After the main force of Oshima Yoshimasa was destroyed, the remaining attack direction was naturally Takeda's partial division. After leaving some people to clean up the battlefield, Nie Shicheng immediately led the main force of about 3,000 people to Jialongli Village. Takeda was also very depressed now. He realized

The village opposite is not

After he was able to capture it, he decided to immediately abandon the original battle plan and lead his troops closer to the main force. As a result, he and Nie Shicheng's support troops happened to be on the opposite side. No one on both sides expected this situation, and an encounter ended

It broke out unexpectedly.

Nie Shicheng's forward was a company of the Chinese assault battalion and half a battalion of the old Beiyang army, about 400 people, while the number of Japanese forwards was slightly smaller. During the hasty encounter, the Chinese company's mortars and heavy machine guns had not had time to deploy, and the two sides became entangled.

Together, this is the Sino-Japanese War

Since the outbreak, the first encounter between the two sides was also the first hand-to-hand combat. Whether it was the Chinese, the old Beiyang army, or the Japanese army, after a few rounds of brief exchanges of fire, they entered into a close-range hand-to-hand battle. At this time, the two sides

The difference in training level and resistance will is fully demonstrated

It emerged. Relatively speaking, the Japanese army learned from the French in bayonet fighting techniques, and the French are known as the invincible army in Europe. And the tactical coordination is very good. Three back-to-back Japanese troops can completely block the attacks of 5 to 6 old Beiyang troops.

attack, and the fighting in the old army

Although the skills are barely qualified, they have not received special coordination training. You must know that bayonet fighting does not depend on individual skills. The so-called masters cannot stop under the repeated attacks of three bayonets. And the old army is precisely in

I don’t have much experience in cooperation. And this

In this way, when the number of people is equal, the Japanese army's group warfare method gradually begins to show its advantages. When the old army, which does not have a strong will to resist, realizes that the opponent is a tough opponent, its morale will obviously decline, and in the clear and bright future

bayonets and splashes of blood.

Next. The entire battle situation has evolved from unsupportive to rout. But on the other side, facing the Chinese vanguard battalion composed of Chinese ex-armed personnel with rich experience in street fighting and group fighting, the Japanese army understood for the first time that close combat can still be played like this!

!There is such a saying in Xu Jie’s plane

If you ask gangsters to learn martial arts, the police can't stop them. What's more, this group of Chinese with rich experience in group fights also have pistols in their hands! As a former gang member of Peng Haifeng, no one can afford a pistol, and in Nanyang

, they also had some fights with the local people holding parang knives.

The indigenous people started fighting. At least in terms of actual combat experience and mental endurance, they were obviously much better than the Japanese soldiers who had never killed anyone. In addition, they had received strict training and had cooperation experience since Nanyang. And most of them were junior soldiers.

, this cooperation also has an absolute advantage.

When the two sides were fighting, the Japanese army wanted to prevent the rifle bullets from penetrating too strongly at close range and causing accidental injuries. So they honestly removed the bullets and then rushed forward howling. And the Chinese over there, how should I say, also

Throw away the rifle very honestly?! Yes, you read that right, most Chinese threw away the rifles in their hands, and then took out the ones they had prepared privately

There are all kinds of close combat weapons, from broadswords, sabers, parangs and even machetes. In the other hand, is it holding an 1889-style combat pistol or a self-defense pistol designed by Xu Jie! The Japanese army charges, with bayonets like

Lin, shone coldly under the sunlight. And the blue baked blue on the combat pistols in the hands of the Chinese armed men rushing in the front row shone coldly under the sunlight.

Light. And this batch of pistols are Xu Jie’s improved repeating guns with a speed machine! They are called the 1889 combat pistol mk2 version in the Beiyang Arsenal! They are internal supply versions! Not for sale! It is not available in the European market.

Arrive! At a distance of less than 50 meters, the two sides have already begun to fight. Anyone with a brain can imagine this situation. A wave

The rain of bullets immediately extinguished the Japanese army's passion for bayonet fighting! The first row fired a salvo of at least 20 1889-style combat pistols mk2 version. Each gun had 20 rounds of ammunition, a total of 400 rounds of ammunition at less than 50 meters.

The entire front row of the Japanese army was completely destroyed within 20 seconds. The Japanese army fell down after being shot and blocked the charge route of the second row.

Suddenly, the entire charging sequence was in chaos. At this time, the Chinese soldiers holding a knife in one hand and a self-defense pistol in the other passed directly over the first row of gunmen and covered them up. There was a burst of knife, chop and gun fire. The two sides fought to the same place! They encountered a group.

The Japanese troops directly shot to disperse them. When encountering a single one that was relatively close, they directly went up and chopped them down. Cooperate with the Japanese troops in a triangle or back-to-back.

The difference is that because the Chinese army has introduced "pistols", a large-scale killer weapon, the process of close combat has become row by row. The ones in the front have finished shooting their bullets, step back and change bullets, and then the second row goes up, and so on.

Alternate. Hand-to-hand combat has always been very bloody. Even with the advent of automatic pistols, both sides still have to use knives to speak in the end. Although

Most of the knives on the Chinese side are not as long as those on the other side, but the various moves they learned from unknown martial artists are really unsuitable for the Japanese army who are used to regular assassination sparring, and compared to the old army who were working as soldiers and making a living.

