Chapter 17 The Complete Liberation of the Ryukyus New Advances in Computers

There was a mess outside, and it turned out that the captain of the king's guard had spotted someone rushing into the palace and summoning the guards to surround him.

The king sneered angrily and ordered the captain of the guard to come in and thank Wei Qing and them. Then he said: "If it weren't for the bravery of the heroes sent by Shangbang today, the life of this king would not be guaranteed!" ”

After finishing speaking, he said to Wei Qing: "Thank you, we will talk about it later, this hero, you must immediately block my palace and don't let anyone out." There are many people in my palace who are spies of the Satsuma Domain, and I can't let them out, and there are also people in the guard. In addition, there are more than 1,000 people in the Satsuma clan on the island of Okinawa, so you have to be careful! ”

Wei Qing said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, we still have two large warships heading towards Naha Port, and we have come in to protect your safety." Those samurai of the Satsuma clan will not pose any threat to us. I would also like to tell Your Majesty that our army has begun to blockade the Japanese islands, and that these demons will soon be completely eliminated. ”

"Thank you, Emperor Shangbang! We're saved this time! When the king of the Ryukyus heard this, tears flowed down their eyes, and they were humiliated by the Satsuma clan.

At this time, the king thought that it was too late to seal off the palace, and some of the spies in the palace had already run out to deliver letters to the officials sent by the Satsuma clan. More than 1,000 people scattered throughout the Satsuma clan were gathering and preparing to attack the palace.

The king of the Ryukyus usually seems to have nothing to do, and let the Satsuma clan come to him, but in fact, he is extremely aware of it, and those spies of the Satsuma clan have been backed up by the people of the Satsuma clan for a long time, so they will inevitably show their arrogance, and the king will not say all this, but he will keep it in his heart. Therefore, after sealing off the palace, he quickly arrested them one by one, and after a brief question, the king of the Ryukyus decisively executed them all.

After dealing with these spies, the samurai of the Satsuma Domain outside had already surrounded the palace. The Satsuma clan sent a message to the palace, ordering the people in the palace to come out and surrender, and threatened: If they do not surrender, they will kill all the people inside, including the king!

Wei Qing and his men came in a total of more than 30 people, only brought ten automatic rifles, the rest were pistols, and the strength to guard the courtyard wall of the palace was too weak, so they decided to abandon the courtyard wall, retreat to the palace to guard the entrances, and wait for reinforcements from the warships.

The rest of the palace guards were loyal to the king, and they all climbed to the top of the palace, bows and arrows, ready to condescend against the samurai of the Satsuma domain. They have also been bullied by the samurai of the Satsuma Domain for too long, and this time they have a chance to take revenge, and they are all very excited.

The officials of the Satsuma Domain, originally thought that the two hermits with extremely high martial arts could start to play, but there was no reaction, and the people in the palace still refused to surrender, and they began to jump into the palace compound from all sides to attack the palace, but they did not expect to be shot by the bows and arrows of the guards on the top of the palace, and the samurai fought back with bows and arrows, suppressing the guards on the top of the palace, and the samurai continued to attack the palace.

As soon as they approached the palace, the ten automatic rifles in the special forces opened fire at the same time, these samurai, who were used to dangling in the Ryukyus, had never heard such a gunshot, but they knew that this sound must not be a good thing, and the samurai who were shot and fell to the ground knew what was going on. The samurai, who were not killed or injured by the bullets, lost their samurai spirit and fell to the ground screaming "wow", and the samurai who were not shot rolled and retreated.

In one fell swoop, more than thirty samurai were killed. The officials of the Satsuma Domain were also shocked, but no matter what, they had to take the palace today, otherwise things would be in trouble. The samurai of the Satsuma clan reorganized, and a large number of samurai fired at the palace with dense bows and arrows in the back, covering the attack of the samurai, and they wanted to capture the palace in one fell swoop, and many people died in front of them and still kept attacking. But ten rifles and twenty pistols quickly killed more than a hundred samurai, and they reluctantly retreated.

The king of the Ryukyus was worried that he would not be able to defend the palace, and he was even prepared to commit suicide without being humiliated. After repelling the two attacks of the Satsuma Domain in this way, the Ryukyu king saw hope and was much better in spirit, especially after Wei Qing told him that our warship had docked at the dock, and the Ryukyu king cried with joy when he knew that the suffering was over.

After Wei Qing ordered the warships to dock, the marines and special forces immediately marched to the palace and attacked the samurai of the Satsuma clan from behind.

