It was already eight o'clock in the evening, and it was very dark. ↑ Top Novel,

The Daming naval formation slowly approached the Kagoshima Strait, a narrow waterway between the Satsuma Peninsula and Sakurajima, with only three or four kilometers between the two shores.

The four battleships lined up, and under the order of the formation command post, the flagship Keelung took the lead and fired the first shot at the shore defense battery at the mouth of the gorge.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the grenade hit the shore defense battery, and the flames were accompanied by broken iron sheets, broken debris and other scattered scatters.

A mid-level samurai was knocked down by the shockwave, he got up from the ground, wiped the blood from his face, and roared, "Fire! Open fire! The Ming army has already opened fire! ”

"My lord, run!" The Samoto gunner said helplessly, "Our cannon has a short range, and it can't reach it!" ”

"Yaga!" The mid-level samurai drew his sword and wanted to cut down the gunner.

"Boom! Bang! "A dense burst of artillery sounded, high-explosive shells rained down on the forts, the powder magazines were quickly detonated, and the coastal forts turned into dust in an instant.

The four coastal defense batteries in Satsuma were knocked out one by one, and the Ming army's naval division formed along the middle channel and entered the depths of the strait.

In the dim night, the Xianyan Garden Monk Ancient Pavilion at the foot of Isoshan Mountain is faintly visible in the chaotic and confused outline.

Looking at the rows of buildings with towering chimneys, Wang Tiehammer said lightly, "Order all ships, burn ~ burn bombs and prepare!" ”

In the dim night light, a cluster of red flames flashed on the Daming ship, and one by one the burning ~ burning bombs with a long scream, pierced the sky and flew to the opposite shore.

"Boom! Bang! "Balls of fire rose up in the industrial area of the integration hall.

Most of the buildings in Japan are made of wood, although Kagoshima is rainy in winter, and the wooden planks are wet, but the burning ~ burning bomb has a strong calorific value, and the fire quickly dried the water, ignited the wooden house, and the tongues of fire suddenly moved, and in a blink of an eye, it turned into a raging fire.

Burning ~ burning bombs kept falling, the flames burned bigger and bigger, and the more extensive they became, the industrial area of the integrated hall soon fell into a flame. The fire even detonated one of Qi Bin's arsenals, and the violent explosion formed a larger and more violent flame.

The set goal has been accomplished, and the command continues to give the order, "Target Isoyama, extend the shot!" ”

At the sound of an order, the cannonballs began to extend in the direction of Isoyama, and fell overwhelmingly in the mountains and forests of Isoyama.

"Boom! Bang! ”

Burning ~ Burning bombs exploded in the mountains and forests like raindrops, releasing strong high temperatures. As the flames rose, the mountains and forests of Isoyama turned into a terrifying sea of smoke and flames.

The high temperature in a large area of the mountain forest attracts the surrounding air, forming a strong convection. The wind fuels the fire, the fire borrows the power of the wind, and suddenly the mountains and forests are full of fire in all directions, spreading more and more widely, black smoke billowing out, and flames soaring to the sky.

The flames of Isoyama lit up the dark night sky, and the thick clouds were painted crimson, so you can see the fires on Isoyama even from the Osumi Peninsula, which is dozens of miles away.

Kagoshima Castle is only three kilometers from Isoyama, and the samurai scattered around the castle town can clearly feel the heat wave coming from the flying tongues of fire and hear the violent crackling of the flames.

Is this damnation? Is the Great God of Eight Strange Angry! The Ming army is so powerful, how can manpower fight it!

The Satsuma warriors are a tendon and have no fear of seppuku suicide, they are only afraid of natural disasters. Such a swift and ruthless devastating blow completely exceeded their imagination, and the clamor of the jade shatter and the like suddenly disappeared.

Shimazu Saibin stood in the courtyard of Kagoshima Shrine, looking at the fire on Isoyama, and his heart was worried. The Ming army's force is so good, and the negotiation conditions are so harsh, how can Samoto resist it!

Shimazu Qibin belonged to the Satsuma Shaozhuang faction, and when he officially became the lord of the domain, it was during the period after the Opium ~ Opium War as the Qing Dynasty. The news of the defeat of the Qing Dynasty by the British brought great shock and threat to Qi Bin. At the beginning of his tenure, he immediately set about building a reverberatory furnace to make steel in accordance with the previous ideas of Lanxue, bent on "enriching the feudal domain and strengthening the army, and cultivating industry and industry" to resist the possible threat of Westerners.

Yaga! Unexpectedly, the Westerners did not come, but it was a strong opponent like Daming, and the industrial area of the Integrated Pavilion that had begun to take shape was turned into ashes in an instant. Several years of hard work have been in vain!

"The Ming army is warning that Jucheng may be reduced to ashes anytime and anywhere." Several old ministers gathered around Qi Bin, "Lord! We must hold peace talks as soon as possible. ”

Qi Bin clenched the handle of the saber tightly, ignoring them.

The Satsuma Domain is actually composed of countless royal clans, sub-families, Shuliu and Shu families, and these are the upper feudal lords of the Satsuma Domain and the heads of the various clans, the important ministers of the Shimazu family, and the stubborn forces of Satsuma.

