In the face of the enemy who had already killed in front of them, the Qing artillery could only temporarily let go of the somewhat scary big guys and aimed their guns at the Taiping infantry soldiers who were pouring into the Dragon and Tiger camp. Huge numbers of people were constantly knocked down by bullets, and people were constantly blown into the air by blasting bombs, but like a broken embankment, the Taiping army still rushed in.

"Gong Deshu, bring another 5,000 people to support, and destroy the Qing Demon in one go!" Chen Yucheng, who was closely watching the battle situation, finally saw hope and excitedly deployed troops to support.

Unlike the elated commander in the rear, Wu Ruxiao, who rushed into the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, was not happy at all, and even a little panicked, the defensive position of the Qing army was completely different from what they imagined. When observing from a distance, the Taiping army always thought that the position of the Qing army was a straight line, and built some bunkers at individual points in the trenches, and after entering the Dragon and Tiger Camp, Wu Ruxiao found that it was not the case at all.

First of all, the trenches of the Qing army were not only not a straight line, or even a line, but a network of countless lines, which extended in all directions and were extremely complicated. Because there was no one on the surface, the Taiping army could only jump off the trench and look for the Qing army in the trench who did not know where to go. It's not that no one thought of standing on the trench to look for it, so that they could avoid the ambushes and traps in the trenches, and their vision was also broader, making it easier to find the retreating Qing army. But this is not realistic at all, although the Qing army in the trench has greatly reduced its firepower in the movement, but the Qing army on the mountain and the eight terrifying bunkers have not moved, standing outside the trench like a target is no different from looking for death. Of course, if the Taiping army resisted casualties, it might be able to do it, but who wants to die so meaninglessly!

The bunker is even more different from what the Taiping army imagined, like a big masonry chimney, sealed in all directions, and they are not on the same line at all. Because the trench is padded with soil, the outer edge of the trench is higher than the back, forming a visual difference, making people look as if the bunker is in the trench from a distance, but in fact, the bunker is nearly 200 meters behind the trench. And it is very inconsistent with the Chinese concept of symmetry, these bunkers are not on the same axis, but seem to be scattered irregularly. The Taiping army thought that after approaching, the defenders of these bunkers would have to retreat like infantry, but they did not expect that the defenders of these bunkers did not move at all, and still attacked the Taiping army with extremely powerful firepower.

Wu Ruxiao originally wanted to organize some death squads to kill in the bunker, after all, there were not many people inside, and as long as they rushed in, there would be no way for the Qing army. Even the death squads have been recruited, and Wu Ruxiao, who has been observing the bunkers, discovered a problem, these bunkers seem to grow directly from the ground, and there is no entrance at all. Now it's become a dog biting a hedgehog, and in the face of such a thing, it seems that there is no weakness at all. He also tried to make the soldiers rush in front of the bunker, throw things like oil bottles into them from the guns of the Qing army, and burn the bastards inside, but this attempt also failed. There is no need for infantry in the back, and dense crossfire is formed between bunkers alone. The Taiping army's crowd tactics were also helpless, and there were not only a large number of extremely fast fire rates* in the bunker, but also artillery. On the narrow front of the bunker, after a single shotgun shot, there was basically no one, and when the attack was organized again, the second shell was ready again. Even if the Taiping army fearlessly attacked continuously, grabbed the artillery gap of one bunker, and there was the support of other bunkers, even if it attacked all the bunkers in an all-round way, there was also the support of the Qing army on the top of the mountain. The bunkers are all on the ground outside the trenches, and the Taiping army will have to attack the bunkers to get the trenches, and the Qing army on the top of the mountain can fire all the firepower, Wu Ruxiao seems to have fallen into an unsolvable circle of death.