Just when the mad Satsuma Domain samurai were preparing for the third attack, one by one **** roared down to them, and the "boom" bombardment of the cannonballs blew up their arms and legs one by one. Originally, the gunfire in front of them made them feel terrified, but this was another cannonball flying from behind, and the samurai were confused. Then behind them, there was a line of people who came up in a circle. The officials of the Satsuma Domain immediately organized the samurai to face the battle, and when the crisis came, the samurai of the Satsuma Domain were not afraid of death. At this time, they didn't think about the king in the palace at all, and they knew that they had to rush out from behind to survive. The samurai shouted and rushed back, knowing that the formation of men behind them was very thin, and if they rushed through in a concentrated manner, they would definitely be able to break their ranks out of a gap. But the people who came up around were each hand an automatic rifle, and as soon as they got closer, they opened fire at the same time, and the rain of bullets poured by hundreds of automatic rifles beat them to nowhere to hide, and one by one flesh and blood flew sideways, at this time the spirit of bushido was useless, and the timid ones who had not died had already thrown away their swords, and knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands and prayed for Amaterasu's blessing.

The battle went well, and it didn't take long for only a hundred or so samurai to be left alive, and a few dozen more to escape. The soldiers of the kiln gang did not chase after them, and hurried to the palace. At this time, Wei Qing and the others had already come to the palace courtyard, and everyone was naturally very happy to see each other.

When the king of the Ryukyus came out, he said to Wei Qing, "General, the samurai of the Satsuma clan who have escaped will be handed over to us, and they will not be able to escape in our land." ”

Wei Qing said: "Okay! Just listen to Your Majesty the Palace! ”

The king ordered the captain of the guard: "You know what to do with the rest of the devils, right?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, we know what to do!" Saying that, he went out.

As a result, all the people of Ryukyu Island went around capturing the samurai of the Satsuma clan with all kinds of weapons. These samurai, who had been rampant and evildoers everywhere, were found out one by one by the common people and the Ryukyu officers and soldiers, and they were basically beaten into a mess on the spot.

Finally, according to statistics, there were more than 150 samurai of the Satsuma Domain who were alive and uninjured, and those who were injured were all stabbed by the royal guards. Don't make a sieve.

The king of the Ryukyus wanted to kill all the captured samurai of the Satsuma domain, and Wei Qing understood that the king hated and feared these people, and he wanted to kill them immediately. Wei Qing suggested: "Your Majesty, without the Satsuma Domain, there is a lot of waste to be built here, and a lot of labor is needed, so it is better to let them work!" ”

"No, no, we don't need them!" The king of the Ryukyus did not want to keep them.

Wei Qing said: "Since His Majesty the King is not willing to ask for them, give them to us!" It may be useful for us to take it away. ”

"Good! It's all for you," of course the King of the Ryukyus was willing.

Wei Qing came to these samurai of the Satsuma Domain, who were kneeling on the ground, and said to them through an interpreter, "I know that you are all samurai, and you speak the spirit of bushido. I'm giving you a chance, and if you want to kill yourself, we're here to help. If you don't want to kill yourself, continue to be our captive. ”

A samurai stood up and said, "You won the battle with the firearms in your hands, do you dare to compete with us in martial arts?" ”

Wei Qing said with a little hand: "You come out, let's have a try." ”

The warrior came out, and Wei Qing asked him to give him a knife, and then said to him, "Let's start!" ”

Seeing that Wei Qing's knife had not been drawn, the warrior knew that he was a little too big, so he immediately pounced and slashed at Wei Qing with his sword. Wei Qing took a step forward, dodged the sword and drew his sword at the same time and swung it at the warrior, standing firm and swinging the sword into the warehouse. The samurai rushed forward, and his body continued to move forward, but his head and neck lost connection, and he could not borrow strength, so he fell behind his body and fell to the ground with a grunt. The head hit the ground, and the body fell.

None of the Japanese samurai were unconvinced, but a few asked for suicide. Wei Qing fulfilled them.

