Rebirth of the Qing Empire

At this time, the Tianjin Coast Guard's submarine force has expanded to 12 "Jiaolong" class submarines, and the torpedo boat force has expanded to 30 "Crocodile" class torpedo boats. The service of these submarines and torpedo boats has given the Tianjin Coast Guard a limited ability to defend the Tianjin coast.

capabilities, and submarines, a new type of naval warfare weapon, have a certain degree of far-sea attack capabilities, so they are used by Kang Fan as a "free weapon".

Following Kang Fan's instructions, five "Jiaolong" class submarines, which had been waiting in the sea outside Lushun Military Port before the land battle against Russia started, launched a sudden attack on the unsuspecting Japanese fleet parked in the port late at night on June 10.

attack.

Contemporary warships are limited by technical conditions and do not have the means to effectively detect submarines, so they can only rely on visual searches. The submarines "Raptor" and "Fierce Dragon" first broke into the Lushun military port without anyone noticing, using the cover of the dark night to hide.

Navigating underwater with only the snorkel and periscope exposed, using two new electronic devices, active infrared night vision devices and radar, to indicate targets, and using powerful "harpoon" torpedoes to carry out accurate and covert close-range night attacks.

The Japanese naval fleet suffered heavy losses but was unable to counterattack at all. It sank the Japanese first-class armored battleship "Fuji" and the battlecruiser "Kasuga" in one fell swoop. Seeing that the situation was not good, other ships in the harbor scrambled to escape and collided with each other.

, fled hastily to the sea off Lushun, and were beaten by the "Jiaolong", "Yunlong" and "Zhanlong" submarines that had been waiting for a long time. Four more Japanese ships were sent to the bottom of the sea by "harpoon" torpedoes.

In the Battle of Lushunkou, the five "Jiaolong" class submarines that participated in the battle brought a catastrophe to the Japanese fleet, resulting in the loss of more than 4,000 well-trained and experienced naval personnel in one night. For the navy,

In terms of technical services, it is difficult to replenish such personnel in a short period of time. After driving away the Japanese fleet that occupied Lushun and blocking the Bohai Strait and the waters surrounding the Luda Peninsula, the Japanese Army's maritime logistics supply line was cut off.

After that, extremely favorable conditions were created for Kang Fan's upcoming land battle against Japan.

On the night of June 22, during the intense land battle against Japan, the submarine force once again intercepted the Japanese Army reinforcements escorted by the Japanese Navy in the Yellow Sea, sank all Japanese transport ships, and killed thousands of Japanese troops and a large number of

The combat supplies were swallowed up by the sea, directly shattering the Japanese army's intention to land on the Luda Peninsula. During this battle, the submarine "Yunlong" accidentally ran into a mine left by the Russian army and unfortunately sank, killing all the crew.

After the Jin army stationed in Tianjin learned that the battle in the Northeast had begun, they joined forces with the local Qing army to annihilate the small number of Russian and Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin and took back the Russian-Japanese concession in Tianjin. When the soldiers and civilians in other areas of the country learned of this situation,

, followed suit, and relied on their huge numerical and geographical advantages to wipe out all the Russian and Japanese garrisons entrenched in various parts of the country!

For a time, people in the concessions of other Western countries across the country were panicked, fearing that it would be their turn to be the next target of attack. They all asked their embassy personnel to inform the Qing government, repair relations, and clarify their neutral position. But Kang Fan would not be with all Western countries.

It would be unwise for powerful countries to start a war at the same time. Therefore, the Tianjin garrison was closed as soon as possible, without violating the interests of Britain, France, the United States, Germany and other countries in Tianjin. However, soldiers and civilians all over the country followed the Jin army's lead, and Jin

If the army stopped, of course they would stop too.

After strengthening its artillery, the Jin 1st Division bypassed Fengtian City, where the main force of the Japanese army was stationed, and went deep alone. With the strong support of the people along the way, it made a long-distance attack on the two strategically important rear strategic points of the Japanese army on the Luda Peninsula: one was the most important Japanese army.

