Chapter 757 Design

Liu Qingshan also fell into deep thought, what is intelligence asymmetry? They don't know about the rebels, and how do the rebels know about the reinforcements of a regiment? The opposing ninja may not be able to sneak into the range of a defense, right? Even if you can sneak in, you may not be able to figure out the specific strength. "Well, I think we can lure the rebels to the nameless heights and fight a battle there."

Both of them are resolute masters, and after deliberation, they immediately made a decision to send a reconnaissance force to investigate first and then decide. At this time, Bao Ke Masayuki interjected on the side: "Your Excellency, I don't know what we can do to help?" ”

Liu Qingshan remembered that the two of them were still there, nodded and said, "Of course, we need someone who is familiar with the terrain to lead the way." ”

Gu Beiwang looked at the two, patted his thigh and said, "Yes, aren't they short of food?" You can send people out to transport food, send some every day, and make a show of it, I don't believe that the rebels on the other side are not moved. ”

When Masayuki Baoke heard this, he immediately took over and said, "Gao Ming, Your Excellency is really smart. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao likes to cut off the grain road, and the battle of Guandu was won in this way. These words directly made Liu Qingshan and Gu Beiwang stupid, and said in their hearts that it was a novel, you wouldn't really use it as a military textbook, right? That's how Jiannu played back then, do you do the same?

Seeing the two of them looking at each other, Bao Ke Masayuki asked strangely: "What, am I not right?" Liu Qingshan and Gu Beiwang reacted, expecting the Japanese to receive a systematic military education, that was a dream. Since the Dengzhou Battalion, the Army's operational thinking has been to attack with a dignified and upright division and crush the opponent head-on, and to defend with a trench + barbed wire. Inflict maximum damage with a dense fire output. What is the grain road, it is all a side door, how important is the food of the army, how can it be so easy to cut off the grain road.

When it comes to military thought, the Japanese absolutely can't mention it. It's too much worse, what were Japan's tactics in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War in history. After the war, it was still the same. It is true that Japanese people are good at learning, but it is also true that they lack flexibility. But then again, the almost unchanged tactics, the national army that was still beaten in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, shows how quickly the national army fell after the outbreak of the Pacific War.

Getting back to the point, Liu Qingshan and Gu Beiwang decided that it would be good to be these two Japanese who didn't have zài, and let them find qualified guides. Then they went their separate ways. As for the shogunate army responsible for luring the enemy, Liu Qingshan did not intend to let them die in vain, and directly sent two staff officers over to direct the operation responsible for luring the enemy. For these shogunate troops, they were all desperate.

Mori has recently fallen into frustration and anxiety, and the friendly Shimazu forces have been unable to advance quickly, citing the heavy rain in the spring. The roads were muddy, and the artillery had difficulty moving. Maori was very dissatisfied with this. Wouldn't there be no war without artillery? What about the bravery of the samurai? That is to say, complain a few words, in fact, he is also in trouble, his cannons are on the way, because of the spring rain, the cannons have not been transported to the front line so far. There is one more problem. It is the problem of the stationing of troops, there are not many villages nearby, a few thousand people are fine, he has more than 15,000 soldiers, and many people live in tents now. Sleeping was to lay straw on the dirt floor and deal with it casually, and many soldiers fell ill because of it.

Maori did not dare to fight another battle lightly, and without the support of artillery, he attacked the strong fortress, and the casualties were indeed a little greater. The problem of Shimazu, in fact, Maori is also very clear, Japan is a country, there is not much experience in large-scale operations. The trouble caused by rainy days is not only the roads, but also the problem of damp weapons, food supplies.

Inside the monoculars, Maori could see the direction of the concession and muttered something like the damn "Ming Empire". The Japanese worship the strong, and they are afraid of the Ming Empire in their bones. On the one hand, I hate it to death, and on the other hand, I have to pinch my nose and spend a lot of money to purchase arms. Without these munitions, there would be no new type of army, and there would be no victory in the war of the end of the war. What they are most worried about is the interference of the Ming Empire, but judging from the situation, the damned Ming Empire seems to be only keen on making money.

In order to make money, the smugglers of the Ming Empire even got a 12-pound cast iron smoothbore cannon. That thing is amazing, it can fight 2,000 steps, and as long as it is transported to the front line, these earthen walls can be easily destroyed.

Anyway, Mori decided to contact his ally, the Satsuma clan, and after the inspection, sent an emissary to deliver the letter. After briefly talking about the situation on this side and emphasizing the necessity of coordinated operations, he kindly reminded Shimazu that if he could not end this fallen war, the military intervention of the Ming Empire might come at any time. Eventually, Mori asked Shimadzu for some food.

