Chapter 63: Attack on Japan
The operation of logistics is no less important than that of frontal combat, not only food and grass, but also the supply of various combat materials, medicines, armor and ordnance, the transportation of the wounded to the rear for treatment, the replenishment of bird guns and ammunition, and the manufacture of siege equipment.
Wang Zhi said confidently: "My lord, don't worry, I am from a business journey, although I don't know how to march and fight, but there are few people in this world who are more proficient in grain and grass transportation and material classification."
After taking over the troops, Xiao Qiuyu immediately formulated a battle plan...... In countless video games, he is also a little good at military affairs, maybe he is not good at arranging troops on the battlefield, but he is more or less a master at strategically dispatching troops to plan operations.
As he spoke, Xiao Qiuyu pointed to the map and said, "Nagasaki faces the sea on three sides, which means that we only need to attack all the way outward, and we don't have to worry about the mainland being attacked...... In this operation, we can come out of the nest without defense, and whoever wants to attack Nagasaki itself will collide with our frontal troops."
Xiao Qiuyu, who often plays video games, knows that the most troublesome thing in a war is when you send troops to attack, and the enemy divides troops to attack your hinterland, which is commonly known as stealing your home...... It's okay that RTS like Warcraft Interstellar can go back to the city to support if it's stolen...... And the strategic-oriented full-site series、P Society Four Meng series,The most headache is that your hometown has been breached.,As long as the other party demolishes buildings and slaughters the city all the way,It can make your dozens of hundreds of rounds of hard work completely wasted......
Often, many times, you have an extremely large army under your command, but you can only send out one-third or one-quarter of the troops in a single battle; The rest must defend their homes and watch out for other people's attacks.
For example, the Ming Empire has a total strength of more than one million people, but the northern Mongolia often plunders south, and it is necessary to arrange a large army to garrison the northern frontier...... In addition, outside the Guan, the Western Regions, and South Vietnam, there are too many places that need to be garrisoned.
As a result, the Ming Empire had a strong army, but in order to maintain its own homeland, it could not allocate too much of its part to local operations, so it could only let the Japanese wreak havoc.
And in strategy games, geographically close to the border line is the most comfortable...... In the words of Go, it is "golden horns, silver edges, and grass belly", and the closer you are to the edge of the map, the more comfortable it is, because you don't have to worry about being attacked by foreign enemies from other directions, and you can concentrate all your forces and focus on attacking all the way.
And Nagasaki, which faces the sea on three sides, can be said to be the most perfect strategic location, no matter who wants to attack Nagasaki, it will collide head-on with the attack force sent by Xiao Qiuyu.
A Japanese general under Wang Zhi said, "Qiaodou sacks, there are naval armies from all the princes around, if they come from the waterway, what should they do?"
Another general said: "You have a funny brain, King Hui (Wang Zhi)'s fleet is so powerful in the East China Sea that even the Ming Naval Division has to avoid three points, those Japanese princes, how many of them dare to invade Nagasaki from the waterway?"
The general continued, "If the army is asking for a nest, how can the enemy be fed off at sea if the hinterland is empty, and there are ships but no soldiers?"
"I'm free to arrange things on the water...... If those warlords who are not long-sighted dare to attack from the sea, I have fulfilled them." A trace of cold killing intent flashed in Xiao Qiuyu's eyes.
Continuing to point to the map, Xiao Qiuyu said: "In this battle, the main force dispatched 7,000 men to attack Saga County head-on, and in addition, ordered four generals to command 500 men and horses each, and quickly captured the surrounding villages......
"After conquering Saga Prefecture, reorganize the troops, divide them into six routes, and attack the surrounding lords at the same time, so be sure to annihilate them as soon as possible......
Since it was a sudden surprise attack, Xiao Qiuyu decided to use blitzkrieg, and immediately divided his troops to attack all the surrounding princes with lightning speed, and immediately took down a large area of territory before they could react.
Xiao Qiuyu and his generals repeatedly discussed for more than two hours, and worked out the number of troops and the attack route in detail, and then gradually finalized a perfect battle plan.
Pointing to the map marked with countless data, Xiao Qiuyu said: "The first stage is what I call the "all-out attack", which is mainly to take advantage of the fact that the princes have not yet reacted, so as to attack more and blossom more points and lay as much ground as possible...... Once the other side is fully prepared, we will switch to a "key offensive" and divide our troops into two parts, one part will continue to advance to the northeast and the other will advance to the south, striving to completely occupy the entire northern part of Kyushu Island and form a pattern of confrontation between the north and the south! Fight steadily all the way, strive to completely unify the entire Kyushu Island within three months, and then invite Ming reinforcements to help in the war!"
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Three days after Xiao Qiuyu's battle plan was formulated, Wang Zhi suddenly declared war without declaring war, and 20,000 troops swarmed out like tigers out of the gate, and broke through Liuchuan City in two days...... Then they split their ways and frantically attacked the surrounding princes.
These lords and mercenaries are only a few hundred, and they lack firearms, so they have no power to resist at all...... Everywhere Wang Zhijun went, he could be described as invincible.
In the past two years, Wang Zhi has wantonly recruited troops and horses and hoarded grain and grass in Nagasaki, and his intention to invade has long been clearly revealed. These native Japanese princes, knowing that they were not Wang Zhi's opponents, concluded an alliance long ago, after the outbreak of war. Under the leadership of the Shimazu clan, the most powerful lord in Kyushu, they immediately formed the Kyushu Alliance.
Japan's small country is a small country, and Kyushu Island is the size of a palm, but in half a month, the Kyushu coalition army with a total number of more than 6,000 people has slaughtered the north majestically, bordering the advance force of Wang Zhi's army in the Miyazaki territory.
At that time, the advance army was only more than 4,000 people, and Xiao Qiuyu hurriedly ordered them to retreat, and constantly drew reinforcements from the surrounding places...... After retreating all the way to Tachibanayama City in the north, Xiao Qiuyu had gathered more than 12,000 people in the city, and the Kyushu coalition army that confronted him was as many as 8,000 people.
Obviously, Xiao Qiuyu planned to take advantage of the city's defense and start a decisive battle with the enemy here.
Although Wang Zhijun had the upper hand in numbers, most of his troops were recruits who had been in the army for more than a year, and their combat effectiveness was not at all comparable to that of the Kyushu Coalition Army.
Tachibana Mountain Castle is not particularly strong, but the Kyushu coalition army has only more than 8,000 people in total, and if you want to storm the city, you will inevitably have to pay a lot of money...... Therefore, the other party was also worried, so they simply besieged but did not attack, stationed the army outside the city, and blocked the surrounding caravans from transporting grain and grass to it.