As one of the most important fortresses in Japan, Yura Fortress is naturally indispensable for garrisons, in fact, because of the failure of the naval battle, this fortress was hastily put into use before it was completed, and now a whole company of Japanese soldiers is stationed, vigilantly guarding this water throat in and out of the Seto Inland Sea and Osaka Bay, but unfortunately it is not that the imperial army is not heroic, but the enemy is too cunning, and the newly appointed commander Takehashi Osa did not expect to be attacked in his sleep anyway.

"Enemy attack!" At the moment when the Marauder opened fire, the loyal Japanese sentries noticed the sudden light of fire on the pitch-black sea in the distance, and the subsequent whistling of shells made them understand what it meant, accompanied by a panicked scream, a series of small explosions rang out on the batteries everywhere.

"Nani?" After being awakened by the sound of shelling, Commander Takebashi, who got up from the bed as quickly as possible, found the problem as soon as he opened the door, because there happened to be a shell exploding in front of him, and Commander Takebashi, who was already preparing for the jade shattering, suddenly found that the explosion was amazingly weak, but a strange mist rose up immediately after.

He didn't bother to study the problem anymore, and ran to the fort while putting on his clothes, and at the same time shouted loudly to the soldiers around him who were pouring out of the barracks: "Quick, fire the cannon quickly..."

His shout suddenly became hoarse, a spicy breath suddenly choked into his nose, Commander Zhuqiao couldn't help coughing violently, and at the same time he felt like his throat, nasal cavity, and even his eyes were on fire, he kept coughing, and even squatted down involuntarily, coughing with all his strength as if he was going to cough out his lungs, and at the same time, snot and tears kept pouring out, the burning feeling became stronger and stronger, and even his vision began to blur, but at this time he realized that all the people around him were the same as himself, The soldiers in the center of the fog, in particular, were already lying on the ground and convulsing.

"This smoke is poisonous!" He shouted hoarsely like a dying patient, in a voice that only he could discern himself.

In the distance, on the sea, the Marauder was pouring gas bombs in three directions at the same time, although the use of this thing is limited to certain things, such as wind power, wind direction, etc., but first, the weather is calm today, and second, this cargo is carrying 2,000 rounds of gas bombs, thinking that such a small fortress is absolutely enough.

Just when the three forts of Yura, Tomojima, and Katai all disappeared in the poisonous fog, the three landings went out separately, of course Yang Feng was not prepared to keep this fortress, and he had to frequent the Seto Inland Sea coast in the future, so he couldn't come to get the poison gas once, that would be too inhumane, so he had to solve this problem once and for all, and send infantry to blast them directly.

The three landing ships cautiously went out, until they were less than two kilometers away from the three coasts, and found that the Japanese army did not attack at all, so they were relieved and boldly rushed to the beach, and now the Japanese army could not care about attacking them, those who ran out late were better, and the smart ones ran into the inside of the battery to close the doors and windows to seal themselves, and they could make do with the rest of their breath, those who reacted in time and quickly rushed to the gun position were unlucky, At this time, the Yura Fortress was at best a turret with open-air gun emplacements plus an internal ammunition depot and ammunition supply system, and they could not afford to enjoy such high-end goods as a rotating turret, and it was not long before all the gun emplacements were trapped in a poisonous mist, and those poor soldiers were smoked out, and now the whole fortress was like a lamb to the slaughter.

The three landing ships quickly found their respective positions and quickly grabbed the beach, and then 3,000 soldiers wearing gas masks and carrying Lee Enfield rifles rushed out of the cabin, under the leadership of their respective officers, according to the information they had obtained before, swept the entire fortress like a tide, and all the Japanese soldiers who were struggling in the poison gas directly stabbed them to end their pain, as for those hiding inside the fort, it was simpler, smashing the door open and spraying poison into the team by the soldiers who specially carried gas canisters in the team, and then the others waited outside to come out and kill one by one, In this way, less than half an hour later, the gateway to Osaka changed owners.

The rest was very simple, all the ammunition depots were put on time bombs, the landing force withdrew as quickly as possible, the fleet hurried through the Jidan Strait, and just four or five kilometers out of the strait, with a series of earth-shattering huge explosions, the entire strait turned into a sea of fire, and the flames that rushed to the sky looked extremely bright against the background of dawn.

"It's called the beauty of destruction, and I love it more and more now, and I can even feel my heart flutter the moment the building falls apart in the light of the fire." Yang Dashiren stood on the deck of the Marauder with his cane, and said in a tone that matched his identity as he looked at the Yura Fortress that had been destroyed by the explosion.

