To be honest, after seeing this scene, Fang Linyan was also extremely shocked. He never expected that under such circumstances, Liu Jialiang could actually stand up and calm down the morale of the army, and then make this final attempt!!
In Fang Linyan's impression, the Qing Dynasty's army was rotten and as vulnerable as tofu. But then he realized that although the Manchu Qing government above was fundamentally rotten, the army below was not. it's not true.
With the blood of the Chinese nation flowing through them, they can still persevere in this breathlessly dark situation, shining with little red light. Once they take off, they can form a prairie fire!
From Lin Zexu, Zuo Zongtang, Liu Mingchuan, to later Feng Zicai, Guan Tianpei, and Deng Shichang, since they are tenaciously supporting the fate of this nation, they are still fighting for the Chinese nation even if they die a hundred times. No regrets!!
Therefore, after Fang Linyan witnessed this scene, he immediately grabbed Tan Sitong. His blood should be boiling at this time, and he was about to rush forward. Fang Linyan said:
"Brother Tan! Brother Fusheng! Wait a minute!"
Tan Sitong was caught by Fang Linyan and immediately said angrily:
"If you want to persuade me, don't say anything! In this situation, anyone with a little conscience will take action angrily."
Fang Linyan said simply:
"Brother Fusheng, I'm not advising you to sit back and watch, but there are already enough people rushing forward now. It doesn't make much sense for you to rush forward now. On the contrary, if you stay here and do one thing, it will be better. Help Mr. Liu."
Tan Sitong said suspiciously:
"whats the matter?"
Fang Linyan pointed to the Japanese army in the distance:
"The current situation is actually still very dangerous. People from the Japanese army are coming one after another. They use their most elite troops to rush forward and engage in hand-to-hand combat. There are still many people behind who are firing cold shots from a distance!"
"The terrain here is limited. If we rush up now, we can only stare blankly and be unable to move. Several of my brother Tan's followers are all good men who are skilled in bow and horse. Why not climb to the ridge of the house next to it and shoot the gun there? It can threaten and contain the Japanese from the side and form an effective pincer attack!"
When Tan Sitong entered the battlefield, he was immediately excited and felt that what Fang Linyan said was very reasonable. He immediately said to the attendant next to him:
"Tan San! What do you think of Mr. Hu's idea?"
Tan San, who was named, said expressionlessly:
"Good."
Tan Sitong said to other people:
"What do you think?"
Another follower, Tan Wu, said simply:
"This is a great plan."
When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupied the south of the Yangtze River, Tan Sitong's father Tan Jixun was also sent there to annihilate the "Hong Ni". At this time, these followers were the elite selected from the army. They were all skilled in guns and horses, and they all changed their names to Tan. He became a servant of the Tan family.
This group of people are now in their forties, and their physical strength is definitely not as good as when they were in their twenties, but they have rich battlefield experience, and their marksmanship and martial arts are becoming more and more exquisite. In terms of cold weapon combat, their combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as that of young men. , but in modern times when thermal weapons began to be used, combat effectiveness was at its strongest.
Who is Tan Sitong? Anyone who can leave his name in modern history must not be a mediocre person. After hearing what these followers said, he immediately made a decision:
"Then do as Mr. Hu wants! Come on!"
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While Fang Linyan was talking with Tan Sitong, the Green Battalion soldiers led by Liu Jialiang and General Liu were like a violent wave, violently colliding with the Japanese army.
In just an instant, a dozen figures fell down in the light of swords and shadows, blood spurted out, and a strange smell instantly appeared in the air. It was the smell of iron and blood mixed with gunpowder smoke and blood!!!
Courage is indispensable on the battlefield, but it is not the decisive factor in winning or losing the battle.
Or you can put it this way: It is impossible to win a battle with courage alone, especially when facing the rigorously trained Japanese elite!
The green battalion soldiers rushed forward with their bloody courage, not to mention that their weapons were waist knives that were obviously shorter?
Faced with the full thrust of a whole row of Japanese soldiers who suddenly stepped forward, almost all of the green battalion soldiers who rushed forward screamed and were stabbed to the core!! And they only wounded two Japanese soldiers.
