C431 Ryukyu Saw Battle

A storm was brewing in the Beijing, and Ryukyu's tyrant had long since erupted. It had been four days since the day French Fleet appeared. These four days of battle could no longer be described as tragic. To both sides, this was a contest of wills.

In these four days, both sides had already released their anger, the artillery barrage never stopped, and the number of French Army s gathered also increased to more than a thousand.

The entire French Fleet was split into two, the flagship Glory s and the three heavy cruiser ships were cruising there, carrying out strategic bombardment of the city every day, and looking for opportunities to land anytime.

The remaining four cruisers all headed north to support the Guotou Village's battles. Each time the French Army charged, they received strong artillery support.

In these four days of battle, the commanders of the French officers s led by Molière and Bruce were indeed exceptional.

The French Army was indeed worthy of being the strongest in this era. Facing this group of arrogant soldiers that were charging again and again, they had almost failed five times in the trench under the cover of the cannons.

Four cruisers fired more than two hundred cannons in a crazy barrage of ammunition. Before the army charged, they had to blast a round, and after a slight failure, they had to continue bombing under cover and retreat. In the middle of the night, they even had to fire another round of ammunition to disturb the people.

When the French blew up, the Ryukyu soldiers dug with all their might. Whenever there was a war, these soldiers would automatically become engineers, and there was only one job per day, to dig the trenches.

Of course, Cai Mao and Liang Kun knew the importance of the northern defense line. In the past few days, not only did they replenish over three hundred veterans, they had also sent over a thousand strong and strong people. In the end, the number of people who guarded the northern defense line already exceeded three thousand.

This is already the limit of the Ryukyu Kingdom's manpower that they can squeeze out. When the three thousand of them were in position, Liang Kun said in a pained voice, "This is the last batch of reinforcements, then the pressure on Ba will be even greater, and the rest of the beaches will also have to be defended. If you can hold on, I'll go to the Prime Minister and ask for your merits. I won't punish you, so let's die together! "

This was not because of Liang Kun's alarms, but the current reality of the Ryukyu Kingdom. All the men who had received military training had already organized themselves, and the only people left were the elderly, the weak, and the handicapped.

Chu Zhao and Luo Houzi never thought that they would have so many people under their command in their life. 3000 people was just one strengthening group, this made the two Company Commander s feel extremely pressured, needless to say, the organization of basic officer s, it was enough to give them a headache.

If you have more people, you will need to have an organized structure. Do you even have a battalion of Battalion Commanders, Company Commander, Queue length, and Squad Leaders under your command? You can't command without these organization structures.

Under such extreme helplessness, Chu Zhao and Luo Houzi could only choose the most conservative strategy, which was to desperately dig trenches for defense. In these four days, they had actually expanded a single trench all the way to four parallel trenches, and there were even dozens of bunkers inside to hide from the explosions.

These trenches were connected by a complex network of trenches, forming a huge iron net against the French.

Normally, they were all elites of their generation. Whether it was the spear techniques, the coordination between the soldiers, or even the coordination between the infantry and the cannons, they had all reached the peak of their generation.

Many times the brave French Army had already broken through the first trench, and had even partially occupied the second trench. However, this group of Chinese and Ryukyu people were just too capable at digging, and countless death warriors rushed out from the third and fourth trenches, wielding bayonets in their hands to engage in close combat.

This kind of hoodlum fighting style caused French soldiers to feel extremely bitter. Many times, clearly, they were the ones who were going to win this battle, but they were turned around by these Chinese people.

What was worse was that these Chinese were really good at using hand grenades and combustion bottles. They didn't know where Xiao Letian got the design ideas from, but he actually produced more than ten hand grenades and threw them into the battlefield.

Molotov's cocktail s were the minimum standard, high-explosive grenades filled with explosives were nothing rare. Xiao Letian actually designed a lot of chili grenades, smoke grenades, poisonous gas grenades … There were even phosphorescent grenades that exploded after igniting.

French soldiers has never seen such a battlefield before. Just breaking through first trench, followed by two Phosphorescence Hand Bombs, caused the vanguard unit to be blinded after the two balls of white light. If it wasn't for the protection of the follow-up troops, this group of people would have all died here.

What gave the French a headache was not only the strange little things, but also the crazy fighting spirit of this group of Asian.

No one could imagine where the fighting will of these inferior races came from. During the day, they fought or dug, and at night, this group of people actually dared to launch a night raid into the French army. Hundreds of silent soldiers crawled forward and shouted crazily as they approached the Guotou Village.

In the pitch-black night, Gun were basically useless. They would usually fire two or three rounds before quickly turning into a brutal hand-to-hand fight.

In these four days, Guotou Village had become the heart of the French. Although they did not lose their berth, everyone's heart was filled with doubts and fear.

