Chapter 301: Jiangnan Battle 3
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Such a lofty matter as defending the Qing Dynasty has to be handed over to the military masters, and ordinary people are not qualified to participate.
Besides, the Qing Dynasty is the emperor's, and it is the queen mother's Lafayette's, as a grass people, don't be blind to the emperor's heart.
Passerby A praised and said: "The things that Lord Yang brought this time, running on the ground and flying in the sky, are all monsters, but it's amazing!" ”
Passerby B refuted: "During the Xianfeng Ye period, didn't the 'long hair' also enter the upper fire? In the end, it was not repelled by Lord Zhongtang's Huai army! ”
Passerby C nodded and said, "This time it should be the same, maybe Lord Yang wants to draw a territory or something, maybe it will be negotiated in two days." ”
Passerby Ding said lamentingly: "Isn't it necessary to cede land to foreigners and pay silver?" Where does the money come from? The official is not allowed to raise taxes, our lives are hard~! ”
Passerby A sarcastically said: "Then you also go to buy an official and get an errand!" No matter how bad it is, it is also three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver! ”
Passerby B agreed: "That's it, that's it." When you become the county master, you can also carry a few of us, not to mention anything else, running errands and miscellaneous things is absolutely nothing! ”
Passerby Ding said angrily: "If Lao Tzu has the money to buy officials, he still needs to cough with you here?" Damn, let Lord Yang beat those dog officials hard! ”
Passerby C reminded: "Shh~! Don't talk about state affairs! Don't talk about state affairs! Let's just watch the excitement, cutting the land and losing the silver, it's all the matter of the two saints and the official master! ”
Passerby Ding snorted and said, "That's right! They beat theirs, let's talk about ours. I heard that the last time the foreigners entered the capital, they robbed Lafayette's garden! ”
Passerby A immediately followed suit: "But isn't it, there are more treasures in that garden, we have never seen them in our lives!" ”
Passerby B said disdainfully, "Just you? Want to see Galeries Lafayette's baby? Dream of it! ”
Passerby Ding suddenly thought: "Now those treasures have returned to the foreign adults, could it be that this time we are beaten here, also for the sake of the baby?" ”
Passerby C shook his head: "Who knows? We have a lot of rich people, and the foreign adults may be short of silver! ”
Although the braids have never seen the world, they are very clear in their hearts.
If you are caught as cannon fodder, no matter which side wins in the end, it has nothing to do with you.
The Qing Dynasty is defeated, and maybe his cheap life will be hung up.
The Qing Dynasty won, can the second saint reward you for sitting in the county master?
Defending the Qing Dynasty is the business of Lafayette and his mother, and the country is the country of the two saints.
Love the Qing Dynasty unconditionally and protect the Qing Dynasty, what can the common people get?
Taking a step back, the Qing Dynasty can't keep it, it's nothing more than a change of dynasty and a change of emperor.
Could it be that the new emperor does not collect taxes? Since taxes are collected, what is the difference between them and today?
In all dynasties, there have been hypocritical and gracious emperors, tyrannical ministers, and high-flying military masters.
Give them their lives? Protect them? You got kicked in the head by a donkey? The two fools in the country are smarter than you!
What about the call? People sent tens of thousands of troops, all the way over, just to rob you of a poor people?
Then you think too highly of yourself, you are so funny, do your family know?
Besides, love Daqing, can you afford it?
If you usually love the Qing Dynasty, you have to pay a lot of silver!
If you love the Qing Dynasty during the war, you have to stake your life!
In exchange for what? The old man is still living a drunken life, and you are still living a life of four walls.
You don't have a house, you don't have a sedan chair, you don't have silver, you don't have a hug, you don't have a majesty.
Are you embarrassed to love Daqing? Are you entitled to love?
Therefore, the people with braids are very clear in their hearts, whoever is qualified to love, will go to the hobby!
We don't have the qualifications, we can't afford to love it, let's watch the excitement, right?
"Bang~!" The door of the teahouse where several people were hiding was kicked open, and a group of clan soldiers broke in.
The first one with the "Browning" M1935 shouted at the four teasers in the room: "You guys come here!" ”
Seeing that the other party was wearing a foreign military uniform, but the person was actually a fellow villager, that is, the legendary two devils, and the four guys were stunned.
"Didn't you hear? Are you all locals? ”
"Both! Both! ”
"Okay, this is fifty taels of silver, you tell me about the garrison around here!"
"Garrison?"
"It's how many people there are in this area!"
"This ......"
