Naturally, this collective action of the Ryukyu Navy could not escape the eyes of those who had a heart, but the Prime Minister's Office announced that the Ryukyu Navy was going to set off en masse to inspect the South Pacific, saying that it was going to Tahiti for a turn.

To tell the truth, where Tahiti is and where to go around, the people of the Ryukyus do not know. But when you hear the name, you get very happy.

Because it was a piece of meat that was dug out of the French colonial system after the prime minister defeated the French expeditionary force, and it was worth it aside, after all, the symbolism was too obvious, and this incident was a great incentive for the whole of Asia.

Since the prime minister is going to inspect Tahiti, let's go, after all, it is a long-term prestige thing, and we can support the prime minister when the people's efforts to make money and pay more taxes with you.

The preparation of the navy for war is not so simple, from the beginning of receiving the order, the thirteen warships opened the storeroom and began to carry all kinds of materials, not to mention weapons and ammunition, cables, spare canvases, and medical medicines must also be considered.

Not to mention food and fresh water, and even a large amount of vitamin supplements such as tea, soybeans, and fruits, which are all guarantees of strong combat effectiveness.

In Xiao Letian's university, there is a course called logistics and support, in the eyes of the prime minister, morale can't just be said with his mouth, shouting slogans and even taking the lead is very useful, but if you want to win the battle, you still rely on full preparation.

Take the encounter with Li Hongzhang on the outskirts of Wuqing a few years ago, the heavy rain was pouring and muddy ground was everywhere, and the new army did not rely only on Mauser, heavy machine guns, and white phosphorus bombs to defeat the enemy.

Among them, the role played by military boots should not be underestimated, and even some college students calculated through statistics and determined that military boots accounted for 13% of the victory factor.

Lo and behold, being able to increase the chances of winning a war by 13% is worth the money. The Huai army wore cloth shoes and straw sandals, and they often got stuck in the mud and couldn't get out, and in the end they were barefoot fighting, and there were only a little foreign objects under their feet, so they couldn't borrow their strength, and they would suffer losses in white-knuckle fighting.

And the new army has thoroughly popularized military boots, and the feet are protected by thick cowhide, no matter how you go, you can rest assured and bold to exert your strength, and the bayonet naturally has an advantage.

The battlefield is full of science, and victory is never given by God, it depends on people to use their brains.

The navy is an absolute technical branch, and it may not be necessary to fail an expedition on an orange or a handful of tea, after all, it is common for the sea to have a little sepsis.

A steady stream of supplies began to board the ship, and the marines led by Luo Huo and Sima Yun also assembled in Guotou Port, and the soldiers wrote their suicide notes before leaving for the expedition in the past few days.

This is the tradition of the new army, before each war to write a suicide note, whoever unfortunately died in the war will send the suicide note to his home with the pension, and those soldiers who are lucky enough to come back will burn their own suicide note as soon as possible, this has become a necessary preparation for the war of the new army.

During this time, the news from Japan was also very bad, in Tokugawa Yoshiki's plan to lure the enemy, the army of the fallen curtain has gradually lost its mind, Osaka Castle has won three battles and three victories, and now more than 10,000 Tokugawa troops are huddled in Osaka Castle, relying on supplies from the sea to hold on.

Li Mi angrily tore up the information and threw it in the sea breeze, "Stupid, that Osaka Castle was called Ishiyama Honganji Temple during the Warring States Period, and it was the base camp of those monks and soldiers, Oda Nobunaga was defeated again and again under this fortified city, and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi transformed this place into his own residence, and it was definitely a famous city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack......"

"How stupid! How stupid it is to be carried away by a little victory! Defeat is inevitable......"

Although Xiao Letian hopes to suffer a little from the collapse of the four feudatories, he also does not want his vitality to be greatly damaged, after all, Japan will eventually form a situation in which all forces contain each other, and it must not be dominated by one family.

"Cai Mao, how are you preparing, can you leave tomorrow?"

"Report to the prime minister, there is no problem, you can leave at any time tomorrow......" Cai Mao ran over and saluted.

There was no word all night, and when the morning sun covered the Ryukyus the next day, two thousand marines and thirteen warships were ready to wait for Xiao Letian's review.

Looking at the group of soldiers under black pressure, Xiao Letian didn't say anything, his army has developed to the point where it doesn't need the encouragement of words, as long as he gives an order, they will rush forward and rush to death.

Kunigami Village was originally a fishing village in the northernmost part of the main island of the Ryukyus, but during the battle against the French Expeditionary Force, a war broke out here, and the fishermen of Kunigami Village sacrificed too much for victory.

After the end of the war, Guotou Village was in ruins, and Xiao Lotian took advantage of the situation to turn this place into a military port, and the original residents were properly resettled in the city.

