Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Lin Yuan lived with Ye Zhichao for a day. During this day, Ye Zhichao raced against time to collect the remnants. Lin Yuan kept talking with the Beijing ship almost all the time. From the call, he learned that the soldiers on the ship had high morale and were ready to fight at any time. Attack the Japanese army.

The marines have all gone ashore. While guarding the prisoners of the United Fleet, they are training the rescued Qing prisoners of war. Lin Yuan understands that the biggest difficulty now is that there are too few personnel available for land warfare. A total of 143 Qing prisoners of war have been rescued. , but most of them are injured.

After Lin Yuan issued the combat order, the carrier-based air force carried out uninterrupted air strikes on various military targets of the Japanese army. Under the monitoring of the early warning aircraft, the Japanese army's telegraph machine would be destroyed as soon as it was turned on. Therefore, the Japanese army and the outside world The contact with the Japanese army has been basically interrupted; the carrier-based air force has also carried out blanket destruction of the Japanese artillery and other heavy weapons.

It was already September, and on this day, news came from the Qing court that Song Qing, the admiral of Sichuan, was appointed to assist in Beiyang military affairs and led his Yi army to garrison Jiulian City.Song Qing bestowed the title of "Yiyong Batulu" for his meritorious service in fighting the Taiping Army and the Nian Army, so the army under him was called the Yi Army.

Although Song Qing's official title is Admiral of Sichuan, his Yi army was stationed in Lushun.Everyone knows that when the Qing army entered the customs, it relied on the soldiers of the Eight Banners. After the soldiers of the Eight Banners entered the customs, they soon fell in love with the life of young masters carrying cages and birds. So when Kangxi pacified San Francisco, they relied mainly on the Han people. The green battalion army, this time is 1673 AD, until the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising in 1850, after 200 years of peace, the green battalion army could not be used anymore, so the Qing government had to rely on the armed forces of the landlords, that is, the Xiangtuan, Yongying, everyone They are very familiar with the Hunan Army and the Huai Army. Song Qing is one of them. In order to give these people an organization, they arrange across regions. Therefore, even though Song Qing is stationed in Lushun, his official position is the admiral of Sichuan.

Ye Zhichao knew the meaning of the Qing court very well, and appointed Song Qing to assist in Beiyang military affairs and garrison Jiulian City, instead of assisting himself in defending, that is to say, the court was going to use his own knife to calm the words of the rumor officials and let Lafayette celebrate his birthday with peace of mind. Let Emperor Guangxu be a filial son.So Ye Zhichao led his troops to Yizhou at noon on September 9st.

Lin Yuan followed Ye Zhichao to Yizhou. Yizhou already knew the news of Pyongyang's defeat. The defenders in the city were in danger and were ready to withdraw across the Yalu River and return to China at any time. With the return of the coach, the defenders in the city calmed down a little.

After Ye Zhichao arrived in Yizhou, he immediately held a combat meeting, and Lin Yuan also attended the meeting.

As the saying goes: "Fire cannot be contained in paper." Although the Japanese army was able to block the news of the commander's death, the news that the Incheon Port's grain, grass, and military equipment was blown up was so big that it couldn't be blocked, so Ye Zhichao also heard about it. After hearing the news, he saw that the facts were as Lin Yuan said, and he paid more attention to Lin Yuan.

Those who participated in the meeting were all the commanders of the various troops stationed in Pyongyang. Everyone still had lingering fears about the failure just now, and worried that the court would punish them someday, so they also wanted to do something glorious in Pyongyang. official hat.

The first one to speak was Wei Rugui. Of course Lin Yuan knew him. He was President Sheng Jun (the word here means commander). The numbers of the troops in the Xiangtuanyongying Camp used to be named after the name of the commander in chief. , Sheng Jun's "Sheng" character is taken from the name of the founder Zhou Shengbo, Zhou Shengchuan.

Wei Rugui was later identified as the chief culprit of the defeat and was beheaded at Caishikou in Beijing. Since then, many history books have described him as a sinner of the nation.

