Li Xian's side used artillery and rocket artillery to counterattack, and the British commander found that Li Xian's side used military artillery and rocket artillery, which were no worse than the weapons equipped by the British army in terms of range and power, and couldn't help frowning.

The British had a larger number of artillery, but the Chinese army had relatively well-developed defensive facilities, and in terms of artillery bombardment alone, the British side had a slight advantage, but it was not obvious.

Then, the British army sent infantry to attack, and 200 soldiers lined up in an extremely loose queue and advanced to a distance of 1,200 meters from Li Xian's position.

Seeing this, Li Xian sneered and continued to activate the six rocket launchers to block them.

Seeing the rocket launches here, the British officers nodded secretly, feeling that they had almost explored the reality of the Chinese army's artillery.

Twenty-four rocket launchers and six artillery pieces were not weak, but the British army had rich combat experience, and although it was the side attacking a strong defensive line, it was not necessarily impossible to break through.

Then the 200 soldiers began to crawl forward, led by the officer, to reduce the chance of being hit by artillery fire.

The officers on Li Xian's side also nodded secretly, sure enough, the living people were different from the necromantic creatures like the white armor soldiers, their tactics were flexible, and they had many ways to deal with artillery.

Many people have a misunderstanding of the tactics of the British, thinking that the tactics of the British are the kind of walking with goose steps and advancing and retreating according to the prescribed pace, but in fact, the military technology of the British in this era is very developed, and they will use many tactics.

From the early days of the fortress era, European armies would use the method of crawling forward to evade the fire of the fortress, digging trenches in front of the fortress, and using their own artillery to shoot at the enemy.

That is, in the field, in addition to the regular soldiers after the battle, there are also a large number of stragglers scattered around the privates, standing or lying down or prostrate, and can use any posture they see fit, to block any enemy who tries to attack the privates.

If anyone thinks that the British will only be very dogmatic in line to shoot, and that they can easily win as long as they restrain this method of warfare, they will find themselves very wrong.

These brave soldiers approached the trench in a creeping manner, and then made a posture of attacking the trench, luring the Chinese defenders to shoot back, testing the defenders' firepower and the terrain of the trench, and after half a day of fierce fighting, they finally poked out almost all the terrain here.

The British commander-in-chief, George Yilu, the cousin of the former British consul Charles Yilu, looked at the firepower displayed by the Chinese defenders at this time, drew the general appearance of the Chinese trench on the paper, and frowned.

"The commander of the Chinese defenders, who didn't know who it was, dug out the fortress-like trenches, but he had a good intention. George Justin commented.

"The commander of the Chinese garrison should be a low-ranking company officer named Li Xian, who was originally stationed in Leizhou, but under the orders of Lin Zexu, he attacked our merchant ships many times, and he himself was a despicable pirate. At this time, the deputy commander of the British army, who was also the former British consul in China, Charles Yilu replied through gritted teeth.

"A company-level officer, you lost two warships, and you folded in the hands of this kind of person?" Seeing his cousin's resentful appearance, the corners of Commander Yilu's mouth curled up, and he said meaningfully.

Li Xian's official name is still the head of the Donghai Island Security Regiment, nominally under the control of Xu Wen County's general (Lin Zexu did not promote Li Xian to the general manager after all), and the general was originally called a hundred households, and he commanded one hundred and twenty people, at most he was a company commander, so Li Xian was also regarded as a deputy company commander-level company-level officer.

However, George Yilu mentioned this at this time to make fun of his cousin.

It turned out that both of them had the surname Yilu, but the relationship was not good, and there were many disputes in this Sino-British war, which is also famous in history.

"This Li Xian is not of high rank on the surface, but in fact there are thousands of soldiers under his command, it should be that the Chinese deliberately let him keep a low profile and hide people's eyes." Speaking of Li Xian, Charlie Yilu remembered the loss of his own two warships and many merchant ships, as well as the contempt that others had caused to him, and he was extremely angry.

It's just that he also understands that his cousin is not a good person, and now mentioning Li Xian's official position is naturally to remind himself that he lost to a company-level officer, and the meaning of ridicule is far more than anything else.

"Don't worry, I will defeat this Li Xian and avenge you. Seeing his cousin's efforts to hide his anger, Commander Yilu couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and nodded and said.

Charlie Yilu wanted to say a word, but he couldn't find the right words in his eagerness, so he could only remain silent.

The trench array dug by Li Xian was not a straight-going trench as Nagami, but a polygonal position dug in the shape of a fortress, and fire support could be carried out at all corners and edges, and the difficulty of conquering suddenly increased by a level.

The 200 soldiers sent by the British army could be regarded as exploring the firepower situation and the shape of the position on Li Xian's side, but they also paid a huge price, in order to make the Chinese army shoot, they went deep into the position within 200 meters, and were wiped out by muskets and grenades, and after suffering seventy or eighty casualties, they reluctantly withdrew under the cover of their own artillery.

After this, the British army gradually increased its strength, sending troops from 500 to more than 1,000, each time using artillery to suppress the artillery on Li Xian's side from a distance, and then the infantry creeping forward to the vicinity of the trench to fire at each other or jump directly into the trench.

However, there are not many regular soldiers on Li Xian's side, but it is not difficult to get seven or eight hundred veterans to lead hundreds of recruits, relying on the trenches to fight back with rifles and grenades, but they are also extremely stable.

If the British army wants to attack with rocket artillery, it is bound not to send too many troops, and it cannot be too concentrated after entering the range of artillery, so it cannot use its strength because of its superiority in strength, and the troops invested each time are very limited, and it cannot form a firepower superiority, so it can only give up this style of play in the end.

During this period of offensive and defensive battles, there were fifty or sixty casualties on Li Xian's side, and the number of British casualties was as high as one hundred and seventy or eighty, both exceeding the expectations of the commanders on both sides.

Li Xian sighed secretly in his heart, if all the guards here were grenadiers composed of veterans of the escort team and warriors, this battle could cause at least more than 500 casualties to the British army, but unfortunately in order to train new soldiers, this could not be done.

Whether in Europe or in the East, firearms warfare around trenches was not the mainstream, and George Yilu initially despised this kind of trench, thinking that it was not as good as a fortress, but finally realized that the trench had its own unique characteristics, and the defense against artillery and muskets was no worse than that of a fortress.

Moreover, the trenches are still underground, unlike those erected above the fortress on the ground, and the attacker's artillery cannot be destroyed if they want to, making it even more troublesome to deal with.

"This could be a new way of fighting. "George Yilu was highly skilled in military affairs, and at once he keenly grasped the benefits of this method of warfare, but it was of little use to solve the problem at hand.

"This Li Xian is really hateful. Charlie Yilu cursed, and was a little happy to see his cousin deflated, but he knew that the situation was delicate and did not dare to show it.

Gold knows the note: I suddenly found that there was an error in the release of the chapter, and yesterday I should have sent the chapter ""Trench Warfare"", but I sent the chapter ""Trench Warfare Followed by Trench Warfare"", depressed, and this was corrected.