391 Vanishing Battleships
"Oh... God forbid, it's the most accurate shot I've ever shot in my life..."There was jubilation in the Shuri Fort, and Old Max clapped his hands excitedly and laughed wildly, and couldn't help but have an impromptu black dance.
Since ancient times, naval warfare has been the first to promote artillery battles, and artillery is not a guided missile of later generations, and the hit rate has always been pitiful. This artillery bombardment at a distance of ten nautical miles, everyone's idea was only to deter the enemy's arrogance, and no one expected that there would be any results.
But I never expected that this cannon was so accurate that it exploded close to the Gaul frigate. Look at the shredded sails, now the frigate has noticeably slowed down and can't keep up with the queue.
"Well done, old Max, I'm going to give you a reward... Keep shooting......" Cai Mao also yelled excitedly.
Unfortunately, luck in naval battles is like the mist in the harbor every morning, you can see but you can't touch it. The Shuri Battery's first shot was extremely high, as if it had used up all their good fortune, and after firing three shots in a row without any results, the worst shot was even a mile away from the target.
"Damn... Cai Mao: What kind of cannon are they fighting? No wonder your surname Cai gave birth to a daughter, and it is not okay to give you a hundred wives at your quasi-head......"
In a rice shop in the commercial district of Shuri Castle, Army General Liang Kun scolded angrily after listening to the herald's report, saying that the enemy had just shelled a round, and the dead and wounded were all army brothers, and this feeling of being passively beaten and unable to fight back was really uncomfortable.
"The order is given, all units are strictly guarded, and even if the enemy's artillery fire is fierce, they must not leave their positions... In particular, the position where the enemy is prone to seize the beach is the top priority of defense..."
Liang Kun habitually pinched the steel dagger, and the sharp tip of the knife drew on the map on the table, and he focused on drawing all the key points of the main island of the Ryukyus.
At this moment, a report came from outside the rice shop...... Report to the chief, Daiichi University of the Ryukyus, the student petition group is here again...... This time they're coming to be soldiers..."
"What? How did these bunnies get out? Isn't it easy to enforce Lao Tzu's martial law? Which of you let them in?" Liang Kun heard that this group of children were making trouble again, and his brain was blue and his stomach was bruised.
The scolded soldier cried and said, "Sir... It's not that we don't carry out your orders, it's that these kids are too good to toss...... Let's take a look..."
Liang Kun walked out of the door angrily, and at this time he saw a full twenty or thirty students hiding behind the sandbag fortifications on the street, looking at the uniform blue school uniforms they were wearing, and the badge of the First University was embroidered on their chests.
"Xiang Ying, Jin Sanshun, Lin Zhen...... Damn, why are you Cai Bixuan, a little girl, here? Sincerely make trouble for me, isn't it..."Liang Kun knew as soon as he saw the first four of them, why didn't the soldiers dare to come hard, these four children were very scary in the background.
Xiang Ying, that is Xiang Shaolong's own nephew, in Beijing back then, it was because Weng Tongyi promised to give him a future identity that Long Ye agreed to assassinate Xiao Letian. Of course, that farce finally calmed down for Xiao Letian, and Long Ye finally became the most loyal personal guard by Xiao Letian's side.
After the Ryukyus were taken by Xiao Letian, and after the new-style universities were built one by one, the first thing that came to mind for the childless Long Ye was his nephew Xiang Ying, who took him over early.
Jin Sanshun, this kid's grandfather is not small, he is Jin Changsen, the secretary of the Ryukyu State Officials. This little fat man is said to have been bullied by Xiang Ying because of his grandfather's relationship after entering school. But this kid fully carried forward the essence of shamelessness, and in the end, he became a friend.
Lin Zhen, the grandson of Lin Yuanmiao, the head of the household, has a close relationship with Xiang Ying and is also one of the main forces who bullied Jin Sanshun.
The last beautiful little girl is Cai Bixuan, the youngest daughter of General Cai Mao, who was ridiculed by Liang Kun just now and couldn't give birth to a son.
"Nonsense, nonsense... It's just lawless... Who told you to come? Who told you to come...... This is the battlefield, do you know..."Liang Kun jumped angrily, "Hurry up, go back to school, don't think I'll give face to your elders, it's not good to ...... in front of me"
However, Liang Kun underestimated the courage of these children, no matter how he shouted, they did not retreat at all, and even looked at him without the slightest dodge.
Xiang Ying was obviously the head of this group of children, he stood in front of Liang Kun with his fists clenched and his head back, and said very unruly, "We are a student corps spontaneously formed by Ryukyu University, and everyone is responsible for defending Ryukyu, why can't we go to the battlefield?"
"Besides, I have important military information to report now, do you listen to it?"
Liang Kun was stunned for a moment: "Military intelligence?
At this time, a dark and thin young man came from behind the ranks of the student soldiers, and he looked dressed as if he had been begging for a living at sea all year round.
"Sir, I am a sailor under the Xiang family's merchant ship, and ten days ago we were sending a batch of precious mahogany in the Taiwan Strait to return to the Ryukyus, but we met this damn French on the way...... Woo woo, it's so miserable, more than 20 brothers on the merchant ship, just one of me survived......"
