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"Boom, boom, boom"

Qin Chuan had to explain in detail, but was interrupted by a series of shell explosions, and Qin Chuan had no choice but to turn his gaze back to the battlefield.

Although the Japanese squadron was not strong, it was very tenacious, while firing at the Qing troops in the two forts, while rushing forward regardless of casualties, although people were constantly knocked down by the bullets fired by the Qing troops in the forts, but the short Japanese soldiers still fiercely held bayonets and quickly rushed to the forts.

Seeing that the Japanese army had rushed to the fort, which was only more than 200 meters away, the Qing artillery position on the river bank opened fire again. This time, the artillery shells of the Qing army were very accurate, and several shells fell into the Japanese attacking team, and each shell explosion would bring a piece of blood, blowing up the surrounding Japanese troops and flying high, and the corpses were divided into several pieces in the air and fell to the ground.

The flying shrapnel and the splattering flesh and blood seemed to sober up the Japanese army a lot, and as soon as the Qing artillery rang out, the Japanese army immediately dragged the corpses and wounded and quickly retreated.

The large forces of the Japanese army arrived one after another an hour later, although Qin Chuan, who was standing on the city wall, did not see how many Japanese soldiers there were because of the continuous hills of the earthenware shop, but Qin Chuan saw in the telescope that a large group of Japanese officers with European-style sabers hanging from their waists went up to the hill and then used binoculars to observe the position of the Qing army.

Originally, Japanese officers did not carry sabers, and it was only in 1885 that Japanese officers were issued with command knives. Because Japan's military reform at this time was based on France, and the Japanese felt that since they were learning from each other, they had to learn thoroughly, so the sabers worn by Japanese officers at this time were all European-style. The European saber has a large arc, and in Europe, this kind of saber is mostly decorative and not practical, and the battlefield fight is even more pitiful.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Japanese officers wore Japanese samurai sabers, which began in 1934. The Japanese katana originated from the Tang sword of the Tang Dynasty in China, also known as the horizontal sword. It's just that after dynastic changes in China, the Tang knife making method has long been lost, but it is well preserved by the Japanese.

After 1934, although Japanese officers carried sabers, they were not uniformly issued to officers by the Japanese military department, but officers had to bring their own sabers. If you have a good family background, or your ancestors are samurai, you naturally want to hang an ancestral katana to show off the glory of your family. An officer from a poor family had no choice but to buy a handful.

Perhaps in order to confirm Qin Chuan's conjecture, the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army soon divided the two wings into left and right wings, and the artillery was also deployed separately. After the Japanese army hastily arranged the artillery positions, they began to shell the Qing army's forts, and the infantry also launched attacks on the three forts at the same time, but the scale of the attack was still not large, and they were all squadron sizes. Observing in Qinchuan, the nature of the Japanese army's offensive was still tentative.

Judging from the sound of Japanese artillery, there were ten mountain guns on the left flank and eight on the right flank, which means that the ninth mixed brigade of the Japanese army had a total of eighteen mountain guns, which was much more than the Qing army's cannons in Nancheng.

The Japanese attack was quickly ended by the Qing troops in the three forts and the fire of eight mountain guns on the river bank and on the two batteries in the southeast corner of Pyongyang.

Although Ye Zhichao did not say it explicitly, in fact, Qin Chuan brought a battalion to Nancheng, which was under the command of Sun Xianyin, because in terms of official position, Sun Xianyin was obviously one level higher than Qin Chuan's registered general army.

As soon as the Japanese army in Nancheng appeared, Ye Zhichao and others, who were convening a military meeting, got the news, and the generals, big and small, hurriedly returned to their respective defensive positions. Qin Chuan, who was standing on the city wall, saw Ma Yukun with a large group of soldiers out of Datong Gate, and crossed the river along the bridge to enter the fortress of Zhisong Courtyard.

For Ma Yukun did not live in the city like other Qing army generals, but was stationed in the forefront of the siege to command, which surprised Qin Chuan, and even changed his perception of Ma Yukun.

As soon as he returned to Nancheng, he sent someone to invite Qin Chuan to inform Qin Chuan of the latest movements of the Japanese army.

