The huge Hongyi cannon is known as the national collapse cannon in Japan, and the so-called national collapse refers to the extremely powerful power of this cannon. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The heavy Hongyi cannon has been phased out in the army of the Qiongzhou Army, because this kind of cannon is originally a naval gun, which is too heavy and not conducive to mobile combat.

The eliminated Hongyi cannon was sold to Japan, but it was welcomed by the Tokugawa shogunate.

The heavy Hongyi cannon was used to defend or siege the city, and there were Franc machine guns and tiger squat cannons in the field, which were eliminated by the Qiongzhou army, but they were very advanced weapons in Japan.

In addition to rifled guns and artillery, Lee also exported large quantities of obsolete bird guns to the Tokugawa shogunate.

In fact, according to the new combat concept proposed by Lee Kwang-ji, the Japanese samurai were no longer the decisive force on the battlefield, but the main force was the Ashigaru iron gunners. Imagine that in the future, the Tokugawa shogunate would use the Franc cannon to open the way in the field, bombard the opponent's ashigaru formation with tiger squat cannons, attack the opponent's archers with rifled guns, and finally use the ashigaru iron gunners in a line to beat the opponent's hand-to-hand fighters into a hornet's nest with a bird's gun.

The role of the Japanese samurai was to protect the ashigaru pikemen and the ashigaru iron gunners, after all, the firearms of this era were slow to reload, and the Qiongzhou army did not export rapid-fire firearms such as swarm rockets and thunderbolt fire vans to Japan, and the firearms of the Tokugawa shogunate could not completely block the opponent's hand-to-hand combat.

At this time, the Japanese samurai were able to play a role, and with a small number of samurai and ashigaru pikemen, they were able to eliminate the opponents Ashigaru pikemen and samurai who were lucky enough to get close in front of the battle.

Jiaoping, the Minister of the Eagle Division, asked: "Since the kamikaze team is organized, why not use the ashiki?" ”

After all, the cost of Ashigaru is low, and it is not a pity to die more.

Tokugawa Ietsuna smiled bitterly and said, "Can everyone not be afraid of death?" ”

If it is said that the Japanese samurai can form a modern army that is not afraid of death, then Ashigaru can only form a feudal army. Like the peasants in China in those years, they did not have much sense of nationality and state, and it was simply impossible for them to move forward bravely and without fear of sacrifice. If there were no samurai, the Japanese army, which was completely composed of ashigaru, was not much different from the feudal army of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and about 20% of the casualties would definitely collapse the whole army, so don't expect them to be death squads and die together with the Dutch warships.

The spirit of bushido in Japan was already very popular in the Edo shogunate period, and the Japanese samurai in the 17th century were almost as opposed to the later Japanese army in this regard. Many Japanese samurai began to kill dogs at the age of five, and at the age of ten, they had to kill death row prisoners with their own hands, and some children of high-ranking samurai families even had more than a dozen death row prisoners line up when they were young, and let the younger children swing their knives and cut off all the heads.

Because Japanese samurai have been educated in the spirit of loyalty to the feudal lord since childhood, and have undergone brutal murder training, they are not afraid of death, and everyone is a brave warrior.

It's just that the proportion of samurai in the army is still low, and the largest number in the Japanese army is Ashigaru. I'm afraid that only a big feudal lord like the Tokugawa shogunate can piece together a death squad composed of 10,000 samurai. It's just that among the 10,000 samurai, many of them are old samurai, and they don't have too much force except for the courage not to be afraid of death. These old warriors were just able to exert their residual heat and go to the Dutch fleet to die together.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty also has conditions to help Japan, in addition to marriage, Japan also needs to provide samurai to join the Ming army, and the Japanese samurai who participated in the Ming army will join the army in the form of mercenaries.

Formed a mercenary army with samurai who were not afraid of death, equipped with rifled guns produced by the Ming Kingdom, and recruited a group of ashigaru iron gunners at the same time, equipped with Rakshasa arquebuses with a long range imported by Rakshasas, and formed a samurai town of the Wa Kingdom, using such an army to fight against the Eight Banners soldiers outside the gate who had not yet fallen, and it would not be a problem to defeat them.

