In the eyes of the Ryukyu people, this is a battle to defend their homeland, and since the French are determined to slaughter the city, then everyone will not wait for death.

For Molière, the Ryukyus were nothing more than a small island nation in East Asia, and the war was nothing more than a battle of revenge for His Majesty the Emperor, and victory was a matter of course, if unfortunately defeated...... Absolutely not, in the eyes of the French soldiers, there was no possibility of losing this battle at all.

But what they did not know was that this war was of great significance to later historians, and its importance had been elevated to the decisive battle in the confrontation between Eastern and Western civilizations.

Since the Age of Discovery, the pace of Western civilization's outward expansion has never stopped, first in Africa, North America, South America, then India, Arabia, Southeast Asia, ...... East Asia, on the other hand, is the last frontier for the expansion of Western civilization.

From the earliest Portuguese and Spanish temptations to the large-scale invasion of Britain and France, Europeans have been preparing for the conquest of Asia for more than 400 years.

It was not until the outbreak of the First Opium War that the victory of this strategic gamble, provoked by the British, made the whole of Europe understand that they were ready and the time was ripe for a strong entry into East Asia.

Since then, the Western forces represented by Britain and France have begun to drive straight in, knocking on the closed doors of one country after another, do not think that only the Qing Dynasty is the only victim, and no country in the whole of East Asia can escape this catastrophe.

Japan encountered the 'Black Ship Incident' and the 'Shimonoseki Incident', Korea also had 'Bingyin Foreign Disturbance' and 'Sinwei Foreign Disturbance', and Annam, which later became Vietnam, signed the 'Saigon Treaty' under the fire of the French and officially became a French colony.

Since the First Opium War in 1840, the West has never tasted defeat in East Asia, and for more than 20 years, it has gradually established in the hearts of Asians the pessimism that Europe is invincible.

Xiao Lotian once said that the most terrifying thing is just 'mourning is greater than heart death' when countless nations and even a civilization are shrouded in pessimism, and no one dares to dream of victory...... The horror of the scene is simply unimaginable.

Why did Xiao Letian go to Europe? This question has troubled many people, although they have all received a very clear answer from the prime minister's mouth, that is, to play with the vigor of the new army and the prestige of Asians.

But this principle sounds easy to understand, but if you chew it carefully, no one can understand the three flavors.

The Ryukyus themselves have not yet finished their own affairs, is it worth running so far to get involved in a great war in Europe? Is it wise to venture across half the world before the navy is built? Even if you Xiao Lotian is all right, the most important strategy we have now is defense? The East Asian countries have been trembling under the strong ships and guns of the Europeans for more than 20 years, so they must first fight a defensive counterattack.

This is a common problem in the hearts of many decadent literati after Xiao Letian left the Ryukyus, but today, the cruel war has made everyone have an epiphany, and the changes in the situation of the Ryukyus war have made all smart people truly understand the truth of what the prime minister said.

Especially those college students who have been brainwashed by Xiao Letian, this group of fanatical student soldiers has become one morale-boosting preacher after another, and they are shouting out in the crowd.

"Without the courage to fight, the confidence to win, and the courage to be proud, even if the Ryukyus were given more new weapons, the final result would be defeat......

"A people without a backbone, even if they are armed with the most advanced ironclad warships, in the end it is just intimidation, threatening, and then signing a few life-saving agreements that last a few days......

"Look at the so-called important ministers of the Ryukyus, who obviously had the most advanced coastal defense artillery in the world at that time, obviously had advanced rifles and massive ammunition that surpassed the enemy, obviously had a group of warriors who dared to fight and were willing to fight, and obviously had hundreds of thousands of people who had gradually awakened......"

"They have a qiē, a qiē victory resource that almost makes European military strategists blush, but in the end their choice is still to negotiate, trying to add a little protection money with two lips. in exchange for the so-called peace ......"

"There is no greater mourning than death...... These courtiers with a medieval mentality who are destined to be swept into the garbage heap, they have once again proved with facts that the old ways will not work, and if we want to survive, we can only rely on the new path pointed out by the Prime Minister......"

"Advancing on the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood...... Even if we die in the Ryukyu War, even if there is not one out of ten, as long as we win, we can build a new country from the ruins......"

"Reborn from the fire...... Phoenix Nirvana ......"

The battlefield is the best classroom for human beings, life and death can be tempered by everyone, and blood can always prove whose words are right, although everyone dare not bear this heavy price.

Now that the old path has been exhausted, the only way to do this is to take the new path of the Prime Minister, and if you want to survive in the jungle of the beast, you can only let yourself become a beast.

