Chapter 177: Forming the Second Cavalry Company
The dense gunfire from the direction of Shun'an Post tightly stirred the nerves of every soldier in the cavalry company. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
However, after a shower of gunfire, it quickly stopped, and soon became a sporadic burst of gunfire, and then gradually stopped.
"What the hell is going on?"
Duan Xiongbo looked in the direction of Shun'an Station in surprise, but he couldn't see the situation over there from a few hills.
"Why don't I lead a group of cavalry over and take a look?"
The platoon commander of the cavalry company, Zuo Guanghui, proposed.
"Wait; In case it was exposed, the Japanese army abandoned their horses and ran into the mountains, which would be even more troublesome. ”
Wu Weiyang wondered: "It can't be that they have completely annihilated the cavalry squadron of the Japanese army, right?" ”
"It's hard to say;"
Duan Xiongbo said in disbelief: "I heard that Lao Xiaogou that time, the three companies, the sniper platoon, and the Feng army climbed the mountain in the middle of the night, but at the bottom of the mountain, Mao Chao and Li Zhenhua wiped out those Japanese soldiers in one minute, and they had to go down the mountain in the dark. ”
"Da-da-"
There was the sound of horses' hooves at the bend in the road at the foot of the hill ahead.
"It's coming!"
Duan Xiongbo was suddenly overjoyed and roared, "Prepare to attack!" ”
There was a commotion on the post road, and all the cavalrymen tightened their legs and raised their rifles with both hands to aim at the intersection, waiting for the exciting and magnificent scene.
"Da-da-"
Immediately, five war horses rushed out from the bend of the road at the foot of the mountain, and several Japanese soldiers on them were shouting something.
"Yu-"
These five Japanese cavalrymen, as soon as they rushed into the bend of the mountain, were shouting happily that it was good that the Qing army behind them had no cavalry, so that the five people who were on guard on Wunan Road escaped from danger.
I was horrified to see that the road ahead was actually full of cavalry of the Qing army.
"Drag, drag!"
The commander of the Japanese cavalry detachment, Akiyama Yoshidu, yelled and pulled the stop war horse, and heard a gunshot in his ears, and his body suddenly suffered a sharp pain, his eyes turned black, and he turned over and planted the war horse.
After the smoke of gunpowder, there was only one salvo, and all the Japanese soldiers on the five war horses were shot and killed, and only the war horses neighed uneasily on the post road.
After this round of volleys, the soldiers of the cavalry company were all in the eyes of unfinished business.
At this time, they could only experience a little bit of the indescribable excitement of the infantry when they talked about the victory of Dongxian Ridge.
"That's it?" Duan Xiongbo exclaimed, "I lost the weight of cutting down so many trees to make a horse rejection stake, and I also deliberately covered the Green Cannon with thick branches to hide!" ”
Among the cadet captains of the Martial Arts Academy, Duan Xiongbo is a relatively low-key and unassuming one.
However, after coming to Korea for so long, the entire cavalry company has only had about 20 people have had the opportunity to fire a salvo until today.
And then the battle is over?
Duan Xiongbo, like all the soldiers of the cavalry company, was depressed and unhappy with being ignored and marginalized.
At about 13 o'clock in the afternoon of September 14, 1894, after the attack of the soldiers of the Korean reinforcement army, the first squadron of the 5th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese army, except for the cavalry on the northernmost post road, escaped by chance, and the rest of the army was annihilated.
And there was no casualty among the reinforcement troops!
Later, the whole army of the Korean reinforcement army cleaned the battlefield in Shun'an Station and cooked on fire.
Happy and triumphant, depressed and scolding.
But the soldiers were filled with pride from the bottom of their hearts.
"Bang!"
John, a reporter accompanying the army, quickly pressed the shutter and fixed the dead Japanese soldiers in the camera, and was surrounded by many soldiers of the Korean reinforcement army, begging to take a mighty photo with various trophies so that he could send it back to his hometown.
