With the order to attack, dozens of prepared wooden platoons were thrown into the moat by the engineering troops, and the improvised pontoon bridge that had just been smashed by the collapse of the city wall was quickly reconnected, and the bridge deck was widened a lot. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)-People who understand water 'sex' jumped down one after another, and more than a dozen people helped stabilize the wooden rafts, but fortunately, the flow rate of this inland river is extremely slow, and it can be maintained by manpower. Other sappers rushed to the bridge deck and quickly fastened the wooden rafts together with double-headed nails.

The soldiers of the special operations battalion of Heitu Harbor did not wait for the pontoon bridge to be erected before they stepped on the bridge deck, and more than a dozen strong men selected by the special "gate" held a super-large shield with a height of more than two meters and a width of one meter and three meters to open the way in front, and the surface of this wooden shield with a thickness of more than one inch was also wrapped with a layer of iron sheet, and the overall weight was more than 60 catties, and its strength was enough to resist the 'shooting' of arrows at close range, and the arquebus used by the South Vietnamese Army could not 'shoot' through this shield at a distance of 50 paces. This kind of shield is an impassable high wall erected, covering the people behind it tightly, and it can also be used as a 'chest' wall to cover the infantry's formation 'shooting' attack, and the frontal protection ability is very strong.

On this occasion when it was necessary to launch a decisive charge, Takahashi Nan had always rushed to the front regardless of his 'life', but this time, under Qian Tiandun's strict orders, he could only shrink behind the big shield and fight with other soldiers. Before the battle, Qian Tiandun explained to his subordinate officers the purpose of the operation very clearly, and this siege battle was a rare opportunity to practice siege tactics, and all the personnel participating in the battle must strictly implement the tactical arrangements formulated and must not act without authorization in the name of killing the enemy. Qian Tiandun also specifically named Takahashinan, who likes to be aggressive, and asked him to "be honest" to carry out the task and lead his company to control the target area he was responsible for.

The advance party quickly rushed across the pontoon bridge under the cover of a large shield and stepped on the ruins of the city walls. Although the previous earth-shattering explosion swept away the defenders on this section of the wall, after the collapse of the wall, other troops quickly made up for it, arrows, lead bullets, and even throwing guns, raining down on the advance team that had just rushed to the gap in the wall. Although the shield's shielding effect was already quite good, several militiamen still fell to the ground injured with a muffled grunt.

"Line up!"

The advance team that was blocked did not panic, and Takahashi Minami immediately ordered the rest of the men to quickly discharge four rows of horizontal formations behind the shield wall.

"Shield!"

When Takahashi Nan gave an order, the strong man carrying the shield in the front row immediately lowered the shield from vertical to horizontal, and 'revealed' the gun platoon behind him. The advance detachment, which had already perfected the 'drill' of the platoon gun formation, immediately fired at the front and retreated, and the people in the back row filled their positions and opened fire, and so on, but in just over 10 seconds, the militiamen of the fourth platoon completed a round of rapid 'shooting'. As soon as the gunfire stopped, the large shields in the front row were immediately erected again, allowing the militiamen to have a break in reloading.

This tactic is very simple, and the main test is whether the advance team can bring out their daily training level on the battlefield. If it is a rookie, it is likely that when facing this kind of scene, he will be flustered and 'chaotic', unable to keep up with the rhythm required by the gun formation, which may cause the formation to be 'chaotic' and 'chaotic'. However, the group of people selected by Qian Tiandun were already veterans of Heitu Port, who had participated in all the military operations carried out in the North Vietnamese region in the past year, and their combat experience was quite rich among the militia troops, so they were very handy in dealing with such a battle scene.

After three rounds of 'shooting' in succession, the hundreds of South Vietnamese defenders who had rushed to reinforce the gap were knocked over by hundreds of people by the dense platoon of guns, and the remaining lucky ones quickly withdrew from the range of this team's 'firing'. Compared to the long-range weapons used by the Haihan militia, now these defenders really feel that they are holding burning sticks in their hands, and they can't hand them over if they want to use them to tickle their opponents.

