After the Battle of Toshima ended on July 25, the Oshima Brigade, which landed at Incheon, understood what it meant to be completely denied ammunition and what it meant to be in danger. The troops transported by the Goseung had landed in Asan, while the main force of the Qing army, which had arrived from China, was stationed in Pyongyang, and the Oshima Brigade, which was short of supplies, was caught between the two forces. Although Oshima has not yet received orders from home, he understands that now that the war has begun, his lone army must not stay here for long! Therefore, on the same night, it was decided to concentrate the main forces in their hands, the 11th Infantry Wing and the 21st Infantry Wing, the main force of the 4 infantry brigades. As for the artillery and logistics team health team, well, most of them have been turned to ashes outside the port of Incheon, and only 4 artillery pieces and a small amount of ammunition remain. In this way, the Oshima Brigade can actually be called a combat force of only 4 infantry brigades with more than 3,000 people. And for the rations of just more than 3,000 people, the big island can't be raised, so the book gives full play to the nature of the robbers, and specially sends people to set up cards on the main roads. Straight to the top! I was able to raise some food before I could pull it out. At the same time, the Qing army Nie Shicheng also transferred troops to Chenghuan, it is said that Nie Shicheng, who was forced to evacuate Asan because of the cut off of sea support in history, why did he still evacuate after the victory in the Battle of Toshima? The fundamental reason is that although the Qing army won the Battle of Toshima because of Xu Jie's survival, the form of the enemy's strength and weakness has not changed, and the Beiyang Fleet has also suffered losses, plus Xu Jie's plan to enter the East China Sea, so the Beiyang Naval Division still cannot fight the enemy at this stage. As a result, Nie Shicheng, who had about 5,000 people in his hands, still moved to Chenghuan as in history. The Oshima Brigade that wanted to go south could only retreat south after getting through to Chenghuan, and the two sides broke out in the first land battle of the Japanese Qing at Chenghuan Station.

Before the arrival of the Japanese army, Nie Shicheng's troops completed the field fortifications in 3 days, and among the 5,000 people, in addition to half a battalion of the Chinese New Army, the other 3,500 people were the old Beiyang Army. Nie Shicheng arranged a total of 6 forts near Chenghuan, a total of 4 from east to west from Yuefeng Mountain, and 2 from the southwest peak of Chenghuan to Niusheri Mountain.

Oshima personally went to the front line, and after investigation, it was found that if you want to attack the Qing army that controls the commanding heights, you must attack at night, first of all, the Qing army has a sufficient number of artillery, and Oshima's artillery is already in Kudansaka, and the daytime charge is just to find death, so Oshima ordered to attack on the left and right wings, with the left wing as the main force, and cross the river in the upper reaches of the Ancheng River. Attack the Qing army's position on Yuefeng Mountain. And the right flank took on the task of flanking. Cut from Anseongdu, and pass through the guò marshland and enter the village of Jialongli. The operation began at 2 a.m.

Right-wing Japan is behind a tributary of the Anjo River in Tongguò. and then along the passage of lì guò to the marshland. Captain Songqi, who led the first echelon, looked at Jialongli Village, which was close at hand, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. immediately led the team into the village, but after entering the village, the second lieutenant found a strict problem, what should he do if he doesn't know the way? At this moment, the captain saw a figure flash by the corner of the street, "Catch him." With a wave of his hand, several soldiers rushed forward and faded into the night. After half a ring, the dark street was still calm, and there were no prisoners to be captured. Nor could I hear the gunshots. "Hell, order the Yamada squad to conduct a house-by-house search." It's not a way to just wait, Song Qi looked up at the sky, the morning star was about to rise, and time waited for no one, so the first echelon of the forward first squad walked into the village shrouded in the night.

According to Captain Matsuki's later recollection, the first land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War was so strange, "I saw Yamada's squad enter the village. Then there was a crisp sound in the village, and then a fire broke out in the center of the village, and then the sound of gunshots like popping beans was heard, and it only took a minute for Qiē to calm down, and no one from Yamada's team came out. The village was like a demon, devouring an entire squad of Imperial soldiers in a matter of minutes. Even now, every night I have a sense of thinking about that demonic village, and those warriors who are like demons. ”…,

"It seems that there is no essential difference between killing Japanese soldiers and killing those indigenous thugs armed with balemon knives." Xie Haidong, the machine gunner of the 3rd Company of the Forward Battalion of the Chinese Brigade, whispered.

