Chapter 237 Fighting Nagasaki (IV)

At 3:00 on November 2, 42nd year of the Kangxi reign, the advance fleet had already set off for an hour and a half. Liu Shuangcheng, who had been unable to sit still, had a calm expression on his face, but a hint of nervousness appeared in his eyes. Looking at the fourteenth Beile Yinzhen sitting firmly in front of the chart, he said politely: "Master, by the time, even if Qiao Hailong failed to attract the Japanese navy, it should be time to return here. The ship has not appeared yet. The officer is a little worried that something will happen. Please make clear."

"Huh?" Yinzhi raised his head from the chart, looked at Liu Shuangcheng without speaking. After thinking for a while, he said, "If Qiao Hailong enters the harbor, how much chance will he have to rush out of the siege of the Japanese Navy?"

"70%, but even if it rushes out, it is inevitable that the hull will be damaged." Liu Shuangcheng said with certainty.

Yinzhi walked back and forth in the cabin, with a trace of determination flashing in his eyes. He walked to the chart and pointed, and said coldly: "The command is that the main fleet is divided into two routes. Lord Liu led the forward squadron to enter Nagasaki from now on. Be sure to block the harbor. I personally led the main force to move eastward. If the Japanese navy is already attracted, I will let him come and go. If the Japanese navy has not moved, I will lead the main force to meet you outside the harbor and attack Nagasaki."

Although Liu Shuangcheng was not very at ease with Yinzhen's naval command ability, he was helpless now. When he thought that with the huge strength of the Qing Dynasty's Navy, even if his command ability was insufficient, he could wipe out the Japanese navy that had left the port. Therefore, he did not argue. He responded to the promise, walked out, transferred to the van and arrived at the van fleet. With the order, he led ten large warships and thirteen medium-sized warships to sail along the scheduled route and headed straight to Nagasaki Port. After a moment, the main fleet also set sail and moved eastward.

The first winter sun shines on the earth warmly. The people in Mogi Town just use lunch and are leisurely basking the sun. There is no entertainment during this slack season. A group of young and old gathered together to spend their days, and the children were playing around and running around the beach. The scene of a farm stay was a scene of a farm stay. Several small fishing boats were casting nets to catch fish. Everything was normal, and it was no different from usual. Suddenly, several cannons rang out.

The calm was broken, and the water splashed around the fishing boats. A hapless fishing boat was blown into pieces flying all over the sky. The remaining boats were desperately rowing towards the shore. The people who were originally talking were stunned and stopped making meaningless nonsense and looked in the direction of the sea. A group of children playing at the seaside were ignorantly watching a large number of giant ships emerged on the sea level in the distance, completely forgot to be afraid.

Li Ke stood on the front deck of the flagship with a serious expression, looked at Xiao Sanlang beside him, and said, "General Xiao, our army has arrived a moment later than expected. Now it's time to land. Please ask General Xiao to cover our army's landing."

Although Xiao Sanlang is a general of the Navy and has no affiliation with Li Ke, his official title is several levels lower than Li Ke. In addition, the delay of the army is entirely the responsibility of the Navy. Seeing that Li Ke was a little unhappy at this time, he did not dare to retaliate. He just nodded and said, "Mr. Li, how about logging in after the official bombardment?"

"No need." Li Ke waved his hand angrily and said, "My subordinates are just landing under General Xiao's artillery fire." Xiao Sanlang had no choice but to nod in agreement, waved his hand, and issued an order to bombard the artillery - Mogicho had no Japanese army defense at all, and the reason for bombing was only Yinzuo's order, which allowed the navy to conduct a wartime beach landing exercise.

With Xiao Sanlang's order, more than 20 warships slowly crossed the hull and aimed at the beach with starboard. With a wave of the flag, hundreds of artillery fired one after another. The shells exploded on the beach like rain. In an instant, the sound of cannons rumbling. On the mudflat, there were splashes and broken sand in the sky. With the sound of artillery fire, hundreds of boats full of soldiers were placed on the nearly forty transport ships and rushed towards the mudflat. The warship group continued to change formations, and the ship cannons roared and extended from near to far. In a short while, hundreds of small boats that had landed on the beach had already moved onto the mudflat. The soldiers who were already ready jumped off the waist-deep sea water amid the command of the officers, rushed up to the mudflat with difficulty, and quickly occupied various important places.

Before that, most of the soldiers had already arrived ashore, and their movements were skillful and sophisticated, but there was no hint of joy on Li Ke's face - a moment later than the landing time required by the plan. Although the fighter plane would not be delayed because of this quarter of an hour, it was an indisputable fact. Seeing that the baggage was also started to be shipped to the ashore, Li Ke looked at Xiao Sanlang and said, "I will go ashore now. General Xiao can cover our army's rear wings as planned." As soon as he finished speaking, regardless of how ugly Xiao Sanlang's face was, he went down the small boat along the rope ladder and headed towards the shore. Xiao Sanlang didn't get the battle, but was still angry and was already feeling uncomfortable. At this time, seeing Li Ke go, he was stunned and stomped his feet and went back to the main cabin to sulk.

