Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 816: Kuroshio

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The Xu Jun fleet sailed along the coast of Japan and crossed Ichi Island in the eastern part of Tsushima Island into the waters of Kitakyushu in early September. Han Tong, commander of the Dragon Army, became the commander of the fleet.

This is the first large-scale maritime expedition of the Central Plains Dynasty! The court has made a lot of preparations for several months, but obviously lacks experience.

Some Han people, Koryo people and a few Japanese businessmen who are familiar with the East China Sea say that there may be typhoons here in summer and autumn! It's the end of autumn, and Han Tong can only hope for luck, the typhoon season is over...Because the court can't wait for winter, the situation of Xu Jun in Shijianbao is unknown, and he can only sit and die without reinforcements!

The fleet consists of more than 100 ships, large and small, carrying about 6,000 new soldiers of the Jiaolong Army. Most of the soldiers come from the original Southern Tang Dynasty navy (the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were first under Liu Renzhan’s subordinates. These two years have continued The military power of the generals has been recovered, and the Southern Tang Army has been designated as the Guards).

The experience of these naval forces was limited to the Yangtze River and Huaishui Rivers, but compared with most soldiers from the Central Plains, they were water-permeable and adaptable to swaying ships; therefore, the imperial court gave up using the Forbidden Army to be incorporated into the Dragon Army, and replaced the Southern Tang The guards of their native place were incorporated into the Forbidden Army (the Jiaolong Army was organized for the Forbidden Army).

The composition of the ships is more complicated. Half of the ships are light boats (a combination of large food ships and Central Plains spires), and the other half are Korean ships, as well as cusp-bottomed merchant ships purchased as much as possible. Among them, there are only three big ships, Mulan!

Since last year, the court has built a large number of warships in Jiangning Shipyard, but due to the size of the dock and the scarcity of craftsmen, the construction speed is slow. Work day and night have recently built dozens of light boats and three Mulan ships...The Mulan ships are mainly restricted by the lack of large docks.

Hantong’s ship is a large Mulan ship with more than 3,000 materials (displacement of about three to four hundred tons), with a crew of nearly two hundred people, twenty-four heavy bronze guns, and one ship on both sides. gun.

The three large ships are the main battleships of the fleet, and dozens of other light boats are also battleships; the Korean ships and spire merchant ships are difficult to be the main battleships, mainly transporting supplies and soldiers, and can also carry out close combat.

The light boat has a crew of 30 to 50 people, and a team of ten. The highest military officer on the ship will be a military envoy (the number of naval forces has changed from that of the ordinary army). The hull is too thin to use the main bronze gun... But there is always a way. Guo Shao and the official craftsmen of the armor-building workshop have developed a small gun that can be used in small boats: the mother-and-child gun.

The gun body is made of iron, and the "inner tank" is made of copper. After the gun is fired, you can immediately change the inner tank and fire again. Therefore, the rate of fire far exceeds that of copper cannons...but the technology is limited, and the sealing is not very good, so the shooting range is very close, and the power is far inferior to the copper cannon. The sub-cannon is light, no more than a hundred kilograms per one, so there is no problem in putting it on a light boat.

On the flagship, there is also Lu Duoxun, the provincial envoy, who is also the supervising army of the Dragon Army. He is in the cabin of the Chinese army. There are winds and waves on the sea, and even large ships are swaying. Ludoxen is a little uncomfortable with the sea, especially when he reads and writes his head and feels vomiting.

He stayed still and quickly wrote a line on the paper: On the sixth day of September, the Kuroshio will be north and southeast wind.

The Kuroshio is a kind of warm current, the flow of water in the ocean, because the ocean current is dark in color, it is called the Kuroshio.

Lu Doxun felt that it was difficult to write. He immediately put the brush down and opened the bamboo curtain on the window. He immediately saw a suit of Rong Jia, Han Yan, standing on the bow deck with his legs spread out, his body following the boat. The shaking is very steady.

The sea breeze blew Han Tong's red cloak, rustling in the wind like a flag streamer, and he had been standing motionless for a long time.

Han stunned that this person is not good at making and talking with people, but Ludoxun can feel it, his heart is like the bumps of the waves...This is an unknown pioneer, and sometimes Ludoxon is crazy and radical when he thinks about it. It is the first time for soldiers and soldiers to travel far away with a huge fleet of materials that cost the treasury. The risks are hard to describe.

On the vast ocean here, all the rules are different from those on the familiar land.

Perhaps, only Guo Shao can have the courage to make such a decision, and only the founding king has such power and prestige.

The last time he saw before leaving Beijing appeared in Lu Doxon’s mind. Guo Shao’s hot and expectant eyes, he said it must be possible, the world always dare not step out of the road no one has walked. step!

There is also a compass on the table next to Ludoxen, which is similar to a feng shui tool. This thing can point the direction... but this thing alone is easy to make mistakes. There are two other ways to assist the Eastern Navy:

First, try to rely on the land and coast as a reference. The method is to bring a few Koreans and Japanese as guides to communicate the language, and send people to the shore to inquire about the place to find out the approximate location.

Secondly, relying on a civil official who is a Tianjian.

Lu Doxun was thinking of this when a civil official with white temples walked in. Lu Doxun greeted politely with his fists, "Can the senior supervisor still withstand the wind and waves on the sea?"