Liang Kun looked at him crying and cried, and he got angry, "To get to the point, Lao Tzu doesn't have time to listen to you cry now..."
Xiang Ying took the sailor's words, "This is the sailor of my caravan, he won't lie to me, this time the French sent a total of ten battleships to attack the Ryukyus, but we just saw it in Nanshan, and there are only eight enemy warships pressed up from the south... Where did those two warships go?"
As soon as these words came out, Liang Kun suddenly gasped, "What you said is true? There are really ten warships, broken ......" Liang Kun slapped his thigh and back, and a cold breath rushed up.
At this moment, suddenly a sharp whistle came from the sky, "It's not good, there are stray bullets...... Liang Kun roared loudly, opened his arms and threw the child in front of him to the ground, followed by a loud bang outside the sandbag fortifications, and thick smoke and fire filled the entire street.
The sky was full of sand and soil rain, and people's ears were buzzing with hiss, Liang Kun shook the sand on his head and stood up and dragged the guards beside him.
"Give a credit to this group of young masters...... Then escort them back to school...... If they dare to resist, I will allow you to tie them with ropes...... Go quickly..."
"Yes, sir...", the guards received the official order and were no longer polite, and a group of people rushed over and dragged the children to the back mountain.
Liang Kun...... Uncle Liang, you are unreasonable...... We have already made meritorious contributions, and we are going to fight, so you let us go......" But the soldiers who had been given strict orders were not polite this time, and dragged them back by their arms.
Liang Kun really doesn't have the energy to entangle with this group of children now, the enemy fleet disappeared inexplicably, and the two warships were inexplicably gone, and if there was no conspiracy in this, it would be hell. But Liang Kun is a fierce general in the final analysis, guessing the enemy's strategic intentions, and finding that intrigue is really not what he is good at.
Coupled with the fact that the enemy fleet was now getting closer and closer to Naha Port, and the occasional stray bullet had been able to climb over the ridge and bombard the city, he obviously felt that his IQ was a little insufficient in the chaos.
"Herald...... Immediately report the latest information to General Cai Mao, he is a native of the Ryukyus, he should have a clue...... Go quickly..."
Xiang Ying and his party were guarded by the guards and walked towards the back mountain, the four partners lowered their heads and bit their ears together, and they were frowning one by one and guessing where the two battleships that disappeared had gone.
"Sister Cai, you are the smartest among us, and you grew up in the Ryukyus, so you must be familiar with the terrain here...... Just now I saw your eyes flickering, and you want to stop talking, you must have an idea..."Xiang Ying almost bit Cai Bixuan's ear and asked in a low voice.
When Jin Sanshun and Lin Zhen saw that Xiang Ying was actually so close to Sister Cai, the sour breath in their stomachs suddenly came out of their nostrils, and they both snorted coldly at the same time and wanted to say strange things.
Cai Bixuan is worthy of being a seven-trick and exquisite heart, and his eyes glared at the two of them, "Huh, what ......is it?
"Brother Xiang, I was just guessing, and I didn't dare to speak just now because I was afraid that I would say something wrong and mislead General Liang...... You must know that the Ryukyus Province does not have only one main island, there is Miyako Island in the south, and there are a series of islands in the north such as Tokunoshima Island and Oshima Island......"
"We all know that this time the French came to attack us, using the fleet of the Indian colonies, so people will habitually think that the fleet will definitely press up from the south, so the focus of our defense is the southern seas...... But?"
Xiang Ying's back was cold, and every pore exploded, "Oops...... In case those two battleships broke away from the brigade from the Miyako Strait and headed east...... It's bad, it's bad, it's not a busy area on Beidadong Island and Nandadong Island, there are only a few fishermen there......"
At this time, even Jin Sanshun and Lin Zhen came to their senses, and when the two of them slapped their thighs, the loud sound even heard the soldiers next to them.
"That's right... If those two warships go around the Pacific Ocean to the north, not only will they be able to cut off our connection with the northern islands, but they may even land somewhere in the country of Beishan... We're the weakest of our troops over there......"
"Damn... Damn it... Uncles and brothers, please let us go, let's go to the north, where we go to Guotou Village, we are going to put out the fire..."
The guards who escorted this group of students were a group of ordinary citizens, and they were born with a sense of reverence for scholars, especially those who could go to the first university. Just now they also heard the students' analysis, and they rushed to this kind of high-level view of the overall situation, which was enough for these soldiers to be in awe.
"Ladies and gentlemen... We don't understand what you're saying, but we're soldiers, and obedience is our first duty, and if we let you go, we'll have to eat guns when we turn back, so don't hurt us......"
"It's all burning eyebrows, and you have to be in power at the moment of life and death... You'll have to be improvised... We're begging you......" A group of children begged and begged, and the soldiers scratched their ears and cheeks.
"That's it, I'll have an idea, how about we make a compromise?" At this time, the chubby Jin Sanshun suddenly spoke.
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