The shouting and killing on the positions of the Japanese army gradually stopped, and the artillery fire on the coalition side gradually stopped. When the two sides temporarily stopped fighting, the sea breeze gradually blew away the smoke and dust that permeated the battlefield.

Wang Debang's face was cold, he held a telescope and looked at the position of the Yue army opposite, and only waved his hand again!

The screech of shells piercing the air was heard again. Just by listening to the sound, you can tell that there was another boom. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army on the front line sent back the battle report of the Qing army's attack.

Saigo walked out of the headquarters from the road, without the need to use binoculars, the naked eye could see the wild field under the mountain, and a large number of Qing soldiers began to attack under the cover of artillery fire. The flow of people in the gowns rushed towards the Japanese positions again.

Wang Debang does not have Liu Xian's ability to dialysis the battlefield, but he is not incompetent. Although this attack is still divided into three routes, the left, the center and the right, these three troops have absorbed the experience of the last offset, and the structure of the three-way Chu army when attacking is more orderly on the route.

The current artillery is still far from being able to coordinate the operation of infantry and artillery, and Wang Debang also adopts a very primitive method, which is to observe and correct through the balloon, and the artillery fire is aimed at the Japanese position, which is a burst of fierce bombardment, flames flying, and shrapnel is everywhere. No matter what the actual effect is, it will always affect the Japanese army's operations. Then, relying on the bravery, the officers and men of the Chu army stepped on the blood left by the brother troops in the last attack and launched a brave attack on the Japanese army.

The Japanese army also learned the lesson, and the firepower density of the front line was more than one level stronger than before, and when they saw the Chu soldiers rushing over, they immediately began to shoot fiercely. However, they still underestimated the ruthlessness and bravery of the Chu army, and under the cover of artillery fire, the Chu army once again rushed to the Japanese front.

The Japanese troops on the front line had to stand up with bayonets and play white-knuckle combat with the Chu army. The Chu army attacked from three directions, and only broke through a Japanese position in the center last time, but this time the two attacks on the center and the right were successful, and they both entered the first-line positions of the Japanese army. The Japanese army in black uniforms and the Chu army in cyan coats were mixed up in an instant. The sound of gunshots, roars, the clash of bayonets, and screams were incessant.

Wang Debang did not repeat the mistake this time, and the two follow-up troops of the Chu army immediately began to follow up. And after the Japanese army has no artillery power, it is obviously impossible to block the route of the Chu army as it did last time. As more and more Chu soldiers entered the position, the hearts of the Japanese defenders became more and more shaken. Gu Gancheng personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, but the Japanese army, which lacked strength, could only reluctantly choose to retreat in the face of Wang Debang's desperate struggle!

Wang Debang's training was extremely strict, and his subordinates did not dare to disobey military orders even if they were afraid of death. Moreover, the tradition of the Chu army daring to fight is still there, and the troops are put into the battlefield, and the scope of engagement and even hand-to-hand combat has gradually expanded, and the entire battlefield is boiling like a cauldron, turning into a Shura field of hand-to-hand combat.

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In Fuzhou in the morning, there are more and more pedestrians in the streets and alleys of the city, and a new day is so bustling.

Zuo Zongtang pursed his lips and stood in front of the map, staring, pondering, and didn't move for a long time.

He was worried. He doesn't know what kind of ending the battle in the South China Sea can be!

If the ship's fleet had sunk that battleship, it would have given outsiders the best way to attack. Although such a result, as mentioned before, can just wake up the imperial court to the necessity of coastal defense construction. But what kind of person is Zuo Zongtang? He really doesn't want the Taiwan affair to become a defeat!

After meeting Fuzhou from Xiamen, he looked at the map when he had nothing to do, and he could see it for more than an hour at a glance.

The room was very quiet, Zuo Zongtang hadn't spoken for a long time, and the servants around him were naturally quiet. As for the guards guarding outside, they were even more silent.

This silence was not broken until Yuan Baoheng walked into the room with a happy look on his face. "Congratulations to Zuo Gong, congratulations to Zuo Gong!" The first good news finally came back from the Tainan War - the combined fleet completely annihilated the Japanese navy, capturing two warships and many transport ships.

Yuan Baoheng is Yuan Shikai's uncle, because of the appearance of Liu Xian, whether it is the Taiping Army or the Twist Army, or Yuan Shikai's Zuo Zongtang's Western Expedition that brought Yuan Baoheng to the peak, there have been completely different changes. But the wheel of history still made Yuan Baoheng come to Zuo Zongtang's hands the year before last, manage grain affairs, and have to specialize in things.

After two years of getting along, Yuan Baoheng is deeply trusted and valued by Zuo Zongtang.

After Zuo Zongtang heard the words of the great victory in the battle of Tainanhai, his face instantly appeared with indescribable brilliance. Naval warfare, Zuo Zongtang has been handling the shipmaster and sailor for many years, isn't it just to resist the enemy on the ocean? But when he saw clearly the 'military strength' of the Japanese on the good news, his face immediately turned cold.

Japan's sea surface military strength is compared with the strength of the Combined Fleet, and in Zuo Jinliang's view, the latter is completely invincible. Especially the matter of the Rijin, it is not a duel to test the combat effectiveness head-on, but a sneak attack by water ghosts at night, which is too colorless.

