Chapter 499: The Battle to Exterminate the Japanese
Chapter 499 The Battle to Destroy the Japanese
November 4337 (1640 AD).
Edo, the capital of Japan, and the Embassy of China.
Li Zhiheng, the plenipotentiary ambassador of the Great China Dynasty to Japan, received important information that the imperial court had canceled the technique he hoped to implement.
The atmosphere in the embassy was very depressing, and everyone could see that the ambassador was in a bad mood.
During his stay in Japan, he was constantly in contact with other Japanese lords and had stirred up their ambitions.
These daimyo worked together to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.
At this important moment, news came from the country that Emperor Su He canceled this policy.
Li Zhiheng wanted to learn from Wang Xuance and use one man to disrupt a country and leave his name in history.
Emperor Su He issued a verbal edict that this goal could no longer be achieved.
Li Zhiheng knew that there must have been major changes in the country, and the court had new plans, which made the previously prepared plans no longer possible.
Without this task, he can only do more things that ambassadors often do, and strive to be transferred back to the country as soon as possible.
Li Zhiheng asked someone to announce that the embassy would take the lead and hold a large-scale event in the Edo Concession in the near future.
The concession was defended by the army. It was not very chaotic like the Japanese territory, and safety was guaranteed.
Publicizing the matter now and constantly promoting the importance of this event can also attract many Chinese businessmen doing business in Japan.
Use the fastest speed to build up Li Zhiheng's reputation.
It is a pity that this time is approaching the Chinese New Year, and most of the Chinese businessmen doing business in Japan have returned to their hometowns by boat.
The movements of the Chinese Embassy were soon known to Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Tokugawa Iemitsu, who should have died of a serious illness in history, was cured of his illness by penicillin produced in China.
My health is not very good now, but there will be no problem if I live for another ten years.
After Tokugawa Iemitsu listened to his subordinates' report, he sipped tea and thought carefully about what this incident meant.
"Continue to strengthen surveillance. If you find anything unusual at the Chinese Embassy, report it immediately."
Tokugawa Iemitsu waved his hand, and his men immediately walked out of the room.
He looked at the young man sitting next to him.
"Inoue-kun, what do you think of this matter?"
The Tang Dynasty was so powerful that contemporary rulers sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty.
Dahua is now extremely powerful, but Tokugawa Iemitsu was awakened by the First World War.
He sent a large number of young people to Dahua to learn the way to strengthen the country.
Many of these people cannot afford to go to college and are self-taught.
A small number of highly educated people join Dahua universities.
Most of them sign up for crash courses and study for half a year to a year.
These people want to serve their motherland as soon as possible and study hard to learn knowledge.
Only the Japanese who were not prepared to go back took classes together with Dahua students.
But these people are not the mainstream of Japanese students studying in China.
Inoue Kawazawa is one of the most famous representatives.
After he returned from his studies, he offered his skills and advice to Tokugawa Iemitsu.
The most important strategy is to learn from China and develop skills to defeat China.
The Japanese country is now extremely poor and must learn from Dahua how to make a strong country.
After Tokugawa Iemitsu learned about this strategy, he took Inoue Kawazawa as his confidant, adopted his opinions, and began to reform the Tokugawa shogunate.
He promoted a large number of young and strong factions to deal with the sluggish conservatives.
Tokugawa Iemitsu did this as a way for him to maintain the authority of the shogunate.
After the signing of the unequal treaty, the authority of the shogunate plummeted.
Many veterans of the Tokugawa Shogunate were dissatisfied with Tokugawa Iemitsu's actions, and they colluded with outside daimyo.
There are also some elders who want to support other members of the Tokugawa family to rise to power.
Tokugawa Iemitsu once again saw the strength of Dahua's pure firearms army. He scrimped on food and clothing, siphoned off a large amount of money from the Japanese country, and could only feed the new pure firearms shogunate army of 20,000 people.
He learned the lessons from previous wars, took Shinto faith as the core, and cooperated with the spirit of the Japanese warriors.
Train a group of troops who dare to fight even if they are at a disadvantage.
Inoue Kawasawa heard Tokugawa Iemitsu's inquiry.
He knelt down in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu and analyzed: "Shogun, I believe that this movement of the Chinese has no other meaning.
But the shogun should be more vigilant. The shogunate can no longer afford another defeat.
The Chinese have gained a lot of benefits from our Tokugawa shogunate. They will definitely not let us go. Sooner or later there will be a war.
We are like fattened pigs that must grow tusks to avoid being slaughtered.”
Tokugawa Iemitsu said confidently: "The new army has been formed, and we are not yet able to deal with the Dahua Navy.
