Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 472 Who and the Battle (Part [-])

On the second day of the fifth month in the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, a ray of golden-red sunlight pierced the shimmering sky, the rising sun slowly revealed its face from the end of the sea, and the early birds were chirping and flying among the forests. Back and forth, the waves of the sea gently slapped the cliffs by the sea, making a noise like applause. A group of seagulls flew up and down in the golden-red morning light, swooping down from time to time, and occasionally picked up one or two birds. Unlucky fish and shrimp.The morning in the South Pacific is always so charming, but the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Great Qing Land Battalion guarding Johor Bahru have no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery at this time. More than 800 people in the whole battalion are sweating profusely to repair various Fortifications, a group of tension before the imminent war.

Johor Bahru is not so much a seaside town as it is a village built on a cliff. The side of Johor Bahru facing the sea is full of cliffs. There is only a gentle slope in the northwest corner and a small pier that is not too big. , there is only an artificially built winding path at the Johor Bahru Fort that can lead to the sea. After taking Xinshan Town, Liu Chenghong commanded all the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion to build various fortifications non-stop.

Liu Chenghong, Lieutenant Colonel and Battalion Commander of the Second Battalion of the Marine Battalion, a bannerman of the Han Army, was 33 years old at the time, and participated in the Battle of Nagasaki. look.The Marine Battalion is the most well-equipped unit in the Qing Army. Each soldier has been carefully selected and has passed through layers of assessments before he can stay in this unit. Each soldier's individual weapon equipment includes: A breech-loading needle gun, a revolver, a multi-functional saber, six long-handled grenades, flying claws, military shovels, etc., each battalion has a special supply company, responsible for logistical support tasks, whether it is individual combat capabilities The number of troops, the number of troops, and the independent combat capability of small troops are all far higher than the average level of the Qing Army. Of course, the military rank is also one or two levels higher than the corresponding organizational system of the Qing Army.Liu Chenghong's ability to become the battalion commander of this most elite unit is entirely based on his real ability. In fact, no one in the entire army knows that Liu Chenghong is the grandson of the current Navy Minister, Admiral Liu Shuangcheng, and the nephew of the First Fleet Commander, Admiral Liu Yao. .

"Report, the construction of a company of fortifications has been completed, please give instructions from the battalion commander." Major Chen Yaowu, the commander of the first company of the second battalion of the Qing Army Battalion, walked into the front-line command post on a high cliff in front of Xinshan Town with a playful smile, and saluted. said loudly.

"En." Liu Chenghong raised his head from the battle map, looked at Chen Yaowu with a smile on his face, nodded and said: "That's good, the fort is the support point for our army to defend Xinshan, if you lose the fort, be careful The dog head. Leave a few guard posts so that the soldiers can take a rest. The British are coming soon. Pay attention to the deployment of troops. Don't use the lives of the soldiers to fill the British guns. As long as you can hold the fort, go. .”

"Yes, I obey orders." Chen Yaowu saluted, but did not leave immediately, but looked at Liu Chenghong with a smile on his face and said, "Battalion Commander, the fort must be the focus of the British attack, can you take the battalion headquarters?" Give me a few 'five and six styles', hehe, how about just one?"

There were only less than [-] semi-automatic rifles of the "Five-Six Type" in the Qing army. Except for the more than [-] in the hands of the Beijing Military Region, most of the rest were in the hands of the Guangdong Marine Battalion. Due to the amount of ammunition consumed and the cost Because of this, it cannot be spread to the whole army at all, and only a few battalions and regiments can be equipped with a few as the final armament. Liu Chenghong only has five in his hand, and the ammunition is not too much. That is Liu Chenghong's trump card. Just let it go so casually, when Chen Yaowu mentioned "five or six moves", Liu Chenghong's face immediately stiffened, glared at Chen Yaowu, and cursed angrily: "Get out, there is no hair!"

