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In order not to alert the Japanese troops, the mortars that bombarded them came and went, and were completely symbolic, except that the explosion of the shells hitting the ground was real, and on the greenless and incomparably dry yellow-brown plains, these shells blew up one small crater after another, and the explosion made the entire Japanese position gray.

The Japanese artillery, as previously suspected, did not respond to the bombardment of the Baath Army. They were mainly worried about the defenders' field artillery, and of course they were more worried that the defenders would take the opportunity to attack, after all, at this time, their trenches had not been dug, the barbed wire had not been arranged, not a single fortification had been established, and only a small number of troops on the front line were carrying out civil engineering operations, and if the Chinese army launched an attack at this time, the front-line troops could only retreat. But retreat is impossible, not to mention the poor morale of the soldiers after yesterday's tsunami, and even if the morale of the soldiers is not taken into account, it will be diplomatically embarrassing - it is simply a shame for the Great Japanese Army to be repelled by the cowardly and savage Shina Army under the noses of consuls and journalists.

The Japanese only thought about building fortifications, maybe in another hour or an hour and a half, their work might be completed, but the defenders didn't want to cheapen them, at 3:52 p.m., with Li Chengyuan's order, the two hundred and seventy cannons that had been originally placed behind their trenches, and the same number of cannons that had been moved forward to the vicinity of the trenches, suddenly roared after adjusting the coordinates, and the cannons on the back side were aimed at the Japanese soldiers who were digging the trenches and the Japanese infantry farther away, and the cannons at the trenches were aimed at the Japanese artillery— There is no need for test firing. The battlefield is preset and mapped in detail, and the artillery staff officers can arrive at the coordinates as long as they work on the map. Then adjust the elements at a small angle.

After the loud boom, the five hundred and forty cannons fired as if they were not cannonballs. It was an infinitely powerful hand of heaven, and the palm of the hand slammed fiercely on the twelve-kilometer-long Japanese defense line with ancient violence, and at the same time, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and countless gunpowder smoke and fire buried those living and dead Japanese soldiers, which had become a hell of blood and fire, and countless shrapnel and air waves shuttled and collided in it, torturing the dead body and the undead soul. The first round of shelling was only four rapid fires, and after seeing the landing point of your own shells, the airship observation post transmitted the corrected coordinates to the artillery array. Only then did the real shelling begin.

When the renaissance army opened fire, the weather was not so hot, and the consuls and reporters of various countries who were shocked by the sound of the artillery thought that the Japanese army had launched an artillery attack on the Chinese army, and many people went up to the rooftops of the concession to look north. The tsunami caused by the Chinese last night shocked them, and after understanding that the entire concession was not lost, the consuls and admirals understood that it was because the Chinese controlled the scale of the tsunami, which means that they could create a larger tsunami. If so, even if there is no fort at Dagukou. In the future, the coalition forces may not dare to land from Tianjin.

What an evil infidel, the admiral and consul cursed in their hearts. After hearing in the morning that the Japanese army was going to launch an attack on the Chinese, they all expected the Japanese to teach the barbaric infidels a hard lesson, when the cannon from the north rang out. The British Consulate even burst into applause.

The concession is more than 20 kilometers away from Yangcun, and even if you go up to the roof of the building with the help of binoculars, the foreigners can't tell who is firing at whom. They preferred that this was an artillery battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies, and that it was the Japanese suppressing the Chinese. And not the other way around. This was speculation by foreigners in the concession, but the field observation mission was closer to the firefight. What they saw was the complete opposite, the Japanese artillery was suppressed by the Chinese army at the first time, and caused heavy losses, and there were constantly shells exploding in the Japanese artillery positions, plus the Japanese troops who were bombed in front of them crying wolf, and the whole position had become a pot of porridge.

"The Chinese are about to attack." Putting down the binoculars in great confusion, Colonel Baille, the military attache of the British Legation, said gloomily that he had been observing the Revival Army since eight years ago, and he knew about this army.

