Although Saigo Takamori was defeated this time, it gave a great blow to the Japanese government and the Russian army, it can be said that although the defeat is still glorious, its reputation among the people is higher than before, if he can leave Japan safely, only his own existence can become an eternal nightmare for the Japanese government! Not to mention Toshiaki Kirino and other fierce generals who are not in harmony with the Japanese government and the soldiers under their command!

"Hanpeng, take a break!" Saigo Takamori came to Lin Yiqing's side and interrupted his thoughts.

"I'm not tired." Lin Yiqing smiled.

"Don't worry tonight, it's raining so hard, it's difficult for our army to move, and the thief army is even worse than our army, and it can't catch up." Saigo Takamori looked up at the rainy sky and said with a smile.

"That's what the general said." Lin Yiqing thought for a moment and nodded.

Indeed, after the Battle of Kumamoto Castle, the government forces were victorious, but they also suffered heavy casualties, and after days of fighting, they were exhausted, and it was very difficult to pursue, especially in such rainy weather.

But Lin Yiqing is used to it, and at all times, he must remain calm.

At this moment, he was as calm as ever, bathing in the sound of raindrops falling from the leaves of the natural bushes.

In these circumstances, calmness is especially rare, and it is a manifestation of the excellent qualities of a true soldier soldier.

And now, the officers and men of the whole army are undoubtedly calm, and all of them have this quality.

This kind of calm decision is a guarantee of safety for all.

It may be that God is taking care of these people who are fighting for their noble ideals and causes, and after a while, the heavy rain stopped.

The setting sun finally sank over the mountain. The abrupt peaks in the distance dimmed. The last red glow on the horizon also dissipated. The wind blows. In the poignant beauty of the dusk of the jungle peaks, the twilight is vast, and the dimness of the light is becoming more and more intense. The people of the current enemy, the great enemy on this mountain, are about to usher in another darkness of the earth, and then carefully wait for the dawn in the long cold night.

"Hanpeng, the current Kagoshima, may have fallen into the hands of the thief army." Saigo Takamori sighed, "I hope they don't destroy my hometown too much." ”

"The thieves are impatient scoundrels in Kumamoto. If we can't fight our army, we will burn the city by arson," Lin Yiqing comforted Saigo Takamori, "After Kagoshima's own army and Miyazaki-kun led the army to leave, there are no soldiers and horses, and the city is full of people. Perhaps the thieves did not arrive in time, and it is not known. ”

"I hope it's what you say." Saigo Takamori sighed. "I don't have any other wishes now, I just want to go back to my hometown. Enjoy the beauty of your hometown again, and you will die without regrets. ”

"Don't worry, general, if the thief army occupies Kagoshima, I will definitely lead the army to recapture it in a battle." Lin Yiqing said categorically.

"You've been doing a great job!" Saigo Takamori looked at Lin Yiqing, smiled happily, and patted him on the shoulder, "It's not early, let's go to bed first!" ”

Lin Yiqing nodded, Saigo Takamori got up and returned to the tent, while Lin Yiqing was still on the ridge, sleeping in his clothes.

As Saigo Takamori had judged, the night was uneventful, and although the Satsuma army remained on guard, there was no trace of the enemy until dawn.

After the whole army had breakfast in the morning, Lin Yiqing gave the order to set off, and walked straight to Kagoshima by taking the mountain road in a hurry.

When the Satsuma army came to a place not far from Kagoshima Castle, Lin Yiqing ordered the whole army to stop, camp on the spot to rest, and then sent a reconnaissance team led by Hidehiko Sato to go to Kagoshima to investigate.

After a short time, Hidehiko Sato brought back the news that Kagoshima was indeed occupied by government forces at this time.

