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Hezhou City in the darkness was like a fierce beast, lying quietly on the ground. However, soon this beast will be destroyed by the powerful artillery fire of the Xinhua Army.

When the commander of the Xinhua Army, Brigadier General Doolittle, gave the order to open fire. In the three directions southeast and north of Hezhou City, the artillery battalions of the Xinhua Army launched a fierce artillery bombardment. 24 75-mm field guns each opened heavy fire on the walls of Hezhou City on three sides.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The sound of shelling was like thunder in the sky. The red fire that shone from the muzzle of the cannon was so bright in the dark night.

"What's going on? What happened? "The officers and soldiers of the Guangxi Green Battalion guarding the city wall were awakened by the sound of shelling. Most of them had been curled up on the walls to sleep. But the sudden sound of shelling woke them up.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! A piercing whistling sound came, and the officers and soldiers of the Guangxi Green Battalion did not know what was happening. They rarely fought with the Xinhua Army, and the Xinhua Army had not used heavy artillery before. However, the faces of some low-ranking officers of the Guangxi Green Battalion, who are knowledgeable, have changed drastically.

"Shelling, hide, shelling!" The officers shouted loudly, but many of the soldiers looked at them blankly. I don't know what the hell these chiefs are crazy about.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The cannonballs fell on the city wall, and the fierce fire shone brightly, some soldiers of the Guangxi Green Battalion. Directly swept away by the shock wave from the explosion of the shell. The scattered shrednel turned the city into a hell on earth. The Guangxi Green Battalion, which guarded the city wall, suffered heavy losses under the heavy shelling of the Xinhua army. They never expected that the shelling of the Xinhua Army would come so suddenly.

Because it was night, the hit rate of the Xinhua army's artillery was not so high. A number of shells fell into the city, setting fire to some houses. Time. Next to the city wall, the flames soared into the sky. The people who were awakened were like flies without a head. Started scurrying around. The sound of crying and shouting became one.

Ma Dianjia, the governor of Guangxi, woke up as soon as the shells of the Xinhua Army fell on Hezhou City. Loud explosions. The drowsiness in his brain disappeared all at once. Ma Dianjia suddenly rolled over from the bed, and rushed out of the room without even bothering to put on clothes.

"Someone, what's going on?" Ma Dianjia's face was gloomy. Although he had already guessed that there was only one possibility for such a fierce shelling, that is, the Xinhua army was coming. However, how could the Xinhua Army appear under the city of Hezhou? Could it be that the Guizhou Green Battalion in front was killed by the Xinhua Army silently? This is not possible at all. No matter how bad the combat effectiveness of the Guizhou Green Battalion is. There are more than 10,000 people. If the Xinhua Army wants to quietly solve more than 10,000 people, it is simply impossible.

"Your Excellency. It was the Xinhua Army, and the Xinhua Army was in the artillery, and the three sides of Hezhou City, southeast and north, were all subjected to heavy artillery bombardment by the Xinhua Army, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties. A few minutes later, the leader of Ma Dianjia's guard came running out of breath and prayed to him.

"Damn it!" Ma Dianjia said angrily. In his heart, he already had an extremely bad premonition. The Xinhua army was able to easily kill under the city of Hezhou and surrounded three sides of the city, which means that the Guizhou green battalion on the front line has a problem. If it is not good, the Guizhou Green Camp has already betrayed the Qing Dynasty, and only this possibility can the Xinhua Army be able to kill the city of Hezhou lightly.

"Order all units to prepare to resist the attack of the Xinhua Army!" Ma Dianjia gave the order with a dark face. In any case, since the Xinhua army has launched an attack, then they have no way to retreat, and there is no other way but to resist.

"Yes, sir." The leader of the guard hurriedly went to deliver the order. The sudden attack of the Xinhua army left the Guangxi Green Battalion unprepared. Many of the officers and soldiers were already asleep. When the soldiers were driven to defend themselves against the attack of the Xinhua army, many of them were disheveled, and some did not even know where to throw their weapons.

Ma Dianjia put on his armor as soon as possible, and then prepared to go to the front line. As the governor of Guangxi and the supreme military commander of the Manchu Qing in Guangxi, he can be said to be deeply favored by the emperor. He was born in poverty, if he hadn't relied on Wu Zhuangyuan and then made his way forward, he wouldn't be where he is now. Ma Dianjia is sixty-seven years old this year, but he has prepared for the worst in his heart. Even if the Guizhou Green Battalion really defected to the Xinhua Army, he would never learn from them, he would die on the battlefield and be loyal to the Manchus.

"Boom!" At this moment, a loud bang was heard, followed by a wave of shaking of the mountains. Guangxi Admiral Ma Dianjia's face suddenly changed greatly.

The shelling of the Xinhua army was not prepared for long. In about twenty minutes, it has already caused heavy casualties to the Guangxi Green Building on the city wall. Those who survived also fled back to the city, not daring to continue to hold on to the city walls.

