Xu Lang's clenched fist finally loosened a little: "The Vietnamese retreated." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The difficulties are yet to come." Jiang Beiming's face didn't show any relief, "Herald, order everyone to hurry up and rest, dissipate heat from artillery, count casualties, and rescue the wounded." ”

After a while, the herald came back and reported: "Report to the sir, our side has 2 killed, 3 seriously wounded, and 7 lightly wounded. ”

Jiang Beiming's heart tightened, but his face was still humorous: "Yes, I spent another 700 taels on Sun Dalei." ”

"I'm back." Cheng Yiyi's voice made Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang stunned at the same time.

"Nonsense, aren't you on the boat?" Xu Lang was really a little angry.

"If you don't leave, I won't leave, and besides, Yao Han and Yao Chun won't leave, they said that they want to repay us for saving our lives in Yulin Bay."

"Forget it, if you don't go, you won't go." Jiang Beiming didn't say anything more, turned around and called the orderly, "You send Regiment Leader Cheng to Liang Chengdong of the medical team, you follow Regiment Commander Cheng, remember, you have to protect yourself." ”

Cheng Yiyi followed the orderlies down the wall, and Xu Lang suddenly shouted: "Beiming, what do you think the Vietnamese are going to do?" ”

Jiang Beiming raised the binoculars and looked in the direction pointed by Xu Lang, and hundreds of Vietnamese began to move towards the dirt pit with large and small burdens.

"They have a way of filling in the pit."

"So what do we do?" Xu Lang asked.

"What else can I do,." Jiang Beiming chuckled, "Herald, order Zhao Qi, load the solid bullet, and the Vietnamese shield car will be knocked out as soon as it appears." ”

As the pits were filled in one by one, the vanguard of the Vietnamese was already less than 200 meters behind the wall, but Zhao Qi's three-pounder cannon still did not move at all. Zhou Lei finally couldn't help it, and trotted to the artillery position.

"Zhao Qi, why don't you fire yet." Zhou Lei yelled at Zhao Qi, "Don't you see the Vietnamese getting closer and closer?" ”

"Would you like to have a bigger brain?" Zhao Qi was very dissatisfied with Zhou Lei's attitude, "I'm carrying out Camp Commander Jiang's orders, how can I fight now?" You're not going to let me hit a Vietnamese with a single shell, are you? ”

Zhou Lei was suddenly asked, the scattered bullets of the three-pounder cannon can't hit so far, and the solid bullets can't bounce on this ground, except for the shield car, it really can't hit anything. Zhou Lei had nothing to say, so he had to vent his anger on the Industrial Bureau: "The Industrial Bureau, these idiots, haven't come up with a flowering bomb so far." ”

"Hurry back to your infantry company, here is the artillery company." Zhao Qi waved his hand to Zhou Lei, "It's okay, don't mix with artillery." ”

"Holy, the Vietnamese are crazy?" Xu Lang, who was standing on the wall, was taken aback again. This time, the Vietnamese did not push out the shield car, but more than 1,000 Vietnamese crowded together, slowly running towards the wall, faster and faster. At the back of the line, several small cannons were dragged and moved towards this side.

"Their elite is out." Jiang Beiming turned his head and ordered, "Herald, order Zhao Qi to change the load of loose shells, and the artillery and infantry will fire together." ”

A short time later, another burst of gunfire rang out from behind the wall. Flintlock pistols and three-pounder guns took turns spraying projectiles at the Vietnamese, who responded with bows and arrows, interspersed with sporadic fire.

The three small guns of the Vietnamese were finally dragged to a distance of about 120 meters from the wall, a distance that was the limit of fire from flintlock pistols and three-pounder guns. But now the three-pounder gun had no chance to be reloaded with solid ammunition, and if it were not for the scattered shells of the six cannons, 240 flintlock muskets alone would not have been able to stop the onslaught of more than 1,000 Vietnamese who were not killed.

With a loud "boom", the wall under Jiang Beiming's feet shook, and the Vietnamese finally began to open fire. Under the wall, the tenacious Vietnamese had advanced to less than 50 meters. Under Zhou Lei's order, the guard platoon and the people of the pioneer regiment standing in the second row added another task, throwing thunderbolts and fire oil canisters.

