Qin Chuan sat for a long time, didn't see any movement, took off a rifle hanging on the wall and held it in his hand. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The rifle that Qin Chuan was injured was a German Mauser with a five-round magazine, which Wang Shizhen got from the Gubeikou training army. For some reason, Qin Chuan has always had a soft spot for the German Mauser. It's like a man likes the feeling of a woman, some people like to be enchanting and beautiful, some like to be amorous, some like to be empathetic, and some prefer to be unpretentious, Qin Chuan feels that in terms of rifles, it is the latter that he likes.

The appearance of the German-made weapon is simple and unpretentious, but the inside is rigorous and meticulous, just take this Mauser as an example, holding it in the hand, it feels very comfortable, the butt, the grip, and even the trigger and the palm, the five fingers are seamless, as if this rifle is specially designed according to Qin Chuan's palm and five fingers.

Qin Chuan took a piece of fine cloth, skillfully disassembled the bolt and bolt, wiped it gently, and took a long thin iron bar, wrapped the fine cloth around it, stretched it along the barrel, and slowly turned it to clean the rifling in the barrel. At the end, Qin Chuan opened the magazine again, took out the bullets, and carefully wiped the inside of the magazine.

It wasn't until he could no longer find a place with dirt that Qin Chuan installed the clean parts one by one, and finally closed the magazine with a "click", held the shining rifle in front of him, and savored the charm of the German Mauser.

Qin Chuan came to North Korea this time and did not bring his special Mauser. He usually carries a Colt revolver with him, but the effective range of the revolver is too short, only an insignificant fifty meters, and it is not helpful on the battlefield. For Qin Chuan, who has excellent marksmanship, there is no rifle that can be taken advantage of, which is difficult for him to accept no matter what, which is why Qin Chuan asked Wang Shizhen to find this Mauser.

In fact, Qin Chuan also has two shell guns, and in close combat, Qin Chuan prefers to use shell guns. The shell gun has a large capacity, not to mention, the effective range is more than 100 meters, the gun body is short, as long as it is used skillfully, it can be said that it can be used to point where to fight, after more than a year of use, Qin Chuan now has reached this level with both hands and shell guns. Within fifty meters, he can hit with a flick. It's just that Qin Chuan cares about his identity, and his two shell guns are carried by his guards, after all, Qin Chuan is also a genuine official now, although he is not as disdainful of carrying guns as those Qing army generals, but he must always pay attention to the image is not.

With the sound of horses' hooves, several war horses trotted to the outside of the courtyard, and then there was a burst of human voices from Ye Zhichao's line opposite, and soon more horses left. Qin Chuan listened for a long time, and there was no movement.

Qin Chuan really wanted Xu Tong to go out to investigate, but when he walked to the door, he saw that Xu Tong and the soldiers were checking the ammunition and sorting out the equipment, and Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel the rush in his heart.

Qin Chuan was about to turn around and go back, but when he saw a person hurriedly walking in from outside the door, Qin Chuan's eyes couldn't help but light up.

The person who came was none other than Wang Shizhen. Wang Shizhen couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw Qin Chuan standing energetically at the door of the main room with the Mauser he had gotten.

In the past few days of Qin Chuan's "recuperation", Ye Zhichao asked Wang Shizhen to report the military situation to Qin Chuan every day, but before this morning, Qin Chuan was lying in bed.

However, Wang Shizhen was only stunned for a while, and when Wang Shizhen saw that Xu Tong, Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin were leading the group of young people in the reconnaissance platoon to check and sort out weapons and ammunition, Wang Shizhen, who was already thoughtful, couldn't help laughing.

Although Qin Chuan wanted to hear what he wanted from Wang Shizhen's mouth, he still smiled as usual and beckoned Wang Shizhen to come in and speak.

When serving tea, Wang Shizhen said to Qin Chuan with a grin.

"Ming Hong."

Wang Shizhen is older than Qin Chuan, Qin Chuan also thought about enveloping Wang Shizhen, and asked Wang Shizhen not to call him an adult, and he could call him when no one was there, Wang Shizhen resolutely disagreed at first, but he had more contact with Qin Chuan in the past few days, and sometimes on a whim, he often called Qin Chuan's word directly.

"The president also said that you have been sick for a few days, and if you lie down again, I am afraid that your body and bones will be really hindered, so I will be called to treat Minghong today. At first, I wondered, where did I know the art of apricot forest? And how to diagnose and treat Minghong? ”

Wang Shizhen smiled slyly: "For my concerns, the president just smiled and didn't answer." I had to come in a daze, and it wasn't until I saw Ming Hung that I was stunned. ”

After Wang Shizhen finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing.

As the saying goes, "people are old and slippery, and trees are old and elves", this is true, it seems that Ye Zhichao has already understood his thoughts. Qin Chuan thought about it, and he didn't hide it, and he also laughed.

"Appointment secretary, but the president asked you to report on the military situation?"

As soon as Wang Shizhen heard Qin Chuan mention the matter, he couldn't help but put away his smile and reported to Qin Chuan.

"Ming Hong, President Ye asked me to come just like that."

Then, Wang Shizhen began to inform Qin Chuan of the movements of the Japanese army.