It turned out that after Hachiro Miyazaki returned to his hometown to recruit troops and went north to support Kumamoto, the Satsuma Army was dispatched with all the troops, and Kagoshima actually became an empty castle. After receiving an order from the government to lead an army to support the siege of Kumamoto by Nozu Michikan, in order to copy the rear of the Satsuma army, he sent Kuroki to lead an army of 3,000 to attack Kagoshima. Fearing the instability of Kagoshima, Vice Admiral Kawamura Junyoshi sent the 1st Brigade to enter Kagoshima under the cover of naval warships. In this way, the government army in Kagoshima totaled 7,000 people.

At this time, the strength of the Satsuma army was mainly 200 people from the first part of the Hayashi Yiqing Strange Army, 4,000 people from Miyazaki Hachiro's department, and more than 1,000 troops from Kirino Toshiaki's headquarters to protect Saigo Takamori, totaling more than 5,200 people.

In fact, in the battle of Kumamoto, the Satsuma army suffered 33,000 casualties and nearly 20,000 people, and the remaining 13,000 people successfully withdrew after the city was broken, among them, more than 8,000 artillery people from Nomura Shinosuke and Ikegami Shiro and Saigo Kobei Department plus Murata Shinhachi were able to evacuate from the west gate and reach the battery position on the coast, blocking the pursuing troops at the same time, covering the soldiers and civilians to cross the sea and retreat to Nagasaki, and in order to cover this army, Saigo Takamori and Kirino Toshiaki, Lin Yiqing and others led more than 5,000 troops from the south gate to protrude, entered the territory of Kagoshima Prefecture to the south, and lost a total of more than 3,000 people in the fierce breakout battle, before he was able to successfully meet the headquarters of Hachiro Miyazaki, who came to meet him.

After learning of the fall of Kagoshima, all the generals of the Satsuma army were shocked.

"Finally seeing my hometown again!" Saigo Takamori didn't care when he learned the news, he climbed high and looked into the distance, looked at Kagoshima County, where the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and said with relief.

Lin Yiqing looked at Saigo Takamori and waited for him to give the order to fight, but unexpectedly, Saigo Takamori took off his general's uniform and ordered his attendants to change him into a samurai uniform.

"General, ...... are you" Toshiaki Kirino looked at Saigo Takamori in confusion.

Saigo Takamori didn't speak, but calmly hung the general's uniform, which he usually cherished, on the branch of a tree, and then took a torch and lit it.

Seeing Saigo Takamori burning the general's uniform, several Satsuma generals cried.

"The only general's uniform in all of Japan, it's gone! ......," someone cried in grief.

"Is there any use for everything falling apart? Burned to the ashes. Sweep me away. Saigo Takamori smiled.

Saigo Takamori said. Turned over on the war horse. He pulled out the long knife at his waist and pointed to the prefecture of Kagoshima, "How fortunate it is to die in the land of my hometown when I die with everyone today!" So saying, he rode out.

Saigo Takamori's action was an order to fight, and the flag-holding samurai suddenly waved the banner and followed on horseback. Then the generals of the Satsuma army, such as Kirino Toshiaki, Beppu Shinsuke, and Miyazaki Hachiro, also roared in unison, drew their swords, and rushed out on horseback. Immediately following them, the Satsuma samurai let out an earth-shattering roar, each with his sword and spear, and rushed forward like a tidal wave.

The government forces spotted the movements of the Satsuma army, and with the rumbling of artillery, shells were fired one after another.

Smoke billowed and the light of the fire shone on the earth that was about to darken. In the trembling of the earth, everyone moved like the wind. They are all running forward with all their might! To put it bluntly, it's a charge. Although the number of enemies is much greater than the number of our own army. But at this moment, no one is flinching.

Everywhere there was firelight, everywhere there was gunsmoke, blazing flames, gunpowder smoke from explosions.

The fire was blazing, and the smoke was choking.

"Rush! Don't be left behind! Let's keep up with the general and rush together! The officers hissed and shouted over and over again, but they could not hear anything at all. Thousands of people were almost huddled together in the smoke, and everyone ran on instinct, one foot high and one foot low. No one stopped behind, unless they were hit by shrapnel and fell.

