Chapter 197 Assault

Twenty minutes later, two 12-centimeter cannons on the Weiyuan ship fired at the Incheon dock. At the same time, ten Gatlin machine guns mounted on the three transport ships also roared. The fierce shelling quickly covered the Incheon dock, and the Japanese who were busy on the dock were stunned before they could figure out what was going on. On the dock, there was a sea of fire. In the fire, a group of Japanese soldiers on fire jumped into the sea, but soon, they were killed in the sea by more denser bullets - the Maxim heavy machine gun on the transport ship participated in the battle.

The transport ship approached the dock and dropped the landing craft. The officers and soldiers of the 5th Division jumped into the landing craft regardless of their lives. Some jumped directly into the sea and charged to the dock under the cover of gunfire.

At the same time, on the sea five nautical miles away, the sound of artillery rumbled, and Jiyuan and Guangbing fought with the Japanese ship.

The landing battle was not fierce. The Japanese army in Incheon Port only had a brigade of 500 people, and the rest were all militarymen. The Japanese troops stationed in Incheon were indeed preparing to welcome guests. Moreover, they really regarded the Zhangjun on the sea as their guests, and the whole Incheon Port was unprepared. The commander of the Incheon police and his subordinates were all dressed on the dock, tasting fragrant tea and sake. When the shells fired by the Weiyuan ship fell on their heads, the police commander thought that the naval gun had gone off.

When the guard commander found that the Japanese flag was not flying on the ship that rushed into the port, everything was late. He and his subordinates, together with the high platform where sake was placed, were blown up together.

Only half an hour after the war, Zhang Jun landed in Incheon Port, and the sporadic resistance lasted only an hour, and the whole Incheon completely changed hands. The Fifth Division easily occupied Incheon and seized the mountains of combat materials in the port, from weapons and ammunition to food and medicine.

When Feng Guozhang stepped on the Incheon Pier, he looked back at the distant sea. He was surprised to find that Jiyuan and Guangbing were swimming on the sea without damage. However, the four Japanese warships slowly sank with thick smoke.

Cheng Biguang and the officers and soldiers of Jiyuan met the Japanese warships with a mortal belief. However, they soon found that what came from the depths of the ocean was not the armored warship of the joint fleet, but a transport fleet escorted by a light cruiser.

The arrow has to be fired on the string! The officers and soldiers, who had already been exhausted, immediately attacked the Japanese ship, regardless of what the other party came to do.

The Japanese light cruiser could not withstand the heavy bombardment of the Jiyuan ship. In less than two rounds, it was hit by ten bullets, and the whole ship caught fire and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The transport ship that lost its escort became a living target for Jiyuan and Guangbing. The transport ship has no heavy artillery, and its speed is far lower than that of warships. It can't run away even if it wants to. It didn't take long for it to catch fire and sink.

The sea is full of Japanese officers and soldiers who fell into the sea.

Cheng Biguang found that this was a troop carrier. There are at least 5,000 Japanese troops on the transport ship.

It turned out that the main force of the Japanese Third Division was sunk by Cheng Biguang.

Nogihime sent back a report on the capture of Tainan to the base camp, which greatly stimulated the militant forces in Japan. Under the strong request of the military, the base camp finally decided to take advantage of Tainan's victory and take the opportunity to expand the war, and once lost half of North Korea and embrace it.

At this time, the Japanese army in North Korea only had the 5th Division, and it was only half of the division, and some of its troops were transferred to Taiwan. North Korea's military strength is insufficient and needs to be increased.

However, after the First Sino-Japanese War, most of the divisions returned to China and entered a standing state. The soldiers in wartime were different from those in standing, and many soldiers returned home. In the short term, it is difficult to form a complete division.

So, the base camp decided to mobilize only the third division with smaller losses in the First Sino-Japanese War.

The base camp is worried that once Zhang Jun completely fails in Tainan, North Korea Zhang Jun is likely to fall to Russia if it loses its commander. Once Russia intervenes in North Korea, the situation in North Korea will be complicated. Therefore, the Japanese army must cross the Linjin River before the Russians react.

Therefore, the 3rd Division only gathered 5,000 troops, and the base camp couldn't wait to send this force to North Korea to prepare for landing in Incheon in order to cooperate with the 5th Division of North Korea to launch the Battle of Linjin River as soon as possible.

At this time, the main force of the joint fleet, that is, the current southern fleet stranded in Penghu, Taiwan, is cooperating with the army to carry out operations in Tainan. According to the plan, the southern fleet will transport the fourth brigade to land in Westport and annihilate the Zhangjun navy stationed in Anping. For the time being, it is unable to transfer forces to transport the third division.

The fanatical Japanese military did not want to lose this opportunity to occupy all of North Korea and took the risk of sending only one old light cruiser to escort. In their opinion, there will be no enemy warships in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. Although the Beiyang Marine Division of the Qing Dynasty is still very strong, the hostility between the Qing Dynasty and Japan has stopped. The current war is not the war between Japan and the Qing Dynasty, but the war between Japan and Zhangjun. It is expected that the Beiyang Marine Division will not intercept it.

The Japanese forgot that both the Beiyang Marine Division and Zhang Jun are Chinese!

So, 5,000 Japanese troops died in the sea outside Incheon Port.

Jiyuan and Guangbing, who were swimming on the sea, hit Zhang Jun's wolf flag.

The Japanese soldiers who fell into the sea realized before they died at the hands of Zhang Jun.

Feng Guozhang easily took Incheon, then waved his army north and advanced to Seoul. The next day, he arrived at Chenghuan.

A year ago, Feng Guozhang suggested to Ye Zhichao, the commander of the Qing army at that time, to go north and attack Seoul with the Qing army in Pyongyang, so as to firmly grasp the initiative of North Korea.

Ye Zhichao, who was as timid as a rat, refused his suggestion. Cheng Huan flinched and watched the Japanese army occupy Seoul, and then waved his army south to beat the Qing army.

Feng Guozhang is determined not to let history repeat itself.

After reaching the joy, the Fifth Division did not stop and quickly advanced to Seoul.

On the same day that Feng Guozhang occupied Incheon, Park Yonglie led the Fourth Division to launch the Battle of Linjin River, breaking through the Japanese defense line in one fell swoop.

According to the fact that the 5th Division of the Japanese Army guarding the Linjin River was caught off guard. The reason, like the 3rd Division destroyed on the sea, was blinded by Nomu Hino's report.

ye jin dao guan wan wan unexpected that the North Korean Zhangjun would take the initiative to attack, because, according to Nogi Hidian's war report, Zhou Charter was already at the end of the road in Tainan, or had been killed. Under such circumstances, Park Yong-yeol's fourth division can only find ways to protect itself, and there is no courage to attack Pyongyang. Nozu Daoguan knew that the 4th Division, like his 5th Division, sent some troops to Taiwan. Even if Park Yonglie was interested in going south, he did not have this strength.

However, Park Yong-yeol not only did it, but also did it very resolutely.