In the middle of the 19th century, before the invention of the electric light, field warfare was always full of dangers and uncertainties, and both the navy and the army were blind at this time, and unless the commander had the courage to fight a purely cold-armed white-knuckle battle, blind shooting was nothing more than a waste of ammunition.

After a full day of shelling, the port of Naha was now in shambles, with three of the ten batteries knocked out by the enemy, and the rest wounded, especially the reinforced concrete layer on top of the Shuri battery.

People were nervously repairing the fortifications under the faint light of torches and oil lamps, sandbags blocked the collapsed gaps, and now it was too late to wipe the cement, and the heavy wooden planks and heavy sandbags became the main materials for emergency repairs.

Sappers ran through the streets of Naha, hidden telegraph lines were checked, and the chaotic chain of command was gradually restored.

Cai Mao, who had been smoky for a day, now had red eyes like rabbits, and he was gulping Cuban cigars, and four newspaper operators were nervously scribbling down messages to be sent by his side.

"I don't care what difficulties you have, the fort on the Seven Star Mountain must be repaired for me...... I'm going to give you one night to tell these American engineers that since you're taking three times our commission, you're going to have to give me my life..."

"Is the telegraph line with Kitayama repaired? I want information on the fleet, I want information from the head of the country......

"What about Liang Kun, go find me one telegraph station after another, and let his army guard all the beaches and be careful of the enemy's sneak attack......

Just when he was anxious, a sweaty herald suddenly broke in from outside the fortifications, "Report to the general...... Something happened in Guotou Village...... The French Army has landed, and the company and militia led by Chu Zhao have retreated to the Beishan trench......"

"What?" Cai Mao jumped up all of a sudden, "When did this happen, why did you report it now?"

"It's too late, the battle is too intense...... The French bombed the country, and then Xiang Ying, Miss Cai and others brought student soldiers to support...... Immediately afterwards, they made improvised mines and sank a French warship..."

The herald rolled his eyes as fast as he spoke, but he finally made it clear about the battle situation at the head of the country, and heard a dead silence in the final headquarters, and all that was left was the sound of breathing.

It's chaotic, this battle is so chaotic that the tense battle situation in the country head village can be written into a drama. In the end, Cai Mao smashed her fist on the table with tears in her eyes, "What kind of mess is this fighting..."

There were some things he couldn't say, because where his beloved little daughter was.

If there is anything, Cai Mao can't say it, but Liang Kun can say that in the temporary headquarters, Liang Kun also got the latest war situation report from the country, and when he heard that Xiang Ying and Cai Bixuan did not go back to the university but ran to the country, he was so angry that he smashed his head with his fist.

"Blame me, blame me, blame me...... Come on, send two companies from the reserve to support Beishan...... Damn, how can these bastards be so tormented? Old Cai, I'm sorry for you......"

Also shocked were the king of Shangtai and the ministers in Shuri City, when they heard the latest information brought by the Imperial Forest Army, Jin Changsen and Lin Yuanmiao almost fainted to the ground, Jin Sanshun and Lin Zhen are their hearts, if there is an accident, the two old men are estimated to not survive.

But no matter how bitter they are in their hearts, they can't say anything, and the entire Ryukyu Kingdom is not the only one that bleeds, so why can't you bear the suffering that others can bear.

A great war exposed all the shortcomings of the Ryukyu Kingdom, first of all, the thinking of senior generals is still in the Middle Ages, although Xiao Letian has been constantly training and brainwashing, but due to age and time, the old thinking has still not been washed away.

In the whole battle, Cai Mao and Liang Kun completely followed the textbook, the enemy attacked and defended, and their thinking only stayed on the old road of positional warfare.

Not only the problem of the generals, but also the strength of the new army is also a big problem, in the battle of Guotou Village, if the defenders are all new troops who have undergone strict training, if there are no young and strong exposed targets, maybe all the 300 marines will have to die in the country.

There are too few regular troops, and in this national war, they are like a glass of water sprinkled on the sand, and there is not even a shadow left. Modern warfare is not only fighting for weapons and equipment, but also for the source of soldiers, hateful Xiao Lotian has only been in business for more than a year, and now there are only more than 1,000 veterans of the real new army.

The only bright spot is these student soldiers represented by Xiang Ying, Xiao Letian's ten universities can be regarded as making great contributions in this war, the vigor and courage of young people can be seen at a glance, and their intelligence is also impressive.

Not only can they create mines that blow up and sink battleships, they can also crack the military intelligence of the French, and they can even raise their arms to take temporary command of the battlefield. It seems that all of them are as Xiao Letian said before: "No matter how little investment in education is, it is not wronged"

The young King Sangtai had been watching the battle at Shuri Castle for a day, and countless courtiers advised him to return to the palace to rest, but the young king still stared at the brightly lit warships on the sea, his fists clenched so that his nails were embedded in his flesh.

