Baodi, among the scattered falling snowflakes, Chen Zhong held a telescope and looked at the south bank of the Ji Canal, everything on the entire defense line was in his mind, it was obvious that his opponent was not those waste-like Eight Banner disciples, the ground covered by snow was densely covered with barbed wire, and the shapes of one machine gun fort after another were clearly discernible, but there was no figure in sight.

Garrisoned here is the first town led by Yuan Shoushan, 12,000 soldiers constitute the first line of defense in Beijing, and it is also the most solid line of defense, and then you can see the artillery position of the Qing army in the distance, more than 40 Krupp camp guns are lined up, the muzzle of the black hole is pointed to the north bank, all the artillery is protected by a low wall, in front of these heavy artillery, there is also a mortar position, a door Hanyang Arsenal produced 82 mortars point to the sky, and then in a small village in the distance, a large number of horses can be seen faintly, It is estimated that there is still a cavalry there.

"Go back!" After the observation, he said to the pilot beside him, and the airship floating in the sky immediately began to deflate and descend in altitude, and as soon as it returned to the ground, a staff officer stepped forward and said: "Report to the commander, the guy who went to persuade him to surrender has returned." ”

"How did it turn out?" Chen Zhong said casually, it was a Qin cha sent by Guangxu who went to persuade him, that is, a green worm who was playing wealth and danger with Kang Youwei.

As soon as he finished saying this, the staff officer couldn't help but laugh.

"Laughing at what?" Chen Zhong glared at him.

"The ears and nose were cut off by Yuan Shoushan!" The staff officer said with a smile.

Chen Zhong couldn't help but smile, this is better, anyway, the king of Zhennan has already given an order, and those Qing troops who dare to block the rebel army will be killed, since they don't surrender, then they can be killed, as soon as he thinks of the story of killing the Qing demon told by his father and those uncles around him when he was a child, this long-haired remnant can't help but feel a feeling of blood boiling. After returning to the headquarters, amid the heart-rending cries of the green worm, he gave the artillerymen the order to open fire on the telephone.

On the artillery position in the distance, with the waving of the flag, a 105-mm heavy gun opened fire first, and then on the airship in the sky, the artillery observer immediately reported the new coordinates with the flag, and after several corrections, more than 100 cannons, including 36 105-mm heavy guns, roared at the same time, and the heavy artillery position of the Qing army was instantly overwhelmed by the flames of the explosion.

In the command headquarters in the rear of the Qing army. Yuan Shoushan looked at the cannons that were blown up in the distance, and sighed helplessly, this had long been expected by him, the loyal and brave army didn't know what means to use, their cannons didn't need to be directly aimed at all, and the range was much greater than their own Krupp guns, as long as it was an artillery battle, there would definitely be only such a result.

But his cannon could only wait in the most conspicuous position, otherwise his artillery would not know where to shoot.

"My lord, are we wrong?" A cronie next to him looked at the artillery position that was being razed. asked cautiously, of course what he meant by this was not that the artillery position was arranged wrongly, speaking of which, even in the new army, it was not a matter of whether to help the emperor or the queen mother. It's not very clear, in the end, this seems to be the emperor's own business, how can a slave be qualified to interfere, but now he is a soldier and listens to orders.

Say no more. We are deeply favored by the Queen Mother, and the so-called scholar who is a confidant dies, and he deserves to be repaid with death. What's more, you don't know what kind of person Yang Feng is, if he enters Beijing, our banner people are afraid that they will have to die without a place to be buried, the abolished emperor is bewitched by a group of villains, and the hatred of the queen mother covers his eyes, he doesn't want to think about losing our banner people, even if he gets the throne, he is not letting those Han people take it casually, he is digging his own grave, such an emperor is not worthy of our support, he is no longer the emperor of our Qing Dynasty at this time. Yuan Shoushan said righteously.

"My lord, my subordinates have been taught, even if we die, we will shed the last drop of blood for the Great Qing Dynasty." The subordinate had a suddenly realized expression, and quickly knelt down and said with a loyal face, and the surrounding group of officers also knelt down one by one to show loyalty.

Yuan Shoushan helped them up with great satisfaction, and said with infinite sacredness on his face: "Have ambition, this is a good man in my Daqing Dynasty, and you will not die in our Daqing Dynasty." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, the muzzles of the loyal soldiers shifted their targets, and the dense shells kept whistling across the sky for a moment, and then smashed on the defense line of the Qing army, the shells of the antimony charge instantly tore apart the hard frozen soil, and the shrapnel harvested the life in the trench like a bullet sprayed by a machine gun, and the huge explosion was connected into pieces, and the fire and smoke turned the white earth into an erupting volcano in an instant.

Those veterans of Liaodong who had experienced the First Sino-Japanese War, huddled in the trenches one by one, holding their heads in their hands and shouting non-stop, last year they were struggling to support in the Japanese artillery fire, a year has passed, their world has not changed, but Yang Feng's artillery fire is more than a little more fierce than the Japanese army.

