late Qing Dynasty arrest

The coolness of late autumn was tinged with desolation, and flocks of crows were circling above the heads of the Qing army, croaking indiscriminately.

The black crow seemed to be saying, "Where is the meat, where is the meat, where is the meat,"

During the war, the army had meat to eat, and it was human flesh. The crows were waiting to fall from the sky, and the Qing army was also waiting for the hail of bullets.

A large army was marching, and the Chinese army still looked like an army. The military appearance was neat, and the footsteps were mixed with the urging voices of the officers.

The meandering army can't see the end at a glance. The artillery carts are dragging heavy cannons. The artillerymen hold their heads proudly and sit on the artillery carts. The artillery is the backbone of the Qing army. The soldiers of the Qing army look at it enviously. with artillery.

A large group of Fanbing stopped to spy on the majesty of the artillery battalion.

The cavalry troop accelerated and passed before the eyes of the Qing army. The dust was flying, the horseshoes were bursting, and the momentum of thousands of troops made the Qing army who walked on their feet jealous.

The cavalry has strong mobility. Since the cavalry unit came to Taiwan, the Qing army had the upper hand in fighting on the plains. The Japanese army who looted in the villages was often surrounded by the Qing army cavalry unit. disaster.

The cavalry of the Qing army liked to string the ears of the Japanese soldiers into rings and hang them around the necks of the horses. You can see that many cavalrymen had garlands made of human ears hanging around the necks of their horses.

The outposts of the Qing army are scattered around. They are the clairvoyance of the army. They seem to move forward freely, but they are actually the bravest soldiers.

The Fan soldiers carried the tribal flags, scattered on both sides of the large army, sporadic gunfire echoed in the wilderness.

Some enemies became bandits after escaping from Orchid City, hiding in the barren hills and hills, and the bandits ran to the villages to do harm to the villagers.

Bandits will be born in wars, and some Qing troops who violated military orders will defect with guns, and Qing troops who deserted on the battlefield will also become bandits.

To deal with bandits turned from stragglers, the Qing army adopted the method of mass search of the whole people, using a small group of Qing troops to cooperate with a small number of Fanbing soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians to encircle an area, and then thousands of people combed an area together. The same is true for Ling, leaving the bandits nowhere to hide.

The power of the people is infinite, and the villagers who are united are no longer weak and bully. In this way, the common people can also catch the bandits, those bandits who think they can run faster than rabbits, and their fate is destined to be a tragedy.

The cool wind blew over the young faces, and a large number of Qing troops passed through Dadong Township and Dong Yongshan and went straight to Langqiao Port.

Relying on favorable terrain such as rivers and jungles, the Japanese army built a series of fortifications to block the Qing army's attack.

A grain detachment of the Qing army was attacked, losing [-] civilians and sacrificing a troop of the Qing army. Liu Mingdeng was very annoyed and shot a grain guard.

Liu Mingdeng concealed the truth from Li Guolou. For Liu Mingdeng, this kind of loss was just scabies, and there was no need to find it himself.

But Li Guolou soon found out, and immediately dispatched 2000 Hongyun rifle No. [-] long guns, [-] bullets, and [-] hand grenades to arm the civilians.

Liu Mingdeng tacitly agreed that both parties had a steelyard in their hearts.

The Jianwu Army quickly made tactical adjustments, dispatched small units to lurk in dangerous places, and built fortresses along the way to prevent the Japanese army from having any strategic space to maneuver.

On Xinlupo, 1000 miles away from Langqiao Port, there are five Japanese fortresses standing on the high slope at the angle of the corner. It is the largest Japanese fortress that the army has ever encountered.

Relying on the terrain, the Japanese army excavated the fort and the mountain. The fort was built in the tunnel with 25 openings. It was built against the mountain wall. It looks like a hard nut to crack. The tunnel fortifications are specially designed to deal with the cannons of the Qing army.

All the trees on the new road slope were cut down, and the bushes were burned, turning it into a bare hill, which looked very ugly, like a huge monster.

The Shani River flows down the hillside, like an iron tower, blocking the footsteps of the Qing army.

The Jianwu Army of the Qianfeng Battalion encountered obstacles in the way, and the battalion officer Liu Jinhua was eager to make contributions. He wanted to take down the new road slope in one go.

More than 100 Qing soldiers faced their death and slowly climbed to the halfway up the mountain. Only then did the Japanese army start a fierce counterattack.

