"The Han army is now also building a large number of fortresses, fortress to fortress, this is a dignified war of attrition, if you had listened to me earlier, taking advantage of the Han army's unstable foothold to take the initiative to attack, maybe you have driven the Han army into the sea1

In the council chamber of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the important ministers are carrying out the verbal cannon that must be carried out every day, because there are many high-ranking aboriginal generals and strategists there, in order to make them understand, so the words of the island players are still very civilized.

"Baga, under the city of Busan, the battle near the landing beach doesn't explain the problem, this matter doesn't need to be discussed anymore, and it is useless to talk about things that have passed over and over again."

"A lesson from the past, a teacher from the future1

"Okay, don't fight about this anymore! Now we are discussing the current situation in Kyushu, now that Kyushu is being attacked by the north and south, and a landing war is inevitable, rather than spending our strength to keep the enemy out of the country, it is better to lure the enemy deep and destroy it at a relatively small cost, this strategy is beyond doubt. ”

"This"

"However, the Han army has built a large number of fortresses, and we are fighting fortress battles, and the opponent has the power to raid from the air, so we are obviously at a disadvantage.1

"Air power! Those Wyverns can't fly at all, as long as we make artillery with a large angle of fire, the problem can be solved, and in addition, the range of our fortress guns is significantly better than that of the enemy's ancient trebuchets, and in fortress battles, our army has a advantage1

"Takeda-kun is right, fortress warfare is the best way to give full play to the advantages of our army and restrain the advantages of the enemy."

"That's right, so if we have faith. Adhering to the present strategy will be able to consume a large amount of the enemy's vital forces and greatly increase the enemy's war costs. Until the Han army could not withstand such serious losses and retreated1

"Will you really retreat? The war strength and potential of the Han army seem to be greater than ours1

"You are mistaken, it is only a part of the Han State that is fighting with us now, Youzhou in the north and Huiji in the south, the number of people they can mobilize is even roughly the same as ours, but in the early battle. A lot of our seagoing vessels are consumed in the process of breaking through barriers. ”

"This is also a helpless thing, who told the other side to rush so urgently1

"The incompetence of the Navy cannot be pretended to be invisible1

"Baga, isn't the army's performance under Busan City very satisfactory?"

"Yaga. You"

"Shut up! Yamamoto-kun, what do you think is the likelihood of this strategy succeeding? ”

"Your Excellency, the strategy of luring the enemy deeper is not so much a strategy of response as a helpless choice. But. It is undeniable that this is the best strategy for our army at present, and as His Excellency Imai said just now, the Han army is not using the strength of the whole country to attack our country, and if that is the case, the situation of our army is even more dangerous. There were also frequent internal wars in the Han state, which added the possibility of success to our strategic choices.1

"Yamamoto-kun means that he should set his sights on the Han Kingdom?"

"Exactly, the one who defeated the giants. It can only be the giants themselves. As long as there is internal chaos in the Han Kingdom, they will not be able to continue to spend military resources in our country. Therefore, every point of internal friction in the Han State will be one less point in the war force that can be invested in our country, and if the Han civil strife continues, even our army will have a chance to counterattack the Han State! Therefore, the war within our country cannot be resolved from within our country, but from within the Han state.1

"Well, it deserves to be Kansuke Yamamoto, the first think tank in my country! I can see through the essence of things at a glance1

"Starting from within the Han Kingdom? Is it to cause chaos within the Han Kingdom? ”

"Yes, it's a good idea, as long as the Han Kingdom is in chaos, we will have a chance1

"Don't we have a lot of friends in Han1?

"Friend, those are dogs, dogs that bite for us1

"Hua Junshi, what does this mean? Need this information useful? ”

"Well, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles! Isn't figuring out the character and relationship of the Japanese commanders also a step to understanding the enemy? ”

"Yes, but is it really necessary1

"Of course, there is no doubt that most of the strategies are formulated in a targeted manner, designed according to the personality of the opposing commander, so that the power of the strategy can be effectively exerted."

"I can understand that, okay, then I'll try to do it, although it's not easy1

After sending Hua Xin away, Zhang Zhiyuan curiously came to the staff headquarters with this letter, wanting to consult Zhang Tianhuo about the purpose of Fang Zhiwen's need for these materials.

"It's not hard to understand that knowing the character of an opponent is indeed an effective means of carrying out a strategy." Zhang Tianhuo affirmed Hua Xin's statement: "However, Fang Zhiwen's purpose may be more than that. ”

"Oh? What else is his purpose? ”

"Now on the Hanjin front, there has been a pattern of fortress warfare, fortress warfare is a protracted war, very expensive and time-consuming, Fang Zhiwen has always advocated a quick victory, even if it is a national war now, it is difficult to achieve a quick victory, but Fang Zhiwen will definitely find ways to speed up the process of the war, and the most effective means is to kill a large number of the opponent's living forces and increase the opponent's consumption 1

"What does that have to do with this request?"

