No one knew what Liu Wu said to Chen Ming after running into the room anxiously, because Chen Ming drove away all the other people in the room with a wave of his hand after Liu Wu said the first words in his ear. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The rest of the command only knew that Chen Ming's face had become solemn since then, and he rarely smiled; And Liu Wu also had a serious face, but many people felt that what was hidden under his serious expression was a smiling face.

No one came to inquire about it, though they were all curious! But curiosity kills cats! There are no stupid people in the command.

Chen Ming did not continue to march towards Tianjin, and the army was hoarded in Jinghai, and the 13th Brigade of the 2nd Garrison Division went south to aid Cangzhou.

Obviously, something happened on Chen Han's side that caught people off guard, and Chen Ming was probably also restrained by this sudden incident, but this matter didn't seem to be very serious, and it was difficult to say whether it was a bad thing or a good thing. And at this stall, the 'vanguard' of the Fuhan Army's naval division has already opened outside the Dagu mouth.

Standing on the bow of a large rushing ship, Chen Dai looked at Dagu in the distance, still in the thick morning mist, and his eyebrows danced.

"Tianjin, after here, Beijing is within reach. I'm really here......" The closer Chen Dai got to Dagukou, the more difficult it was for him to hold himself excited, and he danced in the direction of Dagukou. When the Chen family was forced to go to Liangshan and had to rebel, how many people could think of the current scene? Thinking that the Chen family can have today?

And Shi Xinxiong, who was standing next to Chen Dai, didn't look at Chen Dai with his eyes, and his expression was as indifferent as a rock. But if anyone can look at Shi Xinxiong eye for a minute, they will definitely be able to find the disdain for Chen Dai in his eyes, with a trace of 'envy' of 'disdain'.

Chen Dai, what outstanding talent does he have? Isn't it because he is a clan and a royal family!

Chen Han sits in the world, Chen Dai is the royal family, he is the clan! With Chen Dai's credit, how can he also have an uncleship?

And what about Shi Nobuo himself? Shi Xinxiong asked himself, his chances of being knighted are really slim. And how much less credit is his than Chen Dai?

In terms of Shi Xinxiong's contributions since Chai Daji surrendered to Chen Han, he can definitely be said to be stronger than Chen Dai. But Chen Dai will always press him, and the first name to say when he has merit must be Chen Dai. He is even more destined to have a knighthood that Shi Nobuo can only dream of in his dreams.

This is the royal family, this is the clan.

Dozens of warships gathered at the mouth of Dagu. The few remaining Tianjin naval warships on the docks of the Qing army did not show their heads at all, and they drilled into the Haihe River. But the sailors of the Han Army did not dare to be careless. The more cautious it is at this time, the more cautious it is, and the more cautious it is!

Dagukou Fort is an important coastal defense place operated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty for many years, located on the north and south banks of the Haihe River, commonly known as "the screen of Jinmen". During the Ming Dynasty, Dagukou began to be fortified, and during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the forts were repaired, cannons were arranged, and the facilities were continuously strengthened. When the Fu Han army rose, Beijing paid more attention to Dagukou. So far, there are two large forts (divided into north and south), twelve earthen forts, ten earthen forts, each fort is three to five zhang high, the circumference of the base is fifty zhang to sixty zhang, the upper bricks and lower stones, all are rammed with Sanhe soil, glutinous rice juice, the large and small forts are placed with one hundred and two cannons, and the muzzle is aimed at the magnificent sea. The Dagukou Fort Group was formed, and a relatively complete coastal defense system has taken shape.

In addition, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also mobilized young people to build embankments in successive years, and dug trenches and erected wooden piles outside the embankment walls. Five barrage chains were also set up in Haikou, barrages were configured, wooden fences were installed, huge rafts were connected, and camouflage was strengthened.

