Chapter 951: The Burning Summer Palace (4)

Five minutes later, the watchdog smashed the empty revolver in his right hand at a Yin soldier in front of him with a bayonet.

With a 'click', the bridge of the Yin Army's nose was directly smashed.

Under the astonishing pain, the tears and snot of the goods were smashed out, and the bayonet that stabbed it was slightly slow, and it was easily flashed by the watchdog.

Then he felt his head locked in a pair of large hands like iron pincers.

Without waiting for a 'no' begging for mercy in his mouth, his head turned in a big circle like never before, and for the first time in his life, he saw what his back looked like.

Then, the sergeant of the Yin Army completely lost his life.

Therefore, he could not see that the Dongfang, who had broken his cervical vertebrae, was stabbed into the back of the waist with a bayonet behind him, and slammed his backhand into the temple of another Yin army.

Because the strength of the fist is amazing, even the eyeballs are about to hit the scene.

And in a second or two, after several bayonets pierced through many places on his body, the Eastern knight still refused to fall.

Instead, he pulled the wooden-handled grenade on his chest, and in the explosion, three more people were brought down.

So much so that after the remaining comrades-in-arms got up from the ground, they finally couldn't restrain the fear in their hearts, and finally escaped from this building screaming.

It was also the retreat of this group of Yin troops that triggered the rout of the attacking forces.

So, when I looked at the troops that originally had two complete infantry companies, now only seventy or eighty people were left to retreat from the main building in embarrassment.

Montauban and Grant glanced at each other, and they could both see the anxiety in each other's eyes.

Because they knew that the defensive strength in the main building was already extremely weak; At full capacity, there are no more than fifty people who can afford a gun.

However, no matter how many attacks they launched and how many casualties they caused, the defenders inside were still fighting with them with a terrifying will to fight.

Like a prehistoric beast, it devoured most of the soldiers who rushed in; Those who were lucky enough to escape also lost the courage to fight.

In the words of the soldiers who fled in rout, in the course of their battles.

The battlefield on the second floor was faced with ferocious machine-gun fire, and it was okay if they couldn't rush up for a while.

However, during the battle on the first floor, they occupied most of the areas such as the living room, bedroom, and study; But those people still refused to give in.

On the contrary, in the kitchen and in the bathroom, he still continued to stick to and fight back.

Even though they had lost their combat effectiveness, these people could survive as long as they surrendered, but they still pulled the fuse of the wooden-handled grenade on their bodies and took them to death with them.

So, no matter how hard they fought, they were eventually driven out.

Brother Su is on top! Why do they have the courage to fight to the death?

Regarding this point, in fact, Montauban and Grant and other high-ranking members of the coalition army understood in their hearts what was going on: no matter how loud and righteous the slogans of the Yinfa coalition army were in this war, they were essentially some aggressors.

When the other party defended himself Guo Jia, the courage that burst out was unimaginable, and it was also worthy of respect.

It's just that this war has reached the current situation, and there is no way for them to turn back.

After making up his mind, Montauban, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, gritted his teeth and issued another order to the adjutant who was on standby beside him:

"Let the next group of troops prepare, and in five minutes it must begin to continue the offensive; Tell the boys, no matter how many casualties I have, I'm going to take this damn place today......"

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In the short interval between battles, Chen Tang hurriedly used a piece of gauze to wrap it around his right thigh; Ignoring the other wounds on his body, he began to busily load the bullets into the pistol.

I didn't bother to glance at my pocket watch, what time it should be, and how much time was left until it got dark.

Because he now has an indescribable realization in his heart:

In today's crazy attack of the Yin-French Alliance, there should be no way for him to hold out until dark, and the moment the opponent stops attacking.

At the same time, he also forgot how many attacks the Yin Law Alliance had launched in the previous time, because in his opinion, it didn't matter at all.

With this idle time, it is better to be more prepared for battle, and be able to kill a few more foreign devils.

After a short time, in a small mirror that was raised, I saw that in the midst of the shouting and kicking of the officers, there were two or three hundred opponents attacking from the starting position and attacking this side.

Chen Tang picked up the Hanyang-made rifle that had already been loaded with bullets in the position at hand.

Pull the bolt and push a bullet.

After quickly sticking out a gap in the wall that was the size of a tabletop and had been bombarded, it took less than two minutes and a second to hurriedly lock on to a target and fire.

He didn't look at the results of the battle at all, and began to move quickly with his rifle.

The next second later, the bricks and stones in the sky behind him flew up in the artillery fire, and some of them hit his helmet, shoulder, and back, and it hurt indescribably.

But even so, it still couldn't slow down his pace in the slightest.

And such a scene is not just happening on Chen Tang alone.

To be more precise, at this moment, the Xuange Camp and everyone in the main building are almost at the limit.

It's just the belief that they absolutely refuse to give in to these robbers, so they are gritting their teeth and persevering.

At the same time, they also noticed that the Yin Law Alliance team of this attack was advancing too slowly and cautiously, and these grandsons also knew that they were afraid.

Eleven or twelve minutes later, a large number of soldiers of the Yin Law Alliance Army desperately escaped from the main building.

In the position behind them, his body was pierced by five rifles, and Chen Tang, who had not fallen by relying on the support of these rifles, let go of the long knife in his hand with a gap in the blade of the 'clank~'.

Between opening and closing his mouth, he didn't know what he scolded, and he lost all his vitality......

At 5:57 p.m., the sun had completely set in the realm of the capital division.

In the afterglow of the last bit of sunset, I looked at the soldiers in front of me who no longer had the high morale of the morning, and even dodged their eyes when they looked at it.

Although Montauban refused to admit it at all, he also knew that there was no way to continue the attack today and take this building.

I remembered that in the morning, my confident style, my face was very hot for a while.

Grant and the others around him also had a similar reaction,

At this moment, the oriental man 'Gong' galloped back on his war horse, with an unusually bright smile on his face.

It seems that this guy, who went to Beijing today as their special envoy to conduct urgent consultations with the Daqing Imperial Court, brought back some good news.

The situation was similar to what they expected, and after turning over the war horse, Gong Xiaogong's mouth said a string of good news:

"Your Excellencies, Excellencies, and Generals, I have received some very good replies in my deliberations with the plenipotentiary representative left behind in Daqing, namely Prince Gong.

They promised that in our war with the Xuange battalion, we would definitely manage our army and civilians well, and would not let us have more trouble.

This means that those people inside, they will not have any reinforcements, and all the losses will not be replenished at all.

As long as we have eliminated these people, Prince Gong will sign the agreement, and the requirements we have made in the agreement will basically be met.

So I don't think you need to be so frustrated.

The soldiers were demoralized because of the unfavorable battle, so what? As long as you recuperate for a day or two, and have some fun with the people around you as a victor, you can always recover.

Believe me, the Daqing Imperial Court will treat it as if it didn't see it.

And then the day after tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, let's launch a few more attacks, and we can always knock down this damn place. ”

After hearing the above good news, the mood of the high-ranking members of the coalition forces immediately improved.

Wait until Montauban shouts loudly that all the personnel will take turns to take a vacation tomorrow, and they can go around and have a good time.

The coalition soldiers present also cheered, and the low morale changed significantly.

Only Hu Biao and others in the main building were still dead silent at this time.

Tomorrow there will be a day of truce, of course, they are happy to hear it.

But to get rid of this day, they still need to hold on for three days to complete the task; But with their current strength, they can't hold out for a day.

Except on this day or two, some miracles can happen......

(End of chapter)