1717 New American Empire

Mikami Yuuto hasn't moved yet, but there is already action on the port side. As one of the more important ports in Japan, some shogunate navy troops are stationed here all year round. However, the current manufacturing capacity of the shogunate is not that strong. This

Thanks to the previous civil war, Japan's manpower has also regressed a lot. Without enough manpower, it is naturally impossible to replace warship equipment in this era. Therefore, there are only thirty small ships here, and there are five real main Anzhai ships.

There is only one small-caliber six-pounder cannon on the boat, but there are three twelve-pounder cannons and seven six-pounder cannons on the Anzhai ship. Some of them were obtained from the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish, and some were copied by themselves.

Of course it is possible to open fire, but the hit rate cannot be guaranteed. The shogunate cannot train qualified naval forces. These Japanese sailors learned more skills from pirate groups.

The naval battles of pirates and the naval battles of the regular navy are completely different things. One is for the purpose of robbing property, and the other is for defeating the enemy. The different purposes lead to different fighting methods between the two. Pirates also have to worry about damaging the target ship and destroying the property.

They all fell into the sea. Whichever ship was the biggest threat to the regular army would be focused on first. The five Anzha ships stood out among the thirty large and small offshore ships. Therefore, they were stuck first.

Mellon and Adam found out.

The two commanders ordered together, and all thirty warships turned their guns towards them. They slowly approached the firing range, and started concentrated fire from 800 meters away. Cast the net widely to catch more fish, and the first wave

When attacking three Anzha ships, each received one or two shells.

.This result is not too bad, especially for a sailing fleet that does not have fire control equipment installed and the crew is mostly new recruits. Even if there are only one or two shells, it will cause only more fatal damage to the five Anzha ships.

A slightly less serious injury.

Along with the firelight flying wooden blocks and the wailing Japanese sailors, the speed of the three Anzha ships suddenly dropped sharply. The speed of the target weakened, and the difficulty of aiming was suddenly reduced by half. The recruits of the fleet were extremely excited. This was because they were transferred to

This was the first regular naval battle fought by the navy. They had to work hard. Within three minutes, the second bombardment came again. They also adopted the method of casting a wide net to catch more fish. Two explosions occurred again on the five Anzhai ships.

Slowly sinking.

This tactic is only suitable when there is an obvious power gap between the two sides. Except for the three Anzhai ships that may pose a threat to the clippers, the Japanese ships are not taken seriously by Cameron and the others at all. Even so.

Putting them over and shooting at close range will not pose much of a threat to the armor of the clipper ship. Because the ship is low, it is difficult for them to even break the sail of the ship. This is also the norm here, and it is also the bad example set by China.

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China has always mainly developed river warships. It was originally going to break away from this restriction in the Ming Dynasty, but was pushed back by a sea ban. Later, the Qing Dynasty also implemented a sea ban, and there was no breakthrough in warship technology.

.On the one hand, without a big brother like China, other Korea and Japan had no place to obtain advanced ship technology. Later, without the strong naval oppression of China, these countries would not pay so much attention to the research of naval warships, and their investment would not be enough.

Much more.

The remaining thirty small ships were also shocked at this time. Their main warships were sent to the bottom of the sea by the enemy less than ten minutes after the battle started. These ships, which were only used for fighting and supporting, were completely helpless against the enemy's fleet.

After being stunned for a moment, watching Cameron and the others approaching quickly, the sailors on these ships screamed and immediately drove the ships away from here. They would rather be deserters than stay here to face the powerful fleet led by Cameron.

Similarly, Mikami Yuuto, who saw the entire naval battle from the watchtower at the top of the city, was so frightened that he stopped the troops below who were preparing to leave the city for support. The enemy's artillery hit the place with an explosion. He could not imagine that such a weapon would hit them.

What a terrible situation it would cause physically. Fortunately, they were in the city, and as expected, they would not be attacked by battleship artillery. Mikami Yuuto immediately ordered his men to start setting up defenses on the city wall. Each iron cannon

Ashigaru came to the castle and chose his shooting position.

The long ashigaru also put down their long spears, picked up the bows and arrows in stock, and went to the top of the city to supplement the shooting power of the iron cannon ashigaru. Mikami Yuuto did not see any armor on the fleet warriors;

A piece of blue or black clothes, so he asked someone to bring out a batch of bows and arrows. Cameron and the others were not attacked by the Japanese until they reached the shore. Two modified cruisers escorted Xinghan

The transport ships will begin to enter the port.

The transport ship put down its pedals, and the soldiers of the Xinghanhui landed in an orderly manner under the leadership of Lin Xin's second-in-command Wei Ming. Slowly, more pedals were lowered, and the artillery began to disembark. Another ship put their artillery

When the pulling force is released, they are all strong.

