Chapter 33: Miserable! Battle of Yaozhou (12)
When the shells from the Zhenhai ship crossed the night sky, the Geng army camp at this time was brightly lit, because Geng Zhongming ordered. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as the time passed, the army drove up Dengzhou City!
"Hey, look, what's that?"
The young soldier on duty suddenly noticed that there seemed to be starlight in the sky.
"Could it be a starfall!"
"Starfall is for calamity! God forbid, God forbid! ”
There were a few elders in the army, looking at this 'starfall' in the sky, but they were busy kneeling on the ground and praying to God, but the prayers of the veterans were doomed to disaster and could not be avoided.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, it was suddenly blown to pieces, and the barracks were shattered for a while, so it was not a mess!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”
I don't know who shouted 'enemy attack', and in the face of the shells coming from the sky, the entire barracks were in chaos for a while.
"What's going on?!"
Geng Zhongming, who was still in the camp to convene the generals to discuss, suddenly heard that there was chaos in the army, and heard the sound of artillery continuously, but Geng Zhongming, who was already a little restless, roared more and more.
"Boom!"
It's too late, it's too soon! Just when Geng Zhongming was still roaring, a cannonball was impartial but came straight towards Geng Zhongming's Chinese army tent.
"General be careful!"
At the same time, seeing that the shell was about to explode in front of Geng Zhongming, a young general of the pro-army immediately got up and put Geng Zhongming's servant on the ground, who couldn't escape.
"Bang!"
And as the shells exploded, the big tent of the Chinese army was blown to pieces for a while!
Fortunately, because one of the guards fell, Geng Zhongming survived.
"Bastard! Fucking bastard, where is this shot! ”
Geng Zhongming, who finally crawled out of the ruins, said with a hideous face here.
"Brother Geng, it's dangerous here, I'll evacuate first!"
At this time, Kong Youde patted the dust on his body, but he was a little anxious.
Hearing Kong Youde's words, Geng Zhongming also shouted.
"Withdraw! Remove! Evacuate people to safety first, what a fucking bad luck! ”
In the night, Geng Zhongming and the others gathered the remnants of the army but headed towards a nearby mountain forest, because there was a secret old camp of theirs.
However, just as Geng Zhongming and the others withdrew into the old camp in the mountains, not long after, the cannons from the Zhenhai ship also stopped. You must know that the imperial shells are very expensive now, although there are eight new long-barreled cannons on the Zhenhai ship, but this copper cannonball is only in stock of more than 50 rounds, and in just an instant, the Zhenhai ship has squandered nearly half of the inventory.
As for the Zhenhai ship, which usually responds to the enemy, it generally does not use this type of flowering bomb, because the flowering shell is expensive, so there are still 30 red-coated cannons on the Zhenhai ship, and the ones used are all spherical ammunition.
And it is precisely because the bullet-type flowering bullets on the Zhenhai ship are expensive, but the shelling gradually stopped after a stick of incense, because the range of the red-coated cannon is not enough compared to the new cannon, so the Zhenhai ship is no longer shelling.
"Fuck! What kind of thing is this, it's so powerful! ”
In the meantime, when they returned to the old camp in the mountains, everyone still had lingering palpitations about what had just happened.
At this moment, Geng Zhongming's face was gloomy, because the number of people had just been counted, and more than 10,000 military horses were injured by a third, and among the generals, one person was killed on the spot, two were seriously injured, and the rest were basically all injured.
"Ritu, at this time, the bombing of my military camp must be the Zhenhai ship!"
Geng Zhongming, as a general of Denglai, is also a member of the imperial court, although he is not in the core of Yuan Keli, but he still knows that the empire has a new warship, the Zhenhai ship.
"However, the sound of artillery here has gradually died down, and I think it must be that there are not enough shells on this new ship!"
Regarding what Geng Zhongming said, Kong Youde agreed.
"That big brother, there was an artillery attack here, it seems that Dengzhou had planned for a long time, but the previous siege was it."
