tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378420656556921390.post7340508350581368124..comments2024-01-04T21:09:17.661-08:00Comments on Oda Nobunaga-The warlord who changed Japan!: Okehazama: Surprise Attack?otsukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02860648092920714383noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378420656556921390.post-88471424239984632542010-01-13T15:39:01.354-08:002010-01-13T15:39:01.354-08:00Fujimoto's theory from what I understand, thin...Fujimoto's theory from what I understand, thinks it was a frontal attack. He has stuck and defended his theory for years and that is why I respect him a lot even though I disagree with him most of the time.<br /><br />His earlier book, Nobunaga no Senso does a better job in my opinion explaining his theory. A great book by the way.<br /><br />This is not the first time Fujimoto going against the grain. His work on Nagashino destroys the rotating volley theory by far(Read the Varley article on guns). I just think Owada Tetsuo does a better job explaining Nagashino.<br /><br />I just do not understand why Fujiomoto's beef with the Oze Hoan Shincho-ki. He sure does have an axe to grind.otsukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860648092920714383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378420656556921390.post-52705559135916809572010-01-13T13:50:04.370-08:002010-01-13T13:50:04.370-08:00I don't have any military experience but as I ...I don't have any military experience but as I started reading your post, I too was thinking how important surprise and deception is in warfare, ESPECIALLY if you are facing a numerically or militarily superior force. And that is exactly what you stated at the end of your post. If it can be accepted that Nobunaga's force was massively outnumbered, than it is completely logical to assume that Nobunaga HAD to use surprise and deception. I don't see any other way that Nobunaga could have defeated such a numerically superior force otherwise. How does Fujimoto assume that Nobunaga could have defeated such a large force without using deception and surprise?owenandbenjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474307542498791351noreply@blogger.com