The supply base, Dalian Commercial Port, was the Lushun military port that the Japanese army captured from the Russian army at great cost. Like a magical force descending from the sky, it defeated the unprepared Japanese defenders in one fell swoop, captured Dalian and Lushun, and seized a large number of weapons, ammunition and

Military supplies blocked the coast of Luda Peninsula, suddenly pushing all Japanese troops participating in the war into a desperate situation of no supplies, and plunging the entire Japanese army in the Shengjing area into a huge panic.

At the same time, the special forces led by Captain Li continued to attack sporadic Japanese supply points scattered everywhere, destroyed many Japanese command posts, and killed a large number of Japanese commanders, which further contributed to the flames.

The operation to capture Dalian and Port Arthur was actually a very difficult fortress attack. The Japanese army relied on various buildings and solid fortifications to resist tenaciously, creating a lot of trouble for the 1st Jin Division.

Commander Zhou personally supervised the battle on the front line and changed tactics in a timely manner. He first used armored troops to destroy the Japanese command post, communication facilities, ammunition and material storage yards, artillery positions and other important targets, and divided the defensive positions into many areas that could not respond to each other.

small pieces, and then cut off the supply of food, drinking water, materials, etc. to these small defensive positions. On this basis, the Jin army's infantry assault troops were divided into combat units ranging from 100 to 1,000 people to fight against the Japanese army.

Block scramble.

The infantry in each combat unit are equipped with Type 02 submachine guns and Type 96 sniper rifles. They carry a large number of grenades and strengthen the 82 recoilless rifles and Type 96 general-purpose machine guns. After the adjustment, each unit was divided into separate units and attacked from all sides. The battle situation quickly improved: Removed

The gun mount was replaced and the 82 recoilless rifle was used for individual shoulder-fired shooting. It showed great destructive power and great flexibility against the Japanese solid fortifications. It was almost indestructible within 200 meters. Hand grenades and Type 02 submachine guns were used by the infantry.

The detachment provided ferocious close-combat firepower. As soon as the defending Japanese troops came face to face, they were beaten to pieces and had no time to fight back. The Type 96 sniper rifle and Type 96 general machine gun provided cover at the rear, completely suppressing the Japanese machine gun firepower and providing a solid foundation for the infantry.

The charge created an excellent opportunity. The detachment had a small target, was flexible, and had close-in fire support from "Tiger" tanks. Therefore, it made rapid progress. It occupied these two cities in three days and completely annihilated the Japanese.

garrison.

The main force of more than 100,000 Japanese troops who were resting in Fengtian City and surrounding areas had to leave a small number of troops to garrison Fengtian City and rushed to the Lida Peninsula to rush to the aid. However, their actions were too slow for the Jin army, which had mechanized advantages, and followed closely behind.

The infantry of the Jin army rode on "iron horse" transport vehicles and maneuvered quickly, and some of their troops were separated to surround Fengtian City, which was still in the hands of the Japanese army. The main force chased the Japanese army and chased them.

After clearing the Japanese troops on the Luda Peninsula, the 1st Jin Division joined forces with the 3rd Jin Division from the northwest of Shanxi, and coordinated with the 2nd Jin Division and the large Jin army to attack from both sides, encircling the main force of the Japanese army in the southeast outside Fengtian City.

direction of hilly areas.

Kang Fan ordered the entire army to build strong fortifications and besiege but not attack. Each unit took turns to rest and reorganize. For a time, a large number of military vehicles from the Jin army's logistics force delivered supplies, fuel, medicine, weapons and ammunition and other combat materials day and night, and withdrew.

Casualties of officers and soldiers. The "Chasing Wind" reconnaissance plane also flew over the battlefield all day long, closely monitoring the movements of the Japanese troops, and from time to time dropped a large number of leaflets in Japanese to harass the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

Although the Japanese troops in the encirclement circle launched one breakout operation after another, the Jin army's steel defense line composed of a large number of armored tanks, machine guns and artillery smashed the Japanese army's crazy "human sea" charge to pieces.

Wave after wave of shouts came and stopped silently. After repeated many times, the Japanese army's corpses piled up like mountains in front of the Jin army's defense line, and blood flowed into rivers. The battle turned into a massacre!

