It was already 7:30 a.m., and the heat of the sun had finally dispelled the fog from the coast, revealing its clean colors.

The sun was shining and the sky was cloudless.

The blue sea is gently rippling, the golden sand beach is green, and the wheat fields are green,——

There are also shocking corpses and bloodstains on it.

It's another beautiful early spring weather with a hint of cold and cruelty.

Because of the blind spot area in the field of vision, the 3rd Battalion, which was temporarily repaired at the mouth of the Shahe River, and the infantry of the Qing and Japanese sides who were fighting at the mouth of the Tang River, only heard the faint explosion of the Green artillery, but could not see the tragedy on the wheat field.

And on the beach, the 2nd Battalion of the Jinmen Brigade, the guard company, the 688 Japanese infantry of the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Army who landed on the ice belt, and more than 200 soldiers of the 5th and 6th Squadrons of the Japanese Army who fled on the ice belt.

There are also Japanese army generals watching with binoculars on the Saikyo Maru.

The main force of the anti-Japanese army hidden in the reeds on the west coast of the mouth of the Tang River.

With all kinds of diametrically opposite feelings, they were shocked to see the tragedy of this scene!

"Yaga! Suzuki Shoroku, an idiot, why did he lead the cavalry to attack the machine guns of the Qing army, he wanted to die so much? ”

Major General Yasumi Tera, commander of the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army, was so angry that his eyes turned black, and he grabbed the railing with both hands so that he would not faint.

At this time, the deputy chief of staff of the Second Army, Chikosuke Iji, looked at the Japanese soldiers who were landing in surprise and said: "What does Kamada Yoshimasa want to do, why did he let all the soldiers go ashore and land?" ”

Hearing the exclamation of Chikosuke Ichi, Prince Akihito Komatsumiya, Okuhoko, and Yasumun Oji, these generals found that the 86 small boats close to the ice belt were actually all on the ice.

Instead of leaving two soldiers to row the boat back, as is customary.

"Don't worry, the Qing troops in the middle and Shahekou are now suffering a lot of damage, and the imperial warships can easily defeat them and prevent the reinforcement of the Tang estuary; Well, it's the victory of the Empire! ”

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya looked back at the group of Japanese ships in the southern sea, frowned, and said, "What is Ito Hyunyo doing, why haven't you fired yet?" ”

"Boom!"

At this moment, the 152mm Armstrong rapid-fire guns on the Yoshino and Akitsu Zhou ships suddenly exploded, smashing huge warheads into the coastal mid-road positions and the Shahekou positions.

"Retreat immediately, retreat north, and run in stride!"

From a distance, two Japanese warships suddenly rose a large puff of smoke on the sea surface of five or six thousand meters, and the soldiers of the anti-Japanese army on the beach still didn't know what it was, and they all ran towards the wheat fields to the north with a loud shout.

According to the battle plan, their mission has been successfully completed, and the next step is to evacuate the battlefield as soon as possible and unharmed.

If reinforcements were to be sent along the beach to the mouth of the Tang River, it would be estimated that a large number of casualties would have been killed or wounded during the long journey of two or four miles.

As long as they fled to the undulating slopes and jungles a mile north of the wheat field, the team could safely withdraw from the Japanese artillery fire.

As for the rest of the soldiers, they have the strength to pick them up.

"Woohoo—"

A sharp whistle pierced the sky.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Immediately, bombs bombarded the beach and wheat fields in the bay, shaking the ground.

"See, maybe these Qing troops have some little bravery, but also a little cunning and quick wit, but under the blow of the empire's iron fist, they can only scatter and flee!"

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya was satisfied to see this happy scene, and said to Chikosuke Ichi beside him: "A weak country is always a weak country, even if there are some short-lived bright spots, but it is impossible to reverse their doomed ending!" ”

"Hey!"

Chikosuke Ichi is also convinced with a smile on his face.

At this time, seeing a few cannons going down, they easily defeated a few groups of 'little mice' on the beach, and the Japanese Yoshino and Akitsuzu immediately stopped shelling.

In their opinion, the precious shells on the ships were used to fight the expensive fleets and batteries of the Qing Dynasty, and it was simply an unforgivable waste to fight these scattered Qing troops at this time.

Even yesterday's Dagu Fort, Commander Ito was unwilling to waste any more shells bombardment, let alone the hundreds of small shrimp on the shore now.

Besides, the shells have no eyes, in case they burst the already weak ice belt and let those army troops go into the sea to 'bathe', and the army generals on the ship have to run over and fight hard?

The that the army pulls, let them lick it themselves!

Ice Sea Junction.

Kamada Yoshimasa, the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 13th Wing of the Japanese Army, who led nearly 700 infantry to the ice, was also shocked when he heard the report of the herald sent by Watanabe.

However, he was more inclined to be Watanabe's miscalculation, and the Qing army did not have any ambushes at all.

In his opinion, this matter is so obvious,—— if the Qing army still has troops, why not defeat the imperial army on the shore in one fell swoop, what can you do by hiding in the shadows in vain?

However, for the sake of safety, Kamada Yoshimasa still scolded the 6th Infantry Squadron Leader Nakao Shozo who had escaped, and ordered him to lead the 200 cowards who escaped to stay here, watching the 86 small boats with ropes fixed on the ice.

And he will lead the 687 'brave' real imperial soldiers under his command to crush the Qing army on the shore.

At this time, Kamada Yoshimasa and the soldiers on the ice were shocked to see the cavalry assault force in the north, which was brutally cut and ploughed by the Qing army's Green, and died instantly.

Kamada Yoshimasa, whose face was pale and his legs were a little weak, began to hesitate again, thinking about whether he should assemble here and stand by, and then order the boat to go back and bring in more Imperial soldiers before landing and fighting?

Then he heard the roar of the artillery from the group of ships behind, and saw that the Qing army in the middle of the north and the mouth of the Shahe River collapsed in an instant, and the desperate fled north one after another.

"Assemble!"

Seeing this scene, Kamada Yoshimasa was suddenly full of supreme courage, yelling and ordering the team to assemble, and at the same time sternly ordered Nakao Shozo:

"Take this group of cowards of yours and follow us, so that you can take a good look at what the real Imperial Warriors are!"

Immediately, in the midst of the great stride, nearly 900 Japanese infantry began to stride north on the ice, and quickly marched towards the mouth of the Tang River for reinforcements.

"Warriors, reinforcements are coming, all of them are ready to completely defeat this group of clear dogs!"

At this time, on the battlefield of the Tang River Estuary, Watanabe's three infantry squadrons had more than 100 casualties, but with their accurate shooting, the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Jinmen Brigade and the Bian Changsheng Battalion were also suppressed enough.

Although the gunfire on the east side stopped, and then the deliberate shelling of the ship group, Watanabe guessed that the troops in the middle and the mouth of the Shahe River had collapsed, but at this time, the nearly 1,000 troops coming from the sea gave him supreme courage.

As long as they could defeat these Qing troops in one fell swoop, the Imperial Army, which was more than an infantry brigade, plus the artillery at sea, Watanabe was confident that even if the Qing army had more ambushes, they would be able to hold this estuary position.

"Boom!"

Watanabe was thinking about being happy, and suddenly heard a faint thunder in his ears.

"The Imperial fleet is shelling again, did you find the ambush of the Qing army? Kill them! ”

Watanabe clenched his fists and roared, looking up at the sky to find traces of the cannonballs.

At this time, Kamada Yoshimasa, Nakao Shozo, and the Japanese infantry on the ice who heard the shelling also looked up as if they were watching a good show, looking for traces of the imperial shells.