The rain finally stopped, the wind blew, the clouds gradually drifted away, the sun quietly poked out of the clouds like a naughty child, and sprinkled light and heat on the earth without hesitation, and the steaming water vapor spread, like the morning mist, this Dragon Boat Festival rain was a rare gift from God to the Qing army guarding Johor Bahru Town, which not only took away the heat for many days, but also interrupted the seemingly never-ending onslaught of the English army, although the Qing soldiers hidden in the trenches and craters were drenched in the heavy rain. But no one will complain about this, just seize this rare opportunity to enjoy the rare battlefield spa to the fullest.

"Battalion commander, take a saliva. Lin Mingyu, the commander of the baggage company leaning against the wall of the crater, groped around his waist for a while, took out a military kettle, stretched out his hand, and handed it to Liu Chenghong, who was lying on the edge of the crater to inspect the enemy's situation.

"Oh. Liu Chenghong replied in a low voice, stretched out his hand to take the kettle, tilted his head, drank the water in the kettle in one go, stretched out his sleeve and wiped the corners of his mouth, sighed and said: "It's the Dragon Boat Festival, it's time to eat zongzi." ”

"Yes, I really miss the zongzi at home, I don't know ......" Lin Mingyu seemed to realize that he was a little speechless when he said this, and immediately stopped, changed the topic and said: "Battalion commander, it seems that after this rain, the mountain road will be more difficult to walk, and I am afraid that the brothers of the First Fleet Marine Battalion will not be able to come today." ”

Liu Chenghong's already dark face suddenly darkened at this time, and he turned his head silently, looking at the British corpse on the slope that was soaked white by the rain and looked extremely hideous, and the uneasiness in his heart became heavier and heavier. For three days, the British offensive has not stopped, and since yesterday, even at night, the British army has been attacking in turn, although the British army has never been able to conquer the small position of Johor Bahru Wharf under the strong resistance of the Qing army. On the contrary, seven or eight hundred lives were lost on this slope, but the situation of the Qing army was not much better - the second company was gone, and the two hundred and twenty people of the whole company were only about 30 seriously wounded except for Wu Haoming, the commander of the bare pole company, and most of the more than 180 warriors of the third company of the reserve team pulled up had become heroic spirits on the heroic monument, and Liu Chenghong, who had no soldiers at hand, had to transfer the baggage company as well, even if he himself was on the front line, he just pressed the British army on the beachhead and could not advance an inch.

The number of troops is somewhat some, and now there are more than 120 Qing troops left guarding the dock position. And the first company on the fort position also has more than 100 men and horses, and counting the 50 or 60 soldiers of the baggage company defending Johor Bahru Town, and the entire second battalion is still in the early 300s. It's good that the whole battalion can make up more than 100 of them, but there are still some mines left, but it's not much. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and in the face of such a dilemma, Liu Chenghong is helpless. I can only secretly pray in my heart that the brothers of the First Fleet can come faster, otherwise this Johor Bahru Town will be lost sooner or later.

"Battalion commander, look. Just when Liu Chenghong was stunned, the exclamation of Dong Guanbao, a herald of the battalion headquarters, suddenly came from behind. Liu Chenghong looked back and was stunned - a white-haired old man was carrying a bamboo basket in his hand, the basket was full of zongzi, and a group of men, women and children were trembling towards the dock.

There are many Chinese in Johor Bahru Town, Liu Chenghong has long known this, but Liu Chenghong's department, who was busy fighting, had no time to contact the local Chinese, nor did he take care of the town's idle affairs, and he did not even levy a military ration from the town. At this time, he suddenly saw so many people coming to work with the army, and Liu Chenghong was really dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he turned over and jumped out of the crater, and hurriedly greeted the crowd behind the position.

"General, zongzi. As soon as the white-haired old man saw Liu Chenghong's military uniform, which was very different from that of ordinary soldiers, he immediately shook off the support of a young man on the side. struggled to kneel for Liu Chenghong.

