Although the unfamiliarity with the geography of the Qing Dynasty affected the reconnaissance efficiency and accuracy of the Anglo-French forces, the reconnaissance team of the Anglo-French forces was still able to find out about Wei Huozi's increase of troops on the front line of Bali Bridge.

Since the men and horses of Sushun dragged the Anglo-French coalition army, the commanders of the coalition army felt that the tactics of the Qing soldiers were somewhat similar to that of Tsarist Russia, and many soldiers in the coalition army had experienced the Crimean War, and many people were familiar with trench warfare, but the Baliqiao camp in Sushun did not dig large-scale trenches, but built earthen walls, this slight difference, at first the commanders of the British and French coalition forces, did not care.

But after Wei Huozi's new army arrived, the situation of trench warfare became clearer and clearer, except for the earthen wall near the bank of the Baliqiao River, Wei Huozi dug out a spider web-like trench behind the earthen wall in the past few days.

People who have experienced trench warfare are all deeply disgusted by trench warfare, and the suppression of war and death for a long time is the most unbearable thing, and trench warfare is protracted, and it is difficult to kill and injure the soldiers in the trench without a large number of field artillery, and the casualties are certainly not small if they take the initiative to attack the trench group.

After three days of rest, the commander of the Anglo-French army knew that they too had a difficult opponent.

"It's Yang Butang again, could it be that his army has arrived?"

As one of the commanders, Elgin obviously smelled the Crimea from the trenches opposite, although he did not participate in the Crimean War, but the course of the Crimean War, Ergin, who was the governor of Canada at that time, was still very clear.

"Impossible! It is impossible for the Qing army to assemble so quickly, it should be that Yang Butang arrived in the capital of the Qing State, and his purpose is very clear. It is to borrow the methods of the Crimea to delay our progress. Buy time for the arrival of Qing reinforcements!

Fighting like that in Crimea. It is enough for us to experience it once, France is by no means like a second experience, I built yì, transferred the guns on the battleship to the front line of the Bali Bridge, and captured the Qing Jingshi in ten days! ”

As one of the commanders of the coalition forces, Gro was also familiar with the military, and the current coalition army was only about thirty miles from the capital of the Qing state, with more than 25,000 coalition soldiers. With a charge, you can capture the capital of the Qing State in two days and move the naval guns to the front line, and Gro also has the meaning of using him to attack the Beijing Division.

The most important thing is actually the composition of the coalition army, the French soldiers accounted for only a small number of the coalition forces, excluding the battleships, guarding the docks, there were less than 2,000 French soldiers on the front line of the Bali Bridge, this was an opportunity to take advantage of England, even if the battle was defeated or something went wrong. For the French government, such losses are acceptable.

If you take the capital of the Qing Kingdom in a war. Then France has a huge interest in the East, even if the coalition is defeated, it is England that will be most affected, and by using England to start a war with the Qing State, maybe France will have many opportunities.

So whether it is misleading or really seeing the situation clearly, Gro speaks with extreme confidence, but the most dead are not French soldiers, no matter how confident he is, it is not right!

"If the ship's guns are transferred to the front line, many artillery will have to be drawn from the battleship, and these artillery pieces are the elite of the navy, and the number of navies on the battleship is too small, and many battleships will lose their combat effectiveness, which is very dangerous for the fleet."

Coalition Commander Hope? Grant made an assessment of the claims of Elgin and Gro, this Commander Grant, although he did not participate in the Crimean War, he was a meritorious general in India, he participated in many wars in India, and the English government sent him to the Far East because of his exploits in the war against India.

Although most of today's India is lost, but Grant's military exploits cannot be erased, as a soldier, Grant is not very sensitive to politics, Gro's construction is in favor, according to intelligence, near the Qing Jingshi, there is no more than the army of the coalition army, and the number of people on the opposite side has skyrocketed, according to the report of the scouts, it is only the people of the Qing country.

Grant has seen countless such troops in India, and what he said will endanger the safety of the fleet is only a pre-war construction, and if Elgin agrees, he will not hesitate to remove all the guns on the battleship.

"General Grant, do you think we should retreat for the time being or continue the offensive?"

As a plenipotentiary minister, Ergin's power is very great, but for military affairs, he is not very proficient, and the battle situation should be beneficial to the coalition army, but the real power to decide the advance and retreat is still in Grant's hands, if Grant thinks that the war can no longer be fought, Gro is to break the sky, and Ergin will resolutely choose to retreat.

Gro's radicalism is only because the English soldiers account for the vast majority of the coalition army, and in the war, the French soldiers are all in the back, the casualties in the early stage are almost all English soldiers, the French soldiers are only a few killed in the shelling, Gro has his starting point, and Ergin also has his own starting point.

"We can continue to attack, but the battleships must be anchored under the Dagukou Battery, and in addition to the artillery moved to the front line, we must also place artillery in the Dagu Battery to set up a defensive line.

The fleets of Dalian Bay and Yantai were also to be moved to the vicinity of the Dagu Fort, after all, the time had been delayed for a long time, and those two places were vulnerable to attacks by the local army of the Qing State.

Near the Qing State's Beijing Division, and there are not many troops left, there is not a lot of time left for us, ten to fifteen days, if we can't capture the Qing State's Beijing Division, we should choose to withdraw our troops. ”

Grant, who is proficient in colonial warfare, can roughly estimate the combat power of the Qing army, and now the Qing army is already using the people, which shows that the Qing army's capital division is almost an empty city, ten to fifteen days, and a distance of thirty miles, the coalition army should be able to easily complete it.

But there must be a premise for these, that is, to solve the Qing army on this side of Bali Bridge!

"How much time will it take for the transfer of artillery?"

