Volume 2: Soaring! The Overlord of the Region Chapter 401 Landing Progress
"Hurry, hurry, hurry. Don't worry about whether the comrades next to you are from the same squad as you. Follow the rules set during the training. Look at the shoulder straps! Obey the command of the superior officer, quickly complete the assembly, and then follow the superior's actions!"
On the coast of Incheon, Luo Xiong, wearing a yellow-green camouflage uniform with two bars and two stars on his shoulders, was shouting to the soldiers who had just disembarked and were still a little dizzy. Officers of similar rank were basically doing the same thing in different places on the beach.
Just as officers from various divisions were trying their best to gather the soldiers, at 6:45 in the morning, a loud noise suddenly occurred on the Japanese position.
"This sound, damn, the Japanese pirates' cannons have also been fired."
Looking behind him, he saw that a large number of infantry were still disembarking, and it was still unknown when the heavy equipment would arrive. Luo Xiong gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, follow me, go!"
"yes!"
Under the leadership of Luo Xiong, more than a hundred Ming soldiers began to run forward with guns in hand. As he ran, another officer in the distance led dozens of soldiers to run forward. Then this behavior continued to expand like ripples. Finally, at 6:55, there were nearly a thousand Ming soldiers who launched an attack on the first line of defense of the Japanese army on the coast.
"Bang~Bang~" In the trenches of the Japanese army, the sound of flintlock rifles rang out sporadically, causing seven or eight Ming soldiers who were charging to fall down. However, this kind of firepower could not stop the speed of the Ming army's advance. As the trenches approached, Luo Xiong and others saw the panicked eyes of the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side.
The "boom boom" sound of artillery fire became more and more frequent, but these artillery fire had no effect on Luo Xiong and others who had already rushed to the front of the enemy trenches. However, the continuous firing of the Japanese artillery did cause great trouble for the follow-up of the Ming army.
"Brothers, the Japanese pirates' shells are falling behind us. If we don't take this trench, we will all die here! We have everything, grenades ready, throw!"
"Damn! The enemy's grenades are coming too, get down!"
Amidst the short explosions, both sides threw a round of grenades at each other. After some casualties on both sides, the soldiers who were still standing on both sides "clang clang clang" put bayonets on their guns, and then each shouted and started hand-to-hand combat.
There were about 800 Ming soldiers rushing here at this time, and all of them were the bravest warriors in the army. Although the Japanese soldiers rushing out of the trenches at this time were also elite, on the one hand, they were few in number, only 500 to 600 people. On the other hand, they were too short. With a short head, their arms and legs are naturally short. So when they fought with bayonets, the Japanese naturally suffered a great loss!
After a short but fierce fight between the two sides, the Japanese army retreated in panic, leaving behind more than a hundred corpses. Luo Xiong led his team to chase for only a few dozen meters, and another batch of shells hit the Japanese army from behind: the target of this batch of shells was not their rear, but directly towards them. More than 20 Ming army soldiers and a dozen Japanese soldiers who were running at the end were knocked down by this batch of shells at the same time.
"Hiss~" Luo Xiong, whose arm was cut by flying shrapnel, endured the severe pain and said: "It's actually a shotgun. Brothers, retreat to the trenches and hold on!"
After the Ming army rushed out and retreated to the trenches they had just occupied, Luo Xiong grabbed the soldiers who followed behind and asked, "Where are our cannons?"
“Boom boom~!”
Another round of cannon fire was heard, this time with solid bullets. The huge iron ball hit the ground and stirred up a lot of dirt, blocking the soldier's words.
"Ah? What did you just say?"
The soldier, whose ears were also buzzing, shouted at the top of his lungs: "General, the ship that is supposed to deliver our equipment has not arrived yet! When I rushed over, I did not see any cannons coming ashore."
"Damn it! Landing here while being blocked is much more difficult than the undisturbed landing in Siam. Where's the messenger, where's the messenger!"
"General, I am here."
"Go and pass the order, have the brothers coming up from behind deploy along this trench, don't rush to charge yet, accumulate strength. MD The Japanese pirates ' second line of defense must be fully manned by now. If our cannons can't come up, we will really have to rely on human lives to exchange."
Just as Luo Xiong reluctantly stopped charging, 15 kilometers to the north of the Incheon landing site, the Jurchen and Toyotomi troops were also disembarking.
This place is the estuary of the Han River. As a river flowing around 36° north latitude, the Han River freezes in winter. However, from its estuary, about 15 or 16 kilometers upstream, it does not freeze because of the sea water. Therefore, when the Jurchens and Toyotomi's troops disembarked, they were actually only about 20 kilometers away from Incheon. The distance to Seoul was also only 20 kilometers.
According to the prior agreement, the Jurchen troops would advance along the frozen southern bank of the Han River to block the reinforcements from Seoul to Incheon, while the Toyotomi troops would advance in a straight line towards Incheon, trying to stab the Incheon defenders in the back.
There were no Japanese troops stationed here, and the few lookouts that saw such a large-scale landing of troops fired signal flares and ran away. Therefore, compared with the dilemma of the Ming army on the Incheon coast at this time, the landing of these two troops was very smooth.
As medieval armies, these two armies basically disembarked people, which meant that all equipment was also disembarked. So the landing began at 7 a.m., and by 9:50 a.m., 12,000 troops had already deployed on the snowfield.
Looking at the Toyotomi army advancing rapidly southward, Chu Ying turned around and said, "Everyone, I won't say more. The Japanese are definitely not going to make it this time, and we can't count on them in the future. If we don't fight well in this battle, the Ming will blame us and then persecute us further. So, in today's battle, everyone must use all their strength, and don't think about preserving strength or anything like that, the Jurchens can't stand it!"
"Don't worry, Chu Ying. We all know what to do without you telling us this time. We all understand the principles that those Han people who came to teach in the tribe over the years have taught us."
"Okay, then we should follow the old ways of the Jurchens . The unarmored soldiers will lead the way, the white-armored soldiers in the middle, and our personal guards at the end. By the way, the Japanese gave us so many flintlock rifles back then, so we can imagine that they have even more. Tell the servants to work harder and bring all those leather shields."
"Yes, that's it!"
"For this expedition, the Liaodong governor has provided us with 300 flintlock rifles. I will first take out the 300 men I have and give them all to Jirgalang for command. Everyone, do you still remember the battle of Sarhu? Flintlock soldiers can only be effective if they are used together."
"Understood. We will also hand over all the flintlock soldiers to Jirgalang's command."
"Thank you very much. Jirgalang, you will lead these 1,800 people in front of the white-armored soldiers. If the enemy we encounter is like the Toyotomi family's soldiers just now who mainly use swords and guns, then our white-armored soldiers will go directly forward. If it is a flintlock soldier, then it will depend on you."
"Okay, please leave it to me!"
