The cooperation with German professional soldiers has enabled Nie Shicheng and a group of officers from the Dragon Flag Army to develop the good habit of looking at maps. Although the Huai Army also used wooden maps when fighting with domestic opponents such as the Taiping Army and the Nian Army in the past, the fineness of the Germans and the maps provided by the British were completely different from the previous wooden maps.

"Xu Shichang! Xu Shichang!" Nie Shicheng shouted twice in a habit, and then he realized that the most valued aide beside him had already gone to North Korea with Cao Kun. When he was in Beijing, although Xu Shichang was in charge of the management of the Army Command Academy, Xu Shichang was still one of the two senior assistants that Nie Shicheng was more accustomed to using. The other was Feng Guozhang.

Now Nie Shicheng looked at Feng Guozhang. The old man Feng was quite smart, but he had a little temper. Sometimes he couldn't help but become a little impulsive. He was not as calm as Xu Shichang, who could always analyze problems and propose countermeasures in a calm manner.

Feng Guozhang was straight and stood in the camp with Wang Shizhen. There was a young officer a little further away. From the official uniform, he could see that he was a garrison. The man was named Duan Qirui. He was originally in the Weihai Martial Preparation School. When the army boarded the ship in Weihai, he got on the boat and asked to see Nie Shicheng. After several words, he was appreciated by Nie Shicheng, so he was temporarily arranged to serve as a staff officer in the Central Army.

At this moment, Nie Shicheng was naturally the center of the central army. Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang were next to each other, and several German staff members were ones on the outside, and Duan Qirui was the one on the outside. But it was just that coincidental that when Nie Shicheng looked up and swept around in anger, he noticed this very energetic officer.

"Well, your name is Duan Qirui. You said you have been in Krupp in Germany and have also studied military and artillery. Okay, now I ask you, do you understand the picture?" Nie Shicheng shook his hand and noticed the tight neck buckles on the military uniforms of the several German officers beside him, and he gave up the idea of ​​understanding the collar of the official uniform.

"Reply to Dashuai's words." Duan Qirui stepped forward a few steps, saluted, raised his head and replied, "I understand!"

Nie Shicheng nodded with satisfaction and raised his hand to greet him: "You all come here to see what the Japanese want to do to delay these two days?"

The group of people came over and became even hotter. Nie Shicheng took a few steps back, glanced at the sweat-soaked backs behind the Germans, stuck out his tongue, and slapped his hands for a few blows. He closed his eyes and thought about the strategic areas he had already remembered on the Kyushu Island.

Needless to say, Nagasaki is behind Nagasaki Kumamoto, which is the central Aoi Castle on Kyushu Island. To the north is Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kagoshima to the south, and Oita to the east. These cities are all on the coast. Now the Japanese are trying to postpone their army in Nagasaki, what are they covering up?

"Master General." Wang Shizhen said, "According to the humble opinion, the Japanese seem to be waiting for something, but according to previous reports, there are 50,000 Japanese soldiers in Nagasaki City. The five thousand people who were removed from North Korea were removed, and there were 45,000. Even if we are afraid of the intimidation of our naval artillery, there seems to be no need to agree to surrender so readily. If we agree to surrender, there is no need to delay it for two days..."

"Yes." The person who spoke was German staff officer Feng.

Rubintez said in a strange accent: "It is impossible to appease the 45,000 troops in two days. With such an advantageous force, the commander's choice to surrender will definitely stir up mutiny, especially the Japanese."

Nie Shicheng smiled slightly, which was also why he readily agreed to Liu Buchan and others to persuade him to surrender. He wanted to see what the other party reacted by persuading him to surrender. In fact, he asked him to use more than 12,000 people to attack the big city guarded by four times the enemy's troops. He was not so arrogant, even though he wanted to repay his kindness.

Therefore, when he heard that the other party was willing to surrender, he kept wondering what was wrong with it. If he was Nie Shicheng, he led 45,000 people to guard a big city like Nagasaki, not to mention 12,000 enemy troops outside, he would not surrender even if he had a 12,000 army. The Japanese were not so cowardly.

