Chapter 412: Operation Plan for Landing on the Island
Early February, Linyi.
Tanzhou Wang Songtong has been having a headache recently.
Looking for Japanese pirates makes my head buzz.
The biggest difference between Japanese pirates, bandits, and rebels is that they are too scattered.
There are groups of ten or eight people, and there are groups of dozens or hundreds of people, and no matter how large they are, they only have two or three thousand people.
Such a small number of people went to Haizhou, Mizhou, Dengzhou and other coastal state capitals to disperse, but no one could be found.
After natural disasters, especially after the Japanese pirates came, the people along the coast ran to death.
No one mobilized the masses.
It can be said that Qingzhou and the east of Yizhou are already inaccessible.
It would be difficult to find those scattered Japanese pirates in such a big place.
There are not many people in hand.
The occupied county towns must also be left with people to guard them. Now there are not enough people left in every county town.
Song Tong has sent letters to Gao Junyan many times to ask for help.
Gao Junyan organized personnel while mobilizing the Tokyo Battalion to clear out the remaining Japanese pirates on Huainan Road as soon as possible.
The Tokyo Battalion has now almost eliminated the Japanese pirates on Huainan Road, and its troops have reached Shanyang, the northernmost part of Huainan Road.
Xiaoquanjia has no way to fight for the time being, so he is now ordered to go north on the third day to assist Song Tong in clearing away the Japanese pirates in Henan Province.
"Where are Gao Junyan's people? Haven't they been sent here yet? If they don't come before me, I'll ask A Yang for them!" Song Tong frowned and became impatient.
Gao Junyan was the dispatcher on the east route, and Song Tong had been looking to Gao Junyan for supplies and personnel.
"Your Highness, Mr. Gao's letter has arrived. The new army will arrive tomorrow at the latest. The Tokyo Battalion has also set off north. It should arrive in Lianshui soon. Han Jin should contact us soon."
Song Tongtong clapped his thigh and said happily: "Tomorrow? It's finally here! As soon as the new army arrives, it will be assigned to the counties in Haizhou immediately."
"And the Tokyo Camp...don't they have ships? Let them clean up the Japanese pirates in Yuzhou first!"
Song Tong found work for the Tokyo Camp.
Yuzhou was near Lianyungang in later generations.
At this time, it was still an island and there were many tidal flats on the beach.
Song Tong sent people to clear out the Japanese pirates in Yuzhou some time ago, but it was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The only option was to allow the Tokyo Battalion to bypass the sea and attack east of Yuzhou.
Most areas of Haizhou have been cleared of Japanese pirates, and only Yuzhou and Huairen still have some successful rebels.
Those that are too scattered cannot be cleaned.
We can only strengthen the walls and clear the country, occupy various county towns, and force them to appear.
On February 10th, Han Jin arrived in Linyi.
"Han Jin, the interpreter of the Tokyo Camp, pays homage to the prince!"
"Get up quickly, you have worked hard all the way. You did a good job in the Tokyo camp, and Ayang often praised you."
Han Jin was sent by Song Yang to supervise the Tokyo Camp, and he was considered to be a supervisor.
During this period, the Tokyo Battalion achieved good results, and the Japanese pirates in the northern part of Huainan Road had been completely cleared.
The most important thing is that some islands along the coast of Huainan Road and Jiangnan East Road were also captured by the Tokyo Battalion.
With these islands, there would be no foothold for Japanese pirates, and it would not be easy to land in Daqian again.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry. I'm just trying my best to help Da Gan expel the Japanese pirates." Han Jin waved his hand and said modestly.
The two of them exchanged pleasantries before getting down to business.
Han Jin came here to communicate with Song Tong on how to attack Yuzhou.
Yuzhou is not a small place, and the Japanese pirates there are the largest force south of the Shandong Peninsula.
According to the confessions of captured Japanese pirates, there were four to five thousand Japanese pirates on the island.
This size of Japanese pirates is bigger than the Mitarai family.
