At the mouth of the Yangtze River, two days after the Battle of Eastern Zhejiang.

Three paddle steamers flying the Xingsui flag are towing nine Long March-class warships into the Yangtze River.

After several troop transfers, the Ming army's defense in the Nanzhili area has been weakened many times.

Although Baoshan gave an early warning, there was nothing to be done, so he could only watch the black soldiers and ships go upstream.

They also didn't understand why the Zombie Ships could go up the river without wind, especially the black smoke that was emitting, which was even more terrifying.

The water situation of the Yangtze River is indeed very complicated, but that is for sailboats, as long as they use their own power and cooperate with a leading party who knows the water situation, they can be easily resolved immediately.

There is also a misunderstanding of thinking involved, and the belt of another time and space is clear, and it is also believed that no one dares to go against the current.

Because the water conditions of the Yangtze River are complex and extremely narrow in some places, sailing ships can only become live targets for shore artillery in this section of the river.

It's a pity that Daiying had a steamship at that time, and only the tactics of towing ensured sufficient mobility to deal with the shore artillery of the Qing army.

Therefore, looking back many years later, the defeat of the belt at that time was often due to the defect of common sense.

Through science and technology, the Qing generals have changed their cognition from right to wrong, and they are naturally passive in battle.

On this trip, the Huaxia Army also used three paddle steamers, which towed three Long March-class ships and drove into the Yangtze River with such a swagger.

There was no way to do anything along the coast except for panicked warnings, and it was not even possible to organize ships to attack, after all, people were running on the river, so that the coast had no time to prepare.

In addition, there was no replenishment after the transfer of troops, so the defense along the entire Yangtze River was the most lax at this moment.

Zhang Sanfeng stood at the bow of the boat, looked at both sides of the strait with a telescope, and since Zhenjiang, he thought about attacking this fortified city many times.

Now there is finally a chance, the tactics are still frontal bombardment by naval artillery, and the landing of the army is outflanked!

This tactic has been tested many times and has become the most effective tactic against the Ming army.

The Ming army never knew that the land forces of the Huaxia Army would land there.

Li Xiaohei also stood aside, looking at the prosperity on both sides of the strait, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, thinking that although there were many poor people in Mingguo, there were many good places.

Zhang Sanfeng put away the binoculars and said to Li Xiaohei: "Zhenjiang City is relatively tall, you have to find a way to get the overlord cannon ashore." ”

"What's so hard about that!" Li Xiaohei said with a smile: "On the paddle wheel of the paddle steamer, add a transmission device, and it can be turned into a crane!" ”

"Steamships are so good?"

"Of course, in addition to transporting less goods, he can't outrun the sailboat with the wind, when there is no wind, he is the strongest warship on the sea, and in battle, his own power can also ensure maneuverability, it can be said that a steamship is enough to beat several sailing ships!"

Zhang Sanfeng nodded, if there was no steamship, it would be more difficult to attack Zhenjiang this time.

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At midnight, the Eastern Qin fleet resisted the Zhenjiang River.

Zhenjiang has already received an early warning, so there is already a curfew at this moment, and the city gates are closed.

The Huaxia Army was not in a hurry, and the soldiers of the five battalions landed in the west of the city, and after taking control of the position, they began to unload the artillery.

With the roar of the steam engine, the two Overlord cannons were also slowly disembarked from the ship.

Zhenjiang City at night, there is only a dark silhouette at the moment, there are no lights in the city, the defenders are only 800 people, and almost all of them are cats in the city at this moment.

The construction of Zhenjiang City is also very interesting, its high walls are thick, but the enclosed place is not large.

It itself is a node of the Grand Canal, which was originally an official warehouse for the transfer of materials, and was gradually built into a city.

Therefore, except for the government yamen, there are not many residents in it. On the contrary, outside the city, it is already densely packed with all residential houses, and there are several times more residential houses outside the city than in the city.

When the Huaxia Army landed, this densely populated area fell into extreme panic.

Pound pound pound - a house in the west of the city, was knocked open by Zhao Pengcheng, the battalion commander of the seventh battalion.

