After Lin Ziran ordered a general attack, the first to fire was naturally the experimental artillery company!

Although the two rear-loading guns of the experimental artillery company were small in number, the effect of being a long-range suppression gun was still obvious.

At the beginning, it suppressed more than ten new nine-pound field guns of the other side.

When the opponent's long-range artillery was suppressed, a large number of front-loading smoothbore guns of the Sixth Division made their debut, and more than 100 smoothbore guns fired in unison, many of which were nine-pound field guns or even eighteen-pound howitzers.

Even if the first division is an elite unit, it cannot support it in this situation.

Even if the 1st Division was actually reloaded with paper shell rear-loading rifles at this time, they still failed to change the tide of the battle.

Although they used rear-loading rifles, they still used the old line line tactics, and under the absolute superior artillery firepower of the 6th Division, they were not able to give full play to the huge tactical advantages of rear-loading rifles.

In addition, the First Division of the Sixth Division and other units were also equipped with more advanced breech-loading rifles.

In fact, before the infantry unit launched a general charge, the enemy was already showing signs of collapse in the continuous artillery bombardment.

Even if the rear-loading rifle has appeared, and the rifle firepower is extremely intensive, but the artillery, even the front-loading smoothbore gun, is still an important factor in determining the outcome of the war.

Hundreds of smoothbore guns swung upward, and it was difficult for the opponent to withstand it without a strong fortress as a barrier, relying only on traditional line lines and field fortifications such as hastily digging between them.

Therefore, when the infantry of the 6th Division, led by the 1st Corps, launched a charge attack, the 1st Division on the opposite side inevitably collapsed completely.

When he saw the complete collapse of the troops, Jian Liangzhi was so sad and indignant that he even wanted to commit suicide on the spot.

However, it was said that he was forced to dodge the pistol by his subordinates, and then fled with a breakthrough.

After the battle, when cleaning the battlefield, he couldn't find any trace of Jian Liangzhi, which made Lin Ziran a little disappointed.

In fact, he still wants to meet Jian Liangzhi.

After all, the two of them can be regarded as having some friendship, and they also fought side by side under the command of Feng Haozhong of the Third Division back then.

Later, the situation changed, and the two also met many times and exchanged letters.

It's a pity that these days are passing day by day, and the friendship between the two people is getting more and more separate.

Seeing that the other party didn't even see each other and left directly, Lin Ziran sighed: "It's a friend anyway, why are you so angry!" ”

When he sighed, Luo Mazi on the side was a little puzzled: "My lord, you and that Jian Liangzhi are friends?" ”

Wu Guanlin on the side also said: "My lord, didn't you just say that if Jian Liangzhi is arrested, you will use him to blackmail Jian Minggang and make him give up the resistance of the county town and surrender?" ”

Lin Ziran turned around and glanced at them, and immediately said, "What do you know!" ”

"A war is a war, friendship is a friendship, how can it be mixed up!"

After hearing this, Luo Mazi immediately sang: "Adults give up small righteousness for the sake of righteousness, and the small ones admire!" ”

Wu Guanlin naturally will not be as shameless as Luo Mazi, but on this occasion, he has to meet two sentences: "The adults have paid so much for the reunification of Luo An, this Luo An is not unified by adults, who else can be unified!" ”

And Xiao Xiangyu, the commander of the Fifth Mixed Brigade, who was following behind, listened to their words, his face was calm, but he muttered in his heart: It's really unlucky to be your friend!

Are Jian Liangzhi and Lin Ziran friends?

It doesn't matter if Lin Ziran recognizes it or not, but Jian Liangzhi definitely doesn't recognize it!

Back then, Lin Ziran was just the leader of a small militia under his command, although he had a lot of contact, but he definitely had nothing to do with friends.

Later, Lin Ziran rose, and the relationship between the two was even worse, because they were directly on opposite sides.

Now, Jian Liangzhi has the mind to swallow Lin Ziran alive.

Return friends, the enemy of life and death is almost the same!

Not to mention that Jian Liangzhi fled alone all the way, and said that after Lin Ziran led the army to defeat the First Division, he left a part of the troops to prepare to collect the tens of thousands of surrendered troops, and at the same time, he himself led the main force of the Sixth Division to quickly move south.

He's going to take the county before the other feudal towns react, or at least before they make an actual military move!

Otherwise, when Jian Minggang and Li Dingjun reach an agreement, transfer troops from the south, or even directly join forces with Li Dingjun, it is estimated that the county will become a super fortress.

He didn't want to lead his troops to storm a fortress city garrisoned by tens of thousands of people!

Whether you win or not is secondary, the key is that once it evolves into this kind of battle, it will become a war of attrition, and the time will drag on for a long time, and the variables are too great.

Now Lin Ziran is going to compete for time with other feudal towns!

This has been the case since the war went south!

The 8th Division was defeated, and then it marched west non-stop to meet the 5th and 7th Divisions of the Northwest Army and the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, and then urgently moved south to encircle and annihilate the 1st Division.

The whole process was one link at a time, and there was no time for Lin Ziran to waste.

On the way to continue leading the troops south, Lin Ziran also looked at the South China Sea rear-loading rifle in his hand.

The South China Sea Rear Loading Rifle, this is not the first time he has heard this name, but it is the first time he has seen the real thing.

This thing first appeared in the hands of the Nanhai New Army, and it is said that the encirclement and suppression troops of the county guard had suffered a lot before, but later even the Nanhai New Army, which was equipped with rear-loading rifles in the South China Sea, finally collapsed due to too few people and lack of heavy firepower.

As for why the new army in the South China Sea suddenly appeared would be equipped with such an advanced rifle, Lin Ziran is not surprised.

Many people have already seen that these Nanhai New Army is estimated to be the remnants of the collapse of the Nanzhou Bank, and they have not only appeared in Luo'an County, but also in other counties.

And the momentum is getting stronger and stronger, I heard that in Guang'an County, the strength of the Nanhai New Army is thousands larger, which makes Du Zhikuan anxious.

On the Luohai County side, it is more serious, which used to be the base camp of the Nanzhou Bank, and now there are several new forces in the South China Sea.

However, Lin Ziran didn't think that the South China Sea New Army formed by the remnants of the Nanzhou Bank could do much.

It's okay to engage in some conspiracy, fan the flames and the like, but if you want to play a large-scale uprising or even seize the entire Nanhai State, they can't!

They don't even have a leader who can convince the people, they don't have a clear political program to win the hearts and minds of the people everywhere, and they don't even have a stable and relatively large territory.

They have nothing but money.

In Lin Ziran's opinion, such a new army in the South China Sea is a rootless duckweed, and it won't last long!

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