Chapter 271: Bloody Battle Hua Ting

"Throne, the line of defense must be contracted..."

Wang Hu, chief of staff of the Shence Army, was carrying a knife, and his chief of staff was transferred from the Dingwu Army, not a simple civilian official: "Now the enemy and us are fighting in the south city, and the enemy army has divided its troops and passed in the direction of the east city, and there is our workshop over there." ”

A word reminded Hong Chengchou, the open space near the city wall at the east gate was all requisitioned to the arsenal and various factories, although many of his subordinates ran out of ammunition, but because of the stalemate, the reserve ammunition of the armory on the east side of the city has not yet arrived, and a large amount of gunpowder is stored there, once Zuo Liangyu is in his hands, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Order all departments, with the regiment as a unit, according to the previously formulated defense area to withdraw from the past, block the enemy army with streets and alleys, and explain to the regiment commanders, even if they fight to the last person, they must hold the streets of their own defense area, we are the gods, there must not be a deserter, as long as the battle is killed, there is no retreat..."

"Yes..."

Hong Chengchou has made up his mind to live and die with Huating, not to mention that Shanghai's reinforcements can arrive before noon at most, as long as Huating is not lost until noon, there is still a great hope of turning the tables.

After several rounds of artillery bombardment, Zuo Liangyu's onslaught was temporarily blocked, so that the units of the 13th Division could easily withdraw to their respective defense areas.

Yuan Shizhong's arrangement greatly surprised You Shiwei's expectations, he was surprised that he was so familiar with this group of people to deal with the cavalry, but then he got the news that Zuo Liangyu's entire army had entered the southern city, and the five thousand people on his side continued to entangle with the people in front of him.

To Yuan Shizhong's great surprise, in just a moment of incense, the defense areas of each street passed a message one after another, and all the enemy cavalry that broke into Xicheng retreated.

"What the hell is going on?"

Yuan Shizhong, who was confused, simply didn't think much about it, and quickly gathered a regiment of men and horses to go to the Xicheng city wall to defend again, and then he hurriedly led people to the south city to support Hong Chengchou.

"General, the various departments have infiltrated and lit a fire according to the plan, and at this moment the rebels have arranged horses and other objects in various streets, and there are black guns everywhere."

Zuo Liangyu was very satisfied after receiving the report, as long as the army all entered Huating City, according to their usual tactics of arson and disrupting the sight and television, and with the morale of the plundering soldiers, it was only a matter of time before the enemy was defeated.

Then Jin Shenghuan, who was the main attacker, personally rode his horse and hurried: "My lord, the rebel forces are scattered, and they are all blocking our army on the main streets of other cities, and according to the humble position, the rebels do not have many soldiers and horses in Huating. ”

Although the opponents were all firearms, they even started hand-to-hand combat at the beginning of the fight, and it was precisely because of this that Ma Jizhong dared to rush against the rain of bullets, and actually rushed through the rebel defense line with firearms in one fell swoop and entered the city.

"Do you mean to concentrate superior forces, break through the rebels' defenses in one fell swoop, and then bring the fire to the east or north?"

Jin Shenghuan also has two brushes, and he can see the clues in Hong Chengchou's troop allocation arrangement: "I observed carefully and saw that most of the main forces of the rebels were located in the middle of the streets connecting Nancheng and Dongcheng, and the artillery was also there, so I felt that Dongcheng must be a camp of the rebels, they all had firearms, and Dongcheng must have their gunpowder storage place, even if they couldn't be taken, detonating their gunpowder and causing an explosion could kill and damage the morale of the rebels." ”

Zuo Liangyu raised his eyebrows, and was immediately overjoyed, and said, "Do you know where General You is?" ”

The little colonel beside him immediately said: "Half an hour ago, General You led the cavalry to attack Xicheng. ”

Zuo Liangyu has the bottom in his heart, at least You Shiwei didn't use him as a trap camp, as long as he led his troops into the city, now that Huating is in chaos, it is understandable that the news is lagging behind.

At this time, a herald arrived: "General, General You has withdrawn from Xicheng." ”

Zuo Liangyu was shocked in his heart, You Shiwei withdrew, and he hadn't informed himself yet, what should I do?

But then he also thought that at this moment, his tens of thousands of troops had invaded the city, even if You Shiwei withdrew, Hua Ting was already in his own hands, and it was only a matter of time before he ate it thoroughly: "Jin Shenghuan, you personally lead the troops to see what method you can use to attack the East City and ignite their fire and medicine storehouse, and you will be rewarded after the war." ”

Jin Shenghuan immediately rode his horse away, winning this battle is his chance to be promoted and make a fortune, as for the small profits in front of him now, it is really not worth his trouble.

It is the men and horses under the command of Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jizhong who are still relatively restrained in looting property, compared with the guerrillas under the command of other departments, there are very few of them formed at this moment, and most of them are scattered and looting private houses, restaurants, pawnshops, silver buildings and other places.

"It's not the way to go."

