Wild North America 1846

April 1870
A total of 2537 troops from the Tang Empire stationed in Edo and Nagasaki were mobilized on a large scale and entered the frontal battlefields of the southwestern feudal lords and the shogunate army. They used force to mediate the civil war between the two sides, and ordered the warring parties to disengage, otherwise they would be severely punished.

This aroused the strong dissatisfaction of Omura Masjiro, Kido Takayoshi, Saigo Takamori and others from the Southwest powerful feudal lords, who condemned the hegemonic behavior of the Tang imperialism, which was a unilateral suppression. Thanks to the Emperor".

Because of the bloody battles between the army of the "Sa Long Alliance" and the people of the vassal at that time, the huge disadvantage in the early stage of the war was restored little by little.It caused heavy damage to the shogunate army that was divided and wiped out, and finally brought back the crisis of annihilation of the entire army.

at this critical moment
The "Sakura Alliance" mobilizes the people to prepare for a big counterattack, trying to drive the brutal shogunate army out of the feudal domain in one fell swoop, chop off the enemy's head with a samurai sword, and wash away the shame and hatred...

At this critical moment, the Tang Empire stood up and shouted "stop", one can imagine how angry it was.

The army of the "Sachang Alliance" deliberately avoided the mediation army of the Tang Empire that was rampaging into the battlefield, and instead took the initiative to attack the shogunate army. The civil war on Fusang Island became more intense in April.

On multiple fronts that were hundreds of kilometers long, the Tang Empire's force of more than 2500 people could not afford to mediate the army.

This blatantly offensive behavior completely angered the military of the Tang Empire, and immediately made a series of disciplinary actions.

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The naval fleet based in Beihai Province, a total of 5 iron-clad warships named "Chan" went south in a big way, converging with the expedition fleet led by the iron-clad cruisers "Storm", "Evil Wind" and "Shanfeng" from the mainland of the empire. The feudal city of Kagoshima launched a fierce shelling, with a total of more than 6300 shells poured.

this day

Kagoshima was weeping under the fierce artillery fire. Building walls collapsed and houses collapsed under the artillery fire. The fire mass generated by the violent explosion blasted human remains and bricks into the sky, and a bigger disaster was behind.

Kagoshima is a town in the Edo period mainly made of wooden buildings. The fire mass generated by the explosion ignited the houses. After more than two hours of shelling, a large fire formed, and the entire Kagoshima was engulfed in raging flames.

Seeing this astonishing scene, Rear Admiral Fan Guangfu, commander of the expeditionary fleet, was also stunned, and quickly ordered the fleet to stop shelling, but it was too late.

Due to the scattered free bombardment of the ships, the shells fell all over Kagoshima Castle.

As a result, the rapidly burning fire became more and more fierce with the help of the wind, and fires broke out everywhere. Many townspeople and wandering samurai in the city had nowhere to escape and were buried alive in the sea of ​​flames.

Afterwards, according to the statistics of Satsuma;
As many as 4.37 people were buried in the Kagoshima fire, a total of about 11.5 houses were burned, and more than 30 people were left homeless, causing incalculable losses.

four days later

The Imperial Expeditionary Strike Fleet moved to the sea off Kochi County, and issued an ultimatum to the "Sa Long Alliance", which is limited to "participating in the truce and mediation led by the Tang Empire and the United Kingdom" unconditionally before 1:00 pm, otherwise it will be too late for Mo Yan to regret !

The stubborn style of the Fusang people made Rear Admiral Fan Guangfu, the commander of the expedition fleet, refresh his perception once again, and the Tosa clan actually rejected the ultimatum.

"The lowly grassroots of the Tosa clan are all dead, dead, Fan San, please order your mighty fleet to fire! Burn them all with steel flames, this is a group of ignorant and stupid people, please! "

General Ben Wuyang, the president of the Shogunate Navy, and others, as local snakes, had the honor to board the ironclad cruiser "Storm" to lead the expedition fleet.

Seeing that the Tosa clan dared to reject the ultimatum from the Heavenly Kingdom, General Benwu Yang couldn't help but blushed with anger, bent down and bowed as if he had been humiliated, and asked to use artillery fire to eradicate these rebels.

Major General Fan Guangfu looked at the Japanese people who looked like kowtowing insects in front of him, and felt extremely contemptuous in his heart.

He took out his pocket watch to check the time, and ordered with a cold expression; "Raise the battle flag, order all ships to prepare for shelling, and the 20-minute countdown to shelling will begin..."

"As ordered, sir."

The alarm bell of the ironclad cruiser "Storm" rang, and the battle flag was raised on the high mast. The sailors in the cabin ran out and quickly entered the combat position. The ammunition crews, in groups of three, pushed the ammunition boxes to the various guns with small trolleys. One after another, piles of shell boxes piled up.

The gunners took out their crowbars and swiftly opened the shell box, and inside were one after another shiny copper shell shells.Each 18-pound secondary gun bronze high-explosive anti-personnel shell is worth nearly 10 Tang Yuan, and if you shoot out thousands of shells, tens of thousands of Tang Yuan will be lost.

The shells of the armored cruiser's main guns are even more expensive, often costing tens of hundreds of dollars. It is too wasteful to use them to bombard cities, and the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Fan Guangfu, is reluctant to use them.

