Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 237 Battle of Nagasaki ([-])
At three o'clock on November 42, [-] Years of Kangxi, the advance fleet had already set off for an hour and a half. Liu Shuangcheng, who had already been restless, arrived at the main cabin of the flagship. Although his face remained calm, there was a trace of nervousness in his eyes. Sitting firmly in front of the sea map, the fourteenth Baylor Yinzhen said very politely: "Marshal, according to the hour, even if Qiao Hailong fails to attract the Japanese navy, it should be time to return to this place. Now that the ship still hasn't appeared, the lower officials are a little worried that things might go wrong, so please make it clear, Commander-in-Chief."

"Huh?" Yinti raised his head from the sea chart, glanced at Liu Shuangcheng and did not speak, and after thinking for a while, said: "If Qiao Hailong enters the harbor, how likely is it to escape from the siege of the Japanese navy?" ?”

"Seventy percent, but even if it rushes out, damage to the hull may be unavoidable." Liu Shuangcheng said with certainty.

Yinti paced back and forth in the cabin for a few steps, with a flash of determination in his eyes, he walked to the chart and pointed, and said coldly: "The order, the main fleet is divided into two routes, Master Liu will lead the vanguard squadron to directly enter Nagasaki from this route. , Be sure to seal off the harbor. I will lead the main force to move eastward. If the Japanese navy has been attracted, I will let him come and go. If the Japanese navy has not moved, I will lead the main force to join you outside the harbor. , storm Nagasaki."

Although Liu Shuangcheng was not at ease with Yinti's commanding ability in naval battles, he was helpless even now. With such a huge strength of the Daqing Navy, even if there was a lack of commanding ability, it would be enough to send the Japanese navy out of Hong Kong. Complete annihilation, so there was no argument, as promised, went out on foot, changed to a small boat to the vanguard fleet, gave an order, and led ten large warships and thirteen medium-sized warships to set sail along the predetermined route and attack directly. After leaving Nagasaki Port, a moment later, the main fleet also set sail and moved eastward.

At noon, the early winter sun shines warmly on the earth. People in Motegi Town have finished their lunch and are basking in the sun leisurely. There is no entertainment in this slack season. A group of young and old gather together to chat and live. They were playing and running along the beach, a scene of farmhouse fun, a few small fishing boats on the sea not far away were fishing with nets, everything was normal, no different from usual, suddenly several guns rang out, and the calm was overwhelmed. It broke, and a high column of water splashed around the fishing boats. One unlucky fishing boat was blown into pieces flying all over the sky, and the remaining boats rowed desperately towards the shore. People were stunned, stopped their meaningless nonsense, and looked towards the direction of the sea. A group of children who were playing on the beach looked at a large number of giant ships emerging from the sea level in the distance, and completely forgot to be afraid.

Li Ke stood on the front deck of the flagship with a serious expression, glanced at Xiao Sanlang beside him, and said, "General Xiao, our army arrived a moment later than expected, and it's time to land now, please Xiao Sanlang." The general is covering our landing."

Although Xiao Sanlang is a naval officer, he has no affiliation with Li Ke, but after all, his official rank is several levels lower than Li Ke's, and the delay of the army is entirely the responsibility of the navy. But he didn't dare to retort, he just nodded and said: "Master Li, how about waiting for the officials to bombard for a while before landing?"

"No need." Li Ke waved his hand angrily and said, "The commander-in-chief's subordinates will land under General Xiao's artillery fire." Xiao Sanlang had no choice but to nod in agreement, waved his hand, and ordered the artillery fire. Order - Motegi Town was originally not defended by the Japanese army, and the reason for the bombardment was just Yinzuo's order to let the navy conduct a part of the wartime beach landing exercise.

Following Xiao Sanlang's order, more than [-] warships slowly crossed the hull and aimed at the beach on the starboard side. With a wave of the flag, hundreds of cannons were fired one by one, and the shells exploded on the beach like rain. There was a rumbling sound of cannons, and splashes of water and crushed sand exploded on the tidal flats and in the offshore sea. Amidst the cannon fire, nearly forty transport ships put down hundreds of small boats full of soldiers and rushed towards the tidal flats.The battleship group was constantly changing formation, and the guns roared and extended from near to far in turn, but after a while, hundreds of small boats that rushed to land on the beach had already approached the beach, and the soldiers who had already been ready jumped to the sound of the officer's password. After diving into the waist-deep sea water, he rushed up to the tidal flat with difficulty, quickly occupying various important places.

Not a moment later, most of the soldiers had already landed, and their movements could be considered skillful and experienced, but Li Ke didn't show a trace of joy on his face—it was a full quarter later than the landing time required by the plan, although It is not possible to delay the fighter plane because of this quarter of an hour, but the delay is an indisputable fact.Seeing that the luggage was also starting to be loaded onto the shore, Li Ke looked at Xiao Sanlang and said, "This commander will go ashore now. General Xiao is here to cover the rear wing of our army according to the predetermined order." As soon as the words fell, he didn't care about Xiao Sanlang's expression How ugly, he got off the boat along the rope ladder and headed towards the shore.Xiao Sanlang didn't get a fight, and he was so angry that he was already suffocating. Seeing Li Ke went, he was stunned for a while, stomped his feet and went back to the main cabin to sulk.

