Chapter 086 Artillery

The turbid flood roared all the way, and Ancheng crossed both sides and was silent. Even the birds flying over the jungle stopped noise.

On the north bank, all the Japanese troops hiding under the mountains, rocks and vegetation stood up and saluted 180 Japanese officers and soldiers who were flooded on the beach.

Yao Xi shouted, "Master, shoot, the little Japan on the other side is dead!"

Zhou Charter stood up with a blank face, gave a standard military salute to the beach, and said in a low voice, "Withdraw!"

The Battle of Anchengdu was a small encounter. It was the first battle between the armies of the Qing Dynasty and Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. Historical records, 20 people were killed in the Qing army and 25 people were killed in the Japanese army.

And Zhou Charter's Battle of Anchengdu changed history.

A small team of 25 people, seven people were killed and 224 people were annihilated. This small encounter turned into a great victory.

The butterfly effect of history begins here.

As soon as the team withdrew from the highlands, the highlands were covered by overwhelming gunfire. The highlands became a sea of fire.

The rain has stopped.

The main force of the Japanese army arrived at Anchengdu.

The bridge was destroyed by the flood, but a small river could not stop the Japanese army from advancing at all.

The Japanese army of Meiji Restoration has become a modern army with multi- arms of collaborative combat capability, and their engineering troops will soon be able to build several floating bridges on the river.

And the Qing army did not have the engineering army.

Zhou Charter converges with Zhao Xiaoman in the southeast of the highlands.

Zhao Xiaoman wiped the rain on his face and saluted Zhou Charter: "Master, more than 100 little Japan has been drowned, but..."

"Just what?"

"Master, this is too harmful to morality." Zhao Xiaoman couldn't bear it.

Zhou Charter glanced at the burning high ground and patted Zhao Xiaoman's thin shoulder: "I asked you to do it! What will be damaged is my virtue. If I don't do your business, the Lord of Hell will not come to you.

"Master, if the Lord of Hell comes down, I won't be afraid!" Son of a bitch, you deserve it!" Zhao Xiaoman held his head high and said, "However, sir, this gun is too unpleasant to use."

Zhao Xiaoman carried a musket, about the same height as him, and it was too difficult to use.

"I'll find you a pistol when I get back!"

"Mr. Xie!"

An hour later, the team returned to Niu Xie.

The news of the victory in Ancheng quickly spread all over the positions of the Qing army. The generals of Wuyi's army were jubilant and morale was high. Even the 500 demoralized former training army of Zhangzi Camp was encouraged, and the military spirit was temporarily stabilized, which was exactly what Zhou Charter needed.

However, the Battle of Anchengdu covered up the weakness and backwardness of the Qing army.

The more than 180 Japanese officers and soldiers who regarded him as dead made Zhou Charter appreciate the horror of the Japanese army!

Modern equipment, good training, high morale, strict discipline, iron-blooded spirit, the Japanese army seems to have taken over.

But the Qing army is not as good as others!

What's worse is that in Chenghuan, the Qing army still occupies an absolute military disadvantage.

The Japanese army that participated in the attack on Chenghuan had at least 8,000 mixed brigades of Yoshimasa Oshima. It is unknown whether the main force of the Third Division and the Fifth Division participated in the attack.

There are only 1,500 people in the Qing army.

Zhou Charter knew that the upcoming battle would be extremely tragic. However, neither the Wuyi Army nor the officers and soldiers of Zhangzi Battalion were psychologically prepared for this.

Anchengdu's victory improved their morale and blinded their eyes.

However, Zhou Charter would rather be blinded - there is nothing they can do. If morale collapses again, this battle will not be fought.

Zhou Charter quickly commanded Zhangzi Battalion to deploy in Niu Xie to prepare to meet the enemy.

The main position of the Qing army was Yuefeng Mountain, and Nie Shicheng personally sat in the town. Yuefeng Mountain is 150 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak near Chenghuan and overlooks Chenghuan City. In Nanshan, behind the side of Yuefeng Mountain, there is a hill, which is a horn with Yuefeng Mountain and respond to each other.

Niu Xili is on the throat road from Chenghuan to Tian'an. The terrain is steep, which is the only retreat of the Qing army. As long as Niu Xili is in the hands of the Qing army, the Qing army can withdraw from Niu Xieli to Tian'an and meet with Ye Zhichao.

In order to ensure the safety of Niu Xieli, Nie Shicheng deployed 8 7.5cm German Krper wild guns in Niu Xieli. The task of Zhangzi Camp is to ensure the safety of these 8 wild guns.

Nie Shicheng has no hope for the Zhangzi camp, who was born in the training army. The army has fled from the battalion officer to the sentry chief. Even if Zhou Charter, the new battalion officer, has two subordinates, the soldiers are useless and can expect Zhou Charter to do anything.

Therefore, Nie Shicheng sent another 200 people of Wuyi's army to be responsible for the defense of Niu Xieli, and there was only one task for Zhou Charter to protect the cannon.

Nie Shicheng deployed 8 cannons on the commanding height of Niu Xieli, and the five kilometers radius is covered by wild artillery. It can not only control the road to Tian'an, but also provide artillery support for Yuefeng Mountain and Nanshan. Nie Shicheng is very satisfied with this deployment.

Zhou Charter has readjusted the Zhangzi camp. Zhangzi Camp originally had three sentries, each with about 150 people. There were 170 new sentries formed by the footman, and Zhao Xiaoman, the sentry commander. The remaining more than 300 people were divided into two sentries, each with 150 people. The first sentry chief Nahawu, and the second sentry chief Lai Chuanwu. Yao Xi continued to be an adjutant for Zhou Charter.

Naha was promoted to official, and his face was full of smiles. He was grateful to Zhou Charter and vowed to go up to the mountain of fire for Zhou Charter, and he was endlessly talk.

However, Lai Chuanwu was expressionless and just said "Mr. Xie" and took his sentry to build a position.

The endless flattery made Zhou Charter upset, while Lai Chuanwu's indifference made Zhou Charter faintly worried.

Lai Chuanwu has some skills, and his marksmanship and tactical literacy are excellent. This can be said to be rare in the army. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhou Charter couldn't believe that there was such a number one figure hidden in Ye Zhichao's team.

Lai Chuanwu has an unruly body. People who have the ability have a temper, which is understandable by Zhou Charter. However, Zhou Charter always feels that there is an unpredictable mystery on Lai Chuanwu's body. With Lai Chuanwu's ability and temper, how can he be willing to be a soldier in the army? This guy is more than enough to be a battalion officer.

Zhou Charter secretly inquired about the details of Lai Chuanwu. Unexpectedly, the soldiers in the camp only knew that he was a Zhili person, and the other information was zero.

In the face of the great enemy, Zhou Charter has no time to explore the details of Lai Chuanwu. As long as this guy can fight well, let's talk about the rest later.

According to Nie Shicheng's order, Zhou Charter deployed Nahawu's first sentry on the right side of the field artillery position, Lai Chuanwu's second sentry on the left side, and he took Zhao Xiaoman's new sentry to respond.

In fact, Zhou Charter has no hope for the first and second sentries. Once these two sentries are attacked by the Japanese, they are likely to collapse without a fight.

The only new army formed by this footman can coexist with the wild artillery position.

After a busy day, the position arrangement stopped, and it was past midnight.

Zhou Charter patrolled the position before he returned to his tent by the moonlight and lay down to take a nap for a while.

I don't know how long I slept, but I heard sporadic gunshots from outside the camp.

Zhou Charter jumped up and shouted, "Yao Xi, where is the gunfire?"

Yao Xi ran in from outside the tent: "Master, it's Baolian Mountain. Our army and the leading troops of the Japanese army caught fire. Baolian Mountain is still far away from us. Master, you can sleep a little longer.

"Gleep! Something big has happened!" Zhou Charter shouted and rushed out of the camp.

Zhou Charter took a big step and ran to the field artillery position. Yao Xi followed him closely with more than 20 personal soldiers, who were all footmen selected from Zhao Xiaoman's new army sentries.

In the distance, the sound of gunfire in the direction of Baolian Mountain was sparse, which should be an encounter between a small group of troops. After a while, the sound of gunfire fell silent and the two sides broke away from contact.

The silence will not be too long, and it won't take long for the deafening sound of gunfire.

The Japanese army is investigating with fire! A large-scale attack is about to begin.

On the field artillery position, 8 wild guns were lined up, and the black cannons were aimed at the direction of Yuefeng Mountain, which was the main direction of the Japanese army.

More than 100 Qing artillery soldiers are in place, and they are still full of energy. In the Qing army, artillery was a new army and a high-tech service. It enjoyed higher treatment than infantry, and its overall quality was higher than that of infantry. Therefore, the field artillery positions are well organized, and the soldiers are in order.

The artilleryman ran over with Luo Mingfang and arched his hand and said, "Lord Zhou came here late at night. What advice do you have?"

Zhou Charter was stunned and realized that he is now the president of the sixth grade, an intermediate general, and can be called an "adult".

Thinking that Zhou Charter escaped from death on the canal beach, Feng Guozhang called himself "adult" in front of Zhou Charter. Forced to coax, but I didn't expect that after a year, Zhou Charter became a real "adult", and Feng Guozhang was still a seventh-grade cavalry lieutenant, which made Feng Guozhang embarrassed.

The artilleryman took Luo Mingfang 28 years old, with a white face and clear eyes. He graduated from the second phase of the Artillery Department of Tianjin Military Academy, and is regarded as Zhou Charter's brother. Luo Mingfang, the artillery belt, is the same as Zhou Charter, who is from the sixth grade, and is also an adult.

Zhou Charter arched his hand and said, "Luo Guandai, please immediately transfer the wild cannon to the opposite Fangzhu Mountain!"

Luo Mingfang's eyes widened, stunned for a long time, and said, "Why?"

Zhou Charter said, "The main offensive direction of the Japanese army is Yuefeng Mountain and Nanshanli!"

Luo Mingfang laughed and said, "Lord Zhou, you are from the infantry department. It's understandable that you don't know how to make artillery. The range of the Krupp's wild guns is 5 kilometers, and the cattle can completely cover Yuefeng Mountain and Nanshanli."

"However, the shells fired from here cannot cover Baolian Mountain behind Yuefeng Mountain, which happens to be a shelling dead corner."

"Baolian Mountain?" Luo Mingfang was shocked and then smiled and said, "Lord Zhou has filtered it. Baolian Mountain is not the defensive range of our army."