1890 King of Southeast Asia

For unknown reasons, the submarine torpedo attack was only carried out once that night. The Japanese cautiously watched the sea for a long time and did not wait for the second wave of attacks.

In this torpedo attack, 8 warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet were hit, and 4 of them sank on the spot, all of which were destroyers and cruisers.

Another 4 ships were seriously injured, and two of them were Japanese main battleships that failed to evade in time. Among them, the unlucky Hyuga was hit by 3 torpedoes, and hundreds of tons of water entered, and the ship tilted 12 degrees.

The gap caused by the 3 torpedoes was huge, and the weak damage control team was useless. After the plugging failed, in order to save the warship, the captain ordered the watertight door to be closed and water to be injected to the other side.

In this way, the speed of the Hyuga dropped to 3 knots in an instant, and even at full speed, it was only 10 knots.

This was the third time that the Hyuga was severely damaged in a year, and the second time it was attacked by torpedoes. The officers and soldiers on the Hyuga were already used to it.

At 2:30 a.m. on May 2, 1916, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet investigated the situation of the fleet and ordered the entire fleet to retreat eastward under the cover of night.

The Japanese thought of sailing back along the coastline. After all, the fleet had suffered heavy losses and was carrying two burdens. There was no chance to continue moving forward.

Let the two injured battleships go back, and then the intact battleships continue to go north?

Not to mention whether the Combined Fleet was still capable of completing the mission after losing most of the large warships, the Japanese could not make up their minds to let the two injured battleships return on their own.

After all, the Chinese submarines might be not far away. Letting only two injured and slow-moving warships go back, isn't this sending them to die?

Don't get me wrong, the Japanese don't care about the lives of the sailors. They care about the two main battleships, especially the Hyuga battleship, which was hit once every time it came out.

Although the Hyuga battleship was seriously injured every time it went into battle, and the time it spent in the dock for repairs was longer than the time it spent in the water, it could not change its status as one of Japan's most advanced and powerful main battleships.

Moreover, it was seriously injured every time it went into battle instead of sinking like other warships. Doesn't this prove both the intensity of the battle and the reliability of the Hyuga battleship?

In a very short period of time, the Japanese Combined Fleet made a decision to retreat with the remaining fleet.

These warships could no longer continue to complete the task of opening up the route, so it was better to withdraw and play a role in coastal defense and strait battles.

With the existence of this fleet, at least it can delay the time for the Chinese to land.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Not long after dawn, a Chinese reconnaissance airship discovered the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Knowing that the Combined Fleet was heading east, Xu Sunming immediately guessed that the Japanese wanted to retreat.

Without hesitation, Xu Sunming did not want to miss the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, and chased in the direction of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

The Java was chasing all the way, and the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet continuously released the rear warships, that is, some destroyers and cruisers, to delay the Java as much as possible and buy time for the main fleet.

This really delayed the Japanese for another day, but unfortunately, it also paid the price of two destroyers sunk, one cruiser sunk, and one cruiser seriously injured.

So on the afternoon of May 2, Yamamoto 7x8 was on the mast and lamented the backwardness of the Japanese Navy.

"Have you heard?"

"I heard from Major Sasaki that the 1st Division, an honorable unit known as the Imperial Guard Division, launched a rebellion in Kyoto..."

"Don't tell anyone else, I promised to keep it a secret."

"Some soldiers from the 2nd Division also participated in it..."

"Have you heard? Because the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Divisions participated in the rebellion, the Prime Minister was worried and specially transferred the 4th Division from Osaka to quell the rebellion."

"That group of Kansai troops? How is it possible! The bigwigs of the 6th Army will not agree to the group of Kansai troops to raise their heads again."

"Don't worry, I will definitely not tell anyone about Kyoto. There have been rebellions, and the 4th Division has recently gone to Kyoto to quell the rebellion. "

"What? If the 4th Division can be stationed in Kyoto, it will be good news for our navy. At least this guy is very interested in us."

