Chinese martial arts! Grandmaster

The Ryukyu Kingdom, an archipelago, was once divided into three kingdoms.

After a period of struggle, the three kingdoms eventually became the unified Ryukyu Kingdom.

Throughout history,

The Ryukyu Kingdom revered the Daqian Dynasty, was a vassal state of Daqian, accepted investiture from Daqian, and used official robes and reign titles bestowed by Daqian.

They were not colonies of the Great Qian Dynasty, but they were under the protection of the Great Qian Dynasty and paid tribute to the emperor almost every year.

After the Satsuma Domain of the Eastern Ocean attacked the Great Qian Dynasty, the domain lord Shimazu Yasutaka led an army of 5,000 men and 50 warships from Kagoshima, Kyushu, to attack the Ryukyu Islands.

The officials and king of the Ryukyu Kingdom were taken prisoner by the Satsuma Domain in the East.

Since then,

The Ryukyu Kingdom became a colony of the Satsuma Domain in the East. The Japanese settled in Ryukyu, controlled the trade and military presence there, and forced the Ryukyu Kingdom to stop paying tribute to the Daqian Dynasty.

At that time, the Ryukyu Kingdom sought help from the Daqian Dynasty.

unfortunately,

The Great Qian Dynasty was in dire straits and could barely protect itself, so how could it possibly have the capacity to send troops to assist Ryukyu?
From then on, the Ryukyu Kingdom became part of the Satsuma Domain in the East.

but,

Although the Daqian Dynasty had declined, it never ceded the Ryukyu Kingdom through treaties.

That is,

Although the Japanese occupied the Ryukyu Kingdom, their rule was illegitimate and their actions were not legitimate.

Therefore, according to official documents, the Ryukyu Kingdom was still only a vassal state of the Daqian Dynasty.

In order to survive, King Shōyō of Ryukyu was captured by the Satsuma Domain in the East and had no choice but to submit to the Japanese.

Therefore, although Ryukyu was nominally under the rule of the Daqian Dynasty, it was actually controlled by the Satsuma Domain.

When Chen Jie led the Ximentang fleet toward Okinawa Island in Ryukyu, they did not encounter any ships blocking their way at sea.

In less than an hour, Simon's fleet had arrived at Okinawa.

Although there were some Japanese troops stationed on the island, they were terrified and put up a fierce resistance when they saw the arrival of the Ximentang fleet.

However, after a round of shelling, the Japanese garrison on Okinawa Island was so frightened that they fled.

Next,
The soldiers of the Ximentang fleet successfully landed on the island, while a special operations reconnaissance battalion was dispatched to be responsible for perimeter security.

After the others landed on the island, they immediately built fortifications.

Chen Jie was somewhat surprised that there was almost no resistance along the way.

Okinawa is a spindle-shaped island, like a crescent moon, and is more than 100 kilometers long from north to south.

The widest part is only a dozen kilometers, and the narrowest part is only about five kilometers.

The capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom was Naha City, located at the southernmost tip of Okinawa Island.

Chen Jie led the Ximentang fleet to land at the narrowest point on Okinawa Island, which is only about five kilometers wide.

Cutting off this point would be like leaving the Japanese soldiers on Okinawa with nowhere to escape or retreat.

If the fleet were to blockade the entire strait, Naha would become an isolated city.

A full hour passed after the Simon's Marines landed.

Special forces scouts reported that a squad of elite Japanese soldiers had launched an attack on Ximentang from their positions on the beach.

When Ximen Tang intercepted the Shimazu fleet that was trying to save its own life, he annihilated the entire Eastern Fleet, with none escaping.

More than a day had passed since the naval battle began, but the Japanese troops stationed on Okinawa Island had not received any news.

They were unaware of the specifics of the naval battle and initially believed that Shimazu had survived and led the fleet to complete the mission of attacking the Penghu Islands.

have to say,

If the Satsuma fleet can capture Keelung Port in the Penghu Islands, the situation will be very favorable for the Satsuma Domain.

Therefore, the Satsuma troops stationed on Okinawa relaxed their vigilance and quietly waited for the Shimazu to return in triumph.

However, no one expected that Shimazu would not return alive, but instead the Daqian army would attack and directly begin to attack Ryukyu Island.

Only after Ximentang's naval guns launched their attack did the people in the Japanese military camp realize that the Daqian army had actually landed.

Wow——!
In an instant, the entire city of Naha on Okinawa Island was in chaos, and everyone was filled with panic.

The commander of the Satsuma Domain stationed in Ryukyu was another younger brother of the domain lord, Shimazu Yasutaka, and his name was Shimazu Yasutaka.

He was greatly surprised when he received news that the Daqian army was attacking Okinawa.

Although the sentries who had gone ahead to gather information described the Ximentang fleet as terrifying, with its warships resembling a giant mountain and a dense array of cannons.

The entire Daqian army had more than 20,000 soldiers.

but,

When Shimazu Yasumaru heard this news, he simply couldn't believe it.

How could the Daqian army suddenly produce such a massive fleet?
As the commander-in-chief of Okinawa, he had to be responsible for the area he was stationed in.

then,

He immediately led two thousand Japanese samurai stationed in Okinawa, along with five thousand elite troops, for a total of seven thousand men, out of Naha City.