The talkative John was pestered and crackled and took more than 20 photos, and finally stopped because he was afraid that the camera would not be able to stand it.
After doing all this, John ran to He Changying's side.
"Battalion commander, this battle of yours is simply a miracle!"
John admired from the bottom of his heart, and without seeing anything outside, he took He Changying's bamboo tube and opened it, took out a cigarette and smoked it:
"When I return to Jinmen, I will write down these great battles and return them to the newspaper office in China, so that the generals of Europe can also see your oriental art of war."
"John, don't forget that I hit Lao Xiaogou, and you have to write my name into it."
Mao Chao walked over, opened the bamboo tube without seeing it, and took out a cigarette and lit it.
This guy has a full stomach and comes over to smoke again.
All the officers immediately gathered around, and Wu Weiyang asked with a smile, "How should I fight next?" ”
"Now we have more than 500 mules and horses, and after the fall of Pyongyang, the Qing army will collapse and flee north back to Jiulian City; Let's not go back to the Korean army first, and look for an opportunity to eat a few lone Japanese troops. ”
In this current form, everyone can see that Pyongyang is estimated to be unable to hold on.
And the reinforcement army fought two beautiful battles of annihilation, and just retreated to Liaodong, and everyone was obviously unwilling.
Therefore, hearing He Changying say this, everyone was in high spirits.
"However, a large amount of food and ordnance needs to be transported to Anzhou first, and then we will go to Yanye Lake in the east of Anzhou, which will be used as a hiding place for the next period of the Korean reinforcement army to deal with the Japanese army."
Hearing He Changying say this, Duan Xiongbo was a little anxious: "Battalion commander, you won't let our cavalry company go, right?" Our cavalry company simply called the soldier company! ”
"What's the hurry, this Sino-Japanese war is very long, and there are battles you can't finish!"
He Changying stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and said loudly: "Order!" ”
"Wow!"
The surrounding voices suddenly fell silent, and all the officers and soldiers of the Korean reinforcement army stood up straight.
"The deputy battalion commander Wu was transferred to the commander of the first infantry company, the cavalry company and the soldiers of the fourth infantry company were cross-separated, and the first cavalry company and the second cavalry company were formed, and the sniper platoon was transferred to the command of the first cavalry company, and Lin Yunyu was the commander of the first cavalry company."
"Yes!"
He Changying's decision was very abrupt, but Wu Weiyang, Lin Yunyu and others accepted the order without hesitation.
"The first company, the second company, and the third company of the infantry of the Korean Aid Army are responsible for escorting materials to the city of Anzhou to set up camp, and the troops are temporarily controlled by Lin Yunyu; Until my order arrives, no one is allowed to take away a single soldier of the reinforcement army, including a horse, a gun, a grain of grain, or a bullet; Anyone I am talking about, including Ye Zhichao, Wei Rugui, Jiang Zikang, these commanders, who dare to break into the camp, no matter who they are, will be killed! ”
He Changying looked at Lin Yunyu, this change was also a last resort, except for Lin Yunyu, the other officers either did not have this decision, or did not have this prestige.
"Yes, mission guaranteed!"
Lin Yunyu replied loudly, his face full of determination.
He Changying's words made everyone tremble, and they all looked at Lin Yunyu sympathetically, feeling that the job he took over was really not something ordinary people could do.
"When Ye Zhichao and the commanders led the troops to flee Anzhou, the Korean reinforcements immediately took over the defense of Anzhou City; After that, the sentinels, battalion officers, garrison guerrillas, adjutant generals, etc., who entered Anzhou City, these officers gave me enough food for three days, and they all gave me a go-away, and all the rest of the soldiers were intercepted for me to be dealt with in Anzhou; Those who do not listen to orders will be shot on the spot! ”
After thinking about it for a day and a night, He Changying finally decided to pull down his face and take this opportunity to annex the various training armies in Pyongyang.