In the morning and afternoon of the next day, the infantry of the British and French forces launched the same attack as yesterday afternoon, first sending about 1,000 troops as bait, and at the same time the attacking troops formed an extremely loose formation, and the extremely large distance between soldiers caused the Chinese army's artillery bombardment effect to be greatly reduced, and every time the British and French stragglers rushed into a distance of about 600 to 500 meters, they would always stop.

This was followed by a massive and intensive artillery bombardment, in which a large number of naval guns and army mortars and field artillery launched a large-scale artillery bombardment of the predetermined Chinese army trenches, and the shells fired were mainly grenades and grenades, of which the grenades were the most large.

From the point of view of the Chinese army, this tactic of the enemy is very obvious, that is, to try to mass-kill their own infantry who have gone out to the trenches in this way.

However, after yesterday's mistake, the generals of the Chinese army were even more cautious, and the two sorties of the British and French forces did not cross 500 meters on this day, so the soldiers of the Chinese army did not leave the anti-artillery hole at all, but let them put on a show, so that the British and French troops wasted a lot of shells.

After two consecutive days of artillery bombardment, especially the hit rate of both sides was not very good, and the distance between each other was relatively far, resulting in the Wusong Fort being unable to sink too many British and French warships, but the naval guns of the British and French forces could not pose too much threat to the coastal defense heavy artillery of the Wusong Fort, which occupied a favorable location.

This kind of shelling can only be said to be a war of attrition, and everyone fights not for the loss of battleships or artillery, but for the loss of gunners. Because whether it is the enemy's naval artillery or the shore defense artillery of Wusong Battery. These heavy guns were all arranged in the open air, and the battleships and artillery had nothing to do with the fierce artillery battle. But the gunners suffered heavy casualties.

It was not until the third day of the general offensive launched by the British and French forces that the artillery on the Wusong Fort lost only five guns. However, more than 500 gunners were killed and wounded, forcing the Navy to call for help from the Army, asking them to send Army gunners to operate the Navy's heavy artillery to continue the operation.

The Anglo-French fleet under the command of West Malaysia was no better, one gunboat was sunk, and two other ships were seriously damaged, and there were many more ships with minor damage, but more importantly, seven or eight hundred artillery or sailors were killed or wounded.

If you just compare the heavy artillery shelling of the two sides, in fact, the Chinese army has a certain advantage!

However, this advantage was of little use, as large-scale land battles had broken out between the two sides. What determines the outcome of the two sides is no longer the confrontation between heavy artillery, but the attack and defense between the land forces, and the slight superiority achieved by the naval shore defense artillery units cannot change the victory and defeat between the land forces at all.

At ten o'clock in the morning of the third day, Bing Qusong ascended the observation platform as usual, and at this time the British and French troops outside seemed to be ready to attack, only to see a group of about 3,000 soldiers begin to break away from the camp, and then quickly disperse, forming an extremely wide front skirmish formation and advancing rapidly.

"They're going to start again, again in this skirmisher formation. Do they still think that we will follow their word the same as the first time? Zhu Jianjia on the side showed a sneer.

Since the day before yesterday, when they were caught off guard by this luring tactic of the British and French forces, the Chinese army has adopted a more cautious attitude toward the attack of the British and French forces, and as long as the enemy troops do not cross the 500-meter cordon, the Chinese troops on the front line will not leave the anti-artillery holes.

This was the case yesterday for the two seduction tactics against the British and French forces. As expected, the opponent turned back from 500 meters away, and his own soldiers continued to hide in the anti-artillery holes to effectively avoid the enemy's fierce shelling.

Right now. Do they want to do it again?

However, some people saw a slight difference, and immediately a major staff officer said: "The day before yesterday and yesterday, their lure troops were only more than 1,000 people. But now there are more than 3,000 of them! ”

"Well, it's kind of weird. But I guess it was because it didn't work yesterday, so I increased my chips today! Someone next to him said.

But as the commander-in-chief, Bing Qusong looked at these British and French troops, and had a little bad premonition in his heart, if they wanted to implement the lure tactic, they didn't need to send more than 3,000 people, did it mean that this time it was not a lure tactic, but a direct attack?

Bing Qusong was a little uncertain, after all, he was not a roundworm in Count Ergin's stomach, and he couldn't guess what Count Ergin was thinking.

But since there are some doubts in his heart, Bing Qusong naturally will not let go of any doubts, and immediately said: "Let the 17th Regiment cheer up, and their attack is a bit big this time, it is very likely to go to the 18th Regiment, let them also make relevant preparations!" ”

Only by being prepared, then no matter whether the enemy is playing the same tactics as the previous two days or actually launching a surprise attack, the Sixth Division has sufficient means to deal with it.

Time on the battlefield passed very quickly, and soon those British and French troops were already within the range of the Chinese army's artillery, as if in order, the artillery of the Chinese army, especially the army's many twelve-pounder field guns, began to bombard intensively.

