Ganghwa Island, where the Han River flows into the mouth of the Yellow Sea, is the gate to Seoul, the capital of North Korea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the beginning of the rampant Japanese invasion to the rise of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Korea faced the threat of Japan, so it set up a defense of Ganghwa Island. Historically, from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, Korea has always been the defeated enemy of Japan. If it were not for China, Korea would have been wiped out by Japan on the other side of the strait.

Three years ago, the Manchu Qing invaded Korea to shear sheep, collect taxes in Korea, force the use of Qing dragon banknotes, and plunder the wealth of Korea, and at the same time, in order to prevent the landing of the powerful Ming navy, the Qing army strengthened the defense force at the mouth of the Han River.

On Ganghwa Island, more than 3,000 Korean green battalions and 1,000 Korean Eight Banner soldiers were stationed, equipped with 12 old-fashioned Hongyi cannons imitated in the post-Jin era, 20 thousand-pound Buddha Lang machines, 50 general cannons and more than 100 tiger squat cannons. The quality of these old-fashioned guns cast in the late Ming Dynasty was not up to par, because of the poor casting technology, the weight of the guns was heavy, the caliber was small, the weight of the shells that could be fired was also small, and the power of the guns was obviously insufficient.

After the Qing army began to imitate the new artillery of the Qiongzhou army, it began to phase out the old artillery. After the Qing army invaded Korea, they threw the obsolete old artillery to the Korean Green Battalion and the Korean Eight Banners.

The Jianghua Island Fort, which has nearly 200 artillery pieces, sounds terrifying, but the artillery imitations of the Later Jin Army and the Ming Dynasty in the Later Jin Period and the Chongzhen Period are backward in technology and of poor quality. It is conceivable that if Wang Yu's fleet came from the sea, these cannons would hardly even have the power to fight back. Not to mention that the Korean Green Battalion and the Korean Eight Banners on the island are very well paid, speaking of which there are 3,000 Green Battalions and 1,008 Banners, but in fact, the total number of people is less than 2,000, and more than half of them are eaten empty salaries.

"Boat! A ship is coming on the sea! There are a lot of big ships! Suddenly, someone screamed.

"It's a Daming water master! Quick, bombard them! The leader of the Eight Banners of North Korea shouted.

The Ganghwa Island Fort opened fire first, and twelve Hongyi cannons and twenty thousand jin Buddha Lang machine guns spewed fire, and the shells swept across the sea and flew towards the Ming fleet in the distance. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and all the shells fired by the North Koreans missed, and not a single shell hit the target, and columns of water rose in the sea a mile in front of the Ming fleet.

"The island is full of Tartars?" Li Yan asked in surprise, "Why else did they shoot at us?" ”

"Little prince, see for yourself!" Wang Yu, who was standing on the helm tower of the flagship Shandong, handed the telescope to Li Yu.

Li Yan picked up the binoculars and looked at the fort on the island, only to see the Qing army flag fluttering on the fort on Ganghwa Island, with the banner of the Eight Banners and the flag of the Green Battalion, and the soldiers on the island were either wearing bright armor of the Eight Banners Army and a lightning rod helmet, or wearing black armor and a red tasseled hat.

"Sure enough, it's a Tartar! The Tartars actually occupied the gates of our Seoul! Li Zhuo put down the binoculars angrily and said.

Wang Yu showed a disdainful expression on his face, sneered again and again, and looked at Li Yu like a poor worm: "When our people land on Jianghua Island, the little prince will know!" ”

Although Li Yan is still only an eleven-year-old child, he is already a prince. Born in the Joseon royal family, Yi Yong has received more education than others since he was a child. Even when I came to Tamna, I was well educated. For such a prince-level figure, Wang Yu will not treat him as a child, but will only treat him as a puppet.

The Ming fleet continued to advance, approaching the sea less than a mile away from the battery, all the gun doors were opened, and one after another large-caliber naval guns stretched out from the gun gates, and the muzzles of the black hole holes were aimed at the Ganghwa Island battery.

"Fire!" Zhang Yukun gave an order.

The guns on the side of the battleship facing Ganghwa Island spewed fire one after another, and it was like a lightning bolt on the sea, and the dazzling fire reflected the sea surface, and the white smoke immediately rose from the side of the ship's hull and curled into the air. The red-hot cannonballs were like a rain of meteors, roaring down on the Ganghwa Island fort.

The Ming fleet attacking Ganghwa Island had two ironclad ships, two second-class battleships, eight third-class battleships, twenty-six fourth-class cruisers, thirty-two fifth-class cruisers, and sixty flying scissor troop carriers also equipped with artillery. On top of the seventy battleships and sixty troop carriers, there were more than 2,000 cannons, including more than 20 rifled guns. Even under the shelling of one side, more than a thousand cannons fired in turn.

Such a powerful firepower is simply not something that the North Koreans can withstand. Shells fell on the battery like hailstones, and smoke billowed from the entire battery, and from time to time shells hit the powder keg, causing violent explosions.

The Ming fleet turned the bow of the ship, and the artillery on the other side began to bombard, and another round of shells fell, and the powder barrels that were constantly detonated on the battery exploded one after another, igniting a skyrocketing fire. Li Yan picked up the binoculars, looked at the fireballs gushing out from the turrets that exploded one after another, and thought to himself, under such firepower, how many people on the fort could survive? So he raised his arms and shouted, "Well done!" Kill these Tartars! ”

After the second round of shelling, the Ming fleet continued to approach the battery, reaching a distance of 300 paces, and poured a powerful round of flowering shells on the battery.

The boats were lowered from the flying scissor troop carriers, and the marines in white shirts and blue pants rushed up in the direction of the beach. When the Ming army rushed onto the beach, the fiercest resistance was met by a few native dogs barking around the beach, and other than that, there was not a single figure of a Korean soldier.

The Ming army boarded the fort and found that in addition to the dozens of corpses that had not had time to run away and were killed, there was no one on the devastated fort, and the North Korean soldiers had long since run out.

Seeing the flag signal sent back from the front, a personal soldier reported to Wang Yuyu: "Marshal Qiyu, the landing force landed smoothly, but did not capture a single prisoner, and the defenders have long run out!" ”

Wang Yu sneered: "These sticks, when they bully their own people, they are majestic, and when they really encounter the army, they run faster than rabbits!" ”

At this moment, a fifth-class cruiser patrolling around the back of the island suddenly issued a fireworks signal: "Northwest of the island, someone is trying to escape in a small boat!" ”

The Ming army immediately released two catamaran fast sailing boats and rushed over to chase down the fleeing North Korean soldiers. In a few moments, two catamarans returned, the decks of which were strapped with captives.

"Take the captives to the flagship, and let the Korean prince see and see." Wang Yu asked people to issue flag commands.

Several small boats docked the catamaran and brought the captives aboard. Then the boat rowed towards the flagship and landed on the flagship. A soft ladder was lowered above the flagship, and the prisoners were connected to the flagship.

Seeing those guys with bare heads in front of them, with a money rattail trailing behind their heads, kneeling on the deck and shivering, Li Yan asked, "Who are you?" ”