Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Nogi Xidian showed rare joy, and he immediately ordered: "The first cavalry brigade immediately enter Jinzhou City through the gap."

Captain Akiyama Yoshiko of the Cavalry Battalion immediately led the cavalry towards the gap. Five hundred fast horses, carrying the Japanese cavalry like wolves and tigers, rushed towards the gap like the wind.

While Yoshiko Akiyama led the cavalry to rush to the gap, the Japanese engineering unit blasted the gap for the second time.

Although the first explosion destroyed the city wall, it was 12 meters high, 13 meters wide at the root, and 600 meters wide at the top of the city wall, blasting a gap more than [-] meters long, and more than [-] cubic meters of stones and soil fell. It is impossible for these stones and soil to disappear because of one blast. They are piled up on both sides of the city wall, forming a trapezoid with a height of four meters.

The Japanese demolition team rushed to the gap and carried out a second blast at the root of the trapezoid, blasting the slope of a slope of the trapezoid to be gentler, so that the cavalry could rush up the slope. The firewood he had brought was placed on the side, oil was poured on it, and the firewood pile was ignited, and the flames burst into the sky in an instant.

Fifteen minutes later, the Japanese cavalry followed the flames to the gap. Yoshiko Akiyama looked at the gap through the bright flames, and scolded Yoshiichi Tamura, the chief officer of the engineering brigade, in his heart. It is full of gravel, and the cavalry can only be allowed to enter Jinzhou City through the gap one by one. Such a refueling tactic has always been a taboo for military strategists.

There is an old saying in Chinese military strategists: "Opportunities should not be lost, and they will never come again." Akiyama Koko also understands this truth. He also knows that the Qing army in the city will rush to this gap at any time and build an effective defense here, so he has no time to think about it. so many.

The Japanese army was highly skilled in tactics. When the commanders of the squadrons and squadrons under the brigade saw the shape of the gap, they automatically changed their formation and entered the city one by one without ordering from Koko Akiyama. When he jumped down the gap, an accident happened.

As I said before, the height of the trapezoid at the gap is more than four meters. The sappers flattened the outside of the city, but they couldn’t deal with the inside of the city. In addition to the darkness in the city, the cavalry couldn’t see clearly. Situation, I thought there was a gentle slope ahead, so I didn't slow down, and the horse's eyesight was very poor, so the horse jumped directly from a height of more than four meters.

When the horse jumps from a high place, the rider and the horse have a high falling speed at the same time. When the horse lands, the ground bears the impact of the horse, so that the horse stops. Similarly, the impact of the rider will be from the horse. To bear, according to the principle of action force and reaction force, the rider will also bear the same force.

At this time, the rider should use his legs to clamp the horse's belly, so that the impact between the body and the horse can be slowed down at the moment of landing, but the cavalry did not expect that he fell directly from a height of four meters, and only felt his body trembling. Lightly, then the buttocks and the weakest part of the man hit the saddle heavily, and the great pain made him pass out in an instant.

Then he fell off his horse. The Japanese army is generally equipped with Mongolian horses. This kind of horse is very short. If you fall off the horse, you usually don't have any major troubles. Unfortunately, one of the cavalrymen's feet got stuck in the stirrup. Here, the horse was still running forward when it landed. In an instant, the horse's hind hoof stepped directly on his body.

The horse felt that something was wrong, so it stopped, but the cavalry had several broken ribs, and the broken bones pierced into the heart and lungs like sharp spears, and the cavalry was killed on the spot.

The cavalry at the back saw the one in front jumping down all of a sudden, knowing that the slope was quite steep, so they pulled the reins of the horse, and the horse's impact speed slowed down, and it went down the steep slope smoothly.

The cavalry behind learned their lesson, so the steep slope did not cause much trouble. They quickly gathered on the side of the gap. According to the original plan, they would rush to the south gate closest to the gap, and then open the south gate, and the people outside the city. The Japanese army should cooperate internally and externally.

Just when the Japanese army's wishful thinking was crackling, a deafening explosion sounded in the cavalry piles entering the city, shattering the Japanese army's dream.

Several cavalrymen were blown to pieces by the huge explosion in an instant, and a small captain came in behind. He knew that he had to pass through the gap as quickly as possible, because "light against darkness" has always been a very taboo situation on the battlefield .

The so-called "light fights darkness" means that I am in the light and the enemy is in the dark. This situation is extremely dangerous. The Japanese army is in such a situation now. The flames outside the city clearly illuminate the Japanese cavalry, but it is pitch black. In the city, but I don't know how many Qing troops are hiding.

At this moment, a big burden in the dark flew towards the Japanese squad leader. He was stunned, and the burden had already landed in his arms. Immediately afterwards, a thunderous explosion sounded in his arms. The flash made his eyes dark. The visual cells on his retina couldn't adapt to the huge light, and he lost the ability to perceive light for a moment. That flash was also the last thing he saw in his life.

The huge shock wave shattered his sternum and spine in an instant, and the last sound he heard in his life would be the sound of his bones snapping.

If the flash of light did not destroy his retina, he could see his killer through the flash of light, that is, a few soldiers of the Qing army in the darkness more than 100 meters away from the gap, and they were fiddling with a large barrel.

Methodically, they put small packets of explosives into a large barrel, which was made of sheet iron.They dug a hole in the ground, half of the tin bucket was sitting in the hole, half was exposed, and the mouth of the bucket was aligned with the direction of the gap.

After a few Qing soldiers put the small explosive bag in place, they put a huge explosive bag into the barrel. If you look closely, you will find that the explosive bag is covered with cowhide, and the outside is tightly wrapped with wire. Qing soldiers stuffed a fuse through a hole in the back of the barrel, and then ignited it. The fuse burned out quickly, and the small explosive package inside exploded, and the large explosive package was pushed out of the mouth of the barrel. When it exploded, the fuse of the large explosive package was ignited immediately, and the large explosive package fell into the Japanese army and exploded.

Needless to say, this thing is naturally Lin Yuan's masterpiece. In the history that Lin Yuan knows, it has a famous name - Feilei Cannon. This thing showed great power in the Huaihai Battle.

Lin Yuan thought that the Japanese army might blow up the city wall and attack from the gap, so he thought of this kind of weapon. The structure of this kind of weapon is very simple. It only needs a large iron bucket and some explosives, so it can be manufactured on a large scale. , and the power is huge, and it is not too troublesome to carry, just use a horse to carry it.

However, the shortcomings of this weapon are also extremely obvious-the range is too short, and how far the explosive package can be thrown depends on the amount of explosives used for throwing. It is more than 100 meters, this distance is the distance where the rifle can exert its power, so on the battlefield, the enemy will not let this weapon have the opportunity to use it.

However, Lin Yuan still insisted on making such a batch of weapons, because he judged that the Japanese army would blow up the city wall at night. At night, it is difficult for infantry to see the target at a distance of 100 meters, so once the Japanese army blew up the city wall , Entering the city, the Qing army carrying this weapon will arrive and use this weapon to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers.

After a few packs of explosives, the Japanese army did not dare to enter the city. At this time, Lin Yuan issued another shocking order.