In the face of the overwhelming British artillery shells, Zuo Zongtang really had no way this time, helpless, unable to reach others, no matter how special he was afraid of death, there was a fart? Just keep fighting, and you can't even touch the deck of other people's battleships, and your own army will be beaten to pieces!

The artillery bombardment of the British fleet continued, and in half an hour, in just half an hour, the British fleet fired more than 2,000 shells, and the three artillery positions of the Chu army were already unrecognizable, and the artillery suffered heavy casualties!

"Ji Shuai, we can't hold on hard, we must retreat, we must retreat, otherwise, our three artillery battalions will be lost!"

Liu Dian, the military assistant on the side, shouted urgently. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zuo Zongtang suddenly woke up, he was really stunned by the British shells just now, yes, retreat quickly, the hero doesn't eat the loss in front of him, since he can't beat people here, then he can only retreat temporarily, otherwise, it will increase casualties in vain!

"The order, the three artillery battalions immediately retreated in the northwest direction, waiting for the British to land and launch a counteroffensive! Order, the horsetail battery attacked with all its might! ”

Zuo Zongtang conveyed the order, the three artillery battalions retreated in panic, and on the south side, the artillery on the Mawei battery began to act, but the scale of the Mawei artillery shells is now too different from the Sino-French war, there are only more than 20 old-fashioned artillery, and the distance is very far, but the power is much worse, and the accuracy is far worse!

On the flagship, Dundas looked at the Chu army position in the distance with a telescope in his hand, and the three artillery battalions had already begun to retreat, leaving only empty positions and the smoke of gunpowder.

Dundas sneered, useless is useless, thinking that if you get a Napoleonic cannon, you can compete with the British Imperial Navy? You're still far from it!

"Order, kill the battery in the direction of Mawei for me, and then land towards Fuzhou!"

Dundas snorted coldly.

The artillery fire of the imperial fleet all turned around and began to attack the Mawei Battery, the troops on the Mawei Fort are all green battalion soldiers, not to mention that the combat power is not compared with the British army, but it is far worse than the Chu army, the artillery bombardment just now attracted all the firepower of the Imperial Fleet, where can it still be parried?

The earthen cannons on the turret looked very scary, but the power of the shells was not even as strong as the 9-pounder Napoleonic gun, and when it hit the battleship, the battleship did not even shake, even the gunboat was not afraid! It's too bad, the old-fashioned earthen artillery can't resist the attack of the naval artillery at all, it didn't take long, dozens of earthen cannons were all blown up by the powerful Armstrong cannon, the two green battalion artillery battalions were all scattered, and the generals on the battery couldn't even get it if they wanted to contain the rout!

Seeing that the fort had collapsed, Dundas ordered the troop carriers to begin to approach the coast quickly under the cover of the battleship, and at dusk, a British battalion had already landed on the coast, advancing the battle line in the direction of the Chu army's position, and at the same time covering the soldiers in the rear to continue to land.

Zuo Zongtang saw it clearly, now was the time for his artillery battalion to attack again, as long as they landed on the shore, they wanted to run back to the sea again, it was impossible!

"Order, the three artillery battalions will attack again, and launch a fierce attack in the direction of the landing of foreigners, and Lao Tzu will avenge the one arrow just now!"

Zuo Zongtang has already thought of countermeasures, only at this time, is the weakest time for the British army, the British infantry artillery has not yet been transported, the strength of the brigade has not yet landed, only a few hundred people have landed on the coast, the troops are insufficient, the so-called half-crossing attack, hit them one and can't do it!

Although during the day, the artillery battalion suffered a lot of losses, but the artillery still has dozens of artillery pieces to use, and the most important thing is that the Chu army is not a green battalion, and the commander of the Chu army is not a useless Ruilin, but the famous Zuo Zongtang!

In Dundas's view, as long as the defenders of Fujian suffered a serious blow, they would collapse one after another, just like the case in Guangzhou, or the green battalion of the Mawei Fort just now, the army ran away, what are you afraid of?

However, to his surprise, Zuo Zongtang is Zuo Zongtang, the violent temper of not admitting defeat, Lao Tzu just doesn't run, he must share a high with you!

The three artillery battalions were once again powerful, and the shells were desperately coming towards the sea!

The British troops who had just landed were miserable, and they didn't even have a place to hide on the beach, so they could only lie on the beach to avoid the artillery fire of the Qing army, and they couldn't stop complaining!

Hearing the dense artillery fire of the Qing army, Dundas was so angry that he stomped his feet, now the sky is a little dark, if he can't implement the landing, it will be a shame, but the French have just arrived at the time of the lantern, he has already entered Guangzhou City, and won the Governor's Yamen, what about himself, not to mention taking the Governor's Yamen, it is unlikely that he can enter Fuzhou City.

"Bastard! Damn it! Order all our gunboats to rush forward and launch a shelling of me in the opposite direction! Attack, be sure to suppress the opponent's artillery position for me! Order the army to speed up the landing and send me an artillery battalion first! ”

In the face of the enemy on the sea, the Chu army was helpless, but on land, the Chu army has always been fearless of death, but it is not afraid of people, these are veterans who have followed Zuo Zongtang for more than ten years, and they have rich combat experience, even if the technology is a little backward, but the courage is not weak.

The British army continued to launch landings and attacks, under the suppression of naval artillery firepower, the firepower of the artillery battalion was also contained, not to be as fast as at the beginning, by the night, the British army had completed the landing of two infantry regiments and one infantry battalion, more than 3,000 people!

Looking at the completely dark sky, Zuo Zongtang snorted coldly: "Bojing, it's time for our infantry to appear, and by the night, we have to teach the British army another hard lesson!" Order Liu Jintang's ten infantry battalions, all of them press on me, and we will start a decisive battle with the British army here! Order the three cavalry battalions of Tan Shanglian to lie in ambush next to the mountains and forests on the south side, once we lose the battle and retreat, the British army will launch a pursuit, so that Tan Shanglian will attack the flank of the British army from the side and bite hard! ”

Zuo Zongtang made the most appropriate choice in the shortest possible time, and naturally achieved the corresponding results.

Before the British army had time to deploy its forces on the beach and deploy defenses, more than 5,000 people from ten infantry battalions of the Chu army rushed towards the British army! One was prepared, and the other was that they had just landed and had not yet completed the reorganization of the organization, and they were in a hurry to respond to the battle, and the British army naturally suffered a lot of losses.

In an instant, not only the dense artillery sound sounded above the position, but also the more dense gunfire like bursting beans, and the Chu army, which had been waiting for a long time, came with the momentum of overwhelming mountains and seas!

(To be continued.) )