"Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock......" The sound of the Qing army's Makqin machine guns filled the entire position. And the army that charged without protection fell in pieces. On the short 500-meter-long position, the Qing army set up 32 machine guns, suppressing the charging Yue army. Around these machine guns, there were all carefully selected sharpshooters from the first division of the Qing army, and after each shot, one of the soldiers fell. Now a large number of Yue troops have fallen in front of the Qing army's position, as if this green wilderness has been plastered with countless black plasters.

"Kill to ......," said the commander of the 11th Infantry Wing of the Army, Ohara, the second from the right, brandished his saber again. The soldiers who had been on the ground all straightened up and charged.

"Captain, the Qing army has begun to retreat." One said this military Cao.

That's right, the 32 machine guns on the Qing positions began to retreat at the same time, and the 32 Qing machine gunners pushed the machine guns and ran back. The Qing army's action-oriented Xiao Yuan gritted his teeth, and in the ten consecutive days of blocking battles, the use of machine guns was prominent. The barrage formed by a large number of machine guns firing at the same time is not something that can be rushed by a man. What's even worse is that the machine gun of the Qing army is mounted on a wheelbarrow, which can be pushed and run and can be shot at the same time, and the speed of running has basically no effect. And the soldiers of the empire could not do it.

"Report it to Your Excellency Brigade Commander immediately. Request operational guidance. Ohara reluctantly gave up the tailgating attack.

This horde of hateful peasants. After the Qing troops in the distance withdrew from the positions in front, another machine-gun array appeared behind them, separated by 1,000 meters. The distance of 1000 meters made it impossible for the empire to use the positions in front of the Qing army.

"Regiment commander, the ambush in the back is ready. The division commander asked me to tell you that you can let the Oriental devils in. When the staff officer of the first regiment of the first division of the Qing army stepped forward to report, he didn't look at the army: "Huh? The devil won't charge? ”

"How do I know. You say that the devil doesn't give us such a scare, right? If they charge little by little like this, it will be troublesome. Duan Qirui glanced at Yue Jun who was crawling on the ground and said worriedly.

In the direction of Lianshan Pass, in the Tongyuan Fort, Oshima Yoshimasa was pacing back and forth with a frown. For the scoundrel style of the Qing army, he couldn't find a way to crack it.

After Oshima Yoshimasa's 9th Mixed Brigade set out from Phoenix, it has been following Nozu Michikani's orders, taking a steady and steady attitude, and steadily advancing all the way in the direction of Lianshan Pass. When the Ninth Brigade set out from Phoenix, it had only crossed the Liujia River and encountered the resistance of the Qing army. But to Oshima's surprise, the Qing army's resistance was not strong. The Qing army put on a posture of fighting and retreating, and had some scruples about the complex terrain on the line of Lianshan Pass, Oshima Yoshimasa did not rashly pursue, but concentrated the main force of the brigade and regiment to advance slowly, trying to press the main force of the Qing army on the line of Lianshan Pass.

With the attack of the 9th Brigade, the Qing army has inflicted almost 2,000 casualties on the 9th Brigade. It was often the emperor ** team that attacked more than 200 meters in front of the Qing army's position, and the Qing army began to retreat. But every time the Qing army retreated a certain distance, it restarted the blockade. The artillery of the empire could not keep up with the speed of the Qing army's retreat, and the road leading to Lianshan Pass had been dug up by the Qing army. There is not a good road 50 meters long, and all the pits are filled with water. There are only a few winding paths as wide as ridges. The forward units of the 9th Brigade Regiment had already crossed Tongyuan Fort, but the artillery units still had ten kilometers to go. The Qing people could put machine guns on wheelbarrows and push them forward, but the artillery of the empire needed wide roads.

However, after the 9th Brigade advanced to the vicinity of Tongyuan Fort, the situation of the entire battlefield became a little strange.

Judging from the previous intelligence analysis, the main force of the 1st Division of the Qing Army never collided head-on with the 9th Brigade, but only launched harassing attacks from time to time. In particular, the blocking force in front of him was always about 3,000 troops of the first regiment of the first division of the Qing army. There were other numbers among the troops that originally harassed the attack, but since they arrived at Tongyuan Fort, they could only see the number of the first regiment from beginning to end. Although the Qing army was still fighting and retreating, the intensity of the resistance was significantly increased. Oshima Yoshimasa suddenly became vigilant, and now the Qing army in Grangetai has been compressed to the point where there is no room for tactical maneuver. If the Qing army had attracted only the 9th Brigade with the 1st Regiment and had withdrawn the main force from the direction of Lianshan Pass to Tianzhuangtai, then the order given by the division commander Nozu Michikan to hold back the main force of the newly built army would not have been realized.

