"Boom—"

The continuous roar came from the sea, which also made the heart of Shimazu Jitoyo, who was watching the battle, clench, even if he didn't know how to fight in the water, but he also understood what kind of predicament the Satsuma Domain Sailor was facing.

It's like a samurai with severed hands and legs, trying to use the blade in his mouth to find the only opportunity to cut the throat of his opponent!

It's hard, it's so hard!

"Boom-boom-"

Two loud explosions were heard, and it turned out that the ship loaded with gunpowder in the Satsuma Domain's naval division was unfortunately hit, so that it ignited the gunpowder on board, causing a secondary explosion that sent the ship to the bottom of the sea in a short time.

Shimazu Jifeng was extremely gloomy, he no longer had illusions about the achievements of the sailors, or only on the land to fight on the ground, so he commanded in a low voice: "Command all armies, prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

"Yes!"

The general Tao Zhengfang had a bit of solemnity on his face, and then sent someone to pass on the order, and for a time the atmosphere in the Satsuma army became unprecedentedly solemn, and everyone knew that the big war was coming.

The current 8,000 Satsuma soldiers and thousands of people are the troops that the Shimazu family can assemble, but they are not all of their strength, and if Shimazu Jitoyo issues a general mobilization order in the Satsuma domain, the total number of troops that the Shimazu family can devote can reach about 80,000, which is also the largest number of troops mobilized since taking command of the three southern Kyushu countries.

However, the problem is that the general mobilization order is particularly harmful to the host country, and if the general mobilization order is issued now, it means that it will not stop - but neither Shimazu Jifeng nor Xue Qing Kurahisa have such an idea, and if they can't fight, they will negotiate.

What's more, Shimazu Jifeng is still very confident in his 8,000 feudal soldiers, because among his current 8,000 feudal soldiers, the iron cannon Ashigaru occupies half, more than 4,000 people, which is also thanks to Shimazu Jifeng's trade with the Westerners over the years, and the arquebuses equipped are very sophisticated, and the effective range can often reach about 80 meters to 100 meters, which is much stronger than the bird guns used by the Qing army.

In addition, among the remaining 4,000 people, there are 800 samurai on horseback, using spears and other white-knuckle combat weapons, charging at each other in a relatively dense formation, but because the Japanese horses are too short and slow, the impact is not strong, so they will also dismount and engage in foot combat, somewhat similar to the existence of dragoons.

As for the others, they all used the spear of Ashigaru, the length of the spear was more than four meters, and they lined up in four rows, at the front, each with a little panic in their eyes.

To put it simply, as one of the strongest armies in Japan, the Satsuma Domain was naturally much stronger than the Qing army, and they had a certain strength in terms of equipment, morale, and the quality of the soldiers.

Therefore, whether it is Shimazu Jifeng or Yukiharu Kurahisa, they will not think that the Satsuma Domain will not be able to win even for a while, they are more worried about falling into a long-term tug-of-war with Ning Chu, in that case, the Satsuma Domain will not be Ning Chu's opponent even if it is ten.

Even the reason why the Tokugawa shogunate chose neutrality and acquiescence was to take this opportunity to see how powerful the Ningchu army was, so as to have an accurate understanding of the strength of the East Asian continent today, after all, these Japanese were watching the fertile soil of East Asia all the time, hoping to take the opportunity to bargain for some bargains.

Just when Shimazu Jifeng was thinking about the decisive battle on land, the Satsuma sailors on the sea had gradually approached the Ningchu naval fleet, and the distance between the two sides was less than two miles, but at this time, the Satsuma sailors only had more than 20 small boats left, and the rest were sunk to the bottom of the sea.

However, in the eyes of Shui Yan Mu at this time, it was the key to victory, so he ordered to the left and right, and let the rest of the warships find their own targets to attack.

"The rise and fall of the Shimazu clan, fight here!"

Since the original flagship had been sunk, Mizuiwa had been transferred to another warship, his arm already soaked in blood - a shard of wood had struck him in the arm when the previous flagship was sunk.

At this time, on the sea, Ning Chu's various warships had already formed a horizontal line, and the gun positions on the ship were also pouring firepower, and one by one projectiles exploded near the Satsuma Naval Division's warship, and at the same time, some people took out the secret weapon of victory from inside the cabin, that is, the newly developed innovative two-year shipborne rocket.

