The Bunyo Strait is the narrowest "pass" of the Bungo Channel.
On this day, the Shikoku Island side of the Toyo Strait was heavily guarded. The flags of the Shikoku Taisha Shrine were planted all over the mountains and plains. The private soldiers and rogues of various wealthy families in the Tosa Domain lined up on both sides of the road to be on guard. People can't help but suspect that time has happened.
In reverse, we are back to the era of shogunate rule.
Kaguya set up a temporary altar on the coast of the narrowest part of the Toyo Strait to pray for the Emperor's personal expedition. During the Emperor's personal expedition, the first-in-line shrine maiden presided over the ceremony and prayed for blessings. This is the Japanese Shinto religion in this time and space.
One of the traditions.
Now ranked according to seniority, this responsibility falls on the shoulders of Princess Kaguya. Although Princess Kaguya's objections are already known to everyone, Sima Zhao cannot do such a thing that violates tradition - the current Emperor Princess is a
The impact of the victim and the poisoning of the late Emperor Ji is one of the important reasons for the current situation.
Therefore, Shikoku Taisha Shrine adopted a compromise method and held a ceremony on the mountain on the shore when the Hatsase on which Emperor Princess was traveling passed the narrowest point of the Toyo Strait.
Early in the morning, the servants of the shrine opened a curtain with the Shikoku Taisha emblem at the foot of the hill where the ceremony was scheduled to be held. Then the large and small taiko drums were moved to the top of the mountain, and then the altar was erected at an astonishing speed.
After everything was prepared, Princess Kaguya climbed onto the altar and looked at the sea.
You can clearly see the soot billowing on the sea in the distance, and the last force of the Japanese navy is heading towards the hilltop where Princess Kaguya is.
"This is the final test for the future ruler of Japan," Kaguya whispered in a low voice that only the Phoenix Academy girl who served as the deacon could hear, "Just go ahead and make trouble, Her Majesty, it's best to put that Lin
Your Excellency has been pushed to the limit, let us see how capable he is."
The latest news is that the user of Mr. Lin’s ace rx78 - his wife - is pregnant. Di Ji also chose this time to go on a personal expedition. How will Lin Youde, who has no card in his hand, deal with this time?
Crisis has become the most interesting thing for many people. In Japan, there are many people like Kaguya who have temporarily changed to a wait-and-see attitude. Princess Kaguya is indeed very hopeful to achieve a reversal of the situation through this personal expedition - but that kind of
Under the circumstances, Kyushu will probably be destroyed no matter what, and the Yawata Steel Works, which was built with huge investment, will probably be reduced to ruins.
The fleet on the sea gradually approached, and the preparations for the ceremony here were completely ready. Kaguya walked down from the altar and came to stand at the starting point of the stone road specially prepared for the stage. Behind her, there was an astonishing scale
Procession—Originally, the ceremony was supposed to include a procession carrying a mikoshi, but the Empress moved the time of her own march, so the preparations for the procession could not be completed, so we had to make do with it on the way to the stage.
At twelve o'clock at noon, a shirtless strong man beat the jintaiko drum set on the top of the mountain. The musicians who had been waiting for a long time began to play Gagaku in unison. Amidst the long blast of the shakuhachi and the beating of the taiko drum, Kaguya walked towards the altar.
Open your steps.
For this kind of ceremony, Kaguya has been receiving relevant training since she can remember. Every step she takes is in time with the drum beat, looking calm and elegant. Her long hair is tied into a thick bundle,
Hanging down to her ankles, the white Emoto knot swayed back and forth with Kaguya's footsteps, as if a butterfly was chasing her ankles.
It took Kaguya a full fifteen minutes to walk back to the altar. When she stood in the center of the altar, the procession behind her dispersed in an orderly manner.
Kaguya knelt down in the middle of the altar, took the royal coin from Meihong, and prepared to recite a congratulation.
At this time, the fleet on the sea happened to pass the cape in front of the altar. Although it was much shabby than two months ago, the two newly repaired battleships were still majestic and mighty, and they had some power...
Among the people watching on the shore, some have already begun to shout to the fleet that the military will be prosperous.
At this moment, the deck of the battleship Hatsase, which served as the fleet leader, lit up with a light that was difficult to see directly.