"Master, our army has occupied Mogi Town. Except for three soldiers who sprained their ankles while rushing to the beach, no casualties were found. More than 400 Japanese people were arrested. What should we do? Please tell us that another peddler claimed that Liu San was going to see the Master." As soon as Li Ke came ashore, a bearded general under his command came to report the situation immediately.

"This is an important place for our army's logistics and supplies. Those wastes are kept. In addition to bringing Liu San over, Deputy General Liang also came." Li Ke replied expressionlessly. Seeing that Li Ke's face was not good, the bearded general quickly responded and hurriedly ran and went to run.

"Are you Liu San?" Deputy General Liang Size asked, looking at the thin man dressed in Japanese in front of him.

Liu San did not answer, but took out a map from his arms and a half of the copper plate and handed it to Liang Size. Liang Size took the copper plate and looked at it, and also took out half a pair of copper plates from his arms, and immediately formed a complete one. His eyes lit up: "Thank you Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, the master from the previous visit has given me a greeting to Mr. Liu."

Liu San bowed and said, "I dare not, how can you please, my master?"

"Okay! OK, the master specifically told me: Mr. Liu and others are talented people in the country, so you should not be wronged. After the battle, those who are willing to go back can go back. Those who are willing to stay here can help manage Nagasaki Port. Everything is the only one who is willing to go back." Liang Size said with a smile.

There was a slight fluctuation on Liu San's calm face, and he would probably calm down and said calmly: "Thank you for your care, I will discuss everything after this battle. Please send troops immediately. Liu can be the guide."

"Okay, except for the logistics battalion, the rest are divided into two routes. Size, you lead 2,000 people to attack Nagasaki along the main road, and lead 5,000 people to capture Shangxishan and set off!" Li Ke issued a combat order without hesitation. After receiving the order, more than 8,000 Qing officers and soldiers who had landed were immediately busy, sorting out the artillery, shells, gunpowder, explosives and other items that had been unloaded on the beach. The entire army gathered and drove forward quickly along the mainland.

At noon, on the martial arts siege, Qiao Hailong looked at the more than 200 Qingshui Division officers and sailors lined up neatly on the deck and issued the final order: "Brothers, we can't go back. If we want to die, we will die together. Twenty years later, we will be a good man again. We must not lose the power of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Let's fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Damn it! It's dead or alive to face it up!"

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Everyone shouted wildly, feeling as if they were ready to die. Qiao Hailong waved his hand and said, "I can wait for death, but I must not let the ship fall into the hands of the Japanese. Hu Si, go to the bottom of the cabin. Once the Japanese soldiers occupy the deck, they will immediately open the valve and sink the ship! Wang Er, go up the mast and send a signal to the Yanlong, so that they can handle it accordingly."

"The Japanese pirates are coming!" A sharp-eyed sailor saw several heads poking their heads out of the ship's side and immediately started to scream.

"Kill! Fuck them down!" Qiao Hailong waved the steel knife in his hand and rushed towards the side of the ship. In an instant, the deck was in chaos, and Japanese soldiers kept turning up on the decks on both sides. The fierce hand-to-hand combat began. The sound of weapons, the sound of shooting guns, and screams were intertwined.

"Kill!" Qiao Hailong's steel knife in his hand swung a Japanese sword that was slashing towards him, and slashed down a Japanese soldier with an oblique slash. Before he could collect the knife, three Japanese swords were covered at the same time, blocking the route he was evasive. The sword was extremely fast and the sound of the knife roared.

"Sir, be careful!" Goshha, who was standing beside Qiao Hailong, rushed forward and knocked away Qiao Hailong. However, he was hit by three swords and died with a scream.

"Ah!" Qiao Hailong's eyes were bloodshot, and he rushed forward again, dancing wildly with the steel knife in his hand, shouting that he would continue to fight.

Yanlong had suffered heavy losses, and the manpower was lost. After a few moments of fighting, he could no longer support him. The signal soldiers on Yanlong's mast were crying and uttering flags. I had already sunk. The huge hull began to sink slowly. The Japanese soldiers who had just occupied Yanlong's deck saw that the situation was wrong, immediately rushed back to their ship along the flying claw rope. The officers and soldiers of Yanwu fought to the death and retreated under the mast. At this time, there were only more than 30 left, most of them were injured. Qiao Hailong had been hit twice in a row, and his body was covered in blood. He shouted and fought hard. Seeing that the entire army was about to be destroyed, Wang Er on the mast shouted: "Ship! The ship is here, our reinforcements are here!"
Chapter completed!