On October 17, the ninth year of Tongzhi, the mercenary division launched a landing operation on Kyushu Island, and the troops were directly aimed at Kagoshima Castle, the capital of the Satsuma Domain. In the attack plan drawn up by Tal, the first place of battle of the mercenary division should be the port of Nagasaki, the former Japanese trade gateway directly under the shogunate, but the supreme instruction came from Changchun - Kyushu in the first war.

The meaning of the supreme directive is very clear, the focus of the strategy on Kyushu is to kill the Satsuma Domain, and the others are irrelevant. Nagasaki, a trading stronghold, and the rising military port of Saseburg were all irrelevant, and there was only one point of attack on Kyushu, and that was the Satsuma Domain, Japan's largest domain. The Satsuma clan supported half of the Meiji government, and as long as they were defeated, the Japanese government army would inevitably lose heart, and if they went elsewhere, they would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Naturally, Taal had to respect the supreme instructions, and Asano, Uesugi and others had to follow Talma's lead, so the landing place of the mercenary division was directly locked in the castle town of Kagoshima. Asano and the others had a huge psychological burden, and they were inevitably a little listless, but the recruits of the mercenary division were extremely excited. Most of the recruits of the mercenary division are from the northeastern domains, and they were miserably disastrous by the government army during the Boshin War, and they don't care about the country's righteousness or something, they can go to the Satsuma people to take revenge, they are very energetic.

The samurai from the Aizu Domain, after consulting Shanyu, unfurled the banner of the Aizu Soul, and wrapped a strip of white cloth with words such as death wrapped around their foreheads, which was completely a desperate posture to find the Satsuma people. Although the main force attacking the Aizu Domain was the Nagasu Domain, and it was the Nagasu people who harmed the Aizu Domain, Satsuma and Nagasu were also involved, and Satsuma and Nagasu were originally in the same group, so they naturally had to retaliate as one. At the time of the coup d'état on August 18, Satsuma and Aizu were allies, but when the forbidden gate changed, Satsuma turned against the water. From allies to enemies, this change can leave a deep impression on the Aizu people, so they came to Kyushu Island this time to kill these traitors.

Although the abolition of the feudal domain was carried out, the powerful feudal clan like Satsuma still had a certain family background, and it was not completely annexed for a while. When the North Manchurian Navy attacked Japan in a big raid, Satsuma also suffered, and all four warships parked in the harbor were killed, and even five steam merchant ships were given a spoonful of stew. The Satsuma clan at the top of the government also reported to the old club, this time Japan went out to take advantage of the situation and kicked the iron plate, and people came to settle the account, so the old boss must be careful.

Provoked by such a behemoth as North Manchuria, the top management of Satsuma are all scratching their heads, but the confidence of defending the land and protecting the family is still quite sufficient, they also have a proud record, and the last opponent was not weaker than North Manchuria. Seven years ago, the samurai of the Satsuma Domain committed a tiger affair, the famous Shengmai Incident, in which several samurai hacked to death British merchants who were watching the excitement and refused to give way. The British who died naturally wanted to come to the door and beat up the hillbillies in Satsuma, but that time the British broke their feet. Although Japan lost 25,000 pounds to the British in the end, this money was paid by the Tokugawa family, and the British suffered a loss in general.

The British played badly because of many factors, and they were just scaring people at the time, and they didn't really want to start fighting, but the Satsuma clan won after all. It was precisely because of this victory over the world's most powerful country that the Satsuma clan was still confident in holding back the northern Manchurians, and they firmly believed that the Manchurians would retreat like the British.

The Satsuma clan was also forced to be helpless, they were not confident and could not do it, this time, they were too deeply involved. The Ryukyus were nominally occupied by Japan, but in fact, it was mainly the Satsuma clan that took action and shared the benefits. This time to send troops to Taiwan, the Satsuma clan is still the main force, Saigo Norido who led the troops is their man, and Okubo Ritsu is still their man. So now that the enemy has come to the door, the Satsuma clan can't stand up to it. This time, even if the emperor ran away, they wouldn't be able to run away.

Moreover, in addition to annexing the Ryukyus and invading Taiwan, there is also a rule that even if Japan has a rebellious plot and has repeatedly peeked into China, it also cited well-known figures. Unfortunately, almost all of the great gods marked by Northern Manchukuo were from the Satsuma Domain. Yukichi Fukuzawa, who played the mainland policy and always regarded China as an imaginary enemy, was a native of the Satsuma domain, advocated the theory of conquering Korea, and wanted to fight a decisive battle with Northern Manchuria in Manchuria, Saigo Takamori, who was also a Satsuma, and Satsuma, who was full of heroes, was naturally the culprit of this war. If Northern Manchuria conquered Kyushu Island, the Satsuma Domain would inevitably be flattened, so Satsuma had no other way to survive than to fight to the death.

After the First Detachment of the North Sea Fleet arrived off Kagoshima, the Satsuma Domain issued a general mobilization order. However, the North Sea Fleet did not stop and go like the British, let alone send envoys to talk nonsense with the Satsuma Domain, but directly formed an attack formation in the waters near Sakurajima. The feudal lord Shimazu Tadayoshi also knew that the war was inevitable, and at the same time, judging that the main castle of Kagoshima was within the range of the enemy's guns, he moved the headquarters of the feudal army to Sengoiji Temple in the distance. Now the masters of the first echelon of the Satsuma Domain are all in Tokyo, so they can only use the main military affairs of the second echelon Kuroda Kiyotaka and Oyama Yasuke, and Oyama Yasuke has fought with Asano's mercenaries in Nihonmatsu, and he knows some of the mercenaries.

