mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 289 Hey, Yanbian
Chen Zhaochang hurriedly explained: "There is no intention of going to war..."

Wu Luzhen interrupted him: "This is the territory of the Qing Dynasty. You have violated the principle of peace between the two countries by brazenly crossing the border. Our Beiyang Army is the army of the Qing Dynasty. Do we need to report to you Japanese? "

The Japanese soldier's face froze, and he was so stunned that he couldn't speak.

Wu Luzhen turned her head, looked around at the soldiers of the Beiyang Army behind her, and said proudly: "There is not a single coward among the soldiers present today. If your Japanese army wants to go to war, Wu will have nothing to fear!"

After hearing his words, the people behind were commotion, eager to try.

A raging soldier will make a litter of raging soldiers, and vice versa.

The Japanese soldier's face changed slightly, and it was his turn to explain: "We are just here to suppress the bandits, and we have no intention of going to war with the Qing Dynasty."

Chen Zhaochang was a little dazed.

Things were not quite what he thought.

Wu Luzhen glared at the Japanese soldiers: "Since you don't want to start a war, what the hell are you, showing off your power with me? Go back and tell Saito Kijiro that Wu is responsible for guarding the land, and I'm here today to watch how you suppress the bandits. "

Drenched in cold sweat, the Japanese soldier bowed slightly: "Sorry, I was the one to be rude."

The soldiers of the Beiyang Army felt particularly relieved.

At this time, they were convinced of Wu Luzhen.

I'm afraid that even if Xu Shichang was present, he would not be more domineering than him.

But the Japanese soldier said again: "Wu Shenyi, please use the binoculars to look ten miles behind our first brigade."

Wu Luzhen frowned, but still raised the binoculars hanging around her neck and looked behind.

Seeing this, he gasped.

It turned out that in the rear of the Japanese army, there was another brigade hanging far away.

Although the Japanese soldier's attitude was much more respectful, but his eyes did not give up an inch, he pressed Wu Luzhen and said: "In order to prevent accidents, we have brought two brigades of troops today to attack the backwater army in the front and prevent other forces from interfering in the back."

The other forces are naturally the Beiyang Army.

Wu Luzhen pouted her cheeks, put down the binoculars, and gritted her teeth: "Very good! It just so happens that Wu also brought a bid of troops today. You go back and tell Kijiro Saito, and we will work with him to prevent accidents. Raise troops for a thousand days, and use them for a while." .Soldiers, are there any people who are afraid of fighting and retreating today?"

"no!"

Behind the Beiyang army roared together, full of energy.

The Japanese soldier's cheek muscles trembled, he bent down again, then turned his head and walked away.

Chen Zhaochang was worried: "Will this anger the Japanese?"

"I don't know if it will anger them, but I'm very angry now!"

Wu Luzhen put her hand on the handle of the command saber, and said coldly: "If Kijiro Saito wants to break his wrist, then Wu will accompany him to the end today!"

"You..." Chen Zhaochang was shocked: "In this case, how do you go back and explain to Governor Xu?"

"The governor gave Wu the power to make decisions in front of the battle, and Wu will bear all the consequences, so Master Chen will not be embarrassed!"

"The troubles caused by Zhao Chuanxin, why should someone come to the muddy water? It's really unreasonable. Just wait, the court will not let him continue to make trouble."

Wu Luzhen was noncommittal: "Hehe, the court? Prince Qing or the Queen Mother? Or the regent?"

Being stroked by him like this, Chen Zhaochang was taken aback.

I, Cao... Prince Qing and his son were subdued by Zhao Chuanxin, and the queen mother jumped out of the window because of his fright.

Only the regent, Aixinjueluo Zaifeng, currently has no direct conflict with Zhao Chuanxin.

However, Chen Zhaochang felt that as long as Zaifeng dared to say that he wanted to punish Zhao Chuanxin, Zhao Chuanxin might dare to go to the capital to bombard the regent.

Chen Zhaochang stopped talking.

Seeing this, Wu Luzhen showed a hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth.

That's it?

What are you talking about here?

The two were talking, and suddenly there was a cannon shot below.

It's war!

Wu Luzhen saw a shell exploded to the left of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army immediately set up their formation, the artillery loaded the shells, and blasted towards the opposite side.

The two sides began a long-range shelling tug-of-war.

Wu Luzhen and Chen Zhao often stared at the battlefield with binoculars.

He muttered: "I heard that the combat effectiveness of the backwater army is not very good. What if they are defeated in one blow?"

"Let's watch." Wu Luzhen said. "Then Liu Danzi expanded the backwater army to 1000 people, so it shouldn't be so easy to be defeated."

