Chapter 698: Orchid City's Battle

The urn city in the west city gate is five feet high, built into a military fortress by the Japanese army, the heavy city wall made of three-foot long stones, plastered mortar outside, and its solidity, the connection between the urn city and the city wall has been demolished, turned into an independent fortress, the Japanese army 30 bronze cannons are condescending, aiming at the city gate, the Qing army entered the city and was bombarded.

The west of the city is the direction of the main attack of the Min army, this is an army with rich combat experience, it is Zuo Zongtang's descendant troops, the Min army has competed with the Hui army in the northwest, you must know that the Hui army is armed by the Russians, the Min army and the Russian artillery have also competed, although the bronze cannon of the Japanese army is powerful, but it did not cause the panic of the Fujian army, the vanguard of the Fujian army suffered from the raging artillery fire, and the Min army behind quickly stuck to the city wall, no longer to the city.

The front-line commander Xu Yuang quickly marked the firing points of the Japanese army and drew his intentions on the ground.

The mountain-splitting artillery and small steel cannons of the vanguard of the Fujian army bombarded in turns, but the urn city was as solid as a rock, and the shells hit the boulders, only blowing out a few shallow pits, which could not destroy the enemy's position.

Adjutant General Xu Wenxiu asked for support, Liu Mingchuan transferred two heavy artillery, four horses pulled an artillery carriage, and thirty arrogant Manchurian artillerymen, seeing everyone holding their heads high, with the arrogance of "Lao Tzu is the first in the world".

The front-line commander Xu Yuang was not surprised, and introduced the battle situation to the artillery officer, marking the direction of the Japanese army's urn city.

"Chief Xu, just take a look, can an urn city stop my heroic Qing army, a fool's dream." The musketeer of the artillery commander with a meaty face pointed at Orchid City, and spit on Xu Yuang's face.

Only the artilleryman dared to speak to the commander like this, Xu Yuang didn't mind, showed a look of approval, and said: "Okay, give me the complete destruction of the enemy's fortress, and I will credit you for your first-class merit." ”

The artillery officers and men seem to be arrogant, but they have their own arrogant capital, all of them have broad shoulders and round waists, the gun carriage needs to be fixed by piling, and the artillery officers and men are all picking up their own iron hammers, and the ping-pong is busy for a while, and soon the cannon is set up, the angle of the barrel is adjusted, and the 160-pound shell is pushed into the barrel.

The artillery commander with a meaty face stroked his slightly upturned mustache, squinted at the majestic Orchid City, pulled out his sword, and his posture was no different from Li Guolou's, his chest was protruding, and he shouted: "Open the cannon." ”

"Open fire." "Open fire."

The two artillerymen were in high spirits and did not forget to put on rubber earplugs.

The two Knoob cannons spat out sharp tongues of fire and let out a loud roar, and two thunderbolts pierced the sky and flew towards the Japanese fortress.

The urn city was rushing in the artillery fire, and the Qing artillery fired a rapid shot, firing thirty flowering shells at the urn city, and an urn city became a broken brick and stone.

The boulder was blown into rubble, the bronze cannon was buried in the rubble in an instant, and more than 300 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded.

"Brothers, rush me." Xu Yuang shouted loudly, the smoke of gunpowder did not disperse, a large number of Fujian troops carried bamboo ladders, climbed up the urn city, and a "Yellow Dragon Banner" fluttered at the highest place.

The officers and men of the artillery position were tired and sweating profusely, sat on the ground, drank water and ate dry food, and ensured that they had enough physical strength to recuperate for the next battle.

The artillery has made outstanding achievements and opened the door to victory for the Qing army, but the artillery position is silent, and a group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals silently chew the hard nest of the state, and the harsh military regulations allow these artillery officers and men to carry out orders and prohibitions and give full play to their greatest potential.

Even if the arrogant Manchurian artillery can't speak, the arrogant expression shows that the high position, the first-class merit is less than the artillery.

More than 1,000 Min troops rushed into the city, searched various buildings, carried out sweeping tactics, and the supervision team shot and captured the rebels, completely eliminating the stubborn enemy.

In the past, the Qing army would keep some prisoners of war to boast of their exploits, but the Qing army did not dare to keep prisoners of war in the Battle of Orchid City, because the faces of the Japanese prisoners of war were festering, and the Japanese army had germs on their bodies, so the Qing army did not even want to remember the ears of the merits.

On the street, a group of armed Qing soldiers escorted 30 prisoners of war and let them kneel on the ground.

