Although he took the risk into account, Katsura Taro was quite confident that he would succeed in gambling again, otherwise the cavalry brigade sent out would not be the original one of the Third Division, but the one of the original Tachimi detachment

Since entering Northeast China, Katsura Taro has fully recognized the fact that the Qing army has very few units with combat effectiveness, so they will be used as mobile troops, and they will be transferred to rescue wherever there is a problem, and those Qing troops who have been stationed in a certain place for a long time are almost all rotten to the roots, which may be related to the fact that the Qing court withdrew the elite of them after the outbreak of war and replaced them with a large number of newly recruited soldiers.

Coupled with the fact that Lushun was far away from the front line, the Qing officers and soldiers stationed there were likely to think that they were safe and careless, and the possibility of a surprise attack was even higher.

But what Katsura Taro didn't expect was that by the time he sent out the cavalry brigade, Lushun had quietly changed hands

"This is the Golden State Isthmus!" , Cavalry Captain Okada took out the imported telescope that he had been treating as a treasure and observed the terrain in front of him, and his brows were unconsciously locked, "Your Excellency the division commander is too light on the enemy, the terrain here is so narrow, the naval artillery can almost completely cover it, if we can't take Lushun within two days, as soon as the Qing navy arrives, the attacking force will be complete."

Two days was too short, and it was not even enough for the main force of the Third Division to rush over for reinforcements, that is to say, the hundreds of people in this cavalry brigade actually had to rely on their own strength to take the entire Lushun Pass with more than 10,000 garrisons, which made Okada feel bottomless when he thought about it.

But thinking of Katsura Taro's irascible and ferocious character, Okada didn't dare to stop there, so he could only stubbornly lead his troops to continue to advance, and after passing through the narrowest part of the Isthmus of Jinzhou, Okada felt relieved, it seemed that the enemy was really defenseless, and immediately seized the opportunity to inspire the whole army, "Gentlemen, the Qing army is really unprepared, this is the blessing of Amaterasu!" Full speed ahead, take Lushun, and the rich woman can take it! ”

Before the First Sino-Japanese War, in order to reduce the resistance to aggression against China, the Japanese government put forward a strategy of winning over the Han Chinese to oppose the Qing Dynasty, but in practice, it was simply unable to do so. It is difficult for the invading Japanese army to quickly distinguish, and in fact it is lazy to distinguish which nationality the Chinese are, and if they do not grab the benefits when they see them, is it still the Japanese army?

As a result, the indiscriminate burning, killing, and plundering of the Japanese army aroused the general resistance of all ethnic groups in the northeast, including the Han Chinese, and those army generals who already felt that the policy was purely redundant had an excuse not to carry it out, and they were even more careless in starting to do so.

Although the naval defeat in this time and space greatly damaged the confidence of the Japanese, it unexpectedly led to the resignation of the rationalists, and the radicals led by Aritomo Yamaguchi took over the power, and with the support from the base camp, the front-line generals naturally acted more and more unscrupulously.

In addition, after the 3rd Division penetrated deep into China, it adopted the method of "feeding the war with war" to supply food and grass, and the looting was more active, and other associated evil deeds also increased, and if it was distributed to everyone who invaded China, the atrocities committed by them were even more serious than in history.

In fact, the 3rd Division has now become an out-and-out beast army, and the generals at all levels are not only not ashamed, but encourage connivance, on the one hand, they believe that this is conducive to maintaining the high morale of the troops, and on the other hand, because they themselves can also benefit greatly from it.

Just when Okada was completely relaxed, and even began to estimate how much he could benefit from Lushun, a bullet suddenly flew in front of him, hitting his mount in the head, and the tall horse with European blood was suddenly blown out of the head and fell to the ground, and Okada on horseback was immediately lifted off, almost falling into a

Before Okada could speak, he saw his subordinates fall to the ground in pieces, and then he heard the unheard of dense gunfire, he hurriedly lay on the ground and didn't dare to get up, and finally didn't get hit, but at this time, his subordinates had been knocked down nearly a hundred

The effect of the pointed bullet has a good storage rate, the bullet arrives before the gunfire (the distance at this time is about 500 meters), there is no time to dodge in advance, the distance between the Japanese troops in the marching column is too close, and the target is also large, especially the enemy's firepower is extremely fierce, and it is normal to have large casualties

But for this cavalry brigade, it was the first time that it had suffered such heavy casualties, and Okada was deeply shocked by the strength of the enemy's firepower, "When did the Qing army become so powerful?" Could it be the Marine Corps of the Navy? ”

As a result of the stunned results of the two naval battles, the Japanese are now generally in awe of the Beiyang Naval Division, even the Japanese Army, which has always been hostile to the navy, and it is no wonder that Okada would be so blind when the cavalry brigade was attacked on its naval base.

Although this judgment was wrong, Okada's judgment was not wrong about the fact that the other party was a strong enemy that had never been seen before, but if it weren't for the fact that a certain soldier was overly nervous in the first time in actual combat and accidentally pressed the trigger in advance, forcing the regiment commander to give the order in advance to push the machine gun (along the dug slope) out of the trench and open fire on the enemy, it is estimated that the Japanese cavalry brigade would have been directly disabled before the regiment's machine gun fire

"I also train pacesetters, I can't use it if I haven't been on the battlefield! Originally, I wanted to put the enemy closer to fight, so as not to escape too much, but now it's good, it's already so much meat, and I have to miss a lot", the regiment commander thought of this, glared at the soldier very dissatisfied, and then thought of the current speed of army expansion, and realized that the decline in the quality of personnel in the future will be greater than now, and his heart was suddenly very distressed, "In the future, when the ambush is not allowed, it is not allowed to pull the bolt in advance?" Maybe you can give it a try, the machine gunners are veterans anyway"

At this time, Okada saw that the situation was not good and had ordered a retreat, and the regiment commander wanted to order the pursuit to leave some more people, but considering that his side was infantry, the water-cooled heavy machine gun was not conducive to the attack, so he had to give up this idea for the time being, but the 54 heavy machine guns in the regiment were still firing, and the first half of the Japanese army queue had all been lying down, some were beaten down, and some were taking the initiative to lie down to avoid the bullets, and the second half that was not hit by the bullets at the beginning had completely collapsed, and everyone turned their horses and fled, Even their captain doesn't care (to be continued. )