The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 177 The Japanese devils are setting up artillery

"Teacher, the Japanese devils are setting up artillery!"

Seeing that the Japanese army had stopped five hundred meters away, they began to unhook the small-caliber artillery from the packhorse, then turned the muzzle and pushed the artillery to the simple artillery position that had just been leveled by a dozen Japanese soldiers wielding shovels.

Not only was Wu Peifu not worried or anxious, but he felt an irrepressible excitement.

Teng Yuzao snorted and said to Hu Dianjia, "Xuanqing, you go down to the city immediately to command the battle and ask whether all the troops have moved to their positions."

Teng Yuzhao had already changed his tone to command, so Hu Dianjia naturally did not dare to neglect it. While responding, he stood up, bent his body and ran towards the city.

"Ziyu."

It was only then that Teng Yuzao said to Wu Peifu, "Let Xu Ting and his men go up to the city."

"Yes."

Wu Peifu responded with an unconcealable tone and turned to run to the city wall behind him. He stuck his head out from the battlement and shouted at the dark city below in a low voice, "Tingzi, the master has ordered you to bring your men up."

Wu Peifu had become very familiar with Xu Ting, the platoon leader of Teng Yuzhao's personal guard, and even called Xu Ting by his nickname.

Soon, Xu Ting ran up to the city with a platoon of guards and waited behind Teng Yuzhao.

Teng Yuzao pointed to the dark top of the city wall and said, "There are only one sentry from the Third Regiment and one battalion of training soldiers here. You lead them over."

Teng Yuzao smiled and said, "You often brag about your excellent marksmanship. Let me see it today."

"Yes."

Hearing that Teng Yuzao allowed his guards to shoot freely, Xu Ting was already overjoyed, but he still asked with some concern, "Sir, what's going on here?"

Teng Yuzao took his G98 from the soldier who was carrying his gun on his back and said, "As long as you fight well and prevent the British and American troops from attacking the city, I will be safe here. Besides, we have this squad of guards. Don't worry, just go and fight with peace of mind."

Xu Ting glanced at Teng Yuzhao's squad of personal guards squatting under the battlements on both sides of Teng Yuzhao, gave the squad leader a word, and ran away with his men.

Wu Peifu also took a rifle and loaded it.

Wu Peifu's marksmanship was average, but when he heard the soldiers in the guard platoon often talk about how accurate their marksmanship was, and saw that Teng Yuzhao's marksmanship was even better, and that he could shoot as soon as he raised his gun, regardless of whether the gun was long or short, and every shot never missed, this stimulated the arrogant Wu Peifu, so he began to ask Xu Ting to teach him marksmanship.

Now Wu Peifu has arranged his time very tightly. He not only follows Teng Yuzhao closely, but also returns to his room to study the infantry textbooks of the Military Academy whenever he has free time. He also takes time out to practice his marksmanship, which keeps him busy all day long.

However, Wu Peifu had been practicing his marksmanship for more than half a month, but had never had a chance to test it. How could he let go of such a good opportunity today?

"Da da da da da da da", the British and American coalition forces attacking the city began to spray long dark red flames from the muzzles of the two heavy machine guns on the machine gun positions 500 meters away, and began to fiercely sweep towards the top of the city. Under the cover of the heavy machine guns, most of the British and American coalition forces who had advanced to 200 meters from the city stopped and began to quickly organize their formations. At the order of the officers, they raised their rifles and pointed them at the top of the city. They also had to take on the task of covering.

The remaining hundreds of coalition forces quickly approached the city with long ladders, but when they were within a hundred meters of the city wall, gunshots finally rang out from the top of the city.

The first shot was not fired by Teng Yuzao. Although today's battle was not only the first battle in the attack and defense of Tianjin City, but also an extremely important battle, it was a crucial battle in which Teng Yuzao was prepared to teach the Allied Forces a severe lesson. However, Teng Yuzao still gave the task of battlefield command to Hu Dianjia.

Teng Yuzhao knew very well that in order to realize the grand plan in his mind, he must have a strong and iron-blooded army that not only dared to fight, but was also extremely good at fighting. And to have such a strong army that would always make any of his enemies fear, the most important thing is to have a group of good generals under his command. Otherwise, even if he was made of iron, he could not drive a few nails by himself.

Famous generals are made in battle, not through reading. Reading is only the foundation of being good at fighting. If you want to have a group of good generals, you must constantly give them opportunities, let them hone themselves in war, and grow through the honing of skills.

He even promoted post-war summaries in all levels of the vanguard army, requiring officers at all levels to write combat summaries, which was also forcing these officers to constantly think and summarize, and continue to mature through thinking.

Fortunately, Teng Yuzhao has now seen good trends in the battle summaries submitted by these officers. In the long run, these officers will quickly comprehend the wisdom of war.

This is the case with today's crucial battle. Teng Yuzao handed over the burden of commanding the operation to Hu Dianjia, who was responsible for the main assault mission.

Not only was Hu Dianjia familiar with Western military affairs, but he had also been the rear-end commander of the Wuwei Vanguard Army for a long time, and his official position and qualifications were much higher. Teng Yuzhao also wanted to express his attitude to Hu Dianjia and those officers and soldiers of the Wuwei Vanguard Army who had just joined the vanguard army, that is, he, Teng Yuzhao, had no prejudice against these people of the Wuwei Vanguard Army, and had completely regarded them as his own people and had absolute trust in them.

On the top of the city wall, there were a battalion of trained soldiers who were temporarily transferred here, and a sentry from the third regiment who cooperated with them in the battle. Although they were not few in number and the dense gunfire was shocking, the shooting effect was very satisfactory. Under the shooting of hundreds of rifles, only more than 40 British and American coalition troops who were carrying ladders close to the city wall fell.

Teng Yuzhao estimated that the vast majority of the coalition forces should be concentrated by the guard platoon.

"Clap clap clap."

"Da da da."

In the darkness, the gunfire from the muzzles of the training troops and the sentry from the Third Regiment who were firing on the top of the city wall exposed their position. Not only did the coalition heavy machine guns in the distance begin to fire dense rain of bullets at their position, but the three rows of coalition cover troops lined up 200 meters away also opened fire. The dense and orderly gunfire immediately suppressed the firepower on the city. Teng Yuzhao even heard screams coming from the city amid the coalition volleys and heavy machine gun fire. Obviously, many people were hit.

Teng Yuzao also raised the G98 in his hand and aimed the gun at an American officer next to the coalition cover force queue meters away. The cover force was mainly composed of American soldiers.

"Pah, pah, pah", Teng Yuzhao quickly pulled the bolt and fired three shots in a row, then quickly retracted his head. While retracting his body from the parapet, he also pulled Wu Peifu, who jumped for joy, to his side.

"Bang, bang, bang", almost at the moment when Teng Yuzhao pulled Wu Peifu over, several rifle bullets hit the parapet, breaking the bricks into pieces. Wu Peifu could even clearly feel that a hot bullet brought with it a gust of hot wind, which not only blew his military cap off, but even flew past his scalp.

Wu Peifu, who fell on Teng Yuzhao, knew that it was his young and magical teacher who saved his life. The bullet almost grazed his scalp, which made Wu Peifu feel a little scared, but he still spoke to Teng Yuzhao excitedly.

"Teacher, I hit one!"

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