"How about it, do you have any different opinions" President Meng smiled, "I have asked Li Hongzhang to declare, let your brother, occupy the entire Kyushu Island in the name of the Hawaiian Kingdom, this is our diplomatic strategy, with the name of the Hawaiian Kingdom, it will not let Saigo Takamori's rebellion be too strong." ”Princess Katrina Kaef nodded, "Since the emperor has thought about it, I won't say anything, I still think that this winning rate is too unpredictable, and the odds of us winning are too low, it's not a question of whether to gamble or not, the British and French will definitely interfere, if they send troops to intervene, our winning rate will be even lower, even if the British and French don't directly send troops to intervene in the end, once we fall into the war whirlpool of the whole of Japan, there is a steady stream of Japanese samurai and Japanese nationals who want to find the Chinese army desperately, this battle, I don't know when it will end. ”President Meng smiled: "The situation you said is that we can't take Kyushu Island for a long time, I have thought about it, as long as we can completely turn the entire Kyushu Island into a region of China within two months, before the arrival of winter, then, these problems do not exist, and by the beginning of spring next year, Kyushu Island will become our impregnable sea fortress, what kind of huge ironclad ship can have this kind of power" Princess Katrina Kafu smiled slightly, knowing that she could not persuade the Hua Emperor, she could only remain silent, what she could do, It is to do our best to do the best in logistics support.An hour later, Xuan Jianzhang received a telegram from Princess Katrina Kaf, and immediately convened the highest military council of Nagasaki Castle.Emperor Hua returned to North Korea, Xuan Jianzhang is the supreme military commander here, Xuan Jianzhang executive president's order, never discounted, or in other words, the entire Chinese military and civilians, the implementation of any order of President Meng is not discounted The meeting is just the process of issuing military orders, all the combat orders, President Meng has asked the General Staff of the Chinese Army stationed in Seoul to be secretly drawn up.One regiment defended Nagasaki Castle, and two regiments, plus a newly formed cavalry company of divisions, headed for Sasebo Castle.President Meng's plan can be regarded as a sneak attack, but it cannot be regarded as a sneak attack at all, because before this, Huaguo had already taken down the railway line from Nagasaki Castle to Shimonoseki Castle.For a country, the railway line is the lifeline, and it is easy to say that there is no railway, but with the railway, it can never be mastered by the opponent.The loss of the railway line is equivalent to the loss of the ability to quickly mobilize the army.It was only a little over 100 miles from Nagasaki Castle to Sasebo Castle, and after seizing the railway line from Nagasaki Castle to Shimonoseki Castle, it was easier to transport troops.In fact, the Japanese have also been preventing the Chinese army from launching an attack on Sasebo Castle and Sasebo Port, and arranged tens of thousands of garrisons in Sasebo Castle.Even at the most severe stage of the Southwest War, Prince Arisugawa and Ito Hirobumi never thought of using the army of Sasebo Castle, and that's how it came.According to the president's order, Xuan Jianzhang first divided a battalion and held on to Saga as a logistics supply base for attacking Sasebo Castle.In ancient times, Saga Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture were collectively known as "Hizen Province", and there are "Yoshinosato Ruins" from the Yayoi period in Saga Prefecture.The ancient castle of Kiyama was an important defense center of ancient Japan.In the Middle Ages, from ca. 476 to 1453 AD, the Matsuura Party fought against the Yuan army on the shores of Xuanjie Beach.The ancient castle of Nago in Genkai Town was the base and military station of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's troops to Korea.In the late modern era, the Nabeshima Domain, located on the Saga Plain, grew stronger, and the Nabeshima Domain absorbed Western technology from Nagasaki and became a new force in the Meiji Restoration.Kishiren Oki, Shigenobu Okuma, and Shinpei Eto all contributed.Saga Prefecture is located in the northwestern part of Kyushu, Japan, with Genkai Beach to the north and the Myeong Sea to the south, and is quite close to the Korean Peninsula, with a straight-line distance of about 900 K from Saga to Tokyo and 500 K to Osaka, and a straight-line distance of about 200 K to the Korean Peninsula.The prefecture is roughly divided into four parts: the Tsukushi Mountains in the north, the Saga Plains in the south, the Higashimatsuura Peninsula in the northwest, and Mt.
