"What? Qing is going to land in Tokyo? Emperor Meiji said in surprise

"Yes, the information provided by His Majesty's intelligence personnel in the Qing State at this time is from the officers of the Qing Division-level troops"

"Qing Guo is really cunning, knowing that we have hit all the warships in the Sea of Japan, so he wants to directly attack our capital?" Emperor Meiji said angrily: "Let the four main ships of Kyushu, Yamato, Musashi, and Katsuragi converge to Hiei and Fuso to assist in the defense of Tokyo, and the reinforcements of the Korean army will stop for a while, and transfer 10,000 people to Tokyo to assist in the defense."

"Yes"

Inside the Port of Arthur

"General, the 2nd, 15th, and 19th Divisions of the Southeast Military Region have arrived, and the troop carriers are all in place," a Qing soldier ran into the headquarters and reported

"Okay, all formations will set sail for the Yellow Sea at once, assemble, notify all divisions to board the ship, and set off on time at 5 p.m." Yan Fu ordered

"Yes"

Three naval formations were assembled in the Yellow Sea, and all three divisions, except for a few high-ranking generals, did not even know whether to go to Korea or Tokyo

The "Zhenyuan" was the first to raise the flag, and 50 troop carriers and 6 capital ships took the lead and slaughtered towards Nagasaki

As soon as the second formation left the Yellow Sea, it dropped anchor and stopped, and ambushed at the junction of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, and two cruisers, "Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves," sailed 19 knots, patrolling the junction of the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea

The third formation, led 60 empty troop carriers, sailed directly from the East China Sea into the Pacific Ocean, preparing for a surprise attack on Tokyo

At this time, Japan has already transferred its troops to Tokyo because it has received wrong information, and if this information is known in advance, there is no need to let the third formation go to the sneak attack, the real strategic purpose has been achieved, and the third formation can be allowed to assist in attacking Nagasaki or join the second formation to ambush the Japanese fleet, it still has to be said that the importance of intelligence is that Zhao Bingjun's intelligence network has just been established, and it has not had time to penetrate into the Japanese mainland. Therefore, it is impossible to know that Japan has been tricked, so it is still safe to send the third formation to attack Tokyo, but this move also makes Japan believe that the intention of the Qing State is in Tokyo

Around 10 p.m., the first formation was already approaching Nagasaki

"Commander, aren't we going to Tokyo? Arrived so soon? An army officer on board asked

"Don't talk so much nonsense, where is it not a fight?" Feng Zicai, the commander of the Second Division, scolded that the Second Division had just been transferred from Burma to the Southeast Military Region this year, and that Feng Zicai was Lu Yiwei's subordinate during the Sino-French War

The sporadic fires signaled that the Nagasaki Fort was heavily defended, and they spotted a large fleet approaching them

Yamamoto, the leader of the Nagasaki Fort Guards, saw through the telescope that it was a fleet with a dragon flag, and instantly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said to the soldiers around him: "Oh no, the Qing fleet is coming to inform the troops, prepare for battle, and bring up all the ammunition."

"Hayi"

Deng Shichang knew how important time was to him, and if he captured Nagasaki earlier, he would join the second formation earlier, and the ambush battle there must have been very difficult, facing the main Japanese fleet

"Send the flag, let Daqing No. 1 serve as the target and the reef protrusion battery in front of the target, be sure to hit," Deng Shichang ordered

"Yes"

As the 420mm main gun of the Daqing No. 1 trembled, white smoke rose from the muzzle, and a 40-kilogram shell flew towards the Nagasaki Fort like an arrow off the string

"Boom ......"

Twenty seconds later, a loud explosion was heard

"Damn, it's ......far away," Deng Shichang scolded

From the telescope, we can clearly see that although it did not hit the opponent's battery, it hit a position about 200 meters behind, and a group of Japanese soldiers were transporting ammunition there

"Beat me, fight to the death," Deng Shichang said

"Boom ......", "Boom ......", "Boom ......"

