The Nagasu Domain was in turmoil, and in the last two days before the first lunar month, the Mori clan soldiers who set out from Hagi Castle quickly captured the entire Nagato Province. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 In addition to encountering the obstruction of the admiral stationed at the harbor at Shimonoseki Castle, the Maori family, who had great influence among the samurai class, basically did not encounter any resistance, and often could easily take over a city by politely handing over their family crests and letters. The Mori family's centuries-old experience in the local area was evident at this moment, and it can be said that the Mori family had no less influence than the government in the Cheung Chau Domain and several surrounding countries.

Saigo Kogoro was very successful in wooing the samurai admiral, and the "wisdom of Saigo" was not in vain, and the double bait of merit and fiefdom made many descendants of the samurai family who valued the family name defect to him, and although the approach and idea of the Zanyi Society who advocated cutting the feudal domain was right, Saigo still used the bait that was difficult to refuse such as fame and fortune fiefdom and samurai co-governance, as well as the reputation of the Maori family, the first feudal clan in the southwest, to stir up those disgruntled people who were hiding under the waves.

With the fall of Nagato Province, more and more samurai with family crest and family names, or even ronin with just katanas, appeared in Hagi Castle and Shimonoseki, which gradually became the front line. In this era of gunfire, they showed their loyalty to the Mori Tak with their clothing and accessories, including the Admirals sent out by the Mori clan to train and the army of those who came from the famous Kwantung samurai families. The rebellion of the Cheung Chau Domain also intensified.

Saigo's side is doing well, but Okubo, who is in the Satsuma Domain but has not been able to get permission for a long time, is becoming more and more worried. He knew very well in his heart that the joining of those weak feudal clans could only strengthen their momentum slightly, and only the addition of the Hizen Domain, Tosa Domain, and Satsuma Domain, which were in the belly of the Nagasu Domain, could make the strength of Runtoku Gong truly worthy of this growing momentum, and the weak Tosa Domain had long since been disregarded, and the Hida Domain had never only obeyed the strong and could not be trusted, and now only the strong feudal Satsuma who was both ambitious and capable could alleviate the current situation that was on the surface.

On the fifth day after the first month, the news of Shimonoseki's defeat of the Hizen Domain's entry into the alliance was transmitted to the residence of Shimazu Heihachiro, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, along with the news that the Admiral of the Yamamoto family had fled from Kagoshima.

Shimazu Heihachiro is not like those old-fashioned feudal lords, he studied in Yokosuka since he was a child, he completely disdains the samurai's system, and he doesn't even give himself a proper name, but has always used Heihachiro's name to inspire himself. Heihachiro, who is knowledgeable about maritime affairs, quickly gained the appreciation of the previous head of the family through his study tour through the trade affairs of Malaya and a group of followers under his command, who believed in strength, he never knew humility and restraint, and as his strength gradually increased, the position of head of the family was easily taken over by him from the hands of his eldest brother, and in this way, this ambitious short man with a thick goatee became the master of Satsuma.

The turmoil in the Changzhou Domain and the escape of the Yamamoto family under house arrest in Kagoshima made Heihachiro quickly understand what was going on, but he didn't want to blame anyone, the Yamato-type battleship was also secretly cultivated in his direct town guard, and he knew better than anyone how high Yamato's combat power was, and since it had happened, it was useless to blame his subordinates, for him it was just a small bump in the way to realize his ambitions. So Heihachiro didn't even talk to Yoshitaka Okubo, who came to visit, and directly left a letter of alliance and set off in the direction of Shikoku Island with his fleet.

Heihachiro has been in the Satsuma Domain for many years, and he is no longer the young lord of the Satsuma Domain who only has a few minor admirals to follow, and now he has a decisive battle fleet composed of five admirals within the hundred, and this time he ordered all the admirals to fight, his plan is to go straight to Osaka from Shikoku, and then continue to approach Yokosuka and Shinkyo while receiving the Nagasu Domain.

"Since you have to fight, you have to fight quickly, decisively, and to the death!" said Heihachiro, who was standing at the bow of the ship in military uniform, and glanced at the dozens of admirals, the hundreds of shipwives, and the dense troop carriers from various subordinate feudal states.

His thoughts have always been so strange and maverick.,Firmly believing that the ship girl is a weapon, he resolutely asks each admiral to accompany the ship girl when they leave the port.,In his words, "The admiral is the soul of the ship girl.,If you only rely on the shell to fight, even if the victory is just accidental." ”

At this time, a gentle female voice interrupted Heihachiro's full-bellied male, "Admiral, can you go down and rest? Madame asked me to take care of you while you were out of port. ”

Heihachiro turned around and found a handsome short-haired woman standing behind him with a coat at some point. "When will it be her turn to arrange my affairs?" he paused slightly after scolding harshly, looking at the short-haired woman's tone a little lowered, but still very forcefully ordered, "Yamato, you should also go down and dress, everyone needs to do their duty at this time, even if her post is only standby, understand?"

