Loosen The Rope

Re:I thought the Kahn(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2007.02.14 1:01 (#17997938) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2007.02.12 4:46)
Tonight it's very stormy. When typhoon comes, fishermen lifts the anchor and loosen the rope that connects the ship and land. Their ships are floating in the middle of the bay, but each ship never collide themselves. Thus their ships are safe. This is a basic knowledge for fishermen.
Yes, two times they came here.
It was 1274 when their first invasion took place. 50,000 Mongolians, Chinese, Koreans combined and 700-800 vessels. The number of Japanese counterpart was 130,000. They heard the smaller islands off Japan proper were totally devastated by Mongolians, so they were able to be well-prepared. Mongolians ought to have invaded Japan proper first directly. Just one day after the landing, they retreated to their ships in spite of their initial victory. The battlefield was unknown to them, so they retreated lest they should be attacked by Japanese. The same night they were struck by strong storm. One-third of ships were sunk. They flew away back to Korea.
Second invasion took place in 1281. Their force was 142,000 soldiers and 4,400 ships. This time 80% of all their ships were sunk before landing because of the storm.
They fastened all their vessels, small and big, when they had typhoon in the bay. This was completely opposite to what Japanese did in their ships.
The victory of Japan was basically brought by the lack of knowledge at sea in the people of continent. They were well versed in how to win war in land. They were army, not navy.
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