This chapter of the Nagasaki Offensive and Defensive War Series ends.

The tragedy completely occurred in a misunderstanding. The misunderstanding of the Qing army came from their commander Nie Shicheng. From the perspective of Marshal Nie, the armed forces of 30,000 people in Nagasaki were unknown whereabouts, and he had to be responsible for his country and his troops. Therefore, he chose a safer route of march.

The Japanese misunderstanding was the derivative of this misunderstanding. When an infantry brigade of Yamane Nobuma Division discovered Nie's troops through Aritachuan, his stupid attack occurred. The reason was very simple, because his sect had to be responsible for the division headquarters behind him and other brothers who were crossing the river or had crossed the river but had not yet arranged a defense line.

This was the first plain field battle on Japan's territory. The combined military strength of the war exceeded 20,000. According to the Japanese standards, this is enough to be called a joint battle. Therefore, let's name it the Aritagawa joint battle.

And the Nogi Hinomiya, who was secretly stationed on the line between Iimoyama and Fankan Mountain south of Nagasaki, was also closely watching the changes in Nagasaki. The 362-meter-high peak of Iimoyama made the entire Nagasaki Castle and the Qing fleet on the beach all the defense situation.

"Old Master Nogi." His deputy was called Shinnosuke Takahashi. He noticed that his superior's face was solemn, and he wanted to say some other topics to dispel the tense atmosphere in front of him: "After the victory of this battle, what are your wishes?"

Nogi Haki put down his telescope, turned his head and smiled bitterly, "Victory? No matter what kind of victory, it cannot be avoided by the destruction of Nagasaki...", sighing and said, "Maybe the only thing we can do is to do our best to kill more Chinese people on land. As for their navy, they are really powerless. As for me... Maybe I will be responsible for the military education of Prince Katsuhito Akimya after the war. This is the will of His Majesty the Emperor, and it is also my wish of Nogi Haki... Where are you? Takahashi?" (Crown Prince Katsuhito Akimya is the later Emperor Taisho, and the name of Akimya Nogi is not a surname. The Japanese emperor has no surname. As soon as the Japanese prince and daughter are born, they have palace names. In the name, the prince must bring Hito, and the prince must bring children.)

"Me?", when she mentioned herself, Takahashi raised her chest and said with great enthusiasm: "As an imperial soldier, Takahashi never thought about dying other than sacrificing her life for the country on the battlefield! Let Takahashi sacrifice her life to defend Nagasaki!"

Noki Hashinori looked at Takahashi Shinnosuke for a while, nodded, and said with a little sadness: "Yes, the imperial soldiers have received the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor. How can I have any selfish intentions besides giving my own selfishness? Today, I will make a vow in front of you Takahashi. If Takahashi Shinnosuke sacrifices his life for the country in this Nagasaki battle, Noki will not dare to die later, and that will be the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor. However, Noki has given this life to His Majesty the Emperor! The day when His Majesty the Emperor dies is the time for me, Noki Hashinori, after Emperor Meiji dies, he will be loyal to him.)

"Your Excellency!" Takahashi suddenly realized that the atmosphere became more and more sad. Could it be that the situation was really so pessimistic?

Boom! The roar of the giant cannon suddenly sounded, shaking everyone's hearts.

When the gunshots sounded in the east, it was not very dense. When Nie Shicheng looked at the high reed beach, he did not see any signs of large-scale military existence. Although the turmoil at the reeds was very suspicious, the sea breeze was strong, and no one expected that there was an ambush here. Moreover, the distance was still very far. It seemed that the closest distance between the reed beach and the front line of his troops also exceeded the effective shooting distance of the rifle. Therefore, Nie Shicheng judged it as harassment by a small-scale armed force. Therefore, he just ordered the troops to lean west as much as possible and pay attention to the reed beach in the east. His target was still Nagasaki.

It was three in the afternoon, and the summer sun was still hot. After Nie Shicheng's army marched, everyone was covered in sweat. Seeing that he was dragging at the end, a few soldiers who were not aware of their lives and made an appointment to wash the vaguely visible river in the east. Even if they passed by the clear river, they would have to be much more refreshing. Then they would follow the large army. That would not be a dangerous thing.

The gunshots just now were shooting at these soldiers.

Not long after Nie Shicheng's order was issued, he immediately reported the news of the death of several soldiers. The problem suddenly became serious. Nie Shicheng stopped the horse's hooves, picked up the telescope and searched eastward, and the calm fields and villages entered his sight.

"The first cavalry battalion!" Feng Guozhang issued an order: "Catch those bastards and be careful!"

"Zhe!", dozens of horses were racing eastward, and Huang Keqiang was the one who rushed in the front.

The gunshot suddenly broke out, and fortunately, the soldiers of Yamane Nobuma's army were also unable to hold back. The premature fire exposed their strength. A gust of wind suddenly blew, blowing down the tall reed tips.

