Chapter 523 I want to give a big surprise to the full Qing Dynasty that the bow and horse ride and shoot the world!
"Fire!" Zhang Baozai, the artillery commander of the second-floor artillery deck, waved his arm hard and roared in his loudest voice. Suddenly, the hull of the warship, which had already sailed on the surface of the water, was like a stranded whale, pushing the turbulent tide slightly.
The artillery fire kept ejecting shells from the barrel, sprinting through the sky and accurately falling to the forts on both sides of the mouth of the Haihe River. From the order to fire to the shells falling to the forts, it was just a few blinks of an eye. In between, the fort seems to have become a ceremonial platform dedicated to setting off fireworks in festive scenes.
Six three-masted double-layer turret warships, 25 single-sided artillery, fired in turn. The sound of the gunfire and the violent explosion after the fort fell on the fort.
Those officers and soldiers who stayed in the barracks bragging and farts, drank and money fled out of the camp in fear. How have they ever heard of such intensive artillery fire?
Not even a soldier has the courage to pick up a knife and gun and rush in the direction of the fort. Perhaps in their eyes, being a soldier is just pretending to work for his life.
Fu Zhulong, the deputy general of the Dagu Association, who stood in front of the house far from the fort, felt that every explosion seemed to roar in his ear. With the roar of the sound, the little liver jumped faster and faster, and it seemed that he was about to jump out of his chest at any time. Looking at the black and red flames after the explosion, they finally formed a mushroom composed of smoke in the sky, just like the dark clouds wrapped in a storm, pressing on the heart, making people breathless.
After three rounds of shooting, the gunfire finally stopped, and the fort that originally stood at the mouth of the Haihe River was very short. The towering flagpole on the fort and the Qing dragon flag hanging have disappeared, and the original strong female wall has also disappeared. The artillery placed on the fort and those Qing soldiers have disappeared. It seems that it is just a few huge shore reefs with special shapes.
The clouds in the sky have not completely dissipated, but after this short three-wheel shelling, Fu Zhulonga, the deputy general of the Dagu Association, and his subordinates collapsed. Look, the other party only dispatched six warships and cleaned up the Dagukou fort, which was originally leaning on the throat of Jinmen. If the other side's at least one hundred or two warships opened fire together, the deputy general Fu Zhulong couldn't help shivering. He woke up and shook off the red man who was still holding just now. After passing the reins in the hands of the soldiers, he turned over the horse and fled in the direction of Tianjin without looking back.
Those generals, governors and defenders also woke up at this moment. In the face of those irresistible artillery fire, they really lacked the courage and determination to fight with one. Those who robbed horses and those who did not grab the horses ran away, leaving those opera celebrities and brothels specially invited from Tianjin. He ran away.
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And the warships that cleared the Dagu port fort at a fixed point did not stop at all. They raised their sails and followed the Haihe River into the sea, straight to the sea.
One after another, warships and transport ships are running backwards. However, some of the warships were moored at the small pier next to the mouth of the Haihe River, and some of the soldiers began to land to clean up the remnants of the Dagukou.
The Liang Family Cavalry Division, which landed on the barren beach between Beigu and Jianhe, has lasted for nearly two hours, and the soldiers of the two-and-a-half cavalry regiments have landed on the coast. Wu Ping, the leader of the former Bazhou Rebel Army, now the commander of the Liang Family's Cavalry Division, walked on the mud-covered beach with a command knife under his waist, shouting the soldiers to leave the beach as soon as possible to make room for the subsequent landing troops.
"Master, it seems that in 15 minutes at most, all three regiments of our cavalry division can go ashore to complete the assembly." Li Zhengdao, the chief of staff of the division, rushed to Wu Ping's side under the guard's arch guard. The leather boots under his feet were now covered with wet mud on the beach, and even the military uniform on his body was wiped with a few pieces of dirt. It seemed that he was also busy in order to hold this landing.
"Fifteen minutes?" Wu Liang looked at his pocket watch and frowned tightly. Now, we have spent nearly two hours to let the brothers speed up. We are a cavalry division, not infantry. If our cavalry division can't rush to Tianjin before 1:30 p.m., then we don't have to call the cavalry. At that time, we will have the face to see the adults. Those naval colleagues still Don't shame us to death!"
"Master, please rest assured that it is at most 40 miles away from Tianjin City, and the aircraft power of our cavalry division is only half an hour at most. This time we unexpectedly landed in Zhili. Even if we ourselves, I'm afraid most people still don't believe it. Not to mention those soldiers who reacted slowly.
"That's true, but isn't it too dangerous for adults to play chess? With four infantry divisions and an artillery brigade, plus our cavalry division, that is, less than 60,000, if the court guards the capital and mobilized all kinds of troops, this..."
"Damn it, I said, cousin, we don't like to hear what you say. You don't think about what Lord Liang's soldiers are. Our brothers in the cavalry division used to be what they looked like, and what they look like now. They are all good men. Those eight flag calfothers and those officers and soldiers, I will clean up their seventeen or eighteen casually. There is no gasp." Next to him, Wu Peng, the commander of a regiment of the cavalry division, curled his lips and said.