There is a very famous bronze statue in the port of Guotou, which is generally not open to the public, and in the middle of the pier in the bronze cast waves sprang out a sturdy Guotou water ghost, it is these warriors who went to the bottom of the sea and installed explosives at the bottom of the French warship.

The statue depicts the moment the water ghost bursts out of the water, the enemy's bullet has pierced his chest, and their faces show a painful expression, but their gaze remains steadfast, as if victory is in front of them.

"Before the expedition, I hope you will take another look at the statue of our country's head water ghost, the first French warship to be killed, and it was these brave water ghosts who did it......"

"They are just a group of ordinary fishermen, but they can also throw their own blood for victory, how can we win without their efforts?"

"Our brothers, my soldiers! We are not warmongers, we are peace-loving warriors, but we will never be afraid of war, now let us get on board and fight for our families to fight a peaceful sky!"

"Now I order, the whole army to board the ship...... Let's go!"

There was a loud bang, all the soldiers present stood up and saluted, the sound of leather boots hitting was like a muffled thunder on the ground, no one would shout any empty slogans, these veterans had long been accustomed to life and death.

Xiao Lotian boarded the bridge of the Roma, thirteen warships began to anchor, and the soldiers on the deck saluted the statue of the water ghost, which was a symbol of the Ryukyu Navy's decisive battle.

The warships sailed out of the harbor one by one, and by this time many people had already come to see them off in the demilitarized zone outside the military port, and they bowed to the sea one by one, and even monks and Protestant priests put their hands together to pray for the safety of the fleet.

The battleship pierced the waves and drew an arc on the sea, heading towards the Pacific Ocean in the east, and the shore was full of jubilation. But no one knew that after Xiao Letian's fleet disappeared from everyone's sight, the fleet turned around and sailed straight to the Pacific Ocean on the east side of the Japanese archipelago.

This was Xiao Letian's top-secret operation, and he didn't even notify the Shimazu family, and the fleet went straight to Osaka Bay in the Seto Inland Sea.

......

Osaka Castle, a famous city that almost consumed the blood of the Oda family during the Warring States Period, was because he blocked the elite of the Sixth Day Demon King and brought down Oda Nobunaga's strategic plan to unify Japan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi had long recognized the importance of this castle, not only to guard Kyoto and Nara to monitor the emperor's ministers, but also to rely on the sea, which could be replenished from the sea, and those monks and soldiers relied on the support of the Mori family to hold out for so long.

Tokugawa Ieyasu certainly saw the importance of the castle, which was the most important stronghold of the Tokugawa family for 200 years under the rule of the shogunate.

The prosperity of Osaka Castle is not only reflected in its military use, but also in the size of the castle town in Japan, with tens of thousands of people and thousands of merchants gathered, and the sea is full of goods from all over Japan every day.

Today, however, the war has deprived the city of all commercial functions, and the people and merchants have almost fled, and many areas of the castle town have been destroyed, as a result of several tentative attacks by the Shogunate.

The combined forces of the Satsuma Domain, Choshu Domain, and Tosa Domain had assembled in the north of the city, and the successive victories had already carried away their excitement, and the cries of Cage Castle Station were wave after wave.

However, the commander-in-chief, Saigo Takamori, was well aware of the ease of defending and difficult to attack, and he had been trying to restrain the soldiers' fighting spirit, and finally he even invited Prince Yoshiaki of Ninwanomiya to come forward as an envoy in an attempt to negotiate with the enemy.

In the field of castle town, a curtain encloses a square green space, which is a small hill overlooking the entire Osaka Castle and the sea, and a temporary tea party is ready.

Saigo Takamori and his generals knelt on straw mats, opposite Osaka Castle's commander-in-chief, Masashi Okochi and his generals.

The two sides sat calmly, admiring the scenery of Osaka Castle in the middle of summer, and no one said anything.

At this moment, suddenly the roar of the attendants came from outside the curtain, "His Royal Highness the Prince of Renhe Palace has arrived!" The people in the curtain hurriedly knelt on the ground and remained motionless.

White silk shoes stepped on the soft tatami mats, and Prince Ninwanomiya, dressed in a kimono, finally arrived, and only after he was seated on the throne did the attendants announce that they were flat.

In the era when the shogun was in power, the emperor, the prince and the ministers actually had no rights, they were just a group of pigs raised by the shogun, but these pigs were so powerful that even the shogun had to be respected.

Don't look at this group of commanders, a group of tigers in their hands, but in the face of the thin Prince Ren, they also have to know that they are inferior and inferior.

"Okay, let's all get up, since it's a tea party, let's be casual, you can't talk about anything when you're tense, right? Monk Sancun, I heard that your tea ceremony is quite wild, so it's up to you to make a sencha!"

"Hai ......," said an old monk with a blank face.

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