Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Shanxian Youpeng's face was gloomy, and he turned to Chief of Staff Xiao Chuan and said again: "What kind of ability does Ye Zhikui, the Chinese man, have to kill Oshima Yoshimasa and Li Jian Naofumi? Get ready."

Shanxian Youpeng is strict, gloomy, domineering, and arrogant.Then why is he so cautious about Ye Zhikui? Ogawa, who is Japanese, of course understands the reason again. During the reform movement, Yamagata Yutomo and Lijian Naofumi belonged to two camps, often fighting to death Pinch, and Shanxian Youpeng is very tragic, every time he is overthrown by Lijian Shangwen and stripped naked, now facing Ye Zhikui who defeated Lijian Shangwen, even if he is as arrogant as him, he has to feel sad.

Chief of Staff Ogawa once again saw that this was not going to work, and he was afraid before the war, and quickly analyzed: "The British call Ye Zhikui the number one military strategist in East Asia, but it is not true. What kind of experience, maybe he can win one or two battles with a moment of enthusiasm, but he has no experience in large-scale combat, anyway, he is not comparable to you."

Seeing that Youpeng from Shan County was listening to him carefully, Xiao Chuan continued: "Besides, Ye Zhikui has only participated in two battles. Although he won both battles, it cannot be denied that he mainly used odds and schemes to win. It is the next strategy. A military strategist must not only understand all kinds of conspiracies and tricks, but also understand soldiers, be able to train soldiers, and be able to attack the enemy with majestic soldiers. Obviously Ye Zhikui is not qualified in this regard. His soldiers are all A group of militiamen are still far behind the professional soldiers of the empire, so as long as we are careful not to fall into his trap this time, and fight head-on with him, victory is just within easy reach."

Xiao Chuan is once again a China hand, and has a very clear understanding of the Chinese army. Indeed, the Huai army is essentially a group of private soldiers, militiamen recruited by Li Hongzhang. The real national defense army of the Qing Dynasty should be the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, but these veteran soldiers have already fallen. Even the militias can't win, so these militias are now used as national defense forces, which cannot but be said to be the tragedy of this country.

Shanxian Youpeng nodded, calmed down his mood, and expressed his agreement: "So, our Imperial Japanese Army will be divided into two groups, one will be directed by you to attack from the Daedong River in South Pyongyang, and the other will be directed by me personally from the west of Pyongyang." To launch an attack, I believe that the Qing army must divide its troops to defend Pyongyang, and in this way, our Imperial Japanese Army can concentrate superior forces to attack the Qing army. If the Qing army from other directions comes to support, we can make false claims. If it’s not true, attack other directions.” Xiao Chuan has no objection, this is the policy they have already discussed.

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In the Qing army station, Ye Zhikui was assigned to defend the South Datong River in Pyongyang. Ye Zhikui divided the troops into two groups. The small group was stationed on the south bank of the Datong River at Chuanqiaoli Fortress under the command of Wu Xiujie, and the majority was deployed on the north bank of the Datong River. When they reached the south bank of the Taedong River, the Qing army on the south bank would be able to detect and counterattack in time, while the Qing army on the north bank could also support it with artillery, and there would be enough buffer time to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the Taedong River, and the Japanese army's attack on Pyongyang would also become a delusion.

On the eve of the war, Ye Zhikui inspected the various fortresses, and found that the atmosphere was a little tense due to the Japanese army's attack. At this time, he had received the information on the results of the Yellow Sea naval battle. He said to the surrounding soldiers: "Brothers, the Japanese are not to be afraid of. No matter how many people come, it will be in vain. Once the army is defeated, I, Ye Zhikui, have won consecutive battles since entering the court. I have never paid them much attention. So don't ask Whether I can defend Pyongyang, I should ask when I will drive them into the sea. Of course, we must despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically. We can eat when we should eat, and we must shoot when we should shoot To be sure, whoever among you takes the head of the Japanese commander Yutomo Yamagata for me will reward me with a tael of silver." Everyone laughed, and the tense atmosphere before the war eased.

