April 1875 was the season when cherry blossoms were in full bloom. In previous years, this was the time for people on the Japanese islands to enjoy cherry blossoms, but at this time Japan was in the middle of a civil war.
At the end of the New Year, although the invasion of the British, American and American troops reduced the Japanese attention to the civil war to a certain extent, the civil war broke out again after the British, American and American troops retreated.
April 1st April Fool's Day.
On this day, nearly ten thousand Ming expeditionary troops boarded transport ships and, under the cover of the fleet, arrived at the coast of Wakayama.
After the fleet arrived, at 12 noon, the fleet headed by the "Zhenyuan" launched a bombardment towards Wakayama. All the warships supporting the landing battle fired a hundred guns at a rate of less than two seconds.
, the shock caused the sea to sway, as if it were setting off a huge wave.
Every time a gun was fired, there was a loud bang on the battleship, causing a turmoil in the ship's hull and waves surging all around.
After the first burst of artillery fire, Wakayama's simple fort was completely destroyed. In front of the twelve-inch cannon, the old-fashioned fort was simply vulnerable. Then came scattered shelling.
The sound of the ear cannons became clearer one after another, and it sounded like a train flying through the sky. It roared loudly in the air, then fell behind on the ground, and then set off a violent explosion on the ground.
In the explosion, the house collapsed.
Some houses burned down in the explosion, and balls of fiery red fire shot up into the sky, lighting up a corner of the coast. A few shells hit the center of the fire, and the flames shot up half a sky high, rolling up black and red.
Thick smoke billowed into the sky.
The artillery fire hit the coast of Wakayama until it was like a layer of skin was shoveled off. It was only then that the troops began to land on the Yanjin coast on the south side of Wakayama. The whole process did not encounter any resistance at all - after the fierce shelling
During the attack, almost all the fort defenders on the shore were killed. Even for the few lucky ones who survived, the violent explosion of the twelve-inch shells also blew away their hearts and souls. They were so shaken that they all fled in all directions. There were still people there.
What resistance.
"You are truly worthy of being a heavenly soldier!"
Standing on the deck, Shanxian Youpeng said in shock after witnessing the bombardment.
"Sir Zhao, with the might of Ming Dynasty's military, this battle will be won!"
Faced with the compliment from Shanxian Youpeng, Zhao Zhiqiu smiled.
"This is also the previous battle plan formulated by General Yamagata. He used mobile troops to land in the rear of the Tokugawa Army and cooperated with the Nagoya station. Only the enemy fell into the situation of being attacked from the front and rear, and "attacked from behind." This plan is very good..."
This is nothing more than a compliment.
The attack from behind is just outflanking. Daming is an old expert in this skill. However, in Japan, it is changed to landing in the rear and attacking from the rear. However, unlike the plan formulated by Shanxian, Daming's plan is
Going straight to Huanglong - attacking Wakayama, this is the foundation of Tokugawa Shigenaki.
Although the plans of the two are different, the compliments are mutual. After all, in the future, everyone will be under the same roof.
"The general is ridiculous. Although the plan is good, it can't keep up with the changes!"
When it comes to changes, Aritomo Yamagata, the former Japanese Army Daisuke, felt extremely heavy. He formulated a plan to "attack the army from behind", and it was this plan that dragged Japan to a desperate situation.
First, Hiroshima was completely annihilated by the British navy, and then Britain and the United States invaded Tokyo...Japan!
Perhaps, this is God’s will!
Fortunately, there is now a stronger man who has become the ruler of Japan. Although he knows that the Ming Dynasty is strong, Yamagata Aritomo is still a little curious, how did the Ming Dynasty army fight?
"I just don't know how the general is going to fight next?"
"Without it, it would be ruined!"
After saying these words, Zhao Zhiqiu, the commander of the special dispatch force who had led troops to Ryukyu more than a year ago, smiled.
"Five days!"
"What?"
"Defeat Tokugawa Shigenaki within five days!"
Faced with such confident words, Shanxian Youpeng was dumbfounded. What was he talking about?
Five days?
Looking at the Ming Dynasty troops coming ashore, Youpeng from Shanxian County specifically reminded them.