"Tonight is just a trial, tomorrow is a fierce battle, everyone get ready, especially you Xiao Xie, the machine gun in your hand is the pillar of the class's firepower." Use with care. The squad leader said.

Yamada's squad was completely annihilated, and Songqi had no choice, so he had no choice but to wait for Takeda's main force to arrive before launching the operation. A formal battle between the two sides began at around 8 o'clock the next day, and by the time Takeda arrived, the total strength of the Japanese army had reached four squadrons plus one squadron of engineers. The defending Qing army was an old army with one company and half a battalion of a Chinese pioneer battalion. The forces of the two sides are roughly equal, but the firepower is not half a point. The Chinese Pioneer Battalion had 60 mortars and 6 guns, and each combat squad had a light machine gun of the 1890 model. In addition, with the village as the core, fortifications and semi-underground individual bunkers were constructed, and in order to prevent the flanks from being attacked by sneak attacks, hidden flanks were also set up to defeat and fight positions. And what about Japan? Well, not even a single artillery, the outcome of both sides was determined before the battle.

The first wave of the attack was launched by a whole squadron of Japanese frontal troops, while half a squadron of troops was outflanked from the left and right flanks. They cautiously walked out of the swamp and slowly moved towards the village, and when they were less than 400 meters away, with the squadron leader wielding his sword, the soldiers led by the non-commissioned officer shouted "onboard" and charged towards the village. 300 meters, 200 meters, 150 meters!! The machine gun team in the reinforced room did not open fire until the opponent approached within 150 meters, and the three machine guns spewed out three tongues of fire like the scythe of death, instantly sweeping down the Japanese troops who rushed to the front like mowing grass. The Japanese soldiers in the back row were stunned for a moment, and then they were clever and lay down on the spot, and those who reacted slowly did not sweep down, and those who were timid ran directly to the rear, but even if they ran fast, they could not be faster than bullets. So except for a few who reacted quickly and found the owner of the bunker, everyone else turned into corpses lying on the road. And at the same time as the frontal attack failed, the attack on both sides was also quite unsmooth, there were no machine guns and no artillery on that side, but there were mines!! Moreover, this mine is not the same as the common one in the Japanese army, the size is very small, and the power of the warhead is not much greater than a bullet. At the beginning, the Japanese army laughed at the people of the Qing military factory, it was too dark!! I can't even put more explosives! But after stepping on a few mines, the attitude of the Japanese immediately changed 180 degrees, and these red deer in the Qing country are really hateful. Why? Although this warhead is small and can't kill people, it's not a big problem to blow up a leg or something, and the person who is blown up can't die, but he definitely can't take care of himself, so someone must help, counting the 2 people who take care of it, and this time it's 3 people who will be reduced to 3 people!! It's a lot more troublesome than just blowing up one person! And looking at this injury, eighty percent of them are going to be disabled for life. The Japanese troops on the left and right flanks saw that there was no breakthrough in the middle and that there were all kinds of mines and bullets fired from time to time in front, so they decided very wisely to withdraw first.

"Could it be that the Qing people are heavily equipped with Maxine machine guns?" Looking at the tragic situation of corpses everywhere in the distance, Takeda couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart, this weapon is extremely powerful, but the consumption is also very large, the Japanese army once bought some, but there is no large amount of equipment, the reason is that the Japanese can't afford to fight. I have not heard of it in the Qing army from all walks of life. But now this weapon suddenly appeared on the battlefield, making Japan, which did not have artillery, very passive.

