C521 siege zone

The early autumn morning breeze did not feel cold at all. It brought a dull feeling to people. It seemed that it was very likely that there would be a storm in the next few days.

"The trenches are going to get deeper. Don't we still have a pump imported from the United States in our warehouse? "I have to prepare them in advance. When the time comes, they will definitely need them …"

"Oh right, we just arrived at the Wind Changer yesterday, didn't we import a new type of American cement? "He said that he wanted us to test the effects, otherwise we'd use it in the bunker …"

"Alright, let's do it this way …" The sun has risen. Let's eat something first … "

The two people who spoke were General Liu Lang, the gray beard who kidnapped Xiao Letian in Taihang Mountains, and the other one was the Tie Toutuo who played tricks in Little Wang Manor. The two of them were the two highest ranked generals in the Tanggu, and were the backbone of the entire garrison.

In front of the two of them was Tanggu Industrial Special Zone, who was known as Iron Hedgehog. This place was not like it was a year ago, Xiao Letian faithfully executed his designated plan, he wanted to turn Industrial Zones into a huge prison, then it would definitely be the number one prison in East Asia.

The nine meter tall concrete walls were all gray, which was not much shorter than the walls of the Forbidden City. On the top of the walls, there were crenellations for shooting and pieces of barbed wire.

Outside the wall were three parallel trenches and communication trenches, reaching two meters deep. Soldiers always had to step on their own wooden racks for shooting, and the trenches were constructed with permanent bulletproof fortifications every few dozen meters. The outer trenches were long and full of barbed wire.

If another military friend crossed over here, he would be able to tell with a single glance that the style of this trench was exactly the same as it was during the First World War.

In an era where there were no aerial weapons or tanks, the trenches were the most powerful defensive weapons of the army, and they were lacking heavy machine guns. If there were a few mechas mounted on the trenches, the Qing Dynasty would probably not be able to breach them even if they bled to death.

Maylor, the defeated general of the new army, was the one known as the Eight Banners General of Tianjin. Initially, the aggressive and aggressive army with over ten thousand medals thought that they could catch the Tanggu industrial area unprepared, but when the new army forward saw this iron hedgehog defense line, the Eight Banners Brigade suddenly collapsed.

The Eight Banners and the Green Camp were only inexperienced, but that did not mean that they were idiots. Facing this kind of porcupine formation, the tens of thousands of people suddenly did not know what to say.

After all, Maylor was a military general who was taught by the tradition.

When Maylor's army reached the Tanggu, the one who wanted to prove his defeat in front of the Empress Dowager Xi and gave the order for the entire army to take action.

"Brothers …" The empress dowager has given us a death order. The rest of our lives will depend on today … Don't be afraid of these iron tribulations, the Old Ancestor in the Forbidden City has already personally inquired about the news, there are only 200 new troops in the industrial area of Tanggu, we just have to use numbers to drown them … "

"Xiao Letian is already dead. This group of demon soldiers no longer have a backbone. The demonic techniques of the westernization have already been dispersed. Everyone, act according to your original plan …"

Maybe the enemy only had 200 strong soldiers, or maybe the news of Xiao Letian's death dispelled all of their worries, and under Maylor's lead, the 3000 infantrymen immediately charged towards the formation, and all of them were equipped with fire spears.

Other than the Xiang Army, this was the strongest army in the Great Qing Dynasty. Although the three thousand musket were old, they were still the top stock in the Beijing.

However, this group of soldiers who had just put down their spears and sabers had obviously not received any formal training in musket team. The people who were charging in were still a hundred meters away from the trench, and before the officer had even given the order, the sound of gunfire had already rang out.

Pah pah pah … The battlefield was filled with white smoke. Soldiers, hit you and me, while ammunition was loaded. Those who were too lazy to use guns even drew their waists. The battlefield was a mess.

"Good, good, good. Sure enough, your aura is like a rainbow in the sky …" "Cavalry, prepare, as long as the iron tribulations are removed, cavalry will charge in …" Maylor was already so skilled, but in his eyes, the chaotic battlefield was as imposing as a rainbow.

These soldiers were really prepared. Many of the 3,000 men had taken down the doors and doors from their homes, and there were even people holding tiger pincers. They were preparing to clean up the barbed wire, but they never thought that the garrison would be so treacherous as to place a large amount of mines outside the base.

The Manchu troops were only fifty meters away from the barbed wire. The new soldiers hidden in the trenches had already lit the fuse, and there were still no stepping mines. The new soldiers could only hide the fuse in the dry bamboo pipes to ensure that they wouldn't get wet.

