The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 141 Fight out
Although he couldn't see it, Teng Yuzao could imagine that Sixty-Nine on the street was so angry that he was jumping up and down and cursing.

Needless to say, Teng Yuzao could see that Liu Shijiu was chasing too closely, so if he did not interfere, while the Russian troops were cleaning up the debris in the doorway, Liu Shijiu might be able to kill all the remaining Russian troops.

This was a measure that Wu Peifu had to take as he understood Teng Yuzhao's thoughts.

Seeing a pile of wood, tables, chairs and other debris thrown out of the doorway, Teng Yuzhao reached out and patted Wu Peifu on the shoulder, and gestured to Wu Peifu to let Liu Shijiu and the others come in.

"Stop shooting."

Only then did Wu Peifu free his hands to wipe the cold sweat from his head and gave orders to the heavy machine gunners.

"Blow the charge."

Teng Yuzhao turned around and shouted orders to the two part-time buglers in the guard squad.

Almost at the moment when the bugle sounded, a cheer in Russian came from below the city, and then the remaining Russian troops under the wall immediately stopped shooting and rushed to the city gate.

Wu Peifu also stood up at this time, jumping on the city wall, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Master, rush out and kill all the foreign devils outside!"

Teng Yuzhao also stood up and leaned against the parapet to look at the street entrance. The first ones to rush out at the street entrance were not only the blood-stained Liu Shijiu and the soldiers of the assault brigade, but also the commander of the Wuwei Vanguard Army Pan Jinshan and a sturdy man with a red scarf on his head. Following behind the two were four or five hundred Wuwei Vanguard Army and Boxers.

The burly man dressed in Boxer attire was none other than Wang Decheng, the Boxer leader who was stationed in Dongjuzi with Pan Jinshan. Teng Yuzhao had seen this man at Yu Lu's place.

At this moment, both Pan Jinshan and Wang Decheng looked a little embarrassed. Not only was Pan Jinshan's left arm wrapped in rags torn from somewhere, but his left arm was also hanging in front of his chest. Wang Decheng's red scarf was not tied on the top of his head, but on his forehead. It was obvious that both of them were injured, one on the left arm and the other on the forehead.

Especially Pan Jinshan, the injury to his left arm should be quite serious.

Teng Yuzhao had a new respect for Pan Jinshan and Wang Decheng, as they were able to persist in resisting after the Russian army entered Dongjuzi.

Liu Shijiu, who was filled with anger, was about to yell, but when he saw Wu Peifu jumping and shouting on the city wall, he had to stop talking in disappointment. Then he saw Teng Yuzhao waving at him, asking him to chase after them. Although he still didn't quite understand what was going on, he had heard the sound of the charge.

Without hesitation, Liu Shijiu raised the blood-stained sword in his hand and said, "Brothers, if you have the guts, follow me and chase them out. There are more foreign devils outside. Follow me and kill them all. Charge!"

After saying that, Liu Shijiu took the lead and rushed towards the city gate.

"Zi Yu, take this Maxim, and go command the heavy machine guns in the east to cover the assault brigade. The focus should be on suppressing the Russians' heavy machine gun positions."

Before Teng Yuzhao finished his words, a series of violent explosions suddenly sounded on the battlefield outside the city behind him.

This time, the target of the bombardment was no longer the Russian troops that had come to support, but the British troops that had just gathered and retreated, and the main force of the British army that was preparing to support the British troops that were still blocking the first regiment. Teng Yuzao did not observe the British troops that were under fire, but hurriedly raised a telescope to observe the Russian support troops that had just been covered by artillery fire and bombarded for a while. He wanted to see the effect of the artillery coverage with his own eyes.

Although Teng Yuzhao had the experience of time travel, he had never seen the covering bombardment effect of dense artillery fire with his own eyes.

Eighteen artillery pieces fired five rounds at high speed, which means a total of ninety shells. Ninety shells naturally cannot be evenly distributed in the designated area, but more shells should fall in the central area. Therefore, this artillery attack is unlikely to kill or injure all the Russian troops who rushed into the target area. What is the effect? ​​Teng Yuzao also needs to have a clear sensory perception.

Fortunately, Teng Yuzhao was very satisfied with the bombardment effect he observed.

The large group of Russian troops, which had been so aggressive just now, had been blown to pieces after being bombarded by ninety 75mm howitzer shells. The broken bodies and damaged guns were scattered everywhere in the shelling area. After the shelling, only half of the Russian troops survived, and many of them were injured.

Looking at the British troops that had just been bombarded, they were not much better off than the Russian troops. Although this rapid bombardment was only three rapid shots, there were still fifty-four shells. The British army of only more than 700 people was instantly blown to pieces. Although there were still about 400 survivors, many of them were also injured.

That’s not all. The biggest blow to the British and Russian coalition forces was not how many people were killed or injured in the shelling, but that these two rounds of shelling completely crushed their morale.

They knew very well that if they dared to gather together to form a battle formation again, they would immediately be hit by the enemy's fierce and intensive artillery fire.

Even if they lay down on the spot or even used the terrain to block the large force rushing over from the west, they would still be attacked from the side by the dense heavy machine gun fire on the city wall. Moreover, the more than 1,000 people who were encircling them from the north were not far away from them.

It was not known whether the few blocking troops left behind by the British army had completely abandoned the attempt to cover the main force's retreat, or because their commanders had been killed in battle, or because their mentality had been destroyed by these two rounds of fierce artillery bombardment.

In short, no matter which situation it is, it doesn’t matter now.

The small groups of British covering troops that had just been fighting desperately to block the enemy's advance immediately scattered after the British main force was bombarded, and they all fled eastward in a hurry.

The Russian troops who came to support them no longer thought about safely bringing back the attacked British troops, nor did they even wait to join up with the remnants of the British army. The Russian troops, who had suffered heavy losses, had already turned around and retreated.

Because the shouting and killing sounds coming from the direction of the East Gate completely frightened the Russian army. Since there were shouting and killing sounds coming from there, it meant that there were Qing troops appearing in the direction of the East Gate again. If there were any problems there again, they would be in a situation where they were almost surrounded, so they had to rush back immediately to rescue the troops at the East Gate and keep their retreat route back to the Russian Concession.

The retreating British troops also did not bother to maintain their formation. They followed closely behind the Russian army and fled desperately towards the east gate.

"Da da da da, da da da" the Maxim heavy machine guns on the city had begun chasing the retreating Allied forces, firing fiercely and continuously.

Although the distance was too far, the Maxim heavy machine gun had a range of more than 2,000 meters, and the dense firepower still killed and wounded the retreating British and Russian remnants layer by layer...

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