火か計けい

noun

fire attack; incendiary attack

Historical military term for attacking and burning enemy troops, warships, or supplies with fire. Often associated with classical Chinese and Japanese warfare.

• 三さん国ごく志しでは、火か計けいを用もちいて敵てきの陣じん営えいを焼やき払はらう場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, scenes of using fire attacks to burn down enemy camps appear frequently.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの合かっ戦せんでは、火か計けいによって兵ひょう糧ろうや船ふねを焼やく戦せん術じゅつが取とられた。

  In battles of the Warring States period, tactics of burning provisions and ships with fire attacks were employed.