1890 King of Southeast Asia

Since 1895, the world has become increasingly turbulent, and wars have swept every continent, but no one has done centralized statistics.

But the reasons are very simple. The book says that this is a contradiction between old imperialist countries and emerging countries.

To be more straightforward, the fertile and well-populated land in the world has been occupied by old countries.

Emerging countries such as Germany, the United States, and Japan cannot find high-quality colonies. In the end, under the impetus of the state machine, they waged large-scale wars to reshuffle the cards for markets and raw material production areas.

War, as a special political and diplomatic last resort, will always affect the interests of a larger range.

For example, at present, many people have focused their attention on the Far East. Everyone has their own thoughts, and they are constantly changing...

In December, with the injection of an unknown US dollar, Japan got a new source of power, and the mighty army began to advance.

On December 26, the 100,000 Japanese First Army was divided into two parts, one part was reserved for reserves and feints, and the other part was two divisions that attacked the entire line in battalions.

On the evening of December 27, the weather was not very good, and the moon at the end of the month was only a crescent.

On the high ground west of the river, there were lights, which were the strongholds of the Qing army. Nie's troops even built a fortress with earth and stone, but most of them were still camps, or simply stationed in the city.

"Monkey, take a nap, I'll watch." Soldiers were changing shifts in a fortress on Hushan where Nie's troops were located.

"Master, it's okay, you go and rest, I'll watch." The so-called monkey was only about 1.56 meters tall, and his voice was even more childish, sounding at most 14 or 15 years old.

"Go when I tell you to go, so much nonsense, here, hide it." Haizhu, who was called the master, took out two chicken legs from his arms and handed them to his apprentice.

"Master, you eat too." Monkey's eyes lit up, but it was just a surprise. Haizhu could get some food and supplies from time to time, and he was used to it.

"I'm full, stop talking nonsense, eat quickly, and go to sleep after eating. It's cold today, and the promised coal hasn't been delivered yet. Fortunately, the adults have foresight and prepared a lot of firewood, otherwise, I would freeze to death..." Haizhu complained that Shangguan didn't care about the front line at all, although he had been used to it after more than 20 years of military career.

"I heard that someone froze to death in Maziying?" Monkey took out a small bottle from his arms and handed it to Haizhu together with a chicken leg.

"Isn't it? I heard that he fell asleep at night, the house was leaking, and the quilt was thin, so he froze to death. Hiss~Shochu?"

The two were chatting in the fortress, and they didn't notice that the Japanese army took several small boats on the river and crossed the river in the dark.

"Wake up, it's dawn, don't sleep anymore." The sun rose in the east, and Haizhu saw the people who changed the shift came, woke up the little apprentice, and finally he could go back to the camp to warm up.

Monkey rubbed his eyes and followed his master down. He had gradually gotten used to this kind of life...

...

On the night of the 28th, the Japanese army that crossed the river took action again. This time, the scale was larger and they were pulling several ropes.

"Saito, how is Fujiwara?" Hashimoto finally climbed ashore and asked Saito, his classmate and colleague. Fujiwara was their good friend.

"He fell into the water last night. Although he was rescued, he has a high fever now..." Saito sighed. He was one of the first to cross the river yesterday and was assigned with his good friend.

"...Alas~ If he can't hear it, I will take care of Xia Shu..." Hashimoto was silent for a while.

As soon as these words came out, Saito's eyes suddenly became sharp, and then he didn't say anything.

"Hey! Those two over there, what are you doing? Come and help!" The sergeant's voice made the two move again.

On the 29th, a brand new floating bridge was about to be built, and there were more than 200 Japanese soldiers on the shore.

These were forced to cross the river by small boats at night. There were dozens of them missing in the water, and dozens of them were lying in tents waiting to die.

"Report! Sir, something is not good. Japanese pirates were found on the riverside. They have crossed the river and are building a pontoon bridge!" The messenger rushed into Lord Nie's tent.

"What?" The news these days is peaceful, especially after the weather gets cold. Lord Nie, I don't think the enemy will attack.

"Take it back immediately, no! I'll go and see." Lord Nie said and came to the forest.

At this time, the pontoon bridge was only a few blocks away from completion. If the river surface was not too shaky, it would generally be possible to jump over.

"Notify the artillery team to move the Green guns and drop a battalion of infantry to attack them halfway across the river." Nie saw the opportunity. The pontoon bridge would take at least half an hour to complete. qqxsnew

After crossing the pontoon bridge, you can't run around. Those who have crossed must guard the pass and suppress the enemy at best, but generally they can't.

