"Boom boom", on the sea, 10,000 cannons roared, and under the fierce artillery bombardment of the Jinghai and Guangzhou, the Welin Maru slowly tilted and sank.

In the thick fog, I saw the broken firelight slowly sinking into the deep black ink-like sea, and there were screams for help everywhere, and on the sea, hundreds of moving heads struggled, some struggled to swim to the harbor, and some struggled, like landlubbers cooing and pouring water, and gradually disappeared.

In the captain's room of the Jinghai, Zhang Youcun looked at this scene with a stern face, and standing beside him was a middle-aged man with a radiant spirit, Cao Guangcai, the captain and vice admiral of the Jinghai, and a tiger general under Ma Dayong.

Zhang Youcun stretched out his hand, and a young sailor next to him hurriedly handed over the clairvoyant mirror, and the sailor was called Ding Ruchang, who was originally a long-haired thief, surrendered after being captured, and then entered the navy.

In the dense fog, the firelight was bursting, and the batteries in Nagasaki Port were firing, but the range was insufficient, and the shells could only splash waves not far ahead, and even several soldiers who were struggling to swim back to the port were hit by their own artillery fire, and the waves surged, and several people disappeared.

In the past few days, the port of Nagasaki did not allow Chinese sailors to enter the port, and the Chinese maintained the greatest restraint, relying on the merchant ship of an American friend to replenish fresh water and food.

In the skirmish, the fleet was almost wiped out, and only one or two wooden boats fled in disarray.

"What a guts!" Zhang Youcun has a calm face, he is a well-known hardliner in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he is ten times more radical than Foreign Minister Zou Kaizhi, and even in the middle of this year, he discussed the "Ten Strategies for Suppressing the Destruction of the South Seas" and advocated that the army land on Borneo and expel the Dutch forces from Borneo.

"My lord, this is my Nagasaki Naval Training Institute, here, this is the Fort......" Captain Cao Guangcai took a map, on which the red cross and green circles, mountains, rivers and sea routes, very detailed Nagasaki and offshore sea charts, were drawn and sent by the secret agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs a long time ago.

Cao Guangcai explained as he spoke: "The Marines have seized its naval training institute and defeated the defenders of Nagasaki, so our ships can anchor here. He pointed to a red circle where the Nagasaki Navy instructor was located.

Zhang Youcun said with a smile: "The military official is stupid, according to the general's opinion." ”

In fact, a few days ago, Cao Guangcai was ruthless in his desire to capture the port of Nagasaki because he said that he was not allowed to allow warships to dock in the port, but Zhang Youcun did not agree, and Cao Guangcai knew that the navy had to be subordinated to diplomatic interests, and everything in this eastward crossing to Dongying should be subject to the opinion of the vice foreign minister.

Now seeing that the vice minister agreed to attack Nagasaki Port, Cao Guangcai's face was immediately full of excitement and shouted: "Pass the bands, guns, ships, and second officers of the sailors!" ”

On the Jinghai, it immediately churned, and there were trotting officers and soldiers everywhere.

About half an hour later, in the lounge, Ding Ruchang watched with pride as his gunboats slowly entered the waters of the enemy's harbor, the artillery roared, and the fire of the opponent's battery in the dense fog suddenly disappeared, thinking that the battery was blown apart.

Ding Ruchang even lit a cigarette comfortably, he is now responsible for protecting and serving the vice minister of foreign affairs, there is no combat mission, the whole person is less nervous before the battle, but he can relax from the perspective of a bystander to overlook the conflict with himself.

Through the thick glass window, you can see that the two transport ships gradually sailed into the port dock, which is the dock of the Naval Training Center, which has become an excellent place for the Chinese to land.

On the other side, Zhang Youcun was talking to several merchants, in addition to the southerners who had come to Ben with the fleet, there was also an American businessman, named Brian, who ran a shipping business in Nagasaki.

Perhaps because of the folded wings in southern China, the British and French now show little interest in the Zoben, and most of the Western merchants active in the Oriben are Americans and Dutch, and Brian is one of them. It was also he who provided great help to the Chinese to cross the east, and even took the initiative to provide fresh water for the Chinese fleet anchored near Nagasaki Port for free. Of course, the merchant pursued profits, and he just hoped to get acquainted with the Chinese magnates and make his business in China unimpeded.

At this time, his face was full of nervousness, and he asked Zhang Youcun for protection, and the sudden attack of the Chinese on Nagasaki would certainly anger Nagasaki himself, a nation that, like the Chinese in those years, was stupid and terrible when they were xenophobic, and they were also barbaric and terrible, and the Americans were besieged by the people of Nagasaki before the concession. Now that it is being attacked by the Chinese, the people of Nagasaki are bound to be xenophobic, and anger will inevitably spread to the American Concession, and there are not many Americans in Nagasaki to organize an effective defense.

Zhang Youcun poured him a cup of tea with a smile and said, "Mr. Brian, please rest assured, I promise you that our army will ensure the security of your concession to the greatest extent, and if necessary, we will send armed forces into your concession to protect your country's nationals." ”

Brian breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Vice Minister. ”

Several Chinese businessmen glanced at each other, and they could see that their companions' faces lit up, yes, the Westerners wanted us to protect them. The pride of the country's strength is so exciting, as if it is more exciting than earning tens of millions of silver oceans, the heavenly empire, the ten thousand dynasties, almost the deep-rooted complex of the Chinese.

