Chapter 481: The Sword Pointed to the North
Han Zhong was more radical than Fu Wendao, he saw that Fu Wendao had personally carried a bayonet into battle, and immediately shouted loudly: "Brothers, this is the battlefield for our men, let the ladies get out of the way!" ”
He had already led his platoon of infantry to rush up, and when he saw the group of Qing troops rushing towards him, he first fired the last bullet with a bullet in the chamber of his gun, and then it was a face-to-face white battle.
It was easier than expected, although the Qing army that rushed over was more than 300 people, but they were almost driven away by a charge, and they had no ability to fight against the opposite marines at all.
The Marine Corps can be said to be one of the most honorable units of the Rainbow Army now, and they even have a great victory in a head-on confrontation with the French army, although it can only be achieved by virtue of the superiority in troops, but after the test of the war against France and Russia, the combat effectiveness of the Marine Corps is no longer what these second-rate battalion soldiers can withstand.
They faced the best French army in the world, and even such an opponent could be defeated, and these battalions could only be slaughtered by them like tofu that had been cut by a knife.
In the face of such a powerful enemy, these Crane Battalion soldiers originally wanted to retreat and regroup, but now the officers of the Rainbow Army did not give them any chance at all, and they chased after them like sharp knives, shattering the will of the Crane Battalion to resist.
Although there were only three or four hundred rainbow troops on the other side, in the eyes of these orifice battalion soldiers, there were three or four thousand rainbow troops on the opposite side, and they were all heavenly soldiers and generals who descended from the sky, and they were not at all able to parry.
However, Ye Ningbing and her sailor company were forcibly left at the city gate by the officers of the Marine Corps, and they shouted: "Let the women go away on the battlefield, Captain Ye, this is not your battlefield!" ”
"I am Ye Ningbing, and I have the right to command my sailor troops to participate in the battle!"
But King Zheng Qi, who stayed to negotiate, said: "You are wrong, you are waiting for our successor echelon here in the city, this is the best help for the battle!" ”
"I know that you are one of the most valiant soldiers. But this battlefield, at least on land, ask the woman to go away! ”
With such a conversation, Ye Ningbing had to take his sailor company to guard the city gate. Then the successive infantry echelons rushed into the city, but as an old captain, Ye Ningbing also had the art of commanding.
Instead of catching an infantry platoon or a company of infantry and throwing them directly at a place where the gunfire was intense, as everyone had imagined, she reorganized her troops at the gates of the city and then threw them in the appropriate direction after obtaining accurate information. At the same time, he also has a reinforced platoon of mobile troops in his hands, ready to attack at any time.
At this time, there was already gunfire in the city, and Chin Cha Tomin Ah said to his general, Dexinga, "What should I do...... If you had known, you wouldn't have prepared to retreat! ”
Now the Qing army in Yangzhou City has reached the lowest point, because of the dissatisfaction with Emperor Xianfeng's transfer of the Jiangnan camp and the monk army, Tuo Minga did not have the determination to stick to Yangzhou, so he decided to withdraw part of the baggage, heavy artillery and dependents first, in case the Hong army killed, what happened.
But I didn't expect the rainbow army to come so quickly. As soon as the retreating team left the gate of Yangzhou, the river was already roaring with cannons, so many teams broke out of the city without asking for instructions. Now the defenders in the city are only more than 3,000 people, and they have been beaten by the assault of the rainbow army.
Lei Yizhi on his side shouted loudly: "Quickly pull the team back, quickly pull the team back, we must beat these red thieves out of Yangzhou City, if Yangzhou is lost, our will be gone!" ”
Although he was ready to retreat, Yangzhou was indeed the foundation of the Jiangbei camp, but De Axing slapped the table and said, "What are you going to do?" Lei Yijie, you are a Han Chinese, and it is commendable to have this loyalty. But we and Tuo Shuai are all full of people......"...,
"That's right, Dexing Ah and I are both full of people!" Tomin couldn't help but sigh faintly: "It's full of people! ”
Lei Yijie didn't understand it at first, but soon understood why: "The two of you are saying that if even the soldiers are lost, I'm afraid ...... Fear! ”
Dexing'a said very clearly: "The Qing Dynasty treats us Manchurians. But I never have a soft heart! ”
This is the rule of the Manchu generation, sometimes the handling of mistakes of the Manchu is more severe than the Han officials, especially the Xianfeng Dynasty to the present, although a lot of Han soldiers who are unfavorable in the war have been exempted, but the real second-rank and above the big people were executed are Manchurians, there are Hubei Governor Bo Legong, Shaanxi Hanzhong Town General Hengxing, Hubei Governor Qinglin three (in history the Xianfeng Dynasty executed five second-rank officials are Manchu).
