A Blood Tiger Banner fell on the muddy position of Hongshan. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The crimson flag was rapidly soaked with mud and sewage, and a flowering bomb exploded next to it, and the splash of silt and sewage covered most of the flag, covering the flag of the 20th Infantry Battalion. There is another flag on the side of it that fell in the trench, the flag is soaked in the water, floating on the water, and the words of the right colonel Lu can be clearly seen.

A blood tiger flag taller than the battalion official flag stands opposite the position of the Qing army in Hongshan, and not far from it is the artillery position of the Fu Han army in advance.

Lu Hu's captain's flag fell, and the battalion flag of the 20th Infantry Battalion fell, but this will by no means be the only captain's flag, the only battalion flag, that has fallen today. At the beginning, the Fu Han army invested a vanguard of 2,000 people, and attacked Hongshan in four ways, with six battalions of follow-up troops behind them, and then ten battalions of fresh troops.

Chen Qi selected all the most powerful teams in his hands.

Of course, the Qing army will not watch the Fu Han army seize Hongshan, the batteries on the top of Shuangfeng Mountain are desperately firing, and at the same time, the Qing army stationed in Shuangfeng Mountain is also coming to Hongshan, as well as Wuchang City behind them,

A large number of Fu Han troops crossed the muddy and slippery battlefield and rushed towards Hongshan, and the artillery of the Fu Han army also bombarded the front and back of Hongshan and Shuangfeng Mountain at the same time, and also took care of the Snake Mountain Fort. Some of the shells crossed the Shuangfeng Mountains and fell straight onto the Wuchang city wall. With 50% of the gunpowder added, more than 100 cannons are not extinguished, which can be said to be a rain of shells. But even so, it is still not easy to bombard the Snake Mountain Fort, because the difference between the Twin Peaks Mountain and the Snake Mountain Heights is too low. A lower muzzle will hit the Twin Peaks, and a higher muzzle will cross the Twin Peaks and the southern end of the Snake Mountain. Chen Ming is really disgusted by that place, fortunately, what was built there in the former Ming Dynasty was a small corner tower, not a large fortress in which the troops were stationed, and now the Qing army is rebuilt, the area is limited, and only a few large and small cannons can be placed. Otherwise, Chen Ming would rather attack from the west of Wuchang, or attack Phoenix Mountain from the northeast corner, rather than take the Great East Gate......

Shi Meng had already asked Chen Ming twice to fight, and Chen Ming personally arrived on the south bank, but Chen Ming pressed him down. The tank battalion could not go on during the day, and if he was hit by the Qing army's artillery Dongdong with five, six, or seven cannons, he could cry to death.

Don't think that Chen Ming is cruel and unfair, this is war. The lives of the elite soldiers at the head of a main battalion are more precious than those of three soldiers at the head of the main battalion, and a hand-to-hand combat ace unit like the tank battalion is more precious than the main battalion in Chen Ming's eyes.

"Boom ......"

An iron bullet landed not far from Chen Qi, smashing a large pit in the mud, and the splash of muddy water slammed Chen Qi's trouser leg. The artillery position of the Fu Han army was advanced, and the threat naturally increased, whether it was the artillery on Shuangfeng Mountain or the artillery on Snake Mountain, it could pose a certain threat to the artillery position, and naturally, it could also pose a certain threat to Chen Qi.

It's just that fortunately, last night's heavy rain turned the Hongshan battlefield into a quagmire, and the iron bullets fell, and it was almost impossible to see how far they could bounce up again.

On the battlefield, the guns on both sides crackled like firecrackers, but it was rare to hear a neat row of guns, and the defeat of the Qing army was obvious.

The vertical and horizontal ditches and the stagnant water in them are natural dividing lines, turning the entire battlefield into countless small battlefields. The Qing army no longer hid in waist-deep trenches, and when they dug trenches, they didn't think of leaving a drainage ditch, so now they can only climb out and fight. And like the trench-style defensive positions built by the Fu Han army, there must be drainage ditches left, although there is really a lot of rain, they will be flooded.

The previous trench battle turned into a flat battle. Even with the help of the Twin Peaks and Snake Mountain Forts, the Fu Han army easily gained the upper hand. Shells swept the Qing army's front like a storm, and some small Qing army arrays were directly scattered by the shells of the Fu Han army, and they fled directly.

