Chapter Fifty-Six—Sarin Gas
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The vast territory of Shangcai County in Zhumadian is very lively today......
Li Hongzhang sent a small force of troops and made several tentative attacks, but did not get results.
Today I finally pulled the whole army out...... In fact, there is nothing to do with the war to this point!
Both sides can only use knives and guns to see the real chapter!
Zhang Yun looked at the puppet Qing army opposite, and a cruel sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, while the other soldiers of the Patriotic Army were not as calm as Zhang Yun, although their combat effectiveness should be ahead of the country in this era......
But sometimes, it's not that you are not afraid of death if you have high combat effectiveness, at least looking at the dense crowd opposite, it is at least several times more than your own side.
Tens of thousands of patriotic officers and soldiers also turned pale...... Compared to the stable mood of the Patriotic Army, the Qing Army was very excited!
If you don't get excited, you can't do it! Seeing that the great credit is on the opposite side, waiting to be fished for yourself!
On Zhang Yun's side, it's just a ...... There were less than 60,000 people, but the Qing army present today had more than 200,000...... It's a two-on-one, can you not win?
But compared to the excitement of ordinary Qing soldiers...... Li Hongzhang, who had seen the Battle of Nanjing, gave birth to a shadow from the bottom of his heart! It stands to reason that Zhang Yun can't be so stupid!
But this time, there was no big iron bird in the sky to help...... In the same way, there was no artillery fire from the Patriotic Army, and there was no way to hide any troops.
Zhang Yun's troop deployment on the other side is simply clear at a glance, but the more simple it is, the more uneasy Li Hongzhang becomes.
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But no matter what, the war must go on!
Therefore, Li Hongzhang immediately ordered that the entire army be divided into four directions and surrounded from all directions, which was like a siege battle, but this time he did not plan to encircle three and lack one......
And Zhang Yun doesn't know what he thinks?
It was on this plain that he put himself under the heavy siege of the Manchu army!
The most suspicious are...... When Li Hongzhang ordered the troops to be divided into four directions and surrounded them, Zhang Yun's army did not move, and just watched themselves fall into a heavy encirclement!
But in any case, once the war machine is activated, it can never be pulled back, and seeing that Zhang Yundi's army has finally been surrounded, Li Hongzhang did not think about anything else......
Rather, it waved his hand...... The drummers of the Qing army beat dozens of cowhide drums.
"Bang ......"
More than 200,000 Qing troops began to slowly approach the position of the Patriotic Army to the beat of drums...... At this time, Lu Yongwang was so anxious that he wanted to jump to his feet, and he didn't know what the big handsome was thinking? I haven't done anything until now!
He had to come to the tent again and ask Zhang Yun to fight again, but Zhang Yun still refused, and asked him to be at ease!
In desperation, Lu Yongwang sent more than 10,000 soldiers to protect Zhang Yun, and he turned around and went to the front line, trying to buy time to cover Zhang Yun's escape, but his heart was already in chaos!
He's not alone...... At least at this moment, Yang Desheng ...... The same heart was like numbness, and he kept circling around Zhang Yun, trying to find out Zhang Yun's true thoughts.
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All these disturbances on the battlefield are disturbing, and Zhang Yun doesn't want to deal with them anymore!
At this time, his eyes kept looking at the artillery battalion, but he couldn't make this ruthless ...... With this step, Zhang Yun feels that he doesn't feel like a person anymore, and I'm afraid that he will only be able to be a devil in the future, and he will never be able to return to a normal life.
Some things are easier said than done!
However, although Zhang Yun hesitated and couldn't bear it...... But as the Manchu army slowly approached, finally, the scales in Zhang Yun's heart ...... Gradually, it slipped to the devil's side!
Zhang Yun, who had not made any movements from just now to now, suddenly raised his right hand at this time and swiped down......
Under Zhang Yun's order, the entire 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers of the Patriotic Army all wore anti-gas suits, and in an instant, the entire position was ...... It's all white.
Now, except for the periphery, the cavalry of the Patriotic Army who did not enter the encirclement of the Manchu army, as well as the remnants of the Taiping army, within a radius of ten miles, only Li Hongzhang and Zhang Yun's subordinates remained......
The time had come to fire poison gas bombs, and the artillery battalion had made the final preparations before launching, and all Manchu troops in all four directions were within range.
Zhang Yun took one last look at Li Hongzhang's location and couldn't help sighing...... When a person's luck has not yet gone to a low ebb.
It's like an immortal little powerhouse, no matter what...... You can't kill them!
For example, now Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang are standing outside the range of the 120 mortars, far from the artillery position...... At least five or six kilometers.
"Hey......"
Zhang Yun sighed, although he was very helpless, he wanted to ...... these two old minions very much to kill it in one fell swoop, but the current situation has reached the point where it cannot be delayed.
If we don't order the artillery to open fire, I'm afraid we won't wait for Li Hongzhang to be fooled and move forward...... Some of the forward positions of the Patriotic Army are about to be breached!
After everything was prepared by the Patriotic Army, the fastest unit of the Qing Army was already less than two hundred meters away from the forward position of the Patriotic Army!
Seeing this, Zhang Yun didn't hesitate anything...... In the direction of the artillery battalion, he waved his hand.
At the same time, the artillery battalion commander, who had been looking at Zhang Yun, finally saw Zhang Yun's gesture and turned to all the artillery battalions...... Said two words.
"Fire ......"
"Bobo ......"
With a thud of his fire...... All the mortars rang out, similar to the sound of watermelons cracking, this sound is much weaker than those barreled artillery, I don't know how much!
To tell the truth, even the artillery battalion commander at this time was a little skeptical in his heart, with these tepid shells, could he still expect to be able to inflict heavy losses on the Qing army?
Looking at the posture of the marshal, it is obvious that he has great hopes for this kind of artillery, but whether it is in the previous test process or in the actual combat at this time, to be honest, the artillery battalion commander is a little disappointed with this kind of artillery!
But when he ordered the artillery according to the pre-set shooting elements...... According to the pre-set plan, when he launched an artillery attack on the Qing army, he discovered a strange phenomenon.
After this batch of shells landed, there was no sound, you must know that in the previous test gun, although the power of that shell was not as powerful as the barrel artillery, at least it was a little interesting!
At this time, the artillery battalion commander was uneasy: 'Are all shells duds?' ’
But after a while, he felt ridiculous for his own idea, and saw that after the cannonball landed, a puff of smoke quickly rose, and in this smoke place, no one was seen standing up......