Chapter 367: Battle of the Yamaguchi of the Opium War

"Rush"

Nogi shouted loudly, and more than 100,000 crazy Japanese troops rushed over like a tide.

At the head of the city, Pang Ji put down his binoculars and nodded at the military commanders.

"Total Attack Begins"

The soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Crusade Army lit the fire ropes, and the Japanese iron cannons roared angrily.

Thick smoke spewed like pillars, and hot shells whistled into the sky, drawing arcs and smashing down enemy troops, not knowing which unlucky Japanese soldiers would be taken care of.

After the cannon sound sounded at the head of the city, the Chinese artillery positions on the north and south flanks immediately responded.

Hundreds of Shenwu cannons opened fire one after another, and countless shells were fired at the enemy. Suddenly, the cannon roared, the ground shook, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, covering the sky and the sun.

Shells whistled in, gravel and clods of earth were fired, and a violent wave of air wrapped in sand and gravel overturned the Japanese soldiers within a distance of five or six meters from the vicinity.

Between the infantry phalanxes, infantry guns loaded with grenades opened fire one after another, and after a round of shelling, the bullets fired from the sky were dense like rain, killing a large number of enemies in the sector area.

If the casualties caused by the Japanese army's live shelling were bearable, then the lethality of grenade shots fired directly from five or six hundred meters away was like hell.

The dense artillery projectiles could not be dodged at all, and even if many Japanese soldiers raised their shields to resist, the high-energy projectiles also pierced through the shields and then penetrated the body. For a time, the soldiers at the front of the Japanese army were suddenly beaten into a meat sieve, and their flesh and blood were mushy. A Russian shell roared in, and the air wave set off the residual value of the broken arm and splashed everywhere, like a hell of a nose.

In a round of artillery fire, the Japanese forward soldiers fell one by one, like a hurricane sweeping through a wheat field, with countless casualties.

However, for the Japanese army, they had no choice but to take Yamaguchi Castle, and they lost the battle.

Attack after attack, repulsed again and again, the Japanese could not even cross the artillery blockade line of the Chinese army. The infantry of the Chinese Empire, who had been waiting for the position, had already felt a little numb in their hands holding their rifles, but they did not fire a single shot, because the enemy was still far from the infantry's firing distance

Is this irony?

Perhaps, the absolute superiority of hot weapons over cold weapons, once 7,000 British and French troops defeated the 130,000 Manchu Qing Dynasty Eight Banner Soldiers, and the level of weapons used by the British and French forces at that time was only the standard equipment of the infantry division of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire at this time.

Watching his soldiers fall one by one, Nogi held his head in his hands, his eyes were blood-red, and his eyes were cracked.

"General, we can't rush like this anymore"

Even the opponent's artillery blockade line can't be crossed, and if it rushes down again, it will only take more soldiers' lives.

Of course, the latter words did not be said by the vice-minister.

"How so?"

Nogi's eyes straightened, looking at the battlefield situation, he couldn't believe that this was the real combat power of the Chinese Empire.

Back then, he also participated in the Imjin War, and although the Ming Dynasty army at that time was difficult to deal with, it was not as impossible to deal with as it is now.

The gap in quality can no longer be filled by quantity at this moment.

"General, I have sent two elite armies to bypass from the north and south flanks and circle to the rear of the enemy army. This can lead the enemy's firepower and strength, and reduce the resistance to our army's frontal attack."

Nogi nodded, he also knew that his army of 100,000 could not all be put into frontal combat. Instead of attacking like a moth to a fire, it is better to divide a part of the forces to make a strategic detour.

However, with only one day to go, the front-line soldiers were about to go hungry, and if Nogi divided his forces to attack the Chinese troops on the northern and southern flanks, the attack on Yamaguchi Castle would be delayed.

Right now, it's too late for Nogi to make a strategic maneuver.

"The enemy has thought of this for a long time"

Nogi pointed to the defensive positions of the Chinese army on the opposite side and said: "They have completely blocked the passage of the north and south flanks, the plains and hills there are their fortifications, and if we want to go over, we have to climb over the mountains on both sides, do you think we have that long to climb the mountains?" ”

The vice minister sighed, he also knew the current situation, the supply of grain and grass in Guiwang Mountain was cut off, and it could only last for five or six days. It would take four days to get back and forth to Yamaguchi Castle, and Nogi had to ship the grain and grass the next morning so that he could reach Mt. Kameo before Tokugawa Iemitsu ran out of food and prevent the soldiers from mutiniing. And it took more than ten hours to climb the mountain, and Nogi hesitated.

