j***y 发帖数: 2074 | 1 Meanwhile, the new Choshu regime had appointed a new adviser to
rationalize the shotai and bring them under central control.
Masujiro Omura was a leading scholar of European military science;
he had recently translated a work on strategy written from the
standpoint of German militray theory. He placed heavy emphasis
on discipline and morale, and rapidly set about standardising
training and weapons.
In this he was helped by a consignment of 7,300 rifles (4,300 of
them Minies left over from the Am |
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