Looking at the dazzling red on the head of the city from the telescope, Yi Zhizhi was also nervous and sweaty in his palms, he was really worried that the regimental courage on the city would not be able to hold back, and he would get up to hedge with the British army, the biggest characteristic of the recruits was that they were afraid of death, and after overcoming the fear of death, they were often easy to be impulsive.

He ordered in a deep voice, "Order the artillery positions on both sides to suppress the British troops within a hundred yards of the inner wall with artillery fire." ”

Seeing a large number of British troops rushing up the city wall, Song Fugui, the commander of the second battalion of the first regiment who took the lead in climbing the city wall, was sweating on his nervous forehead, he naturally knew that he couldn't get up, otherwise he would be the target of the British army in the city, but if he didn't get up, they could only be beaten, and they couldn't reload, lying on the ground they couldn't load bullets, and after a shot, they waited for death.

"Get down, give me orders, get down! Everybody get down! Song Fugui urged repeatedly, the lesser of two evils, he made a decision in an instant, instead of standing up and becoming the target of the British army in both directions on the city wall and under the city wall, it is better to lie down and lie quietly to minimize casualties, the brothers in the trenches under the city will not let the British army on the city wall have a good time, and it will be safe to survive this wave.

Although the training time of the regimental warriors was not long, nearly half a year of training allowed them to develop a good habit of obeying orders, as long as there are orders, they will obey and obey without thinking.

Glancing back, all the Tuan Yong saw that they were lying on the ground in unison, and Song Fugui then ordered: "Without my order, you are not allowed to shoot." ”

The guns in the hands of the group of regiments who climbed up to the head of the city were basically loaded with bullets, and there was no chance to fire at the head of the city, and the previous wave of British troops rushed up, without them firing, the gunners in the trenches under the city wiped out most of them, and the regimental warriors also knew that after shooting, there was no possibility of loading bullets at all, so few people fired.

The reason why Song Fugui was not allowed to shoot casually was also to seize the opportunity, he knew that in the face of intensive shooting under the city, the enemy on the city wall would eventually lie on the ground like them, and at that time, whoever on both sides had bullets would have the advantage.

The city wall of Dinghai is not wide, but it is more than three meters, a large number of British troops rushed to the city, like a red wave swept along the city wall, of course they knew that there were many enemies lying on the city wall, and they also knew that the gunners under the city would soon shoot again, they bought time, before the enemy under the city fired a second shot, quickly rushed over, with bayonets or feet to clear the enemy on the city wall.

The Madras infantry, who were lucky enough to save their lives, involuntarily played the role of cannon fodder again under the coercion of the regular army, and when they rushed to the enemy only twenty paces away, Song Fugui shouted, "Fire!." ”

There were dense gunshots on the top of the city, the Minnie gun had a long range, strong penetration, in the face of a dense formation, shooting at close range, a shot through two people can be said to be effortless, the momentum of the British army's charge was suffocated, at this moment, the gunfire under the city was also intensive, the British army seemed to be cutting wheat, one after another fell, and those who were lucky enough not to die also did the same, obediently lying down.

The deafening explosion rang out violently at this moment, and both sides of the startled city did not dare to move, and lay close to the battlements.

Watching the soldiers on the city head fall one by one like cutting wheat, the British army commander Bourley's face was pale, and he saw clearly, except for the previous part that was shot by the enemy on the city head, most of the soldiers were shot by the gunners under the other city, what kind of rifled gun did the other side use? How can there be such a fast reloading speed?

In Dongyue Palace, Guan Tianpei sighed and said: "With the cooperation of artillery, this battle is easy to fight." As he spoke, he frowned and said suspiciously: "How can the musket practiced by the Yuan Qi regiment be so far and so accurate?" ”

Hearing him ask like this, Yi Zhizhi laughed for a while, this reaction was too slow, and he only found out at this time? In fact, it is not to blame Guan Tianpei, although Yuanqi's trench is four or five hundred yards away from the city wall, there are many winding passages leading to the root of the city wall.

