Chapter 164: Night Attack or Death?
The Japanese made a superficial effort for this war.
In the advance team of Yoshimasa Oshima, there were many reporters who followed. It includes people from media outlets such as Mainichi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, and Chuo Shimbun. A total of 66 newspapers and 114 journalists participated in the entire military operation. In addition, there are 11 painters and 4 photographers.
It can be said that from the very beginning, the Japanese have attached great importance to the control and propaganda of public opinion. Just like their edict declaring war against Emperor Muren, they portrayed themselves as great internationalist fighters who defended Goryeo's "independence and independence". And in doing so, he touted himself as a pioneer of the East who was one step ahead of the "civilized world".
This war was to fight against the stubborn backward Qing Dynasty, but to work hard for the Oriental people to enter the Changming era together, without tireless work, without fear of sacrifice, and boldly explore .......
In short, all kinds of awe-inspiring righteousness.
Naturally, those reporters respected their core ideological call, did their best to beautify them, and used the pen in their hands to talk nonsense and praise nonsense. And occasionally arises, makes a cameo appearance as an executioner, and chops off a few heads or something with his own hands.
Yoshimasa Oshima, who is self-righteous and self-confident, will naturally not let go of any of the few times to promote his majestic and tall image. In his ranks, there were at least 20 journalists, and there was even a chief of the artillery department of the British Far East Army.
His original idea was to show the heroic determination and majesty of the generals of the Imperial Japanese Army in front of domestic journalists and international observers.
But they didn't expect to hit their heads on the steel plate that Yang Hao had carefully built for them!
Shigeru Aida, a reporter for the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, was very bold in order to get the freshest news material. He followed Mori Kei Shaozo very riskily. Originally prepared brushes. A magnificent basic picture has been sketched on paper. Just wait for the warriors in front to rush into the trenches. Kill every enemy who dares to stand in your way with a bayonet.
But what he was waiting for was several earth-shattering explosions in a row!
The sudden arrival of the four "unconscionable guns", the explosion of a large number of grenades, and the explosion of machine guns hidden in the billowing smoke of gunpowder all tell a fatal fact - what he wants to write is impossible to achieve!
When the smoke cleared, on the sloping hillside, there were corpses. The ugly body that had been stripped of his clothes was like a statue of merciless mockery, coldly stabbing his already not very strong heart.
So, when Shaozuo's telescope fell to the ground, the drawing board and pen in his hand fell the same.
"How so? Something that could never have happened, ah....... ”
His babbling and moaning were more like mocking the incompetence of the soldiers. Shocked excessively, Shao Zuo, who had lost control, kicked him to the side, and shouted at the sky with his hands dancing: "No! None of this is true! My troops will be able to defeat all the enemies. They...... They....... ”
He couldn't go on.
Farther away, at the wing headquarters, the Englishman Puley kept drawing crosses on his chest. His face was pale, and he kept chanting: "Oh! Oh, God! Oh, my God! Incredible, simply unimaginable! It's horrible, what the hell is this...... What kind of army the hell! ”
Poor Mr. Observer, frightened!
The British Empire came out of the world with the self-proclaimed noblest gentlemen in the world. They seem to be polite under the skin, but in fact, they have always hidden their contempt and criticism of anyone.
When he came to observe the war between the two countries, Pu Lei did not have much hope to discover something new and noteworthy. The Japanese have a bit of tactical literacy, he doesn't pay attention to it at all. Qing Guo? It can only be hehe.
So he didn't have enough mental preparation either.
But now, he didn't have any thoughts like that. As the head of artillery, the mysterious enemy on the opposite side gave him a big lesson with rich content to the extreme!
What kind of destruction can be done with explosives with incredible power? Who else in war can use artillery to perform miracles again and again, as Napoleon did? Puray didn't believe anyone could do it before. In the context of the UK's world's first science and technology, all you see around you are turtles.
But the qiē in front of him made him unable to have any distracting thoughts.
A small hillside, just a pass blocking the march, a shallow trench, but staged a dazzling and wonderful picture.
Long-range artillery, precise artillery fire blocking, elusive close-range attacks, and head-to-face grenade strikes ....... The tactics he was able to think of and completely unthinkable came to him, and it was dizzying.
Is there any effect? Just look at the casualties of the Japanese.
In just one day, the Japanese advance team suffered more than 3,500 casualties!
What is this concept? In modern warfare, a battle of about 100,000 people fought for ten days and half a month, and it is very impressive that so many people can be killed.
I have to admit that the Japanese are very tenacious and have not collapsed until now. But what Pu Lei values more is the group of people who made this result. Mysterious, completely unknown of origin, with the power of terrifying equipment. They will be the most incredible variables on the battlefields of the Far East.