"Yes, big brother, if the other party had taken precautions, I would have been afraid of these people."
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Regarding what Geng Zhongming and Kong Wende said, the next one immediately exploded.
"Hmph, are you afraid of death?"
For everyone's discussions, during which one person reprimanded loudly, this person was none other than Geng Zhongming's son, Geng Jimao.
And just after Geng Jimao said, everyone was silent one after another, in addition to Geng Jimao is Geng Zhongming's only son, the most important thing is that Geng Mao succeeded him, that is to fight small and grew up in the army, but he has developed a very strong style, and he has gone through dozens of battles over the years, and has a very high reputation in the Geng family's army.
"You yellow-haired boy, there are uncles and uncles here, how can you speak!"
As for what Geng Jimao said, one of these people dared to refute it, and this person was Geng Zhongming's brother, Geng Jimao's uncle Geng Zhongyu.
"Hmph, you!"
"I, what's wrong with me, little nephew, you have to call uncle!"
For this pair of uncles and nephews of the Geng family, it was a needle to Mai Mang, and no one was convinced, and just when the two were about to tear off their arms and do a big fight, Geng Zhongming had a gloomy face, but he opened his mouth and scolded.
"Okay, what kind of system are you like this!"
In the face of the scolding from Geng Zhongming, the two stopped one after another, and for the contradiction between the uncle and nephew, Geng Zhongming could only shake his head, but he was helpless.
"Ritu, in your opinion, what should I do?"
In the face of Geng Zhongming's words, Kong Youde thought for a moment, but it was the way.
"Brother Geng, it seems that things have changed, Dengzhou City must be fully prepared, although Jiao Lian is not in the city yet, but once our siege is blocked, we will inevitably be attacked by the abdomen and back, and I am afraid that it will be beyond our reach!"
"Well, I've thought about this too, so I'll look at it according to Ritu, but I'll wait here."
"Attack the port of Dengzhou, fight a bloody way, and find a ship to go to sea!"
At this moment, Kong Youde no longer hesitated, but he was categorical.
"Okay, that's it! Brother Yu, Mao Ji, you and others lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to go first, and quickly seize Dengzhou Port! ”
"Order!"
"Song Guofu, Shi Mingxiong, Pan Xiao, etc., are the Chinese army, leading two thousand troops, ready to respond!"
"Order!"
"I lead the rear army by myself, and relieve your worries for you, everyone, success or failure is in this move, you should work together to tide over the difficulties!"
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However, it was said that when Geng Zhongming was arranging his troops, the 500 marines of the Zhenhai ships who were ordered to support Dengzhou Port were already fully armed, and under the leadership of captain Qi Xianzong, they assisted the Dengzhou Port Garrison to guard Dengzhou Port in case of accidents.
However, it is said that this Qi Xianzong is not from an ordinary family, but the grandson of the famous anti-Japanese hero Qi Jiguang, his father Qi Changguo, the word civilization, Qi Jiguang's third son, born to the Shen family, Wuju in the middle of the year, Yin Jin Yiwei commanded, the governor of the Governor's Mansion Tongzhi, gave the hussar general, and gave the python jade embroidered spring knife.
And this Qi Xianzong is the second son of this Qi Changguo, commanded by Yin Jinyiwei, and later entered the Naval Warfare Department of the Imperial Military Academy, and after graduation, he was the head of the Zhenhai Marine Corps.
However, it is said that this Dengzhou seaport is the most important port port of the empire, and the port garrison here, with a full quota of 3,000 people, is jointly managed by the Dengzhou Governor Yamen and the Imperial Navy Bureau (because the Admiralty is small, the Imperial Navy Department was changed to the Navy Bureau, with Zheng Zhilong as the director of the Navy Bureau, and Shi Fu and Zhang Mingzhen (Admiral of the South China Sea Navy) as deputies).
The captain of the port garrison team here is Bai Gui, but he is Yuan Keli's old general, who is very brave and strategic.