Chapter 11: The Howling Moon (2)

In order to deal with the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Black Dragon Society once worked at full speed and worked overtime to produce some improvised versions of rifles. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info these rifles can be saved, not only can not be loaded with bayonets, but the steel used is also of inferior quality, and the rifling will be smoothed out if it can't hit a hundred rounds.

After the end of the war, the Black Dragon Society did not think about recycling these inferior rifles, so they all gave them to the militias who had been disbanded and mobilized. Although it is said to be an inferior rifle, it is much better than the folk homemade musket. Dense rain of bullets, the robbers who would commit the crime were beaten and crushed into an army.

Before Feng Guozhang could stage according to the scheduled script, the riots in the direction of Anping Town had already been quelled. This made Feng Guozhang, who rushed over in a hurry, stunned, Made, this script is not right! Those guys who collect money to do things are too unreliable, and before I can exert my strength, you will all fall. He was going to kill them all, but now it seems that this step can be omitted.

The adjutant on the side said to Feng Guozhang: "My lord, what should we do now?" Do you want to go back first? ”

"Go back to fart!" Feng Guozhang raised his eyes and said loudly: "According to the plan!" ”

"But, those ........ We've all been killed, and we don't have any excuses now. ”

"Who said that?" Feng Guozhang smiled and said: "Lao Tzu said that there are robbers in Anping Town, that is, there are robbers!" What else can they disagree with? ”

The adjutant quickly ignored Feng Guozhang's advice and went down to order the troops to move on. When the army drove a few miles in front of Anping Town, the gongs rang out in the town, and a large number of militiamen armed with various weapons climbed the outer walls of the town.

In the eyes of soldiers like Feng Guozhang, although these militiamen reacted quite well, they were too poorly equipped and too few to admit defeat, so they could completely fight in one fight. And now he is not ready to adhere to any "non-expansion policy", and if he is outside, he will not be subject to military orders!

After the troops were deployed, Feng Guozhang didn't bother to be wordy, and directly asked the artillery unit to start shooting.

"Boom!"

The Beiyang Army brought small-caliber field guns, although the rate of fire was not as good as the "75mm" rapid-fire guns on the side of the Black Dragon Society, but the power was not bad. At a distance of two or three miles, this field gun with a slow rate of fire was quite accurate, and it blew up the outer wall of the civil structure of Anping Town.

The exterior walls of Anping Town are all civil structures, which can also prevent bandits and robbers, where can they block the bombardment of field artillery? In a few moments, the outer wall was completely destroyed, and the militia guarding behind the wall were overwhelmed by the heavy artillery fire.

The morale that had just been boosted by the defeat of the bandits was also suppressed because of this. The militia captain cursed: "Made, it's those rabbit cubs of the Beiyang Army!" ”

"Captain, how do you know it's them?" A militiaman, who was also lying on the ground, asked loudly, "Maybe those robbers just now have come back again?" ”

"Have you ever seen a robber with a cannon?" The militia captain glared at a pair of bull's eyes and scolded: "Opposite us are only those waste materials from Beiyang, if it weren't for them, could it still be foreigners?" ”

"Are they going to war with us, then?"

"How do I know?" The captain said angrily: "By the way, you sent someone to report the news, did you send someone?" ”

"I've already sent two of them to run fast, but I see that the fight is so fierce here, even if you don't send people, the garrison should know about it."

"Boom", another shell smashed into the wall, blowing up a big hole. Flying dirt and debris almost submerged the two people lying on the ground.

The militia captain opened his mouth and spit out the mouth full of dirt and gravel, "Bah, Bah", he scolded and said: "Those bastards in Beiyang only know how to shoot cannons, and if there is a seed, they will come up and ..........."

Before he finished speaking, his subordinates on the side shouted loudly: "Captain, the enemy is rushing up!" ”

The captain looked at it, but the crowd of black people walked up straight and straight with their bayonet rifles in hand. At this time in China, the new army was divided into two parts: the South Sea and the North Sea. Among them, the Nanyang New Army is "winning with talent", which means that there are many scholars in the Nanyang New Army. Their boss Zhang Zhidong has always encouraged soldiers to study more, so there are some revolutionaries in the Nanyang New Army.

The Beiyang New Army, on the other hand, has always been "winning with courage." What is particular about the brave battle, and the chief officers who lead the troops are also those who can fight and fight, such as Cao Kun, Duan Zhigui, etc., all of whom are strong in martial arts. Perhaps in various infantry synthesis tactics, the Beiyang Army is not so good at it, but they dare to fight hand-to-hand and are good at short assaults.

Now, the officers and men of the Beiyang Army, who have been dormant in Shandong for a long time, are roaring angrily, showing their combat effectiveness to the world. Although they were still using outdated infantry tactics, their opponents did not have rapid-fire guns and heavy machine guns to kill the infantry, so they quickly approached the wall and bravely rushed in.

The militia in Anping Town was only three to five hundred people, and even if a few hundred young men were temporarily mobilized, the total number would be less than eight hundred. And Feng Guozhang brought 3,000 infantry alone this time, not counting artillery and cavalry. The difference in numbers is so large, not to mention the superiority and inferiority of weapons and equipment.

In Feng Guozhang's opinion, such a large town can be taken in a single assault as long as a few cannons are fired. However, many of these militiamen fought in Langfang and Beijing. In their opinion, although the technical and tactical level of the Beiyang Army is not bad, it is still far behind the foreign devils.

The soldiers of the Beiyang Army who rushed in through the gap suddenly noticed that there were several black holes in front of them. They were bronze cannons that had been eliminated by the Black Dragon Society, and behind these "Napoleonic cannons" stood many men staring at them with malicious eyes.

These Beiyang soldiers were stunned at first, then came to their senses, and while turning and fleeing back, they howled loudly in horror: "It's a cannon!" ”

"What?" Before the people in the back could react, they only saw their companions in front running back, still shouting something.

Then, the gunpowder burned to the end, and the rapidly expanding gas pushed the projectile and some miscellaneous things out of the muzzle. Although it is an outdated bronze cannon, a cannon is a cannon, and its terrifying power swept through all living life forms in the 30-degree range.

The shotgun tore the soldiers who didn't have time to escape to shreds, just as a mischievous child dismantled a rag doll to pieces. It's just that the blood flowing on the ground tells the people around me that this is not as simple as a toy. (To be continued.) )