Kowloon wins

Chapter 1131 Operation Closing the Door ([-])

"boom……"

Although there are a lot of torches on the top of the city, enough to illuminate a distance of more than ten meters in front of the city wall, but at this moment, all the soldiers on the city were attracted by the assault of Chen Shuangnan and others, and no one took a look outside the city at all. Naturally, it is impossible to find several Qing army blasters who are rapidly approaching the city gate. There is no doubt that with such a godsend opportunity, the well-trained Qing Marine Corps blasters will not miss it. Quickly loaded a few explosive packages under the city gate, pulled the guide rope, and then quickly ran to a safe distance. With a loud bang, the two seemingly thick city gates suddenly turned into pieces flying all over the sky. Sawdust, nothing else. The explosives used by the Qing army were filled with yellow gunpowder. Its power is so great that it cannot be compared with black gunpowder.

"Attack!"

Before the smoke from the explosion cleared, Wang Kuan waved his hand, and immediately gave the order for a general attack. There was nothing else, the attack in the city was just a feint. Assassination is okay, but this kind of frontal attack, even a surprise attack, will definitely not have any effect at all. The real solution to the battle depends on the actions of the Marine Corps.

This operation was concealed, so Wang Kuan didn't bring many troops. They were either disguised as sailors or disguised as cargo owners. When calculated together, it was only less than 140. Two groups of troops were separated earlier. In fact, there is only one standard company, but all of them are elite soldiers, and their tactical movements are extremely good. Just now when Wang Kuan gave an order, more than [-] people rushed forward in unison. There was only the sound of footsteps, but no one was there. After uttering those unnecessary shouts, he rushed to the broken city gate extremely quickly. At this time, the defenders on the top of the city hadn't recovered from the sudden explosion.

Although the city gate is dilapidated, it is made of thick oak and has not completely collapsed. Although there are several large holes underneath, it is still quite difficult for people to rush into the city, but this is not difficult. The officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps who came prepared saw the strong men rushing to the front swinging their sharp axes together, and after a few rounds, they cut a big hole in the door that two people could enter side by side, and then quickly Dodging, when even a soldier with a machine gun rushed into the city gate first, regardless of the gunpowder smoke still filling the front, he rushed forward and pulled the trigger at the same time, a rain of bullets swept out on the spot. He swept the few British soldiers who rushed over to see what happened into a sieve.

Chaos, complete chaos, although the defenders at the top of the city had a company of men and horses, their strength was no less than that of the Qing army, but most of the soldiers were still asleep in the barracks on both sides of the city gate at this time, and after waking up hastily, Now, how can there be much combat power to speak of, and then was attacked by the Qing army on both sides, and was killed on the spot. It took only a stick of incense before and after, and the top of the city fell into the control of the Qing army. Most of the defenders of the company were killed in battle, and the rest of them honestly raised their hands as prisoners of war.

"Arm on the spot, act quickly!"

After taking down the city wall, Wang Kuan did not continue to rush into the city greedily, but commanded the whole army and the members of the Overseas Intelligence Bureau who came to help in the battle to launch defenses on the city wall and set up several machine gun positions to stabilize the city. Stay on your side.

The fierce gunfire stopped, but the chaos in the city did not abate slightly. Countless British officials who were awakened were all in a mess. Governor of Temasek, Viscount George Green, did not even dare to stay in the Governor's Mansion, wearing pajamas Escorted by a few personal servants, he fled to the military camp in the south of the city, regardless of his request to the commander of the garrison, Colonel John McKenzie, to immediately send troops to suppress the rebellion—in the eyes of Viscount George Green, the Kingdom of Great Britain is the most powerful country in the world. Naturally, no Western country would dare to offend Great Britain's territory lightly. The reason for the war must be the rebellion of the local aborigines.

It is natural to send troops. The Jingsui area is Colonel John McKenzie's responsibility, but at the darkest hour before dawn, Colonel John McKenzie does not intend to send troops indiscriminately without knowing the enemy's situation. He just blindly comforted the frightened Viscount George Green with good words. He dragged it off until dawn, and then sent people to the city gate to inquire about the news, while reorganizing the team and preparing to attack.

The news came out quickly, not one piece, but two pieces. One was that two soldiers originally sent to the commanding heights of the lighthouse were killed and one was seriously injured. The soldiers who escaped by chance only said that the lighthouse had been occupied by unknown people. The specific strength of the troops is unknown. Second, several rout soldiers who fled from the direction of the city gate reported that the Qing people had invaded the city.

