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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 651: Watching from the Wall

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    The top of Baodi City is undoubtedly a good place to sit back and watch. Neither the British and French coalition forces nor the Taiping Army put it in their eyes. At this moment, both warring parties only have the other side's physical strength in their eyes. The coalition forces need to step on the corpses of Taiping Army soldiers to seize the road.  To escape, the Taiping Army needed to kill as many coalition soldiers as possible and completely defeat them before they could completely annihilate them.  As a result, the people of Baodi, including Zhang Jinwen, rarely witnessed a life-and-death showdown.

    Grant and Montauban were very surprised that a large Taiping Army force would appear in Baodi County. Could it be that Michel's feint attack failed to deceive the Taiping Army?  But now is no longer the time to regret, they must defeat the enemy in front of them as soon as possible and rush out. Behind them are the troops led by King Xi who are chasing them, and they may catch up soon.

    So under the cover of artillery fire, the British and French allied forces made a desperate last-ditch effort. In addition to the artillery and a reserve team of 2,000 people, the more than 12,000 allied soldiers formed a well-organized horizontal formation.  Start a group charge.

    The Taiping Army's defense was short-lived. Although the soldiers dug individual soldier pits and connected the nearby individual soldier pits to form trenches, the trenches between the front and rear were not connected, which means that the trenches between the front and rear were not effective.  Contact does not form an overall fortification.  There were also few barbed wire fences and they were quickly destroyed by allied artillery fire. Moreover, the Taiping Army did not carry many artillery, while the British and French allied forces had light field artillery for bombarding enemy positions.

    "Oh, why don't the Taiping Army have cannons? I only saw them being bombarded by the enemy soldiers. The officers and soldiers have a lot of cannons. If I had known that there were twelve bronze cannons on top of our city, I should have given them to them just now.  Yes." Zhang Jinwen was worried about the Taiping Army.  Wen Qianhe shook his head and said: "Boss, look how far those cannons from the enemy soldiers can hit. We can't even see where the cannons from the enemy soldiers are. Our small cannons can only hit one mile at most. How can we get the enemy soldiers?"

    Zhang Jinwen didn't understand military affairs, so he nodded after listening to Wen Qianhe's words: "That's right, it's a pity. So many brave soldiers have to carry artillery fire to fight, and I don't know how many people will die." Wen Qianhe pointed again: "Look, boss,  The brave soldiers of the Taiping Army are all hiding in trenches. It is difficult for the enemy's artillery to hurt them, and there won't be too many casualties." "Oh, I said they dug holes to hide. It turns out that this is the truth, or is it longer?  Mao Gui has many ideas, no wonder he can defeat the army repeatedly." "My boss, be careful what you say, be careful what you say"

    While the master and servant were talking, the coalition artillery fire stopped. The first row of horizontal infantrymen had already reached half a mile from the front of the Taiping Army. The Taiping Army position was still quiet and no one was fighting back. Zhang Jinwen couldn't help but become nervous: "  Why didn't the Taiping Army fight back? Aren't their muskets just fire sticks?" Wen Qianhe added: "My boss doesn't know something. This musket is still accurate within a hundred steps, but it's hard to tell beyond a hundred steps. The Taiping Army is  It¡¯s meant to be brought closer before firing. This is how we use the fifty muskets used by Yanding.¡± ¡°I see.¡±

    When the coalition forces were several dozen steps closer, within the last trench of the Taiping Army, only several groups of Taiping Army were seen passing through.  Rows of wooden frames were erected on the position, and long poles were arranged on them. The tops of the long poles were long black iron knobs.  Zhang Jinwen asked in confusion: "Husband Wen, what is this?" Wen Qianhe, who was well-informed and had never seen the Taiping Army's new Congreve rocket, immediately replied: "My boss. I don't know, maybe  What kind of firearm is it?"

    The words just fell.  A rapid sound of horns sounded on the Taiping Army position, and soldiers lit the tails of long poles. Within a few breaths, these long poles flew into the air with long tail flames, flying straight to the center of the coalition's charging formation.  At this location, the sky was filled with red bullets, intertwining into a dense network of fire over the battlefield, which was extremely spectacular.  The battlefield at this moment seemed to be wearing a huge hat woven with fire, which eclipsed the high-hanging sun.

    It was the first time for Zhang Jinwen, Wen Qianhe and all the Baodi people to see such a terrible weapon. They were all stunned. The explosive power of these long poles was extremely powerful. Dust and debris were flying within a few feet, and human body parts were flying all over the sky.  , Fan Bing screamed, either being blown up or burned to death. All metal objects were in a semi-melted state in the raging fire, and the scene was like purgatory on earth.

    The Taiping Army's rocket artillery regiment fired all the last one thousand or so rockets, successfully cutting the British and French allied force's charge formation into two ends. The British and French soldiers in front began to waver when they saw the follow-up troops being bombarded.  The British and French soldiers at the end stopped moving forward, lying on the ground and praying for God's forgiveness.

    At this moment, the soldiers on the Taiping Army position began to show their heads and fight back. A dense rain of bullets was fired at the British and French coalition front line a hundred meters away. Countless coalition soldiers fell.

