Chapter 198: The Battle for the South City

On the morning of August 3 in the first year of light, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dispersed, the sun had risen, but in the east it had already turned white, everything was chaotic during the war, and no one knew what would happen in the next second. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The veterans of the Chinese Empire knew that they had to buy time to rest, even if it was only ten minutes, and on this night, the artillery of the Chinese Empire's Korean Front did not stop, and the entire southern city of Korea was moved to the ground and ruins.

The old soldiers have the ability to live leisurely in the flames of war, and in the rumbling artillery fire, they can really fall asleep, and at dawn, these old soldiers wake up the little soldiers who may have just fallen asleep, and then it is time for them to go back to work.

The army marched to Nancheng, and the Yamaguchi Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Japanese 2nd Front Army had been completely reimbursed, and these outbreaks seemed to be Japanese, and they did not expect that the Chinese army would use such a defeated dispatch and a night of artillery bombardment.

How could Yamaguchi Suchen, who had already processed, let go of this opportunity to wash away his shame, after his army captured Nancheng, his brigade headquarters also moved to the front line, Yamaguchi Suchen's plan was to take the entire capital of North Korea Seoul tomorrow, but he didn't expect that he didn't see the sun the next day.

His brigade and regiment headquarters did not have any chance of evacuating at all, and the entire brigade and regiment headquarters, including the staff officers, were reimbursed, and only the logistics units of this brigade and regiment would be spared because the materials would not be able to be moved for a while and a half!

At dawn the next day, the 3156th Regiment of the Chinese Empire recaptured the position in the south of the city, but the Chinese Empire was not happy!

At this time, Zuo Guigui looked at the map, now Seoul is already a lonely city, willfulness is costly, three days of fighting, so that Zuo Guigui has no danger to defend, ammunition and food, no foreign aid, the situation is already very crisis.

At this time, the sound of coughing came, and Zuo Guigui knew that it was his deputy division commander who came, and he had already let this deputy division commander Zhou have a good rest, but this guy didn't listen to orders very much!

At this time, Zhou Lemin told a staff officer next to him; "And the smoke! Mine has been pumped! ”

This staff officer didn't dare to reply, but looked at Zuo Guigui!

Zhou Lemin said; "I asked you for cigarettes, what are you doing with him!"

Zuo Guigui naturally lit a cigarette for himself and said; "In this division, if you dare to disobey my orders, won't you let you have a good rest!"

Zhou Lemin ignored Zuo's precious order, but said; "When are we going to retreat!"

Zuo Guigui said; "Tomorrow!"

Zhou Lemin said; "We don't have much ammunition and supplies left, and we are getting more wounded here, if it drags on for a long time, it will be bad for us, and last night's shelling will definitely anger these Japanese devils outside, they will definitely go crazy today, and it is unknown whether we can survive tomorrow!"

Zuo Guigui didn't speak, but took another puff of cigarette!

Zhou Lemin said; "Ask the commander for support!"

Our main battlefield with the Japanese is not here, so let's go back early!

Zuo Guigui didn't say anything, he talked about it after smoking a cigarette; "Before we go, we're going to send something to the Japanese!"

Zhou Lemin ignored Zuo Guigui's crazy thoughts, but picked up the phone, connected to Lu Yonghu, the commander of the Third Army of the Chinese Imperial Army, and reported his thoughts to the army commander, and the next thing was to retreat to the vicinity of the 38th parallel according to the retreat plan formulated by the General Staff!

In the early morning of 3 August, Sakuma Zomathew, the 2nd Division of the Japanese 2nd Front, had not slept all night, and when he heard the sound of artillery fire coming from the direction of Seoul, he knew that his favorite subordinate, Yamaguchi Sotomi, was finished!

He was still very happy last night, when Yamaguchi Suchen sent Captain Hengkuro Ibe to the division headquarters to report the good news, his brigade has captured the southern part of Seoul, and it can go deep into the inner alleys of Seoul early tomorrow morning, and he will also ask Sakuma Zuomatjew to be stationed in Seoul Castle!

Sakuma Sakuma thinks it's too late, let's talk about it tomorrow! I didn't expect such a result when things went on.

He stood at his headquarters for a night, and his artillery also launched a counterattack on the Chinese army, but the effect was very insignificant, and in the face of the already defeated brigades, it was obviously not cost-effective to waste precious shells!

So Sakuma Zuo Matthew didn't shoot at the artillery of the Huaxia Empire later, but now it's daytime, and seeing that his brother troops have been hit like this, the other brigades of the Second Division can't bear it anymore, so they all came to Sakuma Zuo Matthew.

