The battle in Shimuling began at noon. More than 100 artillery pieces of the Qing army launched a half-hour shelling of the revolutionary army's positions. Unlike the Revolutionary Army's speculation, the Qing army did not use chlorine cannons as soon as they came up, but instead used shrapnel shells. However, it was obvious that the quality of the Qing army's artillery was not rusted, and the timing fuze of many shrapnel shells was not set up well. The fuze time was too short, and the shells only exploded in the air, like a special fireworks.

But despite this, the revolutionary army in the trench did not dare to take it lightly. Except for a few observers, the others were hiding tightly in the cat's ear piercing. They had long been told that in each 75mm shrapnel, 295 ten grams of shrapnel were exploded in the explosion. These shrapnel flying down the air could not be avoided by lying down. Only in the anti-cannon hole hidden in the trench could it be unscathed.

While the Qing army was bombarding, with the command of the grassroots officers, rows of infantry scattered according to the new army's Caodian rushed over from small steps 800 meters away. Their cavalry also came out to detour to both sides of the revolutionary army's battle formation, preparing to assault the revolutionary army's flanks. However, it was obvious that they did not trust their own artillery. All the Qing army's infantry soldiers landed far behind the shells, fearing that they were accidentally injured by the shrapnel bombs that exploded in the air. In the telescope, the brigade commander Xu Shunda shook his head happily as he saw the Qing army's quality. The infantry did not follow the barrage. It was obvious that they would die when they rushed over like this. The cavalry, do they have flanks on their own? The Shimuling position extended to the east to the foot of Tianchi Mountain, and the horses could not circumvent it with Zhutangkeng.

When Xu Shunda was thinking about the Qing army's cavalry, "Bang...Bang...Bang...Bang...Bang" Amid the dull Maxim machine guns, the Qing army's infantry was completely suppressed, and then they dispersed completely without regard to the officer's orders. Xu Shunda put down his telescope and laughed. At this moment, he just wanted to lead the team and go north to Beijing.

If he had known that the revolutionary party's machine gun would be dispersed by the revolutionary party's machine guns, Wenhua, who received the 100,000-hot emergency rescue letter from Tiezhong, refused to listen and insisted on Cai E to provide emergency rescue. Cai E had no choice but to let the 17th mark of the 5th Town try to rush. Sure enough, it was less than a while before he rushed up and was defeated by the revolutionary party.

Seeing his subordinates dispersed in front of the revolutionary party formation, the Biaozheng Xu Hongbin dared to hurriedly run over and said, "Master General, the revolutionary party has dug a trench and put on the wire mesh. You can't fight like this! Even if you fight like this, you won't be able to shake them in the slightest!"

The Qing army was dispersed. Cai E frowned while Wenhua was furious. He wanted Cai E to release chlorine cannons, then increase the charge force, and contact the charge many times, but he did not want the underground Biao Tong to run over and say that he could not charge. He glared at Xu Hongbin and said angrily: "There are 36,000 friendly troops in the mountain. Now they are in a critical situation. If our army cannot rescue immediately, they will be wiped out by the revolutionary party. There are no undead people in the war. Now we must step up the attack, open the pass and rescue the Western Route Army. I can say the words ahead first. If there are those who are greedy and afraid of the death in this battle, I must report to the emperor and behead them!"

Wenhua opened his mouth and took Dayi, making Xu Hongbin speechless. Wu Jiezhang dared not speak on the side, and Cai E was also silent. Only Sun Zong first said: "Master, we are discussing the methods of the Western Route Army. If we want to open the pass, there are two ways. One is to charge one after another like before, and the other is to do civil engineering and dig the trench in front of the Revolutionary Party. The former seems to be quick, but the revolutionary Party has arranged more than 30 machine guns in Shimuling, and it is impossible to rush. The fastest way now is to dig the trench. As long as we can dig the trench, our army rushed forward, and we will definitely be able to repel the revolutionary Party and rescue the Western Route Army."