The barrels of the six three-pounder guns were simmering with green smoke.

"Fire! Fire! Zhao Qi's voice was a little hoarse.

"Company commander, you can't fight anymore. If you fight again, you'll blow up. The gunners next to him persuaded one after another.

Zhao Qi grabbed a gunner, pulled out his hand and put it on his head: "I'll tell you to shoot!" ”

"Boom!" Finally, a three-pounder cannon exploded, and several gunners flew into the sky without saying a word.

"Beiming, transfer the people on the flanks back, we can't hold it anymore." Xu Lang's palms were full of sweat.

Jiang Beiming didn't answer Xu Lang, but looked up at the sky: "It's time to come." ”

"What's coming?" After Xu Lang finished asking this sentence, he suddenly felt that the wall under his feet was trembling slightly.

Ten war elephants rushed out of the smoke in the distance. The 10 elephants did not rush directly to the frontal wall, but made a detour and ran towards the left flank of the barracks. The second platoon of the first infantry company was responsible for the defense of the left flank, and the platoon commander was Second Lieutenant Ye Zhan.

Ye Zhan felt his heart tremble with the ground under his feet. Although they told the soldiers in advance what the Vietnamese war elephants were all about, these soldiers from Yulin Bay saw such a behemoth rushing over in armor for the first time, and they still shouted: "Platoon commander, platoon commander, what is that?" What do we do? ”

"Shut the fuck up!" Ye Zhan was so big that he began to curse for the first time, "Everyone, check the ammunition and prepare to shoot." Those who dare to say more words will be killed. ”

"Second Lieutenant, don't be so angry, it's not your turn to fight now." Wang Zhaoxing hurried over after receiving the battle report.

"Hello sir." Ye Zhan saw the three stars and a vertical bar on Wang Zhaoxing's epaulettes, and hurriedly saluted.

"I'm not very old, but the etiquette is quite thorough." Wang Zhaoxing returned the salute, opened his mouth and shouted again: "Prepare the artillery, load solid shells, shoot flat at a zero-degree elevation angle, and hit his elephant." ”

Although the speed of the war elephants was slow, it was also much faster than ordinary people trotting, and in the blink of an eye, the 10 war elephants were already less than 500 meters away from Ye Zhan and them.

"Fire!"

Six 30 guns burst into flames at the same time, and six shells flew past the elephants at a rapid pace.

"!" Wang Zhaoxing scolded fiercely, but he didn't hit a single one, "Add scattered bullets, all artillery, aim at the front of the war elephant, and fire intensively." ”

Another round of salvo fire, and finally dozens of projectiles accurately hit the war elephant running in front. The behemoth fell to the ground with a bang, its huge body blocking the way, and several of the royal hands behind it drove their war elephants to either change direction or slow down. However, there were still 5 war elephants that were not affected in the slightest, and continued to accelerate and rush over, and in an instant they were less than 100 meters.

"Listen, everyone, aim at the front elephant and fire!" Wang Zhaoxing's style of play inspired Ye Zhan, 30 flintlock pistols rang out in unison, and the war elephant in front suddenly stopped, and then spun in place at a loss.

But the war elephant's pause only stopped one elephant behind him, and the remaining three war elephants rushed towards him at the urging of Mite.

"Throw the canister of oil." YE ZHAN SHOUTED AND THREW OUT THE MOLOTOV COCKTAIL JIU THAT HE HAD LIT IN HIS HAND.

Thirty canisters shattered on the ground together, igniting a flame. The three war elephants tried their best to avoid the fire on the ground, regardless of Mite's control, but the speed at which they had already rushed up was beyond anyone's control. Three ancient tanks weighing several tons slammed into the wall, and the wall of logs and rammed earth trembled, and dirt and broken wood fell. Several crossbow arrows were shot from the back of the elephant more than 3 meters high, and two soldiers fell to the ground with arrows.

After the three war elephants hit the wall, they ran to each side at the urging of Mite. The crossbow arrows fired from the back of the elephants arrived almost at the same time, and the logs outside the wall cracked under the successive impacts.

The war elephants circled around from both sides of the wall and gathered together again, in the wave of attacks just now, the pit that Ye Zhan had dug for two days seemed to have no effect.

