Chapter 354 Poke the French Ship Chrysanthemum Go

"Boom!"

The cannon fire pointed to the sky, and the French troops in Keelung City were jubilant. They poured onto the city walls, waving flags and cheering.

"Dashuai, the red-haired ghosts have discovered us, and they have opened fire!" Lin Tao had never seen the scene of a battle, and when he heard the sound of artillery, he couldn't help but tremble, and Yang Dongfang comforted:

"It's okay! This is an empty shell, the muzzle of the cannon is pointed at the sky, it should be a celebration and welcome, we are not exposed, on the contrary, the French army in Keelung regards us as the real French army. ”

Without explaining to Lin Tao, Yang Dongfang ordered that Omar Niu and them go forward, and his own warships were changed to the rear team, so as to avoid the face of the New People's Army being seen by distant telescopes and causing suspicion.

In the dense forest on the hill west of Keelung City, under the emerald green leaves, the young man under the dark gray military uniform looked into the distance, constantly stretched his neck, as if he was sure, and then he slid down to the ground like a spiritual weather.

"My lord! The sound of artillery just now was not that the red hairs had spotted us, but that there were several warships coming from the sea. ”

Lin Huan was a little puzzled and muttered: "The warships that come from the sea, is it difficult for them to be their own, or is it someone else's, if it is a red-haired one, why are they firing cannons, if not, why are they not fighting now." ”

After thinking about it carefully, Lin Huan said to his own soldiers: "Go and inform the troops behind, don't act rashly." ”

After giving the order, Lin Huan relied on his strong martial arts and led a team of people to quietly approach Keelung City to understand the situation more clearly.

The battleships on the sea were approaching the bay, and the firing distance of the cannons was within reach, when the French soldiers on the city walls finally felt that something was wrong.

"Why don't I seem to have seen these seven warships?"

"Yes, especially the ironclad monster in the middle, why is it all made of metal, and the reflection is very strong, do any of you have a noble relative in the Admiralty? Did the Empire make such a thing? ”

Bo Li also noticed the strangeness, took out the telescope again, looked at it carefully, his face turned pale, his vocal cords were a little hoarse and anxious, and he shouted like a male duck: "Hurry up. . . That's not our battleship, the enemy. ”

However, it was too late at this time, and the battleships on the sea had already been prepared, and the guns were all aimed at loading, and only the fire was fired.

"Boom!"

Thirty or forty shells came one after another, one shell smashed into the wall, sand and stones flew wildly, several French soldiers were wounded and fell to the ground, and other French soldiers rushed to take shelter in all directions.

"Go to the battery and fight back." Boly's order was given, and the sensible veteran, who was not in chaos, hurriedly sent the order to the fort, but soon the fort was attacked by a key attack, and the French troops on duty suffered heavy casualties.

Originally, after capturing Keelung, the French army did not leave many artillery here, let alone large-caliber heavy artillery, which was attacked, and the firepower was not equal, and the firing distance was not equal.

Soon, the New People's Army warships entered the outer harbor and took control of this area, and began to march towards the inner harbor, heading straight for Keelung City.

Burleigh hurriedly ordered: "Go back to the city, the muskets are loaded, you must stop the enemy, and wait for the general and the army to return, otherwise we will all go to God, damn it, where did these people come from." ”

"The British, the Dutch, or the Americans. Damn, that's impossible! ”

Soon, relying on superior firepower, after more than 20 minutes of artillery bombardment, under the cover of artillery, the guard battalion of the New People's Army began to land and advanced directly to the city. And after Yang Dongfang's personal efforts, he re-erected the cannon and prepared to attack the broken city wall fortifications.

To the west, Lin Hua finally waited for a long-lost opportunity, and began to be happy to see the New People's Army fighting with the red-haired artillery, destroying the artillery that the red-haired man relied on, and then found that the people who landed were all Orientals of the same color.

Especially when he saw the flag raised by the guard camp, the whole person became excited and shouted: "It turned out to be the New People's Army, how could they be here, where did their warship come from, and they actually went around Keelung." ”

"My lord, what should we do, the New People's Army won't be here to fight us!"

"Bullshit!" Lin Hua scolded, and immediately ordered: "Hurry up and inform the troops in the woods, attack the red-haired ghost, it's time to recapture Keelung, God help me, go quickly." ”

Although Omar Niu and others did not go ashore and used battleship deterrence and fire support, the French breech guns could not suppress the 500 breech guns of the guard battalion, especially the opponents of veterans who had just fought street battles and siege warfare in the Americas.

