Fengtian City is three zhang five feet high, up to one zhang thick, and the huge water mill city bricks are neatly arranged one by one, wrapping the entire Fengtian City in it. The city was densely packed with artillery to form a crossfire, and there were two batteries not far from the city walls, and the 180 mm fortress guns of the German Krupp company sat on the railroad tracks, which could rotate 360 degrees to strike the enemy in any direction, and the golden brass muzzles were like the bloody mouths of monsters. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Russia, France and Germany intervened to return Liao, and the Qing court felt the great threat of the Yue army, and spent a huge amount of money to hire German engineers to help rebuild the city of Fengtian. Not only was the city wall renovated, but also a reinforced concrete fort was built.

A squad of soldiers rushed to the city gate like a madman, trying to close the gate. The gate was two feet high, and the outside was wrapped with iron plates up to three inches thick, and ordinary small-caliber artillery would hit a shallow crater at most. The heavy iron gate creaked and slowly closed, and Captain Matsui, the squadron leader of the army at the head of the city, looked triumphantly at the vanguard of the advance army in the distance.

The cavalry of the advance army is still about a kilometer away from Fengtian City, as long as the city gate is closed, a large number of heavy weapons at the head of the city will cause great damage to all the troops who try to attack the city, even without heavy weapons, the light cavalry below will not be able to pose a threat to Fengtian City. Captain Matsui did not believe that any Chinese army would dare to attack. The fortifications built by the Qing court at great expense will become a nightmare for the Chinese [***] team. Chinese has never lacked these advanced weapons, but it has never played its due role, as it was during the First Sino-Japanese War, and when the Gengzi country changed??? The same will be true today, Captain Matsui is convinced.

With more than 100 people to capture the Mukden South camp, and create a huge chaos in the city, Captain Matsui successfully completed the task, and the army burned and looted in Mukden City, all of which Captain Matsui saw in his eyes, but he didn't intend to stop their bestiality and let the soldiers enjoy the fruits of victory, is there anything wrong? After a night of fighting, to be precise, the slaughter, Fengtian City was basically controlled by the Yue army, and the Yue army from all over South Manchukuo also entered Mukden one after another to support Kuroda Saburo and Captain Matsui, and now there are more than 900 Yue troops in the city. As soon as I received the notice, the Morita Brigade of the Fifth Division had also arrived at Mukden Station, with more than 1,200 people and 12 artillery pieces carried.

Mukden has been determined to be captured by the Empire, and it is no longer possible for the panicked patrol battalion to turn over. Under the repeated urging of Kuroda Saburo, Captain Matsui reluctantly rushed to the south gate with a small team of soldiers. He did not believe that any Chinese army would dare to attack Mukden, just as he did not believe that the sun would rise in the west.

When he arrived at the south gate, he found that there was not a single Chinese defender here, and the fleeing patrol battalion did not even blow up the artillery, which made him even more contemptuous of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese soldiers. At the same time, it was also a headache for him, he did not have a single artillery under his command, and no one would use the German Krupp cannon. Therefore, when he saw the cavalry of the advance army appear under the city, he was extremely shocked at first, and was surprised that the sun had really risen in the west??? Even though it's dark now.

The tall and heavy iron gate closed inch by inch, which also made the hearts of the cavalry of the advance army cold. The dense artillery and machine guns at the head of the city were a mortal threat to the lightly armed cavalry. Company commander Zhang Mingqi was also a member of the "Wuhu Regiment" that rode on Anqing on one hundred and eight horses, and he stopped the advance of the cavalry with a wave of his hand. If you go any further, I'm afraid you will have to become a target for small-caliber artillery!

The officer system of the Jianghuai Army is staggeringly young, including Chai Dongliang, there are almost no people who are above the age of thirty. This is also a common problem in the entire southern system, a group of enthusiastic young people, casually drumming a few times to overthrow the Manchu rule in the provinces, so that many people do not believe in their own ability, and support the former Qing officials to become governors.

There is a gray three-story building not far from the Fengtian city wall, which was originally the location of the tax officer, and he said that he was making a fuss in the city, and the tax policeman ran away without a trace, and in the attic on the top floor, Xiong Dongbei took a dozen patrol officers to hide on it.

The view here is very good, and the light of the cavalry of the advance army is already a kilometer away from the army with torches, and it can be seen clearly.

"It's broken, Xiao Yue was going to close the city gate!" The young patrol officer with excellent eyes exclaimed.

"As soon as the gate of this city is closed, the brothers of the advance army will have to storm it, and the bastards of the patrol battalion will not know that they will blow up the cannon first!" Xiong Dongbei scolded hatefully.

