Before the war, soldiers wrote suicide notes in advance. It is unclear when this custom became popular. However, the authenticity of Xiao Letian's will cannot be doubted.
In the era of wooden sailboats, human journeys across the ocean were always full of dangers. Even in the era of pure steam-powered ironclad ships, didn't the Titanic also sink?
What's more, Xiao Letian went to Europe not to travel but to participate in the Austro-Prussian War. Since ancient times, wars were fierce and dangerous, and any accident was likely to happen.
Xiao Letian is no longer alone now. His life and death are related to the well-being of hundreds of thousands of people. He carries such an important responsibility, so it is necessary for him to give an explanation to all those who follow him before he dies.
The dawn of the morning began to illuminate the earth little by little. The war between Naha Castle and Kunigami's defense line had intensified. The French warships on the sea also began crazy bombardment. The day of killing slowly began with the sound of King Shoutai reading his suicide note. .
"I have a dream. In that dream, there will be no more wars in the sky of East Asia, and there will be no more oppression and injustice on the land of East Asia... Maybe that is just a dream, but I, Xiao Letian, have indeed found a way to realize my dream. The key..."
"In 1864, I returned to the Qing Dynasty with this dream, and returned to Asia, where I share the same culture and race, and began my journey to pursue my dreams. God will never fail those who are willing to do so, and the God of Destiny has no mercy for me. In words..."
"I can convince the gangsters in the Taihang Mountains. I can also write books and enlighten the people in the Forty-Nine City. In the city of Tanggu, Lotte has suddenly emerged and finally dominated the Northland business district. One hundred thousand people in the Naha Port rose up to overthrow the Shimadzu family of Japan because of me. colonial rule... I, Xiao Letian, will be invincible along the way."
On the long streets of Naha and on the small roads of Beishan, the fastest running Ba Dao team members carried copies of Xiao Letian's suicide note in their arms and quickly conveyed the last words of the Prime Minister's life.
There was a fire in the hearts of all the messengers, and tears in their eyes. The Prime Minister's voice still echoed in their ears, inspiring them to move forward bravely and never tire.
"The reason why I, Xiao Letian, am invincible is not because of how capable I, Xiao Letian, am. I am just a useless scholar. I can't shoot accurately, and I am not the opponent of most people in hand-to-hand combat. But that's it. I am a weak person, but I can lead everyone to create so many miracles. This is why..."
"Without him, it's all because my heart is right, and the smooth road I pointed out is our only correct path. Those who love me, wake up quickly."
"Those who love me, wake up quickly. The 19th century is really the last chance for us Han people and Asians to catch up. We have already missed one industrial revolution. Do we have to miss the second one?"
"The Western world is advancing rapidly, and the tree of science and technology is constantly pulling out new branches. It has become unattainable. Look at their industrial strength. Battleships are like dumplings being dropped into the sea. A national war can even reach hundreds of people. The scale of tens of thousands of people fighting each other..."
"While we are still sleeping, the new nationalist countries in the West are even willing to mobilize their entire people to launch a mass war with millions of people. What they want is nothing more than to give their nation a chance to fight in this jungle of beasts. Here, even if you don’t eat people, you still have to protect yourself.”
Xiao Letian's voice resounded on countless battlefields, and the Bato team members who rushed to the soles of their feet bleeding, transmitted the 'will' quickly copied by the civil servants on the city wall to every corner of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
The miserable refugee camp, the busy arsenal, the death camp that is about to attack the French position, and the reserve team preparing for war... including the fanatical and brave student legions, mass organizations, and all the way to the national defense line. Xiao Letian's voice.
That was the 'last' order given by the Prime Minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom in his life.
"Those who love me, wake up quickly. The old road is gone. Surrender can only mean lingering. Maybe in the Middle Ages, your groveling could still lead to a useless life. But now the times are different, and great changes are coming. In front of you."
"Do you still remember what I said? The advancement of science and technology will make the earth smaller and smaller, and the development of industrial power will equip hungry wolves and beasts with steel claws... My blood relatives, please wake up. It seems that the beasts of the future already have the strength to conquer the world, the era of deep colonization has arrived, and the destruction of countries and annexation of territories has become an inevitable trend."
"The kind of vertical and horizontal integration in the Middle Ages, that kind of cautiousness and compromise, is no longer feasible. Those who love me, wake up quickly."
There was so much blood and tears. Thinking back to all the atrocities committed by the French after the war, countless people were really sublimated at that moment. Like a Buddhist epiphany, they finally understood what the Prime Minister had been inciting.
"It's a big mistake. Our judgment of the enemy was wrong from the beginning. The French nominally want revenge, but they actually want to colonize deeply, that is, to destroy the country and annex it. They want to completely annex Ryukyu. The land.”
"Prime Minister, we are all your unfilial sons. We don't understand where we went wrong until now. Prime Minister, please come back."
Countless soldiers knelt on the ground and saluted to the west. They cried in pain and begged the Prime Minister to return. But everyone knew that the moment the suicide note kept by King Shangtai and Fan Jian came out, it proved that their beloved Prime Minister was really gone. Will never come back.
The suicide note was also sent to the cell in Shuri City, where Jin Changsen and his most die-hard direct descendants were already imprisoned. Under the dim light of the oil lamp, they also saw Xiao Letian's suicide note.
