Chapter 2125

If the arrest of Tagawa Nanzaemon cannot be completed, it will be difficult for the war launched by Kaihan to achieve all its intended goals. Even if most of the armed forces of the Hirado Domain are eliminated, there will still be people left behind.

Worrying about the consequences is ultimately not perfect.

Shi Diwen is currently unable to verify whether the information confessed by Ishimura Shota is completely true, but he intuitively believes that the credibility should be quite high. And from a logical point of view, it is precisely because Tagawasuke sent Tagawa Nanzaemon and his son together overnight

After sending out Hirado, Wei Zhi realized that Hirado was in danger under the Kaihan offensive, so he took the risk and tried to divert the Kaihan fleet to relieve the pressure on Hirado Port. If not, the Hirado water

The army can continue to hide in the secret port of Shanda Island in the north and wait patiently for a better opportunity to go to war.

However, the Hirado Navy took the risk to show up and paid a heavy price to try to lure the Haihan Fleet away from the Hirado Strait. Shi Diwen believed that this seemed to prove from the side that the opponent's skills were incompetent. If the Hirado Domain still had more troops on the island,

If no ultimate move is used, the navy will probably not be released to carry out a mission that is tantamount to seeking death.

However, we cannot be completely optimistic about the trend of the war because of this. It is not clear whether Tagawa Nanzaemon, who was sent to Kyushu overnight, is responsible for the task of moving rescue troops. If Kyushu organizes troops to come to rescue Hirado,

Size is also a problem for the coalition forces.

Although the armed level and combat capabilities of these Japanese armies are far behind those of Haihan, Haihan had no plans to fight Japan in the first place, and further expanding the scale of the war was not what Haihan wanted. Moreover, Haihan's army here was

It is a rootless land. Most of the combat supplies have to be transferred from Seogwipo Port in Jeju, hundreds of miles away. If the war process is slowed down, the combat pressure on the coalition forces will increase.

, and may even be forced to retreat on their own in the end.

Since there is currently no feasible means to immediately capture the Tagawa mother and son from Kyushu, in order to guard against the possibility of being detrimental to the coalition forces, Shi Diwen believes that the next military operation must be accelerated.

In the afternoon of the same day, Shi Diwen took a small boat and landed near Onomura on the east coast of Hirado Island. Along with him were Simang and Shen Xueyi, who were watching the battle on the flagship today. They were allowed to observe most of the action.

Part of the combat meeting naturally wanted to know the next steps that Haihan would take after today's victory over the Hirado Navy. So knowing that Shi Diwen was going to meet with Qian Tiandun to discuss the next combat plan, they all followed him.

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After Shi Diwen and Qian Tiandun met, they first informed each other of the real-time battle situation on the east and west coasts and on land. When Shi Diwen learned that the main force of the Hirado Navy had appeared on the west coast today, he immediately understood why his opponent would send them first.

A fleet came to the East Coast to parade.

"They took a dozen boats out as bait and wanted us to focus all our attention on the Hirado Strait...the opponent is planning to steal your army's retreat!" Shi Diwen said with a smile: "But they

I probably didn't expect that we still have an armed fleet ambushing in the west, but it's a pity that Xu Yuzhuo was a little slow, otherwise we would have taken over the Hirado navy today with a two-pronged attack on the east and west coasts."

Qian Tiandun said: "Judging from the movements on the west coast, I think the Japanese may not have wanted to destroy the dozen or so ships you had and sacrifice them. It was just an operational error. I didn't expect you to chase them out in one go."

After dozens of miles of land, luring the enemy turned into delivering food to your door, allowing you to reap a harvest happily."

Shi Diwen thought for a while and readily admitted that Qian Tiandun's speculation should be closer to the facts. The main force of the Hirado Navy appeared on the west coast to counterattack Boxiang Bay and sneak attack on the coalition's logistics supply line, but despite the fact that there was another

The fleet attracted firepower on the east coast. This main fleet, said to be commanded by the Eighteen Chi Yu Party, was still very cautious. When it found something was wrong, it did not even try to engage in the battle, but simply turned around and fled.

With such a cautious performance, it is obvious that the commander of the Hirado navy has not made up his mind to fight to the death with the coalition forces, so there is no reason to let the fleet responsible for luring the enemy on the eastern front die in vain. This is actually consistent with Shi Diwen's previous interrogation of Shota Ishimura.

