The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 106 Visual Effects
Liu Shijiu suddenly shouted "Kill".

With this roar, a cold light flashed, and Liu Shijiu rushed forward quickly, waving the heavy ghost-head broadsword in his hand, and repeatedly hacked down the Allied officers and soldiers in front of him, forcing a gap in the fleeing Allied crowd, and rushed into the remnants of the Allied forces who were desperately rushing towards the pontoon bridge.

"kill"

Wu Peifu and the death squad behind him shouted "kill" almost at the same time. Amid the deafening shouts, they followed Liu Shijiu and rushed into the chaotic coalition forces like a whirlwind.

On the river bank, the enemy group, which was already extremely terrified and in chaos, was attacked fiercely by the suicide squad. It was like pouring boiling water into an ant nest. The coalition forces that had not yet reached the bridge were suddenly in an uproar.

Many terrified coalition forces even rushed directly to the river bank in order to save their lives and avoid the crowded pontoon bridge. Then they threw away their weapons and jumped into the Baihe River in various postures, paddling desperately to swim to the other side.

The coalition forces that fell on the river bank behind were in chaos, and immediately blocked the shooting range of the defending coalition forces on the other side who had raised their guns and were ready to shoot.

Taking advantage of the chaos, more than a dozen members of the suicide squad rushed out of the formation, and with the cover of the coalition forces fleeing to the river, they stood or kneeled on the river bank, raised their rifles, and fired a burst of volleys at the Maxim heavy machine gun position on the opposite bank less than 100 meters away, which posed the greatest threat to the suicide squad.

Although these dozen or so suicide squad members were not sharpshooters like snipers, they were all relatively accurate shooters from Li Xiangze's Second Regiment and Liu Shijiu's Regiment. More than a dozen rifles were fired intensively at one place, and the distance was only about a hundred meters. The killing effect was still very large. Amid their intensive gunfire, someone on the other side of the river was shouting at the top of his lungs. It was obvious that a coalition officer was issuing commands.

In the chaos, the remaining one hundred or so suicide squad members rushed directly onto the pontoon bridge, passing the coalition forces running around on the river bank. A small number of people in the front even mixed with the coalition forces who were scrambling to escape to the other side of the pontoon bridge.

At this moment, as the last two bright white flares fell into the water, both sides of the Baihe River suddenly became pitch black, and everyone was like being suddenly thrown into a black hole without a trace of light.

The sudden darkness made everyone whose vision had adapted to the glaring light feel a blackness before their eyes. Even under the bright moonlight, their vision had no perception of the outside world. They could not see anything, only pitch blackness.

Many coalition soldiers were suddenly plunged into darkness, and in their panic they stepped on empty air and fell into the Baihe River with a plop.

The moment he noticed from the corner of his eye that the two slowly falling flares were about to fall into the water, Wu Peifu desperately shouted "Close your eyes" to Liu Shijiu's back, and then he closed his eyes and followed Liu Shijiu on the pontoon bridge to rush to the other side.

Under the command of the officers, the coalition forces on the other side of the river were ready to ruthlessly shoot at the suicide squad who rushed onto the pontoon bridge and mixed with the remaining coalition forces. But at this moment, their eyes suddenly went dark, and then they fell into darkness. Even if they tried to open their eyes, it was still pitch black in front of them. Their efforts had no effect at all. After running a few steps on the wooden planks on the pontoon bridge, Wu Peifu tried to open his eyes. Although it was still a little dark in front of him, he could vaguely see the figures of the coalition forces running and fleeing in front of him.

Especially the burly figure in the front who was waving a big knife and rushing forward on the pontoon bridge could be clearly distinguished. It was Liu Nineteen. As the pontoon bridge was already crowded with people, not to mention that most of the coalition forces had already thrown away their rifles, even those who still had rifles had no space to raise their guns, and even the big knife in Liu Nineteen's hand could not be swung at all.

This chaotic situation naturally could not pose a problem for Liu Shijiu, who was skilled in martial arts. Unable to use his sword, Liu Shijiu had to hold the heavy sword at his side with one hand, and kept striking left and right with his right hand holding the sword and his empty left hand. He kept hitting the heads of the coalition forces beside him with the sword handle and his powerful fists. Taking advantage of the little space created by the coalition forces to dodge in pain, he used his powerful shoulders to push left and right, and kept knocking the coalition forces beside him into the Baihe River.

Wu Peifu, who was following closely behind Liu Jiujiu, did not care about the Allied Forces who were squeezing and grabbing around him like blind men with their eyes closed. He struggled to shake off the hands of the Allied Forces who were unconsciously grabbing his uniform, and strode forward quickly along the passage that Liu Jiujiu had opened in the chaos.

Wu Peifu knew that although he closed his eyes in time when the flare fell into the river and went out, the bright white light could still pass through his eyelids, but the light would dim drastically in advance, which made his eyes no longer so strongly stimulated by the contrast of light and dark in the outside world. This would allow his eyes to adapt a little earlier than the eyes of the chaotic coalition forces beside him, which would allow his vision to return to normal faster. Although his eyes might only adapt faster than the eyes of the coalition forces for a short few seconds, this period of time was enough.

The figure of Liu Jiujiu, who was rushing in front of Wu Peifu, flashed, and then a cold light flashed. The ghost-head knife held on Liu Jiujiu's shoulder had already slashed across the neck of a fleeing coalition soldier in front of him like lightning. After that, Liu Jiujiu no longer paid any attention to the coalition soldiers, but rushed past him sideways. Wu Peifu, who was rushing up closely behind Liu Jiujiu, was immediately sprayed with a stream of hot liquid all over his head and face. The flowing liquid almost blinded his eyes. Wu Peifu hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeve.

When he opened his eyes again, Liu Shijiu had already crossed his shoulder and knocked the two coalition soldiers who were trying to escape to the shore into the river. Then he slipped into the gap between the coalition soldiers in front of him, took two quick steps, and jumped to the other side.

Wu Peifu knew that the blood on his face was that of the Allied soldiers. He dodged the headless body of the Allied soldier that was falling backwards into the river and quickly rushed to the river bank.

Having already reached the river bank, Wu Peifu no longer needed the Allied Forces in front of him to block bullets. He raised his hand and pointed his revolver almost at the back of the Allied Forces in front of him. "Bang, bang, bang", he fired three shots in succession, killing the Allied Forces in front of him, and threw away the empty revolver.

Although it was still a little dark in front of his eyes, Wu Peifu felt that his vision was much better. He saw Liu Shijiu waving a ghost-head machete and rushing towards the coalition heavy machine gun position on the left.

Wu Peifu hurriedly pulled out his Browning pistol from his waist and rushed towards the Maxim heavy machine gun position on the river bank.

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