October 10, 1856! The watchtower at the main gate of Pengcheng collapsed under the continuous shelling of the French army, and in the wanton dust and roar, the two regiments of French troops shouted Long live the emperor and rushed to the breakthrough with rifles in hand.

At the breach, the Chinese and French soldiers howled and scolded each other because they could not understand the language, and the gunshots, shouts, and screams were mixed together, and in the collision of bayonets and bayonets, the invincible French soldiers realized what kind of opponents they had encountered.

Every second, people collapsed with their wounds covered, rifles, butts, bayonets, machetes, wall bricks, and everything that could be used as weapons, and the French filled them in rows.

To the great shock of the French, their opponents seemed to be magical, throwing knives? Small iron rods? Iron fist? Hand stabs? And so on.

The battalion leader led by Yuan Hong is more or less proficient in kung fu, and the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers can be said to be among the top three battalion leaders in the entire Nanyang Naval Division.

Stumps and broken arms, flowing blood and splashing blood blend with each other, the blood of the French, the blood of the Chinese, communicate together with the same taste and color?

The French soldiers in blue and white uniforms finally couldn't stand the bloody fight at the breakthrough and began to retreat in panic!

Ma Gaixian, who was standing in the back, slowly lowered the binoculars, the current breach had been filled with the corpses of the two armies, and unless the corpse wall was blasted open with artillery, this breach no longer had any meaning.

Bombarding the corpses of your own soldiers with artillery? Or fire during the soldier's attack? Margaysian did not think that he was crazy, that kind of behavior was no longer a gentleman's behavior, but the behavior of a beast, hysterical perversion and madness.

The hand-to-hand combat that lasted for more than ten minutes caused the French army to lose more than 1,500 men again, and Yuan Hong had to fight hard with a battalion head under the cover of the two wings, and as a result, less than 100 of the 500 people were able to stand up on their own, and the tragedy of the battle made the survivors feel terrified.

Adjusting his tactics twice in a row, Ma Gaixian had a leisurely admiration for the whipping warriors in the small city in front of him, obviously he had been completely surrounded, but he still resisted desperately? This should be the influence of different regional cultures, right? As a professional soldier and amateur geographer, he had a great curiosity about the mysterious Oriental world.

In Plimpton. Inside Admiral Arthur's tent, Margay told Princeton bluntly. Admiral Arthur, you should eat your dinner in the tent! The reason is that the floggers are advanced weapons and the spirit of fearlessness, Ma Gai is preparing to try an attack early tomorrow morning, and if the attack does not go well, Ma Gai will consider changing the attack to a siege.

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur gave his approval to Margaise's arrangement, and this thrilling battle of Princeton. Admiral Arthur saw it completely, so he agreed to Margaitian's tactical arrangement under the persuasion of Major General Mitchell, after all, those who died were also soldiers of the French Republic.

Early in the morning, the French army, which had rested all night, replaced two elite infantry regiments, and under the cover of artillery fire, slowly approached Pengcheng in the echelon formation of a skirmisher line.

However, their own artillery is obviously not as long as the range of the French army, and even if the French army is in the skirmish line, even if the artillery is fired, it may not be effective, and it is easy to become the target of the French army and be destroyed.

The attack of the French army was imminent, Yuan Hong suddenly found Xu Dawei, and said with a serious expression: "My lord, this time it will be handed over to the lowly battalion leader!" The adults used artillery fire as a lowly position. ”

Xu Dawei didn't reply: "Your battalion head fought well yesterday, but there are less than 100 people, change to another battalion head today!" Do I have a weak brigade in Guangdong? ”

The three thousand generals on the side saw Yuan Hong's wanton attack, and their faces sank, as we all know, Lord Lin has the highest standard of reward for war merits, every time he fights pirates, especially pirates who fight foreign devils, the rewards are one level higher than those for fighting Chinese pirates, this time it is the regular army of foreign hair, can the reward be low?