The confessions obtained were consistent. From this point of view, the East China Sea Fleet was able to achieve this result in the morning, indeed thanks to Shi Diwen's decisive decision, so that the naval fleet, which originally only planned to take a lap outside the Hirado Strait, was

Fighting until you can't find the north.

Qian Tiandun continued: "But that kid, Tagawa... what is he doing?"

"Tagawa Nanzaemon." Takahashi Minami reminded softly.

He has always stood beside Qian Tiandun. Even though he is fully qualified to have a chair of his own in a combat meeting of this level, he still sticks to his years of habit, calling himself an adjutant and insisting on participating in the meeting standing up.

Of course, as the leader of the special operations group, he was able to stand up for the meeting. It was natural that other naturalized officers with the same rank and position as him would not be able to sit down. So in the meeting tent, except for Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen,

In addition, only Xi Mang and Shen Xueyi, who were observing as military observers, were sitting, while everyone else was standing.

Qian Tiandun suddenly understood, nodded and said: "This man escaped to Kyushu. It is estimated that it will be difficult for us to catch him this time. The top priority is to try to solve the problem in Hirado City as soon as possible. If we can do our best,

After wiping out the effective forces of the Hirado Domain army and clearing out the other Shiba Shiba Party members, even if one Tagawa Nanzaemon escapes, he should not have enough strength to make a comeback."

Shi Diwen said: "The leader of the navy captured today, he handed over a list of important figures in the Hirado clan. We can combine it with the information we currently have and use it during the subsequent arrest process."

Through the reconnaissance operations on the Hirado Domain before the war began, Amakusa Shiro had collected a list of important local figures in the Hirado city area for the purpose of capturing targets when attacking the Hirado Domain. After that, a coup occurred in Hirado.

, after Tagawasuke came to power, he first purged a group of retainers loyal to the previous feudal lord, and then supported a group of his own subordinates to rise to power, so the list of important people has actually changed during this period, by Shi Diwen

The list obtained through interrogation is undoubtedly more timely.

Shi Diwen handed the transcribed list to Qian Tiandun. This list not only contained the names and positions of the target persons, but also specifically marked those who were from Shibazhi. It can be seen that Shi Diwen was interrogating the prisoners today.

A lot of thought went into the process.

Qian Tiandun carefully looked at the contents of the list. There were more than 20 people listed on it, including the current feudal lord Tagawasuke, who were all civil and military officials in charge of various affairs. Among them, the special personnel whose origins were marked accounted for the total number.

More than half, this shows how much Tagawasuke relies on these Shiba Shiba remnants. Given time, it is not impossible for these people to turn Hirado Domain into the second Shiba Shiba.

However, they were still a little too hasty. If they lurk for a few more years, stay in Japan and slowly recruit troops to expand their strength, and try not to let Haihan notice their existence, they may indeed be able to take the initiative to provoke Haihan in the future, but now

Even before it was fully fledged, the Fujian Xu family army gathered by Haihan came to attack. The strengths of both sides were clearly defined. Regardless of whether Tagawa Shichizaemon was eventually caught, in fact, the possibility of the Hirado Domain's comeback was extremely slim.

"Since our opponents have already started to run away, let's launch a general attack as soon as possible to avoid long nights and unforeseen consequences. If it takes a little longer for Tagawa Suke to escape with his men," Qian Tiandun expressed his intention after reading the list.

Opinion: "It's getting late today. Let's make preparations and launch an attack early tomorrow morning!"

"Then I will show my true skills tomorrow and won't save my strength!" After Shi Diwen won a big victory today, he was planning to take advantage of the victory and immediately agreed to Qian Tiandun's proposal.

The East China Sea Fleet has never used all its strength in its offensive against Hirado Port. Instead, it deliberately uses this method to drag down the opponent so that the army can calmly carry out the landing. The East Sea Fleet maintains pressure on Hirado Port, and the Hirado domain army does not dare to

The artillery deployed at the port can be easily transferred to other battlefields, which also reduces the combat risk of the special operations group in disguise.

Although Shi Diwen said that he would show his true capabilities, it would still be difficult for the navy to attack Hirado Port. Although the performance of the coastal defense artillery deployed by the Hirado clan at the port was limited, it could still attack the sea at close range.

