Kowloon wins

Chapter 489 The Last Madness ([-])

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

Facing the Japanese black flag army rushing madly, the more than [-] officers and soldiers of the Qing army who had just experienced a fierce battle hadn't calmed down yet, and they couldn't help feeling a little flustered, but at this moment, the city The sound of the horn above the head suddenly sounded, and it was an order to withdraw the troops. All the officers and soldiers were relieved when they heard it, and hurriedly rushed towards the open city gate along the traffic trench. However, the heavy artillery on the city and the remaining ten infantry artillery under the city opened fire with all their strength, continuously smashing shells at the surging Japanese army.

"Fire, fire!"

Seeing that the infantry of the Qing army had withdrawn, and the artillery was still trying to stop his own charge, Tachibana nosuke refused to let go of this great opportunity to destroy the artillery positions of the Qing army, and shouted wildly for the remaining sixty Yu Men's old-style artillery fired at full force, blowing up thick smoke billowing from the artillery positions of the Qing army, and soldiers fell to the ground screaming miserably from time to time.

"The reserve team goes to the city, hit me, hit me hard!"

Although the rapid artillery attack has killed and injured the Japanese army in the charge, it is obviously impossible to block the desperate charge of the Japanese army. This time, the infantry outside the city have not all retreated into the city, and the Japanese cavalry Having rushed to the edge of the Uji River, Akiyama became anxious when he climbed up, and hurriedly shouted and ordered the reserve team to go to the city to help defend.

"Suddenly..."

The reserve team of the Qing army was originally deployed behind the city wall, and they climbed up very quickly. The problem is that the front wall of Uji Castle is less than [-] paces away. After being squeezed by six heavy artillery, there are not many places left. Twelve machine guns could only be deployed at the right moment. As for the other soldiers, they could only huddle together and shoot forward in turn. Fortunately, the firepower of the machine guns was fierce enough. The Japanese cavalry who slowed down were swept down a lot immediately, and the momentum of the charge was suffocated because of this.

"Enter the city, retreat quickly!"

Although the intensive rain of bullets from the machine guns can effectively curb the charge of the Japanese cavalry, it is only a containment, and it cannot really stop the charge of so many cavalry. After a while, it cost nearly a hundred cavalry losses The Japanese cavalry finally rushed to the west bank of the Uji River. At this time, the infantry of the Qing army had basically withdrawn to the city. Only the artillerymen were still fighting fiercely with the Japanese gunners. Seeing that the enemy cavalry was about to kill When he arrived, Lu Chengzhong became anxious, and waved his hands repeatedly to order his officers and soldiers to retreat quickly.

"My lord, the Japanese dog is coming up, you should withdraw immediately!"

Hearing Lu Chengzhong's order, the gunners didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, dropped their cannons one after another, jumped off the traffic trench, and rushed towards the city gate at high speed, but Lu Chengzhong himself didn't leave. Seeing this, Ghoshha, who was beside him, couldn't help being anxious, and hurriedly reminded him loudly.

"Little Liu, you can withdraw too. Hey, these cannons are all good cannons. How could they fall into the hands of the Japanese Gouzi? I'll just accompany the cannons on the road together."

Lu Chengzhong smiled casually, took a few strides to the propellant package storage place hidden in the traffic trench, bent down to pick up a dozen packages of propellant powder, and then walked unhurriedly to the back of an intact infantry gun , casually threw the propellant pack on the gun mount, clapped his hands with a smile, and said with a look of nostalgia.

"My lord, you go, leave this matter to the little one!"

Hearing that Lu Chengzhong planned to live and die with the cannon, that Geshhadn became anxious, rushed forward, grabbed Lu Chengzhong's arm, and advised with red eyes.

"Oh, I'm old, you're still young, go, go, if you don't go, I'll kill you!"

Lu Chengzhong chuckled, took out the revolver in his waist, forced the loyal Geshha, and yelled loudly.

"My lord, take care!"

When Geshha saw that he couldn't do anything, he didn't dare to insist anymore. He nodded in agreement with tears in his eyes, then gritted his teeth, rushed to the traffic trench, jumped down, and rushed towards the city gate along the trench.

"Close the city gates!"

Ghoshha was the last one to rush into the city gate. Just as he jumped into the city gate hole, he heard a loud shout, and a dozen strong soldiers of the Qing army chanted and slammed the two doors together. The city gate was closed tightly, and iron bolts were added to completely isolate the inside and outside.

"Come on, kill that dog and grab the cannon!"

As soon as the city gate was closed, the Japanese cavalry rushed to the artillery position despite the rain of bullets from the Qing army, but seeing a small Japanese banner roared, he led several cavalrymen under him and charged towards Lu Chengzhong.

"Grandma is a bear, there are only a few dogs here, and this time the master is at a loss!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had not yet arrived, Lu Chengzhong moved a few flower bombs and arranged them around. At this moment, he himself sat on one of the flower bombs, facing the rushing Japanese cavalry, Lu Chengzhong Zhong grinned at the corner of his mouth, and murmured with a smile, stretched out his hand, he already held a grenade stuck in his waist, pulled the string, and looked at the Japanese cavalry rushing at high speed with a smile behind him.

"boom……"

The Japanese cavalry really didn't understand what the middle-aged Qing army officer was laughing at, and they didn't intend to understand. They just wanted to hack Lu Chengzhong to death quickly, and then snatch the Qing army's intact cannons. , Such a wish is undoubtedly beautiful, but unfortunately the reality is cruel. Just when several Japanese cavalrymen raised their swords and prepared to strike down, the fuse of the grenade was already ignited, but after hearing a loud noise, the explosion sound instantly There was a sound, and the martyred shells and gunpowder launchers exploded into one piece, and countless shrapnel flew around, instantly sweeping the cavalrymen and horses to the ground.