Yuan Hong was unmoved and said, "Please be fulfilled!" Artillery fire is a lowly position! ”

Xu Dawei suddenly turned around and said in surprise: "Do you want to do that?" Shooting at your own brother, do you trap me and be unjust? Let me be thundered by the sky and not be able to die? ”

Yuan Hong said expressionlessly: "Lord Lin asked us to stick to Pengcheng, yesterday Yang Maozi only attacked for one afternoon, and then crippled my battalion, and now the bodies of my four hundred brothers have become part of the defense of this city, how many days will this battle be fought?" I'm afraid no one can say for sure, there are at least more than 20,000 foreign hairs outside! How do we keep it? ”

Xu Dawei's face turned cold and said: "I will live and die with the city!" ”

Yuan Hong said quietly: "It's easy to die, but what about Lord Lin's deployment of our task of guarding the city and containing Yang Maozi?" Our death is small, it affects the overall plan of the adults, I wait for ten thousand deaths! ”

The other three Qianzong also blushed and breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm willing to go first for Lord Yuan!" ”

Xu Dawei took a deep breath and said, "What else do you have to entrust?" But there is still a breath of my Xu someone, and I try my best to give you an explanation! ”

Yuan Hongyi arched his hand and said: "Lord Xie is complete, there is a saying that wealth and wealth are sought in danger, if you are lucky not to die this time, you will set up a monument in Pengcheng to engrave a monument to the soldiers who defend the city!" ”

A hundred coarse porcelain bowls were filled with fierce back pot burning, Xu Dawei raised the wine bowl high and said: "Today, this bowl of wine gives you a strong voice, you take the first step and raise the military prestige of my Guangdong sailors!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" A hundred sturdy men stripped naked, and sixty of them asked for Colt revolvers, armed with broadswords, and the red silk fluttering in the wind under the hilt of the knife.

The other forty people hung a pair of jars on each of their chests and backs, and the jars were filled with gunpowder and lead pellets! A wave of murderous aura wafted through the city.

Although some soldiers were also trembling slightly, or there was a reluctant look in their eyes, no one retreated, because everyone has to talk about their conscience, Lord Lin treated him so kindly, raised soldiers for a thousand years, and really put a bear on this juncture, I am afraid that I will never be able to raise my head again in this life, and men sometimes do it for this!

Sometimes it's so simple for ordinary people, if you treat them well, they will treat you well, if you treat them sincerely and seek benefits for them, they will tie the grass for you.

Magai looked at his pocket watch first, then at the sun! Yesterday's intensive artillery suppression fire had already consumed too many shells, and if more than half of the shells were consumed in a small city, then they would not need to go to Guangzhou.

Ma Gaixian slowly closed his pocket watch and touched his most proud beard, through yesterday's battle, he had put away all his contempt, and treated the Qing army seriously as a worthy and stubborn opponent.

At this moment, Margaisian hated the British the most, and those stupid bastards actually said that the [***] team was vulnerable? In retribution, the British lost almost all of the land they could.

Martin standing next to Margaisian. Colonel Gedos was waiting for his artillery order, Ma Gai first took a deep breath, nodded and signaled to start, this time Ma Gai first found an old craftsman who had participated in the construction of Pengcheng, ten taels of silver, he knew the biggest weakness of Pengcheng's city defense, looking at the old craftsman who left with the silver, Ma Gaixian also had an inexplicable sadness.

The roaring sound of the cannon made Xu Dawei's nerves tense violently, obviously the French changed the direction of the main attack! What made him very depressed was that the French seemed to know very well the weaknesses of Pengcheng's walls?

Under the continuous artillery bombardment, there was a collapse of more than 30 meters in the section where the central Tibetan soldier cave was located, and Ma Gaixian was very satisfied with the results of the artillery, and he attacked in the direction of the original breach with the strength of one regiment, and then attacked this new breakthrough with the strength of two regiments, compared with the previous breakthrough that was only ten meters wide, this breakthrough with a width of 30 meters seemed to be easier to attack.

The city wall collapsed to such a length, whether it was Xu Dawei or Yuan Hong, this had greatly exceeded their expectations, and the thirty Bovis six-pounder guns in the city had been filled with shotgun barrels.

