Chapter 205 The night before

The Pacific Ocean, the world's largest ocean, is full of stars and moons in the Pacific Ocean at night. At this time, the Pacific Ocean is extremely quiet. On the mottled white sea level of the stars and the moon, the shadow of a ship is passing through the waves, and light signals come out from time to time in the distance.

Finally, under the control of the light signal, the fleet became larger and larger, slowly converged into a huge fleet. Tonight, it seems that everything is abnormal. If tonight, a smuggler ship tries to cross the blockade line, it will definitely find that today seems to be different from usual. The blockade of the island is the main island. The Chinese fleet disappeared, at least on this side of the Pacific.

"In the most unexpected place!"

In the officer's room of Jingyuan, Xiao Yuren looked at the map and raised his slightly thin lips slightly.

No one knows better than him what kind of principle the whole plan is followed, because the plan was proposed by him himself.

"Director Xiao, if the plan is successful, you have made great contributions!"

Liu Guanxiong, who was beside him, flattered Xiao Yuren. In Nanjing, who didn't know that Xiao Yuren was your majesty's real confidant, at least the first confidant.

And your majesty also trusts him, and Liu Guanxiong believes that in the future, if Xiao Yiren has a daughter, then his daughter will definitely become the queen. No one will doubt this, of course, as long as he has a daughter.

"What's the contribution?"

With a slight smile, Xiao Jian shook his head.

"Without your navy, I can't even think about it! You are the real meritorious officials!"

This is exactly the difference between Xiao Yuren and others. Although His Majesty has a lot of trust in him, he will never see a domineering appearance in him. He always seems to be very cautious.

"Tosa Bay!"

Reciting this noun, Xiao Qiren pointed to a position on the map and said.

"Commander Liu, if there is no naval victory, I will choose here,"

With a little hand in Kyushu, Xiao Yu said in an almost helpless tone.

"For any officer, Kyushu is the most suitable place to land, at least it is closer, not as far as Tosa Bay, more than twice as far away,"

"But the garrison there is limited!"

Liu Guanxiong said directly.

"The garrison is limited, the equipment is poor, and the population is only one million. It can be said that Shikoku Island is open to anyone, as long as we can suppress this empty door!"

A finger is pointed to the inland sea called the "Japanese Mediterranean Sea".

"It's open to us. From the four-nation islands, we can add coastal forts to attack the coast fort of Shuhu inland sea. We can seize the strait islands, so as to enter the inland sea of Shuhu from the other side, and then threaten Benzhou Island. At that time, we must consider whether to make peace or be completely occupied by us! "

While speaking, Xiao Yu threw the pencil and looked straight at the map.

"Hehe...hum!"

With a sneer, Xiao Yiliang looked up at Liu Guanxiong and smiled.

"If you can guarantee the logistical support of 600,000 troops, I promise that I can get the whole Japanese version!"

In his words, Xiao Yi was full of self-confidence. He believed that he could do all this, but then he smiled helplessly.

"It's all right now. I can only beat the four countries!"

With a wry smile, Xiao Yiling left the map and looked through the porthole at the landing fleet that merged with the escort fleet in the distance.

"There is no problem with the four countries!"

Xiao Yanren is not worried about whether he can take down the four-nation islands. It can even be said that there is no need to worry at all. One hundred thousand people need to face the army of a brigade, and then the so-called 130,000 national stand-up team. If the 100,000 guards can't even eat down less than 140,000 "armies", then It's really unreasonable.

"As for the rest..."

With a smile, Xiao Yan said helplessly.

"It only depends on luck!"

"It only depends on luck!"

The same sentence rang from a room in the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo. When he said this sentence, Kodama Gentaro took a sip of wine. He looked haggard and didn't seem to have a trace of spirit and listened to his words. Katsura Taro couldn't help but be shocked. It was precisely because he felt that the future was bleak, and it was also for Knowing how the war would develop, he wanted to hear the opinions of military experts, so he visited Kodama Gentaro, the deputy chief of staff headquarters, who was fully responsible for local defense operations. After introducing his task to Eryu, Jinzi asked, "Why do you say that?"

Kodama Gentaro, took a sip of smoke and said.

"I've been in the house every day for these 30 days. At night, I put on a blanket and slept for a while without even taking off my military uniform. After thinking about it, I think it's only five-to-five results at most, and this is the best result!"

Close your eyes, and Eryu's face is full of helplessness.

Although Britain over there confidently claimed that it was impossible for China to attack Japan, he knew that it was just speculation. He could not rely on the survival of Japan on the speculation of other countries. After all, no one knew what the Chinese would do after waiting for a few months.

That's why Eryu dragged his sick body and risked his life to plan the local defense. In order to strengthen the local defense, he had racked his brains, but things were still unsatisfactory.

"Well, if it's fifty-five, it's almost the same as the chance of winning the war, which means that we still have a fight!"

