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Chapter 275 Fire!
"The United States and Japan are currently at war. Tell your feudal lord that he has two choices. Either welcome us into Nagasaki in style, or wait for us to bombard Nagasaki with cannons!"

With a tough attitude, Liang Yao issued an ultimatum to the Hizen Saga clan responsible for guarding Nagasaki.

Wearing a kimono and wearing clogs, the young retainer Oki Takato looked around curiously on the Roland. After receiving Liang Yao's ultimatum, he returned to Nagasaki by boat and reported to Nabeshima Naomasahui.

"Patriarch, these Westerners are very rude and rude, saying that we have already started a war with them, and they want us to welcome them into Nagasaki, otherwise they will meet us with swords."

"Dazawa-kun, the day I'm most worried about is still here."

Nabeshima Naoshima said to Nagasaki Magiyori Osawa Yasutsu who was on the side, with a sense of unwillingness in his tone.

"Are we Japan going to repeat the mistakes of the Qing Dynasty ten years ago?"

The Feidong incident, the outbreak of the Opium War, and the disastrous defeat of the Qing Dynasty by the British army all made Naomasa full of tension.

Naomasa Nabeshima especially likes to collect information about the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty. Naomasa Naomasa knows all about the treaties signed by the Qing Dynasty after the war, what losses he suffered, and which territories he ceded. Of course, the more he knows, the more Naomasa Nabeshima knows The more fearful, the more insecure, for fear that Japan will become the next Qing Dynasty.

The time of the Feidong and the disastrous defeat of the Qing Dynasty in the Opium War were also the driving force for Nabeshima to strengthen the coastal defense of Nagasaki.

Naomasa Nabeshima was very aware that, as Japan's only treaty port, once the British invaded, Nagasaki would bear the brunt.

It's just that Nabeshima Naomasa didn't expect that his imaginary enemy Britain did not come, but the United States came first.

A few months ago, Naomasa Nabeshima had received the declaration of war by the United States through the Tangguan, and reported it to the shogun in time, but the insects in Edo did not take the declaration of war of the United States seriously, let alone Take this matter seriously.

Rao Nabeshima Naomasa had already made preparations, but Nabeshima Naomasa still felt a little flustered after seeing the big black ship of the Americans approaching Nagasaki with his own eyes.

"I once asked the Dutch in the Languan about the situation of the United States. The Dutch said that the United States is isolated from the European continent. Ze Kangzhe said.

"Mr. Osawa, you can't believe what the Dutch say. Even if the United States is what they call a land of alienation and savagery, I think the warships of the United States are much stronger than those of the Dutch."

Naomasa Nabeshima doesn't know much about the distant United States, but Naomasa Nabeshima still has the basic ability to make judgments.

He is fond of learning, and has boarded a Dutch warship for inspection, and still has some superficial knowledge of Western ships.

Recently, steamships that do not use sails as power are the cutting-edge ships of the Westerners, and many of these warships entrenched outside Nagasaki have no sails, and the chimneys on the top of the ships are spraying billowing black smoke.

Presumably these ships are steam engine ships, and the Dutch also have steam ships in Nagasaki, but compared to the huge steam warships of the Americans, the Dutch steam ships are a bit small.

The Dutch are currently the only Western trading nation that the shogunate has chartered, and they naturally hope to maintain the status quo and monopolize trade with Japan.Therefore, in Nabeshima Naomasa's view, the words of the Dutch cannot be trusted.

"Patriarch, how do we answer those Americans?" Oki Qiaoren asked Nabeshima Naomasa for instructions, and then added as if he suddenly remembered something, "Patriarch, a general in America seems to be from Tang."

"America's Chinese general?"

Nabeshima Naomasa was a little confused by the presence of Chinese generals in the American army, but soon Nabeshima Naomasa issued an order.

"Tell the warriors on the Outer Eye Fort that it's time for them to serve their country! If the American warships insist on entering Nagasaki, use our cannons to drive them out of Nagasaki!"

"Yes! Patriarch!" Da Muqiao led the order and left.

After Oki Qiaoren left, Naomasa Naomasa, who had just given the order, was very anxious, holding tightly in his hand the sword that was rewarded by the Tokugawa family when the construction of the Nagasaki Outome Fort was completed, and prayed with his eyes closed: Amaterasu, God, Reappear the kamikaze to bless your people.

"Damn it! These bastards are tough and not soft!"

Liang Yao was furious after receiving Naomasa Naomasa's reply that the fleet refused to enter Nagasaki.

Perry was relatively calm: "The ruler of Japan is in Edo, we can bypass Nagasaki and go directly to Edo to convey our appeal to the shogun."

Liang Yao shook his head and said: "If the Hizen Saga clan can't be ruled, the Tokugawa shogunate will not take us seriously. Since Nabeshima Naozaka refuses us to enter Nagasaki, we can just take this opportunity Teach Nabeshima a lesson, kill the chicken to show the monkeys, set an example for the rest of the clan, and let them know the price of rejecting me, America!"

"What if the Japanese resist stubbornly and can't take Nagasaki for a while?" Perry expressed his concerns.

"No if." Liang Yao said in an unquestionable tone.

If he can't even deal with the Hizen Saga Clan, he can just go back to California as soon as possible.

It is true that the Hizen Saga Domain is a strong domain, but it is only a matter of effort. According to the information provided to him by Liang Sen and the merchants in Tangguan, the Hizen Saga Domain's military strength in Nagasaki will not exceed [-] at most. People, half of them are still on the outer eye fort.

When attacking Nagasaki, Liang Yao and the others had no disadvantage in terms of strength.

"Sven, order the ships to bombard the outer fort!"

Liang Yao ignored Perry who was still hesitating, and gave the order decisively.

Without the support of Perry's American East India Fleet, he would still be able to land in Nagasaki and force the Hizen Saga Domain to submit.

"Yes! Colonel!"

Sven happily accepted Liang Yao's order.

August 1852, 8, was an unusual day for Nagasaki, and even Japan as a whole.

On this day, American warships from across the ocean opened fire on the Nagasaki Outome Fort, opening the gate of Nagasaki and kicking open the gate of Japan.

Before the defenders on the outer fort could react, shells shot through the air and exploded on their fort.

There was a counterattack on the outer eye turret, but the smoothbore gun, accuracy and range were not as good as the French rifled naval guns equipped on the Roland, Chaoyong, and Yangwei ships.

Even though the Outer Eye Fortress has advantages in terms of terrain and numbers, in the confrontation with Liang Yao's fleet, the Outer Eye Fortress is still at a disadvantage.

Most of the solid shells fired by the iron cannons on the outer eye turret landed hundreds of meters away from the Roland, splashing waves of waves that couldn't reach the Roland at all.

Of course, don't worry even if you reach Liang Yao, the Roland is not a pure wooden battleship, the sides of the ship are covered with a thick layer of cast iron.

Even if those solid shells hit, they would not cause fatal damage to the Roland.

And each of the explosive bombs fired by the Roland towards the Outer Eye Fort could kill the Japanese soldiers on the Outer Eye Fort.

"Mississippi! Saskana! Plymouth! Saratoga! Aim for the outer battery!"

Liang Yao ordered to open fire privately, which made Perry, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese expeditionary force, dissatisfied, thinking that Liang Yao did not take him, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese expeditionary force, seriously.

After the three ships Roland, Chaoyong, and Yangwei fired, Perry was not to be outdone, and gave the four warships of the American East India Fleet an order to fire.

(End of this chapter)