Yi Zhishu naturally knew that this matter could not be hidden, and immediately said with a smile: "This is the latest Mini gun developed by Citigroup, and the shooting distance and accuracy have been greatly improved, which is also the confidence that I dare to let the Yuanqi regiment train troops to recover Dinghai." ”

Guan Tianpei hesitated: "Does contentment mean better than the muskets of the British army?" ”

"Better than the best muskets of the British army, and there are two kinds of muskets in the British army, and their regular army is not equipped with the same muskets as the Anglo-Indian army." Yi Zhixiang said in his mouth, but he didn't put down the binoculars, and suddenly, he saw a bright red military flag erected at the head of the city, and he couldn't help but stop.

What do you mean? Raise a flag at the head of the city to boost morale? As soon as he thought about it, he reacted, the other party was telling him where they were, and at the same time, it was tantamount to telling him the location of the British army on the city wall, he couldn't help but smile, this Song Fugui is very smart.

After a slight sigh, he said: "Order, take the artillery position of Xiaofengling, fire at the city wall, and gradually approach the position of the military flag from far and near, and do not get close to the military flag for a hundred yards." ”

The explosion that had just stopped sounded again, exploding in the sky above the city wall, and from far to near, gradually coming over, seeing this situation, Song Fugui couldn't help but be happy, it turned out that after the cannon stopped, he found that there was a pile of corpses between him and the enemy, and it was impossible to shoot at all, but it was not a matter to always lie on the head of the city like this, so he had an idea, and hurriedly marked the location of his team with a military flag.

Seeing the explosion gradually approaching, the British troops lying on the head of the city were really panicked, there was nowhere to escape, and if they continued to lie on their stomachs, they would be killed by artillery, and if they stood up, they would be killed by muskets! Climb forward, there is an enemy waiting for them in front, climb back, look at the trajectory of the landing point of this shell, you can only die faster, even if you want to surrender, they can't do it, you can't find the white flag.

Just when they were in despair, the explosions stopped, and the enemy was left with no shells? This seemed unlikely, just when they were in doubt, bursts of cheers erupted outside the city, and the Yuan Qi group warriors who set out for the first time in Dinghai couldn't help but cheer loudly after seeing the white flag raised high in the middle of Dinghai City, cheering for their victory in the first battle!

Looking at the white flag raised high in the middle of Dinghai City, Guan Tianpei muttered softly, "These heroes can only bully and bully the Eight Banners Green Battalion." As he spoke, he asked loudly, "Can you buy a batch of Citi's Minnie guns for the sailor?" ”

Yi Zhishu seemed to be unsatisfied, and said lazily when he heard the words: "Now there is no Citi merchant ship coming to Guangzhou at all, where can I buy it for the military gate?" ”

Guan Tianpei rolled his eyes and said, "How about sending this batch of British muskets to the sailors?" ”

The British army's musket is useless for Yuanqi's group training, because the Mini bullet has high requirements for the specifications of the barrel, and Yuanqi is now the United States' Hall-style rifled rifled gun that is used uniformly. ”

This half is also nearly 2,000 muskets, Guan Tianpei nodded happily and said: "A word is a certainty, but let's talk about it first, don't fool the old man with a bad gun." ”

Yi Zhisuff left half of it for Huang Dianyuan, after all, for the intelligence of the British army, it will mainly rely on the Heaven and Earth Society in the future, and he is still counting on being able to join forces with the Heaven and Earth Society to pit the British army, listening to Guan Tianpei's words, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, whether it's good or bad, let's divide it equally, how about it?" ”

"Cheng, contentment and fairness, not like those Citi people." Guan Tianpei said with a smile.

Yi Zhixiang was funny in his heart, if he knew that this Citi battleship belonged to him and the Wu family in the future, I don't know if he would settle accounts with him, Guan Tianpei was in a good mood, and said loudly: "Someone!" ”

Mai Tingzhang, who was not far from the two of them, hurriedly caught up and arched his hand: "What are the orders of the military gate?" ”

Guan Tianpei said loudly: "Immediately send a clipper ship to inform the Ningbo Prefecture that the Guangdong Navy Division has recovered Dinghai County from the British army, and they will immediately send people to take over the defense." ”

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Dinghai County, outside the south gate.

Guan Tianpei and Yi Zhizu led the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division and the two battalions of the Yuanqi Regiment to line up in a neat queue, waiting quietly, the city gate slowly opened, waving white flags and a drummer came out first, followed by two neat columns of British troops walking out of the city with neat steps.