Fearless, they charged toward the position where Ximentang had just landed.

This is all the forces that Shimazu Yasumaru could mobilize, all at once.

but,

The marines from Simondon have landed and established fortifications.

At this moment, weapons and ammunition were being continuously transported down from the ship.

The captains also began to direct their elite forces and deploy them according to the battle plan.

Upon receiving the military report from the front, Chen Jie immediately ordered the marines of Ximentang to engage in battle, while the others remained inactive.

This Marine Corps unit has not yet experienced the brutal baptism of war.

It's very necessary to take this opportunity to practice.

Chen Jie stood on a high ground and handed over the command of the battle to Deng Yonghe and Shen Zhenhe.

Simultaneously,

Nearby ships were on high alert at sea, providing cover.

When Shimazu Yasumaru led 7,000 elite troops to the landing site of Ximentang, he was extremely shocked.

Although Ximentang only sent three thousand men to fight, the momentum was enormous, with all kinds of mortars already set up and heavy machine guns forming a crossfire.

in fact,

Even now, Shimazu Yasumaru still doesn't understand where these Daqian armies came from.

Are they the Daqian army stationed on the Penghu Islands?

How did the Daqian army end up in Ryukyu when Shimazu led over a hundred warships to the Penghu Islands?
Of course, the current situation doesn't allow Shimazu Yasumaru time to think things through.

He was also an extremely brave commander, and immediately ordered his elite troops to launch an attack on Ximentang.

Although the Satsuma Domain's army was far less powerful than the Kwantung Army of the Toyotomi Hideout.

However, this is Ryukyu after all, and all the soldiers are the elite of the Satsuma Domain, possessing the spirit of Japanese Bushido.

Once they enter combat mode, they are fearless and extremely brutal.

In particular, Shimazu Yasumaru drew his sword, shouted, and charged forward at the forefront.

His martial arts skills were not weak, and the squad of guards around him had all broken through to the Iron Bone Dark Force realm, making them extremely fast in their attacks.

"Kill! Leave no one behind!"

With a cold snort from Chen Jie, crossfire erupted within Ximen Hall's position.

Heavy machine guns, mortars, and rifles opened fire, and bullets rained down on the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain in the East like a storm.

Although the Eastern Empire, after the Meiji Restoration, had developed various weapons and ammunition, it was already among the world's leading powers.

Even the Kwantung Army's heavy machine guns, rifles, and field artillery were in no way inferior to European weapons.

The ability of the Japanese military to flex its muscles in Asia and dare to compete with Western powers was inseparable from the development of its weaponry.

In particular, the development of heavy machine guns was no less advanced than that of the Maxim machine gun of the British Empire.

However, those top-tier weapons were few in number and were only issued to the Imperial Japanese Army. The Satsuma Domain was merely a vassal state of Kyushu within the Imperial Japanese Empire, far from Kyoto, and naturally could not obtain the most advanced weapons from the Imperial Japanese Empire.

Shimazu Yasumaru never acquired the most advanced weapons of the Eastern Empire.

then,

He was completely stunned when he saw the crossfire from Ximentang.

Just like when the soldiers of the Great Qian Dynasty encountered the armies of Western powers, they could only be beaten.

The old-fashioned muskets they had were far inferior to the heavy machine guns of Ximentang.

For a while,
Satsuma soldiers fell in droves, followed by the fearless Japanese soldiers, whose bodies piled up like mountains, suffering countless casualties.

Neither the Satsuma army nor the Ryukyu native army had ever encountered an army with such terrifying fighting power as the Ximen-dang.

The spirit of Japanese Bushido had lost its purpose at this moment.

The native soldiers of Ryukyu were only fit to serve as cannon fodder.

Wow——!
As the battle began, the Japanese soldiers fell one after another, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers began to retreat like a tide.

The battlefield was littered with corpses, the vast majority of whom were elite soldiers from the Satsuma Domain in the East.

Upon seeing the poor fighting ability of the soldiers from the Satsuma Domain in the East, the generals of Ximentang immediately launched a general offensive.

In order to cut off their retreat and complete the mission of 'annihilation', Ximentang's army split into two groups and adopted the tactic of encirclement.

We must take this opportunity to eliminate all the Japanese soldiers.

Otherwise, their retreat to Naha would result in civilian casualties.

When they saw the elite soldiers of Ximentang jump out of the trenches and launch an attack.

Suddenly,

Shimazu Yasumaru's eyes lit up.

Hand-to-hand combat!
Under crossfire from the enemy, the Japanese soldiers had no chance to retaliate.

But once the two sides engage in close combat, he is truly not afraid.

then,

Shimazu Yasumaru immediately ordered the Satsuma elites around him to turn around and engage in hand-to-hand combat with Nishimondo.

Simultaneously,

He shouted and rallied the Ryukyu native soldiers, ordering them to fight the enemy.

However, what happened next completely overturned Shimazu Yasumaru's traditional understanding.

When the elite soldiers of Ximentang saw the Japanese charging towards them wielding their samurai swords, they all stopped and raised their assault rifles.

