Chapter 2140
Chapter 2140
Chapter 2140
"The battle is over, now let us go to the Hirado Strait...to stand guard!" Xu Yuzhuo received a new order from Hirado Island on Fukue Island, but this arrangement made him quite unhappy .
In fact, to be serious, Haihan also gave Fujian Xu Jiajun a lot of opportunities to perform in this operation. The first target of the coalition attack, Fujiang Island, was handed over to Xu Jiajun.In the subsequent attack on Hirado Island, the Fujian Navy was responsible for controlling the key waters of Boxiang Bay and Gujiang Bay in the western front operations, and provided cover for the Haihan Special Forces to carry out amphibious landings. The task is not unimportant.
According to Xu Yuzhuo's own wishes, of course it would be appropriate for the Fujian Navy to be the main attacker in Hirado Port, but he also went to Hirado Port after the war to see the coastal defense forts built there, and he knew that the naval fleet's The firepower may not be able to handle the task of frontal assault.
It's just that the Fujian Navy came all the way to Hirado to participate in the war, but they have never been able to compete with the Hirado Navy at sea. They spent almost the whole time fighting soy sauce, which is also a pity for Xu Yuzhuo.So he quickly led his troops back to Fukue Island after the war on Hirado Island, and spread his grievances on the local resisters.
According to Xu Yuzhuo's judgment on the direction of the battle, the opponent Hirado Domain has basically no chance of turning over, and the Haihan people have no interest in occupying Hirado, so this war will soon come to an end, and they will clean up Fukue Island by themselves It's clean, and it's almost time to retreat and go home.
However, at this time, Haihan asked the Fujian Navy to return to Hirado Island and take charge of guarding and patrolling the Hirado Strait. Most of the ships, including warships, were freed up to transport the people on Hirado Island to Seogwipo. During this period, the maritime defense of Hirado Island needed to be supplemented, and the Fujian Navy could just fill this gap.
Xu Yuzhuo has worked with Haihan for many years, and of course he knows how deeply Haihan's obsession with population and labor is. Although it seems unreasonable to use warships to transport people at this time, the Haihan Army made such an arrangement. It's normal.He knew that for the Haihan people, these cheap people might be more attractive than real money, but he didn't expect Haihan to be so impatient. The Navy fleet is here to do the job.
Although Xu Yuzhuo was cursing, the decision he made was very honest, and he chose to obey the dispatch of the Haihan Army. Although this arrangement might be regarded as a tool, in the best case, he would continue to train troops overseas .And since the duty of patrol is included, the naval fleet can go to the coastal area of Kyushu Island to continue searching for the whereabouts of the Hirado Navy, and perhaps have a chance to fight against it.
Moreover, the Haihan Army also made it very clear that because this part of the operation was not within the combat plan formulated before the war, it would bear the material consumption of the Fujian Navy during this period.In addition, in order to ensure that the Fujian Navy will not go wrong during the mission, the three Majestic-class warships participating in the operation will stay on Hirado Island to stand by.This is equivalent to providing the Fujian Navy with a comprehensive insurance without any worries.
With these three large Haihan battleships in the lineup, even if the Hirado navy dared to make a comeback, it would definitely not be able to please them, not to mention that the Haihan special battle group will continue to be stationed on the island, no matter who wants to regain control of Hirado Port. You have to face this ace force directly.
However, Xu Yuzhuo also believes that it is unlikely that the Hirado clan will launch a counterattack before Haihan withdraws its troops. After all, the strength of the Haihan army has been revealed through previous battles. He deliberately chose to avoid the sharp edge of the Haihan army and patiently waited for them to evacuate Hirado Island on their own.
When Xu Yuzhuo led his troops to Hirado Port, he happened to see that people on the island were being organized to board the ship.The warships used by Haihan actually have very limited capacity to carry personnel, because the lower decks are equipped with artillery and various combat supplies, as well as the cabins where the sailors live. These places are not convenient for the public to enter, so they can really be used for additional In fact, the space for manning is only the uppermost deck.The deck of a warship is almost full to accommodate a hundred or so people, so the carrying efficiency is actually not high.