It's just not enough confidence to say this.

The performance of the Backwater Army was not very good before.

But fighting and fighting, the two were surprised to find that the Japanese army was retreating.

"This..." Chen Zhaochang was dumbfounded. "What happened, why did the Japanese army suddenly retreat?"

Wu Luzhen explained to him: "The backwater army chose Laoyinggou to garrison. The picture shows the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The backwater army is waiting for a rabbit, while the artillery positions of the Japanese army are completely exposed. In addition, although the caliber of the backwater army's cannons should be small, their number There were multiple, multi-directional bombings at the same time, and the Japanese army had no trenches to cover, so it is not surprising to retreat."

Since the beginning of the war, it has been far beyond the two people's expectations.

The backwater army who had been pressed to the ground and beaten in a small-scale conflict with the Japanese army before, turned out to be so sharp this time.

Wu Luzhen thought to herself: Are all their soldiers artillery?

He was right, the Lugang Township Insurance Team had always looked down on the Backwater Army.

But Zhao Chuanxin equipped the Backwater Army with a large number of 75-caliber field guns and mountain guns, all Krupp.A lot of time is spent on gun training, and ammunition is regardless of cost.

It was useless before, but today it can be regarded as an honest show.

The Japanese army retreated in embarrassment, and they also did not expect the artillery of the backwater army to give them a head-on blow as soon as they came into contact.

Moreover, Kijiro Saito discovered that the number of artillery of his own troops was far inferior to that of the backwater army.

He withdrew in disgrace.

When passing Wu Luzhen's troops on the hillside, he even glanced this way.

Wu Luzhen sneered: "That's all right now, let him show off with me!"

On the other side, Liu Yonghe looked excited: "Good fight! Extra meal today, enough meat!"

There were bursts of cheers from the artillery.

Ge Yunpeng stood next to a Krupp cannon and said to his companions: "Just now I hit the Japanese army's position, isn't it amazing?"

"It's amazing, I hit too many."

"Grass, what do you know? According to what Captain Zhao said, I hit the tenth ring. If Mr. Zhao was here, he might give me another horse card as a reward. That thing is exciting!"

"Mr. Zhao's canned pudding is really delicious. I'd rather have a hundred cans."

"What are you thinking? The Japanese have temporarily retreated, but I reckon they will send more people over."

"What are you afraid of, motherfucker, we have plenty of shells, bombard him for ten days and ten nights."

Ge Yunpeng shook his head, not so optimistic: "The little devil has a large-caliber mountain cannon, and it will not be so easy to shoot at that time."

Ge Yunpeng was right in thinking, Saito Kijiro directly transferred the brigade behind to guard against the Beiyang Army to the front line.

He pulled in the 120mm Krupp howitzer and brought up all the artillery of the reserve team.

Kijiro Saito looked at Xishanpo again, hesitating.

Someone came to report: "Mr. Shinoda is here."

Kijiro Saito almost burst into tears.

"Bring him here quickly."

Shinoda-kun is very vicissitudes and haggard, fully showing the decadence that a broken-hearted old lover should have.

Even Kijiro Saito saw that his eyeballs were swollen, so he had to wonder if he secretly pulled up the curtains and hid in the corner crying alone.

"Saito-kun, I'm sorry I couldn't help you."

"It's not the time to apologize. Now we have a difficult problem. Look at the west hillside. A target Beiyang army led by Wu Luzhen is watching it. We now have two brigades. I want to gamble, but for Wu Luzhen Not without worry. What do you think?"

Bet, the Japanese mean it.

Big fights, big fights, small fights, small fights.

Shinoda Harasaku lowered his head and pondered, just when Saito Kijiro thought that Shinoda Harasaku's head had been numb by the so-called love,
Finally, Shinoda Harasaku said: "I think they can be ignored directly, it's a gamble!"

In the past, with the tacit understanding between the two, Kijiro Saito would surrender his trust without hesitation.

But at this moment, he hesitated: "What's the reason?"

"Chen Zhaochang didn't have the courage to turn against us. Although Xu Shichang was stubborn, he didn't dare. I guess Wu Luzhen came here just to deter us. Otherwise, he wouldn't go to the west hillside, but would ambush us with the backwater army, or attack us. Do pinch."

Saito Kijiro's eyes lit up: "Xiaotian-kun, you should return to the previous state, and you can't continue to be decadent. Both the police station and I need you from the past."

Shinoda Harasaku lowered his head in shame: "I was wrong, Saito-kun."

Saito Kijiro swept away his disheveled embarrassment, and let out a hearty laugh: "Listen to my order, build trenches, and attack the old camp ditch."

