But the situation of the battle was far beyond Shimazu Kokusa's expectations. Although the military camp was not big and the city walls were not high, the defense was extremely tenacious and the firepower was very fierce. Muskets, artillery, and organ guns were fired together, suitable for both distance and near.
The Samo Army attacked the city wall, and there were grenades to greet them, killing countless casualties and wounding the Samo Army. On the first day of the attack, nearly a thousand people were lost.
Although the Satsuma Army also equipped one thousand muskets and twenty guns, it was impossible for the Europeans to buy the best weapons to the Satsuma Division. Among the 1,000 muskets, half of them were still mescorer guns, and the other half was
The flintlock rifle, but they are all old-fashioned, so they are much worse than the merchant army in terms of performance range. Although ten artillery used by the Satsuma Army are heavy, they can only fire solid bullets and bricks.
The built city walls are not very useful.
The city walls of the military camp were used with firearms. The stents were built very high and narrow, which could fully protect the taxi system guarding the city. At the same time, there were enough shooting holes, and they were all tilted downwards, so in the offensive and defensive battle.
During the period, the Spanish soldiers were almost completely injured, and snipers were also arranged to find Satsuma generals to shoot.
At the same time, heavy artillery was constantly used, and thunderbolt rockets attacked the main formation of the Satsuma Army, and warships were also dispatched to launch strikes on the Satsuma Army from the sea. Although the Satsuma Army's combat effectiveness was far stronger than that of the Ryukyu Army and its fighting will was very tenacious,
The military camp still had no choice but to gain nothing after paying a significant loss. It can even be said that the more fierce the Satsuma Army fought, the greater the casualties they suffered.
As a result, the Satsuma army attacked for three days in a row, and even the city walls were not attacked, but the number of people lost exceeded 2,000, including the training of the new organization and one thousand soldiers who served as the capital of the Satsuma Revival.
.The losses of the Spanish mercenaries were: eleven people died and twenty-two people were injured.
The Satsuma clan cannot withstand such losses now, so Shimazu Kokusaki discussed with the retainers and unanimously decided that he could not attack any longer, otherwise he would use up all the last power of the Satsuma clan and it would probably be difficult to capture the military camp.
Anyway, if you have to get off Shuri Castle, you can explain to the shogunate, so now you should go back to Shuri Castle to guard it first, and wait until the shogunate team arrives before working together to attack the military camp.
Until this time, Shimazu Kokuha was optimistic about the war because he had received the news that the 60,000 troops of the shogunate had been assembled, and at the same time, the Choshu family also mobilized more than 200 ships of various types, preparing to go from
In a maximum of five or six days, the vanguard army had already set off from Japan and headed towards Ryukyu, and the large groups of people would arrive one after another. But Shimazu Kokusa did not expect that the Satsuma family would be completely depressed.
Destiny has begun.
Just the second day after Shimazu Kokuha retreated to Shuri Castle, the vanguard of the Japanese army arrived in Ryukyu. The army of Hikone vassal came, with a total of 6,000 troops. The main general was the vassal lord Naota Ii, and he also told Shimazu
After Mitsuha, at most ten days, the shogunate army can reach Ryukyu.
Shimazu Kokuha was also very happy and another six thousand new force came. Now his military force in Ryukyu has expanded to nearly one, reaching more than 12,000 people. In addition to the surrendered Ryukyu soldiers, the total strength is 13,000.
There were four thousand people, so he decided that Guan Tian would attack the military camp again. This time, even if he took the people to fill in, he would have to fill out a road leading to the military camp and break through the military camp.
But at this moment, the merchant army finally began to take action.
First, the Third Squadron stationed in Taiwan, led by Shen Shouchong, arrived in Ryukyu to join the war. In fact, the Third Squadron had been able to reach Ryukyu for a long time, but it was not intentionally dragging the edges, but the Spanish mercenaries requested.
Otherwise, Shang Yi’s brother-in-law would be in Ryukyu. Do you dare not rescue him in time?
Andrei's idea was Andrei's idea. Although Andrei was not old, he had been following Shang Yi and learned a lot of ways to use troops. He also had an advantage in his youth.
There are not so many rules and regulations, and it is easier to accept new things.
During the first day of defensive battle, Andre discovered that the defense of the military camp was almost impoverished, and the Japanese attack did not pose any danger to the military camp. Moreover, he had sufficient food and ammunition and could be stationed for a long time. Therefore, he went to Molun.
The special supporter suggested that it would be better to postpone the reinforcements and wait for the Japanese army to gather more in Ryukyu, and then dispatch the third squadron to cut off the logistics supply line of the Japanese army. In this way, the Japanese army can be completely trapped.
Died on Ryukyu Island.
After hearing this, Morient and others also felt that this plan was very good. At the same time, they were very happy that Andre could come up with such a brilliant plan at a young age, because the Gonzalez family has been soldiers for generations, and they developed in this way.
If he goes down, maybe he can really revive the Gonzalez family. Therefore, he decided to follow the plan. It was not until the vanguard of the shogunate army rushed Lu Liuqiu that he sent someone to inform Shen Shouchong and asked him to send troops.
