A total of nine companies of British marines quickly rushed through the reeds and rushed towards the first trench, and when they emerged from the reeds, they saw fire and smoke coming from behind the sharp wooden stakes two hundred paces away, and the Qing soldiers began to shoot at the British soldiers emerging from the reeds with primitive shotguns, bird guns, and guns. In a few unexpected hits, the British army lost more than a dozen people, and the only thing that could threaten the British army was actually only a pistol and a few newer muskets, and the rest of the shotguns and bird guns were not a threat at all because of their insufficient range.

The British soldiers screamed and lay down in the muddy swamp to advance, no one wanted to be unlucky to be killed by the enemy's outdated weapons, the bright red uniforms on their bodies were no longer bright colors, and the high round hats on their heads were also covered with mud and sand, and everyone looked like wolves.

More than 10 British soldiers jumped off the trench and used bayonets and shovels to clear out a place for people to settle down, and the British troops in three directions put up the long ladder that was transported up with the soldiers, and climbed over the first trench with difficulty.

As the distance narrowed, the Qing army's bows and arrows and bird guns began to exert their power, and in front of the second trench, the British army began to concentrate fire on the Qing army behind the pointed wooden stakes. At this time, the British army was equipped with advanced Mini rifles, which had a very fast rate of fire, because of rifling, and they were also very accurate, and the firepower of the Qing army behind the sharp wooden stakes was gradually suppressed. Fortunately, the Qing army had artillery support from the batteries, and the British attack in the second trench was blocked.

Colonel Lemon arrived at the first trench and observed for a moment and shouted, "Captain Jonathan! You take ten men and rush up into the second trench to clear the foothold. We need to go into the second trench to hide! A British officer led the way with ten daredevils dragging a long ladder and rushing up.

After a while, Colonel Lemon saw that three of the eleven men who had gone up had died and eight were seriously wounded. His adjutant shouted eagerly: "Colonel, this is a massacre, not a war, our terrain is at an absolute disadvantage, and the artillery fire on the high ground covers every inch of land here. ”

Lemon roared: "I know! Or rush up! Or all die on the beach! Fifty people went up this time, and the damned shooters drove the enemy behind the sharp stakes away for me! ”

A series of daring charges, the long ladder of the British army was erected. The second trench was broken through, and the British fire began to rage, and behind the sharp wooden stakes were a thousand soldiers of the Qing Green Battalion. The weapons in their hands were too primitive to support at first.

In front of the third trench, the British soldiers set up ladders after more than a dozen casualties, and the British soldiers who rushed up put on bayonets. Charge while firing. A few demolitionists blasted several gaps in the rows of turned-out stilted wooden stakes, and the British cheered together and charged towards the gaps.

The soldiers of the Green Battalion behind the sharp wooden stakes retreated one after another, and the first British soldier who broke through the sharp wooden stakes rushed to the earthen fortress where the Green Battalion soldiers were hiding, and found that there was an open field in front of them, and a dirt road extended to the back of the Dagu Fort, and even several batteries where the guns were fired were also on the side of the dirt road. On the dirt road, a group of Qing soldiers wearing blue uniforms crowded there with big knives and spears, not knowing whether to advance or retreat. What a great target, the British soldier was half-kneeling on the ground. Prepare to aim for his aim.

At the time of crisis, the earthquake trembled, and the British soldiers who had broken through the sharp stakes looked up and saw more than a thousand cavalrymen not far away, brandishing sabers and constantly firing bows and arrows. More than a dozen Qing soldiers on the south bank fort also rushed down, shouting loudly and driving the Qing soldiers on the dirt road who did not know how to advance or retreat.

The cavalry came quickly, and the locust-like feathered arrows killed more than a dozen British soldiers in an instant. Since hot weapons gradually began to replace cold weapons, the great powers have been pursuing the perfection of firepower, and many of their enemies are cold weapon troops, although there is a generation gap in weapons, but in fact, in war, weapons are not the absolute winning factor, the people who use weapons are the key to victory or defeat. If the cold-armed troops have the advantage of terrain, they can also inflict unexpected casualties on the hot-armed troops, and there is no shortage of such examples in history.

In the face of the feather arrows of the Qing cavalry, the British soldiers were veterans of the battlefield, and they also began to shoot back, but soon after the artillery fire of the south bank battery was adjusted, they began to bombard the stake line, and the British soldiers behind the stake were suppressed. The infantry who followed the Qing army were also driven back reflexively, and one of the Qing generals was very fierce, carrying a broadsword and fighting on foot, and the first one rushed into the crowd of British soldiers and hacked two British soldiers to death.

A soldier of the British Marine Corps, with the rank of first class, gasped and climbed up the third trench, and his comrades around him shouted, "David! Be careful, there are enemy cavalry behind the pointed stakes! David hurriedly put on his bayonet, struggled forward in the mud, and wanted to quickly run to his teammates who were squatting behind the sharp stake to hide, who knew that he had only taken two steps, and suddenly felt that a figure in front of him jumped from the high pointed stake, it was an officer of the Qing army, and his military uniform David had still seen. I saw that the Qing army officer had a heavy knife in his hand covered with blood, and with a sharp swing, he split Simmons and the gun that was talking to him just now in half.