Okubo Toshiyo explained on the side, "The Ming army is too demanding, and Samoto can't agree!" ”

"Boy, it's none of your business here!" An old minister was furious, and the middle-level warrior who had just stepped into a high position was drugged, and he looked at Qi Bin and said firmly, "We must keep the foundation of our ancestors no matter what, no matter what means we use. ”

The young Satsuma people belong to the radical faction, they are driven, they dare to fight, and they are fearless. They think that everything in this world is very simple, and it is good to break it and start over. And the older Satsuma tend to be conservative, they have struggled, they have struggled, they have experienced all the suffering, and they do not want to lose everything they have gained.

"The Ming army is human, and we are also human."

Seeing that these old courtiers were making waves again, Qi Bin was furious, "Even if there is only one percent certainty, Satsuma will fight to the end, and must not tarnish the honor of the Shimazu family and do anything that insults the identity of the samurai." ”

Qi Bin was angry, and the courtyard suddenly quieted down, and no one dared to say anything. Of all the feudal clans in Japan, only the Satsuma people were able to enforce orders and resolutely carry out the orders of their feudal lords.

At this moment, Shimazu Tadada's voice came from overhead, "Lord Qi Bin, why are you doing this?" The Ming army is not here to look for enemies, the Ming army is here to make friends! ”

Shimazu Qibin was startled and looked up. Beneath the crimson clouds, a strange bird hovered in the air at some point, just over a foot above its head.

This strange big bird is an unmanned aircraft released by Fei Wujun. When the Ming army released Saigo Takamori, they also released unmanned aircraft and hovered over the castle tower to secretly monitor Samosa's movements.

Through the timely footage transmitted back by the plane, Fei Mai discovered that the situation in the castle tower was abnormal. Under the designation of Shimazu Tadakyo, the Ming army determined that Shimazu Qibin was transferring his own position. Fei Maijun immediately manipulated the drone to follow all the way, hovered the plane over Kagoshima Shrine, and flew above Shimazu Saibin's head.

Shimazu Qibin said that he wanted to fight the Ming army to the end, and the picture and sound were immediately transmitted to the Keelung ship, Lu Yao and Shimazu Tadashi sat in front of the monitor together, and they heard it clearly.

"Comrade Zhongjiao, you hurry up and admonish Qi Bin." Lu Yao, the minister in Japan, also understands Japanese, and he asked Fei Wujun to twist the microphone button.

None~ The man-machine is only more than three meters away from Qi Bin, and although the power of the small horn is low, the sound still clearly reaches the ears of Qi Bin and others.

Qi Bin and the others were so frightened that they only heard a snort, and three or four knives were pulled out almost at the same time.

Looking at Qi Bin's stunned face, Fei Wujun's heart was very light, and as soon as he moved the button, the drone immediately took off.

"It's the voice of Zhongjiao, this kid is talking in that big bird?" Several old ministers were a little flustered, they had never seen such a strange big bird, and they had heard of this strange phenomenon.

At this time, a bomb hanging from the drone fell, and a cherry tree in the courtyard was being hit, "Boom! "There was a loud bang, and the cherry tree was blown apart.

"Lord!" Shiro Ichirai immediately threw Shimazu Qibin to the ground, and everyone in the courtyard was also frightened, and one by one they pulled out their swords and stared at the plane, as if they were facing a great enemy.

A team of fire ~ gunners rushed into the courtyard, this is Qi Bin's personal guard, fire ~ guns are also Satsuma people's homemade smoothbore guns, the firing distance is only more than 200 meters.

"Buzz!" The drone flew around again, "Accident! It was just an accident! ”

Without waiting for Lu Yao to finish speaking, Fei Wujun immediately manipulated the plane to take off to an altitude of five hundred meters. At this height, the Satsuma Fernando ~ spearmen are powerless.

In the sound of gunfire ~ gunfire from the gunners, the belly of the drone was opened. With a bang, a pile of paper flew towards the ground.

Shiro Shiro picked up Qi Bin and respectfully handed over a piece of paper, "Lord, this is the paper floating from the sky." ”

By the light in the room, Shimazu glanced at a beautifully printed copy of the "Great Ming Confession to Samosa", and he rolled the leaflet into a ball and looked up at the plane flying towards the sea.

Nima, the Ming army has unpredictable powers! Do I really have to kill myself and apologize for my sins with death so that Samoto can escape the calamity?

Death, Shimazu Qibin is not afraid, but his ambition has not been rewarded, and he is very unwilling.

"Report!"

At this moment, the herald came to report that the Ming warships had already withdrawn from the strait in the darkness of night and returned to their original anchorage.

The ships of the Ming army and the strange big birds in the sky all returned to the sea, and everyone in the courtyard breathed a long sigh of relief, and some people couldn't help but chant the Buddha, "Amitabha, the revenge of the Ming army is finally over!" ”

Seeing that Qi Bin's face was uncertain, Komatsu Qingyou immediately fell to the ground, "Lord, the Ming army has both strength and strategy, and there is still a loyal sect in his hand, so he can only lower his posture and show surrender, maybe he can escape the catastrophe." ”

Qi Bin didn't seem to hear it, he looked at the crimson in the sky in the north, and said lightly, "Go back to the city!" It's just as unsafe here. ”

Returning to the castle overnight, Shimazu sat alone on the top floor of the castle tower. Looking at the Ming ships on the sea, thinking about the martial might and restraint of the Ming army, and thinking about the threat of Shimazu Tadashi to himself. After thinking about it and thinking about it again and again, he finally made up his mind.