Following the direction of Yu Guangxi's finger, Qin Chuan and the others looked and saw that the two squadrons of Japanese artillery originally set up in the distance had been disassembled and tied to the horseback at some point. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the sorghum did not grow as short as in later generations, and the sorghum at this time grew more than one person tall. The reason for the dwarf of sorghum in later generations is the result of continuous selection, breeding and improvement.

However, where was the Japanese artillery going to move?

If the Japanese artillery advanced further, it would be within the range of the Qing artillery on the north bank.

Qin Chuan looked at the direction of movement of the Japanese artillery and quickly understood.

Qin Chuan waved his hand to stop Lopez, who was about to rush down with his troops: "We have to wait a little longer." ”

Hearing that he had to wait a little longer, Lopet glared at Qin Chuan in confusion and asked, "My lord, what are you waiting for?" Now let's rush over from behind, shoot randomly, and make sure that the little devil is going to be a mess. ”

Qin Chuan smiled and pointed at the Japanese artillery: "We still have to wait for it." ”

Lopet was even more puzzled: "The little devil has dismantled all the cannons, and we are still afraid of him." ”

"Your Excellency."

Schindlin asked Qin Chuan as if he had an understanding: "The little devil brought up the mountain cannon, did he want to directly bombard the wall of the fort?" ”

"Yes."

Qin Chuan glanced at Schindlin with great satisfaction: "The two sides are close, the little devil artillery is afraid of hurting their own people and dare not open fire, if they are still in the original position, it will become an ornament." I guess the reason why they dared to pull up the reserves was precisely because they wanted to quietly place the artillery on the edge of the sorghum field in front, and then use mountain artillery to fire directly on the wall. The little devils' men are all in front, as long as they suddenly open artillery and blow up this large section of the wall, the Japanese army of 1,000 or so can suddenly launch a charge and break through the wall in one fell swoop. ”

As soon as they heard Qin Chuan say this, several people became nervous again.

Schindlin asked, "My lord, what shall we do?" ”

Loped shook his head: "What else to do, let's rush over, the little devil only has a squad of infantry, and the two hundred or so artillerymen have no guys except for the artillerymen, and it is not easy to clean them up." ”

Qin Chuan shook his head and said, "No, if we don't do it this time, we will do it, and if we want to do it, we will do it." ”

Qin Chuan turned around and shouted into the bushes behind him, "Sentinel Zhou." ”

With the sound of tree branches, Zhou Dawei, the sentry commander of the Renzi Battalion Artillery Team, climbed up with a cat.

Qin Chuan pointed to the edge of the sorghum field near the fort under the hill: "After a while, the little devil's artillery should set up a position there, and before they have time to set up the artillery, we will pack up the little devil's artillery, and then you lead your people to turn the muzzle and shell the middle line Japanese army under the command of Oshima Yoshimasa to support our troops in the fort." ”

Zhou Dawei excitedly agreed, turned around and ran back to greet his people.

"Old Luo."

"After the little devil's artillery passed under our feet for a while, you took the two sentinels and Zhou Dawei's people to quietly hide behind the little devils, and just wait for them to assemble the mountain cannons, and then kill these little devils. After you start, I'll take people to clean up the little devils in front. ”

"Yes, you'll see." Lopet rolled up his sleeves in agreement.

Qin Chuan looked at Xu Tong, Yu Guangxi, and Xin Delin: "The three of you will follow me with the reconnaissance platoon and the rest of the brothers, let's go and attack the little devils in front." ”

Qin Chuan stopped a few young people who were eager to try: "You all listen to me, in this battle, we not only have to kill the little devils, but our casualties will be the smallest." ”

Seeing that several people, including Xu Tong, were a little disapproving, Qin Chuan couldn't help but raise his face.

