Chapter 203: The Rainstorm is Coming
At 11:35 p.m., the Japanese army's plaster flag fluttered in the wind at the head of Xuanwu Gate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
All the Japanese troops in Pyongyang's Bukseong, Muddae, Jiziling, Jeongyansan, Gangdongqiaodian, and Bukkansan were desperately waving their flags and shouting their guns to the sky to celebrate the victory.
What does it mean to see what this means? Could it be that the Xuanwu Gate has already been captured? β
On the highlands of Koshiyama, Michikan Tsuno looked at the peony platform in the distance due north, and the Japanese soldiers waved their flags desperately, muttering to themselves in surprise.
"General Tachimi is really a first-class fierce general in the empire, no wonder he was called 'an invincible opponent who fought all over the Meiji' back then;"
Fukushima put down the telescope in his hand, and his face was excited and convinced: "I have such an immortal general in the East, it is really a blessing for the empire!" β
Tsuno Michikan's face was slightly red, and the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain, who led an infantry squadron during the Boshin War, were once driven by Sakami Naomun and the sword drawing team of the Kuwana Domain for thirty miles, and they lost their armor and fled.
It wasn't that I was running fast with my calves at that time, but I guess I went to see the god of sunshine many years ago.
"Captain Ochiai Kanechi, you immediately send someone to make a detour to the ordinary river to find out the situation and report back quickly."
Michikani Tsuno gave the order and immediately left the place.
What happened back then was indeed too embarrassing, no wonder the general of the county county has always been reluctant to meet with the annoying guy Limi Shangwen!
The Xuanwu Gate fell and Zuo Guigui was killed, which made the Qing army in the entire Pyongyang city panic.
Ye Zhichao hurriedly ordered the remnants of Sun Xian's battalion and Nie Guilin's Feng army, with a total of more than 1,200 troops, to hold the area around Changqingmen and block the southward invasion route of the Japanese army along the east city wall.
Zhou Zhongsheng, Ma Decao and other outposts of more than 500 troops, temporarily led by Zhou Zhongsheng, and Jiang Zikang more than 1,300 troops, jointly guarded the area of Qixingmen to prevent the Japanese army from advancing south along the west city wall.
The whole army of Jilin training army, two posts of the Luyu defense army, three posts of the Sheng army, a total of more than 1,200 people, led by Wei Benxian, built a defense line in the houses of Beicheng to block the Japanese army.
In a series of busy troop transfers, the time was no longer noticed, and the Qing and Japanese armies were shrinking and facing each other, and the entire Pyongyang city and outside were silent.
At this point, both sides began to build defensive lines for most of the day, preparing for the next round of defensive attacks.
At this time, on the south bank of the Datong River, more than 500 troops of the southward detachment of the Korean reinforcement army had successfully crossed the Datong River.
After a rapid march of more than two hours, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the whole army arrived at a pine forest six miles northeast of the bridge and camped under the forest.
On a small hillside, a group of officers of the Korean reinforcement army were observing the positions of the Qing and Japanese armies in the Funaqiao area from a distance.
The Korean reinforcement army was dressed in bright red and beautiful military uniforms, so He Changying and the others had to squat in the bushes to endure the harassment of various flying insects and observe the Japanese positions in the distance.
"Although the Japanese army has completely surrounded the three forts of Funabashi, the Japanese army does not seem to have bargained for anything today."
Shen Zhaoao handed the telescope to Wu Weiyang: "If the military strength of the three forts in Jiangzuo is sufficient, and they dare to come out and take the initiative to attack, we can carry out a surprise attack from behind; But I've seen enough mysteries! β
"There's no chance at all; The Japanese army's position in front of Sanbao is very strong, even if we can successfully approach the Japanese position and carry out a surprise attack, the Japanese army can easily stabilize the Jiangbao position with the military strength of one brigade at most, and then draw out a brigade of military strength to encircle and suppress us, and this battle will have to be fought. β
Wu Weiyang calmly denied: "Although the Ninth Brigade lost one-third of its military strength in Dongxian Ridge, its strength should not be underestimated; In the final analysis, it is still that we have too few troops to aid the DPRK. β
"This tattered military uniform is too eye-catching, and I don't know which stupid person designed it! Custom-made military uniforms from the West will not be shipped until the end of December. β
He Changying squatted in the bushes and said extremely unpleasantly: "Staff Officer Shen, after arriving in Anzhou, call Chen Shijie and ask if his uncle's silver has come?" When I came over, I first ordered 5,000 sets of winter clothes and winter quilts in Jinmen, the quality should be good, and all the yellow cloth should not be brightened. β
Shen Zhaoao, Wu Weiyang and other generals all looked at He Changying with 'admiration', thinking that everyone was discussing how to fight the Japanese army, and the battalion commander's thinking actually jumped to the quilt and cotton shoes.