After dealing with the affairs on the Great Ryukyu Island (i.e., Okinawa Island), the affairs of the Ryukyus are considered to be finished. They were to leave behind a company of marines to assist the king of the Ryukyus in order with other island affairs. Wei Qing left by boat with the special forces. Because these two warships were going to rush back to Quanzhou, the warships had to follow the 20,000-ton cargo ship, and two 50,000-ton cargo ships to Sulu to transport guano back. Nowadays, guano is a sought-after commodity, and the people know that guano can produce a lot of food when it goes up to the ground. Of course, when they went south, they had to transport a lot of supplies to Li Zicheng and them. It's more about reinforced concrete, and they're going to build a dock at the top of the Malay Peninsula (Singapore) for large ships, and they have to build a tower crane and other equipment on the dock. After sending the big ship to load guano, they also had to go to the Western Ocean (Indian Ocean) through Malacca, and cooperate with Qin Peng to attack Burma along the Irrawaddy River.

In fact, a cargo ship like Yaogang can't be dealt with by ordinary warships. Although these cargo ships were not equipped with cannons, they were equipped with the same 65 mm direct fire guns used in the gunboats and 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and with such weapons and the tonnage of the ships, it was difficult for ordinary armed ships to get close to them.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was staying in the kiln, was even more happy when he heard that the Ryukyu matter had been solved so easily. I also found an opportunity to have a drink with my courtiers.

There was also good news at the same time that Zhou Yuji and their forward cavalry division had reached the North Sea (Lake Baikal). Although it is not civilized there. But the temperature has warmed up significantly. The engineer regiment also rushed over, because they had brought a lot of diesel engines, and they were going to build a shipyard in the North Sea. There is no shortage of wood there, and after building wooden boats and equipping them with diesel engines, the North Sea will fully blossom, and you will be able to attack along the rivers that enter and exit the North Sea. However, when the cavalry division passed by Kyakhta, they found that there were many Russians there, and they left a cavalry company to garrison there. When they arrived in Ulan-Ude, they met desperate resistance from several hundred Russian Cossacks, who killed more than 200 and captured more than 50 alive, as well as many Russian women and children. They don't know what to do with these people. The Buryats there said that these damned Cossacks had not been here for a few years, but they were so savage that the Buryats could not beat them.

Zhang Zhimu called back to report to them: When the weather is warm, let them go back to Russia. There will also be Russians around the North Sea, destroy them without leaving. Set up camp on the North Sea shore first, and build a base there. When the weather warmed up, we continued northward until we reached the beach.

On Kulun's side, Zhou Yuji and they have already begun to organize Mongolian captives to build roads. These Mongol captives were not easy to manage, and they were not willing to do such tiring work. There is no way, those who are disobedient are killed in public, and those who are not willing to work will have nothing to eat. The management of the captives should not be too merciful. More than 10,000 people were assigned to many sections along the way for construction at the same time. Zhou Yuji wants to get Kulen (Ulaanbaatar) to the naturalization highway and build a highway where cars can run. As for the desert road, Zhou Yuji has more methods, there is a section of the Qin Straight Road that passes through the desert, it uses the method of straw lattice sand fixation, and now the road has been maintained very well.

Their army had begun to press down to the west. Jiang Pai left a part of the army, preparing to advance north when the weather was warmer a little longer. There is also a Russian-built base to the north. Russia is going to be wiped out there. Otherwise, it would be a curse to keep them.

If Zhou Yuji and Jiang Ji converge with them, there is no other situation, and the team can continue to press westward.

On the side of Yaogang, it seems that everything has nothing to do with the affairs of the border pass, and people should still be busy. A team sent by Mr. Lu Bingyi to Liaodong to survey the Songliao Grand Canal also set out. General Ningde sent back an exciting news that their single-track railway track laying had arrived at Jiayuguan. Because the roadbed they built was a double line, in order to open to traffic as soon as possible, they could pave one line first, and the other line had this line to help transport the rails, and the track laying progress was also very fast.

In May, wheat was harvested in Henan and Shandong, and a large number of them were shipped to Yaogang, and some were shipped to Xi'an, because there are large grain processing factories in these two places, and the bran can also be made into monosodium glutamate. In particular, the flour from these grain processing factories is particularly popular because the flour has no bran and is very white. Processing plants can already process flour into several grades.

Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of leaving the kiln.

