Final Conquest of Yuhi

A major battle has broken out at the Shikaigan Islands. While attempting to land at the islands to take them, the landing boats were lit up by heavy machine gun fire.

A several hour long struggle ensued. Landing craft rushed up onto the shore, trying to make a beachhead. Riflemen fired volleys from the ships. Artillerymen tried to stabilize their Type-D1 guns as well as possible.

One man, Yuki Heitai Densetsu, accomplished a legendary feat. When the rest of his M1 team was shot dead, he removed the tripod and picked up the gun himself, killing a slew of Japanese soldiers. When he ran out of ammunition, he took up his gunto and cleared out all of the machine gun nests himself.

Once the MG nests were taken care of, the rest of the infantry could storm the beaches and take the island.

The total Ryukyu casualty count was 105,000.
35,000 men were killed.
75,300 men were injured.

For his actions, Heitai Densetsu was given the Warrior’s Turtleshell (an award for “bravery and defending your comrades”), a cash reward, and he was allowed to keep an enemy katana and pistol.

100,000 men from the reserve were called to join the main force. This left the reserve with 200,000 men and the main force with 345,000 men.

On the fields of Mōsugudesu, a Japanese army appeared, ready for battle. But besides them, there was a band of Ainu mercenaries, all horse archers.

The Ryukyuans have expected them to be here, and thus already dug their trenches. There was also, a presence of artillery guns and mortars. However, unbeknownst to the Japanese, the Ryukyuan machine gunners and semi automatic riflemen were hiding behind some hills.

As the lines of infantry unleashed their volleys, and the Japanese line dwindled, the Ainu horse archers began to trot towards the Ryukyuan trench, intending to pepper them with arrows. Upon seeing this, the Ryukyu commander gave the signal to the Captain of the Lancers.

“Our targets are those horse archers coming toward us! Now, at a trot!”

When the lancers were within 150 meters of their target, the captain yelled:

“Couch lances! At a gallop, charge!”

Having no means to defend themselves against this attack, the Ainu were utterly devastated. After the successful action, the lancers were signaled to retreat back to friendly lines. Another signal was given to the men hiding on the hills to start opening fire. The Japanese lines shattered at the hailstorm of machine gun fire, rifle bullets, and indirect fire from mortars. As the enemy routed, all cavalry gave chase, causing complete destruction.

The Ryukyuan casualties that day were 5.
0 were killed.
5 were injured.

The main force is now at 345,000, no reinforcements were called.