In the headquarters of the 7th Brigade of the French Expeditionary Force on the other side, Major General Purgen was already impatient, the 7th Brigade was rampant in Africa, but he did not expect that after expansion and growth, today he was stunned in front of a sniper force, he sent 3 companies again, and at the same time brought a message to Major Lowe, who commanded the attack, if he could not break through the opponent's defense line with three times the enemy's strength, his career as an officer would be over......

Major Lowe was obviously in a hurry, at this time, after a little preparation on the dock, the French ** team launched an attack again, and two more Haqikes machine guns were transported, and a small rapid-fire artillery position was established again on the right flank, the opponent's heavy firepower should be the Green gun, but the caliber of 11mm was obviously not enough to confront the 37mm Haqikais.

In the morning of confrontation, the French Habecis machine guns were fierce in the end, and there were many of them, but it stands to reason that the bulky Grimm guns were unlikely to maneuver at will, but the fact is that the opponent's firepower has been moving at various firing points every day, causing great damage to the attacking soldiers, and the French obviously couldn't imagine that the MG08 Maxim machine gun could be pulled quickly by a few people......

Just now, they finally seized an opportunity and successfully destroyed one of the opponent's Green Artillery firing points, which obviously made them very excited about the results of this morning's battle, so it was obvious that the opponent's firing point could not achieve uninterrupted strafing, and this infantry team broke into the opponent's position to create a very good opportunity.

Yang Zhusi also observed that the firing squad of a group of Makqin machine guns had been severely damaged just now, and he immediately sent people to rush all the wounded soldiers back, and the soldiers of the Maxim machine gun team were absolutely treasures in the army, and it would take at least two months to train the structure of the Makqin machine guns alone, and it would take that kind of smart and clever soldiers to protect them no matter what

Due to the damage of a machine gun team, it is obvious that there will be a gap in the firepower of the front line, he personally set off with his own team, which is an elite soldier equipped with an 80-type submachine gun, this 80 rush is too violent to be honest, thirty bullet clips, as long as you can carry the moving magazine, the range is far inferior to the Makqin machine gun, but it is better than small, melee power is extremely powerful,

But this is his last trump card, and the most important point is that these 80 submachine guns are definitely a big eater of bullets, and 30 rounds of ammunition are out in less than a minute, that is, 250 rounds of ammunition for an ordinary soldier are only enough for seven or eight minutes for their own personal soldiers...... But now is a critical moment, and the wrestling between the two sides has reached the end, and there is no reason not to use all your strength

By the time they climbed from the trenches to the front line, the French offensive had already entered a white heat, and the battle between the French Habec's machine guns and the Maxim machine guns was also extremely hot! As soon as the Maxim machine gun arrived at a new firing point, dozens of rounds fired by the rattle had to be transferred immediately, otherwise the overwhelming number of machine shells would swarm in

Seeing that the opponent's machine gun was suppressed, the French ** team charged significantly faster, and soon broke through to a distance of twenty or thirty meters in front of the position, and a few black black balls suddenly flew out of the trench, this thing The French have tasted a lot, it was an extremely violent grenade, and immediately the French ** team in the front row lost more than a dozen people.

Major Lowe also personally supervised the team this time, seeing that the enemy was in front of him, at this distance, it was obvious that the other party could not rely on rifles to stop their attack, and at such a distance, even the Haqikes machine guns in the distance could not provide any fire support, and could only decide the victory by direct confrontation between soldiers

"Rushing" victory was in sight, Major Lowe shouted loudly without hesitation

Seeing that the French army with the advantage in numbers was about to rush into the trench, Major Lowe's eyes flashed, and after a morning of fighting, he was finally about to win, he raised his rifle and aimed at an enemy soldier in the nearby trench, and after the shooting was completed, he was about to enter the bayonet fight, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at it at this time, but saw a group of reinforcements of dozens of people rushing in front......

He was overjoyed in his heart, the enemy army seemed to be at the end of its rope, and in the face of the assault team of nearly 500 people on his side, only a few dozen reinforcements were sent...... But the next moment, he saw that the weapon in the other party's hand suddenly burst into a fierce fire, his body shook violently, Major Lowe's eyes were full of doubt, and he looked down to see that there were suddenly a few more bullet holes on his body.

The weapon in the opponent's hand is still violently ** bullets, what kind of weapon is that? A hand-held machine gun? How is this possible? With doubts and disbelief, he fell down in front of the trench that protected the **,

Yang Zhusi personally arrived in time with the soldiers, and after a round of grenades and Type 80 submachine guns fired at close range, the momentum of the opponent's large-scale attack of more than 500 people was blocked, but the French did not show any traces of collapse, and after they retreated seventy or eighty meters, they continued to attack each other with the help of the craters on the ground.

Another captain took over the command of Major Lowe, and at this distance, the Haqikes machine guns in the rear once again exerted their power, and it was difficult for the guards in the trenches to carry out a counterattack.

