"SakUra~SakUra~"
In the evening, soldiers of the Jiuzhou Division held team building in the camp.
On this last quiet night before the war, the soldiers sang songs from their hometown by the fire.
The soldiers stabbed the lunch meat cans with daggers, pried them open, and poured the white and red lunch meat slices into the pot.
Meat and vegetable meatballs, green cauliflower, bean sprouts and fresh vegetables from Annan were all added to the boiling soup. After finishing all this, the soldiers couldn't help but take a sip of the rich aroma of the butter soup with a look of enjoyment on their faces.
"Xiaolin-kun, it will be a tough battle after tonight."
"Ono-kun, you and I are both naturalized citizens of the Ming Empire and glorious soldiers of the Kyushu Division. How can we say it is difficult?"
Two soldiers were having a conversation, and an older, middle-aged man corrected the young man's speech errors.
"Think about the past, what kind of life did we warriors live?
The shogunate oppressed us above, and the daimyo oppressed us below. We samurai were not even as good as farmers, and even having enough food and clothing became a luxury.
Ono-kun, look at now.
We ate large pieces of luncheon meat and were served with sake produced in the Ming Dynasty. We never defaulted on our military pay. I wouldn’t even give it to a daimyo’s retainer today! "
Ono-kun silently opened a bottle of Erguotou mixed with water, put his nose close to the mouth of the bottle and took a deep sniff. The light fragrance of cherry blossoms filled the air.
"It feels like my hometown! Mr. Xiao Lin is right, all this was given by Ming Dynasty."
Having said this, Mr. Ono looked solemn. He gently put the sake on the ground, knelt down and raised his hands upright, and sang loudly in the direction of Jinling to show his loyalty.
"Martial virtue black card, onboard!"
"Martial virtue black card onboard~"
Ono-kun took the lead, and the soldiers around him followed suit. They put down their food and kowtowed to Jinling.
After the ceremony, everyone returned to the state of cooking, began to take food from the pot, and enjoyed the rare team-building time.
Ono-kun took a sip of a small glass of wine, gritted his teeth, took a breath, picked up the chopsticks, poked a meatball from the pot and put it in his mouth.
The delicious and hot taste made Ono-kun quickly roll his tongue until it was no longer so hot before he bit down hard. The soup in the meatballs instantly filled his mouth.
During the meal break, Ono-kun nudged Kobayashi-kun with his elbow and asked.
"Xiao Lin-kun, I heard that you have a younger sister to be married?"
"Um?"
Xiaolin-kun raised his head, saw Ono-kun's flattering smile, and immediately knew what his comrade was thinking.
"I said Ono-kun, I regard you as a brother, but you want to have sex with my sister?"
"You just can't make it!"
Ono-kun doesn't want to talk nonsense, they are all comrades in arms, and he doesn't like to be coy.
Mr. Xiao Lin shook his head silently and nodded again.
Ono-kun was confused and somewhat confused about Xiaolin-kun's attitude.
"I have two sisters, one is engaged to a Ming Dynasty, and the other is only 14 years old...
If you really want to... After this battle is over, I will make the decision and promise my little sister to you! "
"Thank you, foster father! Foster father, please use the wine!"
After Ono-kun heard what Kobayashi-kun said, he immediately came to sit down and serve him well with a glass of wine.
At the Chinese army camp, Nara Ichibei and Owari Sukeo were planning tomorrow's attack sequence.
After Zhu Zaiming established the Eastern Axis, a telegram was photographed on the forehead of Nara Ichibei.
The Kyushu Division was required to eliminate the shogunate as soon as possible, return power to King Fuso (formerly Emperor Kokaku), resume production as soon as possible, and establish the Fuso Kingdom.
In response to Zhu Zaiming's request, Nara Ichibei was very energetic and rushed to the Osaka front line from Kyushu City to supervise the battle.
Today's four Fuso Islands and Kyushu Island have been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, while the other three islands are still in the hands of the shogunate and daimyo.