How wide this heart must be!
"Shoes, gloves, hats, coats, strands of wool, cotton clothes and trousers of good new cotton, hats with ear protection; Also, let Xiong Kaiyu go to Sheng Huaixuan and say that since we have our own winter clothes for the Korean army, then the silver must be given to us, right? βββ
As soon as He Changying talked about logistics, he was like Elder Tang, and he kept talking: "There are also grains, meat, and vegetables; Now that it's cold, I can put everything in it, and after I buy itβ"
"Battalion commander, you're too off-topic."
Xu Ru next to her heard it itching, and she couldn't help but glance at He Changying and reminded.
"Oh, oh."
If there was a different person, He Changying would definitely tell him very seriously that he had not deviated from the topic at all, and logistics was the basic guarantee for the army to win the battle.
However, He Changying thought about the two white rabbits in Xu Ru's chest, although he hadn't had a chance to touch them for some days, but the more he did this, the more panicked he became.
In order to make Xu Ru happy and make herself cool in the future, He Changying wisely did not argue with Xu Ru, so she changed the topic: "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and there will be a heavy rainstorm in about an hour; Let the soldiers choose a high place to build a canopy in advance, there will be no fighters today, and everything will be discussed tomorrow. β
"It's raining?"
Shen Zhaoao looked at He Changying and Xu Ru, and smiled: "Battalion commander, you can really fool." β
"There shouldn't be any rain on this day, right?"
Wu Weiyang looked up at the clear and cloudless sky, obviously not believing it.
"The sky is full of clouds, rain and snow do not stop; The fire burns the dark clouds, and the heavy rain comes quickly; The black pig crossed the river, and the rain poured down. β
Lu Zhaomei, who was squatting next to her, proudly showed her rich astronomical knowledge to He Changying, and asked unconvinced: "Battalion commander, there are no clouds in the sky now, where does the rain come from?" It's still an hour, you're kidding us. β
"Don't you feel a lot of moisture in the air? The reason why Zhuge Liang was able to defeat Cao Cao in Chibi was because he knew astronomy and geography, and the mysteries of astronomy and geography were not something you could grasp with a few words. β
He Changying stood up and said: "Immediately notify all squads and platoons, I repeat it seriously, this is an order!" β
Soon, the soldiers of the Korean reinforcement army were puzzled and took action in squads.
In the pine forest on the hillside, the soldiers cut down small trees, broke pine branches, and then used small trees as pillars and rattan as hemp ropes to build a frame, which was covered with several thick layers of leaves.
"Sister Lu Zhao, Xiao Liuzi, you and the guards build a canopy together, you two sleep at night and snore like thunder, I can't sleep; Xu Ru, let's sleep in this canopy together at night. β
When Lu Zhaomei and Xiao Liuzi chose a good location, erected a pillar, and the eight canopies were completed, He Changying shamelessly sent these two eyesore guys away.
Xu Ruhei, who was arranging the pine branches, had a red face, as if he hadn't heard He Changying speak, but just hooked his head and continued to weave the pine branches.
"Hey, hey!"
Lu Zhaomei winked at Xiao Liuzi ghostly, and the two of them immediately stood up and walked towards the guard, on the way Lu Zhaomei lowered her voice and said:
"I said yes, three flats are not as good as a circle! It turns out that the battalion commander is also good at this mouthful; Liuzi, you kid be careful, you see that Xu Ru's clothes are dirty and sour, the battalion commander can bear it, you kid washes it clean every day, be careful that one day the battalion commander is crazy and will do you hard. β