Chapter 8: A Different War (4)

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By the time Duan Qirui's artillery bombarded Andong City, the 10,000 Japanese troops of the Japanese mixed brigade had already completed the landing at Incheon. Japan's mixed brigade is a kind of brigade formation of the Japanese army, which is not subordinate to a division, is mostly equipped with light infantry weapons, and is good at mountain warfare. In the afternoon of the same day, the sky was pouring rain, and the Japanese mixed brigade, under the leadership of Keisuke Otori, the minister stationed in Korea, condescendingly attacked Seoul, breaking through the Xuanwu Gate and the Seven Stars Gate of Pyongyang City, and a large number of Japanese troops poured into Seoul.

In the loose federal system of the First Republic of China, one country has many systems, and Korea is joined as an independent state, and Korea is still ruled by King Yi Xi and Concubine Min. After the Japanese soldiers broke through Seoul, that night, Keisuke Otori led 2,000 Japanese troops to attack Gyeongbokgung Palace, and without waiting for the 800 Korean Imperial Forest Army to put on their pants, they launched an attack on the five palace gates of Gyeongbokgung Palace at the same time, and the Korean defenders responded in a hurry and suffered heavy casualties. At 3 o'clock in the morning, Hong Qixun, the captain of the guard of the Korean royal palace, commanded a squadron of new Korean troops to defend the last fortress of the palace -- Qinzheng Palace, and the battle was extremely fierce, and more than 200 Japanese soldiers were killed, but Hong Qixun's command knife was too conspicuous, and Keisuke Otori ordered a sniper to shoot him in the head, and his brain burst out on the spot. The Japanese army swarmed in, opened a killing ring, attacked the Qianqing Palace from the Qinzheng Palace, and slashed and killed the palace maid when he saw it, and more than ten Korean royal forest soldiers of the Korean palace guards rushed up to fight, and the two sides were short of each other, and soon the last line of defense was finally broken. The Japanese army went straight to the Kunning Palace, where Gaozong Li Xi lived, and the Jade Hulou, where Concubine Min lived.

The king of Joseon, Yi Hee, under the escort of Kim Yoon-sik and others, fled to Tang Shaoyi's military camp and saved his life. Concubine Min, dressed as a palace maid, was about to flee for her life again, but a Japanese officer pushed her only son, the crown prince Li Tuo, to the ground, and Li Tuo ran out of the house in fright and shouted for help. Concubine Min rushed out of the Jade Hulou where she was hiding and picked up Prince Li Tuo. Just as she was about to leave, she was spotted by a Japanese soldier who grabbed her by the hair. Concubine Min resisted desperately, the Japanese soldier raised his bayonet and stabbed her in the abdomen, blood spurted out, she put down her son Li Tuo and told him to run quickly, after Li Tuo ran away. The Japanese soldier wanted to chase him, but he was hugged by Concubine Min's thigh, turned around and stabbed Concubine Min again, and Concubine Min slipped and fell to the ground in pain.

The Japanese soldiers didn't recognize who Concubine Min was, and turned to leave. Later, a palace maid was pointed at gunpoint to the head. Identified Concubine Min who was struggling and moaning under the porch. The brutal Japanese soldiers actually stripped Concubine Min naked. She was tied up in a quilt, dragged to the pine forest of the Korean royal Luwanyuan, poured gasoline, set her on fire, and threw her body into a pool. North Korea's mother of the country, the fragrance is lost. At the age of forty-four, like Cixi, he died unexpectedly, and the cruelty of the Japanese army to kill Concubine Min. It was a tragic death, so every North Korean and South Korean who knew about this history has always had a lingering hatred for Japan in their hearts.

It is said that the Lord will be incompetent and exhaust thousands of troops, and as soon as the Lord will be powerful, the fate of the enemy will be tragic! In Jinzhou, the new commander of the coalition army, Nie Shicheng, lived up to expectations, lured the enemy into depth, attracted the Japanese army's north road to Lianshan Pass, 20 miles south of the Motian Mountains, ambushed the main force of the Japanese army, killed more than 2,000 Japanese troops, twice as much as the Pingxingguan catastrophe, and stifled the Japanese army's attempt to enter the pass.