At 9 a.m. on September 22, when the 4th and 3th Brigades and the 5th Brigade of the 6rd Division led by Ogawa arrived at the bridgehead on the south bank of the Datong River, they were spotted by soldiers serving as guards from the 10st Battalion of Huzi and fired warning shots. This is where the battle begins.

Ye Zhikui's Huyong army was under the attack of more than 1 Japanese troops, and the pressure was not insignificant. It is a pity that the battle is not only more than the number of people, but it is impossible for more than 1 Japanese troops to be deployed in this place.

Ogawa first ordered the Japanese 10th Brigade to attack. This brigade, which had just been trampled by Ye Zhikui, flinched a little when they saw Ye Zhikui's troops, and did not dare to rush too hard.

When they bent down and rushed not far from the bridgehead, they suddenly found a series of wire mesh in front of them. The Japanese soldiers who had never seen this defensive method were stunned. What is the use of this wire?However, when they rushed to the front, they found that they were helpless against the steel wire mesh. If they pulled it with their hands, they would be bloodied by the sharp thorns on it. If they tried to bite it, even if a few front teeth were broken Come down, pick it with a gun, but find that there is nowhere to use it.

On the battlefield, every second counts, and when they were thinking about it, the soldiers of the Huzi Battalion hiding in the dark of the foxhole opened fire. As soon as the soldiers of the Huzi Battalion fired, they realized that it was really easy to fight. It’s easy to be killed, because the barbed wire fence stands in an open place, and they only need to squint to aim, and they don’t even need to aim at anything. .

Seeing this situation again, Xiao Chuan took a deep breath. This is where Ye Zhikui learned these things. Am I really behind this era? Xiao Chuan couldn't help but secretly asked himself.

Well, there is no other way, so we have to bomb with cannon fire first. After a few rumbling cannons, Xiao Chuan raised his binoculars and saw that mountain was still that mountain, that water was still that water, and that barbed wire fence was still that steel wire mesh. , Even if a few gaps were blown up, it is impossible for people to get through. The steel wire mesh standing there resolutely seems to be mocking Xiao Chuan's ignorance.

idiot!what to do?Ogawa touched the top of his bald head.There is no such thing as a special weapon in the existing weapons, so fill it with human flesh. With a big wave of Xiao Chuan's hand, teams of death squads charged last time, and one after another rushed on the barbed wire fence to open up a human flesh channel for the troops that were behind. How can you say that the Japanese nation is perverted and ruthless!He is not only ruthless to others, but even more ruthless to his own people. In the eyes of Xiao Chuan, these low-level sergeants are all numbers. People can be regenerated if they are gone, as long as they win, there are so many women waiting in the empire!

Ye Zhikui saw the devil's act of sacrificing his life through the telescope, and he had to lament the "crazyness" of the Japanese. They were all brainwashed by Bushido, not comparable to those Japanese who were brainwashed by porn in later generations.

Fortunately, I still have something to do, so Ye Zhikui ordered: The cannons sounded.

When more than 2000 devils stepped on the more than 1000 devils' human flesh passage and crossed the barbed wire fence, they thought that victory was at hand, but they didn't know that what awaited them was death.

Behind the barbed wire was a deep gully, the devils were so happy that they couldn't stop walking, one by one fell into it, and the devils who fell in immediately got up and wanted to jump out, but the devils were all bow-legged, people with short legs and short legs, jumped They couldn't jump out for a long time. At this time, they smelled a pungent smell again. When they were surprised, the shells sounded around them, and they were immediately blown to pieces.

In the gully, Ye Zhikui buried flammable objects in advance, and added various seasonings to them, such as chili powder and mustard.With the gas of the fire, these things formed deadly poisonous gas one after another. According to subsequent statistics, less than [-]% of the devils were directly killed by the attack of the devils, and only [-]% were burned to death, and the other [-]% were killed by the smoke. Choke to death.Ye Zhikui also pioneered the attack of poison gas bombs.

The first volume of the Korean situation Chapter 24 defending Pyongyang and the enemy's setbacks

After a round of artillery bombardment, the Japanese Tenth Brigade suffered heavy casualties for a while and was unable to attack. The commander in charge of the operation had to knelt down and cried and begged Xiao Chuan to replace him.

