Chapter 029 Killing

Seeing that the cavalry was shelled, the infantry, who had been charging forward with rifles, suddenly messed up. More than half of the infantry climbed to the ground, and more than a dozen timid people ran back with guns in their arms.

And Sun Dianying did not lie down or run away. He stood beside Wang Shizhen with a Maose gun in his arms.

"You son of a bitch are still a little bold!" Wang Shizhen praised.

"Mr. Xie praised." Sun Dianying said, "The little one is not afraid. The little one just saw that the sentry didn't lie down, which means that the Japanese shell didn't fly over."

This Sun Dianying also has a little winp. Wang Shizhen snorted and scolded at the scattered infantry: "Bitch, stand up and rush forward. Whoever retreats will kill me!" With that, he raised his rifle and rushed forward.

When launching a charge, the coordination of infantry and cavalry is crucial. Originally, the infantry advanced with the loose line to attract enemy artillery fire, while the cavalry should follow the infantry and wait for the opportunity to launch a charge, so that they can give full play to the cavalry's specialty of rapid attack and quickly break through the enemy's front.

And now, the cavalry rushed to the front of the infantry and were shelled, which was originally a mistake. However, now that it has become like this, the infantry should follow up quickly and use the cavalry to attract the enemy's artillery to attack the front of the Japanese army. In this way, although there will be large casualties, it is better than nothing.

Wang Shizhen took the lead, and the soldiers who crawled on the ground hesitated for a moment. They hurriedly took their rifles and rushed up with Wang Shizhen.

Wang Shizhen's sentry rushed to the front. Under the leadership of this sentry, more than a thousand infantrymen who had been scared to climb on the ground by the sound of artillery got up from the ground and rushed forward with Wang Shizhen.

In front of the highlands of Jiangjiakou, there was a shout of killing. On the skyscraper fort behind, the majestic gongs and drums became more majestic.

On the hillside, the dizzy cavalry, inspired by the Japanese artillery fire, rectified their horses, waved their swords, and rushed to the Japanese position.

In the dense sound of gunfire, the Japanese army in blue and black military uniform picked up a bright bayonet, jumped out of the trench, and launched a countercharge against the Qing army.

The two sides were strangled together.

The shouting of killing, the hissing of the war horse, the dying screams, and the impact of knives and guns sounded together.

The Japanese soldiers pulled out the rifle magazine and launched a battle with the Qing army. The Qing soldiers rushing in front of them were stabbed down by the Japanese army, and the bloody bodies made people shudder.

Wang Shizhen stabbed a Japanese soldier and was about to rush forward. A war horse rushed towards him. It was a Qing cavalryman who was urging the war horse to run back. Wang Shizhen couldn't dodge and was about to be hit by the horse's head. Sun Dianying suddenly hugged Wang Shizhen's waist from behind. The two rolled into the ditch and fought The horse hissed and ran away wiping Wang Shizhen's body. His thick tail swept Wang Shizhen's face, which made Wang Shizhen dizzy.

"Damn, where are you going!" Wang Shizhen cursed.

"Wshaoman, the cavalry have run away!" Sun Dianying shouted.

Only then did Wang Shizhen notice that there were no cavalry on the hillside, and more than 1,000 infantry, and only his sentry was still fighting hard.

The Qing army was finally shocked by the tenacity of the Japanese army. The cavalry were in front and the infantry were behind, and they fled in the direction of the skyscraper.

"Damn it, you still fart! Withdraw!" Wang Shizhen shouted loudly.

The whole sentry ran to the skyscraper fort.

The Japanese army did not pursue, and the Japanese army was also exhausted in this position battle.

Half an hour later, Wang Shizhen led the sentry back to the Skyscraper Fort.

A sentry of 180 people, 20 people were killed, and the remaining 160 returned to the fort without any deserters.

Wang Shizhen finally climbed up the fort. Before she could take a breath, she heard three cannons above her head.

Wang Shizhen couldn't help shivering.

It's not the roar of cannons on the battlefield, but three "chasing soul cannons"!

Killed!

There is a murderous atmosphere on the fort.

Next to a 12cm cannon, there is a big flag with a huge word "Yuan" written on it!

Next to the flag, Yuan Shikai, the imperial envoy, sat on the tiger-skin handsome chair, lined up the schools in eight characters and bowed to Yuan Shikai.

At the beginning, Yuan Shikai was ordered by the Empress Dowager Cixi to go to Yizhou to announce the decree to Zhou Charter. After returning to China, the Empress Dowager Cixi fulfilled the contract and appointed Yuan Shikai as the general office of the small station training army and went to the small station to train the new army.

Originally, the relatives and nobles of the Qing Dynasty, led by Empress Dowager Cixi, have always had doubts about the Han people in charge of the army. However, Yuan Shikai is an exquisite person. He is extremely proficient in the rules in the officialdom and knows the temper of the Empress Dowager Cixi. He soon gained the trust of the Empress Dowager Buddha. Moreover, he has a relationship with the Minister of Military Machinery and the servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies.

