Chapter 224: Seize Sakurajima
After the group landed, the East 'Gate' Qing immediately ordered to transfer the main force to drive away from the coastline to a place where it was difficult to see, and divided it into three divisions, with the main force of Qinghuaxiang as the front, Xu Yuanliang and Longzaoji Army as the middle, and Tang Xiuyoshi's department at the end, and the three divisions were all aimed at Kagoshima Bay! Wu Ping's seconded ships from Lee's office continued to monitor the waters between Hojin and Kagoshima Bay.
At this point, the generals knew the true purpose of the East 'Gate' Qing attack on Fangjin! From Xu Yuanliang to the following, they are all impressed.
On the eve of the departure, a messenger came from Matsuura, and the messenger first met Wu Ping's fleet, and at this time, in order to keep secrets, Dong'mon Kei had ordered that all envoys from Kitakyushu would have no return, and unless it was related to the news of the victory or defeat, Wu Ping could deal with it on the spot and did not need to convey it, and the comer was temporarily detained until the end of the war. But Wu Ping still didn't dare not transfer the news to the center when he received the news - it turned out that Matsuura Takanobu sent someone to say: Matsuura Ayako has a difficult birth! All are dangerous!
After Dai Tianchou got the information, he thought that he would wait until after the war to tell Dongmenqing about it, but after thinking about it, he still went through the normal procedure to tell Dongmenqing Qing.
At that time, Li Rongjiu, Xu Yuanliang, Longzaoji Longxin and others were all present, and when they heard the back looking at each other, and when they looked at the East Gate, they saw that his face was pale and pale, as if he had been 'drained' of facial blood in an instant. After a long time, Li Rongjiu tried to say, "Chief Owner, do you need to rush back to have a look?" If the strategy is well arranged, a few of us can ......"
Dongmen' Qing coughed violently several times, interrupted Li Rongjiu's words, and said, "When is it, there is still time to talk about this!" Pointing in the direction of the sea burial of the dozens of sailors who died that day, he said, "Don't forget, they are watching us!" He ordered that he should not mention the matter again! The assault on Kagoshima Bay proceeded as usual.
Tang Xiuji stayed on the shore to 'confuse' and 'confuse' Fangjin Village, but also to appease the crowd, and he had to wait for Tao Longfang to set off before he could get on the boat, but Qing Huaxiang's main force went like a wind! Kagoshima Bay is formed by the Satsuma Peninsula and the Osumi Peninsula, and its bay is wide and narrow, if the Shimazu family has set up a lookout at the mouth of the bay, the fleet will be discovered as soon as it enters, so Xu Yuanliang asked if he would wait for the news from Tang Hideyoshi's side to wait for the Shimazu family to encounter the Hao clan who had landed in the Northern Army before entering Kagoshima Bay.
The east 'gate' celebrated: "No, let's go now!" Japan is a small place, no bigger than China, and if there is an urgent report, it can spread throughout the whole territory within a day or two! If Tao Longfang and the others encounter Shimazu, and wait for Hideyoshi to learn that it has been half a day, Hideyoshi will report to us, I am afraid that it will take half a day, and this delay will be lost! Now is the time when everyone is very 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', I don't ask Tao Longfang to hold Shimazu Takahisa for a long time, as long as it can give us more than half a day, even if it is two hours, one hour, or even just attract Takahisa's attention and let us take the lead! ”
Xu Yuanliang said: "But what if they haven't engaged in the battle yet, and the main force of the Shimazu family hasn't left Ijiin Ichiyu City?" ”
East 'Gate' Qingdao: "When fighting for life and death, we can only calculate the greatest possibility, where can we guarantee that nothing goes wrong?" If it is really like what you said, we can only move forward, and turn all the way to 'lure' the enemy and all the way to a surprise attack into a left-right flanking attack! When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! Don't hesitate! "I actually took advantage of the night 'color' to break into the bay!
