Chapter 1016 The Battle for Hiroshima (1)

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Whether for the Tiger Ben Army or the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Dutch were a changeable but critical factor. The Dutch's strength on the sea was indeed too strong. If the Dutch had strongly intervened in the Japanese battlefield, the strategic actions of the Tiger Ben Army would definitely be threatened. This is also the reason why Zhang Zhun was very concerned about the movements of the Dutch.

"It's still in Hiroshima. I guess they will have to evacuate in the past two days."

Shafes said cautiously.

"very good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

The landing troops of the Tiger Army were attacking Hiroshima, and I believe they scared the Dutch. They wanted to leave as soon as possible. If the Dutch could leave as soon as possible, Zhang Zhun was more happy to see it. He drove the Dutch's visiting fleet out of the Japanese war situation, which would be beneficial to attack the relationship between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Dutch.

This time, the reason why the landing operation of the Hu Ben Army was so smooth was to a large extent that it was grateful to the Dutch's behavior. Originally, the Tokugawa Shogunate had high hopes for the Dutch, believing that as long as the Dutch fleet arrived, the Hu Ben Army would not be able to launch a landing operation. Therefore, the Tokugawa Shogunate did not deploy enough troops on the coastline.

As a result, the Dutch fleet did not arrive, and the Hu Ben Army just seized this opportunity and landed on the Japanese mainland. This was indeed a great blow to the Tokugawa Shogunate. In their opinion, they were tricked by the Dutch and deceived by the Dutch. It was even possible that the Dutch and the Hu Ben Army joined forces to perform and deliberately wanted the Tokugawa Shogunate to be good-looking.

In fact, the Dutch did not intend to release the Tokugawa shogunate pigeons. The reason why they failed to come was entirely because of an accident - Bluffhead's fleet was defeated. However, since the incident happened, the Dutch themselves wanted to cover up the ugly things and never announced it to the public. In this way, the Tokugawa shogunate's heart would naturally not be very happy. In the future, even if the Dutch continued to come to Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate would be afraid that it would be a fight against Xiaojiu.

Li Jicheng defeated the fleet of the Hakka Dutch Bluffhead on the coast of Fujian. The consequences were not only the Hu Ben Navy merged the Zheng family fleet, but also deeply affected the war situation in Japan and even affected the war situation in Nanyang. After all, the Dutch lost a fleet and provoked an opponent with an extremely fast rise. This was an excellent opportunity for the Spanish and Portuguese, which had a grudge against the Dutch.

Will the Dutch main fleet go north? When will it go north? These are all issues that require time to consider. I guess the Dutch did not expect that Bluffhead would be defeated. Bluffhead's defeat completely disrupted their previous plans. After Bluffhead's defeat, continuing to send a stronger fleet to the north requires senior management of the Dutch East India Company to make collective decisions.

What is certain is that it takes a certain amount of time for the Dutch to make this decision. Given the powerful strength of the Hu Ben Army Navy and the complexity of the Japanese war situation, the senior executives of the Dutch East India Company would definitely not dare to make a decision rashly. The Dutch East India Company has seventeen shareholders. When they receive relevant information and make relevant decisions, it will be at least half a year later. The Hu Ben Army must try its best to fight for it, which is the time.

As long as the main Dutch fleet completely defeated the main force of the Tokugawa shogunate army before the arrival of the main Dutch fleet, even if the Dutch were helped, it would be too late to make a comeback. At that time, the Tiger Army announced the dissolution of the Tokugawa shogunate in the name of the Japanese royal family and announced the handover of power to the Japanese royal family, and the Dutch would have no excuse to interfere in Japan.

Let’s wait and see in the future!

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After returning from Ishimi Yinshan, Zhang Jun went directly to the Hiroshima frontline. He estimated that the Tokugawa Shogunate reinforcements should have almost arrived. After all, this is the Japanese, and the time and place are all in the Japanese. Similarly, the second batch of landing troops of the Tiger Ben Army should also be loading ships at Busan Port and ready to set off.

Both sides are fighting for time. No matter which side's reinforcement force arrives first, it will have a great impact on the entire battle situation. Zhang Zhun is a little worried that Zhou Yanyu cannot withstand the Japanese attack. Once the Wei Battalion cannot withstand the Japanese attack, a large number of Japanese troops will press down on Xiaguan Port like a tide, causing great harm to the Hu Ben Army.

In order to prevent it, he had ordered Zhang Lingyun's Pinzi Battalion to quickly reinforce Hiroshima. When necessary, Liu Dong would also lead the Marine Corps to reinforce. The Third Navy Fleet of the Tiger Ben Army also received an order to quickly advance towards Hiroshima. Zhang Zhun wanted to attack Hiroshima from the ocean and further threaten the Japanese rear.

"Sir, Zhou Yanyu sent a battle report."

Wang Junyu came up to report.

"knew."

Zhang Zhun nodded calmly.

