Dragon Sea Empire

At dusk, Taiwan and Hong Kong, which had been bustling all day, gradually quieted down.

Lin Xiao is inspecting the South Fort. He wears the title of Deputy Director of the Military Intelligence Department of the Guards, so he also put on a black military uniform combining Chinese and Western styles, and walks on the fort in a dignified manner. Now, the Zhao Xuanming Department of the Fourth Regiment has transferred to Luzon , a battalion of the Li Xing Department of the third regiment is stationed here.

As Yin Feng's chief security officer and intelligence chief, he is really incompetent. Yin Feng was assassinated several times, and the enemy plotted against him several times. He can continue to hold these positions, mainly because Yin Feng trusts him, and because there is no Others are available, but Lin Xiao has the advantage of being able to study hard, with a flexible mind and strong adaptability. Therefore, after so many years of learning from failures, he is basically qualified for his position.

The previous stubbornness had completely disappeared from him, and Lin Xiao worked tirelessly all day long.

Now he is looking at Nihoncho to the east, wondering if he will use the Zhuang Ding team to block Nihoncho after the Ryukyu War begins. Suddenly, someone behind him exclaims: "Fire, fire, there is a fire at the port," Lin Xiao shuddered all over his body. Ji Ling turned around and looked, sure enough, a certain area of ​​the dock area suddenly burst into flames.

At the same moment, there was a flame in the city of Hong Kong, Taiwan. "Boom," a loud sound rolled over.

That is the direction of the company headquarters.

……

Just in the past few days, in the direction of the Ryukyu Islands, the Shimadzu's army marched rapidly, and within a few days they entered the territory of the Ryukyu from Satsuma. After March 27, the Shimadzu ships scattered due to ocean currents and storms The formation entered Shenjiangpu one after another, preparing to land on Amami Oshima.

Amami Oshima's governor Shi Yashen did not resist at all, and the island fell into the hands of the Satsuma army a few days later. The Shimadzu army stayed in Amami Oshima for three days and left Amami Oshima on March [-]. , Take the island of Tokuro to the south.

Arriving at Guijin on Tokunoshima the next day, he was attacked by 300 soldiers from Zheng Jiong's son-in-law Weng Shengdong. After capturing Chongyongliangbu Island, the soldiers and civilians on the island surrendered without a fight, and the island fell on the same day.

From March 27th, the Shimadzu Army captured Amami Oshima, and on April [-]th conquered Oki Yongliangbu Island. It took only seven days. Including Oki Nagabe Island, Tokuno Island, Public Opinion Island, etc.) were completely lost, and the door to the north was suddenly opened, and the main island of Ryukyu was exposed to the soldiers of Satsuma without any cover.

The news of the attack on Amami Oshima reached Naha Port on the main island of Ryukyu five days later. Chen Zhongji released three carrier pigeons, carrying the same message: "The Battle of Ryukyu has begun, and Amami Oshima has fallen."

Two of the pigeons crossed the ocean three days later and followed the north wind to the headquarters of Zhonghua Corporation in Hong Kong, Taiwan. The pigeons were surprised to find that the hometown where they were born and trained, the front yard of the company headquarters was in a mess.

On the evening of March 1609th, May 5, 3 in the Western calendar, Sunday, when Tokunoshima was attacked by the Satsuma army, 1000 Japanese pirates attacked Hong Kong City, Taiwan.

On the same day, 500 soldiers from the Sendai vassal state sat on three large Western sailing ships, flying the Portuguese flag, and attempted to rush into Taiwan Harbor.

On the same night, rebellions broke out one after another in the four major societies of Siraya. The rebels and the local people who supported the Chinese company fought together and attacked the barracks of the guards in the north of the city.

On that day, no one on Taiwan Island knew that the war had begun.

After Yin Feng accompanied Li Lihua out of the church, he also hosted a banquet for Bishop Baradas, Lu Ruohan, a Portuguese missionary who came to Taiwan from Macau, and several learned missionaries sent by Matteo Ricci. Baradas told Yin Feng, Jin Nige and others have set off back to Europe to fulfill the agreement signed with Yin Feng: to collect European science and technology books for him.

Since then, Yin Feng has been researching new-style explosive ammunition in the North City Weapons Research Department and the Firearms Four. Yin Feng is very self-aware. His greatest advantage as a time traveler lies in predicting and grasping the context of historical development, as well as being able to learn from the experience of future generations. The Chinese company Yin Feng's greatest achievement lies in the establishment of rules and regulations (or "plagiarism") and the accumulation of popularity with his personal charm. Others, such as dealing with bureaucrats in the officialdom, he borrowed from Zeng Qi; Father and son, also entrusted Zeng Qi for internal affairs management, and he entrusted Zeng Qi and Lin Xiao for the execution of criminal names. The spread of Western technology is to be done by missionaries. He can do everything that a human being can do, but the design and invention of firearms is purely his personal hobby. As a military history enthusiast and a reporter who has spent more than half of his military career, he has always liked weapons.

