Anhui is the birthplace of and Huaijun. The 40 years of Huaijun's existence was the period when China experienced "three thousand unprecedented changes", which had a significant impact in modern Chinese history. The life stories of Huaijun generals have been passed down to this day. .
In order to spread the unique history and culture of Anhui, from August 1, 2019, Anhui Radio and Television Station City Voice Production will launch the historical story series audio "Huaijun Daqidi", today please listen to episode 297 "Jiangnan Fierce Battle"
Pyongyang has no defenses from the Qing army, and the Japanese army has become very easy to encircle it. According to their own deployment, the Japanese army moved to Pyongyang in four directions. In less than 20 days, the siege of Pyongyang was completed. . Coincidentally, the Japanese army attacking Pyongyang also had more than 16,000 men. However, their equipment was much better than that of the Qing army. Of course, this is not surprising. The artillery of the Ye Zhichao unit was either sunk to the bottom of the sea by the Japanese, or they were thrown away.
In the early morning of September 15, the Japanese army launched a general offensive on Pyongyang as planned. The battle was first launched on the southern battlefield of Pyongyang by a mixed brigade led by Major General Yichang Oshima. Oshima Yoshihide was the brigade commander of the first Japanese unit sent to North Korea, and the unit that fought with Nie Shicheng in Chenghuan was also under his command. Because he just won the battle of and Seonghuan, Oshima Yichang didn’t take the Qing army guarding Pyongyang in front of his eyes. On the day before the general offensive, he arrogantly commanded other troops. The official agreed: "This brigade will capture Pyongyang at around 8 o'clock in the morning tomorrow, and shake hands in the city to wish long live." Because the planned general offensive of the Japanese army started in the early morning, even if it started at midnight, he meant it would only use eight at most. End the battle in an hour.
At around 4 in the morning, the leading Japanese troops quietly touched a place called Chuanqiao on the south bank of the Datong River. The Qing troops stationed a unit here as an outpost. Although the Japanese used the night to hope not to be discovered, because The whole situation is already very tense,The Qing army also maintained a high level of vigilance day and night. The Japanese army was spotted as soon as it approached the Qing army camp, and the Qing army immediately fired warning shots. The original purpose of the Japanese army's sneak attack was not achieved, so the attack immediately began, and the Qing army immediately counterattacked. Although it was in the darkness, the night and tranquility were broken by the fire and the loud sound of guns from both sides, and the battle for Pyongyang started.
The Japanese army attacking the bridge in the bridge under the command of Yoshihoma Oshima, there are two infantry regiments and one artillery regiment, with 3,600 men. In terms of number, an alliance should have about 1,200 people, slightly more than the two battalions of the Qing army. The frontal blocking troops of the Qing army were Yijun commanded by Ma Yukun and a battalion of Shengjun commanded by Wei Rugui . If the Huai Army was established in the past, one battalion had only 500 personnel and two battalions had 1,000 personnel. However, according to some data, the Qing army had 2,000 people participating in the war. Anyway, from a partial point of view, the number of the Qing army was less than the Japanese army.
At that time, the Japanese army concentrated its forces to attack the three positions in the bridge, and large and small artillery violently bombarded the Qing army fortress. The Qing army on the front of the Japanese army was not equipped with heavy weapons. However, because Datongjiang was not too wide, the Qing army on the north bank of the river continued to bombard the Japanese army with artillery to support the troops on the south bank. The Japanese army was suppressed by artillery fire. . According to the "Records of the Qing-Japanese War" written by a Japanese scholar: "The fire of large and small cannonballs was like rain, the sound of artillery rumbling to shake the sky and the earth, the smoke of gunpowder rose like a cloud, covering the front. Under such fierce shelling, I thought it was an enemy. The soldiers will immediately disperse. However, our army moves forward, and the enemy moves forward, approaching each other step by step. At this time, there is nothing to do but to make the shelling more intense. The war becomes more and more fierce, and the universe seems to be The collapse.... The Japanese generals have long heard of the name of Ma Yukun, and today they know that the fruit is true."
After the two sides bombed each other for a period of time, the sky gradually brightened. General Wei Rugui of the Huai army looked at the opposite bank from the high ground on the north bank of the Datong River and found that the Japanese army had not occupied favorable terrain in a hurry, so he decided to take advantage of this good opportunity to take the initiative to launch an offensive. He personally led the 200 people from Shengjun Chuanzi Zhengying to cross the river and approached the Japanese army. The Japanese army had no concealment, was on the offensive side, had no fortifications, and was completely exposed to the guns of the Qing army. After Wei Rugui’s troops shot,The Japanese casualties are not small.
Another disadvantage of the Japanese army was that the Qing army continued to transport ammunition from Jiangbei to Jiangnan Fortress through the bridge, and the Japanese army had no ammunition to replenish, and they began to want to drive away the Qing army in one fell swoop through fierce bombardment, and the amount of shells was very high. Over time, almost all the shells were exhausted. Therefore, the morale of officers and soldiers turned from high to low.
As the Japanese artillery fire gradually became thinner, the Qing army seized the fighters and counterattacked continuously under the command of Ma Yukun and Wei Rugui. The battle continued until the afternoon.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the Japanese commander Oshima Yoshihatsu found that the troops had run out of ammunition and the officers and soldiers had not eaten, so he ordered to stop shooting and evacuated from the battlefield. The Qing army did not pursue it.
In this battle, 140 people below the Japanese generals were killed and 290 were injured. The brigade commander, Major General Oshima Yoshihashi was also injured. The Japanese finally returned without success.
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