1890 King of Southeast Asia

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This is a war of comparison.

Neither Japan nor the Qing Empire has drawn any useful experience from the previous war.

As for the Qing Empire, they still have no tactics or strategy. The pro-peace and pro-war factions are evenly matched, and the middle faction only wants money.

As a result, the Qing Empire dragged its feet in sending troops. In order to keep the military power in the hands of young officers, the regent did not hesitate to throw the few field troops of the Qing Empire to a prince who had never led a hundred soldiers.

As a result, the aid could not be sent out for a long time, and Lord Yuan's strategy of using a town to protect the navy just disappeared.

Japan is the same. It cannot change its petty nature. From top to bottom, it holds on to the power in its hands and refuses to make progress. As a result, the headquarters has a complete combat plan, but the First Army refuses to implement it.

According to the ideas of the Japanese cabinet and the military, this is a small war with a quick victory and plunder as its goal.

Starting from Korea and landing by sea, one in the south and one in the north, taking advantage of the severe winter cold, quickly resolved the resistance forces, and then stationed troops north of Shanhaiguan to force the Qing Empire government to the negotiation table.

According to the Japanese's expectations, it should be in line with convention to take over the Liaodong Peninsula.

However, in order to prevent others from taking credit, the Japanese First Army only cut off the road traffic in Liaodong, and did not send troops to attack the military port, so the Beiyang Fleet could still block the sea.

The transport ship could not go up, the tactics of encircling the north and the south failed, and the strategy of forcing the Qing Empire to stop certainly failed, and the war tended to fall into a tug-of-war.

Will Ogawa be punished again? This is about the peculiar moral values ​​of the Japanese. In their eyes, doing something wrong is not important, but it is important to be discovered when doing something wrong, but even if it is discovered and reported, only the most superficial mistake will be punished.

People who reveal mistakes are generally called villains. They are not whistleblowers, but face-to-face telling you that you did something wrong, which is very unacceptable to the Japanese.

"Since it's all wrong, why do we still mention it?" This is the Japanese way of thinking, as if if you don't mention it, the mistake doesn't exist.

Under this situation, even if Ogawa failed to take Fengtian as planned, he would only be scolded.

If Fengtian was taken, he would only be rewarded.

For example, the Japanese military god Nogi Maresuke did not know how to adapt, did not consider factors such as the enemy's firepower deployment, weapons and equipment, and just forced the soldiers to launch a pig-rush attack.

Nogi Maresuke commanded the Third Army and fought the Battle of Hill 203 for several months, with 80,000 casualties before it was taken, which was two-thirds of the total number of the Third Army.

In the most intense week, Nogi Maresuke invented the pig-rush charge and launched a frontal charge against the Russian barbed wire position, with 790,000 casualties in a week, equivalent to one-third of the casualties of the Third Army, but no decisive results were achieved.

This "military god" who was civilized with the pig-rush charge finally captured Hill 203 by relying on large-caliber artillery to knock bit by bit.

This time, the Japanese army had a similar idea, especially since they had never experienced Hill 203, and they were quite confident. The Qing soldiers were not easily frightened, and the overwhelming frontal charge was extremely effective against the Qing soldiers.

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"Staff officer, commander, the 9th battalion has brought back a telegram saying that they have arrived at Fengtian Station and are organizing soldiers to enter the city."

"I know. Go to the commander and report our situation to him. Also, go to Yuan and ask what our rules are." Cao Zhongshan exhaled a puff of smoke and waved his hand.

They were only two stations away from Fengtian, and the vanguard had already arrived in Fengtian, and they could arrive tonight.

But he felt vaguely uneasy. He already knew the latest battle situation. The Japanese were entrenched outside the eastern suburbs of Fengtian and had not launched an attack for nearly three days.

"Zhenchun, what are these Japanese dwarfs doing? Why are they not making any moves? It's so cold, and if they stay outside the city for a few more days, they will probably freeze to death." Cao Zhongshan put out his cigarette.

Cao Zhongshan, a staff officer of the Third Town Staff Office, had been transferred. This time, in order to completely control the Beiyang Army and to seek benefits for his subordinates, Lord Yuan transferred him back.

Lei Zhen, Chun, the commander of the Fifth Brigade.

"I heard that the Fengtian garrison and the Japanese had an artillery battle a few days ago. Did the Japanese suffer a loss? I'm afraid they are waiting for the cannon? Didn't Lord Yuan tell us to be careful of Japan's 280mm siege cannon?" Zhenchun thought about it and it seemed that this was the reason.

"To attack Fengtian, use a 280mm cannon? Isn't that a cannon hitting a mosquito?" Cao Zhongshan knew that a large-caliber cannon shell cost hundreds of taels of silver.

Although Fengtian is a military town, the fortifications are all anti-cold weapon era weapons. If they really want to fight, a 100mm cannon is enough to blow down the city wall.

"Let's not talk about this. I'm talking about the Japanese arrangement. According to the spies of the Fengtian garrison, these dwarfs chose to camp separately. I wonder if there is a way to hit him." Cao Zhongshan looked at the map.

