Chronicles of The Hardships of Komachi in The Sengoku Era

Shizuko still did not understand the essence of a public house.The head of her familiar public house was Sakihisa, and he was known for his enlightenment in the public house.

In other words, he was the first to come into contact with the existence of a typical public house.They value formality and never neglect procedures or ceremonies.

Badly speaking, it was an antecedentism, and it had the flexibility to not allow unusual things.Although the form respects the form, it is only decisively different from the samurai who pursue practical benefits.

These differences were disastrous, and as a result of the time it took for something to happen, this march was delayed.In the end, Shizuko was able to play in the Honganji Temple only two days after she left the capital.

Shizuko reported regularly to Nobunaga every day about the delay in progress.With the eyes of others in the mixed army, it is difficult to operate telegraph equipment that is a secret weapon. Therefore, we have established a means of communication with little delay by using it in combination with conventional early horses.

First, Shizuko confirms the contact details by cipher, and Hayama delivers it to Shizuko's Kyoyashi, which has a permanent communication facility.It was a process in which the resident communication engineer of Kyoyashi decrypted the encryption into plaintext and communicated to Nobunaga.

Nobunaga didn't say anything about the delay in the plan.Because Nobunaga had made an agreement with the court in advance, and for whatever reason, the period for renting out Shizuko was seven days.

We had a lot of extra time, but somehow we managed to besiege the Honganji Temple.

No matter how big the army is, it is impossible to besiege Honganji without a single ant crawling out.Even so, it is possible to seal off the entrance and exit from the main entrance and waterway.

Shizuko and the rest of the team built a siege for the rest of the day.Initially, it was thought that there was a counterattack or obstruction from the inside, but there was no movement from the Honganji side contrary to expectations.

According to the report from the observation platform constructed at the required location, few people are moving inside, and it is expected that the outer covering will be abandoned and wrapped inside.

In other words, Shizuko avoided the game of hitting the outside world, and thought that it would be the operation of the goddess to retract her neck and endure it like a turtle.

(To take the Kagi Castle operation means to have reinforcements.We've already wasted three days, so we have to decide quickly.)

Shizuko silently contemplates while looking at a map describing the area around Ishiyama Honganji Temple.In fact, since the time when the Oda Army was besieging Honganji Temple, it had set up several fixed-point observation stations and continued to observe the weather.

That said, information from satellites such as the current one is not desirable, so we continued to record using measuring devices that are feasible in this era.

In other words, we have been collecting data with a motorized air meter that is shaped like a fan, and a rain meter that uses a funnel-type water receiver and a mechanism called tumbling lift.

Such tunneled activities have borne fruit and led to the formulation of a secret operation for tonight.However, it was not a very serious operation.

They fly hot air balloons in the darkness of night, dropping cheap incendiary bombs of natural asphalt, organic solvents, and more.However, as a characteristic of the air currents surrounding Japan, it is easy to fly balloons from west to east, but on the contrary, it is difficult to fly balloons from east to west.

It is difficult to check the flight course at night, but if you let the troops surrounding the Honganji Temple bonfire at regular intervals, you can see it without any problems except in rainy weather.

However, skilled astronauts and black painted hot air balloons could not prepare so many.But if a fire come down from heaven all of a sudden, there is no doubt that it will be a great chaos for the people of this age who are faithful.

"Shall I fly one of the test planes when the sun goes down?"

"No, when I look at the information collected so far, the wind direction often changes at the same time as nightfall.Tonight would be a great evening, so please let them know how to prepare for each one. ”

Haha

Shizuko turned away from the Minister's suggestion and waited for nightfall.According to recent observation data, the wind was cooler in the evening than in the evening, and a cool breeze was blowing along with the chorus of insects in the dusk world just before the sun set.

"It's about time, isn't it? All aboard!Prepare to take off. The weaponry is only explosive, so focus on the building. "

The message from Shizuko ran, and the hot air balloon parking lot that was set up everywhere became noisy.At the weather observatory, a rope was attached to an impromptu balloon filled with hydrogen gas obtained by electrolyzing water in a deer bladder, and the wind direction near the flight altitude of the balloon was confirmed.

All the ready balloon units were able to untie the mooring rope from the ground, and gradually ascended to the sky by dropping one heavy sandbag and one heavy sandbag from the balloon itself.

A handful of elites, each loaded with about 200 kilos of incendiary bombs, descended on the world's first night aerial bombardment by placing characteristic fuel in a pot of five hot air balloons infused with oil.

Even though the earth was so hot and humid, the world above was shivering with the sun hiding its appearance.Each hot air balloon is composed of three occupants, one observer, one engineer and pilot who manages the thermal engine, and the last one who assists the other two.

