Chapter 222: East Asia 18

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When the day comes, the Beiyang will no longer be able to support it, and the Qing Dynasty, which depends on it for a living, will be dying and on the verge of death......

Who dares to say that without Beiyang, the Qing Dynasty is still the Qing Dynasty, and it will be better than before!

Then wait and see, and see what good results Ikelia can achieve on the treasure island without the full support of Beiyang!

Lao Li Tou didn't know that after the battle of Lion's Head Ridge, Lao Liutou's main force of the Hunan system was beaten by the clan army until he couldn't take care of himself!

After the dignified southeast general lost Baobei Mansion, he was chased by the clan army, chased and killed all the way, and was defeated for hundreds of miles to the south before he dared to take a breath.

Now, the braids who are still fighting in the Baobei area immediately burst in their hearts as soon as they heard the terrifying "creaking" sound of the track crushing the ground!

In fact, the situation of their colleagues in Liaodong is not much better, Li Mu does not have a land war artifact like a tank here, and he still makes the green battalion masters cry and cry for their mothers.

The speed of the "Da ......" Browning M1917 heavy machine gun sweeping the battlefield is in no way inferior to that of "Maxim"

Both are water-cooled designs, both are 7.62mm caliber, and both are heavy machine guns that fire light machine gun bullets!

The biggest advantage of this kind of "stupidity" is that it doesn't like jams, and it is almost something tailor-made for infantry charging clusters.

If five or six hundred rounds of ammunition can't sweep away a company of soldiers, it can only mean that the machine gun shooter is a blind man or a rookie.

After receiving a report from the local people, the Green Battalion dispatched a sentry cavalry (about 100 people) to check on the situation, but was stopped by Li Mu's Sam soldiers.

In this regard, the pigtails were furious, and the foreigners actually set up factories on land without asking for instructions, and they also fired guns to obstruct their own investigations, which was a blatant act of aggression.

Not to be outdone, the Green Battalion reported the situation at the same time, and with Feng Sheng'a's permission, three days later, mobilized a cavalry battalion and two infantry battalions to fight and kill.

Before they could get close to the enemy, the M1897 field gun, which fired a grenade, taught the braids how to behave......

This weapon, developed by the French and later introduced by the Americans, was the first artillery in the world to completely solve the recoil problem.

When the backseat of the gun reaches the end, it can quickly return to its original position under the action of compressed air, so the rate of fire can reach more than twenty rounds per minute!

A company of four guns can pour more than 80 projectiles of various types into the target area in less than a minute.

"Well, that's kind of interesting!" Li Mu, who watched the battle with a telescope, was greatly excited, after all, this was an advanced game to fight the living.

In order to defend the two mines far from the coast, he built a large number of turrets around them, and spent a lot of gold coins, which now seemed to be completely worth the money.

"Boom ......" large areas of dirt were constantly blown up by shells, flew into the air, and fell one after another.

Three or four hundred Qing cavalry ran into the range of the M1897 field gun, and half of it was eliminated.

The rest of the guys became prey to the "Browning" M1917 heavy machine gun, and wherever the muzzle was aimed, none of them were spared.

Until the breath was cut off, the Qing officers and soldiers who came to Xingshi to ask for guilt did not understand why this enemy firepower was so strong.

Except for a very small number of guys who survived, more than 1,000 braids were all buried in Maoling and became sacrifices for the consecration of American-style weapons!

Looking at the dead corpses everywhere, Li Mu couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a road to heaven, don't go to it; There is no door to hell, so you can cast yourself! ”

If Lao Tzu lets tens of thousands of Sam soldiers attack Lushun, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive for three days, right?

"Teacher, how could there be a sudden appearance of foreign soldiers in Gaizhou, Liaodong?" The little emperor became more and more strange about the origin of this armed gang

After receiving Feng Sheng'a's urgent telegram, the whole court was terrified, for fear that the Taixi powers would come to the door.

If you provoke the other party, you will stage version 2.0 and enter Beijing again, and loot Lafayette's yard for the second time, which will be terrible.

At first, Master Weng also felt that this matter was related to England and Germany, which were very rebellious and colluding, so he asked Zhirui to inquire about his envoy to China.

The results were greatly disappointed, and the envoys of both countries said that they would pursue a neutral position in this war and would not send troops to participate in the military operations of either side, let alone set foot on the Liaodong Peninsula.

Having this confidential information, the British and the Germans came together.

After analysis, the senior staff members of the two gangs believed that this was a small maneuver used by the Russians behind their backs.

Mao Xiong coveted the northeast of Qing Province for not a day or two, and taking advantage of the incident on Bang Island, the Sea of Japan took this opportunity to establish Korea.