"Really? Are you sure, George? Several reporters who heard the sound around him asked together, they had never seen more than 500 artillery guns fired at the same time, when the artillery roared, they were all stunned by the intensity of the shelling, several people wore glasses fell to the ground, at this time they came back to their senses and heard Colonel Bai Laile say that the Chinese were about to attack, they were all surprised, is this still the Chinese they know?

"They are no worse than ......" Bai Laile wanted to say that the Chinese army was no worse than the Japanese, and would only be stronger, but considering the face of the allies, he made a small pause here, and then changed his meaning: "Worse than we thought, after all, the Germans sold them a lot of artillery, and these cannons are very lethal." ”

"No, that's not the case." Morrison, who often spoke well for the current government, spoke again, "The Chinese themselves can produce the artillery needed by the army, including six-inch guns, and they can produce them in the military factory in Wuchang." It's just that...... It is difficult to determine how many shells they can make, after all, the legation has imposed a blockade of military supplies on them, what a poor person. ”

"God, fortunately, the legation has imposed a blockade of military supplies, otherwise the Chinese will be even more rampant." Contrary to Morrison's position, Mr. Donald, a reporter for the Far Eastern Times, has no good opinion of the current government, believing that the whole of China is being barbarized, that the people are no longer as tame as before, and that there is a boxing danger.

The reporters fought together, Colonel Bai Laile didn't mind this, he just wanted to see how the army would attack now, in the Liaodong mountain range, because the Fuxing Army did not welcome the observation group, and entering the Japanese observation group was likely to be killed by the snipers of the Fuxing Army, plus it was a trench offensive and defensive battle, so the outside world did not know what level the Chinese army was in. Seeing such a swift and powerful artillery bombardment today, Colonel Bailler suddenly believed that the Baath Army was even stronger than it had been eight years earlier.

According to the establishment of the army, the artillery will always have two or more sets of men, and there are forty-three regular divisions of the Renaissance Army, which are now called up in reserve. Including the five divisions of the third batch, there were only forty-five. The artillery unit divided into two plus trained cadets, the artillery in the entire army system did not decline due to the expansion of the army.

At this time, Colonel Baille only saw that the artillery survey of the Baxing Army was excellent. But most of the recruits of the reserve division in the assault trenches were weak in their hands and feet and their faces were blue. Although these peasants, who had not experienced actual combat, had heard the sound of artillery a few months before, more than 500 cannons were fired at the same time, and there were 270 of them just 100 meters behind the trenches, which only frightened them.

When inspecting the steel helmets, many people were so stiff that they couldn't lift their arms, so that the platoon commander and squad leader who led the team woke them up one by one with sticks, and the situation was slightly better, but there were still a few soldiers who had some problems. They either burrowed back into the cat's ear holes, peed their pants, or tried to run away - but the trench was full of people, and there was no escape.

The reaction of the rookies fell in the eyes of the squad leaders, and they were not surprised. For those very few, it was good that they could be dragged out of the cat's ear hole, and those who cried and thought that they couldn't persuade them to go home, so they were killed in the trench with a pistol. The sound of the gunfire was more piercing than the sound of the cannon, and the soldiers fell headlong as they softened into a puddle of mud. The officer's order was instantaneous, and everyone listened more to it.

"Think about who gave everyone a rent reduction! Think about who gave everyone the tax to be withdrawn! Think of the days when there is hope at home! If you don't work hard, can you eat enough? Can you live without working hard? If you don't work hard, can you glorify your ancestors? Brethren. Behind us is Jingshi! It's the imperial court! It's the emperor! Without the court, without the emperor, can you have a good life? It's all there. Shout with me: 'Defend the King!' ’”

"Defend the Jingshi!" Shooting and persuasion, the recruits finally had some normal reactions.

"Defend the court!" The officers shouted again.

"Defend the court!" It's finally getting louder. The spear in his grip was also more neat.