Although he was the king of the Ryukyus, he had no command of the battle, and he watched as coldly as a bystander, exposing all the advantages and disadvantages of both sides to his eyes.

"Prime Minister... After a day of bloody fighting, Kunigami Village was lost, the coastal defense batteries were wounded, and the city of Naha was full of bombed houses and fires...... How many more days can we hold on? Prime Minister, what are we supposed to do?"

Xiao Lotian couldn't answer King Shangtai's question at this time, don't look at the predicament encountered by Ryukyu is very severe, and now the predicament encountered by Xiao Lotian is not as small as Ryukyu at all.

In front of Xiao Letian is the prime minister of the British Empire, the most powerful in the world in the nineteenth century, and the second strongest man in the world after the queen. And Xiao Letian's identity is only the prime minister of an East Asian island country, and the gap between them is like the future US president meeting the chief of a Pacific island country.

The prime minister of an uncivilized island country in East Asia, facing the prime minister of the empire on which the sun never sets, it is absolutely a lie to say that he is not nervous, even if Xiao Lotian is a traverser, but the huge gap in strength is here, as long as this Earl of Derby is willing, he only needs one sentence to make Xiao Letian inseparable from the European continent for the rest of his life, and wants to go back to Asia?

Count Derby casually put a little maggot on the relationship between the new army and the Prussian army, whether it can work or not, he doesn't care, what he cares about is not to lose his field, Count Derby's face is more important than anything else, if he can disgust you, he will win.

Derby, who was holding a cane, stood at the gate of the garden, looking coldly at Xiao Letian and not going inside, and Xiao Letian was more than ten meters away from him at this time. Xiao Letian knew very well that he was going to greet him personally, it seemed that Prussia's intelligence was really accurate, and this old man was too aggressive.

Forget it, I see that you are old, and I will respect you at that time. Xiao Lotian put on a smiling face and strode over, taking the initiative to take off his hat and salute Derby.

"Honorable Prime Minister, it is my honor to be able to entertain such a distinguished guest as you, and I have only prepared some seafood dishes for guests due to time constraints, I hope you don't mind..."

Xiao Letian's respectfulness and sincerity were 120,000 points, and Earl Derby's face really softened a little, "Oh, although the seafood in hamburgers is not as good as London's, it can still be eaten, it's very good......" After speaking, he strode to the table unceremoniously, and he didn't mean to be side by side with Xiao Letian at all.

This is a big faux pas in diplomatic etiquette, and even the tall and handsome Nordic waiter in a snow-white apron can't look at it, and the corners of his eyes begin to twitch.

"I endured, I endured it......" Xiao Letian secretly cheered himself up, and sat at the other end of the long table.

Earl Derby tucked the napkin into the neckline, hooked his hand at the waiter, and then tapped the brown crab and beer in front of him with his fingers, and the waiter did not dare to slack off and quickly poured the wine, and then crushed the crab shell with silver tongs, and respectfully placed it on the plate.

Xiao Letian guessed correctly, Earl Derby is still a person who loves seafood, otherwise his gout would not be so strict.

Earl Derby grabbed the fat brown crab claw with one hand, shook it and threw the shell aside, and a large piece of tender and juicy crab meat was stuffed into his mouth, and his face was full of satisfaction.

After the Earl had eaten the crab meat, he ordered some oysters with his hands, and the waiter quickly cut the fresh lemon, squeezed the lemon juice on the oysters, and brought it to the Earl.

Suck one, suck another, and eat half a dozen oysters, and Count Derby picked up his beer glass and cooed it was half a beer. When he burped in satisfaction, he completely ignored Xiao Letian's stunned expression and pointed his finger at the lobster on the table again.

"Damn, is this the reincarnation of the second senior brother? How can you eat it like this?" Xiao Letian's heart blossomed, if it weren't for the fact that this old man was escorted by the Prussian honor guard, he really wouldn't have regarded him as a charlatan who eats and drinks.

"Damn, I'll eat if you eat..."Xiao Letian snapped his fingers at the other waiter, then ordered some deep-sea salmon fillets and arctic shrimp, and the waiter hurriedly helped him with the dishes.

This meeting has shocked everyone so far, the Prussian honor guard and the Chinese officer corps, one by one, they are looking here out of the corner of their eyes, and the civil officials on both sides are also dumbfounded when they stand not far from the garden, and one of the British secretaries is even more excessive, actually stuffing caviar into his nose.

Is this still a diplomatic negotiation? Two hungry ghosts are snatching food? Anyway, you are also the prime minister? Why don't you talk about eating seriously and playing with your life in advance? But no one dares to destroy this strange atmosphere now, because no one knows whether there will be thunder or rain and dew behind it.

However, looking at this state, the odds of the Thunder are very high.

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