According to Wei Changhui's report, they have now reached Chita.

Chita Castle is surrounded by mountains, plateaus, river valleys and wide basins, mostly mountainous terrain at an altitude of 600 to 700 meters.

The eastern and southeastern parts of Chita are located in the basins of the Amur, Shilka and Erguna rivers, and in the north there are the Orekma and Vitim rivers.

As for the composition of the population, one of the biggest features of the place, apart from the local aborigines, is that it has a large number of Decembrists!

These Decembrists were all exiled!

Therefore, this Eastern European team, with many members, belongs to this group.

Not only do they have political appeals, but they are also very good at fighting, and they are all fighters who have died for a hundred lives!

More importantly, they are all steadfast, indomitable, and never-say-die heroes!

As a result, these people quickly gained the favor of the clan leader and absorbed them in large numbers.

Then these people were appreciated by the commander-in-chief of the international column, and then they became one with them, and they were with them on the march and in battle.

Therefore, now Zuo Zongtang has also come over with them.

Of course, Zuo Zongtang is with them, and the biggest reason is the leader of this "∈ team.

The leader of this clan is named Ran Zhong.

Ran Zhong is a common name, however, he sued Zuo Zongtang that his ancestor was Ran Rang!

Ran Rang!

Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but be in awe!

That's the number one hero in his mind!

The main foundation of the pontoon bridge is five thick iron cables, spread side by side, running from north to south, and all of them are covered with wooden planks.

There is a pontoon bridge that is not terrible, what is terrible is that there are many guns prepared on the pontoon bridge, which can condescendingly shoot at the ships below.

They also prepared large packs of explosives in the event that the enemy ships broke through the lines. You can throw it down from the pontoon bridge and blow up the enemy ship.

In addition to the light artillery arranged on the pontoon bridge, the defenders also arranged a large number of heavy artillery on the hills on both sides, many of which were originally installed on the coastal defense front.

Of course, the original city defense artillery that defended Zhaozhou City was also transferred here.

Peng Yulin's entire energy was focused on buying new ships and new weapons, and the original fleet had been destroyed anyway. He didn't leave any of them, he just brought the personnel over.

The three hundred warships are all ironclad ships, and they are no longer the wooden structures and iron sheets of the previous generation.

The armament is also the latest ship-based artillery, plus a flint that can fire in bursts from dams.

This is already comparable to the technical level of the core sailors of the Heavenly Army.

As far as the level of Peter's current fleet is concerned, except for Paul's ships that are trained in battle, most of the ships of the old ship gang are below this level.

In addition to the three-layer defense on the rivers and rivers, many troops were also deployed on both sides of the river, and anyway, they were very well manned after the mobilization of the whole people.

Since the Kaneda Uprising, unfavorable news from other battlefields has continued to come. Peng Yulin's heart was full of helplessness, knowing that the current Zeng Guofan must be very uncomfortable, no matter whether it is a Qin cha or a handsome, it is impossible to cover the sky with one hand.

He had no other choice but to wait for the beginning to finish well, and after the end of this war, he would talk about anything else.

He felt like he was ready now. Just wait for the arrival of the heavenly army, and it will be clear at first sight.

Peter, Mai Ke, and Paul came out of the Black Dragon Pool. Still standing on the command ship, my heart was a little heavy.

In front of them, there is a map, the Zhaozhou River Defense Map, three-dimensional, wells clearly show the general state of the three-layer arrangement.

"This old friend Peng Yulin still has two hits!" Peter still commented grinningly. Of course, these things are difficult to get into his eyes, but when he thinks that this kid is doing it behind his own doors, when the conditions are not met, he got this kind of Cheng dù, and he still admires it a little.

"There's no problem with the water war! I'll be in charge of the three hundred ships!" Paul didn't say much. But he was confident that the sailors he had trained, the ships they operated, and the weapons on them were no one else.

"What about you, Peter, what do you think should be okay with the big army you command?" Mai Ke wanted to know Peter's plans.

"For me, it's a matter of the size of the casualties, and nothing can stop my sailors!" said Peter with great pride, "but if you can solve the problem with the pontoon bridge and the shore defense guns, I promise to solve the problem quickly with very few casualties! Well, by the way, you can get rid of the things under the water! These things are annoying, don't they know?"

Peter, this is pure lion opening his mouth!

Even the honest reservation felt that Peter was a little too much, and whispered, "Why don't you leave some work for yourself?"

Peter said, of course, "Of course, and most importantly, when you have cleaned up the garbage, I will give the order: 'Brothers, rush me!' or you think the army will pass by itself!"

Mai Ke and Paul said in unison, "Cut! You kid will be poor." ”

In fact, Peter's job is to coordinate the overall situation, while Paul and McKe are responsible for removing local obstacles.

It is of course very important to remove obstacles, but if you don't do it right, you may be careless and lose everything, but without overall planning, even if you fight a local battle well, it will not help.

Peter's characteristic is that he is particularly powerful in campaign command, and he can keenly grasp the key to the overall situation and win.

In other words, with him, he will never let the opportunity for his comrades to create zào slip away!

Mai Ke also felt that there was not much pressure to deal with this kind of rudimentary three-dimensional defense, although he also admired Peng Yulin a little.

Under the current technical conditions, it is not easy to make such a thing under the situation that the Manchu Mansion is about to collapse.

If it weren't for these alternatives, who would have been able to stop his victory, no wonder the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ended in defeat in history.

Several people talked and laughed and assigned their respective responsible directions, and then made some additional deployments accordingly.

Paul returned to his mixed fleet of the Holy Mountain, and Mai Ke arrived at a gray battleship with no flags, no masts, not even guns.

This ship, in fact, is a special ship for the special forces of mixed elements, and its unique feature is that every qiē is derived from the elements. Don't look at the color as inconspicuous, this is Mai Ke's intention, that is, to see the extraordinary in the ordinary.

The hull is all from the gold element!

How high is it?

If you think about it, the quality of the gold element is far higher than that of diamond diamonds, and there is a rough comparison.

And these extremely scarce gold elements are endless for Mai Ke, because like other elements, they all come from infinite gods.

Although there is nothing to be seen on the surface, the cabin inside is full of special operations fighters.

These are all mixed teams, which means that the average fitness of at least two elements is at the expert level.

Now, Mai Ke was thinking about who to send to complete the task of removing obstacles underwater, as well as to break the pontoon bridges and destroy the shore defense guns.

Ahem, I don't want to, I'll just take a little more time at most.

Those towering water fortifications can already be seen in front of you, and the army does not stop for a moment, continuing to march bravely!

On the side of the Qing army, Peng Yulin stood on a command platform, looking at the huge fleet of the Heavenly Army that was getting closer and closer, and his heart was secretly cold!

Fortunately, he had prepared in advance, and he was very well prepared, otherwise he would have been crushed by them with a cup of tea.

Now he just waited for the barrage to be wielded there, and he grabbed the enemy's warships head-on, and when their formation was chaotic and the people were panicking, he began to bombard with artillery and surround with sailors!

It's close! It's close! There's still a mile of land in the Via Cable!

These soldiers are ready to ignite and launch!

It's here! It's here! There's still half a mile to go! It's about to hit the line! There's still half a tea time left!

In order to show that he was confident, Peng Yulin really gave the prefect Cheng Bao half a cup of tea, poured half a cup for himself, and then took it up and said: "Thank you brother for your consistent support! Just let you and I drink this half cup of tea, and then talk and laugh and use the army!"

The two of them picked up the teacup and brought it to their mouths, and were about to drink it, when suddenly something strange appeared on the river!

I saw a behemoth like a hill jump high and fall with a thud!

A large splash of water splashed in all directions, and the silver-white splash, mixed with two black things, popped up to both sides of the river!

Others don't know what it is, but Peng Yulin and Cheng Bao are very familiar!

That's the barrage they pinned their hopes on!

What is this thing that has broken such a powerful iron cable?

The two of them were stunned at the same time, and the hot tea in their hands poured into their necks, neither of them realizing it!

It wasn't until half a cup of tea was all in his neck that he was so hot that he screamed, but for some reason, he still didn't recover from the shock that the barrage was cut off by an unknown creature.

On the side of the Heavenly Army, Mai Ke was also taken aback, he originally planned that when these barrages and iron cables stopped these Jonah fish, he would take action again, anyway, it didn't matter if this big fish was stopped.

Where did you think that this result would appear?

Are those iron cables too poor, or are these Jonah fish too strong?

Since the iron cables were for intercepting the warships, they would obviously be very strong, so it can only be said that the Jonah fish were too violent.

Mai Ke saw very clearly that it was little Jonah who picked up and broke the iron cable!

Now those Jonah fish are doing the same, and they think little Jonah's pose is cool!

The second one who made this move was the little Jonah, who was both happy and unconvinced when he saw that he had been topped by his son again!

It just so happened that he was also in front of the team, and the first iron rope delayed his son for a moment, and the second one was the first one he encountered!

It's also a high leap and a heavy smash!

Bang! Another one is broken!

Then all the big fish fought bravely, bang

(To be continued......)