Chapter 12 l The Combined Fleet Retreats
This is still a wounded, I saw that the Qing soldiers who were carried down and placed on the ground either broke a leg or an arm, or there was no blood hole in the stomach that was bubbling blood. Wang Ruifang saw that a Qing soldier who was about the same age as her actually had half of his intestines exposed outside his stomach.
Wang Ruifang, who had never seen this hellish scene, could still endure it and vomited on the spot.
"Don't throw up, hurry, hurry, rip his clothes." A doctor yelled at Wang Ruifang, who was vomiting there, Wang Ruifang nodded, squatted down with a pale face, picked up scissors and cut the clothes of the Qing soldier, the flesh and blood had long been stuck together, Wang Ruifang gently moistened it with water, and then slowly uncovered the soldier's clothes. There was actually a huge wound on the stomach, the wound was too wide, exposing the intestines to the outside.
The whole county office was filled with the wailing and noisy busyness of the wounded soldiers all night.
The eastern sky began to turn white again, and after Wang Ruifang wrapped the last wounded soldier in gauze, he heard a roar in the direction of the fort again, and everyone stood up and went in the direction of the fort outside the city.
Liu Jun is now in the balance, today just dawned, the Japanese army's remaining Itsukushima and the bridge began to bombard, the fort defenders were not to be outdone, under the command of Zhang Yi began to counterattack, today is destined to be a disastery day, the speed of the wave is because of yesterday's carelessness, so that the Qing army took advantage of it, sunk at the door of the house, but now the two Japanese warships, are swimming fast at a speed of more than a dozen knots, which adds a lot of pressure to the defenders of the battery, has been fighting for an hour, not even a single shell hit two warships, At that time, the Japanese army destroyed the No. 3 battery. When the Japanese and other green troops saw the destruction of No. 3 battery, they all swarmed in, occupied No. 3 battery, turned the remaining two guns over, and began to bombard the shore defense artillery.
The No. 1 battery, which was already under pressure, now divided its firepower to deal with the Japanese troops at the No. 3 battery.
Liu Jun also took a battalion of troops, saying that he would also capture the No. 3 battery.
It has been charged three times, but each time it was knocked down by the Japanese army, and under the No. 3 battery, many corpses of Qing soldiers were piled up.
"Brigade seat, the Japanese army's firepower is too fierce, and they can't rush up at all, what do you think is the whole thing?" The commander of the first battalion who led the charge was wrapped in heavenly gauze on his head and said to Liu Jun, who was lying at the foot of the mountain.
Liu Jun can't see it, the Qing army is not afraid of death, the problem is that if you attack like this, then death is not worth it at all, he looked at the distance on the mountain, thought for a while and said: "Immediately transfer five doors to run over without conscience, and then advance fifty meters, and follow me where to die, and let the conscienceless cannon come for other things."
The battalion commander got the order, and immediately ordered someone to take out five conscienceless cannons from the position and brought them to Liu Jun's side. At a distance of fifty meters, more than forty Qing troops fell. When they arrived at the place, the Qing army lay on the ground and launched a confrontation with the Japanese army. In order to buy time for the artillery.
The artillerymen also knew that this was the brothers who were taking their lives to win time with themselves, so they also worked hard to dig the soil, which usually took about ten minutes, but it was actually dug in five minutes. Settle down and run, reload the shells. Without the slightest hesitation, the Qing soldiers lit the fuse. Boom, five unconscionable guns sent shells to battery No. 3.
The Japanese army was not afraid that the Qing army would drag the heavy artillery to the flash, and many people were killed and injured by this sudden shelling. Immediately taking advantage of this opportunity, he led people to rush to the No. 3 battery, and the Yellow Dragon Flag flew again on the No. 3 battery, which had been lost for one or three hours.
The Yellow Dragon Flag was raised, which meant that the No. 3 battery had been regained, Zhang Yi was overjoyed, and immediately adjusted all the artillery directions and aimed them at the two Japanese warships in the distance.
The recapture of No. 3 battery did not mean that the Japanese landing force had been wiped out, and now the 2nd and 3rd battalions were fighting repeatedly with the Japanese army in the main position.
Arrange for the next platoon to be stationed, and Liu Jun will lead the main force of the first battalion to turn back to the No. 1 battery and join the Qing soldiers guarding there.
The entire battery has been changed beyond recognition, and there are only bare guns in many places of the battery, and the bunkers have also been blown into a mess.
A day's training has turned these peasants into real soldiers. They had already repelled four Japanese attacks. At the foot of the mountain, they were fighting with the Japanese army with bayonets, and the arrival of Liu Jun allowed the Qing soldiers, who had lost their advantage, to gain the upper hand at one time, and fight a Japanese soldier in a group of three. The Japanese were finally squeezed to the shore. There was also a cheer from the battery, and a cannonball just now hit the bridge, and now the bridge was already billowing smoke. The speed of the ship has also dropped a lot compared to just now. The defenders of the battery concentrated all the remaining artillery and began to bombard the wounded bridge.
