Ming Zuo

Chapter 1155 The Attacking North Sea Fleet

Will the Qing army attack Shandong?
Regarding the forecast of the General Staff, Zuo Menggeng was a little uncertain.

In the original history, the Qing army attacked Shandong.Moreover, Jinan was broken and Dewang's family was captured.

But it turns out that Shandong in history was extremely weak, allowing the Qing army to come and go, and naturally suffered catastrophe.

Today's Shandong is under the rule of Xia Guo.

Xia's army is strong and strong, and he just beat the Qing army to death in North Korea.

Does the Qing army still dare to come to trouble?
Zuo Menggeng didn't dare to make a decision lightly.

"How did you deploy it?"

Mao Yuanyi hurriedly reported.

"Just in case and in response to emergencies, we have deployed the second division to the front line of Dezhou, and the ninth division to the front line of Linqing. The two regular armies are not far apart and can support each other. Even if they fight independently, I believe There will be no mistakes."

A division of the Xia Army has more than [-] people. It has more troops than the Qing Army in every route, and its combat effectiveness is higher.Therefore, if it is just defensive, it seems that there is no need to worry too much.

Zuo Menggeng carefully observed the topography of the North China Plain and decided to be careful.

"Let the cavalry division be stationed in Dongchang Mansion."

"Are you afraid that the Qing army will detour to Daming Mansion to attack? Shouldn't it be possible? There are more than [-] Ming troops stationed there."

Liu Yiyuan judged Zuo Menggeng's thoughts and felt that he was a little worried.

Zuo Menggeng didn't dare to relax.

"It's better to be more conservative in the morality of the Ming army."

Liu Yiyuan thought for a while, being careful not to make a big mistake, he nodded in agreement.

After the study and judgment of the battle situation in the Gyeonggi area was over, another group of people was replaced in the general staff.

This group of people, headed by Zuo Yong, wanted to report to Zuo Menggeng the battle situation in Dongpu.

In view of the current situation, Liu Yiyuan was afraid that there would be a mistake in one mind and two tasks, so he divided the entire general staff into two systems.

He personally took charge of the work on the local side.

Because Zuo Yong once served as the commander of the First Marine Division and worked closely with the navy, he was in charge of the situation in Dongpu.

Sun Chengzong followed Zuo Menggeng, seeing such a running mode, he was greatly surprised and inspired at the same time.

Xia Jun's ability to be so powerful is inseparable from the professionalism and scientificity of the center.

Especially seeing the detailed maps of all parts of the world held by Xia Jun, Sun Chengzong understood that no matter whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were all defeated.

He is also very curious about how Xia Guohui will deal with the Japanese pirates who once wreaked havoc in the Ming Dynasty.

"The Changzhou Domain has fallen out with the Tokugawa Shogunate. Tadakatsu Sakai is leading an army of [-] shogunate troops to attack the Changzhou Domain. Lou Fu and others decided to send a Marine Regiment to personally intervene in this battle. They have already established a defense line in the defense area , and exchanged fire with Tadakatsu Sakai."

Zuo Menggeng found the location of the Fangfu on the map, and was very satisfied with the deployment of the front line.

"What's the current situation?"

Zuo Yong laughed.

"Although we only have one regiment, the weapons, techniques and tactics of the two sides are not at the same level. After three days of fighting, Sakai Tadakatsu is completely untenable. The latest battle situation has not been reported yet."

Hearing that more than [-] soldiers from the First Marine Regiment took down the [-] shogunate army and defeated the enemy steadily, everyone didn't think it was surprising.

The combat effectiveness of the shogunate army was not at the same level as that of the Qing army.

During the Korean War, the Qing army was able to fight back and forth with the Xia army in many cases, but it was actually taking advantage of the terrain.

Yes.

You read that right.

The terrain of North Korea is actually more beneficial to the Qing army.

After all, in the rugged mountainous terrain, the Xia army's array could not be lined up, so they could only invest a small amount of troops to compete with the Qing army.

Because they couldn't take advantage of the cluster firepower, they fought in a stalemate.

Now in the flat area of ​​the Hofu area, the land battle group is full of firepower, and Tadakatsu Sakai is a little suspicious of his life.

"Commander, Mount Toda has been breached by the Xia army. We must retreat, otherwise the whole line will collapse."

Hearing the notification, Sakai Tadakatsu trembled all over.

"Which line of defense is this?"

The subordinates were very desperate.

"This is the twelfth line of defense."

Sakai Tadakatsu only felt a wave of humiliation sweeping through his body.

"A total of twelve lines of defense, more than [-] troops, have not been able to withstand it for two days. When did the samurai of the shogunate become so incompetent?"

Everyone present bowed their heads in shame, but they dared not argue.

Xia Jun's combat power was completely beyond their imagination.

Especially those terrible artillery, which destroyed all their temporary fortifications.

Without the resistance of the fortifications, facing Xia Jun's muskets, the shogunate troops could only fall one by one.There's no other way but to back off,
For the sake of the battle, it is obviously impossible to conquer the Changzhou Fan.On the contrary, his own safety became the focus that Sakai Tadakatsu had to consider.

"For the third army to stop the Xia army at Kunshamen, it must be delayed for three days, and the rest of the troops will return directly to Osaka."

Although it was humiliating to lose the battle, Tadakatsu Sakai understood that meaningless persistence would have no effect other than ruining the power of the shogunate.

Even Tokugawa Iemitsu will not blame him after he understands the situation of the battle.

The only thing that worries him is that Xia Jun is so terrifying, is the shogunate really doomed?

He didn't even know that Xia Guo's navy also showed its sharp fangs as they retreated steadily on land.

After the situation on Kyushu Island stabilized, the North Sea Fleet was completely liberated.

Zhang Keda gathered all the warships and entered the Seto Inland Sea through Shimonoseki.

Seeing the hope of defeating the Tokugawa shogunate, the Changzhou Fan worked very hard and sent all the old men of the Murakami navy to serve as guides for the Xia army.

When the Murakami navy ran amok in Japan, the Seto Inland Sea was their paradise.

With the guidance of these guides, the North Sea Fleet swept everywhere as if it had opened the whole picture.

The shipyards established by the Tokugawa shogunate in various places have not produced any results, and they have been wiped out by the North Sea Fleet one by one.

This time, the Tokugawa shogunate did not even want to set foot in the sea.

Along the coast of Honshu and Shikoku, all forces close to the Tokugawa shogunate were attacked by the North Sea Fleet.

All of a sudden, wars broke out in various countries and feudal clans, causing heavy losses.He had no choice but to flee from the coast and hide in the depths of the interior, fearing that the Xia army would land and wipe them out completely.

After sweeping up the Seto Inland Sea, Zhang Keda didn't give up.

He continued to march eastward, determined to beat the Tokugawa shogunate thoroughly.

On October 10, the North Sea Fleet besieged Awaji Island, cutting off its connection with Honshu and Shikoku.

After three days of continuous bombing, the sailors of the North Sea Fleet landed and broke through the Tokushima Domain.

Hachisuka Zhongying, the lord of the Tokushima domain, became a prisoner of the Xia army.

The Hachisuka family was originally a subordinate of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but later defected to Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Now, he paid the price of death for the original rebellion.

(End of this chapter)