Chapter 259: Red in the Canopy
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
On the Uiju Avenue, three Japanese soldiers were shot at once. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
However, except for the lieutenant who was shot to death by Chen Erniu, the other two Japanese soldiers were all wounded by gunshot wounds of varying severity, covering their wounds, lying on the ground and screaming.
The rest of the Japanese soldiers shouted and hid behind the gun carriages, raising their guns and shooting at the hillside forest.
"Did these Japanese soldiers get kicked in the head by mules?"
On the hillside, I saw the Japanese troops on the avenue, and they actually hid behind the artillery carriage like a group of fools, shooting at the side of the hillside forest through the sorghum forest, instead of quickly sending a team to attack them.
Fang Dahai couldn't help laughing: "Since that's the case, let's play with them for a while." β
"Bang, bangβ"
At this time, a mile ahead, a fierce gunfire suddenly rang out.
It was the second detachment, Chen Zhihui, Huang Minghe, who began to attack the Japanese troops on the Uiju Avenue.
Immediately, farther ahead, the third detachment led by Wang Guanji also launched a sniper attack on the cavalry units at the forefront of the Japanese army.
And the brainless performance of the Japanese army also made Chen Zhihui and Wang Guanji overjoyed.
Especially the vanguard of the Japanese army, the Japanese army of the 5th Cavalry Brigade.
He didn't know how to take advantage of the speed advantage of the war horse, quickly crossed the sorghum forest, and approached the reinforcement army 300 meters away to ambush the high ground.
Instead, they shouted and jumped off their horses, squatted in the middle of the road on Euiju Avenue, and raised their guns to shoot at the reinforcements in the dense forest.
Since the Japanese army was so incompetent, the soldiers of the Korean reinforcement army temporarily abandoned all their thoughts, stood in the forest on the hillside, and shot at the Japanese soldiers on the road with Mauser rifles.
Because the Japanese army was too large this time, the reinforcement army did not dare to ambush too closely, so the accuracy of the rifle was very unsatisfactory.
However, the continuous sniping could not be stopped, but in a short time, sixteen or seventeen Japanese soldiers were killed, and no less than twenty or thirty people were shot.
Only one unlucky guy was seriously injured by a stray bullet, and the rest of the soldiers were unscathed.
"Haha, this battle is really enjoyable, it's the same as hitting a fixed target on weekdays!"
The soldiers of the Korean reinforcement army and the Yi army in the mountains and forests shouted excitedly while raising their guns and shooting.
"Baga, these idiots of the Ninth Brigade really think they are turtles?"
The commander of the 10th Brigade and Regiment immediately saw Major General Shangwen squatting on the side of the road in the sorghum forest, dodging the shooting of the Qing army, and saw that several imperial soldiers in the center of the post road were shot and killed, and he couldn't help but scream in anger.
"General, listening to the intensity of these three gunshots, the military strength of this Qing army is estimated to be less than a squadron; And their marksmanship is very sharp, since they dare to attack our brigade, they are obviously bold and heroic, and they should be the elite troops specially left by the Qing army. β
The staff officer of the 10th Brigade, Hayashi Taro, said with a fierce look: "Although the imperial army will suffer losses in this battle, as long as this military force is annihilated, the empire will be able to truly unimpeded in Korea!" β
At this time, in the sorghum forest five miles to the east, Nishijima Sukeyoshi Nakasa, who heard the gunshots, decisively divided the team into two roads, each with more than 100 troops.
All the way to the first detachment of Fang Dahai's department, all the way to the second detachment of Chen Zhihui's department.
Prepare to encircle and attack with the 10th Brigade on the Uiju Avenue to annihilate the Qing army's ambush on both sides.
On the east bank of the ordinary river, the Okuyama Yoshisho Division also immediately accelerated its rapid march towards the front of the vanguard cavalry brigade of the 10th Brigade, preparing to bypass the Euiju Avenue.
Then, from the back of the crown assembly, launch an encirclement attack.
