More than 10 3,000-material transport ships, plus a few large ships that had been repaired and renovated by the Shanghai shipyard, brought several infantry regiments of the 2nd Infantry Division from the port of Shanghai. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As soon as the fleet docked in Edo, a large number of soldiers disembarked from the ships, as well as a large amount of ammunition and other supplies, and as soon as the ships were empty, they began to load various supplies.

On the wharf, after the first batch of ships had taken away a large amount of goods, in just two or three days, a large amount of goods and various materials were piled up here, and thousands of Japanese coolies, under the guns of the soldiers, began to load the ships again, and these things were to be transported back to the port of Shanghai.

Ever since the officers and soldiers were exempt from military discipline during their stay in Edo, the whole of Edo Castle was bustling with fires, gunfires, gunfires, large numbers of Japanese killed, large numbers of houses burned, and large quantities of belongings becoming trophies for the soldiers.

Today, Zhang Feng came to the top of the walls of Edo Castle, took a telescope, and looked at the battlefield ahead, and behind Zhang Feng was Edo Castle with smoke everywhere.

Starting today, the soldiers began to shrink the defensive line, and all retreated to the second line of defense to block the attack, and since several regiments of the Second Infantry Division were put into the battlefield, everyone's pressure has been greatly reduced.

"Commander-in-chief, our defense line is impregnable, the Japanese will fill it with their lives, haha......" Wang Chaoyong was full of confidence and laughed.

In the past few days, Wang Chaoyong can be said to have lived the most nourishing and comfortable days in his entire military career, full of red light and very happy.

Zhang Feng knew that he had enough ammunition now, and Tokugawa Iemitsu would not want to enter if he did not mobilize 200,000 or 300,000 troops, although Tokugawa Iemitsu was now commanding more than 100,000 Japanese troops in a lifeless onslaught, it had been several days, and he had only broken through the first line of defense of the soldiers, and the price Tokugawa Iemitsu paid was the death of 30,000 or 40,000 people.

Ten days later......

When news came that Tokugawa Iemitsu's various armies were about to march to the Edo area, and the soldiers were retreating to the third line of defense, Zhang Feng knew that he was leaving.

Another large convoy of transport ships carried a large amount of supplies, and now Edo Castle is almost in ruins, and almost everything that can be carried away is loaded onto ships.

Seven or eight out of ten houses in Edo Castle had been burned down, and none of the Japanese in Edo Castle were left to be slaughtered by the soldiers.

A few years later, known in history as the "Edo Massacre", within a dozen days, the soldiers firmly carried out the policy of burning, killing, and looting.

"We're leaving." Zhang Feng looked at Edo Castle, which was basically in ruins, and knew that he was leaving, and the retreat order had been conveyed, some of the soldiers had begun to board the ship, and some of the soldiers were still blocking and covering the retreat of his comrades.

A large convoy of transport ships, loaded with all kinds of supplies, with a large number of soldiers, slowly left the Edo docks, the first fleet, the second fleet cruising in the sea not far away, these two fleets have also played the role of a transport fleet, carrying all kinds of supplies back to the port of Shanghai, and now will take the retreating soldiers back to the port of Shanghai.

Two more days later.

The First Fleet was loaded with supplies and left with a large number of evacuated soldiers, and at this moment, Tokugawa Iemitsu commanded 200,000 or 300,000 Japanese troops had reached the periphery of Edo Castle, and it was estimated that Tokugawa Iemitsu could already see the walls of Edo Castle.

The soldiers are blocking and retreating in an orderly manner, and the Tokugawa family can naturally fill in with their lives when they can hit here, and at this moment, Zhang Feng is standing at the head of the city, preparing to evacuate. Tokugawa Iemitsu stood on the hillside several miles away, and he could already see Edo Castle.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was gloomy, thinking that his army of more than 100,000 had died under Zhang Feng's gun, Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart was dripping blood, and he hated Zhang Feng to the core.

"Your Excellency, you see, they are beginning to retreat."

Tokugawa Iemitsu naturally saw it, and in the distance, the soldiers were retreating in an orderly manner, and even, Tokugawa Iemitsu vaguely saw that there seemed to be smoke everywhere in Edo Castle, and Tokugawa Iemitsu had a bad premonition.

"Intensify our attacks, and we're going to enter Edo Castle before it gets dark today." Tokugawa Iemitsu gave the order.

It has been more than ten days since Zhang Feng led his army into Edo Castle, and Tokugawa Iemitsu has finally mobilized 200,000 or 300,000 troops, and more reinforcements are still on the way.

Zhang Feng stood at the head of the city, watching the soldiers blocking Tokugawa Iemitsu's army in the distance, Zhang Feng thought to himself, Lao Tzu will not leave until tomorrow, and you will not want to enter today.

There were supplies to be loaded, and according to the plan, all the supplies would be loaded on the ship tomorrow morning, and then the last group of soldiers would board the ship while retreating, and all the evacuation would be completed in the afternoon, leaving Tokugawa Iemitsu with only an empty castle and ruins.

Tokugawa Iemitsu mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, paid a heavy price, and it took more than ten days to "recover" Edo Castle, but when I entered the city, I saw that there was nothing left for me, only a ruin, and it was estimated that Tokugawa Iemitsu would be dizzy.