The observer who was looking down at the ground shouted.

"Good direction! I expect to reach the sky above Honganji in about a quarter of an hour."Because I can see the lights on the ground, it must be near the gate.When I give the signal, light the pot and throw it all at once. "

"Roger! The altitude is stable."Are you ready for the kettle? "

The pilot reads the barometric altimeter and confirms it aloud.A barometric altimeter measures atmospheric pressure by creating a vacuum in the upper part of a glass tube that contains mercury and is shaped like a fishing hook.

The higher the altitude, the lower the atmospheric pressure, so we can read the approximate current altitude.

"Hah! I can go anytime." We will drop it from a surface other than the direction of travel! "

The youngest auxiliary youth told him decisively, even as he turned his lips blue with nervousness and cold.

At that time, there was someone close to Shizuko who looked at the direction in which the hot air balloon flew away to the western sky.

"My sister-in-law, she has a difficult face"

"... can I ask you why you're here?"

The general of the official army, Konoe Nobui, was that person.He was supposed to be resting in the mainland, but he seemed to have stolen his way out of the surveillance.

"Can you be quiet when you hear that we are going to send down fire from heaven?"I came out to see the sights in a special seat. "

"I thought I told you that it was your job to receive reports of successful air raids in the mainland..."

"I know." In any case, I will get a report from Misaki, and I will leave my breast brother in my place, so there will be no problem. "

Certainly, the messenger will not confirm the appearance of the opponent who reports, and they must not know Nobuyi's voice.

But I don't know what's going to happen here on the battlefield.If the king's pawn, who is a chess player named General, is fluttering on the front line, something bad can happen.

Shizuko shook her dull painful head and decided that it was safer to keep her within sight than to let her return from here to the Honjin, and ordered her to give a message and tell the Honjin where Nobuyi was.

“I don't mean to be curious, but I don't serve as a general if I don't understand the inconvenience.”

"Ugh, no... um..."

Besides his thoughts, Nobuyi mumbled that he was scolded with a strong tone.I panicked that I had passed the boulder, but Shizuko couldn't even move.

I will report this delusional act to my father-in-law.

Oh, that's...

"It affects the end of those who count ten thousand on your own."Know that what you have done is all that is important.I won't tell you to go back now, but you'll follow my instructions. "

Yes, of course.

"In exchange for punishment, look at the fire from heaven."Any fool who can't pay his own bills will be eliminated eventually. "

"Of course, I know, sister-in-law."

Understanding that it was a light voice, Shin-in nodded again and again in a cold sweat.

It all started suddenly. In the eyes of Shizuko and the others, who were staring at the darkness at night, it seemed like a flaming scorpion suddenly pulled its tail from the sky.

It rained down from heaven with the sound of a gashan, which, along with something viscous and burning, transformed a wide area into a sea of fire.The monks, who were in the building except for the guards, were surprised by the noise and ran to the surface, and were beaten by the sight of hell falling from the sky with a rain of fire.

Without a sound, the monks panicked at the sight of the Heavenly Punishment itself, which turned a terrible area into a sea of fire, and said, "Heavenly Punishment!Heaven has punished you like a Christian!!”He screamed and ran away.

Fortunately, the flames pouring down from the heavens only fell in a straight line from west to east, so the evacuation itself was easy.However, many were burnt out in their sleeping quarters, and many of the monks left their buildings and fortunes in time for evacuation.

The people who picked him up did their best to extinguish the fire.Thus, the night began to white and appeared in the world of lightness was a wreckage that burned in a straight line like a line drawn from the sky.

Everyone was exhausted by the fire extinguishing activities, and the dirty smoke was knocked out by the desperate scene that stood up from here.Although the damage itself is not so great, people who have seen too much of a linear fire trail are deeply frightened that they have bought the wrath of the heavens.

When everyone was desperately running to extinguish fires and life-saving activities, the leader, Tao Ru, said what he was doing. He evacuated to the area near the backyard where the fire did not reach, covered his head with the water from the well, and prayed to the heavens that the disaster would pass while trembling.

The nightmare airstrikes passed and everyone raised their blood to deal with the fire, but the monks were still shaking without even giving instructions or inspiration.

Not that the Christian was particularly timid, but one human was too helpless for the great damage of the Cataclysm.

Still at night, I had to stand in front of everyone and fly to continue the castle.If you surrender here, your life will be destroyed.

The goddess stood up with her withered legs with all her strength, and when she had her body groomed for help, she appeared in front of everyone with a gesture that seemed like nothing had happened.

