Chapter 696: The Qing Army Outside Orchid City
Outside the Orchid City, tens of thousands of soldiers practiced siege warfare, and the instructors of the Qing army tore their throats to teach these illiterate people how to use grenades, how to dodge artillery fire, and how to fight in the streets.
Fighting a war, like studying, requires hard work and hard study in order to live a little longer.
The instructors of the Qing army mainly taught the soldiers how to fight together, and there was no need to talk much about individual combat.
In the Battle of Orchid City, the Qing army had strong artillery support, and it was not difficult to break through the tall city walls, and it would be mainly street fighting.
Fan soldiers are very stupid, have a lot of bad habits, and like to attack in a swarm very much, and they don't change their teachings, and they do it over and over again.
The instructor of the Qing army was very tired, and turned into a broken gong's voice, explaining the addition of military sticks, and scolding either beating.
The Qing Dynasty, fought more than ten years of civil war, the Qing army has rich combat experience, is very familiar with street fighting, and is also a good move, through more than a month of running-in, the morale of the soldiers is high, and they are crawling and rolling in the mud, and the cooperation of each army is becoming more and more skilled.
In the ruins of the building, the soldiers gestured and marched in unison, and the first soldier in front threw a grenade, and then the next one rolled over and disappeared around the corner, followed by a group of soldiers with large knives in their hands, and rushed into the alley.
"Kill, kill, kill."
The pennant was flying, and the soldiers planted a military flag on the ruins, as if winning a victory.
Although all this is just a drill, there is no bullet rain and thunder cannons, only the instructor's loud voice roaring, but it can also be seen that there is a tacit understanding between the soldiers, and the street fighting is quite sophisticated, like a team of veterans.
Li Guolou and Liu Mingchuan stood on the high ground, holding up the binoculars and looking at the martial arts training ground.
A large group of officers around him looked nervous and spied on the expressions of the two commanders, if the two commanders were angry, then there would be no good fruit to eat, and it would be light to be reprimanded, and if it was serious, it would be a slap.
Li Guolou's warlord style is to uphold Liu Mingchuan's style, and the training methods of the two are more ruthless than Zuo Zongtang's Chu army, continuing Zeng Guofan's Hunan army style, and forming a unique fighting style in the war.
Li Guolou likes to use artillery in war, with bayonet tactics, and when he comes up, he is desperate, and no one can bear it.
Even the Japanese army could not withstand this kind of war of attrition, and after all the battles, the Japanese army evolved into a role of hiding behind the fortifications and being passively beaten.
Li Guolou relied on silver and ideology, and used a two-pronged approach to build an iron army that dared to fight and kill.
After becoming famous, Li Guolou had many supporters, and those soldiers followed Li Guolou to fight, and they were willing to fight hard, knowing that they would die, and they would also charge into battle with explosives bags.
If there is a change of commander, such as Liu Mingchuan as Taiwan's supreme commander, he will not be able to command this group of soldiers.
Those toasts ignored Liu Mingchuan and returned to the fiefdom without saying hello.
Who is willing to work for Liu Mingchuan, "killing the gods" has not reached the level of responding to a hundred calls, Tusi has no obligation to work for the Qing Dynasty, and if he does not rebel, he will be worthy of the Qing Emperor, and these soldiers will be deserters and unwilling to obey military orders.
Li Guolou's successful career led to the development of national industry, and his deeds were passed on to the world.
This is an era of respecting individual heroism, and Li Guolou has carried the banner of national heroes and made the whole nation work hard.
Tens of thousands of soldiers fought only for Li Guolou, and fought on the battlefield without regrets.
It is not enough to rely on ruthlessness alone, so that the soldiers can become killing machines, but also to instill the idea of not being afraid of death, patriotic education is suitable for any dynasty, the Qing army preaches great power chauvinism, and let every soldier fight for the country.
Today, tens of thousands of soldiers have accepted the idea of patriotism and have taken the restoration of Taiwan's territory as their own responsibility.
