It is difficult to improve morale on the battlefield. It requires rigorous training, iron discipline, and the encouragement of a commander and artist, plus glory and rewards after victory. Multiple reasons can keep the morale of the army strong.
But morale collapses in an instant. As long as the first deserter appears in the army, the number of subsequent deserters will increase geometrically.
The reason is very simple. Human beings’ desire to survive is a biological instinct. The desire to live comes from animal nature. Victory, glory, warrior spirit, etc., are all social consciousness cultivated day after day.
If you run away and I don't run away, you think we are stupid. We are all born and raised by our parents. Why should we die in vain?
At this moment, the human survival instinct overwhelms everything, and the Southwest Allied Forces completely collapsed.
The land was full of fleeing soldiers. Although some samurai were still maintaining a stable formation, the musketeers and ashigaru were not samurai, and they did not have so much bushido spirit in their hearts.
After the samurai chopped down dozens of deserters, the remaining soldiers actually attacked in groups. "The princes have escaped, why can't we escape? We are serving the emperor, but the commander-in-chief who accepted the emperor's fate has escaped, so why can't we escape?" Why are you going to die so stupidly?"
"Honor, have you forgotten what honor is?" The hysterical warrior chopped down another deserter and sprayed blood on his face.
"You are a samurai, we are not, we are peasants and soldiers, and we want to live." As he spoke, a spear in the hand of a soldier pierced the samurai's waist, causing him to scream in pain.
Resistance is like a virus, there is a first and there is a second. Soon the warriors supervising the battle could no longer hold back the crowd, and they soon disappeared into the ocean.
"Suppress with fire... stick to them... let the fleeing troops attack their main formation..." Under the command of the French officer, the Tokugawa family's new army fought more and more smoothly. On one side, the formation was stable and advancing steadily, while on the other side, Keep loading and shooting.
At this time, there is no need for concentrated fire. Everyone can fire at will, as long as the enemy's fear is maintained.
At the castle tower of Osaka Castle, Tokugawa Yoshi smiled so much that he almost had a stroke: "Hahaha...wine, give me a drink to celebrate my victory. I finally won. It was not easy. The shogunate's two hundred years of military fortune continued." "
He drank the sake from the bottle to his mouth, and it dripped all over his neck. The one-sided massacre on the plain in front of him was the best drink in the world.
The 30,000 Southwest Allied Forces have lost more than 7,000 troops in these days of fighting. Now the 10,000 troops of the Satsuma, Tosa, and Hizen Domains have become losers. The remaining 10,000 troops of the Choshu Domain are completely unable to lift them. The storm is over, and victory is within reach.
There were cheers of victory everywhere in Osaka Castle. At that moment, the Osaka Castle defenders launched a major counterattack without orders from the commander, and everyone was involved in the battle.
The troops of the Choshu clan were almost pushed out of the second city alive. When the enemy and we were at their craziest, they were face to face, face to face, and their teeth and nails became weapons of attack.
Yamagata Youto was also at a loss at this time. Now he does not have the demeanor of a famous general in later generations, and his grasp of battlefield timing is still very immature. If he is the Japanese who fought in the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1895 and the Russo-Japanese War in real history, When the prime minister and warlord leader comes here, he will definitely choose to save his strength immediately.
Although the Choshu clan has been fighting miserably now, their enemies are the defenders of Osaka City, which means that the opponents are of equal strength. Although the Choshu army is suffering worse, its morale has not collapsed.
If you are a mature politician, knowing that you cannot win at this time, you should retreat with the entire army to preserve your strength. After leaving the battlefield, the other San Francisco armies have lost their organizational structure, so the only one who can control the situation is Shanxian Youpeng. .
This is the same joke that Xiao Letian heard in his previous life. Four friends encountered a bear in the mountains. The other three were running for their lives, while the fourth was tying his shoes.
"I don't want to outrun the bears, I just want to outrun you..." This joke is funny, but the ruthless iron-bloodedness contained in it is a motto that politicians must learn.
Sometimes, when a huge failure comes, many losers do not choose to work together and try their best to make a comeback. Instead, they fight against each other and stab each other in the back.
This does not mean that they are stupid, on the contrary, this is a very clever political method. Although our collective has lost, I cannot lose. This sounds a bit contradictory, but you can understand it if you understand it from another angle.
We all can't defeat the enemy together, so I might as well maintain my own strength in the war and stab my own people twice. That way, although I lose to the enemy, I win against my comrades.
So during the training period after the armistice, should I, a half-winner who has preserved most of my strength, get the biggest share of the profit cake? Look, although I lost to the enemy, my losses can be recovered from my comrades-in-arms. obtain.
The most obvious example is the Anti-Japanese War. There were many factions within the Kuomintang, and it was losing ground to the Japanese. However, the internal strife and fighting did not stop until the end of World War II.
The current Youpeng in Shanxian County is still immature. The defeat has been settled and yet he has not yet ordered a retreat. He actually issued a charge order again: "Charge, we still have a chance. As long as we fight to the death and rush into the castle tower to capture Tokugawa Keki alive, we We can negotiate, and we will still be the winner at that time.”
