At this moment, the town of Syni has become a small lake connected to the Semuwa River with no water level difference. It is as calm as a pond.
The Semuwa River still flows towards the Atlantic Ocean, and the small lake is full of water and has no extra capacity. At this time, the burst embankment no longer receives water, and the dangerous water attack is over.
The French army burst into bursts of excited cheers, and they also discovered this. Many French soldiers tied stones with ropes to test the depth of the water. They found that the water depth was only two and a half meters, which is less than the depth of a floor.
In such calm water, no one with a little bit of water would be able to drown. Many French soldiers began to look for objects that could float them.
Door panels, empty wine barrels, and even a circle of cork tied around the waist can provide a little buoyancy, and soon the first wave of attacking teams is ready.
Alfred is crazy, including the entire French army. They want to launch the most primitive hand-to-hand combat, and they want to end the final battle with sabers.
The Chinese officers and soldiers here also began to prepare for the final decisive battle. The limited bullets were concentrated on the snipers, and guns and bombs began to be concentrated in the hands of experienced veterans and officers.
The remaining soldiers can only sharpen their bayonets. Of course, their favorite is the powerful engineer spade!
The sharpened engineer's spade is the favorite of many Chinese veterans in close combat. Compared with the shortcoming of the bayonet that is easy to break after piercing the enemy, the engineer's spade that is rounded and chopped is more conducive to actual combat.
A very strange scene appeared on the battlefield. More than 4,000 French cavalry were making a roar, shouting for war one after another. On the other hand, the Chinese side were silent and calm to the point of being scary.
"Ship...look...there's a boat rushing down the upper reaches..." Alfred jumped up excitedly when he heard the news. He raised his scepter and shouted, "Board the ship! Prepare to attack! Annihilate all the enemies." military!"
Sure enough, it was a cargo ship snatched by the French. This small river boat can carry more than thirty soldiers at a time. This time, a total of twelve were snatched.
"Get on board, get on board! Prepare to attack... We have five times the strength of the enemy, drown them!"
The soldiers jumped onto the cargo ship and tried to shrink their bodies so that more soldiers could board. At the most exaggerated moment, a small boat was actually crowded with fifty soldiers.
In the end, the twelve boats were crowded with more than 500 French soldiers. Under Alfred's order, they slid their oars and began to attack the Chinese-controlled residences.
"Fire... snipers kill officers at targeted locations..."
Bang bang... bullets shot out from the windows of countless buildings. The French troops who could not escape in the boats could only withstand the hail of bullets. In the end, they even used the corpses of the dead as human shields.
"Keep going! Don't worry about casualties, paddle... paddle..." With a snap, a bullet shot from the French captain's mouth, and his throat was broken by the bullet before he could complete the order.
The corpse lay limp on the boat and became a shield for other officers and soldiers. These crazy French soldiers still moved forward tenaciously while holding the commander's corpse.
"Come in...attack the second floor window..."
The bow of the boat hit the second-floor window of the tavern. The French soldiers rushed in with their sabers in hand. What they encountered was a flanking attack from two engineer shovels. The cold light flashed past and the French soldiers who rushed in front were cut down. Head.
However, there were too many attacking French troops. Countless French troops rushed in through more broken windows, and the narrow room suddenly fell into a fight with cold weapons clashing.
After all, there was an advantage with more people. The Chinese defenders, who fought to the last man, began to abandon the flooded houses one after another, and countless fighting figures appeared on the roofs.
"Okay, okay... Just eat up the enemy like this... Press forward little by little..." Alfred also boarded the boat at this moment and shouted excitedly as he watched the great situation advancing layer by layer in front of him.
"Sir, be careful...the enemy's sharpshooter..."
There was a gunshot, and a bullet hit the back of a soldier. Thanks to the soldier's sacrifice of life to protect him, Alfred's life would have been lost.
Alfred, who was hiding behind the corpse, did not dare to show off anymore. He cursed angrily in his heart, "Wait, wait until I use your blood to honor my warriors. None of you will survive, you will all die! Go to hell." Bar……"
The battle was unprecedentedly fierce. Boats transporting soldiers were transporting French troops one after another to fight for control of the houses. Chinese snipers kept shooting at the officers on the boats, with almost no hits, but they could not stop these French troops. of madness.
The bodies of the French soon covered the water, but the Chinese defenders trapped in the buildings also began to sacrifice a large number of people. Every building that changed owners was piled alive with human lives.
Xiao Letian looked at everything in front of him coldly and suddenly said, "Order the soldiers to retreat... Don't fight the enemy to the death, and retreat to the south wall!"
"The head of state..." Just as the people around him were about to stop them, Xiao Letian interrupted them coldly, "Execute the order! I am not negotiating with you. I will execute the order immediately..."
The retreat bugle began to sound, countless long ladders were erected between the buildings, and the frontline soldiers began to retreat backwards under the cover of snipers. The French were suddenly jubilant.
"Long live! The Chinese have retreated! The Empire will win!"
Alfred finally breathed a sigh of relief. The southern city wall was the last line of defense for the Chinese. There was a large water outside the city, and Xiao Letian and the others didn't have many ships!
"There is no escape! This is the place of death! Hahaha..."
"Warriors of the Empire, the enemy has no ammunition. Their doom has come! Continue to attack..."
At this moment, the French army had already taken advantage of them. Almost all the buildings in the town of Syny were occupied by them. All four thousand French troops boarded the roofs of the buildings and moved southward little by little while being transported by small boats. The city walls are approaching.
The angry eyes of the Chinese soldiers on the city wall were burning. Especially when they saw the scene where the brothers who had finally retreated and were alone were stabbed to death by the French with knives, they all burst into tears with grief and anger!
"This can't be like this anymore. Head of State, let us rush out! When have we ever fought such a useless battle?" Countless veterans knelt in front of Xiao Letian and begged.
"Stand up, everyone! What is written in the military regulations? When did Chinese soldiers learn to behave like slaves of the Qing Dynasty? Kneel on your knees to ancestors, gods and Buddhas, and to your parents!"
"Why are you kneeling to me? I'm not your ancestor!"
"Damn it! If we don't lure all these cavalry to the roof of the building, what if they escape when we annihilate them all!"
"What?" Everyone couldn't believe their ears. "Total annihilation of the enemy? What did you say, head of state? To annihilate all these cavalry?"