Anyway, with Guangxu paying for the military, Yang Feng naturally doesn't care about the cost, not to mention that after breaking through Beijing, there are still more places to make a fortune, what is a little cannonball? Smash it as much as you want.

He washed the ground with cannons here, the Qing army over there was unlucky, more than 10,000 people, of course, it could not be all Liaodong veterans, and a large number of banner recruits, these people have never seen this kind of scene, in the explosion of the cannonballs, even some people were frightened crazy, laughing wildly and rushing out of the trenches and then instantly the bones were gone, the scene of flesh and blood making some minds more intelligent, all began to quietly climb out of the trenches, using the prostrate skills they learned from foreign instructors, trying to escape from this hell, although this is also very risky, But it's better than staying here and enduring endless torture.

It's a pity that Yuan Shoushan, who knew that his subordinates were fine, had already taken precautions, and those who were lucky enough to run out of the artillery fire immediately turned into the sword kneeling of the supervising team.

"Surnamed Yuan, you dare to kill me? Lao Tzu, I am a yellow belt, you dare to kill me as a slave? You dog minion, how dare you kill me? A caught yellow belt shouted like crazy, Yuan Shoushan pulled out his waist knife and waved it casually, and the head of the Aixin Jueluo family flew out.

"Ben Shuai has been a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty for seven generations, how can he not kill you?" Yuan Shoushan returned the knife into the sheath and said with a sneer.

"What kind of shell is that?" At this time, an officer beside him suddenly exclaimed, and the fire that exploded on the front position suddenly disappeared, but then a cloud of yellow smoke rose and quickly spread and enveloped the entire position.

"Gas bomb, signal quickly!" A short officer let out a heart-rending scream in stiff Chinese, and Yuan Shoushan's heart immediately tugged, he could finally see this legendary and terrifying weapon.

Since he was ready to take this opportunity to let the blood of the Manchurians drain legally and reasonably, then Yang Wang Ye naturally wouldn't mind using poison gas again, and it wasn't tear gas, he was directly poisoned with mustard gas.

However, Yang Feng did not know what to say is that the Qing army had long been prepared for this kind of notorious thing, during this time Cixi recruited a lot of veterans from Japan who fought from Korea to Aomori, after all, Japan is only allowed to retain 100,000 troops today, and many soldiers have to return to their devastated hometowns, but unfortunately the factories are destroyed and the countryside is barren, and even many places are full of bones, the whole country is in ruins, and there are many people and even their hometowns have fallen into the hands of foreign countries, in this case it is not easy to live, It is okay for someone to recruit, even as a mercenary.

These people brought a lot of valuable experience to the Qing army that their comrades-in-arms exchanged their lives for, although it is impossible to compare with gas masks, but it is still somewhat effective, after being poisoned for so long, who else can be more experienced in dealing with this thing except the Japanese.

At this time, the Qing troops on the battlefield were still rejoicing that they had finally survived the artillery hell, and they looked at the mutilated bodies of their comrades who were killed by the bombing one by one.

"What does it smell like?" One of the veterans said suspiciously, in the smoke of gunpowder, it was difficult for them to see the poisonous mist of mustard seeds that was spreading, but the smell of garlic was indeed easy to distinguish.

The Qing army full of trenches was busy picking up their companions and weapons from the soil, how could anyone pay attention to these, there was no smell on this battlefield, a smell of garlic was nothing unusual, but then some people began to feel wrong, after the choking smell entered the nostrils, one by one couldn't help coughing violently, and at the same time there was a burning pain in the eyes, and the cough was getting worse and worse, and they couldn't listen to it if they wanted to stop, many people coughed exhausted, squatted down and coughed out every trace of air in their lungs with difficultyuntil coughing up blood or even coughing up their own lungs.

"Gas!" Finally someone shouted with difficulty.

At the same time, the terrible horn sounded in the rear, and all the Qing soldiers suddenly came to their senses, whether they were poisoned or not, they all went crazy and found wet towels soaked in alkaline water to strangle their mouths and noses, and some of the poisoned ones fled from the trenches while coughing, trying to find a place to breathe.

But then the machine guns of the Overseers rang out.

"My lord, this method has little effect, but it is the only one that can have some effect, especially in winter, you don't need to think about the skin staining on your body, and the poison gas can't be in one place for a long time, it will be blown away by the wind after a little time, but it is a huge test for the courage of the soldiers, no matter what, we must force the soldiers in the trenches, only in this way can we not lose their positions before the enemy arrives." Japan's retired Osato Isai stood beside Yuan Shoushan and said respectfully.

Looking at his own soldiers who kept falling under the muzzle of the machine gun in front of him, Yuan Shoushan nodded expressionlessly.

At this moment, countless loyal soldiers in khaki uniforms on the other side of the river, armed with bayonet rifles, had rushed down the snow-covered river beach, and behind them, countless machine guns were spraying flames. (To be continued......)