The reason for the urgent dispatch of the sampan fleet from the rear team to the reinforcement of the baggage fleet was because Wang Fu knew very well that the sampan boats of the Wu army on the flank could not stop the raiding fleet of the Taiping army - it was already dark, and it was wind and rain, and the line of sight was even more disturbed.

In fact, if there is enough time and space and a good enough view, then even if the sampan fleet of the Wu army is mainly concentrated on the front and rear sides of the baggage fleet, only with the sampan boats of the Wu army on the flanks, they can still have a great deal of confidence in resisting the enemy outside the position and preemptively take out the fragile small pulling boats driven by the commando team of the Taiping Army's sailors. www.biquge.info But unfortunately, the Wu army's sampan fleet on the flanks had neither time nor space, and the visibility situation was extremely bad. So......

"Kill! Rush! Rush in and set fire to the baggage boat that overtakes the little demon! ”

In Huang Wenying's proud roar, 80 Taiping Army boats, driven by 400 elite sailors, took advantage of the water, like arrows off the string, and shot straight at the Wu Army's baggage fleet that was densely parked in the center of the river, riding the wind and waves, unstoppable.

The sampan boats of the Wu army guarding the flank also did their best to intercept the incoming enemy, and under the unfavorable situation of being located downstream, the soldiers of the Wu army worked hard to paddle the oars, against the river upstream, and killed the enemy with red eyes, and as soon as they entered the firing range, they couldn't wait to shoot and fire their guns, desperately shooting the oncoming enemy, and the roaring voice was all with anxiety, "Stop!" Stopped! Be sure to stop the long-haired fleet! ”

There was no way, the speed of the Taiping army's small pulling boat was too fast, and they tried their best to pull out the formation in the charge, and the Wu army soldiers could not stop the first one, but could not stop the second, and they could not see the enemy's position clearly in the dark night and wind and rain, so they could only shoot and intercept the enemy who could see it as much as possible, so the large number of Taiping army's small pulling boats still passed by the Wu army's sampan fleet, and continued to rush towards the unarmed Wu army's baggage fleet with a proud roar.

Wang Fu's order was almost simultaneously sent to the baggage fleet that had already been floating in the hearts of the people, and at this moment, a Wu soldier who equipped each baggage boat also played a key role, and when receiving the order, almost all of them did not hesitate to yell at the civilian sailors on their boats, "No one is allowed to run!" Whoever dares to run, Lao Tzu will shoot immediately! ”

The Taiping Army's small pulling boats plunged into the Wu Army's baggage fleet one after another, and a rocket immediately shot at the Wu Army's baggage ships full of food and ammunition, fireballs (similar to fireworks) flew, torches were thrown indiscriminately, and the fire dragons sprayed out by lever-type fuel spray cans were swept everywhere, igniting the hull of the ship, lighting the debris on the deck, and the canopy made of bamboo and wood was also lit when it saw the fire, and the smoke of the fire quickly rose, and the civilian sailors on the ship shouted and screamed, running to fight the fire, but the Taiping soldiers were laughing and proud.

In the midst of human nature, in extreme panic, the folk sailors hired by Wu Chaoyue spent money really had the idea of driving a boat to escape for their lives, and quite a lot of sailors put it into practice, shouting to collect the anchor and prepare to escape, fortunately, the Wu soldiers on the ship played the role of the backbone in time, and they raised their guns and shouted: "Don't move, who dares to take the anchor, Lao Tzu will kill him with one shot!" ”

"But Master Jun, the long-haired killing is coming." The folk sailors justified with tears.

"If you kill you, you can't run!" The soldiers of the Wu army shouted with red eyes, "Lao Tzu is for your good, now in this situation, the more you run, the worse you die!" Give Lao Tzu back to his place and prepare to fight the fire! ”

In order to stabilize the formation, there were really Wu soldiers who shot and killed civilian sailors who did not obey the command, and it was precisely by this iron-blooded means of suppression that the Wu army's baggage fleet did not have major turmoil, although some ships left their original positions, but generally speaking, they could still be regarded as intact formations, and did not give the Taiping army more opportunities to the chaos on their own.