A series of bullets left Hashidate seriously injured. The hull of the ship began to leak, in such a afternoon, Hashitachi will also follow in the footsteps of the waves, the captain of the ship Higaku Zhuangcheng had to guide the Hashidate ship to run aground in the shallow water, after all, the Japanese warship has lost one, can not be lost, even if it is captured by the Qing army, then after the war can also be returned. The remaining Itsukushima saw that the event was gone, and under the order of the captain, it turned around and headed for Weihai, leaving behind more than 200 Japanese troops who had landed yesterday and the Hashidate, which had been wounded and stranded
Without the cover of warships, Liu Jun launched a general attack on the Japanese army in the afternoon, and a regiment of soldiers surrounded the Japanese army to the sea from three sides. The Japanese army was also tough, and no one surrendered.
Seeing that the Japanese were surrounded on the shore, the Hashidate ship, which sailed to the shallow water, also began to bombard, which also relieved the pressure of the Japanese army, but ignored it and attracted the frantic retaliation of the battery. The Hashidate did not dare to open fire, so he had to watch the Japanese lose in front of his eyes.
In an hour's general attack, the Japanese army was completely annihilated. All that remains is the Hashidate ship, which has run aground not far away. Seeing that the warship Hashidate could not escape, under the order of the captain Yokoo Michiyu, he hung up the white qi, and the second captain went into the captain's room alone and shot himself.
From 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon to 5 o'clock this afternoon, more than 10 hours of desperate struggle, the Qing soldiers ended by sinking one Japanese ship, capturing one, annihilating more than 6,600 Japanese landing troops, and capturing more than 200 captains on the Hashidate.
Zhang Yi's face was also full of joy at this time, they won but when they accompanied Liu Jun to clean up the battlefield. A Japanese soldier who was not dead actually shot Liu Jun, and Liu Jun only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he threw himself on the ground.
Lushun County Ya, the wounded are being sent one after another, there are more wounded soldiers today than yesterday, Wang Ruifang wiped the sweat on his face, and took out the water to wipe his face with an injured person and poured it out.
The basin of water was already blood-red, and although he had studied medicine, it didn't mean that he wasn't afraid.
As soon as he wanted to turn around and return to the county office, Wang Ruifang saw a group of vicious Qing soldiers like robbers, retreating those who were in the way, and the wounded soldiers who were a little slower and those who were working changed hands and were beaten by this group of soldiers.
"Dodge, dodge. The brigade seat is injured" Wang Ruifang heard a person in front of him pushing away an old man who was blocking the way, shouting loudly.
Dare to call the brigade seat in Lushun, except for Liu Jun, who I saw under the Zuixian Pagoda the day before yesterday, who else will be, but now the person on the stretcher is covered by the Yellow Dragon Flag, and his face cannot be seen clearly.
Wang Ruifang stood aside, letting the group of wounded soldiers, covered in dirt and blood, in, and then followed.
He had seen the county order, and not long after entering, he saw the county order kick on the person who roared the loudest just now and scolded: "Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi, I am a **** ancestor." If there are three longs and two shorts in the brigade, I will not let you go, and all the officers and men will not let you go.
The county magistrate, who has been busy with everyone since yesterday, actually began to curse, it seems that the person under the banner of Huanglong is probably really the brigade, Wang Ruifang thought in his heart.
Don't care about this, she picked up the basin and went to the backyard to fetch water, and just halfway through the fight, she saw the maid come over and said: "Miss, miss, the doctor asked you to go over, the brigade seat was injured by a bullet in the back, and the bullet must be removed immediately, he needs your help."
Wang Ruifang nodded, put down the basin, and under the leadership of the maid, came to the room inside the mouth, and pointed to see where the county commander and a group of soldiers outside the door were standing, anxiously waiting for the news inside.
The bullet entered from the back, pierced diagonally upwards, and got stuck in the bones of the shoulder.
After two hours of hard work, the bullet was finally taken out and wrapped in gauze, Wang Ruifang walked out, and was surrounded by a group of soldiers to inquire about Liu Jun's situation, after getting safe.
Zhang Yi pounced suddenly, knelt in front of Wang Ruifang and said, "This young lady, you are my mother, thank you." ”
Hearing the news of Liu Jun's safety, Wu Datong relieved his heart, and as soon as he mentioned Zhang Yi, he asked about the situation of the fort.
Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then he said something that Wu Datong thought he had heard wrongly, and he sank the waves, captured Qiaoli, and annihilated more than 600 Japanese troops. After inquiring again, and after getting the same news, Wu Datong threw down Zhang Yi, ran to the county government compound, and said what had just happened loudly. The crowd was stunned for a moment, then cheered and embraced with encouragement, and the ladies of the brothel hugged the wounded soldiers together. It made many wounded soldiers red-faced.
Wu Datong was still not satisfied, so he ran outside again and told the great news.
Lushun began a carnival to celebrate this great victory at sea.