Dinghai City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing the sea in the south, Longfeng Mountain in the north, Qingleitou Mountain in the east, Xiaofeng Mountain and Zhushanmen in the west, among which Qingleitou Mountain and Xiaofeng Mountain can be built, but because of the long-term peace and war, the Dinghai Navy only symbolically built the Dongyue Fort on the unpredictable Dongyue Palace Mountain in the south, and it was pitiful.

After the Yuanqi regiment trained the fleet entered Daotou Port, they quickly landed in three groups, attacking the Dongyue Fort, and the other two groups seized the commanding heights on both sides of the east and west, repaired fortifications, and built artillery positions.

On the wall of Dinghai City, British Army Commander Boulley held up a telescope and observed carefully. His face was so gloomy that it seemed that water could drip out.

He also understood the enemy situation roughly. The enemy fleet is quite large, with more than 20 warships and more than 20 troop transport ships. All Western sailing ships, except for a small number of white people, are mostly Easterners with braids or without braids.

All ships were hung with the battle flag of the Qing Dynasty. It was obvious that they were officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. According to preliminary estimates, the total number of enemy naval and land soldiers was as high as tens of thousands. Now the Dinghai Fleet surrendered and fled, and there were only more than 2,000 officers and soldiers who stayed in Dinghai City. In terms of force, the difference in strength between the two sides was huge.

The opponent was able to quickly defeat the Dinghai Navy Division, and landed in more than an hour to force the fortress outside the city to surrender, raising the white flag and seizing the commanding heights on both sides of the east and west sides. Whether it was combat power or tactics, it seemed that it was not inferior to them. How to fight this battle? The recent reinforcements were far away in Tianjin and could not be expected at all.

Putting down the telescope, Bullley said in a gloomy face. The other party surrounded him from three sides. Longfeng Mountain in the north was high and steep and could not climb. This was actually surrounded by all sides. The other party clearly told him that he not only wanted to attack Dinghai City, but also wanted to surround Dinghai City and wipe out them all.

Can you keep defending the city and return to the reinforcements in Tianjin? Bullli subconsciously looked at Daotou Port. Although the Qing Navy's fleet is not small in size, it is incomparable to their main fleet. It is not at the same level at all. If you can hold on to the main fleet and return to the reinforcements, you will definitely be able to annihilate the Qing Navy in one fell swoop.

The question is whether he can hold on for half a month! Soon he made up his mind, no matter whether he could, he had to try and do his best to do his best!

Before noon, Guan Tianpei, who dragged several surrendered British warships back to Daotou Port, rushed to Yizhizu's flagship. As soon as he met, he asked with concern: "What's the situation?"

"It's quite smooth." Yi Zhizu said lightly: "The commanding heights outside the city have been controlled. Fortifications are being repaired and artillery positions are being built. The trenches are being dug from the afternoon to extend to Dinghai City. Tomorrow, we can launch a tentative attack."

This went too smoothly! Guan Tianpei said happily: "What is the reaction of the British army in the city?"

"I can't hide, it seems that I am planning to hold the city." Yi Zhizu said as he changed his mind, "Why did he only drag back six ships, and two of them sank?"

"It's so powerful." Guan Tianpei said with regret: "It's severely damaged, sinks too fast, and cannot be dragged back. However, at least it's considered to be the cannons on the ship. Let's first agree that these warships and artillery are the spoils of the navy."

Yi Zhizu glanced at him and said, "The military gate has to discuss this matter with the Citimen and ask if they agree with it? Also, the artillery will be transported to the ashore first, and the artillery positions on both sides of the east and west are waiting for the military gate's artillery."

"What does it mean to wait for these cannons? Zhizu had disdained these cannons before." Guan Tianpei couldn't help but say, "Can Zhizu want to take over the force?"

"This military achievements in regaining Dinghai are counted on the Guangdong Navy." Yi Zhizu turned his eyes and said, "What, I want to win both fame and fortune? That's fine. I'll report all the military expenses sent by Yuanqi and Citi warships, and all the spoils are given to the navy."

After working for a long time, he was so happy! Guan Tianpei said angrily: "You guy is cruel." He naturally could calculate this account. Compared with military expenditures with more than a hundred small and medium-caliber artillery can be ignored.

In the afternoon, outside the city of Dinghai, outside the range of artillery on the city, a large number of Yuanqi regiments gathered, and then began to dig trenches. The British army at the city initially did not understand what these Qing soldiers were doing. At dusk, the trenches had extended four or five hundred yards outside the city wall and began to extend to both sides. They finally understood that this was a tunnel for guarding artillery, but what could it be for such a long distance?

Bourley stood on the turret at the city, watching silently, with no idea that the range of muskets trained by the Yuanqi regiment could reach such a long distance, but he knew that this distance was the effective range of rifled guns. Could it be that these strange Qing officers and soldiers were equipped with rifled guns? This seems impossible. You must know that there is no army in Europe that has such a large number of rifled guns. After all, the defects of rifled guns are too obvious.

"General, this trench can minimize the damage of artillery, and we should learn." A major said: "From the uniforms and weapons of this Qing army, they seem to have received Western training. Will this trench and the sailing warships and armed merchant ships be America?"

Is it the United States that helped the Qing Dynasty train its army? But what does this mean to them? Bourley lit a cigar and then said, "That's something that politicians should care about, it has nothing to do with us. However, you can observe this trench more. In addition, be vigilant and strengthen prevention at any time. Especially at night, this Qing army is good at sneak attacks. It must be guarded against the rifled guns they are equipped with, and appropriately increase the Karon gun position on the city. However, you must pay attention to protecting the gunners."

The officers responded, and one of the officers hesitated: "General, the commanding heights on three sides outside the city are all in the hands of the enemy. If we do not take them back, we will be very passive."

After glanced at everyone, Bullley said without any haste: "I think you'd better understand first, what is our mission? At present, we are sticking to waiting for assistance, not defeating or annihilation of the Qing army outside the city. You have also seen that these are not those Qing troops that fled when the artillery fired.

The opponent's troops are three times or even four times or five times that of ours, and the muskets are not inferior to us. I suspect that they have equipped a lot of rifled guns, not to mention the number of artillery artillery. Our most correct tactic is to stick to the city, which is the only hope.

As for the opponent's artillery bombardment on the commanding heights, Dinghai County is our best fortification. Whether it is a flowering bullet or a solid bullet, it will not cause too much casualties to us."

The next morning, Yi Zhizu, Guan Tianpei abandoned his boat and landed on the shore and went to Dongyue Palace Mountain. This is a hill that is only 40 or 50 meters high. It is very abrupt and isolated in the south of a flat city. There is Dongyue Palace on the mountain, which almost occupies the entire top of the mountain. The fort is right next to the other side facing the sea to the south of Dongyue Temple.

The palace had long lost Taoist priests. The British prisoners of war who were originally stationed at the Dongyue Fort were also transferred to the prisoner camp at the port to be detained. When they reached the top of the mountain, Yi Zhizu looked down at Dinghai County for a while, then looked at the hills on both sides of the east and west, and smiled and said, "This is a good place. Move the command center here."

Guan Tianpei said, "It's only a day or two, why bother to be poor?"

"Who said it's only one or two days of kung fu?" Yi Zhizu said: "It's not easy for Yuanqi regiment to go long distances. The British army can be called the world's most powerful army. How can we let go of such a good mobile phone training? We have time, just treat it as practical training."

"Practical combat training?" Guan Tianpei was stunned and said, "Don't be careless if you are content, the British fleet is not slow."

"No matter how fast it is, it will take twelve days for the main force of the British fleet to come back." Yi Zhizu said distractedly: "Don't worry about the military gate. If the British army's fleet is destroyed, Dinghai City is within reach."

Seeing that he was so sure, Guan Tianpei was speechless for a while, and then sighed lightly: "Looking at the Qing Dynasty, those who dare to look down on the British so underestimate themselves are afraid that they can only be content."

"The military is wrong, I dare not underestimate England." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "We are just bullying the weak in this battle."

Bullying the weak? Guan Tianpei smiled bitterly in his heart. The number of Yuanqi regiment trained was large, but they had never been on the battlefield. It is not certain who is stronger or weak. Of course, he couldn't say this clearly. He immediately asked: "I captured so many prisoners of war yesterday to find out whether the situation of the defenders in the city?"

Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "The British army sequence in the city includes the 18th Infantry Regiment - the First Battalion of the Royal Irish Corps, the 26th Infantry Regiment - the First Battalion of Cameron Corps, the 49th Infantry Regiment - the First Battalion of Charlotte Infantry Regiment, and the 55th Infantry Regiment - the First Battalion of the Westmoreland Infantry Regiment.