"Yes." Nie Shicheng hummed, "That's right, Hua Fu, what do you think?"

"Reply to Dashen, no," Feng Guozhang replied briefly.

Several Germans looked at each other in surprise, but saw Nie Shicheng not surprised at all. They turned around and asked Duan Qirui with a smile: "Where are you? Xiao Duan, what do you think?"

"Reply to Dashuai's words, there is no mark!" Duan Qirui still replied with a strong and powerful voice. It seemed that the hot weather could not affect him.

Nie Shicheng nodded, spread his hands and said, "Actually, I can't figure it out. Colonel Rubin, do you have any good suggestions?"

Only then did Rubin understand the tacit understanding between these Orientals and smiled and said, "Master, under such circumstances, we must have more information. Please ask the airships accompanying the navy to take off, we need a broader horizon."

"Yes, Mr. Colonel," said German staffman Mandel, shrugging: "I always feel that maybe the people in Nagasaki are organizing a major retreat."

"Well, before we have a meeting, the airship has already taken off the airplane, and information will probably be sent back soon." Nie Shicheng grinned and said, "Before this, let's test them again! Li Chengzong! Send you to Nagasaki again, are you afraid?"

"Yes! Don't be afraid!" Li Chengzong, the envoy who had just left outside the door, ran in with a fierce look on his face.

"Okay! The general's tiger!" Nie Shicheng praised: "I'm a hero, my hero, you, Li Chengzong, are the first-class lieutenant, who could have eaten the lingering of your ancestors at home. Since you sent you to me, I, Old Nie, will not give you the dead grandpa and your kindness to you, and use it to death. Is it true that I am handsome?"

Li Chengzong's father was the grandson of the Hunan Army's powerful general Li Xubin. When he was young, he attacked the first-class light chariot commander. His father Li Guangjiu was the alternate road in Jiangsu. He also adapted the children of the old subordinates of the Hunan Army in the Hunan New Army and was the commander of the fifth town of the Hunan New Army. This child was his son Li Guangjiu heard that he was going to fight Japan, so he quickly sent his son to Nie Shicheng's command to make military achievements.

Having said that, Nie Shicheng is really brave enough to take risks. If the Japanese beastly nature together, they will leave Li Chengzong's life in Nagasaki and Li Jiuguang loses his son in old age, he will probably die of sadness. Duan Qirui thought of this level and volunteered to say, "Master, Duan Qirui is willing to take on this position!"

"Master General!" Li Chengzong glared at Duan Qirui and shouted: "I have been there once, are you here again now?"

"Haha." Nie Shicheng smiled at the two of them and said, "Xiao Duan was not here just now, don't blame him. Xiao Duan, let Chengzong go this time. If you want to make meritorious service, there are opportunities. Come and write a manifesto for this commander. Don't be very literary. Just two sentences: leave the city within two hours and surrender, otherwise Nagasaki will suffer from the disaster!"

When he finished speaking, Nie Shicheng was already full of murderous aura and said to Li Chengzong: "You don't need to run away this time." He turned around and ordered: "Wang Shizhen!"

"have!"

"Order the artillery battalion and use empty bullets to shoot the ultimatum into the city. Make a clear shot for this commander. Once the defense map in the city arrives, you don't need to ask for your own guns. If you can't hit the Japanese, you, Wang Shizhen, will be demoted to two levels and the gunner will be fined for two months!"

"twitter!"

The time limit for two hours is very simple. The second landing force is led by the Zhili Admiral Ye Zhichao and will arrive in two hours. After two hours, the last landing force today will be the Shandong New Army led by Shandong Dai Zongqian from Shandong. At the same time, the Royal Navy mixed fleet will also be berthed at the port of Nagasaki Port. When tomorrow morning, it will go straight to Tokyo from the Seto Inland Sea, and shoot at will along the way, so that the Japanese will know that the Qing navy is coming.

The first day of landing will also be the first wave of the expeditionary force, which will be controlled by Nie Shicheng. The second wave will be decided by the North Korean affairs, starting from Vladivostok or Yuanshan, and will be 30,000 people led by Zuo Baogui, trying to eat Kyushu Island as soon as possible with 70,000 people. The ideal situation is to complete the main battle in one month, and the latest cannot exceed two months. If it is too late, I am afraid that Western interference will come.