At the end of June, the Japanese army finally stopped breaking out due to huge consumption and had to rest and reorganize.

Fengtian City is the place where the Manchu people arose. It was originally the capital of Hou Jin, the predecessor of the Qing Dynasty. In 1636, the Hou Jin Dynasty changed its name here to "Qing", and the Qing Dynasty was established. In 1644,

After the Qing Dynasty established its capital in Beijing, Fengtian City was reduced to the status of a companion capital, but the former imperial palace was still there and its status in the minds of the Manchus was still very high. When the Russo-Japanese War broke out, there were more than 100,000 residents in the city.

When the Japanese and Russian armies were fighting fiercely here, all the crops outside the city were harvested and used as fodder for the army's horses. A large number of residents were killed by the Japanese and Russian sides as spies or were requisitioned as laborers and died in the war. Houses were demolished for construction.

The fortifications, residents' property, food, etc. were looted, and the imperial palace in Fengtian City was even used as a horse pen by the Russian army! All the gold and silver treasures in various places in the city, such as the palace, government offices, temples, etc., were looted. After that, the Russian army

After being defeated and withdrawn, the Japanese army occupied Fengtian City, causing the city to be looted again!

This was true for the capital of the Qing Empire, which "strictly maintained outsider neutrality", and it was even more conceivable in other places. Therefore, Kang Fan absolutely wanted to take back this city that was of special significance to the Manchu people and the Chinese nation. And he

The main reason why he laid siege to the city instead of attacking it was because he did not want the city to be damaged again. He was waiting for Captain Li from the Special Operations Force of the Security Bureau, and only Captain Li could find a way to protect the city to the greatest extent possible.

Recapture the city from the Japanese.

At midnight on July 2, with the help of some residents in Fengtian City, Captain Li led 650 special forces members to sneak into Fengtian City quietly through the drainage ditch. Each of them had a saber borrowed from the cavalry unit and attacked separately.

, cutting melons and vegetables along the way, he killed hundreds of Japanese defenders. He captured various gates of Fengtian City without alerting the main force of the Japanese defenders, guided the Jin army to attack Fengtian City, and completely annihilated the Japanese defenders.

, successfully recaptured Fengtian City before dawn.

In this battle, the large Jin army that cooperated with the siege was also under the command of Captain Li. They attacked separately, encircled and annihilated in groups, and acted simultaneously. Each attacking force had its own area of ​​responsibility, and in most cases they were engaged in close combat.

To defeat the enemy, use bayonets and pistols to resolve battles, and only use rifles and machine guns as a last resort. However, artillery, grenades, and explosives are absolutely not allowed to be used to avoid injuring residents or damaging buildings in the city.

Therefore, although the battle to capture Fengtian City was fierce, the residents in the city did not hear the intensive sound of gunfire. The Jin army, which possesses the most advanced and modern weapons and equipment in the world, seemed to have suddenly returned to the cold weapon age that night!

"What a Li Jinqing!" Kang Fan shouted excitedly after receiving the telegram.

The Japanese army was overwhelmed by the sudden and sharp attack of the Jin army. Seeing that the strategic concept of wresting control of the rich northeastern region of the Qing Empire from the Russian army was about to be achieved, they found that the lives of a large number of outstanding Japanese young adults and almost all

The fruits of victory gained at the expense of national strength disappeared almost overnight, and all the elite troops sent to fight in the Qing Empire were also in a situation where the entire army was about to be annihilated! The change in the battle situation was unexpected.

Although this new local force of the Qing Empire has shown its strong vitality in recent years, the cruel reality shows that in the past, we only focused on defeating Russia, but ignored this more terrifying opponent, which has led to today's

Everything is lost! Now we can only collect the already stretched troops from the country and desperately go to break the siege of Fengtian. And to break the siege of Fengtian, the only way to break the siege of Fengtian is to go through North Korea and cross the Yalu River: the Japanese Navy was captured by the Tianjin Coast Guard

The submarine force was frightened and no longer dared to risk an attack.

