Chapter 697: Hand-to-hand combat in Orchid City
The Orchid City was built by the Paiwan people in imitation of the way the Han people built the city, which has a history of hundreds of years and has a strong protective ability.
Orchid City stands on the Langqiao Peninsula, the momentum is quite majestic, it is a strong city, there is a horse face with protective function, there is a horse road leading directly to the head of the city, there is a water gate in the south of the city, and the facilities are quite perfect.
In the era of cold weapons, it would take at least a year and a half to attack a city made of such boulders, and it would take at least a year and a half to besiege the people in the city and eat human flesh, and if it was stormed, the attackers would kill thousands of soldiers.
However, the times are different, the emergence of artillery and explosives, so that the way of war has undergone earth-shaking changes, large corps operations, to see the high and low in the field decisive battle, siege warfare will not be confined to a city wall, but pay attention to strategic depth, the defender will deploy troops in the city, the city wall has become weak, can no longer bear the heavy load of protection, like a meat grinder-like street fighting, is the most cruel war.
The Qing army used the yellow explosives invented by Nobel, which was powerful, safe and stable, and the hundreds of tons of yellow explosives in the tunnel exploded in vain, which was triggered by the Japanese sappers digging tunnels, which would explode in the middle of the night.
The eastern part of the city wall was destroyed by explosives, and more than 100 meters of the city wall collapsed, and the collapsed rammed earth poured down, turning it into a passage to climb the city wall, and the buildings in the city were unobstructed.
The city, which was not protected by tall walls, was exposed to the soldiers who rushed into battle desperately at the thought of the thousands of slave girls in the city and the vast wealth looted by the Japanese army.
War is dirty, and the righteous side will use vile means to boost morale.
The victors write legends, bury their sordid pasts, and write themselves flawlessly, so that the world can sing the praises of virtue.
The Qing army's strength in Taiwan is limited, and it needs to be contributed, so it is necessary to give benefits to the soldiers, and everything in Orchid City will be plundered by 10,000 soldiers.
Li Guolou, as the commander-in-chief of Taiwan, doesn't need to ask how to use the soldiers, he knows the ending of Orchid City, but he stays out of the way, pretending to know nothing, the commander seems to be an upright person, and the dirty things have nothing to do with the righteous division, but in order to win the victory, it can only be so, the reality is so cruel.
Thousands of soldiers, poured into the gap in the city wall, into the city, and the Japanese army decisive battle, they are national heroes, fighting for the country, the most barbaric soldiers are not lacking is brute strength, desperate to kill, no one can stop the footsteps of the barbarians.
In the night battle, in addition to the grenade, you can also see a sound, the effect of the spear, to the lowest point, the brutal hand-to-hand combat has become the protagonist of the street battle.
The orchid city has exploded, the soldiers rushed into the city, first of all, the fire prevention, some soldiers carried a kind of clay pot, the jar contained fierce fire oil, about ten catties of weight.
A soldier lights the fuse and throws out the sparkling clay pot.
With a bang, a fire ignited on the street, illuminating a distance of more than thirty or forty meters, and the soldiers rushed into the city, first setting fire to show the way, and the buildings on both sides of the street were also set on fire.
The soldiers killed the enemy and set fire, and each army gathered thirty or forty people, led by a trumpeter, and advanced forward.
As long as the trumpet sounds, there will be a gathering of soldiers, and the night battle relies on the sound of the trumpet to command the battle.
The Qing army dragged the mountain splitting cannon and the small steel cannon, followed behind the soldiers, and rushed into the city.
The Japanese army felt a little unbelievable that the Qing army launched a surprise attack in the middle of the night and attacked Orchid City, this style of play was not what the Qing army was good at, but it quickly counterattacked, and the Japanese commander Ono Musashi issued a "fight to the death to the end, completely eliminate the enemy." ".
The sound of killing shook the sky, and a large group of Japanese soldiers came out from the corner of the street, and one after another the bright bayonets grabbed people's hearts.
The soldiers howled, threw out their grenades, and carried large blades to meet them.
