Yang Meng is right, the skirmish line of the British and French coalition forces is really an ordinary skirmish line, but it is just the soldiers on the ship, in order to prevent the ice shell from being crushed, and after half an hour, groups of British and French troops began to line up on the ice shell about a mile from the coast, and this formation was very arrogant.

The British and French forces dared to do this, presumably because they had reconnoitred the firepower of the shore defense, and the area of Beitang was also unobstructed on the ship, and there were no artillery batteries in the bare, so it was the basis for the British and French forces to dare to act like this.

After the British and French troops lined up in array, they slowly approached the coast amid the sound of drums and trumpets.

In the face of the formation of the British and French forces, Shi Dakai was also very conservative, but let the recruits who had already lined up stand behind the low wall with muskets that had already been loaded.

At this time, Shi Dakai did not react, which was the best response, and the British and French forces also made some adjustments to Shi Dakai's insistence, in the telescope, Yang Meng could clearly see one wooden barrel after another, and one artillery gun was transferred from the ship to the ice shell.

For the calm arrangement of the Anglo-French coalition army, Shi Dakai still chose to stick to it, not that he didn't want his men and horses to rush out, but that the Anglo-French coalition army was too elite, one by one neat gun formations, the power of this thing, Shi Dakai also knew clearly, when the English sold muskets to the Taiping Army, they also taught such tactics, how lethal the dense barrage was, Shi Dakai knew clearly, so pounced, it was better to stay behind the low wall!

But it's sticking to it. He also made some responses. It's also easy to deal with. It is to build another line of defense behind the low wall.

Shi Dakai's method of building a defense line also opened Yang Meng's eyes, because it was a tidal flat, everyone's feet were frozen and hardened mud, a few pots of hot water went down, a large area of tidal mud became thin mud, and pots and pans were used to pour thin mud into two layers of wooden boards. In a short time, the low wall of mud and sand, which was still steaming, took shape.

This kind of construction speed is very fast, more than 10,000 people in half an hour, to build a more than ten miles long, more than five feet high mud wall, and then one or two hours, the shell of the mud and sand wall is almost frozen, three or four feet after the frozen mud, can still effectively organize guns and shells.

Similar to Shi Dakai's idea, the British and French forces were also building their own fortifications. At first, Yang Meng thought that the barrels were fire. Medicine barrels, but these things are pushed to the shore later. The ice ballast in the gaps in the barrels indicates that the barrels are filled with ice.

You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, when Shi Dakai and the generals of the British and French coalition compared their IQ and clever plans, Yang Meng withdrew with his guards to the place where he camped last night, and now the frozen low wall is no longer safe, and the number of artillery pushed out by the British and French coalition forces is far beyond the proportion of artillery that the European and American armies should have, once the artillery battle starts, the surrounding of this low wall is full of death traps!

Unlike yesterday's anxious battle, today's Shi Da is extremely patient, it seems that that yesterday's kid also wanted to use his presence to test the waters for the upcoming war! In that case, even if there are more deaths, he can also put the blame on him Yang Sanye, this kid is a traitor!

The current weather is also fair to both sides, the slightly overcast sky obscures the sun that affects Shi Dakai's vision, and the north wind that is still blowing is still not very strong, which also gives the ships of the British and French forces a chance to get close to the ice.

"Third master, there are more than 13,000 English soldiers, more than 10,000 French soldiers, and more than 3,000 Tsarist Russian soldiers, and the assembly has been completed, and there are more than 130 artillery pieces mobilized by the British and French forces."

After more than an hour of arranging troops, in terms of speed, the British, French and Russian coalition forces are not too wasted in basic training, after all, they are deployed on the ice, and it is reasonable to delay some.

The number of more than 130 artillery pieces has far exceeded the artillery equipment rate of the European Army, in the Crimean War, 10,000 people can be equipped with 10 artillery pieces, which is already a very high proportion, sometimes 50,000 or 60,000 British and French troops, only a dozen or twenty artillery, it seems that destroying the low wall built by Shi Dakai is the strategic goal of the British and French forces today!

The first shot of the battle was launched by the English army dressed in redwoods, and the two British military formations approached the low wall defended by Shi Dakai, and estimated the distance between the British army and the low wall, about two hundred meters, it seems that the British generals also know the range of firearms!

At a distance of 200 meters, the Enfield breech guns equipped by the British army, although they have no accuracy at all, their lethality is still considerable, and it is completely feasible to target a low wall one and a half meters high from 200 meters.

The British and French forces opened fire, Shi Dakai's side also responded, after the sparse gunfire rang out, there were not a few people on both sides for nearly half an hour, two hundred meters, which is far more than the distance that the soldiers on both sides can shoot accurately.

This is where the weakness of large-caliber buckshot comes in, even if it is a pointed mini bullet with very little wind resistance, even if it is loaded with a sufficient amount of fire. Medicine, too heavy large-caliber lead bullets, the trajectory of a hundred and fifty meters away is also elusive, this is controlled by the deformation of lead bullets in the chamber of the gun, even a sharpshooter, it is impossible to master such a law of shooting, the deformation of lead bullets is completely irregular.

Thousands of people on both sides, nearly half an hour of gunfight, the British army fell a hundred and ten people, and dozens of unlucky people on Shi Dakai's side were shot in the head, so far, the tentative shooting on both sides is over.

As far as the lethality of the shooting is concerned, this tentative contact between the two sides is still on par, after reading the British army's table, Yang Meng smiled, the British army is not as elite as imagined, the shooting speed, the loading speed, far weaker than Yang Meng's expectations, this is a sign of insufficient training.

To be honest, these native English troops are completely inferior to the Anglo-French army led by Ergin before, which means that the British army in front of him should also be a new soldier.

