Master Yuan, start!

Moreover, the supplies sent from the north were only delivered once every ten days, and they had to avoid the French patrolling warships and dock at night. In other words, our guns and ammunition could not be replenished in time.

If we lead our troops eastward, we will cut off our supply lines.

So at the moment, we can only fight guerrilla warfare. When facing a strong enemy, we can fight without attacking, or we can escape after one strike.

When the enemy is isolated, we can strike them with a devastating blow, maximizing the energy consumption of the French or the Lingnan New Army."

Chen Guangyuan had been with Feng Guozhang for a long time and gradually became accustomed to using Feng Guozhang's light infantry guerrilla tactics.

"One strike to escape, swim without striking"

Liu Yongfu repeated these two sentences in his mouth and finally nodded firmly.

"Okay, let's do as the two staff officers say!"

In this way, facing the French and the Lingnan New Army, the Black Flag Mixed Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army formulated a strategy of traveling south and attacking north.

Chapter 410: The Viet Cong at the Foot of the Shiwan Mountains

Lianzhou Prefecture, Fangchenggang County.

"Come on, take a puff!"

This is a small border town. Most of the Lingnan New Army stationed in the city are locals, and there has been no banditry in recent years.

Therefore, the soldiers defending the city were very relaxed and even began to taste tobacco leaves of different flavors from all over the place.

However, before the defenders could finish their words, a burst of gunfire was heard from the bottom of the watchtower. A dozen Black Flag Army soldiers opened fire without saying a word and stabbed and beat the enemy.

A few gunshots rang out, causing the soldiers standing guard at the gate to fall one after another, and they didn't even have time to close the city gate.

"Oh no! The French are attacking! Hurry up and ask Qinzhou for help!"

The defenders of Fangchenggang County didn't even see who was coming, and they shouted that the French were attacking, completely breaking the tranquility of this small border town.

The Black Flag Army that arrived earlier occupied the south gate of Qinzhou City with almost no effort. By the time the defenders in the city realized that the enemy was not French but Chinese.

Fangchenggang City has completely changed its owner.

Lu Yongxiang led part of the Black Flag Army north to raid Fangchenggang County and captured this small border town in a lightning speed.

After entering the city, a Black Flag Army soldier opened his legs and kicked over a fleeing Fangcheng County garrison soldier, then asked:

"Hey, open your eyes and look at me, am I French?" Open your eyes and look at me, am I French?

The Lingnan New Army's Fangchenggang County defenders who were kicked over lay on the ground in pain, then quickly got up and knelt down to beg for mercy.

However, when he saw the man's face clearly, he was surprised and said, "Ah? Sanzai?"

"Uncle?" The Black Flag Army was also a little surprised.

"How will you be here!"

The two asked in unison, and the air was quiet for a moment.

The garrison troops of Fangchenggang County of the Lingnan New Army were originally members of the Black Flag Army. When Li Hongzhang disbanded the Black Flag Army, they were left behind and incorporated into the Lingnan New Army.

The standing Black Flag Army soldier is the son of the old Black Flag Army who was dismissed and returned home. When Liu Yongfu returned home to recruit soldiers to fight against the French, he and his father left the village to join the army.

Seeing this scene, the young Black Flag Army soldier pulled up the county garrison and asked, "Uncle, how many garrison soldiers are there in the city? How many of them are from the Black Flag Army?"

"There are 200 defenders in Fangcheng County, about 50 of whom are from the Black Second Banner Army." The county defenders replied.

"Okay, uncle, quickly gather all the Black Flag Army comrades. Our Black Flag Army has regrouped!"

The young Black Flag Army soldier pointed at the seven-star flag of the Black Flag Army hoisted on the top of the city wall, his eyes full of pride.

The county garrison looked at the seven-star flag flying on the city wall, and it seemed as if they had returned to the passionate days of fighting against the French. He was stunned and said:

"Didn't the Black Flag Army get disbanded?"

"Uncle, President Yuan of the North helped Commander Liu re-establish the Black Flag Army and resume the resistance against the French!"

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, the county garrison stamped their feet and said regretfully, "If you had told me earlier that you were from the Black Flag Army, I would have surrendered long ago!

Now now something is going to happen!"

"Is something going to happen?" The young Black Flag soldier asked in confusion, "Uncle, what's going on?"

"There was a commotion in the city just now, and several groups of people took the opportunity to flee north to seek help from the Qinzhou defenders!"

The county garrison explained, "Most of the troops in Qinzhou are from the official Lingnan Huai Army, not our new local army. What should we do if they attack the city?"

"What should we do? Fight!" Lu Yongxiang happened to pass by here. After hearing the conversation between the two, he said confidently:

"We can't fight the French for now. The main forces of the small Lingnan New Army have all been transferred north. I don't believe they can be very powerful!"

After saying that, Lu Yongxiang rushed to the city wall and began to deploy his troops.

"Occupy this place and bring the cannon over!

Send someone to guard the recess over there!

Sentry post outside the city, let a few more people pass through!

Brigade Commander Liu, you are in charge of the city and must strictly prevent civil unrest!"

Lu Yongxiang decided to stage a comeback battle for the Black Flag Army in Fangchenggang County to completely establish the reputation of the Black Flag Army.

After entrusting Liu Yongfu with the task, Lu Yongxiang went to find Chen Guangyuan and asked him to deploy troops outside the city in advance and prepare for an ambush.

The strategy previously set was to travel south and attack north. We had to avoid the French as much as possible, but when facing the Lingnan New Army, we had to dare to attack!

