After a few days of tentative attacks, on November 1, Nozu Michikan, supported by Nogi Noshinori's brigade, concentrated more than 40 artillery pieces and two divisions to launch an all-out attack on the Niuzhuang line.

In an instant, the overwhelming artillery fire rose in the Qing army's position a column of smoke, from the initial cloud of smoke, to later the entire position was covered with dust splashed by artillery shells, the Qing army's frontline position built bunker fortifications were blown to pieces by artillery fire, in the deafening roar, from time to time people's bodies were thrown into the air.

Song Qing was in the command post, holding a telescope motionlessly, observing the rapid attack of the army's artillery. The battle of Niuzhuang has been fought for two days, and because of the strong fortifications repaired in advance, the army has not been able to break through the first line of defense. At this moment, he was amazed by the trench designed by the emperor. But again, he had already filled in the strength of three battalions.

"Tell the battalion officers at the front that you can gradually abandon the first line of defense." As soon as Song Qing finished speaking, a person rushed in.

"Reporting to the military gate, the army once again launched a fierce attack on our army's positions from three directions at the same time. Liu Shengxiu, Lord Liu, asked me to ask the military gate for reinforcements. Liu Shengxiu's own soldiers rushed into the bunker behind the forward position, and stood behind Song Qing to report loudly.

The army selected Liu Sheng's retreat area on the right flank of Niuzhuang as the focus of the attack. In order to break through the situation of encirclement of Niuzhuang here in one fell swoop, 22 artillery pieces and Nogi Noshinori Brigade were concentrated here.

"Little Dengzi, let Zhang Shun and Liu Cheng go to support Lord Liu." Song Qing gave an order to his own soldiers: "Tell Zhang Shun and Liu Cheng that everything will be at the mercy of Lord Liu, and if you retreat from the battle, don't blame the old man for being ruthless." ”

The personal soldier named Xiao Deng Zi looked at Song Qing, and the personal soldier with Liu Shengxiu turned around and rushed out of the command post.

Rumble! Rumble! …… The sound of artillery in his ears was still continuous, and between the thick dust, I saw the flames of artillery shells exploding in all directions flashing around the positions in Liu Sheng's repose area, and the dense artillery fire of the Japanese army poured down, almost tearing up the position. However, the winding trenches protected the Qing soldiers very well, and as long as they did not rush out, ordinary artillery could not hurt them. One by one, the soldiers huddled in the trenches, holding their heads in their hands, covered in dirt.

The pressure of the roaring artillery fire is not something that everyone can hold, especially the recruits who have not yet made it to battle. One of the frightened soldiers sprang to his feet and ran to the back of the position. A sentry officer of the Ming Army stretched out his hand and did not hold it, and saw the soldier staggering out of the trench. Before he could take two steps, a cannonball bombarded him, and the whole person was swept into the air by a huge wave of qi.

"I don't look at it. Even if you're afraid, don't rush out, you can only survive by killing all the devils. The Ming military sentry covered his head and looked outside, but kicked a soldier next to him who was trembling with fright: "What the are you shaking, this is just the beginning." The little devil's set of Lao Tzu has already figured it out, first bombarded with cannons, and then rushed up. It's early......"

I don't know how long it took. The army finally stopped shelling. The battlefield, which had just been deafening, suddenly turned into a coughing sound. The scorching air and smoke made the recruits cough to death.

"The army is about to rush up. Don't panic, just see what your superiors do, and just learn from it. Listen to the order later, and open fire together......" A platoon commander of the 5th Regiment who was transferred to the front line of Niuzhuang shouted loudly as he ran in the trench with his waist bowed.

"Lao Tzu still needs you to teach, the hair has not grown ......," the sentry muttered in a low voice, and slowly climbed up from the trench. All the locals in the position began to set up their rifles, staring ahead with wide eyes. When the smoke cleared, all the locals couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

On the open ground in front of the position, the platoon was full of soldiers wearing big-brimmed hats, pouring out of the dust and smoke like a tide, and there was no end in sight. The officers of the army all walked in front of the queue, raising the command knives in their hands, shouting hoarsely, and the sound of heavy footsteps shook the whole earth as if it were trembling.

"These little devils are stupid, and they are still so neatly arranged. Don't shoot indiscriminately, wait until the devil gets close and aims. Don't give a damn a damn waste of bullets. The sentinel said, pressing his eyes to the sight.

On the artillery position behind the main position, the officers of the New Army, who were responsible for directing the coordinated attacks of various positions, looked at the surging crowd of the army through binoculars, but they were carefully calculating the distance in their hearts. Suddenly, he raised his right hand and waved it down, "Fire!" ”

With the opening of the main artillery position, the artillery positions on the front line of the entire position broke out almost simultaneously, and the dense shells smashed into the black ranks of the Japanese army, and columns of smoke rose in the dense and endless ranks of the Japanese army, and then, like a large net composed of air waves and smoke, shrouded the empty space at the front of the position.

