In February 1873, the newly expanded 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army had 20,000 people, plus an artillery brigade directly under the division, and three garrison divisions, totaling more than 62,000 people, and a division of the British Army totaling 10,000 people, and the Qing Army's 50,000 green battalion soldiers, a total of 60,000 allied troops, and the two sides fought fiercely on the periphery of Guangzhou. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was a war on a larger scale than the Battle of Hong Kong, and it was also a war that tested the combat ability of the Chinese army against the main force of the real powers in the world!

After more than a month of training, more than 600 mountain artillery pieces captured by the British army in Hong Kong were all incorporated into the battle sequence of the Chinese army, and the original artillery regiment was expanded into an artillery brigade, which was directly under the first field division of the Chinese army.

An infantry division with an artillery brigade, President Meng's army, the first field division of the Chinese army, is already a modern army in the true sense.

It's just that in the artillery brigade, the original German Krupp Hill Artillery Regiment has no way to continue to serve, because there are no shells, in the battle of Hong Kong, all have been exhausted, and the number of stocks in Danzhou is limited, so President Meng did not let them bring shells when the 100,000 Danzhou Construction Corps arrived.

Although there is advanced equipment and five production lines capable of mass-producing German Mauser Type 1871 rifle cartridges and British Enfield Type 1866 rifle cartridges, however, there is no way to shell shells for the time being.

There are two reasons, one is technology, mainly steel technology, the material of artillery shells is more demanding than the material of bullets, and the other is the lack of steel resources!

Hong Kong already has very advanced steel mills, however, minerals need to be obtained from Nanyang, and President Meng has no resources in his hands, even if there are resources, President Meng is not willing to do so, because it is too expensive!

If iron ore is transported from North Korea, it is too far to be realistic, and it will take time to bring steel technology from Hong Kong to Danzhou, and in fact, this is already being done.

Therefore, if you want to have your own shells, find high-quality iron ore and coal mines in Guangdong, and mine in large quantities, this is a very urgent thing in front of President Meng, and now, President Meng needs to take Guangdong first!

In this battle, in terms of logistical conditions, the British were obviously better than the Chinese army, not to mention food and clothing, with the help of Macao, a large amount of ammunition could be continuously supplied from India, which could support the British army's long-term battle plan!

This is also why the British army is only a one-division army, and it is confident that it can defeat the Chinese army.

The two artillery regiments of the Chinese army, more than 600 British Armstrong Mountain guns, but only less than 300,000 shells, are not enough to support a long-term, large-scale operation!

President Meng pulled it out, and there was no way to fight a decisive battle in Guangdong, or that reason, Hong Kong was not enough to support foreign invasion, and after leaving Guangdong, Hong Kong was a dead port, a stinky port, and when President Meng defeated the Hong Kong garrison of the British army, he knew it.

The Hong Kong Garrison Division cannot be moved, to prevent the forced landing of British troops from the sea, the British Navy has the ability to force a landing on any coast!

Therefore, in fact, there were only two divisions that cobbled together the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army, and it was only two divisions, the 1st Guangdong Garrison Division and the 2nd Guangdong Garrison Division.

Let's not talk about the battle of the British army, just at the level of auxiliary arms, the two garrison divisions that have just been formed cannot be compared with the green battalion soldiers and the banner army in Guangdong. It is made up of full-time soldiers.

However, the First Guangdong Garrison Division and the Second Guangdong Garrison Division were just peasant children who had just learned to line up and walk in unison.

Although the strength of the Chinese army and the British Qing allied army on the battlefield in Guangdong was 60,000 people, 60,000 against 60,000, the Chinese army was far from the British and Qing allied forces in terms of both the main force and the auxiliary.

The British began to kill people everywhere, and the Qing army was not far behind, and even more hateful was the Qing dog!

The British are foreigners, foreign invaders, and they always can't control themselves, even if the Chinese army runs to Korea, it will be the same, but the Qing court, as a government, can't understand its own people like this.

Rally after rally, the voice of death everywhere.

In such a society, the common people are miserable.