The second shell of Daqing No. 1 also went out, and then the main guns of Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, Jiyuan, Weiyuan, and Daqing No. 2 shook continuously, and the batteries on the opposite side instantly turned into a sea of fire

"Division commander, such a fierce artillery, let's go up and clean up the battlefield directly?"

"Get out of your mother's ball, don't be greedy after you go up, the troops will give me some tightness, and I don't know how many Japanese people are on the island, understand?" Although Feng Zicai has a fiery temper, he is cautious in doing things, and he is not arrogant at all

"Commander, how long will the sailor fight? Just let us watch the play on the boat? ”

"Shut your stinky mouth, Lao Tzu is looking at it energetically" Feng Zicai held the binoculars and looked at Nagasaki Island with relish

"Commander, you can let me see it too."

"Get out, get out, get out of the way, Lao Tzu won't let you pass it on"

“……”

In front of Deng Shichang was a sea of fire, but there were still sporadic batteries firing at him

"Tell the ships to move closer to 50 meters, destroy all the batteries, and immediately cover the landing of the army," Deng Shichang ordered

"Yes"

"Boom ......" Another battery that was spitting tongues of fire was destroyed under the muzzle of the 420mm main gun of Daqing No. 1

Deng Shichang had seen the power of these two 10,000-ton ships as early as when he attacked Jiapo, and now the red-eyed emperor is obviously biased in favor of Yan Fu, why did he give such a good warship to the Nanyang Fleet and not give it to me

In just one hour of bombing, the seaside batteries have been basically cleaned up, and the deep batteries cannot be reached by warships, so they can only rely on the army

"Send the flag, the troop carrier is ready to land, let Weiyuan and Jiyuan get out of the way, and let the troop carrier come in," Deng Shichang said

The six warships stopped bombing at once, and the troop transports sailed into the shallow water one after another, and because the warships could not drive to the shallow waters, they could only be on guard at sea

"As soon as the army landed, the artillery fire at a distance of 2,000 meters in front of the army was blocked to give the army time to assemble," Deng Shichang continued to order

As soon as the troop transports docked, the Japanese army just wanted to charge and drive away the Qing troops who had landed, but they were blocked by the powerful fire of the warships at sea as soon as they were halfway through

Like a fire net separating the Japanese army from the Qing army, the seven thousand men of the three divisions calmly assembled on the shore and assigned tasks to each division, and the offensive route that had been set in advance was also conveyed by the division commanders

They didn't care at all about the Japanese who were charging at them, and the Qing army's first joint naval and land operations reached a considerable degree of tacit understanding, which shows that the soldiers trained by the establishment of various martial arts halls and military academies in the early stage were indeed a level higher than the previous soldiers' combat quality

"What? Qing State Sneak Attack on Nagasaki?? "Emperor Meiji was startled in his sleep by the sudden report of war

"Yes, Your Majesty," Ito replied

"Didn't they come to Tokyo? How did you get to Nagasaki? Emperor Meiji looked incredulous

"Maybe they are divided into two ways, but they attack at the same time, but in this way they also commit a taboo, the most taboo in naval warfare, as long as our fleet in Tokyo can hold them back, and the fleet in the Sea of Japan can easily destroy their fleet that attacked Nagasaki," Ito Hirobumi analyzed

"How many troops are attacking Nagasaki?" Emperor Meiji calmed down

"According to Yamamoto's report, although the strength of only the four major ironclad ships of Ding, Zhen, Wei, and Ji and the two British 10,000-ton battleships captured last year cannot be underestimated, we will definitely be able to destroy them with all the fleets of the whole country, and the loss of these six capital ships will greatly reduce the naval strength of the Qing Kingdom," said Ito Hirobumi, commander of the Wehrmacht

"Well, hurry up and send a telegram to the Hokkaido fleet, let them move closer to Nagasaki as soon as possible, annihilate this sneak attack fleet of the Qing Kingdom and let Yamamoto hold out in Nagasaki for another two days," Emperor Meiji ordered

"Hayi"