"Yes! The relationship is not shallow! Nowadays, the Japanese army is based on the player as the absolute main force, and the player has very distinctive characteristics, although the unity of the Japanese is better, but it does not mean that they are monolithic, Fang Zhiwen's purpose is to make full use of the player's unruly personality, to stimulate its internal contradictions, induce them to make mistakes. ”

"Oh!?"

"Another characteristic of fortress warfare is that once the defense line is broken, the entire strategy will become very passive, and the cost of the initial investment will basically be scrapped."

"So that's what happened, and in that case, it seems that this information is necessary.1

"Of course, if possible. I also want information on the generals of the Southern Command across the strait. ”

"Preparations for landing on Kyushu Island have been completed?"

"Almost."

"I see, it's not easy, but I'll try to get the information you want."

"General. You see, the central part of Kyushu Island is a mountainous area, and if we make full use of this and establish a stronghold in the central mountainous area, we will be able to attack from this place and become a poison in the heart of the enemy1

"Well, that's why the lord sent us here to land. Studied all the maps? ”

"How did you get the map here? Quite detailed 1

"You don't have to worry about this, I heard that I got it from the Inhumans, and it was one hundred and twenty miles into the mountains from the seaside. I don't think we need to hide and hide, destroy all the enemy camps on the coastal roads! By the way, get some supply reserves1

"No1

Fang Zhiwen circled Li Yuanzhi's cavalry and directly landed near Hyuga on the eastern coast of Kyushu Island, and Li Yuanzhi deeply understood Fang Zhiwen's strategic intentions. After landing, several surrounding fortresses were destroyed with great fanfare. Then it disappeared into the mountains.

At the beginning, the Japanese people didn't understand why Fang Zhiwen would do such an inexplicable thing, and actually put a cavalry force of more than 20,000 people behind the enemy, and it was still in the mountains, isn't this sending him to death? Coupled with the lack of supplies, what combat effectiveness does this army have at all?

Therefore, the Japanese did not have to bother to find this cavalry force at all, as long as they guarded the exit of the surrounding mountains. Plug them up in the mountains, and you can trap them alive!

But then they found out. It's just their own fantasy!

This cavalry was not only not trapped to death, but made full use of the complexity of the mountainous area, and attacked the surrounding cities and fortresses in all directions, and all weak places could be raided by this cavalry, and this cavalry caused huge casualties and losses to the Japanese people in a short period of time.

As for the problem of cutting off supplies, it seems that this cavalry did not care at all, until detailed information from the Han State showed that this was a mountain cavalry specially used for mountain warfare behind enemy lines, so that the Japanese people, who had suffered a lot of losses, understood what kind of enemy they were facing.

What if you just know? The troops sent into the mountains were either annihilated or dragged down, and the troops who wanted to encircle and suppress such a large area were sparse, and the speed could not keep up, and the encirclement and suppression finally became annihilated by the other side seeking opportunities, in order to encircle and suppress this 20,000 team, the Japanese lost no less than 100,000 people, not counting the number of people killed by Li Yuanzhi's initiative, as well as the fortresses and cities burned by him.

This side has not yet been resolved, and there is a problem in the fortress war in the north, and the impatient Itoshima defenders Matsushita Taro and Sanada Yukimura are lured by the Han army and venture along the coast, only to be attacked by Yu She's ingenious leapfrog tactics, using the navy's transportation capacity, to cut off his retreat in turn.

More than 70,000 infantry were wiped out between the beaches and mountains in the Fuji area, and then Yu Shi led the army to break through, leading a large number of player troops, and took all the fortresses between Fudge and Itoshima in one go, forming a siege posture on Itoshima, which was empty of troops, and the originally dense fortress circle was suddenly torn open.

The Itoshima crisis suddenly mobilized the entire fortress circle, and the Han army, which had been prepared for a long time, took advantage of the mobilization of the Japanese people, repeatedly attacked and raided the troops that were moving, captured a large number of fortresses, and advanced the entire battle circle to the line of Guanyin Mountain and Songpu River Pass, the original cramped situation suddenly stretched, and with the expansion of the battle line, the boring situation between the two sides was broken, and the battle for jīliè began!

On August 3, the Japanese abandoned Itoshima and retreated to Fukuoka to reorganize their defensive line, Yu Shi occupied Itoshima and built a castle, the second fulcrum was completed, and the strategic situation in northern Kyushu was lively, and for the Japanese people, the area they had to guard against was even larger. Sadly, the loss of the Matsuura River and Mount Kannon made it possible for the castle to be besieged, and if the castle was lost, the entire northwestern part of Kyushu would be cut off, forcing the Japanese to place heavy troops around the castle.

As a result, not only are the forces of the northern defensive circle somewhat stretched, but the forces of the central part of the defense against Li Yuanzhi and the forces of the defensive operations that are about to begin in the south are insufficient. To be continued...