The artillery fire of the fort was obviously not as fierce as it had just been. Lin Guoxiang, who was on the Yinsen, immediately ordered the warships to arrive and shoot, and then let the army behind land.

Bang bang the rapid-fire guns and main guns of the Beiyang Naval Division are not the kind of backward artillery of the Qing army batteries that can withstand it, ten minutes later. The Hangzhou Bay Fort did not have a single artillery gun to return fire, and it had all been destroyed by the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division.

Hmph, you're awesome. Lin Guoxiang snorted coldly, and after glancing at the turrets in the distance that were still billowing with smoke, he turned to look at the first mate beside him: "Let the infantry go ashore, and all ships are on guard." "Defend the Army."

"Understood." The first mate nodded, turned and frowned, and began to convey orders. The signal soldier who had been on the lookout quickly waved the signal flag in his hand and quickly sent the signal to the transport ship far behind.

Soon, the two transports turned their bows, passed between the Shade Mori and the Wakajing, and slowly approached the shore.

The ship just stood firm. Thousands of Liaodong troops wearing gray military uniforms, steel helmets, and Mauser rifles in their hands jumped like wolves and began to guard the surroundings, but as for the soldiers behind, they quickly downloaded the supplies on the bed boat, and then the other party was in a relatively safe place.

Two hours later, Lin Guoxiang, who had been waiting for a signal on the Yinsen, heard the whistle from the transport ship on the shore and knew that the troops had completely landed.

His own task is to cover the landing of the army, and the rest of the things can only rely on the army itself.

"Give the order to let the transport ship return and return to Lushun immediately. Send electricity to the big handsome. The army has landed in Hangzhou Bay. A quick command came out of Lin Guoxiang's mouth.

The Beiyang Naval Division, which had completed its mission, began to turn the bow of the ship and headed in the direction of Lushun.

Arthur Command. In Liu Jun's office, Liu Jun, who was dressed in a marshal's uniform, was sitting lazily on the grape trellis, gently enjoying this rare sunbath.

"Yo, you're in a good mood." Zheng Yiqian, who picked up the teacup, sat next to Liu Jun after putting the tea on the coffee table.

"That is, there is Wang Shizhen on the northern line, and Li Rong and Wu Peifu on the southern line, why are you so much hearted." Liu Jun has the temperament of a big shopkeeper.

He knew that his military talent was far inferior to Wang Shizhen, Ding Ruchang and even Wu Peifu, so instead of blindly commanding here, it was better to boldly delegate power to them, and he pointed out that he needed to grasp the general direction of attack.

Where did Zheng Yiqian not know Liu Jun's thoughts, but she had some doubts in her heart, that is, why didn't Liu Jun directly march into Nanjing and attack the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, but to attack Hangzhou, which did not play a big role in taking Nanjing, after all, where is the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion. And Hangzhou is only the capital of Zhejiang Province, where the governor is stationed and the general of Hangzhou is stationed. "Why don't you attack Nanjing, but Hangzhou?" Zheng Yiqian asked the question in her heart.

Liu Jun glanced at Zheng Yiqian: "Nanjing is too close to Wuhan. ”

What does this fight in Nanjing have to do with Wuhan? Zheng Yiqian didn't understand it even more.

Seeing that Zheng Yiqian still didn't understand, Liu Jun stood up and motioned for Zheng Yiqian to follow him into the office.

Coming to the map, Liu Jun picked up the command pole that was put aside and pointed to Nanjing.

"See, Nanjing is too close to Wuhan, although the governor of Huguang Rui Fang looks very ordinary, but this is only a superficial phenomenon, Huguang is now looking at the situation, once I launch an attack on Nanjing, then the Swiss side will definitely mobilize a large army to enter the border of Huguang, and even enter the two rivers, once this is the case, the two corps and an independent division and a brigade will be attacked by the two governors who are strong in the imperial court, and it is not difficult to fight the two rivers, but it angers Huguang, and the two sides fight together, it is estimated that it will be difficult."

It turns out that this is the case, Zheng Yiqian can be regarded as understanding.

"If I take Hangzhou, I will be able to cut off the Hunan army south of Jiangsu and Hangzhou, and when the time comes, the two corps will join forces and march into Nanjing, so that even if Huguang has a move, I am not afraid."