"Brethren! Kill the foreign hair! Yuan Hong raised his arms and shouted, and he was the first to kill out!

At the breach, the French army major Slade. Omar brandished a slender command knife and slashed at Yuan Hong, killing a French soldier with one shot. Omar's command knife was broken in two, and when Motohiro raised the knife again, it was a soldier with a rifle?

And the guy who was very brave before with chicken feathers on his head actually ran dozens of meters away? Yuan Hong, who originally thought that he could kill enough, was suddenly angry.

Blood was splashing, and the soldiers in despair struggled to slash and kill as many enemies as ants, helplessly outnumbered.

Dozens of soldiers were like reefs in the waves, but the reef was quickly swallowed by the waves, Xu Dawei saw a large number of French troops swarming in the telescope, and Yuan Hong, who was covered in blood, desperately waved the broken flag, as if shouting something!

"Brother, I'm sorry for you! Fire! Xu Dawei knelt on the ground and shouted crimson!

Looking at a Qing [***] man covered in blood on the breakthrough shaking the military flag? Margay suddenly fought a cold war? A very bad thought arises!

Standing farther away, Plimpton was still struggling with not being able to spend the night in the city. Admiral Arthur said to Major General Mitchell lightly: "The children finally defeated the Whipper, you know, the Whipper's combat effectiveness is not weaker than our infantry. ”

Rear Admiral Mitchell continued: "It's a pity that their navy can only play in the pool in the bath tub!" ”

Hahaha! The two of them laughed heartily and indulged, boom! Rumble!

A dense burst of cannon fire interrupted the laughter of the two, and Plimpton. Admiral Arthur picked up the telescope again in confusion and said to himself, "Is this the idiot wasting shells? If it hits the attacking force, it will be the biggest joke of the year. ”

Ma Gaixian's hand holding the telescope was already pale and tense, he knew very well that the shelling had just come from inside the city, and it was clear that the troops' offensive posture was abrupt.

"Brave lads, don't stop, keep rushing, just rush the enemy and you will collapse! Come on! Margaixian muttered nervously.

More than 400 French troops who had rushed into the city before were swept away by scattered bullets, and the breach was like an extremely bloody slaughter field.

The French army was intimidated by this, and more French troops rushed in, after all, victory was at hand, and at this time twenty daredevils who screamed and screamed, and the fuse burning fire on their altars met them.

In the smoke of the explosion, the flying flesh and blood could no longer stimulate the senses of the French officers and soldiers, because in the smoke of gunpowder, twenty more screaming Qing soldiers rushed out!

There was another explosion, the dying wails and screams of the wounded were terrifying, and a French soldier howled and stuffed his intestines with his hands in the outer stomach, only to be half-stuffed, and was trampled on the stomach by a panicked comrade, and the intestines came out again, and he could only wail and die.

Xu Dawei brandished his saber and rushed to the front of the counterattack, he will have the heart of death, and he will not be greedy for life!

Magayxian put down his binoculars in pain, he couldn't bear to see these veterans of the Crimean War being cut down like cabbage, and the two regiments in charge of the main attack were the most elite troops he had at his disposal, and they were still crushed.

The Qing people first carried out artillery bombardment regardless of the enemy, and then used the two shocks of the death squad to carry the bomb on the body as a medium, the morale of their own army had completely collapsed, Ma Gaixian took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes, this is simply fighting with the devil.

"These damn Qing [***] people don't take life seriously at all, they are bloodthirsty, savage, brave, and unreasonable!" Margay first in Plimpton. The roar in front of Admiral Arthur made Princeton. Admiral Arthur understood one thing, and that was that if he didn't return to the ship tonight, he would probably spend the night in the wilderness.

The huge casualties of the troops also made Plimpton. Admiral Arthur hesitated, if it was clear to the so-called true strength of the [***] team, Princeton. Admiral Arthur would have advised Napoleon III not to wade into this troubled water.

