Section 206 Frog Jumping and Fighting - Battle of Hangzhou (6)
Let me tell you a fun thing, I don't think there is a future in the air, learn to write fantasy. It's not so easy to try it, and when I think about it, in fact, where is the best subject, and I still talk about my own skills. Of course, other human interference factors are excluded.
By the time the first ray of dawn pierced the dark curtain that shrouded the sky, Shi Lang's army had captured the warehouse that supplied Bolo with war supplies and cut off the retreat of the Qing army still fighting in the city. Xu Liejun's first battalion also broke through many obstacles and reached the periphery of the warehouse, for which they paid the price of nearly 100 casualties in 20 combat vehicles.
The barracuda-level entry into the city, patrolling back and forth along the river in Hangzhou, completely cut off the communication between the various departments of the Qing army, and the entry of the Ming army at the south gate made the Qing army in the city even worse. The divided Qing army in the city lost the right to retreat, and what awaited them was the fate of becoming the property of Shenzhou City.
In Chen Jin's heart, he only felt regret that he did not come to burn the contents of the warehouse, and his army was used to stop Xu Liejun's chariot troops, and he did not expect that the enemy would have another strange soldier directly attacking the warehouse from behind. In addition, the waterway was cut off, the instructions could not be conveyed, and the warehouse was occupied by others, so there was really nothing to fight in the battle in Hangzhou, and there was no need for vain sacrifice, so a signal of a comprehensive retreat was issued. Chen Jin led the 5,000 elite soldiers that had been retained, protected Qin Shizhen and other officials, and quietly slipped out from the small gate of Beicheng.
When he fled to Huzhou City, he checked the people and horses, and only less than 10,000 of the 30,000 elite soldiers remained.
After the Shenzhou army took the warehouse, it began to concentrate on cleaning up the remnants of the enemy army in the city. At this time, the Qing army had no command at all, and it was difficult to communicate with the various resistance areas, and by the afternoon of the same day, the Shenzhou army had taken control of the whole city and all key points in the city. Truckloads of food, silver, gunpowder and other supplies were transported to Pinghu under the protection of a small army, waiting for the fleet to return from Shenzhou City.
Yue Xiaofei and Murong Zhuo returned to the command car, and Wen Changming had already prepared bath water and hot meals for them.
The two of them listened to Wen Changming's report while eating.
"Now we have basically occupied the whole city, the remnants of the Qing army have stopped organized resistance, the patrol formed by the Ming army has begun to set up checkpoints and patrol ...... on the main roads in the city under the command of Dai Zhijun's people, our army has lost 218 people and 563 wounded in this operation...... So far, a total of 1.3 million taels of silver, about 100 tons of gunpowder, and ...... of grain and grass have been captured in this battle."
Yue Xiaofei rounded the spoon, just fighting the rice piled up on the plate in front of him, and answered casually in his mouth. "It seems that this grain is enough for our Shenzhou City for a while."
Murong Zhuo ate slowly, but he was a little unaccustomed to using only a spoon. And he hated Yue Xiaofei in his heart, he didn't care if he came from himself, after the battle was over, there was nothing to do with him, who was it! While thinking about whether to ask Yue Xiaofei to increase his salary, he turned his head and gave an order to Wen Changming.
"Wen Changming, you should remember that now the army escorting supplies does not have to return, strengthen the patrol and defense of the Pinghu area, the whole army concentrates the existing ammunition and gives priority to the supply of the Second Marine Regiment, and asks them to set up a defensive position 10 kilometers north of Hangzhou, pay close attention to the movement in the direction of Huzhou, and the reconnaissance company under the headquarters step up reconnaissance of Huzhou.
In addition, Zhang Mingzhen was informed outside the southern city that his Ming army could enter the city, and as for the question of the command of the Ming army, they themselves discussed it with Dai Zhijun and Wu Zhu.
Inform Dai Mingjun and Wu Zhu to immediately inform Wu Shengzhao of the battle situation in Hangzhou, and at the same time the two of them will follow the cart carrying supplies to Pinghu after explaining what they have in their hands. “
After explaining to Wen Changming, he said to Yue Xiaofei: "How is it, when will we go back to Pinghu?" ”
While he was talking, the voice of the signal soldier was heard, "Report to the chief, we have a fight with the Ming army......"
Hearing this, the three people, including Wen Changming, looked at each other together.
Speaking of Zhang Mingzhen is a smart man, as soon as the battle in the city is over, he ordered the Ming army led by him to immediately withdraw from the city, and it is strictly forbidden to disturb the people.
"We can't afford to mess with these people, but let's hide!"
But Shen Tingyang is not very clear, and his army has always maintained the original bad habits of the Ming army - looting, which is a common thing in the old-style army, but the unlucky ones are the people. To put it bluntly, these things are still a 'greedy' word in the final analysis, and after the city-wide battle was basically over, Shen Tingyang's soldiers of course resumed this "sacred" duty.
The chariot battalion commanded by Xu Liejun was beaten by the Qing army's "wine altar tactics" (if Yue Xiaofei told him here that this was a Molotov cocktail) nearly 20 vehicles during the march, and the nearby houses were also burned, but fortunately, Hangzhou is a water town and a land of benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, although the houses were on fire, there were still large groups of people who lined up and carried water from the river in vain and poured buckets on the houses.
Seeing the people crying and grabbing the ground at home, Xu Liejun couldn't bear it, and commanded his troops to give up rest and participate in the firefighting work. The baggage company in the first regiment of the Shenzhou Army will have a few fire-fighting equipment installed in Yanping, but now it is vehicle-mounted and is called "fire truck".
So the way of fighting the fire has changed, a fire truck is stretching the pipe into the river, and the eight vertical pistons, driven by four people, move up and down at a very fast speed, pressing the water into the pressurized box at the bottom, and in front of it is a round pipe made of silk and linen wool and three materials that are extremely tightly mixed, all the way to the fire truck near the fire scene, and then it will be pressurized again.
A continuous stream of water arrows spewed into the scene of the fire, and a thin curtain of water was created in front of the throat for the person holding the pipe, allowing him to get closer to the fire.
Just when the people of Hangzhou City were glad to have the appearance of such a benevolent and righteous division of the Shenzhou Army, which could protect them from fire and danger, an unexpected situation appeared.
A young girl ran out of a side alley, her skirt had been torn into a loop and hung on her body, revealing the pink belly pocket she was wearing inside, and a few blood marks and bruises were revealed on her bare shoulders.
"Help...... Help me...... Who can save me! ......" She was followed by several people dressed in Ming military uniforms, and chased closer and closer.