Chapter 172: Heavenly Fire Burning City, Long Live Da Ming's Da Da! (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
There are a total of 125 Wyvern 3 airships in the sky, each of which carries 16 napalm bombs - this napalm is very powerful, but it is not difficult to manufacture, it is nothing more than adding coagulant to the gasoline, if the coagulant is not found, adding more rubber to thicken it can also have a similar effect.
Nagasaki City, with its wooden houses, is undoubtedly the place where napalm can be used at its best.
There are low-rise wooden houses, narrow streets, wooden vehicles and utensils, various goods in purses and crates, and a huge Nagasaki grain depot...... It's a flammable and explosive city!
Instead of napalm, Nagasaki City has one or two major fires every year, and several of them can burn down entire neighborhoods. Such a city would be of little use if it were bombed. 125 airships are a maximum of 2,000 bombs, killing one or two thousand people (most of the residents of Nagasaki Castle have dug bomb shelters), and destroying hundreds or thousands of bombs is simply the sky. Anyway, life in Nagasaki is not worth much, and wooden houses are even less valuable.
But this napalm is powerful!
2,000 napalm exploded simultaneously in various parts of a city that was not too large and full of wooden houses, causing an uncontrollable fire. And because of Shimazu's order, most of the residents of Nagasaki stayed in their homes at this time, and most of them did not sit in their houses waiting for paper bombs (what if it was a real bomb?). ), but drilled their own bomb shelters.
As a result, when the fire started, they didn't even know what was going on? I thought it was Daming's airship throwing bombs, so I held on to the hole until the fire burned to my head...... Even if they don't get burned, they will die in agony from smoke and lack of oxygen!
And the number of garrisons and air defense teams to maintain order on the streets is not very large - in fact, there is no air defense method in Nagasaki City, they have a total of few large guns, the barrel of that thing is very difficult to process, the Japanese can not play at all, only the Ming Dynasty, Britain, France, Prussia can process the long tube of 13 mm large guns. Moreover, this kind of large-scale gun is an assassination weapon, and all countries are very strictly controlled, and it is more difficult to handle than an 11-inch cannon.
So the Nagasaki air defense team could only watch the enemy airships come and bomb!
As for the task of the garrison, it is actually to prevent people from taking advantage of the chaos to rebel...... Oh, you can't say rebellion, you have to say anyway! After all, Nagasaki is already recognized as a national thief, an enemy of the DPRK, and a traitor at home and abroad!
Therefore, what Shimazu Qiliang is most afraid of is not the official army from outside, but the changes in Nagasaki City.
As a result, when the fires were burning all over Nagasaki, there were only a few garrisons and air defense teams on the streets of Nagasaki, and it was impossible to extinguish the fires caused by napalm...... And the fire ignited by 2,000 napalms did not take long for the whole city to envelop the city.
Shimazu Qiliang's camp house was not ignited at the beginning, but the surrounding houses and neighborhoods were burned to pieces, and he suddenly thought of it as he watched the raging fire roll up the heat wave and pour from all directions towards the camp house where he was...... Oda Nobunaga!
Well, it's already at Honnoji Temple!
I wonder if the troops on the outskirts of Nagasaki will come to extinguish the fire and save people?
As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly faintly heard the roar of cannons in his ears!
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The sound of artillery was continuous, very dense, and when you heard it, you knew that it could not be an 11-inch cannon firing!
On Shimazu Qiliang's face, which was already sweating profusely because of the heat wave, a frightened expression suddenly appeared at this time, and he asked in a trembling voice: "This, this is the official army firing artillery?" ”
It was Saigo who answered him: "My lord...... This is a howitzer of 155 mm or less firing! There are a lot of them, I'm afraid there are hundreds...... It seems that the officers and troops are about to launch a general offensive! ”
Finished......
Everyone's hearts are dead!
The officers and troops attacked...... Now everyone is not burned to death by the fire of the Ming Dynasty, but also by the guns of the official army, and after death, they will be scolded for generations to become national thieves, enemies, and traitors!
Well, the battle has not been fought, and the gang of Tojo, Yama, Yinto, Oyama, Matsui, Tohihara, Sakagaki, and Okamura have all thought of leaving a stench for 10,000 years, and this consciousness is much stronger than their descendants of war criminals!
At the same time, at the gateway to the Nagasaki Peninsula, the "old war criminals" on the Hachitengake Mountain position all looked like they were about to collapse - they originally wanted to save the country and get some money by the way, and if possible, they would find another official position. As a result, Huli Hutu has become a national thief, a Korean enemy, and a traitor! Let's not talk about selling Asian thieves or anything, but the national thieves and enemies have not run away!
The Celestial Emperor's chrysanthemum flag and the Tokugawa family's Mitsuha Aoi flag are all hung on the enemy's side!
