Chapter 356: Chu Army Battles French Army (2)

"Retreat, hell, the Chu army actually built trench fortifications, and it is difficult to break through with a frontal attack."

The first wave of the French attack was repulsed by the muskets of the Chu army, killing and wounding hundreds of people at once, and those cannons on the battleship immediately shelled the trenches.

Soon there was smoke and sand flying, and although there were trenches, a dozen or so people were wounded and hit by stray shrapnel and stones.

"Haha, blow up this group of monkeys, yes, that's it."

Immediately after the shelling, the French began to attack with their waist drums.

I thought that after suffering such a dense shell, the position of the Chu army was basically crossed, and in fact, it was the same, they stepped into the firing distance, but they were not shot, and they were only sporadically counterattacked after a hundred meters closer.

"The boys are fired, there are not many Chu soldiers, let's storm it, warriors, rush!"

Drawing out the command knife, the French lieutenant colonel ordered his soldiers to trot forward to seize the position as soon as possible, and the French muskets naturally fired in turns to suppress the Chu army.

Seeing that he was halfway through, the position in front of him moved, and the camouflage of the vertical trees and grass stretched out the muzzle of a black hole, and suddenly the fire frequented and the smoke rose.

"Ahhh

"Hell!"

After the plan, the French army understood that the Chu army was not killed or injured much by the artillery fire, because the firepower was more fierce than just now, and the position in front was very solid.

The French wanted to shoot back on the spot, but the guns they used were breech-loading guns, which did not have an advantage, and the losses plummeted when exposed in front of them.

"Lieutenant Colonel, Commander told us to step back."

Seeing that something was wrong, Bai Meng immediately let the attacking infantry retreat, and then let the battleships shell, and the third time he chose a small number of troops to test the attack.

However, it soon turned out that it couldn't be done, so instead of attacking from the front, I switched to frontal containment, breaking through on the flanks and attacking around.

"My lord, we repelled the red hair again, it turns out that the red hair is nothing more than that, as long as we have the same weapons as them, we may beat them all over the ground to find teeth."

When they first saw the French army retreating and regrouping, the Chu army on the position cheered and showed joy, and repelled the French army several times in a row, killing and wounding as many as three or four hundred people, which swept away their fear of the foreign lord.

"Hmmm! In addition to having more artillery, the red hair is nothing remarkable, and in the past, the Manchu Qing Dynasty lost the war, but they suffered in weapons. Huang Shaochun nodded, the knife in his hand was stuck in the dirt, and he sighed that in addition to the benefits of the new trenches of the New People's Army, some underestimated the enemy and ignored some aspects.

"My lord, the red fur wants to go around to our rear from the edge."

"What? Quickly organize the firepower to reach the wings, and never let them go around. Huang Shaochun said hurriedly, and at this time, someone reported: "My lord, the red hair is attacking again." ”

"It's not good to flash quickly, the red hair is firing again!"

"Hide!"

"Look, my lord, the red-haired battleship is ready to enter Touqian Creek to cover the French infantry attacking.

As soon as the sailors of the Chu army were dispatched, the French army naturally noticed it quickly, and the French commanders on each ship almost all had the same expressions and were excited.

"God forbid! This group of oriental water monkeys is finally reluctant. Haha I'm going to sink them, sink them all. ”

"As long as the sailor of the Chu army is killed, Zuo Zongtang, the bastard, must surrender, without the sailor, what will he take out of the island."

The commander of the French detachment, Bai Meng, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and touched his beard: "Order!" The battleships Xili and Spider continued to shell the positions of the Chu army, Lucy and the Demon King covered the infantry of Zeyi, and the other warships went to me to strangle the Chu army's sailors and kill them to the ground. Ha ha!

Soon the French ships and the Chu naval division fought at the mouth of the sea, although the Chu army had more warships, but the French ships were more flexible and the artillery firing distance was longer.

The guns of the French ships were the first to roar out, and the sailors of the Chu army shook their hands with the help of the power of the sails and the speed of the current, constantly accelerating the warship, getting closer, getting closer, and then launching a counterattack.

"Boom..!"

Several Chu warships were destroyed, and the soldiers fell into the water and swam to both sides, but soon a French ship was also hit by shells, and the French army also suffered many casualties.

Seeing this, Bai Meng also shamelessly used the fishing method, and ordered all ships to start their horsepower and cruise backwards, keeping a distance from the Chu warships.

