Chapter 307 Permission to shell and smash it!
Looking to the south, there are huge rocks a few miles away, the Jiaoshan Mountain is towering, and the magnificent Shanhaiguan City Tower is standing among them. Since it was built during the Hongwu period, it has stood here for hundreds of years without damage.
Before the Manchu entered the customs, they had hit their heads and bleeding here. If it hadn't been for Wu Sangui's crown as a beauty, I'm afraid that Man Baqi would have had to stay outside the customs for a few more years, and it is even likely that later generations would not see the Qing Dynasty at all.
"The young master is right. For hundreds of years, the Manchu people really haven't done anything good. It's time to get out of here!" Ma Dongzi, the commander of the first battalion of the new cavalry division, looked at the Guancheng in the distance and spat fiercely.
Yongshan next to him also smiled: "As I said, we should have eaten Zhili long ago, repaired the railway and factory here, and let those full people know what industrialization is, so that they don't have to know how to repair the garden when they have nothing to do all day long, fight in the nest, and waste the Chinese country!"
"Oh." Ma Dongzi smiled and said, "Yongshan, how did I find that your speaking level has increased since your eldest brother was transferred to the staff? We all know the country of China!"
"Get out of here, don't make fun with me." Yongshan kicked Ma Dongzi on the horse's back and laughed and scolded, "My brother is my brother. I'm me. I don't want to go to the staff all day long to compare the sand table."
"Then what do you want to do?" Ma Dongzi asked curiously.
"What are you doing?" Yongshan looked at the Youyou Chengguan and suddenly rushed to the sky with pride: "I don't have a big idea. I just want to recover the rivers and mountains early under the command of the young master, and then go out of Qilian and fight all the way to St. Petersburg, so that the Russian hair is often attacked!"
"Yan!"
Ma Dongzi raised his middle finger and said, "Don't you have any big ideas? I think you are fascinated by the deeds of General Huo said by the gentleman in the culture class a few days ago!"
"What is this? We are cavalry! The cavalryman didn't want to step on the horse and seal the wolf!" Yongshan didn't care at all, but he thought it was too far away for the time being. He scratched his head and smiled, "Isn't this ideal? Didn't the young master say that he could think about it? Don't you have any ideals?"
"Yes." Ma Dongzi was also refreshed and said with a smile, "My first ideal is to rush into Yanjing City first, and let us see what the emperor looks like with that old woman!"
"Then you have no hope." Yongshan spread out his hand, lowered his voice and passed the horse's head. Fortunately, he said, "My brother said that this time the young master will give the old Buddha in Yanjing City a divine soldier from heaven, so that those palace nobles can't even escape from the gate of Yanjing City!"
"The divine soldier fell from the sky?" Ma Dongzi scratched his head and suddenly thought of something. He frowned and sighed, "M grandma, get on the airship? Damn it, I'm going to fall behind when I play forward for the first time!"
Although Ma Dongzi was unwilling, he also knew that the cavalry could not compare with the birds flying in the sky. He had to turn his head to look at the commandos disguised as a caravan and asked, "Are the machine guns and mortars ready?"
When it came to business, Yongshan also put away his smiling face: "Don't worry, battalion commander. The mortar squad said that as long as the commando seizes the tower, it can be done in three minutes at most. The machine guns are troublesome and have been dismantled into pieces, but they said that they can be assembled for about 20 minutes!"
"Twenty minutes."
Ma Dongzi nodded. The last Motianling personal experience made him understand how important machine guns are when facing the enemies of major shareholders. Although they are light cavalry, in order to ensure their firepower, the equipment department still did not care to make the machine guns into several pieces, so that they can be carried separately with war horses at ordinary times. When needed It can be installed quickly.
It's just that this is the first application, and I'm still a little uncertain. You know, 2,000 Qing troops have been stationed in the Shanhaiguan not far away for a long time, and there are still large camps behind the pass, with 4,000 to 5,000 people!
If there was no machine gun, he could not guarantee that he would take more than 300 commandos to guard the city gate for an hour as required to ensure the arrival of the main force, but the city gate tower in the distance was close at hand, and he didn't have time to think about it. He immediately shook the whip and sent out the secret code agreed in advance.
"Get ready!"
