Dragon Sea Empire

As far as these North Korean naval warships are concerned, neither the five large Fuchuan in Busan Port nor the rest of the Western-style sailing ships can deal with them.This time, there were no turtle ships among the warships mobilized by the Jeolla-do Navy Command.The Battle of Busan five years ago proved that the deck of the turtle ship could not stop the cannons of the Chinese Navy, and the manpower paddling of the turtle ship was not as flexible and fast as the warships of the Chinese Navy.Therefore, the turtle ship has since disappeared from the order of the Joseon Kingdom's navy.

But North Korea has no way to deal with any ships of the Chinese Navy, so this time the ships of the Jeolla-do Navy are all small sailboats imitated from Japan and China, and the naval warfare tactics are the most traditional hand-to-hand combat.

The North Koreans took advantage of the thick fog to break into the Port of Busan in the early morning of this day. The more than 100 sailboats participating in the sneak attack quickly became a mess due to lack of training.After the Busan Task Force of the Chinese Navy withstood the first round of North Korean assaults, it began to use firepower from both land and sea to contain the personal attack of the North Korean Jeollado Navy.The North Koreans knew that they could not fight against the Chinese army in terms of short-range firepower, so they planned to swarm up to the five Dafu boats, and then jumped on board to fight hand-to-hand.

However, each of the five Dafu ships was much taller than the sloops of the North Korean Navy, and the lowest side of the ship was more than one foot higher than the North Korean ships.The North Koreans had to lean the boat next to the Fuchuan, throw on the grapple cable, and then climb up the Fuchuan along the cable.

Once the Dafu ship can move freely, coupled with the grenades, gunpowder barrels, and close-range bombardment by Chinese sailors, such tactics are almost impossible to achieve.

After the surprise attack, the Chinese navy still lost a ship: After the North Koreans jumped on board, the two sides fought fiercely on the ship. Somehow, the gunpowder magazine under the deck was ignited. The torch, burning and sinking.

The explosion and the ensuing fire also brought four or five sailing ships of the North Korean navy to bad luck.Taking this opportunity, the other four Dafu ships and several Western schooners from the Tumen River Pioneering Group left their berths and began to circle the sea with many small North Korean sailing ships.

The Dafu boat loaded with bronze naval guns slowly sank the Korean ships one by one.When the "Happiness" on which Barretto, Yin Bin and others were riding appeared on the sea, the North Korean navy could no longer withstand the bombardment of the Fuchuan. Just when they were about to retreat, the "Happiness" appeared behind them .

The North Koreans thought that the Chinese navy had reinforcements coming, and they were cutting off their retreat.So, at the beginning, five or six ships turned around and rushed towards the "Happiness", and soon more than a dozen sloops turned around and besieged the "Happiness".

The hull of the "Happiness" was damaged and flooded, and only one canvas was available, making it impossible to make any maneuvers.But the Happiness was a large three-masted schooner, taller than the Daifuku.There are also two hundred well-trained student soldiers on board, plus fifty or sixty experienced sailors.More importantly, there are plenty of weapons and ammunition on board.

The North Koreans did not take advantage of the schooner "Happiness", and the Chinese Army's Dafu ship gunboats also fought more and more smoothly.Seeing that the attack on Busan Port had failed, the commander of the Jeolla Province Navy took the lead in turning the bow and fleeing.

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The Busan Port Chinese Commercial Center is located in the northeast of Busan City.Right now, a warehouse in the business hall is temporarily used as a barracks for the cadets of the Chinese Military Academy.It used to be a warehouse of tung oil and kerosene, and the floor was greasy.The student soldiers spent three days and three nights in the turbulent wind and waves, and then fought against the North Koreans at noon on this day. The exhausted young soldiers couldn't take care of so much. Relying on fell asleep.

When Zhao Yi woke up, he saw that the sky had just gotten dark, it was around evening.

He sat up and saw Yin Bin leaning against the door of the warehouse, his face was pale and his eyes were dull, staring blankly at the sky in a daze.

"What's wrong with you? You look so ugly? Are you sick?" Zhao Yi walked towards Yin Bin and asked softly.

Yin Bin turned his head, looked at Zhao Yi with a confused look, and said tremblingly, "Yi Zi, I killed someone!"

Zhao Yi frowned and said, "We are at war!"

"But I killed someone with my own hands!"

"Didn't you always want to participate in the battle? We fought a good battle just now and drove away the North Korean barbarians. We won the battle! Don't think about useless things. You shoot and kill the enemy, just try your best." A soldier's duty." Zhao Yi understood Yin Bin's feelings after the first murder, but he couldn't understand why Yin Bin was still so depressed and uncomfortable.

Zhao Yi had already had actual combat experience. The year before last, he had participated in the encirclement and suppression of aboriginal rebels in the high mountains of Taiwan Island, and had personally killed someone.Zhao Yi, who came from a hereditary military family, was mentally prepared for killing people in battle. Although he felt uncomfortable for a while, he quickly adapted to it after shooting.

