c_t; Xu Huaijin didn't know that Li Hongzhang was above the court, and directly asked for the command of the 6,000 Qing army, although it was only a remnant of the defeated army, but this was not easy to obtain, and he was in a hurry, and he had Zhang Jianzhi and Nie Shicheng's strong recommendation, which made Li Hongzhang's troops make dangerous moves and pushed Xu Huaijin out early.

At this time, Xu Huaijin was still in the pre-war preparations of the Motianling nervous preparations, and now the trench fortifications have already been built, and at the same time, they have also done a good job of protecting the heavy weapons.

Xu Huaijin was short of troops, so he could only rely on precise calculations and thorough preparations to ensure that he could hold out on to Motianling for the longest time, waiting for Yuan Shikai's help.

waited until dawn the next day, and the main force of the Fourth Division under Kuroki Weizhen was late.

Kuroki Weizhen saw Fugang Tianyou's cavalry wing defeated and returned, and at the same time he was furious in his heart, but he also strengthened his vigilance. In less than two days, the Qing army has built fortifications in Motianling, and at the same time designed an ambush of Fugang Tianyou's cavalry wing, which shows that the generals who led the army are definitely not ordinary people, at least they are much more powerful than the commander of the Qing army who led the army yesterday. I don't know how it compares to that Chinese tiger in North Korea.

Kuroki Weizhen understood that his plan to blitz the Southern Gang Fort had gone bankrupt this rapid advance, and since the Qing army had clearly seen its intentions, there was no need to buy time to accelerate the march, so as not to let the Qing army wait for work. Therefore, there is no longer a hurry to march, and while marching along the way, repairs are carried out, after all, after a long journey and two days of fierce fighting, the Japanese army is already quite tired.

Thereupon. The Japanese army moved until dawn the next day, when they reached Motianling.

When the enemy meets, they are very red-eyed.

Kuroki was not polite either, and ordered the artillery to launch a fierce artillery bombardment directly. 30 mm and 57 mm infantry guns and 75 mm heavy guns opened fire at the same time, and with the roar of artillery, clouds of orange fire and black smoke spread from the bottom of the mountain. Deadly shells streaked across the sky in curved or straight trajectoryes. Slam hard into a hill or bunker in a matter of minutes. Hundreds of shells rained down on the positions of the Qing army. Motianling suddenly fell into a sea of fire, mountains and rocks flew wildly, plants and trees were destroyed, and pieces of scorched earth appeared in front of the Japanese army.

All the Qing troops hid in the trenches, and the Japanese bombardment caused gravel and branches to fall into the trenches from time to time. The clever trench fortifications well protected the safety of the Qing army, and before the war, Xu Huaijin ordered that he must be careful to hide his body. Don't show your head easily, the Japanese artillery is very powerful, don't be a ghost who died unjustly.

After several successive waves of shelling, calm gradually returned to the skyscraper.

Kuroki Weizhen looked at the unrecognizable Sky Ridge and nodded secretly, in the shelling just now, the Japanese army fired at least thousands of shells. How could the fortifications urgently built by the Qing army be able to withstand it? I'm afraid that there are already heavy casualties now.

Kuroki Weizhen took Li Bingheng's position to measure the Qing army in Motianling, and he was destined to make a big mistake.

Kuroki Weizhen ordered: "Your Excellency Yasujun Oji, you will lead the 45th Infantry Wing to launch a general attack on the Motianling position, covering with heavy machine guns. At all costs, take the position of the Qing army, as long as the Motianling is in hand, the fort of Weihaiwei will be self-defeating! ”

"Hay!" Oji Yasumi nodded fiercely, turned back to command the 45th Infantry Wing, and began the attack on the Motianling position.

Thousands of Japanese infantry, under the leadership of Oji Yasujun, were like a tide. Rushing towards the position of the Qing army, in the previous battle, Nogi Noshinori led the 44th Wing, and won Li Bingheng's position in the first battle, which was praised by Kuroki Weizhen, and praised Nogi Noshinori for being good at fighting hard battles, taking the lead, and fighting decisively, Oji Yasuchun couldn't help but have some envy in his heart, and at the same time with a trace of jealousy.

This time, it was the turn of Daji Anchun to lead his subordinates to attack the position of the Qing army, and Daji Anchun made up his mind to fight and take Motianling!

Oji Yasujun first organized a death squad of hundreds of people, selected the fierce Japanese army to open the way, and the army behind only followed.

Xu Huaijin saw that the Japanese infantry had entered the firing range of the Qing army, and decisively ordered: "Order, the heavy machine guns at the front, fire with full firepower, cover the shooting, and beat this wave of Japanese troops first!" ”

Xu Huaijin gave an order, dozens of heavy machine guns in front of the Motianling position opened fire together, the bullets shot out fatally, dozens of tongues of fire sprayed out from the bunker at the front of the position, and the advancing Japanese troops were swept down in pieces, and the death squad buried more than 200 people at once.

Captain Kobayashi, who led the team, hurriedly shouted: "Get down, get down!" Disperse and hide! ”

The elite Japanese death squads quickly dispersed, each looking for cover and hiding from the Qing army's fire.

Xu Huaijin saw that the Japanese army had stopped advancing, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about them, as long as they don't attack, our heavy machine guns don't waste bullets, as long as they dare to advance, feed them more bullets!" ”

Seeing that the Qing troops on the position were not moving, the Japanese army gradually stood up, bowed over, and began a charge.

At the same time, the heavy machine guns of the Qing army roared desperately, and the Japanese army was suppressed in the middle of the mountain, unable to move.

Kuroki frowned for Zhen, and immediately ordered: "Order the artillery, aim at the heavy machine gun positions of the Qing army, carry out artillery bombardment, blow up their positions, suppress firepower, and cooperate with the infantry to attack!" ”

Immediately, the Japanese artillery began a new round of shelling, but this time it was aimed at the heavy machine gun positions of the Qing army.

Xu Huaijin looked indifferent and said coldly: "Since the Japanese artillery is so arrogant, then give them a lesson, pass the order to Meng Qingyou, let him be in charge of the artillery position, quickly lock the position of the Japanese artillery position, and return fire, so that the Japanese artillery can remember it for a long time!" ”

Because Zhang Yi appointed Xu Huaijin to return to China to assist Li Hongzhang in defending Weihai Fort, the elites of the first battalion naturally transferred were all elites who were proficient in artillery, and most of them were arranged in the position of artillery.

The artillery quickly locked on the position of the Japanese artillery, adjusted the Zhuyuan according to the firing table determined before, and began a ferocious counterattack!

There are dozens of heavy artillery just pulled out of the arsenal here, plus all kinds of infantry guns that were originally there, firing together, countless shells, roaring towards the Japanese position, blooming on the Japanese artillery position, accurate archery, all of a sudden so that the Japanese artillery wing, the loss is not small, more than a dozen cannons were blown up and injured by the shells of the Qing army, and the Japanese artillery is constantly being blown up to the sky! (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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