"You have all listened to me, it is good to be brave in war and not afraid of sacrifice, but it depends on how and under what circumstances. Now that the Qing Dynasty is weak, the great powers are all eyeing each other, and they are eager to bite off a piece of meat on the central empire of the Qing Dynasty and dismember the great rivers and mountains left by the ancestors of the Chinese nation. If we do not allow the ambitions of the great powers to succeed and retain more vitality for the Chinese nation to rise again in the world, then we need to fight and shed blood for the children and grandchildren of the Chinese nation. Although bloodshed is inevitable, there must always be someone to do the struggle, and only by retaining more of these people with lofty ideals who are working hard to fight, and letting us shed less blood, can we kill and injure more enemies who covet the inheritance of our ancestors. ”

Qin Chuan is not afraid of bloodshed or even sacrifice, but he knows that the number of these Beiyang elites is too small, although there are many new battalions in the country, but those recruits have just learned to put guns at most, and once they start a battle, those recruits will not play much role at all, and may even play the opposite role, only these Beiyang veterans are the backbone of the Liaodong War of Resistance, and he will make every effort to maximize the extent that these elites can return to Liaodong, where they shed their blood.

Looking at the expressions of several people, Qin Chuan knew that these people were still a little unconvinced, but Qin Chuan didn't have the heart and time to teach them a lesson, he just asked them to call the two sentry commanders over, and Qin Chuan explained them one by one.

"Smack, smack, smack, smack"

Qin Chuan took Xu Tong, Yu Guangxin, Xin Delin and the reconnaissance platoon and the two sentinels of the Renzi battalion to lie quietly in the sorghum field on the flank of the Japanese trench, through the gap in the dense and thick sorghum stalks, the scene in the Japanese trench and the Qing army on the opposite side could be seen clearly.

Whether it is the Qing army on the opposite side or the Japanese army in the trenches, people are constantly being hit by bullets flying randomly, this battlefield can be said to be a Shura field, the tragic scene makes people unbearable to witness, the two sides of the position on a puff of blood mist from time to time burst, the air is not only filled with the smell of gunpowder, but also so thick that people almost want to vomit bloody gas.

Qinchuan's hidden sorghum field was just behind the side of the Japanese trenches.

When the Japanese dug trenches, they piled up the excavated earth in front of the trenches, so that they did not have to dig deep enough to hide their bodies. At this moment, rows of Japanese soldiers wearing navy blue military uniforms and wearing scarlet caps on their heads were lying behind the breastwork in front of the trench, and they were concentrating on shooting at the Qing troops more than 100 meters in front.

These Japanese soldiers were simply live targets for the soldiers of the Renzi Battalion, who were only a few dozen meters away from them.

Seeing that the Qing troops on the opposite side were constantly being shot by the Japanese army, the officers and soldiers of the Renzi battalion held their rifles tightly one by one, and the backs of their tense hands were blue and white because of the excessive force. It's just that no one shoots, because Qin Chuan strictly ordered that no one is allowed to shoot without his order.

Qin Chuan is waiting, he has to wait for Lopid to do it first.

Qin Chuan watched the Japanese squad on the hillside cover the two artillery squadrons passing through the sorghum field under their feet, and then went down to the hill to divide into two groups, Loped led people to quietly follow behind the Japanese artillery, and Qin Chuan led people to bypass the flanks of the three trenches inserted into the Japanese army far away.

"Smack, smack, smack, smack"

A dense burst of gunfire and the terrible howls of the Japanese army before death suddenly sounded behind him, and Qin Chuan knew that this was the two artillery squadrons that Lopet had begun to lead people to raid the Japanese army.

This sudden and miserable howl of gunfire caused the Japanese soldiers who were shooting at the Qing army in the trenches to stop shooting and turn their heads in astonishment.

"Grenade"

Qin Chuan shouted viciously, and with Qin Chuan's roar, the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon, who had already prepared, immediately threw out more than forty burning grenades.

The Japanese soldiers in the trenches were shocked when they suddenly saw about 40 black iron bumps falling from the sky. When he was in Seoul, the Japanese troops of the 9th Mixed Brigade of Oshima Yoshimasa, who had dealt with the reconnaissance platoon, did not know this terrible thing, and when they saw those grenades with green smoke on their tails rolling in the trenches, many of them could no longer care about covering, and ran away as soon as they turned around and swished out of the trenches. Although the Japanese army has not yet found a good way to avoid this deadly iron lump, they also know that the farther away from these deadly things, the better.

