The Sendai Domain was the most powerful feudal domain in Northeast Japan, and its founder was also the "one-eyed dragon" Date Masamune, who was very romantic. Even up until www.biquge.info World War II, the 2nd Division, which was born in Sendai, was considered the most effective unit in the Japanese army. The 2nd Division launched the largest night raid in history in the Russo-Japanese War, participated in the September 18 Incident, and then participated in the Chahar operation and the Battle of Xuzhou, until it reached the Battle of Kuah Island, was disabled by the American army, and finally surrendered to the Allies in Saigon, Vietnam.

The Sendai Domain was also economically strong, and it is believed that its actual stone height was more than 2 million koku. Ishitaka was an important factor in measuring the territory and strength of the daimyo in Japan, and it can be said that not only in the Tohoku region, but also in the whole of Japan, the strength of the Sendai Domain was one of the best. The Sendai clan was one of the few forces that had the ability to organize 10,000 or 20,000 ashigaru to fight, and its feudal clan numbered nearly 10,000.

The Date family didn't provoke anyone, so they could only blame someone in the shogunate for pulling hatred for them, plus the Tang people had bad intentions.

The twelfth ship of the Liberty Wind-class frigate, the Blazing Wind, first approached the port of Sendai, the military strength of the Sendai Domain is not bad, but it can only be regarded as a slag in coastal defense, and there are only two guns in the entire port for defense, and the range is particularly limited. On the contrary, although the caliber of the guns of the Liberty class frigates is not large, the rate of fire is fast, and it will not take long for the shells to envelop the Sendai Port, which is not large.

Sendai Port is mainly a fishing port, and it is also the fishing season, and the fishermen did not expect to be attacked and scattered, and many even abandoned their fishing boats and jumped into the sea, fearing that the shelling would affect them. And the poorly defended harbor didn't fire a single shell at the Blazing Wind at all. Until the shelling of the Blazing Wind lasted more than ten minutes. The Navy considered that the effective targets were largely destroyed. The news was sent to the German 1st Regiment that it could march into the army.

Feng Tansen was also extremely excited, earlier they also cooperated with the Tang Navy to launch a battle to capture the Matsumae Domain, but the strength of the Matsumae Domain was far less powerful than the Sendai Domain, Feng Tansen thought that his troops did not have much chance to perform, obviously even if the Sendai Domain was not prepared for war now, just a samurai was enough to fight with their first German regiment.

Feng Tansen has been in the Tang Army for a long time and has learned a lot. He first ordered a battalion of infantry to land in a small boat in the harbor. The German infantry battalion had just landed. It was attacked by a group of samurai. However, most of these samurai were wielding katanas and did not wear armor, although they were very imposing, but they were like that.

Janssen, a tall Germanic soldier, smiled with his comrades: "Every time I see them, I feel very happy, these soldiers who are one and a half meters tall are really the strongest military class in this country?" ”

His comrade-in-arms Schmidt raised his gun and shot down a samurai, saying, "All I know is that they are really very good targets." The age of knighthood has passed, let's sweep them into the grave of history. ”

These samurai were quickly wiped out by German bullets. At this time, the commander of the infantry battalion personally instructed his soldiers: "You boys, listen to me. We are disciplined, loyal and brave German soldiers, and the invincible Tang army. Now give me a good guard of the harbor and cover the landing of our comrades, and if I see a fellow leaving his post without permission, and go in search of some loot, or find some girl, I will drown you in the sea with my own hands! Our battalion must not be disgraced! ”

"Yes!" All the German mercenaries replied with high morale.

The battalion commander quickly added: "Very well, you will have the opportunity to get loot and relax, but before that, you must complete your mission!" Okay, now tell me, who are we?! ”

"We are the soldiers of the 1st German Regiment of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Why are we here?"

"Victory! Victory! Victory! ”

Even if it is a mercenary force with the attributes of a foreign army, the Ministry of Defense of Datang has made a lot of efforts to enhance their combat effectiveness and manage them well, and the more important one is to strengthen the political style and ideological construction within the army. Datang could not inspire ordinary Tang Army soldiers with a sense of mission to protect their families and defend the country, so in the Foreign Legion, they emphasized the vocation of soldiers, the friendship of comrades-in-arms, and the sense of glory and community.

It can be said that the First German Regiment was all Germanic, speaking the same German, and in an unfamiliar environment. Therefore, their mutual dependence complex is even heavier, and their spirit of unity makes the inspectors of the Ministry of Defense feel stunned, believing that they are no less than the regular Tang Army. That is why the Ministry of Defense made the decision to increase the number of German soldiers serving in the Foreign Legion.

Subsequently, the transport ships began to dock, and due to the large tonnage and draft of the Red Melon, it was impossible to dock, so the soldiers began to land in small boats and carry all kinds of weapons, ammunition and other supplies needed. The small transport ship found a place to moor without any problems.