The Han warships caused relatively large damage, and this would be a unnecessary battle loss for Haihan. Therefore, the special forces under Qian Tiandun’s command will actually be responsible for the main attack mission next. As long as they attack from land

If the Hirado Port area is invaded, the shore defenses built to resist the Haihan Army's landing at the port will be destroyed.

After setting the general direction, the next step is to deploy the specific combat plan of each unit. Currently, there are two battalions of the special operations group stationed in Ono Village, as the main force heading north along the official road to attack Hirado City. And the special forces are stationed in Ono Village.

Another battalion of the battle group stationed near Boxiang Bay will pass through the mountains and forests north of Hirado City, launch an offensive from north to south, and form a north-south pincer attack with the troops starting from Ono Village. However, the Northern Route Army because

Due to the limitations of the marching environment, it is difficult for heavy weapons such as artillery to move with the army.

The Fujian Navy in charge of the west coast will continue to carry out its current mission, guarding Boxiang Bay and not leaving the Hirado Navy an opportunity to launch a counterattack. This is probably not good news for Xu Yuzhuo, but the Hirado Navy has not been able to launch a counterattack for a day.

Once they are wiped out, the coalition forces will not dare to be careless for a day. They still have to leave enough maneuverability to prevent the opponent from suddenly coming out at a certain moment.

Simang once again reminded the two Haihan generals at the end of the meeting, hoping that after they captured Hirado City, they could protect the local Portuguese people and prevent them from being directly involved in the war as much as possible.

Although the shogunate had previously restricted the Portuguese to leave Hirado and could only go to Nagasaki to engage in foreign trade activities, in fact there were still some Portuguese who had settled in Hirado for a long time and did not choose to leave. And these people were more or less

Shaodu continued to carry out trade activities secretly and was still of relatively important value to the Portuguese colonial authorities.

Since Haihan had already made it clear that he would not occupy Hirado after the war, the Portuguese colonial authorities believed that retaining the local Portuguese people would be conducive to obtaining more benefits from the local area after the war, not only economic gains, but also

It may be benefits from the political field, such as getting some commitments and concessions from the Hirado domain officials who are eager to implement post-war recovery and reconstruction and stabilize the foreign trade market, allowing Portugal to obtain more trade shares and special treatment from Hirado.

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If we think further, the purpose of Kaihan's trip is to attack the Eighteen Shiba Yu Party and the Hirado clan official who colluded with it. After these people who gain the power of rule are defeated by Kaihan, there will definitely be a certain degree of chaos in Hirado.

There is a power vacuum. Perhaps the Portuguese colonial authorities can take advantage of this gap and support pro-Portuguese candidates to take over Hirado.

Of course, in order to take measures in such a relatively sensitive area, Ximang would have to find time to communicate with the two Haihan generals alone. If he failed to get the nod of approval from the Haihan people, then Ximang would not dare to carry out such an operation without authorization.

, so as not to offend allies.

In comparison, Shen Xueyi does not have any special tasks. There are no Korean businessmen in Hirado, and there is no actual interest for the North Korean country. Shen Xueyi does not need to give special protection to someone in this place, or

In order to obtain some special treatment for North Korea, Shen Xueyi was happy to sit on the sidelines and focus on studying the tactics of the Haihan Army.

However, he also noticed that even if he attended the combat meeting of the Haihan Army, it was difficult to simply imitate the tactics adopted by the Haihan Army. The Haihan Army could control a large area with an organization similar to a platoon or a company, and

This is very difficult for the North Korean army to do. Once the combatants are dispersed, it is unlikely that they can maintain combat effectiveness like the Haihan army.

Due to various reasons, Shen Xueyi was not among the first batch of officers sent by Korea to study in Haihan, but he had a special background. If he was only considering his future career, he would not have to go all the way to Haihan to get gold plating. But in Haihan

After staying in the army for a long time, Shen Xueyi gradually felt that his knowledge was insufficient and he could not fully understand and appreciate the essence of the Haihan Army's tactical command system. He knew that these things could only be had by studying abroad in Haihan.

I learned it, and it seems I have to find a way to arrange it.

In the afternoon of that day, the Kaihan Army stationed in Onomura advanced about three or four miles north. The purpose of taking this action was mainly to test the enemy's defense range and strength, but the Hirado Domain army did not make a comparison.

The tough resistance was just a symbolic effort to send a few hundred people to try to stop the Haihan army's advance with bows, arrows and muskets, but such measures obviously could not deter the well-informed special operations group.
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