After all, Zhang Meng had been in the patrol camp for several years and had a certain prestige. The soldiers in the patrol camp also received a lot of favors from the Zhang family, and there were still some who were helpful.
Therefore, Zhang Meng's words temporarily stabilized the patrol camp.
"Anyone who escapes will be killed without mercy!" Zhang Meng shouted to the patrol camp and servants around him.
The militiamen in the front were running around in confusion, but the patrol battalions and servants from behind had already attacked fiercely. They drew their swords or held blunderbuss, and immediately killed the regiments as soon as they saw them running back.
After all, there is a certain probability of being killed by a cannonball, but if you run away, you will definitely die. The group members are not stupid, so they can only turn their heads and rush forward roaring, as if shouting loudly can make them temporarily forget their fear.
This round of shelling was a deep shelling, but Hu San, who was at the front, was fine. Hu San thought to himself: "This cannon sounds really scary, but it can't hit anyone!" He continued to run forward without looking back.
There are still more than two hundred meters to go.
"Ouch!"
Hu San was tripped by something and fell heavily. The people around him immediately overtook him. Just as he was about to get up and catch up, he heard gunshots like exploding beans coming from the Huaihai Navy array in front of him.
Then those who surpassed him fell like wheat.
"Oh my God! Oh my God!" Hu San was frightened.
Hu San was not a fool. He watched the people around him fall one by one, and blood splashed from their chests. He wanted to get into the soil under him now, and the gunshots in front of him continued.
He had not dared to move. A pile of corpses had formed in front of him, and now bullets could not hit him at all.
Just as the two armies were fighting, a scout ran over panting.
"Report to the leader, a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared in the direction of the woods to the north. There are about 500 people. Their clothes are in disorder. They may be thieves." The scout reported.
"Fuck, there are actually cavalry. I underestimated these landlords and old money." We gave our organ machine gun to the Third Battalion and told Du Zhiyuan that the right wing was handed over to him. He ordered the cavalry company to support the right wing.
The cavalry company hidden on the left wing was originally prepared to chase the defeated troops. Cai Shusen had to change his plan now. He did not understand the strength of this cavalry. To be cautious, he could only use his own cavalry in advance.
"Kill, our reinforcements are coming!" The militia group, which was already on the verge of collapse, immediately regained a little bit of morale. One battalion moved to the right wing, and the frontal firepower was suddenly reduced by one-third. The militia group was paying the price of heavy casualties.
Finally, we got close to the Huaihai Navy line.
At this time, Huai Haijun had already retreated into the trench. From the outside, he could only see the camouflage wooden hat and the black hole of the gun muzzle that was constantly spitting out fire. Thousands of militiamen and patrol battalion soldiers fell down along the way.
The artillery on the ship had already turned around and poured out firepower on the cavalry coming from the north. Lin Wei's heart was bleeding. Before he reached one thousand meters, dozens of his brothers had already fallen around him.
This business was a huge loss.
When they entered 500 meters, a strange "cannon" was launched from the opposite side. This cannon had two wheels, but the barrel was composed of dozens of thin tubes. A Huai Navy soldier was seen knocking on the activating device
, and then I saw the gun barrels spraying out smoke. In an instant, more than a dozen men and horses fell to the ground at the same time.
At this time, a group of cavalry rushed out from the rear of the Huaihai Navy. This group of cavalry only had more than a hundred people, but they all rode tall horses. What surprised Lin Wei was that they did not hold sabers, but in their hands Holding something in the shape of a small hammer.
The two teams of cavalry drew closer very quickly. Huai Haijun's cavalry was obviously not prepared to hedge. Their horses were faster. When the two teams of cavalry were about to close to 50 meters, Huai Haijun's cavalry pulled an arc and then moved towards the thieves. The team threw out the "little hammers" in their hands. At this moment, Lin Wei just called his men to gather together and prepare for a cavalry attack.
"Bang bang bang..." More than a hundred grenades exploded in the dense queue of thieves, and the screams of people were mixed with the neighing of war horses. Lin Wei was thrown away from the horse, and after landing, he only felt His internal organs were shattered, and he only had time to spit out a mouthful of old blood from his throat before he passed out.
There are only more than a hundred thieves left who can sit on horses. They have no fighting spirit and will run away if they turn their horses' heads.
"Want to leave? Humph!" Su Ting shouted to the brothers around him on horseback: "Brothers, draw your guns, rush up and leave them alone."
As Dong Shuheng's guard company, this cavalry company is all equipped with Colt pistols. Now the arsenal in Taipei is able to manufacture imitations, with output reaching 1,200 per month. In addition to the army, Huaihai Company's caravans are also equipped with this pistol in large quantities. .
The soldiers of the guard company held pistols in one hand and chased after them on horseback. The effective killing range of the Colt pistol was 30 to 50 meters. At this time, the cavalry company was only about 80 meters away from the escaping thieves. After all, the horses of the guard company were all Specialized war horses chased him in the blink of an eye.
"Pa, bang, bang..." In this kind of pursuit battle, you only need to shoot at the enemy's back, just like beating a gun. The escaping thieves are desperate. In the past, the thieves always ran away when they couldn't beat them, but now they can't even run away. Now, even the big boss doesn't know whether to live or die. So one by one they dismounted and surrendered.
