Arnold set up a chaise longue on the deck and lay down on it, while beside him lay a small table, on which was a delicate porcelain tea set, in which black tea had been brewed, and next to it was a stack of fragrant refreshments. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Pinching the teacup, Arnold took a sip, if it weren't for his rugged face, with this picture, it would definitely be a standard aristocratic template.

With an eagle chirp, the sea eagle landed on the small table.

I saw that the sea eagle stretched out his left foot, and a roll of paper was tied to it.

Untying the note, Arnold casually gave Seahawk a strip of meat.

Opening the note, Arnold glanced at ten lines.

"Hahaha...

A loud laugh came from Arnold's mouth, and he kicked away the chaise longue that was still lying on it, and the rumbling voice spoke again, "Little ones, the swords and guns are unsheathed, the cannons are unsheathed, and Lao Tzu is going to be happy!" ”

That's right, this sea eagle has always believed in the eagle, bringing Arnold the news that the military arrangement has been completed and the net can be closed.

With Arnold's roar, the entire fleet was already moving, and the soldiers who had been gearing up for a long time calibrated their guns, and their target was the Shimazu fleet not far away.

"Boom, boom...

A series of loud noises, hundreds of shells shot up into the sky, forming a terrible barrage, and smashed towards them under the terrified gaze of the Shimazu family's naval army.

A first-class battleship, a salvo of shells can weigh up to a ton, and Arnold's fleet, the number of first-class battleships is more than half, plus other large and small warships, a salvo is dozens of tons, not to mention that these are cannonballs, even stones can smash the opposite Shimazu warships.

The largest warship of the Shimazu family's navy, the Ataka ship, was the first to bear the burden, and in a panicked shout, it turned into a pile of debris, and a large number of Shimazu navy troops screamed and struggled in horror on the sea.

The artillery of the 17th century, because of the problem of technology, the breeches are all handmade, and the standards are different, so the hit rate is not high, it all depends on the experience of the gunner, and the firing range is not far, generally only two or three kilometers, so in naval warfare, most of the warships are only a few hundred meters apart before they start to bomb, basically take flat fire.

But Li Luan's fleet was different.

There are a large number of wizards who have mastered alchemy as logistics, as long as there are enough raw materials, they can produce all kinds of cannons, gunpowder, shells, unified standards, unified specifications, and because of process problems, even if the design scheme is the same, the performance of Li Luan's cannon is much stronger than that of other countries in the same period, both the range and the hit rate are much higher, plus a large number of gunner training regardless of consumption, it can be said that any soldier under Li Luwu is the elite of Western countries, Those who are a little better can reach the point of ace.

Sophisticated weapons and elite soldiers have created the strong combat effectiveness of Li Luyou's army.

No, it's just a simple salvo, and half of the battleships of the Shimazu family's naval forces are reimbursed.

"Hahaha... Enjoyable! Enjoyable! Keep banging for me! I'm going to fuck him! ”

In Arnold's wild laughter, the roar of the cannons rang out again, the flames shone, the shells soared, and the smell of gunpowder burning enveloped the entire sea, mixed with the cries of the Shimazu navy, intertwined into a symphony of iron and blood.

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Kyushu Island, Satsuma Domain, outside Tsurumaru Castle.

Tsurumaru Castle is the home town of the Shimazu family, and it is the base camp of the Shimazu family, so most of the power of the Shimazu family is concentrated here.

The Satsuma Domain was a famous and powerful feudal domain in the Edo period, even if it was suppressed by the Toyotomi and Tokugawa shogunates, but the background was still there, and as the lord of the Satsuma Domain, the power of the Shimazu family was undoubtedly the strongest in the entire Satsuma Domain.

In just half a day, several soldier phalanxes had already gathered outside Tsurumaru City, and a rough calculation amounted to tens of thousands of people.

This kind of mobilization speed, even if it is put into the whole of Japan, is enough to rank in the top five.

The reason for such a rapid assembly speed is that these samurai basically lived in Tsurumaru Castle, and a samurai town was set aside for them to live in.

This was the current situation in Japan as a whole, and the samurai lived in the castle of the sovereign, completely separated from the farmers and merchants who lived there, which on the one hand facilitated the formation of a unified military force among the samurai and their sovereign, and on the other hand, strengthened the subordinate relationship between the samurai and their sovereign.

The samurai were completely detached from production, and it was their sole duty to master the skills of conquest and rule over the people, and the strongest representative of the samurai group was the shogunate.

Samurai is a hereditary identity, samurai have been samurai for generations, and cannot be transformed into agricultural merchants, and agricultural merchants cannot rise to samurai, so to speak, in ancient times, samurai was completely a professional soldier, from birth, was trained as a soldier, until death.

The proportion of samurai in Japan as a whole was about 6% to 7% of the total population, and the proportion of samurai in the Satsuma Domain, as a strong domain, was even higher, and at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the population of the entire Satsuma Domain was about 700,000, of which samurai accounted for 200,000, as high as 28%.

