Chapter 765: The Fall of the Rising Sun - Geisha

Nagasaki is a famous port in the western part of Japan's Kyushu Island, with a very long history, and has always been a port for Japan's exchanges with China and the West. After Japan began to implement the policy of closing the country to the outside world, Nagasaki became the Guangzhou of Japan, and became the only port open to China and the Netherlands. During the Northern Manchurian War, Kagoshima Castle, Kumamoto Castle and other important places in Kyushu were almost razed to the ground, but Nagasaki was lucky enough to survive the catastrophe.

After the war, the island of Kyushu was very dilapidated and almost a place where ghosts cried everywhere, and Nagasaki was once again an exception. After the war, Nagasaki entered a stage of rapid development, becoming the most economically developed region in Japan, and its population also ushered in explosive growth, even surpassing Tokyo for a time. The reason for this is not the hard work of the Japanese Yamato nation, but the help of Japan's sworn enemy, North Manchuria.

North Manchuria still had a strict blockade policy against Japan, but the blockade of Nagasaki was somewhat loose, and some light industrial products were exported, because Nagasaki was one of the anchorages of several major fleets in North Manchuria. After the Manchurian War, Nagasaki became the sphere of influence of North Manchuria, not only with a large area of concessions, but also the port of Nagasaki became the military port of North Manchuria. The North Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, the Yellow Sea Fleet, and some ocean-going freighters always like to stop here when they enter and leave the Pacific Ocean.

A fleet can have as few as a few hundred people or as many as several thousand, and their food, drink, and material supply are not small industrial chains. The fleet was to be replenished, the merchants of Northern Manchukuo were to buy Japanese specialties, and a large group of people were to live in Nagasaki. Moreover, Britain and France and other countries also have a bit of ground in Nagasaki, and they also want to develop, and they also want to get a share of the supply of the North Manchurian fleet. Britain and France have shared a little bit of sweetness, but at the same time they have also generated a huge share. The Japanese ate North Manchuria at home and British and French at home, and Nagasaki developed little by little.

Nagasaki's economic situation was good, and there were foreign gadgets brought by British and French merchants, and Chinese goods brought by merchants from North Manchuria, which naturally attracted a large number of Japanese to come here to seek a living. Life in Japan after the Manchurian War was very difficult, Guo Xinga almost sucked up Japan's blood, and the Japanese government wanted to strengthen itself, so naturally it could only squeeze the people to death. The Japanese people, who rarely have a way to survive, flock to Nagasaki like a natural wind, hoping to live a prosperous life here.

When the summer sea breeze blew through the harbor, and the rich young master of Northern Manchukuo was feeding the seagulls with sausages by the harbor, a Manchurian fleet of eight large warships sailed into the port of Nagasaki. Li Zhi, commander of the First Squadron of the East China Sea Fleet, commanded his own fleet for the first time and completed a cruise to Hawaii. Li Zhi's military rank has reached the rank of rear admiral, which is considered a high-ranking officer in the Manchurian Navy, and even more so a veteran of the Navy, but he has always been a senior staff member by Botun's side, and this is the first time he has taken charge alone. After completing the cruise calmly, and successfully completing some secret experiments assigned by Guoxinga, Li Zhi was very happy and stood proudly at the bow of the ship.

"Commander, after entering the harbor and stationing, can you give the brothers a few days off?" Shao Shijie, the political commissar of the fleet, was also very happy, and discussed with Li Zhi in a low voice. The two of them are usually not very compatible, Li Zhi is from the foreign faction, and Shao Shijie is from the inland river faction. The two have different positions, so naturally there will inevitably be some friction.

"Hmmm! Let's let the big guys have fun too! There is still a training camp after returning to China, and they are rarely idle! Li Gen's personality is relatively soft, Shao Shijie took the initiative to show goodwill, and he is not a person who raises the bar.

"I heard that after the opening of special economic zones in Shanghai, Ningbo, Nanjing, Wuhan and other places, the general intends to form the Yangtze River Fleet. The commander of the Yangtze River Fleet, whether it is in terms of qualifications or combat achievements, you are the first choice! "The Neihe faction has its own favorite candidate, but his qualifications are much worse than Li Gen, and he is not as deep as his background, so Shao Shijie is ready to take advantage of the speculation of the two of them to set a set of Li Gen's words.

"The commander-in-chief said that I have a weak personality and still need to be trained, and I myself think that I am very good in the East China Sea Fleet at the moment. But my brother, you also know, this Yangtze River Fleet ...... It's hard to say! Li Gen didn't think much about it, and mentioned his brother very casually.

"It's destined for you! Hehe......" Shao Shijie had all kinds of contempt in his heart, but he still held Li Gen on his lips.

In the Manchurian Navy, no matter what position it is, everyone can compete for it, but if Li Gen participates, no one is an opponent. Lee Gen never fought alone, and his promotion was not an internal issue for the Navy. Li Gen's elder brother, Li Zhi, has been promoted to lieutenant general. The godbrother Cao Meng became the commander-in-chief of the Air Force. Fellow villager Wu Xiuming and fellow villagers will be Huaiyang, and their power is extremely huge. There are too many people behind Li Gen, and there are too many people involved, even if the conflict between the Neihe faction and the Liuyang faction is already very acute at the moment, Bian Changdi is easily unwilling to provoke Li Gen, this little guy is really too troublesome.

Li Gen not only has a deep background in the military and political circles, but also has strong reinforcements in the inner palace. Originally, the Tianni sisters took the Li Gen brothers as their mother's family, and they were already taken care of by competent people. Unexpectedly, Li Gen's popularity is too good, and when he escorted his beloved son back to Japan to visit relatives, he got in touch with this newly favored side Fujin. Now three of the four side Fujin of Guoxing's will help Li Gen speak, and which one of them will go crazy to find trouble with him.

