Here in the port of Tianjin, some American soldiers of the Eight-Nation Coalition began to guard the port here, because this was the last retreat of the Eight-Nation Alliance. The Eight-Nation Coalition landed at the Dagukou Fort and then attacked Tianjin along the way. Decades ago, British and French troops also landed here, and then entered Beijing to burn the Old Summer Palace, which became a disgrace for China. At that time, thousands of British and French troops landed here, and the Chinese army of tens of thousands of people was defeated by thousands of people, and the Chinese army could hardly bring any obstacles to the British and French forces. And this time, the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army are more than ten times more than in those years, but now they have no problem with the tens of thousands of Chinese troops on the opposite side, and they are even being slaughtered by others at any time.

Now, the top brass of the Eight-Nation Alliance has begun to order soldiers to strengthen the security of Dagukou, and they attach great importance to this Dagu Pass, because they know that this will be their only retreat from the sea.

"You have guarded this Dagukou Fort for me, this is our last retreat." said an American officer.

But someone immediately asked, "Sir, have we lost this war?" ”

"Without losing, how could our great Americans be defeated by a bunch of yellow-skinned monkeys?" The American officer shouted.

But his soldiers did not give him face, saying, "If we are not defeated, then why should we consider retreating?" ”

And the other also added his sword: "What is the use of us considering the way back, I heard that the navy has been defeated, and the sea supremacy of the entire East China Sea and the Yellow Sea has fallen into the hands of the Chinese, even if we take these troop transports away, we will not be the opponent of the enemy's navy." Once at sea, our army will not be able to exert its combat effectiveness, but will easily be annihilated by the enemy's navy at one time, so that our losses will be even greater! So, rather than that. It's better to surrender as soon as possible. ”

The American officer was hot, and of course he knew that the situation was very bad this time, and the eight-nation coalition forces had been cut off from retreating. They landed from the sea, and now that the sea control has fallen into the hands of the Taiwan Navy, it is not so easy for their land forces to retreat even if they want to. Although their troop carriers had a small number of armed forces, they faced the Taiwanese battleships. That's not worth mentioning at all. At that time, once they arrive at the ship, Taiwan's navy will directly sink their troop carrier, and the army will sink with the ship.

"Therefore, I think it is better to take advantage of the fact that we still have some strength on land, maybe we can talk to the Chinese about the conditions, and let us go back safely." If we go directly to the ship ourselves, then their navy will have no trouble picking us up. Therefore, we still have a good peace talk with Chen He when there is no major loss in strength now, and maybe we can withdraw from the war with dignity. ”

The words of these soldiers also made the American officer quite moved. Because if we can take advantage of the fact that the more than 100,000 troops of the Eight-Nation Coalition can still have a certain strength to sign a contract with Taiwan, and then withdraw from the war in a relatively decent way, this will also be a good choice. If the fight continues, the face of the Eight-Nation Coalition will be lost, and it will not be so easy to withdraw from the war with dignity at that time. Internationally, isn't it just to hope for a face? If you don't have face, who will take you seriously? If you can save face, that's naturally the best.

"Oh no. Enemy ships are coming! A U.S. military observer immediately shouted.

Soon, one after another battleships immediately appeared outside the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin. Then they looked at these warships with yellow tiger flags on a blue background, and immediately knew that they were Taiwanese warships.

On a cruiser, Sa Zhenbing and Li Yuanhong discussed things here and began to order soldiers to fight.

"Commander Sa, this time our marines will cooperate with your navy, which can be regarded as a landing battle for us. It's up to you to be the commander this time! Li Yuanhong said.

As the most experienced in amphibious warfare at present, Sa Zhenbing. He was responsible for directing the operational order for the landing at the Dagu Pass in Tianjin, which was regarded as a stage of the enemy's rear route, and allowed the Marines and the Army to cooperate in the operation and flank these Eight-Nation Allied Forces on both sides. Able to effectively annihilate them.

"Order the naval guns to cover, and then let the commandos of the Marine Corps storm and land on the beach!" Sa Zhenbing said.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The artillery of the cruisers of the Taiwan Navy began to bombard the Dagukou forts fiercely, and the Dagukou forts suddenly turned into a sea of fire. And those American defenders stationed at the Dagukou Fort immediately began to run with their heads in their hands, and then died in less than a few minutes, running away, and obviously no one continued to stay at all. These ordinary army soldiers faced the powerful naval guns of cruisers, and their flesh and blood could not resist these very powerful naval guns with explosive power, so they immediately began to run away if they did not die.