"Defend the Emperor!" The officers were finally satisfied, and the shouts of the entire trench converged. The sound rose and fell in the sound of the cannonball, but one after another.

"Defend the Emperor!" The louder the voice, the more unison the shouting, the more daring the recruits became.

"Defend the Jingshi!" The slogans came again, and the three sentences arranged by the General Political Department were indeed very effective, and the shouting and shouting aroused the morale of the defenders more and more. Finally, the artillery began to shift amid the shouting, and the artillery behind the trench continued to suppress the Japanese artillery, while the other half of the artillery moved forward to the rear of the Japanese trench a kilometer away to cut off the rest of the Japanese reinforcement front line. At the same time, the trumpets of the charge sounded, and the officers jumped into the trenches and shouted to the soldiers in the trenches: "Brothers, charge! Rush with me! ”

As if they had been beaten with chicken blood, the previously cowardly soldiers were excited by fear, and one by one they jumped onto the trenches and rushed towards the Japanese position. At a distance of a thousand meters, the officer leading the team kept controlling the rhythm so that the recruits would not run too fast at first, and shouted 'pay attention to the formation' as they ran, but obviously, the recruits who only wanted to rush forward could no longer listen to any orders, and they clutched their rifles, wishing they had stabbed those Oriental devils to death earlier.

The soldiers of the 142nd, 143rd, and 144th divisions were in chaos as soon as they got out of the trenches, and many soldiers stuck together as they ran, and some soldiers seemed to have unbalanced left and right feet, and the route they ran out was actually curved. If it weren't for the fact that there were officers with sticks behind them, the soldiers would never have been able to reach the Japanese trenches.

The soldiers stumbled and fell, but fortunately, at this time, the field artillery unit still had some firepower to suppress the Japanese troops in the trenches, and the mortars also hit the fire points of the Japanese troops, so this group of wasp-like rebels was not shot by the Japanese fire. No matter how long the distance of 1,000 meters is, there will finally be a moment when they reach the Japanese trench, and all their artillery suppression has stopped, and the Japanese troops who have recovered from the shock find the revival army coming like a tide, and their first reaction is to jump up from the ground and counter-charge to meet them.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and the officers finally shouted the order to throw the grenade, and only a small number of recruits heard the order to throw the grenade, but the throwing was basically ineffective, and the grenade either missed the head, or did not pull the fuse at all, and did not explode at all. There was no time to curse, 'ahh

Just as grenades do not pull the fuse, the recruits have simply forgotten their usual bayonet skills at this time, and they only instinctively wave the bayonet in their hands in vain, trying to pull away the bayonet from the opposite side. In the screams of the recruits, the Japanese soldiers who did not draw their swords in time were also stabbed by other recruits - no matter how good the soldiers were, they could not prevent the rotation attack of everyone. Soon, the first wave of Japan was overwhelmed by the flood of recruits from the Renaissance Army.

The enemy had been eliminated so quickly, and the fatigue and gore had finally brought the recruits back to their senses. Under the orders and leadership of the officers, the second wave of Japanese troops was easier to deal with, a few, a dozen recruits surrounded a Japanese army, only to stab it all over the body before everyone would stop, more than 20 minutes of fighting, the Japanese troops in the trench were either killed, or fled, looking at the Japanese troops who fled far away, after the officers stopped the pursuit. There was no need for anyone to lead, and the recruits all shouted.

The people of China actually dared to take the initiative! The big Japanese soldiers actually wolf bèi retreat! When the news reached the Zhili Headquarters, the staff officers were incredulous. Isn't the intelligence reversed?

"That's the way it is." Combat staff officer Kinoshita Uzaburo said stubbornly: "Our artillery is suppressed by the Shina army, and the charging Shina army cannot be shelled, and the front-line soldiers are blocked by the artillery fire of the Shina army, and the soldiers in the rear cannot come forward to support at all......"