The Vietnamese in front of him were already beginning to climb the wall, and Sun Tianhao commanded more than 200 members of the pioneer regiment to hold spears and tirelessly repeat an action, spear.

The more than 1,000 Vietnamese are now less than 600, but behind them, nearly 1,000 more people began to rush towards this side. Zhao Qi's remaining five three-pounder guns could not shoot at these Vietnamese who were close at hand, so he could only set the impact point at a distance of 100 meters and use scattered shots to stop the Vietnamese behind. Zhou Lei's four platoons and guard platoon had also dropped their flintlock pistols and drew their waist knives to join the hand-to-hand combat.

Xu Lang and Jiang Beiming each held a hand at this time, and kept shooting at the Vietnamese who showed their heads.

"Beiming, Ye Zhan, they can't support it anymore. Move the platoon on the right flank. Xu Lang said while loading the bullet.

"No, I can't. What the Vietnamese are waiting for is the emptiness of our right flank, and they will never have only 10 war elephants, so that Ye Zhan will hold on for a while at any cost. Jiang Beiming said, raising his hand to shoot a Vietnamese who had just climbed the wall.

"Why don't you let Lin Zhaolong get on it."

"No, it's not time for him yet."

"Not there yet?" Xu Lang finished loading the bullet, didn't look at it, and put a shot under the wall. After shooting this shot, Xu Lang suddenly stopped, looked at Jiang Beiming quietly and said, "Beiming, to be able to die on the battlefield with you, my Xu Lang's life is enough." ”

"Two rows in a row, report the number!" Ye Zhan watched the enemy's war elephant retreat and shouted loudly.

“1，2，3。。。。。。 24。 ”

“25。” After Ye Zhan finished shouting 25 by himself, his brows furrowed, "Everyone, check the ammunition, load the bullets, prepare the fire oil canisters, the Annan people have come up again." ”

Perhaps fearing the shelling from behind the wall, the nine Vietnamese war elephants rushed towards the wall in a column, and the elephants' eyes were covered with black cloth.

Wang Zhaoxing's two salvos knocked down only 2 war elephants, and the remaining 7 slammed into the wall one after another. The wall near the impact point finally did not dare to hit it again, and collapsed in half.

This time, the Vietnamese war elephants did not retreat, but stayed outside the wall. The archers on the back of the elephant were condescending, firing crossbow arrows, and about 100 Vietnamese were rushing towards them in the distance. Wang Zhaoxing's artillery has now all turned into infantry, fighting desperately with elephants with a single knife.

"Hold on! Resist! Ye Zhan shouted hoarsely.

"Ye Zhan." A voice shouted behind Ye Zhan.

"What's the matter, say." Ye Zhan didn't look back, holding the big knife against the elephant trunk stretched out in front of him. In fact, there is no need to look back, just by listening to the voice, you can know that it is Qin Lin, the leader of the 5th squad under him, who speaks. Qin Lin and Ye Zhan were classmates in the same class when they were in the academy, joined the army together, and are now sergeant squad leaders.

"Ye Zhan, if you return to Yulin Bay in the future and tell my father and mother, I won't embarrass them. Tell Sun Jiayi that she is very compatible with your brother, and say I bless them. ”

"What do you mean?" Ye Zhan was stunned for a moment, glanced back, but saw Qin Lin smiling at himself holding two lighted canisters.

"Qin Lin, what do you want to do?" Ye Zhan was stunned for a moment, and a thick elephant trunk swept over, knocking him to the ground at once.

"Ye Zhan, see you in the next life." After Qin Lin finished speaking, he jumped off the wall with two canisters of fire oil.

"Qin Lin!" Ye Zhan's tears blurred his eyes.

"Platoon commander! See you in the next life! Another private jumped out of the wall holding the canister of fire oil and learning from Qin Lin's example.

"You're all crazy!" Wang Zhaoxing jumped over brandishing a big knife and kicked over the third first-class soldier who wanted to jump out of the wall.

The first-class soldier was kicked to the ground by Wang Zhaoxing, and the canister of fire oil in his hand fell under the wall and fell to the ground. Qin Lin's oil canister fell on the body of the war elephant and ignited a raging fire, and the Vietnamese war elephant seemed to finally understand that fire was not a joke, and they all turned their heads and ran away.