Chapter 741: The bombardment of Kobe

Zhu Cilang's words made Qi Jiguang and Zheng Chenggong nod frequently.

They were very pleased that the Ming Dynasty would have such judgment in the future.

Qi Jiguang pointed to the map and said:

"War consumes a lot of people's livelihood and resources in China, and cross-sea combat consumes more. If it is delayed for a long time, the national strength will decline.

If the Ming army cannot fight quickly and end the war with Japan in the short term, then it will face a fatal strategic weakness of falling into a quagmire.

It is clear that we must be quick, accurate and ruthless! We fight quickly, without any ink, and we will never fight a long war of attrition with the Tokugawa shogunate.

Osaka is located in the middle of Honshu Island. It is the border area between traditional Japanese Kanto and related areas, and is also one of the strong cities in Japan.

On the way from Shigaoguan to Osaka, there are more than ten vassals including Fukuchiyama, Toyaka, Ryuno, and Kotaki. We divided our troops into two groups.

Along the way, Mauri Assassination led the army to lead the way, assisting Huang Ming and Xiaohu Team to restrain their troops from land.

In addition, the generals and the navy launched a strike from the sea and sent troops early tomorrow morning."

"yes"

The generals of the Ming army received the order in unison.

Maori bowed and bowed:

"Please rest assured by the Governor of the Celestial Empire, we will definitely assist the Ming army in fighting this battle!"

There was something to do, and several Japanese traitors were very excited. They felt that Tadao Sakai was ignorant and didn't even know what kind of enemy he had messed with!

How could the Ming Dynasty's Heavenly Army be able to fight against the shogunate? That kind of artillery fire was too fierce. With the current power of Japan, it would definitely not be an opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

Since you will definitely lose, it is better to surrender to the Ming Dynasty early, stand in the team of winners, and enjoy the fruits of victory.

At this time, the ideas of Japanese traitors and traitors rarely overlap. This may be the unified traitorous idea of ​​the whole world.

The soldiers were very fast. The next morning, Qi Jiguang and Zheng Chenggong led a large army to set off from Xiaguan, transported by the Ming Navy, and headed towards Osaka.

The main navy did not directly attack Osaka, but chose the landing location to Kobe, fifty miles away from Osaka.

Sixty years ago, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended the chaotic times of the Warring States Period and realized the great cause of Japanese unification, he held a Arima Tea Party at Arima Hot Spring, a Kono diplomatic diplomacy.

Since then, Kobe has become an important stronghold port for the Kitamae ship from Western Japan to Hokkaido, and is also an important Suzuba Town in Nishiko Street.

Qi Jiguang's target was Osaka, which was the forefront of the shogunate war in Japan.

It is also a logistics support base, a temporary anchorage for the Japanese transport fleet and navy, and a distribution center for the Japanese army's logistics supplies.

The Tokugawa shogunate has been guarding against the Ming army's attack on Osaka, gathering heavy troops and setting up many forts in Osaka. Qi Jiguang decided to try to attack Kobe first.

There are two key points when the Ming army wants to control Osaka Bay. One is the Rokkayama Fort in Kobe, which is the land portal of Osaka Bay. Once the Ming army occupy the fort, they can go straight into Osaka Harbor.

The second key point is the Osaka Fort, which relies on each other.

The Rokka Mountain Fort is a land defense fort that mainly guards the side and rear of Osaka Bay to resist attacks that may come from land.

The Osaka Fort is a coastal defense fortress, mainly resisting attacks from the sea.

The Liujia Mountain Fort is located on the Liujia Mountain, the highest point in the territory. The mountain is not steep and the highest is more than 900 meters. The surrounding hilly areas are covered with dense forests, and there are some towns.

The Lujiashan Fort was built with a chest wall of up to five meters high. The fortresses were densely packed on the chest wall, and there was only an exit on the south side, which isolated the fort from the surrounding mountains of Mount Lujiashan, making the fort a separate military fortress higher than the surrounding terrain.

Originally, the Tokugawa Shogunate arranged 800 people at the Rokka Mountain Fortress. When they learned that the Ming Dynasty sent troops, Tadaki Sakai wanted to strengthen the defensive power of the Rokka Mountain Fortress.

The two thousand troops of Miyagawa's vassal were transferred to Kobe and deployed to assist in defense at the Rokka Mountain Fort.

The Japanese Navy was destroyed, and the Ming fleet easily drove into Osaka Bay.

Upon learning that Zhu Cixuan and the others had arrived near Mount Liujia, Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered the bombardment of Mount Liujia.

"fire!"

"Boom..."

The harsh beeps broke through the air, and shells exploded one after another, and the Japanese soldiers on the turret were bombarded in groups.

One of the heads cut off by shrapnel flew over and landed at the feet of the Japanese general. The general was so scared that he hurried into the fortress.

Before he could get into the bunker, more shells roared in, and the violent explosion immediately covered the entire position guarded by the Miyagawa clan.

Amid the explosion, the shogunate howls hysterically:

"Run quickly, the enemy attack..."

On the Lujiashan Fortress, the bodies of people and horses were blown up and flying everywhere.

The panicked shogunate troops hid aimlessly, and no one knew where the attack came from.

There was not a single Ming army soldier on the land, and the Ming army closest to them was at least 300 offshore.

The God of Death let out a heart-pounding roar over the Lujia Mountain Fort, and dense shells covered almost every corner of the fort.

The shogunate officers and soldiers who hid in the trenches and fortresses were blown into the sky together with their bunkers, and their broken limbs and arms were spilled everywhere.

After more than a dozen rounds of bombardment, the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty was not easy to cease fire.

Inside and outside the trenches of the Mount Liujia Fort, apart from howling, it was a breathtaking dullness.

Some Japanese soldiers who were not killed by the bomb took a breath, and suddenly the sky was illuminated by fire.

"Swoosh swish swish..."

The Japanese football general looked up and saw a series of cylinders about two feet flying towards the Roujia Mountain Fortress.

The entire Liujia Mountain Fortress instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire, and then the Japanese screams of ghosts and wolves howling.

The general of Football quickly determined that the shells were from Osaka Bay and should have been fired by Ming army warships at sea.

Because of those giant shells and rockets flying all over the sky, he had seen them in Edo, and it was an unforgettable bombing...

He stretched his head and looked down the mountain, and saw hundreds of landing ships docked on the coast, and the dense soldiers were bent down with guns,

No need to think about it, just look at their clothes and tell that this is the Ming Marine Corps!

There is no suspense about the landing war in the Ming army. Landing war has always been one of the combat techniques that the Marine Corps of the Royal Navy focused on training.

They have also developed some special landing combat equipment.

For example, the assault boat that lands in combat is eight meters long and about one meter five meters wide, and can accommodate twelve soldiers.

The head of the boat is pointed and covered with iron sheet, which can withstand a certain degree of collision.

It also equipped with a small cannon with one inch and five minutes caliber to strengthen the firepower during landing.

The power of the Ming army's assault boat was not based on traditional oars. The stern was equipped with iron propellers, which were stomped by two soldiers with their feet.

If necessary, you can also use wooden paddles as auxiliary power. You can start at full speed and be extremely fast. You can reach a speed of sixteen to eighteen knots in a short time.

The defense power along the Kobe coast seems a bit amateur.

Except for the decent Lujiashan Fort, the other small castles and only a few old-fashioned artillery have a defensive power, and they have all been destroyed just now.

The Japanese football general only looked at the Ming army landing in the distance, but did not find a Ming army behind Mount Roujia, which was moving quickly towards the mountain.

(End of this chapter)
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