1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2117
Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.The collection of military intelligence is undoubtedly of great reference significance to the commander's decision-making in the combat process. For this reason, Haihan even sent a fleet to Hirado to perform reconnaissance missions before the battle. Learn about local military conditions.

However, the work of the Hirado clan in this area is obviously not enough. Although they have tried their best to deploy many secret strongholds along the coast of Daming in the past two years, Japanese officers like Kojiro Tagawa have never fought against the Haihan army. Therefore, it still does not pay enough attention to this opponent that the Eighteenth Zhiyu Party regards as its old enemy, and the relevant intelligence information it has is still very one-sided.

If Tagawa Kojiro could get in touch with the Han Chinese leaders under Tagawasuke and get more information about the Haihan Army from them, he should know that the weapons, equipment and tactics of the Haihan Army are not what he imagined, but Confronting it head-on on the battlefield is never a wise decision.

Before the Musketeers led by Tagawa Kojiro completed their formation, more than ten people were shot and killed by the Haihan Army.When these feudal army soldiers mustered up their courage to line up against the stray bullets, they became a living target with a huge target.And these soldiers did not have armor protection on their bodies, only a very small number of them wore leather or bamboo hanging armor, but this type of armor, collectively known as the ganwan, only had a certain protective effect on cold weapons, but the defense against musket bullets was almost as good as none.

The twenty samurai who were transferred to help in the battle were equipped with iron chain armor called a large armor. This kind of equipment is already considered luxurious in a small place like Hirado, but it still cannot completely resist the lethality of bullets.

So Tagawa Kojiro then witnessed with his own eyes how the elite army he brought was defeated by the enemy's intensive shooting in an instant. In the past, he had only heard about how powerful the Haihan army was, but what kind of It's a powerful method, but hearing and seeing it brings a completely different feeling.

The soldiers of the fan army were like the rice harvested by farmers every summer, falling down amidst the chaos of gunfire, but the few shots fired by the musketeers were just a drop in the bucket, unable to interrupt the enemy's offensive at all.A few warriors tried to take the lead in the charge and use close combat to change the unfavorable situation. However, they had no chance to rush to the enemy at all. fallen.

This kind of battle scene is completely different from the training that Tagawa Kojiro has received. In his consciousness, musket battles do not have such a fast rhythm and such high lethality. He thinks he has the power to fight Hai Han, but this belief Knowing that in front of the opponent's guns, he seemed to immediately become a vulnerable chicken and dog.

When the soldiers of the feudal army who participated in the war realized the fact that they would all die here if they did not retreat, the retreat was inevitable. Even though Kojiro Tagawa pulled out his samurai sword and threatened everyone not to retreat, he still It is difficult to prevent more and more subordinates from turning around and fleeing back.

Tagawa Kojiro was very sad and indignant, his dream of being a famous general was shattered by a group of enemy troops who hadn't even formed a battle formation in a short period of time.The weapons in the enemy's hands were obviously muskets, but they seemed to be somewhat different from the weapons used by his musketeers. They just kept firing and defeated the army they led effortlessly.

Others can choose to retreat and escape, but Tagawa Kojiro cannot.Before setting off from Hirado City earlier, he had already boasted to Takawasuke that he would destroy the enemy troops that landed from Boxiang Bay and bring their heads back to Hirado Port for public display.But now it seems that whether it is to destroy the enemy army or bring back the head, it is probably difficult for him to complete it, and it may even become a luxury to return to Hirado Port.

Whether it's because of his pride as a samurai or the promise he made to his boss, Tagawa Kojiro, Tagawa Kojiro couldn't turn around and run away like his subordinates.Even if the situation of the battle is out of control, he still has to fulfill his duty as a commander, which is to fight to the end.

"Children of the Hirado clan, follow me to fight the enemy!" Tagawa Kojiro raised the samurai sword in his hand, and decided to lead the charge to restore morale.If he died in battle, it would at least be better than fleeing back to Hirado Port in embarrassment.