More than ten tongues of flame crackled on the ground as the soldiers leading the charge sensed the approaching danger.

"What is that thing?" "Draw a knife and cut it off …" Amidst the shouts, more than ten waist blades were sent flying. Unfortunately, the broken bamboo tube was able to protect the fuse as the flame continued to rush forward.

A few dozen meters flashed by. When the charging soldiers were only about twenty meters away from the fence, they heard a few loud bangs. Suddenly, more than ten small mushroom clouds rose up from the ground, and the three thousand soldiers were all blown up.

Rows of rifles burst out of the trenches, and Spencer's flares made the front of the field howl.

"Charge forward …" The first one to break through the iron tribulations, a thousand taels of silver … Kill anyone who steps back unbeknownst to you! " Maylor was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse. He did not think that the information was wrong, there were actually cannons inside the special region? But why was there no sound of firing?

There was no time to think on the battlefield. Under the threat of the silver and death, the remaining soldiers of the Qing Dynasty decided to fight to the death. Pieces of door boards were set up on the barbed wire.

However, the sacrifice was huge as well. Half of the three thousand soldiers had been destroyed by Spencer, and the battlefield was littered with bodies and heavily injured soldiers. After throwing out the final round of grenades, the remaining two thousand soldiers couldn't hold on any longer and turned around to flee.

"Dammit, how did he become such a bird …" The enemy was only so little. He could lose just like that … "Disperse, more attacks …"

Maylor who had learnt his lesson split into four thousand-man squads and started attacking the new army from different directions. At first, he thought that he could catch them off guard, but he never thought that there would be so many foreign devils' voices coming out from the trenches.

"Protect our property, here we have the investment from the America, we cannot let bandits plunder …"

"God punish these thugs, we, the British cannot afford to lose anything, it is against the law for the Qing Government to not declare war …"

Even if they beat Maylor to death, Maylor would never have thought that there were actually hundreds of foreigners fighting alongside the new army in the trenches, they were all engineers and merchants from Europe and America. The investment here was almost all they had.

This era's Great Qing had already gotten used to fear of foreigners. When the Qing Army saw that the Master Yang was shooting at them, they immediately turned around and ran, but their second attack failed.

Maylor was completely mad this time. His first battle was not going well, how could he fight in the future? He had given the empress dowager a military order, but now that the foreigners had arrived, was he really going to kill them all?

"Reporting to General, that Xiao Letian used the power of the Western Demons to disturb me, and now that he is dead, the power of the Evil Demon has loosened, if we can find some dirty stuff to throw over, and destroy their Evil Qi, then we can naturally return victorious."

"Really?" Maylor did not dare believe it, "I remember that in the past few years, General Guangzhou did this. He used a woman's cloth to hang herself on the city wall to defend the foreigners, but it was useless!"

"Otherwise, otherwise …" General doesn't know, if Xiao Letian was still alive, then the demon's eye of the formation would still be there, so these unlucky items are not very useful, but now that Xiao Letian is dead, the inside of the enemy formation is in chaos, so there might be some miraculous effects … "

Speaking to there, this Acidic Scholar who had been hired from somewhere came close to the general's ears and said, "So what if we try? Our brothers have lost morale in the past two battles, so we asked them to go to the village to gather some dirty items, and also …"

Maylor understood without needing to explain. He looked around at the hesitating soldiers and grinded his teeth, "Forget it, I'll listen to you then …"

The general's order naturally contained a bit of tiger's might, thousands of soldiers spread out, following the Industrial Zones's surroundings and began sweeping through the village. The murderous soldiers robbed the black dogs, the shit, the women's pants, the menses, and even the footcloths of the women with little feet.

Whatever it was that was disgusting, they would snatch it away. In a short time, all the villages near the Tanggu were snatched away by them, and the commoners who did not manage to escape in time were now in trouble.

Since ancient times, soldiers were like bandits. In this robbery, how many women were raped and how much wealth was looted could no longer be counted. There were even civilians who tried to resist, but were cut down by this group of tiger and wolf soldiers.

"Oh God! Why did they want to kill the citizens of their country? "What is the identity of this army?"

"Dammit, who else could it be other than that group of Purging Demons? Since they can't beat us, they rely on massacring the people to boost their morale. This is a group of beasts! "

Just at this time, the newly formed Maylor launched his third charge, and this time, the charge was destined to go down in history, because six merchants had already set up their cameras inside the trench.

"Are these Chinese people really not lying to me? Would this photo really sell for a high price in Europe? Would the newspaper really take it? "Yeah, I think I'll give it a try. This group of magical new army can always give us a pleasant surprise …"