In the battle between the Qing and Japanese armies in the right fort of the left boat bridge on the left side of the river, under the leadership of Wei Rugui, the general soldier of the Sheng army, and Ma Yukun, the commander of the Yi army, the two armies of the Yi army and the Sheng army worked closely together, and the Japanese army lost their armor and retreated in panic, leaving more than 100 corpses in the right fort. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the gunfire of the right fort gradually stopped, the Japanese troops attacking the position of the middle fort of the Sheng army also withdrew from the battle.

The 5th Squadron of the 11th Wing, which was responsible for the attack on Zhongbao, left more than 30 corpses in front of the position and had no choice but to retreat.

For a time, the Qing troops in the Middle Fort, West Fort, and East Fort cheered and fired guns to celebrate the sky.

In this fierce battle for nearly four hours, the Japanese killed more than 130 people and suffered countless minor injuries.

Among them, the captain of the first brigade of the 21st Wing, Mori Jing Shaozuo, was broken in his right leg;

The leader of the 2nd Squadron, Captain Hayashi Jiushi, the deputy lieutenant of the squadron, and the deputy lieutenant Imai Ken of the 4th squadron were killed by the Qing army.

The Qing army lost 19 killed and 7 seriously wounded.

The displacement ratio is more than five to one.

In the first round, the Qing army won a big victory!

Plant-in Temple, the temporary residence of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

"Smack,-"

"Bastard!"

"Hey!"

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"Bastard!"

"Hey!"

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Oshima Yoshimasa angrily brandished his horsewhip and beat the group of Japanese lieutenants standing in front of him.

Even Mori Yujing, who had broken his leg and had not yet had time to bandage it, was whipped fiercely and a bloody mark came out.

After the fight, Yoshimasa Oshima shook off the horsewhip in his hand and sat on the stake panting heavily.

"A family guard, this stupid pig that should be chopped alive!"

Yoshimasa Oshima scolded angrily.

Because the Ninth Brigade lost one-third of its strength at Dongxian Ridge, it could not attack the three heavy forts by the Qing army's ship bridge at the same time with heavy troops, and could only concentrate on attacking one of them.

The Qing army immediately defended this heavy fort with all its might, so that the Ninth Brigade returned in vain, not to mention heavy losses.

In the operational design of the brigade staff officer Okagashi, the Qing army was attacked in three ways.

The Okuyama Yoshisho Division, which crossed the river on the left road, while looking for an opportunity to destroy the riverbank position of the Pyongyang artillery, harassed and attacked the right bank of the bridge on the right side of the river, so that the Qing army in Pyongyang could not cross the river on a large scale and reinforce it, and also prevented the Qing army from jumping under the wall and burning the bridge.

The three squadrons of the 11th Wing in the middle were responsible for attacking Zhongbao, so that the Qing army in Zhongbao had no time to support Xibao.

On the right side, six squadrons of the 21st Wing, with more than 1,200 troops, were assembled to attack the flank of the Qing army, Xibao.

After occupying the West Fort, then use the West Fort as a springboard to attack the Middle Fort, and finally take the East Fort, completely occupying the Jiangzuo Boat Bridge position.

Then he crossed the river and marched westward, capturing the city of Pyongyang in one fell swoop.

Until now, however, Okuyama Yoshisho's two squadrons had been hiding in the reeds of Eshin Island, and had not yet used ferries to send the troops of Eshin Island to the right bank.

However, the attack strength of the Zhongbao attack force of Nishijima Sukeyi was too weak, so Wei Rugui calmly led the reinforcements along the river through Zhongbao to reinforce the main attack point of Xibao.

Thus defeating the Imperial Army!

Yoshimasa Oshima raised his head and looked at the defeated generals in front of him, took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, the time was close to eight o'clock in the morning.

-- This brigade will be trapped in Pyongyang around 8 o'clock before the afternoon of the 15th tomorrow and shake hands in the city to wish long live!

Thinking of the words he wrote last night to report to General Tsuno, and listening to the still roaring artillery in the north, Oshima Yoshimasa was ashamed and wanted to simply end his own business.