These local people are only allowed to board the ship with extremely limited personal belongings, so basically everyone is carrying a burden, supporting the old and the young, shoulder to shoulder, queuing up at the pier to wait for boarding.
After several days of repeated inspections, the hidden piles and thorns among the local people have basically been cleared away, which also makes the people's resistance to forced eviction less strong than before.Most of the faces of nearly a thousand "immigrants" who were gathered at the pier were terrified and numb, but no one dared to make any further moves of resistance.
"About 1000 people will be sent away today, and two other infantry companies will also be transferred to Seogwipo to be responsible for local security and order." Shi Diwen met Xu Yuzhuo at the port and informed him of the progress of the current transfer of population .
Xu Yuzhuo nodded knowingly and said, "After transporting so many people to Seogwipo, it may be difficult for the local government to take effective care of them."
Shi Diwen said: "The prisoners of war transported over a few days ago, the local government could not take care of them, so they had to be temporarily placed on an uninhabited island near the port. We have to send some people to assist the local government to prevent Seogwipo from going out. What a mess."
Haihan wanted to send thousands of people from the Hirado Domain to Seogwipo for transshipment. This actually exceeded the local receiving capacity. If the Haihan army did not take necessary measures, there would inevitably be chaos in the local area.Although this is in the territory of North Korea, the chaos will actually not cause direct losses to Haihan, but Haihan has already regarded these thousands of people as his possessions, and he does not want any accidents during the transfer process to cause damage to Haihan. In the end, there was a loss in the number of hands, so a small number of troops were dispatched to Seogwipo to guard.
However, the transfer of only two infantry companies will not affect Haihan's current deployment on Hirado Island. The headquarters of the Special Operations Group is still here, and it must wait for the mop-up work to be completed before joining the Navy. evacuate.
Xu Yuzhuo is not very interested in the arrangement of immigration transshipment. He is more concerned about the scope of activities and authority of the Fujian Navy. armed forces.If the armed fleet that has been hiding and hiding can be destroyed, it will probably be difficult for the opponent to rely on the post-war Hirado to rebuild another fleet.
Shi Diwen was also very aware of Xu Yuzhuo's intentions, so after a brief exchange of pleasantries, he took him to the headquarters and informed him of some information currently in possession of the East China Sea Fleet.
"At present, our army has conducted a large-scale investigation of the sea area to the north and east of Hirado, but because the terrain of the northern coast of Kyushu Island is relatively complicated, it is difficult to say that the investigation work has been done without omission. We still suspect that the enemy fleet is still They are hiding near the coastline of northern Kyushu, so I personally suggest that you can focus on these areas for investigation."
While introducing the situation, Shi Diwen pointed out these areas to Xu Yuzhuo on the map.The most likely place for the disappearing armed fleet to hide is, of course, the Hirado Domain’s control area on Kyushu Island, but as Shi Diwen said, the coastline terrain in this area is extremely complicated, and the Haihan Army has a very strong response to the near shore. I don't know the hydrological conditions in the area, and I don't dare to move too close to the coastline.
Xu Yuzhuo secretly decided to filter out the areas that the Haihan army hadn't searched thoroughly, even if he would take some risks for it, it was worth it in his opinion.
After the meeting at the headquarters of the East China Sea Fleet, Xu Yuzhuo returned to the camp in the port area, and gathered the senior officers of the Navy together to arrange the next combat mission.Now that he had the opportunity to fight again, Xu Yuzhuo didn't want to miss it again, he had to find the enemy's hiding place.
The next day, Hirado Port welcomed the first ship from other places to come here during the period after the war.Although there were also ships preparing to enter Hirado Port during the period, they would voluntarily leave here after realizing that the place was in a state of war.But today the ship seems to have a different intention. Even though it was approached by the warships of the Fujian Navy in the Hirado Strait, it still had no intention of leaving. Finally, under the surveillance and escort of the warships, it slowly sailed into the Hirado Strait. Hugang.
"People from Nagasaki want to see us? Don't they know there's a war going on here?"
Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen were discussing the time to evacuate Hirado Island, but they were a little surprised to receive such news suddenly.Those who dare to take the initiative to visit at this time may not be ordinary people.
Although they didn't know the identity and purpose of the other party, they still received the visitor at the command post later.This man named Imai Tomoki seemed to be a standard Japanese businessman, shrewd and cautious. After seeing Qian and Shi, he knelt down and kowtowed to salute, and then explained his purpose of coming.
It turns out that the Nagasaki authorities have been trying to find out the ins and outs of the war from various sources after learning the news of the outbreak of war in the Hirado Domain. Find out if you can use this opportunity to attack Hirado's trading position.
However, hearsay from the outside world is always unreliable. Various rumors are contradictory, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. So in the end, the Nagasaki authorities decided to send people to check the situation in Hirado Port. After all, seeing is believing, and by the way, you can also face to face Learn more about how the Haihan people plan to end up.
However, it may not be inconvenient to send official personnel to come forward, and it is easy to turn this contact into a negotiation. Therefore, the final candidate is Tomohiro Imai, a businessman engaged in maritime trade, with a reliable position, well-informed, and most importantly. This person has traveled to Ming Dynasty many times for trade, so he can speak relatively fluent Chinese, and he can also communicate with the Haihan people who invaded Hirado Island.
"My two lords, the purpose of my visit to Hirado is to understand the grievances between Haihan and Hirado, and then convey your country's appeal to Nagasaki-sama to see if the dispute can be resolved peacefully. .”
After hearing the reason stated by Youhui Imai, Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen didn't believe it.In fact, they heard that this person claimed to be here on behalf of the Nagasaki government, and they had already thought that the other party would never come simply to achieve peace.
Judging from the various intelligence information collected so far, Hirado Port and Nagasaki Port are obviously two trading ports in a competitive relationship.Compared with Hirado Port, which started earlier and operated independently, the rising star Nagasaki Port has the support of the Tokugawa Shogunate and has more advantages in terms of trade policy.With the continuous support of the shogunate in recent years, there is already a vague tendency to replace Hirado.
For example, businessmen from Western countries such as the Netherlands and Portugal have had to gradually migrate to Nagasaki due to the trade rules issued by the shogunate in recent years; some high-end crafts produced in Edo and Kyoto used to be sold abroad through Hirado Port , and in recent years, under the behest of the shogunate, the location of foreign trade transactions has been gradually transferred to Nagasaki.
Although these measures are not drastic, they are indeed stripping Hirado Port of its first-mover advantage obtained by relying on its long-term operation little by little.With the shogunate's policy preference, and the natural conditions of Nagasaki Port are far better than Hirado Port, in the long run, the trade status will definitely surpass Hirado.
However, if other factors can further accelerate the speed of this conversion, then the shogunate is definitely happy to see it, even if this factor may be the extreme situation of foreign enemy invasion, as long as it can weaken Hirado's trade status, and the war will not Spreading to Nagasaki is actually acceptable to the shogunate.
Of course, various rumors about Hai Han showed that this opponent was terrifying, so Nagasaki also wanted to confirm whether Hai Han was going to fight a national war with Japan.Judging from the battle situation in Hirado, it seems unlikely that Haihan will further expand the scale of the war, so Tomoki Imai will not feel that it is dangerous to visit Hirado Port at this time.
Sure enough, Shi Diwen's reply was also very cautious, saying that the feud between Haihan and Hirado would not expand, and the war was basically over. The Haihan army would withdraw from Hirado in the near future, and would not take the initiative to attack Japan. launched an offensive in other areas.
"If possible, our country is happy to establish a long-term friendly relationship with the Tokugawa shogunate, so that the two countries can maintain communication and exchanges in various fields such as economy, trade, culture, and military affairs. In the future, there may be no need to resort to war to resolve differences." Shi Diwen's diplomatic rhetoric is also very skillful, and he doesn't treat Imai Youhui only as a businessman.
But Tomoki Imai came here just to inquire about news, but he did not have the authority to discuss these issues with Hai Han on behalf of the shogunate, so he could only express that he would bring these opinions back to Nagasaki.
(End of this chapter)
"The battle is over, now let us go to the Hirado Strait...to stand guard!" Xu Yuzhuo received a new order from Hirado Island on Fukue Island, but this arrangement made him quite unhappy .
In fact, to be serious, Haihan also gave Fujian Xu Jiajun a lot of opportunities to perform in this operation. The first target of the coalition attack, Fujiang Island, was handed over to Xu Jiajun.In the subsequent attack on Hirado Island, the Fujian Navy was responsible for controlling the key waters of Boxiang Bay and Gujiang Bay in the western front operations, and provided cover for the Haihan Special Forces to carry out amphibious landings. The task is not unimportant.
According to Xu Yuzhuo's own wishes, of course it would be appropriate for the Fujian Navy to be the main attacker in Hirado Port, but he also went to Hirado Port after the war to see the coastal defense forts built there, and he knew that the naval fleet's The firepower may not be able to handle the task of frontal assault.
It's just that the Fujian Navy came all the way to Hirado to participate in the war, but they have never been able to compete with the Hirado Navy at sea. They spent almost the whole time fighting soy sauce, which is also a pity for Xu Yuzhuo.So he quickly led his troops back to Fukue Island after the war on Hirado Island, and spread his grievances on the local resisters.
According to Xu Yuzhuo's judgment on the direction of the battle, the opponent Hirado Domain has basically no chance of turning over, and the Haihan people have no interest in occupying Hirado, so this war will soon come to an end, and they will clean up Fukue Island by themselves It's clean, and it's almost time to retreat and go home.
However, at this time, Haihan asked the Fujian Navy to return to Hirado Island and take charge of guarding and patrolling the Hirado Strait. Most of the ships, including warships, were freed up to transport the people on Hirado Island to Seogwipo. During this period, the maritime defense of Hirado Island needed to be supplemented, and the Fujian Navy could just fill this gap.
Xu Yuzhuo has worked with Haihan for many years, and of course he knows how deeply Haihan's obsession with population and labor is. Although it seems unreasonable to use warships to transport people at this time, the Haihan Army made such an arrangement. It's normal.He knew that for the Haihan people, these cheap people might be more attractive than real money, but he didn't expect Haihan to be so impatient. The Navy fleet is here to do the job.
Although Xu Yuzhuo was cursing, the decision he made was very honest, and he chose to obey the dispatch of the Haihan Army. Although this arrangement might be regarded as a tool, in the best case, he would continue to train troops overseas .And since the duty of patrol is included, the naval fleet can go to the coastal area of Kyushu Island to continue searching for the whereabouts of the Hirado Navy, and perhaps have a chance to fight against it.
Moreover, the Haihan Army also made it very clear that because this part of the operation was not within the combat plan formulated before the war, it would bear the material consumption of the Fujian Navy during this period.In addition, in order to ensure that the Fujian Navy will not go wrong during the mission, the three Majestic-class warships participating in the operation will stay on Hirado Island to stand by.This is equivalent to providing the Fujian Navy with a comprehensive insurance without any worries.
With these three large Haihan battleships in the lineup, even if the Hirado navy dared to make a comeback, it would definitely not be able to please them, not to mention that the Haihan special battle group will continue to be stationed on the island, no matter who wants to regain control of Hirado Port. You have to face this ace force directly.
However, Xu Yuzhuo also believes that it is unlikely that the Hirado clan will launch a counterattack before Haihan withdraws its troops. After all, the strength of the Haihan army has been revealed through previous battles. He deliberately chose to avoid the sharp edge of the Haihan army and patiently waited for them to evacuate Hirado Island on their own.
When Xu Yuzhuo led his troops to Hirado Port, he happened to see that people on the island were being organized to board the ship.The warships used by Haihan actually have very limited capacity to carry personnel, because the lower decks are equipped with artillery and various combat supplies, as well as the cabins where the sailors live. These places are not convenient for the public to enter, so they can really be used for additional In fact, the space for manning is only the uppermost deck.The deck of a warship is almost full to accommodate a hundred or so people, so the carrying efficiency is actually not high.
