The river was strewn with wood chips, tree branches, hay and reeds, and under the heavy artillery fire of the NLD forces, not a single fireboat remained, all of them were capsized, and another canopy boat with a distance of only a kilometer behind it was exposed under the barrels.

The soldiers on board obviously did not expect that the fireboats would be cleared in such a short time, and they still hoped that the smoke from the fireboats would provide cover for them.

A battalion officer shouted in a hurry: "Hurry up the mines, hurry up the mines, leave when the cloth is finished, hurry!" ”

The flags were spread out in all directions, and the boats came to their senses and carefully threw large wooden boxes into the water, and some people threw anchor mines into the river in groups of three or five, and the river was filled with a tense atmosphere.

But at this moment, the sharp sound of breaking the air sounded again.

"It's not good, Shorthair is firing again, dive, dive!" Suddenly, a nest of porridge was made on the boat, and the soldiers of all ships could no longer care about throwing mines, and they all jumped into the water like dumplings, splashing on the surface of the river, and the crowds were surging.

"Boom, boom!" The shells hit mercilessly, basically every boat had mines that failed to drop, after being hit, a strong fire burst out, the hull of the ship was shattered instantly, a strong shock wave hit the people, and many people died on the spot.

Some cannonballs hit the water, and the stirred water column brought up the dancing figures, and they were heavily swept into the river, and even some people were directly hit by the cannonballs, and their bodies were torn into blood and mud and burst out in the river!

The river has become a hell on earth!

In just ten minutes, there was no complete boat left, and a thick smell of blood diffused everywhere with the direction of the river wind.

"Great. The short-haired artillery is too sharp, what should we do? Peng Yulin, the commander of the Hunan army and sailors, forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart. Hurriedly asked.

Zeng Guofan immediately shouted: "Just put it in place!" Don't lean in on it anymore. ”

If they are placed in place, a considerable number of mines will not be able to float in front of the NLD forces. It was washed to the shore by the river, and it was difficult to drop the anchor mines, but the power of the guns of the Democratic League was too great, and there was no way to lay mines when they got close.

Although there was no interference from the artillery fire of the Democratic Alliance Army this time, a shadow was cast on everyone's heart, and how much it could play a role in the end. can only be resigned to fate.

"Look, there's thunder in the water!" On the General Li Guang, Yang Shuijiao put down the binoculars and stretched out his hand: "It's about a kilometer away, it must have been dropped just now, send a minesweeper!" ”

"Good!" Wang Feng beckoned.

After the flag was raised, thirty minesweepers sailed out of the gap between the warships.

The NLD minesweeper was built specifically for minesweeping, and its hull was wide and the draft was shallow. One foot unloaded, one foot and a half to two feet fully loaded, such a design can avoid touching the anchor mine to the greatest extent, and at his front end. It is equipped with a curved wooden frame about three feet long, and in addition to the sailors, several soldiers are also carried to be responsible for mine clearance.

"There's over there!"

"Bang!" One of the fighters fired a shot. In the middle of the mine, a splash rose on the surface of the water.

"There's one over there, too!"

"Bang Bang~~" The water columns on the water surface are one after another. Thirty minesweepers, almost the entire river can be blocked. Even if there are mines floating upstream, and occasionally leaking through the rain of bullets, they are basically blocked by wooden frames, some explode, some do not explode, only one continues to float downstream, but without exception they are hit by bullets from ships and exploded.

The water columns on the river rose one after another, which seemed to be extremely spectacular, but Hu Linyi's scalp was numb one after another, so many mines, not a single ship was blown up, at most only a dozen wooden frames were blown up, but he had no choice but to hope for the few anchor mines.

On General Li Guang, Chen Laosi also said: "Commander-in-chief, there may be anchor mines in the waterway ahead, if you want to sweep forward, you must cooperate with the attack on Shizhong Mountain, do you want to start now?" ”

Wang Feng groaned slightly, and then said: "Wait for a while, you put a small boat to send me ashore, I want to talk to Tian Xingshu." ”

"Yes!" Chen Laosi immediately beckoned manpower and arranged a boat, and after a short time, Wang Feng took Zhou Xiuying and several Black Hawk team members to get on a small boat and sail to the shore.

Now, it is meaningless for the Hunan army to release drifting mines, and none of the mines that Zeng Guofan had placed high hopes on have played a role, which has made his face lose his calmness, and in the face of the modern ocean-going giant ships of the Democratic Alliance, he has a feeling of being invincible.

"Time is running out, if you give Ben Shuai a few more years, you may not be able to have a good fight with Shorthair!" Zeng Guofan sighed and shook his head.

Peng Yulin rolled his lips, the Democratic Alliance Army was formed in Xianfeng in three years, and the Hunan Army began in the same year, Zeng Guofan was ordered to help Hunan Governor Zhang Liang to run the Hunan regimental training, strictly speaking, it was half a year earlier than Wang Feng.

At about the same time, Zeng Guofan certainly had the constraints from the court, but at the same time, he also had the advantage of being famous and righteous, at least he raised his arms and shouted, and the squire of the two lakes did not follow it, and Wang Feng was a real self-made man, the starting point was only two or three thousand green battalion soldiers, much lower than Zeng Guofan, but as a result, the Democratic Alliance Army has become the overlord of Jiangnan and occupies half of the Qing Dynasty.

Peng Yuqi is the admiral of the navy, he is willing to dedicate his life to the navy, when he sees the strong ships and cannons of the Democratic League, and then look at his so-called sailors, the small wooden boats rowed by his arms, and the artillery that can only shoot once in a minute or two, what kind of is this!

Wang Feng can develop, why can't Zeng Guofan? Today's Democratic Alliance Army is no different from the armies of Western powers such as Britain, France, and the United States, and the huge gap in equipment makes him unable to see any hope of victory.

Peng Yulin turned his head to look at Zeng Guofan, but in the end he couldn't say what was in his heart, but he also shook his head.

On the shore, the three armies were all in full position, and although the number of the Democratic Alliance troops 10 kilometers away was not too large, the muzzles of the guns erected diagonally at that gate were full of tremendous threat, and no one would have the idea of taking the initiative to attack.

There had never been a formal confrontation with the Democratic Alliance forces before, and everyone paid great attention to it just by hearing about it, but when they actually ran into it, it was another matter, and this level of attention was far from enough.

Zhang Wende, another member of the Gang Army, leaned in and said, "My lord, what do you mean by the Democratic Alliance?" Attacking and not attacking, retreating and not retreating, could it be a conspiracy? ”

Tian Xingshu frowned, he had a hunch that this battle would be very difficult, and the chances of victory were very small, but since the Ganjun army became an army in the Qianlong period, he had been a soldier for several lifetimes, and countless battles broke out with Jinchuan and Miao Min, and he never flinched half a step, and the idea of surrendering to the Democratic Alliance Army had never been born at all.

"My lord, there's someone in front of you!" At this time, an entourage reminded him, and Tian Xingshu couldn't help but look up. (To be continued......)

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