Since 1895, the world has become increasingly unstable, with wars sweeping across every continent, but no one has done centralized statistics.

But the reasons are very simple. The book says that this is the contradiction between the old imperialist countries and the emerging countries.

To put it more bluntly, all the fertile and well-populated land in the world has been taken over by established countries.

Emerging countries such as Germany, the United States, and Japan could not find high-quality colonies, and eventually, driven by the state machinery, they launched large-scale wars to reshuffle the market and raw material production areas.

As a special political and diplomatic last resort, war will always affect a wider range of interests.

For example, right now, many people are focusing their attention on the Far East. Everyone has their own thoughts, and they are constantly changing...

In December, with the injection of an unknown amount of U.S. dollars, Japan received a new source of power, and its mighty army began to advance.

On December 26, the 100,000-strong Japanese First Army was divided into two parts. One part was reserved as a reserve and feint attack, and the other part was divided into two divisions as a group for a full-line assault.

On the evening of December 27th, the weather was not very good, and the moon at the end of the month had only a crescent.

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The high ground to the west of the river was dotted with lights. It was the stronghold of the Qing army. The Nie tribe even built fortresses with earth and stone, but most of them were still barracks or simply stationed in the city.

"Monkey, go and squint for a while, I'll watch." In a fortress in Hushan where Nie's troops were located, the soldiers were changing the guard.

"Master, it's okay. You go and have a rest. I'll just keep an eye on it." He was only 1.56 meters tall and his voice was childish. He sounded like he was at most fourteen or fifteen years old.

"Go if you are told. There is so much nonsense. Here, hide it." Haizhu, who was called the master, took out two chicken drumsticks from his arms and handed them to his apprentice.

"Master, you can eat too." The monkey's eyes lit up, but it was just a surprise. Haizhu could get some food from time to time. He was used to it.

"I'm full, don't talk nonsense, eat quickly, and go to bed after eating. It's a cold day, and the coal I promised was not delivered. Fortunately, you have the foresight to prepare a lot of firewood, otherwise, I won't freeze to death..."

Haizhu complained that Shangguan didn't care about the front line at all, even though he had been used to it after more than 20 years of military service.

"I heard that people froze to death in Maziying?" Monkey took out a small bottle from his arms and handed it to Haizhu along with a chicken drumstick.

"Isn't that true? I heard that when I fell asleep at night, the room was drafty and the quilt was thin, so I froze to death. Hiss~ Soju?"

The two of them were chatting in the fortress, and they did not notice at all that on the river, the Japanese troops took several small boats and crossed the river in the dark.

"Wake up, it's dawn, don't sleep." As the sun rose in the east, Haizhu saw the men coming to change the guard, so he woke up his little apprentice, and finally he could go back to the camp to warm up.

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The monkey rubbed his eyes and followed the master down. He had gradually become accustomed to this kind of life...

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On the night of the 28th, the Japanese troops crossing the river took action again, this time on a larger scale, and they were also pulling several ropes.

"Saito, how is Fujiwara?" Hashimoto climbed onto the shore with difficulty, and asked Saito, who was also a colleague of his classmates and Fujiwara was their good friend.

"I fell into the water last night. Although I was snatched back, I am now suffering from a high fever..." Saito sighed. He was among the first batch to cross the river yesterday and was assigned with his good friends.

"...Oh~ If he can't listen, I will take care of Natsuki..." Hashimoto was silent for a while.

As soon as these words came out, Saito's eyes suddenly became sharp, and then he said nothing.

"Hey! Those two over there, what are you doing free? Come and help!" The sergeant's voice made the two of them move again.

On the 29th, a brand new pontoon bridge was about to be built, and there were more than 200 Japanese soldiers on the shore.

These were forcibly brought over by small boats at night, dozens more were missing in the water, and dozens more were lying in tents waiting to die.

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"Report! Sir, something serious has happened. Japanese pirates have been found on the river bank. They have crossed the river and are building a pontoon bridge!" The messenger rushed into Master Nie's tent.

"What?" The news these days is that everything is fine, especially after the weather cools down. Mr. Nie, I don't think the other side will attack.

"Take it back immediately, no! I'll go take a look." Master Nie said and came to the forest.

At this time, the pontoon bridge is just a few blocks away from being completed. If the river is not too swaying, you can usually jump over it.

"Inform the artillery team to bring in the Green cannons, then drop a battalion and attack it halfway across the river." Nie saw the opportunity. The pontoon bridge would not be completed for at least half an hour.

You can't run around after crossing the pontoon bridge. Those who have already crossed must guard the pass. It is best to suppress the enemy, but generally not.