"Kill." A Qing army officer waved a pistol, his hideous face seemed to be about to eat people, and asked a platoon of Qing army recruits to kill the enemy with bayonets, not forgetting to train soldiers on the battlefield.

"Kill." A platoon of recruits did not hesitate to obey orders, and those who did not obey military orders on the battlefield died, and there was no mercy in the eyes of the recruits, and a row of bayonets stabbed into the chests of prisoners of war.

"Up." The officer gave the order to let another platoon of recruits come forward.

The massacre continued, and the territory laid down by the Qing army was carrying out this kind of training, and the traitors who betrayed the motherland did not end well.

The Qing army searched out some people from all over the buildings, mostly old and weak, and for these people in need of relief, whether it was the Qing army or the soldiers, they all kicked to the commander Liu Mingchuan, and no Qing army was interested in these weak people.

The repeated wars were a kind of physical and mental torment for the Qing army, sometimes requiring ferocity and sometimes showing humanistic care.

Sometimes a woman's kindness will bring the disaster of killing, and the slightest carelessness will bring the disaster of killing.

The decision to deal with it on the spot was only a thought, and the decision in a short moment allowed Orchid City to be baptized in the war.

A large number of soldiers fought fiercely in the east of the city, encountered the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, from hand-to-hand combat in the middle of the night to the storming during the day, the progress was quite difficult, but the troops were bound to win, constantly increasing troops, and constantly setting fires.

The soldiers were unreasonable, even if they fought for the country, they did not change their nature of burning, killing and looting, and the atrocities were outrageous.

A soldier poured fire oil on the prisoners of war, and the fire man twisted strangely and screamed loudly, while a group of soldiers next to him laughed heartily, as if they had seen the most beautiful fireworks, with a brutal light in their eyes.

A soldier walked out of the house with his trouser belt in his hand, shouting, "Brother Ant, it's your turn." ”

The soldier was carrying a big knife to guard the door, and Gu Ant rushed into the house lewdly and shouted: "Beauty, I'm here." ”

Killing and males are the nature of war, and the soldiers on the front line are used to fighting in this way.

As Taiwan's supreme commander, Li Guolou must know how to make trade-offs, and sometimes turn a deaf ear to them, so that he can win the support of the vast number of soldiers.

Qiu's innocent righteous division is the war written by the literati, the obscenity blown out by human beings, and it is only suitable for future generations to worship, the real war is extremely cruel, and there is no humanity to talk about.

From ancient times to the present, the soldiers are so serving the emperor, the soldiers dare to fight and kill, not afraid of sacrifice, but the military discipline is extremely poor, and the east of the orchid city has been looted by the soldiers.

The soldiers were high-spirited, from midnight to noon, there was no army to withdraw from Orchid City, the soldiers from all walks of life did not want to rest, but also wanted to get more territory, all the soldiers sat on the ground to share the spoils, and collected the looted materials into the Mazu Temple, the toasts had already discussed, according to the number of troops, divide the spoils.

As for the young women caught, Li Guolou wanted to use money to redeem these women.

Each woman is worth at least one slap "50 yuan", and Taiwan's ethnic minorities do not buy and sell at a loss.

Orchid City artillery fire, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, most of the city has been burned, the wooden buildings have become a pile of rubble, the Qing army advanced along the streets, encountered the stubborn resistance of the enemy, slowly advanced, reluctant forward.

During the day, the Japanese army hiding in a hidden place in the north of the city waited for work, aimed and shot, and killed and injured a large number of attacking Qing troops.

A stubble of the Qing army fell in the ruins, because all kinds of buildings blocked the view, the artillery of the Qing army could not see the Japanese position, the artillery of the Qing army could not give enough damage to the Japanese army, the attack of the Qing army suffered from the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, a large number of Qing troops blocked the advance, and the attack was blocked.

The Qing army quickly made tactical adjustments, and the sappers transported a kind of chariot for attacking fortified positions into the city, which was the chariot made by the Xinwu Army, a chariot with wheels, covered with more than a dozen wet quilts, and three or four soldiers in it pushed the chariot forward, and in a small area, several chariots marched in unison, and the chariot followed a large group of Qing troops.

The Japanese troops hiding in the corner opened fire, and hundreds of bullets hit the chariot, but the chariot moved forward persistently, and the bullets could not penetrate the chariot.

The grenade could not penetrate the cover of the chariot, and the seemingly rudimentary chariot played a great role, and the terrifying chariot drove directly to the Japanese defense line.

