Chapter 116 Operation Oriole
Although it is really a bit whimsical to annex the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
But the problem is that in another time and space, Satsuma Fan gave him a sample!
In the 34th year of Wanli, after several years of planning, the Satsuma lord Shimazu Ikaka decided to capture Ryukyu, the pearl of the sea, to monopolize Japan's only trade with the Ming Dynasty and consolidate the Shimazu family's position in the newly established Tokugawa shogunate.
The reason why the Satsuma family claimed that the invasion of Ryukyu was that because Ryukyu did not bear the military expenses of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of North Korea, it was paid in advance by the Shimazu family. Now Ryukyu is still "delayed and not paid back", and they are here to collect the debt... There is no more ridiculous excuse than this.
At first, the Satsuma clan only planned to capture Amami Oshima, but because the capture was too easy, they regained the confidence they had lost on the Korean battlefield. They followed the Ryukyu islands and fought all the way to Naha. They captured Shuri's royal city in five days, captured more than 100 princes and officials of the Shangning king and the princes to withdraw their troops and return to their country.
Of course there is nothing to praise for fighting a weak Ryukyu, but their subsequent operations can be regarded as a model of Eastern colonialism.
First, they cruelly killed the three sect officials who resisted desperately and hard, Zheng Hui, the leader of the Kumi clan, and bloodied the Kumi village, cleaning up all the forces of the Ming sect.
Then they helped pro-Japanese officials represented by Weng Jisong to a high position. At the same time, they sent officials from the Satsuma clan to Ryukyu to measure and allocate fields, draw national boundaries, formulate taxes, establish official offices on the islands, and supervise the trade and tax revenues of Ryukyu islands.
At the same time, Shimazu Ikuha brought King Shangyan to Edo to meet General Tokugawa. After obtaining the authorization to handle Ryukyu matters fully, he took him back to Kagoshima. There, King Shangyan was forced to sign the "Fifteen Regulations" with the Satsuma clan, admitting that Ryukyu was a vassal state of Satsuma. The monarch and ministers vowed to be loyal to the Shimazu clan forever, and were released.
Subsequently, the Shimazu Yakushi sent the samurai group to release King Shangan back to Ryukyu, but left his son and the descendants of the princes and ministers in Kagoshima. On the one hand, he acted as a hostage, and on the other hand, he brainwashed him with Japanese culture, so that he grew into a pro-Japanese faction.
After King Shangning returned to Shuri, he still did not escape the surveillance of Japanese samurai and was forced to stay in the deep palace and appointed a Japanese monk in Ryukyu as the regent. Since then, Ryukyu has completely become a puppet regime of the Satsuma vassal.
As the East Asian trade center, Ryukyu naturally could not hide the news that the royal city was captured. Soon, the Korean king who had encountered the same experience wrote a letter to express his condolences. Ryukyu also quickly sent someone to report his experience to his sect leader.
However, it is interesting that whether they are replying to the North Korean state or reporting to the Ming Dynasty, they only described this experience as a Japanese riot in which the king was captured. They lied that after paying a huge ransom, the Japanese pirates returned the king. They did not mention the fact that the Satsuma clan's transformation and control of the Ryukyu Kingdom after the war, and the Ryukyu royal family and the imperial court had completely become puppets.
They didn't even dare to mention the names of the Satsuma Phan and Shimazu family!
The main reason at first was of course the fear of being retaliated by the Japanese. The Shimazu family had already stated that once the news leaked and the Ming Navy came to attack, they would definitely slaughter Kurashiro Castle first and then withdraw to Kagoshima.
After the initial stage of tense hostility, the princes of Ryukyu gradually got used to this state. Although they were puppets, there were people who could fish and meat!
Those pro-Japanese interest groups will even help the Japanese to lie to dispel the Ming Dynasty's suspicion that Ryukyu was controlled by others, so as not to be cancelled.
As a result, in the end of the Ming Dynasty, even in the Qing Dynasty, Ryukyu played the role of a female servant and two husbands, and they were always at peace...
Through careful analysis, Zhao Hao determined that he was completely possible to puppetize the Zhongshan King regime and fully master Ryukyu. Moreover, as long as the method is appropriate, the rebound and sequelae will be far smaller than that of the Satsuma vassal.
Although invaders and bullies are shameful, in this era of great navigation where the strong prey on the weak, only caring for their own reputation and not seeking benefits for future generations is a complete hypocrisy and an eternal sinner of the Chinese nation!
Zhao Hao has long made up his mind that even if he is nailed to the pillar of historical shame in the future and is scolded by future generations as an ambitious man, executioners and public enemies of mankind, he will let his descendants take advantage of this wave of dividends and let them rely on their ancestors to gain 500 years!
In this way, I will never let myself go to this world...
Take this evil man as you.
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The town Japanese roster is in the conference room.
"So we must pay attention to strategies, so that the Ryukyu people will be afraid of weapons and dare not complain to the Ming Dynasty!" Wang Rulong loudly announced the combat plan formulated by the General Staff and said: "It was difficult at first, but King Shangyuan of Ryukyu led his army to personally conquer the Dadao, giving us this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - so the Staff Office formulated this plan to capture the Ryukyu King and capture his three thousand royal palace troops, named the "Operation Yellow Bird"!"
"The key to the 'Oilblade Operation' is to capture Shangyuan and his main force. This is also the reason why we do not attack Shuri Castle, which is empty." Wang Rulong said in a deep voice: "Because as long as we capture Shangyuan and his main force first, the princes and ministers of Shuri Castle will naturally surrender. Otherwise, we don't need to do anything, and the chiefs of each island will have grudges when they hear the news, and there will be revenge!"