"You...you are just afraid of death." Wenhua was speechless by Sun Zongxian. He could only say something angry, but the horse soldiers beside him only whispered a few words in his ear. He said again: "Although the revolutionary party has many machine guns on the opposite side, the garrison forces are only one target. If we repeatedly attack with two target forces, we will definitely win a great victory. The Russians who fought against Lushunkou back then charged so resolutely. Today, our Qing Fresh Army will never be weaker than the Japanese army. Why not use the chlorine cannon? What kind of civilized and uncivilized ones can't be civilized when dealing with the rebellious party."

When Wenhua mentioned the Battle of Russia and the chlorine cannon, Cai E's face turned cold. He had carefully studied the history of the Russian-Japanese war, especially in the Battle of Lushun, which was completely attacked by meat bombs. If he fought like this now, he would probably have collapsed before the Leiwu source arrived. There was also the chlorine cannon shell. I haven't heard of any country using it to deal with its own people. Once it was used this time, he would definitely become famous for all ages.

"Brother Xiufeng, the Japanese army fought Lushun, and finally dug the tunnel to the top of the mountain, relying on eighteen 280-mile cannons, so that they took the 203 Highland. Although Shimuling has no dangerous Lushun, it is difficult to fight without digging the tunnel. The civil engineering work looks slow, but in fact it is the fastest. There is also the chlorine cannon, which is now during the day. Once someone sees it and spreads it out, the emperor's wise will be..." Cai E smiled bitterly. In order to convince Wenhua, he had to bring out the Lushun affairs and the emperor's wise wisdom. Although he gained the upper hand in words, Wenhua was even more dissatisfied. He only felt that Cai E was mocking himself as a fool and didn't even understand the battle of Lushun.

"Then you dig it out! If the Western Army is not rescued, I will definitely report to the emperor." Wenhua looked at the people who were silent in the military tent. He knew that these Han people had this idea, so he threw away his sleeves in anger.

Wenhua left his harsh words again and went out. He only felt that it was entirely the responsibility of Cai E and Wu Jiezhang to rescue Tiezhong, and he was a spectator at most. As for the fourth town of the Manchu and Mongolian New Army, he was under the 5th and 14th towns, saying that he was protecting supplies and ammunition, but in fact, he was using the Han to control the Han Dynasty more than two hundred years ago. When he died, the new army was on the victory, and the credit was naturally the greatest.

When Wenhua left, he didn't know why. Thinking of his arrangements and words, Cai E suddenly felt like the commander of the Green Camp two hundred years ago. At that time, as it was today, Manchus drove the Han people to kill Han people, and today he was driven by Manchus to do the same thing! Thinking of this, Cai E was very angry, but just when his fists were tightened, Liang Qichao's words were recalled in his ears. "It doesn't matter if the emperor is a Han or a Manchu, it doesn't matter. The key is to make the people eat enough, dress warmly, and live a peaceful life. Whoever is the emperor is actually the same... The country must be prosperous and strong to avoid being bullied by foreigners. Now is not the time for the dispute between Manchu and Han. Now is the time for the dispute between China and China..."

Liang Qichao's words only made Cai E's clenched fist loose again, but he felt that Yang Jingcheng was hateful! Revival would be hateful! The revolutionary party was hateful! These people could not strengthen the country, but could only disrupt the country. Now they have spent 100,000 taels of taels to destroy the Zhejiang bandits, and have consumed most of the strong soldiers they had trained earlier. It was the fifth town, which was replenished and consumed several times. It was not the original fifth town. Thinking of this, Cai E suddenly said calmly: "We have to rush for a while, and this time we will change the chlorine shells."

The generals were happy because Cai E said something and stopped Wenhua's chaotic command. However, Wenhua agreed to dig a tunnel, and Cai E was going to send troops to rush. Wu Jiezhang looked at him in surprise and said, "Brother Songpo, you are... the chlorine shell is really... there is a lot of Gantianhe. If we use it today, we will be stabbed by someone in the future!"