"The reinforcements are also ineffective, the artillery was actually suppressed by the china, and it is useless for the infantry to go up." The chief of staff, Shigeta Fujii, was a little discouraged, and the first army, which had always been cautious, actually suffered two losses in a row at the hands of the Shina army. I don't know if it's because I'm too careless, or if the Chinese army is too brave.

"Your Excellency, our army has only four divisions, and the Chinese army is likely to have more than fifteen divisions. It would be better for me to build yì troops and retreat to Tianjin. Deputy Chief of Staff Songshi said that it was common in the Japanese army to raise the opponent to save face after defeat, and he said this. The hearts of the generals present suddenly felt a little relaxed.

"No way!" Kuroki Weizhen vetoed his Jianyì, and the first battle of Naoli was not just a matter of morale. It's even a matter of face, but the lords of the base camp hope to send troops to occupy Beijing before the Tianchang Festival. If you really get entangled with the Chinese army. I'm afraid it's the same as the Liaodong side, fighting an endless trench war. "Send the 9th and 15th divisions to reinforce immediately, and there are ......" Kuroki glanced at Major General Watanabe Iwanosuke, commander of the field heavy artillery unit, "The attack of the Shina people is based on artillery suppression, and the field heavy artillery wing should immediately enter the battlefield to suppress the artillery fire of the Shina army and cover the troops to recapture the front-line positions!" ”

The artillery of the Chinese Army was deeply tabooed by the Japanese army after the first battle of Liaodong, and it was because of this landing in Zhili that the Manchurian Army Headquarters specially organized a field heavy artillery unit. Unlike the Liaodong side, the ministry was not equipped with the 280mm howitzers used in the Russo-Japanese War before, but was equipped with the faster rate of fire of the 45 type 240mm howitzer and the 38 type 150mm howitzer, in addition to the large-caliber howitzer, the ministry also had two heavy artillery wings equipped with the 38 type 105mm cannon and the 45 type 150mm cannon.

Not to mention the power of these four types of artillery, except for the Type 38 150mm howitzer, the other three types of artillery have a firing range of more than 10 kilometers, and the farthest Type 45 150mm cannon has a maximum charge range of 15 kilometers, which is nearly double that of the field artillery of the Fuxing Army. With such a powerful heavy artillery unit, the Japanese army was determined to capture Beijing.

"Hay!" Major General Watanabe Iwanosuke wanted to laugh at the deputy chief of staff who had returned to Tianjin to garrison, but when he heard that the commander Kuroki had arranged such an arrangement, his expression was suddenly excited, and he said: "Your Excellency, the Chinese army has airships as observations, and our army can only use cannons to suppress its artillery, but the lightest 38-type 105mm cannon ranks weigh more than three tons, and now the roads north of Tianjin have been destroyed by the Chinese army, and if you want to transport cannons to the front line, you can only use the Guò railway ......"

Rear Admiral Watanabe apparently wanted to figure out how to transport heavy artillery by the Guò railway, but according to the agreement between the legation and China and Japan, the use of the Beijing-Tianjin railway by both sides could not affect its normal trains. If you want to use the railway to transport heavy artillery, it is very likely to collide with the train coming from Beijing, and even if it does not collide, it will affect the arrival of the train, so Watanabe hopes that the commander can clear up with the consular corps about the transfer of heavy artillery to the front line.

"Yes!" Admiral Kuroki replied in the affirmative after meditating in his heart. "I'll let Matsudaira-kun handle this."

"Hay!" Watanabe Iwanosuke shouted louder, stood up and bowed slightly to the people in the headquarters before withdrawing.

When the Japanese heavy artillery unit was transferred to the front line, the recruits who had retreated to the defensive line were noisy in the trenches, and the thrill of the first assault and the first killing still made them energetic, but after the summary meeting began, the officers, who were different from the excitement of the recruits, began with a scolding. Even the best soldiers were faulted by them, and then cooled down with the excitement of the recruits. They pointed out everyone's shortcomings one by one, and finally praised them again before announcing the end of the summary meeting.

