Volume VIII 1228 Preparation and Controversy

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On the way out of the city, Jaechun found that the frenzy in the market was far more enthusiastic than watching from the castle gate, there were crowds of people everywhere, there were troops everywhere, the commercial port of Naha had been blocked, and only troop carriers were allowed to enter and exit the coastal waters, and no one knew where these soldiers would go.

"Look at it, it's the banner of the First Division! It's the Qinglong ...... Victory, victory!" people waved their arms and cheered in the street, followed by the sound of neat leather boots in another street.

"Draw the sword battalion! it's a sword drawing battalion composed of our Fuso samurai!" the countless Fuso immigrants bowed ninety degrees, and the soldiers who brought it raised their necks proudly.

Under the command of the brain of the Prime Minister's Mansion, every cell of the Chinese people began to burn, and the infinite power pushed the war machine to begin to move forward slowly.

The ammunition depots hidden in the mountains were opened, truckloads of bullets, shells, and supplies and equipment began to be distributed, and the doors of the more than 20 combat readiness warehouses were full of logistics officers waiting to receive ammunition with lists.

Loaded wagons and rickshaws circled the mountain roads like long queues, bullets, cannonballs, compressed dry rations, canned iron, emergency medical packages...... The materials of all shapes and sizes were carefully counted and then delivered to their destinations.

"Bring enough weapons and ammunition, bring enough three days' share, bring more bullets and less food...... Check each other, don't miss, hurry up, in twenty minutes the whole team must depart, the ships in the military port are ready......"

The Kunigami military port in the north of the main island of Ryukyu is already busy at the moment, and countless auxiliary reserves are carrying supplies to the transport ship, and the vanguard troops waiting to board the ship are gathering in front of the statue of the Kunigami water ghost to toast and sacrifice.

When the French attacked the Ryukyus, if it weren't for the sacrifice and dedication of those Kuntou village water ghosts, I'm afraid the war would have been out of control.

After the end of the war, Xiao Letian spent a lot of money to ask the Western sculpture marshal to cast this bronze statue, which was a water ghost who was seriously injured and rushed up from the waves, his chest had been pierced by bullets, his seven orifices were bleeding, and behind him was the explosion of air rushing into the sky.

There was no fear on the expression of the water ghost before dying, only the open-mindedness after victory and the natural relief after defeating the enemy, and this sculpture has become a sacred object that must be sacrificed by the Ryukyu Navy for the expedition.

"Today, I swear in front of the heroic spirits of our ancestors! I, the officers and men of the Ryukyu Navy, will inherit your brave spirit of sacrifice and fight to the death, even if we die with the enemy......

"Today, we swear that we will either defeat the enemy and triumph, or we will die on the battlefield and reunite with the heroic souls of our ancestors!

Countless soldiers at the scene of "dry ......" raised their heads and killed a bowl of fine wine, and then they were afraid that the porcelain bowl would be smashed to the ground with a crisp sound.

"Let's get on board......," the officer ordered, and the team began to pull out, boarded the transport, and slowly left the harbor and headed for its destination.

At the same time, in another military port to the east of Ryukyu Island, the ironclad battleship Zhiyuan, which is the killer weapon of the Chinese people, is 20 years ahead of the world, and the preparations before departure have also begun.

The chimneys have begun to smoke, the pressure of the boilers is gradually rising, and a series of small trucks are carrying selected anthracite white coal from Kailuan and Shanxi to the coal bunkers, and the sailors are busy like black coal.

Groups of combat sailors began to board the ship, and the sound of coordinated communications between the various units on the battleship was incessant. At this moment, Xiang Yingzheng and Xiao Letian were standing on the dock, and the two of them whispered eagerly and didn't know what they were talking about, but from a distance, the two seemed to be arguing.

"No, I absolutely disagree, Prime Minister, you are in chaos! The Zhiyuan has undertaken the most arduous combat mission, although this is a powerful ironclad battleship, but the danger still exists, I don't agree with you boarding the ship!"

It turned out that Xiao Letian's purpose here was to board the Zhiyuan and join the naval battle together. But Xiang Ying's temper came up today, and he resisted Xiao Letian's order with righteous words.

What are you kidding, if there is an ironclad fleet in Ryukyu now, and the Zhiyuan is the flagship, then Xiang Ying has to let the prime minister get on board without Xiao Lotian opening his mouth, because this is the safest place.

However, the main task of this expedition to the Zhiyuan was to lure the enemy on the ocean like a lonely knight and provoke the enemy to divide his troops, so as to make the main force of the enemy believe that the Zhiyuan would not be able to reach the treasure island in time.

This deceptive tactic is very difficult to grasp, if you fight too fiercely, it will make the enemy retreat, and if you fight too softly and fakely, it will make the enemy suspicious.

This kind of battle to lure the enemy often requires close shooting between warships, so that the trick can be played beautifully. The iron armor of the Zhiyuan is of course strong enough, and it may be delusional to sink Zhiyuan.

However, the fact that Zhiyuan is not sinking does not mean that the soldiers on the ship have not been sacrificed! Shooting at close range, the enemy's flowering bullets are very powerful, and the control tower is the focus of the enemy's firepower.

The fate of the prime minister against the Chinese nationality is the spiritual core of the entire Chinese nation, and there must not be the slightest mistake.

But Xiao Lotian is also enough today, how can he not go up to see this battleship carrying countless emotions of the Chinese, and how can he not personally accompany him to fight.

"Xiang Ying, I'll be fine, because the Zhiyuan is the first ship of the Chinese Navy, and this is the first flagship protected by our national fortune, and the warships that come from the national transport are naturally blessed by the ancestors, and I will be fine!"

"What kind of strange thing is this? Why is the prime minister talking and closing his mouth today, all of them are luck gods? I can't control so much, I am now the captain of the Zhiyuan, and I am the only one who can call the shots in this floating land, and I will never be allowed to board the ......ship without my permission."

Saying this, Xiang Ying turned his head and wanted to leave, he really didn't want to bother with half a word, but before he could step on the pedal, Wang Huaiyuan chased after him and grabbed him.

"Don't you understand? The Prime Minister wants to use himself as bait, and he wants to provoke the enemy himself...... As long as the prime minister appears in front of the Russians, those Russians will decide that the Zhiyuan is our ultimate killer weapon, and they will go to the trap even more recklessly!"

"Whether it is Molière or the commander of the Russian army, they are all traditional officials, and they are also very conservative in their thinking about problems, especially the officers who grew up in the Tsarist Russian environment, and they have all been educated in the supremacy of imperial power......"

"Therefore, they will naturally think that the place where Xiao Lotian is located is the place where the Chinese have the strongest combat effectiveness and the most powerful defense, and they will naturally think that Zhiyuan is our last hole card!"

"Silly boy, this is psychological warfare! You have to understand the prime minister's painstaking efforts!"

Note: This is a chapter added to the third layer of cake, and the heart is still counted!