"If the 4th Division is stationed in Kyoto, it may be able to get the honorary title of the 4th Guards Division. In this way, the Kansai Army will increase in number, and the benefits to the navy will increase. "

The rebellion has been going on for several days. Due to the blockade of information and equipment factors, the Combined Fleet only learned from the grapevine that the 1st Division in Kyoto had rebellion.

These soldiers with little experience did not realize what this meant. They just kept laughing at the 6th Army and thought that all resources should be given to the Navy.

Even when many people heard that the 4th Division was going to perform the suppression mission, they were very excited and thought that the day for the Navy to come out would soon come.

After all, it is well known that the 4th Division is not dissolved in the 6th Army and maintains a good relationship with the Navy.

While the other 6th Army Divisions could only board the crowded cargo ships and cross the Tsushima Strait without escort, the 4th Division was able to board the comfortable transport ships of the Navy and cross the Tsushima Strait under the escort of destroyers and even cruisers.

These things further aggravated the 6th Army's view of the 4th Division, believing that the 4th Division was a "traitor" and squeezed the 4th Division out of the core area.

If it weren't for Osaka's status, it would not be impossible for the 6th Army boss to split and reorganize this division.

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On the afternoon of May 2, Muta Shinnosuke and Asaguchi Yamada wrapped their heads in sanitary napkins, looking at the encirclement that was getting smaller and smaller with grief.

The time that Terauchi's frequent actions bought for the rebels was not fully utilized by them.

After Muta Shinnosuke captured the Police Headquarters, he stopped further expansion.

It was not because his troops suffered heavy casualties. The well-prepared regular army could easily defeat the unprepared police.

The reason he stopped was that several special envoys of "big shots" found him and hoped that he would do this and that, and promised him a lot of benefits.

Among them, someone even promised that if he stopped the rebellion and wiped out the rebels, he would be given a Chinese identity.

To be honest, this promise touched Muta Shinnosuke's heart.

Why did he still stay in the position of squadron leader when all the soldiers he led were squadron leaders? Even if it was a Class A squadron, it was still a squadron, and his rank had always remained at captain, proving that the higher-ups had no intention of promoting him.

He was not convinced. He was very confident in his talent, at least ten times better than Asakuchi Yamada. However, Asakuchi Yamada only took five years to complete the journey that he had taken for 20 years. It was impossible to say that he had no ideas.

In Muta Shinnosuke's view, his biggest problem was that he was born a commoner, and the second was that his family was poor.

"If I were a noble, no! Even if I was just a samurai, I would at least be a lieutenant colonel now." Muta Shinnosuke thought of his classmates first.

In Muta Shinnosuke's class, there was a noble son from a noble family. Unlike Muta Shinnosuke, who was assigned to a small team after graduation and participated in busy work, he could not spare time to prepare for the exam.

These noble sons from noble families were arranged to the divisional staff after graduation, and then seconded to the general staff. After doing miscellaneous work for half a year, they returned and were promoted.

In this way, within 5 years, the military ranks of the nobles' children rose rapidly, and those positions that were easier and more lucrative were often his, while Muta Shinnosuke had been doing the dirty work and studying at the same time.

However, no matter what he did, he could not keep up with the speed of the nobles' children, especially when they had become lieutenant colonels and lieutenant colonels, while he was stuck at captain.

It sounds like there is only one level of second lieutenant in between, but the Japanese have a strict hierarchy, and the higher the higher, the higher the rank.

And although the captain is an officer, he is still a low-level officer after all, and the lieutenant colonel is a mid-level officer.

When Muta Shinnosuke attributed all this to his origin, the unsuccessful progress of the war was also linked to his origin.

It would be great if Muta himself had a noble identity and became a noble.

In that case, Muta Shinnosuke would be the battalion commander instead of the squadron commander. With a battalion of troops, Muta Shinnosuke was confident that he could break through the enemy's defense line.

Unfortunately, he was not the captain and did not have a battalion under his command. Muta Shinnosuke did not plan to attack during the day.