Three days later, in the morning, Hu Dedi was holding a delicate Japanese little Lori and hadn't gotten up yet, when someone outside came to report: "Report to your lord, the fleet of red-haired ghosts is here!" ”

Emperor Hu Dedi put on his clothes and sat up under the service of Xiao Lori: "Has the red-haired ghost sent a messenger?" ”

The man replied, "Men have been sent, and they have put forward unusually harsh conditions!" It was impossible for the Tokugawa shogun to agree to such humiliating conditions! ”

The Dutch also opened their mouths and extorted gold and silver from the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as 1,000 cows and 5,000 pigs, plus 3,000 Japanese maidens to the Dutch, and the Tokugawa shogunate to pay tribute to silk, ceramics and other goods. The arrogant Dutch declared that if the Tokugawa shogunate did not agree, the Armada of the Netherlands would destroy Edo Castle!

Emperor Hu De smiled confidently and nodded his head: "Okay, call back to the messenger of the red-haired ghost, and say that let them wait for a while, we can give them what they want this afternoon!" ”

On the sea of Edo Bay, the Dutch fleet was full of large and small ships, all the gun doors had been opened, the cannons were loaded, and they waited for the order of the fleet commander to immediately shell Edo Castle.

De Knight stood on the helm of the flagship, anxiously walking back and forth. This is the last thing they have to make in Japan, their Netherlands itself has already fought with the English, and it stands to reason that they should go back to Holland to meet the damned British, but the Dutch fleet came to the East, but they didn't even catch anything, but brought back the news of the loss of Batavia, which made the Dutch very embarrassed. Therefore, the Dutch fleet chose to plunder in Japan, and after they had enough, they took the fleet with them and returned to the Netherlands during the monsoon season.

When the Dutch fleet came to Edo Bay more than a month ago, I didn't expect the Tokugawa shogunate to be very tough and refused to give anything at all. So Trop proposed to go along the Japanese coastline and plunder somewhere else.

The other small feudal lords were not as tough as the Tokugawa shogunate, and when they were frightened by the Dutch, they obediently sent things. It's a pity that the other small feudal lords are too poor for the Dutch to extort anything. They went around in circles, and after a little more than a month, they returned to Edo, ready to make a final profit and leave.

"If Tokugawa is still so stubborn, then we will open artillery and destroy Edo Castle, and then send infantry to land!" Since they don't give it, let's take it ourselves! Enough of it, let's go! De Knight said, looking at Troppe.

"It's time to go back! It will take a year to return home, and I hope that our fleet left at home can hold back the English! When we get back, we'll have a decisive battle with the English! Trop Road.

De Knight was not too worried about the country: "We have fortified castle batteries in the country, and the English army is not good at all, and it is not at all comparable to the Spaniards, and we do not have the strength to land." If they insist on attacking from the sea, our castles and batteries will cost the English dearly! ”

While he was talking, someone came to report: "Report to the general, our messenger has returned!" ”

The small sampan on which the Dutch envoy was riding slowly approached the battleship Seven Provinces, and the envoy got on board and reported to de Knight: "Report to the general, the Japanese have agreed to our terms, saying that they will be ready to send us this afternoon." They also said that they had been preparing gifts for us all this time, and they were waiting for us to come. ”

Tropep's face was full of suspicion: "It's not right, aren't they still tough before?" Why did the attitude change in a month? And you said you'll have something delivered to us this afternoon? Isn't that a bit suspicious? ”

De Knight also frowned and nodded slightly: "It's very suspicious!" Even if they were really afraid of us and were willing to surrender, they wouldn't have sent us today, right? Isn't this a little too fast? Even if they have everything ready within this month, they will definitely hesitate to say yes when they see us today. ”

"I really don't know what the hell they're up to! Anyway, take it one step at a time! However, our fleet has absolute strength, and there is no need to worry about what tricks the Japanese will play! If they dare to cheat, we will bombard Edo Castle tomorrow!" Trop sneered as he pointed to Edo Castle not far away.

A morning passed quickly, and at noon, the Dutch, having eaten lunch on board, waited anxiously.

Noon passed, and by three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had already set in the west, but there was still no movement at all in Edo Castle not far away.

"The Japanese said that they would send things in the afternoon, but it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and they still didn't make any movement. It's not right, even if it's a delaying tactic, why don't you delay it for a few more days, just delay it for a day, what kind of fame are the Japanese doing? De Knight was puzzled.