The Royal Navy's military operations against Tokyo were completely sea shooting, trying to wipe out all Japanese naval forces. The Japanese Tokyo Garrison Fleet also has some old ships, such as Fusang. These ships must be cleared within five days, and then they can carry out indiscriminate artillery bombardment on Tokyo to achieve a deterrent effect. At the same time, it prompts the Japanese to focus their defenses completely on Tokyo, so that they can complete the Kyushu Island and help the Tianhai Kingdom to complete the control of Hokkaido Island.

This is the guidance on combat strategy formulated with a group of people from the Beijing Military Department all night. Of course, the specific combat still depends on the commander's performance on the spot, and I am not as powerful as that.

After the airship came down, the simple map of the defense in Nagasaki Castle was quickly transmitted to the command center, and the area where soldiers were concentrated was marked on the map. A group of officers quickly recorded the various military assembly sites in the city and quickly passed them to the artillery battalion.

The ultimatum was quickly passed to Tsukai Kozo and Yamane Nobumasa through a group of panicked soldiers.

"Baga..." Yamae Nobuma is a person who is not very calm. He slapped the table, stood up fiercely, and shouted impulsively: "Let me come and meet the Chinese people!"

Hirozo Tsui looked up at his excited back and didn't say anything. Indeed, it also needed to be beaten. It was really difficult for these proud army generals to understand the strength of the other naval fleet. As for those lives that were about to sacrifice, just die. Sooner or later, they would die. Hirozo Tsui felt sad.

"Dashanyan!" Yamae Nobuma rushed to the command department with murderous intent and shouted: "Send me a corps and vent the strength of the Chinese people!"

"Hey---", the second brigade leader Dashanyan almost jumped up, held the military cap on his head, saluted Yamae Nobuma, and turned around and left.

"Nogi Hinomi!" Oyama Iwa rushed to his brigade headquarters and shouted: "Gather your infantry brigade and teach me a lesson in the Chinese people!"

"No!", Nishikanjiro, who was standing beside him, jumped up and said, "Please send me to the commander of the Dashan Brigade!"

Oyama Iwa looked at the guy beside him who had just turned 40 this year. This guy had served as the director of the First Bureau of the General Staff Headquarters and the commander of the brigade of the Gyeonggi Guard Division. This time he sent troops, he volunteered to apply for relegation and participate in the war against China. He was originally wary of this guy coming to steal his military merits. Now it seems that this guy is still very obedient to him. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Satu Nishikanaka, sit down! I know that you were originally from Kagoshima, your father was Sitaro Bingwei, and Kyushu was your hometown. You want to prove yourself in your hometown."

Nishikanjiro's chest was very high and he looked at Nogi Shinobu with some provocation.

"But Erlang, you have to know that we can't just rely on courage this time." Oyama Iwai said: "As soon as the orders! Nishikanjiro is ready to cover the main force of the division's retreat with the brigade headquarters! Nogi Hakinori! Execute according to the original order!"

Nogi Hinomi, forty-five years old, was commander of the Infantry Brigade. He stood up solemnly and put his military uniform, bent down respectfully and bowed respectfully, "Hey!", turned around and bowed to Nishikanjiro, and then turned to go out to give orders. After a while, his infantry brigade had assembled in the city. The young soldiers breathed excitedly, and the soldiers' sweat dripped from time to time from time to time, and a sneering sound was evaporated, leaving only marks, like gorgeous blooming cherry blossoms.

"Tihihara team! Ten people came out, and they came out of the city from the west gate, and raised the white flag! I understand?"

After a moment of embarrassing silence, Mie Doihara trembled his body, his face flushed and red. After a while, he roared: "I don't understand! Brigade Commander!"

Nogi Hinomi muttered, and his right hand slammed into Mie Doihara's mouth, "Baga, do you dare not obey me?"

"I dare not! Brigade Commander! But Dohira, a soldier of the Great Japanese Empire, will never raise the white flag!" Dohira's three heavy spit out a mouthful of bloody saliva, stared at Nogi Hinomi and replied.

