Seeing the Japanese cavalry, Jiang Youqing and Qiu Fengchi hurriedly said goodbye to Qin Chuan and left. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sent the two to the city wall road, watching the two trotting down the city wall, Qin Chuan hurriedly returned to the city after the arrow battlement, raised the telescope, and observed the movements of the Japanese army and the Qing army in the siege on the city wall, he really wanted to see the real combat effectiveness of the Qing army and the Japanese army in this era.

The telescope in Xu Tong's hand was circulating back and forth in the hands of Xu Tong, Luo Peide, Yu Guangxi, Xin Delin, and Li Guohua.

As soon as the Qing army's dense firepower suddenly opened fire, the dozen or so Japanese cavalry were suddenly startled, and they hurriedly turned their horses and ran away.

At this time, the effective range of the rifle was basically two or three hundred meters, and beyond this distance, the bullet would not know where to fly. Now the distance between the cavalry and the Qing army in the fort is far more than the effective range of the rifles in their hands, so although the Qing army's firepower is intensive, because the distance is too far, it has exceeded the effective range of the rifles in their hands, but the dozen or so Japanese cavalry can't help it.

Seeing that the Qing army was just shooting blindly, the Japanese cavalry who came back to their senses sent two horses back to report, and the other dozen or so Japanese cavalry no longer ran far, and stationed at the horse to observe the Qing army's position.

After a while, perhaps because the distance was too far away, the rifle in his hand could not hurt the other party, and the Qing army's shooting gradually thinned out. At this moment, the dozen or so cavalrymen suddenly made an unbelievable move, and they all drew their sabers and urged their horses to rush towards the Qing army's siege fort.

Don't say that there are only about a dozen Japanese cavalry, even if there are too many people, it is impossible to use cavalry to storm the Qing army's fort, you must know that the Japanese army's pony cannot climb the stone wall of the Qing army's fort. Don't see that the Qing army can't hit a few hundred meters away, but if these Japanese cavalry rush to the front of the fort, as long as they stop for a while, they will become a real live target.

Loped's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "His grandmother's, what is this little devil doing?" ”

Don't say that Lopid felt strange, the Qing army in the siege was the same, the strange behavior of the Japanese cavalry suddenly provoked a more intensive fire from the Qing army.

At the beginning, Qin Chuan was also a little strange, could it be that these dozen Japanese cavalry were crazy? Thinking that with a dozen sabers, they could enter the fortress garrisoned by hundreds of Qing troops?

It's just that the scene that appeared in the telescope immediately made Qin Chuan cry and laugh.

It turned out that when the Japanese cavalry rushed to a distance of about 300 meters from the fort, they suddenly turned their horses' heads and drew a big circle and ran back to the intersection. When the gunfire of the Qing army thinned out, a dozen or so Japanese soldiers did the same, which led to the sound of gunfire from the Qing army.

When the Japanese cavalry urged the horse to rush up for the third time, knowing that no one from the Qing army had fired this time, the Japanese cavalry rushed to a distance of 400 meters from the fort, and saw that the Qing army no longer fired, so they couldn't help but stop their horses. After a moment of hesitation, five of them suddenly rode straight to the bridge.

This sudden move of the Japanese army really frightened the Qing army, and the Qing troops in the two forts on both sides of the road leading to the main road to the bridge were planted in the pine courtyard and the earthenware shop, and suddenly there was a burst of "ping-pong" intensive shooting.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, the five Japanese cavalry turned their horses around again and ran back. The actions of the Qing army provoked more than a dozen Japanese cavalrymen to sit on horseback and laugh back and forth.

Yu Guangxin scolded angrily: "The group of bastards below are all idiots, Ma Yukun is too angry, there are only a few little devils, what can they do if they rush over?" Aren't they looking for death? ”

Because of Qin Chuan, these people are now accustomed to calling the Japanese army little devils.

Cindelin smiled bitterly and said, "It's really a bunch of idiots, just a moment of effort, tens of thousands of bullets will be consumed." ”

Qin Chuan felt very helpless about the large-scale Qing army operations at this time, without paying attention to accuracy when shooting, and just blindly killing and injuring opponents with dense firepower.

Qin Chuan knew very well that although the Beiyang Army had all been reequipped with advanced rifles of this era, its thinking was still stuck in the era of cold weapons fighting, and what it did was completely divorced from the characteristics of hot weapon combat.

It's just that now he has no way, not to mention that the Qing army's accumulated habits are difficult to change, and the habits formed for decades cannot be changed overnight, even if he goes to talk to Ma Yukun and other generals now, no one will definitely listen to him.

"Boom."

A shell exploded behind a dozen Japanese cavalrymen, and the shell exploded on the dry ground, blasting a large mass of dirt high in an instant.

Loped, who had already heard a few people blushing, sighed and said: "Originally, I looked at Jiang Youqing, this kid was still like him, but I didn't expect him to be as unbearable. ”

Because Jiang Youqing had just shown favor to Qin Chuan, Xu Tong, Yu Guangxin, Xin Delin, and Li Guohua were not able to say anything, and they just looked at Qin Chuan and didn't speak.

Although the accuracy of this artillery hit was much worse, it still frightened the dozen or so Japanese cavalrymen, if they still stopped in place, and when the artillery was adjusted to shoot Zhu Yuan, a shell would really kill them. As soon as the cannon sounded, more than a dozen Japanese cavalrymen no longer dared to be reckless, hurriedly turned their horses' heads, and desperately beat their horses and galloped into the distance.

