"They're all good guys!"

With such shouts, a large group of Manchurians had already come out of the gates of the city, and the commanders on the front line had already shouted: "Queue up for shooting, line up for shooting!" Don't panic, salvo! ”

The artillery companies of the four infantry companies standing with them began to bombard almost simultaneously, and the thick white smoke drowned out their figures, and the raindrops of gunfire drowned out the figures of these garrison Eight Banners.

But the experienced veterans knew very well that no matter how fierce the platoon of guns was, they could not finish off all the enemy in the first round of shooting, and they skillfully cleaned the chambers with the whole bar, reloaded the ammunition with great difficulty, and said loudly: "Ready! ”

The white smoke had already cleared, and as they had expected, hundreds of garrison Eight Banners had already pressed over in black, and now it was time for them to exert their firepower superiority: "Release!" ”

The fierce platoon guns opened fire from all sides, and the artillerymen shouted: "Double shotgun, shotgun!" ”

At this range, the shrapnaults, which were denser than raindrops, caused the same damage as locust sweep through the rice fields, leaving only a large pool of blood and corpses, and now the city was full of crying.

Ruichang shouted loudly with the Beijing film: "Old and young masters, good men, all good men!" ”

"Put!" Hongjun's platoon of guns had drowned out his voice, and his figure had become the least noteworthy scene of this wave of impact.

They rushed very bravely, but in front of the platoon of guns and artillery of the rainbow army, there was almost no chance, only ten minutes later, there was already a sea of corpses and blood in front of the city, and Liu Chang gave the order in time: "Bayonet!" ”

"Get on the bayonet!"

The shiny bayonets flashed silver on the sunset, and the battle was over. The Eight Banners that were originally hung on the city had already fallen, and there were already several elders of the Eight Banners who were highly respected and raised their hands towards the Hongjun side and said, "It's down." We have fallen! ”

But the rainbow army just stared at the corpses and seriously wounded in front of the city. The hundreds of Eight Banners Army who came out just now, some old and some young, the casualties they caused to the Hong Army were hardly worth talking about, only a single-digit casualty casualty.

But under the platoon of guns and artillery fire of an entire infantry battalion of the Rainbow Army. They braved the rain of bullets and bullets to persist until the last moment, and such perseverance and courage were greatly admired by the officers and men of Hong, who were also soldiers.

"Salute!"

It is not known which officer gave such an order. All the soldiers stood straight, holding their rifles up, bayonets upward. A final salute was sent to these Eight Banners soldiers who defended their homeland.

"That's Ruichang?"

Ruichang's supplement is gorgeous. Therefore, Liu Chang recognized it at a glance: "He is a good man, he died for you all over the city, since he is a good man, I am also as good as a mountain, you Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners, regardless of men, women and children." Whether it is a flag soldier or not, come and go freely. If you are willing to go, you will be given the fare! ”

"If you don't want to go, you can continue to live in Hangzhou! Without hardcore crops, there won't be much change! ”

Liu Chang now understood Ruichang's intention of taking this team of Eight Banners out of the city to carry out suicide attacks, and couldn't help but sigh, this may be the only way to get the best of both worlds in Ruichang's heart.

Otherwise, if he held on to the city, the Rainbow Army might pay hundreds of casualties, but there would not be too many people who could survive the entire city, this is war!

But it is also the little warmth of the war, Liu Chang sighed, at least it is much better than the siege of Hangzhou in history!

This is acceptable for both the Manchus and the Han Chinese.

It's just out of Liu Chang's surprise, originally he thought that the more than 10,000 Manchurians in Hangzhou would choose to leave, after all, they had hardcore crops in the Qing Dynasty, nominal political privileges, and political treatment of one kind or another. ..., but although more than half of the Manchus chose to collect the passage fee and leave, there were actually more than 4,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners children and their families who stayed behind, and they wanted to live in the city of Hangzhou.

"Why stay?" Liu Chang asked a man in his early thirties: "Aren't you afraid that I will use a knife?" ”

"This is my hometown, since the Eight Banners entered Hangzhou, my ancestors have lived here for more than 100 years, and their roots are already here!" The young man replied, "Where else can we go?" ”

"Hey......" Liu Chang sighed softly, but only said: "Live well, although there is less hardcore crops, but for a while, you still don't have to worry about life!" ”

Mancheng is no longer the closed Mancheng, the city wall and all the defensive equipment have begun to be dismantled, all weapons such as shotguns, guns, bows and arrows, broadswords, copper cannons and so on have been confiscated by the Hong Army, but under the sky of Hangzhou Mancheng, there is still a group of people running for life.

For them, this may be the best ending.

And the change of banners in the city also means that the Hong army has finally captured Hangzhou - the first provincial capital in their hands.

But Liu Chang didn't have time to sigh, because the latest battle report had already come over, Bao Meiying's forward cavalry had rushed into Jiaxing Mansion, where there was no defense worth mentioning, so Bao Meiying was now in Xiushui County, near the Jiaxing Prefecture, sent out the battle report: "The enemy in Jiaxing Mansion collapsed without a fight, and most of the whole mansion was under the control of our company, but it urgently needed a strong infantry battalion or a step corps to fight with the cavalry." ”

And the dragon spear brigade moved faster, Sun Huzi had just captured Hangzhou Mansion, and they had already reported that the front army had arrived in Huzhou, and defeated the many people Yongzhi to stop it, preparing to attack the main force of Zhao Jingxian, the capital of Huzhou, and waited for further orders from Liu Chang.