"Brothers, you must not let me close the door!" The old bone unbuttoned the leather robe, letting the cold wind blow through the window and soothe the overly nervous mood.

Xiong Dongbei gritted his teeth: "Brothers, Jin Erye dares to sacrifice his life for the country, can our dignified descendants of the Han Dynasty watch the Japanese slaves invade our land and kill our people?" Follow me if you're not afraid of death! ”

With that, he went down the stairs without looking back with his rifle, and the other patrolmen exchanged glances with each other, each with a sad and proud expression. The old bone stood at the window unhurriedly, and the little thing asked, "Aren't you going along?" ”

The old bone grinned and showed two big gold teeth, and said with a smile: "This place is just two hundred meters away from the city gate, and it is just right to fight not far away, so I won't go to join in the fun!" ”

Before the words fell, only a "bang" gunfire was heard, and a bullet flew out of the muzzle of the eleven-millimeter Mauser, and a soldier who was struggling to push the city gate fell to the ground at that time, his skull was shattered by the heavy bullet, and red and white dripped. More than a dozen soldiers who pushed the city gate heard the gunshots, and at the same time lay down and took the golden hook rifle from behind. But in the distance, it was just pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

"Yaga, close the city gates!" Captain Matsui roared angrily.

The army hurriedly got up, and used the strength of milk to close the city gate, "bang", "bang" two gunshots rang out one after another, and two more people fell to the ground, one was shot in the neck, and the other was in the back, and they couldn't survive. The eleven-millimeter old Mauser has an unsatisfactory accuracy and range, but the bullet weighs a lot, and there is a small blood hole in the front chest and the back of the eye, and all the internal organs will be shattered by the bullet.

Xiong Dongbei and the others saw the bargain, and also hid behind the windows of the tax police building to shoot, saying that the army was illuminated by torches, and they were targets one by one, and they were in the dark, except for the faint wisps of white smoke from the muzzle of the gun, they could hardly see the shadow.

The sound of gunfire in the night spread far away, Zhang Mingqi heard someone release the gun, and it was the sound of the Mauser gun, and he suddenly lifted his spirits, and he yelled at the cavalry: "Charge me, take down the city gate!" ”

More than 80 cavalrymen lined up in two columns, keeping a space of ten meters between the front and back, and rushed to the west gate like crazy with desperate horses.

"Close the gates, close the gates!" Captain Matsui roared hysterically.

At a distance of 200 meters, although the patrol officers did not have very good marksmanship and old guns, they also knocked down six or seven people.

Xiong Dongbei was ruthless: "Rush out and fight, you can't let them close the door!" ”

More than a dozen patrol officers rushed out of the stealth and scolded while shooting: "Grandpa is here, Xiao Yuben, come over if you have a kind!" ”

"Shoot at your grandfather, grandpa is here, his eyes are blind?"

More than a dozen people used their bodies as targets to buy time for the advance army outside the city.

The distance between the two sides was quickly shortened to a hundred meters, Xiong Dongbei and the others could clearly see the noses and eyes of the soldiers under the firelight, and the soldiers could also see the shadowy black shadows.

"Bagou!" The peculiar sound of the Golden Hook Rifle rang out incessantly, and one by one the patrolmen fell in a pool of blood.

At a distance of 100 meters, the gun's gun was extremely accurate, and six or seven patrol officers were shot in an instant, Xiong Dongbei felt a shock in his leg, he knew that he had also been shot, and subconsciously touched it, his hand was hot, and he felt a sharp pain.

"Bang!" He reluctantly returned fire with a Mauser gun, but hit the iron door, and a ricocheting bullet impartially drilled into the butt of a soldier of the Yue Army, and he jumped up immediately.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out on the third floor, and the old bone smiled pleasantly: "It's the fifth!" ”

Captain Matsui rushed down from the city wall and punched and kicked the soldiers: "Close the gates, don't pay attention to these nasty guys!" ”

The Yue Jun, who was blinded by the cold gun, woke up like a dream, stood up and closed the door, while the other Yue Ben soldiers shot at Xiong Dongbei and the others.

Zhang Qiming rushed towards Fengtian City with a cavalry storm, ignoring the cold guns of the army at the head of the city. If you want to hit the cavalry advancing at high speed, in addition to good marksmanship, you must also have good luck. Zhang Qiming watched the city gate gradually close, gritting his teeth and measuring the distance between the two sides.

"Four hundred meters! Prepare a grenadier for me to wipe out all the troops at the city gate! Zhang Qiming shouted and rushed forward at an unabated speed.