Hu Chaoxiu, the commander of the First Squadron in the North Sea, was Bian Changdi's favorite general, graduated from the Vladivostok Naval College, which Botun called a garbage factory, killed from North America to the South Seas, and also fought British devils at his own doorstep, and had very rich combat experience. Therefore, it is impossible for the British to strayed into the Satsuma Domain's shore artillery training area to happen to Hu Chaoxiu, who made good use of his range advantage, and the detachment was always in a position where the Satsuma battery could not reach them.

Kuroda Kiyotaka also wanted to replicate the success of the last time, preparing to use the eighty cannons on the shore defense batteries to take the lead in controlling people, but Hu Chaoxiu did not approach at all, and the Satsuma artillerymen tried a few times to no avail, but instead exposed the range and power of their artillery. Dealing with the shore fire resistance of the Satsuma Domain, Hu Chaoxiu felt like killing chickens with a knife, but Yasuke Oyama gave him a lot of trouble.

The firepower of the detachment can easily solve the shore fire of the Satsuma Domain, and even carry out in-depth bombing, even the main castle of Kagoshima and the factories and studies in the castle can be cleaned up, but he can't handle the position built by Yasuke Oyama. Japanese people who love to learn can acquire knowledge anywhere, and Yasuke Oyama learned a lot about the layout of the position from the dilapidated fortifications left behind by Asano in the Nihonmatsu Domain. Yasuke Oyama, who had long seen the power of Northern Manchurian artillery, knew that the shore defense positions of the Satsuma Domain could not be held at all, and he was bound to be bombarded by the Manchurian heavy artillery, so he gave up the idea of defending against the enemy at sea and began to find a way to prevent the Manchurian army from landing.

Kiyotaka Kuroda disagrees with Yasuke Oyama's passive defensive thinking, but the clever Oyama comes up with the best of both worlds. Yasuke Oyama built his infantry position on the anti-slope of the shore defense battery, so that the direct fire of the naval guns could not reach him. If Hu Chaoxiu had to shell him, he would have to shoot close to the coastline, so that the fort would have a chance. Of course, the Manchurians could hit the fort first, and after knocking the fort out, they would shoot him at close range. But at that distance, his Armstrong cannon can bombard the warship, although the effect is definitely not good, but it can be regarded as a hit. And the accuracy of the hanging shot is definitely not high, the survival rate of his infantry is extremely high, and he can also rely on the fortifications to snipe the enemy who lands on the shore.

"These people are terrible! Their learning ability is so strong, we still have too many things left in Nihonmatsu! Shanyu could see at a glance that the master of Yasuke Oyama's fortifications was inherited, and although the mercenaries destroyed their own fortifications before evacuating, it was obvious that they did not do it thoroughly enough, and the Japanese still learned a lot.

"At that time, we were in too much of a hurry, the troops were not meticulous enough, and our officers were not in place to supervise them!" It is true that there is a problem with his subordinates, and Asano can still accept the accusation with an open mind, but Shanyu said such things in front of the sailors, and Asano is still uncomfortable.

"Inclusive, we have to go out, but also to bring in! We can't keep the things we have advantages secret all the time, we can't learn all the good things of others, but our own things can be hidden, and it's normal to be seen sporadically! "There are many museums.

"Yes, yes!" Asano's sweat came down at once, he understood Shanyu's good intentions, these words were not for Hu Chaoxiu, but for this master of the prison army.

"Do you want to storm it?" Shanyu didn't answer the leak, but asked how Hu Chaoxiu should attack.

"Commander of the Aviation Corps, Cao Meng, is the old department of your tower commander, the old relationship, how can it be your turn to gnaw bones!" Hu Chaoxiu's words were particularly sour.

Hu Chaoxiu also thought about conducting naval and air cooperation drills before, but the air force did not give face at all, and only then did they send ten airships. This time to attack Kyushu Island, but there was no need for anyone to ask for it, the air force itself came in a hurry, and one guy came with five bombing airship formations, and it caught up with the scale of the bombing of Tokyo. The relationship, as long as it is an old man in North Manchuria, there is nothing that he doesn't know, when Cao Meng was the big soldier, Tal was his platoon commander, it was like a father and a brother. Now that the old platoon commander's people have come out to do things, Cao Meng naturally wants to give his full support, and he has enough face, and he doesn't need to say a word of nonsense.

Yasuke Oyama took everything he had seen into account, but he didn't know that there was a terrifying weapon in this world that could be thrown all over the sky*, and the result was naturally as miserable as the Kurokin Kiyotaka on the fort. The three bombing airship formations blew the batteries into ruins and the fortifications into wreckage, and Yasuke Oyama and Kiyotaka Kuroda could only run back with the remnants. But the other two airship formations threw 320 tons of solidification directly into Kagoshima Castle*, and Kagoshima Castle was gone.

The enemy has withdrawn to their home camp, and Asano can naturally land calmly with his mercenaries. Stepping on Asano on Kyushu Island, he can't say what it's like to fight, it's his duty to fight, but he's worried that the fair will force him to do something out of the ordinary. Asano is absolutely loyal to Koko, but after all, Japan is his homeland, and there are some things he can't do.

"Slaughter the city, kill them all!" Asano was still confused, but Zenyu, who had just come ashore, seemed to be crazy, and the political commissar who was supposed to maintain military discipline became the one who gave the killing order.