Chapter 155: The First Battle of the Japanese Army Shatters the Enemy's Courage
c_t; In this way, the stupid Li Bingheng missed the best opportunity to attack the Japanese army, and led eighteen battalions of Qing troops, a total of more than 10,000 people, to Rongcheng Bay to encircle and suppress the Japanese army!
By the time the Qing army arrived near Rongcheng Bay, it was already past noon, and the Japanese army had completed the landing at this time, and more than 13,000 Japanese elites had nervously built improvised fortifications and waited for the arrival of the Qing army.
The Qing army had just arrived at Rongcheng Bay, and before they had time to arrange their positions, the Japanese army launched its first offensive after the landing!
Hei Mu Weizhen, the commander of the fourth division on the Japanese position, held a telescope in his hand, looked coldly at the Qing army coming from afar, and provoked a sneer at the corner of his mouth, what kind of old soldier is this? It looks crowded, but there is no trace of murder, and there is no trace of nervousness before the big war, a group of guerrillas are scattered, if there are friends in Shan County who are beaten down by such a group of old soldiers, it will be too embarrassing for the emperor.
Kuroki shouted for Zhen and ordered: "Cavalry wing, take advantage of the Qing army's unstable foothold, give me an immediate charge, and let the Qing army see the power of the Iron Cavalry of the Great Japanese Empire!" ”
More than 1,000 Japanese cavalry wings, led by wing commander Fugang Tianyou, launched a charge against the Qing army.
Before the scattered Qing army could react, the Japanese cavalry had already rushed to the Qing army. The cavalry wing was like a thunderbolt into the vanguard camp of the Qing army.
At this time, the generals of the Qing army were still by Li Bingheng's side, discussing how to fight, and Li Yingnian argued with reason in front of Li Bingheng and demanded an undeclared war. “
Li Bingheng thought about "coming from afar", first steadied his footing, and then said, when he was arguing fiercely, the Japanese cavalry had already entered the position of the Qing army.
A Qing soldier who reported the incident broke into Li Bingheng's big tent in a panic and stammered: "Big ...... My lord, no, the Japanese cavalry kicked the camp! ”
The generals in the tent were shocked when they heard this, and they all got up from their seats.
Qing Bing said: "My lord, hurry up, hurry up and give the order to fight." The front battalion was already in disarray, and it couldn't stop the onslaught of the Japanese cavalry at all! ”
Li Bingheng's face was pale, he really didn't expect that the Japanese army would fight when they said they would fight, and there was no sign at all. Isn't that a joke, what is important in modern warfare is to attack it by surprise and unpreparedness, can the Japanese army fight it? I would like to inform you that the governor will not be able to do so.
Li Bingheng shouted: "Li Yingnian, quickly lead the cavalry battalion to meet the enemy;!" ”
Li Yingnian's face was bitter. Now that the Japanese army has rushed into the camp, it is not asking for hardship to fight passively, but Li Bingheng is the governor, and the official is crushed to death, and he has no choice but to bite the bullet and organize the cavalry battalion to meet the enemy.
Today's Qing army's forward position. It has long been a mess. The Japanese cavalry, accompanied by a huge impact, stabbed the Qing army fiercely, and the brave Japanese cavalry rampaged at the front of the Qing army's position, killing the Qing army in all directions, and the two decent defenses could not be organized, only ten minutes. The casualties of the Qing army reached nearly 1,000.
Just when the Japanese army was wantonly killing on the Qing army's position, the Qing army's cavalry battalion finally rushed out under the leadership of Li Yingnian.
However, at this time, Fugang Tianyou was not in love with war, and knew that when the Qing army fully reacted, it would be absolutely difficult for his more than 1,000 cavalry to bargain, and he saw that the Qing cavalry was about to rush up. With a whistle, he led the cavalry wing, and killed back from the Qing army's position like lightning, it was really like entering a no-man's land.
Li Yingnian jumped like thunder, leading the Qing cavalry to chase out from behind, Fugang Tianyou saw that Li Yingnian had broken away from the position of the Qing army, and sneered and took the reins of the horse. shouted: "Cavalry wing, turn the horse's head and fight!" ”
The Japanese cavalry wing of thousands of people quickly took the reins of the horses, quickly lined up the formation, and rushed back towards the Qing cavalry battalion!
It's a hard-fought battle!
In this way, the two cavalry collided in front of the battlefield like two torrents of steel.
Although Li Yingnian has experienced several major battles and is a good cavalry general, the combat effectiveness of the Qing cavalry under his command is average, and he can only rank upper, middle and upper in the Qing army, which is far from the elite of the Japanese army.
The cavalry of the Qing army, watching the Japanese army rush back, Teng Teng's murderous aura soared into the sky, first chilled himself for three points, and waited until the two cavalry collided together, and the fierce Japanese cavalry did not want to kill the way of fighting, which frightened the Qing army at a loss and retreated again and again.
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! A brief exchange between the two cavalry showed the difference. The cavalry of the Qing army was constantly cut off their horses, frightened, and retreated one after another, even if Li Yingnian shouted loudly, he could not stop the decline.
When the two cavalry circles the horses, the battlefield is full of dead bodies and seriously wounded soldiers, most of them are wailing Qing troops, even if the fierce Japanese cavalry fell off their horses, they still stepped forward desperately and killed the moaning Qing army.
Li Yingnian was also shocked in his heart, what kind of army is this, so fierce and not afraid of death, he has been in the army for nearly 30 years, and he has never encountered such a fierce army! In just ten minutes, the losses of his cavalry battalion reached three or four hundred, and the brothers under his command had no fighting spirit! How can you continue to fight?
Fu Gang Tianyou on the opposite side laughed, waved his big hand, and roared: "Sass give!" ”
The cavalry of the Japanese army roared up again, and the Qing army, which was already cold, retreated, and Li Yingnian saw that the momentum was not good, and shouted: "Retreat, retreat to the position!" ”
The Qing army rushed back to the position of the Qing army.
Fugang Tianyou looked at the Qing cavalry retreating from Empress Cang, and was complacent, and slowly collected his troops and retreated to the Japanese position.
On the Japanese position, Heimu Weizhen looked at the embarrassed Qing army, and the smile on his face was even greater, it seems that this Qing army really has no combat effectiveness, and the base camp is planned to stand firm first, besiege Weihai, and finally advance into Beijing.
Kuroki shouted for Zhen: "Order, artillery wing, lock the position of the Qing army and launch a covering attack!" ”
Dozens of heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese army, shortly after Kuroki Weizhen's order was issued, began a fierce artillery bombardment, thousands of shells, whistling down to all corners of the Qing army's position, the Qing army who had not had time to build fortifications was miserable, and was extremely embarrassed.
Li Bingheng looked at such a miserable situation and roared angrily: "Artillery, artillery battalion, return fire!" ”
The two artillery battalions of the Qing army also began to return fire, and the two sides engaged in fierce battles at the front of the positions, and the shells blew up their respective positions beyond recognition, and everywhere there was a scorched earth that exuded the smell of gunpowder, and it was a tragic situation.
The Japanese troops on the other side were okay, at least well-trained, and knew how to protect themselves when the shells came, and were able to protect themselves as much as possible from damage when the shells exploded.
The Qing army on the other side was even more miserable, and the poorly trained Qing army was like a headless fly, scurrying around, which accelerated the casualties of the Qing army.
The first war in the territory of the Great Qing Kingdom was humiliated by the Japanese army and defeated again and again, and the Qing army was humiliated! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )
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