Ren Chao is not Li Hongzhang, he naturally knows that although Ryukyu is small, it is quite important to Huaxia. And now is also an excellent time to recover the Ryukyus, first, although Japan has annexed the Ryukyus for more than 20 years, but the influence of China on the Ryukyus for hundreds of years is not so easy to eliminate, most of the current Ryukyus people are still resistant to Japan, and yearn for the Celestial Empire China. The Ryukyu people had revolted more than once before against Japanese rule, and although they were forcibly suppressed by Japan, it also shows that the Ryukyu people at this time were not willing to submit to Japan.

Second, although Qing and Japan are now at war, Japan has already sent Ito Hirobumi to negotiate peace, and God knows what kind of concessions Li Hongzhang will make. In 1874, with the help of the Peony Society incident, Japan openly sent troops to Taiwan, invaded our territory, and killed our people. As a result, the cowardly Qing government compensated Japan with 500,000 taels of silver to settle the matter. In 1882, when the Renwu Mutiny occurred in Korea, China and Japan sent troops to Korea at the same time, and although the Qing army suppressed the Japanese army in this incident, Japan still obtained the right to send troops and garrison troops in Korea in the "Jemulpo Treaty". In 1884, Japan helped the Kaihwa Party of Korea to carry out the Kashin coup d'état in an attempt to expel Chinese influence in Korea. Yuan Shikai led the Qing army to defeat the Japanese army and suppressed the coup. However, the Japanese still took advantage of the mediocrity of the Qing court and concluded the "Special Article of the Tianjin Conference" with the Qing Dynasty, stipulating that China and Japan should withdraw their troops from Korea at the same time, and the two countries must notify each other of sending troops to Korea. The Treaty of Jemulpo granted Japan the right to send troops to Korea under the pretext of protecting the legation, and the Articles of the Tianjin Conference granted Japan the right to act jointly with China in Korea. These two treaties laid the groundwork for the later Sino-Japanese War.

This qiē is all from Li Hongzhang's hands, God knows what kind of bullshit treaty Li Hongzhang will sign with the Japanese in this peace talks. Sometimes Ren Chao even wondered if Li Hongzhang's head was kicked by a donkey, and he did such stupid things one after another.

So this time Ren Chao didn't have much hope for this peace talks, so let's occupy the Ryukyus first! As long as the Ryukyus are occupied, even if the two sides do reach a treaty, they will have to cease fighting. But the Japanese will definitely not be willing to spit out the meat in their mouths again, and Ren Chao will definitely not be willing to occupy just one Ryukyu, and then the friction between the two sides will definitely be unavoidable because of the Ryukyus, and Ren Chao can just make an excuse to declare war again.

In addition, Ren Chao's occupation of the Ryukyus has another layer of intention, if the Ryukyus are occupied. If you go south, you can directly enter the South Seas. The current Nanyang can be said to be a great treasure. The European powers are constantly strengthening their control over the South Seas, and Ren Chao doesn't mind getting together to get a piece of the pie at this time. Before the whole country is fully controlled, Ryukyu will become a springboard for Ren Chao to enter the South Seas. Of course, from this point of view alone, Taiwan's position is undoubtedly more advantageous than that of the Ryukyus. But now Ren Chao has not unified the whole country. I can only borrow this place from Ryukyu for the time being.

In the evening of the same day. The Jiaolong fleet arrived at the port of Naha in the Ryukyus. The accompanying marines forced their landing at Naha, and the Japanese stationed only two squadrons of local garrisons in the Ryukyus, totaling less than 400 men. Moreover, these second-line troops, whether in terms of equipment or soldiers, have a big gap compared with the main force of the Japanese army, and compared with the elite marines of the Tiger Army, it is even more different. In addition to this garrison, there are also some Japanese policemen here, and the combat effectiveness of the police is even less worthy in the eyes of the marines.

"Even this garbage also wants to stop Lao Tzu's marines!" Wang Jing stepped on the head of a Japanese soldier and couldn't help but snort.

The little devil who was being trampled on was not dead yet, and at this time he was muttering something in his mouth. There was a look of trepidation on his face.

"What is he talking about?" Wang Jing turned his head to his adjutant and asked.

"Lord Hui, he is begging you for mercy, begging you to spare his dog's life!" The adjutant hurriedly replied.

"Yo he! I see! If you were really a dog, I might have spared your dog's life, but unfortunately, you're not a dog, but a Japanese who is not even as good as a dog! Wang Jing said coldly, the box cannon in his hand as soon as the words fell was already aimed at the little devil's head, and then "Bang!" With a bang, the little devil's head immediately exploded like a smashed watermelon, and bright red blood and white Huahua's brains splashed all over the ground.

Wang Jing was about to leave, when suddenly a foul smell came, Wang Jing looked down and couldn't help but scold, "I'm bah!" It's really fucking useless, so it's scared of shit and urine, why bother in the first place, cast a good baby in the next life, go and be a dog! That will save your life! Hahaha! After Wang Jing finished speaking, he laughed and left.

"Pass my order, and the 1st and 2nd battalions will immediately advance towards the Ryukyu to regain Shuri. The rest of the ministries were tasked with clearing Naha's remnants of the enemy. Whether it's the devil soldiers or the police, all of them will be punished on the spot! In addition, all the people in Japanese costumes were arrested and killed if they resisted! Wang Jing said loudly while standing on a big rock next to the beach.

"Yes!" Several heralds respectfully answered, and then turned and ran to deliver the order.

Shurijo Castle is a Ryukyu-style castle located east of Naha City, the capital and royal palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom from the 15th to the 19th century, Shurijo Castle was originally built in the late 13th and early 14th centuries as the center of government and power of the Ryukyu Kingdom. After the Ryukyu Kingdom was annexed by Japan, the Ryukyu royal family was also plundered to Tokyo, and it naturally became the domain of the Japanese.

There are more than 100 little devils and dozens of policemen stationed in this castle, plus some devil soldiers who escaped from Naha, and Naha's guard force is only more than 200 people at this time.

In this way, more than 200 little devils with low combat effectiveness could not resist the onslaught of the 1,000 Tiger Army marines. In less than half an hour, the Tiger Army successfully rushed into Shuri Castle, and the little devils in the city were quickly annihilated.

After annihilating the Japanese troops in the city, the marines began to scatter to hunt for the Japanese in the city according to Wang Jing's orders.

In this way, the Marines won their first battle, and they captured Naha Port and Shuri Castle without much effort. Subsequently, Wang Jing ordered that in addition to leaving two battalions to garrison Naha Shuri, the other three battalions of 1,500 men began to hunt down the Japanese in the Ryukyus. (To be continued......)