"Boom, boom......"

Two shells hit Yangwei one after another, and Shi Qingyan was shocked and fell to the ground, and his forehead was broken. "Don't rush, don't rush. Fight closer, pull to a distance of 200 meters! Without caring about bandaging, Shi Qingyan jumped up, grabbed the copper horn, and shouted at the throat.

Now the Yangwei is only about 300 meters away from the Yunyang, and less than 500 meters away from the Qiancheng gunboat, which is already very close, but the artillery fire is still impossible to guarantee 100 shots and 100 hits.

From a distance of five or six hundred meters, the two ships began to fire at the Yangwei, firing more than 10 rounds in a row, and also hitting a total of three times. Shi Qingyan could think of a punch and send the Yunyang directly to the bottom of the sea.

There are more monks in this naval battle, and if the Yangwei hadn't taken advantage of the already cruising ship, it might have been pulled behind by the guys of the shipmaster's sailors.

Beside him were two ships, Yangwu and Anlan, who were beating the Fengxiang in two against one. And the Koukoumaru, which first appeared in the eyes of the Combined Fleet lookouts, has now settled at the bottom of the sea in Tokyo Bay.

Shi Qingyan relied on his rough skin and thick flesh, and at the same time, it was also a tactic, with one enemy and two, he stopped the two ships of Yunyang and Qiancheng. From the time the Japanese fleet opened fire at a distance of two thousand meters, until now, the Yangwei has fired a total of five shells, and the four Armstrong guns have only started a second time. Shi Qingyan was not worried about the sinking of the heavy gunship, relying on his 4.5-inch protective armor, he asked the warship to continue to break closer.

"Boom-"

The bridge of the Yangwu shook violently, and another shell hit. Shi Qingyan almost fell down again, and immediately called the gun emplacements and wheel sets, both of which were fine, and there was no fire on the bridge. None of the problems at all.

Two hundred and fifty meters, two hundred and thirty meters......

Shi Qingyan could clearly see the panicked expressions of the Japanese sailors opposite.

"Fire—" Four Armstrong guns exploded.

The 350-ton Qiancheng was cut off the bridge by one shot, and the Yunyang, with three shots in succession, all hit the bow of the ship, and the pieces of wood flew sideways. Before the smoke cleared, tons of seawater poured into the ship through the holes.

This is a naval battle without suspense, Sheng Haizhou's desperate fight and firm faith, but he can't even pull down the back of a Chinese ship.

This battle shows the fighting spirit and indomitable spirit of the Japanese Navy. But that's all!

Inside the city of Tokyo.

The shells fell on the double bridge of the Imperial Palace. In the main hall, Emperor Meiji still did not move. A large number of Chinese and imperial members of Japan are fleeing. Some government officials are also taking refuge in Chiba and Mito prefectures. Among them are a large number of stalwarts of the Japanese Restoration. But the Japanese Imperial Palace was 'calm', as if the war had not happened at all.

In front of Emperor Meiji sat only Ito Hirobumi, the Japanese prime minister during the Sino-Japanese War in the history of time and space, and now he is only a second-class figure among the reformers, and the first class is a giant like the three heroes of the Restoration, holding the position of secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

"After the Battle of Bunroku-Keichō. The first real battle between China and Japan was such a humiliating defeat. Emperor Meiji didn't seem to hear the sound of the cannon outside, but was immersed in his own world, and said to Ito Hirobumi in a sighing tone: "Ito, I really doubt it, doubt that we have worked hard for the past six years. Conquer Korea! How ridiculous it looks now. ”

Emperor Meiji knew a lot about the 'grand ambitions' of his talented people. And the so-called theory of conquest of Korea is just for the next step to invade Manchuria and invade the northeast of China. Lay the groundwork. They may not necessarily have the same ideals as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but they definitely regard the land of China as their most determined goal.

But. The reality is so ruthless, mercilessly mocking the wishful thinking of the Japanese government and the opposition.

Ito Hirobumi was silent, and Emperor Meiji's 'suspicion' may not be what he is also 'suspicious' now. In Taiwan, the Ryukyus, and Tokyo, Japan had assembled half of its army to fight, and the opponent was only one of China's many military leaders, and the force was from the first day they landed in Tokyo Bay. It has always been in a weak state, but even in this way, the entire Japanese army has been defeated. The air has more superior forces than the enemy, but it has been defeated repeatedly!

Conquest of Korea, Manchuria, China...... Are you really delusional?

"陛xià. The result of this battle really left our imperial kingdom speechless. But you shouldn't deny it across the board. Although Japan was defeated in World War II, its national strength has increased significantly compared to that of Japan six years ago. It took us six years to compile six towns, and when ten or twenty years later, when the army of our imperial kingdom became ten or twenty towns, at that time, how could Japan be defeated by people who landed at will? ”

"We lost today because we didn't have enough savings and Japan wasn't strong yet. This can only give us a glimpse of the motivation for the reform and reform to continue to persevere. 陛xià, isn't it? ”

Speaking of the reform policy, Ito Hirobumi's eyes were full of firmness without a trace of hesitation.