Liu Mingchuan did not listen to Li Guolou's military orders, and trained his troops outside Orchid City, slowly advancing his troops, and the tunnel operation did not stop day and night.
The Japanese army in Orchid City was unable to fly, and the main force of the Japanese army in Guishan was pinned down by Li Yun's Xinwu Army, and they did not dare to support the Japanese army in Lancheng, and the two Japanese forces had been divided by the Qing army.
The Qing army has been besieging Orchid City for 45 days, and has not yet launched a general offensive, but has taken advantage of this good opportunity to conduct large-scale military training in order to gather the hearts and minds of Taiwan's ethnic minorities.
There were too many wounds and illnesses of the Japanese troops in Orchid City, and they had no physical strength to fight in the field, so they hid in Orchid City to survive, and did not bring trouble to Liu Mingchuan.
Recently, Liu Mingchuan has changed his temperament, and his attitude towards his subordinates is quite kind, and now that Li Guolou is here, Liu Mingchuan is even more general-like.
Liu Mingchuan laughed at the situation on the martial arts arena and waited until the end of the exercise, Liu Mingchuan did not scold his officers, and expressed satisfaction with today's drill.
"Well, there is progress today, and the three armies will be rewarded in the evening, a bowl of wine per person, half a catty of meat, and five eggs." Liu Mingchuan waved his hand and prepared to launch a general attack, let the soldiers have a good meal before the battle.
"Well, all the kings work hard and make contributions, right now." Li Guolou did not forget to praise the officers and shook hands with them one by one.
The war is about to start, and many generals will sacrifice their lives for the country and rest on the treasure island of the motherland, this is the duty of soldiers.
Li Guolou remembered the resolute faces, the momentum of young people, let him go to the front line again and again, only he dared to sit on the front line, personally command the battle, and be on the battlefield to understand the hardships of the soldiers, and the comradeship side by side was sublimated here.
As a commander-in-chief, it is not as beautiful as it seems, the casualties are calculated before the battle, Li Guolou's bottom line is 2,000 people, and the Qing army reduces the casualties to less than 2,000 people, which is the perfect siege battle.
Liu Mingchuan was so cautious about attacking Orchid City, just to reduce the casualties of the Qing army, Li Guolou understood the thoughts of the front-line commander, and did not reprimand Liu Mingchuan because he did not listen to his military orders, he had the amount of tolerance, and the front-line commander had the right to make the final decision.
The Qing army is a civilian general, a dare to fight and dare to fight the flower Lang, loved by the Qing army soldiers, Li Guolou everywhere he went, immediately received onlookers, blood and courage into a burst of mountains and tsunami slogans.
"Good Commander Li."
"Qing warriors, you have worked hard." Li Guolou covered the mountains and rivers with one hand, and the other hand swayed in the air, looking domineering.
Liu Mingchuan's jealous eyes were on fire, and he secretly scolded Li Guolou for not believing his words, and he was in the limelight again.
Li Guolou disregarded his identity, drank and farted with the soldiers, and said slang, and after three sentences, they mingled and clinked glasses unrestrainedly.
There are many taboos in the army, especially before the war, not to deal with the aftermath, and soldiers want to win honor and walk off the battlefield alive.
The lights were brilliant, and the soldiers sat on the ground, looking at Li Guolou with reverence and listening to Li Guolou's teachings.
Li Guolou stood in the center of the camp, preaching ethnic policy and mobilizing before the war.
No commander liked siege warfare, which suffered heavy casualties and could easily be bloody and turn into a massacre.
Li Guolou really wants to change this ending, but the army pays attention to inheritance and revenge, he can't disobey the determination of the soldiers, he can only stand at the height of morality and tell the ideals in his heart.
There was a hint of late autumn coolness in the air, and the sky began to drizzle, and the drizzle fell on the face, and the coolness seeped into the bones, and began to become a little cold.
