Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Lin Yuan's order was: "Wu Yuankai's cavalry troops attack from the gap and Ximen at the same time, and attack Qiushan Haogu's cavalry troops."

So Wu Yuankai's cavalry troops were divided into two groups, with more than 100 people on one side, attacking from the gap, and more than 900 people on the other side, attacking Qiushan Haogu's cavalry from the west gate.

Wu Yuankai’s cavalry was in the middle of the city, and this position was about the same distance from the city walls everywhere, so it took less than 10 minutes to reach the gap. During this time, the Japanese cavalry outside the city was in a dilemma. status.

Akiyama Koko was famously cautious in the First Division. He didn't know what kind of strange weapon the Qing army used. He had never heard that huge explosion. It might take a while to produce such an explosive shell. Cannons with a large caliber can be fired. Does the Qing army really have such weapons?

But Akiyama Koko didn't want to order a retreat, so he just stood there in a stalemate. The commander was undecided, and the soldiers below didn't know what to do?Although they are not artillerymen, they also know the power of the huge explosion. They have even begun to imagine that a large number of nightmare heavy artillery will be launched in the city to bombard them.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and when the cavalry of the Qing army reached the gap, some soldiers of the Qing army had already set up planks on the slope of the gap.

The cavalry of the Qing army used the short-barreled Mauser 1871 rifle. This gun also has a name-carbine, which shortens the barrel to make it more suitable for cavalry.

The first Qing soldier who rushed out fired at the Japanese cavalry group, but he didn't aim at all, because the Japanese soldiers were piled up near the gap, so these few shots still hit a few Japanese soldiers. The gap was less than 50 meters away. At such a distance, in the blink of an eye, soldiers of the Qing army rushed to him.

The Qing soldier swung his gun back, took off the mace from the saddle bridge, and rushed into the Japanese camp without blinking.

There are no spikes like spikes on the mace. If sharp thorns are installed on the stick, the processing technology is too complicated, which is not conducive to mass production. Yes: These spikes can get stuck in the bones of enemies, which would be bad on the battlefield.

Therefore, the thorns on the mace are just raised iron bumps. This kind of weapon completely relies on the kinetic energy of swinging to kill the enemy. When it hits the opponent, it is also a big test for the user's arm.

Therefore, a glove-like thing was added to the mace of the Qing army. The Qing soldier put his hand in, and the glove was like a lock to connect the handle to the mace. Letting go of the moment of impact on the opponent can reduce the vibration, and the glove can prevent the weapon from falling at that moment.

With the improvement of the rate of fire of automatic weapons, cavalry is already a sunset army in this era, and only the Qing court still embraced the creed that "cavalry and archery are the foundation of the country and cannot be neglected" to develop cavalry weapons.

It really corresponds to the old Chinese saying, "The ruler is short, and the inch is long." In today's melee in the dark night, the Qing army's cold weapons unknowingly took advantage!

The cavalryman swung his right arm, and with the sound of the wind on his mace, he smashed it at the Japanese soldier in front. The Japanese soldier saw a cavalryman rushing out of the flames, thinking it was his own, but when he saw that it was the enemy, The mace was also in front of him, and he instinctively raised the rifle in his hand to block it. With a "click", the rifle was smashed into two pieces.

The mace slammed the Japanese soldier's face with debris from the gun barrel, and his head was thrown backwards by the mace. Unable to withstand the huge speed, the cervical spine snapped into pieces In two cuts, the Japanese soldier fell off his horse before he could even scream.

The soldier of the Qing army didn't accept the move either, he swung the mace around his head and threw it at another Japanese soldier again. But it was: what the hell is this!Never seen it before!Instead of raising his gun to shoot, he threw the gun at the soldiers of the Qing army, and casually drew the saber at his waist.

The Japanese soldier thought clearly: when the Qing soldier saw the gun being thrown towards the door, he would definitely resist it with a stick. The flying gun did not dodge or dodge, let it cut a big gash in the face, and smash the Japanese soldier off the horse with a stick...

There were more and more Qing soldiers behind, and the two sides immediately started hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese army's superiority in numbers could not be brought into play at all, because the people behind were blocked by the people in front no matter in terms of vision or shooting angle. The soldiers had no idea what was going on ahead.

After 15 minutes of melee, more than 900 cavalry from the Qing army arrived. Wu Yuankai simply ordered the cavalry to turn around to the Japanese army's two wings, trying to encircle the Japanese army in one fell swoop.

The big fire set off by the Japanese engineering unit not only allowed the Japanese army to see clearly the location of the gap, but also allowed the Qing army on the city to see the number of Japanese troops clearly. However, to the Japanese army, the Qing soldiers were like a group of soldiers emerging from the darkness. Like the devil, there is no idea how many there are.

Akiyama Koko then ordered to retreat.

There is an essential difference between retreat and retreat. When a well-trained army retreats, it will inevitably leave elite troops behind to prevent the opponent from pursuing.The same was true for the Japanese army. When they heard the order to retreat, some units immediately organized firepower to suppress the opponent. The Qing army was under the firepower of the opponent, and it was difficult to continue to pursue, so they organized firepower to counterattack on the spot.

As he was walking along the station, he suddenly heard gunshots from behind the Japanese army. In the darkness, dots of torches pressed up like a sea of ​​flames. Akiyama Koko couldn't help but panic, because he could see clearly that those who rushed forward Yes, it is the cavalry unit of the Qing army!

The reason why Lin Yuan ordered Wu Yuankai to attack instead of Xiong Tiesheng had his deep meaning. He had already seen that Xiong Tiesheng had never lost a battle, so he felt that he was ahead of Wu Yuankai and wanted to be the first in everything.Moreover, this Xiong Tiesheng was eager to fight, clamoring every day to go out of the city to deal with the Japanese army.

Lin Yuan came up with a plan and asked Wu Yuankai to go out of the city to attack. Sure enough, this order made Xiong Tiesheng furious. He found Lin Yuan and said angrily, "Master Lin, why did you let that defeated general go out of the city to meet the enemy!"

Lin Yuan deliberately ignored him, calling for people to deploy the city defense, looking very busy, guessing that Wu Yuankai was about to fight the Japanese army, so he said, "Aren't you worried that Mr. Xiong will be in danger in front of the devils?"

Xiong Tie was so angry that his face turned purple, and said angrily: "Are you saying that I am not as good as Wu Yuankai?"

Lin Yuan saw that the method of provoking generals had been accomplished, so he said, "Then please ask General Xiong to leave the city from the south gate and attack the Japanese army at the gap."

Xiong Tiesheng held back his strength to compete with Wu Yuankai, so he took his orders excitedly, and went out of the city from the south gate, just in time to bump into the retreating Japanese army. When the Japanese army saw that they were in an ambush, the retreat immediately turned into a rout. Nogi Xidian rushed to the position where he was.