The grenadier turned over and dismounted, squared the grenadier on the ground, then knelt half-kneel and adjusted the orientation with the crank, pulled the firing lever, and the secondary shooter quickly loaded the grenade with a fuse, and quickly filled a special grenade. Relying on the skills of long-term training, the grenadier relied on a simple ruler and visual inspection, quickly turned the handle to adjust the direction and angle through the aiming line, and then pulled the leather strip on the firing rod, and with a "bang", a grenade was ejected.

A grenade weighing only 450 grams exploded at the gate of the city, and 64 pieces of prefabricated fragments and countless steel balls suddenly caused the army at the gate to fall. Two more grenades flew in, sweeping away the remaining living people. In such a confined space, the grenade lethality of the grenade was fully exerted, and the fragments and steel balls bounced and flew on the iron door, easily harvesting lives. In addition to the two grenadiers, four sharpshooters jumped off their horses and sniped at the head of the city at a distance of 400 meters. Under the firelight, through the six-fold magnified scope, the appearance of the army is clearly visible, and the sniper's Hanfeng I rifle is simply a rune at this distance, and its high precision and smooth handle make up for the lack of rate of fire. Each specially made pointed bullet takes the life or limb of a soldier.

It is said that the army is in the light, and the advance army is in the dark, and this advantage is too important for snipers. Under the cover of grenadiers and snipers, Zhang Qiming and the others had already rushed to a place less than 200 meters away from the city gate, and more than a dozen cavalrymen jumped off their horses and used their rifles to hit the troops who were constantly pouring into the gate, making it impossible for them to complete the task of closing the gate. Two grenadiers poured fire on the gates at a rate of twenty rounds per minute, turning the small area into a grinding disc of flesh.

"Baga, rush with me and kill all these people!" Enraged, Captain Matsui rushed to the city gate with his family heirloom sword.

The move proved to be extremely stupid, as two 7.92mm bullets ended his life without pain, and then a special grenade turned him into a shattered corpse. The cavalry who rushed into the city hung their rifles behind their backs and drew their sabers to kill the soldiers who tried to flee one by one. The impact of the horses increased the strength of the cavalry several times, and decapitation became a breeze.

Zhang Qiming had not lost his mind yet, and he quickly ordered: "Send a signal flare and inform the deputy commander that we have successfully captured the West Gate and let the main force advance rapidly." ”

Three green flares flew into the air.

The soldiers of the advance army were chasing and killing the remnants of the enemy while searching near the city gate, Zhang Shuyang saw a black shadow flashing from a distance, and several soldiers hurriedly rushed over.

I saw a man who was nearly thirty years old, guarding the corpses all over the ground and weeping bitterly. Zhang Shuyang walked over with a torch, and saw that these people were all wearing ordinary people's clothes, and the guns around him were also very messy, he knew that it must be these people who dragged the Yue army to make him enter the city smoothly, he patted the man's shoulder and said, "Brother, don't be too sad." ”

One of the soldiers exclaimed: "Brother, are you wounded?" After that, he couldn't help but tear off one of the leggings and bandage the wound for Xiong Dongbei.

Xiong Dongbei seemed to have been drained of his essence, and looked at the corpses all over the ground and cried bitterly.

"What are you crying about? Brothers, you should be happy! Old Bone walked over with his old Mauser on his back, and scolded Xiong Dongbei, and when he saw the corpse of the little thing, he immediately cried: "Little thing, Lao Tzu still plans to accept you as a godson, who will give Lao Tzu a pension when you die!" ”

Zhang Qiming looked at the corpses of more than ten patrol officers who fell horizontally, and couldn't help but feel a little sad, he silently patted Xiong Dongbei's shoulder, and then said to the soldiers behind him: "Write down the merits of these brothers, and wait for the deputy commander to come and ask for a reward for them." ”

"Company commander, look!" One of the soldiers exclaimed.

Zhang Qiming looked at it, a little fire in the city moved towards the west gate, and when he got closer, he felt that it was a sea of fire, and he didn't know how many soldiers were holding torches towards the west gate, and there seemed to be a faint sound of horses' hooves.

"Get ready to meet the enemy! A row to guard the city gates, even if the whole company is gone, you have to wait until the main force arrives! Zhang Qiming shouted as he urgently arranged defenses.

There are quite a few small-caliber artillery pieces on the head of the city, as long as they move their positions, they can carry out large-scale casualties on the Japanese troops in the city. But he also has no artillery, and even if there is artillery, there is nothing he can do, he can't figure out where the ammunition depot is, and the artillery without shells is just an ornament.

Seeing that there were dozens of artillery pieces, but he had to use rifles to fight against a large number of Yue troops, Zhang Qiming's depression was indescribable.

(To be continued)