Chapter 199 Wuzhou Water Battle

(One more chapter in the evening)

It doesn't matter if you don't have a navy, the New People's Army has always liked to fight land battles, digging trenches is a necessary course, and shooting in various postures is also learned. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the 22nd Regiment is a new regiment, its momentum is still very high, and it has been trained with the artillery regiment when it was in Chengdu, and the recruits hide in the inclined pits of the trenches, and then the artillery regiment shells the positions.

The shells flew overhead, smashed into the dirt on the position, and the ground shook like a mountain, they were all trained together by the whole battalion and the whole battalion, and because of the conditions, in order to train the new troops as quickly as possible, they used live ammunition, unlike the training ammunition in later generations.

So it's more real, there are a lot of recruits who are injured on the training ground, which also improves the ability of the recruit corps to resist pressure.

Sure enough, the enemy's shells came sparsely, just like mosquito bites, and the people of the 22nd Regiment laughed and said:

"It's a lot better than when I was training."

"The enemy has landed and is about to attack, prepare!"

Quickly adjusting their bodies, the men of the 22nd Regiment clenched the weapons in their hands, and waited for the enemy to rush up and send them to death, sending bullets out of the chamber one by one.

Although there were only 500 breech guns, they were more than enough to deal with the attack of thousands of enemy troops.

"Hit!"

"Puff puff .!!"

"What's going on, how can the New People's Army have so many Western muskets, gunboats fire for cover."

The navy that was still proud in front was instantly defeated, where did he think that the firepower of the New People's Army was so fierce, Bai Li transferred all the muskets to the front line, personally shot and killed several enemy soldiers, and saw that the landing Hunan and Han naval forces were stalled, and immediately shouted:

"Attack, drive them all to the river to feed the fish, rob their guns, rob the sampans."

The whole 22nd regiment rushed out, and those with muskets stopped from time to time to shoot, and those in the sword battalion were even more violent, and rushed out with a scream, and rushed over with knives to slash and kill, and those with red cherry guns were not to be outdone, and beckoned to the sampan boat.

Commissioner Bai said that he was going to rob the sampans, and of course he couldn't let these rowers run away.

The four large ships of the Hunan and Han naval forces were at the rear, and they could only provide long-range artillery bombardment, but once the New People's Army broke out of their positions, they did not dare to open fire, because they would hit those who came ashore.

The Hunan and Han naval forces on the pickpocket boat had a lot of crossbow arrows and muskets, but their shooting distance and speed were not as good as the New People's Army, but they were suppressed by the New People's Army, and they fell into the water one by one, splashing one after another, splashing on the surface of the Yinhong River.

As for the ship's cannons, they are not a threat by overcoming the fear of shelling.

These guns were heavy front-loading guns, and they had to be primed first, and it took less than one to two minutes to make a single shot at the shell, especially on a narrow ship.

The biggest problem is the swinging hull, coupled with the cannon that is not very accurate, you don't have to think about accurate shooting, it all depends on direct aiming, you can hit it, and the damage caused by the hit is also another, and it can't affect a large area.

Most of the Hunan and Han naval forces that rushed ashore were annihilated, and the sampan boats that docked also captured ten and more troop carriers, and the pickpockets in the middle echelon suffered countless casualties and retreated, leaving three powerless to stop on the river.

Seeing that nothing could be done, the four big ships of the Hunan and Han naval forces did not waste shells, and retreated to the upper reaches with the remnants of the defeated generals, and could only wait for the various armies to come, trying to cover the army's attack on Zhaoqing.

In Wuzhou, Mao Hongbin transferred part of the navy, which made Liang Peiyou, who was bent on revenge, sensitive to find clues.

So he called Li Wencai over, and the two of them settled the time, feeling that there should be some breakthrough on the coastal road, and launched an attack on Wuzhou at the moment.

First of all, their progress in the past half a month was steady and steady, advancing step by step to Mengjiang Town, occupying the upper reaches of the Mengjiang River and the Xunjiang River, and then after several initial battles, relying on the advantage of French warships and his familiarity with this area to find the weakness of Tengxian.

Tengxian was a little smaller, and it was impossible to put too many troops here, and the only support came from the waterway, so in the face of the attack of the New People's Army, it was quickly bombarded by naval artillery.

Liang Peiyou led the new-style naval army down the river, Mao Hongbin received the news and decided to take the initiative to attack, Liang Peiyou has experience in fighting Wuzhou, and knows that there is a triangular mouth at the confluence of the Xunjiang River and the Guijiang River outside Wuzhou City, which is condescending and can shell Wuzhou City.

Therefore, this place must not be given to the New People's Army, and the only protection here is the naval army that defeats the New People's Army upstream.

In the final analysis, this war is still fought to control the river, and whoever has the advantage in the water will win half of Wuzhou City.

The mode of facing the Hunan and Han naval forces is still divided into three echelons, which are the front, middle and rear teams.

That is, 40 large ships such as Hongdan, which can carry four or five thousand catties of artillery, are the front team; There are 40 pickpockets that can load two or three thousand pounds of artillery and oars, and 40 pickpockets that are convenient to turn around are squadrons, and 60 sampan boats that can load 1,000 pounds of artillery and travel fast are for the rear team.

The front team mainly gives full play to the advantage of the long range of artillery, which is convenient for preemptive strikes; The squadron can not only cover the front team, but also facilitate advance and retreat; The rear team can quickly approach the opponent and practice close combat under the cover of artillery fire from the front team and squadron.

At first glance, it looks very scientific and reasonable, and at first glance it is the hand of a veteran.

Although the squad that went south failed in the landing battle, it did not hinder the confidence of the Hunan and Han naval forces.

The real water war was different from the semi-landing battle, so they waited for the new Nationalist army to go east in the open waters of the Chishui Township section.

Whining! The black smoke of the New People's Army's Guangxi Navy Division Inland River Fleet appeared in sight.

The river fleet of the Guangxi Navy Division was led by four French gunboats, and the three main fleets (armed merchant ships were transformed) were lined up, and these seven ships were all driven by vortex furnace steam, and the speed was extremely fast.

In addition, there were 20 small gunboats ferryed by manpower, 10 warships converted from ordinary merchant ships, 15 other sampan boats, and 10 pickpockets.

"Drums! Hang the flag! Offensive! ”

Liang Peiyou stood on the main fleet in the middle, this time he absorbed the experience of the last fiasco in Wuzhou, and made reasonable arrangements for the navy.

At the same time, he absorbed a lot of Yang Dongfang's reply opinions, and asked him to use the command of the Lingqi, use the characteristics of the fast driving speed of the vortex furnace, give full play to his own advantages, and not fight with the other party for quantity, but for speed.

"The new bandits' warships are coming, attack, destroy them, sink them all, the front team shells, the squadron slows down, and the rear team rushes hard for me,"

"Raise the green flag, order the main battleships of Li Kai and Wenmao to attack with all their might, rush the enemy's central part for me, and order the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 gunboats to go all out and bombard the front."

"Wave the yellow flag, let the sampan boats and pickpockets behind slow down first, save strength, and wait for the order to attack."

"Raise the red flag, order ten battleships to stop in front of our flagship, and provide fire support to the battleships and gunboats in front of us." (To be continued.) )