Seeing that the Taiping army had nothing to do in the face of the bunker, Guo Xing'a, who had always been worried at the top of the mountain, finally put his mind at ease. The bunker, composed of eight artillery pieces and a company of troops, is the firepower pillar of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion's defense line, and it is also the core of the entire defense line. Because Guo Xing'a didn't think about being able to keep the Taiping army out of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, the main idea of the bunker was to fight when the first line was lost. Before the Taiping army broke through the first line of defense of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, the bunker was the supporting fire behind the trenches, and the Taiping army broke through the first line, and the bunker immediately became a bridgehead fortress to resist the attack.

The location setting and firepower arrangement are basically in accordance with the rules, and the only exception is the problem of the entrances and exits, which is also what Wu Ruxiao can't understand. Since the initial consideration was the retreat of the infantry, and the bunker became a forward position surrounded by the enemy, the huge weakness of the entrance and exit had to be solved. There are many Taiping soldiers, and once they are rushed in, there are only more than 20 people in a bunker, and they will definitely stop cooking. Many people suggest concealing entrances and exits, but how to conceal them is also a problem, even if you build the entrances and exits underground, there is a possibility of exposure.

In the end, Bi Yuntao, who personally entered the bunker to command, put forward a plan, and it was on behalf of all the infantry and artillery who entered the bunker to petition, and after the soldiers expressed their willingness, Guo Xing'a agreed to this plan. Bi Yuntao's plan was that halfway through the construction of the bunker, all the soldiers would enter the bunker with enough water, food and ammunition for a month, and then build walls inside and outside at the same time, completely killing the bunker. The reason why Wu Ruxiao couldn't find the entrance and exit was very simple, that is, there was no entrance and exit in the bunker at all, and the people outside couldn't get in, and the people inside couldn't get out. That is to say, Guoxinga pays more attention to humanistic care, and deliberately built a semi-independent ventilated toilet in the bunker, otherwise if it really fights for a month, these heroes who eat Wola in it will have to be smoked to death by themselves.

Bi Yuntao's plan seems to be seamless, but it is actually extremely cruel, and the moment the soldiers enter the bunker, they embark on a road of no return. Because they were sealed in the bunker, not only did they have no way out when the bunker was broken, but even if the Qing army found a chance to break through during the battle, they would be abandoned here. It would take too much time to dismantle a one-and-a-half-meter-thick wall made of layers of masonry and earth, not to mention that they were already in the middle of the enemy. Their only chance to survive is when the Qing army wins a complete victory, and only then will someone be able to leisurely tear down the wall with them inside and outside and release them. Just like Bi Yuntao said when he mobilized, "When you enter the bunker, you are integrated with it, the bunker is you, you are the bunker!" After saying this, Bi Yuntao was the first to put himself in.

Although the eight kings and eight shells make Wu Ruxiao very sad, after all, there are many Taiping soldiers, and although the bunker is fierce, I can ignore you. Yes, the way that Wu Ruxiao came up with to deal with the bunker was to ignore the bunker. Although the Taiping army advanced along the trenches of the Qing army, they would also be attacked by the bunkers, but after all, they did not attack the bunkers head-on, and the casualties were greatly reduced. Wu Ruxiao thought very clearly, I rushed over with 10,000 people, and if you killed 5,000 in your bunker, I can still pass 5,000. Five thousand people can rush to the top of the mountain to capture Guoxinga alive and kill Guoxinga, and these bunkers can starve you to death.

But the trenches are just as bad, this is not a spider web, this is a gossip array. The Qing army was always able to emerge from unthinkable places and run away after a random shot, while the Taiping army got lost in the labyrinthine trenches. The Qing army can be haunted in the trenches, while the Taiping army has difficulty getting out, either inexplicably walking into a dead end, or encountering all kinds of traps, of course, the most terrible is *. Outside the position, the Taiping army suffered a loss, but at that time, they relied on the number of people to go to the Qing army's * formation, but they didn't expect that the Qing army was also buried in the trench where they also walked.