An explosion followed, and a huge fireball rose from the deck of the battleship, then turned into a pillar of fire rising into the sky.
The sudden change shocked everyone on the shore, and even Princess Kaguya almost dropped the royal coins in her hand.
The next moment, Princess Kaguya laughed happily. While laughing, she pointed the royal coin in her hand at the burning Hatsase on the sea, and said to Phoenix Academy sister Hong: "Look, look, it's exploded! Lin Youde
That guy actually did this! What is this called? What do the Chinese call this? I can’t remember the term at the moment.”
"Treat the other person in his own way. To put it simply, it's called an eye for an eye." Phoenix Academy looked helpless, "Your Highness Kaguya, please pay attention to the impact. After all, it was the Emperor who was attacked. If you do this
…”
"It's not necessary, Meihong." Kaguya put away her smile and interrupted the Phoenix Institute with a cold tone, "Anyway, we will bear the blame for this."
"Eh? No, as long as the real culprit who planted the bomb is caught..." No one knew better than the Phoenix Academy girl that the assassination in front of her was not committed by Kaguya. However, halfway through the words, she had already noticed that Kaguya
Ji's true meaning.
At the same time, someone beside the altar shouted: "Look, what is that?"
"Something is rising from the exploding Hatsase!"
In fact, there is no need for ordinary people to remind the gods. Their eyesight is far stronger than that of ordinary people, and they also have sensory abilities that cannot be explained by science. In an instant, they clearly discovered what the bright spot that broke through the thick smoke formed by the explosion was.
"After losing the Emperor's exclusive equipment and the Hatsuse, the Emperor's personal expedition is meaningless." Kaguya said while looking at the bright spot in the sky that was staggering towards the last battleship of the Japanese Empire, "
It's better to keep more good men for us in Japan."
"..." Meihong was silent for a while, then nodded and replied, "Yes, you are right."
"Go, Meihong, give that old woman the final blow."
"I will obey your will."
On February 12, 1902, the last empress of the Japanese Empire was killed in the sky above the Toyo Strait by the chief of the Shikoku Taisha Shrine and Shrine Maiden Corps, Phoenix Inner Meihong, after being attacked by a bomb arranged by Hayashi's intelligence agents. She died at the age of 67.
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After Di Ji's death, the situation took a turn for the worse.
On February 17, 1902, Shikoku Island, which is separated from Kyushu by a water, directly dispatched its own local division, the 11th Kagawa Division, landed east of Kitakyushu, and together with the Ogura Division, besieged the Sendai Division in Kitakyushu Castle
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On February 20, 1902, the Sixth Division in Korea surrendered to the Beiyang Army. As a result, a gap appeared in the Japanese army's line, which eventually collapsed thousands of miles away.
Faced with this situation, Lin Youde immediately ordered the naval fleet to enter the Seto Inland Sea directly, blockade the Kanmon Strait, and blocked the Japanese army's way from Honshu Island to reinforce Kyushu.
Seeing that there was no hope of reinforcements, the Sendai Division launched a desperate attack in the direction of the Yawata Iron Works, vowing to make the iron work a burial object of its own, showing the demeanor of a powerful Japanese army.
The Sendai Division once advanced to less than one kilometer away from the ironworks, but before they could push up the artillery to bombard the ironworks, the Ogura Division retook the position under the cover of artillery fire from Lin Guoxiang's naval fleet.
On February 24, Lin Guoxiang bombarded Kitakyushu City.
In the early morning of the 25th, the Kagawa Division invaded Kitakyushu Castle. Lieutenant General Nishi Kanjiro, the commander of the Sendai Division, committed seppuku and committed suicide, and the division surrendered to the Kagawa Division.
On the 27th, the Nanyang Army's Japanese Restoration Army, Taiwan Volunteer Company, Ryukyu Restoration Company, and the First Town of the Chinese People's Volunteers, which was formed from the first and second mixed associations of the Nanyang Army, landed in Kamakura, preparing to land by land.
Attack Tokyo.
The Imperial Japanese Government mobilized the Nagoya Division, the Hirosaki Division (also known as the Aomori Division), together with the 1st Konoe Division, and temporarily organized the 2nd and 3rd Konoe Divisions and other units to form the Kanto First Army in preparation for the war.
The Nanyang Army troops fought a decisive battle on the Guandong Plain.