Chapter 572: Capture Sinuiju

Nearly 30,000 North Korean soldiers panicked, and under the pursuit of 1,000 Ming soldiers, they broke and fled quickly.

Although some Korean soldiers knew very well that there were only 1,000 Ming soldiers who pursued them, none of the Korean soldiers who had completely lost their morale and will had the courage to turn back and fight against the Ming army, and even the Korean soldiers only hated that they could not grow four legs and could not flee into the city of Sinuiju as soon as possible.

1,000 Ming soldiers also chased quickly, catching up with the bayonets and barreling over, and the Korean soldiers only cared about fleeing for their lives, and many were stabbed to death on the way to escape.

Sinuiju is built not far from the river, less than a kilometer away.

Soon, the first North Korean soldiers, who fled the fastest, poured into the gates of Sinuiju.

Because the city gate is not large, it can only accommodate a dozen people at a time to enter the city gate, and a large number of North Korean soldiers are blocked outside the city gate.

Seeing this scene, the 1,000 Ming soldiers of the Third Army who were chasing and killed were of course not stupid enough to rush directly into such a dense group of Korean soldiers with bayonets, and the battalion commander of the Third Army decisively ordered.

"Array!"

Suddenly, a thousand Ming soldiers under the command of this battalion commander lined up in an offensive and defensive formation.

"Grenades!" First, hundreds of grenades were thrown.

The "boom boom" grenade exploded in the crowd of North Korean soldiers, and suddenly the powerful blazing waves wrapped in the fragments of the grenade tore a lot of hollows two or three meters in diameter in the North Korean soldiers.

Blood and screams hung over the hearts of North Korean soldiers.

The grenade has been produced by the Nanjing Fire and Gas Manufacturing Bureau for several years, and has already fully matured and become the standard configuration of the Ming army, and every soldier of the Ming army has more or less two or three.

"Go on!"

Hundreds more grenades were thrown and exploded among the North Korean soldiers.

"Boom Boom"

A total of three times were thrown, and almost all the grenades on their bodies were thrown into the 1,000 Ming soldiers, killing and wounding at least 2,000 North Korean soldiers in the crowded crowd of North Korean soldiers.

"Fire!" The battalion commander gave the order loudly.

"Bang Bang Bang"

After throwing the grenades, a thousand Ming soldiers began to shoot, and the red-hot bullets reaped the lives of the North Korean soldiers.

"Whew! Laugh at! ”

"Ah" Because the shortest distance is only a dozen meters, and the North Korean soldiers are so dense, the penetration of the rifle bullet is huge, often one bullet penetrates the body of one North Korean soldier, and then shoots into the body of another North Korean soldier.

Fear and despair spread among the North Korean soldiers who had not yet fled into the city.

The Korean soldiers, whose will had long been destroyed, did not have the slightest idea of turning back and fighting with the Ming army, they only thought about running for their lives, quickly escaping from the city gate into Sinuiju, and avoiding the death of the Ming army behind them.

Death forced the North Korean soldiers outside the city to squeeze more eagerly towards the small city gate with a width of only three or four meters, how could the small city gate accommodate so many North Korean soldiers at the same time, and soon there was a stampede among the North Korean soldiers.

"Ah" The North Korean soldiers who were squeezed to the ground could no longer get up at all, and were trampled by countless pairs of feet.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Behind him, the dense gunfire did not stop, every gunshot means that there are North Korean soldiers casualties, the city gate is the only way to escape in the eyes of North Korean soldiers, is their only hope, in the chaos, the North Korean soldiers who are eager to squeeze into the city gate have more than one stampede, and there are not a few North Korean soldiers who have been trampled to death, but no one pays attention to these, and escape is their only thought.

About three minutes passed, and in just one hundred and eighty seconds, nearly 20,000 North Korean soldiers were squeezed into the small gate of Sinuiju, and about 7,000 other North Korean soldiers either died at the guns of 1,000 Ming soldiers or were trampled to death, and some did not die, but only rewarded the North Korean soldiers who had lost their combat effectiveness and could not move.

The moment the gates were closed, all the Korean soldiers in Sinuiju breathed a sigh of relief.

"Put away the gun!" With an order, a thousand Ming soldiers put away their guns at once, and they all looked at Sinuiju City with smiles on their faces.

"A bunch of cowards!" The battalion commander who led the team looked at the corpses of the North Korean soldiers scattered in front of him and mocked.

Just now, in that short period of time, a battalion of soldiers under his command shot no less than seven North Korean soldiers, and the North Korean soldiers only cared about rushing to the city gate to flee for their lives, but none of them turned to resist, and were mercilessly slaughtered like lambs.

Counting the nearly 20,000 Korean soldiers who fled in, there are no less than 50,000 Korean soldiers stationed in the city of Sinuiju, and it is unrealistic for the Ming army to rely on the current 1,000 people to take Sinuiju, but there is no need to worry, the 100,000 troops behind are still crossing the river in a steady stream, and it will not be long before the Ming army can storm Sinuiju as long as there are seven or eight thousand soldiers of the Third Army crossing the river, relying on seven or eight thousand people.