Shimazu, who received the news, summoned his subordinates to discuss. Since the beginning of the spring, the form of the war has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the attention of the Satsuma clan has shifted somewhat, and instead of moving forward as before, it has begun to grab territory. Japan is so big, if you grab a little more, others will have less. Because of this, the Satsuma Domain, which had more financial resources and better equipment, fell behind the Nagasu Domain.

"My lord, it seems that our allies have not reviewed the consequences of their aggressive tactics, but have instead accused us of advancing slowly."

It's not a good thing to say as soon as the old man below speaks, don't look at Satsuma and Changzhou as allies, in fact, the two have always looked down on each other. If it weren't for the emperor's banner, we wouldn't have been able to get together.

"The Nagasu Domain was betrayed by Tokugawa, so naturally he had hatred and was bent on revenge. I can understand Maori's feelings, but it would be too much to underestimate people if I used the Ming Empire as the most excuse. If the Ming Empire wanted to plot against Japan, it would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until today? Based on these years of contact, it is not difficult to see that what the Ming Empire wanted in Japan was commercial interests, not Japanese territory. Shimazu looked far-sighted, and immediately won the praise of his subordinates, and the last old man said: "My lord, we might as well ignore Cheung Chau's request, follow the original plan, wait for the road situation to improve, and then move forward." ”

Shimazu shook his head and said, "It's not right, the night is long and there are many dreams, the weather has improved in the past two days, and we can move forward tentatively." Also, send someone to bring some food to Maori, they ran too fast, and the baggage behind them did not keep up. We must not delay the great cause of the war because of the competition between us. ”

That being said, Shimazu was actually worried that Maori would come and withdraw his troops, knowing that the initiator of this war was actually the Satsuma Domain. If the relationship between the Chosu Domain and the shogunate is a long time, then Satsuma and the shogunate are new enemies. This new feud was only Nagasaki's foreign trade, which was in the hands of the shogunate, and it was not until Chen Xie's burning of Edo that Shimazu took the opportunity to recover his interests and expel the people sent by Tokugawa. After mastering Nagasaki's trade channels, Satsuma undoubtedly became the richest and most powerful feudal clan, so he had the financial resources to buy Changzhou to rebel together. The shogunate had always wanted to recover Nagasaki's interests, but because the sailor had been hit hard, he was unable to go south.

After three sunny days in a row, the roads began to dry out, and the Maori ninja soon brought the news that in recent times, the shogunate army had been transporting food to the various forts of Hachioji. Because of the heavy security and the assistance of the ninjas, they tried to burn the food several times but did not have a chance to do it.

The news of the shogunate's shortage of food had long been known to the Choshu Domain, and now that it heard that grain was being delivered, it was naturally suspected that it was from the Ming Concession. It was only there that large quantities of grain were sold to the shogunate.

"Damn the Ming people, all of them are guys who see money." Maori could only curse, turned around and beckoned his subordinates, and went out with dozens of cavalry to see the convoy transporting grain.

"Lord, look, it's coming." The monoculars spotted a marching grain convoy, a total of thirty carts, along an inconspicuous path, slowly marching in the direction of the largest fortress, the high ground near the fort, blocking the view from the front, which Maori believed was the key to the shogunate army's daring to secretly transport food.

"As long as we occupy that high ground and set up cannons, we can choke the road and hit the cannonballs into the earthen city by the way. Send someone to urge, why hasn't the cannon arrived yet? Especially those 12-pounder cannons, which must be delivered as much as possible. "Māori were extremely experienced in combat and had a keen sense of smell on the battlefield, and they quickly discovered the importance of this highland.

On the nameless heights at this time, Liu Qingshan and Gu Beiwang were inspecting the position. After Kuaima came back from Yokosuka, the news brought by Gu Beiwang was not bad, the navy did have a large amount of combat rations, and the soldiers of that thing vomited. The commander of the fleet very simply agreed, and first sent twenty truckloads of combat rations to the first regiment, which was originally prepared for the soldiers at sea. But now everyone refuses to eat it, and would rather fish at sea and make porridge and drink than eat those things. Moreover, the navy often goes to Incheon in North Korea, and there is really no shortage of rice and meat supplies. Why is this happening? Idle, Japan does not have a decent sea force at all, there are a total of five fourth-class warships in the port of Yokosuka, one cruise is enough every day, and the other four ships take turns to go out for transportation. Traveling back and forth with North Korea and Japan, I earned some money and improved everyone's lives.

These guys are also bold, and after the old-fashioned naval guns were sold to the North Korean sailors, they were reported to be scrapped. Wang Ben was in charge of North Korea, and he knew some of these things, but the navy was not under his control, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb. Therefore, the business of this small fleet is extremely prosperous, and many goods that are difficult to transport are all orders that they receive. (To be continued......)