As soon as Dexing'a said this, Lei Yijie had already understood, these three were all generals of the defeated army, and they were martyred with the city afterwards, which finally led to the punishment of Dabi, but the most important point is that these three did not have soldiers in their hands.
However, he still insisted on his opinion: "Both of them are full of people! ”
"It is precisely because we are Manchurian that we want to save more vitality in Manchuria!" Tomina's words are both true and false, and they are half of the heart's words.
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Now Tomina hesitated again, and he said distressedly: "We are full of people! ”
"It's full of people, it's full of people!" De Axing reassured him: "But now it is different from the past!" ”
Yes, now it is different from the past, not only the whole province of Zhejiang and Jiangxi has fallen, but also the loss of the Jiangnan realm of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces has become a foregone conclusion.
Lei Yijie shouted loudly: "Two adults, please quickly go out of the city and lead the troops to fight back against the red thieves, I will hold on to the city!" ”
"No way!" Tuo Ming'a shouted loudly: "Our Jiangbei camp can't live without you, Zhuge Liang!" Come out of town with me! ”
Whether it was Fu Wendao or Han Zhong, they were all ready to fight bloody battles in Yangzhou City, but they didn't expect that the battle would be much easier than they imagined, just over an hour of fighting, the entire Yangzhou City was already under the control of the Hong Army, and more and more Hong officers and soldiers had already rushed over.
Some units left only a few men to guard the equipment and baggage that were still trapped on the landing ground, and organized the main force to rush over to participate in the battle, and they even brought a few light artillery pieces.
It's just that more information was obtained soon, Tomin and De Xing had already fled the city, they had gathered a large number of defeated troops near the northern city, and after hearing this information, Fu Wendao had already shouted loudly: "This time, we can't let women rush ahead of us and go out of the city to pursue!" ”
As soon as they said it, they handed over the city of Yangzhou that they had just conquered and more than a thousand Qing prisoners to Ye Ningbing, who had to send his own naval division to borrow a reinforced company of the Third Division from Jiangnan, and then drew a reinforced platoon from the surface ships.
It's just that she is still worried about the battle in the north of the city, where there are the main forces of the Jiangbei battalion of Tomin and Dexinga, and now she can hear the continuous gunfire and cannon, only half an hour later, the good news came from the mouth of the light cavalry in the north of the city: "Our army has won a great victory!" ”
Although there were still some troops in the northern camp of the city that did not even fire a shot, they were almost frightened in front of the rout army that rushed out of Yangzhou City, and as soon as the shells of the Hong Army fell on their heads, they had already surrendered in camps.
Fu Wendao triumphantly recounted the good news: "Under the perfect cooperation of Commander Ye Ningbing of the Second Fleet, our Marine Regiment made a decisive assault and successfully broke through the main force of the Jiangbei Battalion, and achieved unprecedented results!" ”…,
"Since the formation of our department, there has never been such a fruitful result, and now after a preliminary count, the number of prisoners is more than 3,500, including several generals and adjutant generals, and there are countless generals, but the pursuit of the troops is not decisive enough, so that Tomin and Dexing A disguised themselves to escape."
Although he said that "the pursuit of the troops was not decisive enough", Fu Wendao was very satisfied with the performance of the entire army, which was purely a self-humble statement.
Then he continued to speak in high spirits: "And with this unprecedented victory, the losses of our army are unexpectedly small, and now according to statistics, only six people were killed, twenty-two wounded, and all casualties were less than thirty!" ”
"As for the enemy's losses, the corpses abandoned on the battlefield alone amounted to more than 300, and the number of those captured by us, as mentioned earlier, was no less than 3,500, and a devastating blow was already dealt to the enemy's northern camp in Jiangbei, and the whole city of Yangzhou was already in the hands of our army, and our regiment will point its sword at Xuzhou in the next step."
After dictating the good news, Fu Wendao was very excited, but he wanted to ask for credit for Ye Ningbing and the sailor: "The complete victory of this battle inherently depends on the courageous operation of the officers and men of the Marine Corps, and also depends on the full cooperation of the officers and men below the commander of the Second Fleet, Ye Ningbing......
After reading this paragraph, Fu Wendao said triumphantly: "We now know why the First Division tries to write the battle report to others when it writes it, which is actually too cool!" ”
That's right, this is indeed very cool, and Han Zhong on the side asked, "What next?" My original plan was to build a city head in Jiangbei, but I didn't expect Yangzhou! ”
"How? Naturally, to the north, to the north! Fu Wendao said loudly: "We must not only build Yangzhou into our strongest fortress, but also continue to the north!" Xuzhou is our destination, no, it's Jinan! ”
"That's right, it's Jinan!" Fu Wendao now found that the combat effectiveness of the Jiangbei battalion was much weaker than he thought, although he only had a marine regiment in his hands, but with the assistance of the Second Fleet on the water, he would have an absolute chance of winning the battle near Yangzhou in the future. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )