Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 646 Landing on Honshu, Japan
The Japanese of this era have a primitive style of dressing, with messy hair, clothes and armors that are mixed together, and their short stature reveal a barbaric and perverted symbol.

Especially when 15 Japanese Japanese troops from Japan gathered in Xiaguan City, the formation was like a group of yakshas attacking, screaming and chirping, appearing full of middle-aged spirit.

Tadaki Sakai, the elder of the Edo Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, stood proudly on the shore outside Shimonoseki City with a small fan. He seemed to have no memory of the defeat in Nagasaki, and muttered to his subordinates said:

"Ming people value firearms and despise fighting, but firearms are not omnipotent. The weather will change. When the heavy rain comes, Tadashi Sakai, you will bring [-] of the most brave shogunate samurai to kill there. Now is the time for you to show your might.”

A young Japanese general named Tadachi Sakai let out a "haye" and pulled out his sharp Japanese sword. He yelled under the cloud-covered city of Xiaguan, and the [-] Japanese samurai behind him also yelled. Shouted loudly, looking very arrogant and weird.

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On the side of the Ming army, neat soldiers and grassroots officers stood at the forefront, forming several camps with battalions as units.

Soldiers all wear stainless steel hats with red tassels on their heads, ear protectors on both sides, soft armor on the inside, white clothes on the inside and cotton armor on the outside, lock arm guards and lock leg guards around the wrists and below the knees, and combat boots.

The infantry in the front row is also equipped with rattan cards to prevent the enemy's bow and arrow iron bullets.

But the infantry in the back row are all armed with Chongzhen 36-type rifled rifles, with bullet clips around their waists, five thunderbolts hanging on them, and backpacks with individual logistics supplies behind them.

The low-level officers changed their hats into iron helmets, covered with cloth armor, shoulders with shawls and epaulets, and held the same rifled rifles as infantry, but without backpacks, but with military binoculars and a black man Sword, and is responsible for standing at the front command.

High-ranking officers do not wear armor, and mostly wear python robes as their outerwear. The commander wears chain mail and chain legs with arrow sleeves to show his status, and holds a command knife similar to Xiuchun Dao.

The high-ranking officers are accompanied by police soldiers with submachine guns and double-base magazines around their waists, grass-green howitzers, hand-cranked machine guns, and mortars. They follow the machine gun battalion neatly like an accompanying steel beast. Stand behind the camp of the Chinese army.

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At this time, two [-]-ton steam-sail dual-powered warships of the Beiyang Fleet of the Navy also began to approach from east to west from Xiaguan Haikou with whistles.

The thick rising white smoke is in stark contrast to the dark clouds in the sky. The huge armored hull is like a blue whale pushing the stormy waves forward, and the sailing warships behind are like a group of great white sharks cruising.

The Ming Dynasty's current combat method has a tendency of advancing both land and sea, and the Xiaguan City and the 15 Japanese troops inside and outside the city are nothing more than a pile of grass in the middle of the road in the eyes of the Ming army at this time. When the iron stream rolls in, it is the day when this pile of chaotic grass is reduced to powder.

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Swish!
The heavy rain poured down like a nine-day Milky Way falling from the sky, and the sea water and land were splashed in all directions.

The Ming Army and Marine Corps that had just finished their assembly were washed away by the rain, dripping water from their brows and jaws, the steel guns in their hands were overflowing with water, and the armor was full of rain, but the entire Ming Army remained motionless. Like a mountain.

The sky began to become a little dark, but fortunately, the lightning came along with the huge thunder, piercing the sky, illuminating the sea and land like a doomsday world with silver light suddenly appearing.

The rainwater hit the iron-clad battleship to make a metallic sound, and the sound of the sail canvas seemed to be more.

Thunder continued to explode in the sky.

But at this time, the Japanese army in Xiaguan City cheered.

The heavy rain seemed to really give them hope. Holding the Japanese knife, they grinned and rushed towards the Ming army's camp in the wind and rain of the boat, shouting: "Kill the chicken!"

It seems that they are going to fight to the death with the Ming army.

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The Ming army also began to attack.

It was getting late, and the army came from Oita and Saga to the sparsely populated northeastern part of Kyushu. If we didn't take advantage of this to attack Shimonoseki City, take down the mountain pass, and obtain enough supplies, the army could no longer support it and would have to retreat to Oita.

For this reason, Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong issued an order for a general offensive.

Two iron-clad giant ships and more than a dozen first-class battleships formed a city wall, blocking the coast of Xiaguan Pass, using artillery to block the impact of the Japanese army on this side, while the Ming Army and Marine Corps rowed transport wooden boats on the giant ship. Under the escort, prepare to make a forced landing.

The large wooden transport ship like a dragon boat is long and narrow, and can transport hundreds of troops, which is suitable for military transport in narrow seaports.

At this time, the Ming army came to the opposite bank of Xiaguan Pass in such a wooden transport ship, like a crucian carp crossing the river under a giant ship, quickly approaching the coast of Xiaguan Pass.

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The Japanese army, which also came by boat, had just been bombarded by hundreds of artillery pieces from naval warships and attacked by countless shotguns and bullets.

One by one, the Japanese soldiers were beaten to death and thrown into the sea like dumplings in soup.

Sometimes an entire Japanese wooden ship was destroyed, sparks flew everywhere, and the entire river surface was covered in sauce red in an instant.

The [-] Japanese soldiers were beaten to pieces, and there were countless casualties. Only a few Japanese samurai escaped ashore.

Tadaki Sakai, the leader of the Japanese army on the shore, was already shocked when he saw the giant ship appear: "When did the warships of the Ming army become so big!"

And when the artillery and muskets of the Ming army were wantonly shooting at the Japanese army rushing to the opposite bank, Sakai Zhongqing even shouted: "How could it be, how could it be, how could it be like this, their firearms can still be used in such a heavy rain!" use!"

"Bring them back, bring them back!"

Tadaki Sakai, the leader of the Japanese army, realized that he had issued a wrong order, and hurriedly shouted for his [-] troops to withdraw, but it was too late, and he could only watch his [-] Japanese troops be wiped out at sea.

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The Ming army came ashore one after another, and the infantry began to shoot the Japanese samurai in front of them with guns, shooting them to the ground one by one.

At this time, the matchlock gun in the hands of the Japanese samurai became a fire stick, and the Japanese sword could only be used to cut belly, and hurriedly withdrew to Xiaguan City.

After the machine gun battalion landed, the Ming army began to prepare to bombard the city. After a round of bombardment, the city of Xiaguan was in ruins.

The Ming army rushed over like a tide.

And the Japanese soldiers wearing big underpants, under the leadership of the Japanese army veteran Sakai Tadakiyo, ran barefoot toward the mountain pass with bare feet: "Mom, mother!"

The cavalrymen of the Ming Army chased after them. At first they used guns, but later they didn’t bother to use guns, so they directly slashed with knives, one at a time, and within a few strokes, the entire road from Xiaguan to Shankou was covered with Japanese blood.

In less than an hour, the Ming army successfully occupied Xiaguan, landed on the mainland of Honshu, Japan, and defeated the main force of 15 Japanese troops.

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