"Your Excellency, please appoint me, I only need six hours, and I swear that in six hours, I will definitely appear in the rear of the enemy army"

Looking at the resolute attitude of the vice minister, Nogi had no choice but to nod and agree to his request.

"If you can't make it in six hours, please take them back to Kyoto."

With Nogi's entrustment, the vice minister led 10,000 elites into the mountain and began a rapid mountain climbing operation at any cost.

At the head of Yamaguchi Castle, the Japanese army's movements could not escape the high-powered telescope on the top of the drum tower. It is a special observation equipment for the army adapted from a telescope for observing planets, and as long as there are no obstacles, you can see any corner of the earth through the guò high-power telescope.

Provided, of course, that the earth is straight

"Report, a Japanese army entered the mountain, and its direction seemed to want to climb the mountain and enter the rear of our army, numbering about 10,000 people, and the speed was very fast."

Pang Shu did not stop observing the situation of the enemy's position, but casually asked, "Is he running fast?" ”

In Pang Xi's mouth, he naturally refers to the special combat members of the Hunter Commando, of course, only Yao Bin is near him at the moment.

"Report Running Faster Than the Hunter Commando"

Yao Bin was stunned for a moment, thinking that the observer was laughing, but after looking at his expression, he frowned.

"How is that possible?"

Yao Bin smiled bitterly, and immediately climbed the drum tower to collect evidence.

"This group is crazy?"

Yao Bin saw a scene that surprised him from the high-powered telescope, the Japanese army ran on the edge of the mountain forest cliff regardless of a qiē, and many Japanese soldiers fell off the cliff, but the speed behind them was still unabated.

"This is going over the mountains and mountains, how to run like flat ground, so that even if they climb over the mountains, they will not have the strength to sneak attack the rear of our army"

Although the Observers exaggerated the speed of the Japanese troops, they were not at all comparable to the speed of the Hunter Commandos, but compared to most infantry division soldiers, the Japanese were still very fast.

Pang Ji was stunned for a moment, then put down the telescope and came to the drum tower together.

"Looks like we've got a big fight"

Yao Bin nodded and said, "I don't think ordinary Japanese soldiers can do this, they should be the Praetorian Guards brought by Tokugawa Iemitsu from Edo and Kyoto, they are all the elite of the Tokugawa Shogunate."

Pang Ji smiled and said, "I didn't expect Tokugawa Iemitsu to be in a hurry this time."

"Yes, I'm going to lose all my money."

Yao Bin smiled, which immediately caused the people next to him to laugh.

After laughing, Pang Shu calmed down and said, "It looks like we have to devote some of our energy to dealing with these crazy people."

"Depending on their speed, they can climb over the mountains in five or six hours, and then appear in the east of Yamaguchi Castle. However, they marched forcibly for five or six hours, and no more than a thousand people could come over, and they were all strong crossbows, so it was easy to deal with It's enough to send your division headquarters guard battalion over."

Pang Ji said: "A guard battalion is a little too risky."

Yao Bin glared at him angrily and said, "Who doesn't know that the division headquarters guard battalion of Division Commander Pang is the elite of the elite."

Pang Ji smiled modestly and said, "Compared to your special operations team, it's a big deal."

Yao Bin thought for a while and said, "That's good, anyway, our special combat team doesn't have anything to do, why don't you go with me?" ”

"Then dare to be kind, I don't worry if you go"

Pang Ji said: "I handed over the guard battalion to your command, don't hide it, help me beat them"

All right

Yao Bin rolled his eyes and knew that Pang Ji was not well-intentioned, and he really had a purpose.

With a wry smile, Yao Bin said, "Forget it, it's cheap for you once"

"I'll invite you for a drink when you come back"

"A drink sent me away? You're too picky."

"Why don't you give you two beautiful Japanese chicks?"

"A word is a certainty"

Yao Bin took his hunter commando team and the division headquarters guard reinforcement battalion to the rear to ambush, while Pang Ji continued to sit in Yamaguchi Castle and command the battle.