Of course, this situation is what Wang Fu and other generals of the Wu Army are most willing to see, but it is the last thing that the Taiping Army commandos want to see, because if the Wu Army's baggage team always keeps the queue tight, then even if they set fire to more Wu Army's baggage boats, it is impossible to set fire to all the more than 1,200 Wu Army's baggage boats, and at the same time, Wu's sampan clippers can also quickly find them through the waterway reserved by the baggage fleet to launch an attack, only the Wu Army's baggage fleet is chaotic, colliding with each other and crowded, Only the Wu army's baggage boats, which have been set on fire, are likely to ignite friendly ships, and at the same time, they can also block and cut off the waterways in the formation, so as not to give the Wu army's sampan fleet a chance to launch a counterattack against the Taiping army commando, such a situation is the most beneficial to the Taiping army commando.

The only way to win this situation was to attack frantically, set fire to the ship, shoot and kill the enemy, and use the fear of death to force the Wu army's baggage fleet into chaos.

But the Taiping army commandos soon felt disappointed, no matter how hard they tried to set fire to the enemy, and no matter how many Wu army baggage ships ignited a skyrocketing fire, the formation of Wu army's baggage ships said that it was not chaotic, and the sailors on the ship were so panicked that they jumped into the water to escape, they did not put away the anchor and drove the boat to escape, and the Wu army baggage ships were fixed in their original positions as if they had grown roots, even if the ship was already on fire and smoking, they did not leave, the Taiping army commandos were strange in their hearts, but there was no way.

"How is the baggage fleet that surpasses the little demon different from other fleets?"

When the Taiping commandos led by Huang Wenying wondered in their hearts, the counterattack of the Wu army's sampan fleet had gradually unfolded, with the help of the smooth waterway that had always been maintained in the ship formation, one by one the Wu army's sampan clippers shuttled flexibly like swimming fish, and quickly pounced on the Taiping army's small pulling boats that were arson and killing, shooting yesterday's allies who shamelessly launched a sneak attack, and the angry roars continued to ......

"Kill! Kill all these dogs! Shameless dog thing! ”

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If the Wu Army's naval fleet fighting upstream and downstream found that the baggage fleet was attacked, and hurriedly turned around to reinforce the baggage fleet, then the Taiping Army's naval division, which was divided into two ways, could take advantage of the situation and join the arson battlefield, even if it was still not the opponent of the Wu Army's naval division in the end, it was also very sure that the Wu army's baggage fleet would be severely damaged, and a large number of money, food, and weapons that were about to be used by the Wu army for revenge would be burned and destroyed, and the material base of the Wu army would be weakened.

The distance is not too far, as the Taiping army commando continues to make progress, the fire of the Wu army's baggage fleet continues to expand, the upstream Taiping army Huang Wenjin department and the downstream Shi Dakai department have seen the fire from the Wu army's baggage fleet, knowing that the surprise attack of the army has been successful, and the morale is greatly boosted.

Huang Wenjin and Shi Dakai also gradually fell into disappointment, although the firelight in the area of Daxue Mountain was already clearly visible, but the fleet of the Wu Army Naval Division opposite them still turned a deaf ear, and only shot at them, rampage on the water with the advantage of tonnage and mobility, but never took a step back, resulting in the Taiping Army Naval Division could not find any advantage in launching a charge and assault.

In this regard, Huang Wenjin's choice was to break the army into pieces, take advantage of the cover of night and the advantage of the upper class, rush downstream piecemeal, and fight the big ships such as Madangshan Fort and Changlong Fast Crab to be wiped out by the Wu army's sailors, and also send the small boats to the front to help the commandos.

Shi Dakai, who was located in the downstream, made a completely opposite choice, in the case of the retreat of the Wu army's sailors, and also in the case that it was difficult for the small boats downstream to quickly rush to the Wu army's ship formation, Shi Dakai chose to command the whole army to turn around, flee to the downstream in defeat, and wanted to give the Wu army's sailors a chance to return to help first, and then take the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

Shi Dakai was soon disappointed, after the Taiping Army Naval Division led by him turned around and fled downstream, although the Red Single Boat Team and fender sampan of the Wu Army Naval Division did not launch a pursuit, they were still lined up in the same place, and continued to remain vigilant, while the other six Wu Army steam gunboats did not hesitate to launch a pursuit, relying on the advantage of maneuver to stare at the Taiping Army's large ships, and savagely collided in the Taiping Army's small boat group, directly killing the enemy with tonnage and water flow, the boiler was always fully open, and the speed of the ship was never reduced, Naturally, the sailors of the Taiping Army never found any chance to turn around and assault again.