Under the city building in the distance, a small group of Qing soldiers stood at the door in twos and threes, and several of them couldn't help squeezing at Ma Dongzi who came. In the past few years, the number of merchants from inside the customs suddenly increased a lot, and the horse team was bigger than one by one, so the tax and silver were collected a lot more than in previous years. They can also make two small money. At present It's such a big team again. Isn't it a fat sheep?
Several Qing soldiers immediately turned their guns and looked like they were facing a big enemy. Everyone who knew it knew that this was their usual method. As long as they were scared like this, they would definitely show some filial piety.
"Isn't this? Here we go.
Seeing Yongshan dressed as a darter and carrying a big knife coming with several people in a panic, the Qing soldiers immediately glanced at each other and were ready to blackmail these guys.
"Stand, the pass is heavy, and idle people can't wait to get close!" A Qing army raised his gun and aimed at Yongshan, who took the lead. Yongshan quickly waved his hand to show that he was just a passing merchant, and took out a cloth bag from his pocket.
Seeing this, the Qing army immediately smiled, but as soon as everyone put away the gun, the corners of their eyes suddenly froze. The dartsmen actually took out the large hand guns they had never seen before from behind, and they didn't wait to shout.
"Ban Bang Bang..."
The improved 20-shot shell gun has now become the favorite guy of all kinds of reconnaissance battalions and commandos at close range. The speed is fast, the firepower is fierce, and the trigger is like splashing water. It's really cool.
But the Qing army didn't think so. Several unlucky guys were knocked to the ground as soon as they raised their hands. The rest wanted to raise their guns, but they were hit by dense bullets and ran into the pass through the pass.
"Let's go!"
Seeing that Yongshan took action, Ma Dongzi, who had been impatient, waved his hand. The commandos who drove the carriage immediately pulled out a gun from the carriage and handed it to his comrades-in-arms. After a moment, more than a hundred riders who were ready rushed to the gate.
The sound of horns sounded again after hundreds of years. The whole mountain customs was suddenly shrouded in a tense atmosphere. The merchants and hawkers who were resting in the city were also stunned by this kind of warning that they had not heard for a long time. When there was a dense sound of gunfire at the gate, they suddenly woke up and closed the windows and closed their households one after another. Then he trembled and opened a thin slit to observe.
"Damn it! They are going to close the gate! Grenade, take the grenade!"
Yongshan rushed the fastest. When he saw the Qing soldiers hiding at the door dozens of meters away, they actually wanted to close the door. While shouting, they had already pulled out a grenade from behind and swung it with their teeth to pull the thread. After seeing this, the soldiers also took out grenades and smashed them one after another. Suddenly, the wooden gate was blown black. Fortunately, the gate was thick and did not burst open, but the following Qing soldiers were in trouble. Although there was a thick door to block it, their faces were still covered with blood.
At this time, Ma Dongzi also rushed to the city with the commando team, pedaling his legs violently. The horse hissed like a flash of lightning into the city, and the commando soldiers behind him also crossed the gate one after another. Yongshan was finally a little relieved to see this scene, but he did not dare to celebrate at this moment. He must take down the tower immediately!
Thinking of this, Yongshan pressed the bullet again, waved his hand to the soldiers behind him, shouted and rushed up along the city wall. Ancient arrows kept flying along the way, but more Qing soldiers were beaten into a sieve by dense barge guns as soon as they appeared.
At this time, the artillery squad that had entered the city quickly found a cover under the gate and began to set up four 60mm mortars. Because of their light weight, they carried them. Now the mortars have become the most popular weapons in the army. When the gunners quickly shook the bolts to adjust the muzzle, their comrades-in-arms had already prepared shells. The hand was ready and immediately stuffed the shell into the gun.
"Boom..."
The shells exploded in the chaotic Qing army in the distance like long eyes. The panicked Qing army did not expect that the other party had cannons at all. Suddenly, even the last bit of courage was scattered, and they were scared to flee.
When Yongshan led the team to rush to the tower, he immediately waved his hand to greet the impatient machine gun squad below. Seeing this, more than a dozen soldiers immediately boarded the tower with Mark Qin's machine guns. Twenty minutes later, two machine guns began to spray fire, and the whole mountain customs fell into the rumbling explosion and machine guns. Mingzhong--
"Report, the general seng called, the first cavalry division has controlled the mountain customs. The whole battle lasted for an hour, killing more than 600 Qing soldiers, and most of the rest were prisoners. At present, the main force of the cavalry division has crossed the mountain customs and is moving south quickly!"