After occupying this breach in the wall, the advance party did not rush forward, but climbed the walls on both sides from the collapsed place and set up a defensive line against the defenders who were rushing from the wall. The follow-up militia troops quickly entered the gap and used local materials to build defensive positions with the collapsed city walls. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

It has to be said that the "chaos" and "chaos" caused by the blasting of the city wall in the city brought a lot of convenience to the siege of the militia group, and the defending troops in the city actually noticed this main direction of attack, and originally arranged several defenders near the 'crossing' battle area, but almost all of these troops fell into a state of loss of control after the collapse of the city wall. Not only were the soldiers 'chaotic' like headless flies, but even many officers lost their self-control and failed to organize their teams to repair the fallen city walls at the first time, leaving time for the Haihan militia to make a solid breakthrough.

If the defenders in the city launched a counterattack in time, then the simple pontoon bridge built by relying only on the vanguard of more than 100 people and a few wooden platoons would not be enough to support the militia to form a large-scale breakthrough here. However, taking advantage of the chaos and chaos of the defenders in the city, the Haihan militia quickly established a small position in the northeast corner, and began to build a more stable and wide pontoon bridge on the surface of the nearby inner moat.

By the time the defenders of the city organized a thousand-strong team to launch a counterattack, a full hour had passed since the city wall fell. Prior to this, although the defenders had launched several attacks from both sides of the city walls and inside the city, they were invariably repelled by the sharp guns of the Haihan militia. In particular, the defenders who launched a counterattack from the city wall, due to the narrow terrain, the platoon of guns rushing towards the Haihan militia was almost equivalent to sending them to death, and after several attacks, the corpses had already blocked the passage on the city wall.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the vanguard of the militia had already entered the city with more than 1,000 combatants, but for the time being, it had not launched an offensive in the depths, and was still gathering at the gap in the city wall to organize defenses, waiting for a new 'wave' counterattack by the defenders. A new pontoon bridge has been erected over the moat outside the city, and wooden piles with thick 'legs' are driven deep into the bottom of the river, and planks are fixed on top to build the bridge deck.

"The engineering unit is really well trained!" Qian Tiandun gave a rare compliment to the troops to which the base camp belonged.

"This is a training team set up by Mr. Tao himself, and that Su zhì must be guaranteed. Yan Chujie replied with a smile.

In terms of the ability of the combat troops alone, the Heitugang special operations battalion led by Qian Tiandun is undoubtedly outstanding, especially in today's tough battles, the special operations battalion, which is accustomed to engaging with the opponent in close combat, is more suitable than the base camp troops that are accustomed to controlling the distance of the 'engagement' at the edge of the 'shooting' range, so they were selected as the advance team for the siege. As the founder of the Black Soil Port Army, Qian Tiandun is also very proud of his team, and rarely praises other teams in public, but today's appearance of the engineer unit is indeed remarkable, and it can be regarded as a great achievement in the siege process. Although the siege force has only occupied a corner of Hue City, with the defensive capability of the Haihan militia, it may be difficult for the defenders to pull out this nail that was driven into the city.

By the afternoon of the same day, before dark, the South Vietnamese defenders sent about 4,000 men to besiege the Hai Han militia that had entered the city, but did not achieve the results they had hoped for. The defenders even unloaded a few 'guns' from the city wall and pushed them to the vicinity, hoping to have a close artillery battle with the militia group, but after only two rounds of 'firing', they were set fire by the militia because of the 'exposed' position, and they were sent to the sky by a 'wave' of shells in an instant, and the barrels of gunpowder that were detonated next to it also took the 'lives' of more than 30 defender soldiers by the way.

After nightfall, the defenders also organized two groups of death squads to attack, but the troops who entered the city demolished the surrounding houses and lit many fires outside the position, so that the incoming enemy had no way to hide their tracks, and nearly 100 corpses were left in vain.

