Chapter 143: The Battle of Toulon (3)

At the cost of 100 casualties, the New Nationalist Army finally won this great victory and was the commander-in-chief of the French expedition to the Far East. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After counting, in the end, the French army suffered nearly 600 casualties, while the Vietnamese army had as many as 1,000.

"General Xiao, we won the battle against the red-haired ghosts, this time we killed a lot of red-haired ghosts, and we killed Rigot." Zun said excitedly, and led the Vietnamese troops under his command to let out bursts of cheers.

What a victory! What a victory!

Xiao Qi didn't want to pay attention to the fat man at all, his face was twisted, and then he retreated ten miles back with his own troops and set up camp.

If it weren't for these incompetent Vietnamese monkeys, who had killed Rigaud earlier and routed the French army, the hundreds of cannons would have been their own, a pity, a pity.

Sighing helplessly, after thinking about it, Xiao Qi showed a smile again, if the Vietnamese army is really strong, and what is the matter with our New People's Army, it is better to be weak.

"General Xiao really lost your transfer of the tiger from the mountain this time, so we were caught off guard by the red-haired ghost, what a pleasure! Rigo's big red hair was killed by you, the general, and he has never done it in the past. Ruan Phuc, who had been hiding in the rear and waiting for news, rushed up to offer condolences when he received the news of the New People's Army's victory, and rubbed his hands together with excitement on his face:

"General Xiao, what are we going to do next, are we going back tonight?"

Xiao Qi glanced at him, scolded in his heart, go to your sister, and then didn't talk nonsense: "Sleep, walked all afternoon, fought for half a night, aren't you tired?" Sleep and rest, don't think about going to play red hair, maybe people are worried about not being able to find us now? By the way, King Yue, before going to bed, did you tell me a story about fifteen hundred beauties? ”

"Ugh! This, General Xiao. It's better to wait for the recovery of the six southern provinces, and we will directly talk about the story of 2,000 beauties. ”

"Don't be so troublesome, I'm not greedy, I like the number 1,500. Do you think we have to talk? ”

Zun said that he had looked at Ruan Phuc Shi for a long time, and now Xiao Qi is the savior and the god of war in their eyes, and the hope of Vietnam is in the hands of the New People's Army, and now he must be worshiped like a god, so in the end, Nguyen Phuc Shi shook his head and said: "Zun said that he said that he would bring people to General Xiao to guard them, and this king will write back to Wang Du to select beautiful women for General Xiao and others." ”

"It's the king!"

The news that Toulon was captured by the New People's Army spread quickly, and the Vietnamese people soon knew about it, and they came to support it, and it was a guerrilla force in the nearby mountains that also took the initiative to join and defend Toulon and share the fruits.

Liu Yongfu accepted all of them, and gave them all except for the powerful weapons such as the Minnie rifle and artillery gunpowder for his own people.

From the huge amount of gold and silver seized, a small part was also distributed to these Vietnamese, and each of them was given one or two pieces of silver, which warmly inspired the nearby Vietnamese to take refuge and support, and for a time Toulon was a fort and overcrowded.

By the time Vesy arrived, he was ready in every way.

"Major, according to the news of the servant army, Liu Yongfu took in almost five or six thousand people in the city, and Toulon is afraid that it will not be easy to take it back."

"That's true!" Wei Xi nodded, put away the binoculars, and pondered for a while: "The guy named Xiao Qi who attacked the general has been hiding behind, he is like a wolf now, we are a pack of sheep, and the wolf will find an opportunity to pounce on us and bite us at any time." And we tried to bite him, but he ran away. ”

"So we have to take down Toulon as soon as possible, destroy Liu Yongfu, and kill that Xiao Qi to avenge the general." If you want to say who hates Xiao Qi the most, it should be Wei Xi, he has been deflated, and he even lost the commander by negligence for a while, and now he is acting as the commander of the army, so he is even more angry.

"Yes! Major, we will definitely destroy Liu Yongfu, before killing that Xiao Qi, the honor of France cannot be tarnished, France cannot be insulted, we all have a deep sadness, we will definitely kill all the Qing people. ”

"That's right! Kill all the Qing people. ”

Rigaud's death gave the French army a lot of cohesion, and it did not cause the morale to be low, the troops were scattered, but a little sad that the soldiers would win, so seeing that the army's heart was available, Vicy commanded the army to attack Tulun, and the artillery team pushed to the front, loaded, pushed, and aimed, and the French did it one by one, fast and good.

"The warriors of France, the compatriots in the city have been concentrated in the old military camp by the Qing people, so as long as you don't miss the military camp, then bomb me as much as you want."

"Yes! Major, we will definitely blow up Liu Yongfu and kill all these devils. ”

Soon the French shells burst out one after another, roaring through the sky, and carrying the flames of the devil's hell to the city of Toulon within two to four thousand meters.

In particular, the area of the West Gate within a range of tens of meters was the focus of the shelling, and Wei Xi vowed to blow a gap with the cannonballs so that he could advance and kill into the city.

However, the walls they repaired were extremely strong, and they did not cut corners back then, and they were intended to be used as a century-old fortress, not a tofu scum project, and they were meticulous in this regard, so their hard work achieved remarkable results.

"! Who presided over the construction back then, it should really be pulled to the gallows. Seeing such a result, Wei Xi and the officers wanted to cry without tears, and they were so angry that they stomped their feet, how could it be so difficult to take revenge.

But what made his blood pressure even more critical was that the next cannon rang out in the city, and one shell after another roared towards his artillery team.

"Damn! The Qing people even had cannons, when did they learn to shoot with our cannons. ”

After a while, the commander of the artillery team came running to report: "Major, the Qing people used the two batteries in the southwest and northwest of the city to launch fire on our artillery position, and just destroyed our two cannons and wounded seven of our gunners. ”

"Then fight back and kill the cannon on the battery first."

What was supposed to be a strong assault turned into an artillery battle between the two sides.

The French were highly skilled, and they could fire a lot of artillery at the same time, and they were skilled and accurate, so soon the batteries in the city of Toulon were hit fiercely, and more than a dozen cannons were destroyed.

Liu Yongfu also did not dare to let the artillery battalion, which had finally mastered artillery shooting, come into the field, withdraw all the people first, and wait for the French infantry to attack under the raging artillery fire.

The artillery battle ended with the victory of the French army, and soon the French artillery began to bombard the city again, and after half a day, a gap was finally blasted.

Weixi organized a manpower attack, and Liu Yongfu also mobilized manpower to resist.

The two sides fought at the gap, and for a while the gunfire continued, both sides bled incessantly, and some people fell, the French fought fiercely, and the New People's Army was very tenacious and witty.

Several times the French had risked their lives to rush to the gap, but they were all slashed by the Vietnamese knife fighting troops led by the New People's Army.

Under the circumstance that Liu Yongfu deliberately saved himself, the casualties of the Vietnamese skyrocketed, and these Vietnamese who demanded money and did not want to die played a great role.

After two days of fighting, Wei Xi couldn't bear it, and he also found that Liu Yongfu did not do his best, but dragged him with cannon fodder, so the next night, Gu made a suspicious night attack, and the large army quietly went south with the artillery team, and withdrew to the six southern provinces, ready to recuperate and wait for the opportunity.

At the same time, he waited for the new commander to take office and accept the reprimand of the imperial capital, after all, the death of the commander-in-chief in battle is not a trivial matter.