Lambert took a cigarette and smiled proudly: "Mr. Huishi, you have raised a huge amount of money for the East India Company, and Mr. Governor should be very satisfied, but we need to prepare a document for Chen Cun to sign to prevent them from changing their minds, and after the war is over, we have to control the old and young of Chen Village, if you dare to repay the debt, eh?" ”

As he was speaking, a fierce light suddenly burst out of Lambert's turquoise eyes, and he slashed into the void with one palm!

Hui Shi nodded slightly and beckoned back: "You go to the warehouse to draw up a contract, and you must draw it up before you go ashore." ”

"Yes, sir!" A young man dressed as a secretary stepped back, while Huish looked ahead.

After the flagship's flag bearer played the flag, the ships began to turn around and retreat, and they were busy for an hour before returning to the previous www.biquge.info of the Pen Fun Pavilion.

However, there was trouble on the side of Chen Village, the problem was that the rigging, if the speed was too fast, the rigging would be difficult to detect below one zhang of the water surface due to the buoyancy factor, so it could only slow down, and the consequence of this was that the range of the rigging was not large enough, and it was very likely to be affected by the explosion.

Sure enough, there were sporadic rumbling noises on the river from time to time, and each muffled sound almost represented the sinking of a ship, which was similar to the suicide minesweeper of the Black Flag Gang, and the four brothers of the Chen family were dripping blood in their hearts!

Fortunately, the number of deep mines was only half of that of shallow mines, and in order to blow up large warships, four or five clusters were dropped, so that in fact, there were only a dozen drop points for deep mines, and Chen Cun did not have to sweep the entire river, but only needed to find a channel, so after sinking seven ships again, the river finally returned to calm.

The second minesweeper in Tran Village paid the price of seven boats. Both Wish and Trant were in a cold sweat on their foreheads, and it was conceivable that they would rush over with a swagger. It is very likely that the remaining four large warships will also be sunk, although they are still a little hairy. But it was already afternoon, and there was no longer any way to delay, so I had to put my heart on the side and give the order for the whole army to advance.

Everyone raised their hearts to their throats, for fear of hearing another boom, but the accident did not happen, and the fleet finally arrived at the Baoshan Pier in the evening.

Look at the low city with a gap in front of you. Huish's grievances along the way could no longer be suppressed, and at the same time, he wanted to provide cover for the landing force with the possible artillery of the naval artillery to destroy the Democratic Alliance Army, and waved his hand fiercely: "Open the cannon!" ”

One battleship, three frigates, and in a straight line, the battleship had ten guns, six that could be used, and the frigate was four, a total of eighteen guns, in an instant. The cannon roared, the fire spewed out, and rows of cannonballs poured out towards Baoshan City.

Given the range of the guns of the British ships. The front part of Baoshan was not arranged into a position, and two-thirds of the British artillery fire could only be within this range, although there were explosions and black smoke billowing out, but it was empty, and the other six guns had shells into the position, which was obviously from the artillery fire of the Duke of Wellington!

"Hidden, hidden, hidden!" on the front line. The instructor shouted loudly, and the fighters shrank their bodies into the trench as much as they could. I saw that with the explosion, a puff of dirt was splashed all over the place. Within more than ten meters of the shell landing, everyone was disgraced!

It's just that the shells are not only on both sides of the trench, but also occasionally there are a few trenches in the middle, on the high platform in the rear, Lu Dayou saw with his own eyes a large burst of fire suddenly rose in the center of a trench, accompanied by a few figures flying out upside down, when the smoke dissipated slightly, the trench seemed to be blown up, and a deep pit with a radius of two to three meters burst out of thin air, the pit was scorched black, and in the floating soil, there were faintly a few arms and thighs!

"Fuck! What a miserable death for the brothers, Lao Tzu grass, your mother, the Englishman, there is a kind of shore to do it! Lu Dayou smashed the parapet wall with a hard fist, and his face was full of anger!

Yang Shuijiao, Sheng Xuanhuai, and every soldier around him all had raging anger in their eyes, but Wang Feng was glaring in his eyes: "Lu Dayou, your feelings are so easy to fluctuate, how can I rest assured that you will stand alone in the future?" Do you think every battle will do what you want? You've let me down so much, now recite me the Commander Code! ”

"Yes!" Lu Dayou was all over, blushing slightly, and read aloud: "Article 1: Strictly abide by discipline and stay calm at all times!" Rule 2: Have a strong will and a flexible mind! Article 3: The heart is as hard as iron, and all beings are like chess pieces! Fourth, we should have a deep understanding of the strategic pattern and accurately judge the shape of the enemy and us. Article 5: Be good at grasping the fighter and overcome hesitation! Sixth, guard against arrogance and dryness, and do not underestimate the enemy! Seventh, both listening is clear, partial listening is dark, knowing people and making good use of them, with superb overall planning and coordination skills! Article 8: Strengthen the belief that the whole army will use me in the first battle and use me to win! Article 9

Wang Feng asked Lu Dayou to recite the commander's code, which is a special requirement for military-level commanders, and there are more than ten of them, and in the sound of artillery, Lu Dayou skillfully recites them.