Nogi Kidun raised his command knife angrily, thought about it and let it go, roaring: "Big Japan doesn't need a commander like you who is stubborn! Dohihara Squad! Now I'm directing it directly! Front row, get out of the line!"

The infantry soldiers in the front row were almost crying. Nogi Kidun kicked a few young men with red eyes to the ground with vaguely relaxed on his face, nodded with satisfaction and issued an order: "You, raise the white flag and surrender, do not wash your face, leave tears, and leave the city to ask the Chinese people to surrender!"

"Hey--"

"The rest of the people!" Nogi Haki took out his command knife and threw it underground, twisted his military uniform button and said, "The remaining warrior doors of the Nogi Infantry Brigade, follow me, follow your brigade commander, take off your military uniform! Put on civilian uniforms! Check in ten minutes! Whoever hasn't taken off will be fired immediately!"

The people of the brigade looked at each other, not quite understanding what their commander wanted to do. They just stared at Nogi Hinomi taking off his robes and holding them on his face. After a while, they slowly threw them underground. They noticed that their commander's eyes were red.

Twenty minutes later, there was still an hour before the ultimatum. The navy's fleet had stopped shelling and floated quietly on the sea, aiming its muzzle at Nagasaki Castle three kilometers away. Many old sailors on the Dingzhen and Jiyuan ships were very familiar with this city. Several of their lustful comrades sent their lives here.

The supply ship was berthed by the port, and there was a lot of coal storage on the shore and the freshwater was rich. Due to the panic of retreat, the Japanese even left a lot of food raw materials, which could be used for use. However, Liu Buchan's army ordered that the water and food on the shore were not allowed to be eaten, and they were not allowed to be used as raw materials to prevent the Japanese from poisoning them. Therefore, the food was useless, and seaweed and carrots were thrown all over the ground. Freshwater was a good thing, and the fleet's boiler was useful.

"Look, the white flag - the white flag!" The sharp-eyed sailors saw the small queue in the distance from afar and cheered. Liu Buchan and others, who were already sleepy, picked up their telescopes and looked to the east.

In his vision, outside the west gate of Nagasaki Castle, a small team of more than a dozen people walked out holding white flags, and it seemed that they could still see those people crying.

At the same time, the airships in the sky also noticed this, and their eyes were attracted by this exciting scene, and they ignored the fact that more than 4,000 organized civilians in the city began to move north and south. The large-scale gathering of troops in the city was also in progress.

"God!" Hu Sangen on the airship sighed in surprise and murmured to himself: "The Japanese surrendered! The Japanese surrendered!" He was so excited that he even shed tears.

On the ground, a small team walked out of the Qing army landing yard, and Duan Qirui was the leader.

Hu Sangen looked at this exciting scene. The Japanese team stopped in front of Duan Qirui, buried his head deeply, held his gun in both hands, and handed it to the personal soldiers of the central army led by Duan Qirui.

Oh! The Japanese surrendered! You can go to Nagasaki to play with Japanese women! Hu Sangen was so excited that he almost jumped up on the airship. When he was hit by a hard object on his knee, he remembered that he was on the airship and his responsibilities.

It seems that the Japanese army in the city has been hidden. The scene of a group of Japanese soldiers sitting underground holding guns that I could see not long ago.

"There is a fraud!" Hu Sangen blurted out, shaking his hands on the transmitter.

Of course Duan Qirui and the others had no idea. The leader of the other side was a major named Keno Yamamoto, who bowed deeply to Duan Qirui and said, "Please give the heavenly soldiers to surrender! Please give it to the city for another two hours, otherwise it will be easy to cause a mutiny!"

Duan Qirui looked carefully at the direction of Nagasaki. The terrain of Nagasaki is very good and mountainous. The flat land is like the west of the city to Sasebo Port. There are low hills on both sides. In summer, there are lush trees on it.

There seemed to be no movement in Nagasaki Castle. As soon as the sea breeze blew, the trees on the hills on both sides swayed, adding a lot of weird atmosphere to the scene.

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