"God bless France!"

"Let's teach the barbaric Chinese a lesson!"

The belligerent and arrogant slogans echoed in the French 6th Army, and the British did not want to send troops. However, this is not a reason to stop the French from attacking. The French army, which won the Crimean War, regained its position as the most powerful army in Europe. After the Battle of Waterloo, the Russians attacked Paris, which was a great shame for the French. With the victory of the war against Napoleon, Russia became the "gendarme of Europe" and flaunted its might all over Eastern Europe. As long as a country breaks out the revolution, you can see the figure of the Russian ** team that went to suppress the revolution.

In the Crimean War, Britain pulled France to fight Russia, and after the war, they began to support Ottoman Turkey and plunged their hands into the Mediterranean. This is not a happy thing for France either.

In order to gain the power to march into Indochina after the war, the French commanders felt the need to demonstrate French militancy. That's why he decided to go to war.

Of course, the French 6th Army did not only know how to command the army by lip service, it had the experience of the Crimean War, and the French naval guns were parked in the strait between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon to cover the French 6th Army. The French Navy's artillerymen fired violently at the shore in a demonstrative manner, attacking areas they believed might be a threat. Amid the rumbling of artillery, the 6th flotilla loaded with the French 6th Army boarded the 6th in Kowloon opposite Hong Kong Island, and the French soldiers jumped off the boat one after another and began to line up on the flat coast.

Instead of participating in the battle, the personnel of the American fleet went ashore and watched the battle with telescopes set up from high places. France can be said to be the "nobleman" of the United States. From the beginning of the Revolutionary War, France fully supported the United States. Historically speaking, the "Falling Sakura God Axe" swam but did not attack, and the battles on the frontal battlefield were fought by the French. And after the independence of the United States, it also took a bite back. Ate Louisiana and other places in the Mississippi River valley controlled by the French.

Watching the French 6th Army attack the Liberation Army, the US side of the war naturally hopes to see the French 6th Army mighty in its heart, and when the British refuse to go to war directly, they will teach the Chinese a lesson.

However, as soon as the French landed on 6, the Liberation Army in the distance began to shoot at 6 points with artillery. The ground on the shore of Kowloon is relatively hard, and the flowering bombs explode violently when they fall to the ground. On the kilometer-long coast, almost every shell cost the French one or two, but the combat strength of a dozen French soldiers. Before the French could fully gain a foothold on the beachhead, more than a hundred casualties appeared.

The French obviously did not expect to be attacked so fiercely, and the naval guns could not effectively strike at the Inner 6 targets, so the French gave up the plan to organize a large queue on the relatively flat shore, but took the platoon as a unit, and began to advance to the Inner 6 after boarding the 6.

"The Chinese artillery seems to have retreated?" Some U.S. officials saw through the binoculars the figures of some sports cars pulled by mules and horses moving in the direction of the mountains, and they couldn't help but shout.

"The Chinese are so bold!" The American troops began to laugh. At this time, if the squadron does not retreat, it can still take advantage of the opportunity of the French ** team to continue to inflict losses on the French army.

Brigade Commander Wu Liao didn't know that he was being ridiculed by the American ** people like this, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care in the slightest. The French army was indeed a strong army in Europe, and their troops did not foolishly storm from the front, but quickly outflanked them. If you wait for the French to attack, you will only distract the fire of the troops. And increase unnecessary casualties.

As the artillery of the Liberation Army began to retreat, the shelling of the French troops also stopped temporarily. The French quickly stabilized the line and began to form a standard offensive formation. At this time, people in the United States couldn't help but begin to appreciate that the French army's action was indeed much faster than that of the US 6th Army. And the large front composed of small phalanxes is even more impactful to look at.

Wu Liao, who was in charge of commanding in Lion Rock, couldn't help but nodded, looking from a distance, the French ** team was agile and in no way inferior to the elite troops of the Liberation Army. Seeing that the French army's front began to advance, Wu Liao frowned slightly.

The French commander was also a little surprised, the cowardice of the squadron was indeed beyond his imagination. An army that can be taken seriously by the British should not be a timid army. The British ** team is a good hand at fighting tough battles, and it can be called a "god army" when beating the water dogs. In the face of so many backward tribes, the British have an incomparable wealth of experience.

The retreat of the Liberation Army was much faster than that of the Manchu army. When attacking Dagukou, the French army was able to use the artillery of the 6th Army to inflict rapid damage on the Manchu army. Now that the French artillery has not yet gone into battle, the squadron has fled, what is this?