Chen Yaowu is Liu Chenghong's favorite general, a big man in Shandong, he knows Liu Chenghong's temper well, and he is used to laughing and laughing with Liu Chenghong on weekdays. Seeing Liu Chenghong pretending to be angry at this time, he didn't feel annoyed. He smiled, saluted, and raised his foot Just as he was about to go out, he never thought that two people would appear behind him, grabbing one of Chen Yaowu's arms each, and scolded with a smile: "I knew you were running so fast, you must have no good intentions, hey, I dared to take aim at you." Battalion Commander's treasure, let's talk about it first, seeing that you have a role, the battalion commander can't just help Yilian all the time."

Those who came were Wu Haoming, the commander of the second company, and Wu Chengwen, the commander of the third company. They were tall and short, but both were very strong. The former was from Shanxi, and the latter was from Cantonese. In addition to being the reserve team, they are also responsible for guarding the rear of Xinshan Town. The two brothers have also completed the defense work at this time. Besides coming to report, they are also planning the "five or six styles". Chen Yaowu took the lead, so he was not willing to let it go, and immediately grabbed Chen Yaowu and wouldn't let him go.

The war is coming, it is a good thing not to be afraid of war!Liu Chenghong didn't stop the playfulness of the three company commanders under him, and he said after a while: "Is everything over?"

Wu Haoming and Wu Chengwen watched the battalion commander speak, then let go of Chen Yaowu, each saluted, and hurriedly replied: "Report to the battalion commander, all the scheduled fortifications have been completed, please give instructions to the battalion commander."

"That's good, order the soldiers to take a rest. It's uncertain how long this battle will last. The reinforcements from the rear will arrive at the fastest in three days. Whether this battle can be successful depends on whether our battalion can hold Xinshan. Remember, reinforcements Before we arrive, our army doesn't have any ammunition to replenish, so tell the soldiers to save ammunition, that's all, let's go and rest first." Liu Chenghong glanced at the three company commanders under him, and gave a light order.

"Yes!" The three company commanders saluted at the same time, turned around and left the headquarters, and went to their respective jobs.

"Old Lin, how much food ammunition do we have?" After the three main force company commanders laughed and walked away, Liu Chenghong calmly asked Lin Mingyu, who had been sitting quietly in the corner without saying a word.

Lin Mingyu, a native of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, participated in the Battle of Nagasaki, and was one of the veterans of the Marine Battalion. He was nearly forty years old, and he had always been taciturn and brave in battle. Hearing Liu Chenghong's question, he got up unhurriedly, and said calmly: "Report to the battalion commander, in addition to the food and ammunition that have been distributed, our army still has 120 hand grenades and [-] copper-cased bullets." [-] rounds, [-] packs of explosives, [-] landmines, [-] mines, [-] three Dutch-style flintlock guns, about [-] barrels of black powder, and [-] projectiles; There are quite a few in the warehouses of the Dutch, enough for our army to use for a year and there is still more.”

This amount of ammunition is very pitiful, and it is not as good as what was consumed by a large-scale exercise of the Marine Battalion. However, this battle is almost without a rear. Liu Chenghong has no idea whether he can rely on this amount of ammunition to support the arrival of reinforcements, but Now that things have happened, we can only bite the bullet, can't we?Liu Chenghong paced back and forth in the headquarters silently, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

At three o'clock, the sun had already risen high, and the sunlight dispelled the fog between the straits like a sharp sword. Through this small strait, which was only over 500 meters wide, the figure of Shan Maxi could already be seen. It's just that the sea is still quiet, and the figure of the English fleet has never appeared.Liu Chenghong stood silently at the observation port of the headquarters, staring at the southern entrance of the strait, which is the only place where the English fleet can enter the strait. Suddenly, a huge horn came from the corner of Danmasek Island It shook out, and then, the huge hull of a three-masted fast cruiser rushed out through the wind and waves, and the British army finally came!

One, two, three, four, a total of four fast cruisers with full sails, entered this narrow strait along the tide, and the three cruisers sailed to 400 meters in front of Xinshan Town, lined up , forming a neat line of battle, and then the two rows of gun portholes on the ship were opened almost at the same time, and rows of black holed gun muzzles protruded. A small pier, but seeing the signal flag on the leading cruiser waving, the four cruisers fired almost simultaneously, and more than a hundred shells roared and hit the shore, causing clusters of sparks to explode. The ground trembled slightly.

