The so-called Humen Fortress is just the name of the Europeans, whether it is the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the East or the current Chinese Empire, it is regarded as the fort of Humen coastal defense. It's just that in today's Chinese Empire, Feng Yunshan, a person with a super-era vision, has expanded the Humen Fort on a large scale early on.

Today, this Humen Fort is actually a group of forts composed of more than ten forts, guarding the two gates of the Humen waters. The first gateway is actually the two largest forts, from the Dajiao Fort in Panyu on the west bank and the Shajiao Fort in Dongguan on the east bank, which just hold a section of water at the narrowing of the Pearl River, like the sharp fangs on both sides of the tiger, choking the gate of the Pearl River estuary. These two forts, originally majestic and magnificent, after the original Taiping Holy Kingdom and the current Chinese Empire several years of repair and improvement, now although listed as a military forbidden area, it is difficult for outsiders to check on the spot, but the past merchant ships can still perceive, now the two forts on both sides of the Pearl River Shajiao and Dajiao, murderous spirit, from time to time there are figures on the top of the mountain flickering and drinking, obviously more strict than the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

And the first gateway of this Humen Fort is not isolated. There is a hillside named Nanshan on the east bank of the Pearl River afterwards, the south side of the Nanshan is close to the side of the Pearl River, on the basis of the Weiyuan Fort built by the original Manchu Qing Dynasty, more than 20 gun chambers have been added, the original Zhenyuan Fort, Jingyuan Fort and Weiyuan Fort three forts are connected together, forming a group of forts along the east bank of the Pearl River, majestic and magnificent, the whole is arc-shaped outward, the total length is more than one mile, a total of 48 gun chambers, the total name is Weiyuan Fort.

This Weiyuan Fort is facing the main channel of the Pearl River in Humen, and all the ships passing through the center of the river are under the muzzle of the Weiyuan Fort. In addition, because the Weiyuan Fort protrudes outward towards the river, it is located in the middle of Dajiao and Shajiao at a distance of more than 3 kilometers to the north, and the Dajiao Fort and the Shajiao Fort are at opposite angles to form a zigzag, and the three forts are like the three corners of an equilateral triangle, each a little more than 4 kilometers apart, and they are at angles to each other.

Behind the three riverside forts of Weiyuan Fort, on the mountainside and top of Nanshan, the Nanshan Fort, which was not fully built in the original Manchu Dynasty, was expanded and repaired again, and a new Nanshan Fort was built, on which there were only five guns, all of which were the latest giant Krupp breech-loading rifled guns, with an effective firing range of more than 6 kilometers, although it was one kilometer away from the target than the riverbank artillery of Weiyuan Fort, but it covered a wider range of firepower than Weiyuan Fort.

Of course, the second gateway of this Humen Fort is naturally not limited to the Nanshan area on the east coast. In addition to the unprecedented scale of the Weiyuan Fort and the Nanshan Fort, on the upper and lower rungs of the island composed of two small peaks under the Humen Bridge in the later generations, the Chinese Empire expanded on the basis of the original Manchu Shangrung Fort and Yongan Fort, and built a lower rungs on the Lower Rung Island, which could not be built with Manchu technology, and three heavy Krupp front-loading rifled guns were erected on the top of the mountain.

In addition, on the west bank of the Pearl River, a consolidation fort and a Nansha fort were set up, and on the Dahushan Island in the middle of the river behind the rungside fort, the original Manchu Qing Dynasty's dilapidated Dahushan Fort was re-poured with cement.

Numerous forts were intensively deployed on the line of Shangheng Island, and the surface of the Pearl River, which was narrowed to only 3 kilometers, was clamped to death. In addition, the lower rung, upper, and Yongan batteries in the middle of the river from front to back, as well as the Dahushan fort at the end, further narrowed the entire Pearl River, which was already only 3 kilometers long, to two water surfaces of more than 1 km from the east and west, thus completely eliminating the attempt of enemy warships to rush across the river quickly at the risk of artillery losses.

At this moment, on the top of Nanshan Mountain, the highest position, Rong Weishan, who was dressed in a dark gray military uniform and military uniform, solemnly looked through the telescope and looked at the southward surface of the Pearl River, and the fleet composed of a large group of various sails gradually became larger, and began to get excited. He said to another sturdy and tall and mighty officer of the captive army next to him, who was also in military uniform: "Deputy division commander of the tower, the foreigners' expeditionary fleet has arrived outside the Humen Gate at the mouth of the Pearl River, and it is estimated that it will start attacking soon!" ”

This mighty officer is the original Hunan army general Taqibu, Zeng Guofan's confidant and favorite general, a few years after returning to the Chinese Empire, and now he has become the deputy commander of the 16th Infantry Division of the Captive Army, and Rong Weishan, who has been in the army for a few years, was promoted to battalion commander because of his strong martial arts and brave combat.

"Weishan, you immediately lead the brothers of the division headquarters guard battalion to rush to the southeast side of the Shajiao Fort to reinforce the brothers of the second battalion of the second infantry regiment stationed there! This time, the foreigners actually came out of the nest, and the Shajiao Fort was afraid that it would be difficult to hold it for a long time. Remember, although there has been an explanation from above, saying that it is to let the brothers fight if they can, and they will retreat strategically with a bluff, leading the foreigners' fleet to the narrower Lion Ocean surface to be wiped out in a concentrated manner, but our 16th Infantry Division can't be a bad seed, don't let the foreign devils bleed, don't let themselves bleed, how can we retreat? That's not a retreat, that's a runaway! Let the brothers kill more foreign devils, or don't come to see me! Tazib said with a hideous face.