There are observation decks along the Satsuma Peninsula, but Higashimonkei doesn't even care about these lookouts and goes straight to Sakurajima! He's just going to grab time now! Reach Sakurajima faster than these lookouts can deliver messages! (The geographical location of Sakurajima can be found on the map provided by the book friend TTLTTL in the book review section, which has been pinned to the top!) )
Shimazu's family also has a sailor in Sakurajima, when Qinghuaxiang's sailor arrived, many people were still sleepy-eyed, Xu Hai and Li Rongjiu each led a death squad to quietly cover up, and the world ghost Masamu led the way, this water village was much rougher than Fangjinke, and came to a place where the wall was low, and pointed to a dog 'hole' and said, "You can enter from here." ”
Xu Hai glanced at it, and saw that the fence was only one layer, and the low wall behind the fence was only seven feet high, so he ordered his subordinates to cut down the fence with ten big axes. The Japanese soldier shouted a warning, Xu Hai rushed over and slashed down with a knife, without hesitation! Thirty death squads from behind rushed in after him. During this time, the people of the Shimazu family focused their attention on the open sea, in Fangjin, there were less than fifty people stationed in the Sakurajima village, and the guards in the village suddenly encountered the enemy and panicked, Xu Hai led the conflict left and right, killing the guards in the village crying father and mother, Li Rongjiu led people to guard the exit, and when the world ghost Zhengmu opened the 'door' from the inside and they entered, there was no enemy in the village.
Li Rongjiu saw Xu Hai so ruthless, and secretly exclaimed, Xu Hai had already rushed out and said, "Okay!" There are still some hands left, 'hand' it over to the people below! Let's go back! Don't give up the first credit for the attack and landing to others! ”
If Kagoshima Bay is like a stomach, then Sakurajima is like an undigested rice ball in the center of the stomach, which is glued to the Osumi Peninsula and across the Satsuma Peninsula by a shallow strait, so you can swim. The scenery of Sakura Island is also a must in Japan, but the East Gate Qing has no time to appreciate at this time, while Li Rongjiu and Xu Hai seized Sakura Island, he has already prepared the work of attacking the other side, after Xu Hai returned to the ship, the East Gate Qing asked him to take a rest, Xu Hai refused, and said: "Such a small battle also needs to rest?" "The east 'gate' smiled and let him be the striker in the front again.
The landing force was led by the Shiki Masato Department, with Li Rongjiu leading 250 'fine' sharp samurai as the first striker, Ryuzoji Takanobu leading the 'fat' front 'Jing' Rui as the second striker, Nabeshima Kiyobo as the third group of followers, Carava and Brapa's musket team as the fourth group, Shingoro leading two hundred melee teams to cover the musket team, and dividing the movable artillery into two parts, one part was kept for the layout of Sakurajima, and the other part was used as a mobile artillery team, led by Andrew as the fifth group of men and horses for the landing. Shinrokuro led a 300 melee team to cover the artillery team.
At the same time as the landing team marched, the East Gate Qing ordered Chen Ajin to lead the fortification team to Sakurajima and set up a new camp, and at the same time ordered Xu Yuanliang's warships to go out and sweep all the strongholds along the inner coast of Kagoshima Bay - whether it was the stronghold of the Shimazu family on the Satsuma Peninsula on the east coast or the stronghold of the Liver Fu family on the Osumi Peninsula on the west coast, all of them were uprooted! He's going to hold the whole of Kagoshima Bay in the palm of his hand! Satsuma's 'fine' Hua area is basically concentrated in the two alluvial plains bordering Kagoshima Bay, and the famous cities and towns in the area are adjacent to the bay, and with the power and firepower of Keika Xiang's water planes, as long as they control Kagoshima Bay, the Shimazu family will no longer have the power to fight back!
"Boom, boom—"
Artillery had already sounded on the other side, and Dai Tian, who was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery of Sakurajima, came back to his senses and muttered, "Japan is really small, where is it like China......"
The artillery team is the last team, and since the artillery team has also played a role, it must be that the first four teams have already entered the battle.
"Newspaper - the striker has arrived at the Ijiin Ichiyu Castle! The defenders did not dare to fight! Our army is already besieging the city! ”
"Oh-" Dai Tianchou muttered: "The resistance of the Shimazu family is weaker than expected, Qingguan, it seems that you have succeeded, the main force of the Shimazu family should have already left the city for Fangjin, and has not had time to rush back." ”
At this time, Tang Xiujibu had not yet arrived, but Dongmenqing had already decided to go ashore! He left only one hundred and fifty men for Chen Ajin, and then led the rest of the horses to the other side.