Ming Zuo

Chapter 1683

The empire's declaration of war has finally reached all over Japan, and the impact can be imagined.

Edo.

Tokugawa Iemitsu held the declaration of war, only feeling dizzy, and a sense of fear that the deadline was coming hit his heart.

"General, it must be that the people below are not good at doing things. I will deal with them immediately."

Some ministers blamed the incident on the officers who patrolled Edo Bay.

If it wasn't for their bad hands and feet, how could the matter be exposed?

The Tokugawa shogunate will not face the imperial front either.

Tokugawa Iemitsu waved his hand wearily.

He had already seen through everything.

"The matter has come to this, even if there is no such thing, wouldn't the empire declare war? Didn't you already know the purpose of the empire?"

All the Dongying people fell silent.

Yes, the purpose of the empire was very obvious from the very beginning, which was to swallow up Japan completely.

How to know is to know, but the Tokugawa shogunate and foreign daimyo are all in the prisoner's dilemma.

In the case of not being able to solve the immediate enemy, there is no way to stop the empire's plan.

The minds of both parties are the same.

Try to eliminate the opponent as soon as possible, and then integrate the power of Japan to resist the erosion of the empire.

But the more you want something, the less you can get it.

In order to eliminate each other, the two sides exhausted all their strength, and finally became a situation where the empire picked peaches.

"Let's prepare for the battle with all our strength, and let the general withdraw back."

Tokugawa Iemitsu has no confidence in whether he can stop the empire's attack.But no one is willing to perish, and the foundation of the Tokugawa family cannot be easily lost.

Satsuma Fan.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was away, and Hisaki Shimadzu, the elder Nakazu, was presiding over the affairs.

Faced with the empire's declaration of war, the old man was furious.

"This is aggression! Our Satsuma clan will never submit. No one has ever conquered the Satsuma clan. Not Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the empire."

However, unlike his crazy clamor, the rest of Satsuma's courtiers were all silent.

Everyone can't get rid of the weakness of the Satsuma clan.

The feudal lord was trapped in Honshu, and there was no hope of withdrawing.

The navy that they rely on the most can't be contacted now, and the Satsuma clan has no protection at all.

Once the imperial fleet comes, Satsuma is likely to be razed to the ground.

"Cheer up, our Satsuma domain is difficult and will not be easily defeated. Go back immediately and prepare for the battle."

Shimadzu Jiuqing grows stronger with age.

Since the matter is irreversible, it can only be resisted to the end.

What made him confident was that the mouth of Kagoshima Bay was narrow.As long as heavy troops are deployed at the entrance of the bay, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it will be difficult to break in under artillery fire.

As long as the navy is dragged back, there will always be a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Shimadzu Jiuqing thought very well, but he forgot one thing.

In the face of great pressure, people will collapse.

What's more terrible is that over the years, many generals of the Satsuma domain have gone to the imperial military academy to study and further their studies.

In addition to learning military skills, it will naturally be influenced by subtle influences.

The empire even looked for targets in it, bought and wooed, and planted nails in the Satsuma domain early.

Now, these people are activated.

"The Satsuma domain has no future. If we continue, we will also perish. Only by becoming a member of the empire and being the general of the empire can we achieve great achievements."

Hashimoto Taishi stared wildly.

He was originally just a low-level leader in Satsuma, but was selected for his bravery in combat and entered the Imperial Military Academy to study.

There, Hashimoto Taishi felt the value of equality for the first time in his life, and also saw many novel and powerful things.

In his mind, the strength of the empire is invincible.

Being a citizen of the empire is the happiest thing in the world.

He still can't forget the rich and delicious meals in the military academy, the wonderful scene of the students helping each other, the kind and subtle teachings of the teachers, especially the spring-like encouragement from His Majesty the Emperor.

He didn't even need to kneel down when he saw His Majesty the Emperor, but after returning to Satsuma, any general could make him bow down.

People are like that.

Once standing up, it is difficult to accept kneeling again.

Like Hashimoto Taishi, there are many such people in the Satsuma Army.

They have learned a lot of skills, but they can only become lowly cannon fodder in Satsuma, always rushing to the front line of the battlefield.

And those guys who are high above can only talk empty words, but enjoy the glory and wealth.

This kind of inequality is impossible for anyone who has received experience in the empire to accept it.

In addition, the social status quo in Japan is already extremely depressive, so that the people at the bottom cannot see any hope.

Now that the opportunity has come, it is not surprising how people like Taishi Hashimoto should choose.

Just as the No.11 Division landed on Shimabara and was about to start an offensive, civil strife broke out in the Satsuma domain.

Hashimoto Taishi and others secretly contacted a large number of officers and soldiers who had long been dissatisfied with Satsuma, and suddenly rushed into the lord's mansion.

Shimadzu Jiuqing was unprepared and was chopped into meat in his sleep.Not only that, but the entire Shimadzu family was slaughtered.

It was night, and the entire Kagoshima city was on fire, and the tragic shouts continued until dawn.

In the end, Hashimoto Taishi and others won a big victory.

Although there were not many of them at first, the rest of the soldiers also joined in after fighting.In the end, even the people of Satsuma became helpers.

It is not difficult to see from it how outrageous and grievous the actions of Satsuma over the years have been.

Hashimoto Taishi was elected as the temporary leader, and he was also very decisive. He immediately sent someone to Shimabara to contact him and express his intention to surrender.

The 11th Regiment of the No.40 Division was originally tasked with attacking Kumamoto eastward after landing in Shimabara, cutting off the connection between the north and the south of Kyushu Island.Now that the situation has changed, Chu Huacheng had no time to ask for instructions, and directly ordered the 40th regiment to go south to take over the Satsuma domain.

Once the Satsuma clan is under control, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa and the Satsuma clan's navy who are fighting outside will become lonely ghosts, and there is no possibility of making trouble.

As for the subsequent task of attacking Kumamoto, Chu Hua handed it over to the follow-up 41st Regiment.

The civil strife in the Satsuma domain is not accidental, and the same is true in Changzhou domain and other places.

Seeing the opportunity to stand up, the Dongying common people and low-level soldiers who hated the feudal lords all took courage to act.

Under such circumstances, the actions of the Wehrmacht were extremely smooth.

The 11nd Regiment of the No.42 Division landed in Nagasaki under the escort of the East China Sea Fleet.

The Japanese officials here had no intention of resisting, and simply chose to surrender.

Even if they wanted to resist, they couldn't do it. The merchants and people in Nagasaki had long wanted the empire, and they didn't want their prosperous hometown to be destroyed by the flames of war.

Northeast of Japan.

Date Masamune exhausted his efforts and finally repelled the rebels.

Seeing the retreat of the rebel army one after another, and looking at the battered Sendai, Date Masamune was furious, and commanded the army to hunt down.

The insurgents retreated all the way, and he pursued them all the way, never ending.

Date Masamune did not notice at all that the No. 12 Division had already opened its pockets when the rebel army retreated to the rear.

(End of this chapter)