1240 Strange Ambush
Due to the arrogant Russian army's showing off, the route of this fleet is very close to the coastline of the Qing Dynasty. At the closest time, the fleet was only more than 1,000 meters away from the coast, which is actually a dangerous journey.
It is precisely because the Russian army wants to show their strong combat power that they have to let the Chinese officers, soldiers and the people see their voices as much as possible, but they neglected a little. It is precisely because they are too close to the coastline that they are approaching the danger.
The location where the naval battle occurred in the Minjiangkou is located east of Changle County, on the sea overlooking Yanshan and Gujiao Mountain. There are many deep and undercurrents, and there are many reefs and dangerous shoals. In fact, it is not a suitable place for naval battles.
Now the Russian fleet has actually been surrounded by islands of all sizes. To the west of the fleet are the mainland, Yanshan Mountain and Gujiao Mountain, to the east of the fleet are Dongsha Island, North Dog Island and South Dog Island. Behind the fleet are a large scattered island extending northward from Pingtan Island.
The three directions of east and south are not suitable for fleet rapid assaults. The north is the Minjiang River estuary, and the north is the estuary, and the estuary is a messy island, so the only exit of the battlefield is in the northeast direction, but the northeast direction has become a place for the Zhiyuan and Diamond fleets to fight in chaos, which has caused difficulties for the main fleet led by Stefansky to break through.
Under the command of the commander-in-chief, the flagship St. Peter began to rudder right. They wanted the fleet to turn a little west first, then draw a large circle clockwise along the edge of the war, and finally rushed out of the encirclement from the northeast corner under the protection of the Diamond.
This arc is very large. It may be that the pressure on the Russian navy was too great when the Zhiyuan killed just after the formation was broken. When he was going around this circle, the helmsman involuntarily asked the warship to move west as much as possible and try to avoid the Zhiyuan farther away.
The main fleet was getting closer and closer to the coastline, and until the end the flank of the fleet was less than 1,500 meters away from the coastline.
At this moment, three cannons suddenly sounded in the Western continent, followed by Yanshan Mountain on the mainland, including the dense forests behind the Black Point Beach, and countless flags suddenly rose, and figures shaking among the trees, shouting and killing were earth-shaking.
"Rise the dragon flag, now look at us! The new Royal Army is ready to fight... Withdraw the artillery! The first battalion enters the position..."
"The Second Battalion began to load ammunition, aim and fire!"
"The Third Battalion of the New Royal Army, the Fourth Battalion loads ammunition... aims at the enemy ships... opens fire! Fight these bitches to death for His Majesty!"
Boom boom boom... Dozens of light balls suddenly lit up in the deep mountains and old forests, and shells whizzing in the black smoke exploded towards the Russian warships on the sea. This round of artillery bombardment made Stefansky dizzy.
"How is it possible? The Qing Dynasty started a war against us? Damn, Molière's information? Why is there no information at all?" The commander scolded loudly, and Molière was stunned. He had no idea what was going on.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible. This is the territory of Zuo Zongtang of the Hunan Army. Zuo Zongtang is in the northwest. He cannot come back to command the battle! How dare the remaining left-behind troops open fire at us?"
"Damn it, without the orders of the Qing Ministry of War, how dare the local defenders open fire at us? Besides, I have never heard of a fort in this area..."
Boom boom boom... The high-explosive shells exploded into groups of water columns on the side of the St. Peter's ship, and a shot was also shot on the deck. In the flames, two Russian soldiers were blown into the water.
The veteran on the bow yelled, "It's not a shore defense cannon! It doesn't have that much power, it should be a field rifled cannon used by the army! Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a fast shooting density... Damn it's here again, lie down!"
The incredible ambush, the use of field guns as shore defense guns, and the yellow triangular flags that cannot be identified all made this sudden attack full of strange atmosphere.
Facts have proved that the British and French spy network that Molière used was not as powerful and perfect as imagined. They didn't know that there was such a strange army in Fujian Province that no one in the Qing Dynasty could not control or dared to control.
They claimed to be the new imperial guards. At this moment, there were only four battalions and more than two thousand people, but this army had no sign of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Green Camp soldiers. If these soldiers did not look at their clothes, you would even think that they were all ambushes arranged by Xiao Letian.
However, these people did not obey Xiao Letian's command. They had only one direct superior, that is, His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin Jueluo Zaichun.
"Those three treasures, you're a little faster... You're even the most melody. This time, everyone is not allowed to have supper when they go back. The amount of outdoor training is three times higher..."
"Hurry, brothers, hurry up... We are the emperor's personal army, we are the royal warriors, Your Majesty is fighting against the enemy on the sea, and help the emperor! Save the emperor!"
Guard Ma Ming stood on a huge rock and gave orders to the soldiers of the First Battalion. More than 500 soldiers were quickly interspersed in front of him, carrying their hands on their shoulders and pushing one light field gun into the predetermined shooting position.
The Sanbao was the playboy who had been eating and waiting to die in Beijing before. At that time, he was holding two walnuts all day long, followed by an old yellow dog behind his butt, wandering around the city in one step and three times, and he didn't have much other than eating, drinking and having fun.
But today, the eight banner nobles with tanned hands carried cannonball boxes, crossing mountains and ridges like walking on flat ground, and the honest soldiers behind him trotted along the way.
"Brothers... follow me! The emperor is on the sea. We are the great contribution of Qingtian to save the emperor! Beat the Russians..."
It is already a miracle to be able to make the eight banners dandy shout out to follow me instead of giving me a slap. Xiao Letian's new army training camp has such magic power, turning stones into gold and turning decay into magic.
Ma Ming, Duncheng, Bai Min, Guan Lu... These are the four guards sent to the little emperor in the Forbidden City, and they learned the kung fu from their ancestors. They were covered in serious blood, and there was no doubt about their loyalty to the emperor.
When they first arrived in Ryukyu, the four of them trained with Zaichun and struggled in the recruit camp, which made them transform. At this moment, they no longer had the arrogance and idiotic spirit of the four nine cities.
With the four guards as the core, Zaichun dug out the three hundred and eight banners of unsuccessful young people from the four nine cities, such as the Three Treasures, Doro, Maqun, etc....
The 300-Eight Banners' illegitimate son, the dandy who was destined to live in his life, was tempered in the furnace of Ryukyu, and finally became excellent company commanders, platoon commanders and squad commanders.
Finally, the more than 300 Zaichun's direct descendants were quietly sent to Fujian, where they were preparing to form a direct descendants army belonging to Emperor Tongzhi.
Xiao Zaichun has made Xiao Letian Sect a black-hearted little emperor. He has understood the true meaning of politics at this moment. He is very clear about the fact that power is not formed by himself, but it will never be his own.
Even the forces inherited from their own fathers are not as useful as they created by themselves!
Chapter completed!