The Qing army finally approached the Japanese position, and within 60 meters, the enemy and us threw grenades, the smoke of gunpowder covered the sky, and hundreds of Qing troops rushed into the Japanese position like a tsunami.

Kill, kill, kill.

The Qing army used spears to deal with the bayonets of the Japanese army, the seven-foot spear played the true character of the overlord, the cold weapon duel, the spear had the advantage, the Qing army killed the Japanese army to the ground, leaving more than 200 Japanese corpses in the ruins, and the blood-stained battle flag was inserted in the highest place of the ruins.

The Qing army became more and more courageous, constantly encroaching on the enemy's position, whether it was street fighting or hand-to-hand combat, they all had the advantage, and the tall Qing soldiers fought two.

The battle lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon, and there were breakthroughs in the east, west, and north, and the Qing army's battle flag had been planted in half of the city, and the Japanese army was defeated and retreated one after another, and it had become the end of a strong crossbow, and the defeat was irretrievable.

The remnants of the defeated army opened the south gate of the city, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers abandoned their positions, ignoring military orders, and fled in the direction of Langqiao Port.

Ono Musashi, the supreme commander of Orchid City, committed suicide by disembowelment and collapsed in a watchtower.

In a large mansion, the "King of Beidong" Luo Yuxin came to the end of his rope, and thirty servants were dismissed by him, and he didn't need anyone to protect him.

Luo Yuxin personally shot two concubines, and the other two concubines escaped, hiding in the rockery in the back garden, not everyone has the courage to commit suicide, many people are dying, and the ** who survives is even worse.

Luo Yixin carried a gun in the compound, searching for the two concubines, shouting their names, the gunfire outside was getting closer and closer, and the Qing army was killed.

Luo Yixin became frightened, afraid of being captured alive by the Qing army, and if the Qing army captured him alive, he would be skinned by the Qing army.

Luo Yixin drank a bottle of poison, sat on the Taishi chair in the living room and waited for death, he was the king of Beidong, and he had to die with dignity, with severe pain in his abdomen, Luo Yixin curled up in pain, like a puddle of mud, and fell to the ground.

The south gate became the last battlefield of the Qing army, and the Qing army like ants flocked to the south of the city, the sound of killing shook the sky, the bullets roared, and the Qing army that was not afraid of death came like a tsunami.

Kill.

A group of Qing soldiers held high the broken battle flag, climbed the city tower, and tore down the Japanese army's sun battle flag with all hands and feet, and the glorious Japanese military flag was trampled under the feet of the Qing warriors and trampled into mud.

A broken Yellow Dragon Banner with four holes on it, scorched marks, and the blood of comrades-in-arms.

The soldiers of the Qing army solemnly unfurled the Yellow Dragon Flag, and the Yellow Dragon Flag was raised over the Orchid City, and the Qing Army recovered the land of the motherland.

The blood-soaked Yellow Dragon Flag fluttered in the sky above the motherland, and the Orchid City was bathed in the blood-colored twilight, dyeing everything red, and the Chinese men won the victory and showed their heroic demeanor.

The Qing army occupied Orchid City in one day, and for this moment, hundreds of Qing soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country, and they are the backbone of the Chinese nation.

The sound of the cannon gradually went out, the whole team of military trumpets sounded, the Qing troops from all walks of life became purged, the supervision team wearing red armbands appeared on the streets, and an oil lamp illuminated the Orchid City brightly.

The loud military horn sounded, the majestic horse team entered the city, Liu Mingchuan rode on a horse, held his head high, and entered the Orchid City with his martial arts proud, Liu Mingchuan hung Li Guolou outside the city, and the summary of the battle situation was also very heavy, and this arduous task was left to Li Guolou.

The stars hold the moon, Liu Mingchuan moves forward proudly, and this land created by blood donation is recovered by Liu Mingchuan.

Li Guolou wants to hand over the important task of recovering Langqiao Port to the Xinwu Army, Liu Mingchuan avenges his grievances, the Mingwu Army is fully capable of recovering the country, why bother to seek the near and far, Li Guolou is too selfish, not suitable to be the commander-in-chief of Taiwan, this time he wants to go to the Ministry of War, and he wants to argue with Li Guolou.

Liu Mingchuan believes that Li Hongzhang will stand on his side and hand over the burden of Taiwan to him, and Li Guolou, who is half-witted, should get out.

Liu Mingchuan showed a confident glow, walked into the Mazu Temple with his chest and belly protruding, and he was greeted by a group of generals who bowed down to their ears, and the words of praise came to his face.