"See that officer on horseback with the crescent moon on his helmet? Don't let him run away!" The officer in charge of this encounter on the special operations team was Shiro Amakusa who had visited Hirado some time ago. After confirming the commander of the enemy army in the telescope, he immediately issued an order.

However, Amakusa Shiro immediately realized that instead of running away, the Japanese officer lifted the reins and rushed towards the special operations group, apparently planning to play a suicide charge.How could Amakusa Shiro let him get what he wanted, and quickly ordered that he should not be shot and killed, and he would be caught alive if he wanted to be caught.

After Tagawa Kojiro launched the death charge, there were still some desperadoes who followed him and rushed towards the Special Operations Group.But at this time, the Second Battalion of the Special Operations Regiment that was fighting had already set up a line of defense, with hundreds of rifles pointed at this side, how could they be allowed to rush straight over.

However, Tagawa Kojiro felt that his luck suddenly improved. He could hear the sound of bullets piercing the air, and then there were screams and falls from the left and right. In the front, but not even a single bullet, is this the chosen one?
Seeing that the face of the enemy on the opposite side was gradually visible, Tagawa Kojiro was even more excited by the adrenaline.He no longer considered that he was the only one left charging at this time, and even if he wanted to die here, he would have to rush into the enemy's line and cut off a few heads before it would be worthwhile.

But when he was still about ten feet away from the enemy's formation, this good luck of traveling through the hail of bullets unscathed suddenly came to an end. His horse hissed sadly under his crotch, and then fell to the ground, throwing him from the horse. Swing out on the back.When he hit the ground heavily, he felt that many bones in his body seemed to be broken.

Before the dizzy Kojiro Tagawa could struggle to get up, his whole body was pinned to the ground by seven or eight hands and he couldn't move. Stop screaming.

It's just that as soon as he opened his mouth, someone stuffed a big lump of stuff into his mouth, which made him whine, but couldn't hiss anymore.This measure is not to shut him up, but to arrest people to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide in a hurry.After all, the boss has ordered him to take a living, so naturally he can't let the credit go away, and all kinds of measures have to be used.

Before Tagawa Kojiro could react further, someone had already twisted his two arms behind his back, and tied them tightly with ropes. In the end, his two legs were not let go, and were tied together firmly.After tying it up, someone grabbed his arms and legs and lifted him directly from the ground.Tagawa Kojiro had already realized that he had been captured. He was anxious and angry. He wanted to struggle but was unable to use his strength because his body was hanging in the air. Remember the fist, almost fainted from the beating.

"Is this guy badly hurt?"

"Report to the battalion commander. There should be a few broken bones, but there is no gunshot wound on the body."

"Okay, okay, you carry him, and follow me to see the head of the regiment!"

After Amakusa Shiro asked about the injury, he didn't plan to come to the trial himself, so he first brought this guy to Takahashi Minami to show his merits.As for cleaning the battlefield, he doesn't need to do it himself.

Takahashi Minami was actually watching the battle behind Amakusa Shiro's position. He had already seen very clearly just now that the team fighting with his side had a certain degree of military literacy, their equipment was relatively uniform, and they had mastered the basic tactics of musketeers. Trained and regular troops.However, this army still seems to be insufficiently prepared to face the Haihan army. The opposing commander will try to form an formation within the range of the rifle range, and whoever will be beaten will be beaten.

It's all right if you don't know the effective range of the Haihan rifle. If you are disrupted in a frontal battle, you don't organize to retreat and regroup, but instead launch a charge. This is even more courting death.Thinking back to when the Haihan army fought the Qing army on the Jinzhou Isthmus in Liaodong, thousands of Qing troops launched a charge and failed to break through the Haihan defense line, let alone the Hirado clan who did not have much actual combat experience.

From Takahashi Minami's point of view, the commander's ability must have failed, but the final charge had a bit of traditional Bushido flavor.Seeing that Amakusa Shiro brought the heavily tied enemy commander to him to claim credit, Takahashi Minami already expected that he might not be able to get any valuable news from this mouth.

