"You haven't decided when to get married yet?"

Wen Yi suddenly said this, which caught Zhang Zhigao off guard and blurted out: "After the war is over..."

Russell Lan pulled him hard from the side.

"Enjoy life while you are still young. Age is not forgiving. The time you miss will never come back."

Wen Yi's face showed a sweet smile that made Zhang Zhigao feel familiar.

"It's been more than a year since Ronaldinho regained his identity, and he's still pretending to be a man. Why don't you change into girl's clothes sometime to adjust the atmosphere in the cabinet?"

Russell Lan stuck out his tongue: "I'm used to it, I don't want to change it anymore, and I don't have time to go shopping now. I don't know where I can find clothes that suit me - you can't let me wear a cheongsam or a long Western skirt to the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Weng

You might have a heart attack after seeing it..."

This time, Zhang Zhigao teased her: "What do you mean, you cursed someone with a heart attack for no reason..."

"I'm just making a metaphor. He's so excited...as if he is someone like you..."

"I'm reminding you to be careful when you speak..."

"I don't want you to worry about it. Remember, we have equal status. We are all cabinet ministers and deputy ministers, okay?"

"embrasemoi."

"What are you talking about? I can't understand what the birds are saying!"

Wen Yi poked his head over and said, "Zhigao is speaking French. I want you to kiss him."

"You disgusting cockroach, I'll beat you to death..."

"Hey, there are a lot of people here..."

"Please be quiet, the meeting has started again." A military policeman walked up to the three people.

"I'm sorry..." Wen Yi nodded towards the military policeman, then turned around and said, "Do you still want to listen? Our newly recruited parliamentary fighter, Mr. Tan, has started to quarrel with other scholars again."

Russell Lan replied in a low voice: "No need, you saw it just now. Even if there is a fight, we, the Central Party, will have the upper hand. Sun Yat-sen's Liberal Party has all gone aside, and those nobles are simply not strong enough to fight..."

Zhang Zhigao turned his head away: "Idiot logic."

A second later, the Imperial Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs was beaten violently for three seconds by the Imperial Undersecretary of Culture and Education with the force of an immortal ant.

While the members of the Imperial Council were chattering away in the warm chamber and displaying the mysteries of Chinese martial arts, across thousands of miles of seas and mountains, tens of thousands of Imperial Guards officers and soldiers were braving the cold weather.

The cold wind dances with death for a city on the Japanese island of Honshu.

"General, the small river in front is the Kanzaki River, and the wider one further south is the Yodogawa. After crossing the Yodogawa, Osaka is basically undefeated, but we still have to be prepared for fierce street fighting..."

The Liaison Officer of the Rebel Army Headquarters, Nakazamasa Kiyota, is the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces, and Major General Ding Jieyun, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces of the Qing Empire, pointed out the terrain in the north of Osaka. Their location is at the top of Senriyama Mountain, ten miles northeast of the Yodogawa River. Here, Osaka

The high-rise wooden houses, factories and docks in the city can all be seen. The 10th Guards Regiment captured this significant commanding height two days ago at the cost of 63 people killed and 98 injured.

After the Allied forces captured the Port of Kobe, which blocked the gateway to Osaka Bay, at the end of 1894, they attacked Osaka non-stop. Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Kunimasa, the rebel garrison envoy of Osaka Prefecture, failed to seek help from Tokyo, so he led his main force, the Second Division, to withdraw to Osaka.

Gifu, more than three hundred miles away to the northwest, on the one hand avoided war to protect itself, and on the other hand used this to force the military government to send troops for support.

As a result, the Osaka garrison was left with only the more than 20,000 militiamen of the Kamikaze militia organization and the temporary 70th Regiment composed of local Osaka reserve troops - a total of less than 30,000 miscellaneous troops, including those from the Warring States Period.

There were more than 60 large and small artillery pieces, including local cannons, and thousands of foreign guns and local muskets. In contrast, as of January 10, 1895, the coalition forces used to siege Osaka Castle alone amounted to two guards

division, four anti-rebellion detachments with a total of 73,000 people, and 280 cannons over 75 mm. The infantry and cavalry all use modern firearms. There is also a Guards Brigade and three anti-rebellion detachments with a total of 34,000 people.

Deployed west of Osaka and north of Nara and Kyoto, it is used to monitor enemy forces in the direction of Gifu.

"Today's Osaka actually has a city but no city." Kiyota said to Ding Jieyun.

"oh?"

"Does the General know about the Osaka Winter Battle?"

"Speaking."

"... Three hundred and eighty years ago, General Tokugawa Ieyasu, in order to completely eradicate Toyotomi Hideyori, the surviving son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, raised 200,000 troops and attacked Osaka, Hideyori's home city. At that time, Taikaku had been dead for sixteen years

In 1999, when the powerful feudal lords saw that their families were prosperous, no one sent troops to Osaka to help in the war. A group of loyalty-based rogues came from all over the country, led by Sanada Yukimura, Goto Matabei and other brave warriors, and gathered in a few months.

One hundred thousand people guard the city for Hideyori..."

"...In December of that year, Ieyasu led his army to 'close' to Osaka Castle, but he was not in a hurry to attack it. Instead, he ordered his subordinates to build more than ten earthen castles around Osaka Castle to show their determination for long-term operations; he also ordered his subordinates to be good at civil engineering.

Ina Tadamasa, who was working on the fortifications, led his troops to block the water of Yodo River and Tenman River with earth bags, thatch, etc., diverting its flow to cut off the water source of the trenches outside Osaka Castle. He also ordered the soldiers to dig tunnels and deliberately piled the excavated new soil into hills.

, let the people on the city see it. These practices of siege but not attack frightened the defenders, so they had to accept the peace terms: demolish the outer city wall, fill up the moat, and swear allegiance to Ieyasu and Hidetada. In exchange, Ieyasu withdrew the siege troops. After that,

Ieyasu's army demolished walls and filled trenches, turning Osaka Castle into a "naked" city without cover for two nights. Ieyasu then led the army back. This siege of Osaka Castle was in winter, just like today, and was known in history as the "Osaka Winter Battle."

"

Ding Jieyun listened carefully to Qingtian's words, and seemed to have thought of something. While sorting out his thoughts, he asked Qingtian: "What happened next? Ieyasu would not just let go of the enemy who was about to be destroyed, right?"

Kiyota nodded: "Exactly, after Ieyasu achieved his goal of weakening Osaka Castle's defenses, he recuperated his troops and waited for the opportunity. The following year, he made a detailed report and found out that the ronin in Osaka Castle refused to accept the peace terms and restored the moats on their own. Ieyasu used this as an excuse to return orders to various parties.

The army attacked Osaka again. Osaka Castle lost its barrier, and Ieyasu's army was progressing smoothly. Sanada and others fought hard to no avail. After three days of fierce fighting, Hideyori lost his troops and fled to the castle tower in the inner city. He set a fire and died together with his mother and son.

The rogues who defended the city fled in all directions, most of them were captured, and all were beheaded in public. Ieyasu ordered people to build eighteen pavilions from Kyoto to Fushimi, with more than a thousand heads placed in each shed... This is the "Osaka Summer"

Formation. From then on, the Tokugawa family had no rivals and ruled the world for more than three hundred years."

After Qingtian's Osaka story was told, Ding Jieyun's idea had taken shape. He decided to discuss it with Chief of Staff Wu Beinian, and said to Qingtian: "Osaka actually has such a history. You have worked hard, go back and have a rest first."

Qingtian bowed and put on his black military cap with white rim: "Then, General, I will take my leave."

Ding Jieyun walked away from Qingtian and hurriedly found Wu Beinian lying in front of the map in a daze at the other end of the mountain top.

