Chapter 197: The Meiji Restoration (13)

There are already many soldiers on the docks in Osaka, and the current Fallen Shogun, although armed with firearms, still wears armor around them, and I don't know if it is to defend against close combat, or if they have understood the concept of body armor.

Just looking at the appearance of those little pawns, the armor is still a little heavy.

"Let's get the abalone on board." Huang Xuan was referring to a boat he had just rented, and although 800,000 taels of silver had been spent, Mr. Paul was happy to provide the Chinese with a large ship that could reach the port of Tianjin, and of course, there were other goods on it.

Huang Xuan walked on the boat with the boxes of abalone, and when the workers laid the ice and the boxes were stacked and bundled, he turned around and walked out of the hatch, locked it with his backhand, and said: "Before you arrive in China, don't open it at will, lest the air conditioner run away and damage things." ”

A few people smiled in understanding, Huang Xuanhui smiled brightly, and in an instant, the abalone entered the plane channel, and now even if the Japanese are against the water, he is not afraid.

Stepping back on land, Mitsui and the others smiled more and more humbly, Inoue Xin bowed, and before he could speak, Huang Xuan waved his hand and said, "The drawings are all in the warehouse." ”

"Don't get damp." Inoue was worried that her drawings had been broken.

"How so." Huang Xuan laughed, ignoring the strange eyes of several people, he had already taken out a few cubic meters of drawings, but no one knew where he got the drawings from, although Mitsui and others did not ask, they were always suspicious.

In the warehouse were drawings left over from a steel mill and drawings of a steamship from the United States, which was not very advanced, but still made the Japanese feel itchy.

Several British engineers walked into the warehouse without any scruples, Huang Xuan smiled and said, "When the appraisal is over, I will also go to Edo to have a look." He looked heartless again, shrugged his shoulders and said to Paul, "Mr. Weimas, I will trouble you to send things to Tianjin." ”

"No problem." Ecstasy flashed in the eyes of the British, Huang Xuan only didn't see it, anyway, the abalone was already in the plane passage, and no matter how bad a few people were, they were all left to them.

After drinking a cup of tea without taste, Inoue Xincai walked out of the warehouse with a smile, behind him was the Japanese new army with loaded guns, escorting the drawings of four or five major vehicles and walking out, Mitsui Gao Sui also jumped up, and then looked at Huang Xuan, his eyes were different.

With a hint of pity in his eyes, Huang Xuan stepped on the horse and said, "In this case, I will go first." ”

As he spoke, he walked out with Dian Wei, who jumped on horseback together, and did not greet anyone again.

Mitsui raised his hand upward, but it didn't fall after all.

……

Came the thirteenth day of P129.

Torrential rain poured down.

The pouring rain turned the east of Shizuoka into God's shower room, and the small dirt bags raised above the ground seemed to be isolated islands in the sea, and the shrubs in the low-lying areas could only "dew" their heads, and if they were shorter, they would not even be able to breathe the air.

Huang Xuan blocked the rain with one hand, and with the other hand, he "kneaded" hundreds of kilograms of biological bombs into a round ball more than a person high, kicked it hard and kicked it down from the peak of Mount Fuji.

"Find a good place. Lorraine. Huang Xuan screamed in relief, wrapped the clothes on his body, the temperature here is really not high.

"I've measured the tolerance of the earth's crust, and there is no problem." Lorraine replied while using energy to control the landing point of the biological bomb, unless it is detonated artificially, the safety of the biological bomb is enough to be comparable to the chastity pants, even if it is high temperature and high pressure, it is difficult to inactivate the biomass in it, of course, there is always a time limit.

Dian Wei looked at Huang Xuan puzzled, and asked, "Throwing the steamed buns down, which immortal is it for?" ”

"Lord Stove." Huang Xuan gasped and wiped the rain from his head with one hand.

……

Twenty-five thousand fallen troops advanced in the heavy rain.

It was Japan's first modern army, and the budding spirit of bushido and strict military discipline allowed them to brave the rain. The rain came so suddenly that it wasn't even too late for them to set up camp, but Saigo Takamori was very happy.

It was less than 100 miles from Edo, and a heavy rain turned the original march into a possible surprise attack.

The ground became more and more muddy, and the horses' hooves got stuck in the mud from time to time, and Saigo Takamori had to dismount and walk. Several lieutenants tried to hold him up, but were savagely thrown away, and Saigo roared: "Ahead is Edo, the glory of the emperor, the glory of Japan, the samurai, your glory, here in one fell swoop......"

The lieutenants repeated loudly, and soon the whole army roared loudly, reflecting the roaring thunder, and Saigo Takamori felt his chest bulge and regain his energy.

The speed of the army increased sharply.

The thunder grew tighter and tighter.