"Kill to ......" The queue of the army changed from a quick step to a rapid impact. The entire battlefield suddenly resounded with a frantic shout. 300 meters, 200 meters...... When the Yue army rushed to the obstacles and deer barricades laid at the front of the position, the Qing army's position began to fire intensively......

The crossed machine-gun fire poured out rows and rows of bullets, and the soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground layer by layer like cutting wheat, while the soldiers behind continued to rush up. It is said that the army is really ruthless, regardless of casualties and repeated attacks at any cost. The entire Yue army has made up its mind, no matter how many casualties it takes, it will conquer the Qing army's position in Niuzhuang in one fell swoop and completely crush the will of the Qing army.

"Kill, give! ......" is another round of strong attacks. This time, the starting point is very close, and the momentum of the devil is very strong, and from the rear, it feels like you have suddenly arrived at the forward trench, and the next step is to step into the position.

"Hit! Beat! Beat! ”…… The positions were filled with hoarse shouts from the officers of the Forces nouvelles, and the soldiers in the forward positions began to show their heads and fire at the enemy, "Bang bang! Horn! "The sound of all kinds of guns rang out together.

The "Teng Teng Teng, Teng Teng Teng ......" heavy machine gun sprayed out a tongue of fire, and the moment the bullet entered the human body was clearly visible in front of his eyes, Yue Jun's body was hit to the side by the heavy machine gun bullet. Twisted strangely and flew to the side......

"Poof, poof, poof." The soldiers in the front row also shot desperately, and the bullets hit the edge of the trench and splashed a cloud of dust.

"Quick, rush to the battle position, and those who don't have guns will pick up the guns of the fallen brothers and keep shooting, don't stop." The reservists, who were constantly rushing up behind, groped their way in the bunkers amid the shouts of the officers, picked up the rifles of the dead and wounded, filled the firing positions, and opened fire...... In the trenches, people continued to fall in the crossfire, and under the fierce firefight, the recruits and Ben did not have time to look at the fallen soldiers, everyone just continued to fill in, pick up their guns and fire.

Although the rifle fire of the Qing army was fierce, the proficiency and shooting accuracy were not high, and they just desperately released their guns at the shaking figure in front. On the contrary, after breaking through the obstacles at the front of the Qing army's position with huge casualties, the Yue army began to show its advantage of high tactical quality, constantly attacking the Qing army's position on the position, and approaching the Qing army's forward position little by little, gradually. Already soldiers rushed to the position......

"Order the artillery, give me a shot back, and cut off the follow-up troops of the army. Tell Zhang Shun and Liu Cheng to organize people to rush up for me and press down the Yue army......" Seeing that the Yue army had begun to break through the forward position, Liu Shengxiu shouted loudly behind him. At this time, the communication on the battlefield can only rely on his personal soldiers to run repeatedly and convey instructions to various departments.

On the Qing army's position, more than 200 people rushed forward. Liu Cheng brandished a big blade and slashed down the army in front of him. said that his own blood was splashed on his face, and Liu Cheng didn't even have time to touch his face, and another Yue Jun came up with a knife. The broadsword gently disengaged the bayonet and swung again. The army fell. Liu Cheng strode over the corpse of the Yue army and rushed towards the army.

Liu Cheng's own knife had already been cut and rolled yesterday, and this time this knife should also be curled, and each knife had to use more strength to cut it. I don't know how long I fought, and I don't know how many devils I killed. The surrounding area gradually quieted down, and the voices of the brothers who rushed together were much quieter. The battle was too hard, and the battalion he led had already suffered most of the casualties, and there was no replenishment, and he did not dare to retreat. If you retreat, you will be the emperor behind. If you die under the guns of your own people, you won't even get twenty taels of silver for the bereavement pension, and you can't return it. One slash, another slash. One, another army fell.

A soldier rushed up with a hideous face, Liu Cheng sneered and dodged the bayonet, and then slashed at the shoulder of the army. At your level, you still dare to fight with the master. I tried hard, but I didn't pull out the knife, and it turned out that it was stuck in the devil's bones. With more force, the knife was drawn.

"Poof". A bayonet stabbed him and his body. It turned out that the bayonet stabbed into the body was this sound, and Liu Cheng, who was dying, turned around and fell. Now the family can get a pension. Liu Cheng closed his eyes. The last thing that caught my eye was that the army had already rushed through the position, and in the distance, Lord Liu Shengxiu rushed up with a big sword.

