With the death of Togi Takayoshi and the encirclement of the Japanese navy by the Taiping Invincible Armada, the fate of the Japanese navy was already doomed, and they could only survive, and this breath could not last long.

After preparations, the Taiping Armada launched a final battle against the Japanese navy.

However, the Japanese navy did not have any intention of giving in when it was surrounded, and their resistance was very tenacious, and it took almost a lot of effort for the Armada to wipe out the Japanese navy.

And the Armada also paid a considerable price in this terrible battle, almost half of the frigates were damaged and completely lost their combat effectiveness, while the other half could never fight again, they have been sleeping in this sea for a long time.

And the loss of the gunboats was not too much, after the first battle, only six gunboats could fight again, the others were either sunk or damaged, and there was no combat effectiveness at all.

The only consolation, however, was that the convoy was largely intact and suffered negligible losses, which was a blessing in disguise, but it was paid for by the great sacrifice of gunboats and frigates.

Of course, as long as the transport ship is in good condition, it is worth the sacrifice.

Because, the transport ship was carrying the main force of the attack on the Japanese mainland, the elite Tenth Army of the Taiping Army, that is, the firearms corps known as the sharp weapon of the country, if there were no them, who would use people to attack the land of Japan.

Therefore, on the whole, the Taiping army fought a good battle.

And after that, Huang Xu was at the place where the naval battle ended. He personally presided over a short ceremony to mourn the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country.

100 guns, 100 cannons, pay tribute to the deceased, and comfort their heroic souls.

A faint sadness permeated the sea.

After the ceremony, Huang Xu ordered people to simply clean up the battlefield, and then ordered the army to continue to set off towards Kyushu Island.

The Taiping army prepared to land in Kyushu and thus conquer Japan.

And the place where the Taiping army and the Japanese navy fought was not far from Kyushu, so it didn't take long. They were infinitely closer to Kyushu. After observing the surrounding situation and confirming the landing site, the Taiping transports accelerated towards the landing site in Kyushu under the cover of six gunboats.

As expected, the Taiping fleet, as soon as it approached the chosen landing site, came under heavy fire from the Japanese shore guns that had been deployed in advance. But. Thankfully. The six surviving gunboats of the Taiping Army were all giant gunboats, and their powerful firepower was not comparable to the Japanese shore guns, so. As soon as these huge gunboats fired, they suppressed the Japanese firepower in a moment, thus providing a good cover for the landing of the 10th Army.

And the 10th Army really lived up to the title of their country's sharp weapon, relying on their own powerful combat power, they established positions at the landing site step by step, and then used their own firearms combined with huge gunboats with huge range to suppress Japanese firepower, and then continued to expand the beachhead, and then, still suppressed, and expanded the beachhead.

As more and more soldiers of the 10th Army landed on Kyushu Island, the Taiping Army basically controlled the shape of this battlefield, and with the support of strong firepower, the 10th Army launched round after round of powerful attacks on the Japanese blocking positions.

Although the Japanese were still as tenacious as ever, this time they were not facing the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Army Corps, but the Tenth Army Corps, which was equipped with fully modern weapons.

Therefore, in less than half an hour, the 10th Army attacked the Japanese position and slaughtered the Japanese defenders.

The Taiping army also wanted to stay alive, but these Japanese didn't do it, they wanted to die themselves, so they couldn't blame others, and the Taiping army could only fulfill them.

And the Taiping army, after attacking the Japanese position, kept advancing.

At the same time, after assisting the 10th Army to complete the landing mission, the Taiping Navy temporarily anchored in the port of Kyushu to wait for further orders from Huang Xu.

For the Taiping army, the shape shì was good.

Then, Huang Xu ordered Luo Bingzhang to stay in the navy, responsible for all the affairs of the navy, and listened to further instructions from Hou, while he himself led Li Hongzhang and others to land and attack Japan with the Tenth Army.

After they went ashore, a colonel came to report that the vanguard of the 10th Army had advanced to the foot of Nagasaki Castle.

Huang Xu wasn't surprised by this at all, this was normal, the strength of the Tenth Legion was there.

So, Li Xiucheng and others asked for instructions on what to do.

What else can I do, since all the soldiers are coming to the city, what are you waiting for, just attack the city directly, so Huang Xu handed over this matter to Li Xiucheng, the army commander, to deal with it and let him command the siege.