This led to a short assembly, and attacking halfway across the river is an old military method. Anyone on the street knows it.

In less than forty minutes, a Green gun in the fortress was delivered. Accompanying them was a battalion of the Wuyi Army.

"Sir, two more guns will arrive soon." The artillery commander panted and put down the bullets in his hand.

"Hurry up and set up, listen to my orders later, point at people and shoot, don't worry about the pontoon bridge for now." Lord Nie said while commanding the troops.

A few minutes later, the first squad of Japanese soldiers crossed the pontoon bridge. Lord Nie signaled everyone to keep calm and not attack.

"Yoshi, Village Mouth, it seems that we have not been discovered. The fighting power of the Qing pigs is no different from those untouchables." On the other side of the river, the Japanese commander was excited. The victories in recent days have made him forget himself.

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"Second Squadron, quickly cross the pontoon bridge!"

On the other side of the river, watching more than a hundred Japanese soldiers go up the bridge one after another, and there were already two or three hundred people on the shore, Lord Nie knew that it was almost time. If it continued like this, it would be a disaster if the car overturned.

"Messenger, pass my order, call the third battalion of the Tiger Howling to come to the rescue as soon as possible, and the artillery battalion should pay attention to suppressing the enemy's firepower and fire!" The last two words were said to the Green gun.

Dongdongdongdongdong.

The sound of the Green gun was a bit dull, but the lethality was terrifying.

11mm caliber, 200 rounds per minute rate of fire, 2000 meters of terrifying range, for the moment, it is already the most terrifying infantry killer.

Suddenly hit, the Japanese soldiers were obviously panicked, and for a while they did not even fight back.

"The infantry is not allowed to charge, shoot!"

In order to minimize casualties and fully consider the Qing army's combat methods, Lord Nie ordered more than 400 people in the infantry battalion to shoot from a distance.

It was a lively fight, but unfortunately the effect was not great.

First, except for the old soldiers, the soldiers who joined the army in recent years have not fired many guns. Second, the Qing army has no concept of gun maintenance, and many guns have aged or been damaged.

However, the dense gunfire was enough to panic the Japanese soldiers. It was the first time they faced more than a hundred muskets since the war started.

"Baga! Despicable Qing pigs, order the artillery to fire! Cover, follow-up troops follow up, and be sure to protect the pontoon bridge!" The Japanese commander was furious. He was still thinking about being the first to cross the river and then get promoted!

Although it was based on the battalion, the commander was the commander of the regiment. In addition to the battalion, there was also a squadron to supplement it, an artillery squadron, and an engineer squadron.

Boom! Boom!

Two gunshots woke up Lord Nie.

"Fight back!" Unfortunately, Lord Nie was not in the command center, but on the front line.

But...

Boom! *12

The Japanese soldiers responded with twelve gunshots. Lord Nie had an artillery battalion and two artillery teams, with forty guns.

But this includes the Gatling guns, eight Gatling guns, sixteen Hotchkiss 37\\/47 rapid-fire guns, twelve Krupp 60\\/80 field guns, and four three-inch field guns made in Nanhua.

The Krupp guns were the ones attacking this time, and they were in the front.

The two sides started a fierce artillery battle, with six bronze guns and two French small steel guns.

"Good!" Seeing that the Japanese artillerymen were unable to look back, Lord Nie cheered loudly. At this time, the remaining two Gatling guns were delivered.

"Hurry up and set up!" The mountain wind blew, and the smoke on the mountain was blown away a lot. The Qing army still had a good vision. Three machine guns, shooting extended to the floating bridge.

"Good! Just shoot like this!" Lord Nie experienced the joy of the Gatling gun.

In the rear, twelve guns fought against eight guns for a long time without winning, and the face of Xu Su, the commander of the artillery battalion, was like painted with dye.

And another shell fell to the shore. Xu Su even went forward 1,500 meters and set up the Hotchkiss rapid-fire gun.

"Push those four seven-gun five-guns up, I don't believe it!" In fact, the artillery battle between the two sides did not achieve much.

The distance was too far, and the shots were not very accurate. Moreover, the visual aiming was only a small point. The guns of both sides had a bit of history, so it was normal that they could not shoot accurately.

"Aim!"

"Ready!"

"Fire!"

The same process, but Xu Su did not like Nanhua's seven-gun five-gun.

The reason was that now, the gunner was holding a bunch of odds and ends, saying something about high and low plus one, which he could not understand. (Nanhua's technicians can do everything. As long as they are paid.)

"Fire!"

Boom*4

Boom!

