Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 233
The handsome seal has been taken down, but it does not mean that everything is fine. On the contrary, the real busyness has just begun-the construction of new ships must be accelerated; the fleet that is going to the expedition needs to strengthen training; the production of artillery and shells must also be accelerated. A large number of sailors mobilized also need time to get familiar with the new ship; more than [-] green battalion soldiers of Li Ke's department who are fighting across the sea have to conduct amphibious landing drills and have to be familiar with the new artillery. At the same time, they have to carry out mountain warfare and urban warfare according to the terrain of Nagasaki walkthrough.Although Yinzuo had secretly ordered Li Ke, the admiral of Shandong, to reorganize the army and conduct various small-scale drills in various names as early as a year ago, but it was all done in private after all, not to mention the small scale , the effect was not satisfactory. After winning the task of dispatching troops at this time, Li Ke's department could finally start large-scale troop training operations.

Judging from the current armament conditions, crossing the sea is actually a battle without logistics. Due to the means of transportation, logistics supplies cannot be continuously transported from the mainland to the front line on a large scale. This determines the difficulty of this battle. If If you can't prepare well, the defeat will be small, and the naval construction that Yinzuo wants to promote will inevitably suffer major setbacks, and even he himself will have to suffer. For Yinzuo, this battle is only a battle. Xu Sheng cannot be defeated.Although Yin Zuo had made all kinds of preparations in advance, when the old man really issued the edict to send troops, he suddenly realized that there were too many things to do, and he had to mobilize all his strength to carry out various preparations , even the nominal coach of the old fourteen is too busy to touch the ground.

In the early morning of June 42, [-], Kangxi, Prince Cheng Yinzhi wrote a memorial, stating that the flag affairs were corrupted, idle bannermen continued to cause trouble, and the capital was restless. The eighth elder brother came forward to rectify the flag affairs, and the old man Kangxi praised him very much, so he ordered Prince Lian to lead the rectification of the flag affairs. For a time, the capital was full of dust, and the banner people, old and young, kept complaining. Prince Lian was so busy that he didn't have time to go Take care of the matter of sending troops to Japan.In a province in Henan Province, it is time for the summarization of the payment of food by the government and the gentry. The work of calculating the number of acres and customizing tax and silver is already cumbersome. Normal operation also requires a lot of energy. The fourth and thirteenth brothers were also dizzy from these chores. Although the two brothers who didn't win the handsome position were a little reconciled, they didn't have the time to pay attention to the navy. things.As for Yin Zuo and Lao Shisi, the two brothers are also busy preparing to send troops, so naturally they won't cause trouble at this time of year, the whole court fell silent for a while, everyone was busy with their own affairs, and they were all in peace That's it.

On August 42, Kangxi 42, the [-] large warships and [-] medium-sized warships that were originally scheduled to be completed in mid-August were completed ahead of schedule, and together with a large number of sailors mobilized by Yin Zuo, they left the Shanghai wharf. Fifty large sea-going ships mobilized by Yin Zuo to be used as transport ships, and nearly a hundred ships loaded with various logistics materials arrived at Qingdao Wharf on August [-].Liu Shuangcheng, the old fourteenth who had been waiting for a long time, and the admiral of the Shandong Navy, immediately began to reorganize personnel and conduct large-scale maritime training operations.On September [-], Kangxi [-], Yinzuo, who was ordered to see off the army on behalf of the old man Kangxi, rushed to Qingdao and immediately held a pre-war preparation meeting.

The commanders of the navy and land armies participating in the war are all slaves of Yinzuo's sect, and the old fourteenth can be regarded as Yinzuo's elder brother, so this preparation meeting can be regarded as a "family meeting".The battle plan has been drawn up in advance, and the commanders at all levels have already known their tasks well, and they have carried out targeted large-scale simulation training several times, but it is not a big problem, but Yinzuo is still following the chart Explain the plan in detail again.

The Nagasaki Peninsula is long and narrow. Apart from the port, the only place where the fleet can land on the beach is Motegi Town in Amakusa Beach. There is a road from Motegi Town directly to Nagasaki Port. Once the beach is landed, Li Ke must pass through it quickly. A road of about fifty li pierced directly into the back of Nagasaki, cutting off the escape route of the Nagasaki defenders, and blocked the defenders with one part, and set up an ambush on the upper west mountain, preparing to ambush the reinforcements from Unzen and Isahaya. Enemy, wipe out as many enemy troops as possible.In addition to a part of the main force covering the landing at Motegi Town, the main force of the navy will attack Nagasaki Port with all its strength, in order to destroy the Japanese offshore naval forces and coastal forts in Nagasaki Port—Nagasaki Port is a funnel-shaped harbor , there are two forts in Okuboyama and Kanzakibana that are far away from each other, and four forts in Kuo Town and Otani Town.