There was also an annoying joke in the kiln. After the DPRK envoy came to Yaogang from Beijing by car, he met Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, we in Korea have always pursued a great policy, and the Ming Dynasty is the superior state. The Ming Dynasty should not have encroached on a lot of our land, and now it is occupying our Jeju Island. Our king asks His Majesty to give me at least respect! ”

Emperor Chongzhen had a particularly good temper, "Hehe! You and we are clear about the border. Since the beginning of our Ming Dynasty, Taizu has been negotiating with you about this matter. We demanded that the border between our two sides be continued according to the original border of the Yuan Dynasty, and you did not object, but you have not fulfilled it. Later, considering that you have been pursuing a big policy, we feel that we are a family, so we did not pursue the land you occupied. But since you have betrayed us and made war against us, it is only right for us to take back our land. ”

The envoy said: "I don't know where the border between the Yuan Dynasty and us is, so I can't answer Your Majesty's words. ”

"Good! We can show you the original evidence, and you can go down and study it slowly. "Emperor Chongzhen is waiting for this sentence.

"Then our Jeju Island should be returned to us!"

"You are wrong again, Jeju Island is the place of the Yuan Dynasty. It was not long after we drove out the Mongols and we didn't have the strength to take care of the overseas that the officials of the Yuan Dynasty who governed Jeju Island took refuge in your Korea. Others have taken refuge in you, and Jeju Island can't be taken away, right? ”

"Is there any evidence for these things? We've never heard of it! "Let's start playing tricks.

"Good! You go down and study it slowly, and I think they'll give you convincing evidence. "Emperor Chongzhen is still not angry.

Liu Jiantai and Fan Jingwen were not ordinary people, and they had already prepared how to deal with them, and after going down, they took out a lot of literature and maps for the North Korean envoys to see. The Korean envoys did not expect that the Ming Dynasty had prepared so many complete materials, so that they had to play stupid. In the end, Liu Jiantai directly told them, "If you pretend to be stupid again, we won't talk to you." ”

But they knew that they would rather not talk about it than admit it! In the end, Liu Jiantai was so angry that they told these North Koreans: "If you pretend to be crazy and stupid like this, we will cut off all contact with you." There is also the place that was less drawn during the last demarcation, and we will take it back soon! ”

These Korean envoys did not dare to go back, so they immediately sent someone back to send a letter to the king of Korea to explain the situation.

The Ming Dynasty was reluctant to receive those they left behind, and asked them to go back together. But these North Koreans said that they would not leave, and they would not be allowed to live in the Yaogang Hotel, so they would live in a small inn outside. In the end, there was no silver to live in, so I still begged the emperor to ask for silver. made Emperor Chongzhen cry and laugh.

With the emperor and them dealing with these messes here, Zhang Zhimu doesn't care. Yaogang News reported a news that did not attract the attention of the general public. According to the report, the Yaogang computer research and development team has developed a high-level computer language that allows ordinary people to use computers. No one will pay attention to such reports. However, after dinner in the evening, Zhang Zhimu asked Xiaoqing and Xiaohu, "Did you two see the news in the newspaper?" ”

Both children smiled. Xiaoqing said, "Oops! It seems that something new is being developed every day in our kiln. We don't even pay attention! ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You should pay attention to this news. In the future, you will all have to learn computer languages. ”

"Hee-hee! Let's learn computer languages and talk to computers. Xiaohu thought it was funny.

"You're right!" Zhang Zhimu said, "As long as you can talk to the computer, the computer will help you do a lot of things that you can't do." ”

Listening to what they said, Yang Yulin also came over with the child in her arms and asked, "I want to know what the computer can help me do?" ”

"There's so much you can do, like your job! If you were asked to count the number of male employees in our company between the ages of 30 and 50, how long would it take? ”

"That's maybe, let's let each department count it first, and then we'll summarize it." Yang Yulin said.

"How many days will it take at the earliest, right?"

"A few days is almost over!"

"But with the computer, as long as we prepare all the personnel materials and input them into the computer, the computer can do this in a second!" Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oh my God!" Xiaoqing and Xiaohu were amazed.

"It will take more time to sort through this data!" Yang Yulin said.

"Yes, but as long as this kind of data is sorted out once, it can be quickly sorted out if there are various needs in the future." Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oops! It would be great if computers could do this for us! Yang Yulin had to say with admiration.

"There's more to computers than that." Zhang Zhimu looked at them and said, "In the future, computers will be like the radios in your hands, one for each person, and all of your computers will be connected through the network." If you have something, you can communicate with each other through a computer. ”

"Then I can send a telegram to our classmates?" Xiaohu came to the spirit.

"Telegram is so simple, you can have a lot of people together and chat on the computer. You can also make games together. There's so much that can be done. Saying that, Zhang Zhimu's eyes couldn't help but moisten a little, he remembered all the conveniences when he had a computer network in his previous life, and he didn't know how those netizens were doing now.

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.