"Prepare, fire!"

Li Zhaoji, the captain of the artillery corps of the Guard Division and former deputy general of the Shenji Battalion of the Three Major Battalions of Nandu, was responsible for suppressing the firepower of the Japanese army in Hengshan. Under his command, more than 140 light and heavy artillery pieces of the artillery corps were continuously fired shells at Hengshan.

Earlier, the combat staff of the First Regiment had conducted field surveys and mapping of the Yokoyama area, and the artillery gang obtained relatively accurate surveying and mapping data. Therefore, although they only fired solid iron bombs and had limited killing to the Japanese army, they also destroyed many defensive fortifications built by the Japanese army.

"Lord, the artillery is not good, let us engineers come!"

The first person in the Imperial Army's blasting technology, Anguosi, the chief of the engineering corps of Eunuch Wei, who directly studied under Eunuch Wei, was very dissatisfied with the work of the artillery corps and believed that if his engineering corps were in charge, he could completely destroy the Japanese fortifications before lunch.

Of course, Eunuch Wei knew that engineer blasting was more effective than artillery attacks today, but he was still willing to waste some artillery shells and medicine.

Because he needs artillery to get more practical training and better apply the tactic of "infantry and artillery coordination" in actual combat.

In March, the Artillery Fleet and the Fourth Infantry Fleet conducted a practical exercise in Taichung. During the exercise, several soldiers were hit by their own artillery shells due to misjudgment of the "security community".

After the incident was reported by the Guard Division, Chief of Staff Jiang Xifeng, who stayed in Taipei Guard, presided over the detailed investigation of the incident and informed the entire army.

The results of the notice were also submitted to Eunuch Wei who was in Liaodong. The old man's reply at that time was - "The casualties during the exercises prove that there are many problems within the Imperial Army, but the number of actual exercises must not be reduced due to casualties. On the contrary, it must be increased. Sweat more in peacetime and less bleeding during wartime."

With the spiritual instructions of Eunuch Wei, the base camp and various troops naturally took a reassurance and carried out several exercises of corps or above.

The joint fleet also drew dozens of ships and organized two exercises of beach landings and offensive and defensive wars with the Guards Division.

The result of many exercises is that this large-scale expedition to Ryukyu, the cooperation between sea and land was very good, reducing landing time and greatly improving transportation efficiency.

"The navy has the strengths of the navy, the army has the strengths of the army. Where the navy cannot reach the hands, the navy can reach the places where the army cannot reach the feet, but the navy can cross the places where the army cannot reach the feet. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the sea and land must closely unite under the common banner of the imperial army and contribute to the prosperity and strength of the imperial Ming."

Eunuch Wei attached great importance to the construction of military culture and ideas. On the day of mobilization, Eunuch Wei ordered the Navy and Army court to study for three days for unity and mutual assistance, and planned to implement a regular rotation system for naval and army officers to eliminate some signs of disharmony that occur in the Navy and Army, and avoid the unstable factors that may occur after the imperial army grows in the future.

"Wars cannot be completed independently by the navy, nor by the army. By the same token, artillery and engineers have their own functions, and they cannot be regarded as useless because of their poor performance."

Eunuch Wei said this to Anguo Temple.

"If the flowering artillery shell can be successfully developed, the engineers are not qualified to think that they are stronger than the artillery." said Cao Wenyao, the commander of the Guard Division.

Eunuch Wei nodded. The power of the flowering artillery shell is absolutely greater than that of the solid bomb. Both destructive and lethality will be unprecedented to the officers and soldiers, and its appearance will greatly change human history.

Unfortunately, although the development of the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration has been underway and is regarded as a key project and has received strong support from maritime government funds and manpower, there are two technical problems that are difficult to solve.

One is the fuse problem, and the other is the shell strength problem.

The flowering bullet must be hollow and a combination of castings, so the existing gun barrel cannot withstand the pressure generated at the moment of firing.

The Jiangnan Manufacturing Administration has tried many times, but all failed to explode.

The delay in the development of the flowering bullets has resulted in the artillery currently equipped by the Imperial Army Navy and Army armies, which can only fire solid iron bombs.

It will take a long way to go to break through these two technical problems. Even if Eunuch Wei’s thinking is advanced or wonderful, the actual technical conditions cannot meet his needs.

If you can't become fat in one bite, weapon innovation is definitely not something that can be produced instantly with a wonderful idea. Eunuch Wei is very open to this.

In the distance, the artillery fire stopped.

After the cannon sound stopped, the suicide squad led by Akashi launched an attack on the Japanese army on the ridge. The suicide squad, composed of the former Japanese invaders and the Taiwanese volunteers, were all covered in iron armor and holding long swords. Amid the sharp whistle, they shouted from the starting point and rushed up the ridge.

Most of the Japanese troops of the Kutaka tribe of Kawayama were armed forces of the Japanese Satsuma clan, and most of the soldiers were coastal robbers recruited by the Satsuma clan and farmers who lost their land. Therefore, the military discipline was very poor, but their combat effectiveness and willingness to fight were quite strong, very similar to the Japanese pirates who harassed the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Their weapons and equipment were not advanced. Except for the Karayama main formation, there was a team of hundreds of people in the iron gun team, the rest of the soldiers were equipped with a weapon called "gun". This weapon was similar to the spear used by the Ming army, but it was different. Most of the officers were naginata, which was mainly slashed, and the overall equipment was at least thirty years behind the Imperial Army.

However, they had been operating in Ryukyu for several years, and the soldiers generally had strong tolerance. They knew that they had no way out, so they resisted stubbornly. In addition, they occupied the territory and built the first regiment several times and suffered hundreds of casualties in the court.

It was precisely because of the possible casualties caused by the trapped beasts fighting that Eunuch Wei ordered the formation of a suicide squad.

Fellow Akashi, who also had no way out, led the suicide squad to break through the two lines of defense of the Japanese army several miles deep. The first and third wings that followed quickly advanced and cut the Japanese army in Hengshan into several stocks. Each stock was not connected with each other, and could neither echo nor gather. The balance of the battle quickly tilted towards the Imperial Army.

At noon, after the Japanese guard of Miyakoshima, Taro Kojima was shot dead in a dashi, the remaining 300 Japanese troops hid on all sides of the mountain and were searched out and wiped out by the Guard Division.

In the end, after 368 soldiers were killed and killed, the Imperial Army completely captured Miyako Island. In addition to killing and wounding more than 800 Japanese soldiers, they also captured about 300 Japanese soldiers and more than 100 Japanese families.

After asking for advice from Eunuch Wei, Ichiro Sanada drove the people to a slope with cliffs on both sides, and then ordered some of the recruits in the corps to stab the prisoners with spears.

After knowing that he could not survive, most of the Japanese army and their families chose to jump off the cliff.

In the sunset, one figure after another fell from a high place, making the third son of the Ryukyu King Shangxian and official Cai Jin and others who were watching the battle feel unbearable.
Chapter completed!