Chapter 174 Sea of Fire

Lai Chuanwu's 201 battalion, the vanguard of the second regiment's counterattack force, successfully crossed the Qiaochuan River, and the Japanese army on the south coast took the initiative to retreat, and the resistance was greatly weakened.

This shows that the Japanese mixed brigade has been in a mess.

This is the first time that the Japanese army has taken the initiative to retreat since the war between the Qing Dynasty and Japan.

This is also the first time that the Qing army has occupied the initiative of the battlefield.

Lai Chuanwu, a top student at the German Army University, immediately saw the fighters in it.

Can the Qing army really annihilate a full-based mixed brigade?

On the south bank of the bridge and Sichuan River, although the resistance of the Japanese army was sparse, it was extremely tenacious. Obviously, the second regiment of the mixed brigade has been ordered to retreat, leaving only a small number of troops behind. These Japanese soldiers who were ordered to be scattered in the reef jungle on the river bank. They were well-trained and morale, and they did not panic at all because of the retreat of the main force.

In front of each position of the Japanese scattered sentry, the bodies of several or even more than a dozen Zhang soldiers fell.

"Damn, it's fucking hard!" Lai Chuanwu scolded. An idea suddenly flashed in his mind, and a cold sweat came out all over his body - how could the first Japanese army stationed in Pyongyang sit idly by and watch the collapse of the mixed brigade?

It was common in the Qing army to see the defeat of friendly troops and not be saved. Such cases are common in the battle with the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army. It is no wonder that there is no national army in the Qing Dynasty, and all the combat troops of the Qing army are private armies of generals. Who wants to push their people into the fire?

However, the Japanese army is a modern national army! Officers and soldiers have a high sense of national honor and cohesion.

The First Army will never sit back and watch the collapse of the mixed brigade!

If this is the case, Zhou Charter can only save himself to dig the grave for the mixed brigade!

Lai Chuanwu couldn't help but feel a chill. According to the will of the old Buddha, Zhou Charter is his enemy, but if Zhou Charter falls into a desperate situation, Lai Chuanwu is still extremely frustrated.

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At 11 o'clock, Anzhou Guanhai Tower Fortress South Fort.

Hannagan lay behind a low wall with a pale face.

There was a sea of fire in front of him.

Between the low wall and the south fort, there are several streets and alleys, and the streets and alleys are full of residential houses. Most of the North Korean houses are civil structures, walls made of earth and thatched roofs. This kind of building is very easy to catch fire, and the fire is very easy to spread.

The Japanese army on the fort fired grenades at the residential area, igniting the residential area.

All the houses within 400 meters caught fire and became a big fire, and this fire was the only way for Zhang Jun to attack the south fort.

These burning houses, which should have been the bunker launched by Zhang Jun, have now become a fire barrier.

However, under the strict order of Zhou Charter, Zhang Jun's soldiers still wore wet quilts and rushed into the fire without hesitation, launching rounds of attacks on the south fort.

The wet quilt was immediately dried and ignited by the fire. Some soldiers hid in the sea of fire, and more soldiers still rushed to the south fort. With burning flames on their bodies, they tried to climb the chest wall of the fort with their bare hands, but were immediately shot by the Japanese army on the fort. Under the fort, Zhang's soldiers were killed and injured.

"This is not a war! This is a massacre!" Hannagan shouted in despair.

Guanhailou Fortress is composed of the main position of Guanhailou and the north-south forts. The three positions are horns of each other and respond to each other. In particular, the Japanese army deployed 7cm wild guns on the north and south forts, providing strong fire support for Guanhai Tower and forming a huge blockade area. If you want to break through the Guanhai Tower Fortress, you must first break through the fort, break its wings, and then launch a strong attack on the main position of Guanhai Tower based on the fort.

