In the face of Hong Tiangui's determination, although everyone was apprehensive, they did not dare to disobey the military order.

"Who will fight the first battle against the foreigners?" Hong Tiangui asked in a deep voice.

The generals fell silent for a moment.

"Heavenly King, let my fourth division come!" Sun Libin said in a deep voice. The generals looked at him.

A flash of disappointment flashed in Hong Tiangui's eyes. It has just been equipped with advanced firearms, but the update of weapons cannot change the morale of the army, fortunately, there is also a madman Sun, hoping that his fourth division can live up to expectations.

"Okay, just take the Fourth Division of the Second Army as the total arrow, your combat mission is very simple, delay the enemy's advance speed, and inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy's living forces. I will have the 5th Division of the 2nd Army as your reserve. It is emphasized that once the war starts, without the order of this king, the men of the fourth division must not take a step back, otherwise there will be no mercy! Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

Sun Libin's face tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the King of Heaven, I personally command the Fourth Division, if I can't block the attack of the foreigners, I don't have to come back!" ”

Hong Tiangui nodded. The strength of a division goes into battle, and a division serves as a reserve, even if the war is unfavorable, it can respond with the superiority of troops, which is enough to find out the reality of the foreigners.

The remaining six divisions, Hong Tiangui organized them into two attack camps, and built two lines of defense behind the fourth division.

Half an hour later, the army of foreigners discovered the position of the Taiping army. Looking at the banner of the Taiping Army held high on the position, they understood that all their previous guesses were true, and the city of Shanghai was really captured by the Taiping Army.

"Order the troops, launch an attack immediately, and kill all these Taiping troops!" General Steveri roared. Who would have thought that the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches would be behind, and they originally thought that they had solved the crisis in Shanghai City, but now it seems that they have just fallen into the enemy's calculations.

Boom, boom!

The foreigners had not yet fired, but the artillery of the Taiping Army had opened fire first. After all, it was a matter of waiting for work, and the Taiping army had already built artillery positions.

What is the concept of a salvo of hundreds of artillery? The army of foreigners on the march was instantly stunned. There was no cover, and everyone quickly crawled on the ground, covering their bodies as much as possible to avoid the killing of shell fragments.

The various roars looked a little weak in the midst of the artillery fire.

The Taiping army in the front line watched in amazement as the foreigners' army was covered in artillery fire and became chaotic.

Woo!

The horns of the Taiping army attacked.

Most of the Taiping soldiers were stunned, knowing that this was a different plan. The Taiping army had not fought a ** war, and had limited knowledge of the power of artillery fire. Sun Libin is a madman who dares to fight, but in the face of the Anglo-French alliance that can crush the Qing Dynasty with tens of thousands of people, he has no bottom in his heart. Therefore, advocating offense, he also chose defensive warfare.

But now seeing the foreigners wailing in the midst of artillery fire, the trace of fear in his heart completely disappeared, and the madness of the whole person completely soared.

The whole army was shocked, and the morale of the Taiping soldiers was terrifying.

Hong Tiangui, who was watching the battle from the rear, was also stunned for a moment, to be honest, he didn't expect that hundreds of cannons firing at the same time would cause such great destructive power.

Didn't you say that the Anglo-French alliance was the first in the world? Look at them in the artillery fire, they are no different from the Qing army.

Seeing that the Fourth Division launched a charge at the right time, Hong Tiangui showed a satisfied look on his face.

After a volley of artillery, the silence fell, and the Taiping army fought out of the positions of the foreigners. Those who narrowly escaped the artillery fire quickly organized a revolt.

It has to be said that the quality of the soldiers of the foreigners is very good, they are all retired from the active army, they themselves have participated in the war, and they grew up listening to the stories of Napoleon, so they naturally know the power of concentrated artillery fire. The reason why they were so passive was that they never thought that there would be such powerful artillery fire on the land of the Manchus.

General Steveri in the rear, whose face was pale, followed at the back of the line, not covered by the artillery fire of the Taipings, and even so, the shock splashed him all over the earth, and he could no longer see the slightest grace of a Western gentleman.

"It's over, what kind of army is this, how can it have such a strong vitality?" Steveri muttered to himself, then as if remembering something.

"This is our artillery, damn it, this is our new artillery! They are robbers! Thief! Steveri figured it out, and almost vomited blood in anger.

The weapons they used to change their outfits fell into the hands of the enemy, and now the enemy is attacking them with their artillery, which is simply a naked shame.

Looking at his soldiers who had died under fire, Steveri felt a sense of despair.

"Organize defense, you must block their attack!" Steveri shouted, and he rushed forward with his personal guards. Soon, the panicked foreign soldiers gathered around their main general.

When he fought Li Xiucheng in Shanghai, the foreigner army of 3,000 men had 500 dead and wounded, and this time they went to Songjiang Province, and they did not participate in the siege, so there are still 2,500 people. However, just 2,500 people, under a round of artillery shelling by the Taiping army just now, more than 500 people were killed and wounded.

Immediately afterwards, the Taiping army's charge also showed the ferocity sharpened in the cold weapons.

Although the foreign soldiers reacted quickly, they were still a little frightened. The army was instantly torn open by the Taiping army.

The flag of the 5th Division also appeared on the battlefield. The Fifth Division, which was originally a reserve, was all invested by Sun Libin.

is worthy of being a madman, and he really doesn't care about going crazy.

At this moment, the sound of cannon fired.

The artillery behind the foreigners also quickly organized a counterattack, and the sudden firepower also caught the Wehrmacht off guard. But fortunately, the enemy fired small-caliber artillery in advance, and even with the Manchu war horses, the advance speed of large-caliber artillery still could not keep up with the infantry.

"Order the 1st Artillery Regiment to aim at the enemy's artillery positions and knock him out for me!" Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

Just after the concentrated attack, the artillery positions began to shift. Hong Tiangui was not a soldier in his previous life, and he was not proficient in the art of war. But he knew that from the moment the artillery appeared, the artillery position was the enemy's most urgent target. Therefore, after concentrating a round of firing on Hong Tiangui's artillery position, in order to avoid being bitten by the enemy's artillery, the artillery had already built a scattered position, and it was the 1st Artillery Regiment at the forefront, whose 48 108-mm Napoleonic guns were enough to cover the enemy's hastily constructed artillery positions.

A roar rang out. Enemy artillery was temporarily suppressed. But soon, the foreign artillery bit the artillery positions of the Taiping army. Although the caliber of the foreigner artillery is generally between 70 and 80 mm due to the problem of marching, the ability of the foreigners to use artillery fire is not comparable to that of the Wehrmacht artillery. Each had its own advantages, and the artillery of both sides actually fought from the air.