Said that the fighting spirit of these young soldiers is undoubtedly more tenacious. And the Chinese soldiers who are used to seeing blood are even more fierce under the stimulation of blood. With the splash of fresh blood,

The sound of blood, the dying struggle of the injured, and the crisp sound of the knife hitting the bones. Of course, the more numerous sounds are the bursts of firing of the 1889 series pistols and the sound of bullets entering the flesh. The battle situation between the Japanese avant-garde and the Qing avant-garde has become

, the Chinese were chasing the Japanese army, and the Japanese were chasing the old army. This scene made Nie Shicheng, who rushed to the battlefield, see it, and his heart was filled with bitterness.

However, this situation soon ended. As Nie Shicheng arrived with the main force, the Takeda detachment, which had only 600 people left in total, could not withstand several times of Qing attacks, let alone a group with pistols.

The Chinese vanguard battalion engaged in illegal hand-to-hand combat? The armies of both sides were entangled, and Takeda's troops could not withdraw.

I originally planned to take the troops who didn't go up and run away by another route, but when I turned around, I ran into the Qing troops chasing from Jialongli Village. There was no way to retreat. Takeda, which was defended by several times the Qing troops, had only two routes.

He had a choice, either to die in battle or to surrender. But at the critical moment, before the Japanese officer had time to choose, he fired a mortar

The artillery shell fell next to him, and the huge explosion knocked him unconscious. Then, when he woke up, he found himself in the field hospital of the Qing army! As for what happened to the 600 subordinates? Is there any need to ask? They were

More than 3,000 people surrounded them, and there was no possibility of escape! (In fact, in history, the Qing army did pretty well at first.

, for example, there were 705 Japanese casualties on the first day of the Battle of Pyongyang. The data comes from page 107 of "History of the Sino-Japanese War" written by Mr. Qi Qizhang. In this book, more than 5,000 Qing troops plus new weapons and the help of the Chinese Pioneer Battalion

, the attack has no backup and lacks supplies for the 3,000 Japanese troops with low morale. It is not too much.)

The Battle of Chenghuan ended within 2 days. The Oshima Yichang Brigade, which lacked supplies and heavy weapons, encountered the overwhelming advantage of more than 5,000 Nie Shicheng troops during the retreat. There were more than 3,000 people in the entire brigade, except for a few who broke through.

About 2,500 people were annihilated, wounded and captured. But Nie Shichen himself did not feel relaxed.

They have absolutely superior weapons and troops, and they occupy a favorable location. The more than 5,000 Qing troops actually suffered more than 1,000 casualties. In sharp contrast, the Chinese half battalion suffered less than 50 casualties. Although the gap in weapons was taken into account,

Nie Shicheng still felt very ashamed. He could clearly feel that the old army was fighting

There is often a mentality of coping and following the herd. The so-called coping is not that they are not brave enough in fighting, but that they are too inactive in their minds during the battle. And this is not just a problem of rigid thinking. German consultants have taught them a lot.

However, the old army generally cannot understand the essence of it, but relies on instinct or habits developed over the years.

They are used to fighting. And the so-called herd mentality is even simpler. It is not a mistake to follow the herd when the wind is going smoothly, but once it encounters a headwind, the entire front may be affected by the influence of a small number of people even if the overall fighting spirit has not been lost.

Shaking and leading to defeat! This is what Nie Shicheng is most worried about. As for the soldiers' fighting will, Nie Shicheng

From the beginning of the war, I didn’t have much hope for these soldiers who wanted to serve as soldiers and feed themselves. Making money is good, but saving lives is the first priority. Before the war, morale may be high, but after experiencing the effects of war,

After the cruelty, morale immediately dropped, especially when encountering a tough opponent, and you couldn't rely on it at all. This thing started from the establishment of the Huai Army

It has always existed since the beginning. When the Huai Army first fought in Shanghai, if Li Hongzhang hadn't personally supervised the battle, the Huai Army would have been unable to defeat the Taiping Rebellion. In Nie Shicheng's eyes, apart from the threat of death and a large bounty, it was difficult for him to think about it anymore.

Find other ways to motivate his subordinates. But this is far from enough. As for the tactical level, Nie Shicheng did not

There are too many requirements. Judging from the current situation where the old army is firing indiscriminately, the shooting level is not as good as that of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army is even worse than the new army. With the same machine gun, the old army can only shoot and burn out the bullets as quickly as possible.

The accuracy is really poor, and the new army mainly shoots in bursts, using long and short shots alternately to suppress the opponent, and at the right time, it also

It can shoot indirectly. Nie Shicheng was shocked when he saw this thing. Just relying on his understanding and calculation of ballistics, he hit a rain of death on the battle line. Its killing effect is not lower than that of direct fire, and the striking distance is actually 1500

This level is absolutely impossible to achieve without a long period of hard practice and consideration.

After realizing the gap between the two sides, Nie Shicheng decided to talk to Shao Yu, the commander of the new army, to discuss the true source of combat effectiveness of the Chinese New Army!
Chapter completed!