"Hit! Beat! ”

Fu Antai hurriedly picked up the revolver, and several officers also rushed out of the command post, following Fu Antai's hoarse shout, and the red eyes of everyone looked particularly energetic under the light of the white flares.

"Dada, dada, dada......"

With the increasing expansion of the war, with the prominence of the Qin army's achievements, the use of heavy machine guns naturally extended to the ranks of the Qing army. Like repeating guns, pistols, and flares.

Playing with reality forces people to make the necessary changes. Although there are still many Qing army officers who still feel that heavy machine guns are a waste of bullets, expensive and unaffordable.

The machine gun spewed tongues of fire and roared, like a harvester of life, wantonly harvesting life in the firing area, and the scorching warhead passed through the flesh and blood, violently demonstrating the high efficiency of the modern killing machine in the industrial age, in front of this killing machine, any flesh and blood is fragile.

"Smack! Syllable! ……”

Rifles also joined in the trenches, and while the scorching bullets were just as deadly, they were nowhere near as effective as heavy machine guns.

Amid the gunfire, explosions rang out from time to time. It was the mines planted at the front of the position to show their lethality, and the flying shrapnel was equally hot and deadly, and the Qin soldiers who stepped on it were usually immediately blown over in the way of the charge.

And this mine, like machine guns and flares, was also learned by the Qing army after suffering losses.

Among the various departments of the Qin army, only the Hanzhong part was in a difficult and defensive position, and the terrain on the back of Hanzhong was complicated, and many places were very useful for mines. The Qing army in Sichuan suffered a lot of losses, so naturally they also learned this trick.

However, the mines produced by the Qing army are mostly black powder, and the quality of the initiating device is not good, and the trigger rate is the same as the flowering bomb at the beginning, only about half. Unlike Qin Jun, the quality is passable, and the trigger rate is at least ninety.

Due to the proximity, when the flares hit the sky, the Qin army's front was not even 200 meters away from the Qing army's position. The Qin army was defeated, braving a dense rain of bullets, charging while fighting, and rushed to a place very close to the trench.

"What about the cannons? What about the cannons? Why don't you fight yet? Rapid Shooting! Rapid fire! ”

Fu Antai's sleepiness had all turned into cold sweat and flowed out. shouted at the pro-soldiers around him, but he didn't have the brains to think about how the little pro-soldiers could answer this question.

It was really Qin Jun who put too much pressure on him. Braving the rain of bullets, going forward one after another, rushing from a distance of 200 meters to the closer, the grenade was about to fall on his head. How is Fuantai not nervous?

If he loses it, the gates of the city will be finished. Is the entire Daxian about to end?

Fuantai definitely can't afford this responsibility. Because of the existence of this position outside the city, the Qing army did not block the city gate. Now all it takes is a normal explosives bag to blow a city gate to pieces. Fu Antai would rather die himself, die under the artillery fire of his own people, as long as the cannonballs can repel the hundreds of Qin troops who killed him, Fu Antai would rather be affected like this.

In the end, Fu Antai did not wait for the bombardment he expected, so the position outside the city gate was lost, and he himself did not see what the fate of Daxian was, because he had died in battle before that.

Only the living can see the results. Only then will you know that the Qin army that gnawed down to Daxian County was so overwhelming in the subsequent battles, Dazhu, Liangshan, Wanxian, Yunyang......

Fengjie and Wushan did not stumble on the Qin army's advance at all. The Qin army, which was full of vigor in their hearts, with the enthusiastic expectation of getting direct contact with the main force, their 'court', and their prince, took Badong, and the army went down the east of the river to seize Guizhou, and fought one battle after another, all with such high morale.

On the fifth day after the Qin army seized Guizhou, a fleet of six steam gunboats and four steam river steamers sailed downstream to Yichang. Xiling Gorge in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, starting from Xiangxikou in the west, reaching Nanjin Pass in the east, with a total length of 150 miles, is named after the Xiling Mountain of Yichang City. As the easternmost gorge of the Three Gorges, Xiling Gorge is famous for its twists and turns, strange rocks, many beaches and rapids, and thrilling boats.

Therefore, if the Qin army in Hanzhong wants to have a wide connection with the Qin army, this Yichang Mansion City must be taken.

Li Hanzhang, the governor of Huguang, did not let go of Yichang and easily let go of the reason why Hanzhong was connected with the Qin army in Jiangnan. What is the direction of the Huai army, Li Hongzhang is not 'forced to do so', and Li Hanzhang is still a loyal minister of 'my Qing Dynasty' at the moment.

Originally, because of the threat from Hunan, Li Changle, who had already led his troops back to Wuchang, led his troops back to Yichang again, and his troops also added four more battalions to the Hubei training army. Moreover, the Jingzhou general Xiyuan also sent 3,000 new troops of the Eight Banners to reinforce Yichang. It can be said that the strength of the Qing army in Yichang is really many times higher than that of the empty Badong, Guizhou and other places.

Let's look at the Qin army. At the beginning of the war, Bazhou was nearly 2,000 miles away from Yichang. The Qin army was very happy to attack the city and seize the land, so it had to carry a heavy burden on its back, and the distance of two thousand miles, the Yangtze River was empty and useless, and the Qin army could only rely on land transportation, and it was really difficult for logistics to supply.

