Chapter 776 Target Changqi

“Bang, bang, bang…”

The sound of gunfire continued on Wufeng Island. As time went by, the sound of rifled guns became more and more frequent, while the sound of the pirates’ flintlock guns gradually became sparse. Read

Although the pirates got flintlock guns and cannons, the shogunate gave them the worst batch of firearms.

After all, since the warships of the Wufeng pirates were all destroyed, they lost their former role and were only given some junk.

With such firearms, how could they fight the Marines?

Before they even met the Marines, a large number of them were killed.

Moreover, these pirates were all desperate criminals. They were brave and aggressive on weekdays, but they were difficult to control when they were training the formation.

Once the battle started, the problem of being brave in private fights and timid in public wars came out.

After the contact, there were many casualties, and the pirates suddenly lost their order, running around like headless flies, fighting each other.

The Marines were advancing into the island in an orderly manner. When all 30,000 people landed, the pirates of Wufeng Island were even more unbearable.

In less than half a day, more than 10,000 people died in battle or surrendered.

At noon, Pan Chang sent someone to deliver the news that the whole island was occupied, and Zhou Yi landed on the main island of Wufeng Island, Nanfeng Island.

"General, there are barracks and fields on Wufeng Island. It is really a good place to station troops." Seeing Zhou Yi, Pan Chang pointed to the green wheat fields and the pirate camp not far away. There were many wooden houses in the camp.

Zhou Yi smiled with satisfaction.

They now have Treasure Island and now occupy Wufeng Island.

This means that they have two fulcrums all the way from Yanzhou to Japan, and supply is no longer a problem.

"Yes, you should send people to clean up the pirate camp, arrange barracks for the soldiers, and check the warehouses on the island at the same time." Zhou Yi said.

Then, he asked Pan Chang and the chief secretary of the Marine Corps to impose military control on the residents of the island, just like when the royal army went south.

After resting for two days on Wufeng Island, Zhou Yi set his sights on Changqi City, which was only fifty miles away from Wufeng Island.

Due to the prosperity of maritime trade in Japan, a situation of rich south and poor north has been formed in the narrow and long territory of Japan.

The southern part is more likely to accept Westerners and Western technology and culture because of its enthusiasm for maritime trade.

On the contrary, the northern part is more conservative.

The unification of Japan by Watanabe was also based on the four feudal domains in the south that became rich and strong due to maritime trade.

Among them, Changqi City belongs to the Hizen Domain, one of the four feudal domains, which is controlled by the Masheng family and is as wealthy as Edo, which is controlled by the Watanabe family.

Therefore, Zhou Yi was naturally drooling over this fat meat at his mouth.

In the Edo naval battle, Watanabe's attitude showed that he was not giving up and was ready to continue to fight with them.

This is also the same as what King Yan expected.

In this case, they let Japan taste the taste of being robbed.

This was also a revenge for the Japanese pirates' attacks on the coast of Dasong in recent years.

After deciding this, he left two thousand people to garrison on Wufeng Island.

On the third day, the fleet set out from Wufeng Island and headed for Changqi.

They set out in the morning and arrived at the sea off Changqi in less than half an hour.

Through the telescope, Zhou Yi looked at Changqi City and said to Pan Chang: "In this landing operation, we must not be merciful. Think about how many men, women, and children in Dasong have died tragically under the butcher knife of Japanese pirates in recent years. Being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself."

Pan Chang nodded heavily after hearing this.

At this time, Zhou Yi ordered the fleet to set up a formation and bombard the Changqi wharf to destroy all their artillery positions.

He was full of confidence in this attack.

The number of Japanese troops is limited.

According to the intelligence learned by the Fourth Academy, the number of Japanese soldiers nationwide is only more than 600,000.

In the battle of Goryeo, Japan lost 150,000 elite soldiers, leaving only 450,000, and 200,000 were stationed in Edo alone.

The remaining 250,000 were to guard the 26 large coastal cities and more than 50 medium-sized cities.

This did not include many small cities.

You can imagine how many of the remaining 250,000 Japanese troops could be allocated to each city?

Even if Japan blindly expanded its army, they could not provide enough firearms for a while.

Then the recruited troops could only fight them with swords.

The most important thing was that they had no idea which city would be attacked by them.

"Boom boom boom..." Soon after Zhou Yi's order was issued, the warships launched an attack on Changqi Wharf.

Dense shells fell on Changqi Wharf like raindrops, mixed with shrapnel.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

These shrapnel shells fell with a loud noise, and huge fireballs rose on the shore.

Zhou Yi could see Japanese soldiers running back and forth between the artillery platforms, and were killed and injured by shells.

Forty-eight sailing warships opened fire at the same time, and Changqi Wharf suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire.

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Changqi City.

As soon as Changqi Wharf was bombarded, Asana Naoto ordered the city gates to be closed.

When he arrived at the South Gate and looked at the wharf from afar, he was anxious, "What bad luck, why did the Yan Wang army choose Changqi."

During this period, the news of the defeat of the Edo naval battle spread throughout Japan.

He also received an order from the shogunate to patrol diligently and guard against attacks by the Yanzhou army.

For this reason, the whole Changqi city was in a panic, after all, Changqi city only had 30,000 Japanese soldiers stationed.

Even if he temporarily obtained the right to recruit soldiers and captured a lot of young and strong men to join the army, he could only gather 20,000 people in such a short time, and there were no firearms.

As he was thinking, he suddenly found that there were many more small boats on the sea, which were full of soldiers and headed towards the dock.

At this moment, there was no more gunfire on the Changqi dock.

In just a short time, the enemy destroyed all their artillery positions.

Seeing this, he was frightened. He saw the power of the Yan Wang army with his own eyes, and he finally understood why Goryeo was defeated.

"Tell the soldiers to hold on. The people who asked for help have already set out. As long as the reinforcements arrive, they can drive away the Yan Wang army." Asano Naoto swallowed his saliva and said to the generals around him.

"Yes, Lord." The general responded and turned away.

Changqi Wharf is only three miles away from Changqi City.

The Yan Wang soldiers can arrive in an instant.

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Changqi Wharf.

Pan Chang led the soldiers to row in the sea for a while, and then landed smoothly.

During the landing process, they did not encounter any resistance.

This made him keenly aware that Changqi City must be short of troops, and he could only hoard troops to focus on guarding Changqi City.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his lips.

While waiting for the soldiers to land, he checked the artillery on the shore.

The artillerymen in the artillery were basically killed, and the bodies were scattered all over the place.

In one hour, all 30,000 marines landed, and at the same time, howitzers and rifled field guns were transported ashore.

Then, he led 30,000 troops to Changqi City.