Molière was furious at the deadlock in front of him. He had already roared more than once, the Glory s and Captain's Room s had become the hell for the officials of Expeditionary forces in the pitch black night.

"Idiot …" Pig … You are all the shame of the Empire... Four days, four whole days, and you didn't even have the slightest bit of success, and you all deserve to be court-martialed! " Molière smashed the wine on the table, and the glass shards even cut General Bruce's face.

The admiral did not dare to complain at all. He respectfully stood in front of the envoy and bowed his head as if he was a third grandson being reprimanded.

"His Excellency the Special Envoy, please calm your anger! It wasn't that our brothers didn't work hard, it was just that this battle was too tiring … These two days, I rode on a Zodiac and flew around the island once. Only when I saw it with my own eyes did I know how dangerous the mountain area is! "

"Only the port and Guotou Village are suitable for soldiers to land on this island. The other beaches are either small or sealed by the mountains, we simply cannot find a better place to attack …"

Hearing the general's explanation, the other high-ranking officers all opened their mouths as well, "Please forgive us His Excellency the Special Envoy, we have really tried our best. In these four days, the navy has already knocked out five shore defense cannons, and the remaining five enemy cannons are clearly not firing smoothly …"

"Take a look at Naha Harbor's mouth, we have already flattened one-third of them. The enemy's loss is more than ten times greater than ours!"

"Shut up!" Molière went completely crazy, "Is this your battle record? Blowing down some houses was all for the sake of contribution? Let me ask you, how much ammunition does our fleet have in reserve? Is that enough for a quarter of the time? "

"And look at Guotou Village, where has this grand French Army been suppressed by a few trenches for four days? "This is a humiliation, a great humiliation …"

Facing the envoy's madness, Major General Bruce had to explain. If he let Molière continue scolding him like this, it might even cause a commotion.

"Please calm your anger, His Excellency the Special Envoy, we have already tried our best. I think you should carefully think about what is the navy! We are fighting alone in the ocean, tens of thousands of miles away from the Home Country. Haven't you ever studied at the Military Academy? "

"The advantage of the navy lies in its motivation and great explosive power, not its ability to fight a protracted war. After all, we don't have a continent that we can rely on …"

"Enough!" Molière angrily cut off the general's retort, "Remember, the Emperor wants victory, and your enemies are just a bunch of barbarians from East Asia. If you can't even take care of them, what's the use of France keeping you?"

Molière's eyes were almost spitting fire, he had a stone in his heart, "All of you are the elites of the France's navy, don't you think about it carefully, if we lost the battle with the Chinese … What face do we have to go back to Europe? "

"Even if His Majesty does not punish us, do you still have the face to continue living? You have to know that this is East Asia, we are facing a Ryukyu weaker than the Qing Dynasty! "

Molière had already said everything clearly, the officers present could no longer refute his words. That's right, if the French Expeditionary Force could not even defeat the Ryukyu, then she would really become the laughing stock of Europe.

But was the Ryukyu that easy to fight? Who would have thought that a small and backward Ryukyu would actually possess the most advanced shore defense cannon, the most advanced rear armored rifle, and countless strange weapons and equipment that people could not even imagine.

What was even worse was that even though they didn't know how Xiao Letian brainwashed these people, this group of weak nations actually let out a fighting spirit that far surpassed the Qing Dynasty's army. Their tenacity and tenacity didn't seem like that of the Asian's.

Molière looked at the silent officers in front of him, clenched his fists and continued to cheer them on, "Let's try harder, the enemy is in far more pain than us, we can freely attack them while we swim in the ocean, but these barbarians can only passively take beatings. I can guess, the mood of this group of barbarians is already at the critical point, maybe tomorrow will be the moment for them to collapse …"

"Isn't it just a matter of ammunition? Very good, I have already contacted the officials of the British Fleet in Hong Kong, they have already agreed to sell us sufficient firearms … If my guess is not wrong, there should be British battleship coming for us in Shanghai, China right now, and the supplies that we need are coming for us! "

With a boom, all the military officers present burst into laughter. Since the British were willing to be the logistics officer, there was nothing to be afraid of. They just continued bombing until the sky turned dark and the sun went out.

"Please rest assured His Excellency the Special Envoy, as long as we have sufficient supplies, we are confident that we can obtain the final victory. Even if we have to completely destroy this city, we will not hesitate …"

Just as the group of people were expressing their loyalty, a series of hurried knocking sounds came from the direction of Captain's Room. "Reporting, Sir, lights of ships have appeared from the southwest, it seems to be large ships. Their identities are unknown as they are approaching us …"

Hm? Everyone was stunned, the news of the war in Ryukyu had already spread throughout East Asia, even if a merchant ship were to pass through this sea, it would still be hidden away, why would there be a ship approaching automatically?