Chapter 2117

Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles. The collection of military intelligence is undoubtedly of extremely important reference significance for the commander's decision-making during the battle. For this reason, Haihan even sent a fleet to Hirado to perform a reconnaissance mission before the war. The purpose was to

Learn as much as possible about the local military situation.

But the Hirado clan has obviously not done enough in this area. Although they have tried every means to deploy many secret strongholds along the coast of the Ming Dynasty in the past two years, Japanese officers like Tagawa Kojiro have never fought against the Haihan army.

Therefore, there is still a lack of sufficient attention to this opponent regarded as an old enemy by the Eighteen Zhiyu Party, and the relevant intelligence information they have is still very one-sided.

If Tagawa Kojiro could have more contact with the Han leaders under Tagawa Suke 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.

It would not be a wise decision to confront him head-on on the battlefield.

Before the musketeers led by Tagawa Kojiro completed their formation, more than ten people had been shot and killed by the Kaihan Army's fire. When these feudal soldiers mustered up the courage to form a battle formation despite stray bullets, they became

A living target with a huge target. These soldiers did not have armor protection. Only a few of them wore leather or bamboo armor. However, this type of armor, collectively known as tōmaru, only had a certain protective effect against cold weapons and not against muskets.

The defensive power of bullets is almost non-existent.

The twenty samurai who were mobilized to assist in the battle were equipped with iron mail armor called large armor. Such equipment was already considered luxurious in a small place like Hirado, but it still could not completely withstand the lethality of bullets.

So Tagawa Kojiro then witnessed with his own eyes how the elite feudal 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 exactly was it?

Hearing and witnessing the powerful method brought completely different feelings.

The soldiers of the vassal army were like the rice harvested by farmers every summer, constantly falling in the chaos of gunfire, but the few shots fired by the musketeers were of no avail and could not interrupt the enemy's offensive at all. There were several samurai

They tried to take the lead in the charge and use close combat to change the current unfavorable situation. However, they had no chance to rush in front of the enemy. The furthest one only rushed out less than ten feet before both men and horses were shot and fell.

This kind of battle scene is completely different from the training that Tagawa Kojiro has received. In his mind, gun battles are not so fast-paced and highly lethal. He thinks that he is capable of fighting Haihan, but this belief

Zhi seemed to immediately turn into a vulnerable chicken and dog in front of the opponent's gun.

When the feudal soldiers participating in the battle realized the fact that they would all die here if they did not retreat, the retreat was inevitable. Even though Tagawa Kojiro drew his samurai sword with a ferocious expression and threatened everyone not to retreat, he still

It was difficult to stop more and more of his men from turning around and fleeing back.

Tagawa Kojiro was very sad and angry. In a short period of time, his dream of becoming a famous general was shattered by a group of enemy troops who had not even prepared a battle formation in a hurry. The weapons in the enemy's hands were obviously muskets, but they

It seemed that the weapons used by his musketeers were somewhat different. They just kept firing and effortlessly defeated the feudal army led by him.

Others could choose to retreat and escape, but Tagawa Kojiro could not. Before setting off from Hirado City, he had already boasted to Tagawa that he would go to Haikou to annihilate the enemy troops who landed at Hakuxiang Bay and bring their heads back to Hirado Port for public display.

.But now it seems that whether it is to destroy the enemy troops or bring back the heads, it is probably difficult for him to complete it, and even returning to Hirado Port may have become a luxury.

Whether it was because of his pride as a samurai or the promise he made to his superior, Sukeki Tagawa, in short, Tagawa Kojiro could not turn around and run away like his subordinates. Even if the battle situation was beyond control, he still had to do his best.

The duty of a commander is to fight to the end.

"Son of the Hirado Domain, follow me and charge into the battle to kill the enemy!" Tagawa Kojiro raised the katana in his hand and decided to lead the charge himself to restore morale. If he died in battle, it would at least be better than escaping back to Hirado Port in embarrassment.

"Did you see the mounted officer with the crescent moon on his helmet? Don't let him run away!" The officer responsible for directing this encounter in the special operations group was Shiro Amakusa, who had visited Hirado some time ago. When he came from

After confirming the commander in the enemy formation through the telescope, he immediately issued the order.