"Boom, boom"

A series of grenades exploded inside and outside the Japanese trenches, and the Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded.

Because of the suddenness of the incident, many Japanese soldiers who were dizzy in the smoke of gunpowder had not yet figured out what was happening, Qin Chuan raised the Mauser rifle in his hand and shot it with a "snap", beating a Japanese captain who had just gotten up from the trench and fell into the trench again. With the sound of Qin Chuan's gunshots, the rifles in the hands of the two hundred or so people around Qin Chuan suddenly rang out happily. There were more than a dozen rounds of ammunition in the rifle magazine in their hands, and it only took more than ten seconds for all of them to be emptied.

Under normal circumstances, at this time, the Japanese army was completely chaotic, and a single charge could enter the Japanese position, and it was a sure thing to annihilate the remaining Japanese troops.

It's just that Qin Chuan knows that this can't be done.

Because not only the Renzi battalion, almost all the Beiyang Qing troops did not attach much importance to white-knuckle combat now, which is clear from the fact that they were not equipped with bayonets. Another point, although this raid caused huge casualties to the Japanese army, the Japanese army still had hundreds of people, and in the chaotic battle, the Japanese army with rich assassination training would definitely cause great casualties to the Qing army. Now it is the Qing army that has the advantage of firepower, and it is almost impossible to pay much for shooting Japanese soldiers from a long distance with rifles. If you can solve the problem with bullets, why use a way that the Qing army is not good at.

Therefore, Qin Chuan just asked the people of the Renzi Battalion to empty the bullets in their rifle magazines as soon as possible after the start, and then reload them as quickly as possible. It's just that after reloading, Qin Chuan didn't allow them to continue shooting.

Qin Chuan's judgment is that the Japanese army will definitely not continue to hold on to it if it is unprepared and suddenly attacked from both sides, and the most likely and even the best result is to withdraw from the position immediately, and once the position is withdrawn, he will order the charge again, the Japanese army will soon completely collapse, and the retreat will immediately evolve into a rout, and these hundreds of people will follow the Japanese army to chase and kill will achieve the greatest result at the minimum cost.

Sure enough, the Qing army on the opposite side and the Japanese army confronted dozens of people killed and wounded in this duel-like shooting, and they had already been red-eyed, and when they saw someone fighting behind the Japanese flank, although they didn't understand for a while that this was the unit to assist them, but they also knew that it was a friend and not an enemy, seeing that the Japanese army was in chaos, where would they let go of this opportunity, Hulala stood up, and rushed over while shooting at the chaotic Japanese army.

The Japanese army's Springfield-style rifles still had time to be loaded, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers howled and climbed up to the trench with bayonets and prepared to fight to the death, but before they could stand firmly, they were beaten into a sieve by a burst of random guns from the Qing army. Seeing these red-eyed Qing troops rushing over, the remaining Japanese troops still dared to stay, and under the orders of the surviving Japanese commanders, they climbed out of the trenches one after another, spread their legs along the road and ran back.

It was only at this time that Qin Chuan turned around and handed the Mauser in his hand to the guard, pulled out two shell guns that had already opened the nose, and shouted loudly.

"Brothers, kill the fruit with Lao Tzu."

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Renzi battalion and the reconnaissance platoon erupted into a long-suppressed roar, and pounced on the scattered Japanese troops with rifles.

The Japanese army is generally short in body, and the speed of running is obviously not as good as that of the Qing army, and it only takes a while to chase within 50 meters behind the Japanese army, if it were not for Qin Chuan's intention to control the troops, these people would have chased behind the Japanese army and shot directly at the back of the Japanese army with the muzzle of the gun.

According to Qin Chuan's orders, the people of the Renzi battalion divided each post into three groups, and more than 30 people rushed to the front, and they didn't need to aim, but just shot at the back of the Japanese soldiers who were stabbed in the back like a hornet that had been stabbed in the honeycomb, and retreated to the back after running out of bullets. Another group of men with rifles full of bullets in their hands immediately followed, and there was another flurry of gunfire. With each round of indiscriminate shooting, dozens of Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded. This scene is almost a massacre.

