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On the seventh day of October in the 19th year of Chongzhen, on the sea about [-] nautical miles away from the Ryukyu Islands, a fleet flying the Ming flag was heading towards Naha, Ryukyu.
This fleet is the [-] Ming Navy led by Haijiao and the [-] Army led by Tang Wang Zhu Yujian. The fleet is composed of two iron-clad ships, the Wendi and Zhengde, and ten sail transport ships.
The fleet is not large, but it still has no problem dealing with the Satsuma domain on the Ryukyu Islands. If difficulties are encountered, the Taiwan garrison will come to support.
The Ryukyu Kingdom, the name of the feudal regime that once existed in the Ryukyu Islands, originally referred to the three countries of Shannan, Zhongshan, and Shanbei established in the Ryukyu Islands. In 1429, the Three Kingdoms were unified into the Kingdom of Ryukyu.
The Kingdom of Ryukyu is located between Taiwan Island of China and Kyushu Island of Japan, winding 1000 kilometers, with a total area of 3600 square kilometers.
Because of its special geographical location, it is known as a transit point for trade in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, and its trade is developed, so it is known as "Tianjin Liang of All Nations".
In 1372, the Ryukyu countries became the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty of China.
In 1429, the unified Ryukyu Kingdom still maintained suzerain-vassal relations with China.
After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu continued to pay tribute to the Qing government.
In 1663, Ryukyu was officially canonized by the Qing Dynasty. Since then, Ryukyu has used the title of the Qing Dynasty and paid tribute to the Qing Dynasty. The Ryukyu kings of all dynasties have always asked the Chinese emperor for canonization, and it has never stopped.
In 1609, the Japanese Satsuma clan led troops to invade and occupy Ryukyu, forcing Ryukyu to pay tribute to Japan.
The Ryukyu Kingdom formed a state of "two vassalities", and was gradually controlled by the Satsuma clan and became a vassal of the Satsuma clan.
In 1872, the Japanese government took advantage of Emperor Meiji's personal administration to cut the name of the Ryukyu country and set it as the "Ryukyu Fan".
In July 1875, Japan forced the Kingdom of Ryukyu to stop paying tribute to the Qing government and use the Japanese era name instead.
In 1879, Japan announced that Ryukyu was abolished and established as a prefecture, completing the so-called "Ryukyu Disposition", forcibly incorporating Ryukyu into Japan, establishing "Okinawa" county, and the Kingdom of Ryukyu fell.
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Chapter 659 Human Feast
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The above is the history of Ryukyu. Of course, it is the 19th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty. Although Ryukyu is controlled by Satsuma, it has not stopped paying tribute to Ming Dynasty.
They are paying tribute to the Wa Kingdom and at the same time paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty, they are completely stuck in the cracks.
Haijiao, the captain of Wendi, was in the command cabin discussing with King Tang how to regain control of Ryukyu from the Satsuma clan with the least loss.
A report from the observation post suddenly came from the intercom:
"Report to the captain, the Ming fleet is still [-] nautical miles away from Ryukyu, and no Satsuma ships have been found."
Cape grabbed the walkie-talkie:
"Understood, continue to observe."
"Yes"
Ending the call with the observation post, the cape sent an order:
"Pass my order, the fleet is moving forward at full speed, today we will be the masters of the Ryukyu Islands."
"Yes"
Tang Wang saw the walkie-talkie for the first time, and was directly confused by Haijiao's operation.
He grabbed the walkie-talkie and looked it over and over again. The more he looked, the more confused he became:
"General, how can someone talk in this thing?"
Haijiao smiled slightly and said:
"My lord, this is an artifact prepared by His Majesty for the army. We don't know exactly how it was made. It is very convenient for combat command."
King Tang nodded, his eyes full of envy:
"Oh, that's it, it's really amazing."
Haijiao saw that Tang Wang was very interested in the walkie-talkie.
More than [-] officers of the frontline army of the Ming army were equipped with walkie-talkies.
Haijiao didn't understand why His Majesty didn't prepare a walkie-talkie for King Tang, maybe it was because King Tang had just entered the battlefield!
"My lord, we didn't equip walkie-talkies at the beginning, and only equipped them later. You can apply to His Majesty after you take the Ryukyu."
Tang Wang Zhu Yujian shook his head and said with a smile:
"Thank you, General, for reminding me that this king is already very grateful to His Majesty for being able to lead his troops to the expedition, and I dare not ask for anything else."
Now the big man behind the scenes controlling Ryukyu is the general Birch Mid-Autumn Festival of the Satsuma Domain.
He is the son of Birch Guangming, the general who led the troops to occupy Ryukyu in 1609.
After Huamu Guangming died, his son Birch Zhongqiu took over as the chief general of the Ryukyu garrison.
The Satsuma clan of the Wa Kingdom has more than 2000 troops in Ryukyu, as well as [-] Wa Kingdom warriors and former Wa Kingdom businessmen, and more than a dozen warships.
Their warships are all tortoise shell ships, small but strong, with sails and paddles that can be hand-operated.
The protective panels of the turtle ship's hull are made of hardwood, which resembles a turtle shell, so it is called a turtle ship.
The hull is 34 meters long and more than 4 meters wide. There is a shell made of thick wood on the deck, and it is covered with scaly iron leaves.
The iron leaves can resist the projection of enemy bows and firearms. On the top cover and beside the deck, there are many sharp iron cones and sharp knives, which make it difficult for the enemy to climb.
This is a warship invented by the Koreans, and it is the battleship driven by Yi sun-shin.
In 1597, Yi sun-shin was between Jindo in the south of Korea and the Myeongryang Strait in the mainland of Korea.
Only relying on 14 ships and 100 modified civilian ships repelled 133 Japanese ships.The battle is controversial, here is the North Korean version
After the defeat of Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Wa Kingdom, he immediately ordered the construction of the turtle ship. , and put on sails and guns.
In this way, a new type of turtle ship was born in Wa.
At this time, Birch Mid-autumn, the general of the Satsuma clan stationed in Ryukyu, was enjoying a feast of human bodies.
As the name suggests, a human feast is to use a beautiful girl as a container, and place food on her body for eating.
A geisha with a "female body" must undergo rigorous special training before taking up the job.
The traditional training method is to place 6 egg on each of the 1 points of the body.
And it is required that after lying down for 4 hours, the egg is still in the original position, which is to practice perseverance.