The Qing army had the information that the Japanese Wonsan detachment coming from the eastern route had advanced to the vicinity of Sunan, which was only 20 kilometers north of Pyongyang, cutting off the back route for the Qing army's northward retreat. And a small force went out to Kanbei Mountain, Kanbei Courtyard at the southern foot of Aimei Mountain; The Japanese Shuoning detachment, which had suffered heavy losses, was approaching the Kunzhuhyeon Heights in the northwest of Pyongyang, and Ye Zhichao's analysis was that the Japanese Shuoning detachment seemed to be preparing to face off at the Jiangzikang Department on the opposite bank along the line at the southern foot of Daesheng Mountain; The main force of the Japanese Fifth Division, commanded by Nozu Michiguan, commander of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, is currently crossing the river at 12 Po, and it is estimated that it can reach the city of Pyongyang in three days at the latest; And the Japanese army they faced was the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army of Yoshimasa Oshima.

In addition to these, there is also the bad news that Pyongyang's telegraph line to the country has been cut off by the Japanese army.

The only good news is that Lu Benyuan has led a battalion of horses to escort a large number of weapons, ammunition, and food to Uiju, but according to the current situation, Lu Benyuan is no longer able to transport these materials urgently needed by the Qing army in Pyongyang.

The arrival of various Japanese troops in Pyongyang was expected for a long time, and Qin Chuan didn't pay much attention to it. It's just that the telegraph line to communicate with the country was destroyed by the Japanese army, making Pyongyang completely an isolated city, which made Qin Chuan feel a little uneasy. However, Qin Chuan immediately felt a trace of relief in his heart. Because the telegram was broken, that is to say, anything in Pyongyang can only be decided by these generals in Pyongyang headed by Ye Zhichao, and Ye Zhichao's idea of bringing these nearly 10,000 Beiyang elites back to China has a basis for implementation.

It's just that what worries Qin Chuan is that it is said that in the original history, the Qing army suffered a lot of losses in Pyongyang, especially when it broke through the siege, it was very chaotic, and it was discovered by the Japanese army and tried to set up ambushes along the way, resulting in extremely heavy losses for the Qing army. Although Qin Chuan didn't know what caused the chaos of the Qing army, Qin Chuan never wanted such a thing to happen, he silently thought in his heart, if he didn't come to this era, it would be fine, since he had come, he would do his best to save these Qing troops who died tragically in the hands of the Japanese army.

Although there were many angry young people in later generations, they hated it when they mentioned it, and they wanted to kill it all, but Qin Chuan didn't think so.

In Qin Chuan's view, although the Manchus, as a foreign race, invaded the Central Plains more than 200 years ago and seized the Han people of the Ming Dynasty. But the Manchus are a minority after all, and their cultural heritage is extremely shallow, and they want to firmly rule this vast country, not only to reuse the Han people, but also to inherit the cultural heritage of the Han people. For example, the Manchus now all speak Chinese, and many Manchus no longer speak their native language. In addition, they not only basically followed the system of the Ming Dynasty, but they also respected Confucius, the sage of the Chinese nation, and etiquette.

Qin Chuan felt that after more than 200 years of washing and washing by the long river, it should be said that the Manchus have long been sinicized, and the vast majority of Manchus, that is, the so-called banner people, now except for such an identity, will receive a penny of food every month, ordinary Manchus are not only the same as Han people, and even the quality of life of most Manchus is not as good as that of Han people with better families. It doesn't make much sense to talk about barbarians anymore.

Therefore, at least now Qin Chuan never thought that the Qing army was all minions of foreign races, or even minions, and did not help them.

Qin Chuan, who was feeling a little heavy, was thinking all the way about how to make these Qing troops in Pyongyang reduce their losses as much as possible, and unconsciously returned to his station.

Although Qin Chuan did not have any clue about how to reduce the losses of the Qing army in Pyongyang, he knew that the Qing army probably began to break through on the night of the 15th or the early morning of the 16th, that is, he still had three or four days to prepare from now on.

As soon as he entered the gate, Qin Chuan asked people to go to the city to give orders, and only a sentry was left in the city to monitor and guard, asking Xu Tong, Luo Peide, Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin to take the others down to the city.

After Xu Tong and Loped went down to the city, Qin Chuan asked Xu Tong and Lopet about the grain, meat and egg reserves in the camp.

In the days when Qinchuan was "recuperating", according to Qinchuan's orders, Xu Tong sent people to buy a lot of pork and beef, as well as chickens, ducks and eggs.

When asked about the reserves, Qin Chuan ordered that all the beef be made into sauce meat, and then the white noodles should be made into fried noodles, and then sealed in a bag with an oily paper bag according to two catties per portion. Don't worry about the rest of the pork, chicken, duck and eggs, and make sure everyone has meat for every meal these days.