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur glanced at Major General Mitchell, turned to Margaixian, and said, "Today you are too tired and order the troops to temporarily switch to defense, General Magaisian, you should rest more!" ”

The depression in Ma Gaixian's heart can be said to be incomprehensible, he has encountered a group of unreasonable madmen, how to fight this battle? The most damn thing is that the opponent's rifle has to greatly surpass its own in terms of range and accuracy, and it wants to fight a war to get huge benefits, but also does not want to pay the corresponding price? Where in the world is there such a good thing?

Lin Haijiang, who was in the city of Guangzhou, had already completed the reorganization of the troops, and all the 4,000 military horses requisitioned were in place, as the only way to quickly mobilize troops, Lin Haijiang was a little helpless, the 4,000 so-called military horses had already scraped the markets in Guangzhou, how many of them could be military horses? Lin Haijiang doesn't know, at least it is four-legged, not a bench, and he can ride and run.

Lin Haijiang had always been puzzled by the intelligence operation of the intelligence systems of the British and French armies, and under Wang Faren's unremitting efforts to investigate, the church system surfaced, and the consulates, churches, and parishioners supported a hidden intelligence line for the British and French armies.

Sealing churches? Expelling these sanctimonious clergy? Lin Haijiang is not a feudal official, although he is currently fighting with Britain and France, but with Ye Mingchen's surname, he will not do things absolutely, the church is an important channel for peace between the two sides, and it seems that it is not easy for Lin Haijiang to strangle this line.

There was information from the old port that the British reinforcement fleet had passed through the Strait of Malacca, and it was estimated that the anchorage area was Hong Kong, and the British army would immediately enter the battle? Whether there was coordination between the British and French armies, or the extent of coordination, is unknown.

The lack of reliable intelligence sources has still become a serious problem for Lin Haijiang, and the loss of intelligence is equivalent to losing the strategic initiative, and history has undergone great changes, and it is difficult for Lin Haijiang to make corresponding and effective judgments based on the trajectory of history.

What Lin Haijiang was most afraid of was that the British and French fleets would attack the Mawei he was building, and he was not worried about the old port fortress Lin Haijiang.

"Rescue Pengcheng!" Lin Haijiang made a very difficult decision.

And outside Pengcheng in Plimpton. Admiral Arthur was also hesitating at the moment when he looked at the ruined city walls, he had already paid the price of 4,000 men, and all he got was the corpses and more than 2,000 wailing wounded! If there are 20% casualties, then his troops are about to collapse, this is just an outpost battle, how many casualties should be paid to attack the city of Guangzhou?

"Damn, I should have noticed the battle with the sentries on the day of the landing!" Plimpton. Admiral Arthur slapped his thigh in annoyance.

Attack, this damn little city has already made itself suffer heavy casualties, retreat? I'm afraid I'm going to leave penniless, which is very important for Princeton. Admiral Arthur was a difficult decision, should he let a small person like Gro appear to turn the tide?

It's in Plimpton. While Admiral Arthur hesitated, Bulling's messenger brought to Plimpton a message that a British reinforcement fleet was about to arrive in Hong Kong. Admiral Arthur.

In Palling's letter to Plimpton. Admiral Arthur no longer felt the anxiety and humility of the British before, and was completely dominant?

"We have fallen into the hands of the British, and there is one of the two strongest armies in Canton, and we cannot excessively consume our military strength here, and if we cooperate with the British, we must at least have a joint command." Plimpton. Admiral Arthur's categorical decision shocked Major General Mitchell?

In Pengcheng, Xu Dawei, who gathered less than 1,000 remnants, also moved out the stored grenades, eight per person, four tied to the body for the last fight, the grenades equipped with the time-delay fuse are not very stable, the fuse burns at different speeds and for a short time, and Xu Dawei does not want to use these dangerous things until the last moment.

The French retreated? Xu Dawei was a little surprised? Maybe it's a trick of the enemy? The French's request to collect the corpse Xu Dawei finally agreed, but the corpse at the breakthrough did not let the French move, Xu Dawei said that when the French withdrew to Daya Bay, he would naturally send someone to send it.

To Xu Dawei's surprise, the French actually agreed

(To be continued)