1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2133
To be precise, Tagawa Qizaemon, the adopted son of Tagawasuke, is the main target of Haihan's operation.Judging from the information currently available, it can be confirmed that this person is the blood of Zheng Zhilong, the leader of Shibazhi, and he is also the loyal object of the Shibazhi remnants who have gathered in Hirado in recent years.If this person can be captured or killed directly, it can form the most effective blow to the remaining forces of Shibazhi.As long as this spiritual totem is gone, even if the Remnant Party of the Eighteenth Zhizhi escapes the current catastrophe, it will be difficult to form a joint force.

However, according to the results of Shi Diwen's interrogation of the captured Hirado navy officer yesterday, Tagawa Nanazawaemon should have escaped from Hirado Island and hid somewhere in Kyushu. It is estimated that it will be difficult to find his trace in a short time .

Under the condition that the primary goal cannot be accomplished, what the Haihan Army can do now is to eliminate other possible future troubles as much as possible, such as capturing the enemy chief Tian Chuansuke as soon as possible, clearing out the existing armed forces of the Hirado Clan, and even completely destroying them. The existing trading environment in Hirado Port, in order to prevent the possibility of a comeback of the Eighteen Zhiyu Party.

"Since the battle yesterday afternoon, the enemy army has begun to fight independently, but my judgment at the time was that the enemy army lacked prior preparations and combat experience for street fighting in urban areas, ignoring the possibility that the enemy army had lost its complete command. system reasons."

At this time, Gao Qiaonan was reporting to Shi Diwen the changes in the battle situation that began to appear yesterday afternoon.He had already received the battle report of the results of his troops attacking the high ground, which made him have to re-examine his views on the battle situation yesterday, and he had to bear the corresponding responsibility for his misjudgment.

As the commander of the ace unit of the Special Operations Regiment, it is rare for Takahashi Minami to make mistakes in judgment during the execution of combat missions, but this may also be related to objective factors such as the lack of intelligence and the fact that he has not commanded this kind of urban street fighting for too long. .It's just that Gao Qiaonan didn't intend to shirk responsibility, and honestly showed his mistakes.

As an admiral of the navy, Shi Diwen is not good at blaming Gao Qiaonan for the problems in his command. It is better to leave this kind of housework to Qian Tiandun.Moreover, Takahashi Minami took the initiative to report, so he could only encourage Takahashi Minami to step up and arrest the enemy chief Tian Chuansuke.

In fact, there is no need for Shi Diwen to emphasize this matter again. When Gao Qiaonan realized his mistake, he immediately mobilized troops to continue to clear the uncontrolled urban area.But Takahashi Minami already had a bad premonition. The enemy's advance and retreat in the urban area showed signs of losing their command system, and this was most likely because the leader headed by Tagawasuke had quietly fled yesterday.

If Tagawa and his son didn't catch any of them, then even if some properties were found in Hirado after the war, it still couldn't cover up the fact that the operation failed.However, it seems that there is still a possibility of remedial action, but the action must be faster, and no more time can be left for the opponent.

After yesterday's campaign, more than half of the urban area has actually fallen under Haihan's control, but the Haihan army has not yet obtained the whereabouts of Tian Chuansuke, so it is difficult to make targeted deployments.But fortunately, Haihan's current offensive has compressed the enemy's activity space into a relatively small area. Strengthening the blockade of this area will also help to hunt down the target person.

In addition to the army, the navy has also further strengthened patrols on the coastline at the northern end of Hirado Island to prevent ships approaching the coast to pick up people.But this kind of patrol can only be effective during the day. Even if the East China Sea Fleet and the Fujian Navy have dozens of warships gathered on the east and west sides of Hirado Island, it is difficult to completely block the coastline at night.Previously, Tagawa Nanazawaemon was taken away by a boat sent by the Hirado Navy at night, which took advantage of this loophole.

The clearing operation against Hirado City in the morning further confirmed Takahashi Minami's concerns. Compared with yesterday, the resistance of the Hirado Army appeared to be more unorganized. Some people in a certain block were still stubbornly resisting, while other militants took the initiative. They came out and disarmed and surrendered. Obviously, there have been obvious differences in their camp due to the lack of unified command.