During the retreat, Wei Rugui collected remnants all the way, and actually assembled about 5000% of the Sheng army. Therefore, among the several troops, he had the largest number of troops. He said: "It is not easy to fight back to Pyongyang. First of all, it is the military strength. We now have less than 1 troops in all the troops, but there are more than [-] elite Japanese troops stationed in Pyongyang; the second is weapons and equipment. Throw it away, and now the troops are left with rifles."

Through his own observation, Lin Yuan saw that Wei Rugui was a very simple and honest person. He heard from his soldiers that he took the lead in the Battle of Pyongyang and fought bravely, which added a little more respect to him.

Lin Yuan said: "General Wei, don't worry. Now the Japanese army in the city is short of food and clothing, and the high-level generals have been assassinated. If there is no war, there will be chaos, so General Zuo don't have to worry about heavy weapons. The heavy weapons of the Japanese army have been taken by us. The strikes are exhausted, so we don't need any heavy weapons."

Everyone was surprised when they heard this. Ye Zhichao asked: "Mr. Lin just said that the heavy weapons of the Japanese army were completely wiped out by you. I wonder what Mr. Lin meant by that?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I want to say that we came from the 21st century. We have airplanes and missiles. Do you believe it?" So Lin Yuan said: "We have collected high-level hermits from all over North Korea, who can do things that ordinary people can't do. , Assassinating high-ranking Japanese military officials and blowing up Japanese military weapons are all done by these people!"

Although Ye Zhichao didn't believe it, he was willing to believe it from the bottom of his heart, because in this case, he would have a little more chance of winning in taking down Pyongyang, and he would also be able to keep his head.

So Ye Zhichao said: "Then let's discuss how to attack Pyongyang? Everyone knows that when the Japanese army attacked Pyongyang, they achieved a strategic encirclement of Pyongyang in all directions. If we attack from the north, south, and west at the same time, it would be very difficult for them to capture Pyongyang if we hadn’t run out of ammunition and food. Now we want to fight back, and Mudantai cannot be bypassed!”

Everyone present knew that Mudantai was the commanding height on the periphery of Pyongyang, and Pyongyang could be overlooked from here. If artillery were erected on Mudantai, the whole of Pyongyang would be under the attack of artillery fire. This is what the Japanese army did during the Battle of Pyongyang.However, the terrain of Mudantai is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the troops lack heavy weapons. It is simply a whimsical thing to take down Mudantai.

At this time, Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. Why do we have to take down Mudantai? The decisive force in war is people. In this war, we want to attack the vital forces of the Japanese army, that is, to annihilate their people. At that time, Whether it is Mudantai or Pyongyang, or even Incheon and Seoul, they are all in the pocket of our army!"

Wei Rugui said: "It's easy for Mr. Lin to say, but the Japanese army can't hold out. How can we annihilate their people?"

Lin Yuan said: "Everyone is aware of the importance of Mudan Terrace. The Japanese army in the city knows better than us. If our people seize Mudan Terrace, they will definitely invest heavily in taking it back. Our combat goal is——by us Some people seize Mudantai, and when the Japanese army is encircled, you will lead your troops to attack their reinforcements and wipe out the Japanese army in one fell swoop!"

Wei Rugui asked: "Then how did your people seize the Peony Terrace?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "We have our own way of doing this, and we don't need General Wei to worry about it."

Ye Zhichao nodded and said: "This method is very good. We will set off today. When the time comes, we will have a high-level wine meeting in Pyongyang City to celebrate our victory!"

According to Lin Yuan's plan, the Qing army did not carry heavy weapons, but only light weapons and a large amount of food, and they were all cavalry, so they marched very fast. Three days later, at 9 pm on September 23, the main force of the troops arrived. Five kilometers away from Peony Terrace!

When the Japanese soldiers in Pyongyang surrounded Mudantai, the Qing army attacked the Japanese army!

Lin Yuan's communicator rang, and Fade Chen's voice came: "The marines are ready to land, and they can seize the main position of Peony Terrace at any time!"

Lin Yuan calmly issued an order: "Attack according to the plan!"

He looked at the quiet sky, the night was dark, like a silent sea, and he told himself silently: The decisive battle is about to begin!