David was so frightened that his legs and feet were weak and sat on the ground, only to see that the Qing army officer was like a ghost, like a fierce tiger, and slashed the three British soldiers in front of him one after another, David trembled and raised the musket in his hand, regardless of the other comrades in front of him, he pulled the trigger fiercely, the gun rang out, the Qing army officer seemed to be hit, the big knife fell to the ground, his eyes were wide and stared at himself, and then slowly went down.

David was stunned, and the Qing army who rushed back saw the officer to the ground, and let out bursts of roars and shouts, David didn't know what they shouted, a veteran next to him pulled him violently, David was dragged and rolled back, after a gust of wind, he fixed his eyes, the place where he was sitting just now was covered with feather arrows and flying spears, if it wasn't for the old soldier's fast hand, he would have been crucified to the ground, could it be that he killed some senior official of the Qing army? Before David could think clearly, he was hit by the British soldiers who were squeezing in and rolled down the trench.

The Qing infantry, which had rushed back, with the help of the cavalry who rushed over to support it and the artillery fire of the battery, drove the British back into the third trench. David rolled down the trench and fell into a daze, and finally came to his senses, and the muddy and bloody veterans around him shouted at him: "Good job London boy, you may have killed an important person, and now the Qing soldiers above have gone crazy and driven us back." ”

As soon as the words fell, the artillery fire of the south bank battery began to bombard the third trench like crazy, and the British soldiers inside screamed and retreated to the second trench. David hadn't come back to his senses yet, he was frightened, and he struggled to follow everyone back under the pull of his comrades.

After the artillery fire, the Qing infantry burst out with rare courage, screaming and rushing into the third trench, the numerical advantage offset the lack of firearms, they raised their swords and guns at the same time, brutally cleaned up the third trench did not have time to withdraw the British soldiers, many British soldiers raised their guns to hit the first Qing soldier who rushed over, but soon he will be beheaded by another Qing soldier who rushed over.

Colonel Lemon saw that his soldiers were driven back by a group of primitive people with big swords and spears, and he opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak, at this time it seemed that there were enemy reinforcements arriving behind the sharp stakes, and the rain of bullets and shells began to increase, and the British and French marines were suppressed in the second and first trenches and could not move, but fortunately, the firepower of the British and French marines was also fierce, and the Qing troops in the third trench could not rush over.

It was getting dark, and the herald ran to Colonel Lemon and shouted, "Colonel! The flagship waved the flag, let us hide in place, and when it was dark, everyone would withdraw to the beach, and the navy would have a ship to take us back! Colonel Lemon breathed a sigh of relief, and once again thanked God for giving them a glimmer of life, and soon he gave the order. This is also the difference between foreigners and Chinese, in the face of adversity, foreigners will not curse God, but will thank God for keeping them alive.

The sky finally got dark, fortunately the moonlight was not very bright, but the Qing army on the opposite side did not seem to let go of the British and French soldiers on the beach. When the British soldiers in the second trench began to retreat through the night, the Qing army in the third trench threw out dozens of wine jars, and the cloth strips on the mouth of the wine jars burned with flames, and fell in front of the second trench.

The British and French troops braved the artillery fire and screamed back to the beach, and the ships that met them on the beach did not dare to raise their lights, so the British and French marines retreated overnight. The Allied naval fleet also began to fire back according to the light of the fire on the batteries, and another artillery battle began in the otherwise silent night, which lasted all night.

The artillery battle continued until the afternoon of the next day, and the two sides were exhausted from two days and one night of fierce fighting, and the British and French navies voluntarily disengaged from contact. Rigaud? Degenuiri counted the losses, the British and French forces sank six shallow-water gunboats, five were seriously wounded, one was captured, the entire leading fleet was completely annihilated, the British commander Hober was seriously wounded, the British and French forces lost a total of 378 killed, 1,073 wounded, 123 captured and missing, a total of nearly 1,500 casualties.

After listening to the losses reported by his subordinates, Rigo? Derenuiri looked at the Dagu Fort, which was as hideous as a monster, and fell into deep thought, could it be that this Dagu Fort in the Far East was even more difficult to fight than the Russian fortress of Sevastopol? Thinking of the meat grinder of the Sevastopol fortress, Rigaud? Derenuiri couldn't help but shudder, for the first time he felt that the strength of the coalition army seemed to be too thin, but it may also be that the narrow territory limited the deployment of the coalition army, and the cunning Qing people used the terrain advantage to limit the advantage of the coalition army. Rigaud? Derenuyili believed that as long as they could break through the Dagukou fortress, in the field battle, the coalition forces would not be afraid of the primitive weapons and tactics of the Qing people. (To be continued......)