Zhang Kaishan stared at his watch, the second hand ticked and ticked, and when it finally returned to zero, he nodded. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's time to go!"

The telegram in the command headquarters was ticking, and soon the distant artillery fire was answered, and the total began.

Zhang Kaishan mobilized 200 caliber army heavy artillery, which is all the fortress heavy artillery currently equipped in the army, which is not incorporated into the army unit at all in peacetime, but is directly under the independent artillery corps, so ordinary army soldiers can really rarely hear this kind of artillery sound.

The sound of the cannon is like the god of thunder beating a drum, and the drum surface is the whole earth, and the tremor of the ground is transmitted to everyone's heart. The cannonball landed on a distant hill and exploded, like a burst of fireworks, lighting up half of the sky. The French were in no mood to enjoy the fireworks, because even if they hid in the bomb holes, they could be swept up and smashed by the blast.

The artillery fire lasted for half an hour, then stopped, and the army began to launch a positional charge.

The French machine guns rang out, and it was impossible for Zhang Kaishan to hear this sound, but he knew that the French machine guns were extremely vicious, and they were equipped with a new type of machine gun, which was no longer a gun, because the shells would explode, and shoot shells like machine guns, which could not be resisted by flesh and blood.

Zhang Kaishan has inspected the battlefield many times, and he found that many soldiers can no longer be said to have died tragically, but have been directly beaten, and their remains can no longer be found on the battlefield, only minced meat.

After the Franco-Prussian War, the French developed a lot of new weapons, this kind of Hatch Chase machine gun is one of the best, is the famous French weapons designer Hatch Chase designed the 37 mm 5-barreled machine gun, the gun body is 740 mm long, weighs 200 kilograms, ammunition is divided into solid iron bullets and flowering bullets, can penetrate 270 meters apart from the 24 mm thick steel plate.

But the penetration of this machine gun in land battles is not important, what matters is his rate of fire. Previously, Daming was also equipped with American Gatling machine guns, which were captured from the United States during the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition, and Daming imitated them. However, compared with this kind of machine gun, the Gatling machine gun is simply the gap between the chicken and the eagle, and the Ming army has suffered a big loss before, and has reported the situation to the military department, and asked the military department to study and solve this problem.

Zhang Kaishan felt that he was responsible on this issue. He knew the French army best, but he really didn't care much about this weapon, because he thought it was similar to the Gatling gun, and when he was in France, the American Gatling Company was still in a lawsuit with the Hatch Chase Company, believing that the Hatch Chase Company had plagiarized their technology.

And because this weapon is too heavy, the armies of various countries are rarely equipped, and they are generally equipped with naval ships. Who would have thought that the French would put this weapon in the army, according to the investigation, most of the casualties in the previous battles between the royal division and the French army were caused by this weapon.

The attack was indeed not smooth, which was expected by Zhang Kaishan, who had personally seen the main French position in Tushan, which was a Jedi, located on a cliff with steep cliffs on three sides, and rolling waves below. The French chose a good place, but it gave Daming a problem.

In this kind of Jedi, you still have to feint, there are no shortcuts.

It can only be suppressed by heavy artillery, and the infantry charges, and only by sacrifice can victory be gained.

The last round of artillery bombardment was over, and in one day, the Ming army launched thirteen charges, thirteen were repulsed, and the three corps of the attack suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted.

Is the situation unfavorable? Not necessarily, because the French army was also exhausted.

It's rainy, and it's not a good day, especially for night raids.

All the officers agreed that geoexcavation was pointless under the rocky mountain terrain.

Presumably, the French army thought so too.

In the middle of the night, the artillery of the Ming army roared again, the new army came up, and the new three armies came to change the defense, and the Ming had an absolute advantage in strength, while the French army had absolutely no change.

After the shelling, the French machine guns rang out again, because they faintly saw the charge of the Ming army, and they could also hear the shouts, the searchlight was useless, it had long been broken, so they could only shoot fiercely in the general direction.

This was repeated repeatedly, and it was still in the second half of the night that the Ming army stopped attacking.

At this time, the French army was really tired, and many soldiers fell asleep on their bunkers.

When they woke up again, they heard a loud explosion, and then they had to come to terms with the frustrating reality that their ammunition depot exploded, lifting up the entire battery with the cannon. The worst news is that the ammunition depot exploded and they ran out of ammunition.

Zhu Jinglun had just squinted for a while when he was woken up by the noise of the war room.

Hurd was also there, and it was an important battle, and half of the wartime cabinet held out overnight. In normal times, it is rotated, and at least a third of the commanders must always be kept in a state of full energy.

"Your Majesty, Tu Shan has been defeated!"

Hurd reported that news had just arrived through the telegraph line along the railway.

Zhu Jinglun nodded: "Okay, it's good news." ”

This is the first fortress in the real sense that the Ming army took from the hands of the French army, and it is also the first tough battle in the real sense, and the Ming army won this tough battle!

However, Zhu Jinglun was more concerned: "What about the French Navy? ”

Different from the civilian officials of the Ministry of War, Zhu Jinglun's understanding of sea power is obviously more profound, if land power is the cornerstone of regional powers, sea power is the backing of world hegemony, without sea power, not even a world country, there is no world influence, the German Army is so powerful, they also project their influence on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Zhu Jinglun had just gotten up, Hurd thought that the emperor was still confused, and reexplained the situation.

"The French Navy quietly left the port on the eve of the Army's attack, and the Navy is currently searching south to find the main force of the French Navy!"

Zhu Jinglun nodded: "I know this, have you found them?" ”

Sure enough, the enemy would not cooperate, and the navy planned to let the army cooperate with them, but the French did not cooperate, and after the army surrounded Haiphong, they knew that they could not hold this place, and they had long planned to leave.

Hurd shook his head: "There is no news yet. ”

Hurd said again: "Your Majesty, go and take a rest, Tu Shan has been laid, and there are ministers here to watch, so you can rest assured." ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "I'm not sleepy yet. Tell me more about it. ”

Hurd briefly said that it was said that it was a frontal feint by the army, and the engineers used iron chisels and hemp ropes to build a ladder leading to the cliff from the hidden steep slope, and then climbed up in the second half of the night to blast the reinforced concrete bunker that the French army was half-buried underground.

The enemy's bunker was blown up along with the ammunition depot, and then the French soldiers surrendered. However, the engineers made great sacrifices, and more than 50 people fell and died when building the ladder, and more than 30 people fell to death when climbing the rope ladder with explosives on their backs, and more than 20 people who finally climbed the cliff did not survive after the blasting.

"They are all martyrs!"

Zhu Jinglun was silent for a moment, China has never lacked martyrs, but it lacks memory, but thinks that there are no heroes.

Zhu Jinglun said firmly: "History must remember them!" I want their names to be on the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers. Also, arrange for me to meet their families, and I need to express my gratitude to them on behalf of this country. ”

Hurd nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Jinglun looked at Hurd: "Hurd, we have won this battle." ”

Hurd was also firm: "Your Majesty, I am convinced of this! ”