Kei Taro nodded and said, while Koyu also nodded.

"That's true, but this is just one of the possibilities, that is, the Chinese landed in Kyushu!"

Kodama Gentaro said with his eyes half closed.

"Now, we have deployed eleven divisions in Kyushu. Although China has imposed a blockade on Japan, there are always ships that can break in. These eleven divisions are equipped with the latest American rifles and a large number of machine guns. Each division has at least 24 artillery guns. It can be said that even now, even the defense of this state The imperial ability can't be compared with that of Kyushu. We..."

After a moment of silence, Er Yu continued.

"If the Chinese army attacks Kyushu, then we may prevent them from landing, and if they land successfully, we will only have a chance to drive them back into the sea at most!"

This is the prediction of children's jade, and it is also the best result of children's jade so far.

"It's better to find a way to make it six or four!"

Kodama Gentaro took a sip of wine and repeated it again.

"That is to say, six points to win, four points to lose. At this time, someone will mediate. I hope this will be the United States. If the United States can intervene, then maybe we can end the war with a decent will. Of course, the meat that should be cut will still be cut!"

Taro Katsura just nodded to the words of the army commander-in-chief. He knew that for Japan, this might be the best result.

"Try as much as possible, we must try our best to get Americans involved. However, before the United States intervenes, we must stop the Chinese from the mainland. Can we do it on June 4th?

Kodama Gentaro took out the military map of Kyushu Island, which he brought from the staff headquarters at the request of Prime Minister Katsura.

"First of all, the Chinese army will land at an appropriate place on Kyushu Island, and then expand the beachhead position to march inland. This is the first phase of the [***] team, that is, the first battle. If this initial battle fails, the morale of the [***] team will be low!"

Kodama Gentaro did not introduce his defense first, but introduced the Chinese attack methods.

"Therefore, my goal is to block the landing of the Chinese at all costs, so as to completely dispel their ambition to attack the mainland. Therefore, in any case, we must prevent the successful landing of the [***] team in our first phase of the battle, otherwise there will be no possibility of peace talks at all. At that time, we even need to consider whether the Japanese version can still exist. If the [***] team is won, there will be no hope for the whole Japanese version!"

Kura Taro nodded, and his ambition swelled in this way. If the army could not stop the landing of the Chinese in Kyushu, the Zhong*** team will successfully land. At that time, the Zhong*** team will put millions of troops into Kyushu, and then use Kyushu as the base camp to attack Benzhou Island. At that time, Kyushu is just the beginning.

"Indeed, if we want to beat the Chinese, we must defend the coast!"

"But if we want to win, we must prepare 30,000 troops to defend against China's 10,000 troops. If the Chinese have 30,000, we must prepare 90,000, which must be twice as high as them. Only in this way can we have the opportunity to defend the beach. If they win the first battle, their morale will be low, and they may achieve the result of June 4th and 4th. At that time, everything will be a fore-deed situation!"

Eryu said so. It can be said that for Eryu, he put almost all his hopes on it.

Kodama's combat shows that it is very common sense, and Katsura Taro understood Kodama's plan at a glance.

"Isn't this June 4th?"

I understood Kodama's plan, but Katsura Taro had a trace of doubt. Isn't this already June 4th? Why does Eryu still say that it will be open on May 5th?

"We don't know at all that the [***] team will land from there!"

Eryu said seriously. When she spoke, her face was full of sadness.

"The southwest coast of Kyushu is so long..."

His fingers were drawn on the map, and his words were full of annoyance.

"And the coastline is also divided by several bays, which is obviously not conducive to our defense. I have arranged eleven divisions in Kyushu, but these eleven divisions are scattered here and here..."

While spitting out one by one here and here, Eryu's fingers are pointing one by one on the map.

"There are hundreds of places on the southwest coast of Kyushu that are suitable for large troops to land! In this case, if the [***] team chooses one as the landing point, then we have no time to mobilize the army to defend and counterattack!"

"It can be said that even now, when we build a railway along the coast, there is no way to mobilize the army and put at least three divisions into one position within the specified time!"

In the face of Kodama's words, Katsura Taro was silent. He didn't expect that the truth would be like this.

"So, I can only disperse eleven divisions here, and then mobilize hundreds of thousands of nationals to stand up. They are responsible for the defensive operations of the divisions they cooperate with. Although they have no weapons, but..."

There was a burst of silence, and a trace of fierceness appeared in Eryu's eyes.

"But as long as someone can resist for a while, there are tens of thousands of ducks. It takes time for the team to kill these ducks. If the team can last for two days, then I can transfer at least two divisions there. In two days, I can mobilize three divisions. In this way, seven days later, I can The eleven divisions of Kyushu, um..."

After a little meditation, Eryu shook her head and said.

