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"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The shells exploded in the middle of the herd, and shrapnel was everywhere. However, the shrennel did not cause much damage to the elephants. Elephants have thick skin and thick flesh, and elephants are used to rolling in muddy puddles, and their bodies are covered with a thick layer of mud shells. Although the shrapnel of the shells caused wounds on the elephant's body, and the blood flowed, it was not fatal for the huge elephant. In addition, the pain also stimulates the ferocity of the elephants, making them run faster!

It was the trainers on the back of the elephant who were killed, but a lot of them were killed by shrapnel. After losing the control of their trainers, the elephants went on a rampage. The soldiers of the Xinhua Army encountered such a situation for the first time, and they couldn't help but panic!

"Shoot! Grenades, get ready! The officers on the front line were also a little stunned. However, they are still doing their best efforts.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "The rifles in the hands of the infantry of the Xinhua Army opened fire. Bullets were fired at the elephants, splashing blood on their bodies. However, the elephant's skin is relatively thick, and even if the bullet driven by the black powder combustion can penetrate the elephant's fart, the bullet is stuck in the elephant's flesh and cannot cause further damage to the elephant.

"Boom! Rumble! "The grenade was thrown out of the elephant and exploded at the elephant's feet. Albeit. Caused a little damage to the elephants. But overall, this injury is completely minimal for the elephant!

Raging elephants. Soon rushed into the positions of the Xinhua army. The existing weapons of the Xinhua Army, although capable of inflicting some damage on these elephants, are unable to kill them. The elephants, who were inspired by the pain, ran and trampled on the positions of the Xinhua Army, and many soldiers of the Xinhua Army were trampled into pulp alive. The entire line of defense collapsed almost instantly. Brigadier General Doolittle of the 2nd Brigade Commander. His eyes were on the verge of fire. The huge casualties made him very distressed. However, he had to give the order to retreat!

Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade. Evacuated Hue City in embarrassment. Fortunately, perhaps the main force of the Xinhua army outside the city, the elephants of the Vietnamese army did not continue to pursue, but still comforted the injured elephants. The maddened elephant is to be pacified. It's not easy. But. Vietnamese elephant soldiers have lived with elephants almost since childhood, and they have unique skills to pacify them.

"Lao Du, how big is the loss?" Major General Sun Hao asked with a dark face. The 2nd Brigade is his old unit, and now the 2nd Brigade has suffered heavy losses, can he, the old brigade commander, feel better?

"Old Sun, at least four or five hundred people were killed in battle, and hundreds more were injured!" Brigadier General Doolittle had tears in his eyes. The 2nd Brigade has been in force since it was formed. I've never suffered such a big loss!

"Dog's day! Heavy artillery brigade, fire! Lao Tzu doesn't believe it. Those Vietnamese elephants are able to withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery! Major General Sun Hao yelled. Although the Vietnamese army had elephant soldiers, they didn't care about it before. I thought that the elephant soldiers might be effective against the troops with cold weapons, but they might not be effective against the Xinhua army, which was equipped with new muskets and artillery. But now it seems that the elephant soldiers with rough skin and thick flesh can still easily break through the position of the Xinhua Army!

"Yes, General Sun!" Major General Zhao Shiwu nodded. The 2nd Brigade suffered heavy losses, which made him very annoyed!

A total of 48 105mm howitzers from three battalions opened fire, and the target was the position of the Xinhua Army in Hue City! One after another, 105 mm shells exploded in Hue City, weighing 12.5 kilograms, with a charge of more than five kilograms! Even an elephant with rough skin and thick flesh can't bear this kind of power!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The shells exploded violently, and the elephants ran wildly in the explosion, but the shrapnel easily cut through their bodies, severely wounding the elephants, or even killing them directly! The elephant soldiers hurriedly drove the elephants into the city to avoid the heavy artillery fire of the Xinhua army. However, more than half of the 200 elephants were killed by the heavy shelling of the Xinhua army! Although they lost half of the elephant soldiers, they finally drove the Xinhua army out of Hue City. Therefore, the Vietnamese people were very satisfied with the results of the elephant soldiers. These lost elephants can easily be replenished after this battle. There is no shortage of elephants in Vietnam!

"Your Majesty! The elephant soldiers successfully broke through the positions of the Xinhua army and drove them out of Hue City! However, because the elephant soldiers did not retreat in time, they were retaliated by the Xinhua army! The Xinhua army bombarded with heavy artillery, and our elephants lost more than half! Fan Wendian told Emperor Ruan Phuc Chen.

"Ha Lu Ha! I knew that we would definitely be able to drive those Xinhua troops out of Hue City! As for losses, if there is a war, there will be losses! As long as you can win the battle, it is completely acceptable to pay a certain amount of losses! Nguyen Phuc Ha Ha Da said with a smile. He was very happy that the Vietnamese elephants had driven the Xinhua army out of Hue City.

