Except for those ironclad ships with large tonnage, such as more than five or six hundred tons, the armor of these inland river warships is actually very weak.

After all, the tonnage is so small, it is impossible to make too thick armor!

At the same time, based on this year, the naval guns are all front-loading smoothbore guns, even those tens of thousands of tons of ironclad ships, most of the naval guns are arranged in the open air on the gun gallery.

As for these small river warships, it goes without saying that many of the naval guns are piled up on the deck.

Two 75-mm rear-loading guns may be of little use to those inland river ironclads with relatively large tonnage, but against river warships with smaller tonnage, it is still possible to adopt deck-sweeping tactics.

With these two rear-loading guns to help in the battle, the Sixth Artillery Fleet of its own side was able to gain a certain advantage and then blockade the Luo River.

It's the same as using rear-loading artillery to suppress the enemy's long-range heavy artillery, thereby reducing the pressure on your own large number of smoothbore guns, gaining opportunities and gaining all-round artillery superiority.

The staff team basically adopted this line of thinking when blockading the Luo River with an experimental artillery battery.

It does not mean that only two rear-loading guns can be used to blockade the Luo River.

Xu Zhongshu came with confidence, the cooperation of the Sixth Artillery Fleet and the experimental artillery company to block the Luo River, that was only the first blockade line.

Even if the other party can successfully cross the river, it will be nothing!

Because he could have directly deployed a defensive line around the dock to intercept the enemy's landing force.

Although this county town was built on the banks of the Luo River, this county town is not a small town, but a large-scale city, and many places along the river are actually port areas.

The real city center is more than 1,000 meters from the shore.

There are a lot of dwellings in this more than 1,000 meters, and the terrain is complicated, which is more suitable for their first step corps to fight, and when the time comes, just stop them here.

You don't need to block it for long, a buffer time of a day or two is enough.

Because their reinforcements will keep coming!

It is expected that at least one brigade and a new nine-pound field artillery battalion will arrive first tomorrow afternoon.

Wait until the day after tomorrow, sorry!

The main force will be halfway there, and the day after tomorrow, even the heavy artillery and baggage troops that have fallen behind will be able to arrive.

Therefore, Xu Zhongshu's task is not heavy, and he only delays the enemy army for a day or two.

If the Sixth Artillery Fleet had acted well, he would not have had to fight at all.

The other party can't cross the river, so naturally there is no need to fight.

It's a pity that Jian Minggang didn't give him a chance to be lazy.

As soon as he led the troops to arrive, Jian Minggang sensed that something was wrong and directly ordered the troops to start crossing the river under the cover of the Luo'an fleet.

At this time, the experimental artillery company, which had just deployed its artillery position, also let out an angry roar and began to shell the opponent's warships, laying a tactical advantage for the subsequent operation of the Sixth Artillery Fleet.

It's just that this has just been fought, and this scene is to surprise Xu Zhongshu and make Jian Minggang vomit blood!

Therefore, the ironclad ships in the Luo'an fleet on the opposite side were directly hung with a white flag not long after being shelled......

One is counted as one, and all of them are hung with white flags!

Subsequently, the military flag of the Sixth Division and Lin Ziran's general flag were hoisted.

They did not hesitate in the slightest, and even without firing a shot, they surrendered...... They surrendered directly to the front anyway!

At this time, on the flagship of the Luo'an fleet, a Luo An admiral wearing the Shaoqing collar badge glanced at the county town on the shore, and directly snorted coldly: "It's okay if you don't pay in March, you still want my navy brothers to fight to the death in the civil war to protect your position as the county guard, I want to be beautiful!" ”

"I feel like sending someone to contact the Sixth Artillery Fleet and let them cease fire, everyone is the Luoan Navy, what is the accident of your own people beating your own people, go back and fight the Luohai people together!"

Xu Zhongshu was stunned by this meeting!

He had considered many possibilities, but he had not considered that this had just begun to fight, and the opposing fleet had surrendered directly!

You must know that the strength of the opponent's Luo'an fleet is much stronger than the Sixth Artillery Fleet.

And Jian Minggang on the head of the city, seeing this scene, slowly closed his eyes!

He'd seen it before!

When he led his troops into the county town, the Luoan fleet was also in front of the battle!

It's just that at that time, it was he Jian Minggang who surrendered to Luo'an's fleet, and it was Cheng Lingfeng who betrayed.

Now this Luo'an fleet betrayed him Jianminggang, and it was Lin Ziran who surrendered.

It's really hard to circulate in feng shui!

The Luoan fleet surrendered, which lost the cover of the fleet, and the four thousand troops of the county guard on the opposite side naturally could not cross the river, and they could not even stay in the port.

But there are still pursuers behind them, and this is a desperate situation as far as the eye can see!

That night, the 2nd Mixed Brigade led by Wang Dao pursued and arrived on the other side of the river, but the other side did not put up meaningless resistance and chose to surrender cleanly.

When Jian Minggang learned the news, he was no longer angry, but just said that he knew.

The next day, the cavalry under Xu Zhongshu intercepted a 3,000-strong enemy force returning from the south and routed it directly about five kilometers southwest of the city.

On the third day, Lin Ziran arrived at the northern outskirts of the county and gave the order to launch a general attack.

The troops that had been preparing for a long time were to gather hundreds of field guns and hundreds of naval guns to bombard the defenders' defensive lines, and the First Infantry Corps and several other units equipped with rear-loading rifles in the South China Sea were the leading troops and directly entered the city.

After a day of fierce fighting, the defenders of the city were routed and most of them surrendered!

Jian Minggang led the guards to defend the county guard at the last moment and refused to surrender, and then the attacking troops of the 6th Division directly transferred heavy artillery to bombard the county guard.

In the end, the county guard was razed to the ground!

Jian Minggang died on the spot!

In several major battles before and after, a total of nearly 60,000 troops from the county guard government directly participated in the battle against Lin Ziran's sixth division, and most of them either surrendered or fled anyway

Only Jian Minggang and his guards fought to the death!

When Lin Ziran learned of this effect, he couldn't help but sigh a little!

A few years ago, who would have thought that Jian Minggang would be defeated by his own men and die on the battlefield!

But why is this so?

It's not that Jian Minggang's military talent is not enough, in fact, Jian Minggang's ability to lead troops to fight is much stronger than his Lin Ziran, and he personally commanded the troops all the way into the county town.

His defeat was due to the mass surrender of his subordinates!

And this also made Lin Ziran more vigilant!

Whether it is for the officers who surrendered or surrendered, Lin Ziran is now extremely vigilant!

These people are unreliable!

Now it seems that they have taken refuge in themselves, and the county guards are extremely respectful, but if they encounter any crisis in the future, it is estimated that they will abandon themselves and join him as soon as possible!

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