The attacking Fu Han army was lined up with musketeers at the front, regardless of flintlock pistols or bird guns, followed by mortar cannons, and then a large group of hand-to-hand soldiers carrying thick planks and bamboo platoons. The planks and bamboo rows were the bridges of the Fu Han army through the trenches and ditches, although the soldiers in the attack were hit by the guns of the Qing army, and the losses were also distressing to Chen Qi, who supervised the battle on the front line, but the victory of the attacking troops was obvious.

Ali Gon came out of Wuchang City, personally sat in Shuangfeng Mountain, Hubei political envoy Min Juyuan led troops to personally come to the aid of Hongshan, this heavy rain made the Qing army in Wuchang outside the deep ditch trench all into a ditch. It can't be said that it has no effect at all, but compared to the Qing army forced to stand on the surface, compared to the fact that it is daytime, the effect of the water ditch is too weak and too weak......

The cannon roared, and a mortar cannon fired with all its might, blowing up the Qing army's position on the opposite side into smoke, and its own position was completely shrouded in gunsmoke. Behind them, the kegs that were used to hold gunpowder packs were stacked like hills. Some of the gunners stripped naked, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down their foreheads, backs, and chests, and even the surface of the gun emplacements that were raised on tiptoe under their feet felt as if a layer of water had been poured on them.

Not far away, the soldiers of the Fu Han army were attacking, they either formed a sparse skirmish line, or easily crushed the low morale of the Qing army on the opposite side with muskets + mortars, or they strangled with the Qing army.

Flags were in front, and soldiers followed closely.

Two red and blue waves were surging and splashing, and hand-to-hand combat was fought everywhere. Or the Fu Han army was driven back, and the red tiger flag fell into the mud and sewage; Or the Fu Han army successfully seized the position and trampled the Manchu triangular dragon flag in the mud under its feet. In general, the Fu Han army won more than defeated, and the failure of the attack was also due to the fact that there were too few troops in a small area.

Min Juyuan sat behind Hong Shan in a chair, his face seemed to be stiff, he couldn't laugh or get angry, he could only wave his hand. At the place where the banner was erected, more than a dozen corpses had already been pounced, all of which were wearing tops and practicing with the Hubei regiment. Min Yuyuan waved his hand indifferently, just like driving away a fly and mosquito, and the result was their death.

Farther away, one or two hundred Qing soldiers fell to the ground, and some were wounded but not dead and groaning in pain. In front of them were five columns of pale Qing shotguns.

Withdraw? Where else do you want to retreat?

Min Juyuan's heart is definitely not as cold as an iron mask, looking at the defeated soldiers, the light of hope is extinguished in his heart little by little, and an invisible thug is already about to crumble his heart into minced meat.

Wuchang can no longer retreat.

If you lose Hongshan, Shuangfeng Mountain will be difficult to protect; If Shuangfeng Mountain is not guaranteed, Wuchang will be finished. Now the defenders of Wuchang are holding their last breath, and as soon as Hongshan is lost, this breath will be discharged, and Wuchang will be finished. Therefore, he would rather risk forcing his troops to rebel than die in Hongshan. Emp was on the front line.

No one knows the morale of the Wuchang defenders better than Min Juyuan, Gong Zhaolin, Fan Shishou, and Ali Gon. In the previous night's many battles, the Qing army lost six or seven thousand people on the battlefield of Hongshan, and the Hubei and Hunan armies all regarded the defense of Hongshan as a dangerous way.

Min Juyuan believed that the Fu Han army on the other side would not be better, but the morale of the Qing army in the city was already extremely low, so how could he still care about 'caring' about the morale of the Fu Han army?

The Fu Han army fought hard for many days, and there will be no fewer casualties. But every time he rushed to kill at night, Chen Ming used the main battalion as an arrow, which greatly reduced the psychological pressure of the non-main force. Moreover, the current structure of the Fu Han Army is too small, and it is still mainly a battalion-level structure, which can no longer catch up with the expansion and development of the team. can be brought to the battlefield, so that Chen Ming can rest assured and boldly play wheel warfare, fiddling with numbers to form a team of new forces. If any of the battalion leaders really suffered heavy losses in the battle, they should be transferred back to the north bank to 'repair'. In addition, the wounded soldiers of the Fu Han Army were uniformly treated, and the wounded and sick battalions were formed, no matter which battalion leader you were from, you could get the best treatment under the existing conditions in the army, and they were far away from the sight of the front-line troops.

