Chapter 514: Kobe Changed Hands
At the behest of Huang Xu, the Taiping army launched an even more violent attack on Kobe, with artillery roaring and gunfire roaring, like a landslide, and the Japanese army was under tremendous pressure.
It was under such circumstances that the Japanese troops defending the city gate gradually showed signs of inadequacy.
And if this continues, it may not be long before the Japanese army will be defeated on all fronts, and correspondingly, the Taiping army will capture Kobe as they wish.
It seems unlikely that the reversal will occur again.
Of course, at this point, it can no longer be simply said that the Japanese army did not do their best or was not heroic, but there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides, and this gap could not be easily crossed.
However, this disparity has its own concrete manifestations.
The 10th Army Corps of the Taiping Army has been in battle for a long time, has rich combat experience, and is equipped with super-first-class weapons and equipment, so the overall combat power is strong.
The Japanese army is obviously different, these Japanese soldiers are all improvised patchwork, and they are only sent to the battlefield immediately after completing some of the most basic military training, although the bravery is heroic, but it has not been tested in actual combat, and the life and death on the battlefield can not be settled simply by relying on personal blood.
Therefore, to exaggerate a little, the battle between the two is like an adult fighting a child, and it is not a level of battle at all.
Obviously, adults have more strength than children, and their use of strength is more sophisticated and durable, while children are not, and perhaps children can use their ingenuity to take advantage of a certain advantage in the initial confrontation, but after all, this cannot be sustained. Once a long time passes, the child's own disadvantages will be revealed, and the adult will win the battle like killing a chicken.
This is the strong contrast between the Taiping army and the Japanese army.
If in this sense, the defeat of the Japanese army was clearly decided, and besides, this defeat was doomed from the beginning.
And the reality of the battlefield shì gradually reflects this.
When the Taiping Army special combat team led by Li Shixian launched an attack from inside the city behind the Japanese army, the Japanese army became more and more panicked.
Moreover, when the special operations team launched the attack, it had fired a signal flare to notify the 10th Army outside the city.
Now, the special combat team is killing from inside the city to outside the city. And the Taiping army outside the city after getting the news. The offensive is also becoming more and more intense.
The Japanese army was on the ground in the belly, and the collapse was only a thought.
However, they did not intend to give up and were still holding on. It seems that they really want to shed their last drop of blood for their emperor. So as to practice the spirit of that bushido.
It can only be said. The fanaticism of the Japanese cannot but be admired.
However, the Taiping army didn't care about this, they just killed people.
Kill with all your might. Kill with all your might, kill with selflessness, and kill without mercy.
A single kill is a river of blood, and corpses are all over the field.
And under such a ruthless killing, the Japanese army finally could no longer hold on, and the whole line collapsed.
They retreated like a blind stream.
The Taiping army, which had already entered the city, took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill, while the soldiers of the 10th Army of the Taiping Army, who were still outside the city, rushed in from the open gate and joined in the killing of the Japanese army.
The Taiping army just killed and killed all the way, until they encountered the Japanese army who came from the direction of Osaka Castle to reinforce them, and their pursuit slowed down, but this did not stop the Taiping army's advance.
The Japanese reinforcements only supported for a while, and they could no longer withstand the attack of the Taiping army, and they retreated backwards together with the Japanese army that was killed and scattered, but the Taiping army's rush was too terrifying, and directly turned the defeat of the Japanese army into a rout.
At this point, the Japanese army was already in a crush.
The Taiping army chased and killed the scattered Japanese troops all the way, until they fought for more than 30 miles before returning, and the Japanese troops fled in panic until they fled to Osaka Castle, and they did not stop.
In this battle, the Japanese army was defeated very quickly and badly, almost half of the more than 200,000 Japanese troops defending the city had died under the swords and guns of the Taiping army, and only a small part of them retreated into Osaka, and what was even more terrifying was that their commander Princess Sakurako was still missing, and eighty percent had fallen into the hands of the Taiping army.
The Japanese army can really be said to have lost their wives and soldiers, lost their cities, lost their land, and lost people, not only losing face, but also suffering a blow to their spirit and strength, which also aggravated their worries about the Taiping Army's continued offensive in the future.
Compared with the Japanese army, the Taiping army is a completely different scene and state of mind.
Not only did they win a great victory on the battlefield, but they also dealt a heavy psychological and spiritual blow to the Japanese army's enthusiasm for defense, which would have a positive impact on the Taiping Army's future offensive deployment.
Such a hearty victory made the whole Taiping army overjoyed and satisfied, and it also increased their determination and confidence to drive out the Japanese army.
They are even more convinced that anything is possible.
It's too cool to kill, and it's too happy to play, this is the voice of every soldier in the Taiping Army.
At this point, the battle of Kobe was declared to be over, Kobe fell into the hands of the Taiping army, and the gate of Honshu was opened to the Taiping army.
In this battle, the Taiping army won a complete victory.
And in the face of this victory, Huang Xu is of course also very happy.
Moreover, his mood is not ordinarily good, very good.
Because, this kind of victory is nothing less than a happy thing for everyone, and more importantly, the Taiping army is one step closer to its goal.
And now the only thing that makes Huang Xu feel a little worried is that Dongfang is not confused and Sakurako.
Neither of them knew where they were now, which made Huang Xu feel a little uneasy.
However, he believes that these two people should be safe, and he has reason to be so confident, because, if nothing else, let's just say that Dongfang is not confused, Dongfang is not confused, and Dongfang is not confused, except for him Huang Xu, the people in this world who can win Dongfang are basically not found yet, so if it is just to save his life, it should not be difficult.
However, he just didn't know where these two people were, which made Huang Xu a little worried.
However, if you are worried, Huang Xu still has to take care of big things.
After a while, Huang Xu put away his mind and began to discuss major matters with Li Hongzhang, the first thing they had to do was to consolidate the results they had already achieved, and stabilize them as quickly as possible, and then they could focus on the next goal, Osaka.
The sea transportation channel coordinated by Luo Bingzhang was also extremely safe, and supplies for the Taiping Army were continuously transported from the Korean Autonomous Region and the mainland.
This relieved the Taiping army of worries and allowed them to concentrate more energy on fighting the Japanese army.
Yiqiē seems to be more and more beneficial to the Taiping army.
At this time, Huang Xu got revenge, and Dongfang was not confused.
To be precise, it was Dongfang Bufu who came back with Sakurako.
When Huang Xu heard this, he was overjoyed.
This is good news again. (To be continued......)