The 35,000-strong Central Army where Yunze was at this time was divided into four batches. The first batch of 5,000 people was rushing towards Yongcheng quickly, followed by three large armies, each with 10,000 people. The 5,000 men in front were lightly armed and the fastest, while Yunze followed behind the 10,000 heavily equipped troops.
The five thousand people were led by a division commander. They adopted a forced march, and the three troops behind them had been thrown several miles away by them. We were more than 20 miles away from Yongcheng. The scouts in front of us sent back news that we saw several groups of Japanese pirates around, each with about 2,000 people, and they were about five or six miles apart.
The division commander who led the team frowned when he heard this. He quickly concluded that the Japanese pirates were guarding the outside in order to prevent them from providing support.
According to the intelligence detected by the scouts, there were at least four groups of Japanese pirate defenders wandering around in the front. They seemed to be hiding, but they were still unable to hide in front of the People's Army scouts.
After all, these scouts have been trained by Yunze's advanced military training concepts, and all of them can be compared to special forces. It's not a problem for a single person to work with a team of 100 people.
The division commander thought for a while and quickly divided the 5,000-strong army into four groups. One group was responsible for destroying the group of Japanese pirates closest to them, and the remaining three groups were to encircle and provide reinforcements. If this side was attacked, the remaining three groups of Japanese pirates would definitely be there. Came over immediately to provide support.
The five thousand people were divided into four groups, each with a thousand people. The remaining one thousand people were used as a reserve team in case of emergencies.
After the order was issued, each team quickly began to carry out the order and dispersed. Although they may be facing eight thousand Japanese pirates, no one hesitated and no one was afraid.
They are best at blocking battles. Even if they are 1,000 people versus 2,000 people, they are absolutely confident that they can stop the enemy or even destroy it.
As the order was issued, each team quickly entered their ambush point, and the remaining one person was waiting for an opportunity in the rear. Even if they could not eliminate all the 8,000 Japanese pirates here, they would still be disabled. .
The one thousand blocking soldiers led by the division commander arrived not far from the group of Japanese pirates closest to them, and a thousand people began to quietly use the terrain to surround the Japanese pirates.
At the same time, the Japanese pirates in front were resting and recuperating. They would sweep back and forth in this area every day in order not to give reinforcements any chance. There were originally six groups of mopping up teams around, but due to the tight fighting in Yongcheng, they already had two groups. The team was transferred back to Yongcheng.
The remaining four teams were watching each other and sealed off this area. As long as a large army came over, they could respond in a short time.
However, compared to the tactical literacy of the People's Army, their tactics are not effective in front of the People's Army. The People's Army's hidden attacks were difficult to catch, but how could it be compared to laymen like the Japanese pirates who didn't even know new tactics.
They didn't even know they were surrounded. The Japanese pirates were resting in a makeshift camp, with only some sentries on guard. In several of the camps, several Japanese pirate leaders were preparing to humiliate the newly captured Chinese women.
These women were the people nearby. Since they attacked Yongcheng, the people had fled and died. Those who had no time to escape were killed by them, while the women stayed.
Just when these people were preparing to have sexual intercourse, suddenly, there was a whistling sound, and then a violent explosion woke up the entire camp. The Japanese pirates were all frightened and rushed out of the camp.
They looked around, wanting to know what was going on, but as soon as they appeared, they heard intensive gunshots all around them, and the exposed Japanese pirates were immediately killed by bullets.
The remaining Japanese pirates were so frightened that they quickly fell to the ground. They did not understand what happened. His eyes were filled with fear. However, it was useless for them to lie down, as shells fell from time to time in their camp.
They almost became the prey of being slaughtered, and the corpses of their companions that were blown to pieces from time to time around them made these Japanese pirates almost collapse. Most of them were so frightened that they got up and ran away.
No matter what, the most important thing is to leave the camp. In fact, the camp is a target. If they are hit by those exploding weapons, they will die.
This kind of mountain cannon is easy to carry. Even if they are marching here in a hurry, they still bring dozens of mountain cannons, and they can divide them into several teams.
