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The inferior firing range of the Qing army's red-coated artillery made Yamaguchi Suchen willing to be closer to the battlefield, so that he could observe the Qing army on the opposite side more clearly.

"I really didn't expect the red-clothed cannon left by the Ming Dynasty to be so sharp!"

The commander of the 1st Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, Sakurai Kuzaburo Osa, saw that when the Imperial Army withdrew, the Qing artillery in the North Wing City was still slowly using those antique cannons to bite the Imperial soldiers to bombard, and he looked strange.

"The hard frozen ground gives these lead bullets enough violent rebound momentum, but—"

Okubo Risada sneered and said, "It also made the moat, which was supposed to be an obstacle to the advance of the Imperial infantry, become a smooth thoroughfare; One loss and one gain, on the whole, far outweighs the disadvantages for the Imperial army. ”

Yamaguchi Suchen listened to Okubo Toshisada's words and nodded approvingly.

For the commander in the army, what he considered was how to defeat the Qing army on the opposite side and occupy Shanhaiguan.

It was annoying that one or twenty people were killed by the antique cannons of the Qing army, but it was only a little annoying, and Yamaguchi Suchen didn't mind it very much.

Again, how can there be no immortal in war, as long as it is controlled within the tolerable range, whether it is killed by artillery bombing or killed by gunfire, Yamaguchi Suchen does not care at all.

"When will the artillery positions be arranged?"

Yamaguchi Suchen looked at the three cities of mountains and seas outside the Qing army, at this time the imperial army had completely withdrawn from the range of the Qing army's artillery, and the Qing army's artillery had also stopped shelling.

There was a sudden tranquility between heaven and earth.

"It is expected that the arrangement can be completed within an hour, and the nine artillery pieces on the northern wing of the Qing army will be destroyed within fifteen minutes, before it gets dark."

Sakurai Kuzaburo looked at the cannons on the wall of the Qing army in front of him, and his heart was full of contempt.

These dead targets placed high in the sky were simply too easy for the Imperial artillery.

Three corrective rounds, plus a salvo, will definitely turn them into a mess of broken metal.

Let these stupid pigs see what real modern artillery is!

"Ignore them for now, the units will return to the defense area to establish a guard, carry out two days of repairs, the wire team will quickly lay the wires, and on January 6, use the military strength of the four infantry brigades to launch a general attack, and the general staff will draw up a battle plan;"

Yamaguchi Suchen looked at the majestic mountains and seas of Xiongguan in the sun, and said decisively: "For the North Wing City, I want to fight down!" ”

Five miles northwest of Madian, Mengjiang Temple.

In a gap in the woods on the top of a hill, Luo Minglei, Huang Bojie, Reinhard, Bruce, -

A group of officers of the independent battalion stood there watching the fighting gradually subside in the distance.

A few days ago, when I returned to the Shanhaiguan camp, the independent battalion had completed its pre-war reorganization.

Captain battalion commander Luo Minglei.

Captain Huang Bojie, deputy battalion commander, is also the chief of justice of the independent battalion.

The regimental chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Reinhard, led a group of regimental staff officers and was temporarily stationed in the independent battalion.

The independent battalion is directly subordinate to the reconnaissance platoon, guard squad, field medical squad, logistics unit, confidential clerks, etc.

There are three infantry companies.

Lieutenant Colonel Angus, as the chief instructor of the separate battalion, was also responsible for the training of future recruits.

Lieutenant Colonel Bruce, Captain Burt, Captain Carl, three infantry companies stationed in separate battalions, conduct live field guidance.

He Changying's arrangement was not without complaints to the Angus four's desire to directly command the army and engage in battlefield fighting, but compared to the white flowers, they still wisely chose to obey.

"The range and accuracy of these old antique guns are too poor to be able to bombard the Japanese artillery; In the next attack, the Japanese artillery will definitely knock out these guns first, and it will be easier if they can end the Japanese artillery positions first. ”

As a veteran, Shi Weicheng, deputy commander of the first company, witnessed the artillery duel between the anti-Japanese army and the first wing of the Japanese army's Tokyo field artillery in Nanguanling, and naturally knew the horror of modern artillery.

Moreover, this batch of artillery is obviously larger than the previous field artillery, and it must have its own sharpness.

"How can it be that easy? You don't see that even if you see such a poor range of the red-coated artillery, the Japanese still cautiously set up the artillery position so far, and the position is surrounded by a large number of vigilant infantry; ”

Luo Minglei said with a sigh: "The artillery battle fought by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lin in Nanguanling was simply a miracle and completely changed the battle situation in Lushun; No matter how hard it is, it's hard to find! ”

"Report that a small group of more than 30 Japanese soldiers is laying wires in the woods near the post road at the foot of Mengjiang Numiao Mountain."

Wu Junma, the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon, ran over with a happy face.

"What do you think?"

Luo Minglei looked at Huang Bojie beside him and asked.

Before the troops left last night, He Changying specially communicated some things with Luo Minglei in private, including mentioning the matter of Huang Bojie, the second young master of the Huang family, who is a wealthy man in Nanyang.

So far, the Huang family is the one who has donated the most silver in addition to the Zhang family, and there are 760,000 taels inside and out.

It can be said that these young Chinese of Nanyang nationality not only played an important role in the future transformation of the Japanese army.

Moreover, the massive amount of silver taels they brought also played an extremely critical role in ensuring that the anti-Japanese army realized its various commitments to the soldiers and built a model area in the future.

Although He Changying did not completely understand some things in his words, Luo Minglei also understood it in his heart.

Of the 983 recruits who stayed in Zhili this time, a total of 312 were foreign Chinese.

At present, there are more than 30 people left behind in Jinmen, more than 500 soldiers of their own independent battalion, and 178 foreign Chinese, accounting for almost half of the regiment.

Thinking of this, Luo Minglei couldn't help but feel irritable in his heart.

He knew that the commander-in-chief must not be sure about the guards of the three cities outside the gate this time, so he did this.

In his heart, Luo Minglei was proud of the noble and brave commander-in-chief, but he was also worried about his life.

Is the anti-Japanese army without a commander-in-chief still an anti-Japanese army?

Of course not anymore!

For this answer, Luo Minglei and many middle-level officers of the Anti-Japanese Army are so firmly convinced.

After seeing Luo Minglei ask himself a question, he was a little distracted, and Huang Bojie decided to wait a while to talk about this question.

As an adjutant, being arranged for the next line of troops, Huang Bojie was happy from the bottom of his heart.

But jumping out of the siege of the Japanese army at this time is also difficult for Huang Bojie, a proud young man, to accept in his heart.

However, yesterday's two sentences from the commander-in-chief made Huang Bojie choose to obey orders.

Soldiers take obedience as their duty.

The breakthrough of this battle will be your independent battalion, and you will be more bitter and dangerous than us.

"I suggest not to sabotage or attack this Japanese army yet;"

Seeing that Luo Minglei's eyes were sharpened again, Huang Bojie said thoughtfully: "What we have to do now is to hide under the noses of the Japanese soldiers, stare at them quietly, and bite off a large piece of their flesh at the right time." ”