lightning war

"Enemy troops that landed in Hiragata.
They will go around to the rear of us.
It's no doubt."
Of course they predicted it.

"At first we recapture the Shirakawa Castle of entrance of Ōu region."
This report was shortly after their operations have been initiated.

Few days ago，new government reinforcements arrived in the Shirakawa Castle.
The Shirakawa castle had been enhanced steadily.

”It's a good trend.”
However,they thought so at that time.

"This operation run by our main force.
However，this is also diversionary tactic.
We will attracted the attention of enemy to the Shirakawa Castle."

This operations had been carried out in Ōshū Kaidō along.　
(About meaning of ”Ōshū Kaidō” is ”the main road of Ōu region”.)

There is highland on west of this road.
This highlands are protruding like cape.
There is Nikko at the midpoint of this highland.

”Ｗ”
Vertex in the middle is the Shirakawa Castle.

"Aizu troops advance to Nikko at a stretch.
Current，forces of Tokugawa of Kanto is gathered at there.
They join."

There was the Utsunomiya Castle in the plains of east of Nikko.
Utsunomiya is entrance of Kanto.
There is also new government rear base.

”They capture the Utsunomiya Castle as lightning war.

Also Shirakawa and Utsunomiya is the entry and exit of the corridor.
The enemy troops of Shirakawa.
It is their main troops.
They are orphaned by it.

Retreat，destruction and surrender.
They will be forced to this selection.

And we will further going south.

Tone River that flows through the middle of the Kanto plain.
Advance our front to this river line.
It is first our goal."

"However.
Our operations were taken its behind by enemy at all."
They understand that.