Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 715 The two armies meet and the brave wins

  A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Shuanzhu’s mouth when he faced the little tricks of the French army.

   At this point of force testing, in front of the army, it is like a wave hitting the reef, and it will inevitably hit the bones.

  "Has the 1st Division and 2nd Regiment reached the designated position?"

"Report to the general. The Second Regiment is flying to report that they have already arrived at Qidaowan in a hurry, occupying favorable terrain on both sides of the road, and trying their best to stop Hanoi’s enemies in Laifan. We must block the enemy for 12 hours and resolutely complete the task."

  Major General Li Shuanzhu nodded in satisfaction and ordered; “Very well, the main force of the French army in Beixi Daying has been captured by us. Whether we can catch this big fish and eat it depends on the performance of the brothers.

  Pass my order;

  According to the rights granted to me by the King of Vietnam, all the pioneers in this battle will be rewarded with double rewards according to the military merits field method, and the first to reach the enemy line will be promoted to three ranks and rewarded with silver.

  The best-performing company. All officers are promoted to one level, soldiers are promoted to officers, platoon commanders are promoted to company commanders, and company commanders are promoted to battalion commanders.

  In this battle, you can only fight for the first place, advance without retreat, and swear to kill the ghosts. "

  This order was sent to the entire army by Pegasus, which immediately caused a boil in the army, and the Vietnamese army appeared shouting and killing like a mountain whistling and a tsunami;

   Fight for the first place bravely, advance without retreat, swear to kill ghosts.

  The **** murderous intent of the tens of thousands of troops was overwhelmed like a substance, and the 1,400 North Vietnamese soldiers who were attacking in small steps collided head-on and collapsed in an instant.

  Oh my god, it’s so scary!

These soldiers walked forward for less than 500 meters, and they were still 1 kilometer away from the army of the Vietnamese nation. Seeing the murderous shouts of the other side in unison, the momentum was shaking, and the number of densely packed guns was uncountable. This change It became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel.

  These North Vietnamese soldiers know that they are all abandoned sons, so how can they still be desperate?

   screamed immediately, dropped his gun and squirmed his head to the sides.

  This blow can blast the blue veins on General Enzo's forehead, and commanded with a vicious wave of his hand; "Fire and kill them all."

The three heavy machine guns on the French army roared, forming three deadly fire whips and frantically blasting. The fled North Vietnamese servants soldiers were knocked down by the hot ammunition, and blood holes were instantly cut into their bodies, and they fell down. To die.

  The French commander's shiny saber swung down fiercely, and the platoon of guns blasted like beans, and once again harvested a swath of fled North Vietnamese soldiers.

  Some of the clever North Vietnamese soldiers hurriedly fell to the ground, holding their heads tightly and never dared to raise their heads.

  The bullets flew over the air overhead. From time to time, you could hear the muffled sound of “pupupupu” that penetrated into the human body. It was simply a life-harvesting demon, which made people fearful.

  The other North Vietnamese soldiers who fled were so stupid, they also reacted at this time. They all rolled and fell to the ground, avoiding the rain of bullets roaring in the air.

  The heavy machine gun bullets of the French foreign corps fired frantically. Many bullets passed over the heads of the fleeing North Vietnamese soldiers and hit the formidable troops of Vietnam. From time to time, soldiers were hit by stray bullets and fell.

  The unlucky soldier who was hit splattered with blood, and fell down with a snorting sound. The scarlet blood splashed on the faces and bodies of nearby soldiers, and there were even broken bone stubble.

  This caused a brief riot in the Vietnamese army, and was immediately stopped by the commander who pulled out his sharp sword and shouted, and calm was restored. According to the training on weekdays, the gap will be filled in the sequence of subsequent queues.

  Li Shuanzhu immediately issued an order upon seeing this; "5 artillery company, target enemy heavy machine gun position, fired three rounds in a row."

