In Tongzhou, Duanjun Wang Zaiyi, who was responsible for guarding this place, never expected that Yang Feng's people would actually build a pontoon bridge more than 100 meters long on the North Canal in the south of the city in one morning, and then avoid
The heavily guarded Zhangjiawan defense line rushed towards Tongzhou City. Looking at the steel monsters rumbling towards the snow, he felt like he was in a dream.
He didn't know how much Prince Yang had worked hard to be able to move freely in the Beijing-Tianjin area with dense rivers. Crawler bulldozers, crawler tractors, crawler cranes, and crawler excavators were all purely magical in this era.
The construction machinery that seemed like a night story has now appeared in the Yang's Automobile Factory in Sweden. Not to mention the 100-meter-wide canal, at this time, he didn't even care if he was asked to build a temporary pontoon bridge on the Haihe River.
Zaiyi was not the first person to suffer losses from his mechanized bridge-building equipment. The first one was Ronglu. He placed an assistant in Lutai in an attempt to use the people of Lutai as a backing and rely on street fighting to defend the Jin-Yu Railway Jiyun Bridge.
, but unexpectedly, the third brigade responsible for attacking Lutai spent a night building a pontoon bridge upstream, and then cut off the logistics supply line of the Lutai defenders from behind. After a day of street fighting, the Qing troops, who were consuming bullets at a rapid rate,
Unable to hold on any longer, the defenders, who had cut off their ammunition supply, simply surrendered under Zhirui's personal persuasion.
"Your Majesty, let's withdraw. We can't defend Tongzhou." A close aide beside him looked at the cannons outside the city and said tremblingly. Zai Yi's soldiers are even worse. Zai Zhen's place is good.
It is considered a regular army. It is a group of armed police and militiamen. Although it has the reputation of being a fourth town, in fact many people just know how to shoot.
"Asshole. What time is this? How can we escape in the face of battle!" Zaiyi angrily shouted righteously. At this moment, an officer ran over and cried: "Your Majesty, Prince Zhuang has escaped!"
"Huh?" Zai Yi was also dumbfounded. He and Zai Xun were on one side. He was in charge of Tongzhou City and Zai Xun was in charge of the canal defense line in Zhangjiawan. They had agreed to support each other. Of course, the main reason was that he would support Zai Xun when the time came.
For this reason, Zai Xun also gave him a beautiful woman. Who knew that Chen Zhong didn't follow their routine at all. This guy didn't go directly to Zhangjiawan, which is the closest to Beijing. Instead, he crossed the river downstream and then entered Beijing from Tianjin as he did last time.
The route went straight to Tongzhou. In this way, Zai Xun came to support him. Zai Xun was not stupid, so he would not do such a thing that would lead to death.
"Prince Zhuang has said that he will retreat to the north bank of the Tonghui River to guard Bali Bridge and Zhangjiawan City to prevent the rebel army from bypassing Tongzhou and attacking Beijing." The officer said with a sad face.
"Fuck his ancestors, who has ever seen anyone bypassing Tongzhou when attacking Beijing?" Zai Yi was so angry that he burst into rage. He forgot that both Zai Xun and him were descendants who would live for another five hundred years. As soon as he finished cursing, he heard a burst of
There was a weird sound of breaking through the air, and then the city tower not far away was torn into pieces by a huge ball of fire. A piece of blown tile flew past his head. Zaiyi, who was experiencing the battlefield for the first time, immediately peed.
One pair of pants.
"Retreat. Retreat! The bandit army is strong. We should not waste our troops here. Retreat to the north bank to join forces with King Zhuang." He swallowed hard and said. The people next to him had been waiting for his words.
, before the real bombardment started, all the defenders on the city wall ran away, then opened the north gate and went straight to Bali Bridge.
The artillerymen on the Zhongyong Army's side don't know yet.
"Blow it up, blast it hard, blast those die-hard farmers who are hiding behind the parapet and dare not show their heads until they see the wild boar skin." Ye Feng, deputy commander of the second division, stood on the 105mm heavy artillery position and said viciously,
He is also an overseas Chinese. What is seriously inconsistent with this poetic name is that he is a brutalist handsome man who graduated from the Berlin Military Academy.
"Second Officer, why is no one firing back?" the commander of the artillery regiment next to him asked doubtfully.
"Fight back. I'm afraid those Qing soldiers are scared to wet their pants at this time. Do you still dare to fight back?" Ye Feng said with a confident sneer.
At this time, suddenly a horse ran over from the east of the city. The man on the horse ran and waved vigorously, and at the same time he didn't know what he was shouting. From the telescope, it can be seen that he is an ordinary citizen, and there are two people here.
The soldiers hurried forward to meet him, and then saw the man hurriedly dismounting his horse, lying on the ground and kowtowing, and then one of the soldiers ran away.
"Run away?" Ye Feng's eyes almost popped out.
"Second Officer, it's said that the defenders in the city ran away as soon as we fired the cannons." The soldier said while holding back a smile. Zaiyi ran away, but the people in the city couldn't. Those shells hitting the city wall were okay, as they were slightly higher.
The attack has reached the city. If you guess that the people here don't know that the defenders have escaped, why don't you come out and inform them quickly? Otherwise, if they continue to bomb, Tongzhou City will be leveled.