However, as expected, in the face of this extremely loose formation of the enemy, the effect of the artillery attack was extremely limited, and on the whole it seemed that the hit rate of the shells was much greater, and every grenade or grenade could cause casualties to the enemy.

However, the casualties caused by each shell are extremely limited, and often only one or two people can be killed, far from being able to easily kill and injure more than 10 people with a single shell, as in a dense formation of shelling.

A thousand meters, eight hundred meters, and soon they were close to a distance of about five hundred meters.

At this time, Zhu Jianjia said: "At this time, they should go back!" ”

It's a pity that this time, the British and French forces did not withdraw at a distance of about 500 meters as Zhu Jianjia and other Chinese generals imagined, but instead increased the speed from the previous trot and ran directly up.

"Oh no, they're going to attack directly!" Zhu Jianjia's face changed, and the tone of his speech changed a little.

At the same time, in the front-line anti-artillery hole, Song Baicheng also saw those British and French troops rushing up from the observation hole in the anti-artillery hole. They're really going to attack this time.

Before he could think about it, he heard a rapid drum beat. Hearing this drum beat, he immediately shouted loudly: "Hurry up and enter the predetermined position." Fast! ”

He shouted as he ran out of the anti-artillery hole, not giving the command: "Quick, bend down, pay attention to dodging the shelling!" ”

Whether the Anglo-French forces were attacking or fake, their shelling continued as always, with dense whistling coming from the sky, and then shells falling one after another, causing continuous casualties to the soldiers of the 17th Infantry Regiment who had entered the trench positions one after another.

But this time the Anglo-French infantry did not stop. They crossed the 500-meter cordon and the 300-meter danger line, and when they reached the outside of the canal, they also took out the long wooden pillars and planks they carried and laid them directly on the canal, easily crossing the small canal and then attacking.

"They're coming!" Lin Mao, the commander of the Sixth Division, looked at the British and French soldiers who were almost all over the mountains, but he did not have the panic of Zhu Jianjia and others in his heart, as a front-line general, he didn't care what kind of lure tactics these British and French troops were engaged in or direct attack. Anyway, as long as the enemy launches a frontal attack, he will have to resist it.

It's just that when most people's eyes were attracted by the more than 3,000 British and French troops, there was a sudden sound of dense rumbling artillery a few miles to the west, and then there was no movement. As if watching a play, the main force of the British and French forces quickly changed formation, and then they trotted southwest in two rows of the most standard British army, under their heads. Many black shells were flying across the sky and then flying towards the positions of the Chinese army on the opposite side.

That's the position of the Second Army!

"What's going on. Are they going to launch a general offensive in the Second Army? Bing Qusong hurriedly took out the telescope and took it out of the telescope. He saw nearly 10,000 British soldiers lined up in neat squares, and then trotted forward to the characteristic drumbeat of the British military band.

In the phalanx, there were also many horses-drawn six- or four-pounder light guns advancing rapidly, and these light guns quickly reached a distance of about 400 meters, and then stopped and began to bombard on the spot.

Seeing this scene, Bing Qusong took a deep breath, and he was already secretly saying in his heart!

Their goal is not themselves, but the Second Army!

"Immediately give the order for the Seventh Division to urgently reinforce the Second Army!" Bing Qusong gave the order without hesitation.

Zhu Jianjia, the chief of staff on the side, said: "If the seventh division is transferred, there is only one sixth division on our side, what if the enemy launches a general attack?" ”

Bing Qusong was unimpressed: "These foreigners are only 60,000 or 7 people in total, excluding the artillery and baggage, the 3,000 people in front of them and the nearly 10,000 people attacking the Second Army, can they draw more troops to launch a general attack on the Sixth Division?" ”

In fact, even if the British and French forces conjured up 10,000 people out of thin air, Bing Qusong had to send the Seventh Division to reinforce the Second Army, because the position of the Seventh Army was supported by a large number of battery firepower, and the closer to the Wusong Fort, the more complete and dense the fortifications were, which was close to the Wusong Fort, close to the riverside of the Sixth Division's position, although it was said that it was facing the most intensive artillery bombardment of the enemy, but in fact the protection was also the best, it was the most difficult section of defense in the entire Wusong Fortress, and there was a Sixth Division enough to face the current situation.

But Xu Yanqing's Second Army is different, although the Second Army is also an army, but his main force is actually only a second division, as for the newly attached 11th Infantry Division is a new and can not be a new force, it is not even as formal as the Eighth Infantry Division, the current 11th Infantry Division only has two infantry regiments, and the artillery unit only has two companies, and more importantly, these soldiers are standard recruits, recruits who have not completed even the most basic three-month recruitment period, The quality of the old infantry division cannot be compared, that is to say, although the Second Army has one army, there are less than 10,000 real combatants, 8,000 to be exact.

If the main force of the Anglo-French alliance launched a general attack on the Second Army, with the same strength or even a small number of troops, whether it was Bing Qusong or Xu Yanqing himself, they would have little confidence. (To be continued......)