Chapter 908 Attacking Miyako Island

This is not the first time that Zheng Zhilong has fought against the Haihan people. Naturally, he is very aware of the power of the Haihan militia. In the past records of the fights, Shibazhi has almost never taken advantage of him. Every time, he was pinned to the ground and rubbed by his opponents. Zheng Zhilong

He is not even sure whether the casualties caused by his troops to Haihan after so many fights have reached three digits. Although a year has passed since the last battle between the two sides, Zheng Zhilong has no doubts about the battle of these men.

But he doesn't have much confidence in his will, because even he himself is often frightened and wakes up when he sees Haihan's two-color flag in his sleep.

Zheng Zhilong has been active in the military in recent years, with victories and defeats, and he actually takes life and death lightly. However, in addition to his own life, he is more worried about his family's retreat. His eldest son Zheng Fusong is currently in the palace.

They lived with him on Furushima, while in the distant Hirado, Japan, his wife Tagawa Matsu and their youngest son Tagawa Shichizaemon stayed there and lived an anonymous life. Although Chen Yixin used many methods when he led the team to Hirado

However, due to Matsuura's deliberate cover-up, he was unable to find out the whereabouts of the mother and son.

Not many people know the name Zheng Fusong, but if we talk about the other name he later changed to Zheng Chenggong, it will be known to everyone in later generations. Zheng Fusong was born in Hirado, Japan in August 1624, and lived with his mother Tagawa Matsushita until he was six years old.

In Japan. In the original history, Zheng Fusong moved from Japan to Quanzhou, Fujian, after his father Zheng Zhilong accepted the offer of recruitment from the Fujian government. However, due to the emergence of the Haihan people, Zheng Zhilong did not get the opportunity to be recruited by the government. Instead, he was always rejected by the government.

Seeing him as a thorn in his side, he wanted to get over it as soon as possible, so Zheng Fusong didn't go to the mainland at all after coming from Japan, and settled directly in Penghu.

In the original history, after Zheng Fusong arrived in Fujian, he was admitted as a scholar at the age of fourteen. At the age of seventeen, he married the niece of Dong Yangxian, the Jinshi of Quanzhou and the Minister of Rites, and was sent to Jinling at the age of twenty.

He studied and successfully entered the Nanjing Imperial College for further study. He became a disciple of a famous Confucian from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and was named "Sen", which means "Damu". His mentor was the famous man in history who refused to commit suicide because he disliked the water being too cold.

Qian Qianyi, an unscrupulous person who claimed to have an itchy scalp and shaved his hair and left it in braids.

When Zheng Fusong was twenty-one years old, that is, in 1645, brothers Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui supported the Tang Dynasty King Zhu Yujian in Fuzhou and proclaimed himself emperor and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Longwu. This unlucky emperor only reigned for one year, but he made some decisions against Zheng Fusong.

The move that had a huge impact on Fu Song's life was to give him a national surname, a given name, and the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Forest Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Consort. If he had not had a daughter, then he would have even given a marriage in one step. In short, in order to win over Zheng Zhilong, who was the man in charge

Emperor Longwu, the minister of military power, tried every means. At this time, Zheng Fusong's name became Zhu Chenggong, and the people respectfully called him the surnamed Lord.

Of course, due to the appearance of Haihan in this time and space, which disrupted the original development trajectory, Zheng Fusong has become further and further away from the life path of the "national surname". Under the current situation, it is not yet known whether the Manchus outside the Pass can go south.

It can be seen that the responsibility of turning the tide in the southeastern coastal areas and holding high the banner of anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty will probably no longer fall on his shoulders. His future life trajectory has undergone fundamental changes without his own awareness.

Zheng Zhilong, who sensed the dangerous atmosphere, wanted to send Zheng Fusong away at this time. After all, he still had family members in Japan, and Zheng Fusong's chance of survival would be much greater than if he stayed on Miyako Island. But Zheng Fusong is on the island on weekdays.

He appeared frequently, and his subordinates and the people on the island also knew that the two father and son lived together. If anyone discovered that Zheng Fusong was sent away at this juncture, the military morale on the island would immediately fall into disarray.

For Zheng Zhilong, the risk is indeed a bit high.

Just when Zheng Zhilong was in a dilemma, a small team sent to the west to scout the movements of Jilong Port in Taipei sent back the latest news. The Haihan people have currently implemented a blockade on Jilong Port, and all ships can only enter and exit.

