"Baga, when did the people of the Qing Kingdom become so not afraid of death." The commander of the 3rd Division, Katsura Taro, angrily shouted at the 11th Wing in the command headquarters: "It's your incompetence, and you don't have the courage to kill the emperor in a white-knuckle battle." In Pyongyang, at the Yalu River, the Qing State was not several times that of the emperor's [***] team, but they were all heroically repelled by the emperor's [***] people......"

Madness is madness, but Katsura Taro calmly wrote a report detailing the course of the encounter and highlighting the performance of the Qing [***] team. He wrote in his report: The Qing Emperor's behavior of braiding Mingzhi greatly inspired the determination of the Qing [***] team to fight. Moreover, the actual combat ability of the Qing New Army was not as brave as the courage to engage in white-knuckle warfare in the Xujiatai ambush, on the contrary, these soldiers of the New Army had quite strong white-knuckle combat skills. I would like to ask the General Staff Headquarters to pay sufficient attention to this matter.

At this time, the Yue army was far from the arrogance of the later generations when they attacked the Central Plains, and the pressure that China had pressed on the head of the Yue army for thousands of years could not be completely eliminated through a war. In fact, this kind of pressure has been present at the top level of the country since the end of World War II, and China is still too great for these cabinet members. It's so big that it's not something that you could have looked up to. Therefore, the policy of the military cabinet towards China has always been based on wooing, hoping that China can become a vassal state of the army, so all the political axes of the military have shown goodwill to China, such as the economic or military support for the Beiyang political axe, such as the first aid to China after World War II. But the military is diametrically opposed to the cabinet's view, which believes that China is already vulnerable and can completely annex China. So I repeatedly took it upon myself to do my own thing. In fact, this is also a long-suppressed outburst, such as 9.18, such as 7.7, such as the attack on Nanjing, crazy and blind. And the Cabinet has long since lost its binding force in the face of the army's own actions, and has become a piece of paper to wipe its ass, and the result is - everyone knows it.

What's more, this war really began with Guangxu's personal conquest. Although the two defeats of the Yue army against the Qing New Army, the civilians of Yue Ben were unknown because of the blockade of the news, but it caused the Yu Ben cabinet to think deeply. Many of them did not despise the Qing army as much as the front-line commanders, such as Ito Hirobumi.

The wartime base camp of the army also believed that "the most important point in the center of the Liaodong Peninsula is actually Haicheng County, and if Haicheng is controlled by the enemy, it will be absolutely impossible for our 2nd Army to advance further to the north." However, the 2nd Army only killed Gaiping from the area of Lushun and Jinzhou; The 5th Division of the 1st Army was again pinned down by the Qing army in the Phoenix area, and had just been ambushed once. Under these circumstances, it was really a military adventure for the 3rd Division to venture alone into Haicheng, the hinterland where the [***] team was heavily armed. Therefore, the wartime base camp of the army resolutely disagreed with the plan of action of the 3rd Division of the L Army, but Yama County Youpeng insisted on going his own way, and still urged the 3rd Division to act according to his orders, and immediately began the combat operation of attacking Haicheng. In this way, the divergent opinions on the operational policy of the wartime base camp of the army have become superficial.

"This is an offense to the wartime base camp!" After receiving the news that Yamaprefecture Youpeng had launched an attack on southern Liaoning, Ito Hirobumi was greatly displeased, and he asked the base camp to immediately stop Shanxi's arbitrary behavior. At this time, the Samoto Masahawk still had a high binding force on the army, so the Emperor's decree was immediately sent to the front.

It's late! Military orders are like mountains, and armies are like water. Once a combat order is issued, changing it will inevitably cause confusion in the morale of the military, not to mention that Youpeng in Shan County was already dissatisfied with the order of the base camp and raised objections. The result was an encounter, and half of the wing was knocked out by the Qing army. For this reason, the wartime headquarters was very annoyed, and through the emperor, he dismissed the Yamaguchi Aritomo 1st Army from his post as commander, and quickly issued a decree to recall the country, and appointed Nozu Michiguan as the new commander of the 1st Army, so as to better carry out the orders of the base camp.

So, when Aritomo Yama saw this report from Katsura Taro, he was packing his bags and preparing to return home.

"Nozu-kun, I'll leave it to you in the future. I will wait in Hiroshima for the news that the Emperor of the Qing Kingdom has been captured by you. Yamaguchi Youtomo held the emperor's edict and felt deeply disappointed that his ambition had not been rewarded, but he also had to go.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured. The Empire will win the final victory. Nozu Michikani bowed deeply.

"Please take this new army seriously, they will become the biggest obstacle to the empire's take-off. But there is no need to worry too much, the martial arts of the emperor [***] people are trustworthy. After Yama County Youpeng finished speaking, he presented a poem to his successor, the former commander of the 5th Division, Nozu Michikan: "Ma Gexiang's corpse was originally expected, how can he return in vain?" How can the Son of Heaven summon him in a hurry, and his parting head is full of tears!"

On September 8, a friend in Shanxian County boarded a ship to return to China.