  The 4 artillery of the 5th Artillery Company was ready, and the two armies were at a distance of 1.5 kilometers, and the barrels were aimed directly at the guns.

   "Boom boom boom..."

After three rounds of shooting, a heavy machine gun position has been dropped. In the explosion of the fire group, the French heavy machine gun position was blown into pieces and flew into the sky. .

  The shooting of the remaining two French heavy machine gun groups stopped abruptly, and they stood up in panic and prepared to drag the heavy machine gun away. At this time, the fourth round of shelling followed.

After the first three rounds of calibration, three of the four artillery guns of the 5th company made three accurate hits at this time. In the continuous explosion of the explosion, the eight French officers and soldiers in the two heavy machine gun positions were killed and injured. The heavy machine guns were also hit. It was fried into twisted rods.

  How can General Enzo accept this?

   Ordered the French artillery to fire back. In an instant, there was a lot of artillery fire on the battlefield, and the two sides fought together.

   "Black Flag Army, attack."

   give an order

The band played the sonorous "Infantry March" (adapted from Marseilles). A line of about 4,000 people was separated from the right-wing black flag army array, along the clear stream, in a line of skirmishers to oppress the enemy. , The offense began.

  The reason why the Black Flag Army was selected to attack first, General Li Shuanzhu had his own consideration.

The basic members of the Black Flag Army are poor peasants, most of them from Guishun, Longzhou, Shangsi, Ningming, and Qinlian. They were originally a peasant uprising army fighting in Guangxi. After the failure of the uprising, they "had their own income." In order to "find another chance", find a foothold.

In 1865, Liu Yongfu led the battle from Guangxi into Vietnam’s Anlihao and Gaopinghao, and then passed through Zuo Dazhou to Lu’an, and then developed their forces to the Sino-Vietnamese border Baosheng, and to Baosheng. The Heyang area is the base area, and it is active in the northern area of ​​Vietnam, and its power is getting stronger and stronger.

After experiencing the Sino-French war in the original history, the Black Flag Army was transferred to Taiwan to assist in defense and performed a tragic and magnificent war against Japanese aggression. In the end, most of them generously died, and only a few survived.

  Now, the historical trajectory has changed;

   In the Sino-French battle 11 years ago, the Black Flag Army received a large amount of musket support and played a leading role in the **** battle. The team expanded after the war. At its peak, it reached more than 14,000 people, totaling 28 battalions.

The   Black Flag Army was taken care of by the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Gu Yanchuan, and after the transfer of the general Liu Yongfu, it was incorporated into a powerful army under the command of the new army.

  Without the deliberate care of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Gu Yanchuan, who had allocated food on time and dispatched Ocean Kingdom officers to strengthen training, there would have been no Black Flag Army with 12,000 strong troops today.

Gu Zhiwen just picked up a coincidence. In the balance between the king of the Ocean Kingdom Li Fushou and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Gu Yanchuan, he was pushed out as a chess piece, fully accepted the northern forces, and took advantage of the black flag army to become a new one. King of Vietnam.

  The so-called; under the reward, there must be a brave man.

  The soldiers of the Black Flag Army are mostly poor farmers from Guangxi. Although they are not as good as the New Army in their equipment, food, and training, their fighting will is stronger than that of the New Army.

  Now General Li Shuanzhu will use this sharpest spear tip to pierce the tortoise-shell defenses of the French Foreign Legion. The two armies meet and the brave wins.

  In the **** "March of the Infantry Regiment", more than 4,000 black flag officers and soldiers lined up a loose line to approach the enemy, and within a few minutes they had already walked more than 200 meters away.

  General Li Shuanzhu waved his hand and ordered; "The Black Flag Army strikes in the second line."

   give an order

The   Black Flag Army array once again divided more than 4,000 people, forming a black skirmish line approaching the enemy, carrying out wave attacks, and constantly exerting strong attack pressure on the French foreign corps.

   "The first division strikes."