"Everyone's things, don't wander off!"This church has not even suffered a single wound from the rain of fire that came from heaven.If everyone hadn't made a scene, they wouldn't have even noticed the attack!This street is guarded by the heavens.Even if Oda's evil spirits used the outside world, there is nothing wrong with me having the blessing of the Imperial Buddha! "

Taoist Rusu called out so loudly, he went up to the podium every morning and began preaching.Seeing such an immobile figure, the monks who had been burned and struck gathered on the podium.

"Behold! The demons say that they have taken advantage of the darkness and sent fire from the heavens, but this is the only proof that we have the blessing of the heavens!"

Whether the majestic mouth of the priest had been fulfilled, the monks who were at the extreme of fatigue listened to the priest's voice.

"What does the demon of Oda do!"I have received the heavenly favor in one piece, and it is because I am right that the arrows and the bullets pass by, avoiding my selves in the rain of fire! "

It was a speech so grand that I didn't think I was trembling with my head in my arms until a while ago.He himself does not believe in the teachings of the Buddha as much as he does.

Sometimes, when I was a child, I was a believer, but for a long time, faith changed into a convenience for the believer to obey.

It is only the work of the imams to discipline themselves and serve all the people, as they have seen the pattern of the high monks led by the famous ancient temple in Kyoto.

The Christian who came to that thought interpreted this application (Honcan) preached by the parent saint (Shinran) (not by his own cultivation and merit (ugly) to lead to enlightenment, but Amida (Amida) as it was, but willing to be saved by Amida-sama's application) as convenient for him.

In other words, it was saved by the visiting Amida Nyorai, so I decided to reopen it by acting as I please in the secular world.

"Heavenly Father! O Buddha!" Okinawa-kun!Without a cloud in my faith, the demons will be able to harm me! "

A bullet ran over the stage the moment the Taoist priest waved his hand wide and shouted so.Gunshots sounded like torpedoes and screamed late.

When I saw it, my left wrist, which was open to the sky, had been cut by a thousand cuts.Existing at the root of the wrist, the carpal bone (shikonkotsu), which connects the bone that supports the fingers and the bone of the arm, was shot through by the bullet, and the left hand of the rabbi fell down into an object that was barely connected by the skin.

The Christian could not realize the calamity that had befallen him.The intense pain of being pressed by a scorching volcano constantly strikes, and even the excess pain creates nausea and makes it impossible to open your eyes.

Even so, he gnashed his teeth and opened his eyes to reveal his ugliness in front of his followers.At the end of his line of sight, there was no wrist tip that bleeds blood from the cross-section, and the remnants of his hands were wobbled by the shock and his own weight.

He let go of his consciousness of the excess of misery and pain and fell into disrepute on the spot.The rushed monk dragged the Shinto body behind the stage and pressed hard near the cross-section so that blood would not flow out with awkward knowledge.

During the speech, the monks panicked when they saw the monks who had been shot and fallen into a fierce bomb.Just listening to his speech, the slip easily drove them into madness.

Immediately, it was a painting space such as "Blessing of the Imperial Buddha", as Chi Chi Chi said, and the monks who threw everything away in fear of not knowing when a part of their body would blow up, as in the case of Chi Chi Chi, pushed it like a turbid stream towards the entrance and exit of the mountain gate.

Ironically, it was the violence from the outside that held them back.Along with the roar, the mountain gate and the outer wall were shattered and scattered, becoming ashes and chiseling through the area.

Everyone's feet stopped moving due to the roar and impact, and the shells landed without opening the door from one to the next, stripping away everything that was separating the inside from the outside.

What the monks saw was that the cannons lined up with crumbs burst into flames one after another.The monks rushed in the opposite direction so that they could be driven away.

There were no noble things such as faith or capture as a soldier, and it was only the development of a survival instinct to escape the imminent death.

"Oh, my leg!!" My legs!! "

"Run! He won't be saved anymore!!"

A constant artillery shell fires in and a person falls into a bullet that flies through the gap.

It was death itself that was approaching from behind, and if there was time to look back, everyone ran desperately to move forward even a little.Choices such as confronting others do not even sweep the brain.

The monks, who had completely lost control and were in a state of desolation, ran away before me by trampling on those who had fallen and those who had fallen into the moat.I don't know how far I can run, so the frenzy of death never stopped until I exhausted my strength.

The time went back a little, shortly after the screams of the Taoist priest rose.

"Hmm! I dropped my wrist instead of my finger because I exaggerated."

"It looks like your sidekick pulled you into the shadow of the stage."We can't shoot any more snipers, we're going to fall back, Chrysanthemum! "

The sniper, called Chrysanthemum, nodded silently to Ichiro, who called out as he rose from his prone position.When I nodded one of my youngest chisel, I picked up binoculars from Ichiro and stood up carrying a relatively lightweight luggage.They were the best snipers in the Shizuko army.

