Kaimachi is right in front of you. Five hundred ashigaru are guarding this small coastal commercial town. All intersections and docks are blocked, and the bloody heads of Kyokan scare the people trying to escape.
No one dared to resist. It was true that businessmen were cunning and deceitful, but they were naturally afraid of power and violence, especially in front of a violent group like the army. No one even dared to breathe.
But the war in Kai Machi was far from over. Just as everyone was waiting in fear for the bloody battle in Osaka to end, huge sails suddenly appeared on the sea in the distance.
The fleet in the distance was moving very fast, and soon all the soldiers and people in Kung Fu Kai Town saw the typical Western-style sails.
"Look...that's a foreigner's ship. Oh my God, what happened to us in Japan this year? Namo Amitabha..."
"Line up... the musketeers are ready for battle..." The soldiers' eyes were sharp, and they could see the densely packed gun ports on the sides of the armor from a distance.
It was Xiao Letian's expeditionary fleet that came here. Kai Machi was the nail that had to be removed when the fleet headed north. If it was stuck here, it would also block the Tokugawa army's water retreat.
Xiao Letian calmly watched the sailors on the Roma preparing for battle. Cai Mao issued various orders in front of him. The sails were lowered and slowed down. The artillery crew was ready to shoot. The marines had already controlled the small boat and were waiting. After the artillery fire started, they began to land on the beach.
Cai Hao walked up to Xiao Letian and stood at attention, saluting, "Please give the order, Prime Minister."
"I don't need to give orders for a battle of this scale. I'll leave the command of the navy to you, and the command of the marines to Luo Huo. You two can handle this...it's just a Kai Machi plus a few Hundred Soldiers, I just want to watch the show..."
"Yes, Prime Minister." Cai Hao saluted and took two steps back, then turned and ordered to the entire army, "Rome fired three times on the starboard side... to disperse those miscellaneous soldiers."
The artillery crew below the deck had long been prepared. The fifteen latest front-loading rifled guns had been ready for a long time. As soon as the gunner pulled the flintlock device, a string of sparks went in.
Boom boom boom... After a series of explosions, the deck was filled with white smoke, which made the soldiers cough and cough. "Clean the gun barrel and prepare for the second charge..."
At this time, the deck was filled with joy. "It's great...one shot determines the outcome...it's so exciting..."
"Stop shooting...the Marines put the ship into the sea...quickly...quickly..." At this time, there were already explosions on the pier in Jie Town. Xiao Letian was surprised to see that the chain explosions almost covered the entire pier. He was shocked. My jaw dropped.
"This, this, this...the Japanese don't understand safety regulations, don't the French also understand?"
With just one salvo, countless ammunition boxes stacked at Kaimachi Pier were ignited. The explosion tore apart the Japanese soldiers' formation, and the thick flames could be seen from far away.
One small boat after another began to row on the sea. Luo Huo stood on the front boat holding a command knife and shouted, "Speed, speed... Haven't you had enough to eat? Capture Kai Town immediately, can't you?" Let no one escape... When facing a fire, the enemy must not notice the smoke..."
The soldiers shouted slogans and waved the oars, and the boat rushed forward like a dragon boat. The bow was almost tilted. As soon as the bow touched the shallow water, Luo Huo was the first to jump in, commanding the knife forward in his hand. "Brothers... charge at me..."
The general took the lead, and the soldiers did not dare to fight. In addition, this was the first civilized modern army in Asia. There was no need to encourage morale. Hundreds of soldiers jumped into the sea and washed directly from the shallow water to the shore.
"Quick, quick, quick... end the fighting immediately... block the intersection immediately and organize people to put out the fire..." There was a clatter of Mauser rifles and the sound of bolts being pulled.
At this time, Kaimachi was unable to organize effective resistance. Nearly half of the 500 defenders were killed in the explosion, and the remaining ones were all deafened and unable to stand.
After Mauser's round of shooting, Luo Huo urgently ordered a ceasefire. There was really no sense of achievement in killing such defenseless soldiers. "Ignore these trash, blockade the town immediately... let these people put out the fire quickly."
Xiao Letian stood on the deck and looked at the one-sided war chief and sighed, "Hey... the next hundred years will be an era when artillery will be king, and only armored vehicles and aircraft can take its place."
"What is an airplane and what is an armored vehicle?" the clever Zai Chun asked from the side.
"Haha, did I say it? You heard it wrong...ah hahaha..." Li Mi smiled and shook his head to avoid the topic. "Zaichun, you have to remember that the mainstream of future wars will be firepower output, heavy machine guns, Artillery will become an essential weapon for the army. Look at the results of this round of shelling. If we only use infantry to seize the beach, how many people do you think we will die."
"The reason why Western battleships are so powerful is actually because each battleship is a mobile artillery camp. A battleship has hundreds of cannons. A single salvo can turn the enemy's position into a sea of flames. Even an iron man has to give You burned..."