Lang Weili next to him looked at this guy speechlessly, and he wondered if the previous poems of this thing were all written while killing people and setting fires, so how kind of state did this be.

In the explosion of Yura Fortress, the fleet rushed into Osaka Bay with murderous spirit, and then turned around and headed north for Osaka, at this time, this city that was originally asleep has already been awakened by the sound of cannons and explosions, after all, the two places are dozens of kilometers apart, and the Katai Forts and Osaka are also connected by telephone, and Osaka was quickly notified as soon as it was attacked.

After Yamada, the governor of Osaka Prefecture, was woken up by his subordinates in his sleep, he was at a loss when he heard that the Qing fleet was coming.

"Bastard, evacuate the city!" Immediately after that, he let out a hysterical roar, needless to say, what the Qing fleet is doing here, it must be shelling Osaka, and now he can only hope that Yura Fortress can block the enemy, but before he can reach the Osaka Fortress, there is a sky-high fire in the direction of Yura Fortress, and the huge explosion can be clearly heard even in Osaka, which is dozens of kilometers away.

He was stupid to see this scene, and now he doesn't have to think about it to know that the Yura fortress is over, and then the enemy's fleet will drive directly into Osaka Bay, and then destroy the city with artillery, he doesn't care about anything else, and runs to the Osaka Prefectural Office as fast as possible to command the evacuation of the whole city, at this time the whole city has been completely chaotic, and the news of the enemy's knocking on the door has spread throughout the city, and countless ordinary people have woken up from their sleep, dragging their children and daughters crying and fleeing from their homes.

Their enemy had already appeared on the sea at dawn, and when they saw the size of the enemy's fleet, the people of Osaka were even more desperate, a full eleven ironclad giant ships, which were about to catch up with the size of the combined fleet, and Governor Yamada's face turned green when he saw this scene.

"Run, run! The Beiyang Sailor has called!" He shouted tremblingly, supported by his subordinates, and hurriedly climbed into a rickshaw and ran north into the ancient city of Osaka, and then there was a dense whistling of shells behind him, because the draft was shallow, those landing ships and destroyers even drove into the river of the Yodo River, and nearly sixty 76 guns were constantly pouring shells towards Osaka on the east coast, especially the Fukushima area where factories were all over the place.

At this time, the hastily recruited reservists also began to shoot at the enemy on the ancient castle of Osaka, using a few old guns, but this behavior was tantamount to suicide, and the Marauder on the sea immediately adjusted its muzzle, and started the ancient castle of Roulin with a 130 cannon, especially the castle tower, which looked more eye-catching in the rising sun, became the main target of these heavy artillery.

At the same time, all the landing troops began to pour out of the cabin of the landing ship and poured into the city in front of them like a springboard, and at this time, Governor Yamada, who had just run into the castle, realized that the fleet in front of him was not just here to bombard.

"Organize a sword drawing team and rush out of the gang to meet the battle!" He gritted his teeth and roared, if it was just an artillery bombardment, he was indeed helpless, but if it was the other party's landing operation, it would still have the strength to fight, thousands of hastily assembled reservists, policemen, civilians, with all kinds of cold ** with full of anger to kill the enemy who broke into his homeland.

The soldiers who landed didn't pay attention to them at all, the main task of these guys is to burn, kill and loot, and the fools who come out to die like this can just hand them over to the naval guns, and the shelling of hundreds of rounds per minute can also keep these people close to them, then they can directly spit in the face of the artillerymen when they go back.

As soon as Governor Yamada led the sword-drawing team rushed out of the castle, they were immediately bombarded back by a dense cannonball, and in the blink of an eye, almost half of his heroic samurai disappeared, and the scene of flesh and blood was so frightened that everyone turned pale and trembled.

At this time, the invaders outside are starting a carnival in their homeland, these guys are like countless carnivorous ants gnawing at the city from east to west, and the place where they pass is in ruins, factories are blown up, houses are looted and set on fire, and the Japanese who have not had time to escape have to live and die with their homeland.

Governor Yamada lay on the city wall in shock, looking at the once prosperous city in front of him, now the city is full of fire, the billowing plumes of smoke are particularly dazzling in the morning light, the factories that have been pinned on the hope of the whole nation are turning into ruins one by one, and you can even see those bao disciples with binoculars, one by one happily taking out all kinds of belongings from those shops and even houses, and behind them, followed by the latest cars, these guys take those precious antiques with their hands, Calligraphy and paintings were stacked on the car so casually, especially those gold, silver, jewelry, and the like, shining in the sun.

"These shameless bastards, I will complain to the gods about their atrocities!" Governor Yamada roared with tears.