This winter, even if there is no fragment of snow and rice, there is still a cold atmosphere.

If it were in previous years, there might be a lot of farmers who had finished a busy year at this time to talk and laugh on the winter fields with their exhaustion, but this year, the battle flags of the rainbow army, the French army, and the coalition army appeared on this field again and again, and the sound of gunfire and artillery became the main theme of this winter.

Now the roaring of the cannons had caused many peasants to hide in their homes with their wives and children, and did not dare to move a single step until the messengers of the Rainbow Army knocked on their doors and asked them to provide support and help in all aspects, and they were forced to hand over their treasured door panels, food, quilts and other materials, and then they were pleased to find that the Rainbow Army was willing to pay a reasonable price for such a requisition.

The cold wind will still come in at the door, but their mood is much better, they just hope that this rumbling war will end as soon as possible, and some heroic people in the countryside simply find the relationship with the rainbow army, and want to mix in among them, their hearts are on fire.

And in Liu Chang's temporary headquarters, it is also a hot place, and the map that is taller than a person has been scribbled again and again by the operational staff officers with a red pen, marking the progress of each unit on it, and the battle reports of each unit were also sent intensively in this evening: "Li Guanglei reported that everything went smoothly, annihilating a platoon of Russian infantry, more than 40 foreign legions, and more than 100 Qing troops, and continuing to engage the enemy, but the artillery shells were consumed too much, and he requested a supply of 150 shells......

"The Fifth Brigade reported that it successfully annihilated about one company of Russian infantry, more than 300 Qing troops, and reinforced about one battalion of mixed troops that had been encircled by the enemy, ready to prepare tomorrow!"

"Commander Zhou of the Cavalry Brigade urgently reported that the enemy's reserve forces had been dispatched, with a strength of about one battalion of Russian infantry, one battalion of Huai infantry, and two companies of the Foreign Legion. Tuyong 1st Battalion ......"

"The right flank detachment reported that although today's battle was slightly delayed than expected, by sunset it had encircled the garrison of about two infantry platoons of the Russian army......"

Under the flood of the Rainbow Army's offensive, the progress of the various units cannot be described as a bamboo. It can also be said to be very gratifying, in the past battles, the rainbow army dispatched only one reinforced regiment at most, and sometimes even only one infantry battalion, and now more than a dozen infantry battalions are turning upside down in the defense line formed by the Russian army as the backbone, and many company-platoon-level units called "meritorious troops" and "guards troops" by the Russian army cannot hold out for long under such an offensive, and they will not be overwhelmed by the red tide soon. It is to abandon their own line of defense and retreat back.

By sunset, the Hong Army had already captured more than a dozen large and small villages and towns, and even such a large and small point as Fengjing Town had been scooped down, and Zhu Jinlei counted the results of the battle: "According to incomplete statistics, the corpses abandoned by the enemy alone, there are more than 250 Western soldiers alone, and there are more than 100 Japanese soldiers and Little Luzon soldiers, as for the Qing army. At least two infantry battalions have been lost, and if the attack continues tomorrow, there will be more results. ”

There are different calibers of the results statistics. Now Zhu Jinlei's report can be said to be the most rigorous statistics, Liu Chang estimates that the Russian army has indeed been beaten hard today, at least one Russian infantry battalion has lost its combat capability, but this is far from enough: "Order all units to continue to carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice, have the strongest determination, and wipe out a large number of enemy forces in one fell swoop!"

He knew that the current autumn wind sweeping away the leaves-like offensive was aimed at those peripheral company and platoon-level positions, and some villages and towns were even only garrisoned by the Qing army, or dozens of enemy troops led by a Russian sergeant sentry, so they were broken by the Hong army. ..., the next few points to attack are different. The enemy troops there are at least one mixed company of the Russian army or the Foreign Legion, and there are two or three hundred Qing troops to assist in the defense, and there are at least a thousand enemy troops holding on there, including three or four hundred Europeans stationed there, which is an unprecedented test of the Hong's ability to attack fortifications.

Pick the fruits of victory. Don't be afraid of stingers, Liu Chang continued: "Remember, don't be afraid of sacrifice, and resolutely scoop it down!" And ......"

Liu Chang asked again about the situation in the direction of Suzhou: "How is the situation in Suzhou Mansion?" Where did the Marine Corps go? ”

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"The 11th Marine Regiment has come up, and my heart is relaxed!"

Bao Meiying, the detachment leader of the Suzhou Independent Brigade, said this, as the most junior senior cadre of the Hongjun, she has always been subject to a lot of suspicion and discrimination, not to mention that she has had historical problems in the past.

But in the battle to defend Suzhou Mansion, Bao Meiying impressed everyone, if it were not for the third division returning too late and ineffective, at least one infantry battalion of the French army was completely annihilated by this Bao Meiying.

