C437 indiscriminate bombing

After a night of chaos, Na Ba only gradually calmed down at 3 o'clock. Hundreds of thousands of civilians and soldiers were enjoying a rare moment of peace. However, this peace was broken by the sound of gunfire after only three hours.

At six in the morning, as the sun rose, the French Fleet began their plan to bombard Yue Yang.

"Glory, Zodiac, Roman, Gauls … Wandering in the sea outside Naha Harbor's mouth, responsible for bombing the cities... "Everyone, remember, give up on the military goal and start bombing the city..."

"Holiness, Sea God, Pious, Gale …" "Disengage from the territorial waters and begin to bombard the island. Attack all targets that pose a threat without distinction …"

"The construction of the Guotou Village Army is done with defense, without any orders, you can't attack without permission …"

"The entire army will bear in mind that from now on 24 hours of indiscriminate bombing, the civilian target first, the military target second... "This time, we will not hold back on the ammunition. We will make them remember it for the rest of their lives …"

The flagship Glory began to issue orders one by one. As the order was given, the French Fleet took off the last of the shameful cloth and started to open fire at the commoners.

Glory s, up and down the three floors, opened all of the cannons on the shooting deck, and over seventy cannons simultaneously shot out, blowing up the streets in the vicinity of the Boss Mi into a sea of fire.

Soon after, the other warships also chose their targets and began to bombard them. Business district, warehouse district, civilian residential district … Even Smoky Willow Lane had not escaped calamity. The only exceptions were all the cannons, trenches, military camps and palaces in the Ryukyu.

Boss Mi was woken up by the earthquake like shaking and rumbling of cannons. Last night, the ruckus caused by the explosion was too late, so fortunately, Boss Mi did not return to the forest to hide, but stayed behind in the shop.

The citizens couldn't be blamed for being careless. Indeed, during these four days, most of the French artillery was focused on military targets, and most of the civilian areas were relatively safe. No matter what, the comfort level of the houses in the city was definitely better than digging through the forest deep in the mountains.

"What's going on? "Why did it explode so early today …" When the slumbering Boss Mi opened the door, the scene in front of him shocked him.

The silk villa at the end of the street was there last night, but today it has turned into a sea of fire. Screams could be heard from the dancing flames.

"Hurry up and save them …" "Hurry up and save them …" Boss Mi shouted as he rushed forward. However, after running only three or four steps, he suddenly heard a boom from behind him.

The entire world spun before Boss Mi's eyes, his ears were filled with sharp cries, and dark red blood flowed out from his hair, covering his face like a waterfall.

At this time, Boss Mi no longer had the concept of time. He didn't know how much time had passed before he finally regained his consciousness, but after his mind cleared up a little, he realized that everything around him had changed.

The silk shop in front of him was on fire, the left side of the store had already been destroyed by the explosion, and the right side of the pub was also sealed by the flames. As for the rice shop behind him, it was now on fire.

"It's gone, why is it all gone …" Boss Mi did not know where to go with his flustered hands. The exploding points in his field of vision had already formed into pieces, continuously spreading through the city. Black figures flew everywhere in the sky, the black smoke and dust from the explosions had already covered the entire city.

The city had already fallen into complete chaos. The streets were filled with terrified civilians, and two torchlight humanoid monsters had even jumped out of the streets as they screamed miserably.

"Oh heavens, what sin did the Ryukyu commit? "Heavens, why did you punish us like that …" Boss Mi knelt on the street and cried loudly.

The brutality of the French infuriated all the guards, and the gun emplacements on the hilltops that guarded the city began to fire angry fires at the enemy ships on the surface of the sea.

"Fire …" Fire... "Everyone, don't stop. Continue shooting …" The black gunner Mai Kesi was already going crazy with anger. If the previous four days had been a contest between soldiers, then today, the French bombardment of the civilians had completely ignited the fury in the defending army's heart.

"Bastard, if you have the ability then come at me. What's the point in attacking commoners …" "Bastard!" Countless soldiers screamed their lungs out, but the French could not hear them at all. Instead, the scale of the bombardment continued to increase.

The sound of the cannons rumbling could be heard as the shore defense cannons shot towards the French battleship with their highest firing rate. Rather than saying that they wanted to fight the enemy, it would be more accurate to say that these cannons wanted to use their attacks to attract the French people's firepower.

"Fire at laozi …" "If you have the ability, come at us …" Countless Forces nouvelles soldiers raised their middle fingers and cursed at the Frenchman as they operated their cannons.

However, it was strange today. The French did not even bother to fight with the cannon emplacement. The battleships outside the port were circling the sea nonstop, and they had no pattern to speak of. This caused the firing accuracy of the cannon emplacement to be reduced to almost zero.

The target of the shore defense cannon was a few warships that were constantly moving far away from the sea. It was extremely difficult to aim at, so the intense shooting could not hurt the French battleship except for creating splashes on the sea.