As mentioned earlier, although the city of Nagasaki is not a big place, the people are very fierce, and they are chopping, killing, or whatever, and they don't usually put anyone in their eyes, but the arrival of the Taiping army makes them feel like a big enemy.

Although these Nagasaki people were somewhat empty-sighted, they were not stupid enough to think that with their current strength they could stand up to the mighty Taiping army.

Therefore, the defenders of Nagasaki and the local people abandoned Nagasaki Castle after a little resistance.

However, the way they gave up was a bit strange, that is, a single fire burned the whole of Nagasaki, turning Nagasaki into a barren land.

The walls are clear, and the scorched fire is opposed.

This Japanese is really ruthless.

Moreover, the Taiping army had just had a fierce battle with the Japanese navy at sea, and the situation of the army was certainly not ideal, so the Japanese thought of giving the Taiping army an empty thing to entertain them, so that they had no food, no clothing, and no shelter.

This plan is really poisonous, needless to say, it must have been thought up by a ruthless man like Hirobumi Ito.

However, not to mention, this is exactly the key point of the Taiping Army.

Huang Xu's original idea was to prepare to feed the war with war and replenish supplies on the spot, but the Japanese made the situation less optimistic than they had expected.

Therefore, on the one hand, he ordered Luo Bingzhang to urgently transfer some supplies from the Korean Autonomous Region, which was a little closer to the place where they were.

On the other hand, he ordered the Tenth Army to continue to attack and chase after the Japanese, and he really didn't believe that he couldn't get anything to eat.

As a result, the Taiping army attacked strongly, but the shape was still not optimistic.

Nagasaki, Fukuoka and other important Japanese prefectures were burned by the Japanese, and the Taiping army did not catch anything useful.

However, the Taiping army was not discouraged, and they still chased the Japanese.

Because, Huang Xu understands that rats will eventually be sleepy.

Sure enough, the opportunity came.

I don't know if they were really tired or what, but these Japanese, who had retreated from Nagasaki and Fukuoka, ran a beat slower in Kagoshima Prefecture and were surrounded by the Taiping army.

Moreover, they did not have time to burn down the city this time before they surrounded it.

It seems that this time, these Japanese may not be able to escape.

However, Kagoshima Prefecture is one of the more famous places in Japan, it is located at the southern tip of Kyushu and is rich in natural resources, but this is not the point, Kagoshima is famous because of the presence of two legendary figures that all Japanese people are proud of.

Saigo Takamori and Obokuritsu.

However, it is a pity that these two people are already dead, died on the battlefield of the invasion of Korea, and died at the hands of the Taiping army.

Perhaps, this is fate.

Think about it, if these two people hadn't stretched their hands too long and their feet too big, and stayed in Kagoshima, Japan, they wouldn't have died?

However, they are unwilling to be lonely, and they insist on occupying other people's places and robbing other people's things, so can they live for a long time, so this is fate.

It's all about your own death.

Of course, these two people will not die, and they have nothing to do with the current situation.

It is an ironclad fact that the Japanese are besieged.

Moreover, since the Taiping army has surrounded these Japanese now, there is nothing to say, and besides, it is really not speculative to talk to these Japanese, and there seems to be a natural feud between the two sides, in short, not right.

In that case, the only way to solve the problem is to kill.

Besides, if you don't kill, will these stubborn Japanese surrender, don't even think about it.

So, let's kill it.

As a result, the Taiping army began to kill.

Of course, the Japanese are stubborn to the end, but the gap in strength is there, and no matter how much Japan struggles, it can only be described in one word, stubborn resistance.

Does that make sense? Of course, there is no point, and the consequences of stubborn resistance are terrible.

That's the light of death.

So, in the end, these stubborn Japanese can only die.

However, Huang Xu is kind, and the people of the Chinese Empire are also kind, those really honest and ignorant Japanese, the Taiping Army still did not kill and let them go.

The Taiping Army is not a murderer, he will kill anyone, of course, if he doesn't kill it, it doesn't mean that Huang Xu will forget it, he plans to use another trick to deal with these Japanese.

That is to mentally brainwash these Japanese and assimilate them, and when the time comes, they may not want to be Japanese anymore.

Therefore, Huang Xu also indirectly "exterminated" the Japanese, but his method was a little different.

After this battle, the Taiping army also occupied the entire island of Kyushu.

After a short rest, the Taiping army began to advance to the next target.

Their next target is the state. (To be continued......)