Chapter 55: The Battle of Cheng Huan
The news of the Sino-Japanese Battle of Toshima soon spread in the world, to be honest, all countries have been looking forward to this war for a long time, since entering the era of ironclad ships, there has never been a real sea duel, and now there are finally two people who are not afraid of death come out to be the real products, so aren't they all flocking to the east like flies that have seen blood?
Just when the navies of all countries mobilized the nearest warships and rushed to the Yellow Sea day and night, a huge fleet also sailed out of the mouth of the Swan River, and then turned north and headed straight for the Sunda Strait.
"Back to Lafayette's words, it is said that Xue Fucheng hired an interpreter in England, because there are several ancestral secret recipes, where he cured the illness of the grandson of the English emperor, and later made some money and opened a few factories, and he has been famous in the past two years." The zombie costume said cautiously.
"A businessman knows what it takes to fight." Cixi said with a disdainful expression.
"Lafayette is right, it is said that this person is also a little self-aware, so in England, Citigroup and other places hired a lot of foreigners to lead him with troops, the commander is the former Beiyang Naval Division of the Lang Weili, as for him himself wants to come is to be a wife and son, good clothes and glory to return, but it is rare to be loyal." The zombie costume continued to say with a smile.
"Then reward him as a Taiwanese general soldier, no matter how you say it, he also came with a warship and thousands of people, just when Shao Youlian reported illness, let Xue Fucheng make up for his shortcomings, as for going north to participate in the war, there is no need to let a group of rabble come, it is not enough to make people laugh." What she didn't know was that it didn't take long for Cixi to know what it was to lure a wolf into the house.
So Yang Pasha has another title on his body, the chief soldier of Taiwan Town in the Great Qing Kingdom, of course, this title is the same as his last one, and it was also bought with money, 50,000 taels of silver bought himself a general soldier of Taiwan Town, bought a Taiwan governor for Xue Fucheng, and by the way, he also bought Zhang Quan a title of Taoist to follow him as a staff officer, as for his father, he naturally will not have any opinions.
After receiving this telegram, Yang Feng found that he simply loved this era of clear prices, as long as he had money and official positions, he could buy them casually like commodities on the shelves, and just when he was happy to solve the legitimacy of his identity, the land battle between China and Japan began.
At more than three o'clock in the morning, the soldiers of about a squadron of the vanguard of the 21st Wing of the Japanese Army were holding the old Murata 18-style black huo pill single-loading rifle in their hands, carefully wading through the knee-deep stagnant water, groping forward in the dark rice fields, although the latest Japanese army's latest Murata 22-year smokeless rifle has begun to be equipped, But the main thing is that only the Guards Division is equipped, and the front line is still dominated by such old-fashioned rifles, of course, the main thing is that they lack money.
What they didn't know was that in the village not far away, dozens of soldiers of the Wu Yi Army were lying behind the doors and windows aiming, and in the faint light, when the blurred figure gradually appeared, an officer shouted: "Shoot!"
Almost at the same time, he pulled the trigger of the latest self-obtained pistol in his hand, followed by a storm of gunfire, and the Wu Yi Army soldiers, all equipped with Yang Feng's version of the Li Enfield rifle, poured hot bullets on the Japanese with a jaw-dropping rate of fire.
Almost in an instant, the Japanese troops on the opposite side fell into the muddy water in pieces, and the Japanese troops, who were accustomed to using single-loaded black medicine rifles, could not understand such a dense shooting, which was actually only from a few dozen enemies, thinking that they were suddenly ambushed by the main force of the Qing army, and immediately began to rout towards the narrow Anseong Bridge behind them.
However, the crowded figure on the narrow bridge deck against the backdrop of the night sky became the most conspicuous target in the night, and the bullets rained down the Japanese soldiers.
It is estimated that at this time, the Japanese commander also judged that the number of ambushes was not large, and immediately ordered a roundabout attack with superior forces, but at this time, suddenly there was a strange whistling sound in the sky, and Takeda Hideyama, the commander of the 21st Wing who was assigning the task, raised his head in amazement, and then there was a series of huge explosions around him, and the Japanese troops who were assembling on the shore were instantly blown to pieces.
"Qing army mortar!" An officer exclaimed that Takeda fell into the muddy water, and the history is completely different, this time the artillery of Nie Shicheng's department is not only the old-fashioned 60 cannon, but also twelve more 82 mm mortars, this kind of artillery that two people can carry and run is well received in the Qing army, coupled with Li Er's deliberate emphasis, almost all the main forces of the Huai army have a large amount of equipment, although the price of shells is expensive, but the Huai army at this time is really not bad for money, which is incomparable to the Japanese army at all.