Although the Japanese army also knew that it would be very unfavorable for them to continue like this, and they also organized several small units to block the attack, and even some Japanese soldiers who knew that they would be shot by the Qing army who were chasing after them suddenly turned around and held bayonets and prepared to fight to the death with the Qing army, so as to cover the rest of the Japanese army to flee for their lives. But every time, Qin Chuan took Xu Tong's reconnaissance platoon to the front, and more than forty shell guns shot in a burst, rushing over almost without stopping, continuing this massacre.

The people of the Renzi battalion also fought more and more easily, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers could be seen everywhere on the main road, and the Japanese troops who fled in front of them became smaller and smaller.

It's just that such a scene only lasted for about twenty minutes, and Qin Chuan had to personally lead Xu Tong's reconnaissance platoon and a small number of people from the Renzi battalion to pursue behind the Japanese army, and beat the Japanese soldiers to death and wound with the shell guns in their hands.

And most of the people in the Renzi camp were already exhausted and out of breath and fell behind.

It wasn't until he ran out of bullets from the shell gun in his hand that Qin Chuan retracted the reluctant reconnaissance platoon. Seeing the remaining 100 or so Japanese soldiers who spread their two short legs like frightened rabbits and ran wildly for their lives, rushed into the hills in the distance.

Qin Chuan looked at the people from the Renzi Camp who were tired and pale, and were about to lose their breath, and could only sigh helplessly.

"Boom, boom, boom"

When Qin Chuan looked back, he saw a faint burst of smoke and dust in the southwest direction of the fortress of Zhisongyuan, Qin Chuan knew that this was the capture of the Japanese mountain artillery led by Yoshimasa Oshima after the others succeeded.

In the direction of the other two siege forts, the Qing army there saw Qin Chuan and others crushing the Japanese army, and they also took advantage of the situation to kill, and there were not many Japanese troops who contained these two siege forts.

Qin Chuan originally wanted to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle and then go to copy Oshima Yoshimasa's back road, but he saw that the smoke and dust from the shells in the southwest of the fortress of Plantatsuin were gradually moving westward, and he knew that Oshima Yoshimasa must have sensed that something was wrong with the Japanese army on the right flank and was leading his troops to withdraw.

Qin Chuan was worried about the battles in several other directions in Pyongyang, so he had to turn back with the elated Renzi battalion and reconnaissance platoon.

Along the way, there were corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, and pools of blood made the dirt road wet. He assisted Sheng Jun and Yi Jun in such a big victory, Qin Chuan thought that Wei Rugui and Ma Yukun would definitely greet him in Zhisong Courtyard to welcome him in triumph, but when they arrived near the fort, they didn't see the shadows of the two at all, but there were many soldiers of the Yi Army happily cleaning the battlefield and treating the wounded. And a group of Sheng troops, covered in gunsmoke, were trotting across the Datong River through the pontoon bridge and running into the city.

Yu Guangxin and Xin Delin were very dissatisfied with not seeing Wei Rugui and Ma Yukun, but at this moment, they saw Lopet hurriedly catching up.

Seeing that Loped's face was wrong, Qin Chuan asked in surprise.

"Lao Luo, but the battle situation in the west of the city is tight? Sheng Jun goes back for reinforcements? ”

Loped, who had an ugly face, shook his head: "No. I asked, and the battle there in the west of the city was over before Wei Dasan came here. President Ye and Wei Dasan commanded the Sheng Army and the Gubeikou Training Army, which not only repelled the attack of the main force of the Japanese Fifth Division, but Wei Dasan also sent cavalry out of the city to chase and kill for a while. ”

Loped's words surprised Qin Chuan, the Sheng army in the west of the city and Ye Zhichao's Gubeikou training army were only three or four thousand people at most, and they were able to repel the main force of the Japanese Fifth Division commanded by Nozu Michikan early.

