The warships were moving unhurriedly on the sea at normal cruising speeds, and there were speedboats coming and going between the warships, and the captains of the warships were assembled on the flagship.

"The Emperor has ordered us to guard in Tokyo." The commander recounted the latest information in a deep voice.

Six "new" warships of Hokkaido's rebels formed a fleet and flaunted their might in Tokyo Bay, sinking official ships and shelling urban areas. After a lot of rage, he walked away. Such atrocities shook the Meiji government, and silence arose. The same is true of the captains of the Navy, who held their breath and said nothing.

"Don't you have an idea when you wait?" The fleet commander asked exasperatedly and loudly. Previously, the Navy had set a downward strategy, and the total number of ships in the Meiji Navy was higher than that of the Hokkaido Navy, with about 10 warships in the Hokkaido Navy with a range of more than 5,000 kilometers, and the Meiji Navy had 15 ships. But there is too much difference in the total tonnage of warships of this class between the two sides. The total tonnage of 10 warships of the Hokkaido Navy is more than 40,000 tons, and the total tonnage of 15 warships of the Meiji Navy is not more than 35,000 tons. The Hokkaido Navy has an overwhelming advantage.

"If you have no other ideas, let us obey His Majesty the Emperor's orders." The Commander was on the verge of giving up on himself. Admiring a warship is a somewhat pleasing experience, and replicating a warship is an extremely painful process. There were many spies of the Meiji Army in Hokkaido, and before the spies were constantly purged, a lot of materials including hand-drawn paper were passed back.

From the point of view of appearance and layout, Hokkaido's warships do not have many secrets to speak of. The problem is that it is not possible to reproduce important parts according to these drawings. For example, the flexible turrets on Hokkaido warships could not be built by the Meiji Army. Several important spies were also lost for this purpose. If you don't know the other party's situation, it is very likely that you will be tragically looking up to the sky and screaming, rushing up to die. Knowing the other party's advantages, he didn't even have the capital to pretend to be stupid.

The Meiji Navy believed that the task at this time was not to fight the enemy, but to constantly appear in the enemy's weak spots at sea and threaten the enemy's transportation lines. If the Hokkaido Navy is unable to boldly carry out sea transportation, it can turn the opponent's navy into an escort fleet, which greatly stifles the enemy's naval power. In practice, this plan was considered a success, but the Hokkaido Navy did not exert its true power. In addition to shelling Tokyo once......

"Alright! Since everyone has no opinion...... "the commander of the fleet decided to die bravely." The telegram from Tokyo was harshly worded, and the eagerness was evident. The bigwigs had long since thrown their original designs out of the clouds, and when they thought that their official residence was within range of the enemy's warships, the urge to protect themselves was overwhelming. Of course, these aspirations are placed under the general responsibility of "protecting His Majesty the Emperor."

In fact, the Navy knows very well that it would be great if the Hokkaido Fleet really used its precious ammunition to shell Tokyo every day. Transport lines without the protection of the fleet are extremely fragile, and the effect of such shelling is minimal, and it is a complete waste of ammunition.

Seeing that the commander was ready to play really, the captains of the naval fleet, who had been silent, finally couldn't help it. "Your Excellency, I remember that in the original plan, if Tokyo was bombarded, we would not have to return immediately. Don't you need to think about this plan? ”

Someone finally came out to speak, and the commander of the fleet breathed a sigh of relief. His identity made it impossible for him to say clearly, if the fleet was completely consistent, as the commander of the fleet, he could naturally tell Tokyo that this matter was not a big deal. You don't have to run back to face the crisis situation first. To be sure, the commander of the fleet is not necessarily afraid of death, but no one wants to die meaninglessly.

Someone was willing to speak, and the other captains who did not want to die for nothing immediately agreed. "If we rush back to Tokyo, we will only allow the traitors to sail freely in the Sea of Japan. Niigata fell into the hands of the rebels, and if they were not contained, their supplies and troops could be continuously sent to the front line by sea......"

The commander of the fleet accepted all the reasonable judgments of this order. Just add a sentence in front, "...... Captain Heihachiro Togo suggested......"