Yin Feng was immersed in the design of firearms without doing business, and it was already dark before he knew it.

At this moment, Lin Qing, the leader of the firearms quartet, came over and kindly persuaded him: "Big boss, it's getting late, let's draw this blueprint tomorrow." Killing time here makes all of us afraid to go home and rest..."

As soon as the words fell, there was an explosion sound like thunder, which shook the window frame of the design room of the research department, and the dust on the roof kept falling. Yin Feng jumped up, and was as shocked as everyone else-the sound of the explosion From the direction of the company headquarters.

"Bang," the door of the research room was knocked open, and Lin Yue, the captain of the personal guard, broke in and shouted angrily: "My lord, the enemy has attacked the main entrance of the research department,"

Sure enough, there was a burst of musket fire in the front yard of the weapons research department, followed by screams of people and a series of crashes of cold weapons.

Yin Feng immediately rushed to the door and saw that the front yard was already ablaze. The guards stationed here rushed out of the back yard one after another, holding various weapons in their hands. At this time, the entire Taiwan and Hong Kong were in chaos Among them, flames burst out everywhere, the sound of knives and guns clashing, the sound of musket shooting, and the screams of personnel came and went one after another.

"It's not right, it's impossible to have only one enemy at the main entrance." Although we don't know who the attacking enemy is, but with such a large-scale and unified sneak attack, it is impossible for the weapon research department, which is an important defensive area, to have only one enemy attacking. Yin Feng is keen Responding from the momentary confusion, he grabbed Lin Yue and said, "Take twenty people and go to the warehouse to prevent the enemy from sneaking in."

Lin Yue hesitated for a moment: "Then you..."

"Go, hurry," Yin Feng pushed him: "This is the center of the research department, you guard the front and back yards, and nothing will happen to me here, go quickly,"

Lin Yue took 20 personal guards and immediately ran to the warehouse in the backyard. Since the last time the Portuguese tried to steal new firearms and caused a big explosion in the warehouse, the Weapons Research Department built the warehouse in the backyard, and the guards stationed there In the same area, in order to strengthen the guard, the fierce battle at the front door attracted a large number of guards, so at this moment there are only more than 10 soldiers left in the warehouse in the backyard, and they are holding on to the warehouse under the leadership of a chief.

As soon as Lin Yue arrived outside the corridor in the backyard, he heard the sound of walls collapsing and houses collapsing inside, followed by chaotic shouts: "From behind, enemy attack,"

"The back wall has been breached, stick to your post, be careful..."

"Shichang, Shichang is dead, crossbow, be careful,"

"Bah bah bah," the flintlock muskets of the guards began to fire. In the darkness, the unknown enemy sneaked through the artificial river in the factory area behind the weapon research department, climbed over the thick back wall, and rushed into the backyard. Several guards were knocked down by the opponent's crossbow arrows and unknown hidden weapons in a short time.

A few black shadows jumped out of the warehouse gate, raised their hands and smashed the door, but the warehouse gate of the weapon research department is a heavy iron gate, and there is no big guy who can't break it open for a while.

Lin Yue led the team and rushed into the backyard. Several clever guards had already jumped onto the courtyard wall. There was no time to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. Lin Yue pulled the trigger of the flintlock pistol and shouted at the same time: "Shoot!"

More than 20 guards fired the bullets in the two flintlock pistols and one flintlock long gun they were equipped with at the fastest speed at the shadow shaking in the backyard.

"Bah blah blah,"

After three rounds, Lin Yue drew out his waist knife, and the other soldiers put on their bayonets, shouted "Kill," and rushed in.

After Lin Yue left, Yin Feng led the group of four, several other technicians, craftsmen, and ten of his personal guards to the west wing. Along the way, panicked craftsmen and guards on duty joined his team from time to time, and finally came to When he arrived at the gunpowder depot, there were already more than 30 people behind him.

"All the craftsmen and technicians are going down to the basement, and they must take up their weapons and prepare for battle." Yin Feng turned to one of his own guards and said, "You take five people and these brothers of the guard team to guard here, and you must protect them." Good powder magazines and master craftsmen in the basement,"

He turned around and walked to the front yard with five personal black bodyguards. Lin Qing, the leader of the four-person group, exclaimed: "Master, it's dangerous outside. You should also come down and take shelter for a while."

