"The steamer on which Wu Chaoyue was a traitor broke down? Really? Is it clear? ”

"Back to my lord, our people saw with their own eyes on the Jiujiang wharf that the Wu thief's steamer stopped after moving twice, and then heard the sailors of the Wu thief's steamer shouting that the ship was broken, and asked someone to immediately report to Wu Chaoyue's rebel thief, it should be true. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

After listening to Xizuo's report, although Wen Xiang and Wu Quanmei were very happy and felt that this was a rare good omen, they did not dare to hope that they could directly kill Wu Chaoyue on the Jiujiang battlefield, but just let Xizuo continue to closely monitor Wu Chaoyue's movements, and at the same time send more scout boats to investigate the deployment of the Wu army in Jiujiang, and at the same time take a short rest in the Bali River, preparing to launch a battle to break through the Jiujiang defense line of the Wu army.

Thanks to the blessing that the Wu army did not cut the braids in the controlled area, it was more convenient for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to carry out detailed activities, coupled with the direct investigation of the scouts, the general deployment of the Wu army in Jiujiang was quickly sent to Wu Quanmei and Wen Xiang and others. In view of the weakness of the Wu army's relatively weak water defense, Wu Quanmei, who has rich experience in water warfare, really thought that there was no need to attack the Wu army's forts, and decided to continue to use the tactics when he was in Jiangyin, suppress the Wu army's forts with firepower, destroy the Wu army's barrage and iron cable directly to the west, and minimize the consumption of military strength, so as to make every effort to deal with the Wu army's most important Daye industrial base.

Novosilsky, commander of the Tsarist fleet, also had this view, and also advocated giving priority to suppressing the forts on the north bank of the Wu army in Jiujiang and breaking through the defense line of the Wu army by taking the channel on the north bank of the Jiujiang River. However, at this time, the Qing army sent information again, saying that it was a rumor in the Wu army in Jiujiang, because the Luo Weilin would be difficult to repair for a while and a half, and Wu Chaoyue was worried that it would be easy to be caught up by the Russian steamship by land or sailboat, so he temporarily decided not to leave Jiujiang for the time being, and was ready to wait for the repair of the Luo Weilin before leaving.

Wu Quanmei, Wen Xiang and others certainly would not believe such unreliable rumors, and they did not think about capturing the thief and capturing the king first, but they made preparations for the battle according to the original plan, and then in the morning of the next day, the Qing-Russian combined fleet set off to the west, intending to use the daytime to familiarize themselves with the Jiujiang waterway, reconnoiter the defensive line of the Wu army in Jiujiang, and then attack again when it was dark at night.

As a result, at this time, when the scout clipper sent a message to report that Wu Chaoyue's handsome flag was still flying over the fort on the south bank of the Jiujiang River, Wu Quanmei, Wen Xiang and others were somewhat shaken, and secretly said together: "Is there a chance to capture the thief and capture the king first?" ”

There was really this opportunity, when the Qing-Russian combined fleet came to the westernmost point of Zhangjiazhou, Wu Chaoyue's handsome flag was still floating on the Jinjipo Fort on the south bank of the Jiujiang River, and at the same time, not only did the Qing army see with their own eyes that Wu Chaoyue was still in Jiujiang, but even the Qing army scouts who ventured to approach the Jinjipo Fort also saw Wu Chaoyue wearing a first-class official uniform in the binoculars.

At this time, not to mention that Wu Quanmei and Chen Guotai and other Qing army generals were moved, even Wen Xiang couldn't help but be moved, and said to Wu Quanmei: "Bishan, are you thinking about giving priority to the south bank fort of Jiujiang Wu thieves?" Wu Chaoyue is there, if we are lucky, maybe we can kill this traitor with one shot? ”

Wu Quanmei hesitated for a moment, and then still couldn't resist the temptation to kill Wu Chaoyue in Jiujiang, and said to Wen Xiang: "Wen Zhongtang, you go and talk to the Rakshasa people, if they agree to change tactics, we will attack the south bank fort of Wu thieves with all our might." ”

Wen Xiang nodded, and hurriedly changed to a small boat to contact Novosilsky, and then like Wu Quanmei, although he knew that the defense of the Wu army in Jiujiang was focused on the south bank battery, Novosilsky also failed to resist the temptation to directly kill Wu Chaoyue, and quickly nodded and said: "Okay, hit the south bank first, but you have to be the vanguard, first find out the defense of Wu Chaoyue's rebel army on the south bank." ”

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As soon as he saw the front team of the Qing Army's naval division slaughtering towards the Jinjipo Fort, Wu Chaoyue knew that his plan to lure the enemy had succeeded, and then Wu Chaoyue first rejected Bao Chao's request to leave immediately, and then ordered: "Resolutely face the battle, even if it is doomed to defeat, you have to pay enough price for the enemy!" ”