Strong mules. Half an hour later, the two thousand soldiers of the Xinghanhui completed their formation in the already empty port. It was also their first time to conduct a landing operation. It was good if they didn't drop the artillery into the sea. In terms of speed, they really couldn't be too fast.

High demands.

Mikami Yuuto also wanted to take advantage of this moment to exclude the cavalry from attacking them, but in front of two modified cruisers that were more than twice the size of the Anzha ship, he decisively gave up. Mikami Yuuto watched as the people of the Xinghan Society attacked one of them

brought down a terrible cannon, and his heart

, and slowly sank to the bottom of the valley. There were so many artillery pieces, and they were still glowing, which looked better than the garbage at the top of their city. Mikami Yuuto was a little unsure, so he sent cavalry to the nearby Sado gold mine.

Send a message to get those thousand elite troops to come and defend together.

Without Aikawa Castle, they would not be better off up there. At least one, the nearest supply place is gone, and they will have nothing to eat and drink. With no gold and no food and water, they will all have to die up there. Rather than being trapped

After dying and being easily taken care of by others, it would be better to fight with them in Aikawa Castle. He believed that the leader there, his friend Hayato Watanabe, would definitely be able to think of this.

The Xinghanhui soldiers were not in a hurry to attack. Wei Ming followed Lin Xin before he was captured and sent to North America. In North America, he received systematic education from the company and had already transformed from an ordinary fisherman to a qualified

Commander. He knows that at this time, Aikawa Castle is heavily fortified, and the enemy is hiding at the top of the city waiting for them to arrive. As the saying goes, it will be exhausted after a while. After this time, the enemy's morale is at the highest level.

After grinding them for a few hours, these people's morale will be worn out, and then it will be easier to fight. As for the enemy's reinforcements, they must only have a thousand people from the gold mine. Wei Ming still wishes that they would bring others with them.

Enter Aikawa Castle. In this way, he can kill all the enemies on Sado Island. There will be no situation where they escape into the gold mines, harm the miners and fight guerrillas against them. It just so happens that some of the two thousand people are still in the

A state of seasickness.

The conditions of Xinghanhui are not very good, and it is impossible to train everyone to be proficient in water-based properties. It is normal for some recruits to have such reactions. Wei Ming asked people to prepare hot water for them. As long as they recover for a few hours, there will be no more

What happened? Bullets and artillery shells were also transported down by people who were not seasick. The carriages found from the port and the carriages they assembled themselves became the equipment for transporting these. The soldiers began to check the status of the guns, artillery and gunpowder to ensure

There will be no surprises after the battle begins.

Four hours later, Mikami Yuuto was already very impatient to wait. This time of year happened to be summer, and it was not very cool. After staying in the city for three hours under the bright sun, he felt that all his strength was being used up.

It’s over. Not just him, the three thousand soldiers under him

The soldiers were in similar condition at this time. Some of them had already taken out their rice balls and started to replenish their lost energy. The only good news was that Hayato Watanabe had led his army into Aikawa Castle and could leave in ten minutes.

Come and join them in defense.

At this time, the Xinghanhui had completed repairs and the soldiers were back to good condition. Wei Ming gave the order to start the attack. Two thousand people and dozens of mules began to advance towards Aikawa City in an orderly manner but without losing speed.

A thousand meters away, everyone stopped. The artillery sold to Lin Xin were all artillery that the company had improved to the most perfect state. At this distance, they were enough to exert their power. The lack of artillery could only increase the number of infantry.

Help me.

After the artillery was fixed, the firing angle began to be adjusted immediately. The firing parameter determination technology inherited from Xiao Lin can concentrate the impact points of these front-mounted rifled guns into a fifty-meter-diameter circular area, which is enough to open an entry point for the soldiers.

The entrance to Kagawa Castle.

The front-loaded rifled cannon is indeed the most powerful artillery except the breech-loaded cannon. When it fires, it is earth-shattering. Thirty large and small solid steel cannonballs hit the city wall, making a loud bang, and feet on the city wall.

You can easily see the cracks that have appeared.

The Ashigaru fled the area where the crack was located in horror, even stepping on the corpses of their comrades who were killed in the bombardment and crawling out. The scene alarmed the samurai who was in charge, and Mikami Yuuto stopped after a while.

After receiving the news, he realized that the enemy was going to use cannon to attack

Open a gap. Before he could command, the second round of bombardment had arrived, and the city wall began to collapse. Ashigaru, who had not had time to escape, was shocked to death. Mikami Yuuto quickly asked Watanabe Hayato's troops to go behind the gap.

We went to set up defenses, but luckily they didn't come up.