It's hard to imagine the appearance of short-haired Yamato in the world, because the appearance of the ship girls has been confirmed to be closely related to her synchronization rate with the ship's outfit.

But Heihachiro didn't think much about it, he thought that the ship's mother could strengthen other required performance by changing her appearance and body shape, and Yamato was the most successful product of his idea: without that long black hair, Yamato almost lost the synchronization rate with the ship's electric detector, but greatly improved the mobility and ability to prevent crosswinds, which also gave Heihachiro the confidence of the Grand Fleet to defeat the Yamato and Musashi, which belonged to the No. 1 Town Guard.

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Although the short-haired Yamato has a somewhat different appearance, her personality is not much different from other Yamato-type Ichibanship, or she is more rigid and conscientious than other Yamato under the guidance of Heihachiro. So after her own admiral's orders, she silently hung her coat on the fence and obediently walked towards the attack room.

There are not many ship girls in the sortie room.,Most of them are seniors who traveled to Malaya with Heihachiro in the early years.,In addition to the particularly powerful Yamato, there is only one newcomer to Nagato.,Naturally, the two of them became partners and friends.。

At this time, Yamato, who had left the ship, was sitting on the ship's mount and being towed, and Nagato was standing next to him to assist in towing the work of independent navigation, which was a simple but effective way for Heihachiro to save Yamato's huge resource consumption while maintaining standby. "Nagato, what will happen to the Admiral's rebellion like this?" This kind of thing is absolutely not to say to those seniors in the fleet, and Yamato can only confide in Nagato, she said and glanced at the teammate who had also been specially modified and had long black hair and was only equipped with three guns, and continued, "Isn't this inconsistent with what the Admiral usually says?"

"Righteousness only exists in people's hearts!And we are just weapons!" Nagato's stiff voice and her cold expression looked like that kind of stereotypical ship girl, she didn't look at Yamato but focused on her work, and said casually, "The Admiral's righteousness is not something we can decide and change, and his ability to attract so many followers also means that the Admiral's righteousness is not wrong!"

"Then why don't you join forces with the Duke of Runde? You know it? The Duke of Runde of the Changzhou Domain was forced to start an incident by the rumors circulating here from the Admiral. Why ......"

"The public, the samurai, or the Zanyi Society and the Restoration Society...... None of these are the Admiral's friends. Nagato interrupted Yamato's words and rebuked with a cold face, "You idiot! Instead of forgetting how to use artillery because you think about that, you should put down everything and concentrate on the sword in the admiral's hand!"

Although it felt difficult to get along with, Yamato, who had seen Nagato Nakapo, knew that the other party was just like this, "Sister Nagato, if you talk well, how can they be so afraid of you in Tianjin?" she chuckled a few times, and then looked at the shadow of the destroyer formation in charge of reconnaissance and leading attack in the distance, and sighed, "It's just too cruel for those children!"

Hearing Yamato's words, Nagato looked at the destroyers in the distance who were no different from children, and his tone softened, "Then avoid letting them fight!" After she finished speaking, she put down her work and turned to look at Yamato when she was heading on the right course, and continued, "If you can't even hold your sword tightly, you can't tell others any righteousness at all, think about Satsuma under the Admiral's rule, think about the ambition in the Admiral's heart, and think about those weak ship girls! ”

"Artillery, power and protection?" Yamato muttered to himself, subconsciously wanting to touch his ship's umbrella, but found that the ship's armor had long been replaced with a fire control device from the assembly station, silently lowered his hand, Yamato turned his head to look at Nagato but did not talk to the other party again.

The Satsuma Domain's set was completely in line with the lineup of the crusade against the dean of the deep sea, when it passed through Shikoku Island, it simply frightened the weak Tosa Domain and the Nagasu Domain, which had not yet received Okubo's letter, although Shimazu Heihachiro's statement about Kamiraku was very credible and attractive, but the two still had a tacit understanding to connect the narrow strait, anyway, compared to the distant Yokosuka and Zanyikai, the ambitious Heihachiro in front of him is more worthy of beware.

Although Shimazu Heihachiro was angry with the lords of the samurai's domain and the lower kage, he did not break through the weak blockade of the two families, and in order to maintain the righteousness and momentum created by the feudal alliance, he had to throw the surprise attack plan into the garbage heap, and instead chose to attack Osaka Castle north around Nankaido on the southern side of Shikoku Island.

Although it is easier to lead to a joint attack by the high-ranking town guard because his actions are detected, Shimazu Heihachiro is not the kind of person who will choose to stagnate, and a dignified battle is not a bad choice for him.

Holding a bayonet sword different from a katana, Shimazu Heihachiro stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the endless sea and the faint shadow of the ship that unexpectedly appeared on the sea, and laughed loudly, "It is never those overwhelming artillery that dominate the victory, but the never-failing spirit under the artillery! Let you cowardly guys see my Heihachiro's courage!"