"Your Excellency, now we have three methods to choose from. First, bombard the coast of Japan and then force it to negotiate to achieve our goals, but I doubt this. This country is too poor. The most valuable city
As for Tokyo and Osaka, Osaka has been destroyed by me. As for bombarding Tokyo, it would be better to land in Tokyo.
This is my second method, which is to land directly in Tokyo. It is the simplest and most effective, but also the most dangerous. This is the shore defense firepower diagram I obtained from the artillery battle with their Yokosuka Fortress in the Uraga Channel not long ago.
Yang Feng said and handed Waldzer a map he had just drawn. He ran to harass Tokyo just for this thing.
Although the few torpedo boats and small gunboats in the Yokosuka garrison can be ignored, the coastal defense batteries guarding their capital must be careful. The Japanese began to build the first new-style fortress in Kannonzaki in 1880.
Now more than ten years have passed, and the results cannot be compared with Yura Fortress.
Waldzer quickly took it with a solemn expression, and lay there with Moltke and Tirpitz to study. This map not only has the locations of Japanese artillery, but also the number, range, caliber, and other things are all marked. The Japanese
Their fear of Yang Feng completely exposed their true identity.
"I have to say that this is a very strong line of defense." Tirpitz said worriedly after looking at the map. Because the cooperation between the two parties was mainly in the navy, he and Yang Feng could be considered to have a close friendship.
"So if we want to land in Tokyo, we'd better avoid these things, land in the Kamakura area, use my landing ship to seize the beach, consolidate the landing site first, and then the Germans will land on a large scale, bypass Yokosuka from the side and rear, and then attack Tokyo directly
.However, the attack distance will be greatly extended. We will have to engage in a long-term battle with the Japanese army. Once their troops in Korea come back for reinforcements, we will have to retreat.
As for the third method, it is relatively simple. Directly attack Kyushu Island. The only Japanese army here is the Kumamoto 6th Division. The total strength will not exceed 20,000 people, and there will definitely not be any reinforcements. But this division is
The Japanese army is the most elite, and its combat effectiveness can be said to be the strongest in the entire Japanese army. We may fall into a protracted war, which will create many uncertain factors. You must know that there are many people who are dissatisfied with our actions," Yang Feng pointed out.
There is no need to say who this is, the British have not stopped their efforts for peace even now.
"Yang, we will land in Tokyo directly and follow your second method, using your old Chinese proverb. To kill a snake, you have to hit it seven inches." Waldzer said without hesitation, tens of thousands of German soldiers thousands of miles away.
After coming all this way, there must be some morale-boosting gains. Looking at the grand scene of the British and French allied forces returning home with full loads, you will know how this war will proceed. Osaka, Japan's richest city, has been conquered by this guy first, so the German army can only
I chose Tokyo. What are the poor places in Kyushu that are worth starting?
"Okay! Then I wish us a happy cooperation!" Yang Feng shrugged and said, and the two robbers held their criminal claws together with a smile. Of course, there are still some preparations that need to be done, especially Yang Feng's.
The formation of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces.
Needless to say about the Russians, four Russian cruisers have officially joined. The Ryukyu side asked King Shang Yin to lead the expedition in person, and just go out with a dozen guards to show his face. As for the North Korean side, after learning that he wanted to join the Eight-Nation Allied Forces for a crusade,
In Japan, Li Erjie sent Min Yongjun, the nephew of Princess Min who was in exile in China. He led a hundred and ten Korean troops to follow him under the banner of revenge for the princess.
The Ottomans and Sweden just need to send a telegram. The predator fleet will be replaced with the Swedish navy flag, the mercenaries will be replaced with the Ottoman army flag, and Boss Yang himself will also be put into pasha uniforms. As for the Chinese army, Song Qing's Yijun will naturally be responsible for it.
.In this way, the United States will be left.
"Yang, we don't have to involve the Americans. Our strength is enough now. Even if the Americans participate, they will only send one or two warships at most, which means nothing to us at all." Waldzer told Yang Fengfei.
When Americans are involved, I feel very incomprehensible about this.
Speaking of which, the United States is not very popular internationally. It is greedy and cowardly. It just wants to wait behind the lions like a hyena to grab some leftovers, but it does not dare to take even the slightest risk by opening the door.
Their slogans were swaggering across the market, and to put it bluntly, they just wanted others to help and took advantage of them. They were just a bunch of standard scoundrels, and the German soldiers who were full of honor would disdain to associate with them.
"Earl, you know that I also have many industries in the United States. If I don't call them on such matters, those Americans will definitely be dissatisfied with me if I go to the United States in the future." Yang Feng said, of course this guy can't tell him.
I came here to gather the Eight-Nation Alliance Army.
Since he persisted like this, Waldzer couldn't say anything else, so Yang Feng quickly contacted the U.S. Minister to China, Tian Bei.
