The conference hall of the base camp in Japan. The Minister of War, Admiral Iwayama, and the Admiralty, Admiral Saigo, were seated in the middle of the conference room, with the Army on the left and the Navy on the right. By the way, there is also a navy man standing across the Oyama Rock and Saigo Shodo, and this is the commander of the Japanese guerrilla fleet, Kozo Tsuboi. After the Battle of Izu, he first brought the fleet to the port of Yokosuka for repairs, and then went to the base camp to report the details of the Battle of Izu to the bigwigs of the Navy and Army. As soon as you enter the door, you can feel the sympathetic gaze of the Japanese Combined Fleet colleagues and the murderous gaze of the army officers!!

"In other words, Kurama, Asahi, Yoshino, and Naniwa have all been hit hard and cannot be put into battle at all in a short time, while Takachiho can barely go into battle in a month?" Kawakami six first.

"Kurama was attacked by two Guiyuan-class warships and the wheelhouse was destroyed, and the Asahi Naniwa was involved in the battle twice. Yoshino already had old wounds. Kozo Tsuboi explained.

"The navy is really capable, 5 warships, with a total displacement of 25,000 tons, were actually hit hard by the 3 cruisers of the Qing State and the navy with a displacement of 15,000 tons. I really don't know how the Navy has been preparing for war over the years. Kawakami's gaze showed contempt.

"Is your army fighting well? The strength of a division of the army was deadlocked on the front line between Asan and Chenghuan. The attack continued for several days without progress. Shouldn't the generals of the army do some review? The guerrilla fleet at least did its best, at least it also inflicted heavy losses on the Qing Beiyang Rapid Fleet, and according to the information obtained by the Shanghai spy agency, the three ships of Guiyuan had lost their combat effectiveness and could not be put into battle at all within three months. The Imperial Guerrilla Fleet can recover its combat strength in two months at most, and the Navy has already gained an overwhelming advantage, as long as it can wait for two months, the guerrilla fleet will be restored, which will be the end of the Beiyang Fleet. Kayama Shiki said-for-tat.

"The infantry weapons of the Qing army have an advantage, and our large artillery has been unable to enter the battle because of transportation problems, and logistics supply is also a problem, the army's materials need to be transported to Busan by sea and then transported to the front line by bad roads in North Korea, while the supplies from the Beiyang side are directly transported to the Asan area by sea, and we have a great advantage in logistics supply, and in terms of numbers, our army does not have much advantage. The other party occupies a favorable position, and this battle is naturally difficult to fight. Katsura Taro said dissatisfied. If you want to make the army strong, at least the supplies must keep up. ”

"It would be better for the army to build a port in the mountains, so that the supply lines would be closer, and at the same time the time to open a second battlefield would be earlier, and the empire could not afford such a long war of attrition. It is the most effective and direct way to transport part of the main force of the army to Wonsan, and then storm Pyongyang to cut off the rear route of the Qing army, and after Pyongyang conquers it, it is not far from the border of the Qing state, and the empire can completely attack the Qing mainland through the defense line of the Yalu River, and Prime Minister Ito and Saionjijun also have this opinion. "Army General Oyama Iwa suddenly threw this bombshell. The meaning of this statement is very clear: the future strategy will be dominated by the army, and the strategy of first maintaining sea power and then contending for land power is no longer suitable for today's situation. Moreover, Hirobumi Ito, Saionji Gongwang These political bigwigs support the Army's approach, so you Navy will look at it!!

"The Wonsan landing is possible, Wonsan is on the east coast of Korea, and there is no need for naval escort for security there, but if the landing point in the south of Korea is to move northward, it is possible to run into the main force of the Beiyang Fleet, which is gradually becoming active, and it is a very dangerous move before the end of the guerrilla fleet correction. In the event of defeat, I am afraid that even the Korean Strait will not be able to be controlled. Saigo said with a sigh. The navy was defeated in successive battles, and its confidence in defeating the Qing Beiyang Fleet was gradually fading with one defeat after another. The first few times they were swept away, this time the two sides lost both, and the result on the field was better. The so-called better thing is that the "Imperial Army" actually sank a ship in this battle!! also beat the other party half to death. Well, I was beaten half to death myself. If the 3 ships of the Beiyang Fleet are really as mentioned in the newspaper, and they can't fight again in the future battles, it will naturally be a great victory for the Imperial Navy, but if the other side can still use it if they repair it, then the battle will be completely returned! Moreover, I know the situation of my own ship, and at the level of Japan's ship repair industry, even if it is "repaired". It's also going to be quite discounted. And a battleship like Yoshino, which has already "entered the palace for the second time", is twelve points uneasy in his heart. …,

