Chapter Seventy-Eight: Defeating the Coalition Army

At this time, Wang Jundao was so happy in his heart, with a good weapon, it felt different, dozens of artillery shelled repeatedly, and the coalition army that was already on guard was completely chaotic.

In fact, the main direction of the coalition attack was on the inner city walls, and who would have noticed that there was an army with such heavy artillery fire in the west? And it was still night, so they couldn't see the trajectory and judge where their opponents were, so they had to scurry around like headless flies, desperately looking for a place to hide.

Under the cover of artillery, several soldiers of the machine gun battalion rushed forward with the help of several soldiers of the machine gun battalion, in addition to dozens of heavy machine guns taken out of the arsenal of the Qing army, accompanied by soldiers of the machine gun battalion holding hundreds of 'piercing sky' light machine guns, followed by 5,000 infantry armed with various rifles.

By the time the artillery stopped shelling, the machine-gun battalion was less than 200 meters away from the western defensive line of the coalition temporary battalion.

Soon, dozens of heavy machine guns found their own commanding heights of firepower, and several light machine guns were also placed next to each heavy machine gun, and between the fire points with machine guns as the core, there were countless soldiers with rifles and crawling behind high bunkers.

In the darkness of the night, a battle line composed of machine guns as 'skeletons' and rifles as 'flesh' quietly formed in the west only 100 meters away from the coalition forces.

For this battle, Wang Jundao spared no expense and used half of all the machine guns and all the artillery in his hands, the purpose was to attack at night and defeat the coalition army with heavy firepower by surprise.

"Hit!"

As soon as Wang Jundao gave the order, mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and rifles opened fire at the same time, and the dense bullets fired desperately at the temporary barracks of the coalition forces as if they didn't want money.

The maximum firing range of the 'Piercing Sky' heavy machine gun is 2,500 meters, and the effective firing range is 2,000 meters, the maximum firing range of the 'Piercing Sky' light machine gun is 1,500 meters, and the effective firing range of the heavy machine gun seized from the Qing court's arsenal is also more than 500 meters on average, and the effective firing range of all rifles is also two or three hundred meters......

Under such powerful firepower, as long as there is a gap, machine gun bullets can almost penetrate the entire temporary battalion of the coalition army, and can be fired from the westernmost part of the coalition camp to the easternmost part.

After countless casualties, the coalition forces finally realized the horror of their opponent's firepower, and one by one they were so frightened that their faces turned pale, their legs trembled, and they hid behind bunkers and did not dare to come out.

Finally, under the cover of heavy machine guns, under the leadership of the assault battalion, pistol battalion, 'piercing sky' rifle battalion, and light machine gun part of the machine gun battalion, the Dragon and Tiger Army (the Tiger Army and the Dragon Wu Army are collectively referred to as the Dragon and Tiger Army) began to launch the first round of charges.

Soon, under the cover of strong fire, the charging infantry rushed unhindered into the makeshift camp where the coalition forces had already been badly damaged by mortar and heavy machine guns.

In the dark night, the coalition forces did not have time to organize effective resistance, one by one they ran to the east with weapons, and the commanders of various countries also fled for their lives under the protection of their own guards, at this time they had no time to stop the counterattack? It's important to escape!

The battle was many times smoother than Wang Jundao imagined, and it only took the first round of charge, and in half an hour, the temporary camp of the coalition army was completely occupied.

This situation made all the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Army who participated in the war unexpected, especially the soldiers who had been changed by the palace guards, and they almost fell to the ground one by one.

The legendary allied coalition army was defeated and fled? How is this possible? The Qing army started from the Battle of Dagukou, and all they heard was defeat! Defeated! Defeated! I didn't expect that it would really win now, and everyone couldn't help but cheer up to the sky.

And they did not forget that it was Wang Jundao who led them to fight such a victory, what more than 100,000 Qing troops could not do, the army led by Wang Jundao did it, Rong Lu, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang, Yulu, Ma Yukun, Song Qing, Dong Fuxiang and other world-famous people could not do it, Wang Jundao did it, at this moment, everyone's hearts were completely respectful to Wang Jundao.

A real soldier is not loyal to the emperor, not to the salary, not to the order, but to the general who can lead them to victory one after another.

This point, from ancient times to the present, there is no doubt that no matter how good a general is to his soldiers, if he cannot lead his soldiers to victory, then this general is a defeated general, and the soldiers will only be grateful to him, but will not respect him.

Wang Jundao didn't have the heart to care so much, leaving the 5,000 army to control the situation, manage the prisoners, and exterminate the remnants of the coalition army that fled in Yanjing City, while he personally led the army, pulling artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns, and at the same time summoned more than 10,000 Wuwei Chinese troops in Zhengyangmen, gathered 30,000 troops, of which 20,000 were cavalry, and swept away to the temporary military camp of the coalition army outside Chongwen Gate again!

Due to the time buffer of attacking the coalition camp outside Zhengyang Gate, although the coalition camp outside Chongwen Gate was attacked, although it was not panicked, it organized an effective defense in the dark night, but this time it was not the infantry that charged them, but the 20,000 cavalry under the cover of artillery fire.