Zhou Charter ordered the two battalions to launch a strong attack on the north and south forts at the same time. Originally, with Zhang's army's strength, it should not be divided to attack, but should hit the superior force and attack it. However, the area of Guanhai Tower Fortress is not large, and the wild guns on the north and south forts can support each other. If the troops attack a fort, the wild guns on the other forts can give full play to the power of artillery fire and cause huge casualties to the attacking troops. The only way is to attack on both sides at the same time, and the short soldiers meet each other, making it difficult to exert the artillery power of the wild artillery.

The surrounding terrain of the North Battery is open and the distribution of residential houses is relatively scattered, which is extremely unfavorable to the attacking side. Below the south fort is a dense residential house, which is easy to hide on the attacking side. Based on this consideration, Hannagan suggested that he lead the poorly equipped 401 battalion to attack the South Fort, while Zhou Charter led the well-equipped division's direct battalion to attack the North Fort.

Zhou Charter had no objection to this, and the battle soon began.

However, as soon as the Japanese cannon sounded, the houses under the southern fort became a sea of fire. The blazing fire engulfed the residential area and the 401 battalion. The soldiers who rushed into the residential area were quickly burned into roast chickens.

The hopeless attack continued. The soldiers of the 401 battalion rushed into the fire one after another. They were either swallowed up by the fire or killed by the Japanese army under the fort.

The German army will never fight such a battle!

Hannagan ordered to stop the attack.

However, when the officers and soldiers of the 401 battalion had just exited from the fire, a combat staff officer of the division came to Hannagan with flames and conveyed Zhou Charter's order: "Initiate an uninterrupted attack immediately until the fort is captured!"

"Dog. Mother-in-law! Uninterrupted attack! This is not an attack, but a fuel!" Hannagan stared with blue eyes and shouted.

" Chief of Staff, please carry out the division commander's order!" The combat staff said, "The division commander said that if you don't carry out the order, he will report to the court and send you back to Germany!"

"God! This is ** naked threat!" Hannagan was furious. The German Hannagan was not afraid of anything, but afraid that the Qing Dynasty would send him back to Germany. In Germany, no one looks up to him as a retired captain, and he can only be defeated all his life. In the Qing Dynasty, he was a second-grade member of the imperial court. From the emperor to the common people, he respected him very much, and he could even call for wind and rain.

Hannagan had no choice but to give the offensive order, and Battalion 401 rushed into the sea of fire again.

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On the west side of the North Fort, Zhou Charter leaned under an old elm tree, raised a Type 88 rifle, aimed and shot. On the fort, a blood mist appeared on the head of a Japanese soldier and fell off the fort.

The Type 88 rifle is the predecessor of Hanyang. Zhou Charter is in his hand, which is better than the original 19

88 Committee rifles are still in hand.

There were no streets and alleys on the west side of the North Fort, and there was no fire. However, the offensive forces were completely exposed to an open area and were accurately shot by Japanese artillery fire and rifles, causing heavy casualties.

Feng Guozhang ran to Zhou Charter angrily.

"What are you doing here?" Zhou Charter shouted, "Go back to your position!"

"Brother, one of my assaults is about to be reimbursed!" Feng Guozhang shouted with a sad face, "These little Japanese are too cruel, and the shooting method is accurate, I..."

"Go back!" Zhou Charter shouted, "If one company is reimbursed, then another company will be reimbursed, and the soldiers will be reimbursed, and you will fucking go up!"

Feng Guozhang's tears are about to come down: "Brother, if we continue to fight like this, my direct battalion will be seedless!"

"Zhang Xun's third regiment is out of seed! One group has been shot up. Why are you howling?"

"Brother, let's wait until dark..."

"Bulls!" Zhou Charter shouted, "When it's dark, the mixed brigade in the north will rush over! They want to make our dumplings! Even if they don't come, there will be a Japanese fifth division in Pyongyang in the south. If the fifth division goes out of Pyongyang to attack Anzhou directly, none of us can go back!"

"Fifth Division?" Feng Guozhang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and fought for a day and a night. Then he remembered that in Pyongyang, the Japanese army had an army, and they would not sit back and ignore the mixed brigade!