The 1st and 2nd Divisions gradually joined under the command of the General Staff, and Muta Shinnosuke was already in a weak position.

"Gah! Despicable politicians." Muta Shinnosuke threw the note and looked out the window.

This "recruitment" was meaningless because Muta Shinnosuke had been surrounded and it would be useless no matter what.

Muta Shinnosuke was sure that those Chinese would never admit their promise, even if he held a special envoy and a special letter.

"We have artillery and some shells. If we organize another attack, it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory." Asakuchi Yamada's eyes were bloodshot.

"You mean to attack from the front and head straight to the Emperor's Palace. The Emperor should have left long ago." Muta Shinnosuke shook his head with a bitter smile.

He realized that this time, he might have failed.

"We should have attacked the Imperial Palace a long time ago. According to the news, His Majesty the Emperor has been resting in the Imperial Palace for the first two days." Asakuchi Yamada's mouth was full of regret.

"If His Majesty the Emperor is not here, what will happen even if we take it down? Without the name of the Emperor, no one will lay down their weapons and join the team to respect the emperor and fight against traitors." Muta Shinnosuke glanced at the sunset in the sky.

"As long as we find where His Majesty the Emperor is, this crisis will be solved. How can we know if we don't try?" Asakuchi Yamada was like a gambler at this time.

"Okay, this is our last chance. If we don't succeed, we will die." Seeing this, Muta also placed a bet.

After communicating with Asakuchi Yamada, Muta Shinnosuke slowly walked to the front line.

"Report, the 4th Division has approached our outer position. Judging from the number of people, there is at least one squadron." The messenger suddenly issued an order at a critical moment.

"Anything else?" Muta Shinnosuke asked.

The 4th Division is a very peculiar division. On the one hand, it enjoys the treatment of 17 permanent divisions, and on the other hand, it cannot join the navy because it is excluded by the 6th Army.

As a result, the 4th Division has a strong sense of existence and is weak at the same time. The strong sense is that the 6th Army teases the 4th Division, saying that it is a shrewd hawker and a unit with no combat effectiveness.

The weak sense is that except for the top leaders, no one will really understand the combat effectiveness and combat habits of the 4th Division.

They will subconsciously despise the soldiers of the 4th Division, thinking that they are not combat-effective and afraid of death.

This is actually the strategy of the top leaders of the 6th Army, weakening the presence of the 4th Division, so that this division can be used to do some dirty and hard work.

Muta Shinnosuke was one of the deceived members, and did not think that the 4th Division had much combat effectiveness. Coincidentally, the same is true for Asakuchi Yamada.

In other words, the soldiers of the 1st 2nd Division of the rebellion and the soldiers of the local defensive forces did not look down on the 4th Division.

"According to intelligence, the follow -up troops of the 4th Division are ten kilometers behind the striker, about 1 brigade size, and should not be able to reach the battlefield within two hours."

"Two hours?" Mu Tian Xinzhi murmured gently, and silently calculated the time.

"Yo Xi! Is there only one brigade plus one squadron? They come so fast, there should be no heavy weapons." Asaki Yamada made a drink and stood up.

"Qiaokoujun, what's wrong?" Mu Tian Xinzhi looked at him strangely.

There are not many soldiers in their hands, especially most of the soldiers are involved in the lane battle. Mu Tianxin's help means to block, but the appearance of Askou Yamada seems to want to eat this army.

But what are the benefits of eating them? The purpose of the rebels is to change, not to kill.

"I arranged two heavy machine gun teams and one infantry team in the south. They can completely block a brigade without heavy weapons."

"We don't need to worry about the 4th Division of the South. Instead, the arrival of the 4th Division is a chance." The appearance of Asaki Yamada is a gambler who lost.

"What opportunities? Qiaokoujun, time is urgent, don't play guessing riddles." Mu Tian Xinzhi looked at him helplessly.

"Grabbing!"

"The reinforcements of the 4th Division arrived, and the 1st and 2nd Division 1 was determined that the reinforcements arrived, and they would make adjustments."