Xiaochuan saw that the 3th Brigade had basically cleared the barbed wire and filled the gully, so he removed it and replaced it with the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Division.As for what kind of unit the [-]rd Division is, it is the unit that will be notorious in the future and participated in the Nanjing Massacre.

The 5th Brigade has recently entered the DPRK, and its morale is sharp. The brigade leader, Major General Dasa Shangmin, is a Japanese Satsuma samurai with a simple and strong personality.Once served as a soldier of the Meiji, because of his tall and mighty appearance, it is rumored that he has an improper relationship with the Meiji.

Xiao Chuan sent such a person, the purpose is already very clear, that is to fight Ye Zhikui to the end, no longer play any tricks with you, and directly pile up people to kill you.

Dazhao Shangmin then divided the two regiments of the 5th Brigade into two groups to attack Ye Zhikui, attacking the bridgehead on the south bank of the Taedong River all the way, bypassing the bridgehead all the way, in an attempt to directly attack the Datong Gate of Pyongyang City through the pontoon bridge.

This time the Japanese army was on the mend, and Major General Dazuo Shangmin personally supervised the battle in the rear, and the captains of the two regiments personally led the charge.

The Huzi [-]st Battalion led by Wu Xiujie was stationed at the eight forts of the Jiangnan Bridgehead. Wu Xiujie saw the Japanese army rushing like locusts, and he was not afraid at all.

When the Japanese army entered the lowlands near the fort, the Mauser [-] guns of Huzi Battalion suddenly fired a volley, and the missiles came like a heavy rain.The leader of the Japanese detachment was in the command room when a bullet flew in and hit his forehead, killing him immediately.Seeing that the Japanese army was about to fail, the captain of the Japanese Union personally drew up his command sword, shouted "Kill!"

Standing on the Suzaku Gate, Ye Zhikui saw that the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was critical, and it was only a matter of time before it was captured, and the Japanese army attacked on the pontoon bridge, so he could not give timely support.He ordered artillery support and sent ships to rescue and retreat. At this time of the battle, the Tiger Battalion on the south bank had taught the enemy enough lessons, and if they continued to defend, the entire army might be wiped out. , it is impossible for him to let this happen.

The Japanese alliance attacking the pontoon bridge suffered the biggest loss since joining the war. The reason why Ye Zhikui did not blow up the pontoon bridge was to wait for this time. attack.Ye Zhikui ordered people to arrange three arc-shaped defensive circles consisting of foxholes on the north bank of the pontoon bridge.Foxholes are ring-shaped fortifications that protect individual soldiers.It can provide excellent protection for personnel from enemy light weapons firepower and shell shrapnel.These foxholes can be connected with the rear through the communication trenches. Once the people in the foxholes are injured or injured, the sergeants behind can immediately go to treat and take over.

The captain watched his squad disappear one by one and fell on the bridge, feeling extremely anxious, but helpless.Extremely irritable, he saw a boat on the river suddenly drifting across the bank. After a careful look, he found that the Qing army on the south bank of the river was about to retreat.

From time to time, Wu Xiujie noticed that the enemy was encircling from both sides. Knowing the enemy's intentions, he knew that the situation was critical and someone had to stay behind to block them. Otherwise, the entire army would be wiped out after being surrounded and annihilated, so he ordered the other troops to retreat first without hesitation. However, he led three teams of troops to defend the fort to buy time for the retreating army.

Relying on their large numbers, the Japanese army took advantage of the momentum to attack the fortress on the south bank. In the fortress, Wu Xiujie led the rest of the Tiger Battalion to rise up and resist. At that time, he remained silent for a while, Wu Xiujie was undoubtedly his most valued general, otherwise he would not have handed over his ace troops to him.It's a pity that it was lost here.

The frenzied Ye Zhikui was terrifying, and ordered the artillery to rain dozens of shells on the Jiangnan bridgehead. The [-] Japanese troops had just occupied this place, and before they could even celebrate, they were blown to pieces.

