Zhang Laifu glared at Lin Abing with an extremely complicated gaze and said angrily: "You fuck off Lao Tzu!" ”

Lin Abing said in a somewhat trembling voice: "Lord Lin said, colleagues should advance and retreat together, live and die together!" ”

Zhang Laifu's eyes turned red and said, "Silly brother, who will take care of the old lady and children when you die?" ”

Lin Abing was slightly stunned and said: "If everyone cares about this, when the foreigners enter the city, the family will not be able to be saved, I hope that Lord Lin's pension money can be counted!" ”

Zhang Laifu took a deep breath and said, "Good job, it's a man!" In the next life, we will be brothers! ”

Lin Abing smiled and said, "Don't do it, our mother said that you are good at everything, but you are ugly!" ”

Zhang Laifu ...... Get on the bayonet! Zhang Laifu yelled, kill! Lin Abing followed Zhang Laifu and rushed out! Two slightly thin figures, against the backdrop of the morning star, rushed towards the French army without hesitation.

Captain Eddie watched in amazement as the two madmen pounced on him, how close were the bayonets that seemed to glow with cold light? How erratic is the gunshot? He even saw the blood splattered from the bullet on the other party's body?

The battle was soon over, and under the gentle sea breeze, Plimpton. Admiral Arthur and Major General Mitchell were walking on the beach, sixteen French corpses lined up, including Captain Eddy, who had been stabbed in the chest, and the bodies of two Qing soldiers were laid aside, and their used weapons were handed to Princeton. In the hands of Admiral Arthur and Major General Mitchell.

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur didn't know much about the army's weapon models, but Major General Mitchell was very proficient, and after looking at it, Major General Mitchell looked through it, and said with a long sigh: "This is very similar to the Prussian thing, expensive and complicated, we only participated in the Crimean War Guards Corps are equipped with similar weapons, it seems that there is no such gun with meticulous workmanship." ”

Major General Mitchell repeatedly examined the captured rifles and ammunition, trying to find out what was going on inside, and he was reluctant to admit that the Qing Army used more advanced weapons than the French Army. Admiral Arthur said frankly: "Good weapons also depend on people to use, if it is our soldiers after completing the vigilance mission, what will happen to them? ”

Major General Mitchell replied without hesitation: "Of course it's a retreat!" ”

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur nodded cautiously and said: "But these two Qing soldiers stayed behind and fought a certain battle with us, if you still think that the Qing [***] team is still stuck in the state of 1840, I am afraid that we will follow in the footsteps of the British." ”

Rear Admiral Mitchell nodded and said: "It's good to let the British learn a lesson, no army is equal to no right to speak, now we have to far surpass the British in terms of the number of land forces or the size of the fleet, I believe that how the two sides fight together this time, the battle for command will be more exciting!" ”

Pengcheng, who received the warning of the war report, has begun to be on full alert, Xu Dawei is standing at the head of Pengcheng, he now has four fully equipped battalion heads, the guns and ammunition are quite sufficient, and there are also a batch of grenades, and the latest mortars from the old port are all hoarded in Pengcheng, together with the four hundred people of the artillery battalion, now he has a full 2,400 people, and he is full of confidence in guarding Pengcheng.

However, according to the new recruits who came back to report the news, the number of foreign devils who landed on the shore and the ships behind, Xu Dawei speculated that there would be no less than 5,000 foreigners who came to attack this time, and after adding the hints that Lord Lin gave him before, Xu Dawei knew that I was afraid that there would be no reinforcements for a while and a half, and he was ready to live and die with this city.

After the 20,000 French troops took almost a day to land, the next morning, the French army began to slowly oppress Dapeng City, there are more than 10,000 people overwhelming, and the team of 10,000 people Xu Dawei has naturally seen it, but in the face of more than 20,000 foreign hairs who are almost armed to the teeth? Xu Dawei was a little apprehensive in his heart.