There are two ways, one is to continue to maintain a steady and steady advance posture, but in this way, no one can guarantee whether the main force of the first division of the Qing army will seize this opportunity to break away from Lianshan Pass and go to Tianzhuangtai to support. The second is to resolutely pursue with all his might, but he is worried that he will fall into an ambush by the Qing army.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Qing army has retreated again and once again established a defensive position at 1,000 meters. The casualties of the 11th Infantry Wing have already exceeded a thousand. Wing Commander Ohara second from right asked for operational guidance. ”

"Here we go again, despicable ** pig. Why can't you fight head-on like a warrior. Yoshimasa Oshima said angrily, "You have a good opinion. ”

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, order the whole army to charge. The main force of the Qing army must have gone to Tianzhuangtai to rescue their emperor. A staff officer said eagerly.

"No, maybe this is the plan of the Qing State to lure the enemy deeper. We should move forward steadily. Another staff officer retorted.

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The staff officers quarreled, and it was nothing more than a question of how to attack. At this moment, the Ninth Brigade has been beaten by the Qing army, and it is a little frustrated. Since the beginning of the Korean War, the 9th Brigade has been invincible as a vanguard force. However, they were dragged by such a Qing army to slowly advance on the line of Lianshan Pass with this tactic, and they were attacked by the Qing army's blocking troops, which made most of the officers and men of the Ninth Brigade show an anxious mood.

"Where is the 11th Infantry Wing now?" After some weighing, Yoshimasa Oshima had a plan to teach.

"The 11th Infantry Wing is now in Beiweizi Village."

Beiweizi Village is located in the middle of Caohekou and Tongyuanbao, and the road leading to Caohekou makes a big bend in Beiweizi Village. If the current attack progresses, it will be pushed closer to the village of Grass in the evening. There are high mountains on both sides of the village, which will be the best ambush location for the Qing army, as long as a blocking position is set up on the bend of Beiweizi, it is easy to cut off the retreat.

"Yo Xi, let the 11th Infantry Wing launch a strong attack." Yoshimasa Oshima, who finally made up his mind, gave the order. Leave a brigade to garrison Tongyuan Fort. The main force of the 9th Brigade attacked the 1st Regiment of the Qing Army, in order to break it with one blow. As long as you can break through the blockade, everything is not a problem. If the main force of the 1st Division of the Qing Army is ready to set up an ambush, once the blockade fails, the main force of the 1st Division of the Qing Army will definitely go all out to reinforce the 1st Regiment and the 9th Brigade for a head-on decisive battle. If the main force of the 1st Division of the Qing Army has been evacuated, then eat the 1st Regiment of the Qing Army in one bite.

Sure enough, as Oshima Yoshimasa expected. After the 11th Infantry Wing launched a strong attack, the 1st Regiment of the Qing Army began to withdraw. However, the first regiment of the Qing army did not retreat far, and lost the opportunity to retreat after the ninth brigade launched a strong attack, and the first regiment of the Qing army also changed its previous posture of fighting and retreating, and transferred all the machine guns deployed in the rear to the front line to participate in the defense. In front of the position, the 11th Infantry Wing of the 9th Brigade launched a fierce charge.

"Knock knock......" The machine guns fired by the Qing army turned into long fire. The fire that spat out from the muzzle of the gun was like a long whip of death, knocking down rows of soldiers. The crisp sound of the rifle made the souls of the soldiers who rushed forward one by one return to the east. The army charged again and again, and was defeated again and again in the face of cross-machine gun fire.

**The scene of machine guns firing together is truly spectacular, and bullets are spilled everywhere like money-free. Hitting the charging army was like cutting wheat, falling down one by one. The 11th Infantry Wing has been fighting fiercely for more than three hours and has launched countless charges, but it has been defeated again and again in front of the fire network composed of machine guns of the Qing army.