Having successfully carried out the difficult task of sniping, they were to retreat from the front line to Shizuko.As a chrysanthemum, I was only going to blow my fingers off, but it seemed to be a pity that the snipe was too small.

"What, the blessing of the Imperial Buddha made me hit a bullet that was supposed to pass through."It's worth a thousand dollars, and there's nothing to be greedy about. "

Will Master Shizuko praise me?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Seeing her elder sister's chrysanthemum with a suddenly anxious expression, Chisa grinned.

When Ishiyama Honganji Temple was enveloped in fire, the hot air balloon and the retrieval team met in the mountains far east of Honganji Temple and were engaged in evacuation work.

Of the five planes, up to four were recovered without any problems, but the remaining one was flooded into the river due to the rising air currents caused by the flames, making recovery difficult.

The hot air balloon parts, all of which were classified pieces of existence, were said to be recovered as much as possible, even if they were small enough not to know what they were.

By the decisive efforts of the hot air balloon crew and the recovery team, the hot air balloon was somehow recovered to the riverbank, disassembled it, disguised as a small shipment, and transferred to Kyoto.

They could not know what they had done here, but there was a real sense that they had fulfilled their goals firmly.

I was furious at the completion of an unprecedented operation, an attack from the sky that no one could have imagined.Although their existence should be kept secret and they would never be famous in history, I was proud to have been able to take on that role at a turning point in history.

In the morning they vanished without being seen by any man.

The appearance of Ishiyama Honganji Temple after the gunfire stopped sounding was miserable.It burned like a giant brush drawn a line from the sky, and everything was destroyed in a straight line from the outer wall, eliminating objects that blocked my gaze.

A monk, whose body remained intact, lay all along the line, telling the depths of the offensive.There are a small number of human remains that are satisfied with the five bodies, and the remains of those who were missing from the other side of the body are extremely sour.

Shizuko, who had created such a worldly hell, looked ahead and let out a voice.

"Tell him to wait only two minutes."This is the final announcement. ”

Haha

The messengers headed east in search of the survivors.I don't think I can fight back in this situation, but I can't be too careful. Thirty soldiers are calling for surrender.

Soon, from the direction of the messengers, a small group of people offered to surrender.Shizuko was surprised to see that someone who miraculously picked up life after receiving such an attack.

All of the survivors were exhausted, and there was nothing that showed hostility even though they cried out for saving themselves.

Thank you very much.

Shizuko worked for them as soon as the commanders returned.

"From now on, I will wait for the other side to surrender."If you don't hear from me after two minutes, burn everything down. "

Haha

Having said that, Shizuko left the front line and returned to the main wing.The opportunity to show mercy has been missed for a long time.These measures were not so much mercy as measures to ease the aftermath of the war.

Even though the monks of Honganji Temple thought not to have a body as an organization, they still offered to surrender with a representative to replace the Shinto.

"I know that all of us who curled up at Honganji will rely on your mercy."

"There are three conditions for surrender."One is the handing over of the apostles from the Holy See and the Holy See, the leaders.One, renounce all armaments.One, after surrendering, enter under the watchful eye of Shimoma (Shimomiguma) and absolutely obey his instructions.If you drink the above, you will be surrendered. ”

"There is no doubt in our minds.I'll follow all your instructions..... "

At the request of Shizuko, the representative of the Honganji Temple told him that he would accept it without delay.

I understand. Then I will ask you to hand over the bodies of Tsutomu and the emissary as a matter of priority.

I understand.

"Just in case, but please don't think of anything bad."It's also a hassle to clear the body, so it's easier to walk if you can walk. ”

"Hah..."

I can't even afford to wake up weirder than the original, but it was terrifying that we would still be dependent on our own lives for nothing.

The delegate returned with an unconscious rabbi who was soon placed on the doorboard, and an emissary of the court who was restrained by a rope in his back hand.

With regard to the dogma, after biting the hand wipe, the wound was burned and the bleeding was violently stopped. Although the shock death was avoided, the consciousness is unlikely to return.

Also, with regard to the emissary from the imperial court, he was not injured even though he was supposed to have been attacked so much.

"Transfer the two of you to the main unit."

"I-I 'm trapped..."

"Shut up, you think we haven't grasped your work by this time?If that's the case, then I would have been much underestimated.I will set up a place in the capital for you to be judged. "

When the messenger's explanation was interrupted, Shizuko ordered the messenger to bite the monkey.Even if this happened, Shizuko decided to send them to the back quickly, trying to break through to her ugly heart.

Thus, the chaos at Ishiyama Honganji Temple, initiated by the Shinto Christianity in collaboration with some public houses, was quelled in only two days.