"Stop! Stop! Grand Marshal!" Huang Keqiang suddenly stopped his horse, turned around and shouted wildly: "There are a large number of Japanese soldiers on the opposite side! Grand Marshal be careful!"

A hangar of people and horses rushed around at the gate of hell and then rushed back, and many people's faces were so scared that they were pale.

"Xiao Huang! How many people! Don't be fucked and shocked!" Feng Guozhang stepped forward and slapped Huang Keqiang on the young face: "I haven't seen anyone before, right? Besides, he said nonsense, shakes the morale of the army and chops your head!"

Nie Shicheng looked suspiciously at the east side, pointed at Huang Keqiang and said, "How many people are there in total? Hua Fu, the sound of gunfire just now sounded a lot of people. Let me hear what Xiao Huang said."

"Reply...Reply to the words of the Grandmaster, reply to Mr. Feng." Huang Keqiang stroked his hot face and said quietly: "It seems that there is at least a town, and it is probably more than just! Grandmaster, don't take it lightly!"

Feng Guozhang shouted: "Rareless, you just talk to the Grand Marshal!"

Nie Shicheng waved his hand and greeted Feng Guozhang, "Huafu, stop talking nonsense. Listen, take people in person to find the way forward and find out the enemy's strength for me! No matter what, I will come back and reply to me within a quarter of an hour!"

"Zhe!" Feng Guozhang rushed out with his own guards. Nie Shicheng ordered: "Others! Rest in place, each battalion will restrain his own troops, and they are not allowed to go east. Those who violate the order will be killed!" After getting off the horse, he took out the water bag and took a sip of water, and handed it to Huang Keqiang and said: "You are not bad. After all, the soldiers trained by the old Li family, they are a little rough. But the child can teach you! Okay, fight today, follow me!"

"Master Xie will fulfill it!" Huang Xing looked excited.

"Yes." Nie Shicheng nodded, reached out to take the water bag and said, "Okay, now you go and send me an order. The people from the commuter bureau set up the radio station for me. The two machine gun sheds, each with six pieces of things, set it up for me. Damn, if I guess well, we have made dumplings for people! Hehe, are you afraid, boy?"

Huang Keqiang stood at attention and politely said, "Follow the Grand Marshal, I don't know what it means to be afraid! The Grand Marshal is gone!" He turned around and ran to the horse and rushed to pass the order.

Nie Shicheng looked at the boy's back and grinned. This boy's temperament is really like his youth, and he will have great potential in the future!

There are enemies in the east. If Huang Keqiang reads correctly, the two towns will have more than 10,000 people. It seems that they are the ones who left the city. There are still 30,000 people behind Nagasaki Castle. If they are really being made of dumplings, the situation will be a bit bad for me! Therefore, we must choose a breakthrough between the two sides.

However, since seeing the power of new weapons, especially Maxim machine guns, Nie Shicheng has increasingly disliked the strategy of cluster charges to break through the enemy's defense line. In the past era of cavalry cold weapons, the cavalry's impulse and destructive power were enough to cause great psychological deterrence and actual damage to those opponents holding cold weapons. However, since the large-scale equipment of Maxim machine guns in the army, this kind of charge is becoming more and more close to suicide in the face of prepared enemies.

Therefore, since the introduction of machine guns into his Dragon Flag Army, what he paid the most attention to was the supply of machine gun bullets. In his baggage battalion, there were more than 20 mules specifically for carrying bullets, and each infantry carried thirty rounds of bullets with him. All the bullets in the baggage battalion were supplied to machine guns. He also personally transformed several large trucks to form a mobile bullet supply station. Although it consumed a lot of money in battle, it was consumed. How could the war be consumed without consumption? You can always find it back if you win. Once you defeated, the little money saved was not enough to be stuck between the teeth.

This is also why he arranged six machine guns on both the east and west lines.

When Feng Guozhang comes back and figures out the enemy's strength and equipment, he will start his plan.

"Report to the Grand Marshal!" Feng Guozhang took the lead and hurriedly dismounted. After saluting, he reported to Nie Shicheng: "There are Tian River along the east side. The number of enemy soldiers should be in a town, about 7,000 people, and half of them were crossing the river. The Grand Marshal attacked halfway. Now is a good time to kill the enemy!"

Nie Shicheng frowned and waved his hand, "Look at the map. The terrain here is not good. We send an order. The whole army marched urgently. Within a quarter of an hour, we arrived at the area of ​​Shinno and Yokoshu, Sanli to the south. The radio station sent a telegram to the fleet, asking the airship to take off to the airship above me, and told them to aim the gun! The navy can fire at Nagasaki now and fire hard! I can't leave 30,000 people behind me!"