"Let the 21st Wing charge together, and be sure to capture the Qing army's position at one time." Oshima Yoshimasa gave the order for a general attack, either forcing the main force of the Qing army to fight a decisive battle here, or eating the first regiment of the Qing army. Yoshimasa Oshima, who had already reached the front line, believed that this was the second outcome, because the artillery of the Qing army had not yet been seen.

"The empire is still poor. ** Machine guns, such a luxurious style of play is not something used by the Empire. Oshima Yoshimasa sighed deeply: "Rush up and annihilate the first regiment of the Qing army." Glory belongs to the 5th Division. ”

After speaking, Oshima Yoshimasa thought about it and gave another order: "Let the attacking troops not be so densely arranged." ”

On the top of the hill on the side of the North Fear, several binoculars were looking at the fierce battlefield below the mountain. On the hills on both sides, the headquarters ambushed the artillery regiment directly under the 1st Division of the Qing Army and the Iktang Asuo Division. The 3rd Regiment had already quietly entered the village of Daheishan in the rear, only waiting for the attack to cut off the retreat of the army.

The narrow village of Grass in the middle of the high mountains on both sides is indeed the best place for ambush. Even the low-ranking officers of the New Army could see it, and Ouyang Zhenhua believed that Oshima Yoshimasa would definitely see it. In such an obvious terrain, it is impossible for the army to throw all its forces into it, and there will definitely be troops left behind. Wait for the striker to break through before marching. In this case, the best place to ambush is no longer the best place because the army also knows it. Then put it around the corner in front of you.

"In defensive warfare, cross-fire machine gun positions with trenches cannot be rushed down by charging with human lives." Lei Zhenchun, the commander of the artillery regiment, couldn't help but dare to sigh: "The emperor is sage." It was possible to predict such an outcome. ”

Nonsense, anyone who has seen the history of World War I knows it. The Germans used trenches and machine guns to kill more than 20,000 British and French troops in one day. And their own trenches were not damaged in the slightest. This is a tactic more than 20 years ahead of the current plane. Why don't Guangxu equip the troops with so many machine guns?

"That's when I thought of charging with a skirmisher." Lei Zhenchun saw that the army had changed formations, and said disdainfully. But he couldn't help reminding Ouyang Zhenhua: "Division commander, the Ninth Brigade of the Yue Army has begun to attack on all fronts, give the order to attack." "No one has tried to resist the all-out attack of more than 6,000 troops of the two wings of the Ninth Brigade of the Army, whether the machine gun position can still be stopped.

"Don't worry, Duan Qirui can still support it." Ouyang Zhenhua didn't move: "Did Feng Guozhang and Nie Shicheng arrive at the designated position?" ”

"Report to the division commander, Feng Guozhang and Nie Shicheng have sneaked out to Tongyuan Fort according to the order. After waiting for the order to be issued, he will attack with all his strength and take Tongyuan Fort in one fell swoop, cutting off the retreat of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army. The staff officer on the side replied.

On the gunsmoke-filled Qing army's position, the Yue army was once again defeated. ** The machine gun is swinging in a line, and the multi-channel crossfire formed is not something that can be rushed up by a large number of people. Yoshimasa Oshima is picking out death squads and rushing again from both sides. It was necessary to defeat the first regiment of the Qing army at one time and test whether the main force of the Qing army was in the direction of Lianshan Pass. It was not easy to bite the first regiment of the Qing army, but once this opportunity was lost, and the Qing army used the retreat tactics again, then the ninth brigade was really dragged by the Qing army of the first regiment, and Oshima Yoshimasa believed that the Qing army's retreat tactics with narrow mountain roads were enough for the entire army to be annihilated when the ninth brigade attacked Liaoyang.

The death squads, with strips of white cloth wrapped around their heads, once again charged. Yoshimasa Oshima was watching from behind. Gradually, the army got closer and closer to the position of the Qing army, and the firepower of the Qing army began to disperse and block the daredevils on both sides. Yoshimasa Oshima finally saw the effect. The army, which had been divided into relatively scattered troops, no longer suffered as many casualties as the previous concentrated charge. The death squads on both sides also got closer, and a smile appeared on Oshima's face.

But in an instant, Oshima Yoshimasa's smile froze: "Yaga, what's going on with Tongyuan Castle." (To be continued.) )