Chapter 7: I Can't Measure Myself (7)

After seeing the positions outside Beijing that were exactly the same as those in Langfang, the Eight-Nation Coalition wisely abandoned its plan to take it quickly. Beijing is a very large city, and although the allied forces have now tried their best to mobilize troops, and Japan has already carried out the second mobilization in the country, it has only gathered about 1120,000 people.

The Russians clamored for more troops to enter the customs, but neither Britain nor France, nor the United States and Japan were interested in this, Belgium and other countries had no say, and the only one interested in this was Germany. As far as Germany is concerned, it would be better for Russia to transfer the hundreds of thousands of men deployed in Europe to the Far East, so that Germany's strategic situation will be greatly improved. It's a pity that the Russians don't have that much transportation capacity at all, and the supply of nearly 200,000 people inside and outside the customs has already killed them.

Naturally, it was impossible for these 100,000 people to be piled up under the city of Beijing, and in addition to guarding the Tianjin concession, they also had to allocate a considerable part of their troops to guard the railway line from Tianjin to Beijing. Since Zhang Decheng's death, the Black Dragon Society took over the position of the leader of the Boxer Rebellion, and then organized a considerable number of men to attack the railway line.

The leaders of the Boxer Rebellion were all interested in this task. Because attacking the railway line can not only capture a lot of supplies, but also improve your reputation, the most important thing is that it is not dangerous at all. Well, it can't be said that there is no at all, but relatively speaking, the danger is already very small. As a result, this short railway line is full of heroes singing "The sun is about to set in the west". Not only the railroad tracks, but even the sleepers were often stripped naked. As a result, the Eight-Nation Alliance's advance was greatly reduced, and the officers in charge of logistics were overwhelmed.

Originally, Wadsey also dismantled a lot of heavy artillery from the warships of various countries and wanted to send them to the front line. Well, there's no way around it now, let's fix the railroad.

The Allied officers under the city of Beijing were adamantly opposed to attacking the trenched positions without heavy artillery, and in the Battle of Langfang, the stubborn stone-headed soldiers were shocked by the fact that tens of thousands of troops were gone. After urgent discussions, the only conclusion they came to was that they needed artillery, more cannons, or they would have to rely on human lives to fill it.

There were also officers who suggested digging the same trenches to besiege each other, but this was China, a country with almost unlimited manpower. And the city of Beijing is so big, relying on the 50,000 people on the front line, there is no way to besiege the other party.

So, the two sides under the city of Beijing began a strange sit-down war. The Eight-Nation Coalition was waiting for its own heavy artillery to come up, and sent troops to sweep away the Boxer guerrillas behind it. On the side of the Black Dragon Society, they were desperately reinforcing the fortifications, and sent a considerable number of cavalry and military engineering teams to wreak havoc behind the backs of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

More than 100,000 Chen soldiers on both sides confronted each other under the city of Beijing, and naturally it was impossible for them to really stare at each other without any action. Every day, the two sides continue to fight cold guns and cold guns. In this kind of small-scale engagement, Lin Mengchu's master regiment shone brightly, and several surprise attacks wiped out the coalition patrols and sweeping troops, which greatly shocked the coalition army.

After being hit several times, the Eight-Nation Alliance also built a considerable length of trenches, which slowed down the momentum of the Black Dragon Society's small-scale raids. But then, the Black Dragon Society sacrificed the magic weapon of night battle.

"Boom!" A huge fireball rose to the ground, caused by a thrown bag of explosives.

Black Dragon Society soldiers with white strips of cloth tied to their arms, long spears and short cannons, and some brave men with explosives strapped to their bodies, rushed into a Japanese position. The sound of bombs exploding and the sound of white blades slashing into human bodies rang out, and the screams resounded throughout the camp for a while.

The armies of the other countries on the border immediately became agitated like ants on a hot pot, and the nearest to this Japanese camp was the Belgian barracks. This country, which can only be regarded as a second-class person in Europe, has also sent more than 2,000 troops to China, and has become one of the great powers, which has made Lin Mengchu unable to see it for a long time.

This attack on the Japanese camp was actually a drunkard's intention not to drink. While more than a thousand people were dispatched for the night attack, she personally led more than 500 people to ambush the Belgians on the way to this camp. Leading the night attack was Li Dayan, known as the head of the Five Tiger Generals, and after smearing and killing several sentry posts, they were discovered by the secret sentry who was secretly ambushing.

A shrill whistle sounded in the camp, and Li Dayan saw that since the sneak attack was not successful, it should be changed to a strong attack. He pulled the fuse on the explosive bag in his hand and said forcefully that the three-kilogram bag was thrown into the depths of the Japanese camp. Then, a loud explosion flew in all directions along with the fragments of the human stump.

The first and second waves of Japanese troops were well-trained standing divisions, and the more than 6,000 soldiers in this camp were in disarray, and quickly rushed out of the tents with bayonets under the leadership of junior and middle-ranking officers. And then these guys are whining with small bombs and big-yield explosive packets flying everywhere.

Just like the countless masters in the Boxer Rebellion who want to drink hatred in front of the artillery of foreign devils, no matter how well-trained the Japanese army is, they will be beaten in front of the bombs. When they finally have the opportunity to fight bayonets, they will find that the guys with big knives are really not talking. In particular, there was a black Humpty Dumpty man, with one big eye and one small eye, who went on a rampage with a ghost-headed knife, killing the Japanese soldiers on their backs.

In the end, several mid-ranking officers had to order all the soldiers not to move, and when they saw what was going on, they would just go over with a platoon of guns. This indiscriminate move quickly took effect, knocking dozens of people in Li Dayan's area to the ground. However, Li Dayan used to rely on his hard skills to protect his body, and invulnerability was his specialty act.

The black Humpty Dumpty man covered his head with his left hand, rushed into a Japanese army queue with hundreds of guns, and cut off the head of the young man who led the team with a look of hell on the faces of the Japanese soldiers.

Subsequently, this Hebei hero, who had been poisoned by the Black Dragon King for a long time, raised the grinning head high and shouted: "Enemy general, beg for it!" ”

The soldiers who followed him cheered, and the Japanese soldiers around him were demoralized, and many even turned around and ran away. Li Dayan held the head and shouted three times, after shocking the enemy, and then without looking back, he led the remaining soldiers out from another direction.