On the battlefield, artillery fire was flying and gunpowder smoke was filled. Standing on the top of the city, the smoke of gunpowder formed all kinds of clouds around the city, if it weren't for the sound of the Japanese army's ghost crying wolf howling affecting the mood, I thought it was in the fairyland among the clouds

The Japanese continued to charge, close to madness, and it was obvious that they were really in a hurry, and they wanted to recapture Yamaguchi Castle to death.

Outside the West City, the corpses of more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers were piled up on the blood-red ground.

Previously, a single cannon could stir up a large area of rubble and soil, but now when a cannon hits it, the shock wave will set off stumps and broken arms, and flesh and blood will fly.

Nogi had previously chosen to launch an all-out attack, that is, to launch a fierce attack on Yamaguchi Castle and the positions on the north and south flanks at the same time.

However, as the vice minister led more than 10,000 elites over the mountains to attack the rear of the enemy army, Nogi hoped that the vice minister would succeed, so he slowed down the attack on the Chinese troops on both flanks, and instead focused on Yamaguchi Castle in the middle.

There are only two regiments of the Chinese Imperial Army on the Yamaguchi Castle, and the artillery uses the original city defense guns of the Japanese army, although there are many of them, but the power is limited, and it is not as enjoyable as the use of grenades to kill the enemy on the north and south flanks.

There were 20 Japanese siege guns in front of Yamaguchi Castle, and the two sides engaged in a fierce artillery battle, and after more than an hour, all 20 Japanese siege guns were destroyed, but Yamaguchi Castle was not destroyed.

Nogi had no artillery and no siege equipment, so he began to implement the tactics of filling people in earnest.

The Japanese army frantically rushed to the bottom of Yamaguchi Castle and piled up corpses under the city walls, creating a ladder wall with corpses.

The soldiers of the Chinese Empire at the head of the city were shocked and frightened by the Japanese army's frantic death.

The Eastern Crusade Army had been fighting in Japan for a long time, and it was the first time that they had seen such a crazy side of the Japanese army.

Bang bang bang

At the top of the city, although the soldiers of the Chinese Empire felt frightened, they still shot methodically, and countless projectiles were fired at the city, killing and wounding a large number of enemy soldiers.

After two hours of fierce fighting, the sky over the battlefield was completely obscured by gunsmoke, and no daylight could be seen.

Pang Ji looked at the air and secretly cursed that it was another windless weather today.

However, soon the artillery sound on the artillery positions on the north and south flanks gradually weakened, and the frequency decreased a lot. Soon, a dense burst of muskets came from the positions on the northern and southern flanks, and the artillery gradually turned out.

"What's going on?"

Pang called the soldiers to ask.

It turned out that the firepower on the artillery position was weakened because the Shenwu infantry guns fired for a long time, and the barrel was already hot, although there was no design of firing pins and primers in this era, and the shells were also solid shells or grenade shots. However, no matter how long it is, it can't withstand the continuous firing of the cannon, and the heat accumulated each time cannot be completely dissipated, and the small amount accumulates into a lot, so it is necessary to stop the fire to cool down.

In fact, the Shenwu infantry cannon needed to be cooled down for five or six minutes without firing ten shells, and the longer the firing time, the longer the cooldown time and the shorter the interval.

Previously, because the number of Japanese artillery was too small, the infantry guns that fired live ammunition were useless, so these guns were used to replace the direct-fire artillery that fired grenade shots in the infantry phalanx, so that Pang Ji felt that the artillery fire did not weaken for more than two hours. However, with the increase of time, even if they were replaced in turn, the barrel could not withstand it, so now the artillery on the north and south flanks had to turn off the fire and cool down in order to preserve their combat power.

The artillery fire became weaker and weaker, which made Pang Xi nervous, and he didn't know if the infantry phalanx could withstand the frantic attack of the Japanese army.

Bang bang bang

The sound of artillery weakened, and the dense sound of muskets suddenly became the main sound on the battlefield.

After watching the excitement for several hours, the infantry of the Imperial Chinese Army was finally ready to fight.

Platoons of infantry, armed with muskets, fired in an orderly manner.

After each round of gunning, many Japanese soldiers were also shot and killed. Of course, compared with the grenade shots fired by the Shenwu infantry artillery, the penetration, lethality, killing area, and range are all insignificant.

Nogi was overjoyed when he saw that the sound of artillery in the Chinese Imperial camp had subsided sharply and was replaced by musketeers. Although he didn't know what the reason was, as long as the opponent's firepower weakened, it was an opportunity for him, and he immediately ordered to charge again.