Li Guolou's old habit does not change, before going to bed, he follows the patrol to patrol the camp, he likes to check around in the barracks, the commander does not relax, an army can maintain a high degree of vigilance, details determine success or failure, the fine tradition continues, an army can prosper forever.
The next shift on duty was led by Liu Mingchuan, and after answering the order, the two nodded to each other and separated, as if this was in line with the way of using soldiers.
An hour and a half later, Li Guolou turned back to the big tent of the Chinese army, covered with an old blanket, sleeping in his clothes, three watches in the middle of the night, ten miles away from the Orchid City, there were bursts of gunfire, mixed with the sound of cannons, Li Guolou did not lift his head, turned around, and slept again, as if he heard a lullaby, the siege battle was not under his command, Li Guolou had the calmness of a commander, and continued to sleep without being surprised.
The four Goshha on duty outside the big tent stared nervously at the flickering night sky, and the adjutant on duty, Zheng Hengdan, put on his coat, walked out of the military tent, and looked in the direction of Orchid City.
was really calculated by Zheng Hengdan, and the Battle of Orchid City was launched ahead of schedule.
People are not as good as the sky, the explosives planted by the Qing army, one accidentally detonated, a huge roar, so that the city wall east of Orchid City collapsed, more than 100 meters of the city wall depression, those who had been preparing for more than a month, could not bear it, and before the signal flare was lifted into the air, they rushed to the city wall and began to climb the collapsed city wall.
The soldiers climbed the city wall, and the artillery positions of the Qing army could only open artillery, and bombarded fiercely towards the Orchid City to support the soldiers to attack the city.
Many times, the battle is so clueless, and the commander at the front line, confused, orders to blow the horn of battle.
Platoon of trumpeters jumped out of the trenches and blew the trumpets of the charge.
At this time, the light rain was intermittent, the sky was dark, and the hand-to-hand combat could still be seen clearly, and the Qing army used military trumpets to pass messages to each other, and there would be no cannibalism.
The fierce gunfire in the east of Orchid City was shocking, and the battle situation became more and more violent, and the sky flashed one after another thunderbolts, and the rushing light and shadow roared by.
In the camp of the Chinese army, groups of Qing troops rushed to the front line, and only Li Guolou sat back and relaxed.
"Commander-in-Chief Li, wake up, it's really going on." Zheng Hengdan pushed Li Guolou's body, admired Li Guolou's calmness from the bottom of his heart, and fell asleep in the huge roar, he was simply a heartless savage.
Li Guolou was pushed awake and was furious: "Adjutant Zheng, what are you telling me to do, now we are taking the initiative, and I can't go to the front line, continue to sleep." After speaking, Li Guolou covered the blanket on his head, didn't bother to pay attention to Zheng Hengdan, he actually liked to listen to the roar of artillery fire, and he would have sweet dreams when he fell asleep.
"Commander-in-Chief Li, then I'll go and find out about the battle situation." Zheng Hengdan was about to move, and the soldiers were willing to sit in the Chinese army and listen to the sound of guns.
Hearing the sound of gunfire, more than anything else, Zheng Hengdan found a reason, and after explaining it to Wang Han, Zheng Hengdan ran to the front line.
Li Guolou lives in the big tent of the Chinese army, which should be the general headquarters of the whole army, and the battle reports from all over the place need to be gathered here, but as soon as the war happened, Liu Mingchuan moved the headquarters forward for six miles, and the entire big tent of the Chinese army became empty, leaving only a large group of Goshha to protect Li Guolou's safety.
After Li Guolou was woken up by Zheng Hengdan, he couldn't sleep anymore, tossing and turning, his thoughts flew to the battlefield full of artillery, Li Guolou promised Liu Mingchuan that he would no longer risk his life and promise not to enter the battlefield, Li Guolou's life is related to the morale of the whole army, he is not living for himself, but the impulse of the young man makes him ignite the ** of fighting, and he has made an oath that he should only fart.
Li Guolou was neatly dressed, rushed out of the military tent, and led a group of Goshha to face the battlefield full of artillery fire.