In this battle, the Overseas Chinese Protector lost 16 people and 42 were wounded, and except for three who fell from their horses and were seriously injured, the rest were slightly injured. The Mexican Nationalist Army www.biquge.info 343 killed, 158 wounded, 1,400 captured, the soldiers who fled are unknown, and the commander of the enemy task force, Franco, took advantage of the chaos to escape.

From the interrogation of the captives, it was learned that Franco was not a confidant of Juan Pérez, the commander of the defense of Irapuato, and that he was not a northern militia, but a civilian army reinforced from the northeast. Franco, on the other hand, was so proud of his achievements that he repeatedly offended Perez at the defense meeting, accusing him of being cowardly and fearful of the enemy in building fortifications outside the city of Alapuato. Franco once publicly accused Perez of holding a knife in his hand and curling up in a turtle shell as a turtle.

The city's defenders came from all over the north and center, and many were not happy with Perez and disobeyed his orders, while many more believed that the Mexican militia should take the initiative, so they were very supportive of Franco.

In order to coordinate the relationship between the various ministries, Perez decided to send Franco to test the Chinese overseas Chinese army, and told Franco: "Someone once said to us that the Chinese have tens of thousands of troops, so you must be careful and test their firepower and strength, I will allow you to retreat at any time, but you must test the Chinese's land for me." ”

Franco dismissed it and said, "All it takes is one charge from us lads from Monterey, and those dirty Chinese with pigtails and lice will be pouring, so wait for my good news." ”

It's a pity that Franco was disappointed, they came to the hundreds of red flags that covered the sky and the sun, and what they saw was the enemy's artillery fire, what they saw was the enemy's brave charge, and they saw that the soldiers they had arranged in the first and second line positions turned around and fled. In the end, Franco only gathered less than 100 people, and more than 2,000 people were left with only this point, dead and dead, descending and scattering.

At the foot of the city of Irapuato, Franco felt that it was better to return to his hometown without saying hello, so he returned to the north with his army without saying hello.

Juan Pérez, the honorary commander of the Ilirapuato coalition forces, learned from the fleeing soldiers about the ferocity of the enemy's artillery and the bloodthirsty fighting of the enemy's cavalry, so he strengthened his determination to defend.

On the other hand, Wang Yongan and the others also probably understood how difficult the opponent in front of them was through the oral accounts of the captives, if Perez really built good fortifications, coupled with the reinforcements they kept coming from all over, they could consume the overseas Chinese army alive and die under the city of Irapuato.

"This is a cunning opponent." Wang Yongan said.

Fang Xianwu said: "The more time passes, the more unfavorable it will be for us." ”

"yes." Wang Yongan smiled bitterly, "Is it still according to the original plan?" ”

Fang Xianwu thought for a moment and said: "According to the original plan, but we should test how strong their strength is, and they are composed of various civilian armies, and the coordination among them must not be strong, maybe we can find their loopholes." ”

Wang Yongan completely complied, Fang Xianwu is a professional soldier, he is just a nominal general, the specific operational command is handed over to Fang Xianwu, and he is only responsible - sitting in the central government to stabilize the morale of the army. At this moment, Wang Yongan found that he was more like a political commissar, playing the role of coordinating various departments, Chief of Staff Fang Xianwu was the real commander, and Gong Wuyuan was the perfect executive officer.

After three hours, the Qing Protectors finally arrived at the foot of the city of Irapuato, and it was only then that the soldiers saw that the Mexicans had built fortifications based on the city, and the stone walls were a meter high, winding around the city, encircling the entire city. Since the Mexican houses were mostly made of stone, the fortifications were very strong, and because they were backed by the rooms, the Mexicans formed a three-dimensional defensive firing zone.

"His grandmother's is really a turtle shell." Fang Xianwu couldn't help but scold.

Wang Yongan smiled bitterly, more than 20,000 people's troops guarding turtle shells, coupled with the support of more than 100,000 people, this battle was difficult to fight, he looked at Fang Xianwu, Fang Xianwu said: "Implement the original plan." ”

Wang Yongan nodded and ordered: "Artillery ready to shoot, left flank, right flank, feint preparation." ”

"Yes."

Immediately after the artillery was prepared, a covered shelling of the city of Irapuato began. As for the poor people who were injured by mistake, I'm sorry, but on the battlefield, there were no accidental injuries, and there were no innocents, everyone was involved and experienced.

The undeclared battle officially began at three o'clock in the afternoon of August 18, 1911, accompanied by the roar of cannons and the screams of Mexicans. About ten minutes later, the Mexican artillery began to return fire, but the Chinese trenches were far more professional than their opponents, and the soldiers hid in the anti-artillery holes, counting the shells of both sides.

In the rear, the baggage battalions constantly transported supplies to the front line and brought back wounded or killed soldiers from the front.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom ......"

After ten rounds of shelling, the 1st Battalion began the assault on the city of Irapuato from the front, and although the Mexicans were under heavy artillery fire, the Mexicans still held their positions with strong fortifications, and quickly stood up and returned fire, and even artillery launched artillery shelling on the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side.

Fang Xianwu immediately sent an order to Gong Xuewen to find the Mexicans' artillery positions and blow up their artillery for me.

"Okay."

Gong Xuewen then surveyed and mapped the enemy's artillery positions with his staff officers, and found the enemy's artillery positions in the shortest possible time through the types and distances of the cannons.

Subsequently, under the command of Gong Xuewen, the artillery fire of the Protector Army extended to the Mexican artillery positions in the city, accompanied by the sound of artillery and explosions, the city of Irapuato was in chaos, and even several houses and factories began to burn into flames.

"Boom ......"

With a loud bang, the ammunition depot of one of the Mexicans' artillery positions was detonated, causing sparks and black smoke to fill the city, and the black smoke made the whole city visible.

"The first artillery position is done." Gong Xuewen felt a burst of pride in his heart, and then began to order the adjustment of the muzzle and fire at the second Mexican Nationalist artillery position.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom ......"

The left and right flanks of the Protector Army quickly tested the enemy's firepower points under the feint, and the equipment of these Mexicans was not bad, even better than that of the Protector Army, but their firepower distribution was very unreasonable, some troops arranged five heavy machine guns on a position of less than 30 meters, and in some places the position of 200 meters was actually only rifle fire, which fully proved that the other side was composed of a coalition army that did not belong to each other.

"A tenacious rabble." Wang Yongan defined the Mexican People's Army.