When the Qing army's naval division fleet entered the range of the Wu army's fort, the earth-shattering amphibious artillery battle also began, and hundreds of Wu army's shore guns took the lead in firing, bombarding heavy shells into the Qing army's fleet, and hitting many Qing army's red single boats one after another. Not to be outdone, the Qing army's naval division immediately returned fire with artillery fire, and also relied on Wu Quanmei's strict training, most of the shells were able to hit the Jinjipo Fort and its surroundings, which not only quickly caused casualties to the officers and men of the Wu army, but also forced Wu Dadao and other personal soldiers to hurry Wu Chaoyue to forcibly set up the fort and move to the dead corner of the artillery behind the fort.

Unable to resist the kindness of the accomplice lackey, Wu Chaoyue had no choice but to let go of Bao Chao to command the battle, fortunately, the battlefield performance of Bao Chao and other Jiujiang Wu soldiers also made Wu Chaoyue quite satisfied, in the case that the number of artillery was inferior to the enemy, relying on the advantage of the large caliber and firepower of the shore artillery to fight bravely, hit a number of Qing naval division warships one after another, and quickly sank an enemy ship, successfully frustrating the enemy's heart.

The only way for the fleet to hit the land fortress is to wander away, turning itself into a moving target to reduce the possibility of being hit by the enemy, and Chen Guotai, the general of Wu Quanmei, who commanded the front team of the Qing army's naval division, also did this, but the Qing army fleet swam away from the artillery room, and the Wu army's collision line under the Jinjipo fort in advance also began to exert its power, constantly exploding on the waterline of the enemy ships, and successively damaging many Qing warships, which played a huge auxiliary role on the battlefield.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the formation of the front team of the Qing army's naval division, which served as the vanguard gnawing hard bones, was finally completely disrupted by the Wu army, four red single boats were sunk, many warships were heavily damaged, and they were forced to flee from the battlefield, and the river was full of fallen water to ask for help from the Qing soldiers. However, the arrangement of the gun positions and the number of firepower of the Wu army's fort were all exposed, and the floating mines arranged under the fort in advance were basically exhausted. Seeing that the fighters were mature, Wu Quanmei issued a banner and ordered the front team to retreat, and personally led the main fleet to step forward and continue to storm the Jinjipo Fort of the Wu army.

As a result, the scale of the artillery battle also expanded rapidly, and the main force of the Qing army's naval division, composed of more than 100 red single boats, could fire nearly 700 shells in just one round, even if the hit rate was not very high, it was enough to cover the Wu army's battery. However, the firepower of the Wu army fort has only more than 90 guns, and it has the advantage of strong caliber artillery, and it is still very suppressed by the enemy in terms of firepower, and the casualties continue to increase.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Bao Chao, who did not have many picric acid weapons in his hand, ordered to use picric acid shells to bombard the enemy ships, but relying on the advantage of the rate of fire of the breech guns and the burning characteristics of picric acid, the Wu army battery finally turned some of the tide of the battle, and the Qing army fleet, which was full of sail wooden ships, did not dare to get too close, and was forced to leave the cannon far away, reducing the hit rate of the shells on its own, giving the Wu army officers and men the opportunity to regain their position.

At this time, the Tsarist fleet finally made a move, and saw the weakness of the Wu army not sending troops to station in the lower reaches of Jinjipo, under the cover of two steam gunboats, a troop transport ship quietly landed on the south bank of the upstream and downstream, and with the help of the Qing army's small boats, it quickly put down two companies of troops to land, and the Qing army's naval division also sent more than 300 people to land, and joined forces with the Russian soldiers to kill the Jinjipo Fort, in a vain attempt to attack the Wu army fort from behind, and also tried to kill Wu Chaoyue directly.

Wu Chaoyue must know what kind of goods, just as the infantry of the Qing Russian coalition army was busy landing on the shore, five grenadier shells suddenly flew out of the adjacent dense bamboo forest, and fell into the crowd of Qing Russian soldiers along the curve.

It must also be admitted here that the Tsarist Russian soldiers who were able to inflict more than 100,000 casualties on the British and French forces in the Crimean War were indeed stronger than the Qing soldiers in terms of individual soldier quality and battlefield experience.

Facts have proved that Wu Chaoyue's attempt to rely on ambushes to deal with the Tsarist Russian marines is still too underestimated and idealistic, and he also completely ignores the huge threat of the enemy's naval artillery to the Wu army along the coast. However, the shells of the Tsarist Russian warships were like a shadow, and they still continued to bombard the soldiers of the Wu army, and at the same time, the Qing Russian soldiers also took the opportunity to chase and kill, and the Wu army was ambushed and fled in embarrassment.