"What are you busy with?" Ding Jieyun asked.

"Nothing." Wu Bainian said.

"I have an idea."

"Oh?" Wu Bainian's reaction was relatively cold - this was not unexpected by Ding Jieyun.

"Osaka now has a city but no city, and the outer defense is not strong, but the defenders can completely rely on street fighting to consume our army's strength. The results of the Akashikawa Battle show that our army is not well prepared for street fighting, which can easily lead to heavy casualties..."

Wu Bainian interjected: "In war, people always die."

"If one less Chinese person can die, it will be worth the effort." Ding Jieyun said.

"I know, continue." Wu Bainian said.

Ding Jieyun clicked on the map: "The rebel second division has gone to Gifu, and the distance from Tokyo has been shortened to 250 kilometers. As long as Dashanyan is willing, he can completely pass through a regular division and at least 30,000 militiamen in three days."

The railway is sent to Gifu, and a decisive battle between large armies will be inevitable. I am worried that in the process of attacking Osaka, our Imperial Guards will suffer many unnecessary losses, and the victory achieved will be only 30,000 militiamen at most. It is better to ask for help

The rebel army took on this task and liberated the elite Imperial Guards as the main force of the field corps..."

Wu Bainian immediately raised a question: "If the rebels are allowed to attack their own country's cities alone, I worry that they will delay. We urgently need to obtain Osaka, a transportation hub, as an advance base. Any delay will put pressure on logistics.

, affecting future operations."

"Don't worry, civil wars are always the most tragic. Killing Japanese is no more rational than killing each other in other countries." Ding Jieyun smiled slightly, picked up the pencil on the table and drew on the map: "Look, I

We plan to transfer the two Imperial Guard divisions around Osaka and the Central Rebellion Army to Kyoto, go north along Lake Biwa, and enter the Mino Plains to seek to annihilate the enemy's second division, or engage in a decisive battle with the enemy's main force, and solve the problem in one battle!"

"What about Osaka?"

"Calling the rebel mobile corps and Kyushu, the Fourth Army Regiment, with a total of about 60,000 people, is responsible for the siege of Osaka. Another imperial guard division is dispatched to Kyoto as the general reserve of the army. The other troops are stationed in Shikoku and Kyushu to defend against the great powers.

Take advantage of the situation and rob it."

Wu Bainian thought carefully for a few seconds and raised a new question: "Jiuzhou|, the commander of the Fourth Army Regiment has just surrendered, so I don't think it is appropriate to hand over the rear of our main force to them."

Ding Jieyun's answer was simple: "If they are willing to surrender at the beginning of the war, they will never betray when the situation is approaching."

"You still have to take risks."

"There is a risk of choking to death when eating."

Wu Bainian pondered for a few more seconds: "You plan to complete the new deployment within a few days."

"In three days," Ding Jieyun raised the pencil in his hand, "within three days, a group directly under the command will be formed under my direct control, which will have jurisdiction over the First and Second Guards Divisions and the Central Rebellion Army, with about 86,000 people;

Establish an Osaka cluster headed by Lieutenant General Fukuguchi Senta, commander of the Kyushu Corps of the rebel army. It has the mobile corps, Kyushu Corps and the Fourth Army Regiment of the rebel army, with a total of 60,000 people; the 3rd Guards Division strengthens the 3rd reserve brigade.

Thirty-five thousand people moved to the Kyoto area to maintain the connection between the Osaka Cluster and the cluster directly under the headquarters, and were on standby as the general reserve of the entire army; the 1st Infantry Division's direct team and the 1st and 2nd Brigade were stationed in Shikoku to support the Osaka Cluster at any time

; The Third Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division and other units of the rebel army are stationed in key places in Kyushu, that’s all.”

"Three days? It would be difficult to complete them all."

"So I asked you to be my chief of staff. Go find the staff and let's work together."
Chapter completed!