In addition to the above four British army camps, there are also British and Indian troops - that is, the British-Chinese army formed in India, the Second Madras Infantry Regiment, Fourth Madras, Bangladesh Volunteer Army, etc., and there are 2,000 defenders in the city. Of course, this does not include the patient."

There are only two thousand people, no wonder this kid is full of confidence. Guan Tianpei said slightly: "Take the master to take the opportunity to train troops in practice. I don't have much interference. However, it will take time to fight Dinghai County and deliver it to Zhejiang Green Camp. Four days, what about four days?" After a pause, he continued: "I will give Zhejiang Green Camp some time to receive and deploy defense. You can't let them just enter Dinghai, and the British will kill you and shoot back. We have no light on our faces."

After hearing this, Yi Zhizuo smiled, "Finish, then it will take four days."

From the afternoon, the temporary artillery positions in Qingleitou Mountain and Xiaofengling began to be bombarded in sporadic artillery positions. Flowering bullets exploded in chaotic places inside and outside Dinghai City. The British soldiers in the city were panicked. Anyone with some experience knew that the artillery positions on both sides were being tested. What made them panic was the number of artillery positions. It was roughly estimated that there were at least more than ten Karon cannons on both sides of the east and west positions. If this was a volley, I was afraid that the entire Dinghai City could cover it.

Bourley was also a little panicked. From the explosion, he could tell that they were all large-caliber Caron guns of forty-eight and sixty-four pounds. If the opponent's flowering bullets were sufficient, even a slightly empty place could not stand. In this case, how could he stop the opponent from siegeing the city?

Early on the third morning, the Yuanqi regiment launched an attack. First, a bombardment of artillery bombardment, and there was an explosion on the city wall in the south. Not to mention the city wall, no one could stand near the city wall. As soon as the explosion stopped, the charge whistle sounded. Countless soldiers jumped out of the winding trenches and rushed to the base of the city wall. One by one, the flying hooks dedicated to climbing the city wall flew up the city wall. The soldiers moved quickly along the rope.

In the trenches, the soldiers responsible for fire suppression stared at the city walls they were responsible for. A team of Madras infantry companies who rushed up the city walls became mobile targets for the Yuanqi regiments since they appeared on the city walls. After being killed half of the company for no reason, they finally learned their lessons and lay on the ground walls. When they saw their experience, the subsequent team did not dare to go up to the city walls with their backs straight.

In Dongyue Palace, Guan Tianpei held up a telescope and looked at the scene, unable to help but sigh, "This battle is really easy, the city is broken today."

Yi Zhizu smiled, "What's this called ease? It's easy. Get a 64-pound gun to hit two guns at the city gate. The city gate is like paper, that's easy."

Guan Tianpei said: "Didn't Zhizu bring a 64-pound cannon specifically?"

"I'm not practicing soldiers in actual combat." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "When two cannons smashed the city gate, wouldn't it be impossible to train soldiers?"

After hearing this, Guan Tianpei looked at him and said, "After climbing to the city wall, the beginning of casualties. I hope I can't feel heartbroken at that time."

Yi Zhizu rolled his eyes back and said, "How can there be no casualties when training in actual combat? However, if you want to have major casualties, it is impossible. If the situation is really wrong."

Guan Tianpei interrupted his words and said, "Look, the British are rushing forward."

Yi Zhizu quickly raised his telescope and looked carefully. Sure enough, a large group of Madras infantry (that is, Indian soldiers, what Lin Zexu called black wild.) was almost a battalion rushing up the city wall quickly. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but curse, and it was indeed using Asan as cannon fodder!

Burley did use the soldiers of the Madras Infantry Regiment as cannon fodder. Judging from the range and accuracy of the enemy's musket, it is indeed a rifled gun, but the biggest flaw of the rifled gun is that it is slow to load. As long as the soldiers of the Madras Infantry Regiment successfully attract the opponent to shoot, they can gain valuable sprint time for the successor British army. For him, these Indian soldiers are cannon fodder, and there is nothing to be heartbroken.

The Madras infantry queuing up to the city wall naturally became the shooting targets of the shooters in the trenches. Such a dense charge was almost a search for death. The shooters almost didn't need to aim at each shot, and they rarely fired.

Seeing that Madras infantry fell down, a large number of authentic British troops rushed up the city wall. A large area of ​​dazzling red clothes on the top of the city, and the bright bayonets flashed with a sturdy cold air in the sun.
Chapter completed!