In Japan, there is a story that during the Yuan Dynasty in our country, the Mongols invaded Japan, but fortunately, God helped, and the invaders' ships were there"Kamikaze"Since then, the Japanese have had great respect for kamikaze, and for many years, they have believed that it is"Kamikaze"saved them, even, until World War II, the notorious "kamikaze" got its name from this, but is this really the case?
In 1271 AD, Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, the ambitious Kublai Khan, fought in the south and the north, and laid down the largest territory in China's history, but unfortunately, such a large territory still failed to satisfy his appetite, and he wanted to trample the whole world under his feet. He sent an envoy hoping that Japan would become his vassal state, but he did not expect Japan to directly reject Kublai Khan.
Three years later, in 1274 AD, Kublai Khan sent troops to conquer Japan, and he sent Fengzhou Jinglu to Xindu and Goryeo military and civilian governor Hong Chali, leading 900 warships, 20,000 Yuan troops, 5,000 Goryeo troops and more than 6,000 sailors to invade Japan. At the beginning of the battle, the situation was one-sided, and the Yuan army was overwhelmed, and soon captured the islands of Tsushima and Iki, and then invaded Matsuura Prefecture in Hizen. Xiaori was defeated and was about to fail, but when Xiaori's army retreated to the vicinity of Dazaifu, a typhoon blew on the sea, but the Yuan army was destroyed in a night storm, and all the troops of nearly 10,000 people on board were wiped out.
In general, the materials used to make ** should be very strong, and no matter how big a storm is, it should not have a devastating effect. However, when the typhoon came and the torrential rain poured, the Yuan army anchored the fleet at the mouth of Hakata Bay, and the ships swayed in the wind and rain and collided with each other, and many ships were damaged and sank.
In this battle, after that time, the Yuan army killed as many as 1350,000 people. The Japanese escaped the catastrophe because they had to retreat to their homeland, and in Japanese history, they called this victory"The Battle of Wenshui"。
In 1281, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan, Kublai Khan started the idea of Japan again, launched the second crusade, but unfortunately, this small day was prepared, Kublai Khan's army was slow to attack the Japanese mainland, unlike the first time in general like a bamboo, and later, it was the same reason, at the last moment the Yuan army fell short, and since then Japan has not been able to become a territory "since ancient times", which is also a pity.
It's a pity, we can't help but reflect, was the defeat of the Yuan Dynasty really a kamikaze? The answer may not be so, and in an archaeological article published by the British weekly New Scientist, we have a new answer, but scientists have suggested that it was not what stopped Kublai Khan"Kamikaze", but the clumsy shipbuilding technology and design, which led to the sinking of the Yuan Dynasty fleet at sea and the death of the sea.
Archaeologists have analyzed and studied the wreckage of the salvaged Mongolian ships, and found that the workmanship of these warships is very rough, and the quality is even worse, and the rivets on many warships are particularly numerous and too dense, which is only one reason, that is, the materials of the battleships are repeatedly used second-hand, and they need to be re-reinforced to avoid breaking.
According to historical data, these warships are all from Goryeo, and it was Kublai Khan who ordered the Goryeo Dynasty to build them, but the Goryeo Dynasty was not a joke when it was perfunctory, believing that the construction of warships would increase their conscription, and the construction of warships was perfunctory and shoddy, and the quality could not be guaranteed.
The shoddy **, naturally, is unable to resist the impact of the waves, and the typhoon is coming, the wind and rain are intensifying, these already fragile ships can only sink, it is estimated that Kublai Khan did not expect that his ambition was finally shattered on the tofu slag project made in Goryeo.
It's a pity, it's a pity!
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