When Li Zhenha's legs were numb in the bay of Tonkin, the long-awaited follow-up troops finally arrived, and the two mixed brigades of the army landed on his flanks and began to establish forward positions. The two who came were old acquaintances he had known since he was in the deserted village, Li Zhenhe was born as bandits and hungry people, and these two were surrendered by the Taiping Army, namely Liao Xing'e, commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and Wang Yaojiang, commander of the 11th Mixed Brigade.

Although he hasn't had a chance to meet and talk yet, Li Zhenhe's heart is finally a little calmer, even if it is not a large army advancing towards Tokyo, at least he doesn't have to squat here alone. There is a lot of good news these days, such as the capture of Kagoshima by the mercenary division, the slaughter of Kumamoto, the sweep of Shikoku by the 7th Division, etc., but Li Zhenhe has not been very happy. He didn't care about the affairs on the island, and he should be worried about the more and more Japanese troops in Tokyo City were gathering in front of him, but his shells were getting fewer and fewer.

The place where the emperor drove and the place where the head of a country was headed, was blocked by the Manchurian army, and this was what the Japanese cared about the most. Therefore, they fully mobilized all towns and platforms, as well as the feudal armies scattered in various domains, and gathered more than 100,000 people to come over, making it clear that they wanted to knock Li Zhenhe to death, how could Li Zhenhe not worry. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is not very good, but it can't stand the opponent's large number of people! The number of support ships in the rear became fewer and fewer, and the artillery support was greatly weakened, and Li Zhenhe did not have the confidence to resist the enemy force twenty times higher.

"Brigade seat, supplies are being sent from the rear!" Li Zhenhe's chief of staff was also worried, but the supplies from the rear had been delivered, and he still had to report it, especially since this supply was a bit special.

"Hmmm! Got it! You arrange for someone to receive it! Li Zhenhe was holding a telescope to observe the movements of friendly forces, and he didn't pay special attention.

"Brigade, do you want to see for yourself, this supply is a bit special!" The chief of staff had to make his words clear, otherwise he would be guilty of a mistake in the brigade's judgment.

"Huh?" For such a trivial matter as accepting supplies, Li Zhenhe didn't need to make a trip in person.

"This supply, in addition to the normal food and ammunition supply, there are some more things!" Seeing that Li Zhenhe was puzzled, the chief of staff added something.

"What's more?" Li Zhenhe is a little happy, and who will be happy if the supply increases.

"500,000 rounds of light and heavy chicken gun ammunition, and 3,000 meters of barbed wire." The chief of staff also grew up on the front line, and he has fought a lot of battles, and he doesn't know how many exercises he has participated in, so he naturally knows what these materials mean.

"It's still defense!" Li Zhenhe's good mood is gone, and after seeing the friendly army, he always thought that he was going to start attacking!

That's what it means! And suddenly send these things to us, I'm afraid that there will be a problem with fire support! "The chief of staff had no problem with the defense, he was worried about other changes.

After the battles of Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan's losses were very huge, not counting the loss of important places in the southwest, and the loss of weapons and ammunition was also very huge. Japan, a small island nation, was in dire need of reinforcements from the outside world, so they began to send all kinds of ships to sea at any cost, hoping to get some supplies back. The British are still very interesting, although they do not want to offend the Manchurians, but they are still happy to make some small moves in private. As long as the Japanese can come up with real money, he doesn't mind accompanying the Japanese to engage in some smuggling trade.

The few remaining broken ships of the Japanese slipped out, and the Manchurian Navy naturally could not sit idly by, so the detachments also began to round up the fish that slipped through the net. Originally, when they attacked Kyushu and Shikoku, they separated a lot of warships from Tokyo Bay, and this time they went to catch the fish that slipped through the net, and naturally there were many warships to leave. Sending such things as barbed wire to Li Zhenhe and others was to tell Li Zhenhe that the fire support would be weakened, and how to resist the Japanese army would depend on him to figure out his own way.

Originally, without the support of naval artillery, Li Zhenhe and others could still count on aviation. In order to protect the valuable pilots, the air force sent some reconnaissance airships to observe the enemy's situation, and most of the bombing airships withdrew to the mainland.

"The battleship is gone, the airship is gone, and in the future, this battle will depend on us!" Li Zhenhe's mouth was very unpleasant, and he didn't have an effective way to resist twenty times the enemy.

Li Zhenhe couldn't do anything but worry about it, so he could only ask the chief of staff to distribute these supplies, and then command the troops to charge when they hurried, Li Zhen didn't have to let the troops speed up the progress. With barbed wire is to have an insurance, although I don't know how much of a role it can play in the end, but at least there is a comfort in my heart. Without artillery fire and aviation*, all Li Zhenhe could count on was chicken guns and barbed wire.

"What the hell, why did I suddenly remember to do this! Trouble is dead! Machine gunner Wen Hongjun's hand was scratched by the barbed wire thorn, and his mouth began to curse.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's all life-saving stuff, it's all tightened." Han Aijun didn't pay attention to Wen Hongjun, they were brothers on the battlefield, but Han Aijun really didn't want to listen to Wen Hongjun's singing.