Several warships were destroyed, the hatred had been pulled out, and there was already anger in his heart, Wu Hongyuan said without thinking: "Rush! You can't let the French ship retreat, just stick it up! Otherwise, our sacrifice will be in vain. ”

The battle on the surface of the water was fierce, and the cannonballs were constantly flying in the sky, and the water curtains were bouncing up one after another in the water.

On land, the French infantry was much more heroic than the navy, under the cover of artillery, rushed up from the wing, although it was blocked by the muskets, but it was obviously more frontal fire, and the fortifications were not as high as the front, and they were killed by a bombing, and the Chu army here suffered heavy casualties and many casualties.

After paying three or four hundred casualties, the French finally rushed up and occupied the place.

"God! We have finally taken the defensive position of the Chu army, and the boys cheer up, we can eliminate the main force of the Chu army on the main position from the rear. ”

"Hooray!"

"Lieutenant Colonel, look, the Eastern Monkeys are attacking us, and they are coming to retake their positions."

"Boom..!"

Zuo Zongtang had just transferred the artillery that was not defending the city to Huang Shaochun, Huang Shaochun immediately asked people to shell the ground occupied by the French army, and then carried a knife, exerted the spirit of being stunned, and rushed over in person.

"Shoot. . . Kill these monkeys! ”

"Kill! Kill the red hair..! ”

The Chu army was constantly shot and fell to the ground, and the people behind kept charging forward, although they were wearing straw sandals and cloth shoes stepping on hard stones, the speed was extremely fast.

Died one after another, and none of them retreated.

"Crazy, crazy! The Eastern monkeys are crazy, how can they be like this, half of the dead and wounded did not retreat. ”

The French soldiers who came to the East this time had never been in China, and they had never seen the kind of cold-armed charge and fearless situation, so they were naturally shocked by the scene in front of them.

How can there be such a war, most of the dead are still rushing forward.

Aren't they scared if they're still numb?

"Shoot! Shoot fast! Can't let them rush up, it's a bunch of demons from the East. A captain roared, but was hit head-on by the bullets of the Chu army, and fell down with a scream.

The French army began to be a little confused, constantly tinkering with the breeches, because the Chu army was getting closer and closer, and some had already rushed to the forefront of the position.

An oriental face with a broadsword leaps into the crowd and slashes left and right.

The French soldiers, caught off guard, were cut and covered in wounds, and blood flowed.

"Stand back! Damn monkeys rushed up with bayonets! ”

Close to hand, at this time to shoot but to find death, either easy to injure their own people by mistake, or not to hurry to load, the French army still has a set of stabbing techniques, just rushed in more than a dozen Chu army broadsword team members were suddenly overturned by the tall French army.

However, more and more Chu troops joined the war group, and after using spears, the so-called inch long and inch strong, the French army could not take advantage, and the Chu army cooperated with each other.

The two hundred or so dead and wounded did not hold on, and hurriedly withdrew from the position.

"My lord! We snatched it back. ”

Courage and blood gall finally fought the breech muskets of the French army, and although it was victorious, it was tragic.

Huang Shaochun was stabbed twice, covered in blood, and glanced left and right, a battalion of soldiers, rushed up to Bo until in the end, only about forty or fifty people could stand up.

Battery position!

"My lord! Lord Huang has taken back control of Zeyi, but it looks tragic! ”

"Hmmm! Although Huang Shaochun didn't play well, he was still bloody, and it seems that I can't wait here. Gao Liansheng sighed, his eyes were fixed on the side of the naval division that was constantly being hit, in the naval battle, the disadvantage of the Chu army was getting bigger and bigger, and the French army was gradually withdrawing from the sea, and it was the best time for artillery bombardment.

"Dingbian, Yongzhen can open fire, give me the few battleships at the back of them."

Seizing this opportunity and fighting the danger of the annihilation of all the batteries, the battery troops commanded by Gao Liansheng opened fire on the second occasion.

"Boom!"

Then there was a cannon sound from the rear, the hull of the ship trembled, Bai Meng cursed, turned his head and asked, "Damn, what's wrong!" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, it's not good, the Chu army batteries are firing again, they still have shells, they don't have many batteries that have not been destroyed, and our back is being shelled."

"Bastards, these liars, wait to kill their sailors, and blow them to shreds."

"Your Excellency, my lord, our battleship Gigi has been shot."