However, Shiro Amakusa discovered that instead of running away, the Japanese officer picked up the reins and rushed towards the special operations group. It seemed that he was planning to perform a suicide charge. How could Shiro Amakusa let him get his wish? Hurry up

He also ordered not to shoot this person, but to arrest him alive.

After Tagawa Kojiro launched a desperate charge, there were still some desperadoes following him and rushing towards the special operations group. However, at this time, the second battalion of the special operations group had already set up a defense line with hundreds of rifles.

Pointing this way, how can we allow them to rush straight over?

However, Tagawa Kojiro felt that his luck suddenly improved. He could hear the sound of bullets cutting through the air in his ears, and then the sounds of screams and falling came from the left and right, and he rushed forward one by one.

The one at the front, but not even a bullet hit him, could this be the chosen one?

Seeing that the face of the enemy on the opposite side was gradually becoming clear, Tagawa Kojiro was even more excited by the adrenaline. He no longer considered that he was the only one left charging at this time. Even if he was to die here in the next battle, he would have to

It would be more cost-effective to rush into the enemy formation and chop off a few heads first.

But when he was still about ten feet away from the enemy formation, his good luck of running through the hail of bullets without getting hurt suddenly came to an end. The horse under his crotch neighed sadly, and then fell to the ground, knocking him off the horse.

He was thrown off his back. When he hit the ground hard, he felt as if all the bones in his body were broken.

Before the dizzy Tagawa Kojiro had time to struggle to get up, he was pinned to the ground by seven or eight hands and unable to move. The place where he had just fallen off the horse and hurt was pressed with such force that he couldn't bear it.

He kept screaming.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, someone stuffed a large ball of something into his mouth, making him whine but unable to scream anymore. This measure was not to shut him up, but to arrest him.

The personnel prevented him from biting his tongue and committing suicide in desperation. After all, his superiors had ordered him to be taken alive, so naturally he couldn't let the credit he got go away, and all kinds of measures had to be used.

Before Kojiro Tagawa could react further, someone had already twisted his arms behind his back, and then tied them firmly with ropes. Finally, his two legs were not let go, and they were tightly tied together. Tied

After he recovered, someone grabbed his arms and legs and lifted him up from the ground. At this time, Tagawa Kojiro had realized that he was being captured. He was anxious and angry. He wanted to struggle, but it was difficult to exert force because his body was suspended in the air. He could barely move.

After a few blows, instead of being able to break free, he was hit with several punches on the back of his head, almost to the point of fainting.

"Is this guy seriously injured?"

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

"Okay, okay, you take him and follow me to see the leader!"

After Amakusa Shiro inquired about the injury, he didn't plan to come to trial himself. He first brought this guy to Takahashi Minami to show his merit. As for cleaning up the battlefield, he didn't need to personally do it.

Takahashi Minami was actually watching the battle from behind Amakusa Shiro's position. He had just seen clearly that the team fighting with his side had a certain degree of military literacy, had relatively uniform equipment, and had mastered the basic tactics of the musketeers. It was obvious that they were

A regular force that has received training. However, this force is still somewhat ill-prepared to face the Haihan Army. The opposing commander actually tried to form a formation within the range of the rifle. Whoever doesn't get beaten will get beaten.

It’s just that they can’t figure out the effective range of the Haihan rifle. If their formation is disrupted in a frontal battle and they don’t organize a retreat to regroup, but instead launch a charge, this is even more of an act seeking death. I think back when the Haihan army was in Jinzhou, Liaodong

When fighting the Qing army in the Isthmus, thousands of Qing troops launched a charge but were still unable to break through Haihan's defense line, let alone the Hirado clan's army, which had little actual combat experience.

In Takahashi Minami's opinion, this commander's ability was definitely unqualified, but the final charge to the death had a bit of traditional bushido flavor. Seeing Amakusa Shiro bring this tied-up enemy commander in front of him to claim credit, Takahashi Minami

But I had already expected that I might not be able to extract any valuable information from this person.