After the news of the defeat of the ambush reached Wu Chaoyue, Wu Chaoyue frowned, immediately remembered this lesson, and also listened to Liu Mingchuan's advice, and quickly withdrew from the Jinjipo battlefield with his own personal army and returned to Jiujiang Wharf, leaving only the handsome flag to continue to lure the enemy, and also handed over the heavy responsibility of facing the enemy's marines to Liu Mingchuan's army.

Liu Mingchuan was also worthy of being a famous general of the late Qing Dynasty, knowing that he would definitely suffer a loss if he went to the downstream shore to fight with the enemy, so he did not take the initiative to meet the enemy, and chose to let the army face the battle with his back against the fort, and lined up in a dense formation to hide in the dead end of the artillery fire as much as possible, and also put the incoming enemy in a dangerous position where he could be hit by stray bullets at any time.

"Stupid yellow-skinned monkey, do you think it's safe to hide in the shell?"

Liu Mingchuan's tactical choice made the experienced Tsarist soldiers laugh loudly, and also made the Tsarist Russian soldiers choose to adopt the skirmish line tactics that were gradually reviving in Europe, opening a distance to charge the Wu army's position, and shooting the Wu soldiers who were too densely formed in order to avoid bullets.

The hand of the Tsarist Russian soldiers is indeed very effective, as long as the bullets they shoot are not too outrageous, they can basically hit the soldiers of the Wu army. However, the Tsarist soldiers soon found that their fighting style was smart, and the fighting style of the Wu soldiers was equally smart, and they did not wait to shoot intensively as soon as they saw the Russian soldiers approaching, and chose to shoot in a group of several people in turn, which not only ensured the density of firepower but also continued to shoot, and the Russian soldiers who were also charging forward were killed and wounded.

In terms of tactics, the Wu army's numerical superiority and positional superiority soon became apparent, located in the dead end of the artillery bombardment, and the officers and men of the Wu army did not need to be afraid of the Qing artillery fire that was violently bombarding the Jinjipo Fort, and as long as the shells fired by the Qing fleet crossed the fort, it was very likely to accidentally injure the Qing Russian soldiers who attacked the fort from behind. At the same time, the Tsarist Russian army that attacked for thousands of miles did not have any backup, and the soldiers died one less than one, and the commander certainly did not dare to charge and attack at any cost as he did on the European battlefield, so after a long time of fierce fighting, the Tsarist army still could not rush to the fort, and was blocked by the Wu army on the periphery, and it was not able to break the deadlock until it was slightly dark.

During this period, on the contrary, the Qing army's naval division, which was looked down upon by the Tsarist Russian army, achieved a lot of results, relying on the absolute superiority in the number of artillery, the Qing army's naval division not only killed and wounded many Wu gunners, but also successively dumbed many Wu artillery. Although the officers and men of the Wu army under Bao Chao's department performed bravely and did not retreat in the battle, they had no choice but to resist the overwhelming soldiers of the Qing army's naval division with the strength of one army, and the disparity in strength was too great, and the firepower was always suppressed very painfully.

The Wu army fought painfully, but Wu Quanmei, the commander of the Qing army's naval division, fought even more painfully, because although the Qing army's naval division had the upper hand on the battlefield, its own losses and casualties were quite huge, and the main fleet was sunk by the Wu army's nine red single boats, five were seriously injured and forced to withdraw from the battle, and countless other warships were seriously injured. And to make matters worse, the ammunition is also very depleted.

At this time, Wu Quanmei of course also regretted that he was greedy and cheap to temporarily change his tactical plan, but the battle had reached this point, if he gave up attacking the Jinjipo Fort again, the Qing Army's naval division would be abandoned, and the soldiers would be killed and wounded in vain, and the warship would be lost in vain, which not only gave the Wu Army Fort a chance to breathe and adjust, but also destined to make the Qing Army's naval division pay a greater price in the next attack. So Wu Quanmei had no choice but to continue fighting, and at the same time repeatedly asked the Russian fleet for reinforcements.

Finally, when it was completely dark, the Tsarist Russian fleet, which had been watching the fire for half a day, appeared on the spot, and a piece of artillery was ignited by the Russian flowering shells, and many Wu soldiers were killed on the spot.

When the news was reported to Wu Chaoyue, Wu Chaoyue, who had already boarded the Wei Lin, sighed and said, "Let's go, go back to Tianjia Town, and leave it to Liu Mingchuan and Bao Chao here." ”

In the end, Wu Chaoyue still didn't forget to tell again, "Give orders to Liu Mingchuan and Bao Chao, don't blindly hold on, you have to give up decisively when it's time to give up the fort, the battle between us and Lao Maozi is still ahead." ”