"Your Majesty, as long as we can hold Hue City, we will be able to hold out until reinforcements from other provinces arrive! At that time, we will have enough troops to fight the Xinhua Army and win the most decisive victory, and it will be just around the corner! Xinhua is known as the overlord of Nanyang, as long as we can defeat the Xinhua army, then we can replace it and become the new overlord of Nanyang! Li Wende immediately said!

"The new overlord of the South Seas?" This title made Ruan Phuc Hyun very satisfied! Since succeeding to the throne, he hopes to lead Vietnam to become a huge empire like the Qing Empire. However, the Qing Empire was too strong, and even after these years, the Manchus began to weaken, but Nguyen Phuc Hyun did not dare to have any intentions towards the Manchus. If he can make Vietnam the overlord of the South Seas before he dies, this will also make him very satisfied!

A small victory made the Vietnamese monarchs and ministers a little carried away! The sudden attack of the elephant soldiers of the Vietnamese army caused a lot of trouble to the Xinhua army. But if the Vietnamese thought that they would be able to stop the attack of the Xinhua Army, they would be very wrong!

At 3 p.m., the 9th Infantry Brigade of the Xinhua Army, replacing the 2nd Brigade with heavy losses, renewed the assault on Hue City. The heavy artillery brigade of the Xinhua Army and the artillery battalion of the 2nd Brigade and the 9th Brigade once again began a fierce artillery bombardment of Hue City! Because the battle line of the Xinhua Army is constantly moving forward, now that the troops are approaching the city, most of the urban area of Hue City is within the range of the Xinhua Army's artillery fire. Even the royal palaces of Vietnam, too!

During this round of shelling, the Vietnamese Imperial Palace received several shells, which frightened the Vietnamese monarchs and ministers into a panic. Despite Nguyen Phuc Huan's objections, the ministers forcibly pulled him out of the main hall and took him to a safe place. Not long after they left, the main hall of the palace was bombed into ruins by the shelling of the Xinhua army!

Under the cover of artillery fire, the 9th Brigade of the Xinhua Army dispatched four infantry battalions and once again launched an attack on Hue City. Because they had to beware of the Vietnamese elephants, the soldiers of the Xinhua Army were cautious when attacking. In order to be able to spot the Vietnamese elephants at the first time, and then call in heavy artillery to launch an artillery attack on the Vietnamese elephants!

Sure enough, when the Xinhua army was about to attack Hue City, the Vietnamese elephants were dispatched. The soldiers of the Xinhua Army, who were about to attack Hue City, immediately stopped their advance and ran away! The 3 artillery battalions of the heavy artillery brigade, which had already been prepared, immediately carried out a covering artillery bombardment within a kilometer behind the collapsed city walls! The elephants of the Vietnamese army rushed in just right.

105 mm shells, begin to ravage these elephants! The elephants, with their thick skin, were torn to pieces in the heavy shelling, and the elephant soldiers on the back of the elephants also lost their lives in the shelling. Although the elephant's ears are blocked, the explosion cannot be heard. But the light of the fire when the explosion exploded, as well as the pain in their bodies, still made them feel fear. The remaining 100 elephants of the Vietnamese army suffered heavy losses in this shelling. Intact, almost none, most of them were killed or badly damaged, and even those who were slightly injured never dared to go to war again!

After removing the threat of elephant soldiers, the 9th Brigade of the Xinhua Army easily attacked Hue City, not only regaining the lost position of the 2nd Brigade, but also further expanding the depth of defense. At the same time, the 10th Infantry Brigade also went ashore, however, the 10th Infantry Brigade did not participate in the attack on Hue City, but divided into two parts, from the north and south, and surrounded Hue City. In addition, the 1st Infantry Brigade, which had already arrived in the west of Hue City one step ahead, had already surrounded the entire Hue City by the Xinhua Army! The Vietnamese troops from the nearby provinces who rushed to support Hue City were all blocked by the Xinhua army!

The loss of the elephant soldiers made the originally optimistic Vietnamese monarchs and ministers feel a huge threat again. The elephant soldiers are the last trump card they have against the Xinhua army, and after the elephant soldiers are destroyed, it will be even more impossible for them to repel the attack of the Xinhua army!

"How many more troops do you need in Hue now?" Ruan Phuc asked with a dark face.

"Your Majesty, we still have more than 26,000 troops!" Song Fuliang replied.

Ruan Phuc Hang's body shook and almost didn't fall to the ground. Before, Hue City had 50,000 elite Beijing soldiers, but in less than two days, half of them were lost. There is no way to continue this battle!

"When will our reinforcements arrive?" Ruan Phuc Yan continued to ask. Now, he can only pin his hopes on the soldiers and horses of King Qin in the provinces!

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that the Xinhua army has surrounded Hue City, and our reinforcements are blocked outside the city and cannot enter the city!" Fan Wendian said.

"What?" Ruan Fuyan screamed, and then his eyes went dark, and the whole person fell to the ground in a daze! (To be continued......)