Tara in the southwest.The Saga Plain is located in the western half of the Chikushi Plain, and 13 of it is cultivated by drainage from the Ariake Sea.Due to the lack of rain and the development of irrigation facilities, Saga Prefecture has a warm climate on the Pacific coast.The pottery fired in the prefecture is an excellent work of art and is also exported abroad as the main industry of the prefecture, most notably the pottery known as Karatsu-yaki, Arita ware and Imari-yaki.The Saga Plain and the Kumamoto Plain are both major rice producing areas in the Kyushu region, and the production per unit area is the largest in Japan.In addition to rice, Saga's specialties include Ureshino tea, oranges, and nori from the Ariake Sea.Controlling Saga, not only can control the escape of the Japanese army in Sasebo Castle, but also control the temporary reinforcement of the Japanese army, and can also choke the railway line from Nagasaki Castle to Shimonoseki Castle.However, before that, everyone knew that it would be difficult to attack Sasebo Castle, which was built on the top of the mountain, but they did not expect it to be so difficult.Five battalions of the Chinese army arrived outside Sasebo at noon the next day, the defenders of Sasebo Castle were stunned, they did not expect the Chinese army to arrive suddenly, fortunately they had been prepared, after the emergency warning, all the soldiers went to the city, more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers were waiting solemnly, including shore artillery and city defense artillery to cooperate with each other.In an hour's time, the Chinese army took 19 batteries on the periphery of Sasebo Castle and captured the entire port of Sasebo, and then attacked Sasebo Castle.It's not enough to just take the port, but not Sasebo Castle, you don't have to come out of the port, and this occupies a natural and dangerous terrain.The Japanese soldiers on Sasebo Castle were heavily armed and solemn, with armor and rifles, which also reflected the characteristics of the Japanese army in transition.Xuan Jianzhang arranged two battalions in front, with three battalions and a cavalry brigade as reserves.The two battalions relied on the superiority of the Chinese army's rifles to shoot at the enemy.The rifles of the Chinese army, when attacking the city, the advantage is actually limited, plus without artillery cooperation, the captured local batteries cannot hit Sasebo Castle so far, and many artillery pieces are fixed and cannot be turned, so it is useless.President Moe's military order requires that Sasebo City must be taken within two days, and now it is equal to the past one day, and for the Chinese army, the task is very difficult, because the president's order must be completed on time.For offense, President Moe rarely gives a dead order like this.Sasebo Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, mainly because it was built on a mountain, and there is only one mountain road leading to the city gate, which is very peculiar, and it is not easy for them to come out, let alone the Chinese army to attack it.The battle continued into the evening, and the Chinese army never approached the city gate.Xuan Jianzhang anxiously waited for the arrival of the night, the attack at night, which was the strength of the Chinese army.The Chinese army sent one small detachment after another, preparing to blow up the city gates.Fortunately, Sasebo City has no moat, which is why President Meng will make an order to take it within two days, on the one hand, because there is no moat, President Meng thinks that it is a pile of people, relying on the tenacious fighting willpower of the Chinese army, it can also be taken down on the other hand, it is afraid of Japanese reinforcements, President Meng knows that this is a mountain city, if there are Japanese reinforcements, the Japanese defenders on the mountain are taking advantage of the situation to charge, and the Chinese army will be in big trouble.At about nine o'clock in the evening, after more than 2,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, the Chinese army finally broke through the gates of Sasebo Castle.Xuan Jianzhang replaced the two battalions that had been attacking at the beginning to rest, and launched a fierce attack with three battalions to attack Sasebo Castle in one fell swoop."
Hold, hold" The Japanese defender of the city brandished a katana and shouted hoarsely."
The first battalion rushed in first, the second battalion held the city wall, and the third battalion responded at the edge of the city."
Xuan Jianzhang personally led the team to rush into the city and gave the order.Several messengers received orders and hurried to give orders.Didi-tick-tick.The charge of the Chinese army has never stopped, and the black and red five-pointed star flag of the Chinese army is everywhere.t1706231537: