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When Gang Atai led the green battalion soldiers to Dagukou, he saw the sails on the sea like clouds, which seemed to cover the entire sea surface, and everyone was stunned.

When he came back to his senses, he saw that the fort was still firing cannons, but they all hit the sea in front of the Ming navy warships, and he said angrily: "You can't hit the Ming army warships from such a distance, what kind of cannons are you firing?" ?”

It's a pity that other people are not in the fort, and there is no general of the fort nearby. No one will receive this reprimand.

Then, as soon as Artest calmed down, he thought of a very serious question: With so many warships in the Ming army, how many new artillery pieces should there be on board?

According to what Geng Zhongming said, there were generally four or five new-style cannons on the Ming army's inland river battle ships, and the sea-going ships were even larger, so there might not be more than ten new-style cannons installed on them.

On the sea in front of him, there are hundreds of large ships that he can see with the binoculars. Are there thousands of such new artillery pieces? !

Artest had never seen the power of the Ming army's new artillery when it was fired. He only heard that it was farther, faster, and more powerful than the Hongyi cannon.

Although he couldn't imagine what it would be like to fire thousands of new-style cannons for a while, he felt terrified just by imagining the scene of firing hundreds of red barbarian cannons together.

As for sending thousands of new Ming army artillery together, I am afraid that thousands of troops will be wiped out in an instant, right?
Just when Artest felt fear in his heart, he heard the sound of a cannon coming from the sea in the distance.

It was a warship that fired an iron bullet, which landed in the river dozens of steps away from a fort.

Just now, a guerrilla from the Green Battalion under Artest's command who didn't know much about artillery battles smiled and said, "The cannons of the navy of the Ming army were not very accurate. They ran a lot, and this shot missed."

Hearing this, Gang Atai, who knew the process of the artillery battle, scolded angrily: "Idiot! This is the Ming army's test firing! There will definitely be continuous firing of artillery in a while, so hurry up and find a place to hide for me. When the Ming army lands, we will Go out and intercept!"

"Whoo!"

At the beginning, many people from the Han army and the green battalion who participated in the battle of Yangzhou escaped, and brought some experience in avoiding artillery fire to the Qing court.

What's more, the Qing army originally made good use of trenches during the Nurhachi period. Now, in order to deal with the artillery of the Ming army, when the armies defended a place, they naturally dug a lot of trenches.

What's more, there are a lot of vegetation in the Dagukou area at this time, which is suitable for concealment.

Then, the Ming army launched continuous shelling just as Artest had expected.

Although the Bright Cannons that participated in the firing were not as many as the thousands as Gang Artest thought, there were more than 300.

Following the green battalion soldiers who were hiding in the ditch near the ditch, Gang Atai saw eight main battery forts with Hongyi cannons, almost all of which were submerged by the Ming army's flowering bombs.

After that, there was no movement during the base run, and the artillerymen inside did not know whether they were alive or dead.

On the contrary, only a few of the [-] small forts with red cannons were hit accurately by the explosive shells, and most of the defenders on the forts were unharmed.

After one or two hundred breaths, the second round of shelling by the Ming army began.

Still more than 300 new artillery pieces were fired one after another, but iron bullets were used, and this time the accuracy was slightly better than last time.

I saw a lot of iron bullets whizzing towards the running base, causing the earth and rocks to crack and splash.

And the small running platform, which was not very strong, was hit by an iron bullet, and even part of it collapsed.

After such six rounds of bombardment, Gang Artest felt that all the forts seemed to be silent, and the Ming army naval warships approached the shore.

When the foremost battleship of the Ming army finally approached within two miles of the artillery forts and forts at Dagukou, the three surviving red cannons of the Qing army finally roared.

It's a pity that the iron bullets they fired were very accurate, and they all fell into the sea for two consecutive rounds.

Without waiting for them to send the third round, the warship of the Ming army used dozens of cannons again to take care of the three surviving bases quite accurately, and all of them used iron bullets.