It is not ruled out that His Majesty Nicholas, who was strongly stimulated, asked a certain army general to come here to take advantage of the fire.

Master Weng didn't catch the suspect, and he had to answer immediately, so he had to temporarily find someone to live: "Your Majesty, the English and Germans both flatly denied any connection with the Liaodongyang, and even if there were, they wouldn't admit it to their face!" The old minister thought that eighty percent of the foreigners wanted to lease my Qing land, and he was afraid that the saint would refuse, so he made this decision! ”

Since the situation is still unclear, this product deliberately avoided sensitive words such as "invasion" and "forcible occupation" so as not to set itself on fire.

Yu Xu thought about it, looked at Lafayette again, and his second-in-command said that it didn't count: "What does my father mean ......"

"Elsewhere, it's not non-negotiable. This Liaodong is the land of my great Qing Dynasty and the dragon, and it must not be given to foreigners. If my dragon vein in the Qing Dynasty is destroyed by foreigners, won't it damage the society of the country? What kind of face do the emperor and the mourning family have to worship their ancestors again? "Galeries Lafayette values the "good feng shui" here

Besides, Liaodong is too close to the capital, and once it is occupied by foreign powers, it will use Lushunkou as a naval base.

After crossing the Bohai Sea, the people's foot soldiers can land directly from Dagukou, and they can hit the capital in three or five days.

At that time, people have to agree to any conditions, otherwise they will burn down the Forbidden City, and the court will not dare to say anything.

Speaking of this, Lafayette suddenly remembered that the Northeast still has its own descendant army: "Didn't Yuan Shikai say a few days ago that Japan and our Qing Dynasty had made peace?" Even the official documents were signed. Then there is no battle to fight on Bang Island, right? Besides, didn't Ronglu go to Mukden? The Wuwei Army also has thirty battalions, right? The emperor will do it, the mourning family is tired! ”

Ladies, oh no, it's Galeries Lafayette who means, since the island is fine, let's withdraw the troops sent over.

Ronglu's Wu Weijun can also be pulled out to practice, but these two are up to the point, and the relevant matters will be handed over to the little emperor.

won the war, that is the mourning family has a good command. If you lose, see who doesn't like it, just carry a pot for him and wait!

Anyway, Lafayette will never give a specific order, and he has to draw up an edict with the Military Aircraft Department.

After the Qing Dynasty got into battle, the little emperor ordered: "Order Ronglu to lead the Wuwei army into Liaodong, and Fengsheng Asuo's department will fully assist." If the foreigners in the land do not express their nationality and occupy our land without authorization, it will be regarded as an undeclared war, and the generals can exterminate them as much as possible! ”

It's just that the imperial court doesn't know at the moment that one of their cavalry battalions and two infantry battalions have been wiped out by this armed group of unknown origin.

When the offensive edict was still halfway through, Feng Sheng'a's men had already begun to fight with Li Mu's Sam soldiers.

After receiving the news that the three battalions of the green battalion were wiped out, the frightened Fengsheng Ah Qin led the battalion to train the Shengzi army, and the four battalions of the green battalion and the eight banners rushed to Gaizhou.

The foreigners are really too deceitful, not to mention the wanton occupation of the land of the Qing Dynasty, and they dare to shoot and kill the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, which is really bold and reckless, and the crime is unforgivable.

However, there is always a big gap between the ideal and the reality, so big that this master didn't expect it.

In the face of the frantic strafing of the "Browning" M1917 heavy machine gun, after seeing that hundreds of their brothers had died, the Green Battalion and the Eight Banners collapsed at that time.

Shengzi training army is no better, it has no combat effectiveness, it is known for its fragility, and is nicknamed "duck egg soldiers" by the people, in order to satirize its "can't help but bump".

"It's all for Ben to attack! No backwards! Feng Sheng'a was on his horse, brandishing his sword, and still shouting, but everyone ignored him and ignored it.

Gun towers were built on the flat vantage points near the Maoling gold mine, fortifications were built in steep places, a large number of machine guns were erected, and there were barricades, horse rejections, and barbed wire along the roads.

The M1897 field gun has long been set the firing range, which can achieve seamless fire coverage and form a complete defense system with the machine gun.

With the courage of the horsemen alone, it is impossible for the pigtails to rush to the front and destroy the target, not to mention that even their courage to charge has been polished by the flying bullets.

The 12 battalions of horse infantry, about 5,000 men, brought by Feng Sheng'a, were killed and wounded as many as seven or eight hundred within five minutes of the battle.

Fortunately, they didn't go straight to the beach, otherwise after a salvo of those "gold-swallowing monsters" on the sea, he would have become the commander of the light pole!