Rong Weishan has great respect for this boss who loves martial arts like himself, and he is also excited to have a big fight with the foreigners, but he remembered the order from above, and still reminded: "Deputy division commander of the tower, the order from the upper peak does not say that there are not many artillery pieces in the Shajiao Fort, and it is difficult to defend it for a long time, as long as half of the artillery of the Shajiao Fort is lost, the artillerymen guarding the fort will quickly withdraw to the Weiyuan Fort for the second line of defense." As soon as the artillery of the Shajiao Fort completes the evacuation, the infantry guarding the back of the Fort will immediately evacuate and completely abandon the Sajiao Fort with the heart of the foreigners. If we fight to the death and do not retreat, will it have an impact on the planning of the General Staff and the entire war situation? ”

"Probably not! The Shajiao Fort is the first pass for the foreigners to attack Guangzhou, if they can't even capture this fort, there is no need for the General Staff to plan anything! Since the upper echelons want to introduce the foreigners' fleets into the Lion Ocean and annihilate them with a strategy, even if these batteries can't stop the foreigners. Since the group can't stop it, are you afraid that we will fight fiercely, so that the foreigners are so afraid that they dare not attack Guangzhou City? Then there is no need to use any stratagems, just defeat the foreigners. Tazib doesn't look like a rough man, but he is not stupid, he has his reasons for analysis: "Besides, the top didn't let us not resist!" Don't think so much, foreigners come to attack one fort after another, we guard one fort after another, foreigners occupy each fort, we have to make them pay a heavy price! One point, since there has been an explanation from above, let the brothers not fight to the death, just fight again! Remember, our goal is to eliminate as many foreigners as possible. ”

Rong Weishan hurriedly responded, saluted, and led more than 300 people from the guard battalion to the Shajiao Fort.

.......

At this time, the battle had just started between the Shajiao Fort and the foreigner fleet on the Pearl River in the southwest, 4 kilometers away.

At the forefront, 4 Ottoman warships, a capital cruiser and 2 frigates, as well as a gunboat, slowly rushed in the direction of the Sand Point Battery.

On the cruiser, the commander of the Ottoman expeditionary force, Awuzheoğlu, was talking to his subordinates in the direction of the battery, holding a telescope and looking at it for a while, and slowly his face became solemn.

"Didn't those British say that the forts built by the Oriental Chinese were all boxy and easy to blow up? What I saw was not a boxy fort made of bricks, stones, and mud at all, but an open-air semi-underground platform that seemed to have the same fan-shaped appearance as in Europe, and the material used to build the fort seemed to be made of European cement. This kind of fort is very strong, and it is difficult to capture. Awuzheglu angrily threw down the binoculars and ordered: "Order, our Ottoman fleet should not get too close, those British didn't say that most of the artillery of the Orientals is more than 2 kilometers and less than 3 kilometers, so we will stop the warship 3 kilometers away and prepare to fire!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard several loud noises from the small hillside fort in front of him.

The four heavy Krupp front-loading rifled guns on the Shajiao battery were fired, and the shells whistled and flew into the river, and the three shells exploded next to the Ottoman fleet, splashing huge waves into the sky. One of the shells hit the foremost Ottoman frigate, and the side of the frigate was punctured, revealing a hole in the size of a dustpan. This shell was a scorching solid shell that had been prepared on the turret for a long time, weighing more than 40 kilograms, and after violently hitting the wooden planks of the hull, the thick iron hull also shattered, and the iron sand filled in it exploded at once, and the scorching hot iron sand ignited many places in the frigate.

Just as the Turkish sailors on the frigate were busy fighting the fire, several more cannon shots rang out, and 8 shells larger than a fist were fired from the Shajiao battery again, and two of them hit the frigate again. Let the entire frigate shake several times in a row, and the shells drilled into the cabin, and the remaining momentum did not fade, killing one sailor on the spot.

Awuzheolu's face turned pale, and he only reacted at this time, and yelled again and again: "Hurry, hurry, retreat quickly!" O Almighty Allah, tell your servants why the artillery of the Orientals can shoot so far. Damn the British, they deceived us and made us the target of temptation! ”

He looked back, and sure enough, the British expeditionary fleet was still a kilometer behind and had not followed.

The four Ottoman warships hurriedly turned around and prepared to retreat to the rear. But under inertia, how can it be so easy to turn the direction around?

On the Sand Point battery, the second round of firing began.

The first round was just a test shot, but this time, it was more accurate.

The foremost frigate was damaged and its steam pipes were damaged, slowed down, and was shot again. Moreover, this time it was not all solid shells, but also a hollow explosive bomb, which fell directly into the cabin, killing several Turkish soldiers on the spot, and the frigate was even more incapacitated.

The flagship where Awuzheoğlu was sitting, the only cruiser due to its large size and difficulty in steering its tonnage, also hit 2 guns, but fortunately the damage was not serious. But Awuzheoğlu's pale face had turned purple with fright, and he shouted again and again in the Turkish dialect that he didn't know where: "Withdraw, withdraw!" Stay away from these Eastern devils! ”