However, the reason why they did not dare to stay and resist was actually more because of their flesh and blood, and more because the Dagukou Fort did not have many fortifications that could make them resist. Because the Dagukou Fort, a fort built by China, could not withstand the bombardment of foreign navies for decades. The artillery of the Dagukou battery here was already seriously backward, and it was impossible for them to hit the enemy's warships. Originally, the Qing army could not counterattack foreign troops, but now these Americans naturally cannot use the cannons of these Dagukou batteries to counterattack. If it had been a foreign-built fort with advanced shore artillery, they might have stayed behind to fight back. But at present, this is a fort built by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China, and they fools know that it is impossible to use it to fight back, and to counterattack is to find their own death.

"Commando, follow me!" Li Yuanhong said.

"Rush!"

More than 1,000 Marine commandos began to rush up quickly, and they rowed up in rubber boats wrapped in iron plates, preparing to land on the beach of the Dagukou Fort here. These commandos are the most elite units in the Marine Corps, so their purpose is to seize the beachhead, open a gap for the follow-up troops, and then create a good opportunity to land. And this commando team responsible for beach grabbing is one of the most elite units in the Marine Corps, except for the special forces in the Marine Corps, that is, they are the most elite. Because they have to meet the enemy's artillery fire and machine guns to charge, and after rushing forward, they have to transform into combat status as soon as possible, so they must be very demanding. Although this assault force has only more than 1,000 people, it is completely a reinforced regiment, and the corresponding levels in other armies are all division level, which can be regarded as a high-level one.

"Rush! Hurry ashore! ”

The first commandos began to go up to the shore, then they searched for them, and then for the enemy.

"Report, we found no living enemies, only a small number of enemy corpses!" Someone immediately said.

"Hmph, these Americans, even if they weren't killed by the naval bombardment, they all retreated immediately."

But someone immediately said: "Then why do you want us to come to the beach and land, just let all the troops press up, anyway, no one will fight back!" ”

"Idiot, didn't you be told in the military academy that the lion and the rabbit have to do their best?"

"Okay, stop arguing, hurry up and send a signal, let the troops behind follow, and then hurry up to complete the landing!"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

A signal flare was sent out from the sky, indicating that the beach-grabbing troops had snatched the beachhead and the follow-up troops could land.

"All the Marines, give me the start of the landing!" Li Yuanhong said.

If the beach-grabbing troops in front were all small boats, then the troops of the second and third batches all used large landing ships. After the first batch of beach-grabbing landings was successful, the relative danger of the second group of people was much lower, so they could use large landing ships and were not afraid of enemy firepower. In particular, the foothold of the first batch of beach-grabbing troops has been stabilized, so naturally there is no need to worry about any follow-up troops being attacked by Bandu.

"Damn, this landing battle is not as difficult as the exercises on weekdays! I really thought I could get a combat workout, but I didn't expect it to be such a situation. Li Yuanhong snorted.

This time, the Americans were too careless, and as soon as the naval artillery bombarded, those Americans ran away, so it was not as difficult as the exercises on weekdays.

"Okay, Li Yuanhong, you don't have to be too complacent. If our Dagukou Fort had been built by foreigners this time, not by the backward dynasties of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then you would not have been so proud. In the future, if you go to fight foreign countries, the forts built by foreigners are much more powerful than those of our Manchu era, and they will not give up casually. This time it is not so much that you took the initiative to attack, but that the Americans have chosen to retreat knowing that they can't do anything, so they took the initiative to retreat, not you attacked! Sa Zhenbing said.

"Okay, let's hurry up, since we can't grab the battle merits on the landing battle, then we can also get the battle merits on land!" Li Yuanhong said.

"Marines, give me a forward, go and clean up this group of foreigners fiercely, let them see our strength!" Li Yuanhong said.

Soon, the Marine Division began to advance at a rapid pace, trying to block the enemy's retreat and leave them with no way back. The task of the Marine Division this time is to block their retreat and prevent them from retreating from the sea, so that they can strive to completely annihilate their enemies on land.

However, Sa Zhenbing thought suspiciously: "Why didn't Lord Wang let them evacuate from the sea, so that we could directly bombard them with naval artillery, and then their more than 100,000 troops would completely sink to the bottom of the sea and be completely annihilated, wouldn't it be more convenient?" (To be continued.) )