"Commander, our army has occupied Motegi Town. Except for three soldiers who sprained their feet while rushing to the beach, there were no casualties. More than [-] Japanese people were captured. Please tell the commander how to deal with it. There is another peddler who claims to be Liu. Third, I need to see the commander." As soon as Li Ke landed, one of his bearded generals immediately came to report the situation.

"This is an important place for our army's logistics. Why keep those wastes, besides bringing Liu San over here, and let Deputy General Liang come too." Li Ke replied expressionlessly.The bearded general saw Li Ke's expression was not looking good, so he quickly said yes, and ran away in a hurry.

"You are Liu San?" Lieutenant General Liang Size asked, looking at a thin man dressed as a Japanese in front of him.

Liu San didn't answer, but just took out a map and half a copper plate from his pocket and handed it to Liang Size.Liang Size took the copper plate and looked at it, and took out a pair of half copper plates from his bosom, and immediately made a complete one, his eyes lit up and said: "Mr. Liu has worked hard, the master confessed to greet Mr. Liu before he came here. "

Liu San bowed and said, "Don't dare, how is the master?"

"Okay! Well, the master has specifically explained: Mr. Liu and others are the talents of the country, so don't be wronged. After this battle is over, those who are willing to go back can go back, and those who are willing to stay here can help the manager. Qigang, everything is up to you." Liang Size said with a smile.

There was a trace of fluctuation on Liu San's calm face, and it probably took a while to calm down, and he said calmly: "Thank you for your care, master. We will discuss everything after this battle is over. Please send troops immediately, my lords, and Liu can be your guide."

"Okay, the whole army will be divided into two groups except the logistics battalion left to guard the luggage. Si Ze, you lead 2000 people to go straight to Nagasaki along the main road, and a certain person leads 5000 people to capture Shangxishan, and set off!" Li Ke did not hesitate. A combat order was issued.After receiving the order, more than 8000 Qing officers and soldiers who had landed immediately got busy, sorting out the artillery, shells, gunpowder, explosives, etc. that had already been unloaded on the beach, and assembled the whole army to move forward rapidly along the mainland.

At a quarter of noon, Qiao Hailong looked at the more than two hundred officers, soldiers and sailors of the Qingshui Division neatly lined up on the deck of the Yanwu, which was surrounded by siege, and gave the final order: "Brothers, we can't go back, everyone is going to die!" Just die together, and after 20 years, he will be a good man again, and he must not fall under the prestige of my Qing emperor, let's fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Damn it! It's dead or alive!"

……

Everyone shouted wildly, with the spirit of seeing death as home.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, you go to the bottom deck. Once the Japanese soldiers occupy the deck, open the trap door and sink the ship!" Second, get on the mast and send a signal to the Yanlong so that they can do the same."

"The pirates are coming up!" A sharp-eyed sailor saw several heads protruding from the side of the ship, and suddenly shouted.

"Kill! Kill them!" Qiao Hailong waved the steel knife in his hand and rushed to the side of the ship. Suddenly, the deck was in chaos, and Japanese soldiers on both sides of the deck kept turning up, fierce hand-to-hand combat It started, the sound of the impact of weapons, the sound of shooting hand guns, and the sound of screams intertwined.

"Kill!" The steel knife in Qiao Hailong's hand slashed wildly to separate a Japanese sword that was coming towards him, and chopped down a Japanese soldier with a diagonal chop. The way he escaped was blocked, the saber was extremely fast, and the sound of the saber roared.

"My lord, be careful!" Geshha, who was standing beside Qiao Hailong, rushed forward with a brisk step and knocked Qiao Hailong away, but he himself was hit by three knives, and died immediately 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 and fighting endlessly.

The Yanlong was already seriously injured, with heavy loss of manpower. After a few moments of hand-to-hand combat, it could no longer support it. The signal soldiers on the Yanlong mast shed tears and issued a semaphore——I have sunk.The huge ship began to sink slowly, and the Japanese soldiers who had just occupied the deck of the Yanlong saw that the situation was not right, and immediately swarmed back to their own ship along the flying claw rope.All the officers and soldiers of Yanwu Hao resisted desperately and retreated under the mast. There were more than [-] people on the ship, only [-] remained at this time, and most of them were injured. Qiao Hailong had been stabbed twice at this time, and his body was dripping with blood. He shouted and fought hard, and when he saw that the whole army was about to be destroyed, Wang Er on the mast shouted: "Ship! The ship is coming, and our reinforcements are coming!"

(End of this chapter)