The head of the household didn't say a word, opened the door and knelt down, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Military ...... Master Jun...... Spare your life! There is not much money at home, you ...... Spare me a dog's life! ”

As he spoke, the head of the household took out the money.

Zhao Pengcheng smiled, mentioned him and said, "Fellow, you can make a fortune!" Our Huaxia Army has taken a fancy to your house, you have used this place as an artillery position for us, and we will return it to you after the cannon, this is twenty taels of compensation, hurry up and pack up and leave with your family! ”

The head of the household was a little confused, and his body was limp, and he knew what this meant.

"You, take this silver, and leave this house with your family!" Zhao Pengcheng explained again.

The head of the household thought that this was to rob the house to live in, and immediately nodded in agreement, but when he saw it, there was actually a lump of silver.

Immediately, his soul was frightened, and after a long explanation, he figured out the intention of the strange man in front of him.

He took the money and hurriedly left the house with his mother-in-law, son, and daughter.

Soon he saw that a group of strange people had torn down the courtyard wall of their house, and then many men pushed a black thing into it.

They were busy until dawn, and the head of the household found that a large black iron pipe had been erected in their yard.

"Fellow, go and avoid it first, there is going to be a war here, and you will come back after the fight!"

When the head of the household heard this, he quickly slipped away.

He had scarcely gone every mile when he heard a loud bang, and when he looked back, his yard was already in a gray dust.

In Liu Laoba's house next door, this kind of big iron pipe was also erected, and when I saw a fire, it collapsed Liu Laoba's side room.

Come on! The head of the household didn't say a word, and ran wild with his wife and children.

At the head of Zhenjiang City, the defenders were already frightened by this formation, not to mention the mortars outside the West Gate.

After a burst of shelling, the Huaxia army crossed the moat directly and began to drive ladders up the city, and the sharpshooters in the battalion were aimed at it, and they dared to show their heads and fight.

After a group of soldiers climbed the city tower, the overall situation of Zhenjiang City was decided!

Who would have thought that the Grand Canal, the lifeblood of the empire, would be so lax in defense?

In fact, this is the generation gap that exists in the concept, just like the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty at this moment also knew that the threat could still come from the sea.

The Ming and Qing dynasties hoarded heavy troops in the north to guard against the attacks of nomads.

Therefore, the abolition of the sea has not been able to carry out, in the early Ming Dynasty there was a period of time with shipping, but later chose to transport.

It's not because of the big waves in shipping, the most important thing is that shipping is not as easy to control as Caoyun.

In order to maintain maritime transportation, the imperial court's mind must be placed in two places, one in the north and one on the sea.

Unlike the Grand Canal, where it is blocked, just send troops to fight it, anyway, the canal can't run.

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On the other side, when Liu Daxia woke up, he found that his eyes were white, and a sharp pain in his legs came.

He was crushed by the fallen horse that day, and now the fracture has been fixed and the wound on his body has been treated.

When he looked up, he saw a young woman dressed in white, smiling at him and asking, "Are you awake?" ”

"Thank you...... Kindness...... You're a! Liu Daxia was just about to thank him, but suddenly found that the woman was wearing short clothes.

"What? I am a first-class nurse in the Huaxia Army! ”

Liu Daxia hurriedly sat up and found that there were many wounded people around, all of whom had long hair.

In addition, there are soldiers standing guard, and some black people dressed in white visiting the sick.

"Get out!" He angrily knocked over the pillbox beside him, and was so angry that he was about to stand up and fight the black man to the death.

As a result, as soon as he moved, he immediately bared his teeth in pain.

The nurse was also angry, and while packing up the medicine, she said, "It hurts! If you move again, just wait for the amputation! ”

After finishing speaking, he walked away angrily with the medicine box.

Liu Daxia's two lines of turbid tears flowed out, he would rather not be rescued by the people and die in battle than be a prisoner of the people.

He gritted his teeth and slammed his fist into his severed leg, and with a howl, he fainted again.

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