Huang Xuan wore a protective shield of 1,000 yuan per minute, and quickly rushed towards Edo.

At the end of the 19th century, there were three political celebrities in Japan who decided the fate of Japan to a certain extent: the first was naturally Emperor Meiji, whose more decisive "sex" personality and accurate judgment were important factors in his happiness compared to his neighbor Guangxu. The second is Hirobumi Ito, who continued the Restoration, strengthened Japan's national power, and thus smashed his life into the World Club. The third is known as the dictator Okubo Ritsu, who laid the foundation of Japanese diplomacy, which is equivalent to laying the foundation of the island nation of Japan. At the moment, both men are going back and forth between Osaka and Kyoto, preparing for the upcoming Restoration.

In addition to these three political celebrities, Saigo Takamori and Ryoma, as the favorite civilian generals of the Japanese, also had a great influence on the Japanese military after the Restoration, and in Lorraine's words, it was a lot of Noh Don benefits.

Ryoma was assassinated a few years ago, and in Ito's words, it was "falling", so the duty and glory of attacking Edo fell on the head of Saigo Takamori.

Even a torrential rain could not quench his passion.

"General, I can't walk anymore." An officer trotted over in the muddy water, his clothes already clinging to his body.

"Stop, won't you? Checkmate. The other officer was talking until the rain came, and the water ran down his cheeks.

"Where is there a place to hide from the rain nearby?" Saigo Takamori raised his hand, as if he wanted to give the officer a look, but for some reason he put it down again, and said loudly: "Keep going, when we find a place to camp, the rain is about to stop, it is better to take this opportunity and advance quickly." ”

When a few officers wanted to speak again, Saigo Takamori didn't stop, and hurried forward with his head down, only shouting: "The baggage team follows behind, and you are not allowed to fall behind." ”

His military orders were so strict that the first officer had no choice but to turn around and run back.

There was not the slightest sign of heavy rain to listen to.

Huang Xuan desperately hit the horse forward, the anti-gravity has increased to 65%, if it is increased again, a little force will jump up, like walking on the moon, the speed will decrease.

But the quagmire inevitably wrapped around the horse's hooves.

Wiping his face, Huang Xuan turned to look at the dark night sky, imagined the location of Mount Fuji, and said loudly: "Lorraine, detonate it now." ”

"We can't hide from this either."

"Then use energy to generate top, and if you can't stand it, go home." Huang Xuan also said with a bit of a bachelor's spirit: "Wait any longer, if there is a change, it will be wasted." ”

"Okay." Lorraine did not make his own decisions, he concluded: "Once detonated, the earth's crust will rupture, and in about 30 minutes, it will cause a big eruption." ”

"Got it." Huang Xuan brushed away his wet hair, and 30 minutes was only enough to run Edo, in fact, even if he did, it made no difference.

……

The shogunate army stationed in Edo, the last of Tokugawa Yoshiki's troops, was divided into two divisions and scattered to the west and south of Edo, still a well-fashioned tactic of the Warring States period, including himself, and had no hope of victory.

Early morning.

Jiro Tanaka is an old ashigaru in his 40s, and his swarthy face is imprinted with dirt. Last night's heavy rain kept them busy for half the night, and Dawn slept lazily, and his energy was not good at this moment. He bared his teeth and trousers, and walked from the tent to the grove, the first two battles, and his team of Ashigaru died, and the newly replenished peasants could not even hold a gun. As for the samurai, those who survived either ran away or were crammed into Tokugawa Yoshiki's personal army, and his team didn't even have a flag book. Except for eating with the march, few people took care of them.

really waited until the battle, and the ashigaru failed and surrendered, and no one paid attention to it, in short, they were all cannon fodder composed of peasants. Tanaka Jiro mainly didn't come and saw the fallen shogunate army, so he was coerced by the people around him and ran away, and he didn't succeed in surrendering when he arrived in Edo, but he had already decided that when the shogunate army came, he would surrender immediately, or follow the Nagasu army, or go home to farm.

The veteran hummed a Kanto song, walked to the destination, took out the guy, brewed it for a while, and then squirted out in a daze.

The water column was thick and smelly, the most powerful of his ashigaru team, and Tanaka Jiro proudly aimed at the grass under the roots, ready to knock it down so that he could go back to sleep again.

Just completed half of the task, the veteran suddenly felt that the aim was not accurate, the water column did not obey the order and shook left and right, he still did not give up, put his two hands up, ready to control the rhythm, inadvertently, his feet also shook, as if the cannon was smashed down.

Before he had time to think about it, the veteran fell down - this was taught to them by Western teachers, the best and longest-lived in Tian Middle School, and it was the second stunt he was proud of.