And still slightly injured...
Fortunately, their sacrifice was not in vain. The group of people who rushed up immediately took advantage of the gap between the Japanese soldiers to retract their swords and rushed forward, and then started a melee with them.
At this time, Fang Linyan had already summoned several masters he knew.
Among these people, Li San is the most obedient, because this guy is already thinking about the position of housekeeper. How can he go against the master?
Although Wang Wu was a little confused, he believed that Fang Linyan was definitely not the kind of person to watch, so he nodded and followed his arrangement.
Master Huo was infected by the emotions on the spot, so he rushed to kill the little devil. Although he was persuaded by Wang Wu, he was still a little confused.
Only Ah Qi was originally impatient, but now he couldn't persuade him, so he went directly to charge with Mr. Liu's soldiers.
At this time, Fang Linyan looked at Master Huo's questioning eyes and could only explain:
"It's like this, Master Huo, as the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade. The terrain here is restricted. If we rush up now, we will have to face three or four bayonet attacks at the same time. In fact, at that position
The effect it can exert is no different from that of an ordinary soldier."
"When we go up now, it's actually like using cavalry to attack a city. It won't have the greatest effect at all! So, what we have to do now is to wait!"
Master Huo said anxiously:
"How long will it take?"
Fang Linyan said seriously:
"The Japanese are also human beings. They will also get tired, scared, and shaken. What we have to wait for is when the other side shows its flaws. Your mission is to behead! Kill the Japanese commander directly!"
The muscles on Master Huo's face twitched, and he looked anxiously at the direction in which Ah Qi was leaving in the distance, but he hesitated because he knew very well that what Fang Linyan said was right.
At this time, on the front line of the battle, both sides were firing with real fire. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a meat grinder. The feet of everyone fighting were filled with sticky blood, and even if they were not careful, they would be killed.
Can trample on corpses.
Although the casualties of the Green Camp soldiers were obviously higher than that of the Japanese soldiers, the Japanese queues also became obviously disordered.
Of course, the morale of the Green Camp soldiers also began to decline rapidly with the rapidly increasing casualties... Liu Jialiang stood more than ten meters away from the battlefield, his face was as iron as steel, and the firelight was shining on his face.
In front of him, Meng Xiaoqi, who was covered in blood, gasped for breath, and suddenly knelt down in front of him with a "pop", her voice filled with tears:
"Sir! Leave some seeds for our personal army! There are only nine of the twenty-eight people left, and Lao Yuan even broke an arm!!"
"We are not cowards. We led the men to charge three times, but those little devils were so cruel! They slashed with the knife without even frowning, and in turn stabbed Old Wei's throat with a bayonet. There was nothing we could do in this battle. Beaten”
Liu Jialiang's breathing became heavier. He was also a human being and had his own thoughts. He originally thought that these Japanese pirates were just a mob, but he didn't expect that in a head-on battle, he would encounter such a tough opponent!
Liu Jialiang asked himself that he had gone to the limit, but this was really a crime other than war!
It’s actually not that big of a deal to defeat this battle. You can fool your superiors by giving them a few thousand taels of silver, but if all your own soldiers are lost here, it will be difficult to lead the troops. Yes.
Looking at Meng Xiaoqi in front of him, Liu Jialiang was about to sigh and order a retreat, but suddenly he heard a series of gunshots coming from the side, like popping beans!!
The gunfire was sporadic. It was not the usual volley of guns in the army, but the effect was very good. The Japanese army's flank was suddenly dented, and at least five or six soldiers fell to the ground. If it was in a hand-to-hand battle, , the morale of the green battalion soldiers was already low at this time, filling in twenty people may not have the same effect!
Liu Jialiang was overjoyed. He turned around and saw a large cloud of smoke rising from the roof of the house next to him. It was Tan Sitong who rushed over with his servants in time and successfully launched an attack.
Of course, the firearms used by Tan Sitong's servants are not comparable to those of ordinary Green Camp.
Most of the ordinary Green Camps use old sleeves, the bullets are not powerful, the loading speed is slow, and the smoke is heavy after shooting.