"Yes, it's your boy's ability. This is the army. Pay attention to discipline and call me division commander. Don't call me cousins. People who don't know think we are bandits!" Wu Ping stared at Wu Peng with hatred.
Wu Peng was speechless and could only listen to the training with his head down. Li Zhengdao next to him was secretly laughing and patted Wu Ping on the shoulder: "I said, division commander, Wu Pengfei is right. Those officers and soldiers, just talk about equipment. Compared with our Liang's army, I'm afraid they are not as good as beggars. Look at the brothers of our cavalry division, steel helmets, cavalry breastplates, five grenades, a left wheel, and external match. A horse knife that cuts iron like mud is not comparable to the Xiaoqi camp of his Qing official.
"In addition, Master Wu's time to stay in the south is too short. You don't know many things. You know, the four divisions brought by adults are all the latest rifles. Not to mention that there are 50,000 Qing soldiers with big knives and spears as weapons in Yanjing City, even if they come ten times, they are still not enough to kill. In addition, Your Excellency has also prepared a few new weapons, which are specially designed to come to Yanjing City to show the fire with Manqing tars. You will have a good look at that time.
"I said, Chief of Staff, what kind of weapon is it? It's mysterious." Wu Ping's heart was also itchy. He had long heard that in this Yanjing raid, the adults would let the Manqing Tatars taste the latest weapons developed by the Liang Jiajun, but up to now, their division-level commanders have not heard the names of these weapons, which is really too confidential.
"Hey hey, in fact, I'm not sure. My colleague in the south just said that the power of the new weapons developed is very terrible, and I dare not say anything specific. After all, discipline is there, and no one dares to violate it." Li Zhengdao waved his hand and said helplessly.
"It seems that the last batch of soldiers have also landed, Chief Wu." Wu Ping saw the last group of soldiers on the sea pulling their horses through the shallow water and coming to the shore. He put aside his inner doubts and began to give orders.
Soon, the cavalry division regiment set out first and rushed straight to Tianjin City more than 40 miles away, and the remaining two regiments would catch up later.
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In the middle of the Haihe River, warships were moving backwards towards Tianjin with thousands of white sails. On both sides of the river, you can occasionally see the sentries and guardhouses with beacons standing, and the Qing soldiers were all staring at the toweringly tall warships.
After, the beacon and the cannon in the sentry post were destroyed by a fire. Looking at the posts built by yellow mud being easily destroyed one by one, Liang Pengfei had the illusion of taking cannons to fight mosquitoes.
There are almost no boats in the Haihe River, because although Tianjin has a wharf, it has not opened a port. It is only for some official ships and some fishing boats to settle down, and there are some police ships. However, at present, all the ships have seen this murderous fleet from afar, and they have fled as far away for a long time, and even Some boats simply leaned directly to the shore, and all the people on the boat slipped ashore and fled for their lives.
"Grandma, we have so many warships, but we don't even have an opponent. It should be said that we haven't even seen a small boat. It's really boring." Wu Qianjin stood beside Liang Pengfei and stared at the First Squadron under Wu Liang's command, with jealousy and jealousy in his heart. Why is this guy so good-looking? Good things are all on his head.
"What's the hurry? Are you still afraid that there is no war to fight? Humph, if it weren't for the fact that Qingting himself didn't pay attention to coastal defense, there would have been more than 20 cannons on this important land. What are you doing if you are looking for death? Liang Pengfei raised his hand and threw a cigar to Wu Qianjin. The guy chattered happily in his mouth. He quickly took out a match and stepped forward. After lighting the cigar for Liang Pengfei, he lit the fire to himself. He took a mouthful of it beautifully, and slowly exhaled the fragrant smoke, with an extremely intoxicated expression. Damn, it's still exciting."
"How far is it from Tianjin now?" Liang Pengfei and Liang Pengfei glanced at Wu Qianjin in white, spewed white smoke from his nostrils viciously, and asked Sun Shijie.
"At most 15 miles of waterway, it's almost time." Since the fleet entered the Haihe River, Sun Shijie has been looking at the map and proofreading the terrain on both sides of the river. I don't know if the brothers of the cavalry division have arrived in Tianjin,"
"There should not be a big problem. An hour before we bombarded Dagukou, they had already begun to land. When we launched an attack on Tianjin City, I believe they had blocked the channel between Tianjin and Yanjing. As long as it is intercepted, when I lead the army to Yanjing City, I can give a big surprise to the old man Qianlong and the Manqing who rode the bow and horse to capture the world. Liang Pengfei smiled proudly, but his eyes were on the cabin of the tail building of several heavily armed guards standing outside with a big lock, and a door placed in the middle of the deck, firmly fixed on the deck with the cable. The extremely strange style of artillery.
(to be continued)