And now although the supreme commander of the entire Suzhou direction is the newly arrived commander of the Third Division, Jin Peilun, Bao Meiying's words still carry a lot of weight: "With the 11th Marine Regiment, we can completely withstand the onslaught of Meng Toban and then have another counteroffensive!"

Jin Peilun has always been a third-rate military division, not to mention commanding tens of thousands of field troops in Suzhou Prefecture, so he said with some hesitation: "Our troops are not as good as Mengtuoban, is it necessary to carry out a counteroffensive?" ”

"It's necessary!" Yu Village, the Jiangning Jingluo, understands things better than Jin Peilun: "Just trapped and defended, I'm afraid I can't withstand Fayi's offensive, Brigade Commander Bao, how are your garrison preparations?" ”

"Ready!" Bao Meiying had a confident smile on her face: "His Royal Highness King Yan is not confident enough in us, but I have absolute confidence in my own defense line, this is a solid position that cost 100,000 work!"

100,000 workers, naturally refers to 100,000 man-days, in fact, this sniper position took Bao Meiying nearly a month of hard work, she fought with the French army on the one hand, and on the other hand, she carefully built a defensive line based on the situation, although it was only to strengthen the infantry defensive position on the scale of the regiment, but those who knew the inside of this line of defense unanimously agreed that it was one of the strongest defensive lines in the Eastern world.

Bao Meiying used to be known for the defensive position of Baocun, and that time she and the people of Baocun made the Nanxi Brigade suffer a lot of losses, and now this defense line is not as simple as a simple copy of the Baocun defense line, but a semi-permanent position built with the help of some Western instructors.

The scale of its defenses can be imagined from the fact that it took 100,000 man-days, and the forts, fortresses, breastwork, horses, communication walls, and ditches were both Eastern defenses and many new Western concepts, and a reinforced infantry regiment deployed here was enough to withstand the attack of a European infantry brigade.

The interior of the defensive line was stocked with enough food for the troops for twenty days, a week's worth of non-staple food, and enough drinking water for five days, and four springs and a dozen deep wells were dug at the same time, as well as several cisterns, and as for the ammunition enough for the troops to use for six days at maximum combat intensity, there was also a field hospital with 80 beds, and it was required that as soon as the battle began, the rear support would be continuously delivered.

Moreover, this line of defense is not just as simple as deploying a reinforced infantry regiment, within tens of kilometers of its core, there are more than 20 combat units of the Rainbow Army, large and small, responsible for responding, covering, and responding, and at the same time, two infantry battalions are prepared as reserves about 20 kilometers behind the position. ..., such equipment can be said to be unique to describe with ingenuity, not to mention that now there is a marine regiment with outstanding achievements, although nominally this is a lightly armed marine regiment, but the rainbow army has already thought that after the test of Fengjing Town, the eleventh marine regiment is one of the infantry regiments with the strongest combat effectiveness in the rainbow army, and it has superhuman performance in both offense and defense.

Therefore, Bao Meiying was already full of confidence, and her face was always confident: "Deputy Division Commander Jin, you have to believe in your troops, we can stop the soldiers for at least a week!" Although His Royal Highness King Yan thinks that we must give up Suzhou City, I don't think there is any need for this, and it is the limit for us to give up one or two county towns at most!"

There are nine county towns in Suzhou Prefecture, and even giving up one or two county towns is an extremely serious loss, so Jin Peilun was quickly persuaded by Bao Meiying: "Then we are really confident that we can withstand the offensive of the Yi soldiers!"

"There is always some sacrifice, I know that we have suffered a lot of losses in the past two days, but it is different to fight positional battles!"

Under the offensive of more than a dozen French infantry battalions and tens of thousands of Qing troops, the first-line troops in the direction of Suzhou were also like the Russian army besieged by the rainbow army, and they could not withstand such a heavy blow at all.

But even so, Bao Meiying is also full of strength to fight with Meng Toban, spending 100,000 man-days and hundreds of thousands of silver yuan of semi-permanent positions waiting for Meng Toban's fiercest offensive, where Bao Meiying has prepared everything, she will use the most proud Jincheng soup pool to meet Meng Toban's onslaught.

Meng Toban wanted to scoop down the fortifications she had carefully constructed, and it was impossible not to make a huge sacrifice: "I must be able to hold on for a week, I think a week is enough for His Royal Highness King Yan to eat several Russian infantry battalions, right?" ”

Yu Cun agreed with Bao Meiying's judgment: "As long as the Marine Regiment can have the performance of Fengjing Town, let alone a week, it will be no problem for two weeks, and I admire Brigade Commander Bao's ability to garrison!"

Jin Peilun has been persuaded by them, and his biggest advantage is that he can make the right decision when he is critical: "Well, as long as you resist Meng Tuoban for a week, you will have no problem moving the troops as much as you want!"

As he was talking, news came from outside: "Mengtoban's troops have moved!"

Bao Meiying praised: "Okay, I'm waiting for them!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )