Xuan Jianzhang did not ask Xue He to block the battalion of more than 40,000 Japanese government troops for too long. Within an hour, he wiped out the Japanese Emperor's Imperial Guards.

Xuan Jianzhang personally led the two battalions to Xue He's floating bridge position, "How is it?"

Xue He said embarrassedly: "Master, why are you here in person? I just want to say that there are too many enemies. In fact, let alone hold on for another two hours, it will not be a big problem even for four hours."

"You are just talking exaggeratedly. Then what did you call me just now?" Xuan Jianzhang said with a smile.

Xue He scratched his scalp embarrassedly, "Have you eaten the Emperor's Imperial Guard? Then, there should be two divisions on Kyushu Island? There are more than 40,000 Japanese troops here, plus the two divisions with nearly 10,000 Japanese troops, and the total number of enemy troops is still around 50,000. Are we just sticking to it?"

Xuan Jianzhang smiled slightly, "The initiative of the war is already in our hands. As long as he dares to rush, we dare to defend it. If he really can't defend it, can he still run away? From Kitakyushu Castle to Fukuoka, to Kurume, Sasebo, and Nagasaki Castle, what is the purpose of building so many fortifications along the way?"

"What the master said is." Xue He also laughed happily. He began to scream, mainly because he was worried that he would be attacked by the Japanese army on both sides. Now Xuan Jianzhang went to the front line to command and learned that he had completely wiped out the Japanese Emperor's Imperial Guard, and he was even more relieved.

The Chinese army cut off Yutomi and the troops landing on Kyushu Island in Shan County. The Japanese were cut off in half, unable to take care of each other, and a mess was in a mess.

Xuan Jianzhang replaced Xue He's troops and asked the First Battalion of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army and the battalion where Xue He guarded the position took turns to block the enemy's reinforcements.

Xuan Jianzhang asked the Second Battalion of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army to take on the attack mission. He cooperated with the cavalry battalion of the Chinese Army to repeatedly attack Japan and landed on the two divisions of Kyushu Island. They defeated them and captured more than half of the prisoners, and the rest fled in scattered.

Yutoto Yama Prefecture naturally knew that under such a situation, the landing troops were in danger, and he didn't know what the situation was in the Emperor's Imperial Guard, so he was even more anxious, "Attack me! The whole army charged!"

Modern wars are really not something you can understand in just one or two battles. Even if Youpeng from Shanxian went to Europe to study military affairs for many years, observed many European wars, and watched the Franco-Prussian War directly, but when it was really critical, he still naturally thought of using the oldest tactics, and the soldiers rushed forward in a swarm, trying to use the number of people to break through the defense line of the Chinese army.

Unfortunately, the pontoon bridge is narrow. This pontoon bridge is not only long, but also narrow, so it is impossible for large troops to spread. Five or six people are in danger of crowding into the sea.

The battle lasted for five or six hours. At dusk, the first battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Regiment of the

Prince Chiren Arisugawa Miyagi stood on the head of Xiaguan City, listening for a long time, there was no movement in the direction of Kyushu Island, and he was furious to lose his temper at Yuto Yama Prefecture, "Didn't you say there is any new tactic? Didn't you say that there is a clamp-shaped offensive? Now more than 20,000 people have been wiped out by the Chinese army, including His Majesty's Emperor's Imperial Guard! We only have about 38,000 people in our hands. What do you think?"

Youpeng of Shanxian knelt down suddenly, his face full of tears, "Your Highness, Prince, I am incompetent. I am defeated by the Chinese army with a 15-fold superior force. I can't stand the blame. I will apologize to Your Majesty now."

Youpeng in Shanxian said that he was about to commit suicide by breaking his stomach!

Prince Chiren of Arisugawa Miya hurriedly stopped Yuto Yuto, Yama Prefecture. Although Yuto Yuto was defeated again, except Yuto Yuto, other people, regardless of their ability or fame, were even more unable to lead the entire army. "Be calm, what problem can you solve when committing yourself now?"

In real history, the Japanese army rarely commits suicide. Even if there are, they are low-level military officers. Middle- and high-level military officers will not commit suicide at all. They are also pampered and corrupt people, not like later movies.

It is indeed a bit exaggerated to the fact that Japanese people commit suicide by breaking their stomachs and committing suicide every time.

But Emperor Hua was indeed admirable for their Bushido spirit. The "Bushido" discusses several major spirits of Bushido: righteousness, courage, benevolence, etiquette, sincerity, loyalty, etc. "The knife is the soul of Bushido." The Japanese committing suicide by separatism is not a kind of cowardice. In their eyes, this is a noble ceremony.

"The belly is the place where the soul and love are placed."

"I willingly handed over my soul to the Netherworld. For an ambitious warrior, natural death is the death of a mediocre person and a matter of no ambition. This is not the death that the warriors pursue piously."

