Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1054
In the waters near Nagoya, the ships of the shogunate navy generally raised white flags, and the coastal defense batteries also chose to surrender.They don't think that the coastal defense fort with only a few artillery pieces can deal with the strong ships and guns of the Zhili fleet.After the defeat of the Navy, Nagoya's coastal defense fort defenders gave up resistance.

"We are willing to surrender unconditionally." The commander of the shogunate navy reluctantly raised the white flag and surrendered to the Zhili fleet led by Nelson.

The opponent in the long-distance battle has a large number of artillery, and the sailing battleships such as the Victory in close combat have ship-use machine guns and naval soldiers holding breech-loading guns.The shogunate navy, whose fire attack ships were not ready, could only choose to surrender, and a small number of fire ships could not even break through the artillery blockade of the Zhili fleet.

"Order all your soldiers to hand over their weapons and let us guard these weapons," Nelson said.

"Of order." The shogunate navy general replied aggrievedly.

The Zhili fleet controlled the waters near Nagoya, where all the shogunate ships were moored, and the sailors and paddlers on board were driven off to prevent them from rebelling.

Soldiers on the fort were also disarmed.

"What kind of weapons do they have? They have sickles..." The navy soldiers who confiscated the defenders' weapons even searched out the sickles used by the farmers.

"The little one was originally a farmer in the Musashi country. He thought that if the spear issued by the shogunate was broken on the battlefield, he could still have weapons to save his life, so he brought the sickle along with him. Please return my sickle to the elders, and wait for the war. After the end, I still need a sickle to harvest crops." The soldier whose sickle was found asked.

"Give him back the sickle. It seems that in order to launch a decisive battle, the shogunate recruited ordinary farmers to participate in the war." Nelson turned to look at the surrendered shogunate general, "How many defenders are there near Nagoya Castle? ?”

"There are still about 1 defenders responsible for the defense of Nagoya. It is not so easy to capture Nagoya. There are piles of grain, grass and gunpowder transported from all over the Kanto region, so the defense is naturally tight."

"Be prepared to attack Nagoya, cut off the shogun's retreat from the land, and force them to land after forming a siege..." Nelson said.

"Are you navy soldiers? Nagoya is the castle we built, and the hard work of attacking the fortifications should be left to Qingzu." Said the general of the navy.

"Our navy is not an ordinary navy. The artillery can be disassembled and it becomes a siege cannon." Nelson said.

"You are really fierce...thousands of navy soldiers want to attack Nagoya." The navy general replied.

Nagoya Castle, which was used as a front-line base by the shogunate army, soon encountered a joint attack from land and sea by the Zhili fleet.

Edo Castle also continued to fight. The rebel army led by Tanaka Seiichi took advantage of the fire to occupy the west and south parts of Edo Castle, while the shogunate retainers and samurai retreated to the east and north cities.

Most of the residents of Edo City, who were furious because of the fire, stood on the side of the Huaxia Society. After the Huaxia Society occupied the granary, they opened the granary to release grain, so that the refugees who had no food generally stood behind Tanaka Chengichi.

In order to regain the granary, the shogunate organized troops to counterattack the granary in Asakusa.Food was too important to them, so they did not hesitate to use force against the civilians, and quickly regained the granary.As a price, hundreds of refugees and ronin died in the battle for the granary.

"Fortunately, the rioters didn't have much time to occupy the granaries. They only had time to take away a small amount of grain, and there was still a lot of surplus grain in it. Otherwise, there would be no grain to be transported to the front line."

"It is said that the front line seems to have been defeated. Do we still have to transport precious grain to the front line? What's the point of that?" The warriors patrolling near the granary chatted.

In order to prevent the rebel army led by the Huaxia Society from counterattacking, many important officials of the shogunate deployed nearly 2000 infantry soldiers near dozens of large granaries after consultation.Moreover, the soldiers guarding the granary have been approved to use force against civilians. They can point their matchlock guns at their compatriots in order to be able to eat.

Food has become the most important material in the entire Edo Castle and nearby areas. The light feet who worked for the shogunate continued to obey the orders of the shogunate ministers entirely to fill their stomachs.If they left the big organization of the shogunate, they would become refugees without rice to eat.

"After counting, 2 people have joined our rebel army. Among them, there are about 3000 ronin and people with combat experience. We can organize these [-] people into an army and compete with the shogunate for the granary again!" The backbone of the Huaxia Society Said to Tanaka Chengichi.

"At present, our strength is unable to seize the granary from the shogunate warriors. Their defenders have about 2000 people and their weapons are excellent. With our mixed rebel army, there are less than a hundred iron cannons. How can we compete with them?" Tanaka Chengichi said. Self-knowledge, knowing that the fighting power of the rebel army is limited.

"But if we maintain this situation, even if we occupy half of the city, we will fail quickly without food. If the shogunate controls the granary, it can use food to disintegrate us..." members of the Huaxia Society worried.

"Please don't worry, we have already made arrangements, and someone will help us defeat the samurai group together." Tanaka Cheng was confident, "Tonight we will attack the granary at night."

The key members of the Huaxia Society looked at each other in blank dismay, and Tanaka Chengyi told them that they could not seize the granary from the shogunate, and now they are organizing a night attack on the granary.

A large number of samurai were deployed in the granary in Asakusa, and no less than a quarter of the troops were patrolling at night.Looking at the granary that was not affected by the Edo Castle fire, they felt at ease.As long as there is no loss of food in the granary, they don't have to go hungry.

Inside the granary barracks, candles were flickering, and Masamori Hotta, the old man, gathered the Banners guarding the granary.Banners who were supposed to rest were all awake.

"Our spies lurking in the Huaxia Society learned that they plan to launch another attack on the granary tonight. Since we have already torn face with the Kyushu Army, then we don't have to be so polite to the Huaxia Society. This time we will use the ambush on all sides Plan to eliminate them in one fell swoop and regain control of Edo Castle." Hotta Masamori said.

"This time, they will never come back! This group of hateful rioters wants to rob food again and again, and we must drive them all to death!" Many bannermen yelled angrily.

"Next, I will deploy an ambush, and I must completely wipe out the rebels in Edo Castle." Hotta Masamori pointed to the defense map near the granary.

(End of this chapter)