This shows that the enemy is righteous and has the name of righteousness, and they are all thieves and sinners of the Japanese state......
"Deceived Kangxi"
What's even more devastating is that Nagasaki City is already burning the city! Some of these "old war criminals" came to Nagasaki with their families...... With such a big fire, has it already burned to death?
Thinking of this, everyone lost their fighting spirit and just sat numbly behind the breastwork, watching the smoke over the city of Nagasaki, waiting for their end.
When these people were panicking, there was already a jubilant scene on the official and military positions under the opposite Riyue Mountain and the Eight Heavenly Yue Mountains.
Because the samurai soldiers who had gathered in various starting positions had just received great news. The Emperor has issued an edict designating the lords of the Satsuma Shimazu Domain and the important ministers of the domain as enemies of the court and depriving them of all official positions.
The Tokugawa shogunate, on the other hand, announced the confiscation of all the domains of the Satsuma Shimazu domain...... The Shimazu family's 650,000 stone fiefdom will be used to reward all soldiers who have made meritorious contributions!
Although it is only 650,000 stones, it is a "family lu", which is a fortune that can be passed on to children and grandchildren! If 650,000 stone is divided into 100 stone parts, there are also 6,500 parts...... That's 6,500 hundred-stone retainers.
In the Warring States Period, when the world was in turmoil, it was nothing to lay down 100 Shi Jialu, but in today's peaceful years, 100 Shi Jialu samurai are already very decent.
And among all the officers and soldiers, the most energetic is the northern samurai under the direct jurisdiction of Emperor Shizuko!
This time, the emperor and the shogun went on a personal expedition together!
The Emperor left the Imperial Palace in Kyoto and went to Nijo Castle under the protection of Zheng Guoxian...... After crossing two roads, the expedition was about a kilometer!
But this is a small step for Shizuko, a giant step for the emperor! The last emperor to go on a personal expedition was Emperor Go-Daigo!
The Emperor's expedition was only one kilometer, but her northern samurai followed Zheng Guoxian with the Emperor's chrysanthemum flag all the way to Mt. Higaku near Nagasaki, and then erected the imperial flag on Mount Riyue and set up an artillery observation post - the artillery observation post controlled by the Ming officers and soldiers was next to the imperial flag, and the samurai on the opposite side of the Eight Heavenly Peak Mountain could only be stunned.
If you want to respect the king, you can't attack the imperial flag, and if you want to hit the artillery command post of the Ming army, you have to fight with the imperial flag...... It is no exaggeration to say that this Ming Dynasty's battle of "fighting dogs and collecting dogs" has occupied the strategic initiative and advantage from the very beginning, not only has the absolute upper hand in strength, but also firmly grasps the name of righteousness, so that Japan, which is used as a dog to fight, has to help Ming to fight himself!
And those Japanese samurai who helped Daming fight Japan still thought that they were righteous - in fact, Daming hung up the Ming warriors in Nagasaki to fight them, but they still had to help Daming fight, or charge into battle to take the lead.
The samurai who were actually fighting for the interests of Japan thought they were ...... Thief!
This is the real crushing!
From force to all-out mental crushing, apart from being a dog to the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, Japan has not been left with the slightest room for struggle.
"Onboard! Onboard! Onboard ......"
By the time the sound of artillery fire had gradually dissipated, the cheers of the infantry had already swept over Mt. Hachitengake and reached the city of Nagasaki, which had turned into a hell of fire.
Needless to say, I also know that the general offensive of the official army has begun!
When the defenders of Batianyue Mountain were attacked by the official army, they were about to collapse at the first touch.
Shimazu's shiny array house was about to be completely surrounded by fire. Smoke has already begun to rise from the wooden walls around the camp in several places, and it is estimated that it will soon burn.
In the courtyard of the Jinya, Shimazu Qiliang had changed into a white samurai costume and knelt on the ground, with a small table in front of him, and a sword was placed on the table...... It's time to seppuku!
The one-eyed dragon Xixiang stood behind Qi Liang, carrying a big knife in his hand, and his face was gloomy!
On the left and right sides of Shimazu, there are two rows of women in white, each with a small table and a knife in front of them...... These people are Qi Liang's concubines and older daughters, and they will kill themselves with swords after Qi Liang's death, and of course they can also cut their stomachs!
And Qi Liang's son is too young to know how to cut his stomach, so he has been solved by Qi Liang's own hands......
Qi Liang looked at his beautiful concubines and daughters, sighed, and bowed slightly: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble (not a small trouble)!" ”
As he spoke, he pulled out his sword, poked it lightly on the belly, but the skin was not broken, and then roared: "Xixiang, do it!" ”
"Hayin!"
Saigo roared and waved his sword, and Shimazu Qiliang's head fell to the ground...... Then he cast his cold gaze on Qi Liang's concubines and daughters!