This resulted in a short-lived rally, and attacking halfway through was a veteran's trick, as anyone on the street would know.

In less than forty minutes, a Gatling gun from the fortress was delivered. It was accompanied by a battalion of Wu Yi's army.

"Sir, two more will be here shortly." The artillery commander panted and put down the bullets in his hand.

"Hurry up and set it up. Follow my orders later, point at people and hit them. Don't worry about the pontoon bridge for now." Master Nie said while ordering the troops.

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A few minutes later, the first small group of Japanese soldiers crossed the pontoon. Lord Nie signaled everyone to stay calm and not attack.

"Yo Xi, Muraguchi-kun, it seems we haven't been discovered. Qingzhu's fighting ability is no different from those untouchables." On the other side of the river, the Japanese commander was excited. The consecutive days of victory had made him forget himself.

"Second Squadron, quickly cross the pontoon bridge!"

On the other side of the river, I saw more than a hundred Japanese soldiers approaching the bridge one after another, and there were already two to three hundred people on the bank. Mr. Nie knew that it was almost done. If this continued, it would be bad if the car overturned.

"Commander, pass my order. The third battalion of the Howling Tigers will rush to help as quickly as possible. The artillery battalion pays attention to suppressing the enemy's firepower and fires!" The last two words were said to the Green Cannon.

Dong Dong Dong Dong Dong.

The sound of the Gatling Cannon is a bit dull, but its lethality is terrifying.

With a caliber of 11 mm, a rate of fire of 200 rounds per minute, and a terrifying range of 2,000 meters, it is already the most terrifying infantry killer weapon today.

Suffering a sudden attack, the Japanese soldiers were obviously panicked and did not even fight back for a while.

"The troops are not allowed to charge, shoot!"

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In order to minimize casualties and fully consider the Qing army's combat methods, Lord Nie ordered more than 400 troops and battalions to fire from a distance.

The fight was lively for a while, but unfortunately it had little effect.

The first is that except for the old ranks, the soldiers who joined the army in recent years have not fired many guns. The second is that the Qing army did not have the concept of firearm maintenance, and many firearms were old or damaged.

However, the intensive gunfire was enough to panic the Japanese soldiers. This was the first time since the war started that they faced more than a hundred musketeers.

"Baga! Despicable Qingzhu, order the artillery, fire! Cover, the follow-up troops will follow up, and you must protect the pontoon bridge!" The Japanese commander was furious. He was still thinking about being the first to cross the river and then be promoted!

Although the unit is a brigade, the commander is the commander of the wing. In addition to the brigade, there is also a supplementary squadron, an artillery squadron, and an engineering squadron.

Boom! Boom!

The sound of two cannons woke Master Nie up.

"Fight back!" Unfortunately, Mr. Nie is not at the headquarters, but at the front line.

but…

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Boom! 12

The Japanese soldiers responded with twelve cannon shots. Mr. Nie had one artillery battalion and two artillery brigades, with forty cannons.

However, this includes eight Gatling guns, sixteen Hotchkiss 37/47 rapid-fire guns, twelve Krupp 60/80 camp guns, and four South China-made three-inch camp guns.

The one attacking this time was the Krupp gun, which was at the front.

The two sides began a fierce artillery battle. The Japanese soldiers had six bronze cannons and two French small steel cannons.

"Okay!" Seeing the Japanese artillerymen unable to look back, Mr. Nie shouted loudly. At this time, the remaining two Gatling cannons were delivered.

"Quickly set up!" The mountain wind blew by, and a lot of the smoke on the mountain was blown away. The Qing army still had a good view, with three machine guns firing towards the pontoon bridge.

"Okay! Let's fight like this!" Mr. Nie tried the joy of the Gatling Cannon.

In the rear, twelve cannons fought against eight others for a long time but failed to win. Xu Su, the artillery battalion commander, looked like his face was smeared with dye.

Moreover, another artillery shell fell towards the shore. Xu Su even moved forward 1,500 meters and set up a Hotchkiss rapid-fire cannon.

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"Push up those four seven-year-old and five-year-old cannons, I won't believe it!" In fact, the results of the artillery battle on both sides were not great.

The distance is too far, and the shots are not very accurate, and the visual aim is only a small point. The artillery on both sides has a bit of history, so it is normal for the shots to be inaccurate.

"aim!"

"preparation!"

"put!"

The same process, but Xu Su didn't like Nan Hua's Seven Lives and Five Cannons.

The reason is that now, the gunner is holding a lot of bits and pieces, saying something like high and low plus one, but he can't understand. (Nanhua's technicians know everything. As long as they pay.)

"put!"

Boom 4

Boom!

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To be continued...