Those Japanese pirates who were forced out of their camps by mountain cannons immediately became targets for the People's Army ambushing around them, and they fell in pieces. No matter which direction they went, they were dead.
The key is that up to now, they have not seen the specific location of the People's Army, not even a human figure. Not only because they were frightened, but also because the People's Army was extremely well concealed. The weapon has a long range.
Looking at the fallen companions in droves, the Japanese pirates were trembling with fear and running around in the entire camp. Their eyes were full of despair. The only outcome for these Japanese pirates was death.
From the other three directions, hearing the gunfire here, the three groups of Japanese pirates also knew what was happening here, and they hurried towards the direction of the fighting. The four groups of Japanese pirates were supposed to watch and help each other, forming a strong line of defense to block the reinforcements from China.
Now that a battle broke out on one side, the other three parties rushed over to support them. They thought very simply. With the strength of the three parties, they believed that they could eliminate the reinforcements here.
But when they hurried to the place where the fighting took place, they plunged into the pocket set by the People's Army before they got there. The battle also started in an instant.
Mountain artillery, grenades, positional blocking, and various tactics emerged one after another. The three groups of Japanese pirates were directly blinded. They turned around and couldn't find the person who attacked them. When you find someone. They don't even have the ability to rush forward.
Although all the Japanese pirates had muskets in their hands, the power of the muskets was nearly half the difference compared to the rifles in the hands of the People's Army.
The effective lethality of muskets is only about 100 meters, but the rifles of the People's Army can now have lethality from 300 to 400 meters, and even 700 to 800 meters away.
They couldn't even get within a hundred meters of the People's Army, and the muskets in their hands made no difference. They could only watch as their companions fell one by one.
When they reacted and wanted to break out, they found that they were also blocked from behind. They could only rush back with all their strength. But in the end, the Japanese pirates discovered that there was no chance to escape from behind.
By the time they reacted and wanted to break out of the encirclement from other places, it was already too late. The People's Army's front line shrank, and they were surrounded in the middle and massacred one-sidedly by the People's Army.
The battle lasted for about an hour, and all four groups of Japanese pirates were wiped out. While cleaning the battlefield, the People's Army soldiers discovered nearly a hundred Chinese women in the first Japanese pirate camp.
When they saw the People's Army, they felt like they were seeing their relatives, and their eyes were filled with the joy of surviving the disaster. From their mouths, the People's Army soldiers knew that these Japanese pirates were worse than animals.
They slaughtered nearly half of the dozens of surrounding villages, killing at least three to four thousand Chinese people. Some villages were completely slaughtered, and even if some village chiefs were not slaughtered, nearly half of them were slaughtered.
Faced with such evil behavior by the Japanese pirates, all the soldiers of the People's Army had tears in their eyes, and their eyes were full of anger and murderous intent.
They took the women with them and planned to arrange for them after the follow-up army arrived. And they also rushed to a place not three or four miles away from Yongcheng and quickly lurked.
The scouts also went to investigate the situation outside Yong City at an extremely fast speed. They were waiting for Yunze's arrival before further fighting.
By the time Yunze's army arrived, the division commander of the Pioneer Army had already reconnoitred the intelligence outside Yong City. Today, there are less than 15,000 Japanese pirates left outside Yong City. The 8,000-strong defensive force originally left outside had already been dealt with by the vanguard army.
Yunze's 35,000 people, under Yunze's command, began to encircle the 15,000 Japanese pirates outside Yongcheng.
The Japanese pirates dared to commit such a heinous crime in China. Yunze did not give them any chance to escape. Only with their blood can the hatred in everyone's hearts be eliminated and an explanation be given to the Chinese people.
The same situation is also happening in the other two cities. The defensive troops they placed on the periphery had no chance of escaping after encountering the People's Army.
The crushing weapons and equipment, coupled with the fact that the Japanese pirates are many times stronger than the Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates are no match for the People's Army. Moreover, they never thought that the People's Army would have a hundred thousand troops coming to support them.
They still feel that the People's Army can only send 30,000 people at most, and it has to be divided into three battlefields.