The blue crowd swarmed forward, and the lobster soldiers trembled as Spencer fired a rain of bullets, and debris flew from the improvised shooting bunkers.

The sound of hundreds of rifle shots was no longer audible, and in people's ears every salvo was like a muffled thunder rising from the ground, billowing white smoke fluttered on the battlefield like a wall, and the flying bullets were as dense as a summer night's rainstorm, and life was as humble as ants at this time.

The French are also crazy, and the veterans selected by Molière, many of whom have experienced the brutal Crimean War, and the rest have also fought in the colonies and barbarians for many years, and they have a natural instinct for danger.

"Shooting...... Maintain the density of shots...... Signal to the battleship...... Asking for artillery support......" The commander looked at the people rushing out of the streets and alleys, and his back was sweating in shock, such a stubborn enemy can only be seen in the Great War in Europe, and he never thought that there were such stubborn soldiers in Asia.

Bruce and Molière were now shocked and speechless, although in the previous fierce battles and strategic bombardments, they were constantly raising their evaluation of these soldiers, even if they were enemies, they were worthy of admiration.

But today, when they saw the crazy fighting spirit of this group of new soldiers, they realized that the countless promotions before could not describe the true image of this group of soldiers, Xiao Letian was no wonder that he was able to defeat the French cavalry regiment on the Franco-Swiss border, and the soldiers under him were really a group of crazy people.

Molière turned his head and looked at King Shang Tai coldly, "Your Majesty, look at these crazy soldiers, they are not loyal to you, they don't care about your life or death at all...... Do you still hold on? What responsibility do you have for a group of soldiers who are not loyal to you?"

"Take refuge in France, and I'll take root of this barbaric army myself, and then help you train a new Guard's Army, loyal only to you...... is a modern army ...

"Bah......" King Sangtai doesn't care about the image of a king at all now, and when he opens his mouth, a mouthful of phlegm flies over, "I won't trust you anymore, and never will...... You don't understand this principle, but the prime minister understands it, and now I understand it, and if we lose the foundation of the country, no matter how strong the army is, it will not be able to prevent the country from ruining and ruining the country..."

"Damn, you nerd stubborn donkey who was brainwashed by Xiao Letian...... This is the last time you have challenged my patience, and the next time, I will shoot you with my own hands..."Molière lost his patience.

No matter how dense the rain of bullets composed of three hundred lobster soldiers is, it is useless to encounter the impact of thousands of new troops, and under the close range of fire suppression of the new army Spencer, this group of French troops was a little unable to raise their heads.

Bullets were bouncing back and forth on the firing bunkers, soldiers were being shot and killed at every turn, and the junior officers were now crazy "What about the artillery? Why don't you fire ......"

In the midst of the angry scolding, the battleships and cruisers on the sea finally adjusted their firing postures in the cruise, and the cannon sounded again, which had been silent for a long time.

The accuracy of the rifled cannon completely surpassed that of the smoothbore cannon for an era, and the accurate cannonballs smashed into the crowd of charging people, setting off patches of blood rain, and the pressure on the French defense line around the viewing platform suddenly plummeted.

"Well done...... Continue to keep the fire suppressed, don't take care of the batteries on the mountain, as long as our reinforcements enter the city, victory is ours......" Molière jumped up excitedly.

No matter how powerful the flesh and blood were, they were vulnerable to steel cannonballs, and the crowd of charging people was suddenly blown up, and the huge crater was like a hellish rift, spitting smoke.

"Don't ...... Withdraw to go... Retreat to the city, retreat to the mountains, fight street battles with these French devils, fight jungle battles... Don't sacrifice it senselessly......" Looking at the pieces of dead New Army soldiers, Cai Mao hurriedly pulled his neck and yelled.

King Sangtai also came to his senses, and he clenched his fists and shouted, "Withdraw and fight them in the streets...... dodge the enemy's artillery..."

"Run, leave us alone, go back to fight guerrilla warfare, didn't the prime minister teach you..."

This angered Molière, who found out how the bones of the barbarians were so hard, and the more they fought, the more they fought, the more they struck, and the envoy snatched a rifle and rushed over to smash the captives with the butt of it.

"Shut up...... Shut up...... Shut up...... Your life is now in my hands, and even if you want to die, I will not give you a good time..."

The hardwood butt smashed on Cai Mao's arm, Jin Changsen's face, and Lin Yuanmiao's head...... The mad Molière hated this feeling so much, and this state of affairs gradually fell out of his grasp.

"Damn the barbarians... The script I wrote cannot be changed, and the fate of the Ryukyus is only up to me..."

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