Chapter 849: Suwon Bridge Incident
Suwon Bridge. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This is a stone bridge that lies across the narrowest section of the Taedong River, and according to Goryeo historical records, Suwon Bridge has a long history, which is 300 years old, which is as long as the founding of the Daeyu Kingdom.
And because of the barrier of this river, there are only two ways to get from Haegu City to Suwon City, one is from the sea, and the other is this Suwon Bridge.
It can be said that it is the only way to pass through the north and south of Goryeo.
After receiving Xiao Ming's order to expel the Japanese Invaders, Ye Qingyun's first thought was to take this stone bridge, otherwise the army's southward movement would be blocked.
"Commander, the stone bridge has been occupied by the Japanese Invaders, you see."
Qu Dong, commander of the Second Army of Huben, pointed in the direction of Suwon Bridge and said that there are now many Japanese soldiers with flintlock pistols patrolling the bridge.
Ye Qingyun picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and nodded slightly.
"Commander, the news of the secret guard is very clear, the firearms used by the Japanese are only equivalent to the smoothbore flintlock pistols we used before, and they cannot compete with our conquest muskets at all, and the Japanese lack of cavalry, which are basically infantry, and the artillery is even inferior, so it is completely possible to boldly attack under such a gap." Qu Dong analyzed.
"I think so too, let's just take the bridge, there's no need to be polite to the Japanese Kou." Ye Qingyun agreed with Qu Dong's words.
This young general graduated from the Qingzhou Army Academy and performed well in the process of attacking Liaozhou, and he was very important.
Because he was ashamed of himself when it came to firearms and the tactical application of the army.
Qu Dong nodded when he heard this, now they are still eight miles away from the stone bridge, and they can reach it in half an hour on a normal march.
After getting Ye Qingyun's affirmation, he led a thousand pioneers to break away from the team and speed up towards the stone bridge.
When they were 500 meters away from the stone bridge, the Japanese who were guarding the Suwon Bridge recognized that this was the army of the Great Yu Kingdom, and they shouted one after another, and the Japanese who were scattered on the Suwon Bridge quickly assembled, gathered into a horizontal formation at the other end of the bridge, and aimed their guns at the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom who were walking towards them, and at the same time, a cavalry galloped towards the Suwon City.
Qu Dong and the soldiers stopped at the other end of the Suwon Bridge, and the distance between them and the Japanese was kept at a distance of one hundred and fifty meters.
At this distance, they could crush the musketeers of the Wokos, who were little of a threat to them with their smoothbore flintlock pistols.
"Who are you and what do you want to do?"
When the two sides were at a stalemate, a widow walked to the middle of the bridge and questioned Qu Dong, looking domineering.
In the Wa Kingdom, Yamada Nobunaga has been scandalizing the image of the Great Yu Kingdom, calling the people of the Great Yu Kingdom a lowly race, and the people of Xuancheng Dayu are not worthy of living in the vast Central Plains, and even told him that among his soldiers should have been the Wa Kingdom.
Because of this propaganda, the Japanese people despised the people of Dayu, and the one-sided Goryeo War made them even more arrogant.
Although they repeatedly suffered defeats in the Ryukyus and at sea, they attributed the reasons for their failures to individuals rather than to being left behind by the Great Yu Kingdom as a whole.
"We are soldiers of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, we have come to look for our lost soldiers, you should get out of the way now, we will go to Suwon City to search." Qu Dong casually made up a reason.
"Are you crazy? How can there be a lost soldier of the Great Yu Kingdom here, get out of here, otherwise we will let you understand the power of firearms. ”
The Japanese soldier shouted that he had followed pirates to the coast of Dayu to plunder, so he knew some Dayu dialect.
Qu Dong sneered: "Are you deaf? If we can't find soldiers, we won't go back, let your men bypass the road, otherwise I will think that you are declaring war on the Great Yu Kingdom!" ”
The soldiers of the Japanese Kingdom were stunned for a moment, and Qu Dong's big hat was covered and he was a little overwhelmed for a moment, before the barbarians were driven out of the Kanto region, they had a war plan against the ancient city of Hai.
However, because the barbarians had failed too quickly, they shelved the plan and waited for orders from within the country, while strengthening their occupation of Goryeo.
Now that the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom appeared here, he had a premonition that he had been ominous, and after hesitating, he immediately ran to the other end of the bridge, obviously, they would not give way to the road.
"Fire!"
Qu Dong then gave the order, and a thousand soldiers in a horizontal line began to shoot across the bridge.
"Bang bang......" A continuous burst of gunfire rang out, and white smoke and flames came out of the caption muskets, and the Japanese on the opposite side suddenly fell down in a row.
At this distance, the Musket showed excellent range and accuracy, with almost a quarter of the bullets hitting the opponent.
The Japanese army on the other side of the river was stunned, and they were waiting for the soldiers of the Great Yu State to come to them, and they would counterattack according to the method of array warfare.
But the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom clearly violated their accustomed methods of warfare and attacked beyond the range of their muskets.
"Bang ......"
Before the Japanese soldiers could react, there was another volley from across the bridge, followed by a third salvo.
The continuous firepower caused heavy losses to the Japanese soldiers who were lined up in a dense formation, and more than 500 people fell in an instant, and more than 200 people fell in an instant.
"Rush over, rush over!"
The samurai of the Wa Kingdom, who commanded the musket team, realized that the situation was not right, and immediately rushed over to the white-knuckle battle with a shout, because they would not be able to kill a single person if they were wiped out in this way.
It's just that he just shouted a sentence when he suddenly felt a heat in his chest, and when he looked down, he saw blood gushing out.
Across the bridge, a sharpshooter smiled.
Since the excellent performance of the sharpshooters in Jinzhou City, each division is now equipped with a certain number of sharpshooters to shoot and kill important people on the other side.
Qu Dong had been observing the battle situation, and he found that the Japanese had not retreated for a long time after suffering heavy losses, and the remaining soldiers rushed towards them as if they were not dying.
"This is the Woko's onboard charge?" Qu Dong frowned.
They had come into contact with many Goryeo generals in Haegugu, and they had always had a fear of fighting the Japanese invaders, because they were not only powerful in firearms, but would not surrender even when they were at a disadvantage, but would instead rush at them like a suicide.
In many cases, the victory in front of them was defeated by the Japanese in this way, and because the Japanese would shout "onboard" when they charged, the Goryeo people called it a board charge.
"Kill! Not a single one to stay! Qu Dong coldly gave the order.
In the battle against the barbarians, he came to the conclusion that the more barbaric this method of warfare, the more they had to fight back in a more brutal way, otherwise there was no way to bring the other side to its knees.
This is true of the barbarians, and it seems that so are the Japanese now.
Under the continuous gunfire, the front of the Japanese soldiers fell, and the back continued to pounce, and the distance of 150 meters was quickly crossed.
At this time, the remaining dozen or so soldiers drew their katana and slashed at the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom, but they underestimated the hand-to-hand combat ability of the soldiers of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.
The soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom in the front row raised their bayonets, and a stab quickly pierced the hearts of the Japanese soldiers, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers fell one by one.