Since the opponent has this kind of big killer weapon in the front, it is basically impossible to break through the front, and it can only be detoured on both wings, fortunately, the Maxine machine gun is very heavy, and it is not convenient to transfer, so Takeda decided to attack on the right flank with relatively open terrain as a supplement, as for those mines? What is there to be afraid of, a minefield with a total width of less than 100 meters, just rush over directly, anyway, the explosion will not kill people, let the injured continue to roll forward, so that it saves the care of the wounded and can clear mines, so the first "human flesh rolling mine" minesweeping method in history has been put into practical application!! As for whether it is humane or inhumane, Takeda doesn't want to care, and it's not him who rolls the thunder anyway. When those people die, just leave a place for them at the shrine. …,

After more than half an hour of inking, the offensive of the left flank of the Japanese army finally began, under the threat of the rifle of the Warlord, the selected person had to wrap the quilt on his body and rush over, rolling a path in the minefield, at this time, the shortcomings of this small mine appeared, not to kill the opponent immediately, but because of the pain and the pressure of the Warlord, the wounded rolled faster! The minefield, which was not wide enough, was naturally destroyed by these selected daredevils, the old army did not have machine guns, and if you fired with a rifle, it would be suppressed by the other side, and in the absence of machine guns, the side with more people and more guns would always have the upper hand in the war. "Mine cleared, onboard!!" With the wolf-like words of the officer, a new wave of pigs in Japan began. There are only about 100 Qing troops on the flanks (mainly the old army), and they are naturally a little powerless in the face of nearly 200 pigs. Moreover, after the minefield was cleared, the Japanese long-range gun platoon and close-range pig attack was still very stressful for the Qing army. However, the brothers of the Chinese forward battalion were not unprepared, and when the Japanese rushed to a distance of less than 50 meters from the position, several Chinese soldiers laughed and pressed the detonator! "A complete minefield can't just rely on those triggered mines, it also needs to be remotely controlled!" An unknown Chinese artificial army instructor said. And our sufficiently black-hearted sappers are also faithfully implementing this principle, behind the small mine minefield, there are some remote-controlled mines, these are nicknamed "steel rain" by the sappers of large mines made of zuò is very elegant, the mine as a whole is made of a multi-semi-circular iron box shell, which is sealed with a wrought iron sheet in the direction of the enemy, and there are 1.5KG of ** and 300 10 grams of standard steel balls inside, after remote control detonation, a large number of steel balls are driven by 1.5KG **, Shoot a rain of death within a radius of 20 meters at 75 degrees in front of you! Hundreds of steel balls and pieces of wrought iron shattered shrapnel swept through the unsuspecting Japanese army. Japan, which was making the final charge, was caught off guard by this steel rain and was suddenly reduced by more than 60 people, and the pig of 200 people collapsed instantly!

"Don't retreat, this is their last resort, rush over, otherwise the entire right wing will be finished." Takeda shouted as he watched the defeated Japanese army on the battlefield. "The second wave rushes quickly, and the retreating ones are shot on the spot!" As a result, the second wave of more than 100 people, with the more than 100 people who had withdrawn, continued to rush to the Qing army's position like a desperate person. Originally, a wave of charges should have been reorganized after being dispersed, but Takeda couldn't afford to wait, plus the wave that had just been repulsed, the Japanese army had already lost nearly 200 people in battle, which was already the strength of a squadron, and if it was consumed any longer, it would be a refueling tactic. He could only be consumed alive, and Oshima's orders also forced him to quickly break through the opponent's defenses. In addition, the number of Qing troops on the opposite side is not large, and you can tell from the sound of gunfire that there are only 100 people at most, and all kinds of mines have been used, and they can't stop the Japanese army with rifles alone.

"It's a good idea, but it's not a good idea." The supreme commander of the Qing army standing in the command post, Lieutenant Li Zhe, a Chinese, said with a smile, "Call the signal, give the mortar team behind, and blow them up." As Oshima expected, the 100-strong old Qing army could not stop the Japanese charge of more than 200 people, but Li Zhe was not wrong, under the rapid fire of 6 60 mortars in the back, 6 guns fired 48 shells in one minute! Evenly dispersed in the Japanese charging ranks, flying shrapnel and splashing blood filled the entire attack ranks, and I never dreamed that the Japanese army, which could be hit by such a blow, completely collapsed. Even if the bullets of the rear overseers knocked down the comrades who retreated together. Nor could it prevent the rout of the Japanese army, which was already like a frightened bird. After several repeated charges, the Japanese lost more than 350 troops. This made Takedabe, who was less than 1,000, completely lose the courage to attack. So they had to retreat to a safe distance to build fortifications and contact the main force.

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