Ye Zhikui's Huyong Army can be said to be the most powerful artillery force among several Qing armies. Not only the number of cannons is the largest, but the quality of personnel is also the strongest. Ye Zhikui had studied in Germany as an artillery student before, so he was quite In order to attach importance to artillery, Ye Zhikui now teaches the artillery team all kinds of artillery techniques learned in Germany and later generations. When other troops still use artillery as auxiliary troops, Ye Zhikui has already carried out infantry coordinated operations. .

The Japanese army attacking the pontoon bridge was blocked, and the pontoon bridge was covered with Japanese corpses, and the other side of the bridge was bombed with potholes by Japanese artillery fire. But even so, whenever the Japanese army attacked again, the gunshots would ring out again. I thought Ye Zhikui's troops were undefeated by bombing, but in fact, several people have been replaced in the foxholes.

At around 2:[-] in the afternoon, seeing that the ammunition had been exhausted and that the troops had not eaten all day, Xiao Chuan ordered to stop the attack and withdraw from the battlefield.

In one morning, the Japanese army who attacked Ye Zhikui's headquarters killed more than 3000 people, and Ye Zhikui's losses were much smaller. Except for the Huzi Battalion defending the south bank, which suffered heavy damage and more than 300 casualties, the other casualties were either bombs. Injury, or the back was hit by a stray bullet, and the front was rarely hit by the Japanese army.It's just that Ye Zhikui consumed too many shells, so he had to cry in front of Ye Zhichao, and transferred the artillery fire from other battalions.

Shanxian Youpeng led the attack in the direction of Seopongjiang in Pyongyang, while the veteran Zuo Baogui and fierce general Ma Yukun were defending here.Both of them are veterans of battles, and their defense is quite satisfactory, and they don't give the devils any chance.The two sides suffered injuries until noon, and the battle did not become intense until the afternoon. Seeing that Ogawa was frustrated, the Japanese commander, Youtomo Shanxian, ordered a death charge to take down the west gate regardless of the cost. All captured and occupied, threatening the inner city of Pyongyang, Ye Zhichao hurriedly sent Lu Benyuan to support, and then stabilized the front line under the city.At the same time, the two Japanese troops saw that they could not attack for a while, so they took a rest and waited for tomorrow.

That night, Ye Zhichao called all the generals to discuss defense matters. Because Ye Zhikui had killed a general during the day, he sat by the side sullenly and let everyone discuss. Angrily, he cursed and said: "If you regret death, you can go, this city is my tomb." He firmly expressed his determination to live and die with Pyongyang.

And Ye Zhikui couldn't bear it anymore, got angry on the spot, stood up and said: "Today's fierce battle in Pyongyang is dominated by me, Ye Zhikui and Zuo Shuai. The other Japanese troops are all feigning attacks. I, Ye Zhikui, haven't even said to retreat. How dare you dare to say retreat? .”

Ye Zhikui put his revolver on the table with a snap, and said, "Whoever wants to retreat, first ask me about the gun in Ye Zhikui's hand." Everyone was silent, and the person who suggested retreat bowed his head in shame.

Ye Zhichao sat at the top, seeing Ye Zhikui speaking excitedly and too abruptly, afraid of offending everyone, he laughed and said, "Okay, Congyun, this is just a proposal, everyone can speak freely, you can also share your opinion."

Ye Zhikui was silent for a moment, a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said in a shocking word: "From what I have seen today, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses and ran out of ammunition. Apart from heavy losses, the losses of other departments are insignificant, so not only can we not retreat tonight, but we should take advantage of the night to attack and defeat the Japanese in one fell swoop.

Ye Zhikui is right to say that. Firstly, his Iron-Blooded Thirteen Eagles has developed rapidly. Although the core staff is relatively small, there are already tens of thousands of peripheral members. It has spread in North Korea at a terrifying speed like a pyramid scheme, up to 90 years old. As long as the news about the Japanese army is true, the North Korean old woman, down to the child wearing open crotch pants, will give a reward as small as a piece of candied haws, as large as a few taels of silver, and the butcher and Li Shiying in Seoul have also secretly contacted each other. , so in the eyes of Ye Zhikui, the Japanese army is no different than a stripped prostitute, and they can feel it clearly.Knowing that the Japanese army was weak in the follow-up and lacked ammunition and food, Ye Zhikui went up now if he wanted to. Of course, he would not play forward foolishly. He must let other troops bleed.