The 120-caliber Krupp howitzer has less than half the range of the Krupp 75-caliber field gun, but it is more powerful.

Saito Kijiro let the small-caliber field artillery fire at the backwater army from a distance to cover his own artillery.

Liu Yonghe sensed the intention of the Japanese army at the first time, and commanded: "Forts No. 1 to 8 continue to bombard the Japanese base camp, and Forts No. 9 to 16 bombard the Japanese forward artillery positions. Don't let them approach."

Since the backwater army divided half of the firepower, and the Japanese backup team increased the number of artillery, this time the firepower balance was tilted towards the Japanese army.

Holding the binoculars, Liu Yonghe saw the Japanese army pulling a 120mm howitzer in front of them. The bombed people turned their backs on their backs, and someone immediately replaced them. He was also surprised at the Japanese's willingness to die.

Put yourself in the shoes and think about it, if you were replaced by your own troops, you might just abandon your guns and retreat at this time.

An artillery position of the backwater army was hit by a Japanese field artillery. Several artillerymen were blown away by the air waves.

Ge Yunpeng, who was nearby, was terrified, and his hands were trembling when loading the shells.

The teeth of the comrade next to him chattered and rattled.

He adjusted the angle of the muzzle, and his voice was wavy: "Why are the shells coming?"

Ge Yunpeng tried to calm down: "Captain Zhao said that it is very difficult for a shell to hit the same crater. This time it exploded near us, and next time it will definitely not..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a cannonball hit the small position where no one had been hit again.

Ge Yunpeng: "..."

Companion: "..."

Ge Yunpeng gritted his teeth: "Anyway, you can't be a deserter, you must hold on."

He pushed away his comrades, went to calibrate himself, clenched his fists, and stopped the trembling of his palms.

boom……

A shell landed precisely in the position of the Japanese army pushing a 120-caliber howitzer.

The howitzers were blown to pieces, and the surrounding Japanese troops suffered.

This artillery was abolished, and the rest of the Japanese army set up a Bao-type cannon and fired towards the mountain to suppress firepower.

They fired at an elevation angle, and the distance was far away. Only one unlucky backwater soldier in one position showed up to check whether the shells he fired had hit the enemy, and was hit in the neck by a 6.5mm caliber machine gun bullet.

The bloody old Gao.

The companions next to him wanted to treat them, but they felt that they had no way to do it. They could only watch helplessly as the injured person's face turned from red to white, and he bled in a short time, leaving nothing but convulsions.

The adjutant asked Liu Yonghe: "Commander, do we want to have a stun gun?"

The German-made Maxim heavy machine gun provided by Zhao Chuanxin to the Beishui Army has a range of up to an astonishing 3000 meters, and an effective range of only about 2000 meters. To ensure accuracy, it must be more than 1000 meters.

In fact, the Japanese 120mm caliber Krupp howitzer has a range similar to this.

Liu Yonghe pondered: "Let the machine gun team find a way to go around the front and pay attention to concealment. If the artillery team of the Japanese army comes up, within a distance of 2 miles, they don't need to listen to orders and shoot directly."

He watched the Japanese army advance one after another, with an unbelievably tenacious fighting spirit, so he wanted to save himself a backup.

In the first battle, even if it wasn't a landslide victory, at least it had to be evenly fought, otherwise morale would be seriously frustrated.

After all, they are the defenders. Although their strength is doubled, they have a geographical advantage.

If he can't keep it, he won't be able to explain to Zhao Chuanxin in the future.

His precautions are necessary.

The Japanese army was not afraid of death, and after the number of casualties on the backwater army increased to a certain number, the density of artillery fire weakened significantly.

Liu Yonghe took a look through the binoculars and saw that many people were lying directly behind the bunker, shivering and not daring to show their heads.

He was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

Two Japanese 120mm caliber howitzers have been pushed to a reasonable range, and their artillery is loading ammunition.

At this moment,
The machine gun team of the Backwater Army fired.

Because the distance was a little too far, the ammunition of the Maxim heavy machine gun hit the ground, and the angle was obviously shifted.

The observer holds the telescope in his hand and directs: "Offset 10 degrees to the left, press down 5 degrees, pass it, and then go back a little bit, it's good, it's a hit, and you're on your back!"

However, the 50-round ammunition board also ran out of bullets, and after reloading the ammunition board, it needs to be fine-tuned again.

This is the difference between Zhao Chuanxin's shots and ordinary people's shots.

Zhao Chuanxin does not need an observer and can calibrate instantly.

On the battlefield, this disparity can be a huge, impassable chasm, driving his enemies to death.

