Wild North America 1846

Chapter 509
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four months later
On December 1867, 12, with the support of the 19-year-old Emperor Meiji, the Faction faction occupying Kyoto launched a palace coup in an attempt to implement the "restoration of kingship".

The so-called "restoration of the royal government" means that the emperor took back the ruling power from the shogunate, ordered the deprivation of the Tokugawa family's general post, abolished the shogunate system, and urgently demanded that the Tokugawa general "resign from office and accept the land" and hand over the ruled area.

This act is to drive the Tokugawa shogunate to a dead end!
War was originally the means of seizing power that the downfall faction hoped for. Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi, who were born in the Satsuma clan, once said:

"Over two hundred years of peace and old habits have polluted people's hearts. Once a war is launched, the world will be refreshed, and the Central Plains will be stabilized, forming a grand event. A decisive battle is the focus of survival in the face of death. The most urgent thing."

But the shogunate was unwilling to perish, and had made full military preparations for the final showdown.

Using the huge sum of money obtained from the sale of Beihai Province, the shogunate built a modern army that was fully equipped with Tang-style weapons and equipment, followed Tang-style training and uniforms, and hired instructors from the Tang Empire. There were a total of 11 infantry divisions and two artillery divisions. , a total of more than 7.7 people.

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The 8 infantry divisions and the two artillery divisions were all trained and armed in Beihai Province, and they were extremely concealed. They just waited quietly for the armed forces of the anti-curtain faction to jump out and prepare to kill a few chickens that jumped the most.

On January 1868, 1 (the year of Boshin in the lunar calendar), the Tokugawa shogunate issued the "Shousa Table", declaring a full-scale war against the Banbai faction in the name of the Qing Dynasty.

The next day, the shogunate army and the armies of the Samurai feudal clans began to march from Osaka to Kyoto, and the battle clouds were clouded for a while.

It's completely different now. The Tokugawa shogunate, which sold Beihai Province, holds a lot of financial resources that can be used. It frantically purchased advanced weapons and equipment from the Tang Empire, the motherland, and cultivated a new type of army, and achieved great results in a short period of time. .

Immediately afterwards, these tomb robbers, who were determined to learn from the West in an all-round way, abolished the domestic bad governance, broke the feudal cages of the feudal daimyo, and started the "Meiji Restoration" of comprehensive Westernization, which contributed to the take-off of the Yamato nation at the end of the 19th century...

The main force of the new army of the Shogunate Army located in Beihai Province took the troop carrier provided by the Tang Empire, set off from Sapporo, bypassed the Japanese archipelago, and finally landed in Kanagawa and Chiba Prefectures in large numbers three days later.

The new army of the shogunate army that landed was divided into two groups, attacking northward from Kanagawa all the way, and attacking westward from Chiba Prefecture all the way, presenting a pincer-shaped encirclement of Kyoto.

on certain issues
We respect Tang's choice, but we also hope that Tang can take into account the interests of its allies and not complicate things because of vicious competition. This is a situation we don't want to see.

This batch of rifles and carbines, Model 1859, was once adopted by the United States of America Army. Because it was breech loaded, it was especially popular with cavalry and avant-garde troops. After the war, due to the reduction of the army, they were piled up in the warehouse, but they were bought by Fusang businessmen. batch.

Even so, these two artillery divisions became the darlings of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Just after the Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival, which are most important to the Chinese, there is still a festive atmosphere everywhere in the imperial capital of Chang'an. The red couplets in the streets and alleys, the lanterns, the fragments of firecrackers in the streets and alleys, and the imperial flags flying on tall buildings are all here. Let people recall the atmosphere of this prosperous Lunar New Year.

"Forgive me for speaking bluntly. The internal affairs of Tang and France are drifting away from the British Empire. This makes London deeply worried, and it is willing to try its best to bridge the differences. The primary concern of everything is to stabilize the situation in East Asia." Palmerston The Lord looked worried about the country and the people, and his eyes were fixed on Prime Minister Liu Xianjun to exert pressure.

Regrettably
What the Banbai faction is facing is not only an opponent equipped with a samurai sword, but a new shogunate army armed to the teeth with advanced weapons. This is destined to make the history process different from the original one.

In order to enhance the attacking ability of the shogunate army, two artillery divisions were even formed, equipped with tatters swept from the warehouse of the Tang Empire, a total of more than 320 front-mounted smoothbore guns, firing round stone or iron bullets, The cheap black powder is still used.

The focus is on the current civil war on Fusang Island.

When the shogunate's new army was formed, there were mainly two types of rifles: the Colt lever rifle and the Enfield type. The former is gradually replacing the latter and has become the mainstream of Tokugawa shogunate army equipment.

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How many old-fashioned front-loading smoothbore guns are there in the armament warehouse of the Tang Empire?
This has to mention the North American War that ended in 1861. In the North American War, the North and South of the United States were equipped with more than 4.6 artillery pieces of various calibers, including the artillery equipped by the sailing warships of the Northern Navy. The number is extremely large.

Seeing the menacing approach of the shogunate army, in view of the disadvantages in military strength and weapons and equipment, the Fallen Sect relied on Kyoto to adopt a strategic defensive posture, and the war broke out soon.

Under the pressure of the existential crisis, the shogunate not only sold Beihai Province, but also carried out military reforms.

As the British Empire, which has hundreds of years of rich experience in the colonial field, it actually does not approve of His Majesty Richard's quick success and instant profit expansion.Downing Street is willing to share valuable experience with our friends in this regard.

