Chapter 114: The Turtle in the Urn
"I intend to further strengthen the strength of the fleet!" After the welcoming ceremony, Ren Chao convened the main generals of the fleet and the main generals of the Incheon garrison to hold a brief military meeting.
Yu Kun and the three captains under him couldn't help but have a hint of excitement on their faces, Ren Chao smiled slightly and continued, "I plan to purchase you another capital cruiser, a few more torpedo boats, a few patrol gunboats and minelayers, and do our best to build our navy into a powerful fleet." In addition, I want to speed up the construction of the militarization of the port of Incheon! The main thing is the construction of land forts, the current speed is still a little too slow, we must do our best to build an impregnable land defense line, the land side will be handed over to Zhao Bin to be responsible, I will give you another garrison brigade with a strength of 1,000 people, in order to strengthen the garrison of Incheon. ”
"Yes!" Zhao Bin responded respectfully.
"My lord, how big are you going to get us a cruiser?" Hearing Ren Chao say that he wanted to add a main battleship to the fleet, Yu Kun was naturally excited, and Ren Chao's voice just fell. Yu Kun couldn't wait to ask.
"Hehe, what kind of warship are you going to have?" Ren Chao asked with a smile.
"Of course, the bigger the better, and the firepower should be fierce and fast! Better get us another Celestial Empire! Yu Kun said with a smile.
"Both the navy and the army need to strengthen their strength, and it is a little unrealistic to get another Celestial Empire." Ren Chao shook his head and said, "But I can assure you that this cruiser will not disappoint you." ”
This brief military meeting basically determined the direction and goal of the development of the navy for a period of time in the future. Later, Ren Chao held a huge celebration party for the naval officers and men in Incheon, and Ren Chao and the naval officers celebrated this great victory together, and then Ren Chao returned to Seoul.
In the Second Battle of Toshima, three of the four main cruisers of the First Guerrilla Force of the Japanese Combined Fleet were sunk, and only one Takachiho escaped, and as for the four troop carriers escorted, two were directly sunk, and the other two could only flee from the wind, and the 2,000 Japanese troops on board finally landed secretly near Buyeo County.
Now, after a few days of cultivation, the main force of the Tiger Army in Seoul has completely recovered its strength. Moreover, the Japanese reinforcements were repulsed by the navy, and Ren Chao thought that the time was ripe to eliminate the 1st Division of the Japanese Army in Suwon.
So Ren Chaoqin led the third regiment, the fourth regiment, and the newly established fifth regiment of the Huben army, totaling more than 5,000 people, about 5,000 people of the Korean New Army, and more than 30,000 people of Sun Huazhong's Dongxue Army, and went south from Seoul to attack Suwon.
In the headquarters of the Japanese army in Suwon Castle, Motoji Yamachi, Nogi Noshinori, and Oji Yasujun stood in front of a huge map with a frown.
"The enemy is coming in a rage, and with our current strength, it will be difficult to stop the enemy's attack." Oji Yasuchun said with a sad face.
"If you can't stop it, you have to stop it! Is it possible to abandon the city and flee? Our Great Japanese Locust Army is invincible in the world, and it is not certain who will win and who will lose? Nogi Noshinori had a look of madness on his face.
"We now have no choice but to fight to the death! I hope that His Majesty the Emperor will bless us with the defeat of the enemy army! Yamachi Motoji said with a helpless sigh.
"Nogi-kun, go down and prepare! Don't let down the trust that His Majesty the Emperor has placed in you! Motoji Yamagi turned to Nogi Noshinori and said.
"Please rest assured, Your Excellency the division commander, I will do my best to defeat the invading enemy and relieve the worries of His Majesty the Emperor!" Nogi Noshinori lowered his head and said with a stern expression.
"Yo Xi!" Yamachi Genji nodded approvingly and said, "Nogi-kun is worthy of being a pillar of the empire, so please!" ”
Nogi Noshinori bowed slightly, turned around and strode out of the headquarters with his saber, looking at the back of Nogi Noshinori leaving, Yamachi Motoji sighed deeply.
In the headquarters of the Tiger Army, Ren Chao and the main generals of various departments gathered together, Ren Chao pointed to Suwon City on the sand table and said coldly, "Now Suwon City has been surrounded by tens of thousands of our large army regiments, and the thousands of little devils of the first division in the city have become turtles in the urn, and now the only thing we have to do is to stew this turtle for me." ”
"Lord Ren, this first fire will be handed over to our new Korean army!" As soon as Ren Chao's voice fell, Jin Kainan couldn't help but step forward and arch his hand and said, "In the last battle of Suwon, the Japanese invaders used assassination methods, injuring our entire army commander and Chief of Staff Yan, and led our army to a rout on all fronts, our Korean New Army alone lost thousands of people, and the Dongxue Army lost more than 20,000 people. ”
"And us!" Sun Huazhong also stepped forward and said loudly, "Our Dongxue Army also wants to avenge General Quan and the brothers who died, and this time I, Dongxue Army, am willing to take on the main attack mission!" ”
"That's right! We want revenge! Kim Kai-nam and Sun Hua-jung made this statement, and the generals of the North Korean New Army and the Donghak Army immediately couldn't sit still, and they all clamored loudly to find the little devil for revenge.
Ren Chao couldn't help but sneer in his heart, these Goryeo sticks thought things too simply, did they really think that these little devils would be slaughtered if they were surrounded? With the personality of the little devil, he will naturally do the battle of the trapped beast, and when the time comes, the trouble will not be small. And these North Koreans are unashamedly shouting that they want to destroy the little devils, and they have just forgotten the falling flowers and flowing water that they have just been beaten by the little devils in Suwon so quickly.
However, Ren Chao was secretly happy in his heart, the first division of the little devil is definitely a hard bone, Ren Chao was a little reluctant to take his soldiers to fight with the little devil, at this time, the North Koreans were so popular that they took the initiative to jump out to fight with the little devil, and Ren Chao naturally couldn't ask for it.
"Generals, don't be in a hurry! The little devil is already surrounded by us, and it's not up to us to decide how to knead this! Ren Chao smiled and said, "I can understand that General Jin and General Sun are eager to fight, but this battle must also be considered in the long run, not only to wipe out the little devils in one fell swoop, but also to minimize our own losses!" To put it simply, to exchange the least price for the greatest victory, this is the highest state of war! "Whether it's the Dongxue Army or the North Korean New Army, in Ren Chao's eyes, they are just a group of cannon fodder, but even cannon fodder can't be consumed in vain, so although Ren Chao has always used them as cannon fodder, he doesn't want them to die in vain, in case they run out, where can I find such cheap cannon fodder! Or that he was beaten too badly by the little devils, scared out of his courage and lost his morale, which was also quite unfavorable for the subsequent war.