"Take down Shanhaiguan in an hour?! And it has begun to be going south!" Next to him, Yuan Shikai and others, who were untied and sat on the side and were stared at by several soldiers, almost jumped up!
Especially Yuan Shikai, he is too familiar with Shanhaiguan. The garrison there is still his person. According to his previous idea, once the Pacific Army knocks the customs, it can at least rely on the strong city to support for a few days, but who would have thought that it was only an hour. According to China's algorithm, it was only half an hour!
Duan Qirui and several other generals around him also stared at each other and couldn't believe it. They were all known soldiers. Naturally, they knew that Shanhaiguan was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Almost 6,000 soldiers were all muskets. Unexpectedly, they were still defeated by others so quickly!
But the report was not over yet, and another news shocked them again. It is reported that the Chief of Staff has arrived at the sea off Dagukou with the First Fleet, and the six capital ships are ready to ask if they want to shell!"
"Is it shelled?!"
The report made Yuan Shikai captured alive and forced him to call out 50,000 new troops of Beiyang. Master Li frowned suddenly. It is undeniable that although he had no sense of belonging to the Qing Dynasty, his love for the land under his feet had not changed for two generations.
The naval gun is not a mine, not a grenade, let alone an army gun!
Four battleships, two heavy patrols, the smallest main gun also has 203 mm, and the shell weighs more than 100 kilograms. The high-explosive bomb of 30 kilograms of TNT used on the ground is undoubtedly huge!
Once these steel beasts roar without scruples, with the defense force of the fort in the area of Dagukou in Tianjin, it is not an opponent at all. Li Mo can almost imagine that the whole Dagukou is shrouded in gunfire smoke and explosions, trembling under the muzzle.
It is a difficult choice for anyone who loves China to let these ferocious monsters roar at their land and harbor.
Yuan Shikai and others, who were stunned by Li Mo's troops, seemed to be aware of Li Mo's strangeness. They looked up at the young man one after another and didn't understand what he was thinking. Since the cavalry had gone south, they should immediately shell Dagu and speed up the landing in Yanjing City, otherwise there would be a little hesitation. I'm afraid that all those people in Yanjing City have fled.
Li Mo put his hands behind his back and looked at the crisp mountain outside the farmhouse where he temporarily hid. Naturally, it was impossible for him to tell others about his attachment to this land, so he could only take a deep breath.
The order to march into Yanjing this time is well thought out. Although doing so will cause division, only in this way can the Manchu rule be quickly overthrown.
Another consideration is that after he blocked the Jiawu Rebellion and let the humiliating compensation disappear, the Qing Dynasty actually did not hurt the fundamental vitality. To put it bluntly, he could still take out silver. If he chose to nibble on Shandong and other places first, then as long as Guangxu or Cixi still took control of the government for a day, they would have the ability to rearm. The army, Britain, the United States, France and other countries can also continue to take advantage of the fire!
The more arms poured into the country, the more difficult it will be to clean up in the future. It's better to clean up the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible, so as to save trouble in the future.
So compared with the separation, in the end, he chose to dig out the largest cancer on the land first, and if there is no unified coordination of the central forces, except for Li Hongzhang and a few others, the rest of the people will be independent and not a threat to themselves.
Moreover, Dagukou also has to fight. Only by abolishing this fort, which is known as the first gateway of the Qing Dynasty, can the prepared assault boat troops quickly follow the Haihe North River and enter the canal to Yanjing, speed up the end of the war and reduce the damage to Yanjing!
So, this is imperative!
In this case, let Master Li take this shot!
Use the roar of naval cannons to see off Manqing, let the explosions and blood brainwash those old and young people, and let them know that because of their stubbornness and unmotivatedness, and because of their toxic damage, what is missing in this land!
Li Mo raised his wrist, looked at his watch, suddenly turned his head, glanced at Yuan Shikai and others, and said slowly, "Allow the shelling of Dagukou, in addition, tell Chen Ping..."
" smash it!"
When the last three words blurted out, even people like Yuan Shikai jumped in their chests, and their eyes looking at Li Mo also changed a little. They were not fools. They all knew how powerful the sailor in the young man's hand was, so they had no doubt that Dagu would be smashed.
What they are really surprised and shocked by is Li Mo's attitude and means, because they can clearly feel the determination that makes their scalps numb in this young man, and the determination to completely eradicate all obstacles!
(to be continued)