The next day the intensity of the fighting became very 'intense', and from dawn onwards, the defenders launched an attack at a complete cost. Nearly 10,000 defenders rushed to this position in the northeast corner of Hue City like a 'tide', and even the Haihan militia once again sacrificed a shrapnel weapon, but they could not completely repel the defenders' continuous offensive. At the most dangerous time, the defenders had even rushed to the positions of the militia and engaged in a skirmish with the militia soldiers who had no time to reload after the bullets. However, the strong militiamen did not suffer in hand-to-hand combat, after all, what they learned was the standard bayonet fighting techniques that had been summed up in actual combat in later generations, and their advantages in fighting were very obvious.

At the critical moment, the sniper team led by the elder Morgan arrived in time for reinforcements and 'shot' more than a dozen South Vietnamese officers from the sniper positions on the city wall, causing the command of the attacking troops to fall into 'chaos' and 'chaos', which saved the battle situation.

The day's fighting lasted until the sky darkened, and even the soldiers of the Heitu Port Special Operations Battalion, which was known for its strong combat effectiveness, were mostly exhausted and fell to the ground at this time. If it weren't for the fact that there were still troops outside the city that could be replaced, the command would probably have to order a retreat.

After nightfall, when the soldiers entered their shifts to rest, the top leaders of the command headquarters had to seize the time to hold a meeting to summarize today's battle situation and discuss the next tactics.

"In today's battle, a total of 27 people were killed, and 173 were seriously wounded and needed to be removed from the line of fire for treatment. In addition, fifty-seven rifles had problems and needed to be replaced, and three 'guns' had reached the end of their design life and could no longer be used. Yan Chujie first reported to the officers present on today's battle damage.

"The casualties are still within an acceptable range, and I am more concerned about whether our ammunition and 'medicine' supplies can keep up?" Qian Tiandun's face was expressionless, for him, the results of the battle were far more important than these numbers, and achieving the set combat goals was the only thing he cared about.

"The logistical supply is no problem. Wang Tom responded: "I personally watched this matter, you can rest assured that you will fight, if you can't keep up with the 'medicine', I will carry this pot!"

After the capture of Hue City, Wang Tom, the admiral, basically had no combat mission. Of course, he hoped to continue to fight side by side with the siege troops, but the command headquarters gave him the task of logistics and transportation - the current combat supplies were transported from the sea to the front line through the Guò Xiangjiang River, which happened to be his area of expertise, and whether he liked it or not, he could only shoulder this responsibility.

"Tell me about the opponent. According to our approximate statistics, by the end of today's battle, we should have killed and wounded more than 4,000 enemy troops after the breach, although this number is still very far from our estimate of 30,000 defenders, but judging from the enemy's offensive launched today, I think they have a little bit of a last stand. Qian Tiandun took the initiative to lead the topic to today's results.

"If it's the last fight, it's good, but if it's not, with the intensity of an operation like today, it will be difficult for our troops to hold on, and I estimate that in two days at most, our troops will not be able to hold on. Yan Chujie's view of the battle situation is not as optimistic as Qian Tiandun, but he is a little worried.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Haihan militia is quite strong, its shortcomings are also very obvious, and the dependence of the combat mode on weapons is quite large, and the number of troops is too small. In a high-intensity combat environment, the wear and tear of weapons is very fast, and the lack of troops will greatly test the "spirit" and body of the combatants. Although the combat level of the South Vietnamese defenders could not be compared with that of the militia groups, they were victorious in fighting on their home turf, familiar with the environment and superior in strength, and in the situation of no way back, the combat effectiveness they burst out was also very amazing. If this intensity of attrition continues, it is really a question whether the Haihan militia will be able to hold out until the final victory.

"Do you want to bring the North Vietnamese guards over and fight together?" Qiao Zhiya said.

"That's not right. As a last resort, it is better not to use the North Vietnamese army, which will have a detrimental effect on our vision of taking control of Hue after the war. Yan Chujie denied Qiao Zhiya's suggestion, but he didn't say it too bluntly.

