Chapter 151: Defeat
It's a pity that no one has paid attention to the shouts of Grandpa Zai, because at this time the new army crossing the river is being subjected to bloody tusha, and the group of loyal soldiers on the opposite side have been shrinking in the trenches before, one by one honestly hidden in the anti-artillery holes on the side, at this time the frozen soil layer above is very strong, and the power of the nitrocellulose shells of the Krupp 75 Elements Battalion Cannon is also small, basically it can be said that there are no casualties, and after their own artillery clears the enemy artillery, With the sound of a trumpet, the guys also came out of the bomb hole one by one, and then took their places.
At this time, the new army had just walked to the middle of the river, Bodisus was riding a white high-headed horse, the yellow coat on his body was so bright that it was almost written with two big characters, and he was still holding the saber left by his grandfather, and he was there with a horizontal knife that looked indispensable, and then was instantly targeted by dozens of rifles, and with the order of the commander on the position of the loyal army, in an instant, ten thousand guns were fired, and the bullets swept towards the new army crossing the river like a storm.
Grandpa Bo was pointing obliquely at the long knife, estimating that he was roaring in his mouth, killing and so on, and saw his body shake suddenly, with a stunned expression on his face, and then he continued to shake and fall down to the horse, almost at the same time, the back of his head spurted out at once, and the poor Jiangmen Huzi went to see the monk king like this, and after the war, he was actually hit by more than 20 bullets, and the whole person was beaten into a sieve.
Just after he fell, the 20,000 new troops who were attacking also collapsed, the reason why there was a little delay was not that those Eight Banners disciples still had some courage, but at the first moment they were directly frightened stupid, seeing the silence in front of them instantly turn into a volcanic eruption, and countless bullets smashed over their heads and faces like hail in a typhoon, before they could understand what was going on! The soldiers in front began to fall one by one, with the whistling of bullets, and the river beside them boiled like a boiling pot.
Those who grew up fighting cocks and lackeys. Where have the children of the Eight Banners who are wandering around with birds have seen this? Looking at the dead eyes of his fallen companions, and the river water that was gradually dyed blood-red beside him, the whole person was stunned, and then a crying father turned around and ran away.
"Come back, don't run, don't show your back to the enemy!" The Liaodong veterans, who were the backbone, shouted hoarsely as they retreated and shot at the opposite bank, trying to stop their companions' stupidest way of escaping, but unfortunately those Eight Banners disciples were now frightened. Single-mindedly trying to escape from this terrible hell, many people even knocked down those veterans in a panic, and then stepped into the mud at the bottom of the river without hesitation.
The scene of 20,000 people chasing ducks together was extremely spectacular, and Rong Lu, who was watching the battle from a distance, was dumbfounded, although he guessed that he would fail, but failure in this way still made him in a trance.
"Pass the order, if the rebels attack our position, shoot directly." Yuan Shoushan, who was next to him, said to the herald that the artillery fire on the opposite bank was concentrating on bombarding the open space on both wings, and the intentions of these sinister guys were obvious.
Rong Lu suddenly came to his senses. Hurry up and stop him.
"Zhongtang, this will also collapse the first town, and the enemy army will follow behind and cover up, and the entire defense line will completely collapse." Yuan Shoushan said anxiously. He was right, after discovering that the two wings were completely submerged by the flames of the shell explosion, the soldiers of the two or three towns who had been panicked had already rushed to the first town defense line at the bridgehead, on the position of the loyal army on the north bank. Countless soldiers were jumping out of the trenches with rifles in hand, chasing them under the cover of heavy machine guns.
"Shoushan, do you know how many nobles there are among these people?" Rong Lu's face sank and said.
"But this..."Yuan Shoushan also came to his senses. Said unwillingly.
"It's not a big deal to lose, even I don't have good fruit to eat if I offend those people! You are a good general, but it is very dangerous to be a good general in the imperial court, you must also be a good politician, otherwise you may not even be able to save your life, let alone climb up. Rong Lu said helplessly.
At this time, the rout army had already begun to storm the defense line of the first town, and even the barbed wire in front of the position could not stop them, after all, these guys could easily break down these relatively simple barbed wires when they went forward and came one after another, it was nothing more than a sacrifice at the front, and so many people crowded over, they had no other choice, and they saw thousands of soldiers being squeezed into the barbed wire by their companions, and then screaming and cursing gradually lost their voices
More than 10,000 defeated soldiers in the back used the bodies of their companions as stepping stones to rush to the defense line of the first town, because the loyal soldiers who delayed the pursuit had already rushed behind their butts, almost following the footsteps of the rout, one by one grenades smashed directly into the trenches, and the dense explosions intensified the chaos of the rout, they not only knocked down a machine gun, but even stepped on the heads of the veterans who had been fighting with the Japanese army for half a year in Motianling and fled backwards.
