Mai Ke made very targeted preparations for this crossing the Nemuro Strait and capturing the Northern Ezo Land, so the army was divided into three routes, each in order, aiming at its own target, and rushed forward.

The commander stationed in the northern Ezo land, belonging to the Matsumae Domain, whose name was Yokoji Shunichi, was very alert to the invasion of the Russian army, and he was very ambitious.

At the beginning of his tenure, he regarded the recovery of the four islands of the South Kuril as his immediate goal.

In order to achieve this goal, he also devoted a lot of energy and financial resources to the Nemuro Strait.

He built the strongest navy in the entire Dongying island country, with more than 500 ships of various types, various fighters and technicians, and more than 10,000 people.

He did not place most of these forces on the line of the Nemuro Strait, and was ready to attack the islands such as Hamai at any time.

Now this fleet that is preparing to attack is on the front line, but its functions have been changed to defense, and it is ready to fight to the death with the heavenly army, and the enemy must be kept out of the house.

As a local commander who is responsible for defending the territory, and also as a representative of the Shaozhuang faction of the entire Dongying Island country, Yokoji Shunichi attaches great importance to these advanced tools of warfare, especially excellent warships, and he spares no financial resources to get his hands on them.

So much so that with his efforts, the navy of the Dongying Island Country was upgraded by a whole level.

In his fleet, all the main battleships were replaced with ironclad ships!

This upgrade directly eliminated those wooden warships and warships powered by sails, and caught up with the general level of ship technology in the world.

It is precisely in this way that he can compete with Russian warships, and dare to have the lofty goal of rushing through the blockade of Russian ships and recapturing the South Kuril Islands.

As an advanced naval force, Shunichi Yokoji certainly attaches great importance to intelligence gathering.

He knows all about the recent wars in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Kuril Islands!

And even what happened in the basin of the Lulong River, in the Siberian region. He also had a more comprehensive and accurate understanding a little later.

Not to mention, of course, what happened in the Central Plains and Jiangnan of China before.

These things are not known to people in Dongying Island countries, and it is understandable because of their vision. Like their people, they are confined to small islands, and they have become fixed to the consciousness of island countries.

However, Yokoji Shunichi is different, he is an open-minded politician and military strategist, so he is open his eyes to the world, and he is less ambitious.

Asia, which is close at hand, if you don't notice her heavy dà incident, it will be more of a change in nature. It's absolutely unjustifiable.

Especially in China, at that time he was a thorn in the zeal of forging ahead, which was both an obstacle for him and an ultimate goal for him.

His political goal has peers. That is a member of the imperial family, that is, the younger brother of the current emperor.

The emperor's younger brother is named Xitian, and his fourth brother is Xigong, and the two have the same father and different mother. The rulers at that time were Emperor Hitotaka and Empress Kujo Shuko.

Yokoji Shunichi was highly recommended by Heetian, and he was the chief officer in charge of the military and civilian affairs of the previous item of the struggle against the enemy. The purpose is to carry out reform and reform.

In fact, at that time, the island country of Toei was on the eve of renovation.

These two friends are the forces of change that represent the local and central regions!

Therefore, Shunichi Yokoji's resistance here represents not only a new technological force, but also an emerging power of the entire island nation, supported by them from the center to the locality!

It was on the eve of this reform that Mai Ke did it!

Mai Ke said that he didn't do it intentionally?

For Mai Ke, a traveler who is familiar with the history of the island's development, if it is not used. Take advantage of its fledgling days to do it, and you will be blind to this good opportunity.

When Mai Ke launched the battle, there were three people standing on a high ground opposite.

These three people represent the reform forces of the entire Dongying Island country.

One is the supreme governor here, Shunichi Yokoji.

The other is the younger brother of the contemporary Heavenly King. Prince Xitian.

The third is Sanjo Masao, Sanjo's beautiful grandfather.

He is not only the contemporary head of the Sanjo family, but also the head of the Sanjo group, and at the same time, represents all the forces of innovation.

And his family is the largest share of the new industry and commerce.

These three people gathered here because they knew very well that whether they could keep this base, which basically belonged to the new power, was also their foundation, and it was crucial for them to implement the new force.

They all know how difficult it is to get such a foundation.

As early as the 15th and 16th periods, the Oysaki clan, whose sphere of influence was in the southern part of the Toshima Peninsula, was recognized by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who actually ruled Japan at the time, as having the right to dominate and trade with the Ezo land.

After entering the Edo period, the Oysaki clan changed its name to the Matsumae clan, and was included in the daimyo and was divided into the Matsumae domain as the main Matsumae clan, and owned the "Wajin land" and Ezo land in the southern part of today's territory.

Later, the Pacific side of the area and the Kuril Islands were named Higashi-Ezo, and the territorial waters of the Toei Island country and the Kata were called Nishi-Ezo.

However, in 1799 and 1807, the East Ezo Land and the West Ezo Land were successively placed under the direct jurisdiction of the shogunate.

In 1809, the birch was officially named "North Ezo".

In 1821, the entire territory of Ezo once again became the domain of the Matsumae Domain.

Then, just the year before last, the forces of reform struggled to get Shunichi Yokoji to his current position.