"Hehe, you'll calculate." When Zheng Yiqian said this, she didn't know if she was praising or saying that Liu Jun lacked virtue.

"Head. Lin Guoxiang telegram. Zhong Lin picked up a telegram and walked in, and took out a telegram from the folder.

"What do you say?" Putting down the command pole, Liu Jun returned to his position and asked softly.

Zhong Lin sighed and looked at the telegram: "Head, Lin Guoxiang is calling, the 1st Independent Division and the 1st Brigade of Shandong have landed in Hangzhou Bay and are advancing towards Hangzhou. ”

"Okay." Liu Jun slapped his hand and stood up suddenly, once Hangzhou went south, more than a dozen battalions of the Hunan army south of Hangzhou were blocked in the south by themselves, and Li Rong of Jinhua only needed to move faster, then he would completely block the road for the Hunan army to retreat north.

As soon as Liu Kun arrived, Lao Tzu didn't believe it, what can you do to make your Hunan army withdraw to Jiangsu. Hey, hey, Liu Jun, who walked in front of the map, laughed, and now he estimated that Liu Kunyi's face was definitely very good-looking.

In the outer city of Hangzhou, the rumbling sound of artillery exploded outside from time to time. In the Hangzhou General's Mansion, General Hangzhou walked back and forth in the room, this morning, he received an urgent letter from Luo Wenquan, hoping that he would mobilize the army to support, and he also followed Luo Wenquan's intentions, and sent two battalions of the Eight Banners and two battalions of the Green Battalion to support, but I don't know what happened, I mobilized more than 2,000 people, walked for four hours, and did not go to Hangzhou Bay, you know, this Hangzhou Bay to Hangzhou City, is not very far. Even if it is climbing, it will climb to Hangzhou Bay.

In the end, I realized that more than 2,000 people from the four battalions I had mobilized had only walked a few kilometers in four hours, and at this speed, by the time we reached Hangzhou Bay, the fort had already been occupied by the Liaodong Army.

Luck is not only this, the strength of these four battalions is still two kilometers away from Hangzhou Bay. Unexpectedly, they met a regiment of the advance force of the Liaodong Army, and the two sides immediately started fighting in the field.

If you can withstand the Liaodong Army, you don't have to worry so much, the problem is that there are more than 2,000 people, just where can they resist for two hours, and then they will break and flee? Now it is exchanging fire with the Hangzhou patrol battalion.

"Your Excellency, General. It's time for us to prepare. A thief-eyed staff member glanced at the general of Hangzhou's mansion. Said cautiously.

Ready, General Hangzhou frowned, lowered his head and began to ponder.

Outside the city of Hangzhou, the sound of artillery rumbled, and the blasted dirt flew into the sky with intact corpses.

"Ready."

With a click, the smoke from the barrel of the field gun that had just been fired had not yet dissipated, and a yellow-orange shell was stuffed into the field gun again.

"Put,"

More than a dozen artillery pieces placed on the position once again fired and headed for the Qing army's position outside Hangzhou.

In the front-line position, in the trenches dug out urgently, the erected Makqin heavy machine gun made a tower sound from time to time, suppressing the firepower of the Qing army on the opposite side, and the strength of a regiment was holding up the guns in their hands and began to rush towards the Qing army's position.

"Master, it's not a way to go on like this, we've already rushed three times." In the trenches, Luo Bingwen, chief of staff of the Shandong Independent Division, lifted his round glasses and whispered to Yu Na, the commander of the First Independent Division, who was observing the enemy situation beside him.

Yu Na also saw that this was an encounter, and the Qing army obviously occupied the favorable imperial township, condescendingly, blocking the troops of one of his divisions.

Although they mobilized artillery and shelled the positions of the Qing army, the Qing army dug trenches, and the shells rarely caused any damage to the Qing army, but still wasted countless shells.

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Yu Na frowned, put down the telescope in his hand, and raised his eyes to look at Luo Bingwen: "According to your meaning, we should do this." ”

Luo Bingwen had already calculated: "Shizuo, have you seen it, the place that the Qing army is now occupying is very unfavorable to us, I think we can only send troops to attack the enemy from the flank, and attack with artillery strikes, and once the flank is fired, we will have a chance to break through."

"Okay." Yu Na slapped his palm. After walking into the bunker and taking a look, he raised his head suddenly: "Call me three regiments." ”