    But after all, the British and French allied forces are also troops that have been tested by blood and fire. Although the soldiers in the front line were panicked, they soon became almost subconscious under the restraint of the officers.?Reacting according to the content of the usual training, they squatted in the first row of two rows and stood in the second row. Then they raised their guns together and opened fire at the Taiping Army under the order of the officer. Then they retracted their guns and reloaded.  Aim the gun, fire again, and so on.

    Although some soldiers were continuously hit and fell to the ground as the coalition soldiers fought back, the other soldiers remained unmoved and continued to perform their actions mechanically. Maybe they were numb in the face of death, or maybe this was iron.  Ordinary discipline, this is more crazy than their queuing and shooting tactics.

    The Taiping Army's forward forces were gradually unable to suppress the coalition's group volley tactics. They fired freely and could not create the coalition's volley group momentum. Although they killed more enemies, the coalition had the advantage on the scene.  .

    The smoke became thicker, and it was almost impossible to see. The shooting accuracy of both sides began to decline. The coalition officers decisively issued charge orders, their bayonets shone with cold light, and the soldiers' shouts foreshadowed a cruel battle.  Hand-to-hand combat is about to begin.

    Seeing that the coalition forces began to charge and prepare for hand-to-hand combat, the Taiping Army officers on the front line raised a red flag and ordered the soldiers on the front line to retreat decisively, while the Taiping Army soldiers on the second line fixed their bayonets and began to charge forward.  This was a tactic arranged by Li Xiucheng. Since the Taiping Army was coming from afar, the soldiers were digging trenches non-stop. Physical strength was a problem, so he arranged for the Taiping Army on the front line to grit their teeth and fight with the enemy first, and the soldiers in the following rows to  They were resting in the trenches, so the soldiers who rushed up at this time were those who had recovered their physical strength after a short period of time.

    When the first row of Taiping soldiers ran back to the second trench, the coalition soldiers and the second row of charging Taiping soldiers collided fiercely. Both sides fought with bayonets. What mattered was only physical strength, skill and courage.  Shouting and hysterical screams instantly resounded over the battlefield.

    Blood was flying all over the sky, and wailing could be heard endlessly. When he witnessed the tragic battlefield, Zhang Jinwen couldn't help but bend down and vomited. He had lived in fine clothes for most of his life, and he never thought that one person could kill another person so cruelly.  Death, and this was not two people fighting, but hundreds or thousands of people. The smell of blood was so strong that it could be smelled at the top of Baodi City. So Zhang Jinwen and many Baodi people watching the battle at the top of the city vomited. They  Most people will probably never forget this scene.

    Li Xiucheng, who was commanding in the trench behind the Taiping Army formation, watched all this calmly. He was a general who came out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ??blood, and was used to the cruelty of it all. Soon he raised the red flag and ordered the soldiers to hide in the trenches.  The cavalry under Baodi City attacked.

    On the Union side, Grant also had to send the remaining cavalry to participate in the battle. He needed the cavalry to bypass the enemy's flanks and create conditions for the infantry to defeat the ground in front of them.  At this time, the coalition cavalry gathered the last dragoons of Major General Michel's department, together with the surviving coalition cavalry on the Tongzhou battlefield, to form the final coalition cavalry. The dragoons were the main force, with a small number of surviving Indian cavalry on both sides.  Grant sent out Sikh cavalry and North African cavalry, all the cavalry that could still mount their horses to fight, and the number numbered more than a thousand.  The last reserve group was also ready to go, just waiting for the cavalry in front to open the gap and the infantry reserve group to attack.

    The cavalry on the Taiping Army side was the Guards Cavalry led by Song Feng. More than a thousand people mounted their horses to attack. Their targets were also the enemy's flanks. The tactics of both sides coincided with each other, so the cavalry from both sides coincided with each other and attacked again.

    Major Fanner led the last British dragoons to charge on the front line. The cavalry scimitar in his hand was shining brightly. Major Fanner saw the cavalry rushing over from the opposite side, with their red costumes and disgusting plume helmets.  Let him know that he is facing the enemy's elite cavalry that he has fought with before.  Major Fanner raised his sword under the military flag and shouted loudly: "It's the enemy's feathered cavalry, charge up and kill them!" The dragoons roared, their blood and glory were aroused at this moment, and they wanted to use their own  He must sacrifice his blood and life to defend the glory of the dragoons. Even the last elegy must leave a deep impression on the enemy.

    The Guards Cavalry of the Taiping Army still used the usual tactics. Their horse rifles fired bullets quickly from a long distance. After firing a bullet tube, they quickly took out their pistols and sabers. This was their special skill. They had a saber in their right hand and a saber in their left hand.  While holding a revolver and wielding a saber, the revolver can put enough pressure and kill the enemy at close range.  Although many of the coalition cavalry were equipped with pistols, there were not many of them. They suffered a lot in terms of close-range firepower.

    Major Fanner's horse was hit by a bullet and he fell on the charging road. He hid on the side of the horse's body and was lucky enough to avoid being trampled by the horse's hooves. However, when the cavalry rushed over, he stood up and saw the dragon.  The cavalry flag had been cut down mercilessly, and fell to the ground with the wind. Major Fanner sat down on the ground and never got up again until he became a prisoner of the enemy (To be completedContinued)

    Chapter 651: Standing on the sidelines:
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