Chapter 26: A Hurdle That Can't Be Crossed
The conscienceless cannon spewed out huge flames, carrying more than 20 pounds of explosives, rolling into the Changcheng Town, and many Japanese troops were blocking the Qing army at the entrance of the town. I didn't expect that this terrible cannon could be moved. Many Japanese soldiers were blown up on the spot, and their bones were completely lost. Some can't even find a bone.
Looking at the continuous artillery fire and collapsed houses in the town, as well as the skyrocketing fire, Liu Jun shook his head and sighed.
"Head, what's wrong with you, why don't you pity the Japanese?"
Liu Jun, who was sighing, glanced at Zhong Lin, who was grinning: "Nonsense, how can I pity those Japanese, I pity those houses, they are all our people's houses, it's a pity to blow them up." That's a lot of money. ”
Zhong Lin looked at the houses inside and pondered for a while: "Or I'll take someone to rush in." ”
"Okay, we can build the house without it, and if the people don't have it, I can't build it, so forget it." After thinking for a while, Liu Jun said: "After a while, when the artillery fire stops, you can lead a group of main forces to attack with me, first stand your ground, and then take advantage of the advantageous advantage to move forward." ”
Ahem, Liu Junzhi, choked on the strong smell of gunsmoke, coughed. Liu Jun fanned the thick gunpowder smoke with his hand, raised the telescope in his hand again and began to observe.
The artillery fire began to extend. Liu Jun saw that the houses around the town entrance were in ruins, and decisively ordered the Qing army to attack.
The Qing army, which had been waiting for a long time, followed the dragon flag fluttering in front of it, let out an earth-shattering roar, and rushed towards the long town that had become ruins.
The Japanese troops, who had not yet been killed and stunned, saw the Qing troops swarming in, and hurriedly opened fire, hoping to block the advancing gray flood. The Qing army continued to fall, but these soldiers did not stop the Qing army's attack, but rushed forward even louder.
Liu Jun understood that the Qing army was afraid of death as mentioned in the book, and it was all fake to run away when they saw the Japanese army, where is this image of being afraid of death, it is simply the reincarnation of evil ghosts, and they don't take their lives seriously. As soon as the Qing army saw the Japanese army, he ran away, he thought that it was the officials who did not take the lead, the Pyongyang Campaign, Zuo Guigui did not run, the Feng army did not run, Ye Zhichao ran, and the main force of the Qing army followed, which were all sins made by officials. Not a thing.
It seems that if you want to win the support of the Qing soldiers, as long as you go to the battlefield in the future, you must take the lead and set a good example. Liu Jun thought to himself.
Seeing that the Qing army had captured the entrance of the town and had begun to advance to the front. Liu Jun said to the guard platoon next to him, "Let's go up." ”
"Master, go up, it's dangerous up here, go up"
Seeing the Qing army rushing forward beside him, Liu Jun raised his voice: "Shut up, the lives of my brothers are lives, and my Liu Jun's lives are also lives, they were all born by my parents, and I want to be with my brothers." After saying that, he didn't pay attention to the guards around him, but walked forward.
The Qing army next to him obviously heard this, and Liu Jun's words spread in the army soon after.
When I came to the pinbuckle, I saw Zhong Lin lying in front of the earthen wall that had been blown back. The Qing army was being organized to attack a mud house not far ahead.
Seeing that the Qing army that went up had fallen, and the ones behind were about to rush, Liu Jun hurriedly shouted: "Don't fight, don't fight, the Japanese army is under fierce firepower, and there are turtles cowering in the corners, so they can't rush forward." Seeing the Japanese soldiers shooting in front, Liu Jun turned his head and said, "Go and push the field artillery." ”
"Head, it's too close for a cannonball to hit. : Zhong Lin hurriedly reminded Liu Jun.
Liu Jun found that the distance was only more than 30 meters. At such a distance, the field artillery has no effect at all, let alone a conscience cannon, and if that thing goes down, it is estimated that he will suffer.
Paralyzed, if there is a grenade now, Lao Tzu is afraid of you. Liu Jun scolded.
Scolding can't solve the problem, if you don't capture this place, you can't advance to the front at all, Liu Jun thought for a while, and still ordered the artillery to push the field guns, put the barrels flat, and aim directly at the fire point.
Boom, a crisp cannon sound, after the smoke, the enemy fire point in front of him has been blown up, the Qing army saw this, roared, and attacked the front again.
The simple hospital at the foot of Tuchengzi Mountain, this is the third batch of Qing troops sent down. Looking at the wounded soldiers who were constantly wailing and the corpses of the Qing army that had been lined up in several rows with white cloths, Wu Xiaoyan looked at the Qing army position above with a blank face and heavy smoke rising from the sound of guns and cannons.
I took another look at the military doctor who was busy with the green and the brothel ladies who were helping. Two hours ago, these people were talking and laughing, but now, everyone's face is full of sorrow, and many people are shedding tears, and they are carrying the dead bodies to the ground and lay them down.