"It is necessary to fight a quick battle, the war has been going on for three months, and if it continues like this, Japan will not be able to stand it just by consuming it. It is still hoped that the navy side will come up with a definite plan, but the landing on Wonsan is already imperative, and the army will act alone. As for the question of the northward movement of the anchorage, I have to ask the navy. Dashanyan got up and bowed, although the army general and the navy have always been against each other, but in the face of the war that determines the fortunes of the country, Dashanyan still knows the importance of the matter, if it weren't for the reality that forced Japan to a dead end, Dashanyan didn't want to skip the base camp and contact the political veterans directly, you know, this is very criticized. Oyama Rock's purpose is very clear, in order to ensure the supply of the army, the Japanese fleet must risk a battle with the main force of the Beiyang Fleet to move north, as long as it is not defeated, even if it is a defeat like the Battle of Izu! At least the army supply lines are fine.

In Dashanyan's opinion, if you want the navy to fight hard, even if the navy is forced to agree, it will have to rub it off, right? But who knows, 3 days later, the navy will send the desperately planned Wen Jiàn to the base camp! "What's wrong? Could it be that the red deer in the Navy suddenly changed their sex? "The senior officers of the army were collectively dizzy.

Naturally, the navy will not change its character in just 3 days, and the only reason that made Saigo change their views and immediately fight a decisive battle was nothing else, but the high-profile intervention of the British in Shanghai. The fact that the cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet entered the dock of the Yesson shipyard was certainly not hidden, and the entry of the main force of the British Far East Fleet into Shanghai was well known to passers-by. In this case, the Qingying alliance has been faintly baked. If the Japanese navy had not gained a certain advantage before the British had made a statement, there would be no hope of war at all. And if you don't get any benefits, how can you live in Japan where you can borrow money and no one is willing to borrow it? Even if the British did not intervene, with the help of the British, if the Beiyang Rapid Fleet had regained its strength, once the two Beiyang fleets had turned, and the guerrilla fleet had not recovered its combat strength. The Japanese fleet is still hairy. So now the Japanese Navy is also in a hurry. Expect to wait for the situation to develop in a direction that is not in your favor, it is better to try it first! Of course, Saigo Congdao and Kayama Shikiki are not stupid, and if they want to fight, they must find a time that suits them, such as when the Beiyang Fleet escorts supplies. It's best to eat a portion of the opponent's ship before the decisive battle. Therefore, in the desperate plan, Saigo Congdao also specially added two conditions, first, the army on the front line of Asan must strengthen the offensive in order to consume the opponent's materials and force the Beiyang Fleet to increase the number of escorts. Second, during the Navy's journey north, the Army should focus on the Wonsan landing ground. Because the main forces of the fleet cannot take into account both the landing site of the new ship and the Korean Strait. Minefields will be deployed in the Korean Strait to assist in defense. These two points are very clear, the first point is to make the Beiyang Army feel the pressure, and then urge the Beiyang Fleet to transport supplies more frequently, so that the Navy can find opportunities, and the other point is to let the Army find a safer landing site on its own, don't count on the Navy for everything! It's hard to say the outcome of this battle, but the bosses of the army should think of a way for yourselves!!

Oyama Iwa, Katsura Taro, how could they not know the plans of the navy, but in the case of basically meeting the conditions of the army, it was a bit too much to study the details, so the War Department did not have any big opinions. Eventually, the Japanese base camp has adopted the battle plan, and a new battle is about to start with the implementation of the plan!

Thank you for the reward from the book friend Kongchen~~. Only the author of the collection has the motivation ~~ The following has been changed to land warfare, and the trench warfare that came out in advance during the First Sino-Japanese Period ~~~