Chapter 367 The New People's Army Arrives

"Good! Well played! Fight like this, kill them. ”

The fort suddenly moved again, which was indeed a surprise to everyone, and it was a surprise for the Chu army, which had just recaptured the Zeyi position, and now it had attacked a French army, which was very powerful and happy.

On the side of the water master, he worked hard, Wu Hongyuan really didn't expect Gao Liansheng to keep such a hand, and he used it at this time, and his support for him was not terrible.

The French army was attacked from two sides at one time and was busy coping, and many battleships were slightly damaged, and none of them really sank.

However, as the Chu army's naval divisions continued to pour out of the estuary and approached, the artillery attacked in turn, and finally one of them was heavily damaged and emitted black smoke, three were slightly injured, and the speed of the ship decreased.

"Damn! Hell, you can't go back at this time. Seeing that one ship was heavily damaged, Bai Meng was very unwilling, and he originally wanted to lure out the Chu army and destroy it on the coast step by step.

Now in this situation, it is impossible for him to leave four warships behind and use the method of decoy and hanging.

"Lord Commander, what should we do, the sailors of the Chu army are going to get close to the Veli, as soon as they jump over, all the naval soldiers on it will be killed or captured, and the soldiers who fall into the water will also be captured or shot."

Bai Meng shook his head and said: "Of course you can't do this, these are the warriors of the empire, how can you give up, doesn't our retreat mean that we are defeated by the Easterners?" It's a no-no. ”

When he said this, Bai Meng was still quite confident, because the sailors of the Chu army were fighting fewer and fewer, and although he had suffered a little loss, he could still accept it.

He ordered the battleship group to continue to open artillery fire, and at the same time he sent an order to the battleships covering the infantry: "From now on, the infantry will stop attacking, consolidate the landing beach, and the Xili, Spider, Lucy, and Demon King will shell the Chu army's batteries and completely destroy their batteries." ”

After speaking, he was not at ease and added: "By the way, it is best to completely eliminate it, I don't want to see the scene just now." ”

The French troops in the shoals all shrank back, on the one hand, to consolidate their positions and not be driven into the sea, so that the Chu army was fighting bayonets with human charges, and on the other hand, they were also preparing to cooperate with the four ships to destroy the batteries, this time they wanted to wait for the end of the shelling, send troops up the mountain, and confirm with infantry.

Apparently they have learned a lot at once, discarding a little arrogance and arrogance, and becoming cautious.

The French army changed their tactics, putting a lot of pressure on Gao Liansheng, who was quickly suppressed by firepower here, and had to turn his guns to the Xili, Spider, Lucy, and Demon King, unable to support Wu Hongyuan.

Time kept passing, the two sides continued to fight, from noon to the end of the battle, the sea continued to sink warships, the Chu army warships became fewer and fewer, only a dozen ships remained, and there were heavy casualties.

But they still did not return to Touqian Creek to escape, but continued to fight.

Of course, the French Willy could not withstand the shelling and sank, and four other battleships were seriously damaged.

The coastal forts were also uprooted by the French army one by one, black smoke rose from the mountain, and the French infantry still failed to rush up the mountain, and the attack on the batteries also failed.

"Boys, come on, the sailors who killed the Chu army before dark, we don't need to go back to Keelung today, we can go directly to the camp in Qianxi and rob the camp of the Chu army."

"Long live, long live Your Majesty!"

The French army already felt that victory was in sight, and in less than half an hour they could completely annihilate the Chu army's naval division, and at that time Tamsui was the lamb they slaughtered, and they were extremely excited.

At this time, Gao Liansheng sighed helplessly, his large-caliber cannon ammunition was all used up, and he was also not optimistic about the sailors on his side, and threw a touch of respect to Wu Hongyuan, who was still fighting.

"My lord, the fort is not sounding again, it seems that Lord Gao's cannonballs have run out."

"Brothers! We can only rely on ourselves, there is death and no life, and we are together in eighteen years! ”

When the battle reached this point, it was already red-eyed, life and death were no longer important, and everyone in the sailors knew that they did not retreat at all, and could only continue to fight with the French army, so they stubbornly opened fire.