As those Loyal Warriors rushed to the position with rifles in their hands under the rout, even those First Town veterans had to choose the rout, and until now the stabbing is still the least practiced sport for them, not to mention that these Loyal Warriors are heavily equipped with automatic pistols, and engaging them in close combat is tantamount to suicide.
"Withdraw!" Rong Lu turned the horse's head with a sigh, Yuan Shoushan hesitated, scolded unwillingly, and followed him.
"Follow them and occupy Tangshan and Kailuan Coal Mine." Yang Feng was very satisfied with the news of breaking through the Luanhe defense line, and then he gave an order to the front line, and at the same time transferred a regiment left in Qinhuangdao by train, and his landing ship was transporting reinforcements composed of one regiment each of the 132 divisions, and even if Iketanga in the north went south, it would be difficult to reach it in a short time without a railway, and leaving an infantry regiment and two artillery battalions at Shanhaiguan was enough to deal with it.
Taking the Tangshan and Kailuan coal mines can not only further threaten Tianjin, but also solve its own coal burning problem, and now his coal can only rely on shipping, so the cost is relatively high, and more importantly, it will occupy a large amount of transportation capacity, and in the case that Qinhuangdao cannot dock large merchant ships, those landing ships have to transport troops and grain and ammunition are very tight.
Rong Lu was already defeated at this time, how could he still have the heart to block or something, he was pushed by Yang Feng's third brigade and ran non-stop for a moment, and even many soldiers ran away, so they ran all the way to Luan County, but before they could take a breath, Yang Feng's cavalry regiment arrived, the cavalry of this cargo is an Arabian horse of a water, he has a special horse farm in Western Australia, and the number of horses bred by now is more than 10,000, and it is not easy to get a few cavalry regiments.
These cavalry drove the elite of the Eight Banners behind them into the county seat of Luanxian County like ducks, and after a few minutes they came out of the south gate, at this time many people couldn't run, and they knelt on the side of the road in despair and held their rifles and waited for Lin Xing, but unfortunately these cavalry didn't pay attention to them at all, just let them throw their guns on the carriage that pulled the machine guns, and then they liked to go wherever they wanted.
This pursuit is not over until it enters Tangshan, as for Rong Lu, he has been running back to Tianjin, his nearly 40,000 troops took a week to return to Tianjin empty-handed, this battle is actually not too many of his casualties, mainly the 20,000 people who attacked ran too decisively, so the total loss was less than 6,000, but the loss of equipment was too great, at least 20,000 rifles were lost, and the original forty machine guns in one town were finally brought back forty in three towns, As for the artillery, it was even more miserable, and each town had 36 Krupp 75 guns, and only 20 were brought back in the end.
This is not a big deal, even if you don't buy the guns and artillery in Tianjin and Beijing's reserves, you can quickly replenish them, the real trouble is that as soon as he counts, the three commanders actually came back one, Zai Zhen and Bo Di Su did not come back, and later heard the soldiers who fled back say that Bo Di Su and his grandfather sacrificed his life for the country, but Grandpa Zai really didn't know where Lu Dao went, and he knew that when the artillery position in the second town of Lu Dao was razed, he was there to personally direct the operation.
Now Zi Ronglu was dumbfounded, it's not a big deal if Bodisu died, the Borgizit family is not the time of the monk king now, since the death of his old son Boyan Namogu, the two elder brothers have also died one after another, and now the title is inherited by his nephew who is not yet an adult, so basically there is nothing to say in the court, but Zai Zhen is different, his father is a real power, and he has never been close to himself, if he dies, I am afraid that Yixuan will not give up with himself.
Of course, he is purely worried about this problem, because Grandpa Zai is living well, but in the prisoner of war camp of the loyal army, Yang Feng is indeed not interested in capturing those ordinary soldiers, but the officers are different, these royal relatives are not allowed to take advantage of the family wealth of 1.8 million, this time his subordinates captured more than 100 officers from noble families, not to mention that one more than 10,000 taels of military expenses for this operation came out, especially the news of the capture of Zai Zhen made his eyes shine.
It is said that his father was greedy for at least 100 million taels until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, although it was not that time, but it is estimated that it is still acceptable to spend 200,000 taels of silver to buy his son back, to be honest, for Governor Yang, it is absolutely intolerable to have to spend his own money to fight, so his military expenses must be recovered, even if it is to play with kidnapping tickets. (To be continued......)