Chapter 030 Enwei

The sky is gloomy, and the smell of blood permeates the skyscraper fort. Yuan Shikai's methods were cruel enough, but Wang Shizhen also noticed that all those who were beheaded were deserters who withdrew without an evacuation order, including the two sentry commanders of the cavalry.

When the Qing army launched a charge, Yuan Shikai personally sat in the skyscraper to watch the battle, condescending, and saw the situation on the battlefield clearly. This killing did not wrong anyone.

Yuan Shikai walked through every sentry with a gloomy face. Some of them were pulled out and beheaded. Some were sentries and some were soldiers.

Finally, Yuan Shikai walked to Wang Shizhen's sentry, and the whole sentry team trembled - everyone understood that Yuan Shikai was going to pull out a few chickens to kill each sentry! Wang Shizhen's sentry is also inevitable. I don't know who will be unlucky!

Yuan Shikai glanced coldly at the sentry, and then came to Wang Shizhen, suddenly raised his hand and pointed to Wang Shizhen.

Three personal soldiers rushed up and set up Wang Shizhen.

Sun Dianying beside Wang Shizhen was so scared that she sat on the snow.

Yuan Shikai looked angry and then pointed to Sun Dianying, and three more soldiers rushed up and set up Sun Dianying.

The own soldiers were holding Wang Shizhen and Sun Dianying and were about to go to the execution ground, but they saw Yuan Shikai stop the way of the soldiers. He slapped Sun Dianying in the face and shouted harshly, "You are brave enough to beat the Japanese. How can you see me and drill into the ground? Is Ben Shuai more terrible than the Japanese?"

Sun Dianying said in a trembling voice, "The marshal is not angry and arrogant. Not to mention small, even if the big mountain rock sees the marshal, he will go underground!"

"You can speak!" Yuan Shikai laughed and said, "Let them go!"

The soldiers hurriedly let go of Wang Shizhen and Sun Dianying.

Wang Shizhen and Sun Dianying picked up a life, and they hurriedly knelt down: "Thank you for not killing!"

Yuan Shikai hurriedly picked up Wang Shizhen and said pleasantly, "Please get up and return to the team!"

Wang Shizhen and Sun Dianying wiped the sweat on their foreheads and stood trembling back into the team.

Yuan Shikai shouted to all the Qing officers and soldiers, "Do you think that I will forgive them after listening to this guy's compliments?"

All the officers and soldiers are silent. At this jubilty, no one dares to answer Yuan Shikai's question - isn't this looking for bad luck?

Yuan Shikai had to ask himself: "I didn't want to kill them in the first place!" Not only don't kill them, but also reward them! Benqin saw clearly that this sentry was the first sentry to rush to the Jiangjiakou Heights, and it was also a sentry that retreated down! During the charge, none of the sentry escaped from the battle! The sentry chief is even more in the lead! They are the loyal and brave men of my Qing Dynasty! The imperial envoy has always rewarded and punished clearly. Each sentry rewarded ten taels of silver, and the sentry chief rewarded one hundred taels of silver! No one rewarded 200 taels of silver from the sentry and gave them to their families!"

The whole sentry cheered: "Thank you, Lord!"

Yuan Shikai turned to Wang Shizhen and asked, "What's your name?" Where did you come from?

"The general, Wang Shizhen, graduated from the artillery department of Tianjin Wubei School. He once served in the army of Admiral Ye Zhichao. Before the war, he was ordered by Lord Li Bingheng to be transferred to the left camp of Taijing as a sentry, and now he is a sentry officer in the Suizi Camp."

Yuan Shikai laughed: "It turned out to be a top student in Tianjin Wubei School. Ye Zhichao didn't know how to use people, so he let you become a sentry officer. This imperial envoy has always used people to be virtuous. In this way, the Suizi battalion officer escaped from the battle and has already ambush the law. I appointed you as the Suizi battalion officer and awarded him the position of six-grade guard.

"Thank you for your help!" Wang Shizhen knelt down to thank him.

Yuan Shikai pointed to Sun Dianying again. Sun Dianying was so scared that she was about to collapse. Yuan Shikai hurriedly supported Sun Dianying: "I pointed at you, not to kill you. I also think you are also a little bold. Wang Shizhen was promoted to a battalion officer, and you served as the sentry officer of this sentry."

Sun Dianying was so excited that she trembled all over: "Thank you for cultivating it. The little one went through fire and water, and the broken bones also wanted to repay the great kindness of the marshal!"

Yuan Shikan was both powerful, and the morale that had been lowered due to the defeat of the attack on the skyscraper fort was raised again.

The Qing army's counterattack in the skyscraper was a tactical defeat, but from the perspective of the whole battle, it was a victory!

Because, in the Skyscraper, the Qing army stopped retreating, and the originally dangerous Weihai defense line began to stabilize. The Japanese attack also stalled, which was the first time that the Japanese had stopped advancing since the start of the Battle of Shandong.

The war report of the skyscraper spread to Beijing, and the court cheered, and Yuan Shikai became famous.

Yuan Shikai became a hero of the Qing Dynasty because of a defeated battle.

In sharp contrast, Zhou Charter led the Zhang army to capture Lushun. This victory, both in terms of situation and essence, is far higher than the Battle of Motianling. However, in the Qing Dynasty, his reputation is far less than that of Yuan Shikai.

