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Chapter 428: The Army's Rapid Attack

Wusongkou Fort, Qing soldiers suffered two rounds of artillery bombardment, all the dead souls, how could they have seen such fierce artillery fire, although half a year ago Zheng Jun's fleet also attacked the then Wusongkou Fort, but Zheng Jun's artillery power is far from so great. Although Zheng Jun finally took the Wusongkou Fort, he also lost more than a dozen search warships.

However, the rebellious army of Fujian in front of him, the Mawei Navy, their artillery fire range is so far, this is more than a thousand meters, and their batteries can't reach other people's warships at all. In this way, you can only be beaten passively, and the effect of fighting back is equal to zero. Seeing that his comrades-in-arms around him were constantly killed and injured by artillery fire, and he was in extreme danger at any time, many Qing troops were about to collapse.

The battleships of the Sixth Detachment also followed, and the mouth of the Yangtze River in front of Wusongkou was very wide, much wider than the place selected by Wang Zhenbang to fight the Jiangning naval division, and the river here was six kilometers wide. The battleships of the Sixth Fleet, eight third-class battleships, twelve fourth-class battleships, and all sixteen fifth-class battleships all pressed up, forming an approximate half-moon formation, (the previous five battleships were in front of the battle, but did not block the view of the battleships behind.) ）

All 600 cannons on the left side of all the battleships were aimed at the Wusongkou fort and began the third round of salvo. Of course, this salvo is also a salvo of one battleship after another. The target, of course, was the more than 60 Wusongkou Fort cannons. There is also a tacit division between the gunboats in each area. The batteries on the western side were cleared by the westernmost battleship. The battle batteries on the east side were responsible for relying on the battleships on the east side.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

The Sixth Squadron of the Mawei Navy was still a little nervous at first, but it was suppressed by more excitement, and at this moment they were getting smoother and smoother, and the accuracy was getting higher and higher, and at the beginning of the fourth round of artillery salvo, the hit rate of each battleship reached more than 30 percent, and 30 percent, the Sixth Detachment fired a salvo of 600 12-60 pound naval guns. The 30 percent hit rate means that nearly 200 shells fell on the Wusongkou Fort. The Qing army battery in Wusongkou had a total of 60 cannons, which was evenly spread out and each artillery position was attacked by three shells. One of the worst forts was directly hit by eight shells, and suddenly, the red-coated cannon on the Wusongkou fort of the Qing army would continue to suffer. The cannon was directly hit by two of the shells one after another, and the cannon was deformed, and more than 50 Qing troops around the position died heavily.

"Mother! This cannon is so fierce that we can't die here in vain, brothers, withdraw with me! "One of the Qing commanders collapsed faster than his men, so dense artillery fire. The power is still so great, they really can't stand it. You can't leave your life behind even if you know it's a dead person.

As soon as his words fell, he was immediately supported by many soldiers. This was the first time he had spoken so effectively, so he quickly began to retreat in the direction of Shanghai County, behind the fort. But that's it, the 5,000 defenders of the Qing army guarding the Wusongkou Fort also left nearly 3,000. At this time, how could the Sixth Squadron let go of this excellent opportunity and gave the Qing army extended fire with artillery. Five thousand became less than three thousand, and the cannons on the batteries were largely destroyed.

"Keep going!" Wusongkou tightly choked the estuary where the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River meet, and the Sixth Detachment of the Mawei Army began to enter the Huangpu River in an orderly manner. Geng Jingzhong was also very familiar with the Huangpu River in his previous life. The Huangpu River was the landmark river of Shanghai County in the later Shanghai Dynasty. The Huangpu River flows through downtown Shanghai, dividing Shanghai into Puxi and Pudong. As can also be seen from the map, the Huangpu River is an important waterway in Shanghai, and after receiving the Wusong River (Suzhou Creek) at the Baidu Bridge in Shanghai, it flows into the Yangtze River at Wusongkou, and is the last tributary of the Yangtze River before it joins the East China Sea.

The total length of the Huangpu River is about 113 kilometers, and the narrowest section of the river is 300 meters wide, and the widest is 700 meters wide. As can be seen from later maps, the Huangpu River begins at Dianshan Lake in Dianfeng, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, and the lake receives a lot of water from the Taihu Lake basin in the upper reaches. "Pu" is the meaning of river in the ancient Wu language, and generally refers to artificial rivers.

Historically, the Huangpu River was one of the earliest rivers in history to be manually dug and dredged. There is a legend about the excavation of the Huangpu River. Once upon a time, Shanghai was a desolate swamp with a shallow river meandering through its center. When there is a lot of rain, it floods; There was less rain, and the bottom of the river was facing the sky. People suffered greatly from it, and cursed it as the "River of Broken Heads". During the Warring States Period, Chu ordered Yin Huangxie to come to the bank of the "Guillotine River", worked tirelessly to find out its ins and outs, and led the people to dredge and manage it, so that it could directly enter the mouth of the Yangtze River to the north and plunge into the East China Sea. Since then, both sides of the river have not been afraid of drought and flood, and they have lived and worked in peace and contentment. People are grateful for Huang Xie's kindness, so they call this river Huang Xie River, or Huangpu for short. Later, Huang Xie was named Chunshenjun, and he was also known as Chunshenjiang. Chunshenjun Huang Xie was one of the famous four gentlemen during the Warring States Period, with 3,000 diners and a good city.

There are three sources on the Huangpu River, and the main sources of water are Taihu Lake and Dianshan Lake.

At this moment, the section of the Huangpu River in Shanghai County, the river is wide and deep, and it can be navigated, although it has not seen the continued excavation of later generations, but it can also be navigated by 3,000-ton ships, which is a first-class waterway. Even a giant ship of 10,000 tons can be traced back to Wujing. Due to the great influence of the Yangtze River and marine tides, the water level fluctuates significantly. Other rivers are also affected by it, with high and low tides. The water level of the river is generally lower in winter than in summer. The flood season is from May to October, and the dry season is from December to February. It happened to be the fifth day at this moment, and it was the flood season, and the battleships of the Sixth Fleet sailed into the Huangpu River very smoothly and opened fire on the Qing troops who were running and fleeing on both sides of the river.

Soon, after the Sixth Fleet entered the Huangpu River, there was not much left of the remaining Qing army, and more than half of the dead had already surrendered on their knees. The entire assault on the Wusongkou fort took only two quarters of an hour, and the artillery of the Sixth Squadron fired a total of eight rounds, the first five rounds were the shelling of the batteries, and the last three rounds were the shelling of the fleeing Qing troops. The 5,000 Qing defenders did not play a role, and the Sixth Detachment wiped out the Wusongkou Fort unscathed and entered the Huangpu River along the Lì, but the other two subsequent detachments did not follow, but many troop carriers did not stop and took the lead in following the Sixth Detachment into the Huangpu River. They originally planned to log in in Shanghai County, so that they could quickly raid the Qing army. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)