In the Tuchengzi position, Li Rong, whose face was blackened by gunsmoke, climbed in the trench and watched the Japanese army attacking the mountain.
I saw the Japanese army walking in front of the barbed wire fence that was installed last time. Li Rong shouted loudly: "Open the cannon for me, shoot the cannon, and beat them down." ”
The artillery received the order, and the field artillery began to roar and began to explode in front of the Japanese troops, and many Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded by shrapnel. Wails began to be heard from the mountainside.
Hasegawa at the foot of the mountain saw that the Japanese army was in front of the damn thing, I don't know what kind of broken thing it was, and it was intercepted by Qing artillery fire. It's angry and hateful.
He was angry that when he came to Tuchengzi, he proudly announced that he would take Tuchengzi in half an hour, but he knew that now, it had been three hours of attacking, and the sun had set, let alone capturing Tuchengzi, and now he didn't even rush over that damn broken net, where did he attack every time. The attacking troops are always unable to get by, and what they hate is that they are so hateful with a few broken stakes and a few broken wires pulled up. Simply stopped the charging troops.
Three hours ago, Hasegawa led two wings to the foot of Tuchengzi Mountain.
I looked at Tuchengzi with a telescope, and saw the dragon flag of the Qing army fluttering on the mountain, and many Qing troops running back and forth on it, and on several high ground in the east, it was obvious where a dozen or so field guns were placed. The strange thing is that under the mountainside, only a hundred meters away from the Qing army's position, there are three strange things pulled by the stump, and if you look closely, it is actually a few wires, more than half a person high.
Hasegawa was only curious as to why the Qing army had placed these things, but it didn't catch his attention. Let people get the command right, Hasegawa is good and starts to attack.
The field guns of the brigade were arranged in a row and began to rain shells into the hills. The Qing army's position was immediately buried by the debris and smoke of gunpowder.
Seeing that the Qing army that was still running just now did not even appear in a single figure, Hasegawa smiled proudly and began to order a squadron of Japanese troops to start attacking, in his opinion, a squadron is enough to look up to the Qing army.
Seeing that the troops were almost to the barbed wire, and the Japanese troops on the mountain still did not move, Hasegawa directly thought that the Qing army had fled.
Snorted, Hasegawa said to the chief of staff beside him: "I don't think Yasujun Oji is worthy of commanding a brigade and being a squad leader, you see that he touted the Qing army like that, it is simply a shame for the imperial soldiers."
The staff officer next to him also caters to Hasegawa good.
Instead of talking to others, Hasegawa began to hold up his binoculars, he wanted to appreciate this great moment.
I saw that the Japanese army came to those wires, and the wires more than half a person high blocked the way, and they were still standing there, hitting something with the butts of their guns.
As soon as the cannon rang out, I saw that the Qing army on the hill began to counterattack, and many shells exploded around the Japanese army, and the bullets flew around, and the Japanese troops who were surrounding there were instantly killed and killed.
The rest of the Japanese began to climb on the ground to fight back and rush to the barbed wire, but they were always killed alive by the Japanese troops on the mountain.
The first attack failed, and the attacking Japanese army retreated in defeat. Hasegawa learned that the wire was full of spikes, and his hands couldn't grasp it at all, and when he grabbed it, he would dig into the meat.
Telling the attacking troops to rest, Hasegawa ordered the artillerymen to change the target of the bombardment and aim the shells at the hateful barbed wire, with which he wanted to blow up these difficult things.
After a burst of artillery fire, the smoke cleared, and the sad Hasegawa found that those things were still set up like the little hadron who couldn't be killed.
"Yaga." Hasegawa cursed, he didn't believe that the Imperial soldiers would be blocked by these things, so he adjusted his forces again and increased them to a brigade. The Japanese attacked again.
The result is still the same. The Japanese stopped at the wire and were repulsed.
Hasegawa got angry and told the two captains of the attack that he couldn't take Tuchengzi and thanked the emperor by seppuku.
Seppuku could not save this fact, and the troops still never passed.
This time, Hasegawa used the crowd tactics well, starting the attack with a wing of men and sending cavalry to support him.
The Japanese army rushed upwards in waves. The Qing army desperately intercepted, and the barbed wire fence was covered with a thick layer of corpses.
The Japanese soldiers who were crawling under the pile of corpses were clever enough to lay the reported corpses on the barbed wire, and a pedestrian path was paved.
This move further confirmed the news of the Japanese army's cannibalism. At that time, in Lushun, I heard that the soldiers who had eaten a lot of people by the Japanese army shouted and began to play with their lives, and stood up and fought to the death with the Japanese soldiers. However, after firing a few shots, he was killed by the Japanese soldiers.
Field artillery also began to bombard with a lethal impact. However, all this could not stop the already insane Japanese soldiers, many of whom stepped on the corpses of their comrades and finally climbed over the terrible barbed wire fence and began to howl and rush up the mountain.
Li Rong saw that the Japanese army had rushed through the barbed wire. With a cold face, he ordered the people around him: "Go, let the conscience cannon be ready." ”