Takahashi Minami personally went to the front line to interrogate several Hirado military officers captured today, but these people could not tell the whereabouts of Tagawasuke.The last time some of them saw Tagawasuke was yesterday before dark, but today there is no news at all.These officers could only follow Tian Chuanjie's previous deployment and continue to deal with the Haihan army in the urban area in small teams.According to the instructions they received, as long as the Haihan Army can be held back for more than two days, the situation will turn around.As for whether this turning point refers to reinforcements or other changes, these prisoners do not know.

Takahashi Minami thinks that it is difficult for the Hirado clan to move to rescue soldiers from other places immediately in such a hasty situation. This kind of statement is more like Tian Chuansuke's appeasement, tricking these people to fight desperately to delay the time, so that he can have the opportunity to come from the island. escape.

By noon, the Haihan army had basically completed their campaign against the urban area. So far, neither Tian Chuansuke nor his infantry commander Gao Hongfu has been found. This is clearly not a normal situation.

At this time, Qian Tiandun finally entered the urban area, and first joined Shi Diwen's temporary headquarters in the port area, and then listened to the latest battle report together.

"According to the information we have on the enemy's strength, in the past day and a half, our army should have wiped out two-thirds of the infantry troops of the Hirado Domain Army, and more than [-]% of the peasant soldiers, but we still haven't caught the target. character." Takahashi Minami looked serious, knowing that the possibility of catching Tagawasuke was shrinking, but he didn't have a good solution to it.

Qian Tiandun asked noncommittally: "About Tian Chuansuke's whereabouts, have you managed to obtain information from the local people?"

Gao Qiaonan was stunned for a moment, and replied honestly: "The humble officer only had time to interrogate a few captured enemy officers, and did not investigate the people."

Qian Tiandun said: "When I rode into the city just now, I saw homemade two-color flags hanging outside some shops. It seems that some people in the city do not reject our arrival, and they even made preparations in advance. Whether they're protecting themselves or they really want to welcome us, I think these people should be able to help us a little bit."

Gao Qiaonan quickly responded: "The humble official understands! I will send someone to do it immediately!"

In fact, Gao Qiaonan also saw what Qian Tiandun said, but he was only thinking about the action to wipe out the city. He only thought that these people's actions were to avoid being robbed of their property by the Haihan army, and he didn't think about these self-made Haihans. What is the standpoint of the people of the bicolor flag?At this time, after hearing Qian Tiandun's prompt, he realized that there seemed to be a channel for collecting information, so he hurriedly organized people to visit these people with double-color flags hanging at the door one by one.

Of course, Gao Qiaonan did not forget that there is still a large uninhabited mountain forest north of Tianzhu Bay, so he transferred an infantry battalion to the north to clear that area.If Tagawasuke and his elite hadn't fled from Hirado Island, they should have to hide in that forest.

Yu Chengli had barely closed his eyes for two consecutive nights. As the sound of guns approached the city, he inevitably became more nervous. Even though he had sewn several two-color flags in advance, he was still a little worried about the chaos Sometimes there will be rebels coming to loot.

Moreover, although the two-color flag is a life-saving talisman, when to hang it is also a very delicate question. If it is hung early, if it is seen by the vassal army in the city, it will definitely be treated as a spy; The rebels will rush in and rob their shop as a piece of fat, and it may be too late to take out the two-color flag that Lian Geng prepared overnight.

This important timing is related to his family's life, Yu Chengli absolutely dare not hand it over to his subordinates to complete it, no matter how tired he feels physically and mentally, he still insists on personally controlling this critical timing.

In fact, yesterday afternoon, he had already seen a group of Hai Han soldiers taking action on the street through the crack of the door, but at that time he did not dare to open the door to hang the flag, lest he be directly shot dead by the Hai Han soldiers as resistance elements.Just in case, he ordered someone to hold a few two-color flags and stand in the yard. If the Haihan army rushed in suddenly, he relied on these things to save his life.

Just waited until it was dark, but no one rushed into the shop as he feared.In fact, the attention of the Haihan army was all on clearing the Hirado army in the urban area, and it was too late to conduct house-to-house searches, let alone looting the property of local wealthy businessmen.

Yu Chengli was worried that the Fan army would take advantage of the night to counterattack, so he didn't dare to hang up the flag that night, until the next morning when the sky was bright, he confirmed that there were more and more Haihan troops on the street, so he took advantage of the loophole Carefully opened the door, and hung out the prepared two-color flag.After hanging it, he took a special look at the shop next door to Gonzalez, and sure enough, he had already hung the two-color flag, so he was a little relieved.