When the telegram arrived in Tokyo, Emperor Meiji, who was already restless, became furious. He roared angrily at the Imperial Council: "The navy itself is greedy for life and afraid of death, but it has found many reasons to prevaricate! I haven't seen them retake Niigata yet, let alone the slightest pause in the reinforcements of the rebels. But the rebels shelled Tokyo, and those people turned a blind eye! ”

After shouting in one go, Emperor Meiji was even more angry, and he glanced at the telegram again, and shouted angrily: "Immediately dismiss this person named Togo Heihachiro." Order the fleet to return to Tokyo immediately! ”

At this time, the fighting in the Gunma area was in full swing, and the strength of the Hokkaido Army and the Meiji Army was equal, but the combat effectiveness was superior to that of the Meiji Army. The big men in Tokyo were terrified, and even a few who understood, such as Admiral Gonbei Yamamoto, fully supported the Fleet Commander's opinion. But he didn't dare say anything more.

The Emperor's telegram immediately reached the Navy, and Heihachiro Togo was dismissed, and the Meiji Navy embarked on a voyage to Tokyo. Before leaving, the fleet commander patted Togo on the shoulder, "Even if you are the only one who can stay, I think it's good." ”

Togo didn't understand what his boss meant for a while, until his boss handed him a copy of the telegram. After reading it, Dongxiang's first thought was that he was sold, and his anger was indescribable. However, he didn't explode immediately, and his boss showed this telegram to Togo before embarking on the road to death, which may not have been all malicious.

"Togo, our navy must go to Tokyo. Once defeated, someone has to be left behind to regroup. I've always been very optimistic about you, and now I ask you to suffer some grievances for the time being. After we leave, you hurry up and sort out the Naniwa that is being repaired, and if the emperor has to take the sea route from Tokyo, I don't want the navy to not even be able to send the last ship. After saying that, the commander did not continue to say anything. He handed a warrant to Togo, turned around and walked towards the flagship.

Looking at the commander with a complicated expression, Togo looked at it for a while before lowering his head and looking at the warrant. The warrant ordered Heihachiro Togo to be in charge of the rearmament of the three naval vessels, and in the event of an emergency, Togo was to be in charge of the actions of the three ships. Finally taking his eyes off the warrant, Togo found that his old boss had boarded the flagship. The sound of whistles and the thick black smoke rising from the chimneys of the ships of the Meiji Navy, and the colorful signal flags of the Navy on the mast seemed to lose their color under the black smoke.

Dongxiang really wanted to ask his boss why he was a person who was dismissed and took such an important responsibility. But Togo is a smart man, and if the situation really comes to the point where Togo must take responsibility, the emperor will have no other navy available. How could the emperor still punish Togo at that time?

"The Meiji Army's navy has gone south!" The fleet of the Hokkaido Army soon got the news. The good news came so fast that people couldn't even believe it. Is the Meiji Navy, which is as treacherous as a loach, suddenly stupid? Or is this just a lure to the enemy, and when the Hokkaido Army is lax, the Meiji Navy suddenly comes back with a rifle?

The Chinese observer group also received information almost immediately, perhaps the observation team was all army, and everyone was not interested in the Meiji Navy's operation at all. "As long as this battle is won head-on, the Meiji Navy will be of little use!" The Army has this attitude.

"The two sides have equal forces, how to fight at the moment is the best way?" The leader of the mission asked the young soldiers, who were tired of the virtual staff and had a crooked mouth.

"Break through in the center and solve half of the enemy first." Qi Rui came up with the results discussed by a group of brothers.

The leader's eyes lit up, and it was really surprising that this group of young soldiers, who were originally at the regimental or even battalion level, could discuss such a conclusion. Qi Rui was not in high spirits, he only felt exhausted, and it was not easy for him to be able to answer in a normal mental state.

There are nearly 200,000 troops on both sides, and the front and rear are more than 50 kilometers long, and the front and rear are as deep as 30 kilometers. The troops of a regiment thrown on such a battlefield are nothing more than an insignificant fraction. Many people haven't even been able to sort out all the numbers.

When the large corps fights, it adopts a large depth of outflanking, and these young people have not considered such a style of fighting. But when they think about it, as soon as they make a plan, they understand that they can't do it at all. Who covers, who rushes forward, what to do after encountering various situations. For a group of young soldiers, there are unknowns and questions everywhere.

In the end, the young people turned to the knowledge in the textbooks, and then found that the textbooks told everyone that in the face of such a situation, destroying the enemy's battle line, dividing, encircling and annihilating the enemy is the most common way to deal with it.