Nozu Michikan was able to take over as the commander of the First Army, and naturally he had his merits. He carefully studied this report of Katsura Taro, and he keenly found that in this encounter, it was the new army of the Qing State that attacked first, and the Beiyang troops that came with him only launched an attack when the emperor's [***] team began to retreat. From this point of view, the combat effectiveness and combat determination of the Beiyang divisions are still as vulnerable as originally judged. Therefore, Nozu Michikan decided to continue to carry out the battle plan of Yamaguchi Aritomo, and he ordered the 3rd Division to still attack Haicheng. At the same time, the Second Army was telegraphed to launch an attack on Gepin.

On September 13, more than 5,000 people of the Third Division of the Yue Army, under the leadership of the division commander Katsura Taro, made a long-distance attack, and at 9 o'clock in the morning they entered the positions of Buckwheat Mountain and Hanjia Mountain on the periphery of Haicheng, and arranged 12 cannons to carry out a fierce bombardment of the Qing army's position stationed in Buckwheat Mountain. Although the army captured the outskirts of Haicheng, it still failed to enter the city.

At this time, the army was lone and deep, the supply of ammunition, food and grass did not keep up, and there were many wounded after a bloody battle, so they began to retreat. In the Tianzhuang platform, Guangxu's stubborn tactics remained unchanged, and Wang Shizhen was worried that if the counterattack was ambushed by the Yue army, it would hit the morale that had been raised so hard, so he did not order a counterattack. In fact, if the Qing army seized the fighter plane and attacked it with an unstable foothold, it could have inflicted heavy losses on the Third Division of the Chinese Army in one fell swoop. However, the conservative thinking within the Qing army gave the Third Division of the Yue Army a chance to breathe.

On the 15th, the replenished 3rd Division launched another attack on Haicheng. The battle lasted until noon on the 16th, and the city of Haicheng was broken.

"Tell Song Qing not to fight hard with Yu himself, let them fight to the death, not let them fight stupidly...... The troops of Xu Bangdao in the direction of Gaiping were ordered to rely on the favorable terrain to consume the strength of the army after the battle. The divisions covered each other and retreated alternately. Whoever dares to leave the other troops and flee alone, I will send him to the high platform by the Liao River. Guangxu pointed to several strategic points on the map, kept pressing his forehead, spreading too wide, and the troops were not enough. The battle situation is getting more and more severe, not only the 3rd Division has already pounced, but the main force of the 5th Division has also appeared in the direction of attacking Tianzhuangtai. Now the second army of the Qing Dynasty has also pounced, attacking the line of the Liaohe River from the two directions of eastern and southern Liaoning, all staring at him, the emperor.

"Tell Song Junmen not to entangle too much with Yue Jun in Haicheng." Wang Shizhen issued a specific combat order on the side: "Alternately cover the withdrawal from Haicheng, set up mines and explosives and other obstacles along the way, and delay the offensive of the army." What about the 5th regiment? ”

"The Fifth Regiment has been broken up and entered the Beiyang Divisions for tactical coordination. At present, under the coordination of the Fifth Regiment, Haicheng is gradually abandoning Haicheng. Zhang Zuolin reported on the side: "In addition, Niuzhuang has transferred 35 artillery pieces and 24 base shells, plus the artillery belonging to the original departments, Niuzhuang has as many as 52 artillery pieces of various types. At the same time, the artillery company of the 7th Regiment has also been transferred to Niuzhuang. ”

"Okay, pay close attention to the movements of the army. After the main force of the First Army of the Yue Army entered Haicheng, it immediately launched a counteroffensive. Wang Shizhen turned his head to Guangxu and said, "Your Majesty, can you please go to Niuzhuang to conduct a preliminary investigation of defense?" At present, the various departments have some complaints about taking the initiative to abandon Haicheng, and it is quite a pity that our army still has the idea of retreating. ”

"Okay, I'll go now."

Since the founding of the new army, under the influence of Horst, it has adhered to the concept of coordinated operation of infantry and artillery of the German [***] team, and the backbone of the new army, such as Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen and others, are all from the artillery department, and they attach special importance to the use of artillery. In particular, Guangxu's concept of intensively using artillery to achieve local firepower superiority has enabled the artillery disposition of a division of the New Army to reach as many as 56 guns, which is far greater than the artillery disposition of a division of the Chinese Army. In this defensive battle on the front line of the Liaohe River, Wang Shizhen not only concentrated most of the artillery on the front line of Tianzhuangtai, but also transferred 10 artillery pieces to the Qing army positions in the direction of Niuzhuang and Yingkou to consolidate the defense. And in order to counterattack the plan of Haicheng, 35 doors were temporarily dispatched to come forward.

Niuzhuang, another defensive place after Haicheng. If it is further back, it will be the Liaohe River, and it will be the Tianzhuang Terrace, so Niuzhuang has already been rectified into a position. The pristine natural landscape has long been dug beyond recognition, and the trenches are all over the front and back of the cattle farm. This is the result of a month of hard work by all the people in the Haicheng area, and the crescent-shaped trenches are winding and spreading in all directions. The whole position was muddy, and the soldiers rolled like mud figures, digging trenches with their heads buried, and teams of wagons were busy transporting weapons and ammunition to all parts of the position. And with the fall of Haicheng, the people on the cattle village are also retreating in an orderly manner.