Look, the British guys talk in such a cloudy way, and they can't get to the point after a long time.

before the war broke out
In 1866, the Satsuma Domain imitated the British establishment and formed a new army with a small blunderbuss team, a city team and an outer city team as the main force. guns.

Most of these cannons were refurbished after the war, but there were still a batch of muzzle-loading cannons of better quality and in better condition that were collected and stored by the Tang Empire, and those that were sold to the Fusang Kingdom were those scavenged from the warehouse.

The latter rolled his eyes directly, meaning; don't you know the virtues of British guys?

Located on the east side of Danfengmen Square, it is a palace building in the Han and Tang Dynasties with hanging eaves and brackets. It consists of a main hall with three entrances and a circle of auxiliary halls around it. It is magnificent and solemn.

In terms of cannons, because the shells used by Colt artillery are too expensive, poor countries like Fusang can't afford them.

According to the size of the territory, one person will be recruited for every five hundred stones (stone, the unit of measurement of rice grain, also used to measure the size of the territory), three people for every thousand stones, and ten people for every three thousand stones.

Tokugawa Yoshihiro hired instructors from the Tang Empire to start Tang-style army training. With the huge financial resources from the sale of Beihai Province, he formed a new army of nearly 8 people.

Although various technical indicators have fallen behind, it is still an advanced artillery in the Fusang Island Civil War.

The "Military Fu Order" stipulates;
The soldiers selected by the "Bingfu" were selected from among the strong and healthy farmers aged 17 to 45 to ensure that the soldiers had a good enough foundation.

after half an hour
The prime minister, Duke Liu Xianjun, was upset when he heard that, and glanced at the Foreign Minister Sir Luo Fengxian and the Colonial Minister Count Juan Carlos. The former sighed helplessly and raised his head, and began to study the structure on the beam.

Out of the consideration of maintaining the traditional friendly relationship between the two countries, Her Majesty the Queen and Mr. Prime Minister have tried their best to cooperate in some policies and international affairs. Your country should be able to feel this.

As early as December 1865, the Tokugawa shogunate issued the "Military Fu Order", marking the beginning of the shogunate's formation of a new army.

in the original history

When the war broke out, the shogunate army only equipped one artillery battalion with a total of 24 advanced Colt 6-pound field artillery, and the number of imported artillery shells was not large.

The 10,000+ mobs gathered in Kyoto and nearby cities and towns were brutally washed several times by the shogunate army. More than 5 people were killed and injured, and the rest were scattered, and they were no longer a threat at all.

During the "Boshin War", the anti-Shogunate armed forces supported by the United Kingdom first suppressed and then rose. They quickly reversed the initial unfavorable situation and counterattacked the Shogunate Army. Achieved the goal of "Royal Government Restoration".

Now the problem is simple;
Both the Tang Empire and the French Empire supported the continued rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. The British did not know why they were nervous. Perhaps they were moved by the innovative spirit of the "Fanbai faction" and fully supported the local vassal forces of the "Baibai faction". Give money, give guns, give guns and give diplomatic support.

......"

Equipped with a longer and heavier barrel, the Sharps rifle has an accurate fire range of up to 913 meters, and even longer when used by professional marksmen.

The Samo Army imported a batch of obsolete equipment from the United States of America, namely the Sharps carbines and rifles used in the war, with relatively advanced technical indicators.

The shogunate army will carry out a drag-net-style suppression operation near Kyoto. More mobs, wandering samurai and townspeople will be pulled out and beheaded for public display. This is a repertoire of the Yamato nation.

It is worth noting that;

The Banba faction received the enthusiastic support of many urban vagrant samurai, townspeople and businessmen. In a short period of time, more than 13 people were gathered for local armed forces. The main equipment was still cold weapons and knives and guns.

Qingyuntai, the political center of the empire, is the official residence of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

After a slight pause in tone, he continued;
"London has seen the somewhat eager and disorderly expansion of the Tang Kingdom over the years.

Therefore, the mainstream equipment of the shogunate army is still the old-fashioned front-loading smoothbore guns pulled from the warehouse of the Tang Empire, but new rifled guns have begun to be introduced.

Today's Fusang Island Civil War

Nov. 1868, 2

The powerful shogunate army overwhelmed the army of the shogunate faction and beat them fiercely. Satsuma, Nagashima, Hizen, and Tosa were beaten to the brim, and the main force of the new army suffered heavy casualties.

During the war, the U.S. Union Army purchased more than 8 Sharps carbines and more than 9 Sharps rifles.The Samo army bought about 1.3 Sharps carbines and 3200 Sharps rifles among them, and gave priority to equipping the main force, which made the Samo army's confidence unprecedentedly high.

In the exclusive public room of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Lord Palmerston, the Queen’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Representative, is ushered in today. He took a 23-day detour by train to the imperial capital Chang’an on his way to Canada to take the post of Governor-General, just to pass on London concerns.

Most of Kyoto has fallen into the control of the shogunate army. The 15-year-old Emperor Meiji fled overnight in fright and went to the Satsuma domain to seek refuge.

Seeing the collapse of the situation, the big boss behind the downfall faction, the British guy, couldn't sit still, and had no choice but to jump to the front desk to clean up the mess.

This is not... I came to the Tang Empire to discuss it.

However, this Lord Palmerston couldn't let go of the arrogant airs of the British aristocrats. He talked in a cloud of mist and didn't get to the point for half an hour. What a waste of time!

(End of this chapter)