The court of the Qing Dynasty deliberately belittled the victory of Zhou Charter, because the Empress Dowager Buddha had already declared that Zhou Charter was a traitor and Zhang Jun was a rebel!

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February 1, 1895, Lushun, Golden Mountain Fort.

Since the capture of the Golden Mountain Fort, Zhou Charter's headquarters has been sticking to the Golden Mountain for six days.

In six days, the Japanese attack showed no sign of weakening, but became more and more fierce day by day.

Two days ago, the guerrilla fleet led by the cruiser Gao Qianhui was severely damaged by torpedo boats and shore guns. Akitsusu was bombarded by at least ten heavy bombs, and two-thirds of the naval guns were dumb. Gao Qianhui was even worse. A torpedo of the Fulong hit Gao Qianhui's bow. Gao Qianhui ran aground and was immediately hit by shore guns, and more than 300 officers and soldiers below the captain were killed. The six troop carriers who followed Gao Qianhui to Lushun did not dare to approach the coast and had to swim beyond the range of the cannons on the sea.

However, before Lushun Zhangjun took a breath, a Japanese fleet appeared again on the eastern sea.

This fleet has five warships, led by which is the most advanced and most powerful Yoshino ship in the joint fleet.

In the Japanese combined fleet, there are only four large warships with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons, namely Matsushima, Hashidate, Itsushima and Yoshino. Among them, Matsushima, Hashidate and Yandao are coastal defense ships, not offensive warships. Only Yoshino is an ocean-going cruiser!

Yoshino is the cruiser with the largest tonnage of the Combined Fleet, and also the fastest and most powerful cruiser. Yoshino's speed is 23 knots, 5 knots higher than the wave speed known as the "sea assaultman" and 15900 horsepower, which is 3 to 4 times higher than other warships. What's more amazing is that Yoshino is equipped with 4 huge guns, 8 medium guns, 22 machine guns and 5 torpedo tubes, like a huge The hedgehog is full of deadly thorns!

followed Yoshino, as well as the frigate Fuso and three gunboats.

On the sea outside Lushunkou, three cruisers, two frigates and five small gunships of the Japanese army are concentrated, which is almost one-third of the warships of the joint fleet. In addition, the warship also carried a landing force of 5,000 people.

The total strength of Zhou Charter's headquarters stationed in Lushun was only 2,000. After several days of consumption, the number of infantry casualties reached 500. The shore cannons on the fort relied on by the defenders also suffered heavy losses. On the forts around the Golden Mountain, there were only two of the five cannons of the Pearl Reef Fort, and only one of the nagging fort was left. All the shore guns of the Mantou Mountain Fort were destroyed and lost their coastal defense capabilities.

Only eight of the original 18 shore guns of the Golden Mountain Fort are still roaring. What's worse, one Armstrong cannon was destroyed and the firepower on Golden Mountain was half weakened.

The torpedo boat troops led by Liu Bu toad basically lost their combat effectiveness after two days of battle. Zuo Yi and Zuo Er sank, Zuo San was injured and unable to leave the port. Fulong was slightly injured and still had combat effectiveness. The pipe belt of four torpedo boats, one was killed and three were injured. Among them, Cai Tinggan, the commander-in-chief of the torpedo boat unit, was seriously injured and unconscious.

In the face of the dense Japanese fleet, the single-handed attack of the Fulong was equivalent to death. Zhou Charter had to order the torpedo boat troops to retract to Lushun Port and not attack.

Liu Budu's official rank and qualifications are much higher than Zhou Charter. However, in Lushun, he acquiesced to the command of Zhou Charter.

Without the harassment of the torpedo boats, the Japanese fleet calmly set off the battle formation and approached the coast. Under the cover of superior artillery fire, the mixed brigade of the First Army from North Korea successfully landed near the Pearl Reef Fort.

The Japanese army, which had an absolute advantage, immediately launched a fierce charge against the forts defended by Zhang Jun.

Soon, the nagging Fort, Mantou Mountain Fort and Pantaoshan Fort were lost one after another.

So far, only the Golden Mountain Fort and the Pearl Reef Fort are still in Zhang Jun's hands. Zhang's army lost more than half of his troops, leaving only 1,000 troops. In order to concentrate his forces, Zhou Charter ordered to abandon the Pearl Reef Fort, and the defenders blew up the cannons on the Fort and retracted to the Golden Mountain Fort. At the same time, Zhang Jun was also forced to give up Baiwang Mountain.

The Golden Mountain Fort faces a crazy attack by Japanese landing troops and naval guns. With its superior strength and artillery, the Japanese army launched an almost uninterrupted attack on the Golden Mountain Fort. Under the Golden Mountain, the bodies of the Japanese army piled up like mountains. On the Golden Mountain, Zhang Jun's blood stained the chest wall red.

Zhang's officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but what is more intolerable is the irresistible fatigue.

For six consecutive days, the battle was almost uninterrupted. Zhang Jun couldn't rest. Many people were in the bunker. The gunfire stopped for a moment and fell asleep. They were likely to wake up as soon as they closed their eyes. Rulin's guns will soon take their lives!

However, Zhang Jun is still insisting. This is a kind of persistence that goes beyond human physiological functions. It does not rely on physical strength, but willpower!

Willpower comes from the soldiers' absolute trust in their commander!

The Zhang soldiers who have experienced the battles of Hu Feiling, Fetal Peak, Qiaochuan River and Anzhou believe that everything will be fine with Zhou Charter! They believe that the Japanese attack will always collapse!