"Fire!" Zhang Baozai, the artillery commander of the second artillery deck, waved his arm vigorously and roared in his loudest voice. Suddenly, the hull of the battleship, which had already set sail and was moored on the water, was like a stranded whale, pushing the raging tide slightly sideways.

The artillery fire, which constantly sprayed out the shells of the barrels, slashed through the sky, and fell precisely to the batteries on both sides of the estuary of the Haihe River, and it was only a few blinks of an eye from the time the cannon was ordered to fire the shells to the batteries that landed on the batteries. In between, the fort seems to have become a fireworks stand for festive scenes.

Six three-masted double-decker fort battleships, with twenty-five one-sided guns, opened fire one after another, and the sound of the guns firing and the violent explosion of the battery after it descended on the fort resounded on the coast of Dagukou.

The officers and men who stayed in the barracks to brag and fart, drink and make money were all frightened and fled outside the barracks.

Not even a single soldier had the courage to pick up his sword and gun and rush in the direction of the fort, perhaps in their eyes, being a soldier was just pretending, and if they wanted to sell their lives, they were spared.

Standing in front of the mansion far from the fort, Fu Zhu Longa, the deputy general of the Dagu Association, felt that every explosion seemed to be roaring in his ears, and his liver also jumped faster and faster with the roar, and seemed to jump out of his chest at any time. Looking at the black and red flames after the explosion, they finally formed a mushroom composed of smoke in the sky, like the dark clouds wrapped in the storm, pressing on the heart, overwhelming people.

After three rounds of firing, the sound of the cannon finally stopped, and the fort, which originally stood proudly at the mouth of the Haihe River, was a little shorter. The flagpole that stood tall above the fort and the hanging dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty are gone, the original strong female wall is gone, and the artillery placed on the fort, as well as those Qing soldiers, are gone. It's as if it were just a few huge reefs with unusual shapes.

The clouds of smoke in the sky had not completely dispersed, but after three short rounds of shelling, the deputy general of the Dagu Association, Fuzhu Longa, and his subordinates collapsed. Let's see, the other party only dispatched six warships, and cleaned up the Dagukou fort that was originally leaning on the throat of Jinmen, and if the other party's at least one hundred or two warships opened fire together, the deputy general Fu Zhulonga couldn't help but shiver, sobered up, shook off the red man who was still holding Fang Cai, snatched the reins in the hands of his own soldiers, turned over and got on his horse, and ran away in the direction of Tianjin without looking back.

In the face of those irresistible artillery fire, they really lacked the courage and determination to fight with it, and they grabbed the horses, and the horses that did not snatch the horses ran away, leaving behind those opera celebrities and Qinglou beauties specially invited from Tianjin, and fled for their lives.

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However, the battleships that had cleared the Dagukou fort at a fixed point did not pause at all, hoisted their sails, and sailed straight into the mouth of the sea along the Nahai River.

One warship after another and transports rushed up like galloping horses. However, some of the warships were anchored at the small pier next to the mouth of the Haihe River, and some of the soldiers began to land and sweep away the remnants of the enemy at the mouth of the Dagu River.

The cavalry division of the Liang family army that landed on the barren beach between Beigu and Jianhe had lasted for nearly two hours, and the soldiers of two and a half cavalry regiments had already landed on the coast. Wu Ping, the former leader of the Bazhou Rebel Army and now the commander of the cavalry division of the Liang Family Army, walked on the mud-covered beach with shiny riding boots and a command knife at his waist, while shouting loudly at the soldiers to leave the beachhead as soon as possible to make room for the follow-up landing force.

"Division commander, it seems that in fifteen minutes at most, all three regiments of our cavalry division will be able to go ashore and complete the assembly." Li Zhengdao, the chief of staff of the division, rushed towards Wu Ping under the guard of the guards, and the leather boots under his feet were already stained with the wet mud on the beach at the moment, and even the military uniform on his body was rubbed with a few pieces of dirt.

"Fifteen minutes?" Wu Liang looked at his pocket watch and frowned tightly. "Now, we have spent nearly two hours of our time, let the brothers speed up, we are a cavalry division, not infantry, if our cavalry division can't outflank the city of Tianjin before half past one in the afternoon, then we will also call the cavalry, when the time comes, what face do we have to meet the adults, those naval colleagues will not be ashamed of us to death!"

"Division commander, please rest assured, this is at most forty miles away from Tianjin City, and the mobility of our cavalry division, these forty miles, at most, is only half an hour, we are unexpectedly in the Zhili surprise landing operation this time, even if it is ourselves, I am afraid that most people still don't believe it. Not to mention the slow response of the Qing soldiers. ”

"That's true, but isn't it too risky for adults to move on chess? With four infantry divisions and an artillery brigade, plus our cavalry division, that is, less than 60,000, if the court guards the capital and mobilizes all kinds of troops to Qin Wang, this is ......"