Liu Yongyifu, Lu Yongxiang, and Chen Guangyuan are now the three giants of the Black Flag Army. All three have thrown themselves into intensive preparations for battle. Soon the city defense has been effective, and one gun mount after another has been set up on the city wall.

After the capture of the county defenders, some of them were pulled out and used as coolies.

In just half a day, the fortifications were completed.

...

At this moment, the scouts outside the city also ran back:

"Staff Officer Lu, we've discovered a troop approaching our position from the northeast!"

"Is it the Lingnan New Army? How many people are there?"

“About 2000 people!”

"2000 people? Great, not too many, not too few, just enough to establish our authority!"

Qinzhou and Fangchenggang County are only a few dozen miles apart, and if you travel at full speed, you can arrive there in half a day.

The Qinzhou reinforcements were rushing forward. As soon as they arrived near Fangchenggang County, they spotted the seven-star flag of the Black Flag Army fluttering in the wind.

"Black Flag Army, why are the Black Flag Army here? Aren't they the French?"

The Qinzhou reinforcements stopped in front of Fangchenggang County and were unwilling to move forward. They were not sure who was inside and whether fighting would cause an international dispute.

However, he did not dare to turn around and return to Qinzhou.

After all, guarding Fangchenggang County is our duty and we cannot give up.

Just as he was hesitating, several artillery shots were heard above Fangchenggang County. The shells landed a few hundred meters before the Qinzhou reinforcements, and the dust raised even floated in front of them.

"It's not easy to capture the city because of the city defense cannons." The commander of the Qinzhou reinforcements was in a dilemma.

However, he decided to fight first and see how the situation would turn out.

Maybe it was a group of bandits occupying the city under the name of the Black Flag Army. If we just fired a few cannons into the city, they might panic and flee.

The reason why the commander of the Qinzhou reinforcements thought so was because Guangxi's geographical environment was closed. Although the straight-line distance between a city and a pond was short, they often had to go around the mountains, making communication inconvenient.

Bandits would often attack a small town, plunder it and then leave. Therefore, when the Qinzhou reinforcements discovered that the people in the city were not French, they thought it was just another group of bold bandits.

The Qinzhou reinforcements also brought heavy weapons, but these heavy weapons were really outdated. They were short explosive cannons and six-ton ​​chicken cannons originally produced in Jinling Manufacturing Bureau.

Most of them were 47mm in caliber, a small-caliber indirect-fire cannon that fired less powerful black powder, rather than the yellow powder that the National Revolutionary Army had already used on a large scale.

Several cannons were aimed at Fangcheng County and bombarded it fiercely, but apart from a few shells falling into the city, there were no further results.

Even though the city wall of Fangchenggang County is not strong, it is made of rammed earth less than ten feet thick. Some places have been in disrepair for many years and are not even covered with blue bricks.

However, the 47mm caliber shells with short muzzles have almost no killing power against the low Fangchenggang City walls.

The good weapons and equipment of the Lingnan New Army were all used on the large forces on the northern front and the city defense forces in Guangzhou.

The Lingnan New Army in Guangxi has always used weapons that others looked down upon and had been eliminated.

For a long time, although the Lingnan New Army has been equipped in this way, there has never been any trouble.

Because Guangxi has never had any major local forces, the only things to worry about are the chieftain forces in the north and some local bandits.

For these civilian armed forces, even a 47mm short explosive cannon is no match for them.

However, when facing the Black Flag Army, which had obtained the second-line equipment of the National Revolutionary Army, they were completely defeated.

After several rounds of bombing, the Qinzhou reinforcements were unable to advance an inch. Seeing this, the military commander had to send people to investigate.

"Listen up, people in the city ahead. Who are you? Tell me your names!" A Qinzhou soldier walked to the bottom of the city wall and shouted upwards.

"Who are we? We are your Black Flag Army grandfather, the great hero who fought against the French and defended our country!"

Upon hearing this, the expression of the Qinzhou reinforcement commander suddenly changed.

It really is the Black Flag Army, but why would the Black Flag Army reappear?

"Forget it, let's go back to Qinzhou first, report the facts to Lianzhou Prefecture, and then make a decision!" The commander of the Qinzhou reinforcements retreated decisively, turned around, and walked back the way they came.

Seeing Si Sanlin. Wu Sou: Suo: Qinzhou reinforcements did not dare to attack the city, but turned around and fled. Lu Yongxiang on the tower grinned and said:

"Fortunately, the troops outside the city were already ambushed. If they had been an hour later, they might have been able to escape!"

Just as the Qinzhou reinforcements were slowly retreating, shouts suddenly came from the depths of the jungle on their flank, and crackling gunshots rang out, directly knocking down several Qinzhou reinforcements on the periphery of the team.

These Qinzhou reinforcements had been guarding their rear and had never expected an attack from the flank. They hastily raised their guns to fight back, and some even took out their swords to engage in close combat.

However, the dense foliage deep in the jungle had long obscured the Black Flag Army's tracks.

As children of the Ten Thousand Mountains, the Black Flag Army is like a fish in water here, much more adept than the Anhui people living in the plains.

The Black Flag Army had not undergone proper training and was not capable of handling large-scale frontal combat. In fact, Lu Yongxiang had never even thought about fighting a fair battle to defend the city in Fangchenggang County.

The Shiwanda Mountains and the trees therein provided the Black Flag Army with the most ample cover and also made up for their inexperience in frontal combat. They used nature's camouflage to dig a hole in the waist of the Qinzhou reinforcements.

Shot after shot, in just a few tens of seconds, hundreds of Qinzhou reinforcements were killed or wounded. When they gathered their small-scale troops and rushed to the place where the shooting took place, they found that the Black Flag Army had already left their original place and went into the dense forest.