July 14, off the coast of the Ryukyus.

The flagship of the Standing Fleet of the Combined Fleet, the East Asia, Duke Wei officially read out the "Edict of Fengtian to the Sun" to the main generals of the Combined Fleet and the generals above the commander of the Guards Division and Brigade.

The edict said: "Ryukyu is my Ming vassal, more than 200 years, years of cultivation and tribute, known at home and abroad." In the past ten years, the Japanese sent troops for no reason, invaded and occupied Ryukyu, and then increased the number of troops by thousands, forcing Ryukyu to change the state government, all kinds of coercion, difficult to understand. I am subordinate to the Fusui Domain, and its internal political affairs are taken care of by the order. The Japanese made a covenant with the Ryukyus, which belonged to the country, and there was no reason to bully and force the government to reform the government.

... The Japanese people arbitrarily swaggered, carried out tricks, provoked themselves, and the public opinion was obvious, and they even invaded our vassal Korea before... I used a special announcement to inform the world, and Yu Xiaoran handled this matter in the imperial court, which was really benevolent and righteous; And the Japanese Yumeng is provocative, which is extremely unreasonable, and it is difficult to tolerate it again.

We declared war on the Japanese state, and the hundred bureaucrats had a division, and it was appropriate to be considerate, and the sea and land were at war with the Japanese people, and we worked hard to achieve the goal of the country.

At this point, although I have always been at peace with each other, in order to proclaim the glory of the empire at home and abroad, I have to openly declare war, relying on the loyalty and courage of the people, and hope to quickly overcome peace forever, with the glory of the whole empire.

Wei Liangchen, the Admiral's Maritime Minister, sent the land and sea troops under the Emperor's personal army to quickly advance and suppress, gather strong divisions, and march one after another to save the people of the Ryukyus;

And with the governors and generals of the southeast coast, they reorganized their marches, and when they encountered Japanese ships sailing into each mouth, they immediately attacked them head-on, and annihilated them all, so that they would not retreat a little, and cause them to commit crimes.

Inform this encyclical and admire it. ”

After reading out the edict of declaration of war that had been obtained from Wanli at great cost, there was no etiquette treasure, no cabinet signature, and no declaration of war sent to the six places, Gonggong Wei said to the generals: "There has always been only madness, and only foolishness can rewrite history." ”

While speaking, my father-in-law came to the bow of the ship with his hands in his hands, looked at the Ryukyu Islands not far away, looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and muttered to himself: "I don't know if we are crazy or stupid, but I know how to gallop all the way." ”

At this moment, my father-in-law is great, but also complex, and full of pride and ambition.

July 14 is destined to go down in history.

This day will be a day of solidarity that the people of East Asia will never forget.

"The standing fleet of the Combined Fleet has been ordered to assemble, whether the army has landed or not, please make it public!"

Shi Dezheng, commander of the Combined Fleet Division, led a group of fleet staff officers dressed in white military uniforms and wearing white gloves to bow to Gong Wei in a new navy.

Shen Yourong, the chief of staff of the fleet, was not on board, but he was directing the combat units of the Navy to confront the 1st Wing of the Guards Division at Yaeyama and the Japanese Army.

Since the implementation of the "Three Tigers" battle plan, the navy has mobilized more than 280 ships and more than 1,000 large and small artillery pieces to participate in the battle, spent more than 200,000 pounds of medicine, dispatched nearly 10,000 troops, and won the victory of the Ryukyu naval battle to completely annihilate the Murayama fleet.

Except for Miyakojima and Yaeyama, which are still occupied by the Japanese Kayama Division, the rest of the Ryukyu Islands has been recovered by the Imperial Army.

Shang Hyun, the third son of King Shang Feng, the former king of the Ryukyus, actively cooperated with the imperial army and vigorously mobilized the people of the Ryukyus to support the liberation of the imperial army.

"The main force of the division, 20,000 imperial officers and soldiers, are willing to fight to the end for the glory of the empire!"