At half past four in the afternoon, the sun hung in the western sky, not very far from the horizon. As the sunlight shines, the shadow of Edo Castle slowly stretches over the sea, and the shadow area grows larger and larger.

And with the sunshine, on the Dutch fleet on the eastern sea, the Dutch officers and soldiers were directly illuminated by the oncoming sunlight on their faces, and the dazzling sunlight made the Dutch almost unable to open their eyes. The sunlight shone directly through the cannon doors, making it difficult for the Dutch to see what was going on in the sea in the shadow of Edo Castle.

Anyone who has sailed on the sea has experienced that if you face the sun, the harsh sunlight and the reflection of the sea water, and the strong light shines on your face, it is very unpleasant.

"General, it seems that there is movement in Edo Castle!" A Dutch soldier reports to de Knight.

With the sun shining directly on his face, de Knight did not dare to use the binoculars at all, but pulled the brim of his hat down a little to block out the reflection, and looked out towards the sea to the west, only to see a number of small boats faintly appearing in the shadows under Edo Castle, rowing towards his fleet.

Since facing the sunlight, the target is in the shadows, so it is not very clear to see.

"Could it be that the Japanese brought us something?" De Knight was skeptical.

Trop pointed to the boats on the sea: "Those are small sampans, they look small, even if they get close, they don't pose any threat to us!" When they get closer, let's take a closer look at what's on board! If the Japanese try to get their samurai on board our ship, we will open fire! ”

The Japanese boats were getting closer and closer to the Dutch fleet, and as the distance approached, the Dutch finally saw clearly that there was no cargo on these boats! And the boat was very light, and there were ten Japanese on board who were struggling to paddle their wooden oars, and the boat was so fast that it didn't seem quite right.

"Something is wrong! The Japanese are not here to deliver things to us! They want to attack us! De Knight shouted.

Troppe, after all, was old and a little dizzy, and for a moment did not see clearly what was on the Japanese boat, when de Knight shouted, and he immediately understood: "All ships are sailed, and the artillery is ready!" We can't let the Japanese boat come near us! They're here to attack us! ”

"Despicable!" "Shameless Japanese, they sent boats and samurai to attack our fleet under the pretext of sending us something!" ”

One by one, the Dutch battleships raised their sails, and the huge bodies of the battleships began to move slowly, and at the same time, squirted out clusters of scarlet fireballs from the gun doors, billowing white smoke curled and rose on the sea, and the fiery red shells with a piercing whistling sound swept over the sea and continued to fall into the seawater, rising up one after another columns of rushing water.

Just about three hundred meters away, a small Japanese boat was hit by a shell. The cannonball hit the boat, and the boat turned out to be like an egg smashed by a hammer, smashed to pieces by the cannonball, completely scattered, and turned into a pile of debris flying in the air, flying into the sky, and falling into the water.

"The Japanese boats are so unbeaten? Although the ship's cannon can sink to the bottom of the sea with one shot, our cannonballs are not so powerful, and they can smash the whole ship, how bad is the plank of this small ship? De Knight muttered to himself with a puzzled look on his face.

Solid shells hit small boats, usually by hitting two piercing holes, and a single shot can sink a small boat. But the Japanese boat was directly smashed into pieces, which shows that the shipbuilding technology is too poor.

At this moment, another small boat was shot.

An earth-shattering loud bang sounded on the surface of the sea, and the small boat that was hit by the bullet turned into a huge fireball in an instant, and the burning flames with billowing black smoke rose on the sea, and a column of water rose on the sea. The explosion was very powerful, and you could see it by the fireballs and water columns rising from the sea, and there was a lot of gunpowder in the small boat!

"Not good!" Trop exclaimed, "Their ship is a fire attack ship!" And it's a fire attack ship loaded with gunpowder! Damn it! The Japanese are going to attack us with fire! ”

"Hit!" De Knight roared hoarsely, "Don't let a Japanese ship come near!" Sink all these damn Japanese dwarves to the bottom of the sea! ”

On the Japanese boat, the elderly Japanese samurai, as well as those Japanese samurai who have no chance to make achievements because of their poor martial arts, are rowing the boat together. For the old samurai, it was the glory of the samurai that they were able to exert their spare heat in their old age and sail a small boat to die with the Dutch! And for those young samurai who have never made a meritorious service, this is a good opportunity for them to make a difference. (To be continued.) )