After Wu Jiezhang finished speaking, Sun Zongxian next to him was about to speak. Cai E took the lead and said, "We are officials, they are bandits. As long as we can destroy the bandits and return the world to the bright and bright world, we will be stabbed in the backbone and scolded the slaves in the future. Cai E also recognized it. If China continues to war, it will destroy the country! Pass on my military orders to replace the artillery team with chlorine cannons and bomb the bandit positions."

Only when Cai E was hit by a demon, Sun Zongxian sighed: "Songpo, you are like this...hey!"

After Sun Zong finished speaking first, Wu Jiezhang next to him wanted to say something, but he held it back. Seeing this, the staff officer next to him immediately passed the military order back. After a while, the Qing army artillery replaced the shells. After the sound of the cannons, the chlorine gas ejected out of the chamber.

The valley was originally not very windy, because it was a suppressive design. The Qing army's artillery fired at a normal speed of two rounds per minute. Although it was only two rounds per minute, 108 artillery could spit out more than two hundred shells in one minute. Just when the Qing army was shooting shrapnel again, several shells fell to the trench. After a "bang", a green thing rose from the ground with snowflakes, and then more places were like this green smoke rising after the shells exploded.

"Poison gas! Poison gas! Poison gas!!" The observer arranged outside shouted sternly. Although all the soldiers had been told that the Qing army was likely to fire chlorine gas cannons, had conducted relevant training before, and equipped the front-line troops with gas masks, the soldiers were still very afraid of such ghostly green smoke. In their opinion, the green smoke was simply a black and white impermanent life-seeking rope.

The soldiers in charge of observation shouted shrillly, and the revolutionary army in the defense artillery hole in the trench was shocked when they heard the sound. Then the officers everywhere shouted loudly: "Wear a mask! Wear a mask! All officers... check... soldiers' masks!! Masks!" The company commanders and platoon leaders in charge of this section of defense shouted loudly, and some of them were fiercely singed out of the anti-artery hole. Regardless of the chlorine gas, they only shouted along the trench! The officer's call finally calmed the soldiers. Under the inspection of the squad leader, each soldier's mask was checked to confirm that it was completely sealed.

The officers in the trench ran and screamed. The commander and brigade commander behind the trench saw the yellow-green thing rising from his own trench in the telescope. The entire defense line was blurred in chlorine. However, even so, the Qing army's artillery did not stop, but kept projecting chlorine bombs over, making green smoke roll around near the trench. Xu Shunda saw the mirror full of chlorine gas and pulled the telescope to throw it to the personal soldiers next to him, and then pulled out the seized Bai Langlin Quli pistol, opened the insurance and fired seven shots at the sky, shouting: "I, Xu Shunda, will not be a human being if I don't kill Cai E in this life!"

The brigade commander was excited, and the regiment commander Ni Jin next to him hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother Mengwu, we have gas masks, the Tartars cannot hurt us. As long as we drag Cai E in, we will be able to kill these scum who are willing to be a slave tomorrow!"

After Xu Shunda finished seven shots, he was angry for a moment, and then nodded and said, "Okay! Then let them in as planned and retreat!" As soon as Xu Shunda said he was to withdraw, the military roar on Leiwuyuan rang. When the soldiers on the front line heard the sound, they all followed the sound and withdrew from the first trench under the arrangement of the officers, leaving only an empty position for the Qing army.

The revolutionary army withdrew from the first trench in an orderly manner, and the Qing army's shells were only set aside for half an hour before stopping, facing the trench surrounded by chlorine. The Qing army's infantry was slow to wait for the chlorine to dissipate, and then they shrank and drove to the barbed wire. They were still afraid at the beginning, but when the barbed wire was cut, the revolutionary party could not fight back. They knew that the revolutionary party in the trench would either die or scatter.

The Qing army waving the successful red flag, which only relieved the leaders of the towns and commissioners a few miles away. Wu Jiezhang, who had been unwilling to fire the chlorine gun before, Sun Zongxian and several leaders laughed. Although he had known the power of this thing for a long time, he only realized that it was so easy to fight with things when trying today. Just fire a chlorine gun and then accept the position.