   "The second division and the third division attack."

  As the order was issued, the first division on the left, the second division in the center of the army, and the third division sent a regiment to press forward.

  It can be seen from the height of the hillside

  The Vietnamese army, which surrounded the French army on three sides, dispatched 14,000 people in the first attack. It pressed on from three directions and formed a strong squeeze on the Beixi camp, which was almost twice that of the French Foreign Corps.

  The artillery fire in the air roared back and forth, exploded in the queue, but could not stop the soldiers from moving forward firmly.

  The 12 75mm field guns of the French Foreign Corps are a new type of barrel artillery, known as the "Miss France". It can fire up to 18 rounds per minute at the limit speed. It is an extremely excellent army heavy fire weapon.

On the other hand, the army of the Vietnamese nation, its 27 60mm field artillery equipped with all its strength, is also an advanced barrel artillery produced by the Azure Weapon Company, which can reach a maximum speed of 20 shells per minute, and its outstanding performance has long been achieved in previous wars. verify.

  In terms of range, the amount of ammunition fired per minute, and the explosive power, the legal 75mm field gun is undoubtedly ahead of the 60mm field gun of the Ocean Kingdom, because this is the inherent advantage of the gun caliber.

  If you don’t believe me, drag the 95mm "Miss Australia" out for comparison, and turn the 75mm "Miss France" into **** every minute.

  The French artillery had the advantage of single-shot ammunition lethality and the superiority of artillery quality. The Vietnamese artillery had the advantage of quantity and artillery intensity. The fierce artillery of both sides could not stop once the fight started, and vowed to win.

  The Black Flag Army, who took the lead to attack, crossed a distance of more than 500 meters, and the distance between the two armies was about 1 km. Behind him, the second wave and the third wave were separated by more than 200 meters, and they followed closely.

   "Colon Buffon, I need you to lead the 3rd and 4th regiments to block these flies. I'm so tired of these mud legs. God, this is a bad day."

  "As you wish, your honorable general."

  The approach of the black flag army angered the French foreign corps. General Enzo's face was green and separated two infantry regiments, the 3rd and 4th infantry regiments, with a total of more than 2,800 people facing the black flag army.

  The 13th Mixed Brigade, the main force of the French army, sits in the center, facing off against the first, second and third divisions of the Yue State approaching from a distance.

   "The 4th Infantry Regiment is attacking." Colonel Buffon gave an order, and the shining command knife in his hand pointed forward.

More than 1,400 officers and men of the Fourth Infantry Regiment under the French Foreign Corps marched under the sonorous snare drum. After traveling more than 100 meters, they stopped and lined up in three rows of shooting queues.

  They can’t advance too far, as that will expose the entire flanks of the main position. In order to show the pride of the French army not afraid of powerful enemies, it is enough to march forward more than 100 meters in line.

  The French foreign corps is a standard line infantry tactics. The formation is strict and orderly. It can be seen that it has been trained and disciplined, and it stands still in the face of the heavy pressure of the Black Flag Army.

   "Raise the gun and fire."

The commander of the French army gave an order, and the sound of bursting guns sounded intensively. More than 460 rifles were fired together, shooting the black flag army's skirmish line that was advancing to more than 600 meters away. It was as uneven as a dog. A piece of soldiers fell together.

  A drum horn rang

The soldiers of the Black Flag Army in the distance stopped in unison, and then raised their guns in unison. The commander fiercely pointed the sharp command knife in his hand forward, and the sound of the dense platoon of guns exploded. It is several times more powerful than the French army.

  Shot bullets roared in the air, and the locusts came in dense numbers. Before the French soldiers had time to open their scared eyes, they only heard a dense "puff puff puff puff puff..."

I can clearly see countless blood mists bursting in the air, and the neat front row of the French army was instantly swept away by half of the people. In this round of blows, more than 200 officers and soldiers were killed and injured. The green grass, a strong smell of blood floating in the air.

