Wang Feng gathered his troops and came to the attack trenches, and the domineering spirit of giving up who he was no one else was undoubtedly revealed. He said to the ten battalions under his command: "Brothers, the brothers in front have been attacking for two days and two nights in a row, and the French army has not performed together for three days. Now General Liu has given us half an hour of artillery cover, taking advantage of the dazzle of the French devils. Rush up for me and destroy the enemy's battery. Today is the day for us to repay the emperor and the court. ”

The Qing army, which had been attacking for two days in a row, did not fire a single shot in the afternoon, and did not let go of a single shot. Everyone rested on each other, and the artillerymen slept directly on the top of the mountain.

The French did not dare to relax at all, and the quieter the enemy was when they were besieged, the more dangerous they became. The commander-in-chief of the army, Gu Ba, was on the fort position at this time, looking at the Qing army in front with a telescope.

"General, they may not be able to attack for a long time and want to besiege us. You see, they're building defensive positions. Barbed wire fence has been put up! An adjutant analyzed.

Gu Ba said worriedly: "Probably not, it is impossible to besiege us." Not to mention that they are afraid that our domestic warships will come to reinforce us, and even if there are no reinforcements, there is an inexhaustible supply of food and water in the three mountains behind us. ”

In the mountains behind the fortress, there is a freshwater lake created by a natural waterfall, and the French army has dug a river channel to bring water to the fortress when they first occupied it. In the mountains, pheasants, ducks, and wild boars are even more abundant, and there is really no shortage of food, but they don't know it. A force of 50,000 Qing troops had already come in from the mountains to the west of the fortress. Blocked all routes to the west.

It was another quiet night, knowing that it was more than 11 o'clock in the evening. The Qing army still did not move, and the French troops in the positions were snuggled and slept in the trenches. The French troops on the batteries also relaxed their vigilance.

The pointer of the pocket watch in Liu Mingchuan's hand has pointed to 12 at the same time, "open the gun"

Order!

Another earth-shattering sound of artillery woke up the French soldiers who were sleeping in the trenches and in the batteries. French soldiers frantically looked for shelter, after constant bombardment. The impact point slowly moved forward, and the Qing soldiers also ambushed and advanced little by little, changing the previous group charge.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the French army had no idea that the Qing troops in front of them were already approaching their positions little by little.

Under the fierce cover of artillery fire for half an hour, the Qing army suddenly jumped up. Rushed to the French position, and there was a sudden crowd in front of the position. The French army is inexplicable, where did these Qing troops come from? Could it be that the dead bodies on the earth have suddenly risen again?

The internal battery spoke again, but this time it stopped after firing only one shell.

Because the Qing army that rushed up was already entangled with the French army in the position, the Qing army did not bring guns at all, and each person had a machete.

After rushing into the fortress position, almost instantly strangled with the French army, launched a fierce white-knuckle battle, the battle was very fierce, the Qing soldiers had to pay countless blood for each layer of French fortifications, and their corpses were poured in the trenches layer upon layer, some were killed by artillery, and some died with the French army, they were almost tearing apart the forward position of the French army layer by layer with their teeth.

"General, the Qing army has rushed up. Do you want the 1st Brigade to go down and reinforce it, otherwise the forward positions will be lost. An adjutant said.

Lone Ba looked at the anxious battle between the two armies on the position below, and couldn't imagine in his heart, is this still the squadron ** 20 years ago? Their ferocity and fighting spirit reminded Lone of the German Army. Where does the hatred that they want to devour themselves come from?

"No need, that position has been blown to the ground by the artillery of the Qing army. There is not much point in taking it back, let the team in front of it move back appropriately, retreat a little, and let the battery fire at the Qing troops in the forward position. ”

The French troops in the trenches retreated like a tide after receiving the order to retreat. And before the Qing army could catch their breath, the batteries above had already opened fire on them.

In just 30 minutes, the roles immediately changed. Thirty minutes earlier, in this trench, French soldiers had suffered from the shelling of the Qing army. Thirty minutes later, the Qing soldiers in the same trench were bombarded by French artillery in the same agony.

"Standard, this cannon is too fierce. The brothers can't hold their heads up, what should they do? One of the soldiers shouted loudly.

"What? Inaudible. Say it loud! Because the sound of the cannon was too loud, Wang Feng couldn't hear the words of the soldiers next to him at all.

"The artillery fire is too fierce, we can't rush up." The soldiers shouted into Wang Feng's ear.

Wang Feng visually measured the distance from the trench to the fort, which was at least about 1,000 meters. However, in this distance, there was a strong network of French machine-gun forts, bunkers, and batteries, although they occupied the forward positions. But it's quite difficult to continue to impact, so what can I do?

"Xizi, you take the men and horses of the camp to rush up along the right side to attract the devil's firepower. I gathered all the explosives and selected 20 brothers who were more agile to follow me in the ambush. Let's slowly climb into their turret, and the rest of the brothers will stand by for help. ”

"Biaotong, let me go, you are here to command the whole army." Wang Feng's guard said.

