Chapter 182 Bold Idea
The Fourth Army landed in Edo Bay. Since the reorganization was completed, this army has been led by Qian Yonghao.
He has always adhered to the concept of rigorous military governance and conducted strict training for the Fourth Army. He won the title of runner-up in the last first Army-wide competition. Of course, the first place was the Royal Guard. Zhu Haitao has always built the Royal Guard that he trusted most as the strongest combat power.
Qian Yonghao asked all six divisions of the Fourth Army to land because he had predicted that these Japanese would fall into panic, so he had to let the army quickly seize the important land and allow the Ming army to seize the best starting position in the next combat operation.
Of course, the Ming army did not achieve mechanization at this time. Large-scale landings such as landing in Normandy during World War II were impossible, but it was still possible to organize more than 10,000 people to log in.
The Japanese army's reaction was a little faster than the indigenous people in the South China Sea. In the evening, they came here under Ibo Junping's leadership.
The total number of Japanese troops reached 15,000, and they were equipped with many "iron cannons" produced during the Warring States Period and the Tokugawa Shogunate period, namely, the medley guns. They were also equipped with many small cannons. However, most of them wore Japanese bamboo armor and Japanese swords and spears. They were not as comparable to those of the Ming army in terms of combat effectiveness.
But it was already dark, and the Ming army's camp began to prepare for a rest. Seeing the situation in front of me, Ibo Junping, who was hiding in a dense forest, had a bold idea in his mind.
He knew that the Ming army had very strong firepower, but if he was in close combat, he believed that the Japanese army was the best in the world. The samurai sword in his hand had chopped off many Japanese heads more than a hundred years ago. After inheriting it to him, he must continue to exert the glory of his family.
The Japanese are indeed very obsessed with kendo. Many Japanese admire ronin who are good at kendo. The lonely ronin with a too-sword is very popular in Japanese folklore.
Therefore, their sword skills are pretty good. If the Ming army was asked to fight with them alone with a rifle, it would definitely be impossible to compare.
In order to realize his mission of raiding these Ming troops at night, he first summoned the main officers to his side and prepared to mobilize them before the war. After all, the Ming army defeated half of the Qing Dynasty and started a massacre in Southeast Asia. The Ming army's reputation made these Japanese feel both admiring and fearing.
This is how the Japanese people are, they are addicted to killing and bullying the weak and are afraid of the strong. They are very crazy when facing the weak, but when facing the strong, they will open their arms to send their women out to please the strong, and are particularly willing to kneel on the ground to be a dog for the strong.
"Dear samurai, you are all warriors loyal to the shogunate. Faced with the invasion of the Ming army in front of you, you must take out twelve points of courage to defend the shogunate. Whether the shogunate can survive for a thousand years depends on your efforts tonight! Now I announce that you should pick up the sword in your hands, and rush in while the Ming army is asleep in the night, and use the power of our sunrise country!" Ibo Toshihei said to these people in a tone that stirs up emotions, just as the Thousand-year cause of the Tokugawa Shogunate can really rely on the flesh and blood of these Japanese people.
"Hayi!" These officers were moved to tears. After receiving the order, they quickly returned to their camp where they led the army and prepared to launch a raid.
The Mingjun camp opposite was quiet and terrifying, as if there was no one inside. The tides on the beach kept echoing, as if the Mingjun were enjoying the cool moonlit night on the beach.
"Listen to my order, you all come in quietly with me. As long as we don't make any noise, these Ming army Bagas are our sword ghosts!" A lower-level Japanese officer said to dozens of shogunate soldiers led by him.
He quietly touched a Ming military camp tent, and the shogunate soldiers behind him quickly followed, and then they slashed and killed the people inside.
"Kill the chicken! Kill the chicken!" The Japanese soldier frantically waved the saber in his hand in the darkness and stabbed the "Ming Army" on the bed.
The same is true for the shogunate soldiers behind him, and even poked the quilt that had been stabbed several times again.
But the madness was just a while, and these Japanese quickly discovered that something was wrong.
When they stabbed in, they did not penetrate the body, but the soft sound of the cotton.
A Japanese soldier was a little braver and opened a quilt beside him that he had just stabbed, but found that there was no one inside, and there was only a quilt covered on the bed.
"Report, there are no Ming soldiers here, just a quilt!" The Japanese soldier quickly reported what he found.
The Japanese lower-level officer quickly opened the other quilts and found that the same was true.
"Oh no, we're fooled!" He screamed strangely.
At the same time, the Japanese soldiers who entered other Ming military camps also discovered this secret.
"Baga, we've fallen into the trap!"
"Baga, these Ming people are very cunning!"
Just when these Japanese people had not fully reacted, shining things appeared outside the Ming army's camp, illuminating the entire sky.
It turned out that the Ming army had been ambushing nearby. They had fought with the indigenous people and foreign devils in Nanyang for so long. They had experienced a lot of experience in being ambushed while night, and had already had a set of ways to deal with it.
The thing that the Ming army just launched was a signal flare that had just been invented. Now that the Royal Army has become popular, the Ming army has never been completely in the dark as night wars have never been.
"The whole army opens fire! Kill all these Japanese pirates for me!" Under the command of commander Li Junle, the ambushing troops opened fire on the Tokugawa shogunate army below with the rifles in their hands.
The three-type rifle in the Ming army's hand exerted its powerful power at this time, and bullets were spit out, shining across the entire beach.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The gunshots on the beach resounded like beans, and they ran through the entire beach.
"Run out!" Ibo Junping only realized that he had brought the Japanese army into the encirclement at this time. He cursed Baga and the Ming army cunningly, and ordered the Japanese army to rush out quickly.
Chapter completed!