Just when the battle of Anchengdu began, the Qing artillery on the main position of Nishiri immediately began to shell the area of the bridgehead according to the firing unit that had been calibrated before, this kind of mortar made of modern alloy steel on Yang Feng's ship, the range is almost the same as that of the army's heavy artillery, and the rate of fire is even more appalling, and the ferry instantly turned into a hell for the Japanese army. It is surrounded by swamps formed by the overflow of the river downstream of the Qing army's damming.
"Retreat, retreat!" In the explosion of the shell, Takeda Xiushan roared hoarsely, at this time a ** exploded nearby, and the scorching shrapnel was hitting his shoulder, the captain of the Takeda Wing screamed, covered his shoulders and ran into the chestless river without hesitation under the protection of the guards beside him, and the remnants of the Japanese soldiers followed their commander, and also rushed down the river, and fled to the opposite bank in chaos in the explosion of the shells, hundreds of people crowded and pushed, and inevitably drowned a few.
History has changed again here, the Takeda Wing lost nearly half of its troops in Anjodu, and it was impossible to fight Anjodu, and the main force of Oshima Yoshimasa, who crossed the river on the other side, also suffered a huge setback in the subsequent battle, Nie Shicheng's 82 mortars could cover the two positions of Ushiri and Wolbong Mountain, and even posed a threat to the Japanese artillery, to be honest, the Japanese army's equipment at this time was really poor, not only the rifles were all old-fashioned single-mounted Murata, but also the field artillery was still an old-fashioned bronze cannon.
Originally, because the Gao Sheng was sunk in history, the Krupp 75 Elements Battalion Cannon specially transported to Nie Shicheng for reinforcements sank to the bottom of the sea, and he had to use the old-fashioned 60 copper cannon in his hand to deal with the Japanese army, plus the improper choice of position, he was completely pressed and beaten by the Japanese artillery, but this time it was different.
Oshima Yoshimasa, who attacked Ushicheri, saw his soldiers fall apart under the mortar bombardment of these mortars that could not even see the position, but the bravery of the Japanese army did make him happy, although he left a mountain full of corpses, but still under the command of their respective officers, they rushed to the Qing army fortress with bayonets, in fact, the losses of the Qing army at this time were not small, they just hurriedly built a breastwork, and the thickness was still very thin, and it could even be penetrated by bullets, and the shooting level of the soldiers was too poor, and the Japanese army was not at the same level at all, I also learned from the American Civil War, one by one I stood up straight and shot in a daze, but I learned to draw a tiger and not become an anti-dog, people play so much because they can shoot a platoon of guns, and the Qing army, which is not trained enough, cannot shoot this kind of platoon of guns.
So despite being killed and wounded by shells, the Japanese army still approached the defense line with bayonets, and the Qing army, which originally didn't know how to see red with bayonets in history, should have been defeated at this time, but this time it was different, because they still had grenades, and Li Er's devil spared no effort on the equipment of his confidants, and all the best things were only used by Nie Shicheng's Lutai training army and Ye Zhichao's Zhengding training army.
Therefore, when the Japanese army approached the Qing army's defense line, they were greeted by a grenade that split their heads and covered their faces, and hundreds of grenades were smashed out at once, and Oshima Yoshimasa, who was watching the battle from a distance, turned green.
He actually knows the level of equipment of the Qing army, but the problem is that these things can't be bought, and secondly, they can't be equipped, just like grenades, in fact, at this time, Li Er's devil equipment is not even bought by European countries, and the price of this kind of grenade using antimony and antimony charge is too expensive.
The Japanese have also tried to imitate a few pieces, first, the level is limited, and it cannot reach the performance of Bofors at all, and the proportion of throwing it out without blowing it up or blowing it up in half is surprisingly high, and secondly, after using nitrocellulose or picric acid charge, let the soldiers run and jump with this thing in a simulated battlefield environment, drill a ring of fire or something, and if they don't do it, they will explode, and after killing several test subjects, it will simply be gone.
But today, Oshima Yoshimasa can be regarded as seeing the battlefield power of this thing, so dense that in the sound of explosions, the attacking Japanese troops were blown to the point of flesh and blood, and the dead bodies were even piled up in front of the breastwork, and the flying flesh and blood pasted the front of the breastwork into blood red, which made Nie Shicheng, who personally led the team to reinforce him, stunned, and even he didn't expect this thing to have such great power in defensive operations.
The Qing soldiers who were hiding behind the breastwork soon found that it was even safer to fight like this than to stand up and shoot, they didn't have to show their heads at all, they squatted behind and pulled the fuse and threw it out, as long as they didn't throw it on top of their heads, dense grenades flew out from behind the breastwork in pieces, and even the Japanese army was defeated, and there were still people throwing it out!