"Which battalion and which regiment is better to let go to Jiaxing?" Liu Chang is already thinking about this.

Jiaxing is a large mansion, and extremely wealthy, and the green battalion there has basically collapsed without a fight, and the entire Jiaxing province is in a state of anarchy before the takeover, in this case, a cavalry company led by Bao Meiying can only be used as a mobile force, and there must be a strong infantry unit to take over in the past.

"Who is better to send over?" Liu Chang asked: "Can you draw a main battalion or main regiment from the Third Brigade to Jiaxing Mansion?" ”

The operational staff officer beside him immediately suggested: "The Third Brigade and the Second Brigade should continue to develop towards Huzhou, and should not be divided into Jiaxing Mansion, but the defense of Jiaxing Mansion is urgent, and there must be two infantry battalions as pillars!" ”

Liu Chang didn't need to look at it to know that it was Nan Bohang, a graduate of the military academy who served as an operational staff officer, who was a veteran cadre who joined the army at the beginning of last year, and who had been gilded at the military academy, and was also a top figure in this batch of operational staff officers: "Tell me your reasons!" ”

"In the seven counties of Jiaxing Prefecture, two infantry battalions are needed to maintain law and order, and the Qing army in the north may enter Zhejiang at any time to fight, and more importantly, Shanghai!"

"yes!" For Jiaxing, Shanghai is the biggest problem, and diplomatic issues are more important than military issues, so Liu Chang agreed with Nan Bohang's opinion: "That's right, we must learn the lessons of the second battalion of the second infantry regiment of Yanzhou Prefecture, what troops do you think should be used?" Teaching Corps? ”

Liu Chang's heart is more in favor of the use of the Second Infantry Regiment, after the training of the regiment in Chuzhou, it is said that there have been great changes, and this unit has good military discipline, and there is a hand in public security warfare, so he thinks it is appropriate to let such a second-echelon infantry regiment go to Jiaxing.

However, Nanbo Hang was sharp, and he vetoed Liu Chang's opinion: "I think it is most appropriate to cooperate with the second independent battalion of the independent infantry of Shaoxing, the first battalion of the independent infantry is the foundation of the dragon gun battalion, and the military style and discipline are exemplary for the whole army." After the training of the regiment in Chuzhou, the Operations Department of the Headquarters in view of the extremely moderate enemy situation in Chuzhou, and at the same time, the Shi Detachment and the Qu Detachment developed smoothly in northern Fujian, so the Chuzhou Independent Battalion was transferred north to participate in the Battle of Hangjiahu.

This is a good unit that everyone unanimously praises, and they all say that the style is very similar to the dragon spear battalion, and if it were not for the delay in the battlefield of Chuzhou, it would have definitely developed into an infantry regiment.

As for the Second Independent Battalion of Shaoxing, it is a unit with a relatively new history, but it is considered the top among the independent battalions at the grassroots level, and although its combat effectiveness is average, its military style and discipline have always been good.

"Yes!" Liu Chang agreed with Nan Bolang's opinion: "In that case, I hereby order to form a Jiaxing detachment based on the 1st Independent Infantry Battalion and the 2nd Independent Battalion of Shaoxing, which will be placed under the command of Deputy Commander Bao Meiying, and be responsible for operations in the Jiaxing area, especially to maintain goodwill contact with the Shanghai area." ”

He asked Nan Bolang again: "Tell Bao Meiying, the detachment leader, to pay special attention to goodwill contact with the Shanghai area." ”

In the context of the current implementation of the Hangjiahu and Southern Jiangsu Campaigns, Shanghai, an area with a mixture of Chinese and Western cultures, is the key point, and if the foreigners in Shanghai show their hatred of the Hong Army, then the next Southern Jiangsu Campaign will not be able to be launched.

Nan Bohang nodded, he pointed to Shanghai on the map and said: "If the Shanghai Yiren fall to the Qing Demon, with the strength of the Jiaxing detachment, I am afraid that the strength is insufficient, and we must maintain a strong mobile force, but the Jiaxing detachment should be able to fight for a week!" ”

Liu Chang agreed with this judgment, and one week was enough time for him to transfer the two main forces of the Dragon Lance Brigade and the Rock Brigade back from the Western Front, so he focused his attention on the map.

"Huzhou, now only Huzhou is left!"

That's right, there is only one Huzhou Mansion left in the entire Zhejiang Province.

However, Zhao Jingxian has been operating here for many years, and there is a regular army of Monk Wang, Shengbao, Deng Shaoliang and Jiangnan Daying, which will be the most difficult battle in the first stage of the Hangjiahu Southern Jiangsu Campaign.

"Order Qu Jie and Sun Lixing to hand over the defense of Hangzhou Mansion to the second echelon of the teaching regiment, the first brigade and the second brigade, and strive to conquer Huzhou Mansion in the shortest possible time!"