In their faith and pursuit, the monarch surpasses his own life.

"As an independent moral and ethical code, Bushido may disappear, but its power should not disappear from the world. Its bravery and honorary teachings may be destroyed, but its glory and glory will rise from the ruins and last forever."

Prince Chiren of Arisugawa sighed deeply and helped Yuto Yama Prefecture up. "It seems that even if the Chinese army only has four or five thousand troops stationed at Kyushu Island, our current strength is not enough to be recaptured. I will discuss it with His Majesty and can only maintain the status quo for the time being."

Yama Prefecture was filled with depression. The Chinese army's fighting style and policies were so sophisticated that they were as smart as a machine. They should attack and retreat. They occupied Kyushu Island for so long, but in fact they only occupied a region like Kitakyushu Castle, Sasebo, Nagasaki Castle, and Kumamoto Castle. The actual territory was less than a quarter of the entire Kyushu Island. However, the Chinese army guarded the economy and transportation of the entire Kyushu Island, and achieved the greatest results with the least force, making the opponent difficult to advance and retreat. It was indeed the ultimate tactics and strategy.

Yutoto Yama Prefecture and Prince Chihitomiya Arisugawa for a long time, believing that there are strategists, diplomats like Li Hongzhang, and generals who can fight like Xuan Jianzhang who have no chance to guard Kyushu Island. At the same time, the biggest conclusion reached was that they admire Emperor Hua's wisdom and ruling talent. As an emperor, it is not that his personal abilities are strong, but that his subordinates have strong abilities and many capable subordinates, and who can control these subordinates, which is enough.

The entire Kyushu Island seemed to have returned to peace. Xuan Jianzhang called Li Hongzhang the next day, "We have killed or injured more than 1,600 people in total. The Japanese government troops landed on Kyushu Island died or injured 10,000 prisoners, and about 5,000 people were disbanded. It is very likely that they will defect to the samurai army of Takaho Saigo."

"Okay, General Xuan will arrange military affairs by himself. I will report the battle situation to His Majesty. It seems that the Japanese government forces will be unable to attack us any longer within at least a year." Li Hongzhang said happily, "Congratulations to General Xuan."

"My lord has made even greater contributions. He did a good job in diplomatic cover before the war, and at the right time, I launched an attack." Xuan Jianzhang said humbly.

"We two don't have to praise ourselves." Li Hongzhang smiled, chatted with Xuan Jianzhang for a few more times, and hung up the phone.

Although he lost the Xiaguan City north of Kitakyushu City and seemed to have retreated back to the origin, Xuan Jianzhang was still very happy to have eliminated nearly 25,000 Japanese government troops this time and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army.

In the gap between the war pause, Xuan Jianzhang carefully summarized his experience and lessons, presided over the drafting of the "Instructions of the Jiuzhou Island Military Region on Certain Tactical Issues in the Battle of Kyushu City, the North of Xiaguan City", and issued various troops.

This instruction objectively analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Japanese government army, dispelled the idea that some cadres believed that the Japanese army was easy to fight, and played a good role in promoting the smooth progress of the battle.

The "Instructions" accurately pointed out that the Japanese government forces were "good at defense, built strongholds and bunkers in shape, controlled powerful reserves, and carried out counterattacks", and "configured with peripheral strongholds to form a horn"; in field battles, "the front was clamped and the left was blocked and the right was copied", but the mobilization was slow and the machinery was stiff, and their characteristics were "more than defending the city."

The Japanese government forces in this era were "extremely bad at field combat."

Based on this characteristic, Xuan Jianzhang proposed the basic idea of ​​the Battle of Kyushu City, the Kita-Kyushu City in the "Instructions", that is, "according to its characteristics of mobilizing the whole body, he lured Japanese government troops out from all sides and gathered and annihilated them in the wild."

This captured the weakness of the Japanese government forces' bad habits in field combat, and in tactical means it was manifested as a form of "siege and attacking aid".

While the Chinese army defeated the Japanese government forces' attacks, Takamoto Saigo's samurai army was deeply shocked. Originally, Takamoto Saigo was beaten to the hands of less than 3,000 samurai soldiers. Now, with more than 4,000 Japanese government forces fled to his territory, there is another army of more than 7,000 people in his hands and some equipment has been supplied.

However, Xuan Jianzhang and Li Hongzhang did not take it seriously. Originally, the strategic plan of Emperor Hua and Li Hongzhang was to hold Kyushu Island in their hands, but they were not in a hurry to conquer the entire Kyushu Island by force. As long as the Chinese army and more than 600,000 ordinary people from China could successfully take root in the two blocks of Sasebo and Nagasaki Castle. Controlling Nagasaki is equivalent to controlling the economic lifeline of Japan's communication to the entire Southeast Asia, which is the most critical.
Chapter completed!