By noon, the sound of the artillery had completely subsided, and there were occasional sporadic gunshots from a distance, but it was obvious that the resistance of the Fan army was very weak, and it seemed that the war was coming to an end.But even so, he felt that the Haihan army should not have retreated so easily, and it seemed that something would happen.

Yu Chengli ate lunch anxiously, and then realized that his intuition had come true—a group of Haihan soldiers came to the door and asked to search the shop.

"Boss, you don't have to worry. We just want to make sure that there are no dangerous people hiding in your shop." After the officer who led the team discovered Yu Chengli's Han nationality, his attitude was quite kind. Of course, this behavior is more likely to be It came from the two-color flag that Yu Chengli had just hung out this morning.

Yu Chengli quickly responded: "Master Jun Mingjian, Cao Min has always been honest in running small businesses, and will never harbor bad people!"

After Yu Chengli finished speaking, he spread out his hands and handed over a piece of silver to the leading officer, and said in a low voice, "Master Jun hunted down the villains hard, and the grassroots have some kindness, please accept it!"

Seeing that Yu Chengli was sensible, the officer leading the team didn't refuse. He conveniently put the silver ingot into his pocket, nodded and said, "Boss, can you tell me what's going on with the two-color flag at your gate?"

Seeing that he had received the benefits, Yu Chengli felt a little more at ease, and immediately explained: "Caomin was fortunate enough to go to Zhoushan Dinghai Port before, and he still has a fresh memory of the local prosperity, and he also knows that the Haihan Army is an army of justice. The second cross-sea conquest of the Hirado Clan, there must be villains doing unrighteous things, of course the grassroots must stand on the side of justice. This two-color flag was prepared temporarily by the grassroots to show their hearts to the Haihan army."

Yu Chengli didn't care about 21, first talked about the relationship between himself and Haihan, and then made up a reason that didn't sound too outrageous, so he should be able to deal with it.

The officer nodded and said: "The boss has a heart. Now the boss has an order to ask all the heads of households who have hung the double-color flag in the city to come and ask you about anything. Since the boss has a heart for Haihan, then please?"

Yu Chengli was taken aback. The purpose of flying the two-color flag was to avoid trouble, so why would he be taken away? Isn't that forbidden place in the army a place where he can go whenever he wants? If something happens, he can't get away.Moreover, after such a trip, people will inevitably think that they have some special relationship with the Haihan Army when they see it, which may not be a good thing for their future local business.

Yu Chengli immediately touched another ingot of silver and handed it over, and said in a low voice: "It's convenient for the military master, the grassroots are timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and they absolutely dare not go to this military camp."

The officer smiled, accepted the ingot of silver, and said to him, "It's not impossible if you don't go, but you have to provide me with some useful information, so that I can go back and make business."

"News? I don't know what news the military master wants to know?" Yu Chengli saw that there was still a turning point in the matter, so he hurriedly asked the other party, but he was already ready to be ripped off.

The officer said: "It's very simple, provide the whereabouts of the local bigwigs, such as Tian Chuanjie and Gao Hongfu, if you can provide useful information, then you will be safe from the inside and outside of your shop. have."

"This..." Yu Chengli didn't expect that the other party's request had nothing to do with money at all, and he was at a loss for words for a while: "Caomin... these few days stay at home and don't know the whereabouts of these important people, please forgive me, Mr. Jun! "

"Think about it, think about it carefully, if you can't think of it, I can only ask you to go with me first."

The officer's tone couldn't be said to be harsh, but Yu Chengli felt that it was more important to his ears. He didn't want to be taken to the barracks for interrogation, but although he knew Tian Chuansuke, he couldn't say that he had any special relationship with him. What's more, it was wartime, how could he know the whereabouts of Tian Chuansuke.

However, from the request made by the other party, Yu Chengli can roughly confirm one thing, that is, the Hirado Army has been defeated, but Tian Chuansuke and Gao Hongfu have not been captured by the Haihan Army so far, so where will they hide?
Yu Chengli was so anxious that he really remembered something, and quickly said to the officer: "The grassroots know a place, but they are not sure whether these villains will hide there. If the news is not accurate, I hope the military will not blame it!"

(End of this chapter)