However, Yin Bin's background is different from his. Since he was a child, teachers invited by the Zeng family have taught him Confucian classics, and his mother is a Buddhist.Many people in the Chinese army and the Chinese company treated him as the future master... In short, he was never really mentally prepared to shoot and kill.

Zhao Yi couldn't understand his mood. Right now, as the intern battalion commander, he still has a lot to do.The student soldiers guarded the ship's side during the battle. Although there was a little confusion at the beginning, they quickly entered the state and shot in an orderly manner. Everyone played the highest level of usual training.

More than [-] people were injured in the battle, all of which were not too serious.After Zhao Yi counted the number of his troops, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, thanking God for his blessing: No one in the student army died in battle. On the contrary, ten crew members on the "Happiness" were killed in battle, and more than ten others were injured.

At this time, the supervisor of the Busan Chinese Army Task Force and others were led by Little Barreto.

Zhao Yi hurriedly greeted him, and then he asked the task force leader eagerly: "Captain Jin, do you have pigeons here? I have an urgent letter to deliver."

Director Jin of the task force said helplessly: "We originally only distributed three carrier pigeons, and the two left by the Foreign Legion have already been released in the past few days and went to Liaodong for help."

Zhao Yi frowned: "Why, is the situation of the Foreign Legion bad?"

"They failed to attack Gyeongju and are now besieged in Ulsan."

"So, is there any ship in the port to deliver the message?"

"Send a letter to the general manager of the Liaodong March?"

"Now, I still have to send a letter to Taiwan Port to reassure the owner of the ship..." Zhao Yi was young after all, so he missed it while talking.

Director Jin of the Busan Task Force looked at Zhao Yi suspiciously, while Zhao Yi looked towards the warehouse door, only to see Yin Bin was still there in a daze.

Zhao Yi took a deep breath and glanced at Barreto.Captain Barreto Jr. understood, and immediately said: "Director Jin is from Qiongzhou, Hainan. He joined the army ten years ago, and he is one of his own." What he meant by saying this was actually implying that Zhao Yi: Supervisor Jin in front of him is his reliable self. people.Another identity of Barreto is the deputy director of the Overseas Bureau of the Chinese Military Intelligence Department.Therefore, his judgment is credible.

Zhao Yi made up his mind, and whispered to Director Jin, "The eldest prince is in our student army."

Director Jin's eyes couldn't be wider, or they might fall out of their sockets.Barreto patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't panic, think of a way to spread... the news that he is safe and sound as soon as possible. Otherwise, His Majesty the King will be in a hurry."

"We, we have a schooner with no damage in the sea battle, and can go to sea at once."

Zhao Yi nodded and said: "That's very good, please don't worry, send a boat to Liaodong as soon as possible...

Director Jin nodded and said: "Let's do it this way. It's faster to go to Ryukyu from here, and you can get there in two days with the wind. In Ryukyu Naha Port, there must be pigeons in the Ryukyu tutelary mansion, and they can immediately spread the news of Mr.... to Taiwan. port."

"Then go to Ryukyu Island, and spread the news as soon as possible..."

The shopkeeper of Busan Zhonghua Commercial Center entertained the student military intern officers for a drink that night. Yin Bin didn't care about eating and drinking, and was always in a trance.

Zhao Yi also had no choice but to sigh, and then went to rest by himself: after all, he was a 17-year-old boy with a flair, and he didn't have the patience to resolve his friend's mood.

They are not out of danger yet.The North Korean army and various volunteers outside Busan City are still camping there, and may launch another attack on Busan City at any time: the foreign legion is surrounded by North Koreans in Ulsan, more than 120 miles to the north, and the Chinese in Busan Port, at this moment Still besieged by dozens of times the enemy, isolated and helpless.

The Happiness is moored at the pier and has already started maintenance.The boatman told Barreto and Zhao Yi that it would take at least 20 days to repair the boat.

During the Goryeo Dynasty (1592th century to the end of the 1607th century), Busan was called busanpo, busan means "cauldron-shaped mountain", which is named after the shape of the mountain behind the city.And po means "bay" or "harbour".Beginning in the early fifteenth century, Busan was designated as a commercial port by the Joseon Dynasty's Yi Dynasty, and carried out trade with Japan and allowed the Japanese to settle here. In the Battle of Imjin in 5000, after Busan was captured by the Japanese, it experienced a counterattack by the Ming army, and most of it was destroyed. After the war in [-], Busan was rebuilt. Therefore, there are not many Korean residents in the city, and now there are only more than [-] people left. .

Today, the mountains, hills, and plains around Busan are full of camps for soldiers from North Korea, Jeolla Province, and Gyeongsang Province.Although the North Koreans failed to climb the city wall of Busan once during the half-year siege, the stubborn character of Goryeo Bangzi made the North Koreans fight to the death.The Chinese army has no scruples in using its firepower in Busan City due to the smooth sea route and sufficient supplies.The current plan of the North Koreans is: even if they can't attack the city, they can prevent the Chinese in the city from coming out.