"If we continue to hold on, without any supplies," the deputy commander said worriedly, "ammunition is a big problem, we can save a little food, but ammunition cannot be saved, those Chinese on the other side, once they know that we have a shortage of ammunition, then they will definitely seize this opportunity to pounce, there is no doubt about this." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Miller was also very troubled by this unfavorable news, he decided to temporarily reduce the supply of ammunition first, to ensure that in the next case the logistics are still not smooth, he must be fully prepared, "The destruction of the North Vietnamese fleet has caused our biggest crisis now, that is, the logistics channel is not smooth, and the news that came later, the defenders of Thang Long Province wanted to support the Lang Sang front several times, but they were repelled by Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army," He finally began to regret why his battle line was so long at this time, The speed of the attack was so fast, so fast that he had not noticed, he had already arrived at the Sino-Vietnamese border, at this time the huge record of attacking the Chinese mainland made him dazed the original calm and restrained mind, after accepting Feng Zicai's counterattack, he also stubbornly thought that these peasants could not resist the fierce attack of the French warriors, and as a result, he was desperately dragged by the Cui army in front of Lang Son City for seven or eight days, at this time the new army had quietly arrived, giving the French army a head-on blow, and he had to retreat in disgrace, but only found out in the endIt is very difficult to retreat to the south of the Red River.

"But now we don't need to worry, Bac Ninh City, Taiyuan City are still in our hands, our soldiers are still stationed there, this is our stronghold, as long as we can fight steadily, we will definitely be able to preserve our forces, now we are in the field, but we have also built fortifications, the Vietnamese are now also under the orders of their king to start helping us, so that we can compete with the Chinese, according to our research on the way the Chinese fight, they only need to fail once, Then we will not be able to rebuild our confidence in us, hold on, and victory will be ours. Miller said a bunch of chicken soup for the soul, not knowing how others felt, he felt that his self-confidence lost from the defeat of Lang Son had begun to recover, and he continued to give orders, "Chinese is the best at sneak attacks, and you must be vigilant during this time to prevent Chinese from sneaking attacks......" Before he could speak, the scout walked in, "Your Excellency, the Chinese army on the opposite side is moving!" ”

Miller quickly stood up and walked to the outside of the tent, the place is not too high, it is not clear to see the movement on the opposite side, Miller climbed up a fortification, picked up the telescope and looked carefully, saw the opposite Chinese position, the figure panicked, there appeared many soldiers with shovels and other tools, in front of the Chinese fortifications quickly waved the tools in their hands, dug a trench, the soil dug out of the trench, on the spot with bricks (I really don't know where these Chinese bricks were found) mixed with cement by the wayIn a few moments, several defensive walls were built, not only in the middle, but everywhere soldiers came out, digging ditches and building walls on the spot, as if they were not preparing for battle, but building houses in the place.

Miller's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "What do the Chinese want to do?" Build fortifications? His eyes shrank sharply, "Not good, they want to move slowly and suppress our defense!" ”

The Chinese slowly built fortifications and slowly moved forward, which meant that they began to adopt a different method from the fire attack, slowly approaching the French defense.

But now you can't open fire! This distance does not reach the range of the artillery, but they can assist by moving the artillery in the position, this strategy seems to be ineffective for the time being, because the Chinese artillery can hit the French position, and the same French artillery can of course attack the Chinese position. But the only difference is that the large army of the Chinese is still within the range of the French cannot attack, and the other, the approaching Chinese, will definitely exert a lot of pressure on the French army.

Fang Hongyi put down the binoculars, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, sure enough, the French began to have a commotion, so let's expand the commotion even more, the frontal battlefield will contain the energy and attention of these people, and other places can start to complete the task more conveniently and quickly, his cloak is slowly floating under the breeze, under the brim of the new military hat, his eyes are very firm, Fang Hongyi began to give orders, "Each battalion rotates, within three days, take turns every day, Make sure that the French are sent out as many as they can, that they are not allowed any chance to breathe, and according to the report from the cerepit, their artillery ammunition will not be too much, and this stock will be tested in the next few days! ”

"Yes!" The herald sent the order, and the various departments moved quickly, although it was about to be dusk, but the killing atmosphere in the battlefield was about to erupt, obviously there was still a fierce battle between the night, the purpose of this fierce battle was to provide convenience for the construction of fortifications of the Cui army, as well as to attract the main force of the French army, and provide time for other armies to prepare, "No need to attack at night, we will defend the army for an hour today," Fang Hongyi turned around and left, "We don't have to worry about the night attack!" ”

He slowly walked down the fortifications and instructed the telegraph officer beside him, "Send a telegram to Nanning Qinchaxing, and on the afternoon of April 23, the Langsheng front line will launch an attack. ”

After delaying for so long, everything is ready, and it is time to start acting, Zuo Zongtang in Nanning Mansion put down the report, "The new army has started!" He twisted his beard and said slowly, "It's almost time, the West Sage is about to arrive in Nanning," he said slowly to the Wenchen who was doing logistics below, "After arriving in Nanning, she will go to Pingxiang immediately, and at this time, it can also give the military and civilians some encouragement." ”

"Yes!" A staff officer below arched his hand and signaled, "Governor Zeng has gone to Xuanhua to supervise the war, he has already made a military order, and he is fully responsible for this area in the northwest, if you make a mistake, come to see you." ”

"You don't need him to come to see him, you just need him to obey the order," Zuo Zongtang shook his head, "Not only him, but I also want to set off for Langshan immediately, sitting in the rear, here in Nanning, all the materials must belong to the Qin Cha Xingyuan distribution, everything related to military supplies, immediately requisitioned, compensated in the future, and then tell Gao Xinkui in Pingxiang, that is, with the shoulder, hand pull, but also to ensure that there is no shortage of any materials on the front line!" (To be continued.) )