"Either strengthen the offensive or suspend the offensive for rest, no matter what, you need to mobilize the army."

"Instead of knowing why, the 1st and 2nd Division did not use cannons, but chose to attack the alley."

"At present, in the entire urban area, we have blocked the enemy's offense with a small amount of troops, and successfully mixed with 1 regiment to prevent the enemy from advancing."

"Next, they will be able to concentrate their strength and launch a rapid offensive. The first and second divisions can get rid of shame."

The eyes of Askou Yamada are getting brighter and brighter, as if seeing 1 victory.

"You mean that the enemy is weak and makes them contradictory. In order to exercise, they will gather the main force, and we can take the opportunity to do what we want to do." Mu Tianxinzhi helped the front.

"Mu Tianjun, when the sound of the cannon for a while, we will attack, and if the front attack is blocked, the route will be changed immediately."

"Firemade?" Mu Tian was 1 again.

He doesn't know what the shelling target is and where to attack? What is the offensive goal? How to maintain the connection between the offensive army and the rear?

boom!

boom!

boom!

The 120mm howitzer did not give Mu Tianxin's reaction time, and the shells began to fight directly. The goal was that they were in front of them.

Artillery 1 extends straight back, and 1 extends directly, and that direction is where the imperial house is.

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"What exactly do you want to do? Why not defend well?"

The temple did not understand the brain circuit of the rebels.

You say the offense. On the day of the rebellion, it is the best opportunity. Each ministries are hardly prepared and will not prevent the rebels of the 6th Army.

If the rebels did not set the goal in one secondary goal, such as the Navy Minister, the Police General Administration, the Financial Minister or something.

After killing these people, the emperor can change one person casually. These people do not even understand such a simple reason.

Well, the temple accepted these turtles in a large area in the southwest.

Although it was a defensive war, the temple was afraid that the rebels could not help long, and they ordered the encircling army to prohibit the use of heavy weapons such as cannons.

As for why, the reason for the temple is protection, and the protection civilians will not die because they are affected by fighting.

The 6th Army's Staff Department faithfully fulfilled the suggestions in the temple. The road to the rebels of the 1st and 2nd divisions was so full of bumps.

Without artillery, soldiers can only advance a difficult one in the lane battle, but the casualties are one more bigger.

This is the idea of ​​the temple. I want to drag these people here. The matter has developed too fast. He has not been prepared.

"Adult, 1 Lang has been waiting on the edge of Kyoto for a few days." 2 Lang said grudge.

"The 4th Division entered the city, and the order 1 Lang also entered the city."

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"Pay attention to observation for 4 weeks, your identity must be pretended."

"Since the vendors in the vegetable market have received the stall ..." In front of the city, 1 Lang looked at him arrogantly.

"1 Lang, the adult asked you to have 1 trip." How big is the 2 Lang found at the gate of the city gate.

"2 Lang, what is the idea of ​​adults." 1 Lang asked curiously.

"I'm not a big deal. Next, Kyoto will fall into the problem, which is more suitable for my choice." 2 Lang will go back to pick up people next.

The entire strength can be prepared at the degree of 2 Lang Lang.

"The report was reported by the 4th Division, and the 4th Division was surrounding the rebels." The Ling Lingbing hurriedly ran over.

After all, it is a major event to seize the credit. If you go late, you will have nothing. Can you not panic?

"Very good! Emergency collection!" 1 Lang nodded with satisfaction and shouted loudly.

A few minutes later, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of 1 Lang.

The most elite part of these more than one thousand personnel 1 Lang's hand was screened from various organizations under his hands.

"The 1 team is responsible for the protection of the imperial house. In addition, he went to several commanders to notify the departments to start taking over Kyoto's defense according to the plan.

"The rest of you, carry your light and heavy weapons, follow me!" 1 Lang got on his horse and controlled it to trot all the way, while the soldiers followed on the ground with their legs.

"Hai!"

The army controlled by 1 Lang was of course more than 1,000 people. In fact, he controlled more than 200,000 people, but none of them had a formal number.