Even Von Tansen and Blucher disembarked from the ship, and the frigate Blazing Wind remained on patrol and on alert.

Blücher looked at the rows of soldiers standing straight and with resolute faces, and couldn't help but praise: "Even in Prussia, there are no such iron-blooded and disciplined soldiers, I have to say, Commander Tansen, your soldiers are excellent young men." ”

Von Tansen was also proud, and said: "I have invested a lot of effort in them, and I dare say that if I pull my troops to Europe, they will be able to defeat any enemy that is three times larger than us." ”

Then Feng Tansen said: "The training methods of the Tang Army are somewhat similar to those of the Prussians, and the requirements for discipline are very high, and they have designed a lot of training methods, in addition to ordinary queue training, there is also a lot of physical and combat skills training for individual soldiers. Including jumping over obstacles, crawling forward, archery, etc., we often conduct actual combat confrontation exercises under the guidance of instructors from the Ministry of National Defense, and have gained a lot of experience. ”

Blucher said: "It sounds like the Tang people already have a very mature training method. ”

"That's true."

As they spoke, a wave of samurai from the Sendai Domain attacked the port again. They obviously didn't know where these blonde, blue-eyed, deep-eyed, high-nosed Caucasians came from, but as soon as they came up, they launched an attack on the Sendai Domain, and there was no doubt that they were enemies. In the Warring States Period, Japan would mobilize peasant soldiers to fight a war, but the peasant soldiers had low combat effectiveness and could not go out for a long time, and the economy of the Japanese daimyo was not good, so they could not support so many people. Later, at the end of the Warring States period, there was a separation of soldiers and peasants (in fact, Oda had already begun to professionalize the army), and in the Edo period, Ashigaru became the most junior samurai, usually doing farm work and miscellaneous labor, but they participated in military training and were actually part of the reserve.

Under such a system, it was difficult to arm the peasants to resist in the face of an emergency, and even if the ashigaru had some combat power, it would take at least many days to assemble them and distribute weapons, especially for a large feudal clan like the Sendai domain. However, there were still a significant number of samurai and their retinue who were responsible for the defense.

Some of the samurai who rushed out of this group had already taken iron cannons. The so-called iron cannon is actually a fire gun. It's just that their iron cannons are very backward, basically at the level of flintlock pistols, and before they can shoot at the distance, the German soldiers form a formation and rely on the location and cover to shoot at them.

It was the first time for the samurai to face such a terrifying density of firepower, and the killing martial arts were useless. Subsequently, the German soldiers repelled a wave of attacks by the Sendai army, and completely mastered the port area, which facilitated the regrouping of troops and the loading and unloading of supplies.

"Target, Sendai Castle!" Von Tansen is also in high spirits.

His 1st Regiment artillery unit had added six new 105-mm rifled guns, which he had never dared to think of in the past. In this attack on Sendai Castle, they obtained these excellent guns, and Von Tansen treasured these 105 guns.

At this time, an official in the government of the Guwei Command approached Feng Tansen and said to him: "Commander-in-Chief Bai hopes that after the capture of Sendai, the head of the regiment will gradually eliminate the local resistance. We won't leave when we come, and there aren't many troops to carry out this operation, so we must be cautious. ”

Feng Tansen said solemnly: "Yes, I have remembered Commander-in-Chief Bai's instructions. ”

The 1st German Regiment marched into Sendai Castle as soon as it was ready. Apparently at this time, Sendai Castle already knew that the port was being attacked by unknown forces, and the feudal lord even sent an envoy out of the castle to ask why the German First Regiment was attacking them, and to ask about their identities.

Feng Tansen didn't even see this messenger himself, but just asked the officials of Guwei Ling to send him away. After the Tang officials rejected the Sendai Domain's request for peace, they demanded that the Sendai Domain should surrender, but the envoy naturally could not agree, so he returned to Sendai Castle. As soon as he returned to the city, Von Tansen ordered the artillery to begin shelling with all kinds of artillery.

It didn't take him long to blast open the city walls, but soon Feng Tansen discovered another problem, that is, the Japanese built the city in a circle, breaking through Sannomaru and Ninomaru, and finally Honmaru. So he had to let the artillery blast through the walls of Sendai Castle layer by layer like walnuts.

The samurai of the Sendai Domain attempted to turn the tide by launching a pig raid, but they were annihilated by the German soldiers when they sent a group of men, and finally fought until late at night, leaving only the last of the first regiment to break through. Having lost a large number of samurai and being intimidated by the terrible firepower of the Tang army, the feudal lord Date Shigemura chose to surrender to Feng Tansen.

However, there are still a group of samurai who continue to resist, and they can only perish. (To be continued.) )