According to the history of later generations, it also proves that this is indeed the case with the Japanese army. If the Japanese army had not captured Pyongyang within a day and seized countless Qing army guns and ammunition, later generations would have returned to Seoul due to logistical and ammunition problems.

The first volume of North Korea, Chapter 25, a sneak attack by the generals on a rainy night

Ye Zhichao didn't expect that Ye Zhikui would propose a defensive counterattack, so he was silent for a while, and everyone below began to discuss.Seeing this, Ye Zhikui quickly said: "Everyone, it's raining tonight, which is just covering up our army's actions. Secondly, the Japanese would not have expected that our army would start a counterattack after only defending for a day. They must be insufficiently prepared. Thirdly, the Japanese army's attack today is useless." Progress, morale must be low, if you don't sneak attack now, when will you sneak attack, should I give such a big credit to Ye Zhikui again?"

Only then did everyone remember that Ye Zhikui had won several battles with the Japanese, and they felt confident for no reason.That's right, Ye Zhikui is not superhuman, even if he is a little stronger than himself, but isn't it all because of credit for so many people entering the court?Now that Ye Zhikui has made so much merit, but he and others have no merit, doesn't this obviously show that he is incompetent?

Ma Yukun and Zuo Baogui are human beings who like to attack, so they agreed with Ye Zhikui after considering what Ye Zhikui said was reasonable, and Ye Zhichao was basically in line with Ye Zhikui. It is not like in the original history that the defeated general commanded the Korean army and could not convince the masses. On the contrary, with several victories, his prestige became stronger day by day, and it became easier to control the Korean army.So generally as long as he opens his mouth, he basically settles down like this.

If this sneak attack on a rainy night is successful, the situation of China and Japan in North Korea will be changed, and the offensive and defensive sides will switch. Therefore, it can be said to be a crucial battle that will affect the future battle situation. Ye Zhichao discussed with everyone for a long time before deciding on the ugly (3:[-] a.m.) Go out from the three gates of Datong Gate, Zhuque Gate, and Jinghai Gate to make a surprise attack on the enemy.

Ye Zhikui's Tiger Army and Ye Zhichao's headquarters were led by Ye Zhikui to attack the Japanese army from Datongmen, Zuo Baogui's and Lu Benyuan's troops were led by Zuo Baogui and Lu Benyuan's troops from Suzakumen, and Ma Yukun's and Wei Rugui's troops were led by Ma Yukun from Jinghaimen Set off to attack the Japanese army in Arimobu, Yamagata.

Based on the sound of Ye Zhikui's cannon, the three groups of people launched an attack at the same time.

After Ye Zhikui returned to the camp, he divided his troops into three echelons to attack: the first echelon should be able to quickly break through the enemy's defense line, the second echelon should expand the results of the battle and prevent the enemy from counterattacking, and the third echelon is basically soy sauce, which is used in pursuit of momentum.

The Yongzi Army is the strongest offensive force in Ye Zhikui's hands. It is placed in the first echelon, led by Song Pinglan, Wu Dashan and others. The Huzi Army and Ye Zhichao are the second echelon, led by Jiang Zikang and others. The third echelon is The North Korean army is gone, these people can be used for bluffing and chasing the enemy, Ye Zhikui naturally stayed in the second echelon of troops and dispatched them in the middle.

At around twelve o'clock in the evening, Ye Zhikui rode out of Datong Gate in Pyongyang. At the gate of the city, Ye Zhikui let the rain wet his hair, looked at the turbulent Datong River in the distance, and thought in his heart: success or failure depends on one move.Even though Ye Zhikui's analysis was sound before, there have never been accidents in wars, so he would secretly be worried, but he didn't show it.

"Brother Ye, Brother Ye!" A slender figure approached from far and near, and arrived at the gate of the city not long after.