"If Fusha Village and the river embankment are not recaptured, Shanxi will not be able to defend it, and the big guys will run away together, and none of these cannons will be taken away, what's the use?" Liu Renyi glared at Wu Fengdian, "Why don't you take it all out tonight and give it a try!" Save it and throw it away as waste! ”

"That's what the big brother said! lost Shanxi, everyone didn't have a good landing, why don't you fight him tonight! Yang Zhuen, who was good friends with Iwao Konno, said loudly, "In tonight's battle, the little brother is willing to lead the team!" ”

Hearing that Yang Zhuen, who was only the commander of the right battalion, actually volunteered to lead a night attack on the Fusha Fortress, Huang Shouzhong, Wu Fengdian and other generals of the Black Flag Army were all ashamed.

During the day, the hellish artillery fire of the French army had already knocked out all the confidence and courage of these generals of the Black Flag Army.

Of course, Liu Renyi saw that these generals under his command could no longer be counted on now, and when he saw Yang Zhuen taking the initiative to ask for help, his joy was overflowing for a while.

"I'm willing to go with Yang Tong." Seeing this, Iwao Konno also took the initiative to ask for war.

"Then there are two Lao!" Lin Yuansheng, who had not spoken, also said, "If you can succeed, Lin should ask the court for the two of you!" Hold two official positions! ”

Hearing Lin Yuansheng say that he wanted to promote them as officials, Iwao Konno was secretly amused in his heart.

Of course, he understood that Lin Yuansheng's purpose in saying such things was just to use them to sell his life.

Lin Yuansheng, an arrogant scholar who loves to learn Zhuge Liang and shake a feather fan, will not understand what his purpose is for Iwao Konno to help the Black Flag Army so hard.

At that moment, Liu Renyi discussed the details of the night attack with the generals, and under the heavy reward, a death squad of more than 1,000 people was quickly organized. Lin Yuansheng arranged for his soldiers to carry the 120mm Armstrong cannon out of the city. The gunners also came. It showed rare high efficiency, but Konno Iwao found that these gunners seemed to shrink in the face of this cannon that was no longer a new type of cannon, and when he asked, he learned that these gunners had only undergone simple training and were not familiar with the structure and performance of this cannon. And when they knew that they were going to attack the French river gunboats with this cannon tonight, they were afraid of the French fire. Even more cringe.

At this point, Iwao Konno finally understood why Liu Renyi left this cannon in the city.

"I'll do the gun, you can help me load it." Iwao Konno said.

"Let's just fight with Fayi tonight! Call the artillery team up! Liu Renyi saw that Iwao Konno took the initiative to ask for artillery to attack the French ship in order to achieve the purpose of attracting the firepower of the French ship, he was moved, gritted his teeth, and simply took out the back hand that was left.

In that attack on Hanoi, Zhang Yongqing and other three battalions of the Dian army were disabled by the French army, but those gunners who operated the 75-mm Krupp camp guns performed very well, after these Dian troops were reduced to one battalion. Taking advantage of the fact that Zhang Yongqing and the others were injured and frightened, Liu Renyi borrowed the gunners of the Yunnan army. Teaching the artillery skills of the Black Flag Army, he made a small success, and repaired the abandoned artillery of the French army into the team to form a powerful artillery team. This artillery team played a significant role in several battles with the French army such as Danfeng and Huaide, and was an important reserve force for Liu Renyi.

Now, Liu Renyi plans to transfer them into battle, which shows that he is desperate.

After more than an hour of preparation, all the troops entered the position, and after confirming that everything was ready, Liu Renyi issued the battle order.

Iwao Konno carefully examined the cannon that had been placed, waved his hand to the gunners, and the gunners began to reload cooperatively, and when the shells were loaded, Iwao Konno began to aim.

In the Southwest War, he made a cameo appearance as a gunner more than once, and operated the Armstrong cannons of various calibers equipped by the Japanese government army, and after the war, he thought that he would not have any more opportunities to contact these cannons, but he did not expect that a few years later, in the foreign land of Vietnam, his previous artillery skills came in handy again.