Turning back to look at his subordinate soldiers, Xu Dawei smiled and said: "Don't panic, since Lord Lin arranged for us to hold on, we must have a perfect plan, we have solved 5,000 Yingyi without much effort before, and now 20,000 French hairs are enough!" ”

Yuan Hong, the head of a battalion under Xu Dawei, looked at the long marching column of the French army and exclaimed: "My God! Lao Tzu is developed! ”

Xu Dawei glared at Yuan Hong, who was unscrupulous, for fear that he would say something that would affect morale, after all, everyone was very scared in their hearts, two thousand against twenty thousand? As long as you are not stupid, you can understand the meaning.

But Yuan Hong didn't seem to notice it at all? Gu Gu said: "When we suppress bandits, one head counts five taels of silver, the leader is ten taels, and the bandit leader is one hundred taels!" There are so many foreign hairs outside the city today, you can put one of them with a random shot, and when the battle is over, our Lord Lin won't have to shed tears in distress? ”

Yuan Hong's words immediately calmed down the soldiers who were originally surrounded and a little panicked, for a man with normal physiology, power, money, and women are always the most attractive things.

Xu Dawei glanced at Yuan Hong with satisfaction, and then said: "Cheer up the master, eat Lord Lin's salary, win with a reward for silver, get injured with a gold, have a lost Invalids Farm, have a pension for the dead, and rely on hundreds of thousands of fathers and villagers, our sailors are not the Eight Banners, not the Green Battalion, not the regimental training army, we can't afford to lose that person, if anyone is afraid of the bear, now I will take off this military skin for Lao Tzu and get out." ”

The soldiers began to discuss eagerly in whispers, Lin Haijiang's generosity and generosity are obvious to all, a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron does not nail This sentence is no longer applicable in the Nanyang Naval Division, being a soldier in the Nanyang Naval Division is now a glorious thing in Guangzhou City, and Lord Lin's soldiers are not worthy of everyone, in other words, if you want to eat Lord Lin's military salary, you have to have the ability.

The nursery rhymes on the streets of Guangzhou all sing: Carrying foreign guns, eating meat buns, and raising the whole family with silver, dad and mother are happy haha!

The nursery rhyme represents the people's heart, that is, the recognition of the common people, almost all the sailors have a sense of pride and superiority, and today it seems that it will be their turn to defend this sense of superiority, and the thought that the families of those brothers who died in the past have been properly cared for, and it seems that the death in battle has become not terrible.

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur put away his binoculars and asked Major General Mitchell beside him, "Do you think those savage whippers will surrender?" ”

Major General Mitchell suddenly made a helpless gesture and said: "Your Excellency, I'm afraid not, at least they won't surrender until we give them something powerful." ”

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur thoughtfully pointed to the small but sturdy city wall of Pengcheng and said: "There can only accommodate two infantry regiments here, damn the wisdom of the whipping people, their fortress is chosen in this narrow front, except for the cannon bombardment of the city wall, I can't think of any good ideas." ”

Major General Mitchell squinted his eyes at Lieutenant General Ma Gaixian, who was also looking attentive on the side, and Ma Gaixian, who was expressionless, nodded in a deep voice and said, "Your Excellency, as you said, there is really no good way. ”

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur waved his horsewhip with great satisfaction and said, "I hope to have afternoon tea in the city, my lieutenant general." ”

"It's going to be as you wish!" Margaisian's attitude made Priding. Admiral Arthur seemed to be enjoying himself.

But in a moment, Princeton. Admiral Arthur pitched his tent on a hillside a few miles away, and his servants brought fragrant coffee, while a few hounds barked from time to time.

Major General Mitchell glanced at Margais and said, "Why don't you dissuade Your Excellency?" You are the Supreme Commander of the Army! ”

Margay didn't reply, "Please don't forget, Plimpton. His Excellency Admiral Arthur is the commander-in-chief! ”

Lin Haijiang, who was sitting in Guangzhou City, still had about 7,000 troops in his hands at the moment, and the rest of the troops were all stationed in various forts.

As a beneficiary of the previous butterfly effect, Lin Haijiang has become a complete victim at this moment, and the main reason why he did not dare to transfer troops was that according to reliable intelligence from the old port, the British reinforcements seemed to be on the way.