The innovative two-year shipborne rocket is specially used for naval warfare, and the charge is full of 100 pounds, and the power of each one is very amazing, as long as it hits the ship, even those warships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, under a few rockets, they will also have bombs and hate. It's just that its accuracy is relatively poor, so it can only be used within two miles to maximize the effect.

Speaking of which, it was a bit of a waste to use these rockets to fight the Satsuma warship, but Qiu Ze really favored this weapon, so after the distance was shortened, he first thought of rockets to attack.

"Whoa—"

As the rockets ignited, a white smoke erupted from their tails, and they flew out, making a beautiful arc in the sky, and although some of them fell on the surface of the sea, the remaining ones also landed on the Satsuma warship, followed by a series of loud explosions that carried them to the bottom of the sea.

Seeing Ning Chu Shui Shi actually take out such a weapon, Shui Yan Muzhi was really shocked, and he quickly thought from the war book from the Celestial Empire, could it be that this is the legendary Divine Fire Crow? But why is it so powerful?

It's just that before Mizuiwa Makiyuki could think of anything more, the second round of rockets also covered it, and this time the ship he was in couldn't dodge, and with a burst of explosions, the general of the Satsuma Navy's division sank to the bottom of the sea with the warship, and the other ships were also sunk, and the Satsuma Marine's army was declared annihilated.

After completely solving these dozens of small boats, Qiu Ze licked his lips, some of them didn't look very happy, but when he saw Deng Ziyi who was stunned on the side, he was a little embarrassed and said: "The navy is not as good as the army brothers, since killing the Manchu Qing sailors, I haven't met a decent opponent, so I'm a little excited......"

"Hehe, where is ......."

Deng Ziyi naturally said a few polite words, and then said with a smile: "After watching the performance of the Navy Brothers in the front, we are the Army Brothers in the back, but we still need the Lao Navy Brothers to take care of the sea and artillery support." ”

This time, although the Sixth Division brought the divisional artillery battalion, plus the two regiments' own artillery, there were more than 40 artillery pieces, but where was it compared to the navy, each ship was dozens of guns of different sizes, which were used for fire shielding, and its power was naturally overwhelming.

However, with the end of the naval battle, it was also evening, which was not conducive to the landing operation, so Qiu Ze chose to stay on the nearby sea and wait for the sunrise tomorrow. The Satsuma army also hurried to repair its positions and sent feudal soldiers to patrol the shore to prevent the night attack of the Ningchu navy.

The next day, when it was just dawn, Qiu Ze ordered the whole army to approach the shore of Kagoshima, but halfway through, he saw a puff of smoke rising from the shore, but it was the soldiers on the shore who had already discovered the movement of the Ning Chu navy and raised the alarm.

"Hmph, it's very alert, but unfortunately it's useless."

Qiu Ze smiled coldly, and randomly ordered the whole army to prepare for the landing with all its might.

After the Ning Chu Naval Division approached the shore, Qiu Ze took the lead in choosing a volley of artillery fire, and the dozens of warships carrying artillery fired at the shore and other suspected positions.

"Boom—"

More than two hundred artillery salvos, for a while, the firepower was so strong that Shimazu Jifeng on the shore was a little dumbfounded, but before he could sigh, he quickly realized a mistake - due to the wrong estimation of Ning Chu's artillery, so that the shore fire defense guns he arranged were too close, and they were all within the range of Ning Chu's shelling!

Sure enough, after this round of naval shelling, most of the Satsuma Domain's shore defense artillery was almost destroyed, and only a small half of the artillery was left unhit, and the dead and wounded Satsuma Domain's soldiers were as many as hundreds......

"Quick! Let the artillery withdraw first! ”

Shimazu Jifeng regretted that his intestines were blue, and he hurriedly gave orders to the surrounding generals, but at this time, everyone knew that they were going to withdraw, but it was already too late.

The surviving artillery was not able to withdraw at the first time, not because they were too slow, but because the artillery was heavy, and Ning Chu's second round of shelling was so fast that the remaining artillery was completely destroyed, and hundreds of lives were also taken......

"The head of the family, the shore defense can no longer be defended, we should withdraw to Tsurumaru Castle and launch a general mobilization order to the entire feudal kingdom in order to support it!"