Of course, that was only the data at the end of the shogunate, and the current Satsuma Domain had just experienced the Battle of Sekigahara and the Shimabara Rebellion, and its vitality was greatly damaged, the population of the territory had plummeted, and it was not able to take out an army of 200,000, and now it was able to make up more than 20,000 people if it was killed. The more than 10,000 people here in Tsurumaru Castle are already the entire strength of the Shimazu family, and the rest are scattered all over the place to suppress one side.

Dressed in black and on a horse, Mitsuhisa Shimazu walked back and forth in front of the phalanx as he reviewed his army.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was not a weak man, and during the Shimabara Rebellion, because his father was seriously ill, he went on his father's behalf, and led his Shimazu family's army to make many achievements, and inherited the position of feudal lord the following year.

It can be said that his position as the head of the family was fought by him with a knife and a gun.

But it was such a heroic figure, but at this time his face was pale, and his eyes were full of panic, if it weren't for the full mask to cover it, the population could see the sweat on Shimazu Mitsuhisa's face.

"Gentlemen...

"Boom, boom...

Mitsuhisa Shimazu wanted to give a pre-war speech to boost morale, but the distant roar of cannons caused a panic.

"Calm down!"

Taking a deep breath, Shimazu Mitsuhisa suddenly drew his katana, "Miyazaki Castle and Kumamoto Castle have already raised thunder troops, and they will come day and night, and they will arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest." ”

"The day the reinforcements arrive, it is the time when those Han people are destroyed!"

"Gentlemen, please fight hard to kill the enemy, those who kill one person, the reward is consistent, those who kill ten people are promoted to the general of the light army, and those who kill a hundred people, you are the new elder of my Shimazu family!"

"Gentlemen, follow me on the march! Wuyun is prosperous! ”

"Roar, roar, roar! Wuyun is prosperous! ”

There will be brave men under the great reward.

In Japan, the samurai class is strictly hierarchical, and the division is extremely complex, with noble and low births, high and low status, power and power, how much the stone is high, many, but the most simple and easy to understand is Ashigaru, Ashigaru head, Ashigaru general, ashigaru general, general, family elder, from low to high by analogy, promoted to the family elder, is already a powerful minister, so, Shimazu Mitsuhisa to give the reward is really not low, ordinary people are a lifetime of struggle can not necessarily be a general, now this kind of opportunity is actually close at hand, at your fingertips. In addition, Shimazu Mitsuhisa said that the reinforcements will arrive soon, which also gives everyone hope of victory in their hearts, no need to fight to the death, and there are heavy rewards.

Looking at the morale-filled army of 10,000 who had been fooled by Shimazu Mitsuhisa, several important ministers of the Shimazu family glanced at each other, and they could see the slow mockery from the eyes of the dealer.

Only they know where there are any reinforcements, not to mention that Higo Province in the north and their Satsuma Domain are not in harmony in the first place, and Kumamoto Castle will not send troops to rescue at all, but on the side of Miyazaki Castle, the road is difficult to walk, and it will take three days for the messenger to ride a fast horse, and the reinforcements will arrive tomorrow? Fool the fool.

When the time comes, I can't rush too forward, and I must surrender simply, and it's best to make a crime, maybe these guys are my qualifications.

Several important ministers glanced at each other greedily, and immediately turned their heads again, for fear that they would find out their own careful thoughts, but they all quietly moved a few steps away from each other, secretly plotting to themselves.

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"What the hell! Why not launch yet!? ”

Arnold was squinting and enjoying the roar of the cannon, but he didn't move for a long time, so he couldn't help but walk up to the front deck angrily and question loudly, but he didn't move when he saw the scenery outside the deck.

In front of you, there is a real hell of blood.

On the surface of the sea, the turquoise water has been dyed red, and a large number of beaten inhuman-shaped corpses float on the surface of the sea, with strange twists and muscles and bones, like evil spirits released from the eighteen layers of hell.

In the distance, an Ataka ship was in tatters like a beecomb, a large amount of seawater poured in, the force of the hull mechanism reached the limit, the hull made a "crunch" seeping squeezing sound, friction sound, a large number of Shimazu family sailors jumped into the sea from both sides, desperately swimming into the distance, they were in a race against death.

Suddenly, as if a huge fist had smashed into him in the void, the whole ship snapped in two and sank into the water with a crackling sound.

The hull of the ship sank, and a huge whirlpool stirred up on the surface of the sea, as if the sea had suddenly opened its gluttonous mouth, swallowing the rest of the hull, bits and pieces, and the Shimazu family's sailors who had not yet had time to swim far.

After a long time, the whirlpool disappeared, and tattered planks and other things lighter than the sea surfaced, and in addition to the large number of corpses, there were more than a dozen survivors struggling to survive.

This is already the last warship of the Shimazu family's navy.

After only three volleys, the Shimazu family's naval army was completely annihilated.

"Cut, it's boring, it's not as fun as the Dutch."

Pouting in disdain, Arnold began to roar again.

"Dock! Landing! Lao Tzu wants to bombard Tsurumaru City! (To be continued.) )