Chapter 28: The Shameless Japanese Army
The dilapidated courtyard was now even more shattered, with some blood and scraps of flesh on the small trees that had been cut off by the shells.
There were several corpses of Japanese soldiers lying in the courtyard. This was a Japanese guard who was killed by a shell from a field gun of the Qing army just now, which suddenly hit the yard.
Since the shells can enter the headquarters, it proves that the Qing army is not far from here. The chief of staff looked at Yasumi Oji, who was sleeping like a dead pig on the marching bed, walking back and forth in the room like an ant in a hot pot. He didn't know whether to retreat quickly or break it here.
Life is very precious, and the emperor is also very high, so forget it, it is estimated that in the end, life is much higher than loyalty to the emperor, and the chief of staff looked at the staff officers and soldiers of his brigade who were pitifully heading towards him, and showed a very painful expression: "Retreat." ”
No one stopped the order, and it was quickly given, and of course, the Japanese troops on the front line did not receive the good news. When the main force began to abandon its heavy weapons and began to retreat, hundreds of Japanese troops on the front line were still desperately resisting the attacking Qing army.
However, now that the Qing army has broken out under the leadership of Liu Jun, thousands of Qing troops are not something that hundreds of Japanese troops can resist.
When the last Japanese soldier fell, the town soon fell silent.
The Qing troops who were attacking forward finally came to this small courtyard, but the corpses in the courtyard and the mess inside told the Qing army that the Japanese command had fled.
Telling Liu Jun the news, Liu Jun, who was patrolling the battlefield with Zhong Lin, immediately came to this messy courtyard, only to see documents flying everywhere, chairs falling to the ground, and those bloody corpses.
Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Jun ordered: "Except for one regiment that continues to pursue and destroy the remnants of the enemy, the rest of the divisions will each draw a company to clean up the battlefield, and the remaining troops will immediately return to Tuchengzi, join the defenders, and work together to resist the 12th mixed brigade." ”
The commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade was a tall man from Shandong, and after receiving the order, without saying a word, he immediately rushed to the outside of Changcheng with the remaining regiment of troops. Pursuit of the Japanese army.
At night in Tuchengzi, the cold wind blew only a makeshift hospital made of quilts and tree branches.
Although the weather was cold, the cold wind continued to seep through those holes, and Wang Ruifang, who was now busy, and those veteran military doctors were indeed sweating profusely to stop the bleeding and stitch up the wounds of the wounded. After dark, the last wounded of the day were delivered here. Although there were dozens of people in this improvised hospital, it was still not enough, and sometimes one person cared for five or six wounded. Most of the wounded appeared to have been wounded by Japanese bullets, and a few were blown up by artillery shells.
Not far from this small shack, there was a white rectangle with some black variegated colors, and there were all Qing soldiers who had died in battle. Row by row.
After finishing everything, the morning star in the east has begun to become brighter, Wang Ruifang wiped the sweat on his face with a hand towel, and his eyes began to turn to the direction outside the Great Wall.
She was worried about Liu Jun, she hadn't seen this person for almost two days, although she was worried, but he wasn't worried about Liu Jun's comfort. If the 5,000 army can't protect its commander, then the 5,000 people are rice buckets.
After all, a woman is a woman, and when a woman is in heat, then the man is the biggest everything, and the others can be ignored. Sometimes, it is not that the Qing army does not protect their commanders, but that the commanders are happy to be with the soldiers.
Now Liu Jun and the Qing army who had just returned to Tuchengzi were lying on the ground horizontally, leaning together to keep each other warm.
To get the support of the Qing army, Liu Jun relied on the fact that there was no such thing as high and low, in his eyes, everyone was equal, only the difference in command level, and there was no other difference.
If it was in other troops, the officer would have already ordered to set up a tent for himself, but Liu Jun did not, this was the best time for him to win over the Qing army, and there was no need to specialize with the Qing army that killed the enemy.
Everyone knows that the defenders of Tuchengzi have increased by more than 3,000 people again.
In the morning, Tuchengzi was covered with thin ice all around, and a few trees that had not been completely burned were emitting smoke, and the smoke was blown away by the cold wind to the north. Liu Jun was verbose, got up from the trench, climbed to the edge of the trench, and observed the movements of the Japanese troops below.
Looking at the smoky Japanese army below, like a black charcoal head. Liu Jun concluded that the Japanese were cooking, and according to his estimate, the Japanese army would attack again after eating.
The Qing army hurriedly ate some dry food to fill their stomachs, and then quietly entered the position. Waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army.
Hasegawa knew that he didn't know that the 11th Brigade had returned to Dalian, and after breakfast, Hasegawa looked at Tuchengzi again.
The Japanese soldiers who had lost yesterday had already shone with a burst of white light, shining in the sun's rays, and it was a thin ice that had not yet melted.
Looking at the barbed wire, Hasegawa knew where the bombing could only be a waste of shells. So today he wants to concentrate artillery fire and attack the Qing army's position in Tuchengzi. "Ruthless barbed wire." Hasegawa scolded viciously.
Seeing that the position that had been tattered yesterday was repaired again, Hasegawa, like Yasumi Oji, did not dare to underestimate the opponent here. The Qing army here was different from the Qing army he had encountered. Now that his confidence has also disappeared, in his opinion, it is not a huge mistake for the base camp to attack Lushun.