North Vietnam still has more than 4,000 new troops in the hands of the whole Hai Sinicization, and if necessary, the Hai Han side can indeed ask North Vietnam to send this army into the city to assist in the battle. However, when the Military Commission drew up the battle plan, it did not intend to give the North Vietnamese army a chance to get a piece of the pie when the city was broken. Moreover, the North Vietnamese army needs to tie up its pockets on the west side of Hue City to prevent the South Vietnamese forces in the city from escaping westward. However, the militia wants to rely entirely on their own strength to eat alone, and according to the current trend of the war, it seems that they are also a little weak.

While several senior officers were discussing the next step in the battle plan, someone came in and reported that they had captured an emissary sent by the North Vietnamese. When the militia escorted the messenger to the tent of the headquarters, most of the officers present knew him.

This envoy was none other than Nguyen Ching Quy, who had sent an envoy to Victory Port on behalf of the South Vietnamese court last year to hold peace talks with the Hai and Han sides. Although he was already in a state of 'engagement', Nguyen Ching Gui did not have a panicked 'look', and after saluting several officers he knew one by one, he sat down on the stools brought by the militia.

Yan Chujie asked with a slight mockery: "Is it too late for Mr. Ruan to come to my camp to discuss peace at this time?" If I remember correctly, we have already made our words very clear five months ago, and your little imperial court has also made its attitude very clear, so today's war will take place." To be honest, I think it's too late to negotiate peace at this time. ”

Ruan Jinggui replied unhurriedly: "General Yan's words are reasonable, although he has also tried his best to avoid this war, but he is weak and has no power to control the government, so he can only watch from the wall." Now, even if the emperor of this dynasty personally comes forward to implore you to withdraw his troops, it probably won't work, right?"

"It really doesn't work. Yan Chujie did not leave any room for the other party to turn around: "The small court of Hue is immortal, even if we approve it, the court in the north will not approve it." This battle will definitely be divided into winners and losers, and judging from the current battle situation, I think your small court has no chance of turning the tables. I know you're a smart man, so don't die for something that has no hope anymore, and think about how you can survive this war!"

"Thank you General Yan for the compliment, in fact, I also think that I am a smart person. Ruan Jinggui actually smiled and said: "My opinion is the same as that of General Yan, and at this point in the battle, the Hue Imperial Court probably has no chance to turn over." ”

Yan Chujie is also an active person, and when he heard Ruan Jinggui's tone, he immediately reacted: "So Mr. Ruan is not here today to negotiate peace?"

"Yes and no. Ruan Jinggui paused, and then explained: "When your army was in the city, there were two factions in the court, the main and the main battle factions quarreled endlessly. The day before yesterday, your army broke through the city and entered the city, and the controversy between the main battle and the main battle has been changed to the main surrender and escape from the main battle. ”

"Of course you are not from the main battle faction, so which faction do you belong to the remaining two factions?" Yan Chujie asked.

"It depends on the purpose of your army. Nguyen Ching Gui replied: "If your army just wants to conquer Hue City, then someone is willing to buy a living road to the south with 50,000 taels of gold and 400,000 taels of silver." ”

Yan Chujie shook his head decisively and said, "This is impossible. The fate of the small court of South Vietnam has been exhausted, and even if it is released today, it will continue to be killed tomorrow. Besides, after the capture of Hue City, how much of this gold and silver is in the city, isn't it all up to us, what else do we need to trade?"

After being rejected by Yan Chujie, Nguyen Jinggui's face remained unchanged, and he continued: "Although your army is strong, it came across the sea after all, and the strength is limited, but there are still tens of thousands of defenders in Hue City, and yesterday they began to build fortifications in the city in sections. Even if the war is unfavorable and there is still an imperial city to defend, I wonder if your army will have enough strength to hold out and attack these fortresses one by one. Does General Yan have this self-confidence?" Yan Chujie did not answer his question, but asked rhetorically: "Then what do you want to say?" Ruan Jinggui replied in a deep voice: "If General Yan can make a promise to treat my Ruan clan well after the war, then there will be someone in the city who can help your army!"