Xue Qingcang frowned for a long time, he already felt that something was wrong, maybe the original plan was too much to underestimate Ning Chu....... The only way to do this is to go all out.

"No, the shore defense cannot be defended, that is because it is within the range of the artillery fire of the Chu army's warships, our army only needs to retreat ten miles and avoid the range of the warship artillery fire, if the Chu army dares to go ashore to fight on land, our army will never be defeated again!"

Shimazu Jifeng shook his head slowly, if he chose to withdraw to the city and hold on to it if he only lost the water battle, he was afraid that his prestige would be greatly reduced, let alone fighting at that time, he was afraid that the position of the daimyo would be affected.

In the Japanese people's tenacious thinking, if they defeat themselves without a fight, it will be a great shame, and they need to apologize to Amaterasu, and the way to apologize is to commit suicide.

"Command the whole army to retreat ten miles! Fight to the death with the Chu army! ”

Xue Qing Cangjiu naturally understood this truth, so he didn't refute it, so he just nodded and said softly: "Everything depends on the plan of the family master." ”

"Boring Boring Boring Boring—"

With the sound of a gong representing the withdrawal of troops, the feudal soldiers of the Satsuma army also began to slowly retreat, they gave way to their positions, lined up in a neat queue and headed towards the rear, everything was very orderly, and it seemed to be extremely orderly, which was Shimazu Jitoyo's greatest confidence.

When the Satsuma army retreated, the Ningchu naval ships also approached the shore and began to release small boats to land, and the two regiments of the Sixth Division landed in order, but the landing was extremely long, and it took nearly two hours, and by the time everyone successfully assembled on the coast, it was already noon.

Deng Zi was also wearing a clean and tidy military uniform, with white gloves on his hands, holding a long eight-sided Han sword, which was now issued by the generals of the whole army, not equipment used for combat, and a delicate and small innovative two-year revolver pinned to his waist, and the whole person looked very powerful.

"I told you everything else before the battle, although the scale of this battle is not large, but it is also a battle that His Majesty is concerned about, if you want to make a meritorious service, just before dark, take Tsurumaru Castle!"

As the loudspeaker transmitted Deng Ziyi's voice, a trace of fire rose in everyone's hearts, in this era, who doesn't want to make war achievements and enjoy wealth?

Although many of them have not been able to catch up with the great achievements of the founding battle, the current battle for the development of foreign land is also rewarding, and they are naturally very enthusiastic.

"Take Tsurumaru Castle! Enter! ”

Ten miles away is not far, at least when the Fu Han army is cheering, it is enough to reach the ears of the Satsuma Domain, although those soldiers below do not understand Chinese, but the Shimazu family is extremely familiar with Sinology, and even Shimazu Jifeng himself can compose poems, although it is also the level of Qianlong in later generations, but it is not bad in Japan.

When the high-ranking members of the Shimazu family heard the phrase 'take Tsurumaru Castle', their faces were extremely gloomy, and the general Tao Zhengfang was even more furious.

"Yaga! Who do they think they are! In the land of my Satsuma Domain, you dare to be so arrogant....... My lord, I would like to lead the army against the enemy! ”

"Hmph, Yi Fangjun don't worry, wait for them to get closer, lest they run to the beach before they fight!"

The ashigaru general on the side, Yamashita Yinsai, shouted in a low voice, although he had the same official position as the general, but his qualifications were older, and he had been a leading figure since the previous feudal lord, so he was not polite to Tao Zhengfang at all.

"Humph......"

A trace of anger flashed on Tao Zhengfang's face, but he didn't want to argue in front of the head of the family, so he stood aside and sulked alone.

"Okay, there is no hurry left and right, since they dare to set foot on the shore today, they must be ready to stay all!"

Shimazu Jifeng snorted coldly, "Although the feudal government has little money, it is enough to reward you for your merits!" If you can kill the local generals, there will naturally be no shortage of high-ranking officials! Saying this, Shimazu Jifeng bent down and bowed very solemnly.

"Please work hard!"

About half an hour or so, the 4,000 people of the Fu Han army plus more than 40 artillery pieces arrived in front of the Satsuma Domain's army, although the two sides were still separated by four miles, but the atmosphere was extremely solemn, and the battle was almost imminent.

Whether it is Deng Ziyi or Shimazu Jifeng, they are already full of confidence and waiting for the defeat of the other party.