However, on the battlefield there is no opportunity to think about this for a long time, and when the enemy retreats, he has to start pursuing. The Chinese artillery obviously withdrew to the Lion Rock Heights, and after the artillery withdrew to the high ground, the firing range would naturally increase, which may not be beneficial to the French army in the next battle. At this point, it is necessary to speed up. After occupying this high ground, the first round of France can be considered to have achieved its goal. So the French army lined up in a neat line and began to march briskly in the direction of Lion Rock.

"Phew! Bang! "With the sound of gunfire, smoke from rifle shots began to appear on the ground. To the surprise of the French army, they did not see the infantry phalanx of the Liberation Army in their field of vision.

Bullets whistled, and the soldiers in the French army were shot one after another. They soon saw that the smoke was all shelter on the ground, could it be that the Chinese had dug trenches there? Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the infantry to hide behind and fire continuously.

"Shelling!" Having had the experience of the Crimean War, the naval guns of the French Navy opened fire on the position where the squadron was emitting gunsmoke. The artillerymen were all experienced, and with the guidance of the artillery observers on the mast, the shelling was very smooth. The Chinese are shooting too far. The Chinese opened fire at a distance of two or three hundred meters from the French, which clearly deviated from the common sense of battlefield shooting. Such doubts can be explained by the weak fighting will of the squadron **, seeing the elite French ** team, the Chinese were frightened to the point that they had no masters, and shot indiscriminately in order to strengthen their courage. This is also a very normal thing.

Standing on the Lion Rock, Wu Liao looked at the battlefield. The new rifles of the Liberation Army are prioritized for front-line troops rather than garrisons. Therefore, Wu Liao's troops were all singles with a water and steel barrel. Although he held the binoculars tightly with both hands, Wu Liao only felt that his body seemed to be like the soldiers on the battlefield, prostrate on the ground, steady and adjusted breathing, and accurately aimed at the enemy and kept shooting.

The rifle with the breech brings the blessing line with amazing accuracy, and the shooting within 3o meters can be said to be a hundred hundred. Within 3oo meters, you can also accurately kill and damage enemies with a platoon gun. What's more, thanks to the adoption of a new lying down shooting position, only a very small part of the fighters' bodies were exposed to the enemy's line of sight, and the casualty rate was greatly reduced.

Therefore, Wu Liao agreed that the combat effectiveness of the French army was no less than that of the British ** team, and in such a battle, what could effectively kill the troops of the Liberation Army was artillery. And the French army did not even suffer a big loss, but used artillery to bombard the infantry positions of the Liberation Army, and this kind of soldier's adaptability is indeed not something that ordinary troops can do. If the opponent of the Guangfu Army was the Qing army's group of wreckers, they would not have come up with such a way if they killed them. Even when the Liberation Army was conducting tactical exercises on paper, it took everyone a while to figure out the new tactics that should be used to deal with the enemy with artillery.

Of course, this is the limit of the French army's response. And the Guangfu Army has Governor Wei Zedu, Wu Liao remembers very clearly, Governor Wei Zedu first wrote a note and put it on the table. After it took the Liberation Army half an hour to come up with a solution, Wei Zedudu opened the piece of paper, on which were written the words "cover the enemy's positions with artillery".

Next, Governor Wezedu described the infantry's tactics for dealing with such a situation. And Wu Liao now saw that the front-line troops of the Liberation Army were adopting such tactics, and the retreat route of the position had long been prepared. Not wanting to give the French a position to use, the front-line troops did not dig trenches, but slightly trimmed the terrain. So the troops stood up with their waists bent and ran briskly from one shelter point to another with rifles in hand. If there is no high enough protrusion between the two shelter points, the troops crawl forward, arms and legs together, and crawl over those sections as fast as possible.

This posture is indeed embarrassing, but this posture can hide yourself to the greatest extent. The actions of the troops are carried out in accordance with the queue. If the enemy shows a single soldier, they can concentrate their fire on this area, and then the loss of the lives of not one soldier, but a dozen, dozens of soldiers. At the same time, it will also expose the movement of troops to the enemy. This makes the battle very difficult afterward.

Seeing that the first-line troops had finally withdrawn to the second line of defense in the shelling of the French army, Wu Liao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, he only felt that he was also with the front-line soldiers, and the feeling of his body being in contact with the ground was so clear, as if Wu Liao was also crawling forward on the ground with everyone.

After recovering his body, Wu Liao immediately returned to the army. In all the training, Wu Liao himself had to practice with the troops every time. Under the scorching sun, under the clouds, and in the rain, Wu Liao personally crawled and rolled. The hardships of the training made the grassroots officers unbearable, and they felt that Wu Liao not only practiced to the death by himself, but also took everyone to the death to practice!

Even though there were many complaints in the troops, Wu Liao did not relax in the slightest, and the army psychologist had already explained the truth to Wu Liao clearly, the past battles were over, and every battle in the future was a brand new battle. Man always lives in the moment, and can only live in the moment.