The two sides were at a stalemate at such a distance, causing casualties to each other, and the officers came to report the problem of running out of bullets, and after a morning of fighting, many soldiers were running out of bullets, and the only consolation was that the bullets of the Makqin firing group were still sufficient, and they could be suppressed for a while.

At this time, a scout crawled over from the back trench, with a strange expression on his face, and hurriedly ran to Yang Zhusi to report: "Mr. Qian, there are more than a dozen big boats in the lower reaches of the Lujiang River, look at the flag, it is the Yellow Dragon Flag, but there is no red flag to protect the ** ......"

Yang was stunned for a moment, now the provincial armies stationed in Vietnam are complicated, in order to distinguish, if the ship guarding ** sails on the Red River, in addition to hoisting the Yellow Dragon Flag, it will also hang a red flag, it is obvious that this should be a non-protective ** force of the Qing Dynasty...... It's just that he has seen a lot of soldiers and horses in the Qing Dynasty, and he runs fast when he grabs credit, if he dares to take the initiative in the current situation, he really hasn't seen it

"Did the fleet come up?"

"No, I should have seen a firefight here, so I parked a few miles away, and I guess I was also investigating the situation."

"Okay, continue to observe, and report to me at any time if there is a situation" Yang Zhusi lowered his head and pondered about this, which army is this......

On the river surface of more than five miles north of the wharf, there are nearly 20 large wooden boats lined up, and the triangular Yellow Dragon Flag sign is hung on the high mast, and of course, the Admiral's Flag is also hung, fluttering in the wind.

The governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Cen Yuying, raised his troops a few days ago, and in the northern part of Vietnam, the fastest way for a large number of troops to march along the river was to march along the river, so that the grain, grass and baggage could be loaded by large ships, so he personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses by water, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were led by his half-brother Cen Yubao to follow by land.

The army set off from Yuechi yesterday, preparing to march along the Lujiang River to Xuanguang, but today it was only half a day, and the ships at the outpost reported that they had encountered the French army, which surprised him very much, and then the follow-up news surprised him even more, saying that the French army was fighting a fierce battle with an army at the upstream pier, and the battle was fierce

What surprised him even more was that the scouts reported that the number of French ** teams was huge, and there were still a large number of troops stationed on the west bank of the Lujiang River, with at least five or six thousand soldiers and horses

This made Cen Yuying puzzled, after the loss of Xuanguang City, he galloped in the starry night, with a large army to prepare to recapture the city, as far as he knows, the soldiers and horses stationed in this area of the Qing Dynasty are not stationed, and according to the current battle situation, can fight head-on with the French ** team, and the fight is so fierce, it must be a strong army of the Qing Dynasty, but he, the commander of the Western Front soldiers and horses, did not know

After all, the French had a lot of artillery on the west bank, and the Lujiang River was not too wide, and the big ships were just sailing in the middle of the river, and they could not dock at will, which was obviously not conducive to launching an attack from the water.

"Cen Gang, immediately bring 500 people to the shore, go to the front dock to support this army of soldiers and horses, and report to the commander immediately after asking about the situation" Cen Yuying immediately gave an order, and at the same time let the fleet berth, ready to land at any time.

The fleet that came downstream obviously also attracted the attention of the Seventh Brigade of the French Expeditionary Force, and Major General Purgen was obviously very surprised, he did not expect to meet a large number of Qing ** teams here, and there was no army that could be called an enemy in the north of the Red River and west of the Lujiang River before.

Now the army defending on the other side is tricky enough, although the number is not much, this does not mean that the other side has no backup, the other side is no worse than the French ** team in light firepower equipment, which indicates that the other party's support is certainly not a weak brigade, which is also an important reason why he ordered to seize the ferry at any cost, he must buy time to build fortifications and establish a solid logistics support base.

And now the army coming up downstream may be reinforcements from the army on the other side, or it may be another Qing ** team, which makes him immediately a little more vigilant, although he has 6,000 fully armed troops on hand, but only less than 4,000 of them are French regular troops, and the rest are Algerian black battalions and Vietnamese servant troops, and suddenly encountered a large number of Qing troops, which is also a situation he does not want to encounter. ,

Major General Purgen immediately ordered the artillery positions to be repositioned to defend against the large fleet from downstream, and the attack on the dock was obviously necessary to be taken immediately, and news had already arrived on the other side that Major Lowe had been killed, and that he was now being taken over by a captain, so that immediate action was necessary, and he immediately ordered another major, Madi, to send two more companies, and to take the dock in half an hour

When Major Madi received the order and was about to board the ship, the tide of battle on the other side was reversed, and there were continuous explosions on the French position on the pier, which surprised Major General Purgen, the defenders of the opposing side had not used artillery from beginning to end, and the French carried out a dense attack in the small area of the pier, which was also a tactic made when the opponent did not have artillery.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the artillery of the opponent's surprise attack was not only very fast, but also saw that the power was not small, the first thing to suffer was the position of the Haqikaisi machine gun, at this time, from a distance, the machine gun position was already a black smoke, this bulky Haqikaisi machine gun is not like the Makqin machine gun can be pulled and run at will, this ending is a cup......

