What should you do if you want to break through a line of defense? Concentrating forces, opening a gap in the defensive line with superior fire support, and then expanding the results with follow-up force support is the option of almost any attacker. But this seemingly one-size-fits-all principle of tactics does not work well in certain situations.

This situation is not suitable for situations where the attack surface is narrow and the opponent has strong suppressive firepower. The narrow attack area prevents the attacker's superiority in forces from being fully exploited. And the opponent has strong suppressive firepower, so that the attackers who are huddled together suffer huge losses. This is especially true when the attacker's ranged firepower cannot cover the defender's ranged firepower. And what is even more tragic is that the Japanese army, as the attacking side, lacked infantry rapid-fire weapons and attacked from the back! In the face of the Qing army, which was supported by a trench system, infantry rapid-fire weapons and long-range fire, the Japanese army was defeated at all.

Yamachi Genji can be called a lieutenant general of the Japanese army, and he does have his own uniqueness in commanding a division. After concentrating his forces on the Mudandae Heights and failing to storm them, he was keenly aware that his plan to occupy the heights and then condescendingly defeat the Qing army in Pyongyang was no longer possible. For now, the best option is to abandon the plan for a quick victory and fight a war of attrition with the Qing army. The Japanese army had more long-range artillery than the Qing army, and the number of troops was also greater than that of the Qing army. Therefore, Motoharu Sanji will adopt a new method of battle in the next stage of the battle.

At the campaign level, Genji decided to carry out an all-out offensive and open a new front to increase the area of attack. Reducing the density of the Qing army's defenses and finding an incision for possible future assaults. And the current situation is that the north and east sides of Pyongyang City are already battlefields.

Therefore, Genji Shanchi decided to mobilize part of the troops to move to the west and south, forming a situation of encirclement. As long as the supply line from the Taedong River estuary to Pyongyang can be cut off, it will only be a matter of time before the Qing army in Pyongyang is wiped out even if it is able to fight and runs out of ammunition and food.

But this plan is also a bit difficult. The Japanese army had an advantage in strength, but the individual firepower could not be compared with the Beiyang side at all, and in the case of losing artillery reinforcements, a small group of Japanese troops and the Qing army had no chance of winning the battle. From the 500-meter light machine gun suppression, all the way to the face-to-face close combat, the Japanese had no advantage. Therefore, in the case of individual firepower, the Japanese army could only make up for it with the number of soldiers and a large number of light artillery.

Therefore, these complex and interspersed units are the elite of the Japanese army, and they are equipped with 37 guns, 2-pounder Green guns, and these army small guns. Horses pulled along with the troops. Cavalry units also appeared here, and their mission was to constantly attack the supply lines of the Qing army and cut off the Qing army in Pyongyang and the Qing army in Kaesong.

The Japanese army believed that in an open area, the Japanese army, which had more horses and artillery, would have an absolute advantage over the Qing army, which had broken away from the trench system, and even if the Qing army had better infantry weapons, no matter how good the gun was, it was no match for artillery.

And on the main battlefield, in order to break through the trench system of the Qing army, the Japanese army also spent a lot of brains. After several bloody battles, the Japanese realized that even if the artillery was pushed forward. Supporting the infantry charge with direct fire will still be unable to maintain continuous suppression at all due to factors such as the suppression of the opponent's artillery fire and poor mobility, let alone accompany the infantry attack. So. The seemingly powerful Japanese artillery did not actually exert its due power in the right place.

In terms of light weapons, the Japanese army has also carried out a certain amount of strengthening. First of all, in order to ensure combat effectiveness in close combat, the Japanese army specially formed melee units equipped with pistols. The task of these new units is to use pistol melee after storming the trenches under fire cover. Although it still can't be compared with the Beiyang box gun in terms of firepower continuity, it is still much stronger than the original bayonet and rifle. …,

Secondly, a large number of "grenade-like products" are equipped. In fact, the grenadier profession has appeared on the European continent since the 18th century. Although Japan does not have such a standard grenade as the Beiyang. But it's still okay to make a batch of emergency use temporarily. These various throwing weapons were soon equipped in the Japanese army. Although it is not a specification. However, melee firepower has increased significantly.

Of course. A meat bullet that appeared in the bloody battle of Peony Terrace. Because this weapon has various advantages such as "high intelligence", "flexibility" and "great power", in the eyes of the Japanese army, it is full of power and deterrence. Therefore, the plan to continue the conscription of "meat bullets" was continued.

Thirdly, there are support artillery and machine guns. From the beginning of the offensive and defensive battle of Yuefeng Mountain, all the way to the Peony Terrace meat grinder. The Japanese army suddenly discovered that the artillery units, which were superior in numbers and calibers, simply could not exert the predicted power in their actual role. Even if part of the artillery is fired progressively, it will be due to the fact that the gun carriage is too bulky, the maneuverability is not good, and the target is too obvious. It is easy to be destroyed and other factors. It was simply not possible to accompany the infantry in providing timely fire support.

After being beaten by the mortars and machine guns of the Qing army, the Japanese army also hurriedly looked for similar weapons. Don't think about machine guns. Both the lightweight Maxine machine gun and the light machine gun were produced by the Italians and the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, and other countries have not paid attention to it. So there is no stock at all. This made it impossible for the Japanese army to buy it if they wanted to.

But fortunately, there is no lightweight. The original machine gun can still be obtained, let's focus on it, the headquarters is not strong, and the hand-cranked Gatling machine gun has also been pulled out of the arsenal again, in short, it has been made into a machine gun unit under the patchwork.

As for mortars? It's similar to the machine gun situation, don't think about the standard machine gun. BUT FORTUNATELY, THE JAPANESE ARMY WAS ABLE TO GET A SIMILAR PRODUCT, WHICH WAS THE 80MM BRONZE MORTAR GUN, ALTHOUGH IT COULD NOT BE COMPARED WITH A REAL MORTAR IN TERMS OF POWER, RANGE, RATE OF FIRE AND ACCURACY. But after all, it is also a light artillery that can move with the infantry. Therefore, the Japanese army was specially concentrated and assigned to the attacking troops.

What's more, in line with the principle of waste utilization, the Japanese army concentrated some of the guns with damaged gun mounts but intact guns, and then cut them short. It was used as a curved artillery. However, in actual tests, the power was greatly reduced due to the lack of the necessary sights. But something is better than nothing.

Subsequently, after a period of correction, the Japanese army finally relaunched the offensive a week after the Battle of Mudantai, and several wings launched a centripetal attack on the Qing army's position from the northwest, north, and east at the same time. It makes people feel that it is impossible to distinguish the direction of the main attack of the Japanese army at all, and in order to ensure the continuity of the battle line, Beiyang must evenly distribute the troops.

As a result, both the density of firepower and the density of troops have dropped dramatically, and what is even more disturbing is that some of the elite Japanese troops have begun to detour to the south of Pyongyang, and the transportation lines along the Taedong River and the connection with the Kaesong garrison are seriously threatened. And this qiē had to make Nie Shicheng and others re-study tactics. to deal with the new tactics of the Japanese army.

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