Wu Liao admitted that this was true, but the bloody sky in the Battle of Foshan, and the scene of watching the brothers fall under the enemy's guns in rows, would often emerge from Wu Liao's heart. Make him tremble, make him despair. Only by practicing new weapons and tactics over and over again can Wu Liao feel that he and his troops have new strength, and he and his troops already have the combat capability of the Foshan Campaign. The nightmare of the Battle of Foshan will never be repeated.

Looking up and carefully observing the command of the French army, Wu Liao saw that the shelling from the warships had finally stopped. The French 6 Army began to move on.

"Charge!" The officers of the French phalanx gave the same order. No matter what kind of preparations the enemy had, under such intensive shelling, it was impossible for the squadron to survive. What is needed at this time is to get the French troops up quickly, and then use intensive firepower to solve the squadron in the mountains. Because if the French army continued to advance, it would not be possible to be protected by naval guns. Even if the French naval guns could still shoot, it is difficult to say whether it was shelling the enemy or the French at that time.

The distance of more than two hundred meters quickly rushed over, and the French paused a little when they reached the first line of defense of the squadron. The dense craters on the ground were indeed a problem, and only two dozen bodies of the ** people who died after being hit by artillery were left on the ground. This could not but be a great surprise to the French army. Just now, the French army was killed and wounded hundreds of people, could it be that just these 20 or so people inflicted such huge casualties on the French army? Are these two dozen Chinese soldiers such powerful marksmen?

After breaking away from the cover range of the naval guns, the French artillery was finally transported to the coast of Kowloon. With the cover of the artillery of the 6 places, the French commander also felt a lot more at ease. He ordered his troops to move on and capture the Lion Rock Heights in one fell swoop.

The second line of defense also resisted for about twenty minutes, because the distance was much closer, Wu Liao could see more clearly. The troops only gave a partial blow to the French and then retreated to the third line of defense, which was also the first line of the official line of defense on Lion Rock. A trench more than half a person deep was dug here, and a bamboo stick array and a trap array were laid forty meters in front of the trench. It was enough to withstand the attack of the French army.

And the first to engage the front of the Liberation Army was not the central front, but the front of the two flanks of the French army. Both the Liberation Army and the European armies are well aware of the power of flank attacks. On the flanks, Wu Liao each laid down two battalions of troops. On the contrary, on the frontal front, Wu Liao only put two battalions.

The Liberation Army put the French troops sixty meters away from the position before they began to fire fiercely with rifles, and the artillery on the Lion Rock also joined the battle group at this time, and the artillerymen first destroyed the French 6th Army artillery. Smoothbore guns halfway up the hill opened heavy fire on French artillery positions.

The American ** people who watched the battle were stunned to see that the artillery of the Liberation Army suddenly became nearly ten times more violent, and the gun emplacements on the Lion Rock Fort finally showed their posture with the smoke of gunpowder, while the artillery positions set up by the French army on the shore exploded violently. The shells were fused with a time-lapse fuse, and the iron balls bounced and spun on the ground. Or rush directly into the French artillery positions and knock down the people and the artillery together. Even if they missed, after a few moments, the shells exploded violently near the French artillery positions. Drown the French artillery crew in the sand and smoke.

In addition to the shelling, the gunfire also rang out like popping beans. I don't know if it was the French army or the squadron that opened fire, in short, there was gunsmoke everywhere, and there was noise everywhere. The entire battlefield was shrouded in smoke like a boiling cauldron.

"Forward!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Forward!" The magistrates were either hysterical or their voices trembling with these two orders.

They finally saw the enemy, and they hid in a trench on the ground, firing at the French almost non-stop. Only half of the heads of those mole-like ** people can barely be seen by the French army, and on this battlefield that is gradually obscured by the smoke of gunpowder, that half of the head is quickly blurred in the sight of the French army. It would be too difficult to hit such a target within sixty meters. Therefore, the French army rushed towards the Liberation Army regardless of their own casualties.

However, the severe pain in their feet soon made them realize that there was a void on the ground, and they pulled the bloody soles of their feet off the ground, and they saw that the ground was densely covered with sharp bamboo sticks. The French immediately tried to bypass the bamboo sticks, and the soldiers running in front suddenly tilted their bodies, as if the whole person had been cut off. There are a lot of half-leg-deep holes dug in the ground, and if you are not careful, you will break the bones and break the foot, and even if you are not injured, it will take some effort to pull your foot out of here.

But as soon as it was delayed, the troops were subjected to intensive bullet fire. Many French soldiers fell to the ground in strange postures, leaning forward and backward on bamboo sticks or sinking into pits. If the French were willing to step on the corpses of their comrades and continue to advance, they would probably be able to use the corpses to pounce on a passage. But the French army's will to fight has basically come to an end, and they would rather continue to stop behind the bamboo stick formation and shoot at the Liberation Army at a distance of more than 40 meters, rather than continue to advance.