Sure enough, although Tagawa Kojiro was a little surprised at how the enemy commander could speak fluent Japanese to interrogate him, he still refused to reveal the military information about Hirado Port to his opponent. He had already made up his mind when he launched the charge.

With the thought of death, how could he choose to betray his master and surrender to the enemy just because he was captured?

Seeing that he was determined, Takahashi Minami didn't want to waste time anymore and slowly tortured him. The purpose of the special forces landing here was to attack Hirado City. The longer the delay, the more variables there would be. It was best to act in accordance with the battle plan as soon as possible.

The most important thing.

"Okay, our time is precious, and we don't need to waste it here anymore. Captain Amakusa, give him a good time." Takahashi Minami waved his hand and concluded the fate of Tagawa Kojiro.

Although Amakusa Shiro was a little unwilling to deal with this person like this, he also knew that the opportunity to fight was fleeting and could not be delayed, and it was the time to kill people to establish power before the war, so he did not refuse immediately and had Tagawa Kojiro tied up.

On the tree, he personally took a rifle and shot the enemy commander to death in front of everyone.

As a result, the first unit of the Hirado Domain to take the initiative lost the battle without incident. Commander Tagawa Kojiro was captured during the battle and was quickly executed on the spot. At this time, he was separated from Tagawa Suke.

After receiving the order to attack, he excitedly led his troops to set off from Hirado Port. Only an hour had passed. Unfortunately, he became the first senior officer of the Hirado Domain to be killed in this war.

The special operations group that landed from Boxiang Bay had a total of three battalions. One of the battalions was led by Sun Zhen. They raided Jingchuan near Boxiang Fishing Port and destroyed the equipment used by the Hirado Domain for smelting steel and casting artillery.

Various production facilities. The second battalion had an encounter with the hurried Hirado clan army during the preparation and assembly after landing, and relatively easily solved the opponent. The third battalion had already moved to the southeast

They took a detour and rushed to cut off the land passage southward from Hirado City along the east coast. This measure was used to prevent the enemy from escaping into the inland mountains and forests in the middle and southern end of Hirado Island during the battle.

Once the special operations group completely cuts off the route to the south from the land route, and the East China Sea Fleet blocks its access to the sea in the Hirado Strait, the remaining combat mission is to catch turtles in the urn in the northern area of ​​Hirado Island.

After receiving the news of Tagawa Kojiro's defeat, Tagawa Suke could not believe it. Although he also thought that Tagawa Kojiro might not be a match for the Haihan Army, he never expected that it would be defeated so quickly. And according to people who escaped from the front line,

It is said that the troops led by Tagawa Kojiro were defeated by the enemy almost before they were ready for battle. Tagawa Kojiro himself was also uncertain about his life or death during the battle.

It was only then that Tagawasuke realized that he might have made a big mistake. The enemy troops landing from Boxiang Bay might not be a small force performing a harassment mission at all, but a larger combat mission.

Tagawa Kojiro, who was sent to intercept the opponent, was kicked directly onto the iron plate, and a defeat was inevitable.

Tagawasuke did not want to understand the enemy force appearing on the west coast as the main force of the opponent's attack, because it meant that the entrance to Hirado City was wide open at this time, and it was too late to block the enemy's offensive.

The artillery battle between Toko and the enemy fleet at sea would be useless in this case.

Tagawasuke could only pray that the situation on the west coast had not deteriorated to a hopeless point. He immediately ordered Gao Hongfu to lead the main force of 2,000 feudal troops and rush to the mountain path west of Hirado City to intercept the enemy. At the same time, he ordered

People went to check whether the southbound road from the east coast was clear. If the enemy did not cut off the southbound road and only came to attack Hirado City, they could still try to deal with the enemy on the island.

The worst case scenario is to abandon the difficult-to-defend area of ​​Hirado City, preserve our strength and retreat to the mountains and forests to the south, and slowly fight guerrillas with the Han army. The enemy troops coming across the sea cannot be slowly wasted on Hirado Island. As long as

If you can delay the opponent until they are low on supplies and automatically retreat, you will be considered a victory.

But the countermeasures he could think of, the coalition command had basically done in advance. After the special forces 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 was in the first

I didn't choose to flee for a while, and by the time I reacted, it was already too late.
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