Shi Dakai was just disappointed, but Huang Wenjin was desperate, as mentioned earlier, Wang Fu mobilized the sampan fleet at the rear of the fleet to support the baggage boats, but the sampan fleet of the Wu army in the upper reaches always stood still, in order to prevent the Taiping Army Peng Ze Sailor from launching a surprise attack with the advantage of the upper class.

Under such circumstances, the small boats of the Taiping Army, which rushed in twos and threes, encountered the sampan fleet of the Wu Army that had always been waiting for them, of course, they were sent to death in vain, angry and hated the betrayal of their allies, and the Wu Army sailors were merciless, and directly threw bitter acid grenades to kill the enemy at every opportunity, and as long as a grenade hit the enemy ship, it was basically able to send a Taiping Army boat down the river to feed the fish. The soldiers of the Wu army were murderous, but the soldiers of the Taiping army were terrified.

In the fierce battle in the middle section, there were even a few Wu army ammunition ships that were directly ignited and exploded, but the Wu army's baggage fleet was still trying to keep the formation intact, and the people on the baggage ships were either fighting fires and extinguishing fires, or jumping into the water to escape, all of them did not dare to touch the anchor rope that was strictly guarded by the Wu army soldiers, the anchor could not be afforded, no matter how the baggage ship burned and turbulent, it would not leave its position, and the formation would naturally not be chaotic, the flames were blazing, and the smoke covered the sky, but the soldiers of the Wu army were like a statue, stubbornly guarding the bow of the iron anchor. Guarding the position of the ships also guards the overall formation of the fleet.

Driven by anger, the Wu army's sampan clipper was not only faster and more accurate in the shuttle, but also more fierce and ruthless when attacking, shooting and firing guns did not count, in order to kill the enemy to avenge, there were many Wu army sailors and soldiers simply jumped on the Taiping army's small pulling boat, directly with the Taiping soldiers to start a white-knuckle battle, and even scuffled and rolled down the cold river with the enemy, and continued to fight and fight in the water with red eyes.

The fierce battles in the front, middle and rear are all continuing, but the flagship of the Wu Army Naval Division and the four third-class battleships have never moved, and the generals of the Wu Army Naval Division headed by Wang Fu are all pale, and everyone is angry in their chests, and they all hold their hands tightly on the side of the ship, indifferently looking at the fierce battle battlefield, the anger in their eyes is enough to turn the Taiping Army Naval Division into ashes, but they all try to stay calm, do not make any adjustments to the command, and delegate everything to the officers and soldiers under their command. Because they all know very well in their hearts that the more they adjust their formations and the more they mobilize their troops at this time, the more they are destined to give the enemy a chance!

No matter how arson the Taiping Army commandos are, the Wu Army's baggage fleet is not chaotic, and the Wu Army's sampan fleet is also constantly shuttling and pursuing, each performing its duties without hindering each other, responding to all changes with the same and calmly responding to the shameless sneak attack of the Taiping Army commandos.

After all, the number of small pulling boats of the Taiping army commando is only eighty, and no matter how much fireoil, rockets and firebombs on the ship are used up, and as these offensive arson weapons are gradually exhausted, the Wu army's sampan clippers continue to chase and kill, and the Taiping army's assault team's offensive has gradually slowed down. The situation of Wu's baggage fleet also quickly improved greatly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the remnants of the Taiping Army commandos could only escape from the battlefield in their own boats, and Huang Wenying, who had been targeted by the Wu army's sampan clipper, could only hurriedly escape from the Wu army's baggage fleet with a boat and fled to the dark downstream.

In the second half of the night, the situation finally returned to the control of the Wu Army's naval division, and when all the places in the formation had been annihilated, the Wu Army's naval division still did not make any adjustments, nor did it change the position of the position, but while fighting the fire and rescuing, it continued to closely protect the baggage fleet, and patiently waited for the sky to be clear.

