Chapter 40: Does it count as an escape?
The north is the coldest in winter, especially Yingkou, which is close to the sea, which makes people unbearable this cold.
In the second half of last night, the big temple An Chunzai on the city wall couldn't stand the cold and biting north wind, and explained to the captain of the Japanese army defending the city, as long as the Qing army attacked, he would be immediately woken up.
However, until dawn he was not disturbed.
"Brigade commander, it's not good, it's not good" Oji Yasumun, who had just put on his military uniform, was startled by the panicked voice of the chief of staff,
"The Lushun army placed its artillery under the city gate, less than a hundred meters away from us." The voice was still coming from outside the door.
Taken aback, Yasumi picked up the command knife in a panic. He didn't even bother to put on his shoes, so he pushed open the door in a panic and ran towards the city wall.
View from under the city walls. Gone are the vast lands of yesterday, and all that remains are layers of serpent-like ravines and new dirt.
Many Qing troops were bending over and running in the labyrinth-like ravine.
What's even more terrifying is that in those ravines, there are cannons, that terrible cannons. I could clearly see that the muzzle of that cannon was as big as a basin.
"Fire, fire." Oji Yasujun pulled out his command knife in a panic and roared barefoot like a pig on the city wall.
"Boom, boom. At the same time as a puff of white smoke rose from the city wall, a deafening explosion and a dozen meters of earth rang out around the entire ravine.
But the firing stopped, and after the smoke passed, the ravines and artillery still stood there.
"It's over." Oji Yasuzuchi sat on the city wall. His face was full of despair and helplessness.
Looking at the artillery outside the city, I remembered what my army had done at Yingkou these days.
Closing his eyes in pain, he seemed to see his soldiers being shot everywhere by the angry Lushun army. Wailing in pain and asking for help.
"No, I don't want to raise such a scenario." A demonic voice roared from Yasumi Otera's mouth.
It was like a dying person with a glow, and Oji Yasumun, who was still desperate just now, stood up all of a sudden. He didn't want to die, he didn't want his army to die, he wanted to think about the division commander's explanation, give up the camp and break through.
Leave some seeds for the 6th Division.
However, the arrogant Kuroki Weizhen rejected his suggestion.
Driven out of the headquarters like a dead dog beggar, Yasumi Oji saw the gate that was closing.
It's over, everything is over, and the Sixth Division will be buried in the hands of this coward who just scolded him. Oji Yasujun thought bitterly.
As if the corpse of the soul had been drained, Oji Yasujun didn't know how he got back to the headquarters. Looking at his subordinates and the soldiers who were being deployed, he weakly walked out of the headquarters and came to the street.
On the street, although a lot of corpses had been cleaned up, there were too many, and not long after he walked out, he tripped over a corpse and fell to the ground. The teeth were knocked out in half.
No, I must leave the seeds for the 6th Division, looking at the corpses everywhere, forgetting that the bloody Oji Yasujun returned to the headquarters and gave the order to gather troops to break through. Yesterday he already knew that now only Ximen did not have the existence of the Lushun army, but the cavalry of Heilongjiang. Go out of the west gate, turn back to the south after a while, and you can occupy Panjin. Although it was the hinterland of the Qing army, it was better than being buried here.
At eight o'clock, Liu Jun, who had already come to the front line, went to the opposite Yingkou, and then looked at the Huanglong Banner that was blowing Han Fengxia and the troops lying in the trenches waiting for the attack order.
Pulling out his waist knife, Liu Jun angrily swallowed mountains and rivers and issued a general attack order to Yingkou.
Boom, boom, the Qing army, which had already loaded the shells, began to tilt the shells towards the Yingkou. The entire Yingkou became a sea of war and fire.
"According to the report, Major General Yasuchun, the commander of the 11th Brigade, led the officers and soldiers of the 11th Brigade to break through the siege and escape from the West Gate."
The county government, Hei Mu Weizhen was already in a hurry, and the Qing army actually launched an attack, and some of them attacked everywhere, so that he could not be guarded. The troops in the east have just been transferred, and the west has asked for support, and now he can only tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.
"Yaga." Kuroki Weizhen overturned the table at once, and scolded loudly: "Damn Oji Yasujun, I will report to the military commander, let you cut your stomach, and let your whole family serve the emperor." The women are prostitutes, and the men are slaves. ”
It was useless to be angry, and as soon as the 11th Brigade left, the troops in the city were a few pennies less, and he had to order a wing of troops to be drawn from the south gate again to fill the void left by the 11th Brigade
"Fire, fire. , give me a boom, boom across him. "Liu Jun stood in the nearest trench, shouting at the artillery who were loading shells."
Paralyzed, what is this wall made of, this hard, it has been bombarded for so long, but it has not collapsed, "The army kept insulting the workers who built the city wall in his heart, why didn't he fix the tofu scum project in the first place."