"It's good, it's good." Gao Shouzhen, who is an official supervisor, said calmly.

From the Tang dynasty to the Xu dynasty, the civil officials were basically streamlined officials, but one type of official was an exception, that is, the official of the Sitianjian. People like Gao Shouzhen, once entered the Sitian jail, can no longer serve in other yamen, nor can they resign at will; the sources of officials are mostly hereditary...About this kind of civil servants who can observe the sky makes the royal family feel mysterious After all, everyone still believes in gods a little bit, so they need to be more strictly controlled to prevent scholars from running into the wild.

Gao Shouzhen has the ability, in addition to revising the calendar and observing the sky at night, he is very familiar with the stars. Can observe the direction and height of various stars through the eyes to estimate the position.

Xu Jun used several methods to drive as far as possible near the sea where he landed to ensure his heading.

At this time, Han Tong from outside the cabin also walked in, and the three civil and military men met each other and took their seats. Lu Duoxun took the lead: "The Kuroshio is heading north, blowing southerly. If the Japanese army intercepts the fleet in front, it will be very beneficial to us."

Han Tong nodded bluntly after hearing this: "Lu Jianjun's words are reasonable."

Lu Duoxun’s title of supervising army is just dispatching. In fact, his most important official posts are cabinet ministers, Hakka ambassadors... and the supervising army is talking about it, as if it is a person who monitors and complains at any time. separated. Han Tong is annoying, that's the case, a random sentence is always inexplicably uncomfortable!

Han Tong said casually: "The marching formation is nothing but this. Before the war, try to make the right time and place and be beneficial to himself, and then use the strong to attack the weak."

Gao Shouzhen has very few words, but at this time he calmly touched his beard and said: "No wonder General Han is not as famous as the forward in history."

Han Tong disagreed, and said: "But this commander is worried that the Japanese army is unwilling to face me against the wind and the current. They have at least two ways. One is to hide the main force in the Shimonoseki waterway of Kitakyushu (between Kitakyushu and Honshu). When my main force goes northward, and then exits the waterway, I will pursue it in the upper wind direction. The second is to go around Kyushu Island and chase my fleet from the south, and I will be able to take advantage of the downwind."

Although the sea is vast, the fleet does not sail at will. Generally, there are relatively fixed offshore routes. Otherwise, there may be more risks such as submerged reefs, lost directions, unknown weather changes, and so on. Therefore, there are traces to intercept and search for large fleets in the Japanese Sea.

Lu Duoxun said: "If the Japanese army allows the channel to be cleared, they can only sit and watch our troops approaching the reinforcement Shijian Fort."

Han Tong shook his head and said: "No! At this time, naval battle is the place to decide the victory or defeat. It is not the length of time. If the Japanese army can defeat our fleet, the fall of Ishimi Fort will only be the length of time; otherwise there is no Anyone can stop a lot of punishment in Japan!"

After listening to Lu Duoxun, he muttered: "General Han meant that the Japanese army would not think it was too troublesome, and regardless of the urgency of the fighter?"

Han Tong frowned and said: "From this commander's point of view, this is a wise move. How can you rush to defeat your opponent? You must do everything to your advantage!"

...However, Han Tong is just a military commander, and he is often inaccurate about other matters. Guessed wrong again this time.

In the early morning a few days later, on the coast of Japan, someone suddenly entered the cabin and reported: "An enemy ship was found just north!"

Han Tong just got up, and upon hearing the news, he immediately asked: "How many ships are there?"

Come to Humanity: "I don't know, there is fog on the sea!"

Han Tong said immediately: "Hurry up, prepare for war!"

"Take Ling!"

Not long afterwards, there was a rush of drums outside. Soon this rhythm of drums seemed to be contagious. The drums were beaten on the ships all around, and the drums rang together for a while, and the atmosphere suddenly increased. .

Han Tong took the helmet from the soldier and put it on, fastened the leather buckle, walked onto the deck, and then climbed the wooden ladder to the stern ship tower. The soldiers on the deck speeded up their movements, shouting and bustling around.

Hantong's palm rested on the carved wooden railing, looking at the scene ahead. The vast undulating sea was shrouded in a layer of mist surging in the wind, and the dark shadows of ships loomed in the distance.

"Order the ships to slow down, with the warships in front and the luggage behind, reorganize the formation!" Han Tong gave another order.

The triangular red flag on the flagship changed its quantitative characteristics, and the messenger blew the horn to remind other ships. It is the first time that Xu has formed a large force battle formation at sea. It has absorbed some of the original Hu Ben army’s military orders and passed the rules and military laws. Semaphore is one of them; but for the time being, only simple commands such as attack, retreat, and wait in battle can be issued. Military order.

Usually no military orders are required, and the ships will keep a good distance with the flagship. Hantong’s flagship is very eye-catching. One of the hulls is very large, and the other is with the flag of the dragon army and the yellow dragon pattern on it. With the words "Da Xu".

While Han Tong waited for the military to prepare for war, he was always watching the movements of the enemy ship ahead. He was really puzzled: Is it really the main force of the Japanese navy? The opponent's main general was too happy, and he simply searched for it, desperately, such an opponent, it really made Han Tong worry more, anyway, it is harder than a fist! Mobile users please visit http://