Rumble.
Hundreds of grenades exploded, and before the smoke dissipated, the enemy and the enemy were mixed together, and they never stopped.
"Tick tick."
The trumpeter puffed out his cheeks and blew the horn of advance, and the military order was to advance and retreat.
The swarming soldiers rushed to the killing battlefield, the street battles in small areas, and the rounds of hand-to-hand combat.
The most primitive and bloody and cruel hand-to-hand combat, which can best reflect the true colors of men, is full of fighting spirit and slashes and kills, and does not retreat.
The two sides seem to have discussed, they must use the most primitive hand-to-hand combat to prove their bravery, win or lose in a small area, the enemy and us continue to increase troops, frantically join the war group, die a group of soldiers, and another group of soldiers join the war group, kill and kill, extremely bloody hand-to-hand combat, constantly staged in an alley, vowing to see the best in hand-to-hand combat.
A mutilated corpse, piled up in the alley, the corpses are piled higher and higher, as if it is a small hill, the enemy and us step on the corpses, continue to slash tactics, after rushing into the alley, it will soon become a corpse, but the enemy and us seem to have a tacit understanding, just want to see who can't bear it first, and increase troops into the alley.
Fan soldiers are reborn in blood, and they must prove their loyalty and courage with killing, and primitive hand-to-hand combat can best reflect the value of fan soldiers.
Kill.
A group of soldiers raised their swords and rushed into the alley, with a momentum of vowing not to give up, the soldiers knew that they would die, but they did not hesitate to kill the enemy, their name was "Chinese boy".
For the sake of the Holy Motherland not to be violated.
For the god-like Li Guolou.
For the sake of millions of Taiwanese people.
Chinese men are not afraid of death and do not give up an inch of land.
Raging fire, nirvana reborn.
A large number of Qing troops poured into the city, and a tall and thin young officer howled: "The rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, the country is in trouble, the four seas are sad, we are hot-blooded soldiers, we can't sit idly by, sacrifice ourselves, save China, rush me." ”
The young officer pulled out his sword from his waist, flashed brightly, and took the lead in rushing to the alley, where all Chinese men were of all races.
Suddenly, a group of Qing troops swarmed up, rushed with knives, braved artillery fire, and spilled blood on the battlefield.
Blood burst out silently, flying down in the crackling fire, blooming a delicate flower, and the Qing army took turns to rush and kill, without sparing their own lives.
The high-spirited fire kissed the young and noble blood of the Chinese man, as if singing a sad song of loyalty.
Plum blossoms bloomed, corpses of enemies fell, and the firelight licked and kissed the shining red battle flag, licking and kissing the childish face and the face blown by the cold wind.
In the firelight, the young officer raised his right arm and planted a yellow dragon flag in the alley.
In the red light, he raised rows of right arms, and shouted powerfully.
"Long live Mother Motherland."
After the war, this alley was named "Hand-to-hand Combat Alley" to pay tribute to the Qing warriors who sacrificed their lives for the country.
When a touch of morning light comes, the clouds are clear, and a red sun rises.
Orchid City greeted a more fierce bombardment, the Qing army's position, hundreds of artillery guns fired together, and sharp shells whistled past, piercing the sky and hitting the enemy's position.
Liu Mingchuan looked up at the clear sky, his face sank like water, like an iron tower, standing still, the cruel street battle had just begun, the fierce battle in Orchid City was in full swing, the steel-like will, cast the nerve of "killing God", he also had to command the battle, although the situation in Orchid City was unknown, but he believed that his officers, the battlefield full of artillery fire, will witness the prestige of killing God.
Li Guolou is his little follower, specializing in stealing teachers, and climbing on top of his head to and pee, Liu Mingchuan glanced at Li Guolou beside him, and despised Li Guolou deep into the bone marrow, he has long regarded Taiwan as his home, but he was robbed of the scenery by Li Guolou, fighting on land, invincible, invincible, no one is his opponent, Li Guolou is only worthy of carrying shoes for him.