"Old man. Thank you, thank you. Liu Chenghong hurried to take a step forward. Stretched out his hand to help the old man, and said with moist eyes: "Old man, this is a battlefield, dangerous, you better hurry down, this zongzi official will accept it, thank you, folks." ”

"General, we are also the descendants of Yan and Huang, let's stay and help the army fight the yellow-haired ghosts. The young man holding the white-haired old man cried out loudly. As soon as these words were spoken, a group of young people stood in the middle of the crowd behind them, all shouting loudly that they wanted to stay and fight.

The white-haired old man waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, a pair of old eyes were full of tears, and he said tremblingly: "General, the old man's surname is Wang, a single word, the old man is ninety years old, he left the Celestial Empire since the year he died Chongzhen, and he hasn't been back for more than seventy years, so he is homesick." The general's department eliminated the red-haired ghost who bullied men and women, and defeated the yellow-haired monster, not disturbing the people, not Latin, the villagers all saw it in their eyes, and it was the first time to see such an army in his life. ”

"General, little Wang An, can you let the little one make up the number?" As soon as Old Man Wang's words fell, his great-grandson Wang An couldn't wait to scream, and the young people also shouted loudly, and the whole scene was chaotic.

The military regulations and military discipline of other armies in the Qing Dynasty may not be good, but as the first elite of the Qing Army, the military regulations of the Guangdong Land Battalion are absolutely extremely strict, this is the only army team in Yinzuo's hands when he was a brother, Yinzuo has invested the most effort in this army, and there are only two words in this army - iron and blood! Not to mention corruption and bribery, even if it is indiscriminately disturbing the people, it is a military stick to serve, of course, the treatment of this unit is also the highest in the whole army, not only the military rank is higher than that of ordinary troops, but the military salary is also twice that of ordinary troops, this is not counting the various allowances that soldiers receive, the income of an ordinary soldier is equivalent to the income of a second lieutenant platoon commander of other troops, of course, it is very difficult to enter such a unit, even Lin Wanlong, the commander of the major general of the Marine Battalion, cannot approve it casually. Liu Chenghong, a lieutenant colonel, naturally does not have such power, at this time, facing a group of enthusiastic young people, Liu Chenghong was very embarrassed and said: "Uncle Wang, the kindness of the villagers is understood, but Liu is really unable to agree to the request of the villagers, the army has the rules of the army, the villagers please go back, Liu will not let the yellow-haired ghost go ashore." Please rest assured. ”

"Adult, the little one is not afraid of death, and the little one will use the red-haired ghost gun, so let the little one stay. Wang An saw that Liu Chenghong refused to accept his enlistment, and immediately shouted.

"Yes, my lord, we can all use guns, so my lord will leave me to wait. The young men all cried out.

Well? Liu Chenghong's heart suddenly moved-the Marine Battalion captured a lot of Dutch firearms. There was also ammunition, but those flintlock pistols were troublesome to use and extremely slow to reload, and the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty simply disdained them, and no one would call such backward things. It's not that Liu Chenghong doesn't want to put those toys to use, but those guns can't hold the top position at all, and those guns and bullets are still lying in the Dutch armory. Liu Chenghong frowned, waved his hand and called Lin Mingyu, who was standing aside, to his side. Said calmly: "Lao Lin, the zongzi sent by the villagers will be sent to the brothers first, everyone will think about it, it can be regarded as the Dragon Boat Festival, this group of children is clamoring to join the army, or send them the guns of the Dutch, and let them replace the soldiers of the baggage company guarding the town and leave them as reserves?" ”

Lin Mingyu didn't have time to answer. Wang An couldn't wait to shout: "General Liu, we are also going to war, let's help fight the yellow-haired ghost, right?" ”

"Yes, General, you can take us. ”

"General, we are not afraid of death, so you agree. ”