Sakuma Zuo Matthew is already very clear in his heart, if he can't take the Seoul in front of him this time, these losses will be counted on the head of his division commander, if it can take this Seoul, it can also be a handsome to cover up a hundred ugliness, so Sakuma Zuo Matthew turned around and his officers arrived; "Everything is out of everyone, if we can't take this city today, we can only be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!"

These officers had already understood what their commander meant, so they all returned to their own troops, commanded all their own combat and non-combat troops, and began a frantic assault on Seoul!

At this time, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Second Front, General Oyama Iwa, received a casualty report from the Second Division!

After seeing the numbers on the report, he glanced up at the staff officer, and then said; "Is this report wrong, did you add an extra zero!"

The staff officer next to him said; "Report to Your Excellency Commander, there is nothing wrong with that! The casualties of the 2nd Division yesterday were 9860 people! ”

Oyama Rock stood up from his seat!

Dashan Rock said; "How is this possible!"

The staff officer said; "It's true!"

Sakuma Zuo Matthew also mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized to the front line, all the combat staff officers also became combat soldiers at this time, there were no logistics support personnel, all the soldiers were put into the battlefield, the gendarmerie was at the rear, and they must attack before sunset today, otherwise they will all die!

In the entire war room, Sakuma Zuo Matthew is left alone!

After sending the last telegram to Dashan Rock, the last staff officer very consciously picked up his own gun and launched a final charge towards the south of Seoul!

The Japanese Second Front Army received a telegram from Sakuma Zomathew, and a staff officer came to Oyama Rock's office with the telegram and said; "Report to Your Excellency the Commander! Telegram from Lieutenant General Sakuma! ”

Dashan Rock said; "Read!"

The staff officer reads; "Your Excellency Commander, our troops will take Nancheng before sunset, and if it fails, I should kill myself by disembowelment, some emperors!"

Dashan Yan slapped the table angrily and said; "Yaga! He should take Seoul before he can disembowel, otherwise our losses will be too great! ”

At this time, the officers of the 1st Division on the opposite side of Dashan Rock didn't dare to speak, they were all bowing their heads, and no one drove out this moldy head at this time!

However, Da Shanyan's eyes still fell on these commanders of the 1st Division, Da Shanyan said; "The Second Division can't be sacrificed in vain like this, we have to make them worthwhile, now I order the First Division to immediately enter the battle, and it must attack Seoul before sunset tonight!"

At this moment all the officers of the 1st Division stood up and shouted from the ground; "Hey!"

The 1st Division reacted immediately, and the division commander Motoharu Yamagi immediately sent Nogi Noshinori and ordered him to lead his brigade to start supporting the 2nd Division, instead of defending it to the east of Seoul!

Nogi Noshinori is a famous Japanese general, and his addition has put Huaxia's army under more pressure!

At this time, in the headquarters of the 2nd Division, Sakuma Zuomattai was left alone, listening to the fierce exchange of fire outside, as well as the chaotic sound of artillery, he knew that the battle was still going on, but it was already very obvious that his division was disabled, and even if he won the victory in the end, he would not end well.

At this moment a staff officer rushed into the headquarters, and he shouted loudly; "Your Excellency, General! The 1st Division has come to our aid, and General Nogi Noshinori has led his brigade to support us! ”

Sakuma did not look back, but raised his pistol and shot the staff officer in the head, who did not understand why, but they had a chance to ask his division commander!

Sakuma sat down on the ground, put his sword and pistol neatly in front of him, and then took off his shirt, revealing perfect muscles, the abdomen is a perfectly arranged eight-pack abs, and the deep Tian character grid is very obvious!

Sakuma took out his white handkerchief, took off the white gloves on his hands, and then carefully wiped his own saber, which belonged to his grandfather, Sakuma's family is a traditional Japanese daimyo family, and his ancestors once came to Korea, that was more than 400 years ago.

Unexpectedly, the same fate happened to him again, Sakuma threw the handkerchief aside, slit his belly with his sword, and the pain spread all over his body, at which point he grabbed the pistol and shot himself in the temple, and everything was over.

Nogi Noshinori led his brigade into the siege station, there was no defense of tanks and armored vehicles, and the artillery was no match for the artillery of the Chinese Empire now, and Nogi Noshinori had no better way to siege the city, so it could only be the whole army forward, and then forward!

At this time, the sky has gradually darkened, both sides are exhausted, every inch of land has to be repeatedly contested, both sides here began to give up an inch of land, this is completely different from the beginning, when Huaxia did not make a defense at all.

Nogi Noshinori knew that he couldn't stop if he wanted to, and decided not to let yesterday's incident happen again, and all Nogi Noshinori ordered the troops to not break away from the soldiers of the Chinese Empire, because once they were allowed to retreat, they would definitely repeat their old tricks, and at that time, the Japanese army would once again withstand heavy artillery fire, so they must not stop attacking!