At this time, Lin Haijiang had to better grasp the few reserves, and with such a large-scale engagement and the intervention of the French, Lin Haijiang could be sure that the Second Opium War had officially broken out.

Before it was clear that the forces and motives invested by France and the strategic purpose, Lin Haijiang could not rescue Pengcheng, and as for the reaction and countermeasures of the Qing court, Lin Haijiang only hoped that the so-called imperial court would not drag himself back.

Defending against external humiliation should have been an act of the state, but now it has become a personal matter? Ye Mingchen is also very helpless about this, the officials of the imperial court have already made it clear that they don't want to take responsibility, if they win this battle, I'm afraid that they and Lin Haijiang won't have good fruit to eat, the difference is that if you win, you can die a better death, and if you don't win, you will die an ugly death.

Bai Gui, who was sitting next to Ye Mingchen, saw Ye Mingchen frowning, so he asked: "I heard that tens of thousands of people in France have come ashore from Daya Bay?" Burning, killing and looting all the way, and now the soldiers are trapped in Dapeng City? ”

Ye Mingchen nodded slightly, and Bai Gui suddenly gasped! Then he asked nervously: "Then where is the general army of South Australia and what are the regulations of the imperial court?" ”

Ye Mingchen sneered and said: "It is said that this military matter is like a fire, and now in this situation, don't count on the imperial court!" Nanao ran so much that even the barracks were empty, I don't know how much empty pay those damn people ate, and now I'm afraid the emperor won't take this responsibility! Later, there are many people who use our heads to make peace with foreigners. ”

At this time, a seven-rank scribe hurriedly ran in and said, "My lord, the treasury order of the household department!" All the silver taels were immediately escorted into Beijing! ”

"What?" Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui bounced up from their seats at the same time, Bai Guizai looked at it carefully a few times before saying to Ye Mingchen: "How can there be a transfer of the domain treasury at this time?" This library order is clearly the will, and it is stamped with the seal of the Military Aircraft Department. ”

Ye Mingchen sighed slowly and said: "Since ancient times, fighting wars has been nothing more than fighting to get soldiers' salaries, grain and grass, and this plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle is too vicious!" Even if we defeat the foreigners, the food, food, weapons and ammunition consumed in this war will be sad! What to do? ”

Bai Gui took a deep breath and said: "The seal of the study and the military aircraft department is equivalent to the will, and the violator is to resist the will, and it is to connect the three clans!" The only way to do this is to raise some money first, and we must not let the sailor collapse, even if we sell our property, we must survive this hurdle. ”

Ye Mingchen nodded and said, "This is someone in the court who wants to kill us!" ”

"Death and life!" Bai Gui flicked the lid of the teacup with his fingers.

Ye Mingchen immediately sent someone to report to Lin Haijiang about the immediate transfer of the silver from the domain treasury to the capital, and told Lin Haijiang to stabilize his position, they tried to find a way to deal with the silver, Lin Haijiang made complete preparations early in the morning, he really didn't expect the silver from the domain treasury, he originally had the mentality that the more the merrier, it seemed that someone secretly did it behind his back.

Xu Dawei took advantage of the narrow terrain in the Pengcheng area and the superior ability of the Prussian 1855 type firing needle rifle to repel three attacks of the French army in a row.

More than 2,000 French troops were knocked down in three attacks, the 21st Infantry of the French Republic Army was completely disabled, and the bullets fired by the defenders of Pengcheng, who used prefabricated warhead technology, made the French military doctors very idle. Xu Dawei was extremely shocked by the amazing effect of the so-called "thunderbolt bomb", and he admired the researchers of this bullet so much.

The reason why he was equipped with the later generations of gun bullet demon dummy bullets, Lin Haijiang was just a moment of curiosity at first, because the historical dummy bullets appeared in 1897, designed and developed by Captain Clay, the military director of the arsenal, he removed the tip of the 7.7 mm gun bullet, exposed the lead core, and became the famous dummy bullet.

When Damm catapults into the human body, the lead core gushes out of the armor due to the habitual effect, and is flattened into a mushroom shape, and the armor expands or ruptures, quickly releasing energy, expanding the wound outlet, and making the warhead have a similar injury effect as an explosive warhead.

