Chapter 548 "Thunderstorm Plan" (11)

With a screaming shell, it hit the city head like hail from the west and north directions. In an instant, almost half of the Jinquan City was swallowed up by the terrifying smoke.

This fierce shelling that could not be raised by the Japanese officers and soldiers in the northwest cities took nearly two minutes before finally becoming sparse.

Just as Okupo Rito and his officers and soldiers who had already gritted their teeth and were full of enthusiasm were about to rush to the city to fight back against the Korean army, suddenly, with another explosion like a mountain collapse, a nearly 30-meter-long wall in the West City collapsed and collapsed.

Unfortunately, the person who was responsible for the defense of this section of the city wall happened to be the one who escaped from Chungzhou and had not even decided to breathe.

Because not only lost the city and land, but also lost most of the officers and soldiers, when Okuma Shigenobu led his first army with less than 2,000 officers and soldiers, he had the idea of ​​living a shameless idea when he just fled into the city of Jinquan.

Although he was so angry that he was able to defeat and escape, considering the current lack of soldiers and generals, at the most critical moment, Okupo Ritsunori not only appeared in time and stopped Okukuma Shigetsunori's act of killing and apologizing, but even comforted Okuma Shigetsu with kind words such as victory and defeat, and hoped that he could cheer up again and turn grief and anger into strength. Since he already knew where he fell, he would get up from where he fell.

In this way, Shigeshinobu Okuma gave up the idea of ​​"inadvertent" and instead gave birth to a heroic feeling of "under the wise commander" of Commander Okupo Rito, using the current Jinquan Castle as a new life, and swearing to "repay all blood debts" from the Koreans to the death.

Perhaps the justice of the great Rizhao God also wanted to see if his believer was so loyal. The moment when Okuma Shigeshinobu vowed to be loyal was almost instantly.

So, in the large gap of nearly 30 meters in the city wall, amid the charge horns of the Korean Iron and Stone Legion that soared into the sky outside the city, Okuma Shigeon and his remnants appeared.

Like all his soldiers, Okuma Shigeshino was wrapped in a white cloth strap that had become so dirty that it had become so smoke and dust. A samurai sword was dancing in his hand, and his mouth was still whining, "Kill one to earn one, kill two to earn one." He wanted everyone to know that he and his First Army were not cowards.

But this time was completely different from the situation that Okuma Shigetsu had experienced before. After the intense charge horn sounded, Okuma Shigetsu, who led his subordinates to the gap and was waiting for it, did not welcome the soldiers of the Iron and Stone Legion outside the city who shouted the killing sounds that shocked the Iron and Stone Legion outside the city, but encountered another wave of more fierce artillery fire rumbled above his head, and the dense rain of bullets from outside the city.

In an instant, the Japanese army's broken limbs and broken arms flew scattered over the gap...

After judging that Nishiseki was obviously the main attack direction of the North Korean army, Okupo Ritsuno's heart was tightening and still felt a little relieved. The reason was very simple. Although Okuma Shigetsu no Yoshinoki was defeated repeatedly, compared with other generals in the city, Okuma Shigetsunoki had a deeper understanding of the opponent who had been chasing here. And he also believed that this time Okuma Shigetsunoki would be able to carry forward the spirit of knowing shame and then bravely fighting the Koreans to the end.

However, in order to keep the gap in Nishise as quickly as possible, Okupo Ritsuka not only immediately mobilized the city's mobile power to quickly reinforce Okuma Shigeshinobu, but also resolutely rushed to Nishise to supervise the war.

When Okupo Litong appeared in the "most critical" Nishiro, the war in Nishiro had temporarily stopped. What reflected Okupo Litong's eyes was just a miserable and messy scene after the war.

The huge gap of nearly thirty meters has been filled with layers of Japanese wreckage. Although it is not as strong as the brick and stone walls in the past, it can at least form a certain obstacle to the Korean army who want to climb up the city.

"Okuma, you should go to the back to treat and recuperate."

Looking at the man in front of him who was standing straight and standing still not very natural, and half of his face was covered in blood, Okupo Rito sighed softly.

"No!"

Although Okuma Shigeshino's head seemed a little struggling, the expression on his face was very firm, "I must not leave here. Commander, my first army of nearly 30,000 is left, and only these more than 500 soldiers are left. We must revenge the soldiers of the first army that died in the hands of the Koreans."

"Okay, all the troops that reinforce Nishisei are under your command," Okupo Rito looked at Okuma Shigetsu, raised his hand and patted him gently, "Okuma, I believe you will not ask the North Koreans to step into our Jinquan from here."

But Okupo Litong really guessed that the situation was wrong.

Shortly after Okupo Rito returned to his Central Line Army headquarters from Nishi Castle, another more fierce Korean offensive began, and Nishi Castle once again became the focus of the Korean army's main attack.

First, the news that Okuma Shigeshino died of Korean artillery fire reached Okupo Ritsu.

Just as Okupo Litong was busy and restless about the critical situation in Nishise, a more terrifying news came:

Dongcheng, which had always been as calm as water, was actually broken through by the Korean army!

Okupo Ritsu, who was like being scalded by hot charcoal, had just sent out the last mobile force to counterattack the Korean army pouring into the East City. The news of Xicheng being broken up followed.

Now, Okupo Ritsuto finally understood why Okuma Shigenobu suddenly became the defeated general.

Okupo Ritsu, who had no choice but to follow the way Okuma Shigetsuki used to, left behind the Castle of Jinquan and fled in a panic.

But unlike Shigeon Okuma, Okupo Ritsu didn't dare to flee to Daegu without looking back, because he knew how important the military important place of Jinquan was to the Japanese army at present. Therefore, after Okupo Ritsu escaped from outside Jinquan City, Okupo Ritsu quickly found a place to temporarily settle down and began to gather defeated troops.

It is obvious that Okupo Litong wants to regain Jinquan.

But if you want to achieve this goal, Okupo Litong must be able to win the support of General Takasugi Shinsaku who is in Daegu.

Because without Takasugi Shinzuo's approval, his only complete third army could not be mobilized. Without the reinforcements of the new force of the Third Army, the so-called recapturing of Jinquan is just a dream.

Therefore, in order to realize his revenge plan, of course, in order to give himself only half a day, he found a reasonable excuse. In the emergency document issued to Takasugi Shinsaku, Okupo Ritsu made it clear that he had been attacked by at least 30,000 main forces of the Korean army...
Chapter completed!