"Yes, the fifty denarii will be yours. If you lie about the military situation, you can go to the underworld to receive the reward! ”
"Don't dare! Can't! The villain must know everything, and he must say everything! It is! It is! ”
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Seeing that it was impossible to replace defense with attack, the Qing troops everywhere turned to a defensive posture, striving to kill and wound the enemy in order to protect themselves.
After retreating two kilometers, tens of thousands of defeated soldiers were regrouped by the battalion officers, and they were grouped together in units of more than 1,000 people to keep warm.
These barely breathing battle groups seemed to be vulnerable, and with a single charge from the armored troops, they could capture their positions.
But if the infantry and tanks do not work closely together, it will still be difficult to defeat them, or even annihilate them.
Although in the late Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners Army had already completely degenerated, and the combat power of the Green Battalion had also plummeted.
The armed forces of the various feudal towns are much more elite than them, but compared with the Western and Japanese armies, they still seem to have no fighting spirit and no fighting spirit.
Even so, it is unrealistic to try to defeat them with a single attack and make the pigtails raise the white flag and surrender.
The generals of the Huai Army realized that they could not be "ironclad monsters" in the field (tanks & amp; amp; amp; amp; armored vehicles), the opponent used the continuous houses in the urban area as a support to block the enemy's advance.
Although the 75-mm Krupp camp gun was not a professional anti-tank gun, its power was still not to be underestimated.
......At close range, the Huai artillery can use this weapon to destroy armored vehicles and kill and injure tanks No. 2 or even No. 3.
Even if it can't directly penetrate the frontal armor of the tank, it can stun and kill the crew inside.
The two-pounder small battalion gun, along with the Gatling machine gun and the Maxim machine gun, became the best choice in defensive operations.
Without even touching the trench warfare, the pigtails began to resist the flat push of the armored troops, which was indeed a little difficult.
Fortunately, the muddy battlefield is very advantageous for the defending side, fz. The 221 four-wheeled lightly armored reconnaissance vehicles had difficulty moving forward.
Luckily, there were no trucks in the first assault units, otherwise they would have become a burden behind the buttocks of the "crawlers".
When a light rain drifted in the hazy sky, the Qing army could be regarded as having mastered the three objective factors of victory in the three major battlefields: time, place, and people.
The Beiyang Naval Division, which was anchored on the Huangpu River, also received an order from Lord Zhongtang, asking them to fully support the Lu Division in holding the city.
The 305-mm guns on the Dinghe and Zhen ships, the 210-mm guns on the Zhiyuan, and a large number of 150-mm and 120-mm rapid-fire guns roared one after another.
As long as they can get a slight angle of fire, the large-caliber guns of the Beiyang Fleet can be targeted.
Although the hit rate may not be too high, and it is difficult to match the results, with the cover of the fleet, the officers and men of the land division can have some bottom in their hearts.
Since it is impossible to break out of the mouth of the Yangtze River, the Beiyang Fleet can only use artillery cover to prove its worth.
"Zixiang, the situation is already like this, in your opinion, how long can my sailor fleet last? It's just you and me, don't worry, but it's okay! Admiral Ding Ruchang wanted to get the speculation of professionals
The Treasure Island Naval Division blocked its own retreat, and if the fleet was all out of battle, the chances of victory were not much, and it directly fell into the embarrassing situation of not being able to advance or retreat.
Liu Buyun looked at the position where the smoke was flying in the distance and the flames were everywhere, and the rumbling sound of explosions was frequently heard in his ears, and he pondered for a while before saying: "Lord Admiral, if you hold on to the anchorage, the fleet may be able to support it for a few days." If it turns defense into offense, or if the time limit is extended, I'm afraid it will ......"
"How?"
“…… Sacrifice your life to serve the country~! ”
When Liu Buyun saw the "Stuka" dive bomber, his heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately understood that the opponent's strength was unattainable.
If you guess correctly, that kind of "flying monster" can be called the nemesis of battleships, and if bombs are dropped from the air, the Beiyang battleship will be wiped out.
After the war, the ships of the Navy Division were still not hit by the "Flying Monsters", but I am afraid that it was because the other party remembered the original friendship.
Lord Nakado let the naval battleship open fire, which is equivalent to putting the fleet on the cusp of the storm, and on the surface it seems that there is still residual power, but in fact it is extremely passive.
Once the other party has a large number of casualties and is provoked, and many "flying monsters" come to attack, the Beiyang Naval Division will be in trouble.
But Liu Buyun also understood the situation of Lord Zhongtang, and the main force of Beiyang was besieged in Shangyang.
If the land division retreats to Jiangning, it will inevitably abandon the naval division warships, and the officers and men of the naval division will face unpredictable consequences.