The machine guns of the Japanese army were not idle either. When they found a heavy machine gun position on the mountain, they immediately turned their guns and fired towards this side.

There are not many heavy machine guns in the Backwater Army, only two.

One of the Maxim heavy machine guns also fired at the Japanese machine guns at the same time.

The bullets of the Maxim heavy machine gun are 7.92mm Mauser bullets, which are much larger than machine guns in terms of range and power.

A stray bullet hit the round shield of the water-cooling sleeve. The machine gunner was taken aback. He tilted his head to see that the round shield had been knocked crooked. He rubbed his forehead against his shoulder to wipe off the cold sweat, and hurriedly said: " Change positions, put on 250 rounds of ammunition chains, 50 rounds of the damn ammunition is not enough to hit, fuck the little devil!"

The battle lasted for 10 minutes, and the artillery at the front of the Japanese army was finally repulsed.

The infantry of the Japanese army held the Type [-] rifles to avoid being concentrated by the artillery fire, and spread out to charge uphill.

Maxim, who was in the backwater army, needed two people to carry him to run, while the Japanese army's Bao-type cannon had wheels, and the four of them pushed it, walking like flying.

Even though they were so tired that they gasped exaggeratedly as if they were about to die at any time, and even though one or two people were knocked down by the heavy machine guns of the backwater army from time to time, they just didn't retreat.

On the contrary, the machine gun team of the Backwater Army used a thick wet rag to pad the machine gun, and the two men quickly retreated with their shoulders on their shoulders.

The Japanese army saw that it was not good for the artillery, so they prepared to use the pig charge to overwhelm the morale of the backwater army.

Liu Yonghe sighed: "Put the cannons back, you can't leave them to the little devils, the infantry will make up for it, and get ready to fight."

The two sides started a regular rifle attack and defense. From time to time, some people fell down and never got up again.

Liu Yonghe was also carrying a Lee Enfield box rifle. His marksmanship was flawless, and every shot was sure to hit.

The soldiers of the Backwater Army saw how brave the regiment leader was, and their morale, which had just dropped slightly, picked up.

On the west hillside, Wu Luzhen watched the battlefield closely.

Seeing the overwhelming artillery baptism of the backwater army, it was gradually brought back by the Japanese army.The Japanese army began to attack all over the mountains and plains, and the backwater army actually fought like them.

This is relieved.

"It seems that Zhao Chuanxin trained the backwater army well, at least much better than when Liu Danzi trained by himself."

In fact, even the soldiers of the backwater army discovered it themselves.

Let’s not talk about marksmanship, but at least you won’t be so flustered that you can’t even load bullets on the battlefield.

Their reloading movements seemed to be engraved into Zhao Chuanxin's bones during that time, faster than the Japanese army.

Ge Yunpeng loaded a bullet and raised his gun to aim.

boom!
He even hit a Japanese soldier, which lifted Ge Yunpeng's spirit.

Sure enough, Mr. Zhao didn't lie to them, and his strength had indeed increased.

The battle lasted until dark, and the backwater army retreated while fighting. It seemed that they were repelled by the Japanese army, but in fact the Japanese army did not take advantage.

The two sides re-positioned their battles and confronted each other.

The advantage of the backwater army is that their positions have been prepared long ago.

At this time, there is no need to carry sacks to make a bunker, and the trenches are ready-made. After returning, just rest.

The Japanese army occupied the original position of the backwater army and was also resting.

The two sides unanimously ceased fighting, and this night was relatively peaceful except for each other's precautions against night attack and stealing towers.

the next morning,
Zhao Chuanxin has arrived in the Yanbian area with the God of War team.

He heard the rumble of cannons coming from the direction of Laoyinggou from afar, and narrowed his eyes.

At this point he has something to say.

Turning his head, he said to the God of War team members who were still confused: "I really envy you!"

Everyone was stunned.

What are you envious of?
Zhao Chuanxin laughed heartily: "I envy you all, as soon as you arrive here, you have the opportunity to pretend to be aggressive."

"..."

Zhao Chuanxin had his sniper rifle in his hand, slowly raised it up, and said, "Ahead, the Japanese army should be attacking the backwater army in Laoyinggou. Are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

Half of the people here have followed Zhao Chuanxin to participate in the Flesh and Flesh Mill in Gulujiling.

They have absolute trust in Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin continued: "We came from the rain in Jimulpo, and that night, the blood of the devils I led you to kill flowed into rivers.

Today, I will take you through the mud and let the little devils in the Yanbian area see what the God of War team is!

Let's send them down to meet Hirobumi Ito!

kill! "

"kill!"

(End of this chapter)