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The two infantry battalions of the Huai Army, seeing thousands of French troops surging in, coupled with the bombardment of the naval guns behind, collapsed directly, and they could not withstand the attack of the French army at all!

The most important thing is that the Huai army missed the best time to block the attack, when the French army had just landed, due to the bombardment of naval guns, the Huai army was completely passive and could not fight at all, and by the time they reacted, the French army had already landed.

There is only one consequence of the landing, that is, a rout, not to mention two battalions, even if it is two regiments, the Huai army is definitely not the opponent of the three thousand French army, and the two sides are not at all opponents of the same level.

Guo Cong didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent cavalry to send a message to Pan Dingxin in the rear of Dagukou!

When Pan Dingxin received the battle report, he was blinded on the spot, it was too fast, and the strength of the two battalions was about to collapse under the pressure of the French army! If you lose Beitang, the French army that landed will be able to drive straight in!

Once the French army comes to the back of Dagukou, the Dagukou will definitely fall!

"Rubbish! Bastard! ”

Pan Dingxin scolded, the two pipe belts are too wasteful, they are so useless!

But now it's useless to scold, the Huai army has lost the opportunity, and the most important thing now is to immediately send troops to block the French army, and not let them launch a flanking attack on the Dagukou Fort from behind! According to Guo Cong's intelligence, there are now as many as three or four thousand French troops landing, and the follow-up is still in the midst of continuous troop increases.

"Brother Qin Xuan, this time it's time for the two of us to go out in person, the French army has landed, I'm afraid that if we don't stop it with all our might, our Dagu mouth will be in danger!"

Bao Xin on the side said urgently.

"Order, all the Dingzi battalions are opened, Zhong Ting, I will go first, and then you will lead the Hunan army to Beitang immediately, and you will drive the foreign devils back to the sea no matter what!"

Pan Dingxin shouted, "Also, the fast horse galloped to tell Di Shuai, Beitang was lost, thousands of French troops landed, our department went north to Beitang to block it, and asked Di Shuai to immediately recruit reinforcements to rush to Dagukou!" ”

The Huai army has just passed through the war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the combat experience is still very rich, Pan Dingxin is a famous general of the Huai army, and his ability is not bad, in a short period of time, ten infantry battalions and three artillery battalions have all been drawn out, and they rushed towards Beitang.

It is thirty miles from Beitang to Dagukou, even if it is a rapid march, it will take more than half a day to arrive, and God knows how many troops the French army can land!

In Beitang, Bazin did not wait for the 20,000 French troops to complete the landing, and he had already set foot on the ancient town of Beitang in person.

Two brigades and 10,000 troops are enough in Bazin's opinion to deal with the upcoming Qing army!

The two Qing military camps stationed here collapsed, but I am afraid that it will not take too long, the main force of the Qing army will pounce on it, and now the competition is to see who can prepare more fully, and continue to increase troops later, Bazin is to lead two infantry brigades to break through to a mound southwest of Beitang, and begin to build positions on the spot, waiting for the arrival of the Qing army.

Attack Dagukou now? Then it is better to fight a battle here first, the Qing army galloped for dozens of miles to help, and it must be a full march, and it was a time of panic and huge physical consumption when it arrived in Beitang.

The French army is waiting for work in Beitang, which can just give the Qing army a blow to the head!

As soon as the position of the French army was constructed, the Huai army led by Pan Dingxin had already arrived in the distance, and Pan Dingxin saw the position of the French army in the distance, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed in the direction of the Huai army!

Two kilometers!

Pan Dingxin's heart sank, the French army was ready to fight, and now he wanted to drive him into the sea, but it was even more difficult!

"Order, prepare on the spot, prepare for the attack!"

As soon as Pan Dingxin's order was issued, the French offensive had already begun!

As a famous general of the French army, Bazin has a very accurate grasp of the fighters, the Qing army has just stopped advancing, Bazin waved his hand, and the artillery regiment has begun to bomb the Qing army on the opposite side!

An artillery regiment has fifty large and small guns, which is the standard configuration of the French army!

In an instant, the sound of artillery was deafening, and shells rushed towards the Huai army!

Today's Huai army has just stopped advancing, and before it has time to prepare for battle, it hastily responds to the battle, and as a result, it suffers a big loss, and is blown up by the French artillery.

"Shoot back, shoot back!"

Pan Dingxin was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and under an order, the three artillery battalions under his command began to attack the French army, and the three artillery battalions, facing an artillery regiment of the French army, the number of artillery on both sides was almost the same, and the French army was slightly superior, but compared to artillery technology, the Huai army could not catch up!

The French artillery shells are like rising eyes, constantly falling on the Huai army's position, the position is filled with gunsmoke, the war is flying, the Huai army is still not very suitable for such a tragic artillery battle, too tragic, violent explosion, just psychological pressure, enough for the Huai army to drink a pot, some Huai army does not even know to seize the time to dodge, just stunned and waiting for the shells to fall, explode, and then the body flies into the sky!

On the other hand, the French army has long been very proficient in large-scale artillery battles, and the veterans can judge the landing point of the shells, avoid them in advance, and reduce casualties as much as possible.

This is the difference between a model army that is completely close to modernization and a Huai army that has just completed the replacement of hot weapons!

Bazin looked at the Qing army's response, his mouth was high, the elite of the Qing army was just like that, although it was stronger than the green battalion soldiers outside Guangzhou, but compared with the French army, it was not at the same level at all!

"Order, the artillery immediately lock on to the artillery positions of the Qing army, destroy their artillery first, and then launch a general attack!"

Bazin conveyed his order, and the French artillery turned the muzzle of the gun, locked all the targets on the Huai army's artillery battalion, and fired shells at the Huai artillery position.

Only one of the three artillery battalions of the Huai Army is Pan Dingxin, and the other two artillery battalions are seconded to Pan Dingxin by Zeng Guofan from Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Shusheng in order to protect Dagukou.

Pan Dingxin jumped to his feet in a hurry, when did the artillery of the Huai Army become so sloppy? It's for Lao Tzu!

"Bastard! Tell the artillery position, give me the aim of the opponent's position to hit! Where did the shells go? Bastard! ”

However, even if Pan Dingxin is in a hurry, it is useless, the gap in strength cannot be filled by scolding!

In just half a day, just in the afternoon, Pan Dingxin's artillery battalion was completely unable to withstand it, the artillery damage was too serious, and the artillery casualties were even heavier!

(To be continued.) )