Chapter 3532
As soon as it got dark, a loud bugle sounded in the temporary camp at Tiantanpu.
However, the guests of the inspection team had become accustomed to this kind of wake-up call during the few days they stayed at the Sasebo base, so there was no panic or chaos.
It's just that after watching the game yesterday, many people were too excited and didn't sleep well at night. Being woken up so early in the morning inevitably made them feel uncomfortable.
However, the notice from the Haihan diplomats quickly helped them wake up from their drowsiness. The conflicting parties were about to fight, and today's viewing location would be from sea to land, so they needed to set off from the camp as soon as possible.
Since there is something exciting to watch, it’s okay to stay up late.
So after a quick breakfast at the camp, the inspection team embarked on a new itinerary.
However, the new viewing location is actually not that far from the camp. There is no need to use carriages and horses at all, and it can be reached by walking for a cup of tea.
This location is on the east side of the hilly battlefield. From here, you can not only see the shogunate warships crossing the sea and landing, but also observe the battle line between the two armies.
The thoughtful event organizers also shipped a large number of chairs in advance and set up a simple viewing area here.
"Our country has notified both warring parties of today's viewing position, so you don't have to worry about being accidentally injured. In addition, there have been new developments in the battle situation from last night to this morning. Let me give a brief introduction."
Shi Diwen appeared in person and gave a brief explanation to the inspection team with a loudspeaker.
According to the information Haihan has, after nightfall last night, the shogunate was still sending combatants to the beachhead near the hilly battlefield, and at least two to three thousand more people were sent over one after another.
After dawn, the warships of the Kyushu Allied Forces had returned to the strait, and the muzzles of the guns high on the hills were once again aimed at the sea. The shogunate army learned the lesson from yesterday and no longer dared to let a large number of troop transport ships rush here. They had to re-schedule and arrange warships to cover them.
In view of the fact that a considerable number of troops of the shogunate army have crossed the strait to the Kyushu side, the main task of the coalition forces today is to slow down the shogunate army's crossing speed, encircle the points for reinforcements, and finally eliminate the part of the shogunate army that has landed and has no way out.
Shi Diwen said that if the coalition forces can defeat the part of the shogunate army that has crossed the sea, then it may not be so easy for the other side to organize the next round of large-scale landing battles.
Because in yesterday's battle, the two armies had already destroyed many warships. Although the number of ships of the shogunate army is still superior, considering that the attackers will launch a landing battle and will be more exposed to the strike range of shore defense firepower, this advantage can be basically ignored.
Some people have questioned Shi Diwen's statement. If the shogunate army cannot attack for a long time, they will definitely choose another direction of attack. By then, the coalition forces may not be able to arrange a special position like a hilly battlefield.
Shi Diwen explained: "The sea-crossing landing operation is extremely complex, and it cannot be carried out immediately by changing places. Otherwise, the shogunate army would not have to give up other attacks and concentrate its forces to open up the hilly battlefield."
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"The coalition's operational thinking is to concentrate the attack direction of the shogunate army on this battlefield as much as possible, and then use the natural chasm of the strait to delay the opponent's troop projection, so that the opponent will continue to lose blood here and eventually lose the ability to fight across the sea." "Frontal battlefield In a head-to-head fight, the coalition forces will definitely not be able to defeat the shogunate army with its superior strength. Only when the two armies enter a stalemate across the sea will the coalition forces have a chance to defeat the strong."
The audience present couldn't tell whether this was Shi Diwen's opinion or the Kyushu Alliance's idea, but perhaps the two were one and the same and there was no fundamental difference.
However, it can also be seen from this that at least the Kyushu Allied Forces' current combat goals are relatively practical. They do not want to defeat the shogunate army in one fell swoop. Instead, they plan to stabilize their position first, slowly eliminate the enemy's effective forces, and then seek to launch a counterattack.
Of course, whether such a combat plan can achieve its goals depends on the actual performance on the battlefield.
Not long after the inspection team arrived at the viewing site, the two sides seemed to have received a signal, and soon began a new round of confrontation.
Through the lessons learned yesterday at the cost of a large number of lives, the shogunate army has obviously realized that it is unrealistic to attack the fort positions high on the hills from the bottom up. The entire hillside is densely covered with various defenses, and the terrain makes it difficult to launch an attack formation. Lifting the scalp upward is just a waste of life.
After a night of study, the generals of the shogunate army have adjusted their offensive strategy and plan to rush along the coastline to the east and west sides, bypassing this deadly hill, and attack directly behind their position.
The idea of the shogunate army is actually correct. This will form an encirclement of the hilly position. At that time, it can also realize the reverse encirclement and reinforcements and attract the coalition forces to rescue them. No matter how many enemy troops there are on the hills, they will eventually run out of ammunition and food if they are surrounded for a few more days without supplies.
The only thing they didn't predict was that the Kyushu Allied Forces had regarded this place as a decisive battlefield, deployed heavy troops to deploy defense lines, calculated every route the shogunate army might launch an offensive, and formulated corresponding defensive tactics.
Some of the warships that were damaged in yesterday's battle and could no longer go to sea had all their firearms unloaded overnight and transferred to land positions here, doing everything possible to strengthen the firepower on the defense line.
The battle between the two sides quickly escalated from a tentative attack to a large-scale exchange of fire. The proportion of musketeers put into the battlefield by the shogunate army was significantly higher than yesterday, and from the moment the entire team entered the battlefield, it was a very standard line infantry formation, using The musket models are also uniform, and they look like well-trained troops.
The explanation on the inspection team's side immediately introduced that the muskets used by the shogunate's troops were Type 28 matchlock guns made by Haihan, with an effective range of up to fifty feet.
This type of matchlock gun is an export model developed by Haihan specifically for the arms trade. It has never been installed in the Haihan army, but Annan, North Korea and other countries have purchased large quantities of this type of musket.
Although it is the most primitive matchlock gun, its shooting accuracy and firing reliability have obvious advantages over the Tanegashima gun, which is an imitation of the Portuguese matchlock gun used by the shogunate army.
Although its combat performance is not as good as that of more technologically advanced flintlock guns, after all, the price is only about half of that of a flintlock gun. You get what you pay for, making it very suitable for buyers with limited budgets.
Currently, both warring parties on the battlefield have purchased many Type 28 matchlock guns as the basic configuration of the musketry troops.
However, on the current battlefield, the Kyushu Allied Forces clearly have a more significant advantage.
The seaside passage under the hills is very narrow, and the shogunate army can barely form a linear array with a width of twenty people. This means that they will have no way to avoid the enemy's fire. However, the Kyushu Allied Forces have shooting bunkers deployed in advance, which can reduce the opponent's shooting hit rate to an extremely low level.