In order to achieve victory and break through the defense line of the Chinese, Lieutenant General Barry can be said to have tried his best, and he finally thought of the key point,

On this day, at noon, several foreign merchant ships slowly sailed into the mouth of the Pearl River, heading for the inland river route, Shajiao and Dajiao, and the Chinese artillery of the Humen Fort monitored that they were all French flags, and the merchant ships belonging to France were more careless, but the gunboats of the Chinese Guangdong Naval Division patrolling at the mouth of the Pearl River immediately set up an interception line and asked these French merchant ships to stop and inspect.

There are some differences between the French and the British in terms of race, the mainstream race of France is the Gauls, not only in different locations, but also in the British and more Danish pirates, in history, the personnel who entered the UK were very complicated, and they were eventually integrated, and a certain duke of France also conquered England, thus becoming the king of England, the Anglo-French Hundred Years War began here, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, fought for more than a hundred years, intermittently,

As soon as the real French on deck were seen, the Chinese sailors relaxed their vigilance, but the inspection was still needed, and after the British fleet sailed to Hong Kong, the Chinese Guangdong Military Region closely investigated all ships entering the port,

The French merchant ship stopped, invited the squadron to board the ship for inspection, more than ten Chinese officers and soldiers got on the ship, and were immediately warmly received by the French businessmen, who took out the most expensive red wine in France to entertain them, and also ordered the French lady to toast, naturally, as well as dishes,

More than a dozen officers and soldiers of the Guangdong Navy Division are all officers and soldiers of the former Qing Dynasty, and the habit of being lazy and tired can not be eradicated ideologically in a few years.

"Okay, let's get down to business, we need to check." The little officer hugged the snow-white-skinned French ladies with satisfaction, and said in an official tone: "The top is strictly ordered, mine has to be checked." ”

"Uncle, let's not check." The French merchant smiled and stuffed a few more hard things, and when these Chinese sailors saw it, their eyes were straight, gold bars, hahaha,

"Gold bars are a good thing, but my brother has to have a life to spend them." The petty officer was not confused, "If it is opium and other prohibited things, it doesn't matter much, don't worry, we only check the British, oh, you say, your goods are not from the hands of the British." ”

"Oh, even if it's true." The French businessman played haha,

"Then, in your hands, even if it is yours, we will not ban it, but brother, I can remind you that our Archon has begun to ban opium, and he said that it is a drug, although it is only inspected, and it is not accepted by British merchants, but it treats the countrymen who smoke, all kinds of ferocity, once everyone does not smoke, your cigarettes will be smashed in your hands."

"That's that, thank you for reminding me." The French merchant dealt with it half-white,

The Chinese sailors insisted on checking, and the French kept pushing, and at this moment, suddenly, someone exclaimed: "Quick, the British ** ship is coming." ”

Sure enough, it is a British ** ship, and there are more than ten of them, and they are violent.

The British fleet went straight to the mouth of the Pearl River, and the batteries in the area of Dajiao and Shajiao were abandoned and went straight inside, because the Chinese batteries had a very special phenomenon, the highest place had been destroyed by the British army, and the hidden cannons in the rest of the places did not pose much threat to the British ships, and the Pearl River Estuary was very wide, unless the British ships were looking for self-provocation, so a few warships were left to bombard the two batteries and contain them, and the rest of the warships went directly north, near the Humen Fort, the British army immediately attacked, After a fierce battle, the battery was destroyed, the Chinese artillery battalion suffered casualties, and most of the cannons were blown up, however, the results of the Chinese young man were also good, a heavy cruiser of the British army was seriously injured, two light cruisers were destroyed, a battleship was injured, and more than 400 British sailors were killed and wounded.

In fact, in terms of numbers alone, the British army has an absolute advantage, these three battleships, several heavy cruisers have a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, and the number of cannons on the strongest battleship is as dynamic as the number of the entire Humen battery, and the caliber is also larger.

The Humen Fort under the disadvantage fell,

Of course, this is also a matter of no way, Luo Yang has always advocated that it is necessary to actively defend, so there are not many troops to defend in situ, in the squadron near Humen, there are more than 1,000 people, if the British army dares to land, then they must be unlucky, the regular army of more than 1,000 squadrons is not a joke,

Before the victory of the British fleet, it was just as they arrived, and its first light fast cruisers went straight to the Chinese gunboats and bombarded them fiercely, so that the gunboat units of the Chinese Canton Naval Division, which were performing their inspection tasks, had to escape sensibly,

The British cruiser force, eight, and a few gunboats, but they did not spare the people, and directly followed the Chinese gunboat troops, approaching the mouth of the Pearl River under the city of Guangzhou, this light cruiser could be reached, and the heavy and battleships were worried,

Because of the sudden attack of the British army, the defense of the squadron in the inland river area was fully activated, and some artillery units active on both sides of the inland river immediately bombarded the British fleet on the coast.

Holding out for a while, the British fleet returned in disgrace and retreated to the south,

Qiu Yuancai heard about the Battle of Humen, and immediately rushed to Humen, this brave commander of the military region, he wanted to personally lead the troops and fight with the British Army, but unfortunately, he did not have a naval fleet in his hands, and he could not fight the enemy hard.

This time, he miscalculated,

They insisted that as long as they held on to the fort, they would be able to contain the enemy and not penetrate deep into the inland river, so the center of his defense was the large trumpet-shaped bay along the mouth of the Pearl River, not the mouth of the river.

When the battle was lively here, over there, the three merchant ships of the French merchants, under the protection of the Chinese gunboats, had quickly come to the mouth of the inland river, in fact, because of the scruples of these foreign merchant ships, the British ** ship did not pursue and destroy the small Chinese gunboats, of course, this was said by the French,

When the ship arrived at the inland river, because of the problem of draft, it was necessary to sail carefully, and the officers and men of the Chinese gunboats who had been in trouble together lost their guardianship.

Several French merchant ships continued to advance into the main trunk of the Pearl River, and after a few miles, the ships stopped, and then, a large number of British officers and soldiers rushed out of the cabin.

This is a huge force, three French ships, two Belgian ships, a total of 4,000 British ** troops, quickly out of the ship, without saying a word, straight to China's Guangdong provincial capital, from the mouth of the Pearl River to Guangzhou, there is still a distance of more than ten miles,

The two British lieutenant colonels excitedly shouted to the troops, this time, they adopted a new strategy, no bugles, no gongs, no mess, only a dozen mountain guns, and shells,

"Chong, there is Guangzhou City in front, there are a lot of gold and silver treasures in the city, and there are many women, young and beautiful Oriental women, quickly, as long as Guangzhou City is broken, we can enjoy all this."