The black crows descended from the sky, covering the sky and changing the color of the sky. The black crows feasted and enjoyed a sumptuous meal. The black crows croaked and croaked, as if they were making fun of the Qing army for being overwhelmed.

Liu Jinhua thought that the Japanese army was not strong enough to fight, and they were already defeated. The new road slope was not steep and could be attacked in one go. Liu Jinhua underestimated the Japanese army.

Liu Jinhua misused his tactics, causing more than 100 Qing troops to die on the hillside in vain. Liu Jinhua felt remorse and slapped himself twice on the spot.

The Qing army became helpless and could only wait for the follow-up troops to bring the Knub cannons. The officers and soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion dug ditches along the foot of the Xinlupo mountain, encircling them with an iron wall, and trapped the Japanese troops in Xinlupo to death.

The next day, the follow-up troops brought in two Knuber cannons, and the deputy general Fu Xianchu came to command them in person.

Because the Jianwu Army has been out of battle for a long time and has no experience in tough battles, Li Guolou dispatched more than a dozen officers of the Xinwu Army, Zheng Hengdan, Su Yuanchun, Fang Zhiyong and others, to serve as staff officers for the Jianwu Army.

After seeing the terrain of Xinlupo, Lieutenant General Fu Xianchu sent a team of death squads to make a tentative attack. After that, the Qing army blew the bugle to retreat.

Su Yuanchun and Fang Zhiyong had experience in fighting Japanese artillery in Dawu Mountain, so the deputy general Fu Xianchu first consulted them.

Su Yuanchun said: "In Fuxie Town, the Xinlupo mountain slope is at most 45 degrees. It is not difficult to break through the Japanese army's position. The casualties in the daytime attack are too great, so we still have to fight at night. With grenades and pikemen, they can attack in one night. The Japanese army Bronze cannon has disadvantages, it takes a long time to cool down, and a protracted battle will win,”

Fang Zhiyong said: "In Fu Xie Town, the death squads first sent a team of Jianwu troops, and then asked the chieftains of various ministries to send death squads to form [-] death squads, and they continued to attack in turn. It is useless to use Knuber cannons to attack this kind of cave fortifications. It is still necessary to use small steel cannons, mountain-splitting cannons, shoot at close range, and use grenades to blow up the Japanese artillery, so as to destroy the Japanese fort. Before dawn, let’s do a ruthless attack.”

Zheng Hengdan was a little worried, and said: "In my opinion, it is far-fetched to capture Xinlupo in one night. We don't know how many Japanese troops there are. There may be thousands of Japanese troops in the fortress of Xinlupo. The Japanese army built the road uphill. Forming a pocket array means that we deliberately let us drill in, rush and attack, the troops will not be able to deploy, and the casualties will be heavy. It is better to be safe, let the engineers blow up the road on the hillside, and blow up the boulders that block our army's advance. Open up a few more passages, and within three nights, you can go straight up, hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese army is no match,"

Fu Xianchu made up his mind, nodded and said: "We can win the battle with all our efforts. Taiwan is our territory, and it is our duty to recover the territory. However, the Japanese army is good at tunnel warfare and has built Xinlupo into a strong fortress. Then, we will We must use our troops skillfully and not compete with the Japanese army for a moment. For a hillside of more than 1000 meters, 100 meters a day can reach the top of the mountain in less than ten days. Liu Zhentai has a look at what is razed to the ground, "

Zheng Hengtan shook his head and said, "Fu Xiezhen, you miscalculated. The enemy is not a fool. They will soon know our tactics. The higher you go, the more difficult it will be. It will take at least a month to dig a tunnel, but according to your thinking, the casualties of our army Minimal, I am in favor of digging tunnels, just to have a comfortable year, and to fire a salute, "

Fu Xianchu felt a tinge of warmth. Fortunately, Li Guolou was the commander-in-chief of Taiwan. Military decision-making can be flexible, and a perfect military operation can avoid a tragic victory.

If you meet a commander with a bad temper, the military order will be like a mountain.

Originally, the Qing army's plan to capture Langqiao Port in the next [-] days could not be changed. Then the Qing army's attack on Xinlupo would have to be filled with human lives, at least thousands of soldiers would have to sacrifice on the hillside.

Liu Mingdeng is a very stubborn commander, but in the overall situation, Liu Mingdeng still has to obey Li Guolou's orders. Several officers of the Xinwu Army agreed to slow down the attack on Xinlupo.