However, it was too easy for the French to bomb the city. With hundreds of thousands of people surrounding the city, the naval gun did not even need to aim at it. Every shell could bring about destruction to the city.

Time passed minute after minute, the shore defense cannon had been shooting for more than two hours. Other than lightly injuring the Glory twice, they had not gotten any results.

"This group of bastards, this group of lunatics …" "I hate that we don't have a navy, Prime Minister is right, a nation without maritime rights has no future, the taste of being beaten up is too unbearable …"

At this moment, a messenger ran in from outside the fortifications. "Report to the general …" When the northern observation post noticed the movement of the French battleship, the French warships all retreated. They went around the country and attacked to the east coast … "

"What?" They went to the east coast? "Immediately send out an order for the army to be on high alert, in case the enemies land and ambush us …"

In the end, Cai Mao had guessed wrong about the Frenchman's plan. These four battleships did not intend to board the ship at all, their only goal was the various supplies and refugee shantytowns that Ryukyu Kingdom was hiding in the mountains.

The main island of Ryukyu was more prosperous to the south than to the north, and more lively to the east. The Shouli City and the Naha Harbor's specific location was at the southwest corner of the island, while the rest of the islands were mostly high mountains.

High mountains and dense forests were naturally a good place to hide soldiers, civilians, and arms. In this complicated geographical environment, don't mention bombing, even if you didn't bring any guides, you would still get lost.

On the deck of the Sea God was the water dog that was swimming in the sea last night. In his hand was the map of the Ryukyu that Gong Cheng had spent a lot of money to find out about the equipment.

"Yes, this is the place … Do you see that cove to the south? Forget about this mountain slope that blocked their view, just behind this mountain slope was a large refugee camp. At the very least, there should be tens of thousands of Ryukyu people hiding there … "Fire the cannon, it's up to you French people to be accurate!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Four battleships, under the command of the water dog, began to blindly fire towards the back of the hill. In the end, after two rounds of gunfire, the smoke began to billow out.

"Hahaha, let's see if your father is right or not. "Let's continue bombing. We need to change our location for another two rounds …"

"Did you see that village which appeared vaguely in the northwest corner? That was the place where, the number one grocer of the Ryukyu, hid her grain. Explode all his food … "

"South, south, in the forest at the corner, there is the Ryukyu's armory. "Fire, you don't have to care about the accuracy of your aim to open your mouth wide to explode …" "Ahh …" "

Under the command of Gong Cheng's henchmen, the secret strongholds that were hidden deep in the mountains were exposed. The French had finally reaped the biggest rewards of the war.

At the end of the bombing, even the French officers shook their heads. Looking at the Water Dog's excited expression, no one could understand it, even though this was the Ryukyu Kingdom, but a third of the people here were Chinese? Why were they so happy when they killed their own people? This people really couldn't understand.

At this point of the war, the Shouli City was in a complete mess. Although the French did not attack the imperial city, they had slaughtered the citizens of the Ryukyu.

"What's going on? Why do the French know so many hidden strongholds? Where did this spy come from? "I want to take over his home and destroy his entire clan …" The young Shang Tai roared from atop the city walls. Every time he saw a new cloud of dust fly into the air from the explosion, his heart would bleed.

"Where's Cai Mao? Where's Liang Kun? The Prime Minister asked them to protect the Ryukyu, is that how they protect it? Fight back … Are we going to let the French slaughter my people? "

Shang Tai roared like a furious lion, the people around him were all pale-faced civil and military ministers, for a long time, only Jin Changsen dared to come forward and say a word.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. Don't blame the two generals …" Who told us the Ryukyu didn't have a navy? Isn't this what passively taking a beating looks like … If it doesn't work out, can we negotiate with the French? "

Jin Changsen looked at the surrounding crowd and quickly waved his hand, "Don't misunderstand, I'm not surrendering. I just want to use a strategy to delay the enemy, at least give us time to lick our wounds …"

"Reporting..." Reporting to his majesty, General Liang Kun brought two hundred personal guards and charged straight to the head of the Northern Mountain Country. The general said that he was going to launch a counterattack and destroy the French army in the Guotou Village … "

"The general also said that it would be best to capture a group of captives for us. Otherwise, if we were to passively suffer such an attack, our morale of troops would collapse!"

Looking at the soldier who kneeled on the ground, Shang Tai's eyes were filled with tears. He suddenly shouted in anger, "Change! "My people are bleeding, how can I remain indifferent …"

After saying that, Shang Tai immediately ran down the city walls, this time poking a hornet's nest. The civil servants on the city walls all surrounded him with a "hong" sound, all of them hugging their legs, hugging their waist, and the rest kneeling down.

"Your majesty, you can't. You are the spiritual pillar of Ryukyu now, if there is any accident, our country will really fall!"