Chapter 440: A Fight of One Man
Admiral Nelson observed the effect of the battle, and gave complex instructions to adjust the position of the battleship and the elevation angle of the cannons, so that the shells could land more accurately on the high battery.
Not to mention this fort, it is all the cannons and batteries on the coastline of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom, and the British are very clear.
How many batteries there are in China, how many cannons are on each battery, what type of shells are used in the artillery, and how many shells are in possession, are not secrets, the British ** team and diplomatic officials have made unremitting efforts, reconnoitred a lot, and sent all kinds of personnel to snoop, such as missionaries, such as the two devils of missionary development, for example, the ordinary Chinese people who have been bought, and even, there are a large number of Chinese officials and soldiers who have been bought,
The contradictions and divisions within the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom are not visible on the surface, and the officials of the former Qing Dynasty were full of hatred for the ruling of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, although the social measures taken by the latter were quite measured.
"General, I think I can completely destroy that battery." A Chinese man known as Buck, a middle-aged man, has no braids, and does not have the traditional Chinese Heavenly Kingdom advocated haircuts, but the standard British missionary hairstyle, the straight hair of the yellow race makes a lot of curly hair, it is really not easy, and it can also be seen how loyal this person is to the British Empire, to what extent he hates the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom,
"Buck, are you really sure?" Nelson asked,
"Yes, I promise with my head." Buck's folded brown face had a pair of sly little eyes that flashed with a terrifying cold light, "I've conducted no less than five field reconnaissances, and I've also been told by the garrison officers. ”
The traitor's happy expression was very reverent, so that Nelson completely dispelled his concerns, and after three rounds of bombardment by the British army, he waited for a while to observe the effect,
Sure enough, the tall fort had completely collapsed, and the huge long barrel of the mighty coastal cannon was gone, and many of the walls had been shattered, and it was already in ruins, and it was quite clear that there was some woods to cover it,
At the Shajiao Battery, the result of the battle was indeed as seen by the British army, and the artillery unit of Huaxia Tian** failed,
Twelve coastal guns, all of which had been knocked out of the rack, the huge and heavy guns, either broken in two, or buried in the earth, many of the artillery were also buried by masonry, and the undead let out a long and terrifying hiss, which was the formation of an artillery battalion, two hundred and fifty-three, under the attack of the British, almost all of them were wiped out,
Of course, if it were not for the full intelligence reconnaissance of the British army, if it were not for the defection and betrayal of one of the company commanders guarding the battery, who deliberately drenched all the gunpowder so that it could not fight, perhaps, the resistance on this position would have caused the British army to suffer certain losses,
Half of the artillery battalion commander's face had been blown beyond recognition by shrapnel from flowering shells, and one eye was nothing but blood, and he drew his saber and stood on the lower right edge of the ruins, using his telescope to observe the enemy one last time: "Damn. ”
A small soldier miraculously survived from the rubble, but there was no harm at all, the only suspicion was a bruise on his left arm, he rushed to the battalion commander, shaking his arm: "Battalion commander, let's go quickly, the British hairy man will rush up immediately." ”
The battalion commander is a former soldier of the Taiping Army and the Hong Army of the Guangdong Rebellion, if it weren't for Luoyang's reversal, these people would have been slaughtered by the Qing army with the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so, as a loyal Heavenly Kingdom soldier, he shook his head: "You go, hurry up and report to General Qiu Yuancai." ”
A small battalion commander's seal letter was put into the hands of the soldier, and then, he kicked it fiercely, kicking the soldier very far: "Go quickly, be careful that the British Maozi comes to shoot again." ”
The little soldier cried and pulled the battalion commander, but he saw a saber, so he had to kowtow and leave quickly.
This is a loyal battalion commander, of course I don't know, I have been asking for leave to go home these days, a company commander and a platoon commander who are known as my mother's illness, a guy from the Qing Army, is getting British money, and is happy somewhere in the city of Guangzhou, although the government ordered the ban on Jiyuan, however, all kinds of secret prostitutes are still rampant, influenced by overseas, the underworld forces in Guangzhou are also very strong, the government's high-pressure policy, and did not have time to completely destroy it, that small company commander, in fact, is also within the scope of the underworld,
Thirty minutes later, the gunboats, covering several small landing boats, arrived on the coastline of Sha Jiao, and the British officers and men cautiously landed on the shore, and after observing for a while, they cheered: "We are completely victorious." "The forts of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom have been completely destroyed by us." "Long live the Queen." "Thank God Almighty."
After landing, more than 130 British marines dispersed, gradually occupied the position of the entire Shajiao battery, and then, with a huge flag, issued the news of victory to the naval fleet, "The enemy forces have been completely annihilated, and the position is empty." ”
The British ** flag bearer who was swinging, his proud blue eyes suddenly opened suddenly, and his whole body shook violently, as if he had been pushed by someone, and he fell heavily to the ground, and the military flag also fell at any time, and the surrounding British flag guards were startled, because, at this time, a crisp rifle sound came, right in the ears,
All the British soldiers followed the sound of gunfire to find the enemy, and some soldiers were too nervous to shoot directly before they had time to watch, and the gunshots were like fried beans.
Boom, in the huge cannon sound, the earth shook violently, and a large area of ruins and masonry were bounced, and a cannon buried in the ruins was fired, and the cannonballs lifted the ruins, and also catapulted four British soldiers directly into the air, and then fell down heavily and fell into meatloaf,
There were also three British soldiers, who were hit by flying shrapnel and masonry, and one guy's head was smashed off half of it, which was extremely terrifying,
The fragments of the shells, the violent roar, frightened all the British officers and soldiers to the ground, not daring to move again,
Whew, another thing, suddenly flew into the air, looking, it was a fist-sized black iron ball, but, with a snort, green smoke, smashed towards the British troops,
The British knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly dodged, screaming while wahing and reminding their companions,
said that it was too late, and the grenade exploded when it was grounded, and a British soldier nearby was directly shot in the head, and the other two British soldiers were injured, one had a huge blood cut on his shoulder, revealing Sensen's white bones, and the other guy lost his jaw and became a monster, so that the British soldiers around him couldn't believe that this scene was actually true,
"Quick, there's a squadron here, hurry, dodge, be careful." The officers of the British Marine Corps, shouted loudly,
In the shouting, eight grenades, one after the other, fell from the sky and smashed on the heads of the British soldiers, exploding one after another, killing and wounding more than 30 British officers and soldiers.
The British were furious, and they braved the bombardment, and suddenly rushed out, charging towards the place where the shots and bombs were dropped, and as they fired the bullets,
A big Chinese man, with his fat body open, lying on his back in a hidden pit, with a pile of grenades that had not been thrown by him,
On his chest, several clouds of blood exploded, and blood surged.