Fu Xianchu said gratifiedly: "Then report to Commander Li first, and set to capture Xinlupo on the 25th. The bottom line in my heart is on the [-]th. I must plant the Yellow Dragon flag on the top of Xinlupo. Do you have any ideas?" confidence,"

"Yes," the generals agreed with a loud bang, their resolute eyes ignited raging confidence.

Fu Xianchu redeployed his troops and secretly dispatched two engineers to carry out tunnel operations.

The two tunnels were dug just in case. This is a common tactic used by the Qing army in combat. For example, when the Qing army attacked the city, when they bombed the city wall, they chose multiple locations and carried out fixed-point blasting together.

Under the slope of the new road, two Qing army engineers dug the soil in the dark under the cover of artillery. The engineers began very smoothly, because the soil under the ground surface could be dug without explosives. The hole was dug a large hole one foot away. The hole is still being enlarged and reinforced. This is because the air in the cave is thin. In order to allow the air to circulate in the cave, the hole must be large. More than [-] Qing troops are carrying the burden of digging together, and slowly the gravel in the basket is increasing. , The excavation speed of the engineers is getting slower and slower.

Engineers like mud monkeys got out of the hole, took a breath of fresh air, and looked up at Xinlupo.

Under the cover of night, gunfire blared, bugles burst out, and the death squads of the Qing Army climbed along the mountain and attacked the Japanese positions.

The Death Squad carried the corpses of their comrades on their backs at the risk of carrying the Qing soldiers who had died in Xinlupo down the mountain. If they could not capture the Japanese positions, they took back the corpses of their comrades and never let the crows eat them.

The night is deep, the moon hangs high, and gunfire like popping beans pierces the night sky.

The sky was dark, and the Japanese artillery was extremely accurate. The Japanese artillery, who were familiar with the terrain, mastered the essentials and suppressed the charge of the Qing army, causing the Qing army to return in defeat.

In the early morning, the Qing army stopped attacking, and smoke rose from the trenches, and the smoke was like incense in honor of dead comrades in arms.

After a night of work, the Qing army built the prototype of the fort and the barracks. The tunnel operation was very smooth, and the tunnel dug exceeded 100 meters.

Fu Xianchu stayed up all night and looked up at Xinlupo. As expected, the Japanese army was hiding their troops. The Japanese fortress on Xinlupo was a tough nut to crack. He had already received a call from Li Guolou, and he was determined to fight a battle at Xinlupo. Beautiful battle.

"A group of rats, they only dare to hide in their lairs, waiting to go to hell," Fu Xianchu said harshly, and turned back to the command post.

"I'm right. The Japanese army deliberately showed weakness. I expect that there are a large number of Japanese soldiers hiding in the Dingshan Cave, at least thousands of them. It is very likely that there are two corps of troops. The Japanese army has bet all their treasures on Xinlupo." From the sound of Japanese artillery fire, Zheng Hengdan had predicted that the Japanese army on Xinlupo had sufficient strength.

"Well, we are getting less and less courageous in fighting, but this is good, we don't give the enemy an opportunity," the two walked back to the command post side by side. Half of the command post built by the Qing army is on the ground, and the outside is made of trees. The house was built with rammed earth outside the trees and decorated with shrubs. From the outside, it looked like a mound. Fu Xianchu walked in along the tunnel. The tunnel was very deep, and there were compartments inside, with tables, chairs, maps, and bedrooms.

A group of military officers were having a meeting to summarize the battlefield. Fu Xianchu nodded slightly, and sat gracefully among the officers, listening to the speeches of the officers. In addition to fighting bravely, one must also be good at pondering and summing up experience and lessons.

Five thousand Xinwu troops and tens of thousands of Fan soldiers were exhausted with the Japanese army at Xinlupo, and the Qing army did not forcefully cross the Nidu River.

The Qing army could directly cross the Nidu River to attack Langqiao Port without attacking the Japanese army at Xinlupo, but doing so would have endless troubles, and the consequence would be that the transportation line was completely exposed under the noses of the Japanese army.

Li Guolou used righteousness as the way and used odds as a strategy. After the Qing army took the military advantage in Taiwan, it no longer took risks when using troops, but used them step by step. Even if the enemy expected his tactics and guessed every step of the Qing army, There is no way to crack it.

Li Guolou walked all the way to the dark, using cage tactics, trying to trap tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers to death,