This time, two of the three artillery fortresses that had been severely damaged were collapsed by the iron bullets, and the remaining one remained silent.

However, at this time, the warships of the Ming army had entered the range of the Hongyi cannons, and the remaining dozen or so Hongyi cannons of the Qing army also fired one after another.

It's a pity that the iron bullets they fired were equally accurate, and only one hit a certain warship, but it didn't stop that warship.

Immediately afterwards, the warship of the Ming army, which was within a mile away, dropped another burst of explosive bombs, and the remaining ten or so red artillery forts were submerged in gunpowder smoke, and there was no more movement.

Seeing this, the generals of the green battalion who were just beside Artest couldn't help feeling their throats dry and their hearts trembling.

One of the generals asked: "My lord, are we really going to stop the Ming army from landing?"

Just now, Artest was also quite frightened by the artillery fire of the Ming army, but at this moment he came back to his senses, held the handle of the knife and looked at the general coldly, and asked, "Why, do you want to retreat before the battle?"

He controlled this green battalion not only by the name given by the Qing court, but also by his own soldiers composed of more than a dozen white armors and one or two hundred vests and Eight Banners Han troops.

In addition, the relatives of these elite green battalion generals were also in the capital, controlled by the Qing court.

Therefore, the general heard the words and immediately said: "The general dare not. The general just thinks that the terrain of Dagukou is still too open, and the artillery of the Ming army is so fierce. We may not succeed in blocking their landing here."

Seeing this, the deputy general of the Green Battalion followed suit and said, "That's right, Commander-in-Chief, if you insist on blocking the Ming army's landing here, our deaths in battle are minor, and it would be a great sin to let the Ming army go straight from Tianjin to the capital."

Gang Artest frowned tightly and asked, "Then what do you think should be done?"

The deputy general hesitated to speak.

He wanted to say that the best option now is to withdraw, to Tianjin Acropolis, or even to the capital.

But he dared not say it.

As soon as Artest saw that the lieutenant was silent, he knew that he still wanted to retreat.

Just why did Artest not want to retire?But he understood that Tianjin Wei and Dagukou were the best places to stop the Ming army coming from the sea. If the Ming army could not be stopped here and the capital had time to react, the Qing Dynasty would really be over.

He immediately stood up, drew his waist knife and said: "We were ordered to guard the Tianjin Guard, now that the Ming army is coming from the sea, it is time for us to serve the Qing Dynasty.

What's more, when the Ming army landed, we rushed up together with the Eight Banners Army to engage them, and the Ming army's warships would never dare to use artillery again.

In this way, we will fight on the shore, and with the strength of the Eight Banners Army and the generals of the Green Camp, we can kill as many Ming troops as they come.

But if someone doesn't respect the military order and retreats before the battle, don't blame the general soldier and the supervising team for denying him!Do you understand everything? ! "

"I understand."

All the generals of the green battalion could only respond in a low voice.

"Okay, let's all go back to the trenches of the ministries and prepare to lead the troops to battle."

"Whoo!"

The warship of the Ming army stopped within a mile of Dagukou, and then thousands of small boats were lowered from the big boat, each carrying at most a dozen people, and rushed towards the shore quickly by paddling.

Tuntai, who led the Eight Banners Army, was on the north bank, and Gang Atai, who was leading the Green Battalion, was on the south bank. They both hid in the trenches and visually measured the distance of the Ming army.

The cavalrymen under their command also pulled out their war horses, and prepared to count the time, rushing up and annihilating the first wave of Ming army soldiers just as they landed and were not yet able to gain a foothold.

In this way, they never had to fight too many Ming troops.

However, Tuntai and Gang Atai had no idea how effective this move would be - they actually knew very well that the Ming army could also land from other places and attack Dagukou.Or take advantage of the fact that the first wave of the Ming army that landed was wiped out and they did not retreat to the trench, they directly bombarded them with explosive bombs.

Therefore, the two didn't really want to stop the Ming army from landing, but just wanted to delay for some time to give Tianjin Acropolis and the capital time to prepare to defend against the enemy.