The cannon sounded!
After a gunshot, and after a moment of silence, the British fleet fired!
Amidst the rumbling sound of artillery, the roaring shells accurately hit the belly of the Japanese ship. The violent explosion of the grenades easily tore apart the wooden hull. While the surging water poured into the cabin, the Japanese fired back.
While the infantry fought back with rifles, the Japanese navy also fought back with naval guns. Although the Japanese naval officers and soldiers led by the "Tsukuba" gunboat fought back extremely quickly, the tragedy was doomed from the beginning.
Facing the well-trained British Royal Navy, the Japanese Navy was almost vulnerable. Amidst the rumbling cannons, the electric Gatling cannons on the British warships also fired. This kind of machine gun was produced by introducing Ming Dynasty's patented technology.
Machine guns can be called the nemesis of wooden-hulled ships, but in just the blink of an eye, thousands of cannonballs shred the side panels of wooden-hulled ships.
The British artillery fire was extremely fierce, fully demonstrating the sophistication of the Royal Navy's gunnery. One shot after another hit the hull of the Japanese ship, and the exploding shells blasted out water columns on the sea, making the sea feel like it was boiling.
Yes, surging.
But the most deadly thing was the bloody storm caused by the 30mm grenade hitting the deck. Wherever the shell passed, there was a lake of flesh and blood. Hundreds of shells penetrated the bodies of the Hiroshima Taiwan Army soldiers, and they were sprayed with blood mist.
Clouds of smoke exploded, and the fragments of the explosion once again rolled up countless pieces of broken flesh.
"Crash..."
Cold seawater poured into the cabin from the blasted side of the ship. In an instant, the injured ship tilted. The heavily flooded hull continued to tip to the side, and soon, the entire ship flipped over.
, the heavy hull quickly sank into the water. The Japanese army and navy soldiers on the ship fell into the cold seawater one by one like dumplings.
The sea water in January is very cold, and there are even some ice floes on the sea, but the Japanese army and navy soldiers are wearing very thick clothes. After they fell into the water, their winter military uniforms were immediately soaked in the sea water, making each of them look like a set off.
He didn't even have time to swim out of the sea, and he was dragged into the bottom of the sea by the heavy quilt.
Amid the violent explosion, the hull of the "Nishiyama Maru" creaked and then fell apart!
"Abandon ship, abandon ship..."
Before he could even abandon the ship, Nozu Michizuki fell into the water. Like everyone else, the woolen military uniform he was wearing became heavier than a lead weight after falling into the water. He could only struggle with all his strength.
Japanese ships were sunk one after another. In addition to sailors, those ships also carried hundreds of army soldiers who were stationed in Hiroshima. Each ship was like a town floating on the sea. There were few people on board.
There were seven to eight hundred people, and as many as a thousand people. As the ship sank, the sea was filled with a horrible scene.
Thousands of Japanese army and navy officers and soldiers sank into the icy seabed without even having time to struggle. Only a few lucky ones grabbed hold of driftwood and struggled desperately in the icy cold water, shouting for help.
After more people struggled for a while, their bodies became stiff due to the rapid drop in body temperature. Then they gave up struggling and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
Thousands of Japanese army and navy officers and soldiers were hit by artillery shells that fell on the sea. In the violent explosion, they were turned into piles of minced meat floating on the sea.
The water column raised high during the explosion was white, with red in the white. That was red flesh!
The blood spread rapidly on the sea surface, and then disappeared without a trace in the water column rising from the explosion.
There is more yellow on the sea!
That’s the yellow color of the Picric Acid Bomb!
It dyes the sea water yellow, and among the yellow, there is some red,
The bombardment is still continuing, on this sea of yellow and red, blood and fire. The sound of the cannons is rumbling, and the smoke clouds of explosions are rolling back and forth on the sea surface. While the flames are rising into the sky, there are bombs flying into the sky everywhere.
Body fragments.
Thousands of mutilated corpses were floating among the countless wooden planks on the sea.
And among the floating wooden boards, despair was written on every face.
This sea is no longer a sea, but a sea of death!
The battle only lasted less than half an hour, and all the Japanese navy ships were sunk. Tens of thousands of Japanese army and navy officers and soldiers sank into the sea with the ships. In the end, less than a thousand people were rescued.
Hiroshima held Taiwan, the "Fifth Division" known to the Chinese for its resistance to war in another world, that is, the Itagaki Division of the Ming Dynasty. Before it could enter the battlefield, it was in its infancy and was captured by the British Royal Navy.
The Chinese fleet was sent to the icy seabed.
This bud was just... crushed!
…
The next morning, when the "Back Attack Force" was attacked by the British Royal Navy and the news of the entire army's destruction reached Tokyo, Iwakura Tomomi, the magistrate, was stunned for several minutes, and then his shoulders collapsed and he said.
"Did Britain declare war on Japan?"
The answer is of course no. Iwakura Tomomi immediately summoned the British Minister to Japan Parkes. As soon as they met, he immediately criticized the British very strongly in English for shelling Japanese ships in peacetime and violated public law. He hoped that
The British government gave an explanation.
Faced with Iwakura Tomoshi's protest, Parkes just shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and then said.
"This all stems from a misunderstanding!"
"What!"
Iwakura Tomomi opened his eyes wide in shock. He simply couldn't believe what the other party said.
"Yes, Your Excellency, this is just a misunderstanding. According to General Reddell's telegram, after they encountered your country's fleet at sea, considering that there was a British captain among them, in order to prevent the British from being involved in your country's conflict, Switzerland
General Dell ordered your fleet to stop. After many orders, you not only refused to obey, but also opened fire on the British fleet. Since it was attacked, the Royal Navy of course fought back. Of course, the facts proved that this... was a misunderstanding.
!”
Parkes' arrogant answer almost made Iwakura Tomomi swallow his breath and almost made him angry to death.
What is arrogance? Now he finally saw the arrogance of the great powers and their arrogance.
The deaths of tens of thousands of Japanese army and navy!
In their eyes, it was...a misunderstanding!
"Mr. Minister, is this how the British treat Japan? Your barbaric behavior will definitely be criticized by the whole world. You are massacring!"
Iwakura Tomoe yelled angrily.
"You are using massacre to help Tokugawa Shigenaki! Misunderstanding, this is nothing more than"
"Your Excellency, Tai Zhengguan, whether you believe it or not, this is a misunderstanding, but I believe it!"
Parkes looked at Iwakura Tomoshi in front of him and said in an extremely calm tone.
"How could such a misunderstanding happen if it wasn't your people who shot at us? In the final analysis, the responsibility for this incident still lies with you Japanese people."
From Parkes' point of view, there was no suspense about this incident at all. It was the Japanese who opened fire first. Then the British Royal Navy was forced to fight back.
"If it weren't for the fact that we feel that all this is probably a misunderstanding, you should compensate us. After all, you fired at our fleet. Of course, since all this is a misunderstanding, then compensation
There’s no need for it.”
For a moment, Iwakura Tomomi was dumbfounded. He did not expect that the British would be so shameless.
What is he saying?
He actually wanted Japan to compensate Britain for its losses, but what about the Japanese?
What about the Japanese army and navy officers and soldiers killed by the British navy?
What are they?
Did they die like this in vain?
Iwakura Tomoshi's heart was filled with anger. He glared at Parkly and said almost every word.
"Mr. Minister, is this your attitude towards this matter? Or is this the way the UK handles international affairs?"
Facing his question, Parkes nodded.
"From the British perspective this is just a misunderstanding!"
This chapter has been completed!