Last year, as the Qing army's attack on Korea showed results, the Manchu financial tension was alleviated to a certain extent, and they strengthened the defense of the flank of Dagukou, renovated a fort in the Beitang area, with 14 artillery pieces, and set up troops to defend the camp north of Beitang. At the same time, three new forts were built in the military grain city east of Tianjin, and more than 30 pieces of heavy artillery were installed below 10,000 catties, which strengthened Tianjin's in-depth defense.

In the face of such a Dagu mouth, the first thing that the naval division of the Fu Han Army scratched its head was the barrage iron barrage, as well as the giant raft formed by the wooden fence, and the five barrage iron cables in Haikou.

At this time, the naval division of the Fu Han army did not have a steamer, and the steam engine that Chen Ming had high hopes for can only lift water now, and the Fu Han army is now setting off a boom in the study of boring machines, because this thing can not only be related to the production of cannons, but also related to the award of improving the steam engine. Therefore, the improvement of the steam engine is still stuck in the problem of cylinders, and the steamer still only exists in Chen Ming's depiction of a cadre.

And without the steamer pulling open the giant raft formed by the barrage and the wooden fence, without the steamer crashing into the barrage, relying on the warships of the current Fuhan Army to attack Dagukou, Chen Dai really didn't dare to make a rash decision!

It's a critical moment, a critical moment to not make a single mistake.

If the attack of the Fu Han army was thwarted at this time, the low morale of the Qing army would immediately rise. Since the secret camp spread the news that Qianlong was dead, the morale of the Qing army has been very low. Qianlong has not been present so far, and although the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not admitted that Qianlong is really dead, most of the military and civilians have already believed the news that Qianlong is dead.

The morale of the Manchu army was all at a low ebb, and if a battle of victory suddenly broke out at this time, no matter what the real results were, it would definitely boost the morale of the Qing army.

This is a very critical, very critical point in time, and there can be no mistakes. The Fu Han army can only win no matter whether it fights on land or water, and must not lose, so that the Qing army can get a chance of 'resurrection'. This is an order issued by Chen Ming! He was worried that someone would take the enemy lightly at this critical moment!

"If we have enough marines to fight Dagukou, it is better to fight Beitang."

On the yellow-white Dagukou military defense map, the graphite pen cast by Chen Dai made a small black dot in a blank space on it.

Chen Dai and Shi Xinxiong looked at each other, and they all shook their heads helplessly, they don't have so many land troops now. There are only a few two battalions, and if you want to rely on two marine battalions that can't even carry a few cannons, go ashore under the artillery fire of the Qing army, and capture Beitang under the attack of Qing reinforcements, it is a joke.

Therefore, the sailor troops can only aim at Dagukou!

Sitting at the mouth of Dagu is the Tianjin general soldier E-Cohen, Xilin Jue Luo. When the Manchu Qing Dynasty conquered Dzungaria, he served in the army as a third-class guard, and after more than ten years, he was promoted to the governor of Gansu. After the rise of Chen Han, Ecoen served in the Central Plains battlefield for more than a year, and was transferred to Dagukou with the rank of general. Later, he sat on the shortage of real Tianjin general soldiers.

As a military town guarding the gateway of Beijing, the total number of soldiers and horses in Tianjin Town of Green Camp is close to 10,000, from the second battalion of the town standard, under the jurisdiction of Hejian and Dagu Second Association, there are four party mouth battalions, left battalions and right battalions of Hejian Association, Zhengjiakou battalion, Jingzhou battalion, Dagu Association front left and middle left, rear left, front right, middle right, rear right six battalions, Gegu battalion, Qikou battalion, Wuguan battalion, Bazhou battalion, Wuqing battalion, Jinghai battalion, Jiuzhou battalion, Tianjin city guard battalion.

When Chen Ming broke through Jinghai, the Jinghai camp fled without a fight. But now Ekoen is facing the naval division of the Fu Han Army coming from the sea, but he himself is sitting at the mouth of Dagu. His task was only on the coastal defense of the Dagu Pass. As for the defense of Tianjin on land, where can he be responsible for a small general soldier, the new Zhili Admiral Fu Monk has entered Tianjin. Ecohen, the Tianjin general soldier of the right brand, no longer needs to worry about Tianjin.