After the engagement, the tentative offensive on the front line accumulated the gathering of intelligence. On the contrary, it is easy to come up with a more operable plan for the tactics of the central breakthrough.

Gathering the wisdom and efforts of the comrades, Qi Rui reported a set of temporary things to the leaders. After listening to it, the leader didn't make an evaluation, but just praised it, "Qi Rui, well done." ”

"This is the result of the work of all comrades, and I am only responsible for reporting." Qi Rui replied almost instinctively. This is his true words, if he leaves such a burden to Qi Rui alone, it will be impossible to exhaust him to death.

Obviously, the test of this level has passed. Stepping over the question, the leader said to the tired young soldiers: "The fighting will be very fierce after that, and in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, we will no longer go to the front." I hope that you can combine theory with practice and summarize it well. Make yourself able to grow faster. I see that everyone is tired too, and someone will send us back to a safe area soon, so everyone should take advantage of this time to quickly clean up. ”

Cleaning up is naturally to clean up the paper work of the Liberation Army Observation Group, and if these things are seen by the Hokkaido Army, it will be inconvenient even for friendly forces. Qi Rui is doing intelligence management in the army, and he is very experienced in sorting and classifying. He can be regarded as a leader, and it is also because everyone thinks he is quite suitable to deal with the cohesion of various inferences at work.

Packing up a large number of manuscripts, Li Shaokang yawned and asked, "Qi Rui, do you think this observation is very real?" ”

Qi Rui shook his head, "Overturn all my previous thoughts." ”

Li Shaokang yawned again, "Me too." Originally, I thought that commanding a regiment was a great force, but now it has suddenly jumped to 100,000 people, and all my thoughts have to be straightened out and restarted. ”

Hearing the two of them say their hearts, Hu Xingzhi said weakly: "I originally thought that the observation group was here to go through the motions. Now I realize that I really don't know how to have this thought. ”

After finishing speaking, seeing Zhou Shun lying on the table and about to fall asleep, Hu Xingzhi kicked Zhou Shun's stool, "What do you think?" ”

Zhou Shun said in a daze: "Don't move me, I want to sleep." ”

Half an hour later, when the leader came in to take a look, he saw a group of young soldiers lying on their stomachs, lying on their stomachs, and all of them falling asleep. Qi Rui leaned on the leg of the table, and there was a stack of manuscripts scattered around his hand. These people hadn't slept well for five or six days, and when they relaxed, they all fell asleep. As if by magic, the entire Temporary Command fell into a deep sleep.

The leader didn't call them, turned around and walked out, and the leader called the guard outside the door, "What time is your watch?" ”

"Two o'clock in the afternoon." The guard replied after looking at his watch.

The leader raised his wrist and his watch was two and four points. "Two hours later, you wake up the people inside. Let them continue to clean up. After saying that, the leader walked away.

In fact, the leaders of the Mission are responsible for the assessment work, although they are also tired, but they are only tired. After the leader went back, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and the deputy team leader next to him asked, "I think these boys are good." It's a little tender, but I can think of a central breakthrough. I thought they would consider a flank. ”

The leader sighed: "This is finally able to go back to the errand." I listened to what they meant, and I still want to engage in siege warfare. With such a small space, I want to surround 100,000 people. I was like, "You're a good reader." ”

Recalling the jokes made by the young soldiers, the deputy team leader was also happy. "When they get to the intermediate level, they know what a joke they've made. This time, we won't be laughed at again, and I hope Principal Ke won't say anything ugly again. ”

After chatting a few more words about work, the deputy team leader brought the topic back to the current battlefield, "Do you think the Hokkaido Army can make good use of the central breakthrough?" ”

The leader shook his head slightly, "I'm only worried about whether they will continue to march into Tokyo after winning this time." If we can win, we will be able to continue our march into Tokyo. But will Hokkaido's forces really be able to achieve their goals? ”

"The defeat was like a mountain. They are not governors, they can do that you beat yours, and I beat mine. And once it occupies the eastern side of Lake Biwa, plus the navy, it is not surprising that Hokkaido is divided into two parts of Japan. If you don't want to do that, don't blame it. The deputy team leader replied, pointing to the map. The position of his finger is not accurate, and the place where his fingertip is pointed is a place name - "Sekigahara".