"Yes, Ito-kiyo. Japan was defeated because our reform was not thorough enough! Emperor Meiji had a smile on his face. In his heart, Emperor Meiji was even more saying: "As long as the Manchus return to ruler China, as long as Liu Xian and others are not the masters of the Central Empire, there is still hope for Japan!" ”

"Boom ......"

Another shell fell into the Imperial Palace of Japan.

"Your Majesty, please move."

Ito leaned down deeply. From the moment Emperor Meiji decided to stay at the palace, his already shaky position in Japan was once again solidified. Japan's reform and reform are also inseparable from such an emperor.

"Why did you move? If I am defeated, can't I wait for the victor in the main hall? Go and sue Sù Okubo, don't resist. Japan, defeated ......"

Smoke was billowing from the city, corpses were piled up, and blood stained the whole of Tokyo. The gate of the city has completely changed, and there are several large gaps in the city, as if it has been bitten by a dog. The corpses were pillowing each other, and the Chinese and Japanese soldiers were dying in one place.

Yamaguchi stood staggering on the city wall and looked out, and as the captain of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Guards Infantry Wing, he was determined to die in Tokyo to defend the dignity of Japan.

His soldiers, all of whom were volunteers and numbered more than 400 people, were a very important part of Okubo's command in the final battle of the Tokyo Defense. But soon they were going to be wiped out. The team of more than 400 people is now only about 50 people left, and Yamaguchi Suchen saw that the Qin army outside was reorganizing the team again! Some of the soldiers of the Qin army who had just been beaten down by the guards were covered in blood, and they stood in the attack queue again, and several officers wrapped in bloody strips stood in front of the queue, cheering loudly, obviously a new round of offensive will be launched soon!

Yamaguchi looked around, each of the guards had a determined expression, but their faces were irrepressibly blue and white. Their desperate resistance did not work, and the enemy was still crowded.

Yamaguchi Suchen took a deep breath and ordered loudly: "The city head is replenished!" Plug the gap! Your Excellency Okubo will come to our rescue! ”

And turning his head, Yamaguchi Suchen was also depressed in his heart. "I can't fight back...... There are so many Qing people......"

Hu Zhongyuan held a telescope and looked at the enemy at the head of the city, his face was blue and very ugly. The little devil is too tenacious!

Mortar shells bombarded the perimeter of the Imperial Gate. The thin, low walls seem to be able to be kicked down with a single kick. But the Japanese army relied on it and resisted Hu Zhongyuan's three attacks! "Take down this wall for me. Otherwise, don't come back to me alive. ”

Hu Zhongyuan said angrily to the captain of his subordinates.

The horn whistle sounded, and hundreds of Qin officers and soldiers once again stepped into the battlefield with high morale!

Seriously, in this war, the Qin army was really inferior to the Japanese army in terms of fighting spirit. But it was only because they were under the command of Liu Xian that they always stood in the position of the winners, and each more brilliant victory made them become full of morale and fighting spirit from beginning to end. Now it is even more imminent that a country can be forced to surrender with one kick, and the madness of the Qin army at the moment is not inferior to the Japanese soldiers defending Tokyo.

In the other direction, a residential area.

The sound of gunfire and shouts of killing has converged into a group. The Qin army's attack line, which was rolling forward, was like a surging wave, fiercely slapping on the thin defense line of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army was small in number, but the bullets rained down. The shooting discipline was tight, and the rhythm of rows and rows of bullets pouring in volleys was still maintained. It's a pity that the officers and men of the Qin army are not European-style troops, and they still maintain a dense formation in the rain of bullets, so that the Japanese bullets can make large and small gaps in the front. Although Qin Jun's company was firm, they hid behind the houses, lying in muddy puddles, little by little, little by little, not beautiful enough, and they did not have the courage to move forward, but they were extremely resolute and squirmed forward from beginning to end.

The scene of the Japanese positions was magnificent and brutal, and only neat rows of muzzle flames could be seen. The Japanese were doing their best to shoot neatly, unwaveringly. But bullets hit the walls, hit the bunkers, and hit the muddy water. Ten bullets, at least seven did useless work.

When the soldiers of the Qin army on the front line were only twenty or thirty meters away from the Japanese position, an officer threw away a grenade, and then twenty or thirty of the same grenades were thrown over, and then there was a rain of grenades.

Amid the explosion of hundreds of grenades, the officer jumped to his feet, brandished his rifle with a bayonet and shouted 'Kill', and all the soldiers stood up, held their rifles with bayonets, and screamed at the Japanese position. "Up, follow me—"

In the offensive position of the Qin army, Chen Bo danced a Japanese saber and carried a pistol in the other hand, shouting and leading the reserves behind him to rush forward.

……

Behind this residential area is the Hanzomon Gate, which is less than a mile from the Imperial Palace.

"Your Excellency Okubo, Your Majesty has an edict ......" Ito Hirofumi stood in front of Okubo at this time. (To be continued) R580