During this period, Shi Dakai, who refused to give up, once organized a small boat to sneak attack from the west of the nearshore waterway, but unfortunately, the Taiping army fleet that went against the water had not yet crossed the area of Sankouyao, and was already discovered by the Wu army's sailors. Shi Dakai was helpless when he heard the news, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "Wait, see how you cross the mountain!" ”

The Wu Army's sailors, who protect a large number of baggage fleets, actually have the difficulty of passing through Madang Mountain, not to mention that there are still Taiping Army's batteries covering the river on Madang Mountain, and the rapid water flow at the foot of Madang Mountain alone is enough for the Wu Army's baggage fleet to drink a pot, so Shi Dakai is so confident that the Self-Army has the opportunity to teach the Wu Army fleet a lesson again.

But Shi Dakai forgot one thing, that is, he had never seen the whole picture of Wu Junshui's division from beginning to end, but only knew the situation of Wu's naval division from paper data, and he had not seen the true appearance of Wu's naval division with his own eyes. So when it was all bright the next day, the news of the Wu army's naval division shelling the Madangshan fort came from the front, and Shi Dakai hurriedly led the Taiping army's naval division to chase and kill near the Wu army's fleet.

The four third-class battleships of the Wu army were responsible for shelling the Madangshan Battery, each of which had more than 70 guns, even if it was only one side of the ship against the enemy, covering the Madangshan Fort of the Taiping Army with half of its firepower, it could shoot about 150 shells in one round, or the black powder and picric acid flowering shells that posed the greatest threat to the open batteries!

"Hit! Give Lao Tzu a hard beating! ”

Under the angry roaring orders of the generals of the Wu army, the four sail battleships of the Wu army always roared continuously, and bombarded the flowering shells on the Madangshan fort one after another, bursting out one after another of revenge fire, completely covering the entire Madangshan fort in a sea of fire, and occasionally a few Taiping artillery guns fired back, but the result was that more shells were concentrated on their gun positions. The explosions on the fort continued, the cries shook the sky, and the Taiping soldiers who fled from the fort in embarrassment could be seen continuously.

What appeared in front of Shi Dakai's fleet was eight Wu Army steam gunboats lined up, each of which was black smoke billowing and the boiler roaring, followed by the steam fleet was the red single fleet, and behind the red single fleet was the sampan fleet, dense and murderous, and directly said to Shi Dakai with momentum: "Come on, if you want to find death, come on!" ”

Seeing this scene, Shi Dakai not only completely died of half-crossing thoughts, but also had chills and chills all over his body, and there was always only one thought in his mind, "When the little demon comes back and seeks revenge on us, how can we resist?" How can it be stopped? ”

Shi Dakai is by no means worrying about the sky, in fact, Wu Chaoyue would rather use the second-line army to launch the Northern Expedition, but also to concentrate his own ** sharp concentration on the Yangtze River, in addition to being greedy for life and fear of death to protect his industrial base and the rear of the grain producing area, the more critical reason is that he is ready to dredge the Yangtze River route that is vital to the Wu army by force, and he has already made relevant plans, Wu Chaoyue is ready to use it to go north to pursue and kill the elite division of the Wu army of the Manchu court, and it can also be transformed into an eastward expeditionary army to the Taiping army at any time!

On that day, the artillery fire of the Wu Army's naval division directly razed the Madangshan Fort of the Peng Ze Taiping Army, and swept away the remnants of the Peng Ze Naval Division of the Taiping Army with only sampan boats, and the scarred baggage fleet directly swaggered over the Madang Mountain defense line of the Taiping Army, and continued to go west and go home under the protection of the Wu Army's naval division.

The Taiping Army Naval Division led by Shi Dakai did not dare to move, because if they dared to make any move, the thousands of large and small artillery pieces of the Wu Army's Naval Division could directly send them down the river.

The Hukou Water Division of the Taiping Army led by Lin Qirong did not dare to move, because the Jiujiang Water Division of the Wu Army had already left the port and stared at them, Lin Qirong dared to move, and his Hukou Water Division had only one end - first being seriously injured by the Jiujiang Water Division of the Wu Army with equal strength, and then being killed by the main force of the Wu Army Water Division, the whole army was annihilated!

Lin Qirong, who knew Wu Jun's current strength best, couldn't help but muttered thoughtlessly when he looked at Wu Jun's Jiujiang Naval Division's fleet, "The Heavenly King is crazy, and the Wing King is also crazy." ”