Chapter 878: The Strongest General
An unnamed ravine forty miles north of Shuri Castle in Naha. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In the hilly area of the Ryukyus, the land is not half a mile flat, and there are ravines and ravines everywhere, and there is only one rugged mountain road that leads directly to the mountain, which is also a road from Shurijo Castle to the north of the island.
However, the road was cut off when Rwann ordered an attack on the palace, and no one was allowed to pass except military intelligence officers.
It has been more than half a month since the palace was taken, and Zhang Long decided to do it, and brought 300 navies and 1,000 recruits here early this morning.
These thousand recruits are the three thousand Ryukyu natives who have just been recruited in the front formation, and they are newly organized as marines, and this thousand formations are the first to complete the training, and the original guards of the palace are all incorporated here, although the combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning, but it is still okay to hold a personal field, after all, Zhang Long's current strength is really insufficient.
More than 1,500 people were scattered around the ravine, waiting for military orders.
In a small forest, there were several tents, the largest of which was a temporary command post, in which Zhang Long, Zhou Zhaohai, Ye Tan, Zhang Chaoming and others were all discussing at the moment.
Zhang Chaoming was the person in charge of local intelligence, and together with Ye Tan and Zhang Long's subordinates, he had already sent people into the mountainous area a few days ago, and man-machine coordinated reconnaissance to find out the situation of the Japanese army inside.
"More than 2,000 people, originally distributed in the three mining areas in the northern mountains, due to the cut off from Wangcheng, they already have knowledge, and now the troops of the three mining areas are all in the mining area in the Maodengyue Mountain, and they are heavily guarded, it seems that they are ready to fight with us."
Everyone in the tent looked at the video of the drone reconnaissance and the photos taken by the spies, Ye Tan introduced them one by one with a serious face, Zhang Chaoming beside him really felt that he was in a dream fog, he had never thought that he could do this before, and every move of the Japanese army could be observed clearly through the drone, and the high-tech thing was too awesome.
Zhang Long's face was heavy, there were still more than 2,000 Japanese troops in the mountains, and it was really difficult to rely on the mountains to defend that mine, not to mention that his manpower was insufficient, even with the same strength, he was not sure that he had fought the other party, the combat power of the Japanese soldiers was definitely one of the best in East Asia, and more importantly, their ruthlessness was not the wild beast nature of ordinary nations!
He only has five hundred sailors and a thousand rookies at hand, even if he relies on good equipment, he can't do the other party, although he knows that Jiang Gengzhong's 3,000 men and horses are definitely good steel, but he just can't swallow that breath.
The duck in hand, who is willing to give it to others!
Although Zhang Long initially received a military order to escort merchant ships for maritime trade, he temporarily decided to take the palace in the Ryukyus, and Rwann also approved it, fortunately he captured Huashan Jiushou alive.
If it weren't for the air support of Lu Wang at that time, coupled with the invincible fire support of several personal guards, Zhang Long would have been bullied by the Japanese army in the end, and his nose and face would have been swollen, and he would even leave Hong Kong in embarrassment.
This is also Zhang Long's biggest dissatisfaction, although he knows that he is a sailor and is not good at land warfare, and he also knows that his combat strength or strength is not the enemy of the Japanese army, but he just wants to do it with the other party.
Isn't the reason why those armies are awesome also because they have fought in actual battles again and again, and they will always be weak chickens if they are afraid of fighting but dare not fight. So this is why Jiang Gengzhong sent him to the door, and he was determined to baptize his rookies with this Japanese soldier in the mountains.
Zhang Long's thoughts, Zhou Zhaohai, Ye Tan and others naturally knew it, looking at him with a heavy face, several people were also silent, they all knew that this was too risky.
"Head, if the Japanese army can't defend it, let's attack hard...... The casualties may be too heavy! Only by luring them out can we design clever things," Zhou Zhaohai said after holding back for a long time.
"But the Japanese army has tried several times, and now they must know that we will block at both ends, and it will not be easy to show our heads, and now, the strong attack is still the first consideration." Zhang Long sighed and took a deep puff on his cigarette.
"Well, what if we're waiting? The Japanese army is guarding the mine to wait for work, so we just give it to him, and I can't tell how much grain he has in the mountains, and when he runs out of food, he will ......," Zhang Chaoming said.
Zhang Long and Zhou Zhaohai looked at each other and smiled bitterly, this baby is still tender, now time waits for no one, if you wait for a few days for the main force to come, you can't even drink the soup.
Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Zhang Chaoming came to his senses and immediately shut up.
"A few days ago, we found the Japanese army at several checkpoints, not only in the direction of Shuri Castle, but also on the port side of the city, there were also several firefights, it is obvious that the Japanese army wanted to get news from Shuri Castle on the one hand, especially the news of the birax mountain Jiushou, and on the other hand, they were trying to report to the Japanese country itself." Ye Tan said lightly.
"If you can't prevent the fifteenth day of the first month, Ryukyu is an island with coastlines on all sides, we just took two ports, these Japanese people can't get through it again and again, so they will naturally find other ways to go to Kagoshima to report the news, the Japanese dogs have been entrenched in the Ryukyus for several years, this ability is still there, once they send the letter out, it will not be good for the entire war situation, especially after landing on the Japanese mainland, so that they have preparation" Zhou Zhaohai frowned and said: "Head, the soldiers are fast, we have to gnaw this bone."