The sound was so loud that the artillery position two kilometers away could hear it clearly, and huge smoke rose up.

"Hit! Hit!" Xu Su suddenly felt that these people were not so ugly.

"Sir, we have damaged two precious artillery pieces. The firepower of the Qing army on the opposite side is too strong. If we continue like this, the precious materials of the empire will be wasted." The staff officer at the entrance of the village did not care about the lives of the soldiers.

But soldiers are not just one life! There are also rifles, bullets, bayonets, kettles, clothes, shoes, belts, and a lot of things. Those things are all money!

"Baga!" Die Zuo drew out his command knife, rushed out of the command post and chopped at the trees.

This is a little trick. The war is not going well, but it is not my order to retreat. Obviously, I have successfully crossed the river...

But his luck is a bit bad. First, the staff officer at the entrance of the village asked the guards to protect Die Zuo with a dark face. Dozens of soldiers were wearing black clothes, and Die Zuo was even in a dress. In one word, beautiful.

Then he was successfully noticed by the artillery.

"Sir, I seem to have found a big man!" The artillery shouted to the captain after discovering it through the artillery telescope.

"What big shot? Hold down his gun and blow it up!" Although he said so, curiosity still made Xu Su imitate the artillery and use the artillery telescope.

There are two things he is curious about. One is the artillery telescope. He is usually embarrassed to ask others how to use it. The other is the so-called big shot.

"Huh! Who is so arrogant?" At a glance, dozens of people surrounded a gorgeously dressed man in black clothes, arrogant on the snow.

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"Fire him!" Xu Su's heart was angry. Lord Nie didn't dare to be so arrogant, how dare you be so arrogant?

"No! You go to command the artillery camp, fire in unison, and kill him for me!" Xu Su thought for a while and pointed at the gunner and said.

"I? I can't do it, sir..." The gunner was confused. What happened?

"Don't talk nonsense. Just go when I tell you to go. Just command the artillery to fire!" Xu Su waved his hand. In the past, when fighting, artillery was placed around a thousand meters away and fired in a straight line. Two thousand meters was already a projectile. He didn't know how to do it.

"Okay..." The gunner was dizzy. Suddenly he was promoted? But it seemed that he didn't?

"Three to the left, high and low minus two." He first fixed his four guns.

Then he went to tinker with the Krupp guns. Unfortunately, he didn't know how to do it. There was no firing table, and the scale was already blurred. Finally, he picked out two new guns and joined the four seven-life five-fire guns.

"Sir, aim!" The gunner said breathlessly.

"What are you waiting for? Fire quickly, waiting for me to give you a red envelope?" Xu Su said unhappily.

"Yes!" The gunner did not refute. This kind of thing must be approved by the boss. Some people may not care. What if they care?

"All! Fire!" The gunner waved the flag, and six shells flew towards Die Zuo.

boom!

"Okay! Another round!" Xu Su saw with his own eyes that a shell fell next to the arrogant guy, but what if? What if? Then another round.

On the other side, the staff officer at the village entrance was about to give an order, and then a burst of explosions came from not far away.

"It's over!" This was his first thought, and then he found that he was fine, not only that, but also the people in the command center were fine.

"Colonel Yekou, died with honor!" Soon, a message came, making the village entrance feel that it would be better to die.

Now, he has become a scapegoat...

"Turn in!" The village entrance ordered in a daze.

"This battle was a great victory, killing 260 people and capturing more than 80. According to the prisoners, the artillery also killed one of their regiment commanders, but unfortunately, they didn't get his head." Lord Nie was happy.

"Report! Song Army and Qing Army are both under attack and are fighting fiercely. Request artillery support." Unfortunately, the messenger arrived before long.

"Xu Su! Divide the artillery into four teams to support friendly forces. Set off immediately without any mistakes!" Lord Nie felt powerless. This was an all-out attack. Could the military camps in the north, which could not guarantee supplies, stop it?

"Yes!" Xu Su turned around to make arrangements. The calibers of the guns were different, so it was best to act with the same caliber.

However, the Qishengwu gun had to be kept. (Nanhua Qishengwu is a three-inch gun with an actual caliber of 2, but the Qing army liked to call it that.)

………

Soon, the news of this battle came out. The Japanese soldiers' attacks in the downstream were unsuccessful. After all, this section gathered more than 40,000 Qing soldiers and was the defensive side.

However, the northern part was penetrated. About 20,000 Qing soldiers were defeated by the Japanese soldiers who secretly crossed the river. After the First Army integrated its forces, the two divisions of the reserve team had successfully crossed the river.

The defense line along the river was broken!