Chapter 355: The Chu Army Fights the French Army

"My lord, the French army sent two warships to attack the Tamsui River and cut off both banks, and it will be difficult for us to recapture Keelung."

Zuo Zongtang's eyebrows showed a trace of sorrow, how did the French army know about the strategic importance of the Danshui River, someone must have given the map to the French army, otherwise how did the French army know to cut off this place to prevent themselves from recapturing Keelung.

It's just that all the naval warships on the side are in the Tamsui Hall, and they can't go to the Tamsui River at all, and they can't get back the right to control the river, thinking of these Zuo Zongtang also sighed a little melancholy and said: "It's man-made, it's up to Lin Hua himself." ”

The two of them were not talking about the matter, but waited intently for news from the shore defense, and the sound of artillery from a distance from time to time was extremely worrying.

But at this time, there was a fast horse tuk tuk into the city, knocking down the crowd one after another, and finally the horse foamed at the mouth and died, the messenger took out the fast horse paperwork, shook it twice, and saw a team of inspectors running over, only said to hand over to Zuo Shuai five words and fainted.

"Hurry up, carry the person to the medical officer, and I'll send the urgent paperwork to Zuo Shuai!" The captain of the inspection team, with his knife in hand, rushed away.

"Good! Good! Good! After reading the paperwork and letter sent urgently, Zuo Zongtang raised his eyebrows, nodded and smiled: "What a Yang Dongfang, I might as well wait." ”

"Zuo Shuai, you are..." Shen Baozhen looked strange, and hurriedly took the letter in Zuo Zongtang's hand, ten lines at a glance, and after reading it in an instant, his mood was like a roller coaster, and he was so excited that he couldn't hide his excitement: "Mighty!" Great! Unexpectedly, Yang Dongfang actually went to the Wa Kingdom, captured their emperor alive, and went around to Taiwan from the Ryukyu Islands to help us recapture Keelung. ”

"Yes! This son is amazing, like the three island slaves, since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, he has repeatedly violated my southeast sea frontier, killed my people, plundered property, and his bad intentions have accumulated for a long time. Yang Dongzhu has such a foresight, taking advantage of his weakness and weakness to destroy his delusional intentions, and capturing this guy who does not measure his strength and claims to be the emperor, it is really very happy. ”

"That's true, he has such strength, but he is not entangled in the country, but has a layout of the domain, and his mind is broad enough, it seems that Zuo Shuai has a result in his heart."

Turning his head, Zuo Zongtang smiled and said, "Why aren't you!" Haha, don't talk about this, Yang Dongfang gave Keelung to Lin Hua to garrison, and he rushed to Tamsui by sea with seven Western warships, we must drag the red-haired devil and buy time. ”

After speaking, Zuo Zongtang swept the bookcase with one hand, spread out the letterhead, took up the pen and wrote the order, and then asked people to quickly send it to the front-line battery, and then said: "Order Wu Hongyuan's sailors to also rush to Qianxi, even if the whole army is annihilated, they must entangle the French ship." ”

Touqian Creek estuary, anti-fort on the east and west banks of the river.

"Quick! Put on the bottom fire and kill the foreign devils. ”

"Don't skimp on the shells, hit me hard."

"Tall man! There are only so many large-caliber heavy artillery ammunition, and they will be gone after the fight, what if the red hair is attacking next time! ”

Facing the reminder of the people below, Gao Liansheng raised the letter in his hand and laughed: "Brothers, do you know what this is? This is a letter just sent by Zuo Shuai, which said that Yang Dashuai of the New People's Army has personally come to support us, and he has also brought a few Western warships, so it is important to have countless ammunition. ”

What the? The New People's Army also came to help!

I heard that there were reinforcements, and it was a very powerful New People's Army, and the soldiers of the Chu army in various parts of the fort were as energetic as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, braving the fire of the French ships, shuttling back and forth, loading and transporting, and firing back vigorously.

"Hell! How did the artillery fire of the Chu army suddenly become stronger, all the large-caliber heavy artillery was used, and these bastards would not use these cannons at all, look where they hit. The French captain on the ship Moses shook his head and said with disdain, but soon the flag watcher reported:

"Captain! Deputy Commander Bai Meng ordered us to temporarily retreat so as not to be wounded by the large-caliber heavy artillery of the Chu army. ”

The large-caliber heavy artillery of the Chu army hit far and powerful, although the artillery technology of the Chu army was not very good, but the artillery battle was like this during this period, relying on intensive bombing and luck.