Jin Changsen cried unconsciously as he recited, "I don't know what is happening in Ryukyu when this suicide note is opened, and I don't have the tips and tricks like Prime Minister Zhuge to leave you. In fact, what I want to say is in "The Journey to the West" I have said this a lot in my journal and countless small classes..."
"The smaller the nation and the weaker the country, the more dangerous it will be in the future. The increasingly ferocious beasts that have evolved in the jungle have gradually lost interest in colonization. The final outcome of a small country like Ryukyu must be chewed by ferocious beasts. Break it into pieces and swallow it completely..."
"At that time, something unspeakable is destined to happen. Relocation is considered a minor matter. Perhaps what awaits Ryukyu is a genocide... Because you are weak, the world will not listen to your voice. Even if Hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Ryukyu Kingdom were massacred. For the entire earth, it is not enough to make the headlines of the Times..."
"Fight, my blood relatives, don't take any chances. Don't get stuck in past experiences and be unable to extricate yourself. Even if you are the weakest in the jungle of beasts, you still have to show your fangs. "
"Whether it is humiliating to be slaughtered as a slave, or whether to die bravely on the way to charge, to fight for the one ten thousandth hope of survival, those who love me, wake up quickly."
After Jin Changsen read this, his emotions completely collapsed. He grabbed the railing with both hands and cried bitterly like a wolf howling, "I was wrong, how could I be wrong? Where did I go wrong?"
Jin Changsen didn't know where he was wrong, but Xiao Letian knew very well that such traditional Confucian veterans actually didn't know what technological progress was all their lives. Even if Xiao Letian kept instilling it, they couldn't understand it.
The little Ryukyu can survive the bombardment of sail battleships for a few days, but when the ocean steel monsters from World War I and World War II appear, it can resist for a few hours.
Nowadays, weaker nations can still rely on their unyielding will and their own chests to block the enemy's bullets and exchange their lives for victory. But when the King of Land War tanks are rampant on the earth, and the sky is filled with the screams of heavy bombers dropping bombs, like this How to resist the fighting power.
Jin Changsen probably would never have thought of such a horrific scene until his death, but he no longer needed to fantasize. This massacre by the French Expeditionary Force had shattered all his extravagant hopes, and these dregs of history would eventually be swept away into the dust.
"Those who love me, wake up quickly. It is precisely because we are weak that we should unite the soul of the nation, unite all our hearts, wave your iron fists to smash all invaders, and tighten our belts. The last copper coin is exchanged for the industrialization and military modernization of our nation..."
"This is the only way out for disadvantaged ethnic groups and the last chance. If we miss this train, we will sink forever."
"It doesn't matter whether I, Xiao Letian, live or die. What matters is whether you firmly believe in the right path I pointed out. As long as everything I do does not lead to the death of people and the government, then I, Xiao Letian, can rest in peace."
"Goodbye, my relatives, goodbye, my brothers of the same race, goodbye, my beautiful dream."
At this point, the last word of Xiao Letian's suicide note left to Ryukyu had been read, and the Prime Minister's suicide note hit everyone's heart.
In the streets and alleys of Naha, people no longer cried. When the most terrifying thing was finally confirmed, people became stronger. Since the Prime Minister asked us to fight, let us continue to fight. The French devils did not want to let go anyway. We will die if we fight, and we will die if we don't fight.
"Cheer up, the Prime Minister said, fight bravely and fight for even one ten thousandth chance of victory. This killing will be remembered by Europeans for a hundred years... The new army charges."
The streets and alleys were crowded with soldiers and civilians carrying weapons. They did not run fast. They held hands and pushed forward like an iron wall.
The steps were extremely firm at that moment, walking in standard steps, neither fast nor slow, revealing a disdain for the enemy and death. The French army on the opposite side finally panicked, and expressions of fear appeared on more people's faces.
Their shooting rhythm became more and more chaotic, and their command voices became shriller. When they realized that killing could no longer conquer the city, they suddenly found that they were at the end of their rope.
The iron wall crushed it arrogantly. People held hands and sacrificed one of them and placed it gently on the ground. The warriors behind them immediately filled in. People scrambled to rush to the first row. No matter how dense the rain of bullets was, they could not stop the iron wall. progress.
"Press up... No corpses will be left behind." When the iron wall rushed to ten meters of the position, an officer in the crowd gave an order and the soldiers and civilians swarmed up and instantly engulfed the resisting French army formation.
One defensive position after another has been lost like this. The warships on the sea have been fighting like crazy. Emergency fireworks are everywhere in the city. Now these warships on the sea have no time to adjust their posture.
Even if the old sail battleship is equipped with the most advanced artillery, it can only adjust the angle of the muzzle in a small way. If you want to provide fire support across the city from a large angle, the sailman and helmsman must work together, and the battleship must move. stand up.
But there were too many. Signs for help were sent from all angles throughout the city, and fireworks filled the sky all over the city.
"What's going on? What's going on? Can anyone tell me what happened?" General Bruce's voice changed.
"Those who love me, wake up quickly." Now there is only this roar in the mouths of the soldiers and civilians in the entire city. It is the last word that their beloved Prime Minister Xiao gave them at the last moment of his life. That blood is destined not to be shed in vain. The people of Ryukyu have awakened at that moment.
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