After this battle, although the soldiers of the Hunan Army did not suffer much physical exertion, they began to feel a little war-weary psychologically.
Ye Faguang also noticed the emotions of the soldiers, so he did not immediately continue to attack the enemy. Instead, he began to repair on the spot and began to bury the bodies of soldiers on both sides.
Ye Faguang's stoppage of action also gave the enemy in the old capital a chance to breathe.
In the old capital, Itto Hirobumi felt gloomy in his heart after receiving the news that the entire army ahead had been wiped out.
But as the Prime Minister, he must not be weak at this critical moment, so he immediately put aside the cowardice in his heart and continued to issue orders urging all parts of Kansai to quickly send troops for reinforcements.
At the same time, Hirobumi Itto also knows that the country is the symbol of the country and there must be no mistakes.
Therefore, when the old capital was in danger, in order to be able to resist for a long time, he sent the king to Shimahiro City in the west.
After the king knew that he would be sent away, he ostensibly scolded Hirofumi Itto, but secretly he quickly ordered his concubines to pack their things. That night they quietly evacuated the old capital and took a train to the island.
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After the king left, Itō Hirobumi immediately ordered the volunteers from various places who came for reinforcements to greatly transform the old capital. He wanted to turn the old capital into a tomb of Qing soldiers.
Since they now lack weapons and ammunition, they have ambushed people in every house and place. As long as Qing soldiers enter the old capital, they will be attacked from all directions.
Liu Hai was very happy after receiving the news in Jingdong City that Ye Faguang had just eliminated the Dashanyan tribe that came to block the attack. However, the next news came that Ye Faguang ordered the troops to rest on the spot, which delayed the opportunity to attack.
Liu Hai was furious about this. He didn't understand how Ye Faguang, a experienced man, could make such a mistake. If he repaired it there, he would definitely give the enemy forces in the old capital a chance to breathe. After that, the Hunan Army
When facing the old capital, it was a well-defended city.
So Liu Hai gave several orders, and the soldiers urged Ye Faguang to advance. However, after understanding the soldiers' mood, Ye Faguang refused Liu Hai's orders three times. At the same time, he explained to Liu Hai that the soldiers' current mental state was no longer suitable for continuing to fight.
After receiving Ye Guangming's explanation, Liu Hai was furious. This happened to soldiers from other countries, but they were not tired. Why couldn't they continue fighting on their own side?
So Liu Hai didn't care about enjoying himself in Jingdong, and hurried to the front line with his 20 tanks and some guards.
After Liu Hai arrived at the front line, he immediately relieved Ye Faguang of his command and personally assumed the top command of the army.
Ye Faguang was also a little helpless when Liu Hai removed his military power, but fortunately, after a few days of rest, the soldiers have gained some psychological relief and should be able to continue fighting.
So the day after Liu Hai arrived at the front line, nearly 80,000 soldiers moved forward again.
Since Liu Hai was in command this time, he had decided to solve the obstacle of the old capital in the shortest possible time. Therefore, the soldiers advanced very fast along the way and reached the outskirts of the old capital in only two days.
After Liu Hai arrived at the outskirts of the old capital, he immediately ordered the artillery to enter the shelling position. That night, the ordinary infantry went to rest, but the artillery began the shelling throughout the night.
This shelling lasted from night to dawn, destroying almost all the buildings in the old capital city.
But Liu Hai didn't know that tunnels had been dug in almost all places in the old capital. Therefore, although the shelling this night caused heavy losses to the population in the old capital, it did not make them give up their resistance.
After Liu Hai got up the next day, he immediately sent out scouts to investigate the old capital.
By noon, more and more news came back from the scouts. Liu Hai was very sure that there was no defensive force in the old capital, and the enemy troops should have fled.
Liu Hai was very satisfied with this situation. If he could take over the city without incident, then the entire Japanese Guanzhong would have been occupied by him, which was the enemy's most elite area.
But Ye Faguang had experienced that tragic blocking battle, and he never believed that the enemy could abandon the old capital like this.
So Ye Faguang went directly to Liu Hai's headquarters and admonished him, "Commander, the enemy's spirit of resistance is very strong. Commander, it's better to be careful."
When Liu Hai heard that Ye Faguang came to contradict him again, his face became unhappy.
"Can't you see? The enemy has already fled, and the old capital city is not fortified at all. If we do what you said, it will take a few more days."
"Okay, don't worry about this matter. I will make my own decision."
After Liu Hai dismissed Ye Faguang, he gave orders to his subordinates to launch a comprehensive attack on the old capital from three directions to completely solve the problem of the old capital before night.