First of all, the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, to which Yoshimasa Oshima belonged, included the 11th Infantry Wing of Nishijima Suke Yoshinasa; Lacking a brigade, Takeda Hideyama Nakasa's 21st Infantry Wing; 1st Squadron of the 5th Cavalry Brigade; the 3rd Brigade of the 5th Artillery Wing of Nagata Kameshosa; The 1st Squadron of the 5th Engineer Brigade, as well as the Sanitary Corps and the Field Hospital. More than 3,600 people in total. The 9th Mixed Brigade came from Hwangju, and it had already spent the night in Zhonghe last night, and it will be near Pyongyang today.

The Wonsan detachment of the Japanese army had already set out from Sungchon yesterday, arrived at Liudongbang on the same day, and arrived north of Pyongyang by tomorrow at the latest.

After the morning fog on the river cleared at dawn that day, it first sent a small force to cross the river to check the situation, and then sent a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to conduct a large-scale and careful search on the opposite bank to confirm that there were no Qing troops nearby, and then carefully crossed the river, hastily collected the corpses of the Japanese soldiers killed in battle, and then suddenly resolutely plunged into the northwest of Pyongyang at the speed of a rapid march.

For the Shuoning detachment, which had suffered heavy losses and had weak troops, it insisted on inserting itself into Pyongyang's rear road in accordance with the established battle plan, which made Qin Chuan even admire the commander of the Japanese Shuoning detachment. If this matter had been placed on the Qing army, it would have been estimated that it would have returned the same way or looked for the main force of the Nozu Road along the river.

Although Qin Chuan thought that the Japanese army was resolute in carrying out the tactical objectives of the campaign, he also thought that it was a little dull, and if he could have more troops and the Qing army's combat effectiveness was stronger, he could completely encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Shuoning detachment on the road after crossing the river. It's just a pity that the other Japanese troops are rapidly approaching Pyongyang, and Pyongyang can't give him more support, and without absolute superiority in troops, Qinchuan will never just attack rashly by these Qing troops with extremely poor field experience. Although the battle at the ferry greatly boosted the morale of the Qing army in Pyongyang, and even some generals talked about the Japanese army with disdain, Qin Chuan himself was not drunk, he knew very well that the reason why he won such a big victory at the ferry was entirely because the Japanese army had never encountered resistance at all along the way, and he was too careless and negligent, which allowed him to seize the opportunity.

In addition, the main force of the 5th Division under the command of Nozu Michikan arrived at 12 Po yesterday and is currently rushing to cross the Taedong River, and will also arrive in Pyongyang within two days.

Early this morning, small units of Japanese cavalry reconnaissance units had been spotted in all directions of Pyongyang, and the Qing troops in Pyongyang had withdrawn to the city.

Looking at Qin Chuan, who was contemplating his eyebrows, Wang Shizhen said with a smile: "Ming Hong, in the battle of the ferry, let's not talk about how much the Japanese army was annihilated, but this battle has brought out the morale of our nearly 10,000-strong army in Pyongyang." Our defeat from Asan and Chenghuan has somewhat panicked the army in Pyongyang, even President Ye. Even those generals were quite disrespectful to President Ye for a time. But now it's different, Wei Dasan and Zuo Guanting are both shouting to go out of the city to meet the Japanese army, if it weren't for President Ye's press, I'm afraid they would have fought to death with the Japanese at this moment. ”

Hearing Wang Shizhen say this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be taken aback. It is not good to be afraid of the enemy in battle, but it is even more taboo in the army to be optimistic and underestimate the enemy, and the war is about to begin, and this state is not good.

Qin Chuan stood up suddenly: "Hireqing, the reason why the Shuoning detachment of the Japanese army at the ferry was defeated was precisely because of the light enemy, so I will go to President Ye." ”

Seeing that Qin Chuan was about to leave, Wang Shizhen hurriedly grabbed Qin Chuan and said with a smile.

"Minghong, you relax, President Ye has the same mind as you, no, he is calling those generals for a meeting."

"Oh, yes."

Wang Shizhen also stood up: "Because the strength of the Japanese Shuoning detachment has been greatly reduced, it is estimated that they are going to cut off our back road, but this time it will be much more stable in Jiangfuqing, north of the city." President Ye was still worried that Dadao was on the way south of the city, and he was afraid that they would not be able to resist Ma Jingshan, so he transferred the battalion of Luo Peide to the south of the city and handed it over to you to take it, and it is estimated that the battalion has arrived in the south of the city at this moment. ”

Qin Chuan didn't think there was anything wrong with Ye Zhichao's dispatch of Luo Peide's first battalion to the south of the city to participate in the defense, after all, there were only more than 1,000 people left in the Shuoning detachment of the Japanese army, and the strength was about the same as Jiang Zikang. It is also necessary to strengthen the defense of the southern part of the city, which is open to the earth. It would be better to hand it over to himself, originally he was also waiting to go there after the war to take a look, first, to see how the combat effectiveness of the Yi Army and the Sheng Army was? Second, later historical materials have many accusations against Wei Rugui, and he also wants to see how this Wei Rugui is?