In just one morning, Jin Tianlong and his son recruited gangs from nearby islands, including Feiyu Gang, Niutou Gang, Qingshi Gang and more than a dozen Taihu gangs, forming an army of 20,000.

In addition to the more than 5,000 elites who came from the Shanghai army and the more than 5,000 elites he commanded, there were a total of 30,000 people. It should be easy to capture the Gusu city where more than a thousand people were left behind.

"To capture the main city of Suzhou, we must first capture these two forts. Each of these two forts currently only has 300 defenders. Which leader is willing to take the lead?" Jin Tianlong looked around.

The little gang leaders around shouted loudly.

The reality is really strange. Eight years ago, when the Taihu Gang's Yaojin Mining was taken over, the gang leader Jin Tianlong was put on death row, and there was chaos within the gang, everyone just watched the excitement and did not think it was a big deal.

But when all the gangs thought that Jin Tianlong was doomed, he actually escaped. With the support of the Japanese, he became the leader of the Taihu gang. The little gang leaders who used to watch the fun in the past suddenly became Portuguese

Fall at his feet.

It is both a blessing and a curse, as things in the world are unpredictable.

"Chief Captain, I'm willing to help you go."

"I do too."

Two gang leaders stepped forward, the Niutou Gang and the Feiyu Gang. They are now die-hard followers of Jin Tianlong.

"Okay!" Jin Tianlong was overjoyed, "You will be the first to take down the two forts on the left and right. After capturing Suzhou Fucheng, you will each get a double share of all the loot, and you will be allowed to choose first."

He behaved very generously.

The faces of the other gang leaders could not help but show regret. It was not easy for them to attack a fortress garrisoned by three hundred people with a group of thousands.

Damn it, I was a step too late, but these two guys took the lead.

The two gang leaders of the Niutou Gang and the Feiyu Gang ran towards their team triumphantly. After a moment, the two groups of people rushed out.

Because they were attacking the fort from their backs, they carried the ladder in the front and ran towards the fort screaming, while they used volleys of guns to cover the rear.

Jin Tianlong led a large force and slowly pressed forward to prevent the main city from assisting the fort.

The soldiers of the two forts, after seeing the flags on the main city, were already prepared to die. The guard officer of the left fort, the battalion commander Shi Feng, who had once escorted the Dongting Lake, looked around with a smile and said calmly.

Vocal:

"Brothers, we are soldiers and have the responsibility to defend our territory. Before we die, please help us get a few more people to support us!"

Three hundred people howled together, with ferocious looks on their faces. There was death on either side, so let's find a few more companions before we die.

At the same time, the same story was happening on the right guard. The bald man went to take command. Everyone was determined to die. The soldiers rushed to all parts of the fort with fierce eyes, staring closely at the approaching soldiers.

Gangster.

The artillery and mortars on the fort roared one after another, suddenly breaking the pre-war tranquility.

The light and heavy machine guns fired at the gangsters who had just jumped into the moat. The gangsters fell down one by one, followed by another one after another.

"good!"

The soldiers in the fort shouted.

Each fort is equipped with three artillery pieces and five large-caliber mortars with a range of one thousand meters. Within this distance, the bandits can only be beaten.

The Niutou Gang and the Feiyu Gang, relying on their strength in numbers, had thousands of rifles aiming and firing in front of the two forts on the left and right, covering the gangsters carrying ladders to the city.

There were few soldiers guarding the fort, so they could only deal with the gangsters carrying ladders to climb the city, and simply ignored the gun formations a hundred meters away.

However, these gangsters were all very skilled in marksmanship and were extremely accurate. If a soldier on the fort didn't pay attention and poked his head out, he would be shot. Although his body was shielded by the city wall, if he was shot in the vital part of the face, he would be killed with one hit.

Dead and wounded soldiers began to appear on the fort.

At this time, the twelve artillery pieces that Jin Tianlong obtained from the Japanese also began to roar. They had enough shells and continued bombardment, which to a certain extent suppressed the firepower of the Republican Army.

The attackers who were running madly took the opportunity to swarm under the fortress. A ladder was set up, and the two bandits started to climb up the ladder like ants.

"Throw the grenade!"

The soldiers guarding the fort violently dropped the grenades one after another along the outer wall with a roar.

"boom…"

"Boom boom...boom boom boom..."

"..."

The grenade exploded, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, blowing up the bandit soldiers on the ladder and the ladder to pieces.

His muscles and bones were broken, his body and head were in different places, and he could no longer die.

Even if you are lucky enough to avoid the shrapnel or shock wave of a grenade, if you fall from a height of about ten meters, you will inevitably lose your hands and feet.

In the blink of an eye, there was a layer of corpses and a group of screaming wounded soldiers under the fort.

"Heavy machine gun, move the position, let me suppress the opponent's firepower, platoon the gunners, and fire volleys of guns at the enemy on the moat."

"Let me fire mortars and grenades together!"

"..."

After three consecutive waves of violent attacks, the Niutou Gang and the Feiyu Gang were all desperate. Not to mention taking down the fort, they did not even climb up the wall of the fort.

But under the city wall, hundreds of their corpses were lying.

Seeing the enemy retreating like a tide, Shi Feng let out a long breath and sat down on the ground.

This is just the beginning, and there will be a bigger battle ahead.

He looked around at the soldiers under his command. There were already more than twenty of them who could never stand up. Most of them were shot directly in the face by guns from the city and died.

"These lake bandits are really accurate with their guns!"

Shi Feng carefully poked his head out from the stack of dishes, and the gangsters began to gather again. This time they led the charge with shields.

The so-called row shield is a giant shield three meters high and two meters wide. This kind of shield is made of original brackets, filled with tree vine branches in the middle, and the outermost layer is wrapped with a layer of rawhide. The row shield is very heavy, as much as 1.5 meters thick.

, weighing 500 kilograms, it requires four strong men to move forward slowly.

This kind of platoon shield can effectively absorb bullets and grenade shrapnel. Even heavy machine gun bullets are difficult to penetrate.

"Bundled cluster grenade."

Shi Feng is very experienced. This kind of platoon shield is afraid of powerful heavy artillery shells and cluster grenades.

Speaking of the Niutou Gang and Feiyu Gang, they thought they had underestimated the enemy just now, thinking that they had taken down the fort guarded by hundreds of people in just two charges.

Little do they know that the defenders on these forts have already studied positional warfare and city defense tactics, and have taken precautions against all siege methods. With their temporary bravery, there really is no other way but to die.

Can go.

Seeing that the fort easily repelled three enemy attacks, bursts of cheers broke out in the main city.

Only Yang Shanxin and other senior officers and soldiers knew that the previous three charges were just tentative attacks.

What follows is a real hard fight, but morale can be encouraged but not discouraged.

"Have you seen that with only three hundred brothers in the fort, the enemy can't do anything? We have nearly a thousand people here. If the enemy wants to capture Gusu City, there is no way!" Yang Shanxin shouted passionately.

road.

There was another burst of cheers from below, deafening.
Chapter completed!