Hong Chengchou shook his head, and then looked at the guards beside him: "Are there any reinforcements from Shanghai?" ”

"Back to the military seat, not for the time being, but more than two hours have passed, and it is estimated that the first wave of reinforcements will be able to arrive."

Although Qingpu is close to Huating, it is also forty miles away, and it takes this evening for the army to be mobilized, and Shanghai, which is more than thirty miles away, is different, with the transportation of steam trains, and the arrival of reinforcements from the two regiments in advance is more than enough.

"Send someone to the train station to wait immediately, and if the first wave of reinforcements comes, let them come here directly."

"Yes..."

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After You Shiwei evacuated from the West City, he rode his horse around the Hua Pavilion, and at this moment he found that although the East City was well defended and the city walls were thick, there was actually a large factory-like house outside the city, and there was a large corridor, and two iron strange things were spread across the many rubbles and wood.

That's the case, You Shiwei didn't know what it was, his goal was to check the specific defenses of Huating, and prepare to rush in again from Zuo Liangyu's headquarters in Nancheng, and after converging with Zuo Liangyu, all of Huating's defenses were defeated in one fell swoop.

Although he briefly listened to Xu Hongji talk about Chen Cao when he was in Nanjing, he was still confused when he saw the thing in front of him at this moment: "What is this thing?" ”

Where had the soldiers under his command seen these things, and they all shook like rattles.

'Woo...'

A muffled sound frightened You Shiwei's body to tremble, and then the railroad tracks resonated like vibrations, and the hooves of the war horse were scraping on the ground, looking extremely uneasy.

"Commander, look, what's that?"

As the fingers of the soldiers looked, a large black moving object appeared at the end of the railroad tracks, with white smoke emitting from it and a loud roar.

"What is this?"

The war horse under You Shiwei turned uneasily, the animal has the characteristics of being sensitive to danger than ordinary people, seeing the war horse like this, You Shiwei immediately beckoned his subordinates to quickly leave the railroad tracks, at least avoiding more than thirty steps.

"What the hell is this black monster?"

The behemoth suddenly stopped in the middle, and with the screeching sound of brakes, when it completely stopped, a gunshot shook the surrounding birds and immediately reversed direction.

You Shiwei was shocked, this voice was very familiar to him, at this moment, the long iron box behind him suddenly opened, and a person wearing a strange military uniform of the rebels jumped down, this is not the rebels under Chen Cao's command, who is it?

"Blowing the trumpet, it's the rebels, ready to meet the enemy..."

The two regiments of the 15th Division of the Shence Army had just arrived, and Hong Qing, the deputy commander of the 15th Division, who had arrived in advance, saw countless cavalry at the station at the front of the car.

So Hong Qing stopped the train and immediately ordered all two regiments to get off the train and prepare for battle.

And You Shiwei is not a small role, he immediately reacted that this was the reinforcements of the rebels, and the people in front of him who were jumping off the train with muskets were the rebels they were going to deal with.

Just as the so-called crossing of the river did not hit the middle of the river halfway, You Shiwei immediately drew his knife and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order, charge..."

The whimper of the horn sounded, and thousands of cavalry formed a sharp formation and rushed towards the officers and men of the 15th Division, who had already jumped off the train.

Seeing this, Hong Qing immediately let the trumpeter blow the whistle, and the sharp whistle represented the preparation to defend against the enemy.

The soldiers of the 15th Division, who had already jumped off the train, immediately began to line up in several rows with muskets in accordance with the usual training formation, and before Hong Qing could give the order, the various horizontal commanders gave the order to shoot.

"Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang..."

"Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang..."

"Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang..."

Accompanied by the sound of dense gunfire, the cavalry charging in front fell to the ground one after another, and You Shiwei was protected by his own soldiers in the center of the cavalry, which also avoided the possibility of him being shot.

But at this point, the cavalry on his periphery had no way to dodge, and could only rush with flintlock muskets, and if he ordered the whole army to retreat at this moment, it would only increase casualties.

If you want to beat the firearms in front of you, you can only rely on horsepower to break through their formation with casualties, as long as you penetrate the opponent's musket formation, it is the world of their cavalry.

"Kill..."

After all, there were only more than thirty steps, and after falling hundreds of people, You Shiwei finally broke through Hongqing's musket position with cavalry, and the soldiers of the 15th Division, who were trampled by war horses and harvested by sabers, also increased sharply to more than 200 people.

And You Shiwei did not continue to accelerate, but instead stopped his horse, and then brandished his saber and slammed it towards the already chaotic musket formation again.

In his opinion, even if their firearms were firing fast, they were already engaged at close range at this moment, and the firearms in their hands were just an extended version of iron burning sticks, which could not threaten them at all.

"On the bayonet ..."

Hong Qinghong shouted with red eyes, this was the first humiliation he had suffered since he went from a full-time member of the Dingwu Army to the deputy commander of the 15th Division of the Shence Army, and after the opponent broke through his musket formation, he was not afraid, but was ready to engage in a hand-to-hand fight with the cavalry that had stopped.