…… The young people shouted incessantly, and their faces were excited. Lin Mingyu is an old man in the land camp. It is very clear about military regulations and military discipline. He naturally understood Liu Chenghong's concerns, but the war crisis was at this time. It's nothing to be one or two from power, Lin Mingyu glanced at the group of excited young people, a smile appeared on his dark face, waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "Fellow villagers, the army has its own military rules, since you want to join the army, you have to obey orders, as a soldier, the first thing you have to learn is to obey orders, the first goal of the army is to protect the family and the country, if you really plan to join the army, then you have to obey the command, everyone listen: if you want to join the army, go with the officer, get weapons, and protect Johor Bahru Town first, Don't let the yellow-haired ghost sneak attack our army from behind, even if you have made military achievements. ”

Although Lin Mingyu said with a smile, but the words were very dead, although the group of young people felt a little uncomfortable when they saw that they could not immediately participate in the war, but they were able to defend their homeland with a gun, which was a good ending, and they immediately followed Lin Mingyu towards the town.

"Battalion commander, the yellow-haired ghost is moving. Just as Liu Chenghong was talking to Old Man Wang, the lookout post suddenly sounded a battle alarm.

"Old man Wang, there is going to be a war, the artillery fire of the yellow-haired ghost is fierce, you should quickly lead the villagers to retreat, thank you for the villagers' zongzi." Liu Chenghong hurriedly confessed, quickly rushed back to a crater at the front of the position, raised the monocular and looked at the five British cruisers moored in the middle of the strait, only to see more than 20 small boats rowed out of the battleship group, each small boat was full of British soldiers, and two slightly larger lifeboats were loaded with four infantry guns, this was the first time that the British army put heavy weapons such as infantry guns into landing operations, Liu Chenghong's heart suddenly tightened a little- Although the power of the four infantry guns is incomparable with many naval guns, the advantage is that they can move flexibly, and the threat to the slope top position is far higher than the firepower of the fleet, and the British army is about to play with their lives!

The British ground attack began with the naval artillery covering fire as usual, and the Qing army's slope top position was ploughed back and forth several times with three rounds of ground shelling, but due to the loose soil after the rain, and the Qing army took advantage of the rain to re-dig the bunker fortifications on the battlefield, these three rounds of artillery bombardment did not achieve much results, and at this time, the British troops who arrived at the dock unhurriedly reorganized the formation, lined up in more than a dozen rows, and slowly and resolutely walked towards the slope top position where the Qing army was located, and the gunners around the four infantry guns behind were also ready. Always ready to fire artillery and bombard any Qing army that dares to poke its head out.

Nearly 300 British soldiers did not walk fast, the guns in their hands were always held, everyone's fingers were pulled on the trigger, and slowly walked to a distance of fifty meters away from the Qing army's position, and at this time the Qing army's position was always quiet without a trace of movement, the suspicious British commander, waved his hand to stop the advancing formation, carefully looked at the seemingly empty slope top position, and then let the flag soldiers around him wave the flag, let the naval guns fire again to cover the Qing army's position, after a long toss, the British army moved forward again, At the same time, the British boats again sent more than 300 British officers and men to the small pier, and at this time, the number of British troops participating in the attack on the top position reached an unprecedented 600.

Forty-five meters, forty meters, thirty-five meters, never found the Qing army counterattack of the British commander did not hesitate to issue the order to charge, the British troops who were originally lined up and walked slowly rushed to the top of the slope position, but the accident happened at this time, just rushed to the top of the slope thirty meters away, a violent explosion in the British army column, stepped into the mine array of British soldiers were suddenly blown down a large area, but this British army was extremely brave, did not pay attention to the death of their comrades around them, screaming wildly, he threw himself at the top of the slope,

"Call me!" Liu Chenghong emerged from the crater and gave a loud order to attack, and in an instant, the rifles, revolvers, and grenades in the hands of the Qing soldiers opened fire in an all-round way, knocking down a lot of the British troops who were about to rush in front of them, but the British army was still desperately rushing towards the position of the Qing army, and the four infantry guns of the British army on the dock also took the opportunity to speak, and the four shotguns whistled and smashed towards the Qing army's position, and then, the more than 300 British troops on the pier also launched an attack on the top of the slope with a shout......

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