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Bolo finally fled back to Suzhou, but at this moment, the Shenzhou army, which had already captured Jiangyin, had sufficient troops, so why did they not take the opportunity to capture Suzhou. Simply destroy Bolo, just to get rid of the henchmen.

In fact, this is a strategic need, and it is also the need of the Free State of China.

Strategically speaking, the Shenzhou Army's attack force is sufficient, but the garrison war, which is characterized by long-term attrition, is completely unsuitable. After all, the Shenzhou Free State still has to develop its economy, and it is useless to talk about it without enough comprehensive strength.

Just like the United States is now at war everywhere, what is the average income of its citizens in their country? Even so, they were not capable of fighting the Vietnam War to the end. And now people are dying almost every day in the Middle East, why not withdraw, did the United States gain or lose?

For the merchants, they don't need more space for the time being, and with China Mingyue Bay, it is enough for the time being. Now what is lacking is people, and with enough labor to increase the demand for space, then it will be in line with the will of the people to expand again.

Then the cycle continues, until the Free State of China has a very rich and considerable population, and then it is a logical thing to liberate the whole of China.

Now the Shenzhou Army's cruiser fleet and the Second Marine Division have arrived at the terminal of this "shock and deterrence operation" -- Yangzhou and Zhenjiang.

And here is only a hundred miles away from Nanjing, which was guarded by the great traitor and Qing University scholar Hong Chengchou. And from above the river, the attacks carried out by the marines of the Shenzhou Army on two places were enough to let the Qing army know how weak their rear defense line was.

At the same time, due to the Jiangnan area, in the big city, the people were almost empty. So how much is the annual shortfall in food alone? In any case, it is necessary to go on the defensive strategically, otherwise it will be defeated.

And if the Qing army vainly wanted to restore the production of the entire land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, although there was a lot of land, they would have to face the constant harassment of the fleet stationed on Zhoushan and the Shenzhou army.

Losing Jiangnan, the land of fish and rice, it will be very difficult for the Qing army to march again.

Bolo waded across the river panting, and it was only now that his men were slowly settled. Even if this reminds me of the barrage bombardment of Shicai, I still shudder.

The frightened Bolo looked at the wolf smoke still billowing in Wuxi City, and sighed in his heart: "Wuxi is over!" ”

It's just that today's battle made him understand a little bit of truth.

"So the cannon can be used like this!"

Artillery is not only used to storm cities, but intensive artillery fire can destroy the morale of enemy troops and contribute to the collapse of enemy forces. In the face of such artillery fire, only by digging a fortress like the "Suzhou Defense Line" in advance can it be possible to win. This is the main reason why the Shenzhou Army preemptively attacked the "Suzhou Defense Line".

"If the cannons of the Suzhou defense line are still there, then there is no need to worry about the artillery fire on their warships! It's a pity that I understood it a little late, after the defeat of Jiangnan, I'm afraid that it will be a little difficult to gather military strength again! ”

Bolo stood by the river, looking at the drizzle in the sky, thinking a little sadly. It seemed that he had seen that countless chariots had swarmed onto the shore from the sea, like a large oil stain that had completely eroded the entire land of China.

"If this continues, I'm afraid that this battle won't be able to be fought! But ......"

Thinking back to the gunfire, Bolo suddenly thought of something, and he stretched out his mud-stained hand and scratched his chin.

"Although their artillery fire is fierce, this kind of fighting seems to be extremely expensive, otherwise they would not have occupied the fancy world of Jiangnan! I'm afraid I can't afford it! What should we do in the face of such artillery fire? ”

Just when Bolo was still thinking, the Jiangxin Fort outside Zhenjiang City had just been covered by naval guns again.

The main general who defended this place was Chen Jin, the Manchu governor of Caojiang who was specially transferred by Hong Chengchou to guard Zhenjiang, and his 18,000 elite soldiers were stationed in Zhenjiang City. Although he does not have many troops, he has many weapons that he has collected from Bolo, as well as weapons of his own design.

Speaking of new weapons, we can't help but talk about Chen Jin, the governor of Qingcao Jiang.

At the time of the "frog jumping operation", he led the army to defend Hangzhou, and took the lead in using the "Jiutan Battle Method" to attack the chariot of the Shenzhou army, so that Xu Liejun's chariot suffered considerable losses in the city.

And he is the Qing court, in addition to Boluo, another person who is extremely sensitive to new weapons. Therefore, under the instruction of Hong Chengchou, he conducted targeted training for the last force of the Qing army in Jiangnan.

And because of his duties, he went back to Bolo's practice and specially trained Bashan's Eight Banners soldiers to use chariots for street fighting. Under the long-term training, he also found a set of special fighting methods to deal with the Shenzhou army.

In his opinion, the attack of the Shenzhou Army was multi-way, fast, and unexpected. The traditional method of warfare to deal with this kind of attack is to dig trenches and hold on to them, advancing layer by layer.

Chen Jin made a slight improvement, that is, he stuck to the main points and acted on standby. As soon as the opponent attacks, it immediately organizes a counterattack and fights with it, so that its firepower advantage cannot be used.

It was this strong team that was assigned by Hong Chengchou to Zhenjiang for defensive operations, and Chen Jin was the defender of Zhenjiang. Since receiving the Shenzhou Army's "Letter to Jiangnan Compatriots" for further study, Chen Jin knew that they would face a fierce battle.

Therefore, he did not stop the people from fleeing, which would provide more food for Zhenjiang City. Moreover, there were more fortified houses that could be used by the Qing army to rebuild fortified strongholds.

However, Bashan was sent by him to the Jiangxinzhou Fort on the big river outside Zhenjiang City, which was used to stop the enemy army at this time, and to give Zhenjiang City sufficient warning time for defensive operations.

When the first wave of artillery shells exploded on Jiangxin Prefecture, all the firearms and soldiers on the surface position were lost almost at the same time, and the total number of soldiers stationed here was less than 1,000, and a third was immediately lost.

And Bashan knew that he was afraid, and only then did he understand the hard work of Governor Chen Jin. Under Chen Jin's strict orders, each red-clothed cannon in Jiangxinzhou changed according to the style of the artillery fort of the Shenzhou army sent by Jin Shengheng when he was blocked under the city of Tingzhou.

The trapezoidal fortress was covered with logs and a thick layer of earth, and although the flat and long firing port was somewhat restrictive, its thick roof and sloping sides allowed it to withstand the fire of the first row of guns.

Bashan stared at the smoke of artillery fire, his red eyes, and stared at the strange-looking warships on the river, and shouted at the heralds: "Order all the artillery forts, without my permission, you must not open fire without permission, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”