Chapter 582: The Great Seal of the Second Honmatsu (Second Watch)
Shanyu, the captain under his command, suddenly became his political commissar, and Asano was a little stunned for a while, but he quickly adjusted. Shanyu being the political commissar of the mercenary division is actually a very, very normal arrangement, and there is indeed no more suitable candidate than him.
Shanyu was born in the inner circle of the Northern Manchurian aristocracy, and his family was at the very top of the pyramid of the Northern Manchurian aristocracy. According to the Japanese, the Zenyu family is the elder of the Goxinga family for generations, and is definitely one of the most trusted people by the general. Anyone who is the political commissar of a mercenary division will face the problem of loyalty, but only a person like Shanyu will not face such a problem, because absolutely no one will question his loyalty to the general.
And Shanyu has been in the mercenary division since he left the gate of the military academy, and it can be said that he is a person who grew up with the mercenary division, and no one knows the mercenary division better than him. Shanyu can not only control the mercenary division and avoid the mercenary division from going off the rails, but also start from the interests of the mercenary division to maintain the mercenary division. The soldiers have great respect for this commander who once fought with them, and it is definitely more convenient for Shanyu to manage the mercenary division than others. The only thing that is a little surprising is that Shanyu, a military chief, suddenly became a political cadre.
"You've become a political cadre?" Although Asano thought clearly, he still felt that Zenyu's change to political work was a bit of a waste of his military talent.
"The general was afraid that others would not get along with the division commander, so he asked me to change my career, in order to be promoted! Hey! In the future, when my hands are itchy, the division commander is dividing me into a wing, so let me go to the front line and have a good time! Shanyu patted his brigadier general's epaulette and laughed, of course, some deep reasons, he was inconvenient to say.
"It's all good, it's all good, we're our own people, no matter what! You're in charge of it in the future! Asano also laughed, and at the same time felt more confident in his heart, Shanyu was the best choice for him to be the political commissar.
After chatting with Shanyu for a few words, Asano wanted to introduce Niwa to Shanyu, but when he turned around, he found that Niwa Ichigaku was rude and ran to the side. Niwa Kachigaku, who came to pull the relationship on purpose, was originally always by Asano's side, for fear that a few guys from the Soma Domain would rob him of a good position. But Asano and Zenyu reminisced about the old kung fu, and the mercenaries brought some of the big guys they had just installed ashore, and Niwa Kazunaku and the elders of the Soma clan didn't know how to control themselves, and ran to see the excitement.
"Oh my God! How did you bring these big guys too! Asano also went to the shore and saw a dozen cannons, and he was also a little incredulous. One hundred and five mm light * guns, one hundred and twenty mm howitzers, one hundred and twenty-two mm cannons, one hundred and fifty mm heavy howitzers, and the heavy weapons of the main forces that once made him extremely covetous, were now placed in front of him.
"The general said that you are the division commander of the mercenary division, and you should look like you when you travel, and it is a little shabby to go out with only two rifles. These are all equipment directly under the mercenary division, and wherever you are the commander of the division, these equipment should follow, so I brought them all! Shanyu was talking nonsense, these things were actually Guo Xing'a was worried that Asano would not be able to handle the Japanese government army, so he was specially transferred to support him.
"General, grace is as deep as the sea, and Asano Sohide will die hard to revenge!" Asano was moved to tears, he knew the meaning of these things, Guo Xinga gave him a big face, and moved the public instrument for his private affairs.
"Do what you want! Just don't play too big! Shanyu just smiled, and now even if Asano wants to ignore Nihonmatsu, Goheunga will not agree.
"By the way, there's one more thing! The general can understand that you are willing to fight for the homeland, but our Manchurian army will not interfere in Japan's internal affairs for no reason, so no Manchurian army can take the initiative to attack the Japanese army before it is attacked. If the commander of the Asano Division wanted to take people to defend the Nihonmatsu Domain, he had to take off his Manchurian uniform and put on the clothes of a samurai. And it is not allowed to use the eight-star Japanese battle flag, only the family crest battle flag of the Nihonmatsu Domain! Shanyu relayed the meaning of Goxinga, and the sentence was already very straightforward, almost ordering Asano to participate in the war.
"Hay!" Asano is also very into a state, if it weren't for his identity, he would have fought for the feudal kingdom a long time ago, and the samurai is still very disciplined.
Niwa Yixue was moved on the side, and he almost rushed over to hug Shanyu and kissed the two, with Shanyu's words, his two honmatsu can be said to be solid. The government army of Itagaki and others was only about 3,000 people in total, and the equipment was more advanced than that of the feudal army. Now that Nihonmatsu has 2,000 Manchurian mercenaries stationed and so many advanced weapons, Itagaki and the others are 3,000 more, and they are all in vain.
Almost singing and dancing, after taking Shanyu and his party back to Nihonmatsu, Niwa received good news again. After a month of silence on the battlefield, the war rekindled in the two days after he left, and Itagaki led more than 700 Tosa Domain soldiers to launch a new offensive against Nihonmatsu. At first, Uesugi did not dare to let the mercenaries participate in the battle, so he could only command the junior team to resist with all his might, but in the face of superior enemy forces, he could only retreat one after another. After a day's battle, more than 100 of the boys' team were killed, and the Tosa clan soldiers even broke through the mouth of the Great Altar and reached the foot of Nihonmatouchi Castle.
But on the night when the Tosa Domain's army was under the castle, the cavalry sent back by Asano to deliver the news rushed back to Nihonmatsu. Esugi had no scruples, and immediately ordered 500 mercenaries to change their clothes, and launched a counterattack against Itagaki Resuke overnight. The so-called connoisseurs will know if there is one as soon as they make a move, and the majestic Tosa Domain soldiers who fought the boys' team immediately showed their original form as soon as they met the mercenaries who had been baptized by war for a long time. Interspersed with roundabouts, coordinated with infantry and artillery, advancing with sharp soldiers, and so on, as soon as the Manchurian tactics appeared, Itagaki retreated into two hundred and five, and there was no power to parry at all, and the Tosa Domain's soldiers collapsed at the first touch, and fled to the rear in embarrassment.
But the mercenaries who have experienced the Flying Mountain Pass and the Blood Spring Mountain, where will they escape back smoothly, Uesugi has already sent people to intersperse with the entrance of the big altar. Itagaki retreated and turned into a hard assault on the machine gun position at the mouth of the altar. Makqin water-cooled heavy machine guns and Gatling heavy machine guns are not the same concept at all, and the Tosa Domain soldiers, who have no experience in this area, simply died, leaving more than 300 corpses behind, so that they had the opportunity to change their ways and escape. Although in the end, Itagaki retreated with more than 200 feudal soldiers, but the confession was also taken back by Uesugi.
After Niwa Ichigaku and Asano discussed, he immediately began to be the official of Nihonmatsu, and Asano and his party changed their clothes to fight, so they had to have a reasonable identity in Nihonmatsu. Asano was appointed as the head of the Nihonmatsu clan, and the others became generals, shoguns, ashigaru generals, monotos, commissioners, etc., in short, everyone had official positions in Nihonmatsu.
Idiji Masachi and the others had a headache, they were not fools, they naturally knew the reason for the skyrocketing strength of Erhonmatsu, but they were also at a loss how to deal with the Manchurian army. Zenyu and Asano are not very happy either, and after analyzing this war as a whole, both of them have bitter gourd faces.