Although Tokugawa Iemitsu attacked very violently, in addition to paying a heavy price, he could not advance an inch, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was so angry that he screamed.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the last warriors withdrew from Edo Castle and retreated to the pier to begin boarding, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was able to enter Edo Castle, which he had been dreaming about for a long time.

However, as soon as he entered Edo Castle, Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious, and there was basically not a single intact building in the castle, there were ruins everywhere, some were still smoking, there were corpses everywhere, and there was nothing of value in the entire castle.

Finally, when Tokugawa Iemitsu walked to his mansion, he saw that the former luxurious mansion had become a smoking ruin, and he suddenly couldn't get up in one breath, and fell straight down.

At this moment, Zhang Feng had already boarded the "Shanghai" ironclad ship, sounded the whistle, and slowly left the Edo Port wharf, Zhang Feng was the last to evacuate.

In a few days, Edo Castle was completely in ruins, and all kinds of things and materials became Zhang Feng's trophies, and all of them were transported back to Shanghai Port.

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Port of Shanghai.

In the past few days, this place can be described as very lively, Nanzhili is more powerful, the more famous businessmen almost all rushed here, because there are a lot of cheaper things here, as long as there is silver, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money, such an opportunity to make a fortune, these businessmen will naturally not let go.

Another large convoy of convoys sailed over and docked at the wharf, and it didn't take long for a large number of things to be carried down from the ship, bags of snow-white rice, cotton cloth to pieces, and even all kinds of daily necessities, all kinds of large quantities of goods, and so on.

"Snow-white Japanese rice, one tael or eight coins of silver."

One of the men shouted loudly, and immediately a merchant shouted, "I want a thousand stones." ”

"I want two thousand stones!"

Not far away, Yang Shenghai looked happy, these days, Yang Shenghai is very busy, but he is happy in his heart, watching a large number of things unloaded from the ship, and then being snapped up by everyone at the dock, in exchange for a large amount of silver, Yang Shenghai feels like a dream.

Yang Shenghai would even think that the commander-in-chief wouldn't have taken everyone to Japan to rob once, and actually brought back so many things.

It wasn't a robbery, it was basically the same, and the entire Edo Castle was just a lot of stuff, except for a large amount of silver, and there were boatloads of supplies.

In the past few days, not only the port of Shanghai is lively, the train is also busy, as a last resort, there are a few more trips, all freight trains, from Shanghai Station to transport all kinds of materials to Songjiang Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, Changzhou Mansion and other places.

Somewhere in Songjiang Province.

It was heavily guarded, with high walls and a large army of heavily armed soldiers, and this was the location of Zhang Feng's private vault, which stored a large amount of real money.

It is made of cement steel bars, and then enlarged bluestone buildings, not only above-ground buildings, but also underground buildings, and the soldiers stationed here found that since a few days ago, there have been convoys to transport a large amount of gold and silver, and the preliminary estimate is nearly 10 million taels.

Naturally, this was brought back from Japan, and not only the accumulation of generations of the Tokugawa family, but also the gold and silver from all the money houses, pawnshops, and shops in Edo Castle, all of which are now Zhang Feng's private property.

This is estimated to be the most cost-effective transaction Zhang Feng has made in his life, and in ten days, he has harvested nearly 10 million taels of gold and silver, which is a good deal!

Earn over!

Edo is worthy of being the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate, one of the economic and political centers of Japan, and it is really rich, no wonder Zhang Feng himself said that after such a war, he was full at once.

A few days later, Zhang Feng also returned to the port of Shanghai.

After coming back, the soldiers were busy resting, recuperating from the wounded, resting and resting, and Zhang Feng was basically the same, as soon as he came back, he rested for a few days before devoting himself to work.

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Shanghai Shipyard.

The "Shanghai" ironclad ship slowly drove in, and the "Shanghai" was the first ironclad ship to return to the Shanghai shipyard to enter the transformation, mainly for all kinds of cannons on the ship.

The previous front-loading gun will be dismantled and replaced with a new breech-loading gun, not only the 70 mm breech-loading gun, but also the main gun will be dismantled and replaced with a 150 mm breech-loading gun.

These guns were not only breech-loaded, but also used copper-shelled shells with smokeless gunpowder, which raised their advanced nature by more than a notch.

Not only the "Shanghai" ironclad ship, but also the other ironclad ships, will return to the shipyard for renovation one after another, and the "Shanghai" ironclad ship is the first one to be transformed.

In addition to the ironclad ships, the current 3,000-material warships and 2,000-material warships will also be transformed in the future and replaced with breech-loading guns.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting the 70-mm guns that were replaced, Zhang Feng was going to load 3,000-mm transport ships, and let each 3,000-mm transport ship also be equipped with several 70-mm front-loading guns, so that they had a certain self-defense capability.

This series of renovations requires a large number of artillery, the artillery factory is stepping up construction, the land in the factory area has been leveled, the foundation has been excavated, a large amount of cement has been transported to the artillery factory construction site, and some factories will start construction.

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Today's two shifts, the second shift is complete. (To be continued.) )