If we don't talk about the favorable factor of the permafrost wall, the Zhilu militia that Yang Meng has trained in the past few months is still slightly superior to the British army in live ammunition shooting.

"Third brother. What is Dakai going to do next? ”

Just when Yang Meng was rejoicing. Shi Dakai rode to the back of the mound. looks like a general.

"Shi Xianggong, Lao Tzu is still easy to speak, how to fight this battle is to be done by yourself!

As for Lao Tzu, you should be an outsider, and Lao Tzu will not interfere with your command from now on! ”

Shi Dakai's purpose, Yang Meng is very clear, the soldier needs to look at the general, but the general who leads the army does not want to press a emperor on his head. Shi Da is here, I'm afraid the purpose of asking for power is more than asking for instructions, right?

"Third Brother ......"

"Leave Lao Tzu here, if Lao Tzu wants to know the battle situation on the front line, he will send someone to ask, what should you do if you come here and expose Lao Tzu's whereabouts?

Lao Tzu gives you full power! ”

"Dakai takes the order!"

"! How much heart does this cub have? At this time, I still have the heart to play this! ”

Looking at Shi Dakai in the distance, Yang Meng scolded hatefully, after Shi Dakai came into contact with this guy, he knew how heavy his mind was, it seems that Xu Ziwei said it well, so worried about labor. This kid doesn't live long.

After testing each other, Shi Dakai felt that the British and French forces were very tricky. Only then did he go to Yang Sange's side to ask for a plan, this question is false, and the right is true, in the face of such a battle situation, Shi Dakai felt that Yang Sange's storage zài restrained him, and after Yang Meng's side got an accurate answer, Shi Dakai's choice was still to stick to the frozen low wall.

The commanders of the Anglo-French alliance also felt that the low wall dozens of miles long that Shi Da Kaibu had laid out was a very tricky problem, and the big funnel of Beitang, the gateway to the Jinkou area, was the best way to advance.

To the south of Beitang was a low hill, which was extremely unfavorable for the advance of the army, while to the north were the Dagukou Fort and Jinkou Castle, and it was obviously not a wise move to attack the fortress in the plains.

The Beitang area has become the focus of the breakthrough of the British and French forces, and the large plain behind the low wall is also an ideal garrison camp, and in two or three months, after the ice on the sea melts, the camp of the combination of land and sea can be arranged in the Beitang area, the purpose of the British and French forces this time is to completely occupy the Qing Dynasty, and Beitang, a natural harbor, is also the goal that the British and French forces are determined to achieve.

After a tentative confrontation, the British and French generals, the commander of the Allied Navy, William the English? Baga, commander of the Allied Army, French General McMahon, Commander of the Allied Army on the English side, Admiral George? Yilu, a senior counselor in English colonial affairs, and Charlie, who also served as an admiral? Yilu, gathered in a sea ship stuffed into the ice, studied the Qing army opposite.

Dozens of lead bullets from the dead and wounded soldiers of the British army, and dozens of stray bullets picked up from the ice shell, were all placed on the table, and in the face of Mini bullets of almost the same standard as the coalition army, the faces of all foreign devils were extremely ugly.

This mini bullet is undoubtedly a revolution in the history of firearms, his biggest role is to improve the loading speed of rifled guns, and in terms of accuracy and range, the role of mini bullets on rifles can not be ignored.

The design of the Mini bullet is not difficult, but the manufacturing difficulty is not small, although most of the lead bullets in front of the foreign devils are deformed, but the bullet is machined, such a Mini bullet is not a product of Britain and France, except for Millican, I am afraid that no one will sell such a bullet to the Qing Dynasty, or the machinery and equipment for making bullets.

If these bullets are only purchased from outside, it is better to say something, once it is produced by the Qing State, then it will be a big problem! The Qing army's loading of Mini ammunition has become a reality, and this is undoubtedly a huge threat to the British and French forces.

If these Mini bullets are produced by the Qing Dynasty, the threat is long-lasting, although the Mini bullets are also equipped by Britain and France in recent years, but in the Crimea War, the Mini bullets shined, and he had too much impact on the range and accuracy of the rifle, Britain and France have been studying the production technology of Mini bullets in recent years.

Just now, the ordnance experts in the British and French coalition forces also pointed out that the Mini bullets of the Qing Dynasty are far superior in quality to the Minnie bullets equipped by the British and French forces, and if they are the guns of the coalition forces, the deformation rate after firing out of the chamber is very large, even if there is no bullet that hits the target, it is impossible to maintain the original shape, and these Mini bullets of the Qing Dynasty, except for the rifling marks on the warhead, there is basically no deformation.

This shows that in terms of the manufacturing technology of guns and bullets, some countries have surpassed Britain and France, and these guns and bullets are better if they are sold by Millican, and if they are produced by the Qing Dynasty, then ......

"The Great Empire of the East that is changing!"

Charlie? After Yilu said a word, it aroused the vigilance of the generals of the coalition army, which regarded the Mini bomb as produced by the Qing Dynasty, so that the British and French governments had to fight for their own interests in the Far East!

"It must be strangled! Guys, get ready to attack! ”

The commander of the coalition army, McMahon of France, roared this order with a gloomy face, the appearance of the Mini bullet means that the coalition army will have a large number of casualties, which is inconsistent with the previous prediction, the coalition army has a large number of casualties, and he, the army commander, has an unshirkable responsibility!

"Ho...... Ready to get serious, huh! A group of recruits, I want to see what tricks you can play! ”

The allied command issued a military order, and the artillery was pulled to the ice, and Yang Meng's face also showed a sneer when he saw the British and French forces increasing the number of artillery again. (To be continued......)