Although Qin Chuan didn't say it explicitly, Luo Peide and Yu Guangxin could understand it, that is, they had to eat all of this in the next few days.

Watching Qin Chuan give orders one by one, the faces of Loped, Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin slowly became gloomy. It's just that none of these people asked Qin Chuan why he did this.

Under Qin Chuan's urging, the meal was soon served.

A few people set up a table of eight immortals in the courtyard where Qin Chuan was, and served two large bowls of braised pork, a clay pot of chicken stewed mushrooms, two plates of Korean kimchi and half a pot of fragrant rice. A few people who were a little dull were about to use chopsticks to eat, and Qiu Fengchi led more than a dozen Sheng soldiers to drive two carts to send forty boxes of bullets to Qin Chuan.

In the case of shortage of ammunition, Qiu Fengchi also distributed so many bullets from Sheng Jun's hand and sent them over, Qin Chuan was naturally grateful, and hurriedly pulled Qiu Fengchi to sit on the table, and asked people to take a few empty bowls and a jar of liquor, slapped open the mud seal and poured half a bowl each.

Qiu Fengchi was very talkative, seeing that Qin Chuan was really grateful, he was also very happy in his heart, and he always had to say some good things for Wei Rugui during the banquet, intentionally or unintentionally.

After eating, after Qiu Fengchi said goodbye and left, Qin Chuan took Luo Peide, Xu Tong, Yu Guangxin, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin to the city again with a sentry to replace the sentry who was on guard in the city.

The atmosphere in the city in the afternoon was very dull, although Lopet and Yu Guangxin didn't ask Qin Chuan about arranging fried noodles and making sauce meat, but Qin Chuan could see that these people knew that this was Qin Chuan's belief that Pyongyang must not be guaranteed, and was preparing to evacuate or flee, so these people were intentionally or unintentionally staying away from Qin Chuan.

If Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin could guess Qin Chuan's thoughts, Qin Chuan didn't care, after all, these young people had received modern education from the Martial Arts Academy, and it was reasonable to say that they were well-thought, but what surprised Qin Chuan was that Lopet was a straightforward and uninhibited person, and he even guessed his thoughts, which made Qin Chuan a little surprised.

Although Qin Chuan knew the thoughts of several people, Qin Chuan didn't dare to say it, if he said that Pyongyang was not guaranteed now, it would inevitably be in turmoil, and if these generals in Pyongyang City took the opportunity to retaliate, even Ye Zhichao, it was not impossible to cut him down on the charge of disturbing the morale of the army before the war.

Qin Chuan remembered that Yang Xiu, who was extremely smart in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", deduced from Cao Cao's sentence of "chicken ribs" that Cao Cao was going to withdraw the army, and then packed up in advance, causing turmoil in the army's heart, and was finally cut off by Cao Cao's head.

Until it was dark at night, the Japanese army did not attack again, but only built fortifications on the hills of the earthenware shop and Shuiwan Bridge, and the artillery hidden behind the hills began to shell the Qing army's fort, thinking that the Japanese army had already placed artillery positions, on the one hand, calibrated and prepared for a big battle. On the other hand, Qin Chuan guessed that the Japanese army also intended to attack and harass the Qing army.

After dark, Ma Yukun came from the bridge and entered the city, and then with Sun Xianyin, the two went to Ye Zhichao to discuss the military situation, and the two did not come back until the second watch, and Ma Yukun went out of Datong to the fortress in Zhisong Courtyard. Qin Chuan, who had been sitting in the city after dinner, saw it clearly, and he also admired Ma Yukun even more in his heart.

Qin Chuan was going to sit alone in the city for a while, but Xu Tong came up and told Qin Chuan that Wang Shizhen had come to the station, so Qin Chuan went down to the city.

Wang Shizhen didn't come for anything else, he was appointed by Ye Zhichao to report to Qin Chuan about the Japanese military situation. I think Ye Zhichao was afraid that Sun Xianyin was still resentful of Qin Chuan because of Lu Benyuan's matter, and he didn't report the military situation to Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan asked about Ye Zhichao's convening of the military meeting today, and Wang Shizhen suddenly became a little silent.

Seeing that Wang Shizhen's expression was calm, Qin Chuan did not ask, but lit a cigarette by himself and smoked it quietly.

