In ancient times, it began as a key point of communication by sea, and was almost devastated when the Mongols attacked. Therefore, whether it is the invasion of Chinese mainland or Korea, or the expansion of Japan, Tsushima is an indispensable and important strategic location.

The Tsushima guardian and land leader clan was under the command of the Shoji clan from the Kamakura period and ruled steadily until the Warring States period. Therefore, the military strength of the Tsushima clan was much weaker than that of other daimyo in Japan.

In the early morning of this day, in a fortress on the southeast coast of Tsushima Island, several samurai led a group of ashigaru guards here. Because of the blockade of the Far Eastern Navy for several months, the Tsushima clan was very nervous, and they also mobilized the island's young men and strengthened the defense of the coast.

However, there have been many major wars in the history of Tsushima Island, where the Mongols and the Japanese, the Koreans and the Japanese, the Ming and Korean armies and the Japanese have all fought here, and the island has been slaughtered by both sides, so this island is a cemetery of wars. There were no plains on the island, and in the past, the daimyo clans of Tsushima were able to sustain themselves by trade, and the grain was almost high.

Therefore, the population of Tsushima Island is less than 10,000 people, and the Zong clan mobilized the young and strong people of the whole island, and only raised an army of 2,000 people, but the combat effectiveness is almost none, and it has to guard various strongholds along the coast, so the current defense of Tsushima Island is useless.

"Your Excellency, you see...... Look...... Boat...... Lots of boat ......"

A peasant forcibly requisitioned from the island suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted incoherently. Several samurai who were sleeping next to the village jumped up instantly, and they ran to the wooden fence in front of the village to take a look, and their hearts suddenly felt cold.

I saw that on the sea in the distance, the sky was covered with dense warships passing by Tsushima Island, and clusters of thick black smoke were floating on the sea, and the scene that covered the sky and the sun was like the end of the world.

Dozens of flat-plate warships were hurrying towards Fuchu Castle, the castle of the Tsushima Domain. Several warriors were already frightened by the dense fleet in the distance, and when they saw dozens of warships from the Far East driving over, they hurriedly shouted to the group of young men around them: "Be on guard...... Alert...... You...... Immediately reported to the feudal lord, and said that the Far East was coming, go quickly......"

It's okay if he doesn't shout, so shouting. Dozens of young people in this village suddenly fled, and under their influence, several young people and ashigaru people in the nearby village also threw away their weapons and turned around to flee for their lives.

Several samurai looked at each other bitterly, and simply ran away. In the face of such a powerful fleet, with only a gang of farmers and fishermen on Tsushima, which is the opponent of the Far East. They were still loyal and ran directly back to Fuzhong City. The situation was reported to the feudal lord.

As soon as the Zong clan heard that the fleet from the Far East was coming, he hurriedly organized all the troops of the Fuzhong Domain and the young men in the city, trying to rely on the city defense of the domain to resist the attack of the Far East. However, even the clan himself did not believe that they could hold the castle, so they sent several samurai to Kyushu and Honshu islands by boat from several directions to deliver the news of the invasion from the Far East.

However, the fleet in the Far East has long blocked the nearby waters like iron barrels, and there are still a large number of airships patrolling back and forth in the air. Several samurai of the clan were intercepted as soon as they left Tsushima Island on a boat.

Dozens of offshore steam deck barges. Loaded with a battalion of the Mountain Brigade and two battalions of the Outer Northeast Indigenous Militia, they landed on Tsushima without encountering any resistance. They didn't even set up a landing position, so they went directly to the city of Fuzhong Domain, and it took only an hour to break the city.

The Far Eastern Army carried out a bloody massacre in the feudal castle of Tsushima, and the men, women, and children of the clan were men, women, and children. As well as the retainers of the Zong family and the samurai and their families, they were all slaughtered by the Far Eastern Army.

In this Japanese campaign, the policy of the Far Eastern Army was to do its utmost to bring together the Japanese village chiefs and county magistrates, as well as their retainers and samurai. Kill them all. Even the Japanese emperor family can't leave a trace of bloodline. Completely shatter the superstructure of Japan's ruling structure.

Japan is a terrible nation, and what you see in the current society of Japan is that there is a harmonious and orderly society, orderly queues, polite and kind strangers, volunteers who take care of the elderly, and conversations that never involve too much personal issues, etc., in fact, these are just the appearance of this country.

For thousands of years, the Japanese have lived in a highly hierarchical society. The extremely strict hierarchy that has been inherited for more than a thousand years has been deeply engraved in the bones of this nation, even in modern society. The Japanese nation is like an army, and the strict hierarchy makes each Japanese person like a part.

Despite their parasitic privileges, the samurai class were not allowed to engage in labor or commerce, but had to live frugally, even if the taxes provided by the peasants were not enough to feed them. Although the peasant class had to endure the humiliation of the samurai sword without resisting, Tokugawa Ieyasu issued a decree stipulating that "the common people who are rude to the samurai and inferior to their superiors may be immediately beheaded."

People of all walks of life are well aware of their obligations, privileges and status. Both the upper and lower classes will be punished if they exceed the limits of their privileges.

For example, in large-scale peasant petitions, even if the peasants' complaints are justified, the state should respect them. But the peasant leaders broke the basic law of loyalty, and when they were guillotined, their countrymen considered it necessary to refrain from rioting even when they witnessed the execution. They can build shrines after the fact, but they believe that executions are central to the hierarchical decree on which they live and must be accepted.

This principle of government determines the criteria by which Japanese people evaluate things, not "whether they are just or not", but "whether they are great or not". The meaning of good and evil is only whether it can achieve a certain end. Humanity and democracy have also been placed in a very low position.

Such a country is like an army that is always in practice, it has a strict organizational discipline, and everyone is strict about their position in this organization. There is no justice or charity, it is all about striving for the end. Such a society is like an army, in which all dissenting and selfish desires are excluded by the military rank system and military discipline, so that its combination has the most powerful force.

All Japanese were members of a large army. It is pyramid-shaped, with the emperor as the supreme spiritual leader and the untouchables at the bottom. The various classes were fixed to their own positions and were assigned corresponding privileges.

This is also after the Meiji Restoration, the whole country of Japan was twisted into a rope in a short period of time. Meiji Japan was able to become a world power in just 30 years, and it was the long-term effect of such social values that cultivated a strong sense of group belonging in Japan.

The ultimate goal of the development of collectivism is the so-called "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism," that is, under the guidance of the belief in the supremacy of the state, the suppression and abandonment of oneself and unconditional obedience to the emperor and the state.

In a series of foreign wars launched by Japan in modern times, militarism that deprives itself and erases humanity has been used as a tool for the ideological education of military personnel, creating countless ignorant and fanatical soldiers. In an era when fanaticism replaced reason, many people shouted the slogan "Long live His Majesty the Emperor" and died on the battlefield. (To be continued......)