The warhead that enters the human body is seriously deformed and even ruptured, resulting in a horn-shaped or gourd-shaped cavity in the human tissue, the wound area is hundreds of times the cross-sectional area of the projectile, and the instantaneous cavity with a caliber of more than ten times or even larger when it is hit, which produces tremendous pressure on the human body's blood circulation system. What is even more painful for the injured is that if the fragments of the projectile remain inside the body, then it may cause lead poisoning, even if the fragments are relatively small in the body, but the huge wound is extremely difficult to heal and can easily cause infection.

The third declaration of the 1899 Hague Convention, the Declaration on the Prohibition of Penetrating Deformable Bullets, explicitly prohibited "bullets that are easy to expand or flatten after entering the human body", and the Qing Dynasty, the representative of China at that time, was also one of the signatories.

Lin Haijiang has never seen a real dummy bullet, he is just curious, a kind of bullet has only appeared for less than 2 years and has been recognized and banned by the whole world, he gave the idea of dummy bullet to the Prussians very irresponsible, saying that it was the invention of a firearm maker in the Ming Dynasty of China, called the thunderbolt!

The Prussians provided a large number of such bullets, and Lin Haijiang, in the spirit of not being responsible to the end, was ready to allocate them all, but before this plan could be implemented, Dapeng was besieged by the French army.

The French were honored to be the first victims of the dummy bullet!

After examining more than a dozen bloody corpses in a row, Ma Gaixian was deeply stimulated by this bloody scene after many years of fighting, and the bullets actually rolled on the human body and caused so much damage, a surgeon was amazed, completely ignoring the intestines and internal organs of the corpse that flowed all over the ground, and turned over the damage to the organs caused by the bullets.

A small hole goes in, and a fist-sized hole comes out? Is this a weapon of the devil? In just three hours, one-tenth of the loss, if in the Crimea Magaixian could be accepted, but in the face of the so-called ignorant backwardness, who can only use a bow and arrow to whip people, Magaxian is really unacceptable.

The ignorant and backward whipping man actually used a rifle even more advanced than the Flint rifle? Has the world been turned upside down?

Only then did Ma Gai know that in the previous outpost battle, the rifle that flogged the man had been captured, but no one told him such important information?

Margay found Printon in a rage. Admiral Arthur, the result of Plimpton. Admiral Arthur took the lead and reprimanded Margai's unfavorable command, and the troops broke down and were forced to retreat beyond the range of their rifles.

Margaysian looked at Plimpton indifferently. Admiral Arthur said word for word: "We were routed out of the range of our rifles, don't you want to say something?" ”

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur was slightly stunned for a moment, and then said nonchalantly: "You are the commander of the army, this kind of thing shouldn't be worrying about me, the admiral, right?" ”

For Printon who shirked responsibility. Admiral Arthur, Ma Gaixian smiled slightly without anger: "Your Excellency, I remember your words!" ”

Ma Gai immediately changed his attack, first using artillery to concentrate on bombarding the location of the towers on the city wall, and then using artillery fire to cover the infantry and advance rapidly in a skirmish line.

Xu Dawei, who played very easily, saw that the French adjusted their tactics and bombarded the watchtower next to the city tower, and was suddenly shocked, others did not know, he knew very well that the location of the watchtower was precisely the weakest place in the city wall, and it was obvious that the other party had people who knew a lot about civil engineering.

How did Xu Dawei know that in the Crimean War, Ma Gaixian commanded his troops to capture more than 50 castles and fortresses, and Pengcheng was almost like walking on the ground in Ma Gaixian's eyes.

The roaring sound of artillery was mixed with the wanton flying rubble, several soldiers and their rifles were blown into the sky, and there was no chance to scream, Xu Dawei risked lying on the head of the city, the French rifles were indeed not good, but the artillery was a completely bronze retreat breech gun, firing all flowering shells.

The interior of Pengcheng is actually not big, almost the entire city is under the fire of the French army, Xu Dawei's advantage disappeared in an instant, but Xu Dawei knew that the French came from the sea, and their supplies determined that such a fierce artillery fire could not last.

(To be continued)