He still has to carry out the orders of the military department. After a moment of observation, the Hasegawa gave the order to begin a new day of attack.
The Qing army's position was once again covered by Japanese artillery fire, and a lot of debris was splashed from time to time. Scattered Qing troops who were hiding in the trenches and squatting on the ground holding their heads. Some Qing troops were directly hit by artillery shells in the tunnels. Immediately bombed out of the trenches or buried.
The artillery fire lasted for nearly half an hour, and knowing that Hasegawa felt that even the dirt had been lifted on it, he began to order the infantry that had been waiting for a long time to start attacking.
The Japanese soldier who was pressed by the black picked up his rifle and began to charge. Liu Jun did not let the Qing army fight back, but waited quietly. Even if the Japanese army had already crossed the first barbed wire.
Entering the second barbed wire, the good days of the Japanese army were overturned. The artillery that had been waiting for a long time began to bombard fiercely. Originally, Tuchengzi had more than a dozen unconscionable cannons and a few field guns. With the Qing troops who came to the rescue, the artillery was doubled.
The Gatling gun also began to roar, this is the sharp weapon to harvest the Japanese army, not to mention the Japanese soldiers who were crowded together and the beaten people turned on their backs.
Even those who are beaten with iron will retreat under such a blow. The Japanese only held out for more than ten minutes before pushing the first barbed wire fence and lying there to shoot at the Qing army.
Although the first brigade of the Qing army was a new recruit, the second brigade could completely kill the regular troops, the Dengzhou soldiers in Shandong. This marksmanship is naturally stronger than that of the 1st Brigade, which is why when attacking the 11th Brigade, the main force is the 2nd Brigade instead of the 1st Brigade.
Looking at the troops who were pressed down and couldn't raise their heads, Hasegawa had no choice but to order the artillery to start covering. He was also ruthless, and even called the troops to attack directly when the artillery opened fire.
In his opinion, it is not a problem to only suppress artillery fire, rush up and fight hand-to-hand with the Qing army, and rely on the strength of his own army.
This time he bet right, and he bet wrong. It is true that the Qing army did not fight back when he opened fire, but it does not mean that the Qing army will be afraid of hard encounters. It was not until the attacking troops climbed over the third barbed wire that Hasegawa ordered the artillery to stop the attack.
It is only about 50 meters away from the mountain, and even if you rush hard, you can rush up.
When the Qing army peeked out of the trenches, they found that the Japanese army was only about 30 meters away from the position, and at such a distance, even machine guns could not necessarily stop the Japanese attack.
"**** You're paralyzed. It's so insidious. : Liu Jun scolded a few times.
It seems that only the bayonet hand can see the effort. Liu Jun pulled out his waist knife again. This time, however, he was held down by the guards.
"Brothers, rush me and beat them down." Li Rong replaced Liu Jun this time, but went directly into battle.
Hasegawa fortunately saw a different Qing army at one time. These Qing troops actually rushed out of their positions and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the attacking Japanese troops.
Where are the two sides, no one will let anyone, you stab me once, I will exchange you with a knife, or even two,
Seeing that the two sides were at a stalemate, Hasegawa turned his head coldly and said to the chief of staff: "Order the artillery and immediately launch the artillery bombardment." ”
The chief of staff obviously didn't understand, he looked at the two sides that were fighting, and stammered: "Brigade commander." Topmost...... There are also our people on it. ”
"Immediately start shelling." Hasegawa's face was gloomy. He looked at the chief of staff next to him with a chill.
To say that the Japanese do not regard people as human beings, this is also said in the past, at least they did not regard their own people as the original people, and they abandoned them when they should abandon them, without the slightest hesitation.
The chief of staff stopped talking and turned to leave.
Seeing the chief of staff leaving, Hasegawa Yoshiyoshi ordered again: "Order the second brigade to attack immediately."
Before the artillery fired, the attacking Japanese troops had already begun to run up the hill with shouts.
The muscles of the face are twisted, and it is not a good thing to look at.
Boom, the shells exploded on the heads of the Qing army and the Japanese army who were fighting, and many Qing troops and Japanese troops who were fighting were blown up alive by the sudden shells, and then fell down heavily.
Everyone looked at this cruel scene in amazement, and the Qing army and the Japanese army that had been bombed by the shells forgot about hand-to-hand combat and began to dodge the merciless shells. And the Japanese troops under the mountain are indeed rushing up the mountain desperately.
"**** you." Liu Jun threw away the hat on his head all of a sudden: "I've seen shameless, I haven't seen shameless every day, I've blown up my own people, it's really not raised by people." ”
"Artillery, suppress the Japanese artillery fire, destroy him for Lao Tzu." Liu Jun howled loudly, he didn't feel sorry for the Japanese to bomb his own people, but the current situation is that his troops are obviously more than the Japanese army, and this kind of deal is not cost-effective.
Boom, the field artillery on the hill began to return fire. The coverage of the field artillery on the mountain was originally better than that under the mountain, and the Japanese artillery could be clearly seen here. A lot of shells began to explode in the Japanese artillery positions, and the Japanese artillery was suppressed during the battle.
"Machine gunner, aim at the shock Japanese army, sharpshooter, aim at the Japanese army in the mountains. Give me a hard beating. Liu Jun raised his binoculars with both hands to observe, and quickly gave an order.