In fact, no matter how you say it, the tactics are fake and useless. For a recruit to become a veteran, the most important thing is not to panic. But how can we not panic on the battlefield where there is a lot of artillery fire and screams? This can only be eliminated by tempering again and again, or by brutal combat, and only those who are not flustered on the battlefield can comprehend and master the formation, tactics, coordination, and coordination of all kinds of things that infantry need to master. Despite the facts, the former commander and the North China Theater Command still figured out a good start, reducing their casualties while speeding up the maturity of new recruits, and the starting point was good, but they did not want this attack for the purpose of training to lead to a major battle that was not expected by both sides.

In fact, the heavy artillery units of the Japanese army have long been installed on the train. These guys suffered a tsunami yesterday, but their heavy bodies left them unscathed. Following the order of Major General Watanabe, the field heavy artillery wing moved forward at the same time, retreated to the Japanese position three kilometers away, and several artillery balloons were raised.

Standing on one of the balloons, Wing Commander Arikawa Eagle Ichikasa held a high-powered telescope and looked at the defense line of the Shina Army, which was different from what he saw in Liaodong. The defense line of the China Army on the opposite side is clear and complete, the first offensive trench is followed by the roof-shaped barbed wire fence that China is accustomed to, and then the second trench is a few tens of meters, which is the main defense line of the China Army. It has the unique zigzag bend of the Chinese military trench. Trenches surrounded the entire county seat of Wuqing from both sides of the railway. This main line of defense is not only long, but it is not isolated. It has countless longitudinal trenches on its body, leading all the way to the county seat of Wuqing. It was not until the moat of the county seat that it was stopped. Nakasa visited the trenches and observed the old city walls of the county seat. There were no defenses on the city walls, only a red Baath Army flag waving in the wind.

Because of the obstruction of the city wall, the sight of Arikawa Eagle Ichiza was blocked here, but even so, he was amazed at the huge strength of the entire Chinese military fortifications, especially the distance between the main trench and the county seat, during which there were countless protrusions and depressions, if nothing else, it must be the firepower of the second line of defense of the Chinese army.

After carefully looking at the entire trench system, Arikawa Naka began to look for the artillery of the Chinese army, judging by the momentum of the shelling just now, the defenders had at least 400 to 500 cannons, and where were these artillery guns hidden in the nearly 20-kilometer defense line.

When Arikawa was looking for the artillery of the Fuxing Army with his eyes wide open, the soldiers in the hanging basket suddenly shouted: "Flying plane! Airplane! ”

Flying plane is the Japanese name for airplanes in this era, Nakasa heard that there was a flying plane, put down the telescope and saw a slowly swallowing canvas plane flying in the distance, it was so slow that it waited for a while before approaching.

The airship is a flying machine that the soldiers on both sides are familiar with, but the airplane is still rare, especially the soldiers of the Renaissance Army, who thought that they only had airships, they saw their own more amazing planes, and the soldiers in the trenches shouted and shouted, while the Japanese soldiers knew that this was not their own plane, but no one fired at all, but like looking at a diorama, hoping that the plane could fly closer.

Under the attention of hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield, the air sergeant who piloted the plane was not excited at all, but was deeply ashamed of himself for getting such a backward plane, because his flight had no tricks at all, that is, he flew directly to the Japanese artillery balloon a few hundred meters away and began to circle around, and the machine gun that had not been seen before was erected in the rear cabin, and with the operation of another pilot, the machine gun '......bang bang bang' howl, which startled the spectators on the ground.

The machine gunners were well trained, and just before the Japanese soldiers could raise their guns and shoot at the plane, the balloon on which Arikawa Eagle was sitting was burst, and the special bullet ignited the hydrogen gas in the balloon, so there were several terrible screams, and the hanging basket was smashed down.

An observation balloon was solved, and before the Japanese army could react, the second and third balloons were also hit into a volley and caught fire, and ten minutes later, all the observation balloons on the Japanese position were shot down, and it seemed that the task was finally completed. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)