The moon is bright tonight, and the stars are sparse, making Iwao Konno seem to be back on the battlefield of the past.

Somehow, he actually missed those days of blood and fire a little.

At this time, on the river, the figures of French gunboats were clearly visible.

Having destroyed all the fortifications on the shore of the Black Flag Army during the day, and destroying a large number of Black Flag troops with machine gun fire, the French artillery fleet believed that the Black Flag Army had no means to attack them, so they all anchored on the river near the shore in order to support the land troops at any time, and it was this carelessness that gave the Black Flag Army an excellent opportunity to counterattack.

Seeing that the French gunboats were all within range of his own 120mm cannons, a smug sneer appeared on the corner of Konno Iwao's mouth.

After aiming at one of the largest French gunboats, Iwao Konno stepped aside and nodded to the gunner who was holding the arquebus.

The gunner let out a low cry and pulled the fire rope hard, only to hear a "boom", the huge barrel spewed out a flash of fire, and a cannonball swept across the river like a meteor, shooting straight at a French gunboat.

Because Iwao Konno had carefully calculated and aimed, and the French gunboats were all anchored and stationary on the river, the gun easily hit the target, and several gunners shouted loudly when they saw the fire column rising from the French gunboat.

The firing of the 120-mm cannon was also a signal for the attack, and the five Krupp 75-mm cannons and three 65-mm French marine guns, which had long been ready to go, also fired one after another, firing at the French gunboats on the river. In a short time, two French gunboats and a transport ship burst into flames.

The French artillery fleet did not expect to be shelled at night, and after a short panic, the French gunners began to return fire, and one shell after another fell on the river bank and exploded, and the fire was everywhere.

Although the French gunboats' return fire was fierce, it was very messy compared to the daytime, while the Black Flag gunfire's fire was unusually sharp and accurate this time. The darkness of the night made the French gunners judge their targets only by the flash of the Black Flag guns, but the French gunboats and transports hit by the Black Flag guns became huge fire candles on the river, and the positions of the French gunboats were clear under their fire. This allows the Black Flag gunners to aim calmly. Undisturbed precision shooting.

The two sides exchanged shots for nearly ten minutes. Iwao Konno manipulated a 120-mm cannon to hit a French gunboat again, causing its deck to catch fire, and this cannon also became the target of French artillery fire, countless shells flew and exploded around the position, but because Iwao Konno used his experience in Japan, he built sandbags around the gun position to strengthen the protection. It was the French artillery fire that did not cause them much harm.

Iwao Konno was secretly smug when the machine guns of the French gunboats opened fire, and for a moment the river was full of bullets and fires, pouring straight to the shore. Iwao Konno was startled and quickly ordered the gunners to stop firing and lie down to dodge.

On a hidden position, Liu Renyi held a telescope and carefully observed the battle situation.

Although the French machine-gun fire was very fierce, because it was not easy to aim at night, it could only do a large-scale strafing fire. Therefore, the gunners of the Black Flag Army continued to shoot after a period of evasion. The French ships consumed a large number of machine shells, but they were not able to achieve the results of the day.

Liu Renyi wanted this effect, he knew that when the attention of the French ships was all focused on the artillery position of the Black Flag Army, it was the time to launch a counterattack on the Fusha Fortress.

After about a quarter of an hour of firing at each other, another French gunboat was hit by a bullet and caught fire, and three of the Black Flag guns were also dumbfounded, and the French gunboats, eager to suppress the Black Flag fire, did not retreat after pulling anchor and set sail, but sailed towards the shore and fired at close range.

At this time, Lin Yuansheng ordered the Gui army to launch rockets at the French gunboats, and the soldiers of the Gui army, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately began to fire the "Hale" rockets, and it suddenly seemed that a rain of fire fell on the river.