"Junmen, the army has broken through my right flank defense line, and Liu Shengxiu's Liu Junmen headquarters has begun to retreat......" Xiao Deng Zi stumbled in and shouted loudly.

After five days of repeated attacks, the army finally found a breakthrough on the right flank of Liu Shengxiu's defense in Niuzhuang, and a wing of Nogi Noshinori quickly advanced along the breakthrough in depth, and Liu Shengxiu's headquarters began to retreat.

Liu Shengxiu, where else can you retreat! Song Qing slammed the earthen wall, glared at his eyes and shouted loudly, "Gather my own soldiers and go and block Liu Shengxiu......"

On the defensive position on the right flank of the Qing army, the main position has been completely occupied by the Japanese army, and local resistance continues. Liu Shengxiu didn't dare to retreat to the Liaohe, so he had to take the rest of the Ming army to Song Qing's main position and slowly approached.

Along the way, Liu Shengxiu was worried about whether Song Qing could accept him. But what I saw in front of me was Song Qing's gray hair fluttering in the wind, and a team of more than 200 people with guns in front of him, blocking the way.

"Liu Shengxiu, where do you want to retreat?" Song Qing roared, holding a big knife and staring at Liu Shengxiu fiercely.

"Song Junmen, the offensive of the army is too fierce, and the Ming army has suffered heavy casualties, and it is no longer able to fight." Liu Shengxiu let out a long sigh, his face was full of blood.

"Liu Shengxiu, today is a war, it is a national war, the emperor is watching from the Grange, where do you want to retreat? Where can you retreat? Have you forgotten that you are a seven-foot man, and you are the Admiral of the Qing Dynasty! Song Qing's eyes widened, gritted his teeth and said......

"Fart. I, Liu Shengxiu, am I a person who is afraid of death. Song Junmen, said that the army attacked our right flank with the main force, and the disparity in strength was huge, and the enemy was really outnumbered. Look at how many of my 7,000 Ming troops are still left. Even the two battalion heads supported by the military gate are finished. At this moment, I, Liu Shengxiu, have fought all the people, and I can't keep it. Liu Shengxiu also shouted.

Song Qing smiled miserably and said, "Then you step on the old man's corpse, today is a battle, no matter who dares to take a step back, the old man will kill him!"

"Song Junmen ......" Liu Shengxiu saw that Song Qing was unmoved, and suddenly shouted to the sky: "Instead of being killed by his own people, he was accused of escaping." It's better to rush forward. Brothers, rush with me—" Then he turned around and rushed again.

There is a small town to the east of Niuzhuang called Zhongxiao, and as the attack on Niuzhuang begins, this is the front-line command post. The high-ranking generals of the Japanese army, such as Oyama Iwa and Nozu Michikan, all held binoculars with solemn faces, observing the combat situation of the two armies in front.

At Yingkou, the Battle of Niuzhuang was an attack launched on the same day as Yingkou, but before the battle, Zuo Guigui had already advanced the defensive line to five kilometers in front of Yingkou. It is said that the fierce attack of the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty did not make any progress in the real name, and it lasted for five days, and it was still one kilometer away from Yingkou. Dashanyan is also very helpless about Zuo Guigui's step-by-step tactics, and never takes the initiative to attack. Only when the Yue army attacked the Qing army's position, the Qing army would repel the Yue army again and again on its own position. Dashanyan understood that even if Yingkou was captured, the Second Army would not be able to take the initiative to cross the Liao River until Niuzhuang made substantial progress. So he handed over the battle at Yingkou to the mountain garden, and he himself came to Haicheng.

But until now, the strength of nearly three wings of the Fifth Division of the Yue Army, which launched a frontal and left flank attack in Niuzhuang, suffered heavy casualties under the desperate counterattack of the Qing army. At this moment, the soldiers of the 5th Division were no longer able to launch a decent attack.

The right flank of the Qing army, the focus of the attack, the 3rd Division and the Nogi Noshinori Brigade attacked in turn, and several times saw that they had broken through the forward positions of the Qing army, and were forced back by the Qing army completely regardless of casualties.

The Qing army's resolute resistance shocked Dashanyan. Even in Yingkou, even on the way to the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang tribes had such strong fortifications, and they had never resisted as fiercely as today. Although the battle did not go smoothly, the main force of the Yue army, which had nearly one and a half divisions and regiments, was in Hejiatun, and was attacked by the Qing army by nearly 20,000 people in turn.

"Order all units to retreat and rest for a day, and from tomorrow, launch an attack with squadrons, look for the weak links in the Qing army's defense, and then concentrate heavy forces to break through in one fell swoop." Dashanyan shook his head helplessly and gave the order to evacuate.

"The army has retreated, and the army has retreated. We have won......" A whimpering cheer rang out from the Qing army's position. (To be continued.) )