On this night, Saigo Takamori still did not carry out a sneak attack.

His behavior, which seems to be brushing up his character, has been unanimously criticized - criticism.

On this day, the Japanese army transported a lot of traffic, the army has transported nearly 40,000 people, more than two-thirds of the naval ships, it can be said that the essence of the Japanese expeditionary force is already in Tokunoshima, because the army soldiers have rifles all over, and also pulled six artillery, although it is a relatively primitive bronze cannon, but it is always a cannon!

The Japanese have always been fond of sneak attacks, and this excellent tradition of theirs was passed down to World War II.

Emperor Meiji has officially appointed Saigo Takamori as commander-in-chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Force, Yamayama Aritomo as army commander, Oyama Iwa as deputy commander of the army, and Saigo Komichi as naval commander; Of these four people, only Yamaguchi is from the Choshu domain, and the other three are all from the Satsuma domain, which seems to be a bit uneven.

Among the important ministers of the Japanese government, Okubo Ritsu, Kido Takayo, Ito Hirobumi, Yama Prefecture Aritomo, and Takasugi Shinsaku, who died two years ago, were all from the Choshu Domain, and only the three who came to Tokunoshima were born in the Satsuma Domain, that is to say, for this war, the important ministers of the Satsuma Domain poured out.

But now, even Oyamaiwa, who is also from the Satsuma Domain, is questioning Saigo Takamori's lack of a sneak attack for two consecutive nights, isn't this a missed opportunity? Isn't this a violation of the excellent traditions of the Yamato nation?

Even Saigo Takamori's younger brother Saigo Norido couldn't get used to his eldest brother's cowardly behavior, and with a red face and a thick neck, he proposed that he would personally lead the army to a sneak attack.

Youpeng in Shan County is even more iron-blue, and he has scolded 10,000 sentences of Baga in his heart, 10,000 and 10,000 sentences Oh crying and biting Na (coward), if it weren't for the fact that he was the only one in the Changzhou Domain, he was a little weak, and it is estimated that he would sacrifice another fine tradition of the Japanese army - Xia Keshang.

A cowardly man is not worthy of the post of commander-in-chief!

"Yaga!" Saigo Takamori slammed the table: "You little rabbits, do you want to rebel?" Red deer! How to fight, do I use you to teach? ”

The three red deer immediately stood up respectfully, leaned forward fifteen degrees with their upper bodies, and made a look of decay, waiting for the general's slap to come; This is again an excellent tradition in Japan, it is an honor to be pumped by a boss, it can become a bragging capital, and an officer who has not been slapped by his boss has no future.

Just like those civil officials in the Ming Dynasty who were beaten with sticks by the emperor's court staff, it was an honor for civil officials at that time.

Well, the Japanese face and the Chinese ass - it's the same.

But these three red deer are a bit wishful thinking, General Saigo simply calculated, three faces, six sides, each side has to be pumped at least three times, three six and eighteen; Baga, you guys are stupid to me, it's my hand that hurts! The general's hand is used to hold a katana and command thousands of troops, how can it be wasted on the faces of you red deer?

The three red deer did not wait for the slap in the face as expected, but waited for the order of General Saigo: "The three of you, after midnight tonight, each take a group of men and horses to the main island of Ryukyu to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, do you understand?" ”

"Hay!" The three red deer left happily.

Saigo Takamori is still quite old in using soldiers. He didn't doubt the number of the opponent's troops, because he knew that transporting more than 10,000 troops to the Ryukyu Kingdom with the strength of the Qing Dynasty was already at the top, although Ryukyu was nominally a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and it was understandable that the Qing Dynasty supported the Ryukyus, but the naval strength of the Great Qing Dynasty was very limited, and according to foreign friendly sources, there were only two sail warships escorting the transport fleet, which also coincided with the naval strength of the Great Qing Dynasty, so he did not doubt the number of enemy troops.

He sent three groups of reconnaissance personnel to find out the enemy's deployment at various landing points, and then to determine the most reasonable landing plan. The landing site originally set on His Majesty's side of the Emperor was good, but it still had to be reconnoitred to be more bottom-up; As for whether casually changing the battle plan will be reprimanded by His Majesty the Emperor, hum! Will be subject to the king's life outside!

Therefore, tonight will be lively, the future three marshals of the Japanese army will come to the main island of Ryukyu to conduct reconnaissance, and the patrol men and horses sent by the Liang Jiajun are sharp knives and fast horses - special combat teams with cavalry regiments!

This scene can't be seen if it's not good!

