The samurai of Japan and the knights of Europe have a similar feeling, belonging to the elite army with a class.The samurai is a hereditary system, and the men in the family have been trained since childhood, both civil and military, and well-equipped, so the combat power of the samurai must be much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers.If you talk about ordinary infantry, it is stronger than the Qing soldiers at the end of the Qing Dynasty.Ashigaru is such a grassroots soldier who works as a farmer in peacetime and becomes a soldier in wartime, with weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows, and very simple or even no armor, and the level of training is not high, and the combat power is weak.Leaving aside the smelting process and the strength of the sword and gun, the Japanese bow was limited by the height of the Japanese, the construction was defective, and the range and lethality were not excellent.Speaking of armor, Ashigaru's armor can have iron pieces to pierce armor, and most of them are armor called belly rolls, which is considered very good, and it basically doesn't hold a shield, so the defense is not strong.The reason for not holding a shield is because the bow and arrows are not strong, and they can be resisted by armor, and the weapons are mostly held in both hands.There were very few Japanese cavalry, and because Japanese horses were not very tall, they were not very strong.Huaguo began to use composite material bows and crossbows from the late Shang Dynasty, the craftsmanship of the armor is also very good, to the Song Dynasty, the heavy step armor, made of iron armor leaves, weighing about 30 kilograms, the light even has paper armor, it is still used in the Ming Dynasty, the New Tang Dynasty Book has a record that "the paper is armor, the arrow can not be penetrated", the paper is readily available, the militia can also basically have a piece of hand, the defense of this armor is tested by the rumor terminators, not only the bow and arrow, the sword defense is also very strong, and even can resist the flintlock pistol.In fact, the proportion of paper armor in ancient equipment in our country is still not small, and the paper armor is wrapped in leather or cloth and slightly modified, the appearance is also very gorgeous, not rusty, and the waterproof ability can also be improved if it is soaked in oil, which is not inferior to iron armor, the only defect is that the durability is slightly worse, but the repair cost is also cheaper.If it is infantry against infantry, the number is equal, regardless of many factors such as command and morale, the ancient soldiers of China must have an advantage compared with Japan.After all, war is a vassal of the economy, and the economy at the end of the Qing Dynasty seemed to be strong, and the total amount was among the top in the world, but the country had no money, and the state referred to the government.The government of China is rich, but now it is being dragged down by the construction of several basic projects such as solving the problem of food and clothing for the whole people, improving the literacy rate of the whole people, and developing industry.Although President Meng is committed to strengthening national defense, he puts national defense behind the development of the economy, there is no economy, there is no industrial base, what is the national defense President Meng is not a reckless person.Purely in terms of cold weapons, Huaguo is very powerful, the Japanese only dare to harass along the coast, if it really provokes Huaguo to catch fire, in fact, any dynasty can abuse the Japanese.Judging from the history of China and Japan, the confrontation between the two countries in the era of cold weapons should be the Ming Dynasty's Japanese Rebellion and the Korean Imjin War.In the Ming Dynasty's anti-Japanese warfare, whether it was a weapon or a fight, the personal ability of the Japanese was undoubtedly very prominent.Qi Jiguang relied on the mandarin duck array and the cooperation of multiple arms to defeat the Japanese invaders.It can be seen that the samurai are not very powerful.Samurai were middle- and lower-ranking officers, between retainers and commoners, and generally served as cavalry or ashigaru shogun in wartime.Since the samurai were professional soldiers, they learned martial arts from an early age, and Japan itself was still martial, so since the end of the Warring States period, Japan has greatly improved the swordsmanship and sword forging technology, and the protective power of the armor that imitates Western armor has been greatly improved compared with the old large armor.The samurai are not only proficient in swordsmanship, but also top in more than 20 kinds of skills such as jiu-jitsu, water jutsu, bowing, and equestrianism, in addition to the cultural education from an early age, not only the cultivation of personality, but also the depth of mercenaries.Therefore, if it is taken alone, the peasants armed with the military service system of the Ming Dynasty are by no means opponents, after all, the two are not on the same level.Of course, the Chinese army was not an ancient army, and after three hours, the Japanese were completely annihilated, more than half of the more than 5,000 samurai army were annihilated, a small half were captured, and even Saigo Takamori himself was captured.Saigo Takamori was desperate to commit suicide, and was wounded in the hand by a shot by the company commander of the Chinese army, and if it was a little later, it would be too late.Saigo Takamori closed his eyes on the ground, covered his hands and cried bitterly, not only for the pain, but mainly because he couldn't stand the humiliation, he couldn't understand that with the strength of such a few hundred people in the Chinese army, he could defeat more than 5,000 of his people.Xuan Jianzhang, who received the notice, rushed over, "Why don't you let the hygienist bandage him?"