The chief of staff of the brigade, Okagashi, proposed: "General, at this time, the Qing army is in full swing, it is better to wait for Okuyama Shaozo to launch an attack on the right side of the river, and then our army will attack Xibao with all its might." ”

The deputy brigade commander Komatsuzaki Rio Daisaku thought about it and said in a deep voice: "The Qing army's heavy fort is strong, even if the lives of a large number of imperial soldiers rush into the inner ring position of the heavy fort, the Qing army can still shoot calmly through the shooting holes in the heavy fort; Without blowing up the heavy fort in the middle, it is difficult to really occupy it. ”

Nagata Turtle, the captain of the three major artillery teams, was ashamed when he heard this, but there was nothing he could do.

Who made their artillery too poor.

"At present, the artillery team is in the two positions of the Songyuan and the foot of the stele cave, and the distance between the bombardment of the heavy fort is too far; Since the Qing army is huddled in the heavy fort, we can completely set up the mountain artillery in front of the Qing army's position and shoot directly at their heavy fort. ”

The commander of the fifth artillery squadron, Captain Tadachi Yamamoto, proposed.

Oshima Yoshimasa was overjoyed when he heard this, and looked at Yamamoto Tadashi happily and praised: "Yo Xi, this idea is very good! ”

"Command!"

Oshima Yoshimasa stood up and shouted loudly: "Yamamoto, your unit will put twelve mountain cannons in the sorghum field along the upper reaches of the river in the right fort of the Qing army, and will be escorted by the eighth squadron to bombard the right fort of the Qing army; The combat order of the rest of the troops remained unchanged, and they were temporarily resting in place and waiting until the Okuyama Department launched an attack on the right side of the river, and the whole army immediately launched a general attack! ”

"Hey!"

All the military leaders, including Mori Yukei, who had a broken leg, shouted in unison.

South of Pyongyang, on the banks of ordinary rivers.

From four o'clock in the morning, the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army began to set off from the banks of the Maxima River.

After a rapid march all the way, at 8 o'clock in the morning, more than 5,400 troops of the headquarters of the Fifth Division finally arrived at the mountain and river cave on the south bank of the ordinary river.

and the small fortress of the Qing army on the opposite bank, across the river.

Standing on the high slope of the river, Tsuno Michikan looked at the remnants of the war that had not completely dissipated in Jiangzuo, listened to the roaring artillery in the north, and nodded with satisfaction.

-- In the past half a month, the great idea of the four-way army rushing 500 miles from four directions has finally been perfectly realized.

The next step is to capture Pyongyang in one fell swoop and completely wipe out these stupid Qing troops from Korea.

"The mountain is fixed, and your department immediately set up an artillery position on the river bank to cover the crossing of the river; You'an Yeyan led the second brigade to cross the river from Jiangxi Avenue, attack the right flank of the Qing army, and clear the fortresses along the way; The 1st Brigade of the Imada Division crossed the river to occupy the high ground on the left side of the Qing Army's Yongshan Avenue, and then the artillery of the Yamauchi Dingju Division crossed the river and established an artillery position on it. ”

"Matsumoto Keii's 3rd Brigade advanced directly from the mountain and river cave to the front, attacking the Qing army along the way; Kimura Shige, you lead the 2nd Cavalry Squadron and the 5th and 6th Squadrons of the 2nd Brigade of the 12th Wing to cross the ordinary river and attack the left flank of the Qing army. ”

After the order, Tsuno Kando looked at the pocket watch in his hand and said, "Give you an hour to repair, at nine o'clock, start crossing the river!" ”

"Hey!"

The soldiers of the Fifth Division roared all over the hillside, and their eyes were full of burning fighting spirit.

On the left side of the Datong River, the right wing of the Qing army was a heavy fort.

From four o'clock in the morning in the middle of the night to the present, the Qing soldiers in the fort have not eaten, and they can't help but growl with hunger.

After repairing the breastwork damaged by artillery, more than a dozen Qing soldiers ran out to pull the dozen long planks back to the position, and sent the wounded soldiers back to Pyongyang for treatment.

Soon, smoke curled up in the courtyard of the entire fort, laughter was endless, and all the soldiers talked about their achievements.