"Get out of you, I made a military order when I came out, and I can't blow up the *** battery, and I'll die when I go back. It's better to let me die on the way! Execute the order. ”

Xizi's real name is Cao Tianxi, and he is the most courageous battalion commander under Wang Feng. is the most temperamental to Wang Feng, so he thinks that important things are for Xizi to do. Both of them are straight-tempered, and they don't speak big.

"Biao, you better stay here. This artillery fire is so fierce, if something happens, who will we obey? You give me the explosives, and our battalion will go straight to his battery. Kiko roared loudly.

"you, your battalion is there to attract fire. You are carrying explosives and it is estimated that you will not be able to hang up for more than 200 meters. Don't talk nonsense, get ready, in 20 minutes your battalion will rush out without leaving one. Wang Feng hurriedly ordered.

"Boom ......"

Another round of bombardment, but this time from the Qing artillery barracks. The target was to strike accurately at several exposed Mingbao and machine-gun forts in the French position.

"Okay, don't live up to Liu Junmen's kindness. Come on! Wang Feng yelled.

Cao Tianxi's battalion jumped up and plunged into the opponent's command post along the right side.

Brother, let's go! Wang Feng watched Xizi rush out and read silently in his heart. Turning to the more than 20 soldiers behind him, he said, "Brothers, follow me to ambush and advance." ”

A group of men with bombs in their hands kept crawling towards the battery under the cover of night......

"General, there is a small army of the Qing army coming towards our command post." A correspondent said with a blank face.

"Let the First Brigade eat him." Lone commanded with his back to the messenger.

Cao Tianxi's troops only attacked 400 meters forward before encountering a large number of French counter-charges behind the fort, fighting to the death in a small space.

Wang Feng really looked at it in the back, and his heart was overjoyed. If you talk about white-knuckle combat, this Cao Tianxi is officially good at it. As far as the French devil didn't pay attention to the two moments, he was trying to climb forward at the moment.

But when he climbed another 100 meters, he realized that the battle ahead was not quite right. The French army seemed to have dispatched a lot of people, and Cao Tianxi's troops didn't hold out much and there was not much time left.

Cao Tianxi couldn't be found in the crowd at all, only the vast sea of people of the French army drowned the blue Qing army at once! The battle lasted only 20 minutes, and Cao Tianxi's battalion was all killed, not a single one retreated, and not a single one was captured.

At this time, Wang Feng's heart was like a knife piercing, and after a while, the tiger general he admired the most was already separated from his yin and yang, but the fighting will he showed made Wang Feng quite satisfied.

"Kiko, that's good. You go on the road with your brothers first, wait for my brother, and my brother will come in a while. Wang Feng said silently with tears in his eyes.

Wang Feng continued to climb, and was only 200 meters away from the fort. There was an open field ahead, and there was not even the body of a French soldier. There's no need to climb anymore.

"Brothers, the artillery fire of the French devils is too strong, don't blow it up. The brothers at the bottom won't be able to rush up, and today we're going to blow up the damn cannon even if we risk our lives. Wang Feng said in a low voice.

"Standard, just say it. How to do it? A muscular soldier asked.

"There are 21 of us here, and we are in groups of seven, divided into three groups. There are three cannons in front, let's set one. Rush straight up and stuff the ignited explosives into the barrels of their guns. Destroy the foreign devil's fort, and the brothers behind can directly rush up and occupy the fortress. ”

After the completion of the grouping of twenty-one people, they were armed with explosives. Under Wang Feng's order, the wild horse rushed straight to the opponent's fort.

There was a soldier named Li Mo, who was originally from Hong Kong, and fled to Guangdong with his family after the British occupied Hong Kong. Both parents were killed by foreigners during the Second Opium War. He was an orphan and was brought up by an old grandmother. After the death of his grandmother, he joined the army and became a member of the Qing Army, and his hatred for the French army emanated from his bones.

He was the fastest to take the lead, and the French machine guns and rifles were also staring at him. Li Mo grabbed several shoulders and thighs. After falling to the ground, he continued to crawl towards the fort, and the explosive bag in his arms was already stained red with his own blood. I just want to avenge my parents and kill these foreign devils......

Crawling step by step, the comrades-in-arms in the same group around him fell one by one. Only he was still holding on, and finally reached the bottom of the battery. He opened the fuse of the explosives, smiled at the explosives bag and said, "Parents, my son is unfilial and has finally avenged you today." As he spoke, he shoved the explosives bag into the long barrel of the gun.

With a loud bang, a shore defense cannon was directly blown into two. The huge impact pulled the other end of the cannon out of the steel concrete, accompanied by the screams of the two gunners.

Li Mo's success greatly increased the confidence of the brothers in the other groups, and Wang Feng's group even rushed to the end. Two explosive packets were stuffed into the cannon steel pipes at the same time, and after a deafening explosion, another cannon was scrapped.

Before Lone could react, a third explosion appeared. Now he was really speechless, I don't know when the Qing army touched it, what were the soldiers in front of him doing?

Before Guba could react, there was a crowd of people on the forward position of the French army below. Several thousand Qing troops rushed to his command post at the same time. Farther away, more Qing troops rushed towards the fortress on the positions of the Qing army's frontal attack.

The situation no longer allowed him to think about it, "After the first brigade is broken, the rest of the troops will follow me into the mountains. ”