Seeing this situation, Guan Tianpei pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "It's really eye-opening, and surrender is so solemn." ”

"Shhhh Yi Zhizu said softly: "This is not only respect for us, but also respect for themselves, our noon gate prisoner sacrifice ceremony is not much more grand than this?" ”

"That's different."

"It's all the same." Yi Zhishu said and reminded: "The credit for recovering Dinghai is counted on the head of the military gate, and the military gate will come forward to receive the salute later." ”

This kid knows something, Guan Tianpei nodded hurriedly, he wanted to comfort a few words, but he knew that it was superfluous to say anything at this time, and the wisest thing was not to say anything, but silence was obviously even more inappropriate, and he immediately changed the topic and said: "What kind of ghost tune those Yingyi played, it's hard to listen to." ”

Yi Zhicontent didn't understand the tune played by the drummers and pipers of the British army, but listening to this tune, it was a little sad, and after a deep groan, he said: "People are surrendering, is it possible to give the military a festive tune?" ”

In the music of "The world is upside down", the commander of the British army, Bourleigh, led a group of officers out of the city gate with expressionless faces and heavy steps, raising the white flag and surrendering, not only to save the lives of those British soldiers on the city wall in time, but also out of practical considerations, he and his officers briefly discussed, and agreed that it was impossible for them to hold out for more than three days, they were now in a desperate situation, they had made their best efforts, and surrender was the best choice.

However, as the supreme commander who surrendered, the discomfort in his heart can be imagined, originally he sent a negotiator to negotiate with the other party, but he didn't know that the other party didn't talk about it at all, just one sentence, "Either surrender unconditionally, or continue to fight." "What else could he choose?

Slowly walking to Guan Tianpei and Yi Zhishan, Bourli untied his saber, looked at the two, and then walked straight to Yi Zhizu, bowed, held the knife in both hands, and said: "Brigadier General Bourley, lead the entire army of LinkedIn Geely stationed in Dinghai to surrender unconditionally to Your Excellency." He chose Yi Zhizu because Yi Zhizu was wearing the military uniform of Yuanqi Group Training, because the team that defeated him was Yuanqi Group Training.

Seeing this situation, Guan Tianpei had a black face like Bao Gong, these Yingyi were too eyeless, didn't they see the Admiral of the Naval Division standing in front in a first-class military attache robe? He also offered the knife to the easy contentment in the back.

Yi Zhishu held back a smile in his heart, coughed lightly, and then said in English: "I'm sorry, the one who led this army to defeat Your Excellency was the general in front of me, the first rank of the Qing Dynasty, and the admiral of the Guangdong Navy Division. ”

Hearing that he could speak fluent English, Bourli was overjoyed, and hurriedly took two steps back, then stepped forward again and presented the saber to Guan Tianpei, who was waiting for Guan Tianpei to take the saber, before he bowed and said: "We accept unconditional surrender, but hope that Your Excellency the General will treat the prisoners of war well." ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured." "All prisoners of war will be treated humanely, and if a soldier is sick, we will also ask a doctor to treat him, and give him the necessary recuperation and diet. ”

Hearing this, Bourlei's heart completely fell into his stomach, and he hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kindness, but I hope that all officers can be treated decently." ”

"I agree to your request." Yi Zhizhi said: "We will treat officers above the second lieutenant level differently, and we will also treat English soldiers and Indian soldiers differently." ”

For the two in front of him, Bourli didn't know at all, all he knew was that the other party was the Guangdong sailor of the Qing Kingdom, because Yi Zhishu had always said so, Guan Tianpei introduced the other party, but Yi Zhizu himself, he didn't know him, hesitated, and then he bowed down and said: "Can you take the liberty of asking, Your Excellency is-?" ”

Yi Zhizhi glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "Yi Zhicontent, all the British prisoners in Dinghai are under my management, Your Excellency can rest assured." ”

Hearing him say this, Bourley was completely relieved, and at the same time realized that this young man was the real leader of this team, and immediately bowed respectfully and retreated.

"The commander of the Guangdong Navy in the Qing Dynasty is brave and brave, and this identity can't be on the table." Guan Tianpei said softly: "This time Dinghai is a great victory, be content and let the lord of the ministry give you a real job." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said: "The affairs are complicated, how can I have the time and energy to be an official, if I want to be promoted, can I give a minister of regimental training?" (To be continued.) )