Everyone was happy. Cai E had no expression and his face became deeper. He only put down his telescope and said to the deputy: "The 9th Association immediately accepts the entire position. But pay attention to the mines of the rebellion, they are likely to be buried in the trenches..."

Before Cai E finished speaking, he heard a roar from the trench of the revolutionary party. When the Qing army was going to explore the way, he hurriedly jumped into the trench. Although the new army no longer paid attention to cutting the heads. However, the dead revolutionary party in the trench might have some money or other valuable things. However, although the revolutionary army retreated, they never wanted to be so cheap. The trench was covered with various companion and landmines. As soon as these people entered, they immediately went to the west. Hong Zicheng, the Ninth Association Co-General, was about to be ordered to lead the team, but he didn't expect that the soldiers there were really blown up by the landmines. He was suddenly feeling a little nervous at this time. However, Cai E's military order had been issued, and he led the team to Cai E with a bow.

Under the divine power of the chlorine cannon, Shimuling was occupied by the Qing army's 9th association. It was also done in the same way. Zhutangkeng on the west side of Shimuling was also occupied by the 27th association after the chlorine cannon bombardment. In this way, as long as Leiwuyuan is occupied, the banner mountain that was still maintained by the Qing army two miles later. The revolutionary army retreated and the Qing army won a great victory. The two teams of soldiers on the banner mountain were cheered to see this, and the flags on the mountain were only waved more beautiful than those who performed the opera. The abnormal movements on the banner mountain attracted the soldiers surrounded in the valley to stop and watch. Although the shouting on the mountain was not very clear at the bottom of the mountain, they could only hear the sound of cannons outside. They could only feel that reinforcements were about to come in. For a moment, the morale of the Qing army in the valley was raised again.

He Zhaoxian looked at the Qing army jumping and jumping on the mountain, spitting out disdainfully, and then said: "Give an order to the artillery to flatten the flag mountain! Also, after the shelling, I will immediately send someone to occupy the highland!"

"Yes! Commander." The adjutant beside him shouted. Like everyone else, he had long disliked the 200 Tartars in Banner Mountain. Now the task of seducing the enemy has been completed, so of course this piece of bait will be eaten immediately.

As soon as the adjutant left, less than half a minute, the artillery soldiers in the north and east fired fire. As soon as the shells landed on the flag mountain, they blew the Yellow Dragon Flag on the mountain. Then the cannons were loud and the more than 200 Qing troops were bombarded. After the cannon was stopped for a while, the infantry of the Revolutionary Army rushed up and solved the half-dead Qing troops. Then the troops ignored everything else and just began to build fortifications to prepare for the hard battle.

Seeing that the last stronghold of his army was occupied by the revolutionary party, the Qing army, whose morale had just been responsive in the valley, went down again. Cai E, outside the mountain, saw that the Banner Mountain was quickly occupied by the Revolutionary party, came to Sun Zongxian: "Call the artillery team and see if their cannons can hit Banner Mountain?"

When Cai E asked, Sun Zong went first and then replied quickly, saying, "Zheng Yunqing said that the range of mountain cannons is only four kilometers. Now the cannon array is behind us, and it is four kilometers away from the Banner Mountain. If you want to hit it, the cannon array must be moved forward at least two kilometers to ensure it can be hit. However, once the cannon array moves forward, he is very worried that the revolutionary artillery team in Meiling Village can hit five kilometers, and it is just within the range of the revolutionary party."

"We have 108 guns, and there are only a few guns from the revolutionary party. Can't we suppress their artillery team?" Cai E said strangely. Zheng Shiqi is from Beiyang. He is a ruling in the fifth town. He often has to worry about the emotions of the former Beiyang officers. After all, except for the officers from the Beiyang army, it is difficult for Cai E to trust the officers who went abroad. There are too many revolutionary parties among them.

"Zheng Yunqing said that the artillery team of the revolutionary party must be placed on the other side of the mountain. The shells on our side cannot be fired at all, unless they are fired in another direction or chlorine cannons. Only in this way can their artillery be suppressed!" Sun Zongxian said.