As the first army in Europe, the French army was indeed well-trained, and at this time they were able to use the old tactic of three strikes, with the infantry in front firing and the soldiers in the rear reloading. Maintain fire in such a way. But on this battlefield filled with gunpowder, the difference between the area of the whole person and half of the head is too large. The French army was defeated in rows, and when the casualties were more than 30%, the French army collapsed first. They no longer had the courage they had before the war, they gave up the honor of being a soldier, and the French left their backs to the middle ** and began to turn around and retreat. If you continue to fight, you will die in vain, so at least you will die on the road to saving your own life!

It's just that at this time, the connection between escaping and survival is very limited, and the three-inch cannon of the Liberation Army began to harvest the lives of the French army. Even if it is not slashed down like a shrapnel sickle, a single rifle still has enough lethality at a distance of 300 meters.

The American ** people on the other side of Kowloon watched the rout of the French army in amazement, and the French army collapsed without seeing a single complete figure of the Liberation Army. Even the fleeing French were defeated by artillery and bullets.

At this time, the French warships opened fire again, and in the face of the battlefield filled with gunpowder, the French warship guns struck hard at the positions of the Liberation Army that might be pursuing according to their own estimates.

Wu Liao let out a long sigh of relief. He also considered whether to send troops in pursuit when the French army retreated. But he couldn't let himself rule out in his mind the possibility of fire interception by French naval guns. Although the pursuit could greatly expand the results of the battle, Wu Liao no longer wanted his troops to die in vain again. Looking at the fierce fire of the French naval guns, the last regret in Wu Liao's heart disappeared cleanly. He knew that the battle had ended with an unprecedented victory for the Liberation Army.

However, the US officials did not have such optimism, they were optimistic about and the French ** team they loved had suffered such a big loss, and it had already been beyond their imagination. The military equipment displayed by the squadron on the opposite side was much beyond the imagination of the US ** team.

"Is the Guangfu Army really Chinese?" A U.S. official asked questioningly, and this question resonated in the hearts of other U.S. officials. After seeing the Manchu troops, the US officials believed that China was indeed a backward country. After seeing the Liberation Army, the impression that the US ** official had formed was completely subverted.

Two hours later, the French withdrew from Kowloon, and the final tragedy is indescribable. There were 2,000 French troops when they left, and less than 500 when they returned. The 6 boats, which were once full, are now empty. In the fading smoke, there was no figure who continued to return. It seems that no one else will be able to return.

And this qiē is still in the situation that the French army has naval artillery cover, if there is no naval artillery cover, if the Liberation Army has cavalry pursuit, the French army that fled to the sea has no second possibility except for the total annihilation.

Although the British army did not participate in the war, the faces of the British army were also very ugly. As the opponent of the Liberation Army, if the British army participated in the battle, they would have to face the Qiē that the French had to go through. It's not something that can be passed with a smile.

"It seems that we can come forward to mediate the conflict between the Liberation Army and the British." The American commander spoke in a relaxed tone that resembled a quip.

The American ** officials who were shocked couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing this. This time, the United States joined the coalition as a "mediator," and when the British and French forces attacked the Manchus, the United States and Russia came forward to "mediate." Now that the French have been battered, the Americans seem to have ample opportunity to show their diplomatic skills.

For laughing at the British, the Americans did not care. As an independent British colony, the American tradition has always been that "my fathers taught me two things: first, to believe in God; Second, hate the British. "It's one thing to come out with the British to make soy sauce and get the benefits of the whole world. If there is an opportunity to stick a knife in the back of the British, the Americans will not choose to let it go.

Hearing the news of France's defeat, the British plenipotentiary in China, Elgin, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. Had it not been for this crushing defeat of the French, Ergin would have naturally been held responsible for the loss of that small fleet. And now, Ergin can no longer worry about this problem. Compared to the losses of the French, those ships were nothing at all. Moreover, through the war, France in the Far East was completely reduced to the little brother of the British, and honestly followed the British ass to work.

There was no need to appease the broken heart of the French commander, for it would have been easy for the French to think that Ergin had come to see the joke. Ordered British doctors to begin to participate in the treatment of French officers and soldiers. Erjin began to write a letter, "If you want to solve the Chinese problem, you must start with the Qing government...... now a full-scale war with the Liberation Army is likely to lead to the loss of Hong Kong, and only by completely taming the Qing government can we make full use of the ports and resources of the Qing ............." In short, let the Qing government accept our terms, so that we can get enough rewards after assisting the Qing government......"

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