"Lu Chengzhong, you idiot, you have a life, you are no better than a cannon, damn it, what are you doing in a daze, hit me, hit me hard!"

As soon as the scene of Lu Chengzhong's martyrdom happened, all the defenders on the top of the city were overwhelmed by the tragedy. Qiu Shan's eyes were also flushed, he stomped his feet angrily, and cursed fiercely.

"Tut, chug..., bang, bang, bang..."

The officers and soldiers of the Qing army who came back to their senses were all simmering with fire in their hearts, and desperately pulled the trigger, spreading their anger on the heads of the officers and soldiers of the Japanese country. , Seeing that there was no Qing army outside the city, the Japanese cavalry did not want to be beaten in place anymore, turned their horses around in disorder, and withdrew to the other side of the river. At the same time, the Japanese Black Banner Army who had rushed to the river The infantry also retreated.

"The blunderbuss press forward and bombard the top of the city, and the white flag armament ladder is ready to charge the city!"

Although this charge failed to take advantage of the situation to enter Uji Castle, Tokugawa Yoshimune may be satisfied with driving the Qing army outside the city back to the city, but he didn't intend to stop there, but waved his hand, An order has been issued!
"Boom, boom, boom..."

Taking advantage of the clearing of the Qing army outside the city, the Japanese army transferred more than [-] old artillery pieces from the rear army, together with the more than [-] artillery pieces left over from the previous artillery battle, they made up a hundred artillery pieces and began to attack their own infantry. Under the cover of the Qing army, they pushed forward under the sporadic bombardment of the Qing army's heavy artillery, and advanced to a place less than [-] steps away from the east bank of the Uji River. The heavy artillery of the Qing army, after more than a dozen rounds of artillery battle, crippled the heavy artillery of the Qing army. Of course, the gunners of the Japanese army did not fare well, and lost more than [-] artillery pieces again.

"Good job, don't stop the artillery, keep on bombing, the White Banner Army will attack!"

Although after several artillery battles, his side suffered great losses, but in Tokugawa Yoshimune's view, it was worth it. Seeing that the Qing army's heavy artillery had disappeared, Tokugawa Yoshimune didn't want to delay for a moment, and waved his hand, full of pride. The siege order was issued.

"Go to the city, defend, block the Japanese dog!"

Although the remaining [-] artillery pieces of the Japanese army were slow in firing rate and not very powerful, they couldn't stand up to the large number. Behind the city wall, avoiding the fierce bombardment of the Japanese artillery, until the Japanese infantry rushed to the top of the city, when the artillery fire stopped for a while, Akiyama dared to pull the defending troops to the top of the city.

The battle against the city has always been tragic, whether it is for the attacker or the defender. As the ladder of the Japanese army leaned against the city wall, the battle has reached a fever pitch in an instant—the machine guns of the defenders on the city , rifles fired desperately, while the Japanese army under the city returned the color with their bows and crossbows, they continued to move their troops up the ladder, one wave of death and another wave, and kept attacking the Qing army's defense line. In the future, it has not stopped for more than an hour. As the casualties of the Qing army are getting heavier, the consequences of insufficient troops have begun to appear. Fortunately, the front of the city wall is not wide, and the Qing army can still hold on, but it can continue to fight like this However, it is only a matter of time before the city wall is lost. Whether it can persist until the three days stipulated by the old thirteenth, Qiu Shan really has no confidence in his heart-this is only the second day, and more than half of the two thousand soldiers have been lost. There are still a lot of wounded, and the battle is obviously getting tighter. As a last resort, Akiyama can only send a messenger to find the old thirteen for reinforcements...

"Reinforcement? No! Tell Qiushan that he won't be there until noon tomorrow, so he will come to see you!"

Facing Zhang Miao who was sweating profusely and came running to ask for help, Old Thirteen's face was gloomy, and he didn't give any face, so he blocked his request for help with a cold voice.

"Commander, although General Qiu led his troops to defend to the death, the enemy is too strong. There are only less than [-] brothers left in Uji City. The artillery is completely destroyed. It is really unsustainable!"

Hearing that the old thirteen's answer was so inhumane, Zhang Miao immediately became anxious. While secretly giving Hong Qing a look of help, she begged bitterly.

"Hmph, I don't care about the casualties, as long as Uji Castle, go back and tell Akiyama, if you can't defend it, you have to defend it, otherwise, the military law is ruthless!"

The old thirteen didn't have any room for accommodation at all, his eyes widened, and he reprimanded Zhang Miao unceremoniously.

"twitter!"

Zhang Miao waited and saw that Hongqing didn't have the slightest intention of helping, so she didn't dare to mess around anymore, so she could only respectfully respond, then got on the horse helplessly, and led two of her men to ride towards Uji again. The direction of the city hurried away...

"Uncle Thirteen, Qiushan is not someone who steals, rapes and plays tricks. It seems that it is really tight. It would be possible to advance the plan a little bit."

When Zhang Miao was there, in order to protect the face of the old thirteen, Hong Qing would not speak out to remonstrate, but after Zhang Miao left, Hong Qing had no worries, so she suggested a soft voice.

"Well..., let's keep it first, and wait until tomorrow to see the situation."

The old thirteen frowned and thought for a while, but still insisted on the original plan. Seeing this, Hong Qing couldn't persuade her any more, so she could only smile and let it go.

(End of this chapter)