"No, sir, please retreat quickly and leave some seeds for our Choshu clan." Takasugi Shinsaku next to him was much smarter than him.
"Baga, Takasugi Shinsaku, you are a loser. You are a disgrace to warriors. If you don't dare to charge up, then I will come..." As he said this, Shanxian Youpeng drew his sword and rushed forward.
Takasugi Shinsaku grabbed his sleeve, "You are the general appointed by the feudal lord. You are responsible for the lives of the more than 10,000 brothers in the Choshu clan. Since you want to charge, I will..." After saying that, he raised his arms and called out, "Brothers of the surprise team. Do you dare to challenge me again?"
"Kill." The last two hundred remaining members of the Qi soldiers who were able to fight dragged their tired bodies and launched another attack on Osaka Castle.
It's a pity that the situation is over. No matter how hard Takasugi Shinsaku tries, he can't change the fate of failure. The team members around him fall down one by one, and their dying roars are like wild beasts. The loyal warriors he brought out with his own hands protect Takasugi Shinsaku with their bodies, like a handful of weapons. The dagger rushed forward against the flow of people.
More and more people were killed in the battle. When the team of surprise soldiers rushed to the second city gate, there were only ten samurai left around Takasugi Shinsaku, and everyone became a bloody gourd.
"I'm sorry. I brought you out of my hometown, but I didn't expect you to end up on the road to death. I owe each of you a life."
"Why do you say this, sir? It is a supreme honor for a warrior to be shattered on the battlefield. Our family will also be proud of me."
"We still remember the poem sung by your Excellency during the Battle of Kokura, "The 80,000 soldiers of the mighty Dongfan are attacking and stationed in Langhua City. When will my Cao die soon? I will smile until my neighbors hear the sound of cannons." Your Excellency was so heroic back then, why are you so weak now? "
Takasugi Shinsaku laughed loudly, "Hahaha... Yes, I am weak. Since you like that poem, let it be our death poem. Brothers, we must fight to the death."
In the song, the last essence of the Rangers was filled into the furnace of war. Shinsaku Takasugi died under random gunfire at the age of 28.
Yamagata Aritomo watched Takasugi Shinsaku and countless warriors buried under Osaka Castle. At this moment, his heart was full of regret, not only because of Takasugi Shinsaku's death, but also because he had missed the best opportunity to retreat.
Now the new army of the Tokugawa family has approached the west wall of Osaka Castle, and the soldiers of the Choshu clan have entered the enemy's rifle range, and casualties are inevitable.
The defenders inside Osaka Castle and the reinforcements outside the city have formed a crossfire, outflanking them from two sides. Looking at the armies of the Shimadzu family and the other two families, they have now retreated like a tide. Even Saigo Takamori's general The flags began to move to the west.
"Saigo Takamori, why did you even escape? Is this the end of our downfall?" Yamagata Aritomo closed his eyes in pain, "Retreat, our Choshu Domain will also retreat..."
Listening to the rumbling artillery fire outside, Shanxian Youpeng suddenly opened his eyes and cursed, "Damn Xiao Letian, if you hadn't imposed an arms embargo, how could we have lost to the shogunate, artillery, grenades, I want explosives..."
Shanxian Youpeng has fallen into the thinking of a madman and cannot extricate himself. He does not know how to reflect and blames the cause of failure on Xiao Letian. He really deserves the reputation of a perverted nation.
"Ah sneeze... ah sneeze... who is scolding me?" Xiao Letian stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the thick smoke rising in the distance. He sneezed several times in succession while listening to the roar of killing like a sea wave.
"How is the situation? Is there any new information from the observation post?"
"Report to the Prime Minister, the land observation post sent a light signal, the new Tokugawa army has broken through the defense line of the Southwest Allied Forces, and the armies of the Satsuma Domain, Tosa Domain, and Hizen Domain have collapsed..."
"Report...The Choshu Domain has collapsed, the flags of Aritomo Yamagata have retreated to the west, and Saigo Takamori has also retreated...all the flags of the Southwest Allied Forces have begun to move to the west..."
"Okay, it's finally our turn to attack Osaka Bay and eat the Tokugawa navy first..."
The Ryukyu fleet set sail at full sail and finally rounded the corner of the promontory fifteen minutes later. The chaotic Osaka Bay appeared in front of Xiao Letian.
The Tokugawa fleet anchored in Osaka Bay has more than 70 warships, but unfortunately they are all the oldest Japanese Kansai ships. Many of the cannons are bronze cannons cast during the Warring States Period. Such warships are also vulnerable to pirates. A bit of a deterrent.
"Nani." A sharp-eyed sailor inadvertently looked back, only to find a huge fleet emerging from behind the protruding cape. The huge soft sails caught the wind, the bow pierced the waves, and there were countless light blue military uniforms on the deck. The figure is shaking.
"Ah...it's the Ryukyu army...my Buddha, the Ryukyu navy is here...Xiao Letian is here."
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