On January 31, 1648 (note that this was exactly ten days after the Battle of Jiangnan in Bolo), it was a moonless night, and before the dawn came, it became darker and darker, almost to the point of not being able to reach out to the eye. And this time is also the time when all are the most sleepy.

"General"

After the "butterfly", Ayano's amazing beauty was displayed in front of the Nine Ghosts, and the flawless body like white jade was exposed to the eyes of the Nine Ghosts.

Nine Ghosts Naobo smacked his lips in satisfaction: "Such a woman...... It's no wonder that the city lord of Shenzhou City would let her back. The Nine Demons reached out and climbed towards the jade-like peaks dotted with bright red cherries.

"Hey, why is it so far away, why can't you touch it?" The Nine Ghosts panicked, and Mochizuki Lingnai's body seemed to be gradually hidden in some lead-colored mist, which flickered with electric light and burst into bursts of thunder.

"Boom ......" A series of explosions woke up the nine ghosts from a beautiful spring dream. He sat up, and in his confused head, he secretly felt pity.

"Alas! She had already been sent to Edo...... Really! …… Uh, what's going on! ”

The "boom" series of explosions showed no sign of stopping, and their furious sound woke up the Nine Ghosts Naobao from his daze.

"Ahh At this time, there was already a pale color on the horizon, and the flashes of "rumbling" artillery fire that constantly sounded illuminated the sky, and at the same time, there were those "popping" gunshots that sounded a little different.

Naoho Kuki's hand was on the side of the sliding door, his eyes widening, and he finally understood what this meant.

"It's over, the Shenzhou army on Tsushima Island is coming to attack." Thinking of this, he couldn't care about feeling sorry for Ayano's body, who had already gone to Edo, and hurriedly got dressed and ran out of the house.

On the surface of the sea, the "Whale-class amphibious assault ships" carrying the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the "Salvation Army" and the 1st and 2nd Battalions of foreign mercenaries sailed to the shore, accompanied by the escorting destroyer fleet, as well as some modified North Korean "Turtle Iron Ships" loaded with port construction equipment and "Catholic" laborers.

More than 50 warships were divided into two directions, one landing the army, the ultimate target of which was the Mori family's Kayama Castle (present-day Shimonoseki (Shimonoseki (Maraseki)) in the Chugoku region of Fuso Main Island, and the other attacking the Otomo family's Kokura Castle (present-day Ube) on the southern side of Kitakyushu, both of which were port cities, with populations ranging from 100,000 to 200,000.

Not a single artillery fire was fired from the artillery forts on the coast that defended the Kitakyushu region, and now the fleets at sea had been signaled to the naval fleets of the positions and assembly areas of the Fuso Army that they had detected.

The warships, which were completely free of artillery fire in the artillery barricades on the shore, lined up in an artillery formation and were "bombarded...... Rumble...... With an almost uninterrupted boom, the rocket range extender used by the 100-mm naval gun was poured down on the coast.

The importance of naval guns for landing operations is self-evident, although their accuracy is inferior to the attack ability of aircraft, but the extremely low cost ratio made the US military in the first Gulf War also invited "Iowa-class" battleships to help, from which we can see the importance of large-caliber naval guns in landing operations.

The "Whale-class amphibious assault ships" lined up horizontally, sliding one after another into the sea one after another as if they were exercising, and rushed toward the coast in five waves every five times.

These 50-man driven Exocet-class soldiers in khaki armor carried the main force of the landing operation, and those combat vehicles were naturally the combat vehicles of two "foreign mercenaries" for fire support and the self-propelled mortars equipped with each company.

Once they had established their beachhead, two rocket launchers from the 2nd Marine Division's artillery battalion and two artillery batteries armed with 1647 Thor-L howitzers would be landed to support their attack.

The soldiers of Fuso had never seen such a way of fighting, and in the midst of the furious artillery fire, they understood one thing, as long as you don't get together, it doesn't matter. As soon as there was any sign of a rally intent to resist, the seemingly endless screaming shells would rain down from the sky, dissuading them from all attempts to resist.

The unarmed Exocet-class lived up to their name, and they were far faster than the "foreign mercenaries" who used their chariots, rushing to the shore in a horizontal line every five ships. Although they are trimarans, they have a very shallow draft just to grab the beach, and they are also equipped with another iron anchor at the tail so that they can pull the landing craft back into the water after the troops have grabbed the beach, and return to the "Whale-class amphibious assault ship" to pick up the next group of troops.

Groups of "Salvation Army" soldiers, like crosses, raised their bayonet muskets above their heads and ran to the shore. Due to the rapid attack of the special forces, the artillery forts used as resistance strongholds were completely rendered useless before the landing, leaving them with little resistance.

The "Salvation Army" on the shore quickly gathered soldiers for their own units according to the battle plan. In addition to the planned troops to defend the beachhead, the rest of the soldiers formed a sharp attack formation to attack and advanced into the coastline.

Soldiers on the beachhead began to pave the road using gravel and planks they had gathered nearby, so that the vehicles that were about to land could quickly leave the beach.

At this time, the warships at sea were still shelling according to the instructions of the special forces on the fort.

As the soldiers of the Salvation Army marched forward, they rejoiced at the sound of shells flying overhead, which made people's teeth sour at the sound of it.

The cover fire of the naval guns apparently shattered the enemy's planned counter-capture, and pieces of corpses fell around the huge craters. Swords, guns, and guns were scattered all over the place, and occasionally a few soldiers who were scattered by the artillery fire tried to use their knives and guns to resist, but they were all repaired into corpses by the "Salvation Army" with spears and bullets.

The task of the Salvation Army soldiers in these attacks is to advance until they encounter strong resistance from the enemy, report the situation quickly, and retreat into the range of artillery cover if they encounter a strong attack.

Of course, this safe and comfortable advance did not last long, and when they reached the edge of the artillery cover area, the real test came.

A group of about 5,000 Fuso soldiers was driven off the coast by naval artillery fire, and when they assembled outside the range of the artillery bombardment, there were less than 3,000 men left. Unfortunately, the officers they led were not killed by the shells, so the soldiers, although frightened, quickly organized themselves to the roar of the officers.