The map is very rough and a little abstract, but there is nothing we can do about it. The level of the Fengtian garrison is here.

"Are the Japanese so arrogant? If the weather is good, we can fight them and even eat up some of them to avenge Lord Yuan!" Zhenchun looked at the map and nodded vigorously to show his support.

"Maybe it's too cold, they don't have enough tents and quilts. In this weather, people will freeze to death if they sleep in ordinary tents for one night. They have no choice but to live in houses here and there. How arrogant!" Cao Zhongshan guessed.

It's already mid-December, and the highest temperature in Fengtian during the day is below zero, and it can drop to minus ten degrees at night.

The distribution of the Japanese Fifth Division is very interesting. It is mainly concentrated in the villages outside the eastern suburbs of Fengtian. Doesn't it look scattered on the map?

However, the Japanese army is not unaware of this problem. The smallest unit is also a squadron, and the slightly larger villages are all battalion-level garrisons. The various garrisons are not far apart and echo each other.

"If we want to fight, we have to fight quickly and decisively, eat up some of them and then retreat quickly. After all, we only have one brigade, and the other side has as many as a division.

I think this Xiaowangzhuang is good. It's not big and can accommodate a few hundred people at most. The surrounding terrain is flat, so there is no need to fight for high ground. It is not far from us, and the Japanese pirates should not guess it." Zhenchun pointed to a small village and said.

"The problem now is, how can we give an explanation to the governor and the general for sending troops without authorization?" Zhenchun touched his head.

Compared to Japan, in the Qing Empire, victory or failure is not the most important thing when leading troops to fight. Whether you are obedient is the most important thing.

If you don't obey, you won't have a good end even if you win. Of course, if you don't have a background, even if you obey, you won't have a good end even if you lose.

"It's cold, the telegraph line is broken, and it's being repaired. As for the reason for sending troops, the Japanese pirates attacked and encountered a counterattack from our army. The Japanese pirates were defeated across the board, and our army took advantage of the victory to pursue them." Cao Zhongshan didn't even need to use his brain, and he gave the answer subconsciously.

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Xiaowangzhuang, where a Japanese squadron and a transport team are stationed.

In the big house in the middle of the village, a group of Japanese sat around a fire.

"Koizumi-san, I heard that you were drafted just after you got married to your wife?" Squadron leader Ota put a few pieces of bacon on the fire and roasted them.

"Yes, I just retired last year. After retiring, I ran a grocery store. This year, I married Reiko and received a call-up letter on the way to pick up the bride." Communications squad leader Koizumi looked regretful and also roasted bacon.

"Your wife must be very beautiful, Koizumi-san, who is so worried about you? After the war, I will go to your house to see you... It smells so good! That person should do these things, what is there to resist!" Ota took a look at the bacon, which was almost cooked, and took a bite, and his mouth was full of oil.

For these cheap soldiers, it is good to be full, how can they expect to eat meat?

Thanks to the Meiji Restoration, the lives of Japanese civilians are not even as good as those of the self-cultivating farmers in the Qing Empire, or even as good as those of tenants who do not owe debts.

Especially in terms of living standards, in Japan, where materials are scarce, the living standards of the richest people in an ordinary town may not be as good as those of a middle-class landlord in the Qing Empire, especially the southern landlords.

These meats and materials were all looted from the villagers of Xiaowangzhuang. They have been living better these days than during the Chinese New Year.

(Old Japan adopted a conscription system, but the salary and subsidies of the Japanese Army were extremely low, and even required a certain subsidy from their families to barely survive.)

"Captain, what's the sound in your house?" Koizumi heard the buzzing sound of a flying mosquito.

"Are there still mosquitoes in this season on the mainland? It's amazing. My mosquitoes have long been gone." A private who was chewing a rib asked.

"Bombardment! Take cover!" Koizumi stood up suddenly and roared.

Boom!

boom!

Just as Koizumi said this, an explosion occurred not far to the east of them, and the impact point was approaching them quickly.

"Go! Get out of here!" Koizumi pulled the private out of the house.

As for the others? They were all veterans. When they heard the explosion coming from the rear, they had already started running. As the most eye-catching building in the village, this house would definitely be attacked.

Sure enough, after a while, the shells fell into the yard.

...

"Okay, okay, after firing so many shells, there won't be many Japanese left. Let's attack!" Cao Zhongshan stopped the shelling distressedly.

In just three minutes, they fired more than 60 2mm shells at a village.

The 2mm howitzer owned by Cao Zhongshan's unit was the first recoil gun of Nanhua, which was directly modified from the British recoil gun.

The initial velocity was not high and the firing rate was average, but fortunately the range was still relatively long.

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"Charge!"

A battalion of the Beiyang Army, in an offensive formation, surrounded Xiaowangzhuang.

Because of the cold weather, the Japanese huddled in their rooms to warm themselves by the fire, and the Beiyang Army aimed at the better houses. The Japanese were stunned by the unexpected bombing and could not organize an effective defense.

The battle was not suspenseful at all, and the Beiyang Army cleared the village in an hour and a half.