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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 564: Attacking Tokyo

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    A convoy of several luxury carriages was running wildly on the streets of Tokyo. Hundreds of elite palace guards, riding war horses, escorted these carriages.  The people in the carriage were none other than Emperor Meiji, Empress Miko, and their sons and daughters.  After the Imperial Palace was bombarded by the Chinese navy, Interior Minister Saigo Nomichi immediately arranged for people to forcibly stuff Emperor Meiji into the carriage, and then put the empress, prince, and princes all on the carriage and took them away from Tokyo.  This dangerous place.

    Emperor Meiji was very angry at first, but he promised to live and die with Tokyo.  But now, he escaped in a carriage, which made him feel deeply ashamed.  Several times, he wanted to tell the team to stop and return to the palace.  However, the sound of Chinese naval shelling echoing throughout Tokyo made him a little scared.  The thought of the palace being bombarded made him fearful that the shells would explode around him.  Although he is the emperor, he is still very afraid of death.

    Thinking of this, Emperor Meiji's body couldn't help but tremble slightly.  At this time, a pair of warm hands held his somewhat cold hand.  After Empress Miko discovered the strangeness of Emperor Meiji, she began to comfort him.

    "Your Majesty, I believe in the warriors of the empire, they will definitely defeat the Chinese!" Queen Meiko said softly.  Although Empress Meiko is fifty years old, she is very well-maintained and looks like a young woman in her early thirties.  Instead, it was Emperor Meiji.  Only forty-seven years old.  Rather like a twilight old man.

    "I'm fine! It's just that I feel very uncomfortable when I see the people of the empire being ravaged by the Chinese!" Emperor Meiji said.

    "Your Majesty! God will definitely punish these evil Chinese people." Queen Meiko said.  Perhaps at this time, Japan can only place its hopes on illusory gods.

    The connection between Tokyo and outside the city is very crowded.  The residents of Tokyo, after Tokyo was violently bombarded by the Chinese navy, realized that they might be in danger if they continued to stay in Tokyo.  Therefore, they fled here one after another.  The roads are full of people carrying salutes.  Japanese fleeing the city.  Wealthy families can still own carriages, but most people rely on their legs.

    "My lord, there are too many civilians on the road, which seriously restricts our speed!" The chief guard of the palace reported to the Minister of the Interior Saigo Congdou.  The emperor's carriage was completely blocked by the crowd.

    "Baga! These bastards!" Xixiang Congdao yelled.

    "Boom!" At this time, a shell exploded on the roadside, blowing a house into ruins.  The people fleeing were frightened.  Screams kept coming.  Many Japanese people are like headless flies.  They wandered around and even bumped into Emperor Meiji's car.

    ¡°Disperse these unruly people immediately and escort His Majesty the Emperor away first!¡± ordered the Minister of the Interior, Saigo Yomichi.

    "Yes, sir!" The captain of the guard was shocked and immediately went down to deliver the order. The emperor was blocked here, but it was very dangerous!  Only by escaping Tokyo can we come down safely.  He had long wanted to take action against these civilians, but he didn't dare to act rashly because he didn't get the order.

    "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Hundreds of guards, riding Japanese horses, charged crazily at the Japanese blocking the road.  The guards waved their riding whips and whipped the Japanese civilians blocking the road.  In pain, the Japanese had to get out of the way.  Although these Japanese were very dissatisfied, they did not dare to resist.  The hierarchy of Japanese society is very strict. Although these Japanese civilians don't know who is sitting in the carriage, looking at the luxury of the carriage and the fierce guards, they can tell at a glance that they are rich and powerful people. Maybe they are.  royal.  Therefore, at most they could only curse a few words in their hearts.

    After dispersing the civilians, the carriage moved faster and left Tokyo in less than half an hour, heading towards Kyoto.  During this period, although Emperor Meiji saw the guards dispersing the civilians, there was no other performance.  Perhaps in his opinion, it is natural for these humble civilians to make way for him at this time!

    On the sea, the Chinese Navy¡¯s bombardment of Tokyo continues.  Dense artillery shells exploded in Tokyo. Not only the Japanese positions on the coast were bombarded, but also the urban area was hit by a lot of artillery shells.  The only area that was not bombarded was probably the port area.  The reason why the Chinese navy does not bombard port areas is to use these port areas when landing.  The port area has complete facilities, which can save a lot of time when landing.  Of course, we must prevent the Japanese from destroying the port in a hurry.

