Chapter 648: An Ordinary Man's Angry

The fleet led by James Biddle had a total of three ships, namely the fourth-class sailing battleship "Columbus" and the frigate "Vincennes", as well as the "Connolly".

The three wooden sailing warships could no longer bring much shock to the shogunate at this time, and the fishermen in Uraga were even going out to sea to fish as usual.

The magistrate even said that if he wanted to negotiate, he would go to Nagasaki to queue up, and on the other hand, he asked someone to urgently notify Edo Castle. In fact, Abe Masahiro had already learned about this at this time.

This was also thanks to a telegraph line that the shogunate bought from the Austrian Empire at a high price, which allowed it to grasp the movements of the seaside at the first time.

(The shogunate only bought this one, which was about five kilometers long and had a relatively simple function, but it was enough for this period.)

Three ships, no ironclad ships, only one large ship, which made Abe Masahiro feel insulted.

"You call this a fleet?! How dare they come knocking at the door! Send our ships to surround them! Let America see our courage!"

This is what the shogunate did in history. It sent hundreds of "battleships". Except for a few large anda ships, most of them were Kobana, a kind of warships left over from the Warring States period.

It was similar at this time, but this time the samurai of the shogunate were more confident, after all, they had seen the ironclad warships of the Austrian Navy before.

Not long ago, the successful "expulsion" of the French by the Satsuma clan also gave these samurai of the shogunate great encouragement. Japanese painters on the shore were frantically recording this historic moment, and some even set up cameras purchased from Austrian merchants, but the photos needed to be developed in the Austrian Empire on the other side of the ocean.

James Biddle did not intend to return empty-handed. He forced the shore despite the dissuasion of his subordinates.

The result was that the shogunate was very determined, and Uragasho even fired empty cannons to try to drive away the American fleet. This made James Biddle very unhappy, but he was not a person who did not know how to adapt.

He ignored President Polk's tough orders. After all, the more important tasks in Qing Dynasty had been completed, and there was no need to waste time in Japan.

However, sometimes it was just so unfortunate.

In history, James Biddle's arrogant attitude when he left angered a team of Kawagoe samurai. Fortunately, he was stopped by the samurai of the shogunate. Biddle didn't know what happened, so the matter didn't get out of hand.

However, this time, good luck didn't favor James Biddle. At this time, Uraga was advocating a 10,000 contempt for America, which only sent three "small boats" to invade them. His samurai also wanted to chop down the arrogant foreigner in front of them.

However, James Biddle did not realize the seriousness of the situation, and still looked like "I like you to be unhappy with me, but you can't kill me."

At this time, a team of Kawagoe samurai was just going to the beach to enjoy the sea, and collided head-on with James Biddle's team.

Instead of giving way, the latter made some provocative movements.

So the common man was furious, blood splattered five steps, this time there was no obstruction from the shogunate samurai, the samurai of Kawagoe who launched the sneak attack directly cut off the left hand of Biddle who was making obscene gestures with Iai.

Other samurai of Kawagoe were not idle either, they drew their swords and rushed to the unprepared American army. The latter had not many people on the shore, and they were immediately at a disadvantage after being attacked.

The magistrate of Uraga saw that blood had been seen, and he had to commit seppuku to apologize anyway, so he just went straight up and sang directly.

"Since ancient times, everyone has to die, leave a loyal heart to shine in history!"

(Wen Tianxiang was one of the most admired idols of the Japanese at that time, and his influence among the people was far greater than that of Wang Yangming, who was famous in later generations.

In addition, the Japanese at that time really sang, not recited.)

The magistrate on the side saw that the magistrate had gone up, and immediately rushed up with spears and iron cannons (matchlock guns).

Soon the fighting in the port spread to the dock. The U.S. Navy wanted to rescue their companions on the shore at the first time, but they were soon overwhelmed by the tide of foot soldiers.

Due to the loss of the supreme commander, the three U.S. ships were in chaos to varying degrees. When they wanted to escape, they found that they had not cut the cable, resulting in varying degrees of damage to the frigates "Vincennes" and "Connolly".

However, the worst was the fourth-level sailing battleship "Columbus". A group of samurai rushed to the deck holding fish frames and sacks.

However, the above two things obviously do not have bulletproof functions, but they cannot withstand the stacking of thickness, and the spherical bullets and firearms at this time do not have good penetration.

The result is that the battle on the "Columbus" fell into a war of attrition, and the side with more people obviously had more advantages.

It must be said here that the organization of the U.S. military is too low. At this time, the navy of any European country can easily drive the Japanese off the ship.

But the performance of the U.S. Navy at this time is like a group of frightened beasts. Although the shouting is loud and the reaction is fierce, they did not find the key to the problem.

The "Columbus" did not start, and was always fighting with the Japanese samurai who kept coming.

The "Vincennes" had worse luck. It collided with several Japanese "battleships" in succession just after leaving the berth, and was finally sunk in the harbor by the enemy in a kamikaze attack.

Although the "Connally" was also hit, it barely escaped the siege of the Japanese ships. However, just as they were about to leave Edo Bay, they found a row of mysterious black pits on an uninhabited island.

Captain Mattis decided to find out on a whim. After all, the small Japanese boats at sea posed no threat to the nearly 800-ton frigate.

However, when the "Connery" approached, it discovered that those were not black pits, but large bells buried in the sand one by one.

Just when Captain Mattis was confused, a group of people suddenly ran out and desperately held the package and stuffed it into the big bell.

Then tongues of fire spewed out from the big bell, and the huge impact killed the gunners who lit the gunpowder on the spot.

Several huge explosive packets were thrown at the "Connally", and the last American ship sank in Edo Bay amidst the explosions.

When the news reached Edo Castle, Masahiro Abe was so angry that his nose almost crooked. To be honest, although he hates Americans, he doesn't want to make enemies.

Because in this way, the shogunate can really only be tied to the same boat as the Austrian Empire. In Masahiro Abe's plan, he just wanted to use the latter's power to stabilize the interior.

"To fight against foreign forces, we must first settle the domestic affairs." This is where Masahiro Abe's thinking started, and he planned to sever ties with the Austrian Empire after Japan was stabilized domestically.

After all, the latter is thousands of miles away from Japan and is unlikely to send troops to attack. As long as the shogunate does not offend other powers, it will definitely be able to find new backers by then, thus realizing the plan of "using barbarians to control barbarians."

However, all this came to nothing with this great victory in Edo Bay.