"But if we attack Shuri Castle first, King Shangyuan and his army outside will become a huge uncertainty factor. It would be fine if they fight back to Shuri, but once they flee to the Ming Dynasty or the Li Dynasty, it will cause huge trouble. Even if they flee to Japan, it will become a big hidden danger. Therefore, after deduction, the Advisory Office decided to trade tactical difficulties in exchange for strategic initiative!"
Then he straightened his body and suddenly raised his tone and said, "Now I will order the commander of the Taluo Guard District Special Forces to the South!"
All the police officers immediately sat upright, not daring to breathe, waiting for the commander to issue orders.
“102,103,104,201,202,203…”
With Wang Rulong's powerful voice, the commander who was clicked on the ship immediately rose up like a spring, holding his head up and waiting for the dispatch.
"You are the front-line blocking cluster, and follow the water diving boat to sneak into the Kinjuhahama next to Amami Bay tomorrow night!" Wang Rulong said, pointing the last "Operation Yellow Bird" combat map with a fine wooden stick.
I saw that the water depth and mountain height in the Amami Bay area were even marked with contour lines on this picture, which obviously could not have been drawn temporarily.
But the General Staff could not guess in advance that the King of Ryukyu would personally conquer the island?
That's all the comrades in the Office and the Staff Department. They did their homework so hard on weekdays that they had completed the huge surveying and mapping of the war zone quietly... It was so hard and so shameful.
From the map, Amami Bay is like a herringbone. One of the strokes is thick and long, which is the harbor where Ryukyu warships are anchored. The strokes are thin and short, which is the kijikuhama that is ready to hide in the front line.
Because the middle of the herringbone is a mountain with a height of more than 300 meters, there is no situation in Amami Bay where the situation of Kimurahahama is not visible.
"After arriving, you must put down the boat overnight and carry the first brigade of land warfare to land!" Wang Rulong then ordered in a deep voice: "Wuda!"
"Here!" Wu Da, the captain of the first brigade of the Marine War, immediately stood at attention. He was over 1.9 meters tall, half a head taller than Brother Gao. With his tendon flesh, he was enough to look down on the three armies by his physique alone.
Unfortunately, in the coast guard force, I can only be a inferior person...
"After you land, you must quickly seize the 101 Highland, eliminate possible Ryukyu scouts, and prevent the whereabouts of the front-line cluster from leaking in advance!" Ma Rulong ordered him: "When the Ryukyu King and his army boarded the ship and set sail, you should also send a signal to go down the mountain quickly to seize Amami Bay and prevent Ryukyu King from withdrawing from the island! This Amami Island is ridiculously large, and there are many mountains and dense forests. Once he is allowed to escape into the mountain, it will be troublesome."
"I understand!" Wu Da suppressed his excitement and responded.
"Wuda, your role is very heavy this time, and the task is the most difficult. Do you have the confidence to complete it?" Ma Rulong asked loudly.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Wu Da responded three times in a voice that was twice as high as him, which made the officers' ears buzz.
This is the roar of the lower class to the upper class!
After Wuda sat down, Ma Rulong ordered the standing captains: "Once you receive the signal, go west at full speed immediately, block the entrance of the Neiwan, and force the Ryukyu warship to subdue!"
"What if they don't surrender?" Haierdi, the captain of the 102nd line, blocked the cluster commander, asked in a deep voice.
"What's the problem? This is war!" Wang Rulong glanced at him and said rudely: "Fire all warships that have entered the range, and kill them without any widows!"
"I understand!" Haierdi whispered.
"The width of this section of bay is 1,100 meters." Wang Rulong opened his tiger's mouth, pressed his thumb and index finger against both sides of the bay mouth, and said in a deep voice: "I have given you thirty-three warships, and only five fish that escape the net are allowed at most. Can it be done!"
"Don't worry, you can show up at most three!" Haierdi said with great confidence.
"Okay, then I'll set three more. I'll report to pick you up one star!" Wang Rulong pointed at the three silver stars on Haier's chest with a small wooden stick.
"Then it's better to follow what you said, five points." Haierdi immediately became timid and whispered: "I still look forward to hanging Venus as soon as possible, and no one can be missing..."
"Hahaha!" The meeting room burst into laughter.
"What are you laughing at? Of course, the enemy will be lenient." Haierdi hurriedly spoke to the comrades who were joking.
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"301,302,303..." After the first group sat down, another group of police officers who were called to the name stood up.
"You are responsible for the second-tier blockade mission and form a second-tier blockade cluster at the entrance of Amami Bay. Once a ship escapes from the front-tier cluster, it is your mission!" Wang Rulong ordered in a deep voice: "If the front-tier cluster can complete the task, then you cannot put any ship out."
This batch of warships are all medium-sized black-tailed ships, with flexible steering and hard hulls. They will have to hit them directly if they are not allowed.
"What if they can't?" asked Xin Fei, who was the commander of the second-line cluster.
"That kind may not exist." Haier said.
"Even if they can't, your mission is still the same. You are not allowed to put any Ryuqiu boat out!" But Wang Rulong ordered a decisive order.
"Yes!" The captains accepted the order in unison.
Although he issued a death order, Wang Rulong arranged a third-tier blockade cluster and ordered them to take on the task of blocking the offshore seas. From tomorrow, he would prevent any ships from approaching Amami Bay.
If a Ryukyu ship can break through the second line of obstacles, they will have to...
In a word, be sure to take it all in one go!
Chapter completed!