After the Mitarai family was wiped out by the Tokyo Camp, now the only major Japanese pirate group on Yuzhou Island remains in the area north of Jiangnan East Road and south of Shandong Peninsula.
"It is said that the Japanese pirates on Yuzhou Island were funded by the Ming Dynasty in Japan. Their equipment is relatively sophisticated and their combat effectiveness is also good."
"The Tokyo Battalion has fought against them at sea. Although we have artillery, they have so many small boats that it is easy for them to get close and board them."
When the Tokyo Battalion was clearing Japanese pirates from the northern part of Huainan Road and the southern part of Henan Province, they had encounters with the Japanese pirates on the island, and the two sides had several small-scale battles.
The Japanese pirates were initially frightened by the artillery and did not dare to move forward. Later, they also found a way to fight and used many small boats to quickly approach the Tokyo Camp's gunboat.
Once they get close, either shuttle board the ship or set it on fire.
Once, a gunboat of the Tokyo Camp was almost snatched away by the Japanese pirates.
"If you need any cooperation from me, please tell me. These Japanese pirates in Yuzhou must be cleared away!"
Song Tong pointed to Yuzhou on the map and said.
"Your Majesty, I have discussed with the three generals that the Tokyo Battalion will attack from the sea, and the main goal is to land on the island. Your Majesty, on the other hand, needs to lead the artillery to attract the attention of the Japanese pirates with artillery along the coast of Qushan."
"Your Majesty will move first, and our army will move second. The main force of the Japanese pirates will be attracted to the west side of Yuzhou Island, and we will have the opportunity to land on the island."
"Once I land on the island, I will use fireworks as a signal. At that time, the Japanese pirates on the west side will definitely be in chaos, and the prince can also take the opportunity to lead his army across the sea to attack the Japanese pirates."
Yuzhou is easy to defend but difficult to attack, especially on the west side, where the tidal flats are several hundred meters long.
Even if there is artillery suppression, it is difficult to brave the arrows and javelins to rush across the beach with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
But if the east side has already landed on the island, then the Japanese pirates on the west side will have no intention of defending.
At that time, if we take the opportunity to land on the island, we can join forces with the Tokyo Camp to attack the Japanese pirates.
This method was thought up by Niyu Watanabe, who is better at landing on islands.
"Okay. I'm not good at this kind of battle, so leaving it to those who are good at it will have better results. I'll give you some support in this battle."
After Song Tong heard Han Jin's battle strategy, he felt it was feasible, so he nodded and agreed.
As for whether he deserves credit or not, Song Tong doesn't care. He is Song Yang's seventh uncle, and his position cannot be promoted.
As long as he can help his eldest nephew get things done, he will be happy.
"Thank you for your support, Your Majesty. How about we agree to attack on the fourteenth tide of this month?" Han Jin said.
"Okay. It's all up to you!" Song Tong smiled and nodded.
During spring tide, the tidal flat on the west side of the island will be submerged by the sea water, making it difficult for large ships to move but only small ones.
When attacking the island at this time, Song Tong's troops could cross the sea in small boats.
The two sides agreed on the battle method and date, and Han Jin took his leave.
Without him to communicate with the Tokyo Camp, Sanri and other key members could not communicate either.
As soon as Han Jin left, the guard came again to report: "Your Majesty, someone from Jiyang is here."
Jiyang is where the participating forces of the East Road Luoxin Bandit Group are located.
Those guys were chased all the way by Song Tong. They originally planned to cross the Yellow River, but after receiving the surrender documents, the thieves decided to surrender after thinking about it.
Of course, the premise is to help Song Yang clear out the Japanese pirates.
Fighting against the Renaissance Army will not boost the morale of the bandits at all.
When fighting Japanese pirates, morale should not be too high.
Now the people of Daqian have nothing to fear from Japanese pirates, they are just small foreign countries.
Even the remnants of the thieves and bandits who had been defeated many times did not take those poor ronin seriously.
Some time ago, the remnants of the bandits submitted a surrender order to Song Tong, and at the same time began to march eastward to attack the Japanese pirates.