"Stop shooting now, my hard-earned cannonballs!" Ye Feng roared sadly and angrily.
Chen Zhong was speechless after hearing the news. Since Zaiyi ran away, let's hurry into the city. More than 20,000 people entered Tongzhou and began to leave the city early the next morning to march towards Bali Bridge. The distance of four kilometers was quickly over.
The troops arrived at the famous ancient stone bridge. Counting that many people inside were here for the second time, it was just that the Tongzhou Camp asked them to disperse like ducks last time. When they passed the Bali Bridge, there was a platoon.
I walked directly to the marching column, but this time it was not that simple.
Zai Yi and Zai Xun, who retreated here, have more than 10,000 troops in total, and 20 cannons. Originally they had 40 cannons, but the remaining 20 were abandoned in Tongzhou yesterday and are now being used by Zhongyong.
The remaining troops of the army used it to bombard them. The Krupp 75 cannons had a range of more than five kilometers and were lined up on the city wall to bombard the north bank of the Tonghui River.
According to their estimation, with the Tonghui River blocking their way, they would not be able to hold on for a whole day with their ten thousand troops. Even if they ran back to Beijing at that time, they would not have to worry about punishment. Unfortunately, they overestimated the courage of their men.
Wait, hold on? Are you kidding me? The shells started falling almost as soon as I opened my eyes. The entire north bank was almost plowed. Who can hold on under such circumstances? Besides, the proportion of these Qing troops smoked cigarettes.
It is amazing that many people have long since become addicted to smoking. They are still interested in lying in the trenches and waiting for bombs. If they retreat to Beijing, they will at least have a city wall to rely on. So before the Zhongyong Army arrived, the Qing troops on the north bank rushed under the shells.
It's a duck.
"Come back, you bastards!" Zaiyi looked at his men who were running out of the trenches and running towards Beijing, waving their sabers and roaring angrily. At this time, he discovered that among the broken soldiers in the distance, there seemed to be a familiar figure.
figure.
Zai Xun also ran away, riding his BMW horse faster than anyone else. Now Zai Yi was also stupid.
"Your Majesty, let's withdraw?" Goshiha next to him begged.
Zaiyi couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh, then turned around and climbed onto the horse.
They ran away, but left the other group behind Bali Bridge. In order to protect this choke point of Beijing, Cixi built a series of fortresses on the opposite bank, starting from the bridge head and extending to both sides for a kilometer. Inside these fortresses
The defenders didn't know how to cover them, and all the infantry ran away. These guys were protected by a solid shell, and they didn't have much fear from the artillery fire from outside, so they still stood on the other side.
It was these dozen fortresses that caused a small loss for the Third Regiment of the Zhongyong Army as the vanguard. Because the regiment leader was ill and sent back to Fujian for treatment, Zhang Zuolin, who was temporarily acting as the regiment leader, saw that the enemy troops on the other side were running away.
He was also a bit greedy for success, so he launched an attack under the cover of the regiment's mortars before the main force arrived. As a result, the other side was shot back with machine guns, killing and wounding more than a dozen of his men. Fortunately, this guy had a clear head.
, seeing that the strong attack was inappropriate, they quickly retreated to a safe area to wait for the follow-up troops.
Ye Feng, who arrived later, didn't scold him too much. It's normal for soldiers to be a little competitive. Besides, this young man is the key training target of King Zhennan. Let him suffer some losses and it will be conducive to his growth. But then he discovered
The problem is that these fortresses are really not easy to deal with. In fact, when Zhang Zuolin attacked, the heavy artillery group deployed under the city was also suppressing artillery fire. After all, just out of Tongzhou is the Bali Bridge. When the artillery was almost destroyed, the infantry arrived.
Just in time to launch an attack. However, judging from the effects, it is obvious that these fortresses are too strong. Even if the 105 shells directly hit them, they cannot be destroyed. Moreover, there are not only machine guns but also small-caliber rotary cannons inside, which will destroy the attacking Zhongyong Army.
It's blocked directly one thousand meters away.
He didn't know that Cixi spent a lot of money to hire a British company to build these forts for her. They were all made of reinforced concrete and built according to the standards of coastal defense fortresses. The thickness of the shell could withstand six-inch guns and the 105-inch guns of the Zhongyong Army.
It's really close.
"Lay out smoke bombs, then find a few brothers to wade through the water, carry explosive bags and blow them up, pile on ten kilograms of antimony and antimony, and all the fortresses will fly away." Zhang Zuolin said.
It should be said that this was a good idea. In fact, not only the Qing infantry was gone, but even the artillery behind them was gone. After all, they were the targets of the artillery of the Zhongyong Army. It was naturally impossible to persist when the infantry was seen running away.
This can be clearly seen from the south bank. The performance of the Qing troops who were chasing ducks was not much worse than the last time. Therefore, there was basically no one to protect the perimeter of these fortresses. They only used machine guns to suppress their narrow shooting openings, and the infantry
It's not difficult to get close. The 105 cannon has only a few kilograms of explosive charge. It's really difficult to deal with the reinforced concrete fortress. A ten kilogram explosive pack should be enough.
"Okay, I'll leave the task of breaking the Bali Bridge to you." Ye Feng nodded and said.