The continuous retreat of the Chu army gave up a large area of land in Fuzhou Bay, which made more and more British troops land, and more than 10,000 people from two British infantry brigades landed on land. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Dundas and Army General Smalling were very dissatisfied, whether it was Zuo Zongtang who was uncomfortable, these two generals were also uncomfortable, Fuzhou Bay Ten was taken, but the casualties of the British army were not small!

First of all, at the beginning, a gunboat was sunk, and a torpedo ship was damaged, and after repelling the Qing artillery and destroying the landing of the battery, the Qing army launched an artillery raid, infantry charge and cavalry raid again, and the three attacks caused the British casualties to soar directly to 1,000 people! In comparison, when the French army attacked Guangzhou, only dozens of people were wounded, and not a single one was killed! With such a stark contrast, can Dundas not be angry? Let France go down!

There were more than 1,000 casualties in the attack on Fuzhou City alone, so there are more battles to fight next, and they have to face Guo Ye's Lu army, who knows if the casualties will be further expanded? If there are really heavy casualties, then the pressure from the government is too great.

"Attack, attack overnight, you must give me to take Fuzhou City before dawn! Lao Tzu wants to wash Fuzhou in blood! ”

Dundas roared.

Two infantry brigades began to advance rapidly in a northeasterly direction.

The Chu army kept retreating backwards, until it came to the foot of Jinji Mountain, and it couldn't retreat anymore, in the retreat was the Min River, and behind the Min River was the Fuzhou City!

Zuo Zongtang was anxious and shouted: "Order, the whole army is deployed in Jinji Mountain, defend Jinji Mountain, and immediately send an order to Fuzhou to mobilize reinforcements to help!" ”

Nearly 10,000 Chu troops guarded the mountain, lined up in formation, and waited for the battle.

The British army then rushed to the foot of Jinji Mountain, and immediately launched a fierce attack on Jinji Mountain!

The two artillery battalions were all put into battle, and the shells continued to fire the Jinji Mountain position of the Chu army, blowing up the mountains and rocks everywhere, and the trees on the mountain were constantly destroyed by the shells, and the flames soared into the sky!

Zuo Zongtang personally sat in Jinji Mountain, commanded the army to resist desperately, and his artillery was also put into battle.

The Chu army is backed by Jinji Mountain, condescending, occupies a geographical advantage, but the British army is better than the Chu army, the tactical literacy is far superior to the Chu army, the time is not very long, the artillery fire of the Chu army was suppressed by the British artillery, the British army's shooting accuracy is far better than the Chu army, this is not brave can make up for it, the British artillery bombed the Chu army can not raise its head at all, can only rely on the rocks and trees on the mountain to dodge.

"Order the 45th Infantry Regiment and the 46th Infantry Regiment to charge towards the Qing army's position in front, take the opponent's position in one fell swoop, and advance towards Fuzhou City!"

Seeing that the artillery fire of the Chu army had been completely suppressed, the commander of the army, General Smolin, gave the order to charge, and nearly 3,000 people from two infantry regiments launched a charge towards Jinji Mountain under the cover of artillery, constantly advancing towards the position of the Chu army.

Zuo Zongtang commanded the battle with all his might, and it has been a fierce battle for more than ten hours since the afternoon, and with his own personal control, although the Chu army was defeated, it was still able to withstand it.

Watching the British army charge over, Zuo Zongtang ordered the Chu army to continue to shoot intensively, suppressing the advance of the British army, and the battle entered a state of stalemate, which was extremely tragic.

The two sides fought a fierce battle until dawn, and the British army was still unable to defeat Zuo Zongtang's defensive position, but Zuo Zongtang's Chu army also reached the most difficult stage, for no other reason, Zuo Zongtang did not distribute many bullets and shells for the Chu army, after all, the price of these Western firearms was too expensive, the Qing army could not afford to consume it at all, and a Chu army could only carry ten bullets in peacetime.

However, even so, the fierce battle for half a day and a night still consumed a lot of bullets, and now the ammunition of the Chu army has reached the time of exhaustion, without bullets and shells, the Chu army will be even more unable to resist the impact of the British army!

In addition to running out of ammunition, the casualties of the Chu army are also too great, the most elite main force of the Chu army is more than 10,000 people, after a day of fighting, now the number of troops that can maintain the battle is less than 5,000 people, and more than half of the casualties!

Zuo Zongtang's distressed heart is dripping blood, they are all his own elites in a hundred battles, and they are all in a battle!

"Ji Shuai, we can't fight hard, the reinforcements will not be able to reach Jinji Mountain until at least the morning, there is still an hour before dawn, and it will take at least two hours to the morning, we can't withstand that long at all, now the ammunition is gone, once the British army rushes up, we will definitely be wiped out!"

Liu Dian shouted urgently.

"Back off? Lao Tzu will not retreat even if he dies! Immediately give me the order to charge the British army and beat them down! ”

Zuo Zongtang was furious and tried to fight to the death!

Liu Dian was shocked and shouted: "Dashuai, absolutely not, I know that I can't do it, I don't know the current affairs, I stay in the green mountains, I'm not afraid of no firewood, Dashuai, my subordinates propose to retreat to Minqiao immediately, relying on the bridge to defend again, and when we arrive at Minqiao, the reinforcements will almost arrive, and we will replenish the ammunition before it is possible to resist the attack of the British army!" ”

Zuo Zongtang was still reluctant to retreat, and while he was arguing, Liu Jintang rushed up, saw Zuo Zongtang, and said urgently: "Marshal, why haven't you retreated yet?" Hurry back! Our bullets are completely gone, and if we continue to fight, we will die in vain, quickly, retreat immediately! ”

"Bastard! Liu Jintang! As the main general, the army was defeated and lost ground, and you still have the face to retreat? Lao Tzu is retreating! Call me back! ”

Zuo Zongtang's stubborn temper came up.

Liu Jintang didn't care so much, and shouted: "Come on, set up the adults for me, retreat immediately, retreat!" It's important to protect adults! ”

Zuo Zongtang is their spiritual leader, if the handsome man has a mistake, they will all become rootless duckweed, no matter how Zuo Zongtang scolds, people in their sixties can't stand the shield of the strong soldiers, they are erected, and they retreat behind Jinji Mountain!

The sky has not yet brightened, Jinji Mountain has been lost again, and only Minqiao is left behind.

Smolin stood on Jinji Mountain, his face was gloomy, he planned to take Fuzhou City before dawn, now it seems that it is impossible, even if he rushes to the outside of Fuzhou City, it is estimated that it will be dark, this Qing army is so tenacious, it can withstand his own attack for only one day and one night, creating huge trouble for himself, it is really not simple, if it is not for the opponent's ammunition is gone, it will definitely not collapse so quickly!

"Order, the army does not stop, continue to advance and attack Fuzhou City!" (To be continued.) )