"Military seat, this wall is hard, and it won't collapse." The artillery commander looked aggrieved.
"Excuse, it's so hard to collapse, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, come, aim all the artillery at a point with me, and bomb me."
"Toutou, it's amazing, it's amazing, Shoushan should be shot, it should be shot." Zhong Lin shouted angrily while running the cannon.
"What's wrong with you?" Liu Jun looked at Zhong Lin's bitter gourd face and asked puzzled.
"Head, the second regiment besieged the West Gate, but I didn't expect to be suddenly rushed out by the 11th Brigade, and thousands of people were artillery, do you say you should kill it."
"What. The 11th Brigade ran away. Liu Jun elongated his face.
"Yes, I ran." Zhong Lin lowered his head. Don't dare to look at Liu Jun. ”
"In which direction?"
"Panjin." Zhong Lin saw that Liu Jun didn't, but asked the direction of escape.
"Chase, what the hell are you waiting for, hurry, go and call Luo Dacheng, chase Lao Tzu, kill as many as you can."
"Yes, I'll inform right away," Zhong Lin saw Liu Jun raise his voice and hurriedly ran out to give an order.
On the outskirts of the West Gate, Luo Dacheng finally caught up with the 11th Brigade that was fleeing towards Panjin.
After the Great Temple Anchun broke through from the West Gate, he fled westward like a lost dog. However, he didn't expect the Lushun Army to catch up so quickly.
Seeing the Qing army waving sabers and roaring, Oji Yasuchun ordered a wing to stay behind to resist the attack of the Lushun army, while he himself led the main force to flee westward without a life.
Luo Dacheng saw that the main force of the Japanese army had run away, and he was angry and gave an order while scolding on the horse, and he was bound to eat the Japanese army that was blocking the attack.
Shoushan estimated that he was also ashamed of letting go of the second Japanese army, so he also led his men and horses to participate in the annihilation of this Japanese army together with Luo Dacheng.
At the east gate of Yingkou, the shelling continues. Liu Jun squatted in the pit and blocked his ears with his hands.
This close-up feeling of the artillery bombardment made Liu Jun feel that the earth was shaking.
There was a bang, and then a loud roar. Liu Jun was taken aback by the voice.
"The city wall is it, the city wall is her. Many Qing soldiers cheered.
When Liu Jun heard that the city wall had collapsed, he hurriedly climbed up.
Indeed, the wall of Yingkou has collapsed, and a huge gap has appeared, and the artillery on the wall has long been buried by broken bricks.
"Okay, damn it. : Liu Jun slapped the dirt, and then waved his arm: "Brothers of the Qing army, the time has come to avenge the people of Yingkou." me. ”
"Kill." The Qing army, which had been waiting for a long time, rushed into the gap like a tidal wave and began to fight with the Japanese troops in the city.
"Division commander, the east gate is lost." The chief of staff ran over and said to Kuroki Weizhen, who was looking at the map there.
"What?" Kuroki was taken aback by Zhen. Stunned for a moment, he roared loudly: "Resist, resist me." ”
On East Street, the Qing army attacked here, and it formed a confrontation with the Japanese army here.
Ran Xu had already organized two charges, but they failed to capture the opposite firepower point.
The Qing army, which saw the attack, was again killed on the road. Ran Xu sighed, turned his head and said to the Qing army lying behind, "Follow me." ”
Seeing a squad of Qing troops rushing out, Ran Xu hurriedly said to the Qing army next to him: "Fire cover." ”
In the tunnel, Liu Jun heard the sound of gunfire and seemed to stop somewhere, and asked Zhong Lin next to him sullenly: "What's the matter, it's been half an hour since I went in, why didn't I hear it moving forward." ”
"Head, the Japanese firepower is too fierce to attack."
"The fire is fierce, how fierce, go, transfer the artillery in, give me a blast. Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, he Japan can resist Lao Tzu's cannons. ”
"Come back," seeing that Zhong Lin was leaving, Liu Jun called Zhong Lin back, thought for a moment and said, "Order the whole army, part of the southeast and northwest, to attack with me." Be sure to end the fighting by this afternoon. ”
Boom, boom, three crisp cannon sounds, the Qing army began to launch a general attack on Yingkou.
In addition to several regiments besieging the other three gates, Shoushan's cavalry also began to penetrate through the gap in the east gate.
The entry of the cavalry made the Japanese troops in the city begin to panic, after all, the fast-running war horses and glowing war knives were not so easy to be conquered by their mental qualities.
Soon after the cavalry entered, the other three gates also thought that Kuroki was the right because the battle line at the east gate was tight, and a large number of soldiers were dropped to reinforce the east gate, resulting in a decrease in the number of guards at the city gate. This greatly reduced the pressure to attack the Qing army.
In less than an hour, the three gates were breached one after another, and the Qing army began to advance on all sides, surrounding the Japanese army in the area of the county government. ”