Saigo Takamori was still waiting for Vice Admiral Hashimoto to capture the hostages. He did not expect that the entire Huaihai Navy would enter the city at this time.
When he originally designed the blocking point, he planned a line along the main road. He thought that the Qing army on the opposite side would advance along this line step by step.
But Huai Haijun was not playing a customs clearance game with him. Wang Xiao was not a fool either and moved forward according to the script set by the Japanese.
From the very beginning, the Huai Navy's commando team was set up to open gaps in the city, and also to test the firepower tactics of the Japanese troops in the city.
Now that the early goal has been achieved, what remains is of course to divide and surround the Japanese army and eliminate them one by one.
The Japanese had a very strong will to fight, and almost no soldiers surrendered. Every blocking point captured would cause casualties to the Huai Navy.
But this time the Huaihai Navy ignored the casualties and continued to compress, divide and surround the city.
Through continuous attacks, Huai Haijun also summarized some tactics.
For example, skirmishers are used to attract enemy firepower to expose the enemy, and then mortars are used to fire. Then, a part of the infantry suppresses firepower from a distance, and then the assault team rushes up to eliminate the remaining enemy forces.
The Huai Army had a smooth journey. When fighting against the Taiping Army and the Qing Army, the Huai Navy's equipment gave them a crushing advantage.
Only this battle with the new army of the Satsuma Domain, which all adopted Western-style equipment and Western-style drills, allowed Huai Haijun to find a little bit of the feeling of fighting.
This battle truly tempered Huai Haijun.
In the end, Saigo Takamori did not wait for the return of his deputy Hashimoto-kun, but got the news of the failure of Huashan Liyuan first.
This time he failed and wiped out the new army that the feudal lord had worked so hard to build. Naturally, Saigo Takamori had no face to live in the world.
In the temporary headquarters, Saigo Takamori ended up as a samurai.
The flower of a famous general withered before it even had time to bloom.
When the Japanese occupied the city, some Japanese ronin followed Lieutenant General Hashimoto to capture the hostages and also committed robbery. This group of people were eliminated along with the Japanese soldiers.
Other Japanese businessmen and civilians did not cause trouble, and Dong Shuheng was not prepared to hold them accountable.
During this period, ordinary people in Japan did not have any idea of a country. They generally only knew which daimyo they were under the jurisdiction of.
Japanese people like these living in Ryukyu have even less sense of nationality.
The battlefield was quickly cleared by the Huai Navy. Dong Shuheng stood on a hill next to the dock, looking at Naha City, which was still a little smokey, and sketching the future plan of the city in his mind.
The only special products of Ryukyu are sulfur and sugar cane. In the future, Ryukyu can vigorously develop sugar cane planting industry. In addition, Ryukyu has many islands, and fishing industry can also be developed.
As for the port of Naha, it will continue to exist as a free port, but a military port will be built next to the civilian port. The hills at your feet can be flattened to build forts to protect the security of the port.
Although it is still a free port, it is no longer an undefended port.
Naha will also be an important transit port for the Huaihai Navy in the future.
With the development of the Huaihai Navy, Dong Shuheng has begun to gradually extend his tentacles into the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
"President, I have come from Shuri City to report that King Shangtai is going to lead the civil and military ministers to greet you at the port." Li Cunxun came over and interrupted Dong Shuheng's thoughts.
"Let them come!"
Now the entire Ryukyu Islands can be said to have been conquered by Dong Shuheng, and he is qualified to be welcomed by a king.
The Huaihai Navy's Fourth Division was neatly arranged on the pier, with battle flags flying. The team of seven to eight thousand people seemed endless. The artillery of the artillery regiment was lined up in front of the infantry square, and the black muzzles were slanted.
The ground points to the sky.
Warships were lined up outside the pier on the sea, and their black muzzles were facing the sight of people on the shore.
When has King Shangtai ever seen such a spectacular formation? This may be the magnanimity only possessed by the Celestial Dynasty!
One is the vassal king of the Qing Dynasty, and the other is the governor of the Qing Dynasty. How to do this etiquette is really troublesome.
In the end, King Shangtai insisted on paying homage to Dong Shuheng, and Dong Shuheng naturally would not be pretentious.
Next, Dong Shuheng took King Shang Tai to review the army.
After truly seeing the strength of the Huai Navy, King Shangtai finally understood why the Japanese who had been entrenched in Ryukyu for so many years were wiped out in an instant.
The dock was crowded at this time, and almost all the Han residents of Naha City were here.
Today is a great day for the Han residents in the port. After many years, the Chinese army finally arrived in Ryukyu. From then on, the Han people can hold their heads high in Ryukyu again.
There is a sea of people outside the pier. The Han people in Ryukyu are all connected by clan ties. Now that the heads of each clan have been invited to the viewing platform, people from each clan will naturally be mobilized to come to the pier.
In this way, without any publicity by Huaihai Navy, almost everyone in Naha flocked to the pier to watch the ceremony. There were also many ordinary people who came spontaneously to watch the fun.
The two hundred guardsmen a few days ago had already shocked the entire Naha people. Today, thousands of uniformly dressed, mighty and majestic Celestial troops suddenly appeared, and the impact brought by them increased exponentially.
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People's eyes turned red unconsciously, and some elders quietly wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes. Everyone felt that their energy and spirit seemed to have changed.