However, when the proud second stunt met the proud first stunt, Tanaka Jiro even wanted to die, and he remembered the scene of going to the toilet when he was a child and being kicked down the pit by the samurai children...... Thinking of this, Tanaka's heart calmed down.

The ground shook even more intensely, and there was a rumbling sound in his ears, but it was not the familiar Western cannon, Tanaka Liangjiu raised his head, only to feel that his eyes were gray, and the ghost made him look in the direction of Mount Fuji, but the terrifying scene made him can't help but open his mouth wide, and even the bullet "medicine" of the first stunt he was proud of flowed into his mouth, and he didn't realize it at all.

……

Huang Xuan looked for a sheltered foot of the mountain, and watched the anger of Mount Fuji after being molested from the energy screen.

In the study of volcanic eruptions, people have subdivided the eruptions of modern volcanoes into three types: tranquil, violent, and intermediate.

Tranquility is the most common form of modern volcanic eruption, in which lava slowly lingers down the hillside like a dog's tongue in the summer heat, while violent eruptions are commonly understood as volcanic eruptions – they spew out large amounts of gas, ash and debris, and acidic magma in a very short period of time, and of the four, the deadliest of the four is volcanic ash.

Violent eruptions are also known as Peres because on December 16, 1902, Mount Pere in the West Indies erupted, killing 26,000 people, but the worst eruption in P129's history has changed hands.

Saigo Takamori stood tall with a sword in his hand, and his soldiers were lining up to receive their pre-battle breakfast—cold rice with red beans and rice balls, and each person would get a piece of salted fish, and there would be an extra thumb-sized kimchi above the flag, whether it was cabbage or turnip, it would be up to luck.

The two small soldiers who had just enlisted from Yokohama came over panting and carrying a pot of cold rice, these were carried out of the rain by the baggage soldiers, and today's food was the best in half a year, and only the troops who had just set off from a big city such as Osaka could have so many belongings.

Saigo Takamori is not going to have dinner in the suburbs.

The rice pot was very heavy, and the two soldiers used the strength to eat "milk", their faces were flushed, and several veterans laughed, and one of them just stood up and wanted to say something, but suddenly he was crooked and staggered and fell on others.

The rice pot slammed to the ground, and Saigo Takamori woke up from his fantasy and kicked the stumbling creep away, making him unsteady on his feet.

"Look, General." A small school rushed up to support Saigo Takamori, who followed the direction of his finger and immediately froze.

Even in the 21st century, the study of volcanoes is very superficial, but from the information we know, not only volcanic eruptions can cause heavy rains, but heavy rains are also prone to volcanic eruptions, and from the data searched by Lorraine, more than 70% of the world's most dangerous volcanic eruptions are related to heavy rainfall.

When the earth's crust is no longer stable, because the magma will be squeezed outward from below, on the side of the volcano, it will form a round mound that protrudes outward, it may continue to produce small eruptions, but when these eruptions cannot relieve the pressure, the round mound will continue to rise, and at the same time become extremely unstable, at this time, the violent cooling of the nearby environment may cause the round mound to collapse in a few minutes.

Mt. Fuji is a typical modern active volcano.

On more than four recorded volcanic eruptions, vertical and intense volcanic material reached the stratosphere, which is more than 10 kilometers above the ground. This means that the range of thousands of kilometers is its territory, and the hope of surviving within a hundred kilometers is comparable to that of an earthquake of magnitude 8.

Saigo Takamori looked at the awakened Mt. Fuji with fearful eyes, it must have felt very angry when it was woken up, it had a very strong desire to "shoot", even if it was seen from 70 kilometers away, half of the field of vision was already like a chimney-like volcanic ash, in the thick shell, you could see a red flame like a pillar of heaven to the sky.

Countless samurai and soldiers fell to their knees.

The rain, which had stopped, flowed down again like a god strain. That's because the air is moving upwards causing water vapor to condense, and the ash as a condensation nucleus makes it easier for these raindrops to fall.

Huge lightning flashed through the air.

Fear made the orderly troops also "commotion".

Saigo Takamori dodged and covered half of his face, his expression was full of sorrow, and the tumbling magma and deadly volcanic ash rolled in the sky, and everyone had a bad premonition in their hearts.

Huang Xuan was also dumbfounded and looked at his masterpiece. Lorraine said calmly: "The biological bombs in Osaka, Kyoto, and Nijo Castle have been detonated, and judging from the current situation of Mount Fuji, it has the ability to spew out more than 2 billion tons of volcanic materials, which is enough to envelop most of the Kanto region, and Edo no longer needs to think about it." ”

"Good fellows." Huang Xuan swallowed his saliva, as if he hadn't heard it at all, staring at the volcanic ash and poisonous gases that rushed into the sky on the energy screen, and muttered to himself: "It's like the earth is in the morning." ”