In addition to the rich monks, there are also Fuerle and Hailancha, and behind Tongzhou, there is Fu Heng, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department. Starlight is not gloomy at all, and this is the strongest hand that the entire city of Beijing can play.

"Send for the Mermaid, the Brown Bear, and the Hussars, and tell them to come forward now. Tell David, Alcott, and Ackerman that we didn't pay them to act. ”

Chen Dai was reluctant to use his 'small boat' to test the Qing army's shore fire resistance, so he used the three foreign ships in the team as cannon fodder.

In any case, the bilateral contract was related to the regulations on combat, the compensation for the casualties and damage to the ships of the three British merchant ships, and the labor costs, and the Fu Han army gave them a satisfactory price.

As for the captains of the three British armed merchant ships, they were obviously happy to show their skills at Dagukou. They are not at all worried about the dangers of war. A timid person will not be the leader of an ocean-going merchant ship.

David, Alcott, and Ackerman burst out laughing aloud when they heard the same order on their respective ships, and they loved the war to death. Because the price given by the Fu Han army was really enough, in addition to satisfying the customary British pension, each dead and wounded sailor could also create a lot of profit for the 'official' represented by the three captains.

"Alas, my dear crew, move, big guys. Let's greet the Tatars on the shore with shells. Let them enjoy the warmth of Great Britain. ”

The captain of the Mermaid, David's blonde hair looked particularly shiny in the warm sun. His nose was red, his face was slightly red, and the breath of the gold and silver coins had been deeply caught by him. Immediately those cute elves will jump into his hands.

Although what they are doing now seems to have become mercenaries for the Chinese!

But who cares about that? Silver, gold, these little cuties, and the official friendship of the Eastern Empire, this is the most important thing.

On the left and right banks of the Haihe estuary, two five-zhang high main forts are densely packed with soldiers, waving flags. Especially in the South Battery, Ekorn personally sat in the town, and the high banner of the General Army was erected at the top of the battery.

The sun completely dispelled the morning mist, the sea surface was sparkling and scaly, seagulls swept by from low altitude, and in the distance, you could see the white sails that rose and fell with the wind and waves, and the shadows were full of shadows.

"Zhentai! Chen sent three foreign ships. ”

The alarm bell had been sounded on the South Battery, and Ekorn was also holding a telescope to look at the sea. The three ships broke away from Chen Yi's group of ships and came towards the mouth of Dagu, looking at the style of the warship, the big sails, there were too many more than the Chinese warships, it was indeed not a Chinese-style warship, but three ocean-going ships.

"Phew!" Okoen spat hard. Unexpectedly, he caught a foreign ship and attacked Dagukou, Chen Shun is really shameless! "Huanghuang Heavenly Empire, how can you allow your generation to jump off the beam?"

"All the soldiers listen to the order, Tianjin is the gateway of the Son of Heaven, and Western clowns must not be allowed to be strong!"

"The soldiers are all cheering up, destroying these three Yangyi sailing ships, and let Chen Yi see the majesty of my Dagukou!"

"Protect my Jinmen, protect my Qing Dynasty, destroy Chen Reverse, annihilate Chen Reverse!!"

Okorn roared and roared, roaring angrily. Da Qingguo has been beaten to the door by Chen Wei, if this is the price of his resurrection, Ecoen would rather not, he would rather die! I'd rather die! "Ready!" Mixed with the incomparable hatred in his heart, Ekorn looked at the three Western sailing ships on the sea like a mortal enemy.

The saber at his waist was held in his hand, and when the three huge British armed merchant ships easily entered the range of the twenty-pound general's cannon, Ecoen swung his knife and slashed forward. "Fire!"

On the left battery, four 20-pound general cannons erupted thinly.

