"Chief Rudder, I really can't send anyone here!" The leader of the Niutou Gang bit his lips and stared at Jin Tianlong, "Chief Rudder, please give us the Niutou Gang and leave some seeds."

The leaders of the other gangs all looked bitter in pain and begged Jin Tianlong in unison.

Just as Jin Tianlong was thinking about how to convince these people, a group of men and horses appeared on the left side of the handsome tent.

"Don't panic, it's Commander-in-Chief Jiang, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Shanghai Army, General Jiang Zunliang." Geng Zhongming turned around in surprise. When he saw it was Jiang Zunliang, he shouted in surprise and went up to meet him.

Jiang Zunliang, Jin Tianlong and others had never met before. After Geng Zhongming introduced them, the two sides exchanged a few words and then got down to business.

Jiang Zunliang's face was slightly panicked, and everyone guessed that something must have happened outside.

He did find a big problem. To be precise, during the confrontation with the more than 500 remaining soldiers left by the butcher, he discovered a large number of soldiers rolling in from a distance.

At first, he thought they were his own troops, but as he got closer, he could clearly see the five-color military flag of the Republic.

Looking at the size of the opponent, I'm afraid there are no less than a few thousand men and horses, and the terrifying number is hundreds or even thousands of cavalry.

At this time, Jiang Zunliang was very frightened. He only had more than a thousand cavalry in hand, and the cavalry only had 300, most of them were injured, and everyone was exhausted. If he didn't escape when he encountered such a powerful force, he would be in trouble.

There is no way to go.

Without saying a word, he ordered the troops to leave quietly and ran towards the city.

The Butcher, who did not know the truth and was equally exhausted, did not dare to pursue the enemy. He could only hide his troops and wait for an opportunity to enter the city.

Shan said that Jiang Zunliang led his troops to quietly approach Gusu City, and in his heart he only prayed that Jin Tianlong and the others had captured the main city.

But what made him very disappointed was that the flag flying high on the city was still the five-color flag of the Republic.

"Reinforcements from the Republican Army have arrived." Jiang Zunliang said loudly, and the faces of the gang leaders and gang leaders immediately changed color.

Jin Tianlong lost his voice and said: "How is it possible? How come the Republican reinforcements are so fast? Where do they come from?"

"According to my analysis, it should be Hong Asi on Chongming Island. He has a reorganization brigade there." Jiang Zunliang said.

"Is Hong Asi on Chongming Island just a group of saltmen who rebelled and reorganized the army? There are many places and fortresses there, and at most they can only send two regiments of 3,000 people."

Jin Tianlong sneered.

"Chief Captain, we must not underestimate the enemy!" Jiang Zunliang reminded softly: "I found that they have thousands of cavalry, and there should be no less infantry. Chen Tianhua has always been full of tricks."

Jin Tianlong did not answer him, but turned to Jin Chengyi and said:

"You lead three thousand elites to block the reinforcements from the front and prevent them from approaching and entering the city. I will immediately arrange a follow-up encirclement to eat these reinforcements first."

Jin Chengyi loudly agreed, immediately went out to gather his elite troops, and left with his troops.

At this time, Jin Tianlong pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted loudly:

"Brothers of the Taihu Allied Forces, although we are disadvantaged in attacking the city, we are not afraid of field battles. Follow me and eat these reinforcements first."

"good…"

These gangsters were simmering with anger and had no place to vent their anger. When they heard the arrival of three thousand reinforcements, they rushed out of the commander's tent with strange screams like hungry tigers pouncing on food.

At this moment, there was a loud rumble in the distance.

"What is this sound?"

"Heavy artillery, the enemy has fired!"

"Ah... hurry up and gather the team."

Before he finished speaking, the shells rained down like raindrops.

Geng Zhongming was about to follow him when Jiang Zunliang grabbed his sleeve and winked.

…

From where the smoke and dust rose in front, enemies rushed over despite artillery fire. The sentry sent out ahead had already passed the information back.

The former enemy commander of the Republican Army was Song Xiaoniu's favorite general Felai. The two regiments he led were at the forefront.

Seeing thousands of enemies rushing towards him, Felai ordered his troops to stay on the spot and set up their positions. Today was the first battle with the enemy's main force after landing, and it must not be ignored.

The leader of Hong Asi's cavalry regiment was Ma Desan, the former foreman of the Haiwankou Salt Works. He had grown rapidly in the past two years and learned warfare during the war. This time Hong Asi sent him to lead the expedition.

Fellai asked the cavalry to advance into the formation first and use it only at critical moments, but Ma Desan failed to understand. He wanted to make Chongming brigade commander look bad, so Fellai's decision made him angry.

Fellay ignored all this. He was an excited character and was fully focused on the battlefield.

The honor of winning the first battle with the Taihu Allied Forces was of course his. For such a long time, he had been training troops in addition to training, and he was very tired.

Forty mortars and fifteen heavy machine guns were quickly pushed to the front, with their muzzles raised.

Behind the artillery team, there are rows of soldiers standing in order, arranged in an orderly manner. They are platoon gunners.

Fellay and his guard company were behind the three gun phalanxes, with the flag flying.

Eight hundred steps, five hundred steps, three hundred steps...

The commander silently counted the distance between the opponent and himself in his mind. When he reached two hundred steps, he waved his hand fiercely and said, "Let go..."

"Shhhhhhh..."

"Boom boom boom..."

"..."

The shells flew up with the sound of wind, and shot hard at Jin Chengyi's charging group.

Jin Chengyi was a desperado. He did not pay attention to the opposing military formation. He asked his elite troops to spread out in formation, with shields in front and cavalry on both wings, and braved artillery fire to advance.

The shells fell heavily and exploded, causing a shock wave in the center of the attack formation.

The platoon shield is not afraid of bullets, not even heavy machine guns, but the shock wave of the explosion of the shell is so powerful that it knocks people off their feet.

In the first and second waves of shelling, Jin Chengyi's hundreds of men and guns disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"put…"

The commander shouted again, and another wave of shells was fired...

After six consecutive waves of shelling, the enemy dropped three to four hundred corpses and still maintained a group charge. There were only a hundred steps left from the Republican position.

"Set up the guns..." There was a swish sound, and rows of long guns were set up neatly.

"Heavy machine gun ready!"

The commander finally shouted this word, and after the mortar fired the last round of shells, he neatly evacuated the mortar from the scene and passed through the gap in the crowd behind him.

"Heavy machine gun fire."

"Da da da..."

"..."

The power of the Maxim heavy machine gun at a distance of 100 meters is sometimes more effective and powerful than artillery fire. Under the premise that the gang has basically lost the cover of platoon shields, it is undoubtedly suicide for the gang to engage in a group charge.

Heavy machine gun bullets are different from rifles. They hit all parts of the human body and cause huge wounds. First aid on the battlefield is useless. The wounded will bleed to death in a short time.

Immediately afterwards, there was a gun formation.

After these three gates were closed, there were very few gangsters left who could rush to the Republican Army's formation.

Finally, the enemy could no longer resist and began to retreat without obeying orders. After all, they were all made of flesh and blood and were not invulnerable.

Jin Chengyi was very angry. This was the first time in his life that he had encountered this kind of three-dimensional combat on flat ground. He lacked the means to deal with it. Under these three strikes, artillery, heavy machine guns, and volleys, neither infantry nor cavalry were effective.

He lost more than 500 men, but he didn't even get close to the enemy. His troops were scattered, and it turned into a rout that didn't obey orders.
Chapter completed!