Chapter 455: A River of Blood
Shurijo Castle, outside the royal palace, more and more Japanese people came. In their hands, they have all kinds of weapons. Everyone's face was filled with anger and dissatisfaction.
"Compatriots, the Ryukyuan and Shina people want to drive us away, and we want to take our property, but we will not agree. Everyone follow me, rush in, seize the king of the Ryukyus, force him to take back his life, and promise us to live in the Ryukyus forever! For the sake of our future, everyone rush with me! Yutaro Ogawa shouted.
"Rush! Rush in and grab Shang Dian. "The Japanese were all boiling, they shouted slogans and rushed to the palace.
At this moment, the gates of the palace were open, and from the outside, it looked like no one was defending. However, inside the gates. The soldiers of the Imperial Marines, however, built up an improvised line of defense with sandbags. And at the two corners of the gate, two heavy machine guns were erected. The bullets had already been loaded, and the yellow-orange chains were neatly arranged in the box. There were two hundred and fifty rounds on each chain. However, with the rate of fire of the Empire's heavy machine guns, a chain of bullets can be completely wiped out in less than half a minute. And how terrifying the resulting steel storm will be, you can imagine.
"Attention platoons, these Japanese are mobs, they stormed the palace, and their sins are unforgivable. Open fire and kill them all. The captain and company commander gave the order indifferently. Although the Imperial Marines have not been in the army for a long time, they are all selected elites. It's just a pity that they haven't been on the battlefield, so they don't have the opportunity to kill these Japanese on a large scale. Now, finally, we can take these Japanese under the knife. It doesn't matter if it's a Japanese soldier or a civilian, as long as it's Japanese.
"Hit!" As soon as the Japanese began to storm the palace, the captain company commander gave the order to open fire.
"Da Da Da!" The two heavy machine guns, which had already been prepared, opened fire at once. Blazing bullets were fired at the Japanese. Even at night, the flames from the muzzle of the gun are so dazzling.
In an instant, the screams rang out. The Japanese, who were storming the palace, were shot and fell to the ground. Almost all those who were hit by heavy machine guns were dead or alive. Bullets from heavy machine guns. It's too powerful. When it hits the human body, it is a big hole. If you hit the spine, you can even break the spine and break the person in two. In such a situation, can there still be a life?
"Ahh Yes! Amaterasu! "The Japanese were blinded all at once, and they didn't expect such an outcome at all.
"Baga, those people are actually prepared." Yutaro Ogawa scolded angrily.
"Ogawa-kun, what should we do? The people of China are obviously prepared, just waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net! A Japanese man said with a look of horror. Apparently. He already regretted it a little. If he had known that the Chinese Marines were prepared, he would not have said anything that would have come.
"Coward! The people of China are prepared, so what can they do? There are only a thousand of them, and we have tens of thousands, so we don't have to be afraid of them at all. Continue to rush me, rush in, kill all the people inside, and capture Shangdian alive. Yutaro Ogawa ordered angrily.
On the orders of Yutaro Ogawa. There were still quite a few Japanese who continued to charge. However, they were greeted by red-hot bullets. These Japanese. He was quickly knocked down and lost his life in vain.
"Idiot, the people in the branch have a defense at the main gate, so go through the side door, or go directly over the wall!" Yutaro Ogawa jumped to his feet in anger.
It's just that the Imperial Marines have long been prepared. The royal palace in Shurijo Castle is not large. A company of more than 200 people is enough to defend this place as solid as gold. There were heavy machine guns at the front and side doors, and above the perimeter walls, light machine guns were also assumed. Under the heavy fire of the Imperial Marines, these Japanese mobs could not even storm the palace. Instead, they left a corpse outside the palace.
"Hell, what about our cannons? Hurry up and fire! Yutaro Ogawa was furious.
When the Japanese army evacuated, it left him with a Meiji 31-year 75mm rapid-fire gun and more than a dozen shells.
"Ogawa-kun, our people are bringing in the cannons." A Japanese replied.
On the port of Naha, when there was a fierce gunfire in the city, Colonel Du Xiqi, Major Huang Hengcheng and King Shangdian of the Ryukyus all came to the deck of the light cruiser 'Suiyuan'.
"There was a fight, and the Japanese did it. Kill them all, kill all those Japanese! Shang Dian shouted excitedly.
"Your Highness, don't worry, we've already done it." Major Huang Hengcheng said with a smile.
"Sir, please also provide us with artillery support, and when the artillery support is over, my men will attack and wipe out all those Japanese." Major Huang Hengcheng said.