This is the origin of the first cannon sound heard by Nogi Hinomi and Takahashi Shinnosuke. The artillery fire rhythmically sent the incendiary bombs to Nagasaki Castle, which looked about one shot per minute, and it was not very dense. However, except for the three or four cruisers escorting the landing fleet, the entire fleet, regardless of the supply ships, was slowly flowing to Nagasaki.

The incendiary bomb exploded in the city, igniting the mixture of black turbulent oil stored in the shell and the rubber transported from Siam, and throwing it in irregular directions to ignite the wooden city. With the rumbling sound of cannons, everyone began to burn. The entire Nagasaki quickly enveloped black smoke, and the already high temperature increased further, sweeping the fire balls across the city, igniting all the things that could burn in the city, leading them to complete the evolution process towards black charcoal and ash.

Although nearly one-third of the 300,000 civilians in Nagasaki had been evacuated in advance before the war, they also made a pre-war notice, informing residents that Nagasaki was in danger of destroying the city. If there were relatives and friends in the mainland, they could choose whether to leave. But how could the loyal Nagasaki citizens leave? After witnessing the emperor's decree issued by the emperor from Tokyo, the hearts of the people of Nagasaki were boiling, the jade was broken! The jade was broken! The jade was broken for the great Japanese jade, and the jade was broken for the emperor!

The raging fire engulfed Nagasaki and also ignited Nie Shicheng's killing. A quarter of an hour later, on the hills of Shinno and Yokote, Nie Shicheng ordered four machine guns to be left to face Nagasaki, and the other eight were facing the Aritagawa defense line. The cannons of the artillery battalion were ready, so they just waited for the airships in the sky to send them back the cannon sighting data in time.

The entire Nogi Kidney Brigade was witnessing the huge fire ball to the north on the line of Iimiyama and Fanshen Mountain.

If there is still life... ten times the repayment! From Nogi Hinomi to an ordinary soldier, everyone held tears and clenched their fists and swore in their hearts. Tens of thousands of Nagasaki compatriots were struggling in vain in the fire, and they couldn't help but be angry. On the rugged ocean surface of the west, the Qing army fleet was sucking and spitting out their tongues, which made everyone feel a sense of melancholy of killing the thief but unable to turn the world back. Master Amaterasu! Why don't you open your eyes to see this tragedy on earth? Encourage your divine power! A tsunami can turn the situation around! Nogi Hinomi closed his eyes and thought helplessly.

"Fire! Fire! Fire in Nagasaki!" The soldiers panicked and clamored around Yamane Nobuma, which made him very angry. Can't you see it? The fire in the West that covered the sky and the sun, black smoke even covered the sun in the sky! Damn Chinese, come here!

Of course, Nie Shicheng was not that stupid. He was waiting for the rabbit and closely observing the direction of Nagasaki. After so long, the defense line on this side still did not find a large-scale charge from the enemy. Only thousands of civilians rushed towards the east. After the machine gun bullets harvested dozens of corpses, no one dared to come to the southeast direction, but turned north.

Don't worry about Nagasaki. Maybe they went to the beach. Hey, then let the bastards of the Navy. The quick cannons on their ships are just right to deal with these smoky rabbits. Besides, the 1,000 people on the landing field cooperated with machine guns, and they couldn't take them down without a thousand people.

"Master! The people above sent a message back!" The commuter soldiers reported loudly: "There were about 7,000 people deployed along the east bank of the Aotian River, all of which were rifles, 17 guns in the camp, and 3,000 people continued to go east. The destination was unknown. Please tell the Master whether he would continue to observe?"

"Nonsense! Of course, chase! Also, let the bastard above quickly pass the Japanese artillery position to the artillery battalion and report directly to Wang Shizhen, so that he would knock it off immediately after receiving the order from the central army!" Nie Shicheng held a telescope. At his position, he could already see a black line of defenses by the enemy along the river, but after all, he was on the ground and his observation was far less wide than that in the sky.

Because Xu Shichang was not there, the artillery battalion temporarily led by Wang Shizhen quickly began to move. 87mm shells roared on the Japanese artillery positions. Under the guidance of the aerial artillery data, the location that should be hit was accurately found after just three rounds of artillery bombardment. More than a dozen Japanese field artillery pieces instantly turned into a pile of scrap iron.

Nie Shicheng was still motionless. The angry Nobuma of Yamane was already at the foot of Jinshanyue. The Western defense line was commanded by Nishi Kiandojiro who volunteered to stay. After this round of artillery attack, Nishi Kiandojiro suddenly realized that he should not take over the hot potato.

The Qing army had no intention of launching a charge, but just let the artillery fire slowly plow through its defense line. Although there was a deviation, not long after the deviation, there would always be a round of artillery fire that correctly plowed through the line where its defense line was located. Seeing that the one side had not fired a single shot, the casualties had quickly climbed to three digits, and there was a trend of moving towards four digits.