Sure enough, although Tagawa Kojiro was a little surprised at how the enemy commander could speak fluent Japanese to interrogate himself, he still refused to reveal any military information about Hirado Port to his opponent.When he launched the charge, he already had the idea of ​​mortal death, how could he choose to betray the lord and surrender to the enemy just because he was captured.

Takahashi Minami saw that he was determined, so he didn't want to waste any more time to torture him slowly. The purpose of the Special Forces' landing here was to attack Hirado city. most important.

"Okay, our time is precious, so we don't need to spend it here any longer. Captain Amakusa, give him a good time." Takahashi Minami waved his hand, drawing conclusions on Tagawa Kojiro's fate.

Although Amakusa Shiro was a little unwilling to deal with this person like this, but he also knew that the current opportunity for war was fleeting and there was no delay, and it was the time before the war when he wanted to kill people to build his prestige, so he immediately did not refuse, and asked someone to tie Tagawa Kojiro to the Then he personally took a rifle and shot the enemy commander in front of everyone.

As a result, the first active force of the Hirado Domain lost the battle without any disturbance. The commander Tagawa Kojiro was captured during the battle and was quickly executed on the spot.And at this time, it was only an hour since he received the attack order from Tagawasuke and led the army from Hirado Port excitedly. Unfortunately, he also became the No. senior officer.

The special combat regiment that landed from Boxiang Bay consisted of three battalions. One of the battalions was led by Sun Zhen and raided Jingchuan near Boxiang Fishing Port, where they destroyed the Hirado clan used for smelting steel and casting artillery. various production facilities.The Second Battalion fought an encounter with the Hirado Army who had rushed over during the preparations and assembly after the landing, and solved the opponent relatively easily.The third battalion has already detoured to the southeast, rushing to cut off the land passage from Hirado City along the east coast to the south, taking this measure to prevent the enemy from fleeing to the inland mountains and forests at the middle and southern ends of Hirado Island during the battle.

Once the special operations group completely cut off the route to the south from the land route, the East China Sea Fleet blocked its access to the sea in the Hirado Strait, and the remaining combat mission was to catch the turtle in the urn in the northern part of Hirado Island.

After Tagawa Kojiro received the news of Tagawa Kojiro's defeat, he couldn't believe it. Although he also thought that Tagawa Kojiro might not be the opponent of the Haihan Army, he never expected that it would be defeated so quickly.Moreover, according to people who fled from the front line, the troops led by Tagawa Kojiro were defeated by the enemy almost before they were ready for battle, and Tagawa Kojiro himself was also in doubt about his life and death during the battle.

It wasn't until this time that Tian Chuansuke realized that he might have made a big mistake. The enemy army that landed from Boxiang Bay might not be a small force performing harassment missions at all, but a larger combat mission.Tagawa Kojiro, who was sent to intercept the opponent, kicked directly on the iron board, and a defeat was inevitable.

Tagawasuke did not want to understand the enemy army on the west coast as the main force of the opponent's attack, because it meant that the door of Hirado City was wide open at this time, and it was too late to block the enemy's offensive. It would be useless to fight the artillery of the enemy fleet at sea at Port Tomin.

Tagawasuke could only pray that the situation on the west coast had not deteriorated to the point of no cure, and immediately ordered Gao Hongfu to lead the main force of the vassal army with 2000 people to rush to the mountain path west of Hirado City to intercept the enemy.At the same time, they asked people to check whether the southbound road on the east coast was clear. If the enemy army did not block the southbound road, but only came to attack Hirado City, then they could still try to deal with the opponent on the island.

The big deal is to take the initiative to abandon the hard-to-defend area of ​​Hirado City, save your strength and retreat to the mountains and forests to the south, and slowly fight guerrillas with the Haihan army.The enemy army came across the sea, and after all, they couldn't spend it slowly on Hirado Island. As long as they could delay the opponent's supplies and automatically retreat, it would be considered a victory.

But the countermeasures he can think of, the coalition command has basically done deduction in advance. After the special operations group landed on the west coast, they did not rush to launch an attack, just to cut off their escape routes and avoid further complications.Tagawasuke didn't choose to flee at the first time, and it was too late to react.

(End of this chapter)