The boss showed surprising calmness about the content of the good news, so it was naturally difficult for the people below to continue to be excited, so they simply continued to expand the news and broadcast it outside.

After all, it's good news. For many years, the Chinese have not heard good news from the sea, the country's military strength needs to be displayed, and the national morale and national spirit need to be invigorated.

Soon, that is, in less than two hours, the Japanese consul in Fuzhou, Ida Jean, came to the door to ask to see Zuo Zongtang.

Jean Ida is not only the consul of the Japanese Consulate in Fuzhou, but also the consul general of Japan in Shanghai, and the consul of the Fuzhou Consulate is only his part-time job. However, as soon as Japan conquered Taiwan, Ida settled directly in Fuzhou. Together with the Japanese Minister to Beijing Yanagihara Maemitsu and the Consul in Xiamen Fukushima Kusei, these three people were the main players in Japan's early negotiations with China.

Zuo Zongtang stood up straight, looked at the wall clock in the room with his hands behind his back, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's meet in the reception room." "The Japanese consul is not the consul of the great powers, the latter, even if Zuo Zongtang does not scare them, he must be patient and tempered. As for the Japanese consul, there is no such consideration at all.

Zuo Zongtang arrived at the meeting room, and not long after, Yuan Baoheng led the Japanese consul in Fuzhou Jing Tian Rang to the reception room, Jing Tian Rang did not talk nonsense, and even had no etiquette, and directly protested loudly to Zuo Zongtang.

"For the despicable deeds of your country that does not declare war, I will return the color of this imperial kingdom! I ask Governor Zuo to immediately order your army to cease the acts of war on the land and sea in Tainan. Although I am in a humble position and have not been given full powers by the Imperial Government, I can only lodge a solemn protest with your Government. However, I can vouch with my life that if your country does not cease this despicable act, the Qing Empire will soon receive an official declaration of war from our Imperial State of Japan. "Since the Meiji Restoration in Japan, a qiē has looked at Europe, and this kind of Western-style diplomacy has been used much more skillfully and tastefully than the diplomats of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Hehe......" Zuo Zongtang just smiled at Jing Tian's indignant protest. If you want to fight, come and fight. That's so much nonsense! "Zuo Zongtang, who is completely ignorant of the 'international legal rules' in the Western world, scoffs at Ida Jean's words.

What is not declared war?

Did you declare war when Japan marched into Taiwan?

Zuo Zongtang didn't bask in the sun.

Facing the arrogant Zuo Zongtang, Jing Tianrang didn't argue, just stared at Zuo Zongtang with his eyes, and then turned around and strode out of the reception room.

The battle of Kameyama was on its fourth day, and it was supposed to be the last day.

The eastern and western fronts were all lost, and the Qin-Chu coalition army could not only easily hit any place in Turtle Mountain with heavy artillery, but even a three-inch caliber trot could directly pose a threat to the position on the top of Turtle Mountain. In other words, Kameyama was completely under the threat of allied artillery fire, and it was no longer safe for the Japanese army anywhere.

Last night, the artillery of the coalition army, which was not short of shells, aimed at Guishan for most of the night. Early this morning, Liu Xian sent an envoy to the Japanese army in Guishan to demand the unconditional surrender of Saigo Congdao.

"Heh, it's really tough!" Liu Xian looked at the top of the Turtle Mountain and sneered, and Saigo refused to surrender. Liu Dian was also looking at Guishan and sneered, "I don't know whether to live or die at all, I don't know what to do!" "I'm very angry.

In Liu Dian's view, Saigo's refusal to surrender is completely stubborn to the end, reactionary to the end, and iron-hearted all the way to the black. On the psychological side, all that is left at this moment is full of murderous energy!

And what about Saigo Congdao? Born in a samurai family, he received samurai education since childhood, so that he inherited the habits of the Japanese warrior clan, and has a strong sense of not being afraid of death and sparing his life.

This is the bushido of the little devils. Although Saigo was no longer the object of his dedication to the monarch, the future of the interest group he represented depended on his present appearance. The interests of the urgent conscription faction and the samurai, just like the monarch, are firmly encased in Saigo's obedience.

And as Saigo Takamori's younger brother, honor is greater than and must be higher than life and death. He couldn't let his brother be humiliated because of himself, and let Saigo Takamori's aura be tarnished. He will never surrender.

"Killing-" at sunset in the evening.

One by one, the Japanese officers drew their command knives and led their soldiers out of the trenches, and they lined up in a line, rushing towards the Qin-Chu coalition army under the mountain like waves.

The Japanese army could not hold on. The small Kameyama was washed by shells during the day, and the trenches and civil engineering works could not save the lives of the Japanese at all. And you must know that in the entire Kameyama, in addition to the Japanese soldiers, there are more than 1,000 Japanese craftsmen, servants, journalists, etc., who are all eager to live.

Saigo was already desperate for the war. His own life could be lost, but he didn't want to drag the trembling Japanese on the battlefield to die!

When night came, Saigo chose to attack to the death. He gathered most of his soldiers, including some of the colonists, and left the sick and wounded, his servants, and a small number of men to Gugancheng, the Restoration.

There is no hope for a decisive attack, and the rest of the people are ready to surrender tomorrow...... R1152