By this time, the French army had begun to rout, gradually losing control of the city, and the news of misfortune reached Burleigh's ears.

"The colonel is not good, a brigade of orientals appeared in the west of the city, visually they are all Chu troops, we are surrounded, colonel, we can only surrender, we can't hold out until the general they come back."

On this acre of unfamiliar land in Taiwan, there is no difference between running out of the city and looking for death, after weighing, Bo Li also lost his fighting spirit and said: "Raise the white flag, we surrender to the New People's Army, damn how can these bastards have such strong muskets, a group of damn British, they must have been sold before, damn, how could the battleships of the New People's Army come here." ”

The French army surrendered after a short fight, and the New People's Army entered Keelung without incident, but also met with the Chu army soon.

"Oh! Zuo Zongtang's people are also there, when we attacked Keelung, they also attacked the French army from the west of the city, and they really picked the time, there is such a coincidence. Wang Dake was a little disdainful, thinking that the Chu army obviously saw that Keelung was about to break through, so he attacked, and he was the last to pick the fruit, and he was very ashamed of this kind of behavior, so when Lin Hua appeared, how did he look at it.

Yang Dongfang smiled and said: "It should be just a coincidence, if the Chu army doesn't want to recapture Keelung, they won't let such a force here, Keelung is very far from Taipei and Yilan, and the road is extremely difficult." ”

Lin Hua didn't know that the person who came was Yang Dongfang, the dignified commander of the New People's Army, but he still took the initiative to come over to express his gratitude, and at the same time had the intention of asking the New People's Army to come here suddenly.

In any case, Taiwan is now the territory of the Chu army, and the New People's Army and the Chu army have not really had a dialogue, they are not subordinate, they are not even an alliance, they can only be said to have a common foreign enemy.

Yang Dongfang looked at Lin Hua carefully and didn't answer his words: "I just asked, Lord Lin's hometown is Guangdong!" ”

"Yes, my hometown of Jieyang, Guangdong, I haven't asked this person yet." Lin Huan only understood that Wang Dake was a regiment commander of the New People's Army, and glanced at Wang Dake, Wang Dake snorted:

"This is my handsome!"

"What? Poplar.. You are.. Yang Dashuai? ”

Yang Dongfang nodded, this time Lin Hua couldn't believe it, and after a careful look, he admired and hugged his fist and said: "Thank you Yang Dashuai for your help, otherwise it will be difficult for us to recapture Keelung from the hands of the red hair, I really can't imagine that Yang Dashuai will come to Taiwan in person, Yang Dashuai is really brave, I thank Yang Dashuai for his support to our army for my family." ”

Yang Dongfang motioned for him to sit down, and then asked: "As Chinese compatriots, it is appropriate to help each other, and the Chu army is well aware of the great righteousness, and it is incumbent on me to resist foreign invaders and work together, and my new people's army is also duty-bound, I don't know what the situation in Taiwan is now, and where the red hair has attacked. ”

Lin Huan was pleased with Yang Dongfang's simple evaluation of the Chu army, and then explained the basic situation, it turned out that after the French army captured the Penghu Islands, they occupied it one after another

After hearing this, Yang Dongfang immediately stood up: "So, the French army is attacking Tamsui, and they are there today, I don't know how Tamsui is deployed." ”

"There is a cannon sent by the marshal, and the freshwater will be safe for a while and a half, the red hair wiped the tamsui before attacking Keelung, and was repelled by the giant cannon, so he first occupied Keelung to gain a foothold, and blocked the freshwater on both sides, I don't know what Yang Dashuai's plan is."

"I see, so the French warship is divided into two parts, one is in the south of Tamsui, and the other is north of Tamsui, what else are you going to do, go to sea now, and we will go to the ass of the French warship in the north." Yang Dongfang is resolute in his work, how can he wait for such a good opportunity, it will be inconvenient to fight after missing the opportunity, and now let Lin Huan quickly go to talk about the water and inform Zuo Zongtang that he must drag the French army, and he will take the battleship to go around the back of the French army by sea.

As for Keelung City, Lin Hua was also given a garrison, showing that he did not have the slightest covetous mind.