"Banzao, didn't you say that when the follow-up troops arrived, we had to take the initiative to attack? Why is it that now that two more brigades have landed, we still have to prepare, and it will be over if we take Tokyo in one go. Han Aijun ignored Wen Hongjun, deliberately turned his head, and did not answer Wen Hongjun's words. Wen Hongjun still complained undisciplinedly, sentence after sentence, which can be called sharp teeth. Han Aijun was also puzzled, but he wouldn't say this question, his subordinates had spent too long, and Han Aijun couldn't hit the morale of his soldiers.

"Huh! They're also on the fence! Han Aijun, who looked up and wanted to explain again, suddenly noticed something unusual, the two new brigades seemed to be digging the ground and fortifying.

"Right now, our mission is to stay here, and the upper peak didn't say to let us do anything else, I have to carry it out no matter what! Don't ask, when the group allows us to go out, it will naturally tell us, don't worry about it. "Everything else has to be put aside for the time being, Han Aijun only cares about the supply situation of his subordinates.

"The combat effectiveness of the Japanese is not very good, is Shangfeng too spoiled him." Wen Hongjun was still not convinced, he felt that with a few of them, he would soon be able to attack the capital, and the Japanese army's obstruction was not worth mentioning at all.

"Don't talk so much nonsense, the army has also set up positions nearby, and their task is estimated to be defense, and they are also digging trenches and deploying barbed wire, so you can stay honest!" Han Aijun also really wanted to beat up a few of his companions. It wasn't the long-awaited attack, and he was in a very bad mood.

After the trenches were dug deep enough, Han Aijun led the soldiers to deploy the barbed wire, and even hung the barbed wire with canned boxes that had been eaten. This has no real protective effect, but if the Japanese army wants to sneak attack, as long as it touches the barbed wire, it will clang, which is even better than the military dogs with strong reconnaissance ability. After working for most of the day, Han Aijun returned to the trench to rest, but the opposite side was really fried.

Emperor Meiji was furious about the occupation of Tokyo Bay by the Manchurian Army, and he wanted to get this important piece of land back at any cost. The emperor set the tone, but no one was prepared to carry it out, and the most fierce opposition was that of the emperor's teacher, Saigo Takamori. Saigo learns things from the east and west, not only the thinking is very good, but the judgment is also unusually accurate. After the previous counteroffensive, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, and Saigo had already expected that the Japanese army would not be able to defeat the Manchurian army in a field battle. But because of the righteousness of the scholar, he was still ready to resist to the end. If the emperor is ready to attack again today, Saigo is very reluctant. Saigo knew very well that if these untrained soldiers went into battle, they would definitely not have any results, and they were completely wasting the lives of the soldiers. According to Saigo's intentions, the emperor should now abandon the port of Edo, lead a large army, and retreat to Kyoto or Osaka in order to fight again. ，

Facing Saigo, whose head had turned into a rattle, the emperor's attitude was very bad, and the two had a big quarrel at the emperor's palace, and in the end they naturally broke up, but the emperor did not give up. Meiji couldn't understand Saigo's thoughts, he was the emperor, he was the descendant of Amaterasu, how could he run away in embarrassment! Moreover, the enemy is in front of him, if he runs, the Manchurian army will inevitably pursue, and the success rate of escape is not very high. Whether it is to save face or to benefit, Meiji must find a way to get rid of this deadly coastal position first, and only when there are no worries can the emperor be considered completely safe. No matter how reluctant Saigo was, the emperor issued an edict directly asking him to send troops to destroy the Manchurian positions along the coast. Saigo, who was under pressure from many sides, had to plan an attack on the Manchurian army while being annoyed by Meiji's ingratitude.

Saigo waited for three days, and finally waited for such an opportunity that there were few ships on the sea and the airship was nowhere to be found. Saigo, who was helpless, could only curse in a low voice while directing the soldiers forward. He also knew that the coastal positions were a threat to the emperor and Edo Castle, and he had to get rid of the coastal positions as soon as possible, otherwise the emperor's escape would be in danger even if he had a million troops. Now that the war has begun, Saigo can only attack in a hurry no matter how reluctant he is.

As soon as the Japanese charged, Saigo saw hope of victory. The firepower of the Manchurian Army was greatly weakened, and although there were still shells from time to time, the density of firepower was much weaker than before, and there was not a single large-caliber heavy artillery. Such a situation was undesirable for Saigo, even though Saigo mobilized more than 20,000 troops to drive directly to the central part of the Manchurian Army. As long as the soldiers can withstand the casualties and continue to charge bravely, the battlefield will soon fall into hand-to-hand combat, and once the Manchurian generals are captured alive, the battle will be almost the same.

However, after rushing not far from the Manchurian position, the Japanese soldiers stopped their steps one after another, because they encountered barbed wire.