He was a man of Manchuria with a yellow flag, and was born in a pen style, and then gradually promoted to Langzhong, an inspector and a political envoy. In the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), he served as the governor of Shanxi and set up an official governance in the Yellow River. In 1888, he was transferred to the governor of Jiangsu Province. When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, he was resolute and actively fought the main battle. He was appreciated by Cixi, so he entered the Military Machinery Department and served as the Minister of Military Machinery and the Servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies.

Yuan Shikai met left and right in the officialdom, and he was resolute in the court and did things smoothly. Soon, a team of 3,000 people was pulled up at the station, all of whom were hired as instructors to train the new army in accordance with the rules of the German army.

Yuan Shikai's new army is not large, and like Zhang Jun, it has also adopted the establishment of the German army division. However, Yuan Shikai is more politically intelligent than Zhou Charter. He knows that the sudden adoption of foreign gadgets in the Qing Dynasty will cause the suspicion of the relatives and nobles of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, he changed his name. The army is not called "shi", but "town".

The town is actually a teacher, but the name "town" is an old word, which is easy to be accepted by the princes and ministers in the court. Sure enough, Yuan Shikai's "town" did not arouse everyone's opposition, and Yuan Shikai successfully began the training of the new army. After less than four months, it has been vivid and effective.

After the New Year, the battlefield in Shandong was tight, the Japanese offensive was fierce, and the Qing army was passive everywhere in Shandong. Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong, kept asking the court for help, and the Qing court was forced by the Japanese offensive in Liaodong to withdraw the troops. In desperation, he thought of Yuan Shikai's new army.

The court appointed Yuan Shikai as the imperial minister and led the new army to assist Shandong.

Yuan Shikai's new army has not been trained for a long time, less than half a year, and the combat ability of the army is far from meeting the requirements of German instructors. However, the morale and willpower of this army far exceeds that of the Qing army. Yuan Shikai believes that this force will not be defeated even if it can't defeat the Japanese army.

What's more, Yuan Shikai needs an opportunity to prove himself and his new army!

Therefore, after receiving the imperial order, Yuan Shikai did not say a word and quickly marched into Shandong with his new army of more than 3,000 people.

Originally, Yuan Shikai did not intend to let the new army directly fight against the Japanese army. He knew that the combat capability of this unit had far exceeded that of the Xianghuai Army, but there was still a big gap from the modern army in his mind. Such an army can fight against the Japanese army on the battlefield, but it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. If it doesn't do well, it will be exhausted. Yuan Shikai has long regarded the new army as his private army. He knew that an officer without an army in the Qing Dynasty was nothing! After pulling out his own army, Yuan Shikai could not easily send it out.

However, the Qing army on the front line of Shandong was defeated like a mountain and was defeated all the way from Chengshanjiao. Weihai was in danger. Yuan Shikai had no choice but to take the new army to the skyscraper. The war here is the most intense and dangerous, and it is the forefront of the battle against the Japanese army.

His move was also greatly appreciated by the Empress Dowager Cixi. The officials in the court were even more impressed.

However, Yuan Shikai still left his hand. In the just-launched Jiangjiakou counterattack, Yuan Shikai did not let his new army as the main attack, but sent the Suizi camp. The new army was stationed on the skyscraper and acted as a supervisor.

The failure of Suizi Camp's attack was originally expected by Yuan Shikai.

The officers and soldiers of the defeated Suizi Battalion stood in line under the fort, silent.

Only the handsome flag swayed in the roaring north wind.

Wang Shizhen broke out in a cold sweat. Sun Dianying knelt down and shouted, "Oh, my God, I'm going to kill people!"

A well-dressed officer rushed over and waved Sun Dianying in the face: " Shut up! Hurry up and line up!"

Wang Shizhen was angry and had just fought with the Japanese. She finally came back alive and had to be slapped in the face by her own people. However, she saw that the officer was Yuan Shikai's personal guard, so she had to swallow her anger. Hurry up and greet your subordinates and the following team at the fort.

In the open space not far away, a row of executioners held ghost-headed knives. In front of them, there was a row of officers and soldiers who had been stripped of their uniforms. Kneeling in the front, it turned out to be the battalion officer of Suizi Battalion.

Yuan Shikai's face was cold and said coldly, "The fugitives in the battle are unforgivable!" With that, he pulled out a red stick from the sign in front of him and threw it out with hatred.

The executioner raised the ghost's head knife, was bloody, and a row of heads fell to the ground.

The officers and soldiers all tremble, but no one dared to make a sound.

Yuan Shikai looked at the hot head, stood up, and walked to the Qing soldiers under the fort. Behind him, a group of wolf-like soldiers followed him closely behind him.

In the team, the soldiers began to tremble.

Yuan Shikai walked to a sentry officer and raised his hand to point. The sentry officer's legs softened and collapsed to the ground.

The soldiers behind him rushed up and dragged the sentryman to the executioner. The executioner raised his knife and fell, and the sentry officer was the head of the family.

Yuan Shikai walked all the way down. Wherever he passed, whoever he pointed was dragged away and beheaded.

In a short time, more than 20 officers and soldiers were beheaded.