Then it is to concentrate on supporting him, helping him build up his naval forces, and at the same time transforming the management and production operations in the territory.

This area is actually a watershed between the Pacific Ocean, the waters of the Dongying Island Country, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

Kita-Yi Shrimp Land is a prefecture located in the northernmost part of Japan, with the capital of Sapporo City.

This area covers a total area of 83,000 square kilometers and has a population of about 600,000 people.

Beiyi Shrimp Land can also refer to the island where this administrative region is located.

The main island of Beiyi Shrimpland, together with Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, is one of the four major islands of Dongying Island Country, with an area of about 80,000 square kilometers, which is the second largest island in Dongying Island Country and the 21st island in the world.

In the past, the Ainu people, the indigenous people of the Hokuyi Shrimp Land, collectively referred to the areas inhabited by the Ainu people, such as Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, as the Ainu Maashili, which means the place of human habitation.

And the Wajin, that is, the native people of the Toei Island Country, called the Ainu people Ezo in ancient times, and called this place Ezo Land.

In addition, the Heren people also used names such as Transition Island and Yuedu Island to refer to this area.

After the Meiji rule established a pioneer envoy, the ruler considered changing the name Ezoji.

Takeshiro Matsuura, who had repeatedly explored the Hokuyi shrimp field, proposed six proposals to the government: Kitakai-do, Homukuk-do, Kaidong-do, Hidakami-do, Tohoku-do, and Kuril do.

The center tended to adopt the name "Hokkaido", and changed the name "gai" to "sea" after the Tokaido, Nankaido, and Nishikaido of the five ki-seven provinces of the Ritsuryo era, which is the origin of the name Hokkaido, which was later called Hokkaido, but at this time, the name had not yet been established.

The population density of Beiyi Shrimp Land is much lower than that of other parts of Dongying Island Country, which makes Beiyi Shrimp Land a quarter of the agricultural land of Dongying Island Country, and has become an important food supply base for Dongying Island, and also allows Beiyi Shrimp Land to retain a natural environment without human intervention.

Located in the northern part of the Toei Island Country, it faces Honshu across the Tsugaru Strait to the south, Sakhalin Island across the Soya Strait to the north, the sea area of the Toei Island Country to the west, and the Sea of Okhotsk, the Kuril Islands and the Pacific Ocean to the east.

In this Kita-Yi shrimp field, the center of the island is the Ishikari mountain area.

It is narrowly defined as the central mountain area of Ishikari and broadly includes the surrounding Daisetsuki volcanic group, Tokachidake volcanic group, and Ranbetsu volcanic group.

Mt. Ishikari is the highest peak at about 2,000 meters, and there are mountains connected to Mt. Nishimarahara, Mt. Higashi-Otogen, and Mt. Mikuni.

The Beiyi shrimp field has a diamond-shaped shape.

The Ishikari Low Zone, located in the middle of the Kita-Yi Shrimp Farm, divides the Kita-Yi Shrimp Field into two parts, the peninsula area on the west side and the main area on the east side.

The Ezo Mountains extend northward from the Hidaka Mountains in the south, and run through the main part of the Kita-Yi Shrimp Fields from north to south, and are partly composed of the Ishikari Mountains and Kitami Mountains that extend eastward, and the Yubari Mountains and Tenshio Mountains that extend to the west and north.

Among them, the Ishikari Mountains are the highest area in the Hokuyi Shrimp Field, and the Asahidake Mountain, the highest peak of the Hokuyi Shrimp Field, is also located in this mountain system.

Between these two mountains are basins such as the Furano Basin, the Kamikawa Basin, and the Nayoro Basin.

The mountains of places such as the Shiretoko Peninsula in the eastern region of the Kitai-shrimp field are an extension of the Kuril arc.

To the south of this mountain area are the Tokachi Plain, Nezushi Plateau and other plains.

The dividing line between the main area and the peninsula area is the area with the highest concentration of population in the Kita-Yi Shrimp Land, which stretches from Ishikari Bay in the north to the Pacific Ocean in the south.

The peninsula area mainly includes the Toshima Peninsula and the Donan Mountains.

The Toshima Peninsula is an extension of the Inner Arc of Tohoku Japan and is similar in topography and geology to the Tohoku region.

The Toshima Peninsula is mountainous, and many of them are volcanic.

There are a number of outlying islands near the main island of Beiyi Shrimp Land, most of which are located on the sea side of Dongying Island country.

The main outlying islands include Tojima Kojima, Toshima Oshima, Okushiri Island, Tenmaijima Island, Yakijiri Island, Rishiri Island, and Rebun Island.

There are a total of 13 first-class rivers in Beiyi Shrimp Land.

Of all the rivers in Kita-Yi Shrimp Land, the Ishikari River is the longest and the largest in terms of basin area.

Nine of the top 20 lakes in Japan are located in the area.

"I have rearranged all the mountains and rivers here! If our navy had not stopped the attack of the Celestial Army, every river and every mountain in the Ishikari Mountains would have become their graves! 600,000 inhabitants would have become their mourners!"

After reporting his arrangement, Yokoji Shunichi said categorically.

Prince Heeten and Masao Sanjo gave him a thumbs up at the same time: "Jun Yikun, it's amazing!".

(To be continued......)