Nothing could be investigated, but judging from the number of armed ships patrolling the nearby sea, it was obviously much stronger than usual.

The hope that Zheng Zhilong still had in his heart was shattered. He recalled that before the Haihan fleet launched a large-scale attack on Penghu last year, the ports of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou were also blocked several days in advance. This was almost a fixed routine before Haihan launched a large-scale offensive.

As the Haihan port closest to Miyako Island, the external blockade of Jilong Port also seems to indicate that Haihan is about to launch a new offensive from the local area.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong can also choose to continue to escape. The world is such a big place. If you escape, you will always have a chance to survive. The difference is just the length of survival. But Zheng Zhilong no longer wants to continue to escape. After all, he once owned ten thousand people.

The armed overlord is now suppressed as a rich man in a corner of the ocean. The psychological gap is so great that no one else may be able to bear it. If he continues to escape, he might not even be able to become a rich man, and he doesn't want to

It brings trouble to the family living in Hirado.

Zheng Zhilong originally wanted his close confidants to take his son Zheng Fusong to leave Miyako Island at night. However, Zheng Fusong, who was less than ten years old, did not want to leave his father's side, although he did not know why the Haihan people would hunt down his father all the way.

and uncles and brothers, but he believed that if he left Miyakojima at this time, he would be a coward, which was unacceptable to him. This innate courageous temperament was probably also his original historical trajectory.

One of the reasons why Zhonghui grew up to be a national hero.

Although Zheng Zhilong felt that something was wrong, he really did not want to be separated from his son at the last moment. He knew that although the Haihan people were warlike, they did not kill young, old, women and children indiscriminately. However, his son had a special status. He was afraid that he would die after being captured by the Haihan people.

There is no good ending. If the Haihan people's offensive really cannot be stopped this time, then it would be a tragic ending for the father and son to commit suicide together at the last moment.

On September 1st, the Haihan fleet set out from Jilong Port. Not far from the harbor, the huge flagship was spotted by the Ba Zhi reconnaissance ship several nautical miles away. Although the sailing ship used by Ba Zhi was

The speed is far less than that of the Haihan warship, but the communication method they use is fireworks. One rocket can send messages several miles across the sea. The speed is definitely much faster than that of a sailing ship.

However, once the fireworks flew up on the sea, they naturally could not hide it from the many eyes on the Haihan warship. After receiving the report, Wang Tom just sneered, but did not feel nervous about it. From Jilong Port to Miyako Island, it was only a short distance away.

Two hundred nautical miles, if the road goes smoothly, it will only take more than a day to get there. Even if Shibazhi can have an extra day to prepare for the battle, there is no way he can withstand the fleet he leads.

Of course, there is another possibility that the Shibazhi immediately dispersed after receiving the news and fled separately. In that case, it would be difficult for the Haihan Fleet to completely annihilate the remaining members of the Shibazhi party. But Wang Tom believes that this possibility is not

Big, because there is really no place for this desperate group of pirates to continue their escape. Either surrender to Haihan, or fight to the death with Haihan. These two possibilities are much greater than escaping again.

In the evening of the same day, the fleet arrived in the waters of Iriomote Island and Ishigaki Island. It is still about 70 to 80 nautical miles away from Miyako Island. If it sails all night, it can reach its destination in about early morning. Originally, Wang Tom planned to station near Ishigaki Island overnight.

We continued to move forward, but since this operation had been exposed at the beginning, in order to avoid a long night and many dreams, Wang Tom still ordered to sail all night. However, the sailors had to change shifts to sail the ship, and the speed naturally slowed down a lot.

Early the next morning, two islands, one in the south and one in the north, one large and one small, appeared on the sea in front of the fleet. According to the markings on the chart, the two islands were Tarama Island and Minna Island. The two islands were about eight miles apart.

kilometers, and the area of ​​the islands is nearly ten times different. There are a large number of coral reefs near the two islands. The water depth near the coast is difficult to accommodate large ships to dock, and there are only a few fishermen stationed on the islands.

About thirty nautical miles further east from these two islands is Miyakojima, the destination of the Kaihan fleet. Miyakojima is actually not an island, but consists of Miyakojima and the neighboring Irabu Island and Shimochijima Island.