But as it got dark, the confrontation between the two sides slowed down in the dark, which was the last thing Nogi wanted to see, but reason told him that he couldn't make the same mistake as yesterday again.

He decisively ordered his troops to begin a regular retreat!

On August 3rd, at about 22 o'clock in the evening, the mountain pass of Seoul sounded a huge sound of breaking the air, and the entire southern city of Seoul was surrounded by a huge fire at one time, and the sky full of dust made the visibility become zero!

At this time, Zuo Guigui put down the phone, the surrounding officers looked at him, Zuo Guigui gave the order to transfer very reluctantly, at this time the entire command began to get busy, just about fifteen minutes after Zuo Guigui put down the phone, not only the southern city of Seoul, but also the four directions of Seoul were already in flames!

Namu Xidian held a telescope and looked at Seoul, which had been surrounded by artillery fire, and at the same time, it was already like daylight, and he was impressed by his wise decision!

These hateful Chinese people, this is wasting precious shells in vain!

The night's shelling ended in the early hours of the morning, shelling more than 10,000 shells, and the soldiers of the Chinese Empire, who had not slept all night, walked on the road to Seoul.

When leaving the Korean palace, Min Yongyu fired all the shells at the main entrance of the palace, and the gate of North Korea was blown to pieces, Min Yongyu knew that such an opposing side of Keisuke Oshima would not hurt at all, but he couldn't help it!

After using up all the bullets, Min Yongyu led his troops to correct Zuo Guigui and retreated to the rear, and there were almost no people in Seoul except for the people in the Joseon Palace!

In the early morning of August 4th, it rained heavily in Seoul, because of the role of artillery on both sides, it was difficult to find complete houses in Seoul now, and the better houses had to be reserved for officers or the wounded and sick, so many Japanese soldiers had to rest in the corners of the walls in the rain!

Although it was summer, but this heavy rain extinguished the passion of all the soldiers, fatigue and hunger were invading all the soldiers, such weather Nogi Noshinori did not give a plan to attack, but he did not dare to relax, and arranged defensive troops on the front line!

At this time, the retreating troops of the Chinese Empire were also moving forward in the rain, and the artillery units that came to meet them converged on the road, these cannons were dragged by cars, and many soldiers managed to climb onto the cars, but they also quickly **** down, and now the road conditions from Seoul to Kaesong are very poor!

Everyone began to cooperate to help, using horses to pull the car out of your pit, and then using the car to pull the cannon and supplies, and in this way, after two days of marching, all the soldiers and supplies arrived at the small town of Wensan, which is the border of Silla Province, where is the fortress of Silla.

After arriving at the Jimen Fortress, Zuo Guigui and them will be completely safe, and all the people will be able to rest well, but they will have to pass through the Yiyi River in front of them. Lin Zhanjiang, a river that is not very big in a day, looking at the clear river, Zuo Guigui wants to go over and wash his face well, and he doesn't remember when he washed his face last time!

At this time, the bridge was crowded with people and supplies waiting to cross the bridge, but there was only a small bridge with a one-way street, so the speed of passage was very slow, and the wounded had to be allowed to cross first, so the soldiers and supplies who came to the bridge first were also waiting in line.

At 2 p.m. on August 5, the heavy rain finally stopped, and the sun came out, as if it was going to make up for the work of the two days, exuding the energy of the whole body, and the weather suddenly became hot again.

The stagnant water in the puddle on the ground began to evaporate continuously, the soldiers were the most uncomfortable at this time, when it rained, many people wore a lot of clothes, but they still couldn't stop the invasion of the cold, but at this time it was hot again, and this alternation made people not in a hurry!

At this time, Nogi Noshinori came to the front line, he raised his binoculars, looked at Seoul in front of him, and he felt something!

After looking at it carefully for a long time, he slowly spoke; "It's so quiet! It's so quiet! ”

At this time, the captain of the Inazona Yoshimoto Taro next to him also raised his telescope and looked, and there were still a lot of dragon flags standing on the opposite position, but many of these flags were embroidered and heavy. Most of them have been wet by the rain, and they have not been dried by the sun, and they are all listlessly hanging on the flagpole!

Then Nai Hiden stopped, and he twisted the knob to adjust the focus back and forth, and then he shouted loudly; "Oh no! Fooled! Start attacking now! Attack now! ”

Captain Inazo Yoshimoto Taro didn't understand why his commander was suddenly so excited, so he asked; "What happened to the general!"

Nogi Noshinori said; "One of the flags fell to the ground, but no one lifted it up! It can be seen that there are no more Huaxia people guarding the opposite side! ”

Co-captain Yoshimoto Taro Inazo raised his binoculars and searched hard!