The troops who entered the old capital initially advanced in high spirits without any resistance.
But when they were halfway there, enemies appeared from all directions, and they kept attacking the soldiers who entered the old capital.
As a result, these soldiers were a little tired of running around. They fought at close range with enemies armed with bamboo spears and swords in the streets and alleys of the old capital.
Although they held 56 and a half in their hands, they did not have time to fire a few shots at such a close distance. In addition, the opponent was not afraid of death, so the troops soon suffered large casualties.
Outside the old capital, Liu Hai was shocked when he received the news that the front attack was blocked. He did not expect that the enemy would actually engage in a tunnel battle with him.
Ye Faguang, who was standing next to Liu Hai, discovered this situation and suggested to Liu Hai that the troops withdraw from the old capital and use artillery fire for another round of coverage to minimize their own casualties.
After all, Liu Hai was not a professional soldier like Ye Faguang. Now he was at a loss. Finally, he accepted Ye Faguang's suggestion and ordered the soldiers to withdraw from the old capital.
By the time all Liu Hai's soldiers exited the capital, the sky was already darkening.
As soon as Liu Hai counted the number of people, he lost nearly 5,000 people in the old capital this time. This was a huge casualty that he had never experienced since he led the army.
By now, Liu Hai had become furious, and he directly ordered the artillery to continue shooting. They must not stop tonight, and these rats must be blown out of the tunnel.
But Ye Faguangzhan felt a little sad as he listened, knowing that it wouldn't have much effect this time.
After a night of shelling on the second day, Liu Hai was more cautious this time. He only sent one division to conduct a tentative attack. Sure enough, just like yesterday, the opponent once again launched a street fight with Liu Hai's soldiers.
In order not to increase casualties, Liu Hai immediately asked the army to withdraw from the old capital once again after discovering that the opponent's resistance was strong.
Liu Hai is now standing on the hill outside the old capital, gnashing his teeth at the entire old capital. If he attacks desperately, Liu Hai thinks he can still capture the old capital, but this will cause his army to suffer heavy losses, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
Finally, Liu Hai thought about it. If he wanted to seize a city in the Qing Dynasty plane now, and the opponent was fighting desperately, there was really no good way.
But if modern high technology is used, it will be different. He knows that there is a kind of bomb that is similar to a mass murder weapon - cloud bomb.
A cloud bomb is a bomb filled with fuel instead of explosives, that is, a fuel-air bomb. The fuel it is filled with is called a cloud explosive, which can create overpressure fields, temperature fields and fragments that have terrorist and destructive effects.
After the cloud bomb explodes, in addition to the above-mentioned injuries, it can also evacuate the nearby air within a certain range, causing people within the range to suffocate to death.
When faced with street fighting, cloud bombs are the best weapon.
After Liu Hai made his decision, he temporarily handed the command back to Ye Faguang and told him that he could decide whether to attack or defend on his own before he came back.
Then Liu Hai took his bionic protection position and left in a hurry.
Although Ye Faguang didn't know what Liu Hai was going to do, he was still very happy to be commanding the troops again.
After Ye Faguang took over the army, he changed Liu Hai's approach of large-scale attacks and marching straight in. Instead, he changed to nibbling step by step and focusing on attacks.
In the early morning of the second day, the first priority was still focused artillery bombardment, but this time it was not an all-out indiscriminate bombardment of unfocused targets.
This time Ye Faguang ordered the artillery to carry out focused artillery bombardment on a small area east of the old capital.
After the continuous shelling, and after thinking that the area had been completely cleared of armed resistance, the soldiers were ordered to start clearing the area.
Not to mention, Ye Faguang's tactics still worked to some extent. After this attack, this small area was almost flattened by cannons, and many tunnels collapsed.
Even if there are some undiscovered tunnels, it is because the passages on the ground are blocked, so the soldiers inside cannot come out at all and can only worry in the tunnels.
However, although Ye Faguang's method was good, it was too time-consuming. It took the troops only one day to completely clean up such a small area.
At night, this small area was under constant attack by enemy death squads. If Ye Faguang hadn't deployed a large number of soldiers in this area, I'm afraid this area would have been taken away by the enemy again at night.
On the second day, Ye Faguang followed suit and continued to use the same tactics in adjacent areas.
However, the tactics this time were not as obvious as yesterday. Since the enemy knew in advance that Ye Faguang would carry out the artillery bombardment, they had already withdrawn from the nearby area in advance. Once the artillery bombardment was over, they turned back to the nearby alleyways.
Come out and engage in street fighting with the soldiers sent by Ye Faguang into the city.