*This thing has existed in ancient China, but the clay made by Guoxinga combined with the wisdom of the people in the liberated areas and the earth-shaking thunder of the Qing Dynasty is definitely the most powerful at present. The clay * is made of ceramic shell, and the inside contains three catties of sulfur with a very high proportion of sulfur and four taels of iron sand, and the trigger fuse with the built-in fire pipe modification can reach a maximum killing radius of five meters. The most paradoxical thing is that the buddies who usually step on * are not very important, and the robe around him fell with blood mold, and the good ones were killed on the spot, and they almost had to roll and howl all over the ground with porcelain pieces and iron sand. Because when Guo Xing'a designed, he considered the fragments to kill the enemy, so the explosive power of this * was not large, especially directly above the *, and the flying iron sand and porcelain pieces were mainly scattered around. The effect of clay * killing is not very good, it is easy to blow up people, but the effect of injury is very good, one * can be put into one or twenty.

Looking at the dilemma of the Taiping army who entered the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, Guo Xing'a on the mountain was a little proud, although there was still a huge cannon, but Guo Xing'a was not particularly worried. Although the target of the bunker is not small, the reliability of the Taiping Army's shooting accuracy can still make Guoxinga feel at ease.

"Boom, boom......" The Taiping army's huge artillery fired, and Guo Xing'a still wanted to see the results of their shooting.

"Master!" Fuquan had already pounced on a hungry tiger again, and pressed Guo Xing'a to the ground in the posture of a hungry dog grabbing.

A large iron ball, which was not much smaller than a football, flew over and broke a large tree about 20 meters away from the artillery position. Immediately after that, near the artillery position on the hillside of the Qing army, more large iron balls flew in the air, smashing countless large craters within a range of one or two hundred meters of the artillery position.

"Damn, you're coming at me!" Goxinga stood up, swearing as he touched the dirt on his face. It was only at this time that he realized that the target of the Taiping Army's forward heavy artillery position was actually himself.

"My lord, do you want to knock out those heavy cannons with long hair first!" Kong Zhen hurriedly asked Guo Xing'a for instructions.

"What do you say! Hurry up! Guo Xing'a looked at the huge iron ball, and his heart was weak.

The Qing artillery hurriedly replaced the oval high-explosive shells and aimed the muzzle at the Taiping army's giant cannons. But the distance is a bit difficult, the Taiping army's huge artillery position is about 1,800 meters to 2,000 meters away from the Qing army's artillery position, although it is still within the maximum range of Napoleon's guns, but it is beyond the effective range.

The first salvo of the Qing army had a similar effect to the Taiping army, and it also exploded near the Taiping army's position, but the Qing army still had a great advantage. Even without considering the training level of both sides, looking at the artillery alone, it is impossible for the Taiping army to compare with the rate of fire of the Qing army. Not to mention anything else, a Napoleonic cannon shell of less than eleven catties can be picked up by a person, and it is not easy for the Taiping Army to have a shell of sixty catties, not to mention that it has to be stuffed into a high cannon muzzle!

The confrontation between the Qing artillery and the Taiping heavy artillery lasted for a very short time, and it stopped after a few rounds, and no one could hit the double shots, and no real losses were caused to the other side. After the Qing army exceeded the effective firing range, the elevation angle of the artillery was large, and this angle was difficult to grasp. On the Taiping side, Li Xiucheng took the initiative to give the order to retreat, and Li Xiucheng, a world-famous general, saw the shortcomings of heavy artillery at a glance. Difficult to reload, difficult to move, and not very accurate, this kind of big guy is not suitable for field combat at all. The confrontation with the Qing army is meaningless, and with the adjustment of the Qing army, there may be a difference, so it is better to withdraw it. Li Xiucheng also decided that in the future, these heavy artillery could only be used to defend the city, and he would never take them to battle again, and their role on the battlefield was not as good as those small cannons that were knocked out by the Qing army.

As the artillery battle between the two sides came to an end, the focus of the battlefield once again returned to the scorching Dragon and Tiger Battalion.