Liu Shaoqing patted his forehead and said helplessly: "Mr. Tang, this is a war, not a performer, but he also wants to be good-looking? The French are standing in a fancy manner, looking good, but their lives are gone! Although our posture is a little bit bad, we can protect the lives of the soldiers to the greatest extent. Lord Tang knows that every veteran who survived successfully on the battlefield is a treasure. When they go to the battlefield in the future, at least one will be worth two."

Before, when Tang and Liu Yi and Liu Yi were talking, Ding Yiwei and Li Jiyun gradually leaned over, but the two came late and didn't listen to Liu Shaoqing's previous analysis. At this time, he quickly asked: "Young Master Liu, I wonder if your subordinate's arrangements were made in advance? But what's the point?"

Both of them led soldiers and had experienced the baptism of war. They knew very well how important it was to preserve the lives of soldiers on the battlefield, and they understood the value of veterans - that was the backbone of an army.

When Liu Shaoqing saw the two of them asking questions, he didn't hide it. "Yes, these postures are the results of our training for a year. Take shooting as an example..." Liu Shaoqing pointed to the battlefield. "We call the shooting postures adopted by the French "stand posture". This posture is actually the worst. It has a large target. Moreover, because both arms cannot leverage force, it is more unstable to hold the gun and the shooting accuracy is the worst. But the price is convenience, especially when shooting while advancing, it can put a lot of psychological pressure on the enemy."

Then he said: "Look at our army, basically no one uses a 'standing posture' to shoot, they all use a 'lying posture' or 'kneeling posture' to shoot. On the one hand, these two postures bring small aiming surfaces to the enemy and are not easy to be hit by the enemy. On the other hand, both postures can give the arm a 'borrow', making the rifle more stable and the shooting accuracy is higher."

Li Jiyun said: "Then, "the lying position" is better than "kneeling position", and "kneeling position" is better than "standing position"?"

Liu Shaoqing nodded: "It can be understood in the battlefield so, but although the shooting accuracy of the 'lying posture' is the most accurate, it is also the most inconvenient. Therefore, our soldiers require that they must master the 'kneeling posture' during training, and at the same time, they need to contact the 'lying posture' more. Only after they are proficient in the two postures, can they be allowed to practice the 'standing posture'."

"Oh..." The two veterans of the Huai Army looked at each other and silently wrote down these in their hearts.

French positions. As the soldiers around him fell one by one, Li Weiye suddenly realized that Wei Yi and the gunners who were killed before were probably not unfortunately hit by stray bullets as they thought at the time.

It is not possible to continue to fight like this! Li Weiye realized that he could not waste his life with the enemy like this. His troops had only more than 400 people and did not carry much ammunition. If he continued to fight like this, the damage of the soldiers would not be supported. Even if he won, the next stage of the battle would not be carried out. He had to return to Hanoi and get the ammunition. So what is the significance of today's victory?

Moreover, this is in the enemy's territory. They are likely to have reinforcements. The more they fight, the fewer and fewer their soldiers will be. I don't know when the next time the troops will be replenished. If you continue like this, no matter how you win or lose, you will only suffer!

After thinking about this, Li Weiye immediately decided to change his tactics.

"Order, infantry first, second, and fifth companies will press forward quickly, do not entangle with the enemy, use bayonets to force the opponent to surrender or disperse! The artillery immediately suppresses and shoots the enemy in the distance, and even if only one cannon can be used, use it for me!"

Unfortunately, Li Weiye woke up too late!

The Qing army ambushed in the woods suddenly broke out. The French army caught off guard and fell into chaos.

Li Weiye had carefully observed this bamboo forest before. Although it was in a telescope, Li Weiye could still say with certainty that there was no ambush. So where did these Qing troops come from?

It turned out that in order not to expose the target in advance, Liu Shaoqing did not arrange the ambush in the woods - after all, it was not too eye-catching, but hidden it further away.

Although the distance is far and difficult to be discovered by the enemy, the time to enter the battlefield will also increase. Therefore, the Black Flag Army fought and retreated before, in order to give the ambush enough time to sneak in. At this time, Li Weiye's spirit was all in the battle in front of him. He did not pay attention to the enemy attacking next to him, and was caught off guard by the Black Flag Army.

The Black Flag Army rushed out of the flanks, and all they held were cold weapons.

The ambush chose to attack when the French rear troop loaded the rifle.

The French army still adopted the array infantry tactics of the Napoleon era, and used three-stage shooting method to roll shooting. Because Li Weiye led the French Marine Corps, they were equipped with the latest M1878 continuous gun. The advantages and disadvantages of this rifle have been mentioned before. At this time, the soldiers of the French army had completed the shooting and were replacing the bayonets to prepare for the executive command to charge. The soldiers of the squadron took over the shooting and were about to finish the bullets in the butt stock, and the soldiers of the team had not yet fully loaded them.

The ambush of the Black Flag Army suddenly came out!

The three hundred spearmen first threw out the short spear they carried with them while running, and then quickly spread the spear in their hands to the enemy.

The grove was only more than 300 meters away from the French army. It took the Black Flag Army half a minute to narrow the distance to the range of killing the gun. Although the French muskets also brought some damage to the soldiers who charged the Black Flag Army, the accuracy of the French shooting that hastily responded is really satisfactory. In addition, there are only dozens of soldiers who can raise the gun to shoot now, and the Black Flag Army is relatively scattered, so the killing effect is really not very good.

However, the javelins thrown by the Black Flag Army have different killing effects.

Each Black Flag soldier carried one long, two short spear guns. When the distance was closer to about a hundred meters, they tried their best to throw the short spear in their hands.