At this time, the French ** team on the other side was completely chaotic, and the lieutenant colonel could still take over the command of Major Luo Wei, at this time, it was suddenly attacked by dense artillery from the other side, and this large number of troops were lying on the flat ground, and the mortar shells falling from the sky were one blow up and one accurate, and almost every shell on the position caused a lot of casualties.

At this moment, Yang Zhusi has withdrawn from the front line with his own team, and the two teams of soldiers from Wu Fengdian of the right battalion have rushed to take over the defense, and the main force of the five associations led by Liu Yongfu has arrived, and a mortar position has been built on the hill behind the trench, and they only have 6 mortars in this association, but in such a small dock, it is absolutely invincible.

The mortar squad is operated by the student soldiers who coordinated the protection **, the mortar squad of the five associations is following the study, today is undoubtedly the best opportunity to fight, the mortar shooting distance is average, the victory is in the rate of fire and power, today under the skillful operation of the gunner, the speed of firing has reached a rate of 7-8 rounds per minute, and the shells loaded with TNT explosives set off a wave of death at the dock.

The troops of the six French companies on the dock, after losing the support of the Haggaeus machine guns, were completely unable to resist the crossfire of the four or five newly added Maxim machine guns on the opposite side, and retreated behind the wooden boats next to the docks.

The extended mortar fire, several ferries were also destroyed, burning a raging fire, seeing that the back road was in danger of being cut off, the French ** team collapsed, and the officers and soldiers rushed to the ferry in a panic, desperately leaving this dangerous dock......

After seeing the fierce course of the artillery bombardment on the other side, Major General Pergen, who was well versed in the essence of land warfare, naturally understood that without the suppression of artillery, the offensive of the troops on the other side had no chance of winning, and all he could do now was how to reduce the losses of the army, and he immediately ordered the mobilization of eight 68mm field guns on the artillery position to intercept the fire on the opposite bank, even if it was possible to cause some damage to his own army, it was a necessary sacrifice.

The guards in the trench obviously saw the signs of the imminent collapse of the French army, and the soldiers in the trenches opened fire with all their might, especially the Maxim machine gun that had just been set up, and they fired with all their might, pouring this rain of bullets on the fleeing French ** team, and the dock was full of French soldiers who were killed.

Liu Yongfu had already rushed to the headquarters of the front line, and when he saw the collapse of the French army in front of him, he immediately gave the order to pursue, but the guards who had just thrown out of the trench were shelled indiscriminately by the artillery on the opposite side, and even many shells fell in the crowd of the French ** team.

Seeing this situation, Wu Fengdian, the commander of the front, immediately ordered to enter the trench to avoid the shelling, and the mortar squad carried out the artillery bombardment of the evacuated French ferry, but the effect was not satisfactory, and in the end only one was sunk and several ships were heavily damaged, and the two sides ended the battle for the ferry in the rumbling artillery.

After the French army finally retreated to the opposite bank after paying a heavy price, Major General Purgen saw that the rate of fire and power of the opponent's artillery were stronger than the 68mm field guns deployed by the French army

At this time, some scouts had already reported that there was a Qing army downstream to reinforce, and Liu Yongfu couldn't figure out what the army was there, but in this frontline place, when the Black Flag Army was mixed in the early years, it had always been a lonely battle. ,

Soon, Huang Shouzhong, the thousand general who was sent out to greet him, soon met Cen Gang, the thousand general of the Yunnan army, who rushed to reinforce, Cen Gang was the general of the Governor's Mansion and a veteran of a hundred battles, so he came with 500 elites to reinforce, and Cen Yuying wanted to show his combat strength in front of friendly troops, after all, he couldn't fall behind the prestige of the Yunnan army, but he didn't think that just here, the war was over.

After the meeting, he learned that the person responsible for resisting the French army here was actually a subordinate of the guard, he knew about the guard, and the marshal also mentioned it, but it was a recruited local native-trained civilian army, and it was not a combat force at all, but now the situation surprised him too much, this military prestige and discipline, which is like a civilian army, the artillery that attacked with the French just now, the cannon sound shook the sky, when did the civilian army also have such fierce artillery......

The Yunnan army also has a large number of artillery, and there are hundreds of artillery pieces brought by the army this time, but it takes dozens of artillery pieces to fight such a fierce artillery battle just now.

Seeing that the French were repulsed, Cen Gang initially wondered if the French army was low, but when Huang Shouzhong led him to the position, the scene surprised him, the corpses piled up next to the trench and in the trench, and it could be seen at a glance that this was the result of hand-to-hand combat, and on the way of the retreat of the French ** team, a lot of corpses fell, and in the river next to the wharf, there were many French corpses that fell into the water.

At this time, the guard ** was collecting the French prisoners, and there were at least more than 100 French prisoners who had no time to withdraw when retreating, and the French army had suffered as many as 100 casualties in this battle, and the soldiers who were injured and killed in the battle were more than 300.

Cen Gang hurriedly looked at the battlefield and immediately came to meet Liu Yongfu.

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