Song Xiaofei rode the ironclad battleship "Dingyuan" and led nine warships of the Beiyang Fleet, including the "Zhenyuan", "Dongting", "Suzhou", "Jingyuan", "Jiyuan", "Zhiyuan", "Yangwei", and "Guangbing" torpedo cruisers, as well as four fast warships of the Yangtze River No. 1, Yangtze River No. 2, Yangtze River No. 3, and Yangtze River No. 4, and rushed straight to the port of Nagasaki.

Saigo hurriedly dispatched two 3,000-ton ironclad ships, the "Takasago" and the "Akitsuzu", as well as the 7,000-ton large ironclad ship "Burad" and the 4,000-ton "Blanc Guen Karada" that had just been purchased from the Chilean Navy, as well as the 2,047-ton dome cruisers "Elachulis" and "Pingdu" to intercept them, and the two sides fought the first big battle in the morning fog of the Yellow Sea!

The Japanese army took the "Blad" as the capital ship and named it "Yoshino", Song Xiaofei saw the handsome flag hanging on the "Yoshino" at a glance, the captain of the Yoshino was the famous Japanese Vice Admiral Heihachiro Togo, known as the "God of War" of the Japanese Navy, he was also the president of the Japanese Naval University, this person participated in the newly established navy of the Satsuma Domain at the age of 18, and later came to study in the United Kingdom, at the age of 36, he served as the captain of the "Amagi" ship, and went to Shanghai, Fuzhou and Keelung to observe the Sino-French war, and was more familiar with the Beiyang Naval Division.

Song Xiaofei ordered the "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan," which had raised their heavy guns, to concentrate their firepower, take advantage of the superiority in long-range firepower, and strike preemptively to bombard the "Yoshino" without declaring war. There was a loud "boom", and the yellow-red flames were like a huge fire dragon, spewing out from the muzzle of the main gun, followed by thick black gunsmoke, the shells of the Beiyang Naval Division were improved, and the "Yoshino" was next to the water column that soared to the sky, and Togo Heihachiro ordered the Yoshino to move forward at full speed, taking advantage of the speed advantage and starting to counterattack.

At this time, Zhan Tianyou also discovered the "Yoshino", he ordered the Yangtze River No. 1 to start attacking the "Yoshino", and the eight secondary guns also fired, and the violent explosion sound caused by the cannonball entering the water was heard in the distance. ”

As soon as Zhan Tianyou's words fell, a shell on the "Dingyuan" exploded on the bow of the "Yoshino" and landed on the deck, blowing out a large hole. Zhan Tianyou corrected his position again and ordered the cannon to fire again, this time, in the dense fog in the distance, there was a faint fire and a huge explosion, and the two shells hit the "Yoshino".

Due to the Yoshino's middle cannon, the fire accurately exposed its position, Zhan Tianyou ordered the cannons of the "Yangtze River No. 2" to fire together, and the artillery of the Beiyang Fleet riveted their strength, methodically loaded the shells, and operated the shooting, accompanied by the raging fire and black smoke in the distance, the huge explosion sound continued to come from the Yoshino, and after the Yoshino fired back the last shot, the cabin began to enter the water, and then there was no sound.

The artilleryman next to him asked Song Xiaofei what was going on, and Song Xiaofei laughed: "The Yoshino has hit the rocks!" Brothers, concentrate your firepower, fire fast artillery, and blast me to death! ”

The four warships of the Beiyang Fleet quickly headed towards the Yoshino, and once again 10,000 guns were fired, and the stormy and uniform artillery fire poured down towards the Yoshino again, with a series of violent explosions, the bow, stern and middle turret of the Yoshino battleship were on fire almost at the same time, and one huge fireball after another rose up, Song Xiaofei saw that the Japanese Navy on the Yoshino was constantly thrown into the air by the huge impact of the cannons, turning into a bloody rain. Heihachiro Togo boarded a dinghy and was rescued by the nearby "Akitsuzu" and fled in embarrassment. Finally, the Yoshino slowly sank!

"Hit, we hit, the Yoshino sank!" The officers and men on the "Dingyuan" ship cheered, and Song Xiaofei's face also showed a smile of victory, and he continued to command the Beiyang Fleet to pursue the fleeing Japanese warship! (To be continued......)