"Damn, I said cousin, we don't like to hear what you say, and you don't want to think about what kind of soldiers Lord Liang's soldiers are, just our brothers in the cavalry division, what they looked like before, what they look like now, they are all top heroes, those eight banner calves and those officers and soldiers, Lao Tzu is one person and one horse, and he casually cleans up their seventeen or eighteen without breathing." Next to him, Wu Peng, the commander of the first regiment of the cavalry division, pouted and said.

"Yes, as far as your kid is capable, this is the army, pay attention to discipline, call me division commander, don't call my cousin, people who don't know still think we are bandits!" Wu Ping glared at Wu Peng hatefully and said.

Wu Peng was speechless, so he could only hang his head and listen to the training. Li Zhengdao next to him was secretly amused, and patted Wu Ping's shoulder: "I said division commander, Wu Pengfei is right, those officers and soldiers, just talk about equipment, compared with our Liang family army, I'm afraid it's not as good as a beggar, look at the brothers of our cavalry division, a steel helmet, a cavalry cuirass, five grenades, a revolver, and a saber with iron like clay, his Qing official's cavalry battalion is not comparable." ”

"In addition, Master Wu, the time you went to the south is too short, and you don't know a lot of things, you know, the four divisions brought by the adults, all of them are the latest rifles, not to mention that there are 50,000 Qing soldiers in Yanjing City who are still holding big swords and spears as weapons, even if they come ten times, they are still not enough to slaughter, in addition, the adults have also prepared a few new weapons, which are specially to come to Yanjing City to take Manchu Tartars to show fire, and you will see it when the time comes."

"I said Chief of Staff, what kind of weapon is it, it's so mysterious." Wu Ping's heart was also itching, he had long heard that in this Yanjing raid, the adults would let the Manchu Tatars taste the latest weapons developed by the Liang Family, but until now, none of their division-level commanders had heard of the names of these weapons, and they were too secretive.

"Hehe, in fact, I don't know very well, my colleague in the south just said that the new weapon developed is very terrifying, and he doesn't dare to say anything specific, after all, discipline is there, and no one dares to violate it." Li Zhengdao waved his hand, and said a little helplessly.

"It looks like the last group of soldiers has also landed, Commander Wu." Wu Ping saw the last group of soldiers on the sea pulling their horses and wading through the shallow water towards the shore, put aside the doubts in his heart, and began to give orders.

Soon, the first regiment of the cavalry division set off first, rushing towards the city of Tianjin, which was more than forty miles away, and the remaining two regiments would catch up later.

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In the middle of the Haihe River, warships spread their white sails like galloping horses towards Tianjin, and on both sides of the river, you can occasionally see those outposts and guard posts with beacon towers, and those Qing soldiers are all stunned to look at the outrageously tall battleships.

After that, the beacon tower was destroyed by a cannon fire, along with the small cannons in the outpost. Watching those yellow mud posts being easily destroyed one after another, this gave Liang Pengfei the illusion of using a cannon to fight mosquitoes.

There are almost no boats in the Haihe River, because although there is a wharf in Tianjin, there is no port, only for some official ships and some fishing boats to settle down, and there are some warning boats, but at present, all the ships have seen this murderous fleet from a distance, and they have already fled as far as they wanted, and even some ships simply leaned directly to the shore, and all the people on board slipped ashore to flee for their lives.

"Grandma, we have so many warships, but we don't even have a single opponent, it should be said, we haven't even seen a small boat. It's boring. Wu Qianjin stood beside Liang Pengfei, staring at the first fleet commanded by Wu Liang vigorously, jealous and jealous in his heart. Why is this guy so fateful, all the good things have fallen on his goddamn head.

"What's the hurry, are you still afraid that there will be no battle to fight? Hmph, if it weren't for the fact that the Qing court itself didn't pay attention to coastal defense, there would be so many 20 artillery pieces on this important place in Tianjin, isn't this what you are doing to find death? Liang Pengfei raised his hand and threw a cigar to Wu Qianjin, which was happily in his mouth, and quickly took out a match and stepped forward, first lit a cigar for Liang Pengfei, and then lit a fire for himself, took a beautiful sip, and slowly spit out the fragrant smoke, with an extremely intoxicated expression. Damn, it's still this thing. ”

"How far is it from Tianjin now?" Liang Pengfei Liang Pengfei glanced at Wu Qianjin, and viciously spewed out white smoke from that nostril, and asked Sun Shijie.

"Fifteen miles of waterway at most, soon." Ever since Sun Shijie entered the Haihe River, he has been looking at the map and proofreading the terrain on both sides of the river. "I don't know if the brethren of the cavalry division have rushed to Tianjin,"

"There shouldn't be too much of a problem, an hour before we bombarded Dagukou, they had already begun to land, and when we launched an attack on Tianjin City, I believe they had blocked the passage between Tianjin and Yanjing. As long as it is intercepted, when the time comes, when Lord Ben leads the army to Yanjing City, it will be a big surprise to Qianlong Lao'er and the Manchu Qing who have taken over the world with archers and horses. Liang Pengfei smirked, but his eyes were fixed on the stern cabin with a large lock and several heavily armed guards standing outside, as well as a gun with an extremely strange style placed in the middle of the deck and firmly fixed to the deck with the cable.

(To be continued)