At this time, the other soldiers had returned from the middle of the river and gathered again. After replenishing the ammunition, the soldiers sat down with high fighting spirit. But as soon as they leaned on each other, they started to snore! The long-term battle had already made them exhausted and could hardly support them!

Qi Qitao and the others did not mean to wake up the soldiers, but just urged the officers to stand guard and wait for the arrival of the fleet.

Not long after, a fleet of ships that could not see their tails went downstream and soon arrived by the river bank. The flagship led by the leader glided beautifully on the pier and stopped. The newborn jumped off the boat with neat intentions and walked to Qiqitao and saluted: "General Qi, it seems that you have experienced a hard battle here! Sorry, we are late!"

Qi Qitao waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's not too late for you to come at all! I'll ask you, how many people did you bring this time? How many artillery pieces are there?"

Chushengzhi said: "It was five thousand people transported according to the scheduled plan. Moreover, because we were familiar with the route, we loaded a lot of things, so the supplies were half more than the planned supplies!"

Qi Qitao said: "Very good! Now let the person get off the boat and gather together immediately. Then I want you to use artillery fire to help us regain the two hills!"

Chushengzhi hesitated for a moment and said, "General, I am willing to cooperate with your battle, but I hope you know that after the bumps in the waterway, the soldiers' condition is generally not very good. Maybe they should be given a rest for a while."

Qi Qitao said: "It's okay. I've asked them to do adaptation training before, so I believe the young men can overcome it! And I can also tell you an important reason, that is, Liu Wenxiu is definitely dragging cannons to the mountain now, so we must seize the mountain!"

When Chu Shengzhi heard the reason behind, he immediately shouted: "Give the soldiers off the ship quickly! Also prepare artillery to test the mountain!"

Chushengzhi was convinced of Qi Qitao's judgment. After all, he was a specialized general of the land, and his judgment must be more accurate than him. And if Qi Qitao said that Liu Wenxiu could place cannons on the top of the mountain, he could block the current temporary dock and his own ship.

He will only encounter danger! So he decided to support Qi Qitao's order!

The gunboats leaned against the trestle one by one, sent all the soldiers inside to the shore, and then looked for appropriate positions to anchor the hull by the river. Then the gunners of each ship began to calculate the ballistics and charge amount.

After about an hour, the artillery of each ship had been tested in three rounds. Judging from the landing point of the shells, the gunners' estimates were quite accurate. In the first round of test firing, 80% of the artillery hit the slope down the top of the mountain.

After two rounds of test fires, Chushengzhi informed Qi Qitao and said: "General, our fleet's artillery is ready to attack the enemies on the hillside at any time."

Qi Qitao pointed to the hill and said, "But now there is a problem. We can bombard the hillside facing the river bank, but our artillery can do nothing about the backscene behind the hillside, right?"

Chushengzhi nodded and said, "That's right, it will only work if the bending cannon like the Dashen said."

Qi Qitao smiled and said, "Of course I know this, so don't worry too much! The enemy hid behind the hillside to avoid artillery, so that the cannons would stop before rushing out to compete with us for the top of the mountain! And I'm sure they would do this, so I need your help."

Chushengzhi said: "No problem, as long as I can do it here, you can give me the instructions."

Qi Qitao said: "Support a few gunners and a batch of flowering bullets. They must follow my troops to advance to the top of the mountain! Once the soldiers occupy the top of the mountain, they will bloom and insert a fuse to roll down the hillside. As for the distance of the explosion, let the artillery decide for themselves."

Chushengzhi opened his eyes wide in surprise when he heard this! But he understood the truth after a moment of thinking. He nodded repeatedly and said, "General, this is really a clever ingenious move! No problem at all, I will prepare a group of the strongest gunners for you!"

After Qi Qitao sent away the new soldiers, he began to form the new soldiers. He mixed veterans who were familiar with the terrain and the newly disembarked to form three commandos! He was ready to concentrate all his strength to regain the hill on the left.

With the inland gunboat

With the sound of artillery, all kinds of shells hit the top of the mountain! In an instant, the fortifications that the Daxi Army had just repaired were smashed into pieces! The Daxi Army, which had suffered heavy casualties, had to retreat to the other side of the mountain.

The artillery bombardment of the inland fleet did not stop, but slowed down a lot. The fleet also consciously ejected some flowers over the hills to intimidate the Western Army!

Under the cover of gunfire, the first commando quickly climbed along the mountain. When they approached the fire blockade line, the red flag inside the team waved. The artillery bombardment of the inland fleet came to an abrupt end!

When the soldiers saw the artillery stop, they immediately let out a roar and rushed to the top of the mountain quickly! They must regain the top of the mountain before the soldiers of the Western Army reacted!

Compared with Shandong soldiers, the Daxi Army's reaction was more than a little slower. When Shandong soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain with more than a hundred steps, the Daxi Army had just felt that the artillery had stopped and began to organize soldiers to fight back.

Although they guessed that the opponent might use artillery bombardment to seize the top of the mountain, they did not expect that there was a tactic in this world called infantry and cannon coordination!

These Shandong soldiers dared to approach the artillery landing point within a hundred meters, so it would only take one or two minutes from the start of charge to the top of the mountain! When they rushed to the top of the mountain, except for a group of wounded soldiers from the dozen sentries of the Western Army on the top of the mountain, everyone else had retreated to the bottom of the hillside! So they easily killed all these people and occupied the top of the mountain!

During this process, the attack was quite smooth! Even if the soldiers of the Daxi Army on the opposite mountain kept shouting, indicating that the enemy was charging, it did not play any role! Because there was no mature flag-speaking system in the Daxi Army.

After occupying the top of the mountain, the commando immediately rested fortifications and began to fight and rushed to the Daxi Army. However, the commando prepared very well this time, and they mobilized manpower to transport a lot of flowering bullets.

The artillerymen inserted the flowering bullet into the fuse and ignited it, and pushed it down the hillside directly. The corpses on the hillside have been almost cleaned up by the Western Army, which is very convenient for the rolling of this spherical shell.
Chapter completed!