It took a long time for Wang Shizhen to let out a long breath of turbidity, and said to Qin Chuan in a low voice.

"Ming Hung 。。。。。。"

It's just that Wang Shizhen couldn't say anything as soon as she spoke, and frowned for a long time before saying again.

"President Ye's meaning Ming Hong also knows that Pyongyang cannot be defended, and at this time, we should take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has not yet gained a firm foothold, and the whole army should resolutely abandon Pyongyang and kill it. The Shuoning detachment of the Japanese army defending the northwest was weak and was resolutely difficult to defeat our army, which was the best strategy at present. However, Zuo Guigui completely ignored the shortage of food and ammunition for our Pyongyang army, and blindly raised troops for a thousand days, and this is the time for men to serve the country。。。。。。 ”

"Hey."

Wang Shizhen sighed again and said: "Let's tell you the truth, Pyongyang's grain is acceptable, and there will be no food shortage after the month, but the shells and bullets are worried." According to my estimate, if the Japanese army attacked on all sides, the bullets and shells would only be enough for two or three days at most。。。。。。 ”

Wang Shizhen's words, Qin Chuan's heart trembled suddenly, although he knew that Pyongyang did not have much ammunition, but he never expected that there would be a lack of such a thing!

Wang Shizhen saw that Qin Chuan was very shocked, and continued with a wry smile.

"Ming Hong, as far as I know, whether it is the Sheng Army, the Yi Army, the Feng Army or the Sheng Zi Training Army of Fengsheng A, the ammunition brought with them is not small when they enter the DPRK this time. It's just that this is a lot more than before. This time they generally carried four base ammunition, which was supposedly enough to support a big war. ”

"But the bad thing is that these people haven't thought about it, the firearms used in the army in the past are all single-shot, just like the Chuntian-style rifles used by the Japanese army now, they all have to be pressed with one bullet after one shot, and the rate of fire is very slow. But our Beiyang is now equipped with repeating guns, and the rate of fire is much faster than the Japanese army's single-shot guns, that is to say, every time we fight with the Japanese army, if the Japanese army consumes an average of ten rounds of ammunition, our people will consume an average of sixty or seventy rounds. Coupled with the chaotic battle that night of neutralization, this bullet was consumed even more。。。。。。 So, I guess we only have enough ammunition for a few days. ”

Wang Shizhen's words, Qin Chuan understood, that is to say, the ammunition carried by the Qing army in the DPRK was not calculated correctly, and the Qing army still used the ammunition base of the previous single-shot rifle to calculate, but he did not expect that because of the increase in the rate of fire, the ammunition base would also increase accordingly. Moreover, what Qin Chuan was even more worried about was that Wang Shizhen hadn't said that the number of bullets for each rifle was different.

Qin Chuan, who was irritable in his heart, took a hard puff of the cigarette in his hand, stared at Wang Shizhen with a frown and asked.

"What do the other generals say?"

Wang Shizhen smiled bitterly and said: "How else can I say that President Ye's intention is contrary to the will of the Holy Lord, although other people also think like President Ye in their hearts, but no one speaks." ”

Wang Shizhen's words made Qin Chuan very strange, since other people also knew that ammunition was running low, why didn't they speak?

Wang Shizhen sighed: "Minghong, don't you understand, these people are afraid of losing Pyongyang, where will someone come out." Now these people all have one thought, that is, waiting for President Ye to bear this responsibility. ”

Wang Shizhen's words made Qin Chuan stunned.

With the war imminent, these Qing generals not only did not consider the safety of Pyongyang's nearly 10,000 troops, but they all thought about how to shirk their responsibilities after the war. These people are all dignified generals of the imperial court, and they all have such thoughts, and there is no objection to the victory or defeat of this war.

Originally, Qin Chuan was still thinking that since he came to this era, then he must do his best to have a completely different Jiawu, but at this moment, he has long lost that mind, he is just sighing, relying on her strength alone, if she wants to change Jiawu, it is tantamount to ants shaking a tree.

At this time, Qin Chuan only felt that he was a weak grass, so small! It's so powerless again! The wheel of history that he has to pull is even heavier!

Qin Chuan, whose head was in a mess, didn't even know when Wang Shizhen left, he only felt sore, and his thinking was chaotic, so that the guards helped him to bed and slept peacefully.

In a daze, for some reason, Gao Miao's figure suddenly appeared in Qin Chuan's mind。。。。。。