The terrain of Nagasaki Port determines that the naval battle is not easy-although the Nagasaki Dongying Navy is weak, but if it cannot be wiped out before attacking the fort, once the Daqingshui Division enters the narrow and long port, it will start attacking the fort , At the port, the Dongying Navy can take advantage of the small ship and turn around, and if there are more ants to eat dead elephants, even if they win this battle, they will inevitably suffer damage.For Yinzuo, he was unwilling to pay for even the slightest damage. For this reason, Yinzuo designed three sets of combat plans-one is to show the enemy that he is weak first, and after sending troops to land in Motegi Town, use small Use a medium-sized warship as a bait to lure the Japanese navy to go to sea to fight, and wipe out the Japanese navy with superior forces on the sea. Although this plan is good, it is a bit too wishful thinking, and the initiative is not in your hands. If the navy doesn't fight, it may scare the snake away.The second plan is to send a small group of landing troops to surprise the forts of Mount Okubo and Kanzaki during the night, and the fleet will launch a surprise attack at dawn to wipe out the Dongying Navy on the shore. This plan is extremely confidential for the launch of the battle. Only by calculating the tide can it be effective, and all the Japanese fishing boats encountered on the march must be wiped out.The third plan is a strong attack, a direct attack with powerful artillery fire.

The matter of the landing battle is very cumbersome, and it is impossible to calculate everything at all, and Yinzuo can only grasp the general direction. As for which plan to adopt or how to operate it, Yinzuo is all handed over to the old fourteenth To make a decision, after discussing around the chart for a while, everyone dispersed, but Yinzuo and Yinti took advantage of the night to go for a walk outdoors.

"Old Fourteen, remember, it is not difficult to take down Nagasaki, and it is easy to hold Nagasaki, but it is impossible to destroy the country with such a small force. Once a firm foothold is established in Nagasaki, the main force of the fleet will Immediately, the troops were divided into two groups, one to bombard Osaka and Kobe in Japan, and the other to go straight to Edo with the main fleet, and bombard me to a fucking mess, and then sit down to talk after the fighting is almost done. As for the negotiation I will leave the matter to Sun Quanmin, the official of the Ministry of Rites, and you just need to keep an eye on it, don’t interfere, and if you build Nagasaki for me, that place will be considered my enclave of the Qing Dynasty.” Yin Yin Zuo said calmly.

Yinti grinned and replied: "Sixth brother, you have said it countless times, and my younger brother can already recite it."

Yin Zuo glanced at the old fourteenth, and said calmly: "Just remember, you already know a lot about the theory of naval warfare, and my brother will not say anything more, but there is one thing, don't be greedy for merit, you should stop You have to stop now, don’t get too excited, you’ll turn Nagasaki into ruins, and in the end, you’ll have to rebuild, Sixth Brother is still hoping to save some money.”

"Understood." Old Fourteen replied a little absent-mindedly, thought for a while, and suddenly smiled and said: "Sixth Brother, I heard that Dongying girls are soft and very tasty, how about I bring you a Come back in one boat?"

Depend on!a boat?Damn it, I don’t run a brothel, so why bring a boat back, but it’s okay to bring a few, even if you don’t use it, it’s good to give it away, eh, it seems that we were pretty good in our previous life. Appreciate Japanese prostitutes, alas, past lives, past lives, past lives that cannot be returned.Yinzuo was so distracted by his thoughts, he walked and thought all the way, without saying anything, but the old fourteen couldn't hold back anymore, he looked at Yinzuo strangely and said, "Sixth brother, is it because you are worried that your sisters-in-law will scold you?" Right? Hey, it’s better to be a younger brother, the mothers-in-law and aunts at home are very well-behaved..."

Yinzuo waved his hands a little irritably and said: "Enough, don't talk about those who have and don't have it, this is a war, you think it's a child's house, let's talk about it after Nagasaki is occupied. It's getting late, go back Already, we will set off early in the morning the next day, and tomorrow’s affairs are still cumbersome.”

Seeing Yinzuo's troubled look, the old fourteen didn't dare to ask what was the matter, and replied in a low voice: "Okay, brother six, I'll go back first." He went back to the army tent on his own.Yinzuo was walking alone under the moonlight, but his heart was really a little uneasy, a sense of melancholy came to his heart for no reason, he smiled at himself, and went back to the tent to rest.

On September 42th, 150 years of Kangxi, the originally busy Qingdao Wharf was crowded with people. More than [-] large and small ships lined up and moored on the sea not far away. Only the flagship led three frigates. On the wharf, under the leadership of Yinzuo, more than a hundred local officials saw off the sailors who were about to go on an expedition. After reading the old man's imperial edict, they paid homage to the Sea Dragon King, and Yinzuo brought Zhuang Xingjiu to him. Drank the wine in the bowl, laughed, threw the bowl on the ground, and boarded the ship with his head held high, saying: "Set sail", the big ship sailed away from the dock and joined the large fleet, and all the ships fired their guns After three rings, sail eastward...

(End of this chapter)