What do you think of Fuso?
Facing the emperor's inquiry, Hong Chengchou said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I was born in Nan'an, Quanzhou. The local county annals recorded too many incidents about Japanese pirate invasions. Many of my ancestors died at the hands of Japanese pirates.
When I was serving in the Ministry of Punishment and Zhejiang Province, I read too many files on Japanese pirate attacks.
I believe that Fusang is a ferocious, bottomless, humane and extremely aggressive nation. They are eyeing the Ming Dynasty and are determined to destroy me.
If possible, I suggest directly crippling or even destroying them. "
Sure enough, we found the right person.
Chongzhen sighed in his heart. Historically, this man advocated killing to stop killing and killing to stop violence. Now he has been the governor of the three sides for more than two years. Although his mind has become calm, he is still cruel to the enemy.
"If you are the commander-in-chief of Fusang's Eastern Campaign, what are you going to do?"
"Is this the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expedition?"
Hong Chengchou was stunned, really stunned. He never thought that there were so many famous generals there, why would they choose him.
"Don't be happy yet. Whether you can succeed or not depends on your strategy!"
"I understand!"
Hong Chengchou immediately calmed down, lowered his head and pondered for a while: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there are about 12 to 15 million people in Fusang.
If they were a complete country, it would be difficult to completely destroy them, but as they are an island country dominated by four major islands and united with many surrounding islands, it would be much easier.
As long as we isolate the channels between islands and create isolation, we can eat them away one by one.
For example, attack Kyushu Island from the Korean Strait. After capturing Kyushu Island, use it as a base camp. After slowly operating for a period of time, attack Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island one by one, and finally attack Hokkaido (Ezo). "
After saying this, Hong Chengchou paused and stared at the map for a long time: "But Chen thought that Fusang would not give us this opportunity, because there are only two results for our attack on Fusang.
First, if His Majesty blocks the transmission of information from North Korea and the southeast coast back to Fuso, then we can attack by surprise, attack the northern part of Kyushu Island with absolute advantage, and then directly attack Honshu Island. "
Listening to Hong Chengchou's attack method, a strange look flashed in Chongzhen's eyes, and he said calmly: "Why not capture Kyushu Island, then encroach on Shikoku Island, and then attack Honshu Island after occupying them all?
You must know that Honshu Island is the largest of the four Fuso Islands. Several large plains are located on Honshu Island. There are many large cities around the plain. Isn't this a typical example of using the weak to attack the strong? "
Hong Chengchou stared at the map closely and pointed to the northeastern part of Kyushu Island: "Your Majesty, this is the strait between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island. As far as I know, this strait is only a few miles wide and not very deep. Normally, this strait is only a few miles wide. Small wooden boats can go there.
The straits between Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island are about thirty or forty miles wide, and the straits between Shikoku Island and Honshu Island are about dozens of miles wide, and they have to pass through the Seto Inland Sea.
At that end is the third largest city in Fuso, which is heavily guarded. Even if our navy is transferred there, landing is certain, but the casualties will definitely be huge, and the route is too long, so accidents are prone to happen.
The most important thing is the terrain restriction of Shikoku Island. It is basically mountainous, so it is of little significance to conquer it. "
“So, as long as we cross the strait between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island, occupy an area on Honshu Island, and advance slowly, I think the probability of this happening is extremely small.
First, it is because we cannot completely block the news. No matter how fast we act, we will not be able to mobilize troops as fast as Fuso.
Second, they entered North Korea with an army of 100,000, and suddenly there was no news. In this case, even if Tokugawa Iemitsu was a fool, he should have realized that there was an accident and would definitely send heavy troops to the northern part of Kyushu Island.
Judging from the current situation, if we want to attack Fuso, we can only start from North Korea, cross the Korean Strait, and attack the northern part of Fuso Kyushu Island.
As for starting from Taiwan and passing through the Ryukyu Islands, it is unrealistic. We must always be on guard against attacks by the Dutch, Fuso and Spanish navies.
As long as they succeed once, it will be a huge loss to us.
Moreover, if our sergeants cannot carry it across thousands of miles of sea, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. "
"If Fuso deploys heavy troops to the northern part of Kyushu Island, we have only two scenarios.
First, the first and final battle was to defeat Fuso's army in one fell swoop, transforming the confrontation into a pursuit. Once here, the importance of the strait between Kyushu and Honshu is shown.
By blocking this place, they can only retreat from other places, and we can hunt down more Fuso troops.
If we fail to defeat Fuso's army, it can only become a confrontation and look for opportunities in the confrontation.
At this time, we only need to conquer the northwest of Kyushu Island, specifically the southern part of Fukuoka and Saga Prefectures, because there are the Chikushi Plain and the Fukuoka Plain, covering an area of about three million acres.
As long as we capture this place, our hundreds of thousands of troops will be self-sufficient.
Therefore, the most critical thing now is to open the Korean Strait and land on Fuso mainland. "
After hearing this, Chongzhen was already certain that Hong Chengchou could serve as the commander-in-chief of this Eastern Expedition to Fusang.
Several situations can be inferred just from the map, and the ability is absolutely feasible.
But he continued to ask: "The idea is good. Although two of Fuso's navy were destroyed by us, they still have eleven armored ships.
And according to the news we got, Fuso has spent a lot of money to purchase firearms from the Netherlands and Spain, mostly red cannons.
It is even said that the Dutch and Spanish navies will join the war. What would you do in this case? "
After listening to the emperor's question, Hong Chengchou looked up and continued pointing at the map: "Your Majesty, the navies of the Netherlands and Spain are easy to handle.
In the first year of Chongzhen, before Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the imperial court, he was able to defeat the Netherlands with his own strength. Now that he has surrendered to the imperial court, the warships and firearms equipped are different. It is not a big problem to defeat the Netherlands and Spain.
Zai Ji blocked the Ryukyu Islands and blocked their way into Fuso.
In other words, take the opportunity to allow the Marine Corps to cross the Taiwan Strait, attack Orange City (Tainan City), the center of the Netherlands in Taiwan, destroy their effective forces, cut off their transit points, and completely regain Taiwan.
Fuso's armored ships are not afraid. As long as they dare to come out of Tokyo Bay, they will dispatch the Nanjing New Jiangkou Division into Tokyo Bay and directly attack Edo Castle.
The Denglai Navy, Liaodong and Mao Wenlong's navy were responsible for transporting troops from Busan, North Korea to the northern part of Kyushu Road. "
Mao Wenlong said while pointing to the route on the map.
Chongzhen put his hands behind his back, looked at the map, and nodded secretly.
This plan is similar to what Yuan Keli, Sun Chengzong and others reasoned.
"According to your calculation just now, how long will it take to lay down Fuso?"