After the first contact battle, the Wei-zi Camp led by Zhou Yanyu fought against Abe Yushu's troops many times. The Hu Ben Army and the Japanese army formed a group on the west side of Hiroshima. The Hu Ben Army relied on the powerful muskets and kept shooting and killing the Japanese army. The Japanese army relied on the large number of people and desperately blocked the Hu Ben Army's attack. The gunshots never stopped from morning to night.

The battle report sent by Zhou Yanyu mentioned such a series of battles. Intermittently, the Hu Ben Army killed more than 1,000 Japanese troops and dozens of casualties were killed. The casualties ratio was very optimistic, and the Hu Ben Army won a great victory. However, it was a bit difficult for the Hu Ben Army to invade Hiroshima. The Japanese army built military fortresses in Hiroshima and built cannons. With the troops of the Wei Battalion, it was very difficult for it to ate Hiroshima. Therefore, the front line was always stalemate.

Such a result is predictable. The main force of the Hu Ben Army and the Japanese Shogun Army had contacted each other in the field for the first time and tested each other. After the test, it was a real guy. Whether it was the Hu Ben Army or the Japanese army, I believe that the understanding of the other party had been raised to a new level.

Before, Abe Yuki temporarily withdrew, probably waiting for the subsequent reinforcements. In fact, the Hu Ben Army is also waiting for the subsequent troops? Let's see whose follow-up troops arrive first. As long as the reinforcements arrive, the war will begin.

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A week later, the second echelon of the Hu Ben Army came ashore.

After getting off the ship, the Yuzi Camp, Zhenzi Camp, Xinzi Camp and other troops of the Hu Ben Army all quickly reinforced in the direction of Zhou Yanyu. Li Yang's artillery battalion also reached the front line. Before again, Zhang Lingyun's Pinzi Camp had already taken the lead in reinforcement to the front line. A Mongolian Thousand-man team led by Has Qiqige also appeared on the battlefield.

At this time, the Japanese reinforcements had also arrived near Hiroshima. The arrival of Japanese reinforcements was not the elite of Masato Katsurasaki, but the Japanese troops transferred from the American and Inha, Mahara, Bomo, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, Pre-Feng, and other places. Because they were not far from the battlefield, these Japanese troops quickly arrived on the battlefield.

The combat effectiveness of these Japanese troops is average, but the number is indeed quite large, with a total of 30,000 to 40,000 people. A considerable number of them were temporarily recruited, with only simple weapons. For the Tokugawa Shogunate, they were pure cannon fodder. After Abe Yuki integrated these troops, the number of Japanese troops increased to nearly 50,000.

There were only about 10,000 people on the Hu Ben Army. The strength comparison was about one to five. However, the Hu Ben Army still launched a strong attack on Hiroshima. Abe Yuki did not choose to simply defend the city, but instead acted as a fight outside the city. The first battle after the Hu Ben Army landed is about to begin.

Looking from the Thousand Mile Mile Mile, there were indeed many Japanese troops. What they had put out was the Spanish phalanx. Dozens of large phalanxes overlapped with each other, and the scene was indeed very spectacular. On the side of the Hu Ben Army, it was actually the Spanish phalanx, but there were no spear soldiers. However, the number of phalanxes was small, and the momentum was not so magnificent.

On both sides of the Huben Army, there were a thousand Mongolian cavalry. Similarly, there were hundreds of Japanese cavalry on the flanks of the Japanese army. They were all staring at their front with sharp eyes. Obviously, once the battle unfolded, they must be the first to contact.

"Zhang Zhun!"

In the Japanese army, someone recognized Zhang Zhun.

Abe Yuki hurriedly raised the Qianli Mirror and carefully observed Zhang Zhun's movements. Yes, he did find Zhang Zhun quickly in the Qianli Mirror. Zhang Zhun rode a white tall horse and stood behind the Hu Ben Army. There might be a small earth slope where he stood, which made him look a little outstretched.

I have learned too much about Zhang Jun and Abe Yuki these days. It seemed that this person appeared in the eyes of the shogun's intelligence department overnight. Everything about him was poured over to every Japanese commander like sea water. It took two nights for Abe Yuki to finish reading all Zhang Jun's information.

Abe Yuki couldn't understand that if Zhang Zhun was just a poor military family member in Ming Dynasty, how could he have achieved such achievements today? He couldn't figure it out. How could a person who was once considered a fool suddenly become so powerful? However, whether he could figure it out or not, Zhang Zhun had already led his army to stand on the land of Japan.

"I must kill you!"

Abe Yuki swears secretly in his heart.

"fire!"

"shooting!"

Abe Yuki ordered without hesitation.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

Japanese cannons began to fire.

They basically used old-fashioned Flores guns, with a caliber of about 60 mm. Due to the large number, there were about one hundred gates, and the sound was still very scary when the volley was fired.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The field artillery of the Hu Ben Army also began to bombard.

The artillery shells roared at the Japanese artillery positions.
Chapter completed!