Chapter 716: Level 2 Combat Readiness
Zhen Qian walked into the study with his front foot, Wang Lun and the others followed in with his back foot, and asked urgently, "But something happened?" ”
Zhen Qian pointed at the officer on the side and said, "Say it again!" ”
The officer immediately said: "I just received news from the front, around noon today, the Silla army suddenly launched a waterway attack on the Japanese army on Iki Island, the scale exceeded all the previous military operations of the two sides, the staff believes that this is a sign of the all-out attack of the Silla State on the Japanese Iski Island, and judging from the previous war contacts between the two countries, the Japanese army is likely to be unable to resist the attack of the Silla State, and the front-line outposts are already closely monitored...... ”
It took at least two hours to send information back to the Wufeng Islands from Ikishima, and it was less than five o'clock in the afternoon, which means that the first piece of information came out before one o'clock in the afternoon.
"I didn't expect the Silla Congress to choose to attack Iki Island at this time, it seems that there are smart people in the Silla Kingdom!" Zhen Jiu immediately sighed.
"Not bad! The timing of the attack of the Silla Kingdom is too good, I am afraid that the Silla army would never dream that the Silla Congress would launch a surprise attack on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the information we got before that the Silla Kingdom harassed the U army on Iki Island every two days, making the Silla army mistakenly think that the Silla State was not ready for a full-scale war. Zhen Qian immediately analyzed.
Since the occupation of Tsushima Island by the Silla Kingdom, they have been constantly harassing the Japanese army on Ikki Island, and even Zhen Qian believes that the Silla Kingdom will not launch a larger-scale attack before the Lantern Festival.
Who would have thought that on Chinese New Year's Eve, the Silla Kingdom would suddenly launch an attack on the U army on Ilki Island, it is obvious that this is a long-planned plan.
"In this way, the Japanese army on Iki Island is about to be defeated?" Wang Tianxing said uneasily.
"I'm afraid the result should be like this", Zhen Qian said in a deep voice: "This is quite unfavorable to us, I don't know how Silla will attack next!" There is another point that I still don't understand, instead of 100,000 Japanese troops stationed in Shimonoseki, why is the war going on for almost a month, except for the 30,000 Japanese troops on Yiqi Island, where the other Japanese troops went? ”
Zhen Qian has always had one of the biggest questions, the war between Silla and the Wa State is continuous, the relationship between the two sides is tense, the Wa State has stationed 100,000 soldiers and thousands of warships in Xiaguan, Fujiwara Nakamaro is even more ambitious to build warships in secret, preparing to attack Silla again, it should be prepared, but the war has been going on for almost a month, except for the 30,000 Japanese troops who were reinforced at the beginning, they have not sent a single soldier for such a long time, this is a little wrong?
"Could the soldiers of Shimonoseki be secretly transferred to the northern front line and attack the Ezo people?" Zhen Jiu guessed.
"I was thinking about this possibility at the beginning, but it's been almost a month since the war, and judging from the distance, the army in the northern part of the main island of the Japanese kingdom should have returned a long time ago, so the ratio of forces on Iki Island should be reversed, and it will be difficult for the Silla country to defeat the Japanese army?"
Zhen Qian did not say anything in the second half of the sentence, and it was obvious that the Silla Kingdom launched an attack on the Wei army on Chinese New Year's Eve, and it should be sure that it should be sure of victory, and you must know that the previous wars between the Silla State and the Wei Kingdom have always been more defeated and less victorious.
The sudden action of Silla this time obviously smells of revenge, but I don't know where the confidence comes from this time?
"The Japanese army has the advantage in land battles, but there is no certainty of victory in naval battles, could it be that the Japanese army deliberately deceived and tried to lure the Silla army to land?" Wang Tianxing boldly guessed.
"There is also such a possibility, after all, the Japanese army has lost Tsushima Island before, and it is already in a disadvantageous position in the war situation, and Ikishima Island is not conducive to a large-scale land battle between the two sides, and it is not impossible for the Japanese army to retreat?"
"Then the key depends on whether the sailors of the Japanese army have suffered heavy casualties?"
Zhen Qian's eyes lit up and said, "If it is a planned retreat of the Japanese army, even if you want to defeat the Silla army on land, the sailor is a key factor?" Only by keeping the U Saishi could it be possible to defeat the Silla army on land and make it impossible for the Silla army to escape back to ......the country. ”
"Order the front-line sentry to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese naval division, and find out the battle damage of the Japanese naval division in this battle!"
"No!" The officer was ordered to walk out of the study.
Only then did Wang Lun speak: "Zhen Lang, I'm afraid I'm going to be restless this New Year?" ”
Zhen Qian looked at the map of the Wufeng Islands on his desk and said, "From today onwards, the Wufeng Islands will enter a state of second-level combat readiness!" ”
"Then ......", Wang Lun thought for a while and said, "What about the residents of the North Main Island?" ”
"If the enemy really attacks the Wufeng Islands, there will be no safety in the Wufeng Islands, and evacuating will only make the islanders panic even more, and it is not yet the worst time, in case the enemy lands on the island, isn't there still an underground fortification on the north main island?"
The possibility of war was taken into account in the early days of the construction of the Wufeng Islands, and although there were no large-scale construction of manpower and material resources, Zhen Qian, combined with the experience of the sewer pipe network in Europe in later generations, excavated several underground pipelines for hiding troops at the beginning, which could be used for daily drainage on the island, and second, it could be used to quietly transfer troops and transfer the residents on the island during wartime, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
"Hmm!"
Wang Lun thought about it for a while and said: "That's okay, but the residents on the island haven't trained, in case ......, I said that if it really comes to this point, do you want the residents to practice in advance?" ”
"That's a very good offer!"
Old Cheng Mouguo, Zhen Qian was very satisfied with Wang Lun's proposal, even if Wang Lun didn't say it, he would put it forward, but the time was a little uncertain, "Uncle Wang, when do you think it's better to start?" ”
"Sooner rather than later, the enemy should not attack the Wufeng Islands within three days, and it is expected that it will not take action until five days at the earliest, and the time will come?"
The war of this era was completely different from that of later generations, and the quality of soldiers could not be compared with later generations, and the Silla Kingdom was already in danger of attacking the U army on Ikki Island on Chinese New Year's Eve. Influenced by Han culture, both the Silla and Wa kingdoms also had New Year's customs, and waging war at this time was very bad for the morale of the soldiers. After the Silla Kingdom occupied Ikki Island, it was bound to rest for a few days, not to target the Gobong Islands, but to prepare for the next step of landing on the main island of the Japanese country, and not to attack again at all.
However, during this time, when the Gobong Islands were at their most dangerous, Silla would definitely send a small army to control the surrounding seas, and because of this, the Gobong Islands could not relax in the slightest.
The war with Silla had to be fought, and it could not be fought, and this was the most difficult choice for the Gobong Islands!
(End of chapter)