Tan Sitong's servants all used German-made five-shot guns, which are also known internationally as Mauser 93 rifles. They can fire five times in a row and can only change bullets after the magazine is empty. Therefore, although there are only five Six people still fired an old-fashioned firearm close to the effect of twenty people's continuous fire.
Any army has a limit to the number of casualties it can withstand. No matter how elite the Japanese troops charging at this time are, they are still just the first batch of new armies of the Meiji Restoration. It smells like a victorious battle.
But no matter what, in the previous hand-to-hand combat, this army also lost more than ten people. Now it is very hard to face this group of green soldiers who are not afraid of death. What's more important is that the flanks are also shot. !
If this happens, the Japanese soldiers will become panicked. Even though they have no intention of retreating, they will inevitably turn their eyes to the ridge of the house on the side. This is human nature, no matter how difficult it is, they will not retreat. Indelible humanity.
As soon as they were distracted, the pressure on the green soldiers rushing in front was immediately reduced! This is the domino effect that appears on the battlefield. If there is a problem in one link, the overall combat effectiveness will inevitably decline.
Seizing this opportunity, a sturdy figure suddenly came forward! This man's shape was very special. He held a pot lid in his left hand and a bloody waist knife in his right hand, as if he had picked it up from the corpse next to him. Came here.
Not only that, he was barefoot and his trouser legs were rolled up high, making him look like a farmer who had just stepped out of the paddy field.
This person is none other than Master Huo’s disciple Ah Qi!
He charged forward with great force, so the Japanese soldier in front of him immediately let out a strange scream and stabbed him with a bayonet. However, the figure made a wrong step and actually took a small step forward and back.
The bayonet seemed to have stabbed him in the chest. In fact, only the Japanese soldier who took action knew that there was a strange hollow feeling in the hand holding the gun! It turned out that the bayonet had missed and was caught directly under the opponent's armpit.
Living.
On the battlefield, all situations were changing rapidly. The Japanese soldier was about to put away his knife and stab him again, but the barefoot man had already taken a step forward and came in front of him. He raised the long knife in his right hand as if he was going to cut it off, but in fact, his left knee had already been severely hit.
It was pressed against his crotch.
The Japanese soldier's face suddenly turned purple, and his eyes almost bulged out of their sockets, but this was just the beginning.
Ah Qi's mind is also quite flexible, and he knows that the power of the Japanese army lies in its ability to advance and retreat together after forming an array, and to stab forward with unparalleled speed!
So while the other party was in agony, he grabbed his right hand and suddenly exerted force, pulling his whole body up and using it as a weapon to sweep across him. The three or four Japanese soldiers next to him were unable to dodge immediately.
Was knocked to the ground.
The Japanese soldiers who rushed out had already been severely demoralized by the sneak attack from the side by foreign guns. When they encountered such an unexpected situation from the front, the entire front row formation was completely disrupted. The situation on the battlefield was originally like this.
When the commander and the green battalion soldiers saw this, their morale was greatly boosted, and they immediately rushed forward with shouts.
Seeing this scene, Liu Jialiang let out a long breath. After all, he was a famous general, and he had already keenly felt the chance of victory. At this time, he simply held the flag and began to move forward step by step.
When the coach's flag moves, of course the green soldiers behind him must follow suit.
Otherwise, if the coach goes forward and your bastard runs back, the military judge behind will use it to sacrifice the knife and there will be nothing to say.
The green battalion soldiers trained by Liu Jialiang must have had problems such as being slack in training, eating empty pay, etc., but they can still basically do it when it comes to issuing orders and prohibitions.
At this time, the charging Japanese elite had lost their initial vigor and were suppressed and began to retreat. Once this kind of thing started, it was difficult to stop.
After witnessing all this, Takeo Sato was furious and shouted wildly for the more than 20 Japanese troops who had completed their formation in the rear to come in for support!
After arranging these people, he immediately organized another small team and said angrily to the leader:
"These damn Chinese are at the end of their game. Their biggest threat to us now is the shameless attackers on the ridge of the house on the right. It is with their fire support that the people in front of us will be distracted."
"So, Ishihara-san, I leave all this to you! Go kill those nasty sneak attackers, they are as disgusting as bed bugs!"