"Where did the artillery come from? Where did this artillery come from?" Zaitu and Yisiha were shocked by the sudden artillery fire. Not only was the artillery fire dense, but it was also very accurate.
The artillery fire on our side was extremely messy. Looking at the sudden shelling, almost all the explosion points were in the same area. It was like opening our eyes.
Artillery in the Qing Dynasty still only knows how to shoot directly within the line of sight. Blind shooting with added obstacles is simply not something that these illiterate soldiers who have no education or arithmetic can master.
Even the Xishan Battalion and the Yulin New Army only have twenty or thirty people with such precise calculations, and these people have already become officers and cannot be used as artillery observation posts.
Even Lian Zaitu himself had little knowledge of this Western algorithm. There were no more than three officers in the Fifth Division who could perform these basic calculations.
It's not enough for you to be able to do calculations alone. You also need a group of artillery operators to cooperate, and these people cannot be illiterate.
Without a fierce war, people will not know the benefits of compulsory education!
Ronglu's face turned pale and he yelled, "Where's Cao Futian? Get out of here, you bitch..."
Cao Futian, who was covered in shit and piss, rolled out from his hiding place and knelt like mud in front of Zai Tu and others. "Subordinate...Subordinate Cao Futian...give...the prince and the general, please give your regards!"
"Damn it! How did you negotiate with that Jingwu Heroes Association? Why did they join the war? Why are there still cannons?"
"Jingwu Heroes Association? What is this place?" Zai Tu asked.
"Prince... the Jingwu Heroes Association is the property of Far East King Xiang Shaolong. That Far East King was originally from Cao Mang in the west of Beijing, and they are all martial arts people!"
"Now that he has become a prince, his true nature has not changed. He wants to create a Jingwu hero who will bring together martial arts practitioners from all over the world, and compile the world's martial arts scriptures!"
"How brave!" Zai Tu yelled, "This is a rebellion! Gathering martial arts from all over the world and compiling martial arts scriptures bypassing the imperial court? It's treason..."
"Yes, yes, yes...it is a treasonous act, a treasonous act...but Young Dragon has a strong backing in this matter. He has the army and Xiao Letian to back him up...No one dares to take care of this in Tianjin!"
"The Jingwu Heroes Association has been built up little by little... I, my slave, once worked in the Jingwu Heroes Association and secretly saw them transporting weapons to the village!"
"But the slave didn't expect that they not only hid the rifles, but also the cannons? The slave had negotiated with Xiang Lang before, and they didn't violate the river. Who knew they would change their minds now?"
"By the way... Hunchun must have come back alive and given them hope, so they changed their minds!"
Bang... Ronglu whipped Cao Futian so hard that he screamed and almost blinded one of his eyes. "Incompetent waste! You can't even handle such an errand. What's the use of you!"
Zai Tu watched fiercely as Hunchun's army began to move their positions to the north in an orderly manner. It seemed that they were about to give up on the Tianjin Station building complex.
"Damn, it's only two thousand people. A Zhuangzi can only have a thousand people, and that's the end of it! Can't my 30,000-strong army be able to defeat a Zhuangzi with three thousand people?"
"If I let Hunchun go tonight, how will I stand in the future? How will I be loyal to my father in the future? Pass on my order...At any cost, attack this stupid Jingwu Heroes Association!"
"No!" Ronglu said loudly, "Prince, don't be reckless! This is the property of the King of the Far East. If you offend him, you will have to do diplomacy!"
"What should we do about Xiao Letian? The Far East King is Xiao Letian's most profitable general. If he touches the Far East King, it will be a slap in Xiao Letian's face..."
"Shut up!" Zai Tu couldn't hear anything at this moment. "This is a war, a national war that determines the fate of the country! If we are afraid of this, we might as well not fight this civil war!"
"If I can't offend Xiao Letian, why can't I offend one of his dogs? They started the attack first, not us!"
"Rong Lu! Your first fucking attack... If you don't want to kill everyone, just kill them! No more nonsense, the whole army attacks!"
Zai Tu has gone crazy, and no one can persuade him to do anything. Ronglu and Yisiha know that it is useless to say anything. They can only blow the horns and thousands of troops are surrounding the Jingwu Heroes Association in the dark night.
After all calculations, the total number of troops that Zai Tu could mobilize in Tianjin Guard at this moment was only 21,000 or 20, because he wanted to leave six to seven thousand men to control the walls and gates of the outer city.
In addition, the previous casualty rate was still very high. After deducting several thousand people, the total number of troops that can be invested now is about 18,000!
There was not much arms and supplies left, but the whole army still had nine cannons and fifty or sixty shells. Zai Tu's plan was very simple. The first round of artillery attack would empty all the shells.
Taking advantage of the enemy's panic, the cavalry assaulted the infantry and was swamped by a sea of people behind them.
Couldn't 18,000 field battles still destroy a broken village? Especially the artillery position of the Jingwu Heroes Association has been exposed just now. In this round of salvo fire, we all hit the artillery position of the Far Eastern Army.
Hunchun's elite four battalions quickly left the station and broke away from contact with the rebels. When they arrived outside the village, they found that the entire Jingwu Heroes Association was almost unrecognizable, like a murderous hedgehog. All the sharp thorns stood upright.
Roll after roll of barbed wire was pulled out, and the engineers wearing rubber gloves began to pull the barbed wire. In some places, if the racks were not enough, they would just lay the barbed wire on the ground.
There is actually a large area of rice fields outside Zhuangzi. Now we know the benefits of these rice fields. The water supply gates are lifted up, and the running water from the Haihe River immediately fills all the aqueducts. These aqueducts are all waist-deep. , is completely an effective position to block enemy attacks.
The artillery position south of Zhuangzi has turned into a huge civil fortification. In front of a row of artillery are low walls and trenches, and intersecting heavy machine gun positions are also arranged.
Hunchun rode his horse and rushed to the main entrance of Zhuangzi and raised his hand to Xiang Lang who was on the observation deck, "I will never thank you for your kindness. I will remember this friendship with Xiang Shaolong!"
Xiang Lang laughed and said, "General, what you said is untrue. We fought together against the Rakshasa ghosts back then, and today we fight against the rebels together... Why are we talking about this because of our mortal friendship?"
"We will definitely win if we hold on until dawn!"
Hunchun nodded, "It's half past midnight now. I'll stay until dawn. Once the reinforcements behind me arrive, these monsters and ghosts will naturally look like chickens and dogs..."
"Give the order, the four battalions will set up defenses... Xionggui Battalion's defense is due south. If the artillery position is captured, you will all die here!"
"Yes! The whole army is on defense...The whole army is on defense..."
In fact, Jingwu Hero Club has the flavor of a military fortress from the beginning of its design. Although it looks like a large landowner's house that is very common in the Zhili Plain, it looks like it.
However, there are various preparations both internally and externally, and there are many contingency plans after being besieged!
In fact, the fourth battalion of the Guanwai Army did not need to modify much in terms of its east-west, north-south defenses. The materials were all ready-made and already stacked.
Barbed wire, sacks, sand, wood...even the fresh water and rations that the soldiers needed to replenish after the war were all placed in advance.
The hungry and tired soldiers drank water and ate military rations, but before they had eaten three or four mouthfuls, suddenly a red light lit up in the south, followed by the muffled sound of thunder.
The rebels also reacted very quickly. The nine cannons turned their muzzles and fired rapidly at the artillery position that had just been exposed. This round seemed to be to completely empty all the shells.