The 3rd Jin Division was then ordered to march eastward to guard the west bank of the Yalu River. Since they had been stationed in Shanxi, seeing the heroic fighting of friendly forces in the Northeast and having nothing to do with them, the officers and soldiers had already held back their energy. At this time, facing the Japanese troops who were desperate to attack regardless of losses.

Reinforcements, officers and soldiers of the entire division relied on the wide Yalu River and superior firepower to give the Japanese troops a head-on attack. The large number of machine guns and mortars equipped by the infantry formed an insurmountable wall of fire. After several days of fierce fighting, the Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties and were unable to set foot on half of the West Bank.

We had no choice but to abandon the cross-river operation. Looking from a distance, we could see corpses floating on the broad Yalu River, and even the river was dyed red!

The 3rd Jin Division's participation in the battle effectively cooperated with the friendly forces' southward combat operations, and Commander Yang was worthy of being a top student who studied in Germany and showed excellent commanding abilities in this battle.

In early July, all Japanese reinforcement operations failed, the Japanese government and the public were shaken, and the whole country fell into panic.

From November 21st to 25th, 1894, the Japanese army captured the Chinese city of Lushun and carried out an inhumane massacre. More than 20,000 unarmed Lushun residents were raped and killed! Many Chinese and foreign people who had heard and witnessed the atrocities of the Japanese army hated them with gnashing of teeth.

Call it the "Legion of Beasts". Kang Fan will never forget this period of history, and now, by some strange combination of circumstances, he has gotten the chance to face these beasts, and he will definitely take revenge!

"If the Japanese surrender is not accepted, kill them all!" Kang Fan issued this order to the entire army at 2 a.m. on July 7.

Suddenly, the entire sky around Fengtian City was occupied by slender 122mm rockets with bright tail flames and shrill and strange sounds. The 40-tube 122mm rocket launcher was used in large-scale combat for the first time. Its superior performance

The maneuverability, machine gun-like rate of fire, ultra-long range and the damage caused by powerful high-explosive, steel ball, incendiary and other rockets are absolutely terrifying! 72 122 rocket launchers fire 2880 rockets in one salvo

The bombs fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers. Several volleys turned the small encirclement into a red cauldron. Everything in the cauldron boiled at this moment, including steel, human bodies, livestock, trees, earth and rocks.

When everything was smashed into a pot of boiling porridge, hundreds of 130 and 82 mm artillery began to fire, and the dense barrage slowly advanced, forming a spectacular circular wall of fire.

It is constantly shrinking, and the space inside this circle is the living space of the Japanese army.

Various passwords for the Jin army at all levels came from the communication terminal in the headquarters, and Kang Fan could hear them clearly. A surge of pride surged in his chest, rushing around like a mad beast.

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"Soldiers, put on your goggles. Don't let the blown earth and rocks obscure your eyes. All of you, please fix your bayonets!"

"The 82 mortar fires rapidly and the machine gun fires bursts. Don't be stingy with the ammunition in your hands!"

"The armored fighting vehicles are launched, and the submachine gunners are in position!"

"Brothers, put on your helmets and breastplates, and take care of your heads and internal organs!"

"Captain Zhang, I keep my word: after this battle, I will definitely marry your sister!"

Kang Fan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and asked the staff beside him: "Who is this?"

"The report to the principal is Commander Zhou of the 1st Jin Division." A staff officer replied.

Kang Fan became interested and asked, "What's going on with Master Zhou and this Battalion Commander Zhang's sister?"

The staff officer laughed and said: "Mr. Zhou had his eye on Battalion Commander Zhang's sister, but Battalion Commander Zhang's sister was worried that she would not be able to control a husband like Master Zhou and insisted on finding a scholar, so she refused. Later, Master Zhou

He went to the overlord to fight hard, but he happened to be bumped into by Battalion Commander Zhang. Battalion Commander Zhang was very skilled and gave Mr. Zhou a good beating. As a result, Mr. Zhou lay down at home for several days due to his injury. Battalion Commander Zhang

But my sister went to take care of Mr. Zhou, which made Yingchang Zhang so angry that he almost vomited blood."

Kang Fan laughed loudly after hearing this, "Interesting!"