As for the Qing army in Wuchang, their own team was divided into different parts, and the wounded soldiers naturally would not be treated uniformly. The screams and cries of pain resounded in the ears of the soldiers every day and night, and many green camp residents bravely looked up and could see the wounded and sick.

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On the west side of Honghu Lake, the south gate of the Yangtze River.

A drizzle was falling. In the midst of the wind and rain, a large group of Hunan Qing troops were silently disembarking on the other side of the river. From here, if you go to Wuchang, you will encounter the gunboats of the Fu Han army. On the west side of the Yangtze River, on the bank of the Yangtze River, the people who were requisitioned in Huanggai Town [more than 20 miles away from Chibi Town], as well as the donkey carts and ox carts that were pulled out of the surrounding villages, kept unloading the grain and straw materials on the boat, and the people and animals on the wharf shouted and hissed, making bursts of hoarse shouts.

The Hunan Green Battalion came, thousands of ships large and small, in front of which was a large wave of warships, and the warships built in Dongting Lake were fifty or sixty, followed by one or two hundred small sampans. Behind them were a large number of transport ships and grain ships, carrying 15,600 Hunan soldiers and a large number of grain and military supplies, and now they were going to land and advance towards Wuchang from the shore.

For Huguang, the westward arrival of the Fu Han army this time is a more dangerous crisis than the last one. Not only because the Fu Han soldiers were strong, but also because the combat effectiveness of the Fu Han army's surface warships had been significantly improved, at least the Hunan naval division, which lacked artillery fire, could not resist them. I am blind to so many good boats built in Dongting Lake.

The waves in the Yangtze River are not small, pushing the ups and downs of the ships at the wharf. Dozens of transport ships that had already dropped all their soldiers and supplies had already circled the northern shore of Nanmenzhou and returned to Hunan.

When I came, the Hunan fleet was in a group, and when I left, I went separately. In the mist and rain, you can also see the small stoves rising from the bow and tail of some ships, and the smoke and flames can be seen.

In Nanmenzhou, two military attachés of the Qing army wearing uniforms were walking, and every time they passed, the officers and soldiers of the Hunan Navy Division who had landed on the shore were busy getting up and saluting. These two military attachés, one is Guan Yu, a second-class guard with a sword from Beijing, and the other is Qianzong Tian Zhengming, who stayed in his hometown from the Yueyang Navy Battalion, and he is now a battalion garrison. At the moment, this Hunan sailor, that is, the two of them are taking care of it.

The two of them walked in the rain, and they didn't cover it with their clothes, although the drizzle was small, it was very good to wet their clothes, and it didn't take long for both of them to get soaked, but Guan Yu and Tian Zhengming didn't care. Just looked at the hot fried noodles on the shore, and frowned tightly.

"Master Guan, my heart is getting more and more bottomless." Tian Zhengming stretched out his hand to follow the rain falling in front of him, "Let's rush all the way to Wuchang, the soldiers march in the rain, how many percent of the combat effectiveness can be left in Wuchang?" And the artillery is pulled behind, and when we fight with Chen Yi, there will be no firepower at all...... "Tian Zhengming, with his many years of experience, this rain will be two days at most, and two days is not enough for the land team to drive to Wuchang. How will the Hunan soldiers still fight at that time?

There is not a single cannon, go to fight the Fu Han army, and send it to death?

They are military attachés in the army, not those who don't know the so-called small people, knowing that the Fu Han army fought Wuchang was not driven back by the official army in Jiangnan, Chen Cheng took the initiative to kill back. But the saddest thing is that the two of them obviously saw the unfavorable conditions of the reinforcements, but they also had to watch this disadvantage continue. Even Fang Futai, the commander of the army, is the same. Because it was a double order from Arigon and Agui.

……

The gunfire and artillery on the Hongshan position fell silent, followed by an earth-shattering shout.

The rain in late spring was pouring down, and in the muddy position, the soldiers of the Fu Han Army braved the rain, some of them had fallen into the muddy water, and the rest were still struggling forward. The front one had already rushed up the mountain, and the white blades reflected the cold light, shining little by little. The soldiers could see Min Yuyuan's banner when they stood on the top of the mountain.