In the crowd, shopkeeper Hu and his family were also looking up.
"Dad, have you seen Brother Wang and the others?" Shopkeeper Hu's daughter asked.
"Sister, I saw it, over there!" the younger brother said first.
Wang Qiao and others are carrying big red flowers and preparing to go to the rostrum to confer medals.
In this battle, Wang Qiao and his team eliminated hundreds of Japanese soldiers, breaking the Japanese army's attempt to kidnap civilians to threaten the Huaihai Navy.
However, Wang Qiao's team also suffered heavy losses, with nearly one-third of its members sleeping on the island. Among other attacking troops, Zhang Cheng's assault battalion suffered the heaviest casualties, with more than a hundred casualties.
Wang Qiao's squad, the assault battalion, and the mission guard were all awarded collective special merit. Groups that received special merit commendations would have exclusive battle flags and titles.
At this time, Wang Qiao was preparing to go on stage to receive the award. He was wearing regular clothes. In fact, there was a bandage wrapped inside his clothes. It was only because the injury was not serious that he insisted on going on stage to receive the award.
"Wang Qiao, you are good. The sacrifices of the soldiers are worth it. Their sacrifices have exchanged the lives of hundreds of people." Dong Shuheng pinned a gold medal on Wang Qiao's chest and solemnly said
said to him.
The awarding of honors to the Huaihai Navy was over, and King Shangtai awarded these soldiers honors in the name of the Ryukyu royal family. Even if they did not perform meritorious service, there would be rewards, and all soldiers would receive a Ryukyu liberation commemorative medal.
At the same time, King Shoutai also announced that today will be designated as the Liberation Day of Ryukyu, and the Ryukyu royal family will fund the construction of a Ryukyu Liberation Monument in Naha Port to commemorate those Huai navy officers who sacrificed their lives in the war to liberate Ryukyu.
Of course, as a young man, the King of Ryukyu had not thought of this. There was some guidance from Nao Yun, and of course Nao Yun also received guidance from someone.
In the crowd, the daughter of the Hu family looked at Wang Qiao on the stage. He was wearing regular clothes today, the same as those worn by the soldiers of the Angel Regiment. However, she felt that the clothes looked more elegant on Brother Wang.
Handsome.
Looking at his daughter's eager eyes, Lao Hu sighed deeply.
A person who has been with each other day and night for many days suddenly turns into a prince charming, which has great destructive power on a girl's heart.
"The war is over, Wang Qiao and the others are going back to China, right?" Lao Hu actually couldn't bear it, but he had to pour cold water on his daughter to wake her up, otherwise the deeper she got in, the more injuries she would get.
Heavy.
After listening to her father's words, the daughter of the Hu family did not speak, but the tears in her eyes could not help but fill her eyes, and her beautiful big eyes looked even more crystal clear.
"It would be great if Brother Wang didn't leave. Looking at his posture, he is at least a general. I can just follow him as a soldier." The younger brother on the side did not understand what the old father meant and took over what the old father said.
There was a celebration banquet in the evening, and the venue was still in the palace. However, Prime Minister Lin did not attend. After all, he had just experienced the pain of losing his son. However, King Shangtai also gave the Lin family great compensation. Several other sons of the Lin family were
Awarded to senior officials.
After the banquet, Dong Shuheng asked King Shangtai to take a walk in the garden alone, accompanied by Princess Shangyun and special envoy Lin Wenhan.
"What are the king's plans for the future development of Ryukyu?" After chatting with each other for a few words, Dong Shuheng took the initiative to bring up the topic of Ryukyu's long-term plan.
King Shangtai knew that Dong Shuheng came to see him, and there must be something important to discuss, so he was already prepared in his heart.
Today, when he saw Dong Shuheng for the first time, he was shocked by Dong Shuheng's youth. Although he was also a young man, his throne was hereditary, while Dong Shuheng became a party to the Qing Dynasty on his own in a very short period of time.
Senior officer.
Today, when I reviewed the troops with Dong Shuheng, I was even more shocked by his aura. This is a strong man. The aura exuded by Dong Shuheng is transformed by the power he has mastered, and it is real.
And even though he has the title of a king, he actually has nothing.
"Little Wang just wants to follow the Celestial Dynasty and follow you behind Mr. Dong. I will do whatever you tell me to do." King Shang Tai really sounded like a child when he said this.
Dong Shuheng laughed, ignored it, and said directly: "King, your Ryukyu Kingdom has been a vassal state of the Central Plains since the early Ming Dynasty. In fact, it has always been enjoying the dividends of tribute trade."
"At that time, the Central Plains was closed to the sea, and the Western Yi could not directly purchase silk, tea, porcelain and other commodities from the Central Plains Dynasty. But you vassal countries could, so they would purchase goods from you. In this way, Ryukyu became a transit point for Central Plains commodities.
land."
Dong Shuheng saw the thoughtful look on Shang Tai's face, so he probably understood, so he continued: "But now the situation has changed. The navigation industry is developing rapidly, and sea-going ships are often thousands of tons. Isn't it the same as before?
One hundred tons. The supply of goods you obtained from your original tribute was not enough for one ship. And now people can import goods directly from China. Therefore, Ryukyu’s financial path is cut off."