"Damn it, bitch! Are you all special? Everyone is afraid of death! Whoever dares not to rush will be killed! The furious Fengsheng Ah was also angry

Counting the three battalions last time, he has lost at least five battalions of men and horses, if he can't win this time, how can he report to the court when he goes back?

If there is a mistake in Liaodong, the land of Xinglong, I will be ginseng, and I will be put on a ginseng book, and I will be put on a flower feather, and I may go to prison.

In view of the fact that the other party did not identify himself, Feng Sheng'a speculated that it was a Russian rakshasa, because they had coveted the northeast for a long time, and they did not dare to blatantly occupy it, and he had already heard of it.

If the military base here is not discovered, when it is completed, and a large number of Rakshasa soldiers are stationed for defense, it will be too disadvantageous for the Qing Dynasty.

This is just a thought, the defenders under Li Mu's command occupy the advantage of terrain and have advanced weapons, so they still have to wait for the rabbit, and there is no need to take the initiative to attack.

“…… Alas~! It's really annoying to me! The braids attacked back and forth for nearly half an hour (forty or fifty minutes), but the opponent's position did not move at all, and Feng Sheng'a slapped his thigh.

The Qing army lost a battalion of men and horses just by attacking a gun tower on the outskirts of the gold mine, and even then, the target was not taken down.

Faced with a columnar sturdy structure that can be circled at 360 degrees and can shoot layer by layer, it is really difficult for braids to swallow.

Sam's soldiers are protected by turrets inside, isolated by barbed wire, and machine guns in their hands.

"Want to lay down my mine? Where is it so easy? "This is something that Li Mu built at a great cost, and there is absolutely no room for failure.

Protected by 2,000 Sam soldiers, equipped with 20 M1897 field guns, more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, and 10 turrets, it is impregnable.

Li Mu believes that judging from the defense capability of the mine, it should be able to withstand the siege of almost 20,000 Qing troops, if the opponent's artillery does not have a long range of its own M1897 field guns.

"My lord, it's better to march to the seaside, there is also a stronghold of this foreigner!" After another unsuccessful assault, the suggestion of his subordinates made Fengsheng Ah also have the intention of switching to war.

After withdrawing troops from Maoling, almost 2,000 Qing troops went straight to the sea, trying to find the enemy's weak points and thus gain some face.

Close to the sea, the terrain is relatively flat, which is more suitable for his own cavalry to charge and kill, and Feng Sheng'a thinks that it will usher in a turning point here.

"That's ......" The pigtails suddenly saw a bunch of turtle-like things appear on the opposite side, as if they were still slowly moving towards them.

As the supreme commander of the entire army, Feng Sheng'a was also very surprised when he saw these strange things, but he was more vigilant, presumably this might be the foreign coward's......

Without waiting for the two sides to say hello, when the distance exceeded 100 meters, the "giant turtle" on the opposite side revealed its original form, and spewed out fire snakes from its mouth.

The cavalry of the Qing army, who could not dodge, were suddenly shot, fell off their horses and fell to the ground, with no less than 100 people, and those who were alive would be trampled to death by the war horses of their colleagues behind.

These "giant turtles" are "Ford" light tanks produced by heavy factories, which are really light, with a total combat weight of only 3.1 tons, a travel speed of 13 km/h, and two members.

The original weapon was a 57 mm gun, but Li Mu felt that it was overkill and a waste of manpower, so he replaced it with a "Browning" M1917 heavy machine gun used for harvesting crops.

In this way, it is more effective to clean up the Qing cavalry infantry.

Sixteen "Ford" light tanks lined up in two rows could effectively stop the rapid charge of the enemy.

The braid with zero armor was powerless in the face of these steel monsters, and they were beaten into a sieve in one shot.

The cavalry of the Qing army, who were outflanking from both sides, suddenly discovered that there were four larger guys behind these "iron turtles".

They are "Liberty" heavy tanks, which are really heavy, up to 37.6 tons!

Armed with two 57-mm guns and seven machine guns, with a crew of eleven people, it traveled very slowly, just over ten kilometers.

However, its fierce appearance is enough to deter the enemy, and the many machine guns that constantly breathe fire are a nightmare for the Qing cavalry.

Some "stupid robes" directly swung their knives up and slashed, and when they saw that they failed to hurt their muscles and bones, they had an epiphany, and then they were stopped by bullets to end their teasing lives.

"Retreat!" By the time Feng Sheng'a decided to withdraw his troops, there were less than five hundred men around him.

Losing the battle is no longer the first thing he has to consider, saving his life is the top priority.

If you were really killed by these monsters in this wilderness, you would have saved yourself from being imprisoned by the imperial court.

"It's really Feel~!" Li Mu, who was watching the battle from a distance, was very happy

If you continue to fight like this, you will not be far from the time when you will ascend the throne......