This time, there was more cavalry in the gap between the infantry in the charge. Although the number of cavalry is not very large, it is still very effective on the battlefield.

The appearance of some cavalry made the Japanese attack range suddenly advance to a position less than thirty meters in front of the positions on the north and south flanks of the Chinese Empire.

At this distance, many Japanese cavalry had already shot arrows and flew in, causing certain casualties to the infantry of the Chinese Empire. Fortunately, the Japanese cavalry target was too large, and in the dense platoon of gun fire, only a small number of cavalry approached, and the casualties caused to the soldiers of the Chinese Empire were not large, basically negligible.

However, the Japanese charge at any cost caused the trenches in front of the position to be gradually filled with the corpses of Japanese soldiers. The horses of the Japanese cavalry continued to break the antler obstacles in front of the position, and the frantic charge of the Japanese army was not without effect.

However, this effect lasted only less than ten minutes, and when the arms and legs of the soldiers of the Imperial Chinese Army were sore, the artillery brothers of the Empire were once again powerful.

Knock knock

The dense cannon fire rang out again, and in an instant, the mountains shook and thundered.

The cannon spat out a long column of smoke, and after the grenade was ejected, the dense cannon beads quickly lined up into huge cones, covering the fan-shaped area like rain.

Suddenly, the Japanese soldiers screamed loudly. A cannon bead has a powerful penetrating power, and can almost penetrate the bodies of several people. The dense stormtroop formation of the Japanese army cost them huge casualties.

Finally, a Japanese soldier became frightened and ran back despite a U-turn.

If there is one, there will be a second, a third, one will affect ten around you, ten will affect a hundred around you, and so on, after a round of shelling, the Japanese soldiers retreated in an uproar like the ebbing tide of the river and sea.

Nogi flew into a rage and slashed several of the retreating soldiers to death, but he still couldn't control the situation.

Helplessly, the law did not blame the people, so Nogi had to order a truce and reorganize the army.

The sunset was like blood, and the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield gradually dissipated, but it was still filthy and disgusting.

The battle on the frontal battlefield is over for the time being, but the battlefield in the east of the city has just begun.

The hunter commando team and the division headquarters guard battalion led by Yao Bin set up an ambush outside the east of the city and planted a large amount of explosives. The gunpowder and lead bullets captured by the Japanese army in Yamaguchi Castle came in handy this time, the gunpowder was buried in the ground and covered with lead bullets, which, if exploded, were as lethal as grenade shotguns.

As Yao Bin judged, when the Japanese vice commander led more than 10,000 elite Japanese troops to frantically cross the mountains and mountains to the east of the city, there were less than 2,000 people, and the others either couldn't run or died halfway through.

Even if this was less than 2,000 Japanese troops, by the time they arrived in the east of the city, they were already tired.

However, just as the lieutenant was about to let his men rest for a while, he did not know that explosives had been planted under their feet, and there were even explosives all over the vicinity.

With a series of loud bangs, the explosives detonated, and suddenly huge flames rose up, which immediately turned into a red and black mushroom cloud and rushed into the sky.

The huge explosion produced a powerful shock wave, flying sand and rocks in the gunsmoke, wrapped in countless lead bullets, mercilessly slaughtering the nearby Japanese soldiers.

The lieutenant made a huge mistake, that is, he should not let his subordinates stop to rest, and the long and violent running made the Japanese soldiers who had just stopped to rest no longer have the strength to get up, and watched the lead bullet penetrate their bodies, and the fire and smoke consumed their souls.

Boom, boom, boom

The explosion sounded for more than ten minutes, because in Yao Bin's imagination, the Japanese soldiers should have scattered and fled, so the explosions in the design were a series of explosions. It's a pity that the Japanese soldiers didn't have the strength to run away at all, and a lot of explosives didn't even get back.

"Get on the bayonet, charge me"

The explosion stopped, and Yao Bin didn't say a word, and ordered the whole army to charge. The special operators and the brothers of the guard battalion rushed forward with a scream. The Japanese soldiers, who were already out of strength, were blown up by the explosion just now, most of them were killed, and some of them passed out directly, and when the bayonet penetrated their chests, they did not feel anything. A small part is still sober, but in the face of a tiger and wolf-like enemy, they can only die with fear.

"Make up for it and then withdraw"

Leaving this order, Yao Bin patted the dust on his body and returned to the city first.

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