These rockets caused a great deal of panic to the French gunboats trying to shoot at close range, and one gunboat and a motorboat caught fire after being hit by the "Hale" rocket, and in a panic retreated, almost colliding with another French gunboat, and in order not to hurt their own people, the French gunboats behind had to stop using machine gun fire and only use naval guns to bombard the shore.

Seeing the chaotic situation on the river, the waves on the gunboat "Ju Dove" were like falling into an ice cellar.

He couldn't understand why the Black Flag Army and the cadre army, which seemed to be vulnerable during the day, seemed to have changed their appearance at night, with such fierce artillery fire and so resolute resistance.

"We should send a landing force ashore and destroy the enemy's batteries." Major Mosiyon's voice came from the side.

"Launching a landing operation at night? Too dangerous, right? Pointing to the riverbank where the flames lit from time to time, Bo Hua said in a hoarse voice, "The Qianguo people should set up an ambush on the shore to wait for our landing force, and ambush warfare is what they are best at. ”

"The Qianguo people are not good at close combat, so we don't have to worry about their ambushes." Major Mosiyon insisted on his assertion, "Although they are numerous, their combat effectiveness is very poor, and we can crush them with only a small number of troops, and we do not have to think about ambushes at all." ”

"Let's suppress their artillery first!" Bo Slip shook his head, "It would be dangerous to land in this situation!" ”

"You should be able to see that the cannons they used this time are all Western-style cannons, which are completely different from the old artillery they used to use before!" Major Mosiyon said with some anxiety, "Now that they have used the 'Hale' rockets again, we have three gunboats on fire!" In this case, it will be difficult for us to suppress their firepower! Only by forcing the landing and launching an offensive will do! ”

Wave Slip was still hesitating, and neither he nor Major Mosiyon knew that an unprecedented crisis was coming.

Seeing that the flagship of the French fleet, the "Ju Dove", finally appeared in the firelight, Iwao Konno felt an inexplicable excitement, and his heartbeat became faster.

Once again, he maneuvered his guns, pointing them at the large gunboat that was slowly moving along the river.

"Fire!" Seeing the "Ju Dove" slowly approaching the crosshairs, Iwao Konno suddenly flashed to the side, eagerly waving his arms at the gunner.

The gunner shouted and pulled the arquebus hard.

A flash of fire flashed from the muzzle of the cannon, and in the darkness, Iwao Konno could clearly see that the cannonball hit the "Ju Dove" directly.

Iwao Konno commanded the gunners to reload their ammunition and fired another shot, which hit the "Ju Dove" again, and after this cannon was fired, without appreciating his own results, Iwao Konno and his gunners immediately hid in the depths of the bunker and waited for the French ship's recovering bombardment.

It was unexpected. It's completely different from just now. There were no French shells coming at once.

The sound of shelling outside seemed to have become weaker. After a while, Iwao Konno noticed that there were no shells, and boldly stepped out of the bunker, poked his head out to look out into the river, and was surprised to find that the French gunboats had withdrawn far away.

Seeing that the French ships were out of range, the Black Flag artillery stopped firing after a few rounds of pursuit.

Iwao Konno didn't know about the two shots he had just hit. In an instant, the course of the battle was rewritten.

The "Ju Dove" was hit by two 120-mm shells in succession, not only suffered heavy losses, but also suffered heavy casualties among the crew, even Rear Admiral Wave and Major Mosillon were injured by shrapnel, Major Mosillon was particularly seriously injured, the blood on his body was splashed on Rear Admiral Wave Slip's face, at this moment, Rear Admiral Wave Slip's nerves completely collapsed, and he ordered the French artillery fleet to retreat and withdraw from the battlefield.

The command of Major General Wave Slip cannot be wrong. Because in the night artillery battle just now, due to the surprise. In addition, the artillery fire of the Black Flag Army was extremely strong, and there were heavy artillery to participate in the battle, as a result, among the seven French gunboats, the larger "Ju Dove", "Hurricane" and "Lightning" were all hit by bullets and caught fire, and the "Big Axe" gunboat, which served as a vigilance, was also heavily damaged, a motorboat and a barge were sunk, and the French ships on the river were in a mess, and the fire from the burning ships made the French ships a live target, while the gun positions of the Black Flag Army were very hidden, except for the flash of the muzzle, it was impossible to accurately locate and shoot. It would certainly be detrimental to the French if they continued to fight, so Wave Slip decided to withdraw from the battle if the losses were not too great, intending to launch a counterattack after daybreak.