There was only a pile of corpses lying under that flag, and Min Yuyuan himself was nowhere to be found.

Chen Yanxue rushed to the front, and the helmet on his head didn't know where he had thrown it, regardless of it, at this time he only had Qing Bing in his eyes. Capture the position in front of you, the army can shell Shuangfeng Mountain, it rained again today, and by night it will take Shuangfeng Mountain, and then there will be the city wall of Wuchang City.

In Chen Yanxue's mind, after defeating Wuchang City, the battle of Hubei will be decided, and it will not be long before the army will be able to return to his hometown, and he will be able to see his parents, wife and children. "Kill, kill, kill......" Dancing with a machete, Chen Yanxue's eyes were as red as bloodbled!

The battle situation has reached the most critical moment, this is the last position of the Qing soldiers, and the last point of the Qing army is still struggling to resist here.

The whole battle started at 12 noon, and now it is two o'clock in the afternoon, and the soldiers are tired after a long battle, and the number of white-knuckle assaults in the second half of the Fu Han army is getting less and less. The power of the iron bullet was far less than that of the flowering bullet in this environment, and the mortar cannon played a huge role in this battle. Attacking again and again, the position was full of potholes that had been blown up by flowering bombs, and the stagnant water in them was black. The soldiers and officers of the Qing army did not know how many, so they fell to the ground casually, and with a casual pull, they might be able to catch a pale human hand from the muddy water!

A Hubei Lian Yong monster screamed and pounced, and the shotgun in his hand did not have a bayonet, so he smashed it with the butt of the gun. Chen Yanxue parried and pushed away the butt of the gun he smashed, and then stabbed it forward, and the sharp blade pierced into the chest of the militia group Lian Yong. The soldier threw away the shotgun and grabbed the sharp blade on his chest, his eyes were wide and big, and when he fell to the sky, Chen Yanxue, who was a little exhausted, was also taken to his knees.

After a fierce battle for a long time, and now he braved the rain to lead the troops to rush to the position, and his physical strength was almost exhausted. Now I feel that it is so difficult to draw a knife. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a lot of Qing soldiers practicing bravery, jumping from the muddy pond-like trench with knives and guns. These people are all covered in mud, and many of them are still wearing cotton armor, and they are Eight Banner soldiers. Hundreds of spears and waist knives came straight up, and there was also a short and fat Manchu officer, wielding a waist knife surrounded by several Qing soldiers, limping to the back of the person, shouting like a madman.

I don't know why, Chen Yanxue has a kind of realization in his heart, this is the last resistance of the Qing soldiers.

"Damn—" Cursing happily, Chen Yanxue glanced at the soldiers on the left and right. The soldiers of the Fu Han army who followed let out a beast-like roar, and one by one they passed him with knives and spears and met him.

Fearless!

The two sides collided together and scuffled into a ball. The gunfire was long gone, only screaming.

The sound of the blade scraping into the flesh kept ringing. Soldiers on both sides were pouring in, consuming each other as if human lives were not worth money.

One of the Eight Banners military attaché had been poked in the leg and was half-kneeling there, still yelling and waving his saber. Chen Yanxue approached him from the side, and a single shot poked through the junction of his left neck and shoulder. The major artery on the side of the neck was cut in an instant, as if it had stagnated for an instant, and the column of blood suddenly rushed to the top of the old high, spraying Chen Yanxue's face full of blood foam. was drenched by the rain again, and it washed away again. Only the blood stains on the military uniform were deeper into the cloth pattern.

The Eight Banners military attache screamed in his throat, covered his neck and half-turned as if he wanted to stand up, and finally fell down.

The fight lasted for a quarter of an hour, only a quarter of an hour, and it began to rain, and the Qing soldiers finally collapsed, and they turned around and fled after throwing away their guns and knives. These guys no longer had the courage to resist, and collapsed behind the position like a wandering spirit.

The road to the Twin Peaks is open!

A shell flew in, stirring up muddy water that was more than a foot high, and it was a solid bullet with little lethality on a muddy battlefield. No one bent down to dodge, and this last shell of the Qing army seemed to be announcing the change of hands of this point.

A moment later, a rain-soaked Blood Tiger Flag was planted on the top of Hongshan Mountain. (To be continued.) )