Five islands, including Laima Island, Ikema Island and Ogami Island, form the archipelago. The total land area of ​​these islands exceeds 200 square kilometers, and the terrain is relatively flat, suitable for farming crops.

However, judging from the colonial area established by Shibazhi on the west coast of Taiwan Island before, its agricultural development capabilities are worrying, that is, it can only grow some rice and vegetables, but not many cash crops. It must be after moving to Miyako Island

The situation is similar. And there are no natural resources for development on this island. It is easy to imagine the living conditions of an armed organization like Shibazhi who does not produce all year round on the island. It is estimated that there is nothing else to eat except seafood.

It's fishy.

This time, Shibazhi did not continue to send out death squads to hinder the progress of the Haihan fleet like last year. Instead, they chose to huddle on the island for defense. But in Wang Tom's opinion, this response measure is actually the same as shrinking into a turtle shell.

The turtle is no different. It seems to have safely protected its vital points, but at the same time, it has completely left itself at the mercy of its opponent. The Haihan fleet will have ample room to land from several alternative locations for the landing battle that it plans to carry out next.

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There are also a large number of coral reefs in the offshore waters around Miyako Island, so there are not many coasts on this island where larger ships can dock, and most of them are concentrated on the northwest coast. It goes without saying that Shiba Shiba is also there.

The strongest line of defense is deployed there.

The fleet flagship "Endeavor" took the lead, entering from the strait between Irabu Island and Miyako Island, and approached the coast of the planned landing site without encountering any resistance.

However, the Shibazhi on the island obviously did not intend to turn a blind eye to the actions of the Haihan warship. Several artillery fires were fired one after another on the shore, and the shells roared and hit the "Endeavour" and other warships following behind.

"Fire back!" Wang Tom felt relieved when he saw the fire on the shore, and issued the combat order very calmly. What he was worried about was not that the Eighteen Zhi Party members would continue to resist stubbornly, but that they would take advantage of the Haihan Fleet's arrival before

They all fled when they had the chance. But since there are still gunners on the shore who are persisting in fighting, it means that Shibazhi did not organize an escape, otherwise it would be impossible to leave such elite troops as the gunners on the island without taking them away.

Although the naval guns on the "Endeavour" are all large-caliber and short-barreled, they do not suffer in terms of range. The shells fired from the ship can still hit the gun positions deployed by Shibazhi on the shore. It is just because of the undulating waves on the sea that the ship

Since it is difficult to stabilize one's body, one can only aim in a general direction for this kind of far-distance artillery attack, estimate the launch angle, and then rely on random hits.

When the "Endeavor" fired the seventh round, a shell finally hit the gun position on the shore, and lifted the artillery and three gunners deployed at the gun position on the shore into the sky. During this period,

At least three shells hit the "Endeavour", but because the distance was too far, the shells were basically exhausted when they flew here, and were unable to cause substantial damage to the thick side of the "Endeavour". They only caused the ship

It's just a brief shock to the body.

While the flagship was fighting hard, the troop carriers on the periphery also sailed close to the coast, either beached directly, or lowered their boats to allow Army soldiers to land on the island beyond the range of artillery fire.

Although the army units participating in this operation are not as powerful as the special operations battalion under Qian Tiandun, they have considerable experience in carrying out such amphibious landing operations to seize islands. In fact, among the sea-based Haihan Militia,

The Army's amphibious warfare subject is one of the most basic training subjects. Every qualified Army soldier must master basic landing combat skills, such as armed swimming, rowing, landing assembly, establishing beachhead positions, and anti-landing warfare, etc.

A large amount of training allows the soldiers to achieve good results in actual combat without the need for special adaptive training and terrain reconnaissance.

Naturally, the Haihan people's landing on the coast could not be hidden from the eyes of the island's defenders. However, since the artillery in Shibazhi's hands was already very limited, there was no way to defend more places. At present, they could only concentrate on following the "Endeavor" parked at sea.

"In response to the bombardment, they were somewhat powerless against the army landing ashore in the distance.

Of course, the commander of Shibazhi would not just watch the Haihan army land ashore so easily, and then outflank his own artillery. He also sent a force to intercept the Haihan landing site.

But compared to the Haihan soldiers who were armed to the teeth, the defenders who only had swords, guns and clubs as their main weapons were a bit miserable, and such weapons and equipment did not really help them much in the combat missions they had to perform.
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