One round, two rounds, three rounds, four rounds!A total of four rounds of volleys overturned the Xinshan Fort and the small pier, but the sound of the Qing army's counterattack guns was never heard.Perhaps thinking that the Qing army had already left this place, the British army on the battleship put down a dozen small boats, loaded with army soldiers in red uniforms, divided into two groups, and began to slowly march towards the Johor Bahru Fort and the small pier.

On the small hill of the Xinshan Fort, Chen Yaowu stared at the British warships showing off their might, almost biting blood from his lips. The shelling just now was too violent. If Chen Yaowu hadn't placed most of the officers and soldiers in the In the trenches behind the mountain, under the shelling just now, there might not be much left of a company full of 220 people.Even though Chen Yaowu had prepared in advance, the shelling just now inevitably caused some casualties. What's more terrible was that two of the ten cannons on the fort were destroyed, and a lot of the pre-built fortifications were also damaged.

"Enter the position and get ready to fight. Don't fire yet, wait until the British come ashore." Chen Yaowu watched the small boats of the British army getting closer and closer to the shore, and issued a combat order. More than 200 soldiers of the Qing army bowed down. body, ran along the traffic trench to the preset position, loaded the bullets, and calmly waited for the arrival of the British army.

defense?The British army did not have the slightest sense of defense at all. Although the upper-level generals of the British army were all worried, the officers and soldiers below did not know the truth and were immersed in the fantasy of the invincibility of the Great England Empire. It’s just a yellow-skinned monkey, and it’s not at the same level as the Great England Army. Besides, the four rounds of shelling just now have turned the entire landing field over, and there is no sign of a counterattack on the shore. It's like going on a trip, at most it's just encountering unnecessary resistance with big knives and spears like the local aborigines.

Soon, two groups of British small boats approached the shore respectively, and a group of British soldiers jumped out of the small boats slowly, walking towards the shore in the knee-deep sea water as if taking a walk. The guns were not leveled.At the foot of the Johor Bahru Fort, an officer of the English Army kicked and punched his old nose, and finally managed to organize the gang of stragglers into a decent-looking formation, and the two walked side by side along the Following the path built on the cliff, he slowly climbed up to the fort on the top of the cliff.

"Grandma, give me a hard hit!" Seeing that seventy or eighty British soldiers had already walked up the mountain road, Chen Yaowu roared angrily, and in an instant, he had already waited in the pre-set position on the cliff. The impatient Qing soldiers unceremoniously swept their angry bullets at the unsuspecting British army.Amidst the gunshots like fried beans, the British army walking in the front was instantly beaten into a hornet's nest, screaming and rolling down, knocking the British army behind into rolling gourds. After realizing what was going on, a rain of grenades fell from the sky again, and the explosion was very lively among the chaotic British army. In just one meeting, the seventy or eighty British troops who attacked the Johor Bahru Fort, except for the ten with fast legs Except for the people, the rest were lying on the ground. Even if they were not dead, they were seriously injured. The whole path was full of blood and stumps. The wounded British soldiers who did not die screamed in pain, hoping that their colleagues could turn around and rescue them. It's a pity that the living British soldiers were frightened, let go of their legs, and rushed to the small boat that had turned around and was about to escape at a speed countless times faster than when they came. How could they have the courage to look back.

"Haha, good fight, the first row went up to fire the cannon, and the others withdrew!" Looking at the distressed look of the British army, Chen Yaowu smiled happily, and hurriedly gave orders, except for a row of officers and soldiers who rushed to the fort. Apart from the cannons, the rest of the officers and soldiers returned to the trenches in the back mountain along the traffic trenches.

The soldiers of the Guangdong Marine Battalion in the Qing Dynasty had received all kinds of strict training, and they were naturally no strangers to artillery shooting. Although the artillery on this fort was an old-style muzzle-loading gun, it was not difficult for the soldiers of the Qing Marine Corps. The officers and soldiers put their spears behind their backs, rushed to the artillery positions in groups according to the predetermined combat plan, adjusted the muzzles in an orderly manner, lit the ignition rods, and fired counterattack artillery fire in the direction of the English fleet. At the same time, There was also a wonderful ambush at the pier in Johor Bahru...

(End of this chapter)