"Hisan Kuan! Charge! Or retreat! If you continue like this, the brigade will be finished! There is a flying boat of the Chinese man in the sky, and it's just a big deal!" The angry staff officer Nodotano roared at the commander.

Nishikanjiro glanced at Staff Nodougu in anger, made up his mind and raised his right hand to issue an order: "Order - everyone, prepare to cross the river and charge!"

Arida River is a shallow river. In addition to splashing waves, the shells falling in the river often bring out black river mud. There is no need to build a bridge when crossing the river. The deepest part is just to the neck. This is also one of the reasons why Nishikanjiro chose to charge rather than retreat. Another reason is very simple. The danger of retreat is unimaginable. In addition to the enemy's artillery fire, it will also expose his division headquarters. More importantly, as a senior official of the Guard Division and the General Staff Headquarters, he volunteered to come to the front line. If he was defeated to meet the division commander Nobuma Yamae, he could not afford to lose this person. As an imperial soldier, he would rather die on the way to charge.

Everything was as he wished. A team of more than 6,000 people was divided into two large clusters and launched a charge towards the southwest-oriented Qing army's morale and horizontal defense line!

Take a break! While the Chinese cannons have not been adjusted yet! Nishikanjiro commanded his two and a half regiments and braved the artillery fire of the Qing army to forcibly cross Arita River!

Two thousand meters! One thousand five hundred meters! One thousand meters! Amid the rumbling artillery fire, the staff kept reporting to Nie Shicheng the distance from the enemy's vanguard's defense line. The Qing army still did not fire a single shot, but the artillery shells from the camp continued to bloom in the center of the enemy's charge cluster.

"It's eight hundred meters! The commander!" In a hurry, his tone became higher and higher.

Nie Shicheng raised his right hand: "Tell me order! Infantry fire freely! Two machine gun sheds! Hit me hard! Tell me to ensure the supply of ammunition and prepare water to cool down the machine gun! Once the machine gun is found to be silent, the baggage battalion will kill immediately!"

Tada! This is the first time that the Maxim machine gun is used in a large-scale infantry duel. The twelve Maxim machine guns have exerted their terrifying power for the first time. On the defense line of Xinye and the Shinshand Hill, China and Japan cooperate closely to write a footnote to the power of the Maxim machine gun for the first time.

After this battle, the German staff who accompanied the army put a very Western name to this weapon of great lethality in their comments to Western newspapers: the sickle of the god of death.

The sickle harvested the Japanese corpses like cutting wheat. In the direction reflected by the sprayed flames, there were crops of wheat... No, the bodies of the young imperial soldiers fell down neatly. The baggage soldiers of the baggage battalion were occasionally poured on water to cool the sickle.

The infantry were also very annoyed. They finally aimed at an enemy. When they were about to shoot, the man had already fallen. Under the hills, the enemy's corpses were like bundled wheat. Of course, there were also cunning Japanese soldiers hiding in these wheat piles, occasionally firing a few cold guns, but they were soon destroyed by artillery fire. As the wheat flew into the sky, they had already become the freshest among the wheat when they fell.

"Nows gives it!" It didn't take long. An hour later, Nishikantaro's orders were no longer required to be passed by the correspondents to his subordinates. There were only more than 300 people left beside him, looking dullly at the large corpses of his companions ahead. After hearing this familiar command, his body trembled and rushed forward mechanically. Soon, he fell down again dejectedly.

Nishikan Erro closed his hands again, and there were only about thirty people around him. Nishikan held the command knife tragically and pressed forward: "Give it to Noz!"

"Norz--", this time, his charge order was not finished...

In an hour, the god of death's sickle cut down more than 6,000 young lives. The jade was really broken.

His vision gradually widened. Nie Shicheng looked at the corpses in front of him with expressionless eyes. He could hear the sound of many staff officers and their personal soldiers around him retching, and he closed his eyes.

What I remembered in my mind was the story of the monk King Senggelinqin who heard from my predecessors. The monk King Senggelinqin, facing the rifle positions of the British and French Allied Forces, was like this fearless charge again and again, and it disappeared in just ten minutes. After the results of the incident, only one person died in the enemy's army. Moreover... at that time, the British and French Allied Forces were still in the process of replacing the bore-bore-bent and breech guns... This is war, a war without a scale.

On May 22, 1894, at around 4:00 pm, the comparison of troops on Jiuzhou Island had already completed the tilt towards the Qing army. The Qing army's land force exceeded 20,000, and the scale of 35,000 was about to be completed on the same day. At the same time, there were 36,000 Eight Banners Cavalry infantry, who were still waiting on the Yalu River to cross the river or the sea.
Chapter completed!