Chapter 373: Chuncheon Rescues
readx;??? The Japanese army mobilized the forces of two wings from Gangneung and Inje to Seoul. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
One is the cavalry wing, and the captain is a student of Akiyama Yoshiko, Miura Youheng Daisa. The other is the infantry wing, and the captain is Kameda * Lang Osa.
After receiving the order, these two Japanese wings rushed to Seoul from Inje and Gangneung respectively. After a night of rapid marching, they reached the Chuncheon rendezvous.
Xie Xiaodong, commander of the 1st Division of the 10th Army, was already building fortifications thirty miles west of Chuncheon to prepare for an ambush of the two Japanese wings.
Miura Utsui and Kameda *ro came to the castle of Chuncheon, and the gates of Chuncheon were closed.
Miura ordered his men to shout for the Japanese troops guarding Chuncheon to open the city gates, and the interpreter above the city answered them in Japanese and told them to wait for a while.
In fact, the inside of the city gate and on the city wall were already full of Makqin heavy machine guns, and nearly 100 machine guns were aimed at the two wings of the Japanese army outside the city.
Liu Yunchang, commander of the 1st Battalion, ordered all the machine gunners to get ready, and he asked that when the city gate was opened, the machine guns would start firing non-stop.
Two soldiers slowly opened the gates. The Japanese Miura Youheng was the first to enter the city, followed by a group of men.
When Liu Yunchang saw that the Japanese army had entered the city, he ordered the machine gunners above and below the city to fire fiercely.
The commander of the Japanese cavalry wing, Miura Youheng, was killed on the spot. The Japanese army was thrown into a mess by the machine guns in the city, and in an instant, the people outside Chuncheon City turned on their backs and fell into pieces.
They don't know what's going on.
The Japanese wing, having lost its commander, fled in all directions like headless flies.
"Yaga Yalu!" The extremely angry deputy captain of the cavalry wing, Inuyang Sanri, threw the cavalry flag with blood characters in his hand to the ground, brushed the ground, pulled out his command knife, and quickly commanded the remaining Japanese cavalry to retreat.
The cavalry and infantry wings of the Japanese army came to a halt after rushing for more than a dozen miles to the west of Chuncheon Fortress.
The deputy captain of the cavalry wing, Inuyang Sanli, held the command knife tightly with both hands, his face was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said fiercely: "Could it be that Chunchuan has already been occupied by the troops of the King of Hainan, what is going on, check it, why haven't we got any information at all?"
King of Hainan! You wait! I will break your corpses into thousands of pieces to comfort our jade-shattered Miura Youheng and the heroic souls of the dead soldiers! ”
"Hay!" Matsushita Liuchen, the chief of staff of the Japanese cavalry wing, immediately turned around and left quickly.
After a while, the chief of staff of Matsushita returned to the cavalry wing. After inquiry, he had confirmed that Chuncheon had been occupied by Hainan troops last night, and that a squadron in the city had been captured by Hainan troops.
The deputy captain, Inuyang Sanri, asked: "How many Hainan troops are there in Chunchuan City, and are there only a few hundred people guarding them?" ”
"Yes." Matsushita hurriedly followed, laying the map flat on the ground and explained.
Inuyo Sanri said: "Then we will fight back and avenge the captain of Miura!" ”
Matsushita Liuchen said: "Dazuo, at present, Chuncheon, Suwon, and Hoengseong have all been occupied by the army of the king of Hainan. Your Excellency Dazuo, the commander-in-chief of the county asked us to rush to Seoul, that side is very critical! So, let's stop worrying about Chuncheon! After solving the problems in Seoul, it's not too late to come back and clean them up. ”
"Hmm. That's how it should be. Inuyo Sanri nodded and said, "Order the troops to advance to Seoul immediately!" ”
Inuyo Sanli gave an order and led the cavalry wing to march in the direction of Seoul.
This cavalry team, after being attacked by a sneak attack just now, lost nearly half of its troops. The casualties of the infantry wing were also heavy, and they followed closely behind the cavalry wing.
These two Japanese wings, walking in the direction of Seoul for less than five minutes, were heavily shelled by the 1st Division of the Hainan Army, which was ambushed in front.
Division Commander Xie Xiaodong ordered the heavy artillery of the 2nd Regiment to concentrate on the Japanese infantry wing to carry out a fierce attack. The heavy machine guns of the whole division were ordered to concentrate on strafing the Japanese cavalry wing.
Under the impact of heavy firepower, the two wings of the Japanese army were beaten and lost their direction.
Kameda Sanshiro immediately ordered all the soldiers to lay their bodies on the ground, so as to reduce the casualties from the impact of the cannonballs. Don't run around. Running around will only increase the chance of casualties.
The cavalry wing, supported by the heavy machine-gun fire of the 1st Division, was barely able to fight back. Some of the Japanese horses were wounded by bullets, and some were killed on the spot.
The soldiers on horseback were even more miserable. Some fell directly from the horse, and some ended their lives on the spot.
Seeing the situation in front of him, Kameda Sanshiro knew very well that he would not be able to break through this line of defense of the Hainan army at all. If it's a hard rush, there may not be much left.
So, he asked the communications corps to immediately contact the cavalry team to retreat backwards.
Inuyang Sanli saw that the cavalry wing was full of people on their backs, and he was distressed.
He also knew that they had all entered the encirclement of the Hainan army. At the moment, reinforcing Seoul is basically impossible.
He agreed with Kameda and retreated the infantry and cavalry back to the area.
However, in this case, it is extremely difficult to retreat. As soon as the retreat is announced, the soldiers will flee like crazy.
When these two Japanese troops fled to the south of Chuncheon, they were attacked by the Hainan army in Chuncheon.
The two armies were flanked on both sides by the 1st Division outside Chuncheon.
The dog is already a little anxious, how can this be? He was annoyed. What a terrible war it was!
Kameda Sanshiro immediately ordered someone to report the battle situation on the Chunchuan side to Aritomo Yamagu.
He said so in the telegram, telling the county that there was a pine in the prefecture that the city had been lost before they arrived.
They wanted to break through Hainan's defense line, but the firepower of the Hainan army was too strong.
He reported to the headquarters that this time, they would serve His Majesty the Emperor.
At this time, the Hainan army had begun to compress to the center, and Division Commander Xie Xiaodong ordered everyone to put on their bayonets and prepare for a hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese army.
Inukai Sanri and Kameda Sansi Li have already seen the situation clearly, and it is time for the final reckoning.
A touch of slanting sunset shines on this scorched land,
After a short period of silence, the armies of both sides showed the last blood of professional soldiers, for a dignity, for a belief, after a horn sounded, a kind of tragedy of life was staged in this land where the sun was like blood!
The bright bayonet in the blood-colored light, one in and one out, in an instant, destroyed one life after another, that once honor and disgrace, in the halo of the sunset could not bear to leave, fell down!