In order to win with speed, Wang Jundao used cavalry that had not participated in the battle before.

The horses stepped on the joint camp, it was night again, and the artillery fire was fierce, and the coalition forces could only flee at all.

Zhang Decheng, who received Wang Jundao's order, also led the 10,000 armed guards to rush out of Chongwenmen and launched an attack from the north of the coalition camp, and the battle lasted for more than an hour, and the coalition army was defeated like a mountain, desperately fleeing to the Dongbianmen and Guangqumen in the east of the outer city.

Wang Jundao did not stop, and immediately ordered the troops to divide into two routes, one was Zhang Decheng led 15,000 cavalry to pursue the coalition forces fleeing to Guangqumen, and the other was he personally led 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to drive the coalition army to Dongbianmen, leaving 5,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to solve the coalition camp outside Chongwen Gate, and at the same time exterminate the remnants of the coalition forces that were scattered and fled to various places outside the city of Yanjing City, so as not to harm the citizens of these routs.

This fierce battle lasted all night, and when early morning came, Dongbianmen and Guangqumen, which had been lost for two days, were recaptured, and more than 20,000 allied troops fled from Yanjing to Tongzhou in confusion at dawn.

Wang Jundao did not stop the pace of pursuit, personally ordered 20,000 cavalry, pursued it, and then rushed to reinforce more than 10,000 infantry such as machine gun battalions, mortar battalions, assault battalions, pistol battalions, and baggage battalions pulled by carriages.

No matter how fast the two legs of the coalition army are, it is impossible to outrun the 20,000 cavalry led by Wang Jundao and Zhang Decheng, after all, the cavalry has four legs (horse legs).

From Yanjing to Tongzhou, it was only less than fifty miles away, and the coalition army had no time to organize effective resistance along the way, and was defeated several times by the two cavalry led by Wang Jundao and Zhang Decheng.

After entering Tongzhou, the coalition army was already less than 15,000 people.

With the fortifications of Tongzhou, the coalition forces were preparing to give Wang Jundao and Zhang Decheng's cavalry a tragic blocking battle, but Wang Jundao and Zhang Decheng did not attack, because they had to wait for the follow-up infantry with artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, submachine guns, rifles and other weapons to arrive.

At noon, all ten well-equipped battalions rushed to the west of Tongzhou, and after a short rest, Wang Jundao gave the order to start the attack, and the shells scrambled to fall on the defensive positions of the coalition forces.

Heavy machine guns and light machine guns also fired fiercely at the positions of the coalition forces from a distance of four or five hundred meters, and then the machine guns, mortars, rifles, and so on slowly advanced forward and came directly to the west of the coalition forces 200 meters away.

Under the cover of machine guns and artillery, Wang Jundao launched an attack without hesitation, and 20,000 cavalry, led by Wang Jundao and Zhang Decheng, rushed to the coalition camp with heavy casualties.

In less than half an hour, Wang Jundao paid more than 1,000 casualties and captured the western position of the coalition army.

When dusk came, Wang Jundao regained Tongzhou, the eastern gateway of Yanjing, in the shortest time with the fastest speed, creating a classic example of siege and street fighting with cavalry as the main and infantry as the auxiliary.

There is also an important reason for this, that is, the coalition forces from other countries are not suitable for defending the city.

And from ancient times to the present, almost all wars in China are keen on defending cities! If you want to be good at defending the city, you must think about how to attack the city, so Wang Jundao did the opposite, and easily captured the Tongzhou City, which was occupied by the coalition forces, but did not have time to consolidate.

The remaining 9,000 men of the coalition army, led by the commanders of various countries, fled to Tianjin in disarray, while the French and Austro-Hungarian commanders had already been sent to God in this battle.

Wang Jundao did not continue the pursuit, because after the battle last night and today's day and night, all kinds of ammunition have been exhausted, even if the ammunition reserves of the coalition army in Tongzhou are captured, it is no longer possible to continue the pursuit of the coalition army, because the battle for a day and a night has been exhausted, and the men are sleepy and the horses are tired.

The most serious is from Yanjing to Tongzhou, in one day, the Dragon and Tiger Army lost more than 5,000 people, and nearly 5,000 people were injured, of which nearly 1,000 people were disabled for life, even Zhang Decheng also hung the color, the left arm and right leg were each shot once, because his kung fu was close to the strength, the tenacity of the muscles and muscles far exceeded ordinary people, so that the bullet did not penetrate the bones, but it also took ten days and eight days of cultivation to fully recover.

Under such circumstances, Wang Jundao couldn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, and it was impossible to pursue while the victory was won, because the mess of Yanjing was still waiting for him to go back and clean up.

Wang Jundao immediately ordered Zhang Decheng to lead 5,000 cavalry, 5,000 infantry to garrison Tongzhou, the eastern gateway of Yanjing, and all the wounded were also treated in Tongzhou, and he led 10,000 cavalry to rush back to Yanjing overnight.

Yanjing City, which has just experienced the poison of war and the forces of all parties are ready to move, still needs him to be in charge personally!