Da da—da da—!
After the assault rifles opened fire, another round of grenades followed.

Where had the Satsuma Army of the East ever seen such fierce firepower?

Before they could even get close enough to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers of Ximentang, they suffered a fatal blow and heavy casualties.

At this point, Shimazu Yasumaru fully realized that the enemy's combat strength was not even on the same level as the Eastern Army.

He was a very decisive general and immediately ordered a retreat.

Unfortunately, it's too late to retreat now.

Because from the very beginning, Ximentang's army never intended for them to leave.

Flanking maneuver from both flanks!

The retreat route of the Japanese army was quickly blocked.

Then heavy machine guns were set up, forming a pocket-like encirclement.

At this point, the Satsuma army in the Toyo region had been reduced to less than 500 men. The soldiers of Nishimondo did not give them a chance to surrender and opened fire immediately.

completely annihilated!

Shimazu Yasumaru was indeed a samurai who admired the Bushido of the East. At the last moment, he committed seppuku!

Even Chen Jie couldn't help but nod in approval after seeing Shimazu Yasumaru's actions, deeply admiring the guy's courage.

of course,

Simply admiring someone doesn't mean Chen Jie will let them die so easily.

Samurai like Shimazu Yasumaru, who revered the Bushido of the East, were generally ruthless and extremely cruel.

His ability to be ruthless to himself means he can be even more ruthless to his enemies.

If he escapes this calamity, he will seek extremely fierce revenge in the future, and may even take revenge on ordinary people.

Although Chen Jie was determined to kill Shimazu Yasumaru, the other party was still somewhat useful, so there was no rush to kill him.

This battle,
Ximentang annihilated a total of 7,000 Japanese soldiers and Ryukyu native soldiers.

Because Chen Jie adopted a direct 'total annihilation' strategy, without giving them a chance to surrender, there were no prisoners.

Miraculously, no one died in the Ximen Hall battle; only six elite soldiers were injured, making it the easiest victory they had ever faced.

After a brief interrogation, Shimazu Yasumaru's identity was quickly exposed.

When Chen Jie learned that Shimazu Yasumaru was the younger brother of the lord of the Satsuma Domain, a smile appeared on his face.

Although the Satsuma Domain is not large in geographical area, the entire Kyushu region of the East is only equivalent to the area of ​​a few county towns.

However, for the Eastern Empire, the feudal lords were considered regional rulers and important figures in the Eastern Empire.

Shimazu Yasumaru was the younger brother of the feudal lord and the commander-in-chief stationed in Ryukyu; keeping him alive would still be useful.

At this time,

Shimazu Yasumaru's attempt to commit seppuku failed, leaving him utterly despondent.

Only then did he realize that the enemy he was facing was indeed the army of the Great Qian Dynasty.

only,
Because of the Satsuma Domain's lack of information, he could not understand how the Great Qian Dynasty had produced such a powerful army.

Shimazu Yasuke led over a hundred ships and tens of thousands of soldiers to the Penghu Islands. What is the situation now?

until this time,

Even Shimazu Yasumaru couldn't believe that his fleet, which had saved his life, had been completely wiped out.

Even if we were defeated, shouldn't we at least send the news to Ryukyu Island?

He still harbored a sliver of hope, wishing that Shimazu's survival was merely due to a delay on the way, and that he would surely turn back to Ryukyu Island to rescue him.

After a while,

Upon seeing the French mercenaries, Shimazu Yasumaru was filled with doubt again.

How did Westerners come to submit to the Great Qian Dynasty?
Damn it, what on earth is going on?

How could the powerful Western 'devil pirate' legion bow down and submit to the people of Daqian?

From Jack Bonaparte's respectful demeanor in front of Chen Jie, he could clearly sense that this Frenchman was a subordinate of the Daqian people.

Because Chen Jie gave the right to negotiate with the Satsuma Domain of Japan to Jack Bonaparte.

Therefore,
This heir of the French Bonaparte family revealed his identity to Shimazu Yasumaru, saying that he represented Ximentang of the Daqian Dynasty.

Next,
Representing the position of the Nishida, he began to condemn the Satsuma Domain's provocations and acts of aggression.

Furthermore, they claimed that this attack on Ryukyu was entirely the fault of the Satsuma Domain in Japan, and was a counterattack by the Ximengtang fleet.

Despite Shimazu Yasumaru's inner doubts, he wondered how the Daikichi Saimon-do fleet had managed to subdue the French pirate legion.

But soon, he was shocked by another piece of news.

Because Jack Bonaparte told him that the Satsuma fleet had been completely annihilated, and all the ships had been sunk by Simondo.

The Satsuma Domain of the Eastern Empire must compensate the Great Qian Dynasty for all its losses.

The entire Satsuma Domain of Kyushu in the East will become a colony of the Great Qian Dynasty.

That's right, what Ximen Tang wants now is not Ryukyu, but the Satsuma Domain of Kyushu in the Eastern Empire!

Simultaneously,

Jack Bonaparte ordered Shimazu Yasumaru to return to Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain, and report everything to Lord Shimazu Yasutaka. (End of Chapter)