At this time, the sappers of the Xinhua Army were dispatched, and the sappers of the 2nd Brigade sent a squad of men carrying hundreds of kilograms of smokeless gunpowder and piled them up near the city wall of the east gate of Hezhou City. After the explosion of hundreds of kilograms of smokeless gunpowder, the dilapidated city wall of Hezhou City was directly destroyed, and the entire vicinity of the city gate tower collapsed. Some of the Qing troops who were hiding nearby were buried in the rubble.

"Brigade commander, the walls near the city gate have been blown open and are ready to attack." The battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Xinhua Army reported.

"Very well, lead your troops and storm the city. Within today, we must take Hezhou City and eliminate the Guangxi Green Battalion! Brigadier Doolittle ordered excitedly. The two sides have been facing off for two months, and now it is time to settle the matter once and for all.

"Yes, Brigadier General!" said the battalion commander of the 1st battalion.

At this time, a trace of fish belly white had appeared on the horizon, and the daylight was about to dispel the darkness, and the sky had gradually begun to brighten.

The 2nd Brigade of the Xinhua Army, a total of 4 infantry battalions, entered Hezhou City from the east gate. Immediately afterwards, violent explosions were also heard in the south and north of Hezhou City. The 28th Infantry Brigade and the 29th Infantry Brigade of the Xinhua Army also blew up the city wall and sent troops to attack the city of Hezhou.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Dense gunfire rang out in Hezhou City. The soldiers of the Xinhua Army began to clear the Guangxi Green Battalion in the city.

From time to time, the sound of mortars came, and the Xinhua army began to advance gradually. In the panic, the Guangxi Green Battalion was unable to organize a strong resistance at all, and was defeated by the Xinhua Army.

"My lord, the Xinhua Army has invaded Hezhou City from three sides, and the Guangxi Army is now retreating." At the west gate of Hezhou City, a general of the Guizhou Green Battalion told Wang Daocheng.

"Well, got it. Order our people, get ready, if the Guangxi Green Battalion wants to break through from here, they must be beaten back! Wang Daocheng said.

"Yes, sir!" The general nodded, and immediately went to deliver the order.

"Dad, I knew that the Xinhua Army would definitely be able to attack Hezhou City." Wang Yongxing said excitedly.

"It's up to us in this battle, as long as we can block the retreat of the Guangxi Green Battalion, we will be a great achievement." Wang Daocheng said. Having just joined the Xinhua Army, he wanted to establish a little merit so that their position would be more stable.

The battle of Hezhou City was very fierce, and the Guangxi Green Battalion, under the command of Ma Dianjia, adopted the tactics of resisting step by step, and the Xinhua Army had to compete with the Guangxi Green Battalion for every street and every house. Very often, mortars had to be used to open the way in order to destroy the resistance of the Guangxi Green Battalion. Although the Guangxi Green Battalion had a total of more than 20,000 people, it was more than the Xinhua army that attacked Hezhou City. However, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and they are not prepared at all. Under such circumstances, they simply could not resist the attack of the Xinhua army.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Ma Dianjia, the governor of Guangxi, had no choice but to order the Guangxi Green Battalion to retreat from the west of the city. The Xinhua army attacked Hezhou from three directions, leaving only the west of the city. Although Ma Dianjia was worried that it was a trap for the Xinhua Army, he couldn't care so much about it now.

Ma Dianjia took part of the army of the Guangxi Green Battalion and opened the gate of Xicheng, but as soon as he left the city, he met the Guizhou Green Battalion led by Wang Daocheng. When the enemy meets, he is very red-eyed. Ma Dianjia denounced Wang Daocheng for betraying the Qing Dynasty and betraying the owner for glory, while Wang Daocheng scolded Ma Dianjia for using Guizhou Green Camp as cannon fodder, and claimed that it was a wise decision to defect to Xinhuaguo.

The two sides immediately started a big battle, the Guangxi soldiers were very brave, but the Guizhou soldiers were not bad. The geographical conditions of Guizhou are harsh, which makes the people of Guizhou very brave. The two sides can be said to be evenly matched.

Soon, reinforcements from the Xinhua Army arrived. A total of 3 infantry battalions joined and dealt a fatal blow to the Guangxi soldiers from the flank.

In the end, Ma Dianjia, the governor of Guangxi, was shot and killed by stray bullets in the fierce battle, and the rest of the Guangxi soldiers surrendered on their knees. The managers are all dead, does it make sense for them to keep fighting?

In less than two hours of fierce fighting, the Xinhua army took Hezhou and annihilated the main force of the Guangxi Green Battalion. In addition to the Guizhou Green Battalion and Yunnan Green Battalion, which have already defected to the Xinhua Army, there is no force in the entire southwest region that can stop the advance of the Xinhua Army.

In the afternoon of the same day, Brigadier General Du Lide of the Xinhua Army issued an order to march to other parts of Guangxi and the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. Among them, the Guizhou Green Battalion and the 2nd Infantry Brigade went to Guizhou to fight. The Yunnan Green Battalion and the 12th Infantry Brigade marched through Guangxi and marched into Yunnan. The other three infantry brigades pacified Guangxi, ensured the logistical supply lines, and made preparations to reinforce the front line.

In fact, after this battle, the Qing army in the southwestern provinces, except for Sichuan, which still has a large number of troops, the other two provinces can no longer stop the advance of the Xinhua army. (To be continued......)