After Shen Shouchong's third squadron arrived at Ryukyu Island, he did not rush to rescue the military camp because although the Japanese army increased its troops, it still could not pose a threat to the military camp. The goal of the third squadron was the Japanese army's ships for transporting and demanding ships.
There were about a hundred ships transporting two Japanese troops to Ryukyu, half of which were ordinary transport ships and the other half were warships. However, the same was true for Japanese warships, and the main idea was to jump ships.
The firepower is not strong. The artillery of more than fifty warships combined is less than a hundred, and they are all small and medium-sized artillery. Because the Japanese ship is small, it cannot withstand the reaction force of heavy artillery firing. Of course, the Satsuma family is not
I don’t want to develop the navy, but what about the problem?
Although the total number of warships in the Third Squadron is only 32, it includes one second-class battleship, seven third-class cruisers, seven fourth-class destroyers, and five fifth-class frigates. Two thousand auxiliary warships are provided.
One ship, one thousand auxiliary warships, three six hundred auxiliary warships, five five hundred auxiliary warships, one five hundred materials, one flying shear ship, two two hundred materials. In terms of firepower, only one second-level battleship,
It can defeat all the Japanese warships.
Although the Japanese fleet's raid on the merchant army was not unprepared, the strength of the two sides was really too different, so there was no suspense in this naval battle, and it could not be called a
Naval battle can only be regarded as a live-fire target training for the merchant army.
Therefore, Shen Shouchong was too lazy to deploy any column formation, and just ordered warships above level three to attack the Japanese army, but they fought on their own, while the remaining warships lined up on the periphery and were responsible for pursuing and intercepting the fleeing ships. As a result, eight of the merchant army's troops
The warships entered Japan's fleet with an unstoppable attitude, and the artillery on the left and right sides opened fire one after another, killing all directions in Japan's fleet. Japan's warships could not resist at all, and could only be one by one.
The warships were shot and then sunk, and some warships wanted to escape, but there were still warships from merchant army waiting for them on the periphery.
After two hours of live-fire shooting, Japan's warships were wiped out, most of them were sunk, and six more were captured by the merchant army, because they had no foothold in Ryukyu.
Therefore, he could only return to Japan to report the news. Three more ships sank in the middle of the journey, but in fact only three ships returned to Japan.
Just when the Japanese fleet was attacked by the third squadron of the Navy of the Merchant Army, Shimazu Kokusa and Ii Naotaki once again led their troops to launch a fierce attack on the Ryukyu barracks of the Merchant Army. This time Shimazu Kokusaki
Obviously, he made up his mind to capture the military camp and wipe out the merchant army. Therefore, the Japanese army launched a tide-like attack on the military camp like not afraid of death, just like a huge wave slapping on the reefs, one after another.
, as if it is endless.
But the more fierce the attack of the Japanese army, the more it can reflect the tenacity of the military camp defense. Various weapons intertwined into a dense firepower net, constantly harvesting the lives of Japanese soldiers, and making the result of each attack by the Japanese army.
All of them are futile. In the crazy attack of the Japanese army, the barracks are still as indestructible as rocks. No matter how fierce the huge waves are, as long as they hit them, they will be crushed to pieces and digested in all directions.
During this day's battle, the number of Japanese soldiers killed more than 1,600 people. On the ground outside the city, the moat was almost covered with the bodies of Japanese soldiers, and the bodies in some places were built into one
The hills and moats were almost filled with corpses, and the blood was drained and the entire earth was dyed red.
Faced with such a situation, Shimazu Kokuha could only shake his head and speechlessly. Who would have thought that even in Japan, this military camp, which could only be regarded as a small town, was a hard bone. Not only did it not chew, but it also destroyed several of them.
tooth.
But soon Shimazu Kokusa knew that this was not just a matter of destroying a few teeth, but a life-threatening person. Because at this moment, the news that the entire fleet had been destroyed was also transferred to Shimazu Kokusa's hands.
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After receiving this news, Shimazu Kokuhi was shocked and his face turned pale, and his hands couldn't help but tremble. When Ii Naotaki saw it, he even said to him: "Shimazu, don't be afraid of being like this.
Is it? Although the fleet was destroyed, our large group of people would soon arrive at Ryukyu and the navy of the Changzhou vassal state. We would be saved soon. At that time, I would not believe that I would not be able to conquer this small city
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After hearing this, Shimazu Kokusa couldn't help but smile bitterly. Naota Ii had never fought with the merchant army. Of course, he didn't understand the terribleness of the merchant army. Now Shimazu Kokusa understands everything, but the merchant army's performance in the past was not
They were all deliberately showing weakness, with the purpose of luring themselves or Japanese troops to the Ryukyu Island to trap themselves to death. But I actually came in. There was no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside, so I could only sit and wait for death.
With the strength of the merchant army's naval strength, it is not difficult to defeat the Changzhou clan fleet at sea. Therefore, the Japanese army's large squadrons could not reach Ryukyu Island at all, and they probably could not go back. The next step of the merchant army
I'm afraid I'm just landing in Ryukyu and starting to deal with myself.
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