The battle around Kagoshima was not too short-lived, from the beginning of the morning naval battle and the pursuit of the battlefield until near dusk, the battlefield was cleaned, and the remnants of the enemy's counterattack at the last moment still brought several casualties and more than 30 casualties, but this was less than 10,000 troops, and it seemed that it was not enough to withstand the stubborn enemy of the attacking marines.

In fact, Chen Xin still has considerable discretion in the relevant strategy, but Chen Xin does not have much regret about adopting such a policy, after all: only by making some people here realize that if major interests are not compromised or even compromised, then the extinction of the dead race is not an empty word, and those conditions that seem impossible to accept at all can be truly accepted from top to bottom.

In order to achieve sufficient deterrence, especially against other forces outside the shogunate, it is clear that it is not enough to clean up the Shimazu family. Therefore, after a day of preparation on the shore, twelve expeditionary teams that landed on the shore began to attack the remnants of the Shimazu clan and other feudal lords throughout Kyushu.

According to pre-war data, the population of the entire Kyushu should have been around 2 million, of which about one-third belonged to the Shimazu family. The more than 10,000 Marines who landed each of them could bring about 10 percent of the population loss to each opponent and civilians of similar size, and it was enough to seek a deterrent strike, even if not to seek long-term control.

When the army set off, Chen Xin also boldly ordered: "You have also seen in the previous battles: the Dongying people of Kyushu, who have become the core of pirates several times and even the enemy of our China, are essentially a reactionary nation, and it is impossible to seek a real rebirth without a thorough cleansing strike." And this time, our army has ample sea power, and all combat operations are within the effective transportation and supply of supplies, and you must clear this place at all costs all possible people who may become a source of soldiers! Do you understand? ”

"What is the potential person to become a soldier? For example, are unarmed male civilians or elderly people included? At this time, someone asked with some confusion.

"Failure to choose unconditional surrender in the first place within the specified time as required by our army can be regarded as having the determination to resist. From men taller than wheels to old people are all targets of this operation. Those women and children who are not hostile or armed are spared for the time being, but if there are too many people resisting, then we will not have much of a good way ... ”

Although many officers and soldiers did not fail to carry out some purge operations during the expeditionary operation, such a purposeful purge order still made many people feel uncomfortable: "Will this violate the military discipline of our army?" ”

"Our army's military discipline only has some requirements for domestic operations, have you ever seen similar regulations in the regulations on overseas operations?" Chen Xin also said unabashedly at this time.

Hearing such words, although there were still a few people who felt that it was too cruel, Chen Xin's next words made many people relieved: "For hundreds of years, when the pirates in this area invaded the mainland, there would not be our so-called rule of refusing to surrender before carrying out the purge and letting go of women and children. ”

In this way, the team quickly devoted itself to the "clearing and raiding" operations against various places. More and more fires and fireworks began to burn from the southern part of Kyushu Island, and soon spread to more distant places.

In just three days and nights, twelve raiding teams cleaned more than 50 villages, tens of thousands of core men in the Shimazu family were cleaned, and more than 100,000 women and children were escorted by the team to the beach near Kagoko Port, where at least a third of them collapsed or were purged on the way due to fatigue and attrition.

In just one day, the twelve raiding teams of the entire fleet were divided into dozens of assault squadrons, and launched pirate-style coastal raids from the south to the north, and in just a few days, tens of thousands of resistance forces and even men were purged, but for forces other than the Shimazu family, the sweeping team seemed to have abandoned the plan to transfer these women and children in order to save time, but quickly approached in depth after targeted interrogation.

When the feudal lords on the island began to react, many places were purged in the concentrated sweep, but in the face of severe survival pressure, many teams with a size of more than 10,000 people were quickly gathered, and I don't know how many resistance forces with a size of more than 1,000 people also brought some casualties and losses to the teams in the crusade that had never suffered in frontal battles before. However, under the warning of the scouting hot air balloon that followed the team, the large-scale ambush operation ultimately failed. Some small-scale ambush operations often fail due to lack of preparation. In order to save time, the team also began to stop going back and forth to the fleet under the signal, but relied on the supplies looted on the spot to maintain further encirclement in other directions.

Unlike Western houses, many houses are made of wood, which also brings great convenience to sweeping. Some ordinary villages, which are not tight, can often be plunged into raging fires with arson rockets, forcing those who want to resist to flee and choose to surrender or be purged. Normally, however, when a team "fails to persuade them to surrender" and intends to carry out a systematic purge, there is usually not much left to live.

Gradually, the soldiers and civilians on Kyushu Island, who had been defeated in continuous resistance, found that only when those strong enemies from the east approached and gave up some weapons and gathered the whole village as soon as possible, did they have a chance to find a way out, and the tide of surrender began again at this time. However, in order to achieve the purpose of large-scale cleansing and deterrence of the local area, in the following operation, many teams gave up the open and honest cleanup, and launched a direct raid, and more and more people seemed to be unable to even surrender.

Like many Han Chinese people in mountainous areas, the appearance of civilian women in the mountainous Kyushu region is not very prominent, but all kinds of atrocities inevitably occur in this indulgent purge.

Gradually, when the beacon fire was lifted into the sky, the local people in many nearby places would flee one after another, and many people starved to death or were killed in the flight, but gradually it was discovered that there was still a safer place, that is, the area of Kagoharto where the enemy fleet was staying.

(End of chapter)