A distance of 100 meters was not enough for the Black Flag Army soldiers to throw their short spears into front of the French army, but the deterrent power brought by the short spear that covered the sky and the sun was enough to delay the shooting of the French soldiers and gain time for the Black Flag Army to further narrow the distance!

Seventy meters, the distance is enough now!

The three-foot-long short spear flew in the air for a few seconds, and then penetrated fiercely into the French army's formation with huge inertia.

In just ten seconds, nearly 600 short spears flew over one after another, and the French soldiers who were killed instantly turned over. However, before the soldiers who were lucky enough to be hit came back to their senses, a long dart was handed to his chest!

In front of the Guandi Temple in the distance, Liu Shaoqing watched the soldiers perform on the battlefield with satisfaction.

The group alternate cover, serpentine attack, crawling and tactical rolling, three-position shooting and the utilization of terrain are all just right, and the frequent falls of French soldiers also show that the previous shooting training was not in vain. As for the infantry holding spears and bows, they fought with the French army after the flanks, they were even more comparable to the French.

In fact, when it comes to close combat, the Black Flag Army not only has no advantages, but is at a disadvantage.

The average height of French soldiers is 1.7 meters, while the average height of Black Flag Army soldiers is only 1.6 meters. As the saying goes, it is said that the body is strong and the soldiers of Black Flag Army cannot take advantage of them at least in terms of physical strength.

But the Black Flag Army also has its own advantages.

First, unexpectedly; French soldiers responded in a hurry, and the strength they exerted was naturally greatly reduced. Secondly, fight with more and less; although the French army initially had more than 400 troops, they fought with the Black Flag Army's rifle soldiers for a long time, and suffered a lot of casualties, not one hundred, or even dozens of them, and their physical strength was somewhat reduced. At this time, they naturally lost to the new force with a strong morale of 300. Third, the spear; the soldiers of the Black Flag Army used a six-foot-long spear, which was far greater than the length of the French M1878 equipped bayonet. The so-called one inch long and one inch stronger, and the Black Flag Army had the advantage. Finally, there were one hundred archers behind the three hundred spearmen of the Black Flag Army.

The range of bows and arrows is far inferior to that of rifles, but the firing speed is fast. Once the distance is narrowed to forty meters by the Black Flag Army, the lethality of bows and arrows is no worse than that of rifles. What's more, French soldiers still need to deal with the spears that are stabbed, so how can they defend against the cold arrows shot from afar?

At this time, the officers of the other battalions of the Black Flag Army who were watching the battle with Guandi Temple had already disappeared, and were replaced by unusual excitement and eagerness to try.

Although the Black Flag Army once defeated the French here, it was built with many lives. And how many people were there in the French army that time? How many people were killed? These battalions have experienced it personally and knew it very well. And today's battle is really refreshing. How can people not be excited? They even wish that the camp was chasing the enemy on the battlefield. How might it be!

The most depressing thing here is Huang Shouzhong.

Originally, it was planned that this ambush was blocked by his camp, but Yang Zhuen jumped out to strengthen his skills. The key point was that Huang Shouzhong was more upset. Although everyone had received training, could this effect really be as good as the young master said? Huang Shouzhong, who was a little hesitant, did not compete with Yang Zhuen for the first battle. At this time, his regretful heart was blue. He was so naughty of being timid and avoiding the battle, but he got the first skill.

Feeling the strange gaze of his colleagues beside him, Huang Shouzhong's face turned red, and he made up his mind to fight a beautiful battle next time, otherwise he would not be able to turn over for the rest of his life!

Liu Shaoqing saw the expressions of the officers, and at this time he said: "I have always told you that you sweat more and you can only shed less blood during wartime. Today's battle can be like this, which is inseparable from the hard training we usually work hard, so our training needs to be further strengthened in the future. Now the soldiers' movements are still a bit stiff, and the shooting accuracy is not high, and the ammunition waste is relatively serious. These problems will be solved one by one in the future."

The facts were right in front of us. Even though there were officers who had to compromise because of Liu Yongfu's existence during the training, everyone was convinced and responded in unison: "But with the orders of the young master!"

The battle situation had already undergone a decisive change at this time. The ambush war had become an encirclement and annihilation war, and then it turned into a pursuit war.

More than half of the soldiers were killed or injured, and the enemy's attack was at the climax. The failure of the French army was a foregone conclusion. Li Weiye could not help but follow An Ye's footsteps, so as to save his life, and decided to retreat.

The retreating horn sounded quickly, and the French army began to retreat in a mess to the original direction of the paper bridge. Just at this moment, Li Weiye accidentally saw some soldiers dragging the cannon that had been smashed to the cannon mount before.

Maybe he didn't want this cannon to fall into the hands of the Black Flag Army, maybe he was a crazy person, so Li Weiye actually went on battle and prepared to drag the cannon with the officers and soldiers.

Li Weiye's bright epaulette has long attracted the attention of many Black Flag Army soldiers. Taking this opportunity, a soldier raised his gun and immediately shot Li Weiye on the shoulder.

Seeing the commander being shot and fell to the ground, the adjutant next to him, Navy Captain Yaguan, rushed forward to cover it, but now it is difficult for him to escape, let alone rescue his colleagues. Yaguan, who was thinking about the commander, was directly shot dead by the successor Black Flag Army soldiers on the spot.

Li Weiye is really not suitable for being a soldier, at least not suitable for being an officer. At such a critical moment, he did not organize soldiers to cover the retreat, but instead cared about a small cannon. It was really worthy of death, but unfortunately it also killed the lives of his soldiers.

Because of the fall of the chief general, the remaining French troops seemed even more frightened. The panicked soldiers looked at each other and were further shot by the "Black Flag Army" that caught up. Only dozens of remaining soldiers rushed through the paper bridge and fled to Hanoi.
Chapter completed!