Coincidentally, Li Zishan, the captain of the special combat team leader Jiang Yang, asked his three squad leaders to each take a cavalry battalion, each responsible for an area, and he and Niu Qiang, the cavalry regiment commander who had been appointed as the head of the intelligence bureau's operations, stayed in the reinforcement center in the northern part of Ryukyu Island with the men and horses directly under the cavalry regiment headquarters, ready to reinforce at any time.

Young Master Liang loves soldiers like children, and he also governs the army strictly, and no one dares to be lazy and desert on this night; If you violate military discipline, the young master will be very angry, and the consequences will be serious!

On the night of September 14, 1869, the lunar calendar is August 12, and there are three days to go is August 15 - the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, the moon appears like a silver plate over the North Pacific Ocean, and the visibility is quite high.

Yama Prefecture Youpeng, Oyama Iwa and Saigo Congdao were more anxious, and they set off after receiving the order, after all, it would take three or four hours to take a boat to the main island of Ryukyu, and the three of them each took a battleship, each with a team, and each was responsible for an area.

China and Japan seem to have said yes, so we can't help but praise them - good match, there will be a climax! Oh daddy! One library! One library!

Foreplay came as promised. The Japanese did not have steam ironclad ships, so the three red deer were all sail warships, these three battleships were the capital ships of the Japanese Navy, they were all new ships, the speed of the ships was very fast, and there was no noise of the engine steam engine, and they quietly approached the main island of Ryukyu on a moonlit night.

Then they anchored and suspended in the offshore waters, released the landing dinghy, and went ashore to reconnoiter in the dinghy.

Luckily for you, the patrol officer in this area where he went ashore had just left, so he still had about ten minutes to spare.

After all, Dashan Yan and Saigo Congdao were on their backs, and the dinghy they were sitting in was discovered by patrolmen before they could dock; Xixiang Congdao met the Iron Sand Palm Qian Tiger Squad, and Dashan Yan was more back, and what he met was the Poison Master Huang Bingkun Squad.

As soon as the men and horses led by Saigo Congdao came ashore, Qian Hu rushed over with more than 100 people; Because they need to hide their strength, they all bring American rifles, Saigo they also bring more than a dozen American rifles, and the others all use Japanese knives, they are here to secretly reconnoitre, how dare they shoot casually? How far the gunshots can be heard at night!

But the people of the Liang family army didn't care, more than a hundred people came up and it was a salvo: 呯······ In an instant, more than half of Saigo's more than 50 people fell, Saigo was so frightened that he turned around and ran, those Japanese soldiers were also loyal to the Lord, regardless of their lives, blocking the front of Saigo, ready to block the bullets for the master!

But I'm sorry, the American rifles in these years are only single-handed, and they have to wait for the second shot to be fired for a while, so they didn't wait for the bullets, and when they waited for Liang Jiajun's broadsword, the Japanese were cut down seven or eight more, and the others also relied on their desperate cover to jump into the dinghy and leave quickly. A dozen Japanese on the dinghy all had rifles, and those warriors who did not have guns were shattered because they were walking in front, and these dozen Japanese picked up their rifles and shot at the shore, but unfortunately the dinghy shook so badly that there was no accuracy, and only one brother from the cavalry battalion was shot in the thigh by a flying bullet.

The Japanese finished shooting the singles, and it was probably too late to fire a second shot; The cavalry of the Liang family army hurriedly picked up their rifles, hurriedly loaded the bullets, and waited for them to load the bullets and aim at the target, but the target ran away under the desperate rowing of the Japanese, and dozens of rifles fired a salvo, only in exchange for a miserable scream.

This scream also marked the end of the encounter.

This is not yet the climax, but it is just the stage of Daddy.

Oyama Iwa is not as afraid of death as Saigo Congdao, he is a real samurai!

It's a pity that he met a poison master!

When Dashanyan brought a team to the shore and went ashore, it was all smooth and smooth, no problem!

But what he didn't know was that Huang Bingkun had already made more than 100 semi-circular encirclements, and he ordered the brothers in the cavalry battalion to prepare three shots, more than 100 guns, and more than 40 bullets each time the three shots were fired, and they could shoot continuously; And the poison master with four special combat team members clasped poison darts in their hands, ready to wait for the opportunity to shoot!

When Dashanyan and the others walked steadily into the shooting circle of Liang Jiajun, the poison master's left hand waved violently, and more than 40 bullets rushed to the face, and then five poison darts puffed into the flesh, and then more than 40 bullets, then five poison darts, more than 40 bullets, and five poison darts······

And then it's a library, a library, a climax!