…… In the Nagasaki Naval Training Center, the battle was raging, and the war machine composed of more than 1,000 Chinese Marine riflemen slowly advanced, occupying houses, trees, buildings, and other strategic locations.

Zhang Shusheng, the commander in chief of the naval infantry pipe, was the commander-in-chief of the landing, and at this moment he was standing in a small two-story wooden building, looking at the battle situation outside the window with bursts of firelight, and his brows slowly frowned.

According to the intelligence, there were only a few hundred naval cadets in the training center, and they thought that the other party would collapse at the first touch, but who knows, this student army resisted desperately, and the battle was extremely fierce, in addition to the defense line organized by the musket rifle, in the dark shadows, I don't know where a few samurai armed with katanas suddenly rushed out, shouting muttering words, and pounced on them with hideous faces and fearless death.

Personally, Zhang Shusheng has the first intuitive feeling of this nation, this is an opponent worthy of respect, Zhang Shusheng thought to himself.

At this time, in a wooden house near the iron gate of the training center, Nagasaki Navy Chuan Katsu Kaishu looked at the fire in the darkness, as if he could see the Chinese's shining butcher knife approaching.

"Bastard! Whose idea was it? Stupid to attack the Chinese! Sheng Haizhou turned around and slapped the samurai on the other side, the samurai raised his chest and raised his head, motionless, and his face was soon red and swollen.

Sheng Haizhou's heart aches, these young people are the hope of the future imperial navy, but they inexplicably want to start a fire fight with the Chinese, one by one died under artillery fire, these future brilliant admirals, before they have time to shine and disappear forever in the darkness.

How can Sheng Haizhou not be heartbroken?

Katsu Kaishu is seven years old Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and at the age of sixteen, he learned swordsmanship with Shimada Toranosuke; Zen study at Kofukuji Temple in Edo. Later, Takashima Akiho, an expert in Western artillery at the Edo shogunate, conducted Western-style artillery firing and gun array military exercises in Tokumaruhara, Takeshu. At the age of 19, he was inspired to realize that swordsmanship was no longer suitable for today's group warfare, so he abandoned swordsmanship in favor of military knowledge such as Western weapons and warships.

Later, he opened the Orchid School, taught Orchid and Western military science, and hired blacksmiths to design and manufacture rifles based on the Orchid Book, and the feudal clans came to place orders.

Four years ago, he submitted a "Navy Opinion", which was appreciated by Masahiro Abe, the first of the old people in the shogunate, so he entered the shogunate exceptionally regardless of his family background, and appointed him as a naval instructor in Nagasaki.

He was the forerunner of the foundation of the Navy, and he ambitiously trained naval officers with the intention of building a powerful navy that would dominate East Asia and even the world.

Today, after this great change, his heart is cold.

Beside them, several Dutch instructors turned slightly pale, the gunfire was getting closer and closer, relying on the resistance organized by the cadets, where could they resist the Chinese army?

"Lord Anfang! Let's retreat, in the words of the Chinese, stay in the green mountains without fear of no firewood! A Dutch instructor persuaded Sheng Haizhou.

Since the establishment of the Naval Training Center four years ago, the shogunate has been employing Dutch officers as instructors, and this is the second batch of training.

Sheng Haizhou shook his head with a pale face, and said, "I made this sin, how can I see the middle lady?" See the General? ”

Several Dutch instructors were at a loss, but the squire warrior of Katsu Haizhou turned pale, and he knelt down suddenly, leaned over, and lowered his forehead: "My lord! Cannot! ”

Katsu Haizhou looked at him, his eyes gradually softened, and he said slowly: "Senran Maru, you tell Lord Masahiro Abe, don't be hasty and be patient, for the Chinese, we must be patient, so that we can hope to win the battle." ”

With tears in his eyes, Moriranmaru clenched his fists desperately, his nails cutting through his palms, almost oozing blood.

"Go ahead!" Katsu Haizhou slowly pulled out the katana at his waist.

In September 1859, the Chinese navy exchanged fire at Nagasaki, and the Chinese navy occupied the Nagasaki Naval Training Center and began to attack the Nagasaki defenders.

If Ye Zhao was familiar enough with the history of the development of the Navy, he would definitely be surprised to see the list of his own killed in the Nagasaki Naval Academy.

The future first Navy Secretary Katsu Kaishu, the second Navy Secretary Kawamura Junyoshi, the Navy Vice President Enomoto Takehiro, the first head of the Navy Academy, and the two-time Navy Secretary Nakamuta Kuranosuke, etc., are all on the list of the dead.

But even if Ye Zhao knows, that is, sighing, after all, this does not mean anything, the situation creates heroes, a group of possible powerful people fall, there will inevitably be another group of people standing up, the invasion of the Chinese, maybe it will make the country emerge more powerful terrorist figures, the road ahead is long, who can see the storm?

(To be continued)