Tokugawa Yoshinobu rode on his war horse with a gloomy face, and his heart was always anxious. Although the remnants of the Shogunate Army in the Osaka area had already reported to him what had happened in the two defense lines, even the Shogunate generals in the Osaka direction did not know what had happened.

In this era, communication is extremely underdeveloped, and there are few ways to disseminate information, and in the process of disseminating a lot of information, it will be more or less flowing, and it will even be misinterpreted by the other party, resulting in the whole information becoming completely different.

So until now, Tokugawa Yorinobu has been vague about the situation of the Osaka Line. After all, such an unbelievable thing is beyond the comprehension of everyone in this era. The shogunate generals in the Osaka direction could only briefly explain the situation and then ask for reinforcements in the direction of Kyoto.

The Far Eastern Army, in every respect, far surpassed this era. In some ways, the gap is even equivalent to the modern Earth, which has been invaded by extraterrestrial technology.

First of all, the communications of the Far Eastern Army, with several airships cruising 24 hours a day over Honshu Island, serving as a communication relay between the various regiments in the Japanese theater, as well as the communication link between the theater headquarters and Liaodong and other places. In this era when communication is basically by roaring and sending letters is basically by walking, it is absolutely incredible.

The intelligence teams of the Far East stationed in the Japanese Intelligence Department are all over Japan, constantly spying on all kinds of valuable information, and using radio to transmit all kinds of information back to the intelligence department of the theater command as soon as possible anytime and anywhere.

All units of the Far Eastern Army, except for the newly trained Daredevils, all detachments at and above the battalion level will be equipped with a military radio station. The communication between the various units of the Far Eastern Army was greatly guaranteed, and the communication links between the theater headquarters, the corps headquarters, the divisional and brigade-level headquarters, and the regiments and battalions were extremely smooth.

The Far East is covered with hundreds of airships over Japan's main island of Honshu, each of which is equipped with low-light and thermal imaging night vision observation equipment. As long as weather permits. The Air Department's aircraft unit can provide 24-hour aerial reconnaissance support to the Theater Command.

At the front of the battlefield, the Air Department's ten drone reconnaissance teams can provide real-time battlefield intelligence to the attacking force at any time. In the depth of the enemy in the theater of operations, more than a dozen reconnaissance detachments have always been active, and with the support of the airboat detachments, they have carried out reconnaissance, raiding, sabotage, assassination, and other special combat missions behind enemy lines.

Theater Command has easy access to real-time intelligence from all parts of the theater. Using the information gathered by all sides, the general staff of the theater command can quickly, timely, and effectively adjust all units and deal with all kinds of unexpected or unexpected situations according to the ever-changing situation on the battlefield and through the unimpeded communication system, so as to ensure that the theater command always has a correct judgment on the battlefield situation and firmly control the initiative in the war.

The two belligerents on the battlefield are conducting their work in a situation of extremely asymmetric information. As a result, the Far Eastern Army had not yet started the battle. is already invincible. Even if there were no heavy machine guns and artillery in the Far East, and with cold weapons, the Tokugawa shogunate could still be defeated.

Tens of thousands of elites led by Tokugawa Yoshinobu hurried and finally arrived in the Osaka area before dawn. However, he did not know that the Far Eastern Army had already made targeted arrangements for them based on the information gathered by all parties, just waiting for them to crash headlong into the pocket set up by the Far Eastern Army in Osaka.

At this time, the sky was still very dark, and the tens of thousands of shogunate troops marched very slowly. But in the case of blind fire, he finally connected with the shogunate army in the Osaka area. There are only a few soldiers and horses left in the Osaka area. Because it was not in the area of poison gas attack, it was also preserved as an organization.

However, all the elites of the shogunate army in the Osaka area were deployed on those two defense lines, and most of the remaining soldiers and horses were the second-line troops of the shogunate army, as well as some soldiers and horses of daimyo from all over Honshu Island. There is also the civilian armament used by the shogunate as cannon fodder.

When Tokugawa Yoshinobu learned that all the elites had died unbelievably on the two lines of defense, his eyes suddenly turned black, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

At this time, he was already disheartened, and he knew that Osaka would definitely not be able to hold it. Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible to spread out and establish a new line of defense. As expected, the Satsuma Domain will inevitably attack before dark, and if the Shogunate Army deploys its troops now, it will inevitably be chaotic and will inevitably be defeated by the Satsuma Domain in one fell swoop.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu immediately made a decision and ordered all the soldiers and horses in Osaka to immediately retreat to the Kyoto defense line, and set fire to Osaka Castle and all the houses and food along the way, discarded all supplies, and the whole army withdrew to Kyoto lightly.

I have to say that Tokugawa Yorinobu's decision at this time was still very correct. At least in this case, the decision he made was already the best way. If he encounters other armies of this era, the soldiers and horses he leads will definitely retreat safely to Kyoto, and redeploy the second line of defense with the help of the civil fortifications already established in the Kyoto area.

It is a pity that he is facing the Far Eastern Army, and from the moment he came out of Kyoto with his soldiers and horses, he has already been sent back to the theater command by telegram from the Far East intelligence station in Japan. The airship unit of the Far East Air Department quickly dispatched airships to monitor their movements throughout the process.

The Southern Army Corps Command received the order from the Theater Command and also made targeted deployments according to the situation on the battlefield.

The shogunate army, which had received orders from Tokugawa Yorinobu, moved extremely quickly and immediately began to organize troops and horses to prepare for retreat. In such a dark environment, it also showed the relatively good quality of the Tokugawa shogunate army, and although the soldiers and horses everywhere were chaotic, they completed the preparations for retreat in a short time.

At the headquarters of the Southern Army Corps, Hu Guosheng took the microphone and shouted loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief, all units of the Southern Army Corps are ready to attack, please instruct." ”

Gao Jianguo's gloomy voice came from the other end of the microphone: "This battle will be fought hard for me, and I will strive to annihilate the tens of thousands of elites from Kyoto in the Osaka area." I don't want to take prisoners in this battle, and I will try to kill and injure the living forces of the shogunate army as much as possible.

As long as this elite of the shogunate is defeated, it is equivalent to destroying most of the main forces of the shogunate army in the Kyoto area of Osaka, and it will also greatly shorten the time of the Japanese campaign.

Hu Guosheng, you remember to Lao Tzu that if you want to fight to the death in this battle, you will be killed by a head-on. Lao Tzu's ugly words come to the end, if this battle is not fought, you will be ready to go to the northeast to bring the indigenous militia in the future. ”

After listening to Gao Jianguo's words, Hu Guosheng laughed and said: "Please rest assured, if my old Hu can't fight this battle, I don't need the commander-in-chief to speak, I will pick up this skin and go to the Ethnic Affairs Committee to farm the land." Ha ha...... If at this time, I can't destroy this shogunate army, and I don't deserve to wear the skin of the Far Eastern Army. ”

Hu Guosheng ended the call, then thought for a while, picked up the microphone again, and shouted loudly: "Attention to the attacking troops, they are all specially listened to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu has just made a military order with the commander-in-chief, if this battle is not fought well, Lao Tzu will take off this skin and go to the Ethnic Affairs Committee to farm."

There will be no prisoners left in this battle, and what we want is to completely annihilate this enemy and kill as many living forces as possible of the shogunate army. If anyone doesn't fight well, let the shogunate army run away for me, they will all go to the outer northeast with Lao Tzu to farm. I order, the general offensive begins ......" (to be continued......)

PS: Thanks to Ali for the tip.