After reciting it, Wang Feng said coldly: "What's the use of light being able to memorize?" How many can you do? Think for yourself. ”

"Yes!" Lu Dayou saluted ashamedly.

Wang Feng nodded slightly, and then turned his eyes to the front, the explosion in the city continued, and some buildings that had not been demolished were also destroyed in the artillery fire, although most of the British artillery fire was empty, but as long as the trench was hit, it could basically bring more than ten people killed.

The shelling did not last long, about 15 minutes, and it was obvious that this was a venting gun, but even so, it brought about 100 casualties to the NLD army.

The buildings of the Qing Dynasty were mainly civil structures, which were ignited by artillery, and the city was on fire, although he knew that blindly firing cannons could not have much effect, but he was looking at the relief, Lambert was relieved of the depression in his chest, and said with a slight smile: "Mr. Huishi? Is it time to go ashore? Let the soldiers have a good night's rest, recuperate their spirits, and attack Baoshan tomorrow. ”

Huishi muttered noncommittally: "Since the Democratic Alliance Army has mines, it may not be impossible to lay mines on the river beach, so they have to guard against it. ”

Wu Jianzhang, who was not far away, happened to understand these words, and even quickly put his head on it, and helped to come up with an idea: "Mr. Huishi, the short-haired scheming is full of tricks, your concerns must be faced carefully, in my opinion, it is better to bombard the ground with artillery, if there are mines, they will definitely be detonated." ”

After speaking, Wu Jianzhang showed a look of invitation, slightly hunched his back, and looked at Hui Shi with a smile on his face, Hui Shi was holding a pipe in his mouth, and his eyebrows were twisted.

Baoshan Wharf is only a very small range, mainly on the soil ground, there is a flat loess avenue leading directly to Baoshan City, the whole area, the land is pressed very solid, there is no trace of turning, but between the wharf and Baoshan City, that is, two or three hundred meters away, is a large area of wasteland, May is the season when all things flourish, the ground, full of knee-deep weeds, a ball in the east, a piece in the west, scattered between large and small puddles, in addition to some tall and low trees, this is indeed a good terrain for laying mines, changed him to defend Baoshan by himself, and he couldn't think of a reason not to bury mines!

With such a large area, bombardment by naval artillery, not to mention the disparity between shells and mines is a hundred times the cost, even if he doesn't care, but the ship's bomb load is limited, and it has just fired hundreds of air bombs, and then used to clear mines, where to replenish after the shot? A warship without shells is undoubtedly a toothless tiger and is in a rather dangerous situation.

Wu Jianzhang seemed to guess Hui Shi's thoughts, and said, "Mr. Hui Shi, the Baoshan Wharf is too narrow, why don't you look upstream and see if there is a more suitable landing site?" ”

To be honest, there was not even a dam on the bank of the Yangtze River at that time, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the mouth of the sea were large tidal flats, which were overgrown with weeds and wild trees beyond the scouring line of the river, and would be flooded directly into the river during the wet season, and the shallow water season was also full of silt and small swamps, which were not suitable for landing operations at all.

The only thing that is better is that this small piece of Baoshan City is a small wharf with a length of about 400 meters and a width of less than 300 meters.

I have to say that Wu Jianzhang is very good at putting himself in the shoes of others, and quickly understood Huishi's dilemma, the whole army is nearly 50,000 people, and the dock area is obviously not enough to resettle, but the wasteland in front of him can't be sure if there are mines, what if the army steps on it in the past? It's really embarrassing, but what should I do?

After a while, Hui Shi suddenly loosened his brows and beckoned to Wu Jianzhang: "Lord Wu, don't you have two or three thousand soldiers in the Qing Kingdom?" You let them go ashore first, spread out and run, one mile wide and three miles long, and finish in half an hour. ”

Suddenly, Wu Jianzhang was dumbfounded, this clearly shows that he wants to sweep mines with the Qing army, although he can come up with a poisonous plan to let the Black Flag Gang clear mines with human bodies, but how can he be willing to change to the Qing army? What's more, it was he who came up to Hui Shi to give this order, which is easy for people to misunderstand that the idea came from him, and he was going to be scolded through the backbone!

"Huh? Lord Wu is unwilling? Seeing that Jianzhang was a little hesitant, Hui Shi's green eyes glared, and a fierce light flashed!

Wu Jianzhang hurriedly said: "Mr. Huishi, he does not have the right to dispose of the imperial army, and if he forcibly orders minesweeping, it may lead to a mutiny, isn't there still Chen Village?" Wouldn't it be the same if you could get Chen Cun ashore and let them clear mines? ”

Wu Jianzhang was so anxious that he even came out of his humble position, but Hui Shi didn't appreciate it at all, Chen Cun was worth 3.5 million pounds, and it had become a strange commodity in his eyes, who would pay back the money if he died again? Do you want to force a group of old and weak women and children? This is not in line with his gentlemanly style, but the Qing army is worthless, and it is the best choice to use the Qing army to clear mines.

“no！” Huish's crimson lips rolled, and he reached out to the side and pointed sharply, revealing an irreversible momentum! (To be continued) R640