  Sure enough, the French foreign mercenary group deserves to be a powerful French foreign mercenary group. Under such a fierce blow, it can still shoot the second and third rounds of platoon guns and shoot each other with the black flag army.

   see here

  Li Shuanzhu's mouth couldn't help but a faint smile, at this time, Guangdong General Soldier Duan Qirui came over and said with deep meaning;

   "Congratulations to Brother Shuan Zhu, we are about to win another hearty victory. It is unwise for the French army to act like this and it is not far from defeat."

   "Thank you, Qi Rui, brother Ji Yan. I think the French lost their pride in their own pride. They still hold on to the superior strength of our army. If I replace the two with him, I can also make him lose everything."

  "This kind of battle...hehe, the advantages of heavy machine guns and artillery have been offset by us. The firearms between the two sides still depend on who has the stronger force. The Black Flag Army fought quite bravely, which is better than the new army."

   "Because the Black Flag Army is so poor, we can only fight for the future with our lives."

   "Yes, I am very optimistic that the Black Flag Army will be the first to make a breakthrough here. Look... the French Army can't hold it anymore."

  Sure enough

  The two sides fired at each other from a long distance. Under the intensive attack of the rain of bullets, the 4th Regiment of the French Army quickly suffered more than half of the casualties and had to retreat.

The 3rd Regiment of the French Foreign Legion came up again. Sure enough, the bones were hard enough to fight the heavy casualties to disperse the first wave of the Black Cavalry, and then the second wave of the Black Cavalry crossed the former and put them all together. The first round of platoons was fired with a flat muzzle.

At this time, the heavy gunpowder on the battlefield was like a fog group, blocking the sun in the sky. The third regiment of the French army, which was hit hard again, couldn't hold it. With both fists and four hands, it was embarrassed and retreated back to the starting position. .

  The black flag army's enthusiasm as the concession was approaching, the commander's saber pointed forward, and the drums behind him sounded in unison, sending out a signal of general attack.

  The Black Flag Army who was left with less than 10,000 yelled out, and the rifles with sharp bayonet rushed up like a tide, launching the most tragic white-bladed charge.

  The position of the Central Vietnam Army and the left wing also launched a hand-to-hand charge. Countless densely packed soldiers wave after wave, rushing towards the French army's Beixi camp. The time has come for a decisive battle.

  Faced with the shouts of a mountain whirring and a tsunami, General Enzo paled and shouted, "Retreat, retreat quickly."

  What's the joke?

  Under the repeated blows, the French army has suffered as many as 1,700 casualties, and the remaining force is more than 5,000. It must not be able to withstand the hand-to-hand charge of tens of thousands of people!

   Surrounded on three sides, their only retreat direction is to cross the clear North Creek, and then escape into the vast jungle.

  At this moment, it was already a little late to retreat. The retreat order caused the troops to fall into a short-term chaos. Some were still raising their guns to resist, and some turned and fled.

  A large number of French soldiers jumped into the stream and trudged desperately to the opposite bank. There was intensive gunfire behind them. Many French soldiers fell into the stream after being shot, and were washed down along the rushing stream.

  The blood stained the stream red, turning it into a river of blood.

  Beixi is a stream that is more than ten meters wide and half waist deep. It takes only a minute or two to go on foot, which is not difficult.

  But this is only in the ideal state of being empty, if hundreds of thousands of people cross the river together, and you drag me, even the gods don’t want to get up quickly.

General Enzo drenched all over the stream, but when he looked back, he was distraught. The French soldiers who jumped into the stream rushed into a crowd. Many people you pushed me fell into the water, but blocked the people behind. Way to go.

  The hateful enemy army has chased to a distance of more than 100 meters. They kept raising their guns and shooting. The bullets knocked more French soldiers into the stream. The whole stream was already scarlet red, and the whole stream was "miserable."

  (End of this chapter)