Section 71 Attacking the Japanese
The Battle of the Ryukyus, which cannot be called a war, went smoothly beyond everyone's expectations. The pre-war deployment of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Empire was almost no longer necessary.
After capturing all the samurai of the Satsuma Domain who were on duty in the Ryukyu Kingdom, with the full assistance of Shangxian, the former son of the Ryukyu Kingdom and now the Ryukyu King of the Ming Empire, the people of the entire Ryukyu Kingdom did not have much resistance to the merger of the kingdom into the Ming Empire.
With the successive arrival of administrative officials of the Ming Empire in the Ryukyus, the Operations Staff Office of the Pacific Fleet finally crossed out the plan of action for the Ryukyu Campaign, and instead chose a site in Naha Bay, the main island of the Ryukyus, to build a military port, and prepare to relocate the base of the Pacific Fleet to the Ryukyus.
However, the Pacific Fleet's battle plan was not perfect. For example, Zheng Zhibao received a mission to find an opportunity to get rid of Shangxian's father, the Ryukyu King Shangfeng, and blame the Satsuma Domain.
It's just that I didn't expect that the special operations team of the Marine Corps sent by Zheng Zhibao to Kagoshima had just touched Kagoshima and got the news that Ryukyu King Shangfeng had died of illness.
The special operations team, which had lost its target, had no choice but to send the news back to the base while continuing to lurk in Kagoshima, waiting for the defense of Kagoshima and the strength of the Satsuma Domain to wait for the Pacific Fleet to attack Kagoshima in a big way.
At this time, in the Daimyo Mansion of the Satsuma Domain on Kagoshima, Shimazu Mitsuhisa had not received the news that the Ryukyu Kingdom had been incorporated into the Ming Empire.
Neither the samurai of the family who was on duty in the Ryukyus, nor the ninja samurai who were sent to Dayuan Island of the Ming Empire to inquire about the news, did not deliver the news and returned to Kagoshima.
It's not that these samurai of the Satsuma clan haven't delivered news. It's just that the current waters of the Wa Kingdom have been blocked by the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Empire.
The samurai of the Satsuma Domain did not have a telegraph system like the Ming Empire, and could only transmit information by manpower. However, as long as they entered the sea area close to the Wa Kingdom, no one could escape the arrest of the Ming Empire.
In the end, even the ashigaru and ninja lurking on Dayuan Island were implicated, and they were arrested by the police of the Ming Empire, and they were all arrested in the prison of the Ming Empire.
In the early morning of this day, the sun had just jumped out of the sea, dyeing the waves on the surface of the sea gold.
Fishermen from several Japanese countries are leaving the port and entering the sea, preparing to catch marine fish. Suddenly, a huge shadow drifted in the sunlight in the distance. The fisherman curiously stretched out his hand to block the sunlight and looked over.
The shadows were getting closer and closer, and soon the outline appeared in the eyes of the fishermen. The fisherman's eyes widened and he shouted, "Amaterasu, is this Amaterasu's mount?" How could there be such a huge ironclad ship in the world? ”
The fishermen of the unruly country exclaimed, this huge shadow is the aircraft carrier fleet of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Empire. After learning the news that Shang Feng, the former king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, died of illness, Zheng Zhibao was also relieved, and finally did not die under his own orders, and his relationship with Shang Xian would not be stiffened.
After all, the current Shangxian is the king of Ryukyu given by the emperor of the Ming Empire. Although there is no fiefdom, there is still a right to speak in the court.
Once Shang Xian's father really died under his own orders, although Shang Xian would not hold a grudge against the emperor, it was still very possible for him to remember his hatred.
Despite this black cauldron, Zheng Zhibao is still willing to carry it. But now it's the best outcome.
After hearing the news of his father's death in Kagoshima, Shang Feng was very sad, believing that all this was the result of the Satsuma Domain of the Wa Kingdom, and that someone from the Satsuma Domain had to take responsibility for this matter and pay for his father's life.
After stabilizing the situation in the Ryukyus, Zheng Sen, the king of Pinghai, immediately sent Zheng Zhibao and Abatai out to attack Kagoshima and Kyushu together with the prepared Second Fleet. At the same time, he also asked Shangxian to go out with the army, so that he could avenge his father's blood hatred with his own hands.
I have to say that Shang Feng's death in Kagoshima also played a certain role in the Ming Empire. Originally, there were some people in the Ryukyu Kingdom who were not willing to be merged into the Ming Empire, and they wanted to wait for the old king to be rescued and return to power in the Ryukyus, overturn the decision of the prince Shangxian, and restore the name of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Unexpectedly, what I waited for was that the old king died in Kagoshima, and now, in the entire Ryukyu Kingdom, only the son of the world is Shangxian. However, the son of Shangxian issued a merger edict, withdrew the country and merged it into the Ming Empire, and became the subject of the Ming Empire.
In desperation, these people had no choice but to bury the idea of the restoration of the country deep in their hearts, or honestly follow the son of the world and be a peaceful citizen of the Ming Empire.
Zheng Zhibao and Abatai on the aircraft carrier ignored the fishermen of the Japanese Kingdom who were kneeling on the fishing boat, looked at the coastline in the distance, and directly ordered the fleet to sail in a straight line, aiming directly at the location of the Daimyo Mansion of the Satsuma Domain in Kagoshima.
The fishermen of the Japanese country, who knelt on the fishing boat and bowed to the aircraft carrier fleet, did not dare to fight and climb up until more than a dozen huge ironclad ships were far away, but no one wanted to go to sea again, and they all rowed desperately to chase the huge ironclad ships, not knowing that these ironclad ships were simply here to attack the Japanese and attack Kagoshima.
At the time of the war, the two aircraft carrier fleets of the first and second detachments of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Empire appeared in the sea off Kagoshima City, where the daimyo of the Satsuma Domain was located.
At the same time, Xiao Fengyi, the captain of the Marine Corps Special Operations Team, who was already lurking in Kagoshima City, also received a telegram from Abatai, and even took the members of the special operations team and swaggered towards the mansion of Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the daimyo of the Satsuma Domain.
A group of ashigaru armed with knives and guns stopped the heavily armed special operations team in front of the gate of Shimazu Prefecture and questioned them competently. Xiao Fengyi ignored these ashigaru, and just turned his head to look at a member of the special operations team beside him.
Not all members of the special operations team can understand the Japanese language, and even the captain Xiao Fengyi is also confused about the Japanese language, and he can't understand it at all.
The team members beside Xiao Fengyi took a step forward and shouted in a cold voice: "Quickly go and tell your daimyo Shimazu Mitsuhisa, my Ming Empire's First and Second Fleets of the Pacific Fleet have arrived in Kagoshima, and quickly order Shimazu Mitsuhisa to go to the port to greet the guilt, otherwise, my Ming Empire will fire ten thousand cannons and flatten Kagoshima!" ”
I got gossip that the Ming Empire had finally sent troops to support the Ryukyu Kingdom. Now, the soldiers of the Ming Empire actually appeared at the gate of the Daimyo's Mansion, and all the ashigaru faces turned pale.
The Ming Empire is not one of those vassal daimyo in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, there are hundreds of samurai, and the strength is outstanding. And looking at the weapons on these soldiers of the Ming Empire, some of them are still holding bamboo guns, how can they compete with others? Do you want to fill in your life?
When even Ashiki turned around and ran into the mansion, he shouted loudly in despair: "Oh no! Oh no! The Ming Empire is calling! ”
Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who was frowning sadly, heard this shout, Tengdi's face turned black, and he fell on the tatami mat and fainted.