"Li Guolou, what inspiration does the Battle of Orchid City have for you?" Liu Mingchuan still admires Li Guolou's military theory, the pen and mouth are Li Guolou's strengths, Liu Mingchuan is ashamed of himself, he only admits that Li Guolou is stronger than him.
"Only by standing on the side of justice can the Chinese men glow with infinite combat effectiveness, and this is the best inspiration that the Taiwan War gives us." Li Guolou saw the soldiers who were braving the artillery fire to advance, knowing that they were going to die, but they went to the Tiger Mountain, and his heart was full of emotion, countless heroic sons and daughters were willing to sacrifice their lives for the motherland, this is the power of justice.
"That's reasonable, Chinese man, stand up to the sky."
Liu Mingchuan bowed slightly, his eyes were filled with crystal tears, killing gods also has human nature, and the comradeship of living and dying together introduced Li Guolou as a confidant.
Li Guolou is as stable as Mount Tai stone, the jade tree stands in the wind, and the golden sun shines on his body, making people look up to the mountains, vividly showing the charm of a commander.
Li Guolou put aside personal grievances, put an unruly general, gathered around him, tens of thousands of soldiers are willing to serve the country, this is his proudest achievement, no one can stop the rise of the Chinese nation, Orchid City is about to return to the embrace of the motherland.
The cannon was roaring, the Qing army sappers detonated the explosives, the boom was loud, the towering city wall wriggled like an earthworm, the smoke rose, and the Qing army began its general attack.
The heavy city gate in the west of the city exploded a big hole, and the Qing army wanted to seize the city gate.
Adjutant General Xu Wenxiu led 4,000 Fujian troops to begin the siege of the city, and the carriage dragged a cannon and approached Orchid City.
This unit was Zuo Zongtang's old unit, which was transferred back to Fujian from the northwest and then sailed from Xiamen, and arrived in Taiwan not long ago.
Adjutant General Xu Wenxiu originally thought that the Taiwan campaign was still in a state of stalemate, but after coming to Taiwan, the battlefield situation changed in vain, and the Qing army attacked on all fronts, which had become a one-sided situation.
This makes Xu Wenxiu embarrassed, coming to Taiwan is not to play in the mountains and rivers, but to fight, and there must always be a happy ending when trekking through mountains and rivers.
Xu Wenxiu asked for battle, and the west of Orchid City was the direction of the main attack of the Fujian army.
The tactics adopted by the Qing army were to encircle Sanque Yi, and the city walls in the east, west, and north directions were blown up, with the east being the main attack direction of the Fan soldiers, the west being the main attack direction of the Min army, and the north being the main attack direction of the Mingwu army.
Only the southern avenue was opened, so that the Japanese army had the opportunity to flee to Langqiao Port.
This is in line with the way of using troops, so that the enemy does not have the idea of burning jade, so that the enemy can see hope in despair, and there will always be enemies who will choose to flee, so that the resistance suffered in the siege will be smaller, and the casualties of the Qing army will plummet.
But Langqiao Port is also a place of death, and now the mouth of the Hengchun River is blocked by the Da Qingshui Division, and the Japanese army fled to Langqiao Port, and there is no way out.
Li Guolou did not allow the Japanese army to escape from Taiwan safely, and the Japanese army wanted to evacuate Taiwan with dignity, but the sea outlet was already in the hands of the Daqingshui Division, and the coastline of the Langqiao Peninsula had been swept three times by the Daqingshui Division led by Shen Baozhen, burning more than 300 fishing boats, seizing 20 fast sailing boats, and sinking three battleships.
The 4,000 Min army was full of the desire to fight, had rich combat experience, and could enter the battle without practicing street fighting.
The Qing army carried small artillery close to the city wall and fired artillery at close range to cover the infantry attack.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The cannonballs bombarded the hole in the city gate, and they wanted to open a bloody road with artillery fire.
At the city wall of the broken arm wreckage, the ant-like Qing army climbed vigorously, the Orchid City was precarious, and the unstoppable torrent of the Qing army was surging in the battlefield of artillery fire.