"Boom, ......boom, boom" roared with cannons, the two main forts in the north and south, the twelve earthen forts, and the twenty general guns with 20 pounds of ammunition spewed out anger one after another, and strands of pale green smoke mixed with flying dust fluttered around.

The flames kept spitting out in the smoke, and the sound of the cannons was like a mighty symphony between the sea and the land.

Five miles away, three British armed merchant ships continued to approach the mouth of Dagu in a zigzag pattern. Iron balls fell, making small splashes. In fact, even the heaviest twenty-pound iron ball of the Qing army was not very big, and even if they fell into the sea with great power, they would at most rush up a small column of water.

With the approach of three British armed merchant ships, the number of shells sprayed by the Dagukou Fort gradually increased, and the types of shells also changed from single iron shells to arson shells. The Mermaid, which bore the brunt of the attack, was shattered by two shells, which swept diagonally above and fell into the sea two or three hundred meters later, adding only a few not-so-large holes to the Mermaid's sails.

The British never fought back, and the distance was still three miles away, and the accuracy was too poor to fight back at this time. Armed merchant ships generally consisted of twenty or thirty cannons, and there were almost no heavy guns of more than twenty pounds, most of which were twelve-pounderers, with a small number of eighteen-pounder, six-pounder, and eight-pounder guns.

In the case of the Mermaid, for example, this British-flagged armed merchant ship has been equipped with twenty-six cannons. There were fourteen twelve-pounder guns, four eighteen-pounder guns, four six-pounder guns, and four eight-pounder guns.

In terms of range, these guns are really worse than the 20-pound general guns of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Qing army forts have also changed a lot over the years, from the initial completely open-air layout, to the current semi-enclosed and fully enclosed layout. In addition, because the tonnage and size of coastal defense artillery are generally very large, in order to facilitate the transportation of shells, the forts at Dagukou are mostly semi-enclosed.

When the distance was close to two miles, three armed British merchant ships returned fire.

The whole focus was on the left battery, because the flag soldier who was a liaison officer on the three British sailing ships received Chen Dai's instructions, and the reason why Chen Dai chose this way was because of the general army flag fluttering on the left battery.

Iron bullets were sent to the head of the South Fort, and the dirt and masonry were smashed down overwhelmingly. The artillery forts are stubbornly holding on. The Qing army used huge city bricks and stones as the outer layer, and there was a layer of rammed earth and thick logs inside. There were countless potholes in the outer layer of the masonry, but that was all, not even the rammed earth layer was exposed, let alone collapsed. Only the observers outside suffered casualties from time to time under the ferocious shelling of British sailing ships.

The Qing fort was filled with choking smoke inside and out, and the soldiers inside kept coughing, although they had covered their mouths and noses with wet towels, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

The smoke of gunpowder was smoky, and all the soldiers were sweating, but every one of them stopped to rest.

Carry ammunition, load ammunition, adjust height and height, adjust muzzle angle, fire-

The Qing army in Dagukou was also using its own efforts to defend the interests of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It's just that their artillery skills are choking! Poor accuracy and slow rate of fire.

It was only three armed merchant ships, and under the qualitative gap between the two cannons, the Qing army tried harder and harder, and under the bombardment of half an hour, only a dozen or so shells were hit. Scattered on three ships!

European galleons are not thin and fragile communication boats, and a few shells are harmless to them. The luckiest of all, the Brown Bear, still has not a single seriously injured person, and the only two wounded have been hit by jumping wood chips.

The Qing army even shot chain bullets, and they didn't want to think about how far the range of chain bullets was! The muzzle of the cannon fell weakly into the water in less than a hundred feet, and the liaison officer on the mast of the sailing ship looked at Dagu with disdain.

But contempt is contempt, and in their own work, the liaison officers in the three masts are all meticulous. They recorded in detail the distribution of light and heavy artillery of the Qing army, based on the light and weight of the flames that erupted when the guns of the fort were fired; The efficiency of the Qing gunners is recorded, and the light artillery and heavy artillery are different...... (To be continued.) )