In the wild running, the trembling earth, the strong shock wave and the rolling heat wave almost turned everyone upside down. By virtue of inertia, everyone turned his body left and right in the smoke of firelight, and instinctively avoided danger flexibly. The tactical maneuver unconsciously reached unprecedented perfection, a combination of force and speed, touched in the smoke and fire.

Speed, speed! Without super physical strength and speed, there is no guarantee of life! The only option at the moment seems to be to race against bullets and shells from attacking enemies to the limits of human strength.

Every now and then a bullet passes by, and every now and then a shell explodes. At this time, the artillery of the Satsuma Army opened fire with the only four remaining 75-mm Krupp cannons, rushed, rushed, rushed, and ran forward with the bloody road blown up by their own artillerymen with shells, and everyone exerted the power of running to the limit. In the light of fire and gunsmoke, I saw countless figures flickering and jumping!

The enemy's reaction can be said to be very fast, and on the same day, a large number of troops were mobilized and a net was laid in order to ensure that the Satsuma samurai in World War I were completely annihilated in Kagoshima Prefecture. But in a hurry, their attacking artillery fire appeared very messy, and in such a favorable situation, with the help of their own artillery, the Satsuma army attacked at a very fast speed. But the cost is considerable, so far many people have been sacrificed and many have been injured. There is a cruel reality in front of everyone, and the overdraft of physical strength makes everyone almost collapse.

However, the speed must be maintained, and it must not be slowed down, because if it slows down, it means that the enemy's shells may fall on the head and the enemy's bullets may hit the body. In the wild charge, the dirty faces of the Satsuma samurai could not distinguish whether it was sweat or rain, smoke and mud, only the eyes were still their true colors, turning in the bones. Everyone was silent, shouting only when they fell or when they encountered an enemy, and the fear of death was not left out, and it was extremely tragic and serious.

Lin Yiqing rushed to a place, and the artillery fire around him was so powerful that he couldn't tell which one was which. The sight is not good, and the air is almost full of gunsmoke and dust, which makes people suffocating. And everyone who can move is rushing forward with all their might, and they can't be slow, if they take a step slowly, they may be blown to pieces by the enemy's artillery fire. The enemy was constantly adjusting its artillery fire and chasing them, while the Satsuma army's artillery fire was holding back their enemy in addition to opening the way in front.

In the blurred light, Lin Yiqing felt that he was constantly jumping through one crater after another. There are too many people around me, and I can't see who is who. As he kept running like this, many people around him seemed to have fallen, and he didn't notice if they got up again. At one point he thought about trying to stop and look, but the people behind him caught up and blocked his view.

Everyone was running with all their might, and everyone was not sparing the last bit of physical strength.

Lin Yiqing felt tired, in the thick smoke and dim light, he unconsciously relied on this combat instinct to follow everyone and not fall behind. Although such a strenuous exercise could not breathe in the thick smoke of gunpowder, everyone burst out with great potential, and got up after falling. Fall down again and get back up. I have been running wildly with the passage line made by the artillery in front. There is no one who has not fallen. No one cared for the pain in his body.

He knew that everyone was also enduring the limits of their physical strength, and in the extreme tension, no one felt the slightest relief. With knives and guns, everyone flew wildly, but the momentum at the end of the strong crossbow was as straight as a hungry tiger out of the cage pounced on the lamb. This is a last resort, and everyone is almost tired and vomiting blood. But the banner of Saigo in front of him is leading everyone's direction, and he must follow.

Arrived at another place. Enemy bullets rained down from the positions on both sides. couldn't see the people around him, Lin Yiqing was no longer distracted by the people who fell, hesitated to save it, but ran forward with everyone.

"Hurry, hurry! Come on! An officer and some samurai with relatively good physical strength were shouting loudly over and over again to those around them.