After the fleet docked in port, Li Gen gave the order to rest ship by ship and let the soldiers go ashore to move freely. For a moment, the cheers of the sailors even drowned out the whistles of the battleships. Being a sailor is very hard, not to mention anything else, but loneliness can drive people crazy. They lived a voyage for a short period of more than a month, or a long month, and they saw nothing but the sea and the birds, which was no different from captivity. Those who participated in the special experiments simply lived in a prison cell, and could not even see the birds. Such a miserable life, of course, is extremely eager to take a vacation, to be able to go ashore to move freely, and to be happier than how much money is rewarded.

"Soldiers are not allowed to carry ordnance and weapons ashore, and they are not allowed to disturb the Japanese people!" Li Gen didn't care for the Japanese, but he didn't want his subordinates to make trouble and be picked on.

The destroyers Ebayashi and Unri were the first to be on leave, but the treatment of the two ships was slightly different, with the sailors of the Ebayashi being able to purchase only in the harbor, while the sailors of the Unri were allowed to enter Nagasaki for sightseeing. Of course, it was not that Li Gen wanted to discriminate, but he was wary that hundreds of sailors would pour into Nagasaki at once, which would cause unnecessary conflicts. Therefore, each ship is closed in turns, and two days at a time, one day in the harbor and one day in Nagasaki for sightseeing. The Yunri was in front of the Jianglin because the captain of the Jianglin lost by lot.

"Brother, control yourself! If you can't help but buy something with the money in your hand, you won't have to play tomorrow! "Zhang Zhengyuan, the sergeant major of the Yunri, instructed Wang Benwu, the sergeant major of the Jianglin, in a strange manner.

"You brother, have fun, don't worry about your brothers!" Wang Benwu was full of envy, jealousy and hatred, Zhang Zhengyuan was called cheap and obedient.

"Hahaha! A few brothers eat something good, brother go to have fun first! Ha ha...... I heard that this Japanese girl is good! Brother go and explore the way for my brother! Looking at Wang Benwu's jealous look, Zhang Zhengyuan smiled even more proudly.

"Get out!" Wang Benwu kicked Zhang Zhengyuan away.

The officers and soldiers of the Yunri were angry that they had to wait for a day's robes, and then walked out of the harbor with their shoulders hooked. Li Gen arranged sentries at the port to check whether the officers and soldiers leaving the port were carrying weapons, so as not to let these guys go out and mess around, and everyone passed the inspection smoothly, except for Zhang Zhengyuan, who was stopped. Zhang Zhengyuan didn't carry a pistol, but he carried his own saber around his waist.

"Sir, the commander has an order not to carry ordnance out of the port!" The soldiers who had just joined the army had a heartfelt fear of the sergeant major, and in the face of Zhang Zhengyuan, a senior sergeant major, they trembled when they spoke.

"Bastard, I didn't bring a gun!" Zhang Zhengyuan looked at the people who had already run out, and his heart was in a hurry.

"Sir, your saber ......" The soldiers standing guard did not even dare to say the whole thing, the terrible sergeant major of the new barracks, left too deep a shadow on them.

"Bastard, isn't the sergeant major an officer? This is Lao Tzu's saber, a symbol of status, even if you meet the general, you don't need to untie it! Zhang Zhengyuan began to argue strongly, he just didn't bother to go back to deliver the knife, after all, the first batch of people to leave the port had already run away, if he went late, the good girl would be gone.

"Yes, yes!" Zhang Zhengyuan's hands were raised, and the sentry who was afraid of being beaten could only let him go.

The 280 sailors of the Yunri rushed to the city of Nagasaki with cheers. Taverns and gambling houses have no attraction to them, they are not short of alcohol, they are not good at Japanese, and they are not good at gambling in Japan, only brothels are their favorite place. Zhang Zhengyuan and a few backward sailors were a step late after all, and the bastards with quick legs and feet had already snatched everything up. Whatever they wanted, they had to do it to the poor proprietress instead.

"Wait, wait!" The proprietress of the brothel, who is very blunt in Chinese, can only greet the wine and food while inviting these terrible Manchurian military masters and so on.

Zhang Zhengyuan and the others scolded and scolded, sat in the lobby of the brothel and began to drink, they couldn't go to the bed to rob people, they could only wait here. But they didn't sit for a while, and several beautiful and gorgeously dressed women walked in, holding something like musical instruments in their hands, and Zhang Zhengyuan and the others straightened their eyes. However, the proprietress who got the support was not very happy, she stumbled and tried to say something, but Zhang Zhengyuan and the others couldn't understand half a word.

"Bastard boy, get back, mood, mood, do you understand!" Several girls were pulled over, and they also began to pour wine and serve, fiddling with musical instruments and singing and dancing. But the young sailors couldn't help it, and they were all impatient to do it, but they were all pulled back by Zhang Zhengyuan.

The girls' song and dance made Zhang Zhengyuan and several people fascinated, but they finally couldn't hold it anymore and went to pull the girls' clothes one by one. In this situation, who still has the heart to find a room, the lobby of the brothel is not on the street, anyway, they are chartered today, and it doesn't matter where they do things. The girls screamed and ducked, and the sailors were furious.

"Geisha, geisha!" The proprietress finally expressed herself correctly.

"I know it's a prostitute!" Zhang Zhengyuan pasted a handful of banknotes on the face of the proprietress .