At this moment, the form has become extremely dangerous for the reinforcement army.
"Sentry Commander, if we do this, will they seek an opportunity to retaliate against us in the future?"
On the ridge of a sorghum forest, Ma Shunde and four Yi soldiers who had volunteered to stay heard the fierce gunfire a mile to the west, and one of the Yi soldiers asked uneasily.
"They dare!"
Ma Shunde's eyes were wide-eyed: "The aid army is the aid army, the Yi army is the Yi army, let's talk to them of the well water and not the river water; It's all Chen Erniu, this bastard, it's not that he came up with a few ideas, let's go back to Jiulian City by now, and we need to suffer here? β
"So what do we do now? I see that the words of these reinforcements are always a little untrue; β
Ma Shunde's henchman, Liu Dahao, the chief of the army, pondered and said: "The soldiers in the outpost the day before yesterday also saw the Qing army connecting with them, which shows that there are definitely other teams of the Korean reinforcement army in this vicinity. β
"And in the past few days, they have blocked the post road all day and attacked the Japanese army, aren't they looking for death?"
A soldier worriedly replied: "Now that the adults have returned to China, we don't think about taking a detour back to China, what's the matter of staying here all the time, waiting for death?" β
"I don't think these reinforcements have any good intentions at all, aren't they actually ready to go back?"
Liu Dahao said that he thought it was funny.
How is this possible?
Even the admirals, commanders, and adults fled back to Liaodong in a swarm, are these reinforcements saints? Is it stupid?
"Let's not talk about anything else, let's wait a few more days, if they can't come up with a way back to China, we, we-"
Ma Shunde's mouth suddenly stammered, and his face became as ugly as death.
And the other four soldiers of the Yi Army were also terrified, looking at the Japanese soldiers who were pouring out of the surrounding sorghum forests like ghosts, holding rifles and wearing civilian clothes.
Euiju Avenue East.
Cao Lixing still failed to find the traces of the Korean reinforcements before the shootout broke out, and at this time he was trapped in the sorghum forest on the east side of the avenue, anxious but helpless.
Now that the road was full of Japanese troops, he couldn't cross it at all, unless he bypassed in front of the vanguard of the Japanese army.
Cao Lixing listened to the fierce gunfire coming from the far north, and knew that time would not work at all.
Looking at a tall water willow tree beside him, Cao Lixing's face was distorted, and he roared viciously: "Paralysis, Lao Tzu will take his life to play with your grandsons today, and he will be a good man again in twenty years!" β
Time was pressing, and Cao Lixing didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly took off his Red Army uniform and wrapped it around his waist, tied the rifle on his back, spat at the palm of his hand, and began to climb the tree with a resolute face.
Soon, Cao Lixing climbed to the top of the water willow tree, tied his red military uniform to the muzzle of his rifle, and waved it high in the wind.
"Why is there our soldier in the tree, what is he doing with his uniform?"
Fang Dahai was fighting vigorously, when suddenly a red shadow appeared in the corner of his eye, and he looked in surprise, only to see that at the top of the crown of a tall and dense water willow tree a hundred meters east of Yizhou Avenue, a soldier of the Korean reinforcement army was desperately waving the red army uniform in his hand.
"Is he trying to tell us something, today's events are full of evil spirits?"
Shen Zhuoli, the platoon commander of the first platoon of the Special Company, frowned and said: "I always feel cold on the back of my neck, and I panic!" β
"It's Cao Lixing from the reconnaissance company, isn't he monitoring Jinghaimen and Qixingmen," Fang Dahai chuckled in his heart, "Could it be that there is something wrong with Qixingmen?" β
"Pyongyang is now occupied by the Japanese army, what can happen, it is worth risking his lifeββ, the Japanese army has discovered him!"
In the eyes of everyone on the hillside, they saw the Japanese troops on the north and south sides of Yiju Avenue, and immediately found Cao Lixing on the canopy, and immediately rushed into the sorghum forest.