The fortification of the Dagu Fort was second to none in the whole of East Asia. After Li Hongzhang became the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, he strengthened and expanded the Dagu Fort twice in just a few years, and attached great importance to the military defense of Dagukou. There are more than 140 guns of various calibers in the entire Dagu Fort, of which the largest caliber has reached 260mm, that is, 10 inches.

However, Liu Xian is not afraid.

When Luo Rongguang followed the Huai army south, he almost transferred the old gunners on the Dagu Fort. Now the artillerymen on the Dagu Fort are either novices or those who used to shoot small artillery in many armies. The defense of the Dagu Fort has been lowered by more than one notch. And more importantly, the battery was dead, and the Qin fleet could attack the battery in the dark. Anyway, the number of qiē is complete, and after the design of the yuan is calculated, the night will not be much of a problem. On the contrary, it will also reduce the strength of the Dagu Fort sharply.

The current gang of gunners on the Dagu Fort, their technical level, that is what you can count on.

How long has it been since Duolonga took over Tianjin? In such a short amount of time, he will be able to turn a group of novices into battery veterans, and Dorona will be possessed by immortals.

The Qin army did not attack that night, and the attack began at eight o'clock on the third night.

The Qin army had two ironclad ships, four mosquito ships, four iron-ribbed wood-hulled cruisers, and four wooden cruisers, and it can be said that the main force was dispatched six or seven percent. But the sudden loud rumbling of cannons on the seashore did not make the whole of Tianjin panic, because the city of Tianjin was still nearly a hundred miles away from Dagukou.

The battle on the seashore began, and the people in the city did not know the specific situation. But when it was close to three o'clock in the morning, a telegram asking for help was photographed in Tianjin, and Chang Xing'a, the governor of Tanggu, asked for reinforcements. Duolong's heart was pounding, the battle of Tanggu was heavy on the fort, Chang Xing'a said that the artillery skills were inferior, and many shots missed, but the anti-Qin artillery skills were exquisite, and they hit again and again. This is simply not a problem that can be solved with reinforcements!

Duolong Ah originally thought that with the strong strength of the Dagu Fort, he would be able to sink a few warships of the Qin army. Just like what Monk Gelinqin did in Tanggu back then, even if Tanggu was lost in the end, it could also greatly improve the morale and confidence of the Qing army and the Qing court. But looking at it now, Chang Xing is much worse than the monk king.

As a veteran of the battlefield, Duolonga had already analyzed the intention of the Qin army's night attack. Liu Xian caught the fate of the gunners on the Dagu Fort. In night battles, the batteries are dead, the warships are alive. The Dagu Fort is even more unable to hit the warship, and the warship can frequently hit the fort.

Tanggu can't hold on!

Despite this, Dolonga sent an army to Tanggu for reinforcements. Especially the cavalry arranged by the Beitang generation!

Even if it doesn't help, he has to cheer up Chang Xing'a!

In the night, the whole city of Tianjin has been under martial law, and the lights in the governor's yamen are still bright.

A number of gunboats bombed Beitang non-stop. Beitang is the northern wing of the overall defense system of Tanggu, where the Qing army not only built forts, but also arranged no less than 3,000 defenders. But when the forts were broken by the warships one by one, and then the gunboats came and bombed the ground like a wash, most of the defenders of 3,000 men had already fled with death!

This was the main landing site of the Qin army. At the same time that the gunboats were not enough to bombard Beitang with artillery, a large number of steamers had already arrived at Beitang with marines.

Caofeidian is 120 kilometers away from Tianjin, and Tanggu is 100 miles away from Tianjin, which means that Caofeidian is only 1450 miles away from Tanggu, that is, 80 nautical miles. For passenger ships and freighters, even though this distance is at night, it only takes ten hours to reach.

"Bang Bang ......"

Small boats washed up on the beach with the waves, full of heavily armed soldiers. This was the first team in the Qin army to have a ratio of more than 50 percent of the guns in the repertoire - the Marine Corps.

Counting the heavy machine gun and mortar configuration that surpasses many of the army units, the equipment of this army is so luxurious that it can be put into Europe.

Suddenly, the land was lit up, and one of the remaining pieces of artillery began to resist. This is the artillery that survived the artillery shelling of the Qin army with great difficulty. The gunners of the Qing army who operated this artillery should be admired, and at this time, they were still holding on and counterattacking according to the order.

The Qin army did not feel the slightest discomfort with this 'firefly light', and with the support of the naval guns on several gunboats, this cannon had time to fire two shells, and it ceased to exist in a burst of fire.

Since the launch, the main warships of the Qin army have shelled here for more than three hours, consuming 1,500 rounds of shells of more than 120mm caliber. Among them, there are also incendiary bombs that have just been pounded out of the Qin Army Arsenal under the guidance of Liu Xianam, using rubber and phosphorus as raw materials, and the power after the explosion is good. The combustion effect is definitely high in this era, and the combustion of phosphorus can also raise a large amount of toxic gases. It's just that the cost is not low!

Phosphorus has a very low ignition point, and it is not easy to preserve shells, especially on a large scale.

