In August of the second year of Fumihisa, four Englishmen rode through the ranks of Shimazu Hisamitsu, the father of the Satsuma feudal lord and a strong opponent, in the village of Ikumai in Kanagawa, and were killed by one of the feudal clans and stabbed two others, causing a serious diplomatic incident. So the British side went to the shogunate at that time to reason, asking the shogunate to pay 100,000 pounds. However, the shogunate asked me a question and replied that since it was the incident caused by the Satsuma Domain, I had to go to them. So the British sent 10 warships to Kagoshima to ask for an explanation.

When the British arrived in Kagoshima, they saw such a barbaric and backward place, and they thought that the Satsuma clan would not be able to come up with 100,000 pounds, so they reduced the price to 25,000 pounds, but they had to punish the perpetrators. Yukichi Fukuzawa, who was acting as the translator, made a mistake in a hurry, and translated the word "perpetrator" into the vague Japanese word "responsible". As a result, the feudal lord Shimazu Hisamitsu was furious, thinking that the British were going to punish him, so he ordered a war. This battle was fought, and after this battle, the little gains made by the Satsuma Domain, which was the first in Japan to implement reform and opening up, were all destroyed by British artillery fire, and six people died. The menacing British Navy suffered 63 casualties, including Captain Joselin and Vice-Captain Welmer of the flagship HMS Euryalus.

If we look at the casualties, the Japanese took advantage, and of course there was no lack of protection from Amaterasu: first of all, at the beginning of the artillery battle, the sea was stormy, and the British warships were so turbulent that they could not be aimed, and they could not effectively damage the coastal batteries of the Satsuma Domain. And the place where the British fleet was anchored happened to be the target ship of the Satsuma Domain's battery during its usual training, so that the gunners on the Satsuma battery could not even aim, and they directly hit the British flagship with one shot.

But as the weather improved, the power of the latest Armstrong guns on British warships was revealed. The coastal forts of the Satsuma Domain were knocked to the ground, and the newly built shipyards and other modern industries were all destroyed, so they sat down and negotiated with the British.

After negotiations, the Satsuma clan was forced to pay 25,000 pounds, but instead of the Satsuma clan's own money, he borrowed 63,000 taels of silver from the shogunate and paid it to the British.

Both Oyama Iwa and Yamamoto fought in that war, when Oyama Iwa disguised himself as a watermelon merchant and boarded a British warship, while Yamamoto, who was only 12 years old at the time, was carrying ammunition in Bentenhado Odaiba.

After this painful lesson, the Satsuma clan realized that it was impossible to "conquer the country" and turned to advocate "opening the country", which later became a powerful promoter of the Meiji Restoration. The British also re-evaluated the strength of the Satsuma Domain's tough counterattack, and this incident developed into a cooperation between the Satsuma Domain and the British, which later became the "Satsuma Alliance".

For that turbulent period of history, Saigo Takamori still remembers it vividly.

Saigo Takamori looked up at the waning moon in the sky and sighed.

Thinking of his friend Monk Tsukizhao, who had disappeared in Jinjiang Bay, tears oozed from the corners of Saigo's eyes.

"Mr. Nanzhou......" Hearing Saigo Takamori's sigh, Gonbei Yamamoto seemed to understand something, and couldn't help but say.

As Shinohara Kunikan was about to make a question, the captain of the "Raiden Maru" Uemura Hikonosei quickly walked to the flybridge and reported to Saigo Takamori that the mine warfare exercise had ended.

"Uemura-kun, in recent times, have there been Qianguo warships in the Amami Islands?" Saigo Takamori asked.

"The last time a Qianguo warship appeared near the Amami Islands was seven days ago." Uemura Hikonosei didn't expect Saigo Takamori to suddenly ask about this at this time, he thought about it for a while, and immediately replied, "In the past few days, there has been no news of the Qianguo warship from various observation posts and camouflaged reconnaissance ships at sea. ”

Saigo Takamori nodded, turning his head to look into the distance. There was a moment of silence on the flybridge.

I don't know how long it took for Saigo Takamori to break the silence: "Where did Lin Jun go?" ”

"Lin Jun went to the 'Mt. Fuji' to preside over another exercise." Kirino Toshiaki replied.

"It's so late, the Mt. Fuji should be back, right?" Saigo Takamori looked at the sea and said a little strangely, "Is it a drill about night battles?" ”

Hearing Saigo Takamori's question, Yamamoto Gonbei couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart.

As for Lin Yiqing, the chief instructor of the Satsuma Naval Academy who came from Qianguo, Yamamoto Gonbei has heard a lot about his deeds, but Yamamoto Gonbei still has doubts about his ability.

But hearing that Lin Yiqing organized a possible night battle exercise, Yamamoto Gonbei was still shocked.

For the current Navy, night combat exercises are the most difficult.

On the battlefield, as a naval commander, night battles are also avoided as much as possible.

The attack drill of the "Sea Surprise Force" just now was a helpless move against the Qianguo Navy under the difficult premise that the Japanese Navy now has no main battle warships!

What kind of night battle drills will this naval instructor from Qianguo conduct?

"It's about the exercise of seizing warships for operations." Toshiaki Kirino gave the answer.

"Capture warships for battle?" Saigo Takamori listened to Kirino Toshiaki's answer, and was surprised again, "How could Lin Jun have such an idea?" ”

Lin Jun said that Japan now lacks warships that can be used to fight at sea, so it can consider seizing the enemy's warships when facing the enemy and use them for our use. Toshiaki Kirino replied, "Based on this assumption, he developed a training plan related to it. ”

"Lin Jun really dares to think and dare to do!" Saigo Takamori said in surprise, "It's too dangerous to do this, isn't it?" ”

"I think such a plan is too crazy to succeed." Yamamoto suddenly interjected at this time.

"Why? Warrant Officer? Saigo Takamori asked, turning his head to look at Yamamoto Gonbei.

"In naval battles, most of them are battles between fleets in formation, and the battle is decided by artillery, and there are very few cases of engaging in broadside battles." "Even if there is an opportunity for broadside combat, the sailors will encounter heavy artillery fire from the enemy ships before they get to the enemy ships, and they will suffer heavy casualties, and even if a few warriors can rush to the enemy ships, it will be difficult to capture the entire warship, so I say that such a battle plan is of no use except for wasting the lives of the soldiers." ”

Hearing that Yamamoto Gonbei actually reprimanded Lin Yiqing's battle plan, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Kirino Toshiaki's eyes: "You have some truth, but it's not all, warrant officer Gonbei, you must know that the navies of Western European countries still retain training in broadside combat and white-knuckle combat." If it is as useless as you say, why should such combat training be retained? ”

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