Chapter 413 The Franc Battalion goes into battle

In fact, the assessment of the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, even among them, there were two views that were too extreme at the beginning.

One kind of person feels that he is vulnerable to a single attack, and he has the courage that a few hundred guns can sweep away thousands of troops, and some even say that "the cavalry can arrive in Beijing in one day", and they say that fighting and killing people is like playing.

The other kind of people think that no matter how bad the Tartars are, they are also regular cavalry that is familiar with riding and coming and going like the wind, and no matter how strong we are, we are weak and weak, and it will be difficult to annihilate them in the vast land without exploding their strength of more than 100,000 troops.

Lin Xiao naturally disagreed with these two views.

"The cavalry can arrive in Beijing one day", which is another kind of keyboard warrior-style ignorance, China is so big, what about trekking through mountains and rivers as climbing a map?

Even if it is a cavalry, how far can it run in a day, it is not a matter of eating and drinking Lazar, and it is fully automatic and full of blood?

Of course, one thing they are not wrong about, at least the Qing army in the south is indeed vulnerable - most of them are some Han Eight Banners.

The Dutch people of this level can crisscross Guangdong and Fujian provinces, and both the Ming and Qing armies are as if they have seen their grandfather, and they dare not confront them.

Now it seems that judging from the level of discipline, training, and equipment of the captive army, whether it is against the Qing army or these Western hooligans, it may not be possible to defeat a hundred enemies, but there is no suspense in defeating a tenfold enemy.

As for going to the vast North China Plain and the vast prairie to hunt down those real bald knights, Lin Xiao had already prepared for a rainy day - Duan Zhenghong's mechanized troops and Zhang Chenfeng's cavalry regiment were prepared for them.

……

"Mr. Lin, have you landed?"

Seeing that Lin Xiao was silent, He Shouxin on the side was already impatient.

Lin Xiao didn't plan to accept the title of Duke of Zhenguo from the small court, and the letter of thanks had already been brought by Qu Shiyun, so He Shouxin didn't know what to call Lin Xiao for a while, so he had to follow others to call him Mr. Lin, and he found that Lin Xiao preferred others to call him that.

"Put the dinghy, land,"

Lin Xiao put down the binoculars and said lightly, "Order, the Franc Camp will go first!" ”

Visually, there are not many Dutch people in Luzhai, only about 200 people, killing chickens with knives, such a small cottage, it is enough to go to the Francophone camp.

Those Franc machine white-skinned pigs, who have been raised for so long with good food and drink, it is time for them to sell their strength.

"Let's have a dog-eat-dog fight, they don't deal with each other anyway."

Lin Xiao thought darkly.

"Yes!"

He Shouxin answered, but he didn't move, and muttered, "Those small boats ......"

"Leave it at that."

Lin Xiao looked at the sky and waved his hand, in this kind of weather, local fishermen dare not go to sea.

After a pause, he added: "The Qinzhou continues to cruise, and if any Dutch escapes by boat, it will be sunk resolutely!" ”

"Yes!"

He Shouxin went out in a hurry and gave the order.

……

It took half a day for all the more than 500 people of the Franc Battalion to go ashore.

It's not that they are grinding foreign workers, they are supervised by a "logistics platoon", and their infantry team is still quite neat.

It was the artillery team of more than 100 people that really took the time - since it was going to attack the stockade, 12 field guns were indispensable.

The speedboat could only transport one cannon at a time, and by the time all the cannons, gunpowder and other belongings were brought ashore, the sky had begun to get dark......

When the Franco machine was gearing up and lining up in a chaotic formation, Lin Xiao ordered He Shouxin's guard company to land ashore.

Their mission is to control the water village, and no matter what they look like, no matter what accent they speak, the people inside will be temporarily detained, even if they are local fishermen, and they will have to wait for screening before being released.

The third group landed the most elite special operations brigade and the half of the machine gun company, and Lin Xiao personally led the team.

After all three groups of people went ashore, the "Qinzhou" carried a squadron of sailors and began to circle around the harbor.

The youth battalion was left on the "Longsheng" by Lin Xiao, and anchored at the port far away, making Wang Dong and Wen Biaorui anxious, but they stared helplessly - no matter how bold a person is, the commander-in-chief will not dare to disobey the order......

As soon as he landed ashore, Lin Xiao asked the sniper teams of the special operations brigade to find suitable sniper positions on their own.

Their task was to strike at the enemy's artillery on the upper floor, and the rest of the men were broken into pieces, along the foot of Shoushan Mountain, covertly outflanked to the rear of the Lu Village, to prevent the Dutch from sneaking out of the village at night.

And Lin Xiao himself, with half a machine gun company, stood far behind the Franc Battalion to supervise the battle, he wanted to see how those Franc mercenaries attacked the city.

After a while, Xiao Li, the interpreter, ran over with a Francophone officer.

This officer is not young, and when he runs, it can be seen that his figure is slightly bloated, and his bearded face even has a sense of vicissitudes.

Lin Xiao recognized him, he was the captured colonel - Eric Mendoza.

"Lord Hou, they ...... All set,"

Xiao Li pointed to Mendoza behind him, and said with a sneer, "Please show me." ”

Lin Xiao looked at him and was immediately happy.

This guy, with a lean body and an oversized military uniform, contrasts sharply with Mendoza's muscular figure.

However, he wore a self-made military hat on his head, which was completely different from the dress of the Franc soldiers, and he also carried a long knife at his waist, and he was very angry.

As a translator, Xiao Li and a few of his friends, now their status is very lofty, they are equivalent to the Emperor of the Franc machine, they are usually responsible for transmitting the instructions of the "logistics platoon", supervising the completion of various training subjects by the Franc machine, and the distribution of various living materials must also pass through their hands.

"It's time to go."

Lin Xiao waved his hand and said calmly.

"Yes, my lord,"

Xiao Li bowed his waist in response, then turned around and muttered to Mendoza, only to see that Mendoza gave Lin Xiao a serious military salute, turned around and ran back to the queue.

……

Soon after, more than 300 infantry were divided into several detachments, slowly approaching the wall with muskets, and each hiding behind a straw hut or a ridge.

Subsequently, at the shouting of a young officer, the artillery team, pushing more than a dozen guns, rushed up from behind, entered their respective artillery positions, and nervously prepared.

The young officer was one of the two officers captured by Fu Xinrui at the beginning, Major Marcelo Lucas who returned from injury.

Lin Xiao knew that these field guns of the Francophone were only 12-pound light guns, although the caliber was not large, but they were flexible, and due to the level of casting, their range was not much closer than the red-coated cannons imitated by the Chinese at the same time.

It's just that I don't know if they still have a technical advantage compared to the Dutch people in the city, and perhaps, they have some unknown secrets in terms of tactics.

This is the real reason why Lin Xiao wants to observe this offensive and defensive battle.

However, as soon as the battle began, as soon as the cannons of both sides rang out, Lin Xiao was immediately disappointed.

The Franc man, who is eager to make meritorious contributions, is completely aiming to fight for the Dutch people.