These local people are only allowed to board the ship with extremely limited personal belongings, so basically everyone is carrying a burden, supporting the old and the young, shoulder to shoulder, queuing up at the pier to wait for boarding.
After several days of repeated inspections, the hidden piles and thorns among the local people have basically been cleared away, which also makes the people's resistance to forced eviction less strong than before.Most of the faces of nearly a thousand "immigrants" who were gathered at the pier were terrified and numb, but no one dared to make any further moves of resistance.
"About 1000 people will be sent away today, and two other infantry companies will also be transferred to Seogwipo to be responsible for local security and order." Shi Diwen met Xu Yuzhuo at the port and informed him of the progress of the current transfer of population .
Xu Yuzhuo nodded knowingly and said, "After transporting so many people to Seogwipo, it may be difficult for the local government to take effective care of them."
Shi Diwen said: "The prisoners of war transported over a few days ago, the local government could not take care of them, so they had to be temporarily placed on an uninhabited island near the port. We have to send some people to assist the local government to prevent Seogwipo from going out. What a mess."
Haihan wanted to send thousands of people from the Hirado Domain to Seogwipo for transshipment. This actually exceeded the local receiving capacity. If the Haihan army did not take necessary measures, there would inevitably be chaos in the local area.Although this is in the territory of North Korea, the chaos will actually not cause direct losses to Haihan, but Haihan has already regarded these thousands of people as his possessions, and he does not want any accidents during the transfer process to cause damage to Haihan. In the end, there was a loss in the number of hands, so a small number of troops were dispatched to Seogwipo to guard.
However, the transfer of only two infantry companies will not affect Haihan's current deployment on Hirado Island. The headquarters of the Special Operations Group is still here, and it must wait for the mop-up work to be completed before joining the Navy. evacuate.
Xu Yuzhuo is not very interested in the arrangement of immigration transshipment. He is more concerned about the scope of activities and authority of the Fujian Navy. armed forces.If the armed fleet that has been hiding and hiding can be destroyed, it will probably be difficult for the opponent to rely on the post-war Hirado to rebuild another fleet.
Shi Diwen was also very aware of Xu Yuzhuo's intentions, so after a brief exchange of pleasantries, he took him to the headquarters and informed him of some information currently in possession of the East China Sea Fleet.
"At present, our army has conducted a large-scale investigation of the sea area to the north and east of Hirado, but because the terrain of the northern coast of Kyushu Island is relatively complicated, it is difficult to say that the investigation work has been done without omission. We still suspect that the enemy fleet is still They are hiding near the coastline of northern Kyushu, so I personally suggest that you can focus on these areas for investigation."
While introducing the situation, Shi Diwen pointed out these areas to Xu Yuzhuo on the map.The most likely place for the disappearing armed fleet to hide is, of course, the Hirado Domain’s control area on Kyushu Island, but as Shi Diwen said, the coastline terrain in this area is extremely complicated, and the Haihan Army has a very strong response to the near shore. I don't know the hydrological conditions in the area, and I don't dare to move too close to the coastline.
Xu Yuzhuo secretly decided to filter out the areas that the Haihan army hadn't searched thoroughly, even if he would take some risks for it, it was worth it in his opinion.
After the meeting at the headquarters of the East China Sea Fleet, Xu Yuzhuo returned to the camp in the port area, and gathered the senior officers of the Navy together to arrange the next combat mission.Now that he had the opportunity to fight again, Xu Yuzhuo didn't want to miss it again, he had to find the enemy's hiding place.
The next day, Hirado Port welcomed the first ship from other places to come here during the period after the war.Although there were also ships preparing to enter Hirado Port during the period, they would voluntarily leave here after realizing that the place was in a state of war.But today the ship seems to have a different intention. Even though it was approached by the warships of the Fujian Navy in the Hirado Strait, it still had no intention of leaving. Finally, under the surveillance and escort of the warships, it slowly sailed into the Hirado Strait. Hugang.
"People from Nagasaki want to see us? Don't they know there's a war going on here?"
Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen were discussing the time to evacuate Hirado Island, but they were a little surprised to receive such news suddenly.Those who dare to take the initiative to visit at this time may not be ordinary people.
Although they didn't know the identity and purpose of the other party, they still received the visitor at the command post later.This man named Imai Tomoki seemed to be a standard Japanese businessman, shrewd and cautious. After seeing Qian and Shi, he knelt down and kowtowed to salute, and then explained his purpose of coming.
It turns out that the Nagasaki authorities have been trying to find out the ins and outs of the war from various sources after learning the news of the outbreak of war in the Hirado Domain. Find out if you can use this opportunity to attack Hirado's trading position.
However, hearsay from the outside world is always unreliable. Various rumors are contradictory, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. So in the end, the Nagasaki authorities decided to send people to check the situation in Hirado Port. After all, seeing is believing, and by the way, you can also face to face Learn more about how the Haihan people plan to end up.
However, it may not be inconvenient to send official personnel to come forward, and it is easy to turn this contact into a negotiation. Therefore, the final candidate is Tomohiro Imai, a businessman engaged in maritime trade, with a reliable position, well-informed, and most importantly. This person has traveled to Ming Dynasty many times for trade, so he can speak relatively fluent Chinese, and he can also communicate with the Haihan people who invaded Hirado Island.
"My two lords, the purpose of my visit to Hirado is to understand the grievances between Haihan and Hirado, and then convey your country's appeal to Nagasaki-sama to see if the dispute can be resolved peacefully. .”
After hearing the reason stated by Youhui Imai, Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen didn't believe it.In fact, they heard that this person claimed to be here on behalf of the Nagasaki government, and they had already thought that the other party would never come simply to achieve peace.
Judging from the various intelligence information collected so far, Hirado Port and Nagasaki Port are obviously two trading ports in a competitive relationship.Compared with Hirado Port, which started earlier and operated independently, the rising star Nagasaki Port has the support of the Tokugawa Shogunate and has more advantages in terms of trade policy.With the continuous support of the shogunate in recent years, there is already a vague tendency to replace Hirado.
For example, businessmen from Western countries such as the Netherlands and Portugal have had to gradually migrate to Nagasaki due to the trade rules issued by the shogunate in recent years; some high-end crafts produced in Edo and Kyoto used to be sold abroad through Hirado Port , and in recent years, under the behest of the shogunate, the location of foreign trade transactions has been gradually transferred to Nagasaki.
Although these measures are not drastic, they are indeed stripping Hirado Port of its first-mover advantage obtained by relying on its long-term operation little by little.With the shogunate's policy preference, and the natural conditions of Nagasaki Port are far better than Hirado Port, in the long run, the trade status will definitely surpass Hirado.
However, if other factors can further accelerate the speed of this conversion, then the shogunate is definitely happy to see it, even if this factor may be the extreme situation of foreign enemy invasion, as long as it can weaken Hirado's trade status, and the war will not Spreading to Nagasaki is actually acceptable to the shogunate.
Of course, various rumors about Hai Han showed that this opponent was terrifying, so Nagasaki also wanted to confirm whether Hai Han was going to fight a national war with Japan.Judging from the battle situation in Hirado, it seems unlikely that Haihan will further expand the scale of the war, so Tomoki Imai will not feel that it is dangerous to visit Hirado Port at this time.
Sure enough, Shi Diwen's reply was also very cautious, saying that the feud between Haihan and Hirado would not expand, and the war was basically over. The Haihan army would withdraw from Hirado in the near future, and would not take the initiative to attack Japan. launched an offensive in other areas.
"If possible, our country is happy to establish a long-term friendly relationship with the Tokugawa shogunate, so that the two countries can maintain communication and exchanges in various fields such as economy, trade, culture, and military affairs. In the future, there may be no need to resort to war to resolve differences." Shi Diwen's diplomatic rhetoric is also very skillful, and he doesn't treat Imai Youhui only as a businessman.
But Tomoki Imai came here just to inquire about news, but he did not have the authority to discuss these issues with Hai Han on behalf of the shogunate, so he could only express that he would bring these opinions back to Nagasaki.
(End of this chapter)