"The big army of little devils is coming up."

Li Guohua, who was holding the telescope, shouted a little nervously, and Qin Chuan hurriedly turned the telescope to the direction of the intersection in the distance. And the telescope in Li Guohua's hand immediately circulated among several people.

The things made in Germany are precise and meticulous, the quality is really not to say, the scenery two miles away can be seen clearly in the telescope, Qin Chuan can clearly see a group of Japanese troops turning out from behind the hills at the intersection.

The group of Japanese troops who came was not very large, less than 200 people, and it should have been a squadron of the vanguard of Oshima Yoshimasa's way.

The Japanese cavalry, who ran back in a panic, jumped off his horse in front of an officer, presumably reporting the situation to the officer. The officer took the binoculars and looked at the fort and the walls for a while, and then drew his command knife and pointed it at the fort in Plantatsuin. More than 100 members of the Japanese squadron, armed with bayonet rifles taller than their height, began to form a dense formation and rushed towards the two forts of Plantussubin and Clay Shop. In the sunlight, the Japanese bayonets shimmered like fish scales.

"Hey!"

Xu Tong was a little stunned and said: "The little devil really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and one of their brigades has let us be destroyed, and he dares to attack our fortress of hundreds of people with such a small number of people." ”

Qin Chuan knew in his heart that it was not that the Japanese army did not know whether to live or die, but that at this time, the communication and liaison of the armies of all countries in the world were the same, not only not timely, but also not smooth, you know, there was no radio transmitter at this time, and the communication between the troops had to rely on communication and reconnaissance troops, as long as the troops moved separately, the communication between them was almost cut off, and the cavalry communication personnel who contacted them were completely in search of the other army's marching route. Now, Qin Chuan estimates that although he annihilated the news of the Tomita Chunbi Brigade of the Japanese Shuoning Detachment, Oshima Yoshimasa must not know it yet.

In the hearts of the Japanese army who didn't know the news, because of the experience of Cheng Huan and Asan, the Japanese army not only stopped fearing the Qing army in their hearts, but even had some contempt.

However, Qin Chuan is not worried, although the military quality of the Qing army below is not high, but the fighting spirit and weapons and equipment of the Japanese army are also far from reaching the level of decades later.

Qin Chuan put down the binoculars and asked a few people: "The Japanese army along Oshima Yoshimasa must not know the news that their Shuoning detachment was annihilated by us by a brigade now. Tell me, why did a squadron of Japanese troops attack the fort? ”

"Needless to say."

Lopet said with a somewhat unhappy expression: "It's not that the little devil and we fought with Cheng Huan twice in Asan and won easily. ”

When Lopet said this, Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Sindelin were all a little embarrassed.

Xu Tong and the three of them are not very old, but their minds are very delicate, and they are a little embarrassed by the expressions of the three of them, and they think for a while and say.

"Commander, in my opinion, this is a little devil who wants to test our reality before their large army comes up."

Qin Chuan was very satisfied with Xu Tong's answer, you must know that Qin Chuan has put a lot of effort into improving the quality of these young people in Yantuan.

Qin Chuan nodded and said, "Then let's talk about it, why don't the little devils wait for their large army to come up before testing us?" ”

As Qin Chuan spoke, he turned his gaze to Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin.

For the three young people Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin, Qin Chuan likes it in his heart, not only because the three of them graduated from the Martial Arts Academy, nor because they have mastered considerable modern military knowledge, but because the three of them were also directly assigned to the Qing Army after graduating from the Martial Arts Academy, but because of their good luck, they were assigned to Nie Shicheng's Wuyi Army.

In Qin Chuan's view, among these generals in Beiyang, only Nie Shicheng and Ye Zhichao are willing to accept modern Western military knowledge, and only the characteristics of the two of them are hot weapons. Because Nie Shicheng, the commander of the Wuyi Army, was open-minded, this made these three people not like the graduates of the Martial Arts Academy who were assigned to other battalions, and gradually assimilated by the outdated old thinking and old habits in the Qing army.

Of course, Qin Chuan also had the intention of recruiting these people. Because of this thought, whenever Qin Chuan has the opportunity during this time, he will think of inspiring these people to open their minds and inspire them with modern military thinking.

Yu Guangxian thought for a while and said: "My lord, I think the little devil's squadron carried out a tentative attack without waiting for the large troops to come up, in order to save time, as soon as their large troops arrived, they knew our strength and firepower." ”

Qin Chuan nodded and asked, "But the little devil, the squadron commander, why does he want to save time for their large troops regardless of the danger?" ”

Hindlin hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, do you mean that the little devil is in a hurry to attack Pyongyang?" ”

Qin Chuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes." ”

"You think, now we already know that the Japanese army is preparing to besiege Pyongyang on four fronts, the city of Pyongyang is so big, the surrounding radius is hundreds of miles, the east is mountainous, and there are several rivers such as the Taedong River, the south, west and north, although they are almost hilly, but there are also many rivers, it is very difficult for the Japanese army to communicate with each other, and their siege of Pyongyang must be carried out at the same time, so they can only agree in advance on the time of the general attack on Pyongyang."

"Your Excellency."

Yu Guangxin asked Qin Chuan in surprise: "You said that the little devil's attack on Pyongyang is only in these few days?" ”

Qin Chuan nodded: "Yes, just in the last few days." Specifically, it was when the Japanese four-way army gathered in Pyongyang。。。。。。 ”