"It's six divisions. If the five divisions that arrived in the first seven days can last for seven days, I can mobilize six divisions to reach the area near the landing point. Considering the increase of the [***] team, the six divisions need to fight with at least two Chinese divisions, so it is the number of five or five. Within seven days, the Chinese can at least guarantee Two and a half divisions landed, but I only had six divisions in my hand, so it was very difficult!"

With a long sigh, Kodama Gentaro took a sip of wine. He clearly knew that the biggest variable for this local defense war was.

"Well..."

Concented, Katsura Taro drank a glass of wine, and then said after a moment of silence.

"It seems that it is still possible for us to defend Kyushu! After all, they only have half a division, and we..."

Looking at the silent Kodama Gentaro, Katsura Taro continued.

"Don't we still have hundreds of thousands of nationals standing up on Kyushu Island? If it really doesn't work, send them up. It's worth it for a hundred people to change one person. As long as we can defend Kyushu and drive the [***] team into the sea, we can let the United States intervene and get the favorable peace conditions for us, so..."

After a little silence, Katsura Taro asked almost semi-temptatively.

"It should be no problem to keep Kyushu!"

"Let's open five or five!"

Kodama still didn't give Katsura Taro an answer he wanted. It was not that he was unwilling to give an answer that satisfied everyone, but that he could not give such an answer. Then, Er Yu looked at the Prime Minister in front of him and said.

"Prime Minister Gui, do you know what I'm most worried about now?"

"Oh?"

Taro Katsura was stunned.

"What is it?"

"What I'm most worried about now is that if the [***] team lands, they don't choose the southwest coastline of Kyushu, or even Kyushu. What should we do? This... I'm afraid this is what we need to worry about most!"

In the distance of the night sky, the sea of Tosa Bay appears faintly. Several houses along the seaside were lit. At this time, it was the full moon, and the stars and moon in the sky lit up Tosa Bay as if they had skimmed a layer of mercury powder. The sea in the distance was shrouded in the night, and only the lights of the fishing boat were bright and dim like ghost fire, floating quietly on the sea.

Whether it is the scenery during the day or at night, Yamashima Arita likes it very much. At this time, he stood on the mountain with a Murata rifle on his back and looked at the vast sea extending into the distance. Looking at it, the sound of the waves will unconsciously reach his ears. Sometimes it sounds like a train speeding on the tracks, and sometimes it sounds like the sound of the wind. In an instant, the mountain island will have an illusion, as if he is deep in another place at this moment.

Listening to the sound of the waves in the distance, Shandao suddenly remembered the news he saw on the bulletin board this afternoon, remembered the current situation, and thought of the threat he was facing now. He couldn't help sighing.

Why did China declare war?

There are islands that can't figure out why China must fight with Japan as an Asian country.

Forget it, it's all about those politicians in Tokyo. When he thought about it in his heart, he unexpectedly found that there seemed to be something strange on the vast sea in the distance. What is that?

Fteam!

Finally, after more than ten minutes, the island saw what was on the sea. It was a fleet, a huge fleet!

"Beep, beep..."

Youdao immediately blew the whistle. When he blew the whistle, he looked at the outline of the fleet on the sea, and his eyes were full of fear. Was it Chinese?

How is it possible? Are they going to bombard Kochi Prefecture? But...but this fleet is too big!

"What's going on!"

With a burst of footsteps, the shouts of Hashimoto Jun Cao came from behind him.

"Ship, fleet..."

Jun Cao Hashimoto looked at the sea and looked carefully for a while. Sure enough, he could see a huge fleet on the sea.

"It can't be the [***] team!"

"Maybe it's their landing force!"

"Nonsense, the Chinese will never land on Shikoku Island. The place where they are most likely to land is Kyushu. Otherwise, the coastal defense artillery of the fort will not be taken away!"

In the conversation of the soldiers, Captain Koda came over in his military uniform. He looked into the distance with double the monocular. On this night, he couldn't see what kind of fleet was.

"It may be a fleet that breaks through the blockade!"

A soldier said expectantly.

"Maybe it's the British fleet!"

"In that case, we will have guns!"

No need to look, Arishima also knows that it is Kawakami. In his squadron, there are only 30 Murata-style single-handed rifles. More than 20 years ago, it was the standard equipment of the Japanese army. At a time when even the Type 2 Murata's continuous-fire rifle and the Type 30 rifle were eliminated, this kind of Murata's single-fire rifle has long been outdated, but even so, there are not enough weapons.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Kawatamoto looked around. The people around seemed to be very excited that this was a British ship. In that case, at this time, suddenly, he saw that the position of the ship on the sea seemed to rise... flames!

That's... When dozens of flames rose on the sea, Kawada's eyes were restrained.

"Cannon strike!"

While roaring, Kawada himself almost instinctively fell to the ground, and when he fell to the ground, another idea came to his mind.

"Do the Chinese want to shell Gao Zhi, or..."

(to be continued)