For the Japanese army who entered Jinxian, this small county town is really too weird, explosions can be seen everywhere, some explosions are very small, can only blow up a leg or an arm, this is exactly Chen Fei's strategy, in this way, the wounded Japanese soldiers not only lost their combat effectiveness, but also brought great difficulties to the medical treatment of the Japanese army, they will consume a lot of medical supplies.

Not only that, but in this era when there are no antibiotics, the mortality rate of sepsis caused by wound infection is almost 100 percent, and those who are not injured see their injured companions die painfully in a high fever, which is also a big impact on morale.

Kawagu Masao then ordered the troops to withdraw from the county seat, and nearly 100 Japanese soldiers were wounded and killed in the county town.

The next day, the Japanese army entered the periphery of Jinzhou and reconnoitred the Bauhinia Mountain and Nanshan outside Jinzhou City, in fact, it was completely meaningless for them to do so, because Lin Yuan had already reconnoitred, and there was no open land on the top of Bauhinia Mountain and Nanshan, so it was impossible to set up artillery positions on them to shell Jinzhou City.

Masao Kawako then ordered to camp on the outskirts of Jinzhou and wait for Nogi Noshinori's 1st Infantry Brigade.

Two days later, the 1st Infantry Brigade and Masao Kawako joined forces, and Nogi Noshinori couldn't wait to hold a meeting to prepare for the siege!

A map of Jinzhou was placed on the table, and on that map, the location of the ammunition depot, granary, and even the fortress cannon in Jinzhou was accurately marked.

Nogi Noshinori said: "Let's look at the city wall of Jinzhou, it is about a semicircle, and the north side is against Maoshan, so it is impossible for us to attack from the north, we can choose to attack in three directions: east, west and south, the circumference of the city wall is about twenty kilometers, and our number is about six thousand. ”

Nogi Noshinori continued: "I decided that we would attack from the east gate, and from what we knew in advance, there were thirty large-caliber fortress guns in Jinzhou City, most of which were deployed at the south gate, and the fortress guns of the people of China were all old-fashioned front-loading guns, and they were fixed gun mounts, and the pitch angle could not be adjusted, so there was no need to worry. ”

Nogi Noshinori also said: "Our offensive strategy is to first open the city gate by the artillery of the 1st Artillery Wing, and then the 18th Infantry Wing will first enter the city, and after entering the city, first capture the position at the head of the city, and then gradually attack westward, and then attack the inner wall after all the outer walls are occupied. ”

Wing Commander of the First Artillery Wing, Takashi Imatsu, said: "Brigade commander, I am afraid that it is not a good time for us to attack the city now, our artillery caliber is only 70 millimeters, and the width of the city wall in Jinzhou is six or seven meters, and our artillery may not be able to penetrate the city wall, if it only blows up the city gate, the width of the city gate is less than three meters, and at most five soldiers can only be allowed to pass through at the same time. ”

Nogi Noshinori said, "So what do you mean? ”

Imatsu Takashi said: "We have dismantled the heavy artillery of the Qing army on the Lushun Battery, and it should be able to be transported over in a few days, and then we will attack the city again, and the certainty will definitely be greater!" ”

Nogi Noshinori smiled: "As soon as our cannon sounded, the Chinese people slipped away with their tails, are they still so troublesome!" ”

Imatsu Takashi wanted to say something more, but Nogi Noshinori sneered and said, "I don't even understand obedience, what kind of samurai are Imaksu!" ”

Imatsu Takashi was said by Nogi Noshinori, and he was immediately angry, but Nogi Noshinori was his boss, and his military rank was higher than himself, so he could only swallow his anger.

In Lin Yuan's familiar history, Nogi Noshinori is called the "God of War", although there is an element of touting in this, but Nogi Noshinori's ability is not to be underestimated, what Imatsu Takashi said is reasonable, Nogi Noshinori is not deliberately not listening, on the one hand, he looks down on the Qing army at all, and more importantly, he already has a clever plan in his heart! So it's just to give Imatsu Takashi, who has always been at odds with him, a little bit of power, and let him know who is the boss in this army!

It is said that people are most tired at about two o'clock in the morning, and people at this time do not want to do anything but sleep, while the Japanese like to choose this time to attack the city, this night, dark clouds cover the starry sky, covering the sky and the earth with a terrifying black veil.

Japanese artillery pushed the 70-mm mountain gun to the firing site, a small dirt slope outside the east gate. At this time, even a person who does not know anything about artillery will find it strange, because the angle of the muzzle of this gun is indeed too high, and by the slope of the earth, the muzzle of this gun is almost straight to the sky! Then the muzzle of the cannon flashed, and the cannon roared, and a cannonball pierced the quiet night sky in an instant.

The cannonball flew towards the sky, and strangely, it did not fly to the city of Jinzhou, but threw out a parachute in mid-air, and for a moment, a dazzling white light lit up the night sky.

It turned out to be a flare, when the shell was in the air, the projectile contained in it was ignited, the so-called projectile, in fact, is a very small dose of explosive, the gas produced by its explosion will pop the parachute in the shell out of the bomb body, the lighting torch under the parachute is loaded with a certain dose of magnesium powder and barium nitrate, they under the action of the catalyst, a strong chemical reaction in an instant, releasing nearly 50,000 candela white light!

The parachute slowed down the falling speed of the torch, and in a white light, the city walls of Jinzhou were unobstructed!

Then the Japanese artillery began to rage! Countless cannonballs are flying towards the city gates!

Compared to the city wall, the city gate was only a small piece, so more cannonballs smashed on the wall, and the ice on the wall was smashed to pieces in an instant, and the cannonballs blew the stones off the wall as if it were a torrential rain of stones and clods.

The flare only lasted less than 20 seconds, and then fell, just when the sky and the earth were about to fall into darkness again, another flare rose into the sky, in this white light, Nogi Noshinori sneered slightly, according to his experience, as soon as this cannon sounded, the person was so frightened that he ran away! It's ridiculous that that guy Imatsu Takanori is waiting for any heavy artillery.

A few shells finally hit the city gate, which was made of wood, but with a layer of iron on the outside, and such a gate obviously could not stop the cannonballs!

More than a dozen Japanese soldiers silently loaded their bayonets, they rushed out of the bushes only 200 meters away from the city wall, and rushed towards the blasted city gate as fast as possible, and then, more soldiers rushed to the city gate with rifles with bayonets on them!

Strangely, there was not the slightest sound of gunfire on the wall!