"I'm not afraid of gnawing hard, but I'm afraid that my navy will lose my face before I bite my teeth", Zhang Long was expressionless: "I have to think of a way, think of a way......" looked outside the tent and said silently.
Mt. Moto, the largest and tallest mountain on the island of Ryukyu and one of the richest in mineral resources, is equivalent to the lifeblood of the Ryukyus, but it was occupied by the Satsuma clan for a long time and predatory excavation for a few years.
Such a lifeline of the mine naturally the Japanese army naturally has heavy guards, in the Ryukyu as a prestige of the birch mountain long-term guard two-thirds of the troops are in the northern mountains of the three major mining areas, with their own soldiers in the royal city to enjoy the wind and snow, but unfortunately inexplicably by an inexplicable army inexplicably landed to cut him inexplicably.
The mountains are not lonely, in addition to the supply of grain and grass from the royal city, there are also scattered villages, towns, and even mining areas have formed large villages over the years, enough for soldiers to have fun, not to mention that every once in a while the Japanese army stationed in the mining area will switch defenses with the defenders of several ports in the Ryukyus.
When the Japanese army first discovered that there was something wrong with the Ryukyu Kingdom, it was not from the side of Shuri Castle, but from the side of the royal city, Lu Wang commanded the attack, which was very fast and accurate, and not a single fish escaped from the net.
But this was not the case on the port side, and several warships that had gone to patrol there temporarily captured the port in order to avoid the wind and waves, although they were also unprepared to take it quickly, but they also escaped a lot.
These deserters fled directly to the mountains in the heavy rain like lost dogs to report to Huashan Tadanobu.
Huashan is faithful, the most trusted general of Huashan Jiushou, to put it bluntly, he is a house slave, his surname is not examinable, with the master's surname, in his forties, in his twenties, he followed Huashan Jiushou Daddy Huashan Jiugao Daoshan Huohai all the way to the sea of war, loyalty, is the most powerful and trusted general of the Huashan family.
It is also because of this trust that Huashan has been able to leave the mine alone and live in the royal city for a long time to enjoy, and it is because of this trust that after the Japanese soldiers who escaped back from Yuntiangang reported the news, Huashan Tadanobu immediately realized that the big thing was not good, and on the one hand, he immediately sent people to contact the Japanese army in other mining areas and asked for a first-level alert.
On the other hand, he immediately sent someone to the royal city to report to Kayama Kumori, in his opinion, he dared to attack the port, and the firepower was so powerful that it was definitely not an ordinary pirate, it was definitely a big sea coward or the regular army of a certain country.
A certain country? Da Ming, impossible, Da Ming is fighting with the Qing State at the moment and is taking care of himself, and the rest may be a certain big sea coward or a North Korean sailor, but why does the North Korean Navy dare to do it......
For a while, he couldn't figure it out, he just wanted to go to Wangcheng to find Huashan Jiushou to report the news, and even wanted to go there in the heavy rain immediately, but he happened suddenly, and he didn't know if the army that captured the port had other intentions and actions, and he had to sit in the mine just in case.
It's just that the messenger went fast and came back too slowly, and none of the five people who went came back until it was dark.
He had a bad premonition, so he immediately sent two groups of more than 30 people to report the news, and this time he went very quickly and came back very quickly!
Only five people came back! The road to the royal city was set up, and the unknown army killed people when they saw them!
"How many people are on the other side?" Huashan Zhong's confidence sank immediately, since the other party has already set up a card on the road through this side, it means that the Wangcheng side has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the main family is very likely to have fallen into the hands of the enemy now.
The spies' answer disappointed him, because the spies were exposed too early and were chased and slashed......
"Go to the royal city to investigate again, be sure to find out the situation of the royal city and the whereabouts of the lord's family, the road is not open, let me go over the mountains and mountains......" Huashan Tadanobu gave a death order.
"Quickly transfer the other two garrisons, all gathered here, by the way, the grain and grass are all transported over" Huashan Tadanobu has too much experience, and the experience is very sophisticated, although he does not know the specific situation, but he has a premonition that he is blocked, at this time he must gather troops, wait for work, and wait and see what happens.
While dispatching various spies to reconnoiter the port and the direction of the royal city, he also sent small detachments to plunder in the mountains, not only food, but also people and animals.
The village at the foot of the mountain, which had been formed by mining for several years, has been demolished, and all the miners and nearby villagers have been plundered into the mine.
The mine had been shut down for several days, but the miners had not stopped for a moment, they were ordered to dig the fortifications, and Tadanobu Kayama ordered the mine to be built into a strong fortress along the hill as quickly as possible.
Of course, all these coolies were done by the miners and the plundered people, and as for the soldiers, except for those who were on patrol duty, the rest were resting, in the words of Birshan, maintaining the peak of their physical strength and ready to fight at any time.
Grain and grass have been strictly controlled, every meal can not last without hunger, as for those miners and people are self-sufficient, don't think about a single piece of food, close to digging grass roots and wild vegetables to satisfy hunger, but such people, so many mouths, where can there be so many wild vegetables and grass roots to dig.
There are a few people on the wall of the wall, one of them is burly and straight, his eyes are gloomy and vicious, with the scars on his face, people are cold, and they dare not look at each other at all, this person is the strongest general of the Huashan family.
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