The efforts of thirty snipers were huge, but in the pursuit of tens of thousands of people, their strength was far from enough. When the artillery of the Qing soldiers joined the battle, the casualties of the breakout began to soar sharply.
After all, the escaping soldiers only have two legs, and they can't outrun the speed of the artillery shells no matter how much they run. The old-fashioned red cannons like Qing soldiers are still very useful in dealing with ordinary infantry.
Battle scars were torn apart in the crowd, and houses were destroyed one after another. The casualties soon spread to the snipers. Ye Qiu watched helplessly as a century-old locust tree and a thatched house were blown away. , a military cap unique to the New Army flew out of the dust and smoke.
"Damn it... we can't make unnecessary sacrifices. Brothers retreat... Brothers of the Green Camp, speed up..." A sniper jumped out of hiding and led the rebellious soldiers back while shooting. And those with serious injuries can only give up.
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"Let's go quickly, it's too dangerous now..." Ye Qiu and the others dragged a soldier with a poor reputation and retreated to the east. At this time, waves of rumbling cannons were heard from the easternmost direction of the sea. France The human warships finally adjusted their posture and began bombing the industrial zone.
Artillery is destined to be the king of war in this era. The two frigates did not carry much ammunition, but a full salvo of fifty artillery fires. The industrial zone was suddenly in a mess.
"Madmen, you are all madmen..." The Western merchant ships on the dock hurriedly anchored to escape, but no matter how fast they were, they could not reach the shells as fast as they could. Under the attack of explosive shells, both Asians and Europeans became targets of abuse.
"Evacuate...everyone evacuates..." The dock was full of figures crawling around. The New Army struggled to dodge under the gunfire and evacuated the trapped personnel deeper.
The industrial zone has a solid wall and three parallel lines of trench defense. It can be said to be impregnable against infantry and cavalry. However, the biggest loophole of the industrial zone is along the coast. Since Xiao Letian has just been established, Xiao Letian has not had time to arm the dock here, and the coastal defense forts and foundations are There was no fight, and they were completely helpless in the face of the enemy's artillery attack.
Not only are there no coastal defense turrets, there are only two field guns. They are military samples sent by the Carnegie Steel Company in the United States and are to be copied in military factories in the future. There are only a few dozen rounds of shells. If you want to fight two frigates, It's simply not possible.
The two frigates on the sea were gradually approaching the sunken ship. There was no need to aim at this distance for shelling. After two rounds of shelling, black smoke was everywhere in the industrial zone.
It has only been two years since the Qing government approved the construction of the Tanggu Industrial Zone. It has not been completed at all. All buildings are in the stage of laying foundations. Facing the French warships, the people in the zone are completely helpless and can only Dodge.
Fortunately, there are a lot of reinforced concrete buildings here that can provide people with shelter, so there were not too many casualties.
The French pirates' bombardment once again reminded Ye Qiu and the others that they really couldn't delay any longer at this time. They could only save one by one, and the rest of the wounded soldiers could only resign themselves to their fate.
The wounded soldiers in the Green Camp also knew that their lives were short. They waved their arms and shouted at the comrades who had lived together, "Let's go, leave us alone... Life and death, wealth and wealth are all fate, and our road has come to an end... Live well." Bar…"
Ye Qiu and the others finally withdrew. They covered the last batch of rebel soldiers as they rushed into the trenches. By this time, Dawangzhuang had been occupied by Qing troops.
There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance, and Mailer, who had a swollen sausage mouth, rushed over on horseback full of joy. Seeing the mess on the ground and getting angry, he pulled out his riding crop and hit the men with his bow left and right.
"Trash, they are all trash... Is this the result of your victory? Damn, is this the result of your victory? Just a little death? Why does the court support you... Rush up and trample these rebellious people to death..."
Mailer led his officers and soldiers, and rushed towards the wounded soldiers on horseback. The horse's hoofs as big as bowls rumbled on the ground.
"Untouchables, untouchables, all untouchables... trample them to death..." Mailer, with a ferocious face, completely transformed into the god of death in hell, and a piece of horse hooves rushed towards the wounded soldiers under his command.
"Mailer, I'm your ancestor..." As he cursed, the green camp soldier was knocked into the air, and then hit the ground by the horse's head. Then a piece of horse's hoof stepped on it, and soon turned into a puddle of bright red meat sauce. .
"Beasts... They are all beasts..." The New Army soldiers in the trenches were filled with indignation. They watched their compatriots die tragically. This feeling of grief and indignation was beyond words.
There was a burst of gunfire, but it was too late. Under the trampling of hundreds of war horses, none of the wounded soldiers survived, and they all turned into dust.
Mailer turned his horse's head and escaped from the sniper's sight. He cursed fiercely, "This is the fate of betrayers... Come on, go to Tianjin Guard to transfer files to me, these bastards from Dagukou Fort , I have wiped out all nine of their tribes, killed all the men, and sold all the women into slaves... Go, do it right away..."