But it is no longer possible for Dahua's navy to occupy Edo.
The general's purpose in establishing the new shogunate army is to kill a large number of Dahua troops preparing to attack us.
Only by causing a large number of casualties to the Dahua army and making them realize the power of the shogunate can we ensure our safety.
Dahua has too many places to control and will not invest too many troops here."
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December 6, 4337 (1640 AD).
Su Li has been waiting in the Ryukyu Islands for many days, but still has not waited for the Second Fleet Governor Feng Sanqiu to show up.
Chief of Staff Du Zhong walked to Su Li, his expression a little anxious.
"Commander, what should we do about the current situation?
We are the army closest to the battlefield. If we continue like this, we will probably be the last army to complete the mission.
We transported troops with great fanfare, and the Japanese generals were not stupid.
If time is delayed any longer and the news leaks, it will cause our army a lot of trouble in future operations."
Su Li waved his hand and said: "Chief of Staff Du, you don't need to say any more.
We are in a hurry, and I think the Navy is even more anxious.
In these wars, there were very few areas where the navy could gain military merit.
Without military merit, how can the navy have the confidence to compete for military expenditures?
They are more anxious than us.
I'll go and urge him for a while, but after a few more days, Feng Sanqiu really doesn't show up.
I also disregarded friendship and impeached Feng Sanqiu."
Su Li didn't want to reach the last step.
If he really did this, the first impression he would have on Emperor Su He was that he was lacking in ability.
The conflicts between the navy and the army before the war would make everyone in the country laugh.
Disputes in peacetime and delaying the progress of war are completely two different things.
Su Li was very anxious. He also wanted to get the merit of destroying the Japanese country as soon as possible.
After inspecting the army, he immediately went to the Navy Governor's Mansion to express his attitude.
Feng Sanqiu, the governor of the Second Fleet, became even more anxious when he heard the staff report.
He looked at the more than 10,000 Marines training in front of him.
He immediately called over the Marine Corps Admiral Zhen Kun and said with a somewhat dissatisfied tone:
"Zhen Kun, how long do you Marine Corps need to train for?
The Fifth Army has been in the camp for almost ten days, and I haven't received them yet.
The purpose is to wait for the Marine Corps to be trained and ready to participate in this war, and to prevent the Fifth Army from being left alone.
I want to give you a chance, so don’t miss this opportunity."
Zhen Kun felt helpless when he heard Feng Sanqiu's words.
The Second Fleet Marine Corps was originally the strongest in the navy.
The plan to attack Japan was a short notice.
According to the plan, the Second Fleet will have no major battles to fight in two or three years and will only be responsible for patrolling the sea.
The First Fleet and the Third Fleet have the need for landing operations.
The Metropolitan Government dispatched the Marine Corps of the Second Fleet to support other fleets.
Currently, most of the Marine Corps in the Second Fleet are new recruits.
Even if these new recruits are trained in the recruit camp, they cannot be allowed to go directly to the battlefield and need to be strengthened in the army.
Once new recruits go to the battlefield, they can fight a smooth battle, but they will easily collapse when encountering a slightly stressful battle.
Zhen Kun was not afraid of losing the battle, he was afraid of the Marine Corps, which would produce a large number of deserters.
Once this happens, the Navy will definitely not be able to raise its head when facing the Army.
In this situation, he couldn't speak out.
Zhen Kun knew that Governor Feng Sanqiu had reached the limit of his patience.
He suggested: "Your Majesty, Governor, if we let the Marine Corps forcefully land and fight now, the casualties will be huge.
The higher-ups don't care whether we are new recruits or not. After seeing a large number of casualties, they will think that we are incompetent.
But when we attack Edo, we don’t need to land for operations.
We have a concession in Edo, and we can transport the Marine Corps into the concession through disguise.
We are fighting positional warfare in the concession to buy time for the Fifth Army to land. This is no problem.
This requires the navy to provide us with a large number of artillery.
As long as there is sufficient firepower, no army can break our position.
If this method doesn't work, we can only carry out a forceful attack, which will cause a lot of casualties."
Feng Sanqiu thought for a long time. He knew the current situation and could not delay it any longer. Su Li's patience was limited.
Zhen Kun's strategy has a very high probability of success.
"Zhen Kun, you immediately lead the Marines and go north on a transport ship. I will send someone to cooperate with you and sneak into the concession as a laborer."
Feng Sanqiu, the governor of the Second Fleet, ordered the Marine Corps to move north.
He immediately met with Su Li, commander of the Fifth Army, and had friendly communication with Su Li.
A large number of transport ships came to the dock to transport the Fifth Army to Edo, the capital of Japan.