The bunkers and bunkers made of reinforced concrete were in tatters, there were deep craters everywhere, low-level dirt that had not seen sunlight for thousands of years had been turned out, and the smell of gunpowder smoke and the smell of new soil was everywhere.

We are still in the Dagu Fort, and after several hours of bombing, the Qing army lost Yan zhòng. However, the artillery fire of the fortress on the fort never ended under the shelling of the Qin warships. The few sealed gun emplacements of the Dagu Fort were still resisting stubbornly, and sporadic shelling rang out from time to time.

In the morning, Tanggu, the artillery fortress that protects Beijing, has been changed beyond recognition. The crew of the British warship that followed the tail of the Qin army later recalled: When he came to see Tanggu again in the early morning, he could hardly recognize the original appearance, and there was no trace of green here at all.

Grant, a reporter for the New York Herald, said that when he came to Beitang with the warship early in the morning, "it was as if it had just been looted by a fire."

The not-so-powerful Chinese navy demonstrated its dominance over the maritime frontiers of East Asia, proving with artillery that every border with the sea was under naval fire.

With the first touch of fish white in the morning light, the follow-up army of the Qin army began to land. This group of soldiers was very low, with an average height of barely more than 1.5 meters, which was a Japanese advance of 3,000 people.

Small boats sent the Qin army troops into formations and sent them to the beach.

The engineering units are seizing the time to build a wharf and strive to transport heavy firepower, artillery, to the shore as soon as possible.

In the cannon fire that was almost resounding all night, the crisp sound of gunfire finally mixed in. The landing of the Qin army in Beitang was very smooth, and by five o'clock in the morning, the sky was already bright. Two battalions of the Qin Marines and the follow-up Japanese soldiers all landed smoothly.

The troops began to advance inland. The ship's guns are still roaring!

Chen Guorui fought quietly on a horse, next to his mount, and then spread his vision, that is, a cavalry team of more than 2,000 horsemen.

Since the death of Seng Lingqin in battle, more than ten years, Chen Guorui has only taken a step up - a named admiral. Even in the middle, he was stripped of his military power and sent home for retirement. It was still Duolong Ah who remembered his brave name and helped him, so that he could re-emerge from the mountain and take charge of the more than 2,000 cavalry under his command.

But Chen Guorui really regrets it now. It's not enough to live at home with peace of mind, why are you still greedy for fame, and you are tired of the dilemma in front of you!

The Qing court was obviously about to collapse, but Chen Guorui couldn't jump ship and leave. The friendship of kindness is like an iron chain that cuts and chops constantly, and tied him to the Manchu ship, which is about to be sunk.

"Da Da ......" The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near. Chen Guorui looked up and saw that he was the leader of Goshha beside Cheng Bao, the commander of the Tanggu land army. "Chen Junmen, on the orders of your lordship, I ordered you to lead the army to attack Beitang."

The comer handed the life card in his hand to Chen Guorui. Chen Guorui just glanced at it as usual, and immediately beckoned his cavalry to mount and fight.

More than 2,000 horsemen, and tens of thousands of horses' hooves hitting the ground, was the sound of cannons that could not be concealed.

Jiao Wenbin's face was straight, and he sincerely admired Liu Xian in his heart. It's really a last resort, saying that Duolonga will ambush the cavalry in Beitang, and sure enough, there are cavalry.

And the estimation of the attack time is almost the same!

"Retreat—"

Jiao Wenbin ordered. Not far behind his forward troops, two improvised trenches combined with barbed wire formed a simple line of defense.

Chen Guorui came quickly. After discovering that the Qin troops were retreating, the morale of the cavalry was even stronger. It's really a good time.

The vanguard of the Qin army was out of the protective range of their naval guns, and they were scattered in an offensive position. If the cavalry can cut into it, it will definitely be a hearty victory.

"Pass my order, wait for the enemy to enter two hundred meters and then the artillery will open fire to block it, and the infantry will start firing within a hundred meters."

Jiao Wenbin's order shortened the firing distance of the cavalry by one-third compared to the Qin army's combat manual. But this is the ultra-luxurious armament of the Marine Corps to give him confidence.

The assault troops turned to the back of the line like the waters of the ebbing tide. Chen Guorui's troops were killed in front of the position, and they also saw this strange position. The barbed wire fence was too strange to the Qing army in Zhili, and those two simple trenches were not put in their eyes.

Even Chen Guorui himself did not know what the barbed wire fence was for. It's just that a bad premonition is rising in his heart.

There was no movement in the trenches on the opposite side, and in the midst of hesitation, the Qing army's horse team had to continue to rush forward even if they didn't know what was in front of them. The cavalry on the left flank galloped over quickly, and the horses with the sound of horses' hooves commanded the ground, but they stopped in front of the barbed wire, and no matter how the knights on the horses urged, the horses refused to take a step forward.

There was a roar on the position, a few shells dragged a strange sound towards the Qing army's horse team, and then more artillery shots came towards them, the position rumbled, the air was filled with the choking smell of gunpowder, and a large cloud of smoke flooded the entire position. R1152