"Well, command the fleet, prepare to fire." Colonel Du Xiqi ordered.
On the sea, the light cruiser 'Suiyuan' had already crossed the hull. The destroyers 'B-3', 'B-5', 'B-7' and 'B-8' also sailed to the shore. The main and secondary guns on the battleship have long since faded from their gun coats. The sailors were even more ready to open fire.
When Colonel Du Xiqi gave the order, the light cruiser 'Suiyuan' opened fire first. The twin 155-mm guns in the bow and stern began to rain shells around Shuri Castle. Subsequently, four other destroyers joined in the shelling.
For a while, the cannon roared on the sea, and a large number of shells whistled towards Shuri Castle.
At this time, Shuri Castle was inhabited by no Ryukyuan people other than the royal palace. As early as after nightfall, these Ryukyuan people were brought to the port. They were looking out from the harbor. When he saw the warship of the Chinese Navy firing on the sea, he shouted even more.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
Dense explosions rang out inside Shurijo Castle, and fires flew everywhere, destroying houses one after another. Even the Japanese immigrants who crowded into Shurijo Castle were torn to shreds in the explosion. The bombardment of the Imperial Navy especially avoided the royal palace, so as not to accidentally injure the officers and men of the Imperial Marines.
The naval guns of the navy are much more powerful than the cannons used by the army. A burst of intensive artillery bombardment by the Imperial Navy cost the Japanese heavy casualties.
"Yaga, how is that possible? How dare the battleship of the Shina people open fire. Do they not care about the lives and deaths of those natives of the Ryukyus? Yutaro Ogawa and the others were dumbfounded, completely unable to believe what was happening in front of them.
"Ogawa-kun, there are no Ryukyuan people in Shuri Castle at all. Those rooms are already empty. A Japanese reported to Yutaro Ogawa.
"What? How so? The rest of the Japanese exclaimed. Everyone has a feeling that something is wrong.
"Damn, it's a trap. From beginning to end, this is a trap set by the people of China, who want to kill us! Yutaro Ogawa panicked.
Yes, this is a trap, a trap specifically for Japanese immigrants in the Ryukyus. Since they don't want to leave, they try to resist to the end. Then, they will have to pay a heavy price. And this price is the lives of these people.
The shelling of the Imperial Navy continued, and almost every shell exploded, bringing a storm of blood. Countless Japanese were blown to pieces in the heavy shelling of the Imperial Navy. Stumps and broken arms are flying everywhere. The blood of these Japanese almost soaked the soil of Shurijo Castle.
"Run! If you don't run for your life, you'll be dead. "After suffering such a terrible blow, these Japanese mobs completely collapsed. At the end of the day, they're just a bunch of civilians. In the face of the frenzied slaughter of the Chinese Navy, even if they have the advantage of numbers, it is useless.
Countless Japanese people fled for their lives like lost dogs. They also tried to use force to gain the right to live forever in the Ryukyus, which is a joke now.
The shelling of the Imperial Navy did not last long, and ended in less than twenty minutes. After that, the Imperial Marines launched a counterattack, and thousands of Marines launched a counterattack against these Japanese mobs.
The Japanese mob, who had already been frightened, only cared about fleeing for their lives, and had no ability to fight back at all, so they were easily caught up and killed by the officers and men of the Imperial Marine Corps.
At the same time, the Ryukyu king Naonori also decreed that all the Japanese were mobs, and it was unforgivable that they intended to storm the royal palace and kill the king. Naonori demanded that all the Ryukyuan people cooperate with the Empire* army to exterminate those Japanese.
As a result, the Ryukyuan people also took action. If it were themselves, maybe they wouldn't have the guts. However, now it is just a matter of cooperating with the Imperial Marine Corps, and then it is completely different.
Countless young and middle-aged men from the Ryukyus, armed with a variety of weapons, joined in the extermination of Japanese immigrants. Even these weapons are just improvised farm tools. However, with the cooperation of the Imperial Marines, the Japanese could not resist at all. Often, a squad of the Imperial Marines would lead hundreds of Ryukyuan people into battle. After the Imperial Marines had crushed the Japanese with machine-gun fire, the Ryukyuan men would rush up and beat the water dogs.
The end of the Japanese immigrants in the Ryukyus had arrived, and they were found one after another, with the cooperation of the Imperial Marines and the people of the Ryukyus, who had nowhere to hide. Japanese immigrants have been oppressing the Ryukyuan people before, so now the Ryukyuan people seem to have found an opportunity for revenge. Any Japanese who are caught often has only one result being killed. (To be continued.) )
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