On the edge of the river beach, due to the reinforcements coming out, the militiamen made a comeback and successfully rushed to the trenches. Some patrol battalions and servants fired shotguns, but the soldiers of the Huaihai Navy hid behind the trenches, and the lead bullets of the shotguns were fired in the small soil. Dust splattered on the wall.
Several unlucky guys from the Huaihai Navy were hit, and those who were hit in the head died on the spot. The wooden hats were still not protective enough. When the steel plant was built, the soldiers must be equipped with helmets.
The soldier who was shot in the shoulder was wailing in pain in the trench, which had a certain impact on other soldiers. The most obvious one was that the speed of reloading and shooting was significantly slower.
"Bang bang bang..." The sound of grenades came from the cavalry battlefield in the distance, reminding the position of the river beach.
"Grenade! Grenade!" Cai Shusen shouted towards the trench.
Some junior officers also quickly asked soldiers to throw grenades.
"Bang bang bang..." The explosion of grenades kept coming.
"Didn't you say that if you get close, you won't be bombed by artillery?" Many people from patrol battalions and militia groups raised their final questions.
Fragments of the grenades flew in all directions, and the air waves lifted people up and turned somersaults in the air. Each grenade was like a heavy hammer of death, hitting the crowd of militiamen.
The thieves' retreat in the distance was the straw that broke the camel's back.
"Failed!" Someone shouted.
This time, everyone including the patrol camp began to flee. Even Zhang Meng himself gave up.
Huai Haijun's endless tricks have made him completely despair, and he never wants to be an enemy of such an army again.
Hu San was just lying on the ground pretending to be dead. At this time, everyone started to run away. He also secretly got up and ran. "Fortunately, I didn't rush up with him just now, otherwise I would have been blown up by Huai Haijun's thunder."
Hu San secretly rejoiced in his heart.
As he ran, he noticed that the people around him began to slow down. Hu San looked up and said, oh my god! A group of soldiers from the Huaihai Navy also appeared in the rear at some point. The long formation blocked all his retreat routes.
Blocked. This was Wang Xiao's 202nd Regiment who detoured from behind. The battle took place faster than expected. When Wang Xiao and the others detoured back to the rear, they just met the defeated militia group and no cavalry was needed to drive them away.
Just when the militia were desperate, deafening calls for surrender came from the Huaihai Navy array in front and behind.
"Kneel down and surrender without killing! Surrender without death!"
This voice was so pleasant to the ears of the militia, as if it gave everyone a life-saving straw. Everyone, including Zhang Meng, immediately knelt down and threw their weapons far away. The battlefield suddenly became quiet.
After falling down, only the sound of clanking weapons falling to the ground could be heard.
"Finally lost..." Zhang Meng breathed out a breath. To be honest, he felt that he had been able to fight to this extent for a long time. On today's battlefield, the battle losses of the militia must be at least 30%.
.You must know that the maximum battle loss that the regular Qing army can sustain is only about 10%.
At this time, the Huai navy soldiers had installed bayonets on the barrels of their guns. They quickly separated the prisoners in squad units. Each squad escorted a hundred prisoners. All the prisoners were strung together with long ropes to prevent anyone
Escape.
On the other side, the heads of the families who were making tea and discussing heroes were in ups and downs. At first, the sound of warships and artillery scared them, but then the appearance of thieves brought them hope. Finally, the appearance of the 202nd Regiment,
Their hearts fell completely to the bottom. Zhang Yulin fell to the ground in shock and muttered to himself: "How could this happen? How could this happen?"
The other family heads were also panicked and quickly called to the guarding servants to prepare to escape.
At this time, a group of servants dressed as bodyguards suddenly attacked. These people were the bodyguards hired by the Yan family a few days ago. They took out the revolvers hidden on their bodies and instantly subdued the servants around them. They surrounded the pavilion.
stand up.
"Who are you?" Yan Xibin asked in a trembling voice.
"We are the Huaihai Navy." said a team leader of the special operations team, "surrender, maybe you can save your life."
"We surrender, don't kill me!" All the family heads said one after another. They were afraid that they would lose money and eliminate disasters, they thought in their hearts.
Naturally, someone will do the job of surrendering the prisoners. Dong Shuheng will have to take action in the rest.
"Report to the President that our army annihilated nearly 6,000 invading militiamen, killing 1,800 people, and capturing 4,200 people. There was also a Shandong thieves hired by the militia, with a total of 500 people, killing 410 people, and capturing 90 people," Cai Shusen reported.
, "Please punish the president. Our army neglected its investigation and was almost attacked by thieves, causing 18 casualties."
"Okay, I understand. The special forces and the Military Intelligence Department are also responsible for the thieves."
"Before the battle report comes out, deploy troops, cooperate with the special forces, and the Intelligence Department will control all the properties of these family members." Dong Shuheng ordered. As a professional house confiscator, how could Dong Shuheng let go of this opportunity to make a fortune? Normally,
If you don't have any opportunities, you have to create them! How could he not refuse the one that has come to his door now? This is a big family that has been around for hundreds of years, and it is not comparable to those small landowners in northern Jiangsu.
"Select some of the captured servants to see if there are any who are willing to take the blame and perform meritorious service." Dong Shuheng ordered.
In fact, Dong Shuheng was already happy at this time. Several prefectures in northern Jiangsu, including Huai'an, had already been infiltrated by Dong Shuheng. Only Xuzhou has always been a strategic location with deep-rooted local strength.
Now with the power of this great victory, he can finally move into Xuzhou with force.