    On land, the ninth group of the Eighth Armyand the 36th Division, are also marching along the coast towards Tokyo.  Along the way, the Navy's two light cruisers and two destroyers provided fire support for them.  Although the Japanese army mobilized troops to intercept them, they still could not slow down their pace.  When the navy opened fire on Tokyo, they had already defeated two Japanese divisions and captured Yokohama, which was only more than thirty kilometers away from Tokyo.

    The Chinese Navy¡¯s bombardment of Tokyo lasted for half a day and consumed half of the artillery shells of several warships.  At this time, a large part of Tokyo's urban area had been destroyed by shelling, and the Japanese defensive positions had become very dilapidated.  During the shelling by the Chinese navy, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties. According to statistics, at least tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers died under the shelling by the Chinese navy.  As for civilians, there are more.

    After the shelling, the Chinese ** team began to land.  The main force of the 6th Marine Brigade is still in Kamakura City. This time, only two battalions of the 6th Brigade are responsible for the landing.  Hundreds of landing craft quickly headed for the coast, and their landing target was the port area of ??Tokyo.

    Responsible for guarding here is the 21st Division of the Japanese Army, which was also established during the Sino-Japanese War. Among the hundreds of divisions of the Japanese Army, it can be regarded as an elite unit.  However, as the focus of the Chinese Navy, the defense area of ??the 21st Division was plowed several times by the Chinese Navy's main guns. The entire division suffered heavy casualties and more than half of it was lost.  If it were a Western army, it would have collapsed long ago after suffering such a heavy blow.  But the Eastern Army was different. Although the morale of the Japanese army was low, they still persisted in fighting despite the scolding of their commanders.

    "Fire! Fire! The Chinese are about to land, sink their boats and let them feed the fish in the sea!" the commander of the Japanese 21st Division ordered.  As a fanatical Japanese soldier, he was not frightened by the huge casualties. Instead, he thought this was a time to show bravery.

    "Ta da da! Bang bang bang!" The remaining soldiers of the Japanese 21st Division immediately started shooting.  However, due to excessive casualties, many loopholes have appeared in their defense line, and their firepower appears to be very sparse.  Even so, there were splashes of water on the sea!

    "Ta-ta-ta!" The heavy machine guns and light machine guns set up on the landing craft of the Chinese Marine Corps also opened fire.  The intensive firepower formed a steel storm, which put great pressure on the Japanese army.  Several destroyers of the Chinese Navy moved less than one kilometer away from the shore and fired at the Japanese troops with rapid-fire cannons. The dense shells forced the Japanese to lie down in the trenches, unable to raise their heads at all.

    At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Marine Corps landing craft washed up on the beach.  After disembarking, the Marine Corps soldiers immediately launched an attack on the Japanese position under the cover of naval guns, and at the same time established a solid beachhead.  Another battalion of the Marine Corps followed and landed ten minutes later.  After that, there is the 10th Division of the Eighth Army.

    "Come on! Drive all the Chinese people into the sea!" The division commander of the Japanese 21st Division saw more and more Chinese troops landing and knew that if he could not prevent this situation, his troops would be defeated.  It will only be a matter of time.

    A regiment of Japanese troops jumped out of their position and rushed towards the seaside. They held bright bayonets and wanted to drive the Chinese troops into the sea.

    "Open fire! Kill all these Japanese!"

    "Click! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The light and heavy machine guns and mortars, as well as the rapid-fire cannons on the naval battleships, all began to fire violently.  The dense artillery shells exploded among the Japanese troops, knocking these Japanese soldiers off their backs. Many Japanese were directly torn into pieces in the explosion.  The dense bullets also caused the charging Japanese soldiers to fall to the ground row by row as if they were cutting wheat.

    "Send a telegram to Mr. Katsura Taro. The Chinese attack is too fierce and we can't withstand it!" Seeing that his attack had no effect on the Chinese Army, the division commander of the Japanese 21st Division had to send a message  received a telegram asking for help.

    After receiving the telegram asking for help, Katsura Taro immediately mobilized the troops of two divisions to come to support. He knew that if the Chinese ** team was allowed to complete the landing, it would be completely empty talk to hold Tokyo.

    However, the Japanese army came and it was over.  The 11th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Eighth Army, after completing the landing, immediately cooperated with the Marine Corps to launch an attack on the Japanese 21st Division.  Under the fierce attack, the Japanese 21st Division suffered heavy losses and had to retreat.  There were more than 18,000 men in one division, but in the end there were less than 3,000 men left.

    By the time the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the Chinese ** team had established a solid position. With the fire support of the navy, it easily defeated the Japanese attack.  By the afternoon, the 10th and 37th Divisions of the Eighth Army had completed the landing.  The elite army troops of the two divisions took the initiative and successfully defeated the Japanese army.??Invaded Tokyo city.
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