Cao Wenyao, commander of the Guards Division, Zheng Duo, commander of the First Brigade, Wu Fuming, commander of the Second Brigade, and Chen Fangrui, Wang Dahai, Koji Yamamoto, Ding Xiaogong, Li Yanzhao, and other army generals of the subordinate wings expressed their positions together.

Except for the first wing, which had previously cooperated with the combined fleet, all the remaining five wings were assembled, bringing the total number of naval and land officers and men of the imperial army participating in the "three tigers" battle plan to more than 35,000 people, and it was the largest mobilization since the establishment of the emperor's army, with the largest number of ships and all kinds of weapons participating in the battle.

In June, when Gonggong Wei was drawing up an operational plan for the conquest of Japan at the base of the Combined Fleet in Taipei, he issued a circular to the whole army that this was a general mobilization and a general attack, and that success was only allowed and no failure was allowed.

"We are ready for the jade to be broken, and we hope that the imperial army will be loyal as one, eradicate the bane of the emperor, magnify the legacy of the ancestors, and maintain the honor of the empire with loyalty and bravery!"

On the day of the expedition, Gonggong Wei wrote a suicide note and ordered people to copy several copies and send them one by one, and then composed another poem.

The poem says:

"Since ancient times, car books have been mixed, and the Japanese people have nothing to do with the lathe worker.

Raise millions of Tokyo, the first peak of Hibiscus. ”

Hibiscus is called Fuji also.

This poem is vigorous and magnificent, and it clarifies the heart of Wei Gonggong for the victory of the conquest of the sun.

It is said: "All the work is done!" ”

As soon as the Imperial Army conquered Japan, there was no suspense about the Imperial Army's conquest of Japan, so it was necessary to deal with the remaining Japanese troops in the Ryukyus, so that Ryukyu could become a strong base for the Ming Imperial Army's conquest of Japan.

As soon as the mobilization order was issued, the morale of all units of the imperial army was high, and the officers and soldiers of the two divisions of the guards and garrisons all asked for battle, and many officers and soldiers even took Qi Shaobao's poem - "I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope that the sea will be peaceful" as a motto in life.

Within a few days, the base camp received as many as 10,000 letters from officers and men asking for blood.

In addition, more than 100 officers and soldiers of the former Japanese imperial army gathered in front of the base camp and vowed to return to Japan to save their wives and daughters who were eating chaff.

"Japan, not the Japan of the Tokugawa family! Japan, not the Japan of corrupt officials! Japan, not the Japan of privilege! ”

"Please lead us to change Japan! If we don't change, Japan will be hell! ”

"Respect the emperor and fight for traitors, and establish Japan's imperial paradise!"

“......”

The Japanese officers and soldiers returned to their hometowns, liberated their hometowns, re-established a new Japan, and established an imperial paradise belonging to the Emperor Ming.

He hadn't slept for a long time.

"Wake up from the long sleep of ten thousand calamities, run to the new morning of the empire, as long as you have a dream, what is fame, only loyalty will never be lost, looking back on this life, you can always say that there are no regrets!"

The father-in-law Wei on the bow of the ship closed the paper fan and pointed towards the towering Yaeyama in the distance.

"Loyalty!"

Hundreds of generals stood upright and saluted in mid-air.

"But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death."

Gonggong Wei gazed affectionately, "Gentlemen, for the glory of the Empire, I ask you to kill all those who are enemies of the Empire, no matter who they are!" ”

"Raise the flag, land!"

Shi Dezheng issued an order, and the sound of the horn of "woo" suddenly resounded over the sea area, and more than 200 warships, large and small, galloped towards the coast.

Approaching the shore, the boats were released one by one, and groups of Imperial officers and men marched to the deck and descended to the boats along the net ropes on the side of the ship.

The small boats full of soldiers quickly rowed towards the land, and from a distance, they were densely packed and countless.