However, this move of the wave slippery brought a catastrophe to the French landing force defending the fortress of floating sand.

Although during the day, the French army defending the fortress of Fusha repelled several counterattacks of the Black Flag Army and the Gui Army, but their own casualties were also very large, the French army of about 500 people was killed in the battle, 156 were wounded, the fierce battle made their ammunition depleted quickly, especially the most important machine gun shells, the long and intense intensity of the battle made all the French soldiers nervous, although the enemy was greatly killed, but they were also on the verge of collapse.

In fact, during the day, as long as the Black Flag Army or the Gui Army launched another attack, they would probably not be able to hold on. However, due to the failure of the attack and the heavy casualties, the Black Flag Army and the Gui Army had lost their fighting spirit and did not attack again, so that the French army held their positions and suffered until the night.

During the night, the French were ready to rest for the next day's battle, but they had no idea that the Black Flag Army would launch a night attack.

After being awakened by the sound of artillery bombardment on the river, the exhausted French troops hurried into their positions, and their morale suddenly became low after witnessing the power of the Black Flag Army's artillery fire at night and the defeat of the French gunboats on the river.

And at this moment, the Black Flag Army death squad led by Yang Zhuen launched an attack.

Yang Zhuen first took advantage of the cover of the night to secretly transport more than 40 mountain-splitting cannons allocated to him by Liu Renyi to the front of the formation, and bombarded Fusha Village and the river embankment defense line.

The French army did not expect that the Black Flag Army would carry out artillery bombardment at this time, and they all looked for cover to dodge, but fortunately, although the old weapon of the mountain splitting cannon was launched with terrifying momentum, its power was extremely limited, and it did not cause great damage to the French position, but the shells that fell like meteorites still gave the French soldiers a certain amount of damage, and many French soldiers could not dodge, and were killed by the shells, or broke their legs, and fell to the ground screaming.

Hearing the screams of the French, Yang Zhuen thought that the shelling had achieved a certain effect, and immediately led more than 1,000 daredevils to charge the French positions with shouts.

Because the artillery bombardment of the Black Flag Army disrupted the French line, when the Black Flag Army launched a charge, the French platoon guns fired only two rounds, and the machine guns did not wait for all to start firing (some machine guns were damaged in the shelling of the Black Flag Army), and the Black Flag Army had already rushed to the front.

The two sides once again began a fierce white-knuckle battle.

Yang jumped into the middle of the French army, raised his revolver, and shot a tall French soldier in big fat pants in the head.

Yang Zhuen himself is good at martial arts, but he has seen the power of these Zuaf soldiers in the French army, so he didn't plan to melee with the other party in the first place, but brought several more revolvers to deal with them.

He also knew that these savage French soldiers were tall and strong, and if they were shot in the body, they might not be able to fall down at once, and he had shot them in the head.

But what Yang Zhuen didn't expect was that although his idea was good, in actual combat, there was still a certain deviation.

Another Zuaf soldier pounced on him with a rifle with a bayonet, and Yang Zhuen didn't think about it, he raised his pistol and aimed it at the opponent's head and fired a shot.

Zu Afu Bing saw Yang Zhuen's movements, and turned his head suddenly, Yang Zhuen's shot missed, but he still hit the opponent's ear, and he saw that the opponent's ear seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand, and disappeared.

The Zu Af soldier let out a beastly howl, and strode towards Yang Zhuen, Yang Zhuen shot at him continuously, emptying the bullets in the revolver in one breath, and the Zu Afu soldier had several more blood holes on his body, but he did not fall, but ran towards Yang Zhuen step by step. (To be continued.) )

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