"He kept moving and didn't cooperate." ”The two warriors standing beside Saigo Takamori said.Xuan Jianzhang squatted down, "I'm Xuan Jianzhang, Xixiang Longsheng, we met" Xixiang Longsheng saw that it was Xuan Jianzhang, and said angrily: "You kill me, don't you have a saying in China that a soldier can be killed and not humiliated" Xuan Jianzhang smiled: "You are quite familiar with our Chinese words, I am not highly educated, I don't know this sentence yet, do we insult you It is you who are insulting yourself." ”Saigo Takamori was silent."
If you are brave, cooperate with the treatment, you will seek death yourself, and no one can save you."
Xuan Jianzhang said indifferently, "If I am captured, I will never be like you, the soldiers must dare to win, and even more dare to lose, the Chinese army will not abuse the prisoners, and will never despise the captured soldiers, there are not only soldiers in our army who have been captured, but also soldiers who have defected from the original enemy, and now, everyone is not very brave" Xuan Jianzhang saw that Saigo Takamori seemed to be persuaded by himself, and motioned to the two soldiers to take Saigo Takamori down."
I don't need you to save me, unless, you can promise to let me go back" Saigo Takamori said: "I will never surrender to Huaguo, I am a Japanese, and I am a Japanese ghost when I die." ”Xuan Jianzhang said with a smile: "Yes, I can inform His Majesty the Emperor of your request, wait for the letter, if Your Majesty does not approve it immediately, you don't have to be discouraged, on our side of the Chinese army, as long as you are willing to work, when the battle is over, we will naturally let you go back, we have discipline, whether it is for high-ranking officials or ordinary people, it is the same, besides, you are not a high-ranking official." ”Saigo Takamori was silently helped up by the two fighters and taken down.The chief of staff of the division said excitedly: "I really can't imagine that an ambush actually captured Saigo Takamori" "What is Xixiang Takamori, if Your Majesty gives me a complete Chinese army First Field Division and gives me good logistics supplies, I dare to hit them on Honshu Island." ”Xuan Jianzhang smiled."
Then, this is what you said, I wrote it down for you, a division, don't talk about Honshu Island, if you continue to fight endlessly, this Kyushu Island doesn't know when it will be fought."
The division chief of staff said with a smile.Xuan Jianzhang also felt that a division might be a bit exaggerated, but he was full of confidence in his brigade and holding the existing achievements.Li Hongzhang received Xuan Jianzhang's battle report in Nagasaki Castle, and was overjoyed, and immediately notified all the ministers stationed in Nagasaki Castle and sent a telegram to His Majesty the Emperor.President Meng is already on the train back to Beijing, and now, from Pusan in North Korea Province, to Seoul, to Pyongyang, and then all the way to Danju, through Mukden, to Shanhaiguan, into Zhili, and then directly through the Great Northwest Railway Network through the entire Great Northwest, to Central Asia Province, the westernmost and easternmost part of China, has been fully connected.This is that the railway cannot be built on the sea, otherwise, the Chinese army can bring the railway to Nagasaki Castle."
Xuan Jianzhang has caught Saigo Takamori," President Meng said in surprise to Princess Katrina Kaf.It has been two days since the capture of Saigo Takamori to President Moe's knowledge of the news, and this is still told by the head of the Statistics Bureau in Mukden that the emperor will be slower when he leaves Seoul and receives news from the Japanese side."
Yes, isn't the emperor happy," Princess Katrina Kaaf smiled.President Meng smiled: "Naturally happy, I just didn't expect Saigo Takamori's army to be so weak."
It's only been a few days and I can't stand it, and with such a little strength, I dare to take the initiative to fight us. ”"He's called inconsiderate, and now, what should Saigo Takamori do?"
asked Lee Tae-hee.President Meng thought about it and looked out of the car window, although he arrived in Mukden, the emperor didn't get out of the car, he didn't want to get out of the car, and now that Zhao Qingluo had gone to Beijing, it didn't make much sense to get off."
Be cautious about the disposal of Saigo Takamori" President Moe couldn't come up with an idea, and asked Princess Katrina Kaf: "What do you think should be done" t1706231537: