave the battlefield, but was always encircled by the Ming Navy's fleet, then eaten and continued to pursue.
"Sir, another Japanese pirate ship was destroyed!"
There was a cheer on the tortoise shell ship where Li Sun-chen was. Their battle was smooth and the Japanese pirates fought to the death, but they were far behind in terms of equipment and fighting spirit. The alliance that the Japanese pirates could count on had been defeated, and their ending was to be annihilated.
Chapter completed!