They woke up when they were surrounded outside the city. The people's army's encirclement was very simple, that is, they compressed the battle space bit by bit and pushed inward.
In front of the Japanese pirates is the Chinese city, and on the three sides are the armies of the People's Army. It is difficult for them to escape. With the compression of the fighting space, the Japanese pirates no longer had the intention to attack the city, but thought about breaking out.
They charged wildly in three directions, trying to rush out, but on the People's Army side, Ma Kebi pushed his way there and pushed forward little by little, killing as many Japanese pirates as they came.
When they felt the astonishing lethality of Makmi, the Japanese pirates knew they were afraid, and then they knew they regretted it. They never expected that the weapons of the People's Army would be so powerful.
Especially the weapon that harvested their lives like wheat, leaving only deep fear and despair in their hearts. The battle lasted for nearly two hours.
It takes a long time to kill an enemy with fifteen thousand people. Yunze's order is to kill them all without taking prisoners...
The same is true for the remaining two cities. For Japanese pirates, especially those who have committed numerous crimes in China, they will never be given any chance to survive.
A total of 90,000 Japanese pirates attacked the three cities and were slaughtered. Not a single Japanese pirate escaped.
At the same time, in three places on the sea outside Yongcheng, the three Japanese pirate forces were waiting for news from the front line with fifty or sixty warships each.
But three days have passed, and no news of the capture of the city has been sent back, which inevitably makes the Japanese pirates on the battleship worried.
Although they now have hundreds of warships each, there are only twenty or thirty people left on each warship. The total number of people on the three warships was only about five thousand.
These warships can barely move, but they cannot form much combat effectiveness at all. However, at sea, they don't need much combat power, as long as the ship can move.
But while they were waiting, twenty or thirty Chinese warships appeared from nowhere, with about thirty ships in each of the three positions. The moment these warships appeared, the Japanese warships parked there were dumbfounded.
They never expected that the Chinese navy could react so quickly and carry out an encirclement and suppression campaign against them.
But they are not worried. They cannot fight here, but they can evacuate. After all, they are the most advanced sailing warships anyway.
However, the Japanese pirates thought too simply and thought too little about the Chinese warships. Just when they were about to retreat, the Chinese warships unexpectedly rushed over at a speed several times faster than them.
Before they even got close, the cannons on the battleships rained down on their battleships. The moment the shells fell, the battleship's deck was blown apart.
Almost a third of the fifty or sixty warships were destroyed in less than a quarter of an hour. Either lose power or get sunk. This situation directly dumbfounded the Japanese pirates.
They never expected that the Chinese warships would be so powerful, not only fast, but also capable of maritime combat. In the past, if there was a naval battle, the warships would have to approach, and then both sides would board the ship for hand-to-hand combat.
How could there be a situation like this where they directly attacked from a long distance and sank their warships at an extremely fast speed?
By the time they reacted, it was already too late. The Chinese Navy sank all their warships without even getting close. As for the Japanese pirates who fell into the water, the People's Army soldiers of the Chinese Navy directly used snipers and guns to kill them.
Those Japanese pirates were sniped and killed by the People's Army like ants. The Japanese pirates who were waiting for the triumphant return of their own army in three places were all sunk. The Japanese pirates were almost killed or injured.
Of course, some Japanese pirates are good at water and may escape disaster, but so what, even if they escape back to Kaori Island, the end that awaits them in the end is death.
However, Feng Batian still saved a hand and rescued dozens of Japanese pirates. These people were prisoners, and through their mouths, they could know where the Japanese pirates were hiding.
Next, what they should do is to attack the Japanese pirates' lair and catch them all. Since they dare to invade China, they must be prepared to be destroyed.
After Yunze stabilized Yongcheng, he received battle reports from the other two cities. The Japanese pirates in the other two cities were also wiped out, and Yunze led his 30,000 troops to the seaside dock.
This is the time to go all out and completely eliminate the Japanese pirates. If the Japanese pirates escape, they may continue to grow insignificantly on the vast sea. This is not a good thing for China. If the grass is cut without eradicating the roots, the spring breeze will blow. Born again.