"Your Excellency, Tokugawa Shigejomo has more than 50,000 troops."
"That's just right. With such a superior force, they will definitely take the initiative! Only in this way can we kill them all in one go!"
Before Zhao Zhiqiu finished speaking, a staff officer reported.
"Sir, the reconnaissance airship has discovered the movements of the Tokugawa Army. They have built defenses in the Osaka area, which is less than six kilometers away from the coast."
“Osaka…”
Zhao Zhiqiu thought about this place name and then said.
"Telegram your Majesty that our general will be at..."
Zhao Zhiqiu said after looking at his watch.
"At five o'clock tomorrow morning, we will launch a general attack on Osaka. It is expected to be captured within forty-eight hours!"
What is self-confidence? This is self-confidence.
But for Emperor Zhu Da, he didn't care about Tokugawa Shigenobu's life or death at all, because this guy - he would definitely die.
In addition to Zhao Zhiqiu, the special dispatch force transferred from Ryukyu, the Third Army Division, which accompanied Emperor Zhu Da personally on the expedition, set out from Tokyo and joined the so-called "Tokyo Town" to reinforce the direction of Nagoya. Together with the defenders of Nagoya,
Emperor Zhu Da invested as many as 32,000 troops, and even if 17,000 of them were Japanese soldiers, it was the first time that such a superior force was used to attack the Ming Dynasty!
When did the Ming Army bully others by virtue of having more people?
Fourteen thousand Ming elites attacked Tokugawa... It was simply killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Zhu Da needed a beautiful victory, or that he needed to kill a chicken to show the monkeys, so that Japan could see the power of Ming Dynasty,
I'm afraid he won't punch so hard at all.
When receiving the telegram from Zhao Zhiqiu, Emperor Zhu Da sighed.
"Even if we win, it's still a weak victory!"
For Tokugawa Shigeaki, if he knew that in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, he was just a chicken, I don’t know how depressed he would be. However, this world is like this. Some people are chickens, and they are born to be killed by monkeys.
There are also people who are monkeys.
Chickens have the life of chickens, but what about monkeys?
Monkeys also have monkey lives.
Tokugawa Shigenobu is a chicken, and Saigo Moritaka is a monkey.
It was a monkey that Emperor Zhu Da was determined to tame.
When Zhao Zhiqiu specially dispatched troops to attack Osaka, Emperor Zhu Da was in Tokyo...no, it should be Edo.
There is no Japan anymore in the world, and of course there is no Tokyo anymore.
Let’s call it Edo!
This name is not very good either!
In fact, this is also to take care of the emotions of the local people, otherwise it can be changed to some name such as Zhen Japanese.
However, since when Japan occupied Korea, they did not change the place names in Korea to Japanese-style place names. My Ming Dynasty's magnanimity cannot be inferior to that of Little Japan.
Yes, let’s just call it Edo.
He was admiring the cherry blossoms, but he didn't get drunk on the orchid. He had no choice but to do it. After getting used to the big horses, Emperor Zhu really looked down on those bow-legged Japanese people who were less than 1.5 meters tall. He even felt guilty.
The long legs of Yanma are better!
"Xixiang, what choice do you think your brother will make?"
Facing His Majesty's inquiry, Xixiang Congdao thought for a moment and then said.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what choice my brother will make, but Your Majesty, everything Longsheng has done is for the common nobles. He is..."
When the words "loyal to the emperor" came to his lips, Saigo took it back.
Now that there is no emperor, how can we still talk about being loyal to the emperor?
Emperor Zhu didn't care much about Xixiang Congdao's hesitant words at all. At the moment, he was more concerned about Xixiang Takamori. After all, if this guy surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, then other Japanese samurai would naturally surrender to the Ming Dynasty. After all, in
To a certain extent, the current Saigo Takamori is the idol of many low-level Japanese samurai.
"Cong Dao, go and tell Long Sheng that I am planning to recruit 200,000 warriors. His idea can only become a reality with me. If he cares about the interests of the lower class nobles, come to Edo to see me!"
(End of chapter)
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