Cheng Yi was shot, and the battleship also suffered, and the French captain on the Moses ship understood this and had to say:

"Then do what Deputy Commander Bai Meng said, it's okay to retreat, according to the rate at which the Chu army consumes ammunition like this, there will soon be no ammunition available, hell, where did their large-caliber heavy artillery come from, we didn't sell such large-caliber guns back then, is it a stinky fish on the British Island."

Withdrawing from a certain distance, the French ships pulled away from each ship and concentrated on attacking and shelling a certain battery, due to the inferiority of numbers and the long interval between heavy guns, one battery was quickly destroyed by the French ship, and the other batteries could not be supported, and the threat of shells was extremely small.

"Order the other batteries not to fire indiscriminately, concentrate the shells on the two batteries of Dingbian and Yongzhen, and wait for the two batteries to pretend that there are no shells, and stop using them." Gao Liansheng really had no choice, so he had to use a trick to hide from the world.

Sure enough, the French ships destroyed two more batteries, and found that the firepower of the Chu army had plummeted, and judged that the Chu army had no large-caliber ammunition, which was similar to their prediction, after all, this thing itself was relatively scarce, and the East could not produce it, so how much could it buy.

So soon the French ships pressed all again and began to clear the small batteries near the shore.

And ready for the landing, seizing the beachhead, two battleships began to release small boats, and a group of French infantry waded to the shore.

"Hey!" Wu Hongyuan sighed heavily on the stream in front of his head, and complained in his heart.

Strictly speaking, he was not a person from Zuo Zongtang of the Chu army, and his Manchu army generals cut off all ties with the imperial court.

Only then did he have to join the Chu army, and his boss Zuo Zongtang was the head of the horse, responsible for the major affairs of transporting the Chu army, and when he arrived in Taiwan, Zuo Zongtang also valued him very much, and all the sailors were under his control, which moved and excited him.

In a place like Taiwan, it is clear that the importance of the sailors far exceeds that of the infantry army.

Such a knowing grace made him completely devoted to the Chu army, but now the right marshal wants to let all the sailors go out, and fight hard with the French red hair, for a sailor general, this is to be old, without the warship, is it still a sailor?

"My lord! So do we really have to do what Zuo Shuai wants? This is going to die! ”

Some of the generals below asked cautiously tentatively.

The others also craned their necks, their eyes expectantly waiting for Wu Hongyuan's answer.

Looking around at the generals, Wu Hongyuan gritted his teeth and said: "Zuo Shuai has a heart for the New People's Army, that is to say, we may all be merged into the New People's Army in the future, our old warships, sooner or later will be replaced by Western warships, immortal for thousands of years, dry, dry with red hair, where can we go if we don't do it." ”

Yes, these words make people think deeply, where can they go after leaving Taiwan, the mainland is basically the New People's Army, if Taiwan can't be saved, do they want to surrender to Hongmao?

This is impossible, back then, it was possible to cut long hair together with red hair, but now the nature is different.

"All the gentlemen encourage each other, Zuo Shuai let us go out and drag the red hair, if you don't want to disperse by yourself in the future, the Chu army does not leave cowards, I heard that the new people's army is more important military merits. From this point on, Wu Mou, as the commander of the sailors, is never too late to die, even if he dies in battle, he is also a national martyr, and future generations will have infinite reverence. ”

After a long time, most of the generals stood up and said, "I am willing to go with the adults!" ”

The French army gradually began the landing battle, and soon the sailors of the Chu army beat the drum and raised the flag, and came out along the river to cooperate with Huang Shaochun's defense.

"Damn! Gao Liansheng's fort is finished, the brothers have seen us, cheer up, the guy in our hands is also a musket, there is no reason why we can't beat the red hair. The counterattack of the fort was getting weaker and weaker, and Huang Shaochun, who was in charge of guarding the position along the beach, roared, but he was carrying his usual broadsword in his hand, ready to rush over and fight with others in close combat.

"It's my lord!"

Soon the first echelon of the French army stepped on the shore, and Huang Shaochun's side immediately let the small-caliber artillery fire, and the French army had already prepared and scattered to do anti-artillery fortifications, while the French ships opened artillery to cover and shell the place where the artillery had just been fired.

"Boom..!"

Dozens of shells smashed over intensively, and several of Huang Shaochun's small cannons were also dumbfired, and more soldiers of the French army landed up, and then formed a certain combat effectiveness and began to extend inland.

Fortunately, the Chu army had been in contact with the New People's Army earlier, and Yang Dongfang sent people to teach them some anti-artillery battles and blocking positions, as well as covering techniques, and the French army was cautious in their advances, and when they reached the shooting distance, Huang Shaochun was still quite experienced before he ordered: "Fire!" ”

"Bang bang bang."

"Hell! The Chu army fired, shoot! ”