At the same time, the war has also brought about many changes that President Moe did not think of before.

Because too many men have died, this society is more women than men, many women want to marry Hua Jun, because marrying Hua Jun, there is a guarantee of life, Hua Jun is almost all Hua Cui Party, in this chaotic era, it is already the top level.

"President, shouldn't we change the marriage law? Now there are simply not enough people, and it is common for several women to want to marry a Huacui party. Princess Katrina Kaaf asked.

"The Chinese army can only be monogamous! The Hua Cui Party can only be monogamous, and the Hua Guo can only be monogamous. President Meng shook his head and said. If you want to marry more women, it is still the law I set at the beginning, if you want to marry a second wife, you must pay taxes ten times the average national income, and if you want to marry a third, you must pay a hundred times! ”

Princess Katrina Kafu was a little puzzled, but she didn't insist.

Gege smiled: "Okay, I'll see how many wives you marry then." You've got at least three of them now. ”

Jiegege already knew about Li Taixi, Zeng Siping's marriage contract was decreed by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and she already knew about it.

President Meng smiled: "I'm different!" How many women did the emperor of the Qing court have? I will definitely not be more than the emperor, but ordinary people, can not be compared with me, otherwise, there will be no authority, the reason why I ban polygamy in China is because I don't want to let morality fall! Does a man have what it takes to feed a bunch of women? If you don't have the ability to make a living, isn't it forcing public officials to be corrupt? Do you want the officials of Huaguo to follow the old path of the Qing court? ”

Jie Gege said angrily: "Don't say three sentences to the head of the court, there are many Qing officials in the court." ”

President Meng smiled: "I really didn't find out how many Qing officials there were in the Qing court, you open your eyes to see what kind of life the people are doing, go and see, the most murderous person who kills the people now is the Qing court!" Will there be many Qing officials in such a court? The officials of the Qing State all started from standing on the bones of the people, so what is commendable about such a court? ”

Geger was speechless.

President Meng is also a little angry, the maintenance of Jiegege, a little almost at a loss, he doesn't know how to guide Jiegege, just like, President Meng sometimes doesn't know how to correct the people of the Qing country, it's not difficult to occupy the land, it's difficult to do a good job in the economy, it's difficult to win people's hearts, President Meng's road is too long.

This is the same as the maturity of men, the maturity of men is definitely not to live at an old age, they can mature, many people are fifty or sixty years old, their thoughts, words and deeds, are still very naïve, giving people a feeling of disrespect for the old.

President Moe doesn't like this kind of society.

But President Meng doesn't know how to educate his people.

President Meng feels more and more that he is lonely at the peak of power, and he wants to turn his ideas into rules, into laws, and constantly correct the society, and change according to his thoughts!

President Meng wants this society to be developed, but also to have this society full of morality and benevolence, which is not easy to say.

The problem still needs to be solved, and the fact that there are more women than men is a social problem in this period, and it has evolved into a social contradiction.

President Meng's method is to maintain the monogamous system and accelerate the flow of people from other provinces to Guangdong, Danzhou is too small in population! There is a problem of more men and fewer women in Danzhou, and as long as the flow of people is accelerated, these problems can be solved!

President Meng took Zengcheng bloodlessly, and took the president's guard and the artillery brigade two artillery regiments to hold Zengcheng as the base camp.

President Meng ordered the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, that is, the Xuan Jianzhang Division, to take Qingyuan, and the Second Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, that is, Luo Guozhong's Division, to take Fogang and cut off the supply line of the Qing Army!

The commander of the British army is Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, a very good army commander who has fought for more than 30 years, and has experienced a hundred battles in all sizes!

As an auxiliary, more than 50,000 Qing troops under Ruilin, the governor of Liangguang, completely became the grain transportation team and sappers of the British army.

"Your Excellency Commander, it is the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army that fights Qingyuan, and the Xuanjian Department of the main brigade of the Chinese Army! There were more than six thousand enemies. "The adjutant, after combining the intelligence of the Qing army, reported to the commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGragor. (To be continued.) )