It was already the second half of the night, and the second quarter moon had just risen. The moon is only a thin line, so it is not bright, but with the help of this faint moonlight, you can see something faintly.

The barbed wire fence was gently opened, and the Model Army soldiers, dressed in non-reflective cloth armor, quietly set off from this opening, and then spread out in a straggler formation, and under the cover of night, they touched the second earthen wall controlled by the Qing army.

The distance between the two earthen walls was not far, and the Qing army was also very vigilant at night, they learned from the experience of the model army, and also raised some dogs to use for night vigilance. The sight and hearing of these dogs far surpassed that of humans, so not long after the night raiders of the Model Army set off, there was a barking of dogs from the opposite side.

With the sound of dog barking, the Qing army on the opposite side also reacted immediately, but in the dim moonlight, it was difficult for them to see the model army wearing dark cloth armor on the opposite side, and they could only vaguely judge from the barking of dogs that the scale of the model army of the night attack should not be small.

By this time, the leading scouts had approached the enemy trench, and they were all carrying a boulder. This is a kind of slings with wooden poles, and this weapon was also widely used by the Qi family army back then. In the hands of a physically strong soldier, such a thing is capable of throwing heavier stones more than a hundred steps. Of course, the scouts did not carry this to throw stones to attack the Qing army, although this weapon throws stones at a long distance and is not small, but the accuracy is very bad, in such a dark night, it is almost impossible to hit the enemy with this weapon whose accuracy is a mess. Their task is to throw flares with these things, lighting up the target.

Scout Pan Daxing placed a flare on the skin of the drifting stone, and tied the cable of the flare to it. This way, when the boulder throws the flare, it pulls the cable along the way.

Pan Daxing looked to the side, and the other scout next to him had already finished his preparations, so he nodded at him, and then shoved the copper whistle into his mouth and blew it violently, while raising the floating stone in his hand and slamming it forward. A pound of flares was thrown, and the flares ignited in the middle of the flight, and burned violently in the air, illuminating the front in a snowy light.

The reason why the brass whistle is blown before the flare is fired is because the main purpose of firing these flares is not to illuminate, but to interfere with the enemy's vision. Thermite, even the original thermite flares, emitted much brighter light than any other artificial light source of the era. In the darkness of the night, if a person looks directly at this light source at a certain distance, his nocturnal vision is temporarily destroyed, and within a few minutes he becomes blind who cannot see anything. In order to avoid accidentally injuring one's own people, it is necessary to use a whistle to warn before throwing flares. Model Army soldiers who hear the whistle will lower their heads and close one eye to make sure that even in extreme situations, one eye is still useful.

In this round of attacks, the model army has invested a lot of money. Aluminum, the base material of thermite, is quite difficult to make, so the cost of this thing is very high, and the price of a flintlock is even more than that of a flintlock rifle. The high price is not even the main problem, the main problem is that its production has been very limited, and there is no possibility of increasing production in the short term. So these flares used tonight are almost the output of the entire Zheng family for more than half a year.

However, the effect of these things is indeed very amazing, when these flares are lit, Pan Daxing heard a sudden exclamation from behind the earthen wall opposite-it is obvious that many Qing troops have been tricked.

However, this was not the time to think about these things, throwing down the wooden pole of the floating stone in his hand, Pan Daxing took the shotgun from behind his back, (the bullets were already loaded) and rushed to the edge of the trench. At this time, the flare had already fallen behind the earthen wall of the Qing army, but the light it emitted still lit up the sky.

The trench dug by the Qing army was an inverted triangle with a steep slope that was not easy to climb. And there may be some bamboo skewers at the bottom of the trench. Therefore, it is obviously not a good idea to go directly to the bottom of the trench and climb up, and the best way is to use the gangplank to cross the trench directly.

At this time, the soldiers in the back had already come up with a gangplank. These gangplanks are made of balsa wood bought from South America, and they look very thick, but it only takes two soldiers to carry a springboard that is more than three feet long and more than a foot thick. Of course, this wood is not strong, but given its thickness, it can still withstand the pressure of several people.

The soldiers set up the gangplank on the trench, and more soldiers rushed over the gangplank, and in front of them was the second earthen wall of the Qing army. In order to defend against artillery, these earthen walls have a low inclination, and the soldiers only need to accelerate to rush straight up.

Of course, if the soldiers of the Qing army can still fight in an organized manner, it will not be easy to rush forward like this. The muskets, cannons and spears in the hands of the Qing army were not vegetarian, but the flares just now made a large number of Qing troops temporarily blind. This situation was completely unexpected, and the whole team was immediately thrown into chaos. At this point, there is no effective response at all.

The soldiers of the Model Army first fired a volley with their shotguns, and the soldiers behind threw a palm mine, and then everyone rushed forward with bayonets. The Qing army let out a cry of horror, and quickly collapsed under this round of attacks by the model army. They screamed and threw down their weapons and fled, then were knocked to the ground with muskets by the Model Army soldiers behind them.

The Qing army, which was on the third earthen wall, ignored the fleeing Qing army and began to fire at the model army. At this time, the infantry artillery of the Model Army also followed, and began to fire fiercely at the Qing troops on the third earthen wall. The two sides fought each other until dawn.

After dawn, the Model Army did not stop attacking, on the contrary, they mobilized more artillery, and even the two huge cannons were aimed at the third earthen wall of the Qing army, and kept firing at it. At the same time, the stragglers of the Model Army also kept approaching, using rifled guns to constantly attack the Qing army on the earthen wall. The Qing army also opened fire with various artillery pieces, trying to prevent the stragglers of the Model Army from approaching.

The fierce exchange of fire between the two sides lasted for about half an hour, and then the firepower of the Qing army began to weaken significantly, on the one hand, because many of the gunners were killed by the stragglers of the Model Army, and many of the artillery pieces were broken by the shells of the siege cannons along with the earthen wall; Another reason was that the Qing army did not have enough gunpowder. ()

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