"Then let's continue firing chlorine cannons to suppress all the revolutionary artillery arrays." Since I was in the first day of the lunar calendar, I no longer care about the fifteenth. With Cai E's order, the Qing army's artillery began to move forward, but it was not that easy for the artillery to move forward. More than 100 artillery guns in the two towns only waited until the sun set in the afternoon before moving to the place under the interference of the revolutionary artillery.

The Qing army outside pushed closer and closer, while the revolutionary army inside shrank and tighter. The Qing army, which had lost artillery support and the machine gun was completely suppressed by the mortar grenade, was ravaged by the revolutionary army like a toothless tiger. Jigong Bridge was broken through by Wang Jinfa, Qudou Village was also occupied. The Qing army in Wucun and Pengjia Village even violently bombarded and persuaded to surrender on all sides to shoot the white flag. Finally, the remaining troops in the third town of the Manchu and Mongolian Army only protected the command center and retreated to the flower.

Yigang and Kaokengyuan, a place less than one square kilometer, organized suicide squads to break through the valley at the foot of the mountain, but the high ground on all sides of the place was already in the hands of the Revolutionary Army. They died several waves of people and finally lost their spirits. They were only waiting for Cai E to rescue outside. When the night was low, Feng Guozhang's Western Route Army had basically finished eating. While the two armies were ceased to fight, the Revolutionary Army was sharpening their knives and waiting for Cai E to go further.

Having moved to the wartime headquarters of Anshan Temple, Zhou Sixu was introducing the current situation to the map. "There are more than 5,000 Qing troops left on Huayigang. It is found that they are all Manchu, Mongolians and Han military flags. These people are worried that we will kill them after being captured. Second, they hope that Cai E, who is close to them, can rescue them, so they will not surrender. The entire Feng Guozhang army's command post is also there. According to the information of the captives, the Qing army is now commanding Tiezhong, and he refuses to surrender."

As soon as Zhou Sixu said that Tiezhong refused to surrender, Wang Jinfa, who attended the meeting, said, "Damn, I still refuse to surrender! The headquarters will order me, I will take someone in and take Tiezhong's head out for everyone."

The revolutionary army did not promote beheading, so when Wang Jinfa said this, everyone laughed, knowing that he was addicted to killing generals and robbing the flag again. However, everyone is familiar with his character, so it would be fine if he just smiled. Zhou Sixu continued: "These 5,000 people basically have no heavy weapons, and the machine guns are probably empty. Now the 6th Division has attacked, and they will probably surrender if they are on fire. However, we must prevent them from escaping at night to send news to Cai E's army to prevent changes from happening on Cai E's army.

Now Cai E's army has occupied Shimuling and Zhutangkeng, where two new troops are stationed here. There are two new troops in the other two new troops in the south of Shimuling, and finally their baggage troops. The fourth town of Manchuria and Mongolia has already set up defenses in Huizeli, Longmen Bridge, Baihe Bridge, and Hengshan Town. Now they have two main retreat routes, one is to return to Zhuge Village in the original way, then to Yongchang Town and Lanxi County; the other is to retreat to Longyou County through Hengshan Town.

Now our plan is to let Zhang Gong's 15th Division divide two groups at night, one by one, take down Yongchang Town or Lanxi County, and the other by Liantang or Longyou County. As long as two places are occupied, the retreat of Cai E's troops will be cut off, and the 6th Division is responsible for the entire Meiling Pass position, which is best to attract the Qing army to drag it here for a night.

Now our army has suffered more than 4,000 casualties. In addition to the more than brigade transferred this morning, there are more than 46,000 people to fight. Moreover, the troops have won the battle, and their morale is high, and they are ammunition and shells are relatively sufficient. As long as there is no major change tonight, Cai E's army will be wiped out by us tomorrow dawn, just like Feng Guozhang's army."

The situation was under control, Lin Wenqian happily lit a cigarette: "That is to say, as long as it is over tonight, Cai E's Eastern Army can also take the blame?"
Chapter completed!