The Kyushu Division fought against the shogunate army, defeated the shogunate army many times, and advanced the battle line to the vicinity of Osaka, directly threatening Kyoto.
To the north is Nagoya.
The nearby area can be regarded as a small essence of Fuso. It has several relatively wide small plains and is the core area of population and economy.
Although it is still far behind Edo, it is undeniable that in an island country where every inch of land is precious, this is a battleground for military strategists.
Tokugawa Ieki also realized this. He gathered all the samurai in the shogunate and summoned the daimyo troops from all over the country to prepare for a decisive battle with the Kyushu Division in Nagoya.
In Tokugawa Ieki's vision, 50,000 shogunate samurai and 70,000 troops from various families relied on the defense of Osaka Castle to resist the attack of 32,000 Kyushu Divisions in Osaka.
120,000 vs. 30,000, still defensive, it can be said to be invincible.
Not only that, Tokugawa Ieki learned the lessons from the previous defeats and concentrated all the musketeers in the army for use.
112 large and small artillery pieces were collected from all over the country, and 80,000 civilian auxiliary troops were recruited to build a defense line in Osaka.
The Ming Dynasty's advanced trench system was also used by the shogunate army.
In order to prevent fire attacks, some trenches were connected to rivers, which not only provided water sources for the defending samurai, but the trenches filled with water could also effectively prevent the Kyushu Division's attack.
Tokugawa Ieki even made bold statements.
The Osaka defense line of the shogunate was impregnable. It would be impossible for the Kyushu Division to break through the defense line in less than half a year.
As long as the Kyushu Division's attack can be resisted, as long as the Kyushu Division is plunged into the quagmire of war, the shogunate can force the Ming Dynasty to negotiate peace and force the Ming Dynasty to recognize the shogunate's ruling system.
Everything looks so beautiful.
After the Kyushu Division stationed troops outside the Osaka defense line but failed to achieve anything, Tokugawa Ieki believed that he had won half the battle, and that peace talks between the shogunate and the Ming Dynasty were expected.
Therefore, Tokugawa Ieki personally rushed to Nagoya and went to the front line to express condolences to the soldiers of the shogunate.
"Hahaha, generals, please drink this cup to the full!"
Tokugawa Ieki knelt down and raised his glass to toast the generals on the floor.
One of these so-called generals flushed with excitement, and they raised their glasses and drank up the wine.
They put down their wine glasses, picked up their chopsticks, picked out two green vegetables from a few stacks of stingy dishes, and put them into their mouths, with aftertaste on their faces.
It is unthinkable to eat a few bites of green vegetables in winter. Only by the hot springs can there be enough geothermal heat to grow a few green vegetables. These vegetables are almost exclusively provided as tribute vegetables to the shogun.
In order to reward the soldiers, Tokugawa Ieyaki transported almost all the tribute dishes to the front lines and delivered them to the dining tables of the generals.
"Everyone, how is the reinforcement of Osaka's defense line going?"
Although Tokugawa Ieki is very clear about Osaka's defense situation, he just likes to listen to these generals bragging. This is a kind of enjoyment.
Xiao Xixing Zongwang stood up, asked someone to fetch a map, unfold it, and explained it one by one to everyone present.
On the map, winding trenches surrounded the entire Osaka Castle, and the battle line was divided into several areas, defended by their respective daimyo armies.
The main force of the shogunate will serve as the central mobile force to support various defense lines.
“Among the entire defense line, the defense pressure in the southwest of Osaka Castle is the greatest, and I, Konishi-san, am responsible for the defense of this area.
Trenches, water trenches, wooden fortresses, earth forts, and Saijomaru (large brick and earth castles) jointly constructed the defense line.
The general's 6,000 samurai warriors were responsible for the defense, as well as 20,000 ashigaru and 9 artillery pieces.
Coupled with the support of the shogunate army, this general would be confident to withstand the Kyushu Division's cluster attack! "