Ergin, who had been a governor, was very cautious, since the opposite side was the difficult Yang Butang, the ten to fifteen days that Grant said would be calculated in half, a week, which was the bottom limit of Ergin.

"For the convenience of transportation, the fleet left a lot of horses and vehicles, if the horses of the cavalry were also used to transport artillery. Two days should be about the same time! ”

A rough estimate of the distance. Grant also gave an accurate answer.

"Can it be faster? How many artillery pieces can be transported? ”

War is also inseparable from administration. Organizing logistics is not very difficult for Ergin, and what he needs most now is time.

"If we send more soldiers, maybe a day and a half will do, right?

As for the artillery, a few thousand guns are not a problem, but I think that it is better to choose a lighter gun, and the small guns on each battleship combined, the number of six or seven hundred. It's still possible to get together. ”

As a serious Scotsman, Grant was not very sure about shortening the time, but he still had a rough idea of the number of artillery.

"Directly send the cavalry back to Dagu to transfer artillery, let the soldiers defending the Dagu Fort and the artillery of the navy transport artillery, and send 2,000 wounded soldiers back to defend the Dagu Fort on the front line, so that the fleets of Dalian Bay and Yantai can rush to Dagukou as quickly as possible, Dagukou is a natural harbor, and the Qing State has no navy. Let most of the people go to the land to arm, and leave a dozen warships in the harbor to be on guard! ”

Same with Grant. For the Qing army near Jinkou, Erjin is ignorant, the most important thing now is to capture the Qing country's Jingshi, and the Qing country in a local battle, now Erjin is full of confidence, but with the entire Qing country, 35,000 coalition troops, no! Today's more than 28,000 army forces are not the opponent of the entire Qing State.

In terms of operational efficiency, the Anglo-French coalition army is not inferior to Yang Meng's new army, but in terms of the speed of intelligence transmission, the British and French coalition forces can't catch up with Yang Meng, and the new army arrived at the war for four days, a telegraph line buried in the soil was also connected to Yang Meng's house in Beijing, and the Beijing division of the new army was stationed, which was basically the same as Yang Meng's backyard.

"Huh...... Commander, there is a play, the British and French coalition forces do not move the army, but move the cavalry, I'm afraid they will go back to pull the artillery, let Wei Huozi reconnoitre, see if the British and French forces are building artillery emplacements on the position, if they are really building artillery emplacements, immediately rule Yang Fuliang, disguise our sail battleships as the battleships of the British and French forces, and the battleships will bring live mines, find a place that can be contacted at any time and stand by! ”

Pinching this telegram, Yang Meng's hand trembled a little with excitement, if this matter is done, let alone ninety, it is thirty medium-sized warships, he will wake up laughing in his dreams!

"Third master, even if we capture the warships of the British and French forces, we will have a follow-up!"

Ecstatic third masters are rare, but Xu Ziwei still poured Yang Meng's cold water, capturing dozens of warships of the British and French coalition is not a trivial matter, and he must give an explanation to the imperial court.

"Hmmm! I almost forgot about this, how many merchant ships have been captured by Yang Fuliang in the past few days? ”

"There are only sixteen of them, and most of them are wounded!"

"Exactly! These merchant ships, together with some small boats on the battleship, and other ships that are useless to us, are all destroyed with artillery, and when the ship is grabbed, let the Tibetan army cooperate with the capture of the Dagu Fort, it is really not possible to rush the ships of the British and French forces to the barrage in front of Dagu, where the ship has sunk, and the imperial court does not have the ability to salvage the warship, we only need to hand over some artillery to the imperial court!

Maybe this Jingshi will already be our world after that, and it may be possible for us to say anything!

Damn it! It's good to sleep with the queen, wait for the opportunity to sleep with her a few more times, and get rid of the luck of the Qing Dynasty!

Sue sù Wei camel, he played softer in the early stage, try to practice the brave camp of the Beijing Division, how to fight in the later stage, wait for our orders! ”

The fleet of the Anglo-French alliance is almost equivalent to the navy of a European country, I am afraid that the old powers of the Netherlands and Spain will not be able to take out a fleet of this size, once they get dozens of warships, Yang Meng will have the confidence to speak, even if it is a war, these are also the foundation!

"The third master still has to be steady, great joy and sorrow are not a good thing!"

Can you talk about sleeping queens? This means that there are only two people, if there are too many people, it will inevitably be a stain in the future! Lewd. Wife. A woman is not a nice thing to say.

Although Xu Ziwei said that he was dirty, he was still very protective of Yang Meng, after all, his every qiē was based on Yang Sanye's trust, as a strategist and military advisor, Xu Ziwei still understood these things.

"Uh...... Get carried away, let Taichen transport some old-fashioned foreign guns to Jingshi, we have five million private property in vain, how can we express it, now such equipment as Dresser cannot be handed over to the children of Eight Banners.

In the past few days, I will find you a position in the military aircraft Zhang Jing, there are some things you have to take care of, don't let the people of the military aircraft give us trouble! ”

Yang Meng can quickly recover from the ecstasy, it is a real good thing for Xu Ziwei, only by not being surprised can he really get on top, the age of the third master is still a little worse, and his mind is not calm enough!

"Let's change someone! There are a lot of things to deal with here, and some Beijing officials in Beijing have shadow people, and it is more suitable to put them on top than me! ”

Xu Ziwei really doesn't look down on a four-grade military aircraft Zhang Jing now, staying in the third master's mansion, even if the sect Su Shun comes, he has to nod his head and waist, and go to the military aircraft to pretend to be a grandson, why bother?

"It's done! You have to watch the affairs of the Military Aircraft Department, this is the gateway of the Beijing Division's external contacts, don't let Peng Yunzhang's guy stab us in secret! (To be continued......)