It is inevitable that people will die when serving in the army, but this time the people who died were all the newly surrendered personnel. They were beaten to death by the Qing soldiers for no reason. This is difficult to explain to Hong Asi and the others. This will shake the military morale of many surrendering personnel.

ah.

Ji Chunsheng must have been very unhappy in his heart. It was impossible to ask for instructions from the eldest young master now, and he would be in danger of losing his life. He weighed the pros and cons and directly authorized Song Xiaoniu to mobilize artillery to carry out the attack.

Half an hour later, two artillery batteries of the New Army, with a total of eighteen 75mm field guns and more than twenty 60mm large-caliber mortars, had calculated and locked the general area of ​​the Qing Army's Green Camp.

Covered by artillery fire, not to mention more than 2,000 people, even a town can be razed to the ground! Such a powerful attack power caused the Qing Army Green Camp on the ground to suffer a lot!

"Boom boom boom..."

"Rumble...Rumble..."

"..."

The flashes of shell explosions and billowing black smoke continued to rise from the ground, followed immediately by bursts of howling ghosts and wolves.

In just twenty minutes, nearly forty artillery pieces fired more than six hundred shells, flattening the grove of trees on the riverbank and lifting up a layer of skin on the ground.

The Green Camp of the Qing Army had a great time fighting at the beginning. Why, two reasons. First, it was not a piece of cake for the officers and soldiers to bully the local armed forces.

Second, Green Camp has had a feud with the bandits for many years, and now it’s time to vent their anger.

But as he was trying to do so, he realized that something was wrong. The green camp commander looked through the telescope and couldn't help but be shocked.

Why are these bandits so well-trained in their advance and retreat?

Damn, that was a typo?!

Behind these ragged bandits are clearly the neatly dressed security teams.

Did they surrender so quickly?

The commander of the Lvying camp immediately became anxious. This might lead to a big disaster. He quickly ordered the post officer to ride on horseback and report to the admiral.

The security force of Fengzhong Mining Corporation was actually modified by the New Army of Zhejiang Province. As a standard officer, he was naturally aware of this situation.

Let's not talk about the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. The large number of abnormal artillery equipment alone can scare people to death.

However, they have stretched their hands too far!

This is southern Jiangxi. When did this become their territory?

Hearing a sharp cracking sound in the air, the commander looked up and immediately shouted like crazy:

"Spread out everyone and take cover on the spot, the enemy's shells are coming!"

Before he finished speaking, "Boom, boom, boom..." the shells poured down like a heavy rain.

Suddenly, in front of the ambush position of the Qing army's Green Camp, the ground shook and dust flew up. Through the telescope, one could clearly see the flying firearms and body parts.

"Ouch, it's too fierce, run away!"

"ah."

"..."

These veteran soldiers from the Green Camp of the Qing Army had never seen such a battle before, and they were already crying and running away.

After nearly 20 minutes of artillery bombardment ended, Song Xiaoniu commanded his troops to rush closer and saw that it was quite miserable.

Forget it, don't beat up the drowned dog. After all, the opponent is also a green camp of the Qing army, not a bandit.

In this way, he ordered his troops to be on guard all around.

The first wave of fierce shelling killed more than half of the Qing army's Green Camp, and less than a thousand people survived and were busy treating the wounded.

There were not many complete bodies, and many people vomited on the spot when they saw such a tragic scene.

In the past few decades, the Green Camp of the Qing Army had at most suppressed the Boxer Rebellion and killed small groups of bandits. They had never encountered a new type of army or the attack method of artillery clearing the way. They were completely dumbfounded.

God knows that the backward Green Camp of the Qing Army could encounter such high-level artillery fire!

"Admiral, those idiots in the intelligence department made a mistake. Yesterday, Manxingdie surrendered the Fengzhong Security Team. Those bandit soldiers were all integrated into the Xihuashan Security Team. They were mixed with the New Army Task Force.

If we ambushed and opened fire like this, we would stoke a hornet's nest, and we would suffer heavy casualties from their intense artillery fire!"

The standard commander fled back to the rear headquarters in disgrace and cried hoarsely to the admiral.

Yin Zhiping fell to the ground, his face turned pale, and after a long while he said, "Get back, get back quickly!"

After saying that, he fainted from anger.

…

In the afternoon of that day, four or five hours had passed, and the Qing Army's Green Camp by the Qingshui River was still moving. There were a large number of stretchers on site, arranging for the wounded and burying the dead.

The vast shoal of grass was filled with blood red everywhere, stumps and broken legs were everywhere, and the air was filled with a strong and pungent smell of blood, as well as the smell of gunpowder smoke and scorched earth.

A large number of vultures were attracted from the sky to look for food, and there were a large number of wild wolves and wild dogs on the grass in the distance with green eyes and salivation.

Five or six kilometers away from the Qingshui River, on the mountain road leading to Manxingdie, a large group of troops were greeted. All the soldiers were majestic. They escorted Ji Chunsheng, Song Xiaoniu and other senior officers with loaded guns and live ammunition into Manxingdou.

More than ten years ago, this was just a small mountain village surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a nice environment.

Since Hong Asi came here, as the base camp of the largest bandit in southern Jiangxi, it has naturally developed faster than other places, and it has become a relatively prosperous town.

There is everything here, including inns, shops, restaurants, brothels, opium dens, etc.

Of course, the houses here are very low and low. Compared with the Yanwangpo base in Meiguang Autonomous Region, I think this is just a slum, okay?

Went to the outskirts of Manxingdie to take a look at the captured guns and cannons. Quite a few of them were weapons from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The ones that caught our eye were the five or six Gatling heavy machine guns and a dozen Matsons.

Light machine guns, hundreds of old Hanyang sleeves.

However, these firearms were poorly maintained, or some were not maintained at all, and were stained with rust. Ji Chunsheng, who was born as a professional soldier, couldn't help frowning when he saw them.

If the new army's firearms were like this, he would be furious and have these soldiers imprisoned with military sticks.

Even if you don't understand military affairs, you can see that the Xihua Mountains in southern Jiangxi are indeed not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations.

There are mountains, canyons, and mounds everywhere. No matter how good a war horse is, its iron soles will be worn down and its legs may be broken if it walks on such a road.

This place is suitable for small-scale mountain warfare. The New Army task force has an influx of large numbers of war horses, which is extraordinary. However, it is of little use in actual combat. Mountain warfare requires artillery and machine rifles.

On the outskirts of Manxingdiao town, there were at least 2,000 armed camps, and the surrendered personnel were screened and coded.

The camp built the most basic fortifications with stones and wood, probably for organized troops.

According to the information provided by the Military Investigation Department, Ji Chunsheng still admired a legendary figure like Hong Ah Si, regardless of the things he did, whether it was running the army, being a man, or judging the situation.
Chapter completed!