Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 131 Vulnerable

Despite the enemy's indiscriminate bombardment, Chen's army suffered minimal losses, with only one unlucky guy having his thigh burned by a falling shell. After smearing egg yolk oil on himself, he limped to the rear alone.

Unless a solid shell hits the trench exactly, it is difficult to cause damage to people hiding in the trench.

Le Bao soon discovered this, because after a quarter of an hour of continuous bombing, ten cannons fired more than a hundred shells, but there was no noise from the other side. Not only was no one running, there was not even a scream.

Na Yancheng put down the telescope, frowned and thought for a while, then said, "The enemy has dug trenches on the mountain. There shouldn't be many people, and they are deployed in a relatively scattered manner, so it's difficult for the artillery to compete."

Le Bao thought for a moment and said, "Since the troops are deployed in a scattered manner, let's charge forward as a whole!"

"That's possible, but the enemy is well-armed. If the army charges forward, there will likely be heavy casualties!" Na Yancheng said.

"Wouldn't the greater the casualties, the more it proves that the enemy is elite?" Le Bao sneered, "There are so many Green Camps, we can afford the losses!"

"That's right!" Na Yancheng couldn't help but smile.

Le Bao first sent 3,000 Green Camp troops to charge. The two mountains were a thousand meters apart, with half attacking and the other half attacking. It was easy to charge 500 meters down the mountain, and it was not difficult to charge 300 meters up the gentle slope either.

With the last two hundred meters of uphill remaining, the charging soldiers began to exert their strength. At the beginning, they were not attacked. But when the distance was only one hundred meters, just when the charging soldiers saw hope, Chen Gu's army opened fire.

"Shoot, remember to aim before shooting!" Chen Gu shouted loudly, and at the same time he was the first to fire, directly killing the enemy's flag-bearing officer.

These two hundred people were also composed of fifty snipers and Yunhua's special company. After several months of training, they were considered the best shooting group in Chen's army.

Standing in the trench, facing the densely packed crowds of people rushing towards you, is not much different from normal target practice. Even if you can't hit the target every time, you can definitely hit nine people out of ten.

A distance of one hundred meters doesn't sound far. If it's on flat ground, it can be run in just over ten seconds. But this is on a battlefield, the soldiers are wearing armor and holding weapons, and it's uphill, so don't even think about finishing the run in thirty seconds.

After Chen Gu became proficient in operating the rifle, it only took him two to three seconds to fire a bullet.

A simple calculation shows that these 3,000 people still have a chance to rush to Chen's army and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

But war is not a simple arithmetic problem. Everyone is afraid of death, let alone these opium-smoking Green Camp soldiers. They do not have the determination to face death with courage, and they do not even have the qualities and beliefs to be a soldier.

Watching the people in the front falling to the ground one by one like harvested wheat, amidst waves of desperate shouts and wails, the three thousand Green Camp collapsed directly after Chen's army fired two rounds of shots.

Chen's army only had time to fire two more rounds of shots before they had to stop. The enemy was running away much faster than they were charging, and they were running down the slope, but they were out of the aiming range in an instant.

Everyone knows that their own bullets are very precious, so they are naturally unwilling to waste them. Anyway, the war is still going on, so there is no need to rush.

Three thousand men charged at once, leaving behind a mess. Seven or eight hundred people were lying on the hillside, a small half of them were dead, but most were just injured and wailing. Some of the slightly injured guys were slowly rolling down the mountain. They didn't dare to stand up and run, nor did they dare to stay where they were. They could only use this method to save themselves. Fortunately, it was downhill, so it was easier to roll.

Seeing the strength of the Green Camp soldiers, Chen Gu couldn't help but smile contemptuously. If these people had the strength of the Jianrui Camp, Chen Gu would immediately turn around and run with his men. However, facing such a Green Camp, even though he only had two hundred people, he had to fight this battle.

In contrast, Le Bao and Na Yancheng on the opposite side were so angry that their faces turned blue when they saw this situation.

They knew that Chen Gu was very powerful, although it was not certain now, but it was most likely that Addis with the Tongan warships was defeated by Chen Gu. Chen Gu even had a record of annihilating the 500-man Jianrui Battalion with only 200 people.

The two had also heard Rong Zhao describe the combat effectiveness of Chen Gu's army, but they always thought it was a bit exaggerated. After all, it was already dark at that time, and the yamen was burned down by a fire. It was reasonable for Delentang to be taken advantage of by Chen Gu, and Delentang had also divided his troops.

So strictly speaking, although Chen Gu did lead 200 people to annihilate the 500-strong battalion, it was not a head-on battle.

Of course, Le Bao did not despise Chen Gu because of this. Instead, he took him very seriously. Otherwise, he would not have dispatched one thousand Eight Banners soldiers and eight thousand Green Camp soldiers.

Na Yancheng was even more wary of Chen Gu. Even though Le Bao brought so many troops, he was still worried that Le Bao would fall into a trap, so he rushed over from Chongqing day and night to give advice.

I thought that with so many troops and their steady advance, capturing Chen Gu should be a sure thing. Unexpectedly, as soon as they started fighting, the two of them instantly felt that things were getting difficult.

Le Bao was regretting even more in his heart. He should not have taken this task on himself because of Yinghui's death. He knew that Na Yancheng was setting a trap for him by sending Yinghui's body to Chengdu, but he didn't expect that the trap would be so deep.

If he fails to handle it properly, he might follow in the footsteps of Addis and Delentang. Thinking of this, Lebao couldn't help but look at Na Yancheng coldly.

Na Yancheng felt like he was being stabbed in the back. He gave a bitter smile and said, "Uncle, the thief is vicious. Now we need to work together to overcome this difficult time!"

"Then tell me what we should do now?" Le Bao asked with his eyes wide open.

Na Yancheng thought for a moment and said, "Although the bandits are powerful, they performed so well in this battle, half of which was due to the advantage of terrain. If the attack and defense were reversed, there would be no way such a great victory could be achieved."

"Of course I know this, so what?" Le Bao frowned and asked, "Do you want me to wait for the other party to attack?"

"Of course not!" Na Yancheng shook his head and said, "I think the solution should be applied to those civilians!"

"Do you think that at this point, Chen Jue will still care about those civilians?" Le Bao asked with a frown.

"No matter what, we have to give it a try. If it fails, there's no loss. If it succeeds, we'll make a lot of money!" said Na Yancheng.

"Even if we send civilians to charge, at most we can just force Chen Gu away. I've discovered that this thief is absolutely a major threat to our Qing Dynasty. If we just force him away, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles in the future!" Le Bao said unwillingly.

(End of this chapter)