In order to stop the Heavenly Army, Peng Yulin tried his best.

Not only that, but also with the full support of Cheng Bao, the prefect of Zhaozhou.

The third person who made a big effort was Ye Nantian, the general soldier of Zhaozhou, except for his own 3,000 Qing soldiers, and he also had a hard soaking with the Admiral's Mansion, and the reinforcements before he came were all under his command.

The recent edict approving the decree of the closure of households has put on a completely legal cloak for Cheng Bao's general mobilization of the whole people, which has enabled his orders to be carried out more effectively, and has also provided a solid human and material foundation for the defense project.

To put it simply, there are three layers to this defense.

The middle layer is the surface force, and these fleets have exceeded the number of the previous two clearances combined, to a total of 300 gunboats. The armament is also the latest shipboard guns.

These ships were all on the river, lined up in battle formation, and were ready for battle.

At this time, a line of defense on the water, in front of this battleship, there are barrage fortifications, this is the credit of Cheng Bao.

In order to stop the eastward advance of the Celestial Army, these two actually thought of the most stupid trick to meet again to establish a fixed barrage.

This is where the river is shallow, and the middle part is left with only one passage, allowing a boat to run.

In time to make the middle passage, also build the gate, usually close tightly.

Normal flowing water can only flow through the underground of the gate.

Bottom defense is what is taken underwater.

In front of this surface fortification, there are two more barriers.

One is a giant wooden horse, which is tied together with a whole large log, and no matter how it lands, it can stand upright in the water and block the boat.

The other is the Hengjiang Iron Cable.

In the past, Ning Ling plotted to kill Mai Ke and make him fall into the Black Dragon Pond by boat, which was produced in Zhaozhou.

In order to produce enough iron chains in time, Cheng Bao concentrated all the blacksmiths in Zhaozhou. Working overtime day and night, fifty chains were struck, each long enough to hold back the river.

The most insidious thing is that these chains are all underwater, and the incoming ship will definitely be stopped.

The third layer of defense is to build a pontoon bridge in the air. This pontoon bridge starts from Jilong Mountain in the north, reaches Huding Mountain, and passes over the Xijiang River.

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 a large number of explosives packs, which could be thrown down from the pontoon once the enemy ships had broken through the defensive line. Blow up enemy ships.

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, the original fleet had been destroyed anyway, and he didn't keep any of them, but 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 shipborne artillery. Plus the flint that can burst into the dam is strong.

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

At the level of Peter's current fleet, except for Paul's war-based training of those ships. 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 Jintian Uprising, unfavorable news from other battlefields has continued to come, and Peng Yulin's heart is full of helplessness, knowing that the current Zeng Guofan must be particularly uncomfortable. It doesn't matter if it's a chap or a handsome, it's impossible to cover the sky with one hand.

He had no choice but to wait for the beginning and the end of the war. And then there's more.

He felt that he was ready now, just waiting for the arrival of the heavenly army, and he would see it at first sight.

Peter, Mai Ke, and Paul came out of the Black Dragon Pool, still standing on the command ship, and their hearts were 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 aggressively, of course, these things are difficult to enter 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, he still admires it a little.

"There is no problem with water warfare! I am in charge of dealing with those three hundred warships!" Paul did not 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 dealing with this kind of rudimentary three-dimensional defense. There wasn't much pressure, 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 meeting these alternatives, who would have been able to stop him from winning. It is no wonder that 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.

Right now. Mai Ke considered who to send to complete the task of removing obstacles underwater. and the destruction of the pontoon bridges and the destruction of 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 secretly felt cold!

Fortunately, it was prepared in advance, and it was very well prepared, otherwise it would have been a cup of tea. They crushed it.

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......)