"Boom, boom," a dull thunder came from the south, and everyone stopped for a while. Yin Feng raised his head and looked at me in the dark night sky in the south. There was a flash of fire in the direction of the port. He shook his head and sighed: "Yes The South Fort is firing, hurry down to the basement, this is an order," he pushed Lin Qing, and rushed to the front yard with the black guards.

On the way, Mai Minghai, the head guard of the garrison research department, almost bumped into Yin Feng. Yin Feng grabbed Mai Minghai's front skirt and shouted loudly, "Hurry up and take someone to the backyard..."

"Boom, boom, boom,"

Huge explosions came from the direction of the headquarters and also from the port, drowning out Yin Feng's voice. Mai Minghai, a boy of the Dan family in Yazhou, could only see his captain's mouth moving, but couldn't hear anything clearly.

After a while, the explosion stopped temporarily, and Mai Minghai, who came to protect the owner with more than ten brothers, reported loudly: "Report to the owner, the main gate was attacked by 20 enemies, and the gate was blown up with gunpowder barrels. More than 21 brothers guarding the gate were killed or injured. We arrived in time, blocked the gate, killed [-] enemies, captured three, and the rest fled in the dark, "

Yin Feng shook his head, let go of Mai Minghai, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good job, take someone there immediately."

"what……"

"Take your men and go to the warehouse in the backyard, there is an enemy sneak attack there," Yin Feng shouted loudly, and continued to rush to the front yard anxiously.

"Master Captain, hey..." Mai Minghai wanted to remind Yin Feng that there were still enemies in the front yard, but seeing Yin Feng's back quickly disappearing into the darkness, he sighed helplessly, turned his head and said to the brothers who were sleeping on the left and right: "Why are you still standing there, hurry up, the enemy is attacking in the backyard,"

A deputy chief and a guard with red epaulets are lying behind the wreckage of the screen wall in the front yard, leading more than 30 brothers to watch the front nervously. The place where the tall main entrance used to be is already a broken wall Ruins, unburned wood crackling, fire flickering.

The officers of the military supervision system now uniformly wear red epaulettes, even in the dark night, the target is more obvious. This sentry supervisor suffered an arrow wound on his shoulder, and was gritting his teeth and cursing at the wound: "His grandma, what kind of dog?" It was so hard to handle and hurt so many of us..."

Yin Feng rushed behind him, patted his shoulder, and he yelled out in pain: "Oh, who the fuck... Master Captain, you..."

Yin Feng didn't notice the injury on his shoulder, and waved his hand to stop his nonsense: "Give me five people immediately, and rush out after me,"

The sentinel was taken aback: "There is fire everywhere outside, Mr. Captain, it is too dangerous to go out now,"

Yin Feng said with a livid face: "There are fighting sounds and flames in the direction of the company's headquarters and the Captain's Lane. I don't worry about it. Don't talk too much. Quickly pick five good fighters and follow me."

"You take twenty people with you, so..."

"No, this is the Weapons Research Department. It needs to be guarded by manpower. No mistakes are allowed. After I leave, you must guard the gate. Remember, guard,"

……

At this moment, at the entrance of Tagou Port in the south of Taiwan Port, three western-style sailboats are rushing in desperately. To the south of Tagou Port is the dangerous Luermen, and to the north is the entrance of Taiwan Port, which is often dredged and excavated by the Chinese company. It was a very dangerous thing, and it was on an undredged channel. These three sailboats were obviously risking their lives to gamble.

There is no way for the sailboats of Sendai Fan to do this, because if they break into from Taiwan Port, the North Fort with more than 30 large and small artillery will open fire immediately. Even in the dark night, the faint moonlight and the reflection of the water surface will make Sendai Fan The warships were doomed, so the Japanese sailing ships had better enter along the coast of Tagou Port. Although they were within the range of the cannons of the South Fort, the South Fort, which had just completed the first phase of the project, had only ten cannons.

Moreover, at this time, the Ronin Hao who rushed out of Nihoncho and more than 100 natives of the island were besieging the South Fort.

Braving the flying arrows, Lin Xiao threw a few torches under the fort, quickly poked his head out to take a look, then retracted his head immediately, and a few short arrows flew past his forehead.

He said hurriedly to the battalion commander of the fort garrison: "It's the natives of the Jialiyang Society. From the attire and shouting, it can be seen that there are more than 100 Japanese people, probably from Nihoncho. Okay, It's our turn to throw grenades,"