Reporter Shigeru Aida kicked a few meters away, and his hip bone didn't know if it was broken, so he couldn't get up for a while.
But he didn't dare to resent Shao Zuo, who was beating people, and poured all his resentment out on the enemy opposite. Such a group of hateful fellows humiliating the Empire of Japan in front of so many people must be made to pay. Perhaps, I can go up and cut off a few heads myself?
He thinks so, but can't put it into action for the time being.
Such a fiasco scene naturally can't be drawn to find ugly. He waited eagerly that the officers around him and the generals behind him could come up with a set of effective revenge methods to wash away all the previous shame.
But the general Yoshimasa Oshima, who he was counting on, was already on the verge of collapse!
Under the worried gaze of the staff officers, His Excellency the Major General kept spinning in circles. In his mouth, he was muttering something over and over again, muttering, and he couldn't hear it clearly.
Pu Lei finally suppressed the shock in his heart, and after regaining his senses, he raised with a solemn face: "Mr. Major General, I think it will be difficult to win this battle." Unless you can deplete your opponent's ammo or find a way to attack in a roundabout way, a frontal attack will be too costly. ”
This is tantamount to nonsense, and it is precisely because of the thought of such consequences that Yoshimasa Oshima will lose his temper.
A third of them are gone, not injured, but dead! His mixed brigade was scrapped by the serious ones. It is unknown how much fighting spirit the remaining soldiers can show.
This is the first level, and there are several more in the back, if they are all similar copper walls, how can he get by? Even if it passes, how much capital can compete with the Qing army that is waiting for it?
I can't figure out this account.
For a time, the entire Japanese command fell into a gloomy and bleak situation, and was in a dilemma.
After dark, Yang Hao came from Huangzhou with the first company, replaced the tired second company, and let them go back to rest. The firepower company and baggage reinforcements, who were not very tired, remained in place.
In the black light and blind fire, the moans and cries of the remnants of the Japanese army gradually calmed down. No one cares whether they live or die, they deserve to die all the time!
Li Yingjiu just watched the excitement at the end of the day, but he didn't even get a chance to step forward and kill an enemy. Before the sudden charge, he couldn't catch up even when he was on the top of the mountain.
Yang Hao came over, and he couldn't help complaining: "Why did the war become like this?" So what's the use of our kung fu? I knew that I would have practiced my guns well! ”
Yang Hao laughed and reassured: "If it is really your turn to fight hard, then we have at least reached a life-and-death juncture." But now it's unnecessary. In fact, whether you practice marksmanship or not, it is just like that, and it is still artillery that kills people in war. ”
In this regard, Li Yingjiu sighed sincerely: "Hey, firearms are getting more and more powerful, it seems that practicing martial arts can really only strengthen the body." No matter how powerful the great master is, he can't hold back a single cannonball. ”
Yang Hao is not good at evaluation, and this is not so absolute. Good things, there's always something to be done.
He and the company rested to the fullest, and the evening was full of energy, and after entering the trenches, they silently sorted out their equipment and prepared for battle.
"It's all like that bear, and the little devil still dares to come?"
Seeing the corpses all over the ground, the position was blown by the wind, and there was a disgusting smell of blood everywhere, Ding Weifen and the others were a little resistant for a while.
But all literati are always a little sour in their bones. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, these readers, who were instilled by selected textbooks since childhood, no matter how motivated they were, the pedantry that has been passed down for many generations is not easy to change for a while. Although they hurt people, they can also be cold and make people feel cold.
Yang Hao knows the madness of the Japanese better than anyone else.
When they are proud, they tend to be more rampant, unscrupulous and unscrupulous.
When frustrated, they are more likely to break the jar. The idea of "dragging others to hell when you die" is very common. The self-destructive tendencies that pervade their culture are more likely to be exposed as a result.
In the current situation, the Japanese army on the opposite side is difficult to ride a tiger, and it is impossible to advance or retreat. If they were really that sane, they wouldn't let the last group come up and die.
"Wait and see, tonight, there's still a lot to see."
His judgment was quickly confirmed. Unwilling to fail, Oshima Yoshimasa took out an almost desperate madness, and after twelve o'clock in the evening, taking advantage of the excellent meteorological conditions of clouds and no moon, he divided more than 2,000 people into multiple echelons before and after, and smeared the cave fairy ridge all over the mountains!
Lying across the mountains in front of the road ahead, under many hills, dense crowds of people were crowded, and the Japanese soldiers dressed in black were silent, gritting their teeth and gathering upwards!
Just as they were approaching five hundred meters, a series of flares suddenly lit up in the sky! (To be continued......)
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