Chapter 418: Seduction

The next day, Ukita Hideya led an army of 100,000 to the north, aiming at Changdian Fort, and Konishi Yukinaga led 30,000 people to stay outside Jiulian Castle, waiting for an opportunity to capture Jiulian Castle.

The 19th Division of the People's Army stationed in Jiulian City has been paying close attention to the movements of the Japanese army, and seeing the large army of the Japanese army moving north, the division commander Duan Xiaolou can almost conclude that the Japanese army wants to change the target of the attack, but it is also a slight possibility of joining the Jianzhou Jurchen army.

The task of the 19th Division is to hold Jiulian City, and other places have their own troops stationed there, and the 19th Division needs to report the movement of the Japanese army to the commander Han Lin as soon as possible, only when Han Lin's order comes to Jiulian City, the 19th Division will leave Jiulian City, and for the time being, Duan Xiaolou's goal is still 30,000 Japanese troops outside the city.

The 19th Division could not leave Jiulian City and take the initiative to attack the Japanese army with more troops, how to let the Japanese army take the initiative to attack Jiulian City, the last time the first battle eliminated 20,000 Japanese invaders, the Japanese army would not easily attack Jiulian City, and even the large army left.

Duan Xiaolou convened a meeting of officers at and above the regimental level of the 19th Division to brainstorm ideas, and at the meeting, everyone got along with each other.

The 19th Division would pretend to send reinforcements to the north to support, and as the KPA forces in Jiulian City decreased, it was possible for the Japanese army to launch an attack on Jiulian City.

The main forces of the 19th Division defending Jiulian City were the Musket Regiment, the Heavy Artillery Regiment, the Grenadier Regiment, and the Xiandeng Regiment, and most of the other troops could leave Jiulian City under the pretense of being reinforcements.

The plan has been determined, and a new day is coming, and part of the men and horses of the 19th Division "quietly" left Jiulian City to go north, and was "accidentally" discovered by the Japanese army.

Knowing that part of the People's Army in Jiulian City was gone, Konishi Yuki was overjoyed, before he led 50,000 vanguard troops to attack Jiulian City but suffered a defeat, losing 20,000 people, this is his shame, only by capturing Jiulian City, can his shame be washed away, it seems that the capture of Jiulian City is almost coming.

However, Konishi Yukicho was not in a hurry, and in the afternoon, 50,000 people from the Japanese army converged with Konishi's Yukinaga's department, totaling 80,000 horses.

On the morning of the third day when Ukita Hideya led 100,000 Japanese troops northward, it was determined that that part of the People's Army was really far away from Jiulian City, and Konishi Yukinaga led an army of 80,000 to approach Jiulian City again.

Worried that the main force of the People's Army did not leave Jiulian City, Konishi Yukinaga decided to commit 10,000 men and horses to carry out a tentative attack first.

The 10,000 Japanese troops continued to approach Jiulian City, and in an area of about 500 meters from Jiulian City, the Japanese artillery began to set up artillery positions.

In the field of vision of the telescope, Duan Xiaolou was very speechless when he saw that the Japanese army was still building an artillery position five hundred meters away, and the Japanese were really not very memorable.

There were only about 10,000 Japanese invaders attacking the city, and Duan Xiaolou could see that this was a tentative attack by the Japanese invaders, and the main force of the 19th Division was still in Jiulian City, so they couldn't all fire to scare the Japanese invaders away.

Immediately, Duan Xiaolou ordered a battalion of the musket regiment to launch an attack on the artillery positions of the Japanese invaders.

The attack began, the first wave of more than 100 buckshot shells directly into the Japanese artillery positions, killing and wounding at least 50 enemies, and three seconds later the second wave of attacks followed, adding more than 50 casualties to the Japanese guns.

Under the attack of a battalion of the musket regiment, the artillery positions of the Japanese were basically abandoned, and the battalion began to fire at the Japanese infantry that had already entered the state of charge, and more than 100 lead bullets fell in waves, killing and wounding at least 80 Japanese pirates.

Seeing that his side was attacked by the People's Army, Konishi Yukicho's serious face gradually faded, and finally turned into a smiling face.

Thinking that a few days ago, when he led an army of 50,000 to attack Jiulian City, at the same time, the number of casualties last time was several times that of today, and the firepower of the People's Army became weaker, which meant that the number of musketeers in Jiulian City who were feared by Konishi Yukicho had been greatly reduced.

"This time, we will definitely be able to capture the Nine Consecutive Cities! Offensive! ”

With the order of Governor Konishi, more Japanese invaders were thrown into battle, and in the face of more and more Japanese Japanese on the battlefield, Duan Xiaolou did not let more musketeers open fire.

After paying more than 1,000 casualties, the Japanese finally rushed to the foot of Jiulian City, and the ladder was about to be erected, at this time, Duan Xiaolou ordered a battalion of the grenadier regiment to start throwing grenades outside the city.

Dozens or hundreds of grenades fell from the sky and exploded on the ground, flying pieces of iron that shattered the body.

However, compared with the saturation attack of the grenadier regiment a few days ago, this time only one battalion of grenadiers threw grenades outside the city, which was not dense enough, and the effect of killing and injuring the Japanese was much less.

In the distance, Captain Konishi, who was commanding the battle, looked at the flames of the grenade explosion under the walls of Jiulian City, and the smile on his face became more and more vigorous, and the strength of the fire was enough to see the power.

On the battlefield, tens of thousands of Japanese invaders gathered towards Jiulian City, and more and more Japanese invaders gathered under the city walls, and Konishi Yukicho was ready to use the lives of some soldiers to consume the grenades of the People's Army.

Sensing that the time was almost up, Duan Xiaolou immediately ordered the remaining two battalions of the grenadier regiment to also enter the battle, and as Duan Xiaolou's order was given, the grenades falling from the sky suddenly increased after a few seconds, and in the continuous explosions, the area close to the city wall was almost already able to see the Japanese who could still stand.

The grenadiers on the walls began to throw grenades as far as they could, and gradually, the blood-colored soil within twenty meters of the walls became darker.

Seeing the growing fire under the city wall from a distance, Governor Konishi suddenly understood that he had calculated that the enemy's main force had not withdrawn at all.

"Retreat! Retreat! ”

The enemy's main force did not retreat, and the Japanese army could not capture Jiulian City with tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and if they continued to fight, they would only lose more casualties, and now there was only one option left, which was to retreat.

The Japanese army began to retreat, and the musketeers came to the front of the city wall to attack the retreating Japanese army, and the musketeers of the two regiments worked together, and each wave of lead bullets fell more than 600 Japanese soldiers.

The number of casualties in the Japanese army increased rapidly, and it was seen that Governor Konishi was full of anger but had nowhere to release it, damn, so hateful, why would he fall twice in the same place, shame, shame!

Under the cheering of the People's Army's muskets and artillery, it took 10 minutes for the Japanese army to completely get out of the range of the People's Army's attack, for which more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers fell on the battlefield, more than half of them were still alive, but they could only wail on the battlefield after being shot, waiting for death to come, and their comrades-in-arms would not come back to save them at all.

Seeing the Japanese army far away, the gate of Jiulian City was opened, and the soldiers of the first board were in front, and began to clean up the battlefield, every time the battle was carried out, the tasks of the soldiers of the first place were mainly left, one was to raise a shield on the city wall to shield the arrows shot by the enemy archers for the comrades, and the other was to go out of the city to clean the battlefield after the battle.

The first soldier with a shield can easily clear the battlefield, and if he is a musketeer, he can only use a musket to re-"name" the enemies lying on the ground one by one from a distance.