The steel battleships scattered on the seashore made preparations for artillery strikes one after another. They pointed the sides of the ships at the coast, and opened fire in unison upon an order, burying Kochi City in the flames of steel.

As time passed by, the chill atmosphere in the air became more and more intense.

1:00 pm sharp

Rear Admiral Fan Guangfu, the commander of the fleet, looked at his pocket watch seriously, and then ordered decisively: "All the fleet is free to bombard, open fire!"

"As ordered, all free bombardment, open fire..."

The bombardment command was conveyed, and in an instant, more than a dozen iron-clad gunboats along the coast roared and fired hot shells.

In a blink of an eye, clusters of huge flames erupted in Kochi County. In a series of strong explosions, houses collapsed, and the tragedy happened again.

Facing the menacing expeditionary strike fleet of the Tang Empire, Kochi City on the shore was like a little daughter-in-law who endured humiliation.

The shelling lasted only ten minutes
You can see a large number of people holding white flags rushing out of Kochi City. From the binoculars, it can be seen that these people are dressed in luxurious clothes and should be powerful figures in the Tosa Domain.

They cried bitterly and came to the coast, desperately waving the white flags in their hands, hoping that the naval fleet would stop shelling and stop this tragic tragedy from happening again.

"What a bunch of scumbags. If you don't fight, you won't have a long memory." Major General Fan Guangfu commented coldly.

President Ben Wu Yang Haijun stood aside and bowed his head to greet him; "Fan Sang's words are too reasonable, these lowly Fusang people should be beaten severely, otherwise how would they know how powerful the Heavenly Kingdom is?"

Major General Fan Guangfu; "..."

Okay, I'm really defeated by your shamelessness!

"Order the entire fleet to stop shelling. I also need money to buy my shells. I also send a small boat to send some representatives over here. The commander wants to ask questions."

"As you order, Your Excellency Commander."

soon
Three weeping, snotty Tosa elders boarded the armored cruiser. They still held a few bloody heads in their hands. They knelt on the ground far away and kowtowed. I begged for forgiveness, it was really an old man who cried tears.

Rear Admiral Fan Guangfu saw that they got blood everywhere on the deck of the warship, and a few severed heads were lying on the deck, not to mention how tired they were, but he still had to ask patiently.

things figured out quickly
The vassals headed by Naoto Itamoto, Takamori Saigo, Kousu Yokoi and other diehard resistance faction secretly seized the ultimatum of the empire, but after the bombardment of Kochi Castle, the news was revealed, and the soldiers led by the Tosa clan elders chopped off their heads, and then hurriedly come to beg for mercy...

No... Those heads are the heads of Naoto Banmoto's gang. There are more severed heads in Kochi City, but there are too many heads, and there is no way to bring them here.

The Royal Navy Expeditionary Strike Force's ultimatum made it clear;
After the bombardment of Kochi Castle, the next target was Fukuoka, and then Hiroshima. One after another, they were blown into ruins. It depends on whether you surrender or not?
The Fusang Archipelago is a typical island country. All the important cities are by the sea, and the Southwest Powers are no exception. Such a blow is almost unbearable.

Happens at this time

The British, who strongly supported the "Salong Alliance", lost their temper, and the Dutch retreated. No one wants to fall out with the Tang Empire because of this trivial matter.

The situation of the weak country was fully exposed at this moment, and it was easily abandoned by the British who were good at weighing the importance, in exchange for closer cooperation between Britain and Tang after the war, otherwise the Tang Empire would not go to war.

The truth is the same
It's really not worth it to have an unpleasant relationship with the British because of this shitty thing about the Fusang Islands.

The two countries have already communicated comprehensively in private. Since the war continues, both sides will suffer, it is better to find a way to end it decently. The shogunate and the "Sakura Alliance" each take a step back and implement social innovation methods that are acceptable to each other.

If the island is really smashed, what are the British trying to do?
So on May 5

The unprecedentedly bloody and brutal "Boshin War" came to an abrupt end in its third year. Both sides of the civil war started political discussions in Edo Castle to jointly find a way to govern the country while seeking common ground while reserving differences, instead of resolving disputes through war.

The Tang Dynasty and the British Empire, as mediators, presided over the doomed to be difficult and tortuous post-war negotiations. After several months, no results have been achieved.

But the war was finally over, and the victims of the war returned to their hometowns one after another, began to rebuild, and began to rush to plant some sweet potatoes, corn and other crops with short growth cycles to solve the urgent food famine.

It takes only two months for sweet potatoes to mature. The leaves and seedlings of sweet potatoes can be eaten, and the yield is high. It is almost the best choice for saving lives.

The three-year civil war devastated half of the Fusang country. About 30 million officers and soldiers from both sides died in the war, but millions of victims died of hunger, disease and turmoil, which brought serious disasters to this island country.

But that is a matter of the Japanese, and has nothing to do with the Tang Empire.

Right now, the situation in Europe is getting more and more critical, so the Tang Empire couldn't help but send a diplomatic mission to Europe to mediate, trying to find a way to ease the situation and prevent war from breaking out in Europe.

The eyes of the French are red, and what is missing now is an excuse for war.