The grinning Mailer stared at the trenches in the distance like a poisonous snake, "Now that the foreigners have begun to join the war, I'll see how long you can hold on, bah..."
Mailer withdrew his troops, and at this time the sound of artillery on the sea became more intense. After a while, Tietutuo led a large number of foreign engineers to retreat to the trench area. After all, it was protected by high cement walls and was the safest place. place.
"Ye Qiu... How dare you shoot without an order? Have you forgotten the military orders of the new army? Okay, okay..." Tietoutuo pointed at him and cursed.
Ye Qiu in the trench looked nonchalant and said, "Sir, the enemy is massacring our compatriots. I can't stand it any longer... Please put me in confinement..."
"Fuck..." Tietoutuo's nose was so hung up that he was crooked. "You are a brat, aren't you? Do you think I dare not..."
At this time, another person stood up in the trench and saluted and said, "Sir, it is either Ye Qiu's responsibility or the third squad leader. He can only order his own squad... I am also guilty here... Please punish me together..."
"Damn it, Pang Chaoyun? Are you going to make fun of me too..." The one who stood up was Pang Chaoyun, the second squad leader. Like Ye Qiu, his moral character is both rotten and bad.
"Sir, there's me... and I..." After a while, all the snipers in the trenches stood up, and Tietoutuo's face turned blue with anger.
At this time, the more than 1,000-gu garrison who had been rescued could not stand it any longer. They stood tremblingly in front of Tietutuo and knelt down without saying a word.
"General, you are so noble. These officers all took action to save us. If you want to be punished, come to us...don't punish our benefactor..." The entire trench was full of green soldiers kowtowing, with ugly sills and dirty A dirty whip and a pair of weak knees, this is the soldier of the Qing Dynasty.
"Get up quickly, stop kneeling..." Tietoutuo pulled up the one on the left, and the one on the right knelt again. These soldiers who had been enslaved for a long time had long forgotten that there is gold under a man's knees.
Tietoutuo was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. "Get up, you are never allowed to kneel and bow under the Prime Minister. Don't cause trouble for me... What do you want to do? You don't want to harm me..." When the green camp heard this, they Then he stood up tremblingly.
"Ye Qiu, Pang Chaoyun... I remember you two. Now is the war period. I will keep accounts for you two first, and we will calculate them together when the battle is over... Now the sniper will return to the defense zone immediately, be careful of the French forcing a landing..."
"Yes..." All the snipers roared, and Ye Qiu and Pang Chaoyun stuck out their tongues at each other, made faces, then turned around and led the troops away.
Just before they entered the fence, a thunderous roar suddenly sounded from the south of the Special Zone and across the Haihe River. The sentry on the fence took a closer look and roared immediately.
"The uprising of the brothers in Dagukou was successful... the demons were all killed and retreated... everyone, look at it..."
Sure enough, at the Dagukou Fort on the south bank of the Haihe River, the fields were full of Mailer's cronies escaping for their lives. This group of frightened Eight Banners disciples never thought that one day they would be killed by the Han people. Now, one by one Running wildly in the wild like a lost dog.
"Brothers, stop chasing... adjust the muzzle of the gun and fire into the sea to drive away the foreign warships..." There was a roar from the Dagukou fort.
Countless soldiers gave up chasing the Eight Banners deserters, turned back to the fort, and started to control the artillery to shoot into the sea with a cavity of resentment.
Dagukou Fort, this iron-blooded place that witnessed the history of the late Qing Dynasty, finally found its correct direction at this moment, and the old artillery began to spit flames at the warships on the sea.
"Open fire...blow up those two foreign Japanese warships...return to support the Special Administrative Region...I have rebelled against you today, and will join the Prime Minister from today on..."
Amidst the roaring explosions, the Lyra and the Romans panicked and quickly moved north to avoid the artillery fire. The crisis in the Special Zone finally came to an end.
Night is gradually falling. Darkness is the best mediator in war. In an era without electricity, night fighting is always unrealistic. Tanggu Special Zone has finally restored its tranquility.
Both the enemy and ourselves are licking their wounds, and the sunken ship in the sea is attracting the attention of countless people. There are countless greedy people who do not want their lives to dive for silver ingots that night, and on this dark sea , a small boat began to slowly approach the tidal flat on the north shore of Tanggu.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry... Go around the special zone from here, go forward three kilometers and then turn south, heading towards the place where the fire is the brightest. That is the Qing Dynasty's camp..."
In the darkness, more than a dozen figures sneaked ashore from the north bank of the Special Administrative Region, near the Changlu Saltworks, and began to infiltrate Mailer's camp. It was not until late at night that these people finally got close to Mailer's camp.
"Stop...who is it? If you come closer, we will shoot and release arrows..."
"No... don't use force... we are envoys from France... we are here to have a secret meeting with your general..."
The strange language whispered in the night wind shocked the soldiers. They never expected that these French people would take the initiative to contact the Qing army, and soon the gate of the camp was opened.
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