Tian Bei knows the details of Yang Feng very well. Now the oil giants in the United States are trying their best to curry favor with this guy and want to obtain oil cracking technology and gasoline anti-knock technology from him. Even the President of the United States will be very angry if he offends him.
Trouble, since such a request to him cannot be refused, and besides, it is nothing more than sending a warship to follow to cheer, this favor must be helped, so with the addition of an American cruiser, Yang Feng's Eight-Nation Allied Forces officially
Established, Commander-in-Chief General Waldzer, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yangfeng Pasha.
And just as the Eight-Nation Allied Forces were preparing for the expedition to Japan, the Japanese won another unexpected victory. In the ice and snow of Korea, the First Army led by Yamagata Aritomo broke through Iketanga's Qingchuan River defense line in one fell swoop.
The defeat of the Qing army still started with the bannermen. Even though Feng Sheng'a was dismissed from his post and imprisoned, he could not muster the courage to train the army in Shengzi, Lianjun in Qi, suppress the border army, and Jingbian army. After the Japanese attack,
Within an hour, they all abandoned their positions and fled, and then all the ministries were defeated. It didn't matter that they were defeated. The key was that when they were defeated, they threw away all their weapons, including the more than 20 Maxim machine guns and machine guns that had just been delivered to their hands.
More than thirty 82 mortars produced in Hanyang were quickly used on the head of Zuo Guigui, the only general who held his position.
Poor General Zuo did not die in Pyongyang because of Yang Feng's appearance, but ended up dying in Anzhou. He was not killed by Japanese artillery shells, but was killed by machine guns discarded by his own friendly forces. After his death, he was
The army dispersed in a hurry, and the First Army led by Shanxian Youpeng followed the Qing army all the way to the Yalu River.
"Hurry up and ask O'Connor how much of the Maxim ordered by Cixi has been delivered." Yang Feng angrily asked Caiyi's sister to send a telegram to Shanghai.
Soon he received a reply from O'Connor, saying that fifty barrels had been delivered and another fifty were about to be shipped.
"Tell him to send him directly to Taiwan. Hell, it won't be enough to cause trouble for him. Equip all these machine guns to Song Qing. After all, he is also a genuine Qing army." Yang Feng did not hesitate to send Cixi's
A batch of machine guns were intercepted.
Not only the machine guns, but also the 20 mortars and 4,000 Lee-Enfield rifles shipped to the north, plus bullets and artillery shells were all shipped to Taiwan and then given to Song Qing to re-equip. Yijun still used black huoyao iron plate guns.
The Si Rifles were indeed uncoordinated among the coalition forces that used smokeless rifles. As for how Cixi explained it.
It’s useless to explain now. Anyway, the money has been obtained and it belongs to the imperial court. It is not for anyone’s use.
Just like this, while the Japanese troops were approaching the Yalu River, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces also officially set sail from Keelung Port. The British quickly notified Japan. Until now, Ito Hirobumi had no other choice. During this period, he did everything he could to
They agreed to compensation, apology, and even requests from the royal family to go to Germany in person to apologize. The Germans just insisted on leasing Kyushu Island and unconditionally withdrawing Japanese troops from Korea.
In this case, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight. He ordered the first and fifth divisions to be transferred back to the country, leaving only the Oshima Uichang brigade to continue to defend the Anchong River and block the Huai army's northward attack on Seoul.
The First Army continued its assault on the Yalu River while preparing to face the Eight-Power Allied Forces at home.
When he thought about it, he knew that the target of the German army's attack was nothing more than Kagoshima or Tokyo. Anyway, the main force of the Japanese army in the mainland now was only two divisions. Although two new divisions, the 7th and 8th, were hastily formed,
Because there are not enough guns, more than half of the soldiers in these two divisions still use old-fashioned muzzle-loading rifles. Such troops will have no other use except to delay the enemy's time.
There is no need for reinforcements on Kyushu Island. Just let the Sixth Division defend. Ito Hirobumi deployed all the Guards Division outside Tokyo, using the terrain with dense rivers to lay out defense lines layer by layer. Based on the experience of the Asan Huai Army,
Trenches were dug outside Tokyo, and a small amount of barbed wire was even erected in some areas. Counterfeit grenades were also distributed in large quantities. Because the production of nitrocellulose and picric acid was insufficient, black huoyao grenades were even started to be used.
Not only the army distributes hand grenades, but even those who use cold weapons issue hand grenades. If the production of hand grenades is not enough, they will simply use black huoyao as improvised bombs. Those who are not even worthy of cold weapons will simply use wooden sticks and bamboo spears, especially the ancient ones.
Bows and arrows were also picked out from the trash heap of history. For a while, the streets of Tokyo seemed to have returned to the Warring States Period, and even the ancient samurai wearing armor began to swagger through the streets.
"The Yamato nation will use its own flesh and blood to pile up the graves of the invaders!" His Excellency the Prime Minister said impassionedly to reporters.