"Rush! Hurry, hurry! ”

"Don't stop, everyone, the general is ahead! Go ahead! Come on! ”

However, Lin Yiqing could barely run anymore! The wound on his face, burned by the flames of the shell explosion, was painful during the vigorous exercise, causing dizziness. But the only way to survive is ahead, in the billowing smoke not far ahead. Gradually, he fell behind a little. Because of the fatigue of fighting for days, and the fact that his burden is greater than that of ordinary people, it is like a mountain pressing down at this time. Out of breath.

Where is this? In the hell of death?!

Advance!

Advance!

Go ahead!

A true soldier will never flinch in the life and death of the Jedi!

After jumping over a ridge. Lin Yiqing's eyes flickered, and he finally fell. Strictly speaking, he failed to cross that hurdle, his feet went limp, and he fell. There was a ditch below, and in the thick smoke, he sensed that there was another person there, who might have arrived before him, and could not walk, crouched there to breathe, or wanted to stay and wait for the opportunity, or else he was seriously injured.

After Lin Yiqing fell in, he tried to land on the ground with his gun, shaking his head to get up. He gasped, causing his entire upper body to tremble up and down. The need to breathe now outweighed the desire to get up, and in his breath he felt the men on both sides leap and jump on the ditch, flashing by.

Violent explosions continued to resound around him, smashing dirt and rocks down. A shell exploded about a hundred meters away, and in the light of the fire, there were many running enemies with flames on their bodies.

A cannonball landed behind the stone on the right and exploded, the smoke rising from obscuring the flare that could barely be seen. It was not safe here, and the artillery of the Satsuma army fought well, but their firepower was much weaker than that of the enemy, and they were quickly suppressed. From time to time, people appear on the left and right sides to shoot, and the shells that continue to explode and the bullets that fly sideways are a mortal threat to everyone.

Just when Lin Yiqing was half-kneeling and trying to get up and try to stand up straight, many people around him passed by. He looked back, no, a figure of his own behind him was gone. So to speak, only the warrior he followed in the ditch remained in the most dangerous place.

He now regrets that he has come to this era, influenced by modern thinking, and somewhat despised the role of cavalry.

But it's nothing, if he can survive, this lesson, he will learn in the future.

The person beside him has not moved, quietly. He bent over and pulled him, feeling his arms loose, light, weightless. Pulling again, he could clearly feel the arm detach from his shoulder and come along. He took a step forward, half-knelt on the ground covered in dark red blood, and snorted at him, which was already cold, without a trace of heat.

He immediately removed a cartridge and two thunder bullets from his corpse. As soon as he put the thunder bullet into the bullet bag, and before he could pick up his gun, several enemy soldiers rushed over, and the speed was quite fast, and a guy jumped past him.

Before he had time to judge and hesitate, he immediately picked up his gun, knelt on the ground and raised his hand to shoot two shots at the vague figure in the smoke in front of him, knocking the other party down.

Lin Yiqing was about to get up and leave here, when suddenly a cannonball flew towards him, making a piercing whistling sound.

Instinctively, he quickly fell to his stomach beside the dead Satsuma samurai. With a violent explosion, there was a buzz in the head, and a whirling rumbling sound sounded in the ears.

In particular, the inside of the ear is very painful, as if it has been violently stretched open by something, and the pain makes people nauseous and dizzy. He knew that the eardrum in the ear of the ear on the side of his face that he had injured two days earlier had been particularly tested again. He rolled over, fired a shot at the pursuing enemy figure that appeared on the ridge, flipped it over, and shot several fellows a little behind him who were only half exposed, knocking them down one by one.

"Teacher! Teacher! Where are you? "Someone above is shouting.

At this time, Lin Yiqing couldn't hear the shouts of others at all.

Someone jumped over the ditch from behind, and he saw that it was the tall figure of Junichi Takagi, holding a rifle, and leaping forward with fire as he ran.

Lin Yiqing got up, he had to let the people who came back to look for him see him, otherwise they would be in danger. He stood up and shouted at the same time, "Here I am!" (To be continued......)

PS: A young student entered a sales organization, and after three months of brainwashing, the whole organization joined her micro-business family.

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