The setting sun gradually smoothed out from the sea level, and at some point several gray shadows shook in the distance, the shadows were getting closer and bigger, as if they were coming from a distant place, going farther and farther, silently.

The tide on the shore began to stir as the entrance rolled, and it was the high fort that first made this happen.

"Look, my lord! Ships are coming from the northeast. ”

"What?" When he first heard the news, Gao Liansheng was taken aback, and his face suddenly tightened, especially when he took out the telescope and couldn't see the flag of the coming ship in a daze, his brows jumped out of his forehead.

"Will it be a warship of the New People's Army?"

Until he counted the number of boats, he excitedly shouted: "My lord! My lord! It's seven. It's seven..! ”

"Okay. . . That's great! The New People's Army is really here. The excitement was hard to hide, and finally waited at the last moment, the sailor still had to be saved, Gao Liansheng hurriedly waved the flag to Huang Shaochun, and Huang Shaochun said the flag to Wu Hongyuan after he understood.

"Hahaha. Heaven will not die, brothers, reinforcements are coming, our mission is complete, and the batteries will not be lost.

"My lord, what do we do now!"

"Return to Touqian Creek!" I didn't think about Wu Hongyuan giving the order directly, and the boats received the order to run quickly, and his subordinates were very puzzled and hurriedly advised: "It's not appropriate for your lord to retreat at the right time!" In this way, we will be beaten from behind the ass by the French ships, and instead of being beaten, it is better to fight with the French army in some rushes, and give the new Nationalist army a chance. ”

Wu Hongyuan shook his head and said, "You think I am cowardly and running away to preserve my strength." ”

Everyone was silent and did not reply, and then Wu Hongyuan said: "Wrong! In this way, we can attract French ships to the greatest extent and gain opportunities for the new people's military music. We didn't have many ships left, and we were consuming with the French army, and even if the new national army arrived, we couldn't help the people, and the number of French ships was still very large. There are only seven Western warships in the bottom of the New People's Army, and only when we retreat into Touqian Creek and lead the French ships into the river, so that the New People's Army blocks the entrance to the sea, these French ships are a dead end, and we are fighting back there, and the New People's Army can achieve a great victory and annihilate it in one fell swoop. ”

Everyone was relieved, yes, fighting for the end of all the sailors, if they just sank a few magic ships, it was too worthless, sorry for the dead brothers.

Sure enough, as soon as the remnants of the Chu army's naval division retreated, the French army was not retreating, and pursued forward with all their might, it was impossible for them to let go of the Chu army's naval division, Bai Meng ordered that one must not be let go, such as the second party can completely cut off the Chu army's sea route dependence, so that Zuo Zongtang can be convinced, instead of landing and fighting, using infantry to attack the city.

Previous land battles have shown that their French army is not stronger than the Chu army, and if they attack the hinterland of Taiwan, the losses will be great.

Coming to the East is not only to fight the Chu army and attack Taiwan, but more importantly, to deal with the New People's Army, the severity must be separated.

Soon, the uninjured French ships chased into the mouth of the river, and the Chu army's sailors retreated step by step, relying on the many battleships and fierce artillery, except for the gradually darkening sky, the French army had no scruples.

It was only when the warships in the rear, which had been attacked in the original area of engagement, that the French ships noticed the sudden appearance of battleships in the rear.

"What's going on, how can there be a battleship behind us, is it attacking Zhanghua's fleet horses?"

In order to continue to paralyze the French army, the flag hung by the New People's Army was still the French army's own home, and the French army was puzzled for a moment when they saw the obvious flag.

It stands to reason that they don't need the help of other detachments, is this here to steal credit?

Of course, he soon understood that this was not the case, that this small fleet was here to attack them, and that there were targets for warships that had been lightly and seriously damaged, and that stopping there was a living target.

"Target nine o'clock bearing, left chord. Fire! "The hurried New People's Army, under the command of Omar Niu and others, finally started the first naval battle in the East, and the seven warships rushed to the target at full speed, and the fire and green smoke continued to rise from the breeches, which became more and more obvious in the gray night.

"Boom, boom, boom.!"