When Zhang Zhongkui encouraged his soldiers to make persistent efforts to take Yichang, there were only about 5,000 Qin troops left in the front line, of which 1,000 were cavalry. There are still about 20 cannons and more than 30 mortars, but each shell cannons can't even reach a base number.

The bullets, grenades, etc., in the hands of the soldiers, are only about one or two bases.

The only thing that the Qin soldiers could take comfort in was that the Qing army in Yichang had to face a 'two-sided attack'. On their eastern side, six gunboats were definitely a threat that should not be underestimated.

Liu Xian in Nanjing was already considering whether to send marines to land directly behind the Qing army in Yichang by gunboats, river ships, etc. The offensive launched by Zhang Zhongkui has really not been easy for the troops to fight so far.

External factors, external difficulties, have a great impact.

These influences could even erase the superiority of the Qin soldiers in spirit, fighting spirit, morale, and military literacy.

"Let the troops in Hunan move. In addition, the Yangtze River Fleet can go to Wuhan for a turn and telegraph to Jiujiang, and the army can make a feint attack on Banbishan and Tianjia Town. After all, Liu Xian did not dare to send marines to land directly in Yichang, but this did not mean that he could not do anything about Hubei.

When the Qin army's troops in Hunan moved, they were stirring Li Hanzhang's nerves. The Yangtze River Fleet will definitely be able to suppress the morale and morale of the Qing army when it goes to Wuchang. Moreover, Jiujiang's troops launched a feint attack on Tianjiazhen and Banbishan, and they could definitely pull the attention of the dressers in Wuchang City directly down to the eastern front.

In fact, Hubei is also suffering from many enemies. Liu Xian didn't need to really fight, as long as the army moved and behaved, Li Hanzhang's clenched fists had to be scattered. Naturally, Hubei's attention and support for the Yichang war situation also declined and declined.

Puziling, the location of the Qin Army's front-line headquarters.

Serving as the headquarters were a few blue brick houses, spacious, clean, not luxurious at all, but they were also rare and sturdy buildings in this poor and remote place. It was originally the house of a local rich man, but it has now been requisitioned.

Puziling is located 30 miles outside the western suburbs of Yichang, on the edge of the Yangtze River.

Don't underestimate these thirty miles of road, it's really a dead horse running from Wangshan. Li Changle's troops were more than 10,000 people, and after guarding the east, west, north and south of Yichang, they were 'beyond the reach of the whip' to Puziling, which was only 30 miles away.

This place is hill after hill, flat land is almost none, and there are few mountain villages. There are only five villages marked on the map, and it is clear how harsh the environment is for such a large area.

Standing in Puziling, the Yangtze River at your feet can be seen at a glance, and the defense force here is very sufficient. In addition to the garrison of a brigade, there was also a reinforced squad in the headquarters, each soldier was armed with a revolver and a repeating gun, as well as two heavy machine guns, and the firepower was strong enough to ensure the safety of Zhang Zhongkui and all the officers in the headquarters.

At dawn every day, the entire Puziling was boiling, and thousands of officers and soldiers went out for drills. The voice shouted loudly and coldly!

At this time, Zhang Zhongkui would wear a military uniform, lead a few personal guards, and watch the exercises.

Just when the Qin army stopped its troops at Puziling, waiting for follow-up supplies and correcting troops.

In Jingzhou Mansion, hundreds of miles away from Yichang, a large army is advancing along the official road to the south.

The gray uniforms almost blended into the land, and everywhere the troops passed, the yellow dust covered the sky, and they looked far away. Like an earth dragon, rolling down.

This is the training of the army in Hubei, and the military uniform is gray.

Due to the rapid movement of the Qin army in Hunan, this army was also in a hurry to move south. The infantry mixed with the mules and horses, and the men shouted and neighed, and there was a boil.

This is the main force of the Hubei training army, and the leader of this force is Ding Ruchang.

That's right, it was the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division in the original time and space, and the supreme commander of the Beiyang Naval Division during the Dadonggou Naval Battle.

This person was originally a Taiping Army, a subordinate of Cheng Xueqi, and later transferred to Liu Mingchuan's inscription battalion. Successively accumulated merit to the actual award of the general army, added the rank of commander, and gave Xieyong Baturu Yong. When Liu Mingchuan went south to Yungui, Ding Ruchang stayed in Hubei, and Li Hanzhang handed over the task of training the army in Hubei to him with his talent and bravery.

At this moment, Ding Ruchang was riding on a white horse, standing on the dirt slope on the side of the road, with a hint of arrogance, looking down at the troops who drove in front of him, surrounded by his generals and personal followers.

A horseman rode his horse and handed a messenger to a guard at the bottom of the dirt slope, then turned his horse's head and galloped away.

The guards immediately handed the letter to Ding Ruchang.

"Yanglou Cave is in an emergency, Baling Qin is in a big move, and there seems to be a northward advance."

Li Hanzhang ordered Ding Ruchang to enter the public security as much as possible, and then launched an offensive against Lizhou, Shimen, Anxiang and other places, and occupied the shore of Dongting Lake to contain the enemies of Baling and Changde.

"Your Excellency the Governor is too optimistic. Dongting Lake, which is so easy to occupy. ”

However, because of the 'difficulty', I can highlight my Ding Ruchangde's ability. "This battle is the time when someone in my Ding will make a name for himself." When the Qing Dynasty is not good, it is good to have the capital to change the court! R1152