Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 83: Assault on the military port

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As a tropical monsoon climate zone, Annan is rainy and humid, so the amount of water in the Red River is very large and urgent.But for a gunboat of hundreds of tons, it is just like a fish in water, coming and going freely.

In the vast sea, these several gunboats with a displacement of several hundred tons are nothing but cannon fodder worthy of the name, but they are their world in the river.

The fortifications built by the Gallic Army on the river embankment could not be of fortress level. Under the attack of Armstrong's six-inch guns, they were suppressed one after another.

When these gunboats approached the south bank controlled by the Gallic Army, their howitzers and machine guns began to work again. Not only could they suppress the firepower of the bunker, but they also beat the defenders on the shore to their heads.

After all, the Gallic army has retreated to the south, leaving only an African colonial brigade and a regiment. It has to defend hundreds of kilometers of the Red River line, and the heavy artillery has already been removed, and it is impossible to fight these gunboats.

"Command the troops! Start crossing the river!"

Seeing that the gunboat was showing great power, the vanguard troops from the gunboat had already gained a foothold on the shore, Nie Shicheng decisively ordered the divisions to start crossing the river.

Suddenly, densely packed large and small boats, large bamboo rafts, carrying the elite of various divisions, rushed towards the location of the gunboat on the south bank.

Several divisions quickly broke through the defensive line, and after sending elite troops to intersperse, surrounded more than 10,000 people. In just three hours of fierce fighting, the Gaul army lost more than 4,000 men and faced nearly 100,000. The expeditionary army, Brigadier General Marrell wisely led the remaining 6,000 men to surrender.

Qing Dynasty left a small number of people to accept the prisoners, and the large army quickly pursued south.

Danang.

One of the three major ports of Annan, the port is wide and deep, with mountains and seas behind.The Fuxiang Mountain Range in the west blocks the north and the south, the Wuxing Mountains to the southeast, the Haiyunling Mountains to the north, and the Chashan Peninsula in the northeast as a barrier. They are excellent military ports.

Moreover, there is a large road on the flat land in the middle as the throat connecting South Vietnam and North Vietnam. The geographical location is very important. Therefore, it is operated by the Gaul army like an iron barrel.

As a fortress and a supply base for navy and army.

Lisby did not expect the Gaul cabinet to fall at this time. The telegram he sent could not get an effective reply. The Gaul mainland is now in chaos, and the newly appointed temporary cabinet is busy suppressing the chaos in the country. Already burnt out.

As for the Far East, neither troops nor peace talks will be made, just to let Lisby stabilize the situation as soon as possible.

Obviously they didn't want to take up this mess. It was their credit to win this way. If they lost, they would return to Nanyue to restore their former appearance.

"These idiots, they think they can't hear by covering their ears, and nothing will happen?"

Lisby knew the importance of Da Nang. He expected that if the commander of the Qing Dynasty was not a pig, he would inevitably attack. Then it would depend on when the North Vietnamese Gaul army would withdraw.

The sky is beautiful, the stars and the moon are in the sky, the visibility is particularly high this night, and there is indeed a slight sea breeze that raises waves to cover up the sound of the boat.

Under the cover of the thick night, the several cruisers and ironclad ships approached the gunboats docked in the port and the only Champlain that escaped. Before the observers had come to understand, the ships suddenly opened fire. The dense shells exploded around the Gaul ship, and the Champlain took the entire ship’s crew to meet God for the first time.Literary Theory www.wenxueda.com

A few gunboats were not hit due to their small tonnage, and fled hurriedly from the depths of the port where they reported.

"Your Excellency! The fleet is here!"

Lisbee was studying the defense of Da Nang with the remaining Far East Fleet officers. He frowned when he heard the sound of the guns. He was shocked. When he just wanted to go out and ask what was going on, a correspondent was panting. Came to report

Everyone suddenly panicked and went out to arrange defense in a hurry.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The Gaul Army’s turrets also began to scream, and the powerful firepower was not inferior to the Qing Navy’s artillery in terms of quantity.

And Da Nang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and these fortresses are built on these three mountains.As a naval base and transportation hub of the Gallic Army, the defenses here are very strong, with numerous large and small forts and forts, powerful firepower and cross-configuration.

It is unrealistic to rely on the fleet to attack. The army must be put down first.

Liu Mingchuan was not surprised that the Gaul Army was prepared. After all, the opponent was not a idiot. Since the sneak attack failed, he gave up the attack on the Gaul Army’s fort and instead logged on to the Chashan Peninsula in the northeast of Da Nang.

It seems that the Gaul army in North Vietnam has not withdrawn yet. He wants to unload all the troops and artillery first. While sending people to block the way the Gauls return to the south, he organizes a force attack and takes Da Nang.

"I'm going to be the main attacker! Your Brigadier Zhang was already awe-inspiring and prestigious in the chicken coop before, and the loss is still so great. Take a rest!"

"Go north and stare at the Gauls!"

A big man pointed to Zhang Shiqian and said in front of the leader.

"Fart, even if the soldiers under my old Zhang lose too much, we can fight again. It is because of the loss that we have to give me this opportunity to fight to make up for us!"

Zhang Shiqian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so naturally he refuses to want it.

"You are arrogant... I am not..."

Wang Deshun is naturally unhappy, but Zhang Shiqian is so angry that he is speechless here. What kind of logic is this.Only when the loss is great can he be the main attacker, this is a fortress.

"Lao Wang, I thought I helped you stop Lao Maozi's knife back then, are you embarrassed to grab it with me?"

In order not to be taken away from the main attack, Zhang Shiqian removed all the old things.

"Okay! You are ruthless!"

"Master, would you like to give me a feint seat? I will bring a battalion man."

Wang Deshun turned his head to look at Liu Mingchuan, and by the way gave Zhang Shiqian a gesture of contempt...