According to the intelligence of the General Staff of the Celestial Army, Peng Xuelin is already the last formed water force of the Manshui Division. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the same time, the sailors here are also one of the pillars of Zeng Guofan's Hunan army.

Without the support of the water division, in the Jiangnan area where water towns are everywhere, the operation will inevitably be greatly affected.

For this reason, Mai Ke made up his mind to solve Peng Xuelin's sailor on the spot.

Because, seeing Peng Xuelin, a river defense fortification that concentrated the great financial resources of the Manchu Qing and Hunan armies, Mai Ke was not worried and happy.

The stronger his fortifications, the sooner it will be that he cannot easily lay down and flee?

He and Peter exchanged their respective situations and drew up a strategy for battle.

This strategy is very simple, but it is all carried out by strength.

The first point is that the two of them blocked from the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and came to close the door and beat the dogs.

The downstream, of course, was Peter's fleet, tracing up the river and blocking Peng Xuelin's downstream passage.

McCor used the Jinsha River fleet he brought, under the leadership of the fleet commander Yang Gao, to block the upstream passage.

In fact, looking at Peng Xuelin's defensive arrangement, you know that he has no intention of running, a decisive posture of co-existence and death with Jiujiang.

How so?

Because he took his fleet

All the ships were tied to his 999 iron cables.

If they want to escape, they must first cut these iron ropes themselves.

The opponent had no intention of escaping, they wanted to stick to the Jiujiang River and retreat within the fortifications of the city defense river, so Mai Ke was not in a hurry, and made preparations step by step, and then attacked at his own pace.

The first step was to build a taller river fortification on both sides of the enemy's river fortifications!

In addition to the firing windows on each floor, there are also large firepower and heavy artillery groups on the top floor of the castle.

These heavy artillery groups were specially designed to suppress the river fire force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The artillery of the Celestial Army is not only fierce, but also condescending.

In other words, the Heavenly Army and the Qing Army, which is very convenient.

And if the Qing army wants to fight the heavenly army, there is not the slightest possibility.

It's because of the difference in height of at least five zhang.

In the absence of these two tall castles, the sailors who came up from both directions of the Celestial Army were suppressed by artillery fire from the tall towers of the river fortifications.

However, this never happened again.

They were still too busy to take care of themselves, and they were suppressed by the artillery fire of the Celestial Army, which was superior to them on the tall towers of the Celestial Castle.

Peter's fleet had been in a situation of being beaten passively, and had been held back for many days, but now when he saw that his eldest brother had come, he had successfully suppressed the enemy's artillery fire and beaten them into turtles, and his spirit was immediately shocked!

He shouted, "Brothers, it's time for us to work!"

The command ship unfurled the command flag, and a large number of marines poured out of the cabin!

These people are all elites of a hundred battles who fought in the south and the north, blocking and killing in the west, and most of them have fought fiercely in the South Seas and swept across the East Oceans.

They crossed the side of the warship and landed directly on the barrages.

The iron cables of the small buckets, though slippery and wet in the water, were enough for the Marines to stand on them.

And as soon as they stepped on the zipline, they rushed to the left front.

On the one hand, it made room for more people in the back, and on the other hand, it was also close to their target of attack -- that is, the river defense fortifications.

I probably also know that there are not many opportunities for such large-scale military training in the future, and ready-made relatively difficult attack targets are also hard to find, especially since there are still a large number of iron cables on the surface of the water, which is even more once in a century.

So Peter made up his mind to take this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

The first was to take the enemy's river fortifications.

The second is to conduct a large-scale military training.

So, he sent out all the marines in his fleet.

Everyone jumped out of the side of the ship one after another, then plunged into the river, stood on the iron cable, and then all ran to the left of the river.

The effort is not large, and the iron rope is overcrowded.

Peter had sent out close to 15,000 men!

When all the people had boarded the rope, Peter jumped down with a single sound.

This opportunity was precious to others, and even more precious to Peter.

Although Peter came down late, he was not at the back of the group, and he ran to the first to jump into the river with a few quick steps.

Now everyone is moving forward step by step, and the momentum that started is no longer there.

Those who do not believe in evil continue to try, but those who leave the iron rope with both feet slip and fall when they land again.

Although it will not be washed away by the water, it will delay time to fall into the water and climb up again.

If you delay time, you may miss the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

That's what everyone cares about.

So, everyone stabilized, slowed down, step by step, step by step, and continued to walk towards the south bank.

Peter came quickly from the rear, his martial arts were so strong that he still ran quite smoothly where others couldn't run, and everyone knew that the commander of the sailors had a hot temper, so they all gave way to him and let him go first.

Then I watched him walk fast like flying, like walking on the ground, while envying in his heart, while cheering him on.

"The commander is out of the horse, a top two!"

"Commander, Commander, it's a success!"

Others shouted: "As soon as the commander arrives, the enemy is scared!"

The crowd laughed!

It is well known that Peter, despite his fiery temper, treated all the members of the fleet like a brother.

Ahem!

Whatever is like a brother, they are brothers!

Because these officers and soldiers of the sailors are all Christians, especially these veterans who have been tested by the fire of war for a long time in the southern and northern wars, they are all senior Christians with firm beliefs.

At this time, the vanguard was already close to the river bank and was about to attack the enemy's river fortifications!

In fact, Peter's tactic, in which the Marine Corps stepped on the iron rope and tread on the wave to attack, was completely unexpected by Peng Xuelin!

He envisioned that the middle chain would completely stop the enemy ships on either side, and that the middle ground would not be attacked, at least not in danger of being attacked until the cables were broken.

Peter's attack caught him by surprise, and he had to temporarily transfer his troops, and it was not until the enemy reached the shore that he gathered some men, reached the middle position, and began to shoot at the crowd in the river.

At this time, Peter was at the forefront and shouted: "Shoot back! Speed up and seize the beachhead!"

Until then, everyone had been quietly entering the village, and those who fired were not allowed to shoot, and when they heard Peter's order, everyone opened fire together!

It's all a tom!

A single trigger is fired like twenty-four bullets!

At the same time, Peter took the lead, followed by a large number of Marine elites, rose to his feet and jumped ashore.

. (To be continued.) )