Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

It was not too long, so everyone came to the pier, and soon a big ship sailed into the port, it was the River Bank, and the River Bank stopped at the dock, lowered the gangway, and a few strong young people disembarked first, and stood still on the side of the gangway , a middle-aged man came out of the boat, everyone saw this middle-aged man with a big belly and a greasy face, and couldn't help thinking: "Could this man be the number one wise general Kodama Gentaro?"

The middle-aged man got off the boat, walked up to Katowaraichi, and said with a smile, "General Kodama is coming out soon." Only then did everyone understand that this man was just a follower.

Everyone looked at the gangway, and saw a man about 50 years old walking down the gangway, followed by a group of entourage. Lun said: "Two gentlemen, this person is General Kodama Gentaro. Now he is a special envoy. In the future, he will serve as the commander-in-chief of our Japanese aid army and command the battle against Lin Yuan!"

At this time, Kodama Gentaro walked off the boat, and Kato Haraichi finished his introduction to both parties. Kodama Gentaro shook hands with Noren and Li Jingfang. A new password? If you used the old password, Lin Yuan probably already knew the news of my arrival."

Noren said: "General Kodama, don't worry, we are using a brand new cipher. No matter how strong Lin Yuan's deciphering ability is, it is impossible for Lin Yuan to decipher it so quickly."

Kodama Gentaro nodded, and Li Jingfang smiled and said: "General Kodama thought of this as soon as he got off the boat, I really admire it."

Regarding Li Jingfang's flattery, Kodama Gentaro just said "thank you" lightly, and then said: "Lin Yuan's troops are faster than hungry locusts, and now they have captured Chongming Island, we must rush to Nanjing immediately, it's too late It's too late."

Noren said: "It's all been arranged, we'll take a merchant ship and head to Nanjing."

Kodama Gentaro nodded, and said to Li Jingfang after boarding the boat: "Mr. Li, have you deployed any defensive measures on the Yangtze River?"

Li Jingfang smiled embarrassedly: "General Kodama, I am not a general, so I don't know about these formations."

Kodama Gentaro said "Oh", stopped talking, closed his eyes and rested his mind. The passenger ship sailed for more than 20 hours and arrived in Nanjing until the next night. When everyone disembarked, Li Jingfang said: "Please go to the post house to rest first. Go into the palace to meet the Holy Majesty."

After everyone went to the city to rest, Li Jingfang rushed to the palace. The palace is actually the Yamen of the Governor of Liangjiang. Although the Yamen of the Governor of Liangjiang was rebuilt on the basis of the palace of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom—Tianwangfu, the grandeur here is completely incomparable with the Forbidden City.

Li Jingfang saw Emperor Guangxu in the back garden and said, "My lord, the Japanese have agreed to send troops to help."

After hearing this, Emperor Guangxu let out a long sigh, and slapped the table hard. Li Jingfang hurriedly asked: "My lord, isn't it a good thing for the Japanese to send troops to help fight against Lin Yuan's rebellion?"

Emperor Guangxu sighed: "As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, I want to borrow troops from a small country in Japan to suppress the rebellion. How happy do you make me?"

Li Jingfang kowtowed to the ground and said: "Using the hands of foreigners to suppress rebellion has existed since ancient times. Tang Minghuang once borrowed troops from Huihe to put down the rebellion of Anlu Mountain and Shi Siming. Your Majesty does not need to blame himself..."

Emperor Guangxu sighed before Li Jingfang finished speaking, and said, "Forget it, there is no need to say these words to comfort me! Now Lin is against the trend, and no one can stop him in Zhili, Henan, and Shandong. He also captured Chongming Island a few days ago. , it is about to go upstream along the Yangtze River, and our elite troops are all on the Huaihe River line, although Xiong Tiesheng and Liu Kun's troops are large in number, they are vulnerable, so what can we do if we don't borrow troops from foreign countries?"

Li Jingfang listened quietly and did not speak. Emperor Guangxu sighed for a while, then changed the subject and asked, "Is the Japanese special envoy here?"

Li Jingfang said: "That's right, I'm already waiting at the posthouse."

Emperor Guangxu said: "Then announce it."

Li Jingfang came to the posthouse, found Kodama Gentaro, and took him into the palace to meet Emperor Guangxu. At this time, Emperor Guangxu couldn't care about those complicated etiquette, so he asked him to sit down and said: "General Kodama, I have heard for a long time. His name is like thunder."

Kodama Gentaro said politely: "Thank you." Then he said: "When I came, I took a look at the defense line of the Yangtze River. I'm not trying to scare you. This line of defense can't stop Lin Yuan at all."

Emperor Guangxu said: "General Kodama, please tell me, why can't you stop it?"

Kodama Gentaro said: "I see that there are two Jiangfang Fortresses, one is in Jiangyin and the other is in Zhenjiang, both of which are mainly Jiangfang Forts. All the forts are full of old front-mounted iron sand cannons, such cannons can't stop Lin Yuan's troops at all."

Emperor Guangxu said: "I also know that I can't stop it. That's because I didn't expect Lin Yuan to come in from the mouth of the Yangtze River, so I deployed all the elite soldiers on the Huaihe River."

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said: "Your Majesty, your current style of play is wrong, no matter how elite troops are, they can't stop Lin Yuan."

Emperor Guangxu frowned and asked, "Wrong way of playing? What does this mean?"

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said, "This should be what I said to your commander, are you sure you want to listen?"

Emperor Guangxu said: "But it doesn't matter."

Kodama Gentaro said: "I watched the previous battles between you and Lin Yuan, and I found that your style of play is basically to defend the city, nothing else."

Emperor Guangxu thought for a while and said, "That's really the case."

Kodama Gentaro said: "But the most powerful part of Lin Yuan's troops is their firepower. Your city walls can't stop Lin Yuan's round of shelling at all. Lin Yuan's troops can enter the city by blasting the city walls, and Lin Yuan's troops alone The firepower of the soldiers is stronger, and they have all the advantages in street fighting, can you tell me that you can still use the style of defending the city?"

Emperor Guangxu said: "Then according to your opinion, how should this battle be fought?"

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said: "Abandon the city, field battle first! Fight field battles with Lin Yuan's troops, and use the terrain and terrain to weaken the advantages of Lin Yuan's troops."

Emperor Guangxu said: "General, can you explain in more detail?"

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said: "Your Majesty, let me talk to your commander about this, we need to discuss some bigger things."

Emperor Guangxu nodded and said, "That's true. I don't know what the bigger thing the general is talking about?"

Kodama Gentaro said: "Of course it is a matter of strategy, such as how many troops we will dispatch, from where to enter China, where to fight after entering China, etc."

Emperor Guangxu was taken aback for a moment, and said, "I haven't thought much about these things, so General Kodama might as well just act on camera."

Kodama Gentaro was shocked when he heard Emperor Guangxu's words, and thought: "You don't even think about such an important thing, so what do you think about all day? No wonder you can't beat Lin Yuan!" But Kodama Gentaro said calmly : "Then I need to meet with His Majesty's commander to discuss tactics. Who is the supreme commander on this battlefield?"

Emperor Guangxu said, "It's Liu Kunyi, governor of Liangjiang. He's in Zhenjiang now. Should I find him in Nanjing?"