Rather than that, it is better to fight to the death, and perhaps usher in a turnaround, even if the two sides reach a peace.
The Beiyang Naval Division is Lao Li Tou's twenty years of hard work, and it is exaggerated to say that it is equal to half his life.
Now, Lord Zhongtang's Beiyang Naval and Land Divisions are besieged by a subordinate of a descendant in the commercial port of Shangyang.
The situation is much more dangerous than when "Long Hair" attacked the local area, because now the foreigners have said that they will not interfere in the affairs of the Qing Dynasty.
The consuls of the United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Spain have all expressed their stance and maintained a neutral position.
Britain and France have an ambiguous attitude and do not have a clear attitude, but they no longer support Lao Li Tou financially.
Russia and Japan were eager to try their best to cut some flesh from the Qing Dynasty.
"Honey, are you sure you can meet your strategic expectations in a week?" As the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Fleet, Nina still had some doubts
His Majesty the Emperor made a math problem: "If our ground forces can kill and wound three thousand enemies in a day, then they can approach twenty-five thousand men in a week." Our opponents have no more than that, and it is impossible to wait until the elite is exhausted to make a decision. ”
"And what about the Western powers?"
"They only respect the winners! We'll show them with a string of victories that we're not just winners! ”
"Instilling in them a sense of awe, or will they form a strategic alliance against us?"
"A country only needs one head of state. In the same way, one world only needs one overlord! ”
“…… So, you called the operation 'Command & Conquer'? ”
"Call it 'cat and mouse' if you like!"
"Report that the enemy warships are shelling the front of our army, and so far more than 100 people have been killed and wounded, and more than 10 tanks and armored vehicles have been lost!"
Mi Ji sighed lightly, it seemed that Lao Li Tou really wanted to give himself a blow and be at the negotiating table again.
As for the benevolent people of the Beiyang Naval Division that I have met before, if you are lucky, you should be able to survive.
"Order all the 'Stuka' bombers to attack all the firing warships anchored on the river, regardless of nationality!"
The 20 "Junker" Ju-87 dive bombers waiting for orders on the two aircraft carriers took off one after another after hanging their bombs.
Although the "Stuka" is clumsy and slow, it is solid and durable, and under the premise of controlling air supremacy, the reliability and accuracy rate are very high.
The officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division, who had no sense of air defense, even regarded the "Stuka" offensive formation as a rare scenery to admire.
"Woo ......" It wasn't until the mass dive that the pigtails were terrified by the screaming sound of this bomber's unique sounding device.
Everyone watched as the "Stuka" fleet flew over the fleet, and then rushed straight down to their own capital ships.
In the face of the many warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, the pilots of the clan army will naturally choose the largest attack.
In this way, not only will the reported results be good-looking, but also the surface area will be large, which will directly improve the hit rate of the bomb.
What made Jin Hans the happiest was that this battle was a fixed target on the river, and everyone attacked with ease.
At 15:25 a.m., the ironclad ship "Zhenyuan," which was firing at Puxi with its main guns, was hit by four 500-kilogram bombs on the amidships and tail of the ship.
The warship, which was more than 7,300 tons, shook violently under the bombardment of high-energy explosives, making a loud sound like the sky and the earth cracking.
The armor of the "Zhenyuan" was simply unable to withstand the attack of half-ton bombs, and a large hole was first broken in the hull.
The two bombs that were dropped immediately broke the keel, and the ironclad ship was immediately broken in two, and a large number of water entered the water.
In less than a minute, the "Dingyuan" also followed in its footsteps and was hit by five 500-kilogram bombs.
Fragments and stumps were thrown into the air, and the corpses fell into the river, and the scene was extremely tragic.
The braids on the other warships were all inexplicably surprised by the fireballs and power released by these "strange big birds".
The two ironclad ships, which symbolized their source of confidence and totem of combat power, were reduced to a pile of burning scrap metal in just two minutes.
The "Queen Augusta", nicknamed "Your Uncle at Sea" by the second-class youth, also failed to escape the attack of "Stuka".
The German-made cruiser, with a displacement of more than 6,000 tons, began to sink rapidly after being hit by three bombs.
The 2,000-ton protective cruisers such as "Zhiyuan" and "Jiyuan" were smashed by a half-ton bomb and could have their lives at the end of their lives.
Although the air raid lasted less than 10 minutes, the blow inflicted on the Beiyang Naval Division was unprecedented.
"......" Lao Li Tou read the battle report, his eyes were straight, he was stunned, speechless for a long time, and his mood fell to the bottom.
Admiral Ding Ruchang reported that the sailors had sunk two ironclad ships and four cruisers, all of which were large ships with high displacement