The most commendable thing is that this elite Wei Rugui can also command the cavalry to go out of the city to chase and kill, and he is really a fierce general.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan was a little relieved, the combat effectiveness of the Sheng army had just been seen, and it was definitely the elite of Beiyang. Although there are still some deficiencies in military training and military quality, they can fight the Japanese army face-to-face, and now they do not suffer losses, and even rely on weapons, and they still have a slight advantage. And there is a general like Wei Rugui who takes the lead, relying on the fortified city, to defeat the Japanese army, which does not have an absolute advantage in strength, it is also right.

However, seeing the Sheng army running into the city one after another, Qin Chuan was still a little strange, where did these Sheng troops go when they hurriedly entered the city?

Suddenly, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in Qin Chuan's mind, and his face couldn't help but become ugly.

He knew that in the original history, the Japanese army captured the treacherous Peony Terrace today, resulting in the loss of the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the city, and Zuo Guigui was also killed on the spot.

But this shouldn't happen now, right? The Shuoning detachment of the Japanese army has been heavily damaged, the Japanese army in the north is not much, and the precious Feng army on the left has the advantage of the topography of the Peony Terrace, how can something happen to it?

Besides, there are still two battalions of Jiang Zikang's troops on the Jiziling and North Mountain in the north of the city?

With a stomach full of questions, Qin Chuan was anxious to ask, and Lopet pulled Qin Chuan aside, and told Qin Chuan the reason for the sigh.

Sure enough, as Qin Chuan expected, it was indeed the Peony Terrace that was lost, and Zuo Guigui was also killed on the spot. This is because, after the Japanese Shuoning detachment and the Yuanshan detachment got in touch, they believed that the strength was insufficient, so they concentrated the artillery of both sides to bombard the Fengjun siege fort at Mudantai, and at the same time, the Shuoning detachment launched a feint attack on the position of the assistant of the Renzi battalion in Jiangzikang outside the city. Under the blow of dozens of artillery pieces of the Japanese army, the fortresses of the Feng army collapsed one after another, and half an hour ago they were finally attacked by the Japanese army on the peony platform, and pulled the mountain artillery to the top of the mountain, directly bombarded the Xuanwu Gate, and broke into the Xuanwu Gate in one fell swoop. Zuo Guigui was not only killed in battle, but his body was also snatched away by the Japanese army, and it was Ye Zhichao who led the troops to reinforce in time to drive the Japanese army out of the city.

Without the loss of Peony Tower, the Japanese artillery fire could directly threaten the defenders on the city wall, and Pyongyang's city defense should be said to have collapsed. In the original history, Ye Zhichao abandoned the city and retreated precisely in view of this situation.

However, the current situation is very different from the original history, and now the 9th Mixed Brigade and the Shuoning Detachment of the Japanese army Oshima Yoshimasa have been severely damaged and their strength has been greatly weakened. If the forces are now concentrated on attacking the Shuoning detachment, if it can be annihilated, the Japanese Yuanshan detachment will not dare to attack the city alone even if it occupies the Peony Terrace.

It's just that Lopet then told Qin Chuan a piece of news with a black face, but Qin Chuan couldn't help but open his mouth and was stunned on the spot.

Loped told Qin Chuan that Jiang Zikang in the north of the city had lost the Jiziling position because the Renzi battalion had run out of bullets. To be exact, the Camp still had some bullets in their hands, but they didn't have the Winchester 11mm rifle cartridges they used. Moreover, there are no such ammunition in the warehouses of Pyongyang. Moreover, according to Loped, he had just heard Sheng Xinghuai, who had come to give the order, that the ammunition consumption was extremely high on this day, and there were not many bullets and shells left, so it should be no problem to hold on for a day, but if it takes a long time, it will run out of ammunition.

Ye Zhichao was already preparing to evacuate, and had just recruited Wei Rugui and Ma Yukun into the city to discuss matters.

Although the situation in Pyongyang has changed slightly because of his appearance, it still has not completely changed the outcome of this battle, although Qin Chuan has been prepared for a long time, his mood is still very heavy at the moment.

He was stunned for a long time, and his expression was depressed and he muttered in a low voice.

"When you go back, the countryside will not return! That is, self-righteousness, melancholy and loneliness? I don't admonish in the past, and I know that the future can be chased, but I am not far away, and I feel that today is and yesterday is not。。。。。。 ”