The record of a thousand soldiers was soon passed on to Huang Degong's ears.

Huang Degong smiled slightly when he learned that 1,000 soldiers of the Third Army had pursued and killed nearly 30,000 Korean generals and soldiers with almost no injuries, and had also achieved the record of killing and wounding more than 7,000 enemy soldiers, but he was not surprised.

The combat effectiveness of the North Korean army has always been low, and with the fierce shelling just now destroying their will, there is nothing to be surprised that nearly 30,000 troops are being pursued by 1,000 Ming soldiers and unable to resist.

"North Korea's Sinuiju City is not far from the river, and it will take some time for the army to land, Commander Huang, it is better for our East China Sea Fleet to bomb North Korea's Sinuiju City a few times first, maybe the North Koreans can be so frightened that they abandon the city and flee!" Shen Jingchao smiled at Huang Degong.

North Korea's Sinuiju is built not far from the Yalu River, only within a thousand meters from the Yalu River, standing on the bow of the ship, Shen Jingchao can see a section of the city wall of Sinuiju, not to mention the Shenwei-class battleship, even the cannons on the Shenmu-class battleship can also get the Sinuiju of North Korea.

Huang Degong didn't say much, just nodded, and agreed with Shen Jingchao's suggestion, before the army landed enough strength, it was not indispensable for the navy warships to bomb Sinuiju in North Korea.

"Order, all ships and cannons are aimed at Sinuiju, North Korea!" Shen Jingchao ordered.

As the herald waved the command flag and sounded the command flag, the gunners of the 26 East China Sea Fleet warships of the two types cruising on the nearby river all began to adjust their muzzles, and the muzzles of the black hole were aimed at Sinuiju City, North Korea, which was a thousand meters away.

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom" 26 warships, more than 900 cannons fired at the same time.

The shell pierced through the air and flew at an unparalleled speed towards the North Korean city of Sinuiju, a thousand meters away.

"Boom Boom"

One after another, the shells exploded in the city of Sinuiju, North Korea, and a large number of Korean people and North Korean soldiers in the city were killed and wounded under the shells. Collapsed houses, raging fires, the entire city of Sinuiju is shrouded in misery and despair.

The people began to flee in a panic, and the Korean soldiers were also pale, full of fear and despair, especially the nearly 20,000 Korean soldiers who had just fled into the city from outside the city, they had only recently been destroyed by the artillery fire of the Ming army, and at this moment they were bombarded by fierce artillery fire, and they all thought of how to hold the city of Sinuiju under the attack of the Ming army, and the idea of escaping for their lives appeared in their minds for the first time, and it was out of control!

"Boom Boom"

The shells continued to come in, almost non-stop, and each shell either blew down the houses or took the lives of some Korean civilians or soldiers defending the city.

Some North Korean civilians began to flee outside the city, and many North Korean soldiers were also included.

The general of the Korean army who guarded Sinuiju Fortress was not a person who put life and death out of the way, and the Ming army had such fierce artillery fire before the siege of the city, he did not have any confidence to hold Sinuiju Fortress at all, and he began to worry about his own life.

When the Ming army bombarded the tenth round, nearly 10,000 shells, and the entire city of Sinuiju was about to be beaten into ruins.

The Korean generals who were guarding Sinuiju could not bear it anymore, and in fear, he even thought of abandoning the city and fleeing, and soon he began to take action, leaving behind the army in the city, and fleeing from the south gate with only a few guards.

Of course, it was impossible to hide the escape of the defending generals from all the Korean soldiers, and soon the news spread among all the Korean soldiers.

The will of the Korean soldiers to resist was once again completely knocked to the bottom, and the generals defending the city ran away, how could they still hold Sinuiju City under such heavy artillery fire from the Ming army, and more and more Korean soldiers began to flee.

At the north gate, the 1,000 Ming soldiers led by the battalion commander of the third army were still guarding outside the city gate, and the second batch of Ming soldiers had also landed, and a regiment commander had come to join the first batch, and outside the north gate of Sinuiju, 2,000 Ming soldiers had gathered.

"Commander, the Koreans have abandoned the city and fled from the south gate!" Soldiers scattered to other gates to monitor came to report.

"Oh? I haven't started the siege yet, and the Koreans are going to abandon the city and flee? The regimental commander smiled and said, "Since they want to abandon the city and flee, let them flee, and our army will occupy Sinuiju City without a single soldier!" ”

Sinuiju City is the bridgehead of the Ming army deep into Korea, and it is also the place where materials are stored, which is extremely important and must be taken, although the Ming army does not doubt that the army can capture Sinuiju City, but it can be occupied without a single soldier, of course, no one is stupid and unwilling.

The soldiers defending the city of the Korean army were allowed to abandon the city and flee, and soon Sinuiju Fortress became an empty city with no defensive power, and by this time, 6,000 Ming soldiers had already completed the crossing of the river.

Led by a division commander, 6,000 soldiers of the Ming Army went around the north gate to the south gate of Dongkai, and without encountering the slightest resistance, they attacked the city of Sinuiju and occupied the city without any effort, opening the way for the army to continue deep into the territory of Korea.