Today, Guangxu deliberately changed into a new army uniform, and accompanied by Wang Shizhen, came to the front line of Niuzhuang to inspect the defense of various positions. If it is in the imperial court, just the military uniform of Guangxu today, I am afraid that it will attract the criticism of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, but now it is on the front line, it is difficult to say whether there is a life after this battle, and you still care about those rules?

Guangxu, who tightened his armed belt and had a straight military uniform, looked solemn and made a majestic and heroic appearance. originally wanted to warn the troops by wearing military uniforms, and Guangxu, as the emperor, was also ready to fight at any time, but Guangxu forgot that there was no TV network at this time, and it was not enough to let everyone know the emperor. Guangxu stood in front of the position, listening coldly to Wang Shizhen beside him to introduce the deployment of troops and artillery and the defense of the battlefield.

"There are too few people in a squad in such a long trench, if the army charges over?" Guangxu asked, looking at the empty trenches.

"They are just observation posts on the front line, and artillery preparations are carried out before the army charges. If there are more people, the casualties will be the greatest as soon as the artillery fire is covered. The combat units could only be transferred into the trenches after the army had launched an infantry charge. After speaking, Wang Shizhen pointed to a high place not far away and said: "If the army wants to completely break through our army's defensive position, it will not directly attack this flat terrain, and it must first take that high ground before it can really occupy this position." Wechen has deployed a large number of reserve troops in the rear of the high ground for echelon deployment ......"

Yes, yes, don't all later TV movies say that they want to occupy the commanding heights first. Guangxu nodded: "The defense is set up okay, the firepower distribution is also good, and there should be more people on the high ground......"

Wang Shizhen was stunned by Guangxu's words, looked at the high ground and said with some hesitation: "You can only put some observation posts first, otherwise the artillery fire of the army will cover it." It was almost blown up, and the deployment of troops was to set up reserves in the back. One by one, they sent up .........."

TMD, I'm a layman who accidentally exposed my stuffing. Guangxu coughed lightly a few times to hide his embarrassment: "You can arrange the specific tactics yourself, I still believe in you." With that, he turned and walked forward.

A group of people ran over from afar, it was the commanders of the Qing army in Niuzhuang, who ran to Guangxu's side and saluted.

"I've seen the emperor." Shoushan and other officers of the New Army stood and saluted.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Song Qing and other Beiyang departments knelt down. But Song Qing was dumbfounded, these people from the new army didn't kneel when they saw the emperor?

It is probably because Guangxu is wearing the military uniform of the new army, and the soldiers around him didn't care much at first. When he heard the emperor's two words, he was suddenly shocked that his eyes were about to fall, and he stood in place one by one. After hesitating for a moment, he saw that all the military gates were kneeling on the ground, and then suddenly a large number of people knelt down.

"Didn't I abolish the ritual of kneeling in the army?"

"Back to the emperor." Wang Shizhen explained on the side: "The emperor announced it in the new army, and the Beiyang departments don't know yet. ”

"Tell me the will. From now on, the ritual of kneeling and worshipping will no longer be practiced on the frontline positions. "Finished. He shouted at the soldiers who were kneeling on the ground and didn't even dare to lift their heads: "Remember Lushun? Twenty thousand innocent people died under the saber of the Say, down to a few years old girls, up to sixty-year-old women, and countless women were insulted by the Say. Why is this happening? Because there are no soldiers in Lushun, there are no soldiers to protect their safety. So they died, innocent and tragic. And don't forget Lushun. But here, I saw countless iron-clad soldiers. ”

"Get up. A soldier would rather die standing than live on his knees. Get out of here, and let all the people of the world and the earth see it. Here, there are still soldiers who would rather die than retire in Grangedae. If you take out some soldiers' blood surnames, you will die. and die on this position. You are defending this position with me, and you are the sword in my hand. The sword is unsheathed, invincible. ”

The soldiers on the ground all stood up, and their eyes were resolutely cast on Guangxu. I don't know who got up, and the whole silent position suddenly resounded with a tsunami-like shout. "The sword is unsheathed, invincible. ……”

Guangxu slowly walked away, and a song with a subdued tone floated out of Guangxu's mouth.

If the motherland is violated, hot-blooded men should be self-reliant. Drink this bowl of hometown wine, and the strong man will never return. The rolling Yellow River, the surging Yangtze River, give me life, give me strength, and let the blood stain the most beautiful flowers and sprinkle them on my chest. The dragon flag fluttered, the military horn was loud, the sword was unsheathed, and the thunder and lightning flashed. It has always been a narrow road where the brave wins, forward, forward, forward, forward...... The dragon flag fluttered, the military horn was loud, the sword was unsheathed, and the thunder and lightning flashed. It has always been a narrow road where the brave wins, forward, forward, forward, forward, forward......

A dragon flag fluttering in Guangxu reverberated over the position.

In the mountain cry of "Long live the emperor", a five-star dragon flag was raised high above the position, fluttering in the wind. (To be continued.) )