When he heard that the Qing people were attacking, Colonel John McKenzie gasped, nothing else, as one of the senior military officers in the Far East, although he was not very clear about the overall deployment of the navy, but for the joint I still know about the fact that the fleet attacked Dongying, but now, the Qing people took advantage of the emptiness everywhere in Nanyang to kill them. The conspiracy is obviously not small, and Colonel John McKenzie was shocked by it. As a soldier, he has the responsibility to guard the land. Colonel John McKenzie still made a decisive decision and hurriedly dispatched a platoon of soldiers to regain the commanding height of the lighthouse, while he himself led the main force to rush to the city gate. Trying to drive the Qing army out of the city in one fell swoop while the Qing army is not gaining a stable foothold.

"Don't worry, put it up and fight again!"

The high cliff where the lighthouse is located is not far behind the British military camp. From the outside, the high cliff is more than 50 meters high, but at the side of the military camp, it is only about [-] meters high. The slope is not too big, but the road is not It was not very wide, and there was only a small path winding up through the woods where two people walked side by side. At this time, the sky was already light, and the movement on the hillside was already faintly discernible. When he even wanted to annihilate the incoming enemy, he whispered to the two machine gun shooters.

The navy of Great Britain is indeed the most powerful country that deserves it today. Even though the navy of the Qing Dynasty is a little weaker than the capital, its army is far from being strong, and it is only the average level of Western countries. Forget it, neither the equipment nor the level of training of the army is worthy of praise. No, knowing that Gao Ya has fallen into the hands of the Qing army, the soldiers of that platoon rushed to the cliff, and even tried to test it. They didn't make a sexual attack, so they lined up and rushed up the high cliff with their guns pointed. I really don't know whether this is brave and fearless or just stupid.

"Take turns shooting, fire!"

Yan Tianming didn't expect the Britannicians to be so ruthless. Originally, he still wanted to wait for the Britannicians to send people to test him, first to fight with a revolver, to show the enemy's weakness, and lure the enemy to attack with all his strength, and then use it The powerful firepower of the machine gun crippled the enemy in one fell swoop, but he never expected that this platoon of British soldiers would come to the door in a line, and they were here to die. It is polite to say that Yan Tianming immediately let out a loud roar when the Britannician's vanguard was only 20 meters away from the top of the cliff.

"Da da da……"

Such a narrow front, for the machine gunner, is simply killing the target. Just one machine gun fired, and swept down a large area of ​​the British soldiers who were marching up the mountain vigorously, like cutting rice. The knowledge in the back was not good, and when he was about to turn around and flee, he was blocked by his own people. With great difficulty, the first machine gun ran out of ammunition, but the second machine gun of the Qing army fired again. , Bullets rained down in all directions, causing the British soldiers to roll towards the foot of the mountain like rolling gourds. If they were unlucky, they would have already turned into corpses. They were battered and bruised, and fled back down the mountain. In a team of 45 people, there were only [-] pitiful survivors, all of whom were wounded. How could they dare to attack again? He fled to the barracks in a panic, not even daring to turn his head back.

"Warriors of Great Britain, the time has come to test us, for the kingdom, for His Majesty the King, attack!"

Two flowers bloomed, each showing one branch. Not to mention that the British soldiers who attacked the lighthouse were beaten to pieces, but after Colonel John Mackenzie led his troops along the road to the city gate, he neither made any tentative attacks nor They made even tactical arrangements, brandished their command sabers, and ordered more than 450 soldiers to launch a general offensive. The courage is commendable, but it is obviously an extremely stupid behavior.

"Dong dong dong..."

Although the combat effectiveness of the British Army is not very good, but when it comes to the execution of the drills, it still has a certain appearance. No, when Colonel John McKenzie gave an order, the drums began to rumble, and rows of soldiers lined up The phalanx marched forward along the street proudly, beating drums and holding guns.

"Call me!"

Wang Kuan has stayed in the Marine Corps since the first battle against Japan, and has never participated in the battle against Russia. Speaking of which, this is the first time he has fought against the troops of Western powers. He originally thought that there would be a bitter battle. , but never expected that the Britons would actually set up such an extremely ancient formation of square formations. For a while, I really couldn't believe my eyes, but, surprise is surprise, when it's time to make a move However, Wang Kuan would not be polite at all. As soon as the British phalanx advanced to 80 meters away from the city wall, Wang Kuan immediately waved his hand and gave the order to shoot loudly.

"Da da da……"

The Marine Corps lacks heavy firepower, especially in this raid on Temasek, and it is even more difficult to bring light infantry guns, but there are many machine guns. In this small team of more than 140 people, there are as many as 24 machine guns alone. When the fire was fired, the dense bullets were like a torrential rain, and the British phalanx was thrown into chaos in an instant...

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