"I will take you to Shanghai later. Take a closer look at the British and French concessions. The locations chosen are very clever. They are all within the range of the battleship's artillery. In other words, as long as there is a war, the sea will be their position, and the artillery will be there. It can isolate all enemy charges..."
Zai Chun blinked and suddenly said, "The master once taught me that artillery technology is also changing with each passing day. The range, firepower and power will increase exponentially in the future... In that case, the British and French concessions in Shanghai will also follow suit. Just grow up."
"Ah ha ha ha... you brat is so smart... Now you have learned another trick. You have figured out the geopolitical changes brought about by the advancement of military technology. This brat is quite interesting."
Zai Chun's face turned red when his master praised him, and he clenched his little fists tightly.
By this time Luo Huo had ended the battle. The running Marines quickly blocked all the exits of Kai Town. The citizens were forced to put out the fire with rifle bayonets. The thick smoke on the pier gradually disappeared.
"General Luo Huo returned to the ship. Three hundred marines were left in Kai Town to defend themselves. They demolished Kai Town's trestle and destroyed the roads outside the city..."
Three hundred marines simply cannot defend such a large city. Their only role is to destroy the city's infrastructure and block the enemy's retreat path.
The wooden trestle at the dock was demolished, the road outside the city was blocked by small landslides caused by explosives, and even some trees that had grown for hundreds of years were cut down and blocked the road. The Tokugawa family's water retreat was completely cut off.
Under the horrified eyes of the people of Kaimachi, the fleet began to head north. It was already past one in the afternoon. If nothing else happened, the new Tokugawa army would arrive on the battlefield in three hours.
Three hours is a very short period of time for ordinary people, maybe it is just a few rounds of mahjong, maybe it is just a chat while drinking tea, but for the battlefield, three hours is as long as three centuries.
Osaka City has become a city of blood. After the allied army camp killed all the dead soldiers in the early morning, people held the fragments of the imperial banner and cried loudly. Prince Ninwagu even fainted with grief. Saigo Takamori stabbed his face with a knife, and blood flowed from his forehead. Flowing down like a waterfall, he vowed to kill all living creatures in Osaka Castle.
"Massage the city, massacre the city, massacre the city." Saigo Takamori took off the clothes of his right arm and stuffed it into his waist. Half of his chest was bare and he held a sword in his hand and walked in the front. Behind him, Nakaoka Shintaro, Takasugi Shinsaku, Yamagata Aritomo... and even Even civil servants like Hirobumi Ito followed the general forward with a sword and headed towards Osaka Castle.
Even Ryoma Sakamoto, who has always been calm, is also in the team. The mood of the coalition at this time is really fanatical. If Ryoma Sakamoto dares to express a different opinion, he will definitely be killed on the spot.
The generals all went to the battlefield, not to mention the soldiers and warriors. They carried various siege weapons and began to rush forward. Everyone shouted slogans to massacre the city.
The sound of shattering jade at the top of Osaka Castle had already reached the sky. It was only at this moment that Tokugawa Yoshiki finally appeared. He stood on the fence of the castle tower and shouted loudly.
"My most loyal warriors and soldiers... the enemy is about to massacre the city. What should we do?"
"Jade Broken... Jade Broken..." Sounds like ocean waves sounded one after another.
"That's right, I, Tokugawa Keki, am standing here. We are not lambs to be slaughtered. If they want to massacre the city, we must fight back... Jade Broken, Jade Broken, Jade Broken..."
The battle broke out under a dark cloud. The dark crowd rushed towards the Osaka city wall. Hundreds of ladders were set up on the city wall. The most brutal ant attack on the city began.
Saigo Takamori shouted and wanted to climb the ladder, but the samurai around him blocked him. "General, please hold down the battle and let us die for you..." Everyone was pulling him back, one by one. Rush up the ladder.
Xixiang Longsheng's eyes were split open, and he roared like a wild beast, "Let me go... get out of here... and massacre the city." At this moment, a bucket of boiling water was suddenly poured down from above his head.
"General." He yelled and two warriors threw him to the ground. The boiling water burned their backs, and the smell of human flesh was already coming out.
The pained and ferocious samurai shouted to Saigo Takamori, "General... your position is in the big tent, you are the commander... let us do the death thing..." After saying this, he held back the severe pain and jumped from the ground. Jump up and climb towards the top of the city.
Only then did Saigo Takamori finally wake up. He allowed one samurai after another to pull him back until he was more than fifty meters away from the city wall. Only then did he stop.
"Warriors of the coalition forces, I, Takamori Saigo, am standing here. As the last general reserve... I will watch you attack the city, and I will rush to the city as the last dead soldier..."
"Either our entire army dies here, or we capture Osaka Castle... massacre the city." Saigo Takamori roared like a wild beast.
"Slaughter the city, kill..."
"Duck here, onboard, onboard..."
"Look, Ryoma-kun and Shintaro have already broken through the city walls...the first city wall has been taken." This book was first published from, be the first to read the authentic content!