The transport ship of the Second Fleet was used to prevent Japan from becoming alert.
They did not follow the coastline, but made an arc and attacked Edo directly from the distant sea, without giving the Tokugawa shogunate a chance to react.
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December 12, 4337 (1640 AD).
At eight o'clock in the morning, brilliant fireworks went up in the Edo Concession.
Zhen Kun led the marines, wearing fresh military uniforms and holding rifles in both hands, followed by artillerymen driving mules dragging the artillery carts.
A large number of troops rushed out from the customs compound and other government offices.
Zhen Kun led the army and sneaked into the concession unnoticed to replace the original workers.
He has received news that the Fifth Army is about to land. The news can no longer be concealed and they can send troops.
The Edo Concession was full of running Marines.
Residents and merchants in the Edo Concession immediately hid in their rooms when they saw this situation.
Many Japanese who entered the concession immediately felt something bad when they saw this situation and ran outside the concession one after another.
Most of them were stopped by the Marine Corps, and only a few people ran out.
Zhen Kun led the marines and ran quickly towards Edo Castle.
He looked at Edo City in front of him and felt that the world was so wonderful.
At that time, he invaded Edo and defended it for a while.
Today we will lead our troops and visit Edo Castle again.
Zhen Kun will lead the soldiers to start the first battle to destroy the Japanese country.
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At the Chinese Embassy, Li Zhiheng watched fireworks rising in the direction of the concession and the sound of gunfire.
His heart was trembling, and the most worrying thing appeared.
In order to succeed in the sneak attack, the military did not greet him before launching the attack.
He was probably trapped in Edo and dealt with by the angry Japanese.
Li Zhiheng immediately called his confidants and the embassy attaché.
He briefly explained the critical situation and asked the military attache to escort him out of the city.
The military attache shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, the embassy is located in the center of Edo City.
We didn't carry heavy weapons, and there were a large number of Japanese troops outside, so we didn't have the ability to escape.
You just hope that the shogun will be reasonable and not kill the envoys in front of the two armies."
When Li Zhiheng heard this, he immediately slumped down in his chair.
He reacted quickly and immediately ordered: "Find all the confidential information and burn them as soon as possible. They must not be left to the Tokugawa Shogunate."
There is a lot of confidential information inside the embassy and it can only be destroyed as soon as possible.
Li Zhiheng immediately organized his cronies in the embassy to find confidential information and began to burn the information.
A large fire pit was set up in the embassy courtyard to continuously burn important documents.
Li Zhiheng was in a terrible mood.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was in a worse mood than Li Zhiheng.
He listened to the report from his men that Dahua's army of about 10,000 people rushed out from the concession and attacked Edo with cannons in tow.
People on the beach saw Dahua's huge warship and were about to rush to the port.
The current situation is obvious, Dahua is once again eyeing the Japanese country.
He looked at Inoue Kawazawa and asked, "Inoue-kun, what can you teach me about the current situation?"
Inoue Kawazawa frowned, and finally Yao Yaotou said: "General, the current situation is still unclear.
We can only send troops to stop the enemy troops coming out of the concession first.
As long as we demonstrate our country's powerful combat effectiveness, we will cause a large number of casualties to the Dahua army.
The most critical point is to show our attitude of not fearing death.
Dahua is very likely to let us go.
Otherwise, the consequences waiting for us will only be broken mountains and rivers."
Inoue Kawazawa understood very clearly that if he wanted to stop this war, he must hurt Dahua's army at the beginning of the war.
Otherwise, if Dahua really decided to take over the Japanese country and adopted tactics regardless of casualties, they would not be able to resist at all.
Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately called in Noda Kojiro, the head coach of the shogunate's new army.
Noda Kojiro walked in wearing a suit of armor and immediately knelt down in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu, waiting for the general's orders.
As a samurai, he was promoted by the shogun to be the commander of an army, and he must repay the shogun for his kindness.
Tokugawa Iemitsu personally helped Noda Kojiro up and handed the military talisman to Noda Kojiro's hands.
"Noda-kun, the fate of Japan, the glory of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the life of this general are all in your hands.
In this war, you must fight back the Dahua army at all costs."
Noda Kojiro bowed ninety degrees and said respectfully: "Sir General, I cannot stop the attack of the Dahua army, so I commit hara-kiri."
When Inoue Kawazawa saw Noda Kojiro walking out of the room, he reminded: "Sir General, you must anticipate defeat before you predict victory.
We must be fully prepared, if this war fails, where will we go?"
They listened to the sound of gunfire coming from outside and discussed the Tokugawa shogunate's retreat.
The outcome of this war will determine the fate of Japan.