At this time, the British were holding down the formation from behind, and these Bengalis and Indians rushed forward desperately, knowing that they would die.
Because the dog owner is behind.
The grenades dropped from the city gate tower interfered with the sight of the commando soldiers in the city gate cave. They could only shoot blindly forward.
The artillery continues to fire, and each shot can take away a large number of enemy lives.
The screams in the streets made the commandos feel that the enemy was approaching quickly.
And at this time another problem arose.
The city gate hole limited the shooting angle of the commandos. The Indian soldiers on the city gate tower were very annoying, but at this time the commandos had no way to do anything to them.
From time to time, Indian soldiers rushed over from the side, trying to reach into the city gate along the city wall.
Because the number of Indian soldiers who came over was very small, they were eliminated by the commandos every time.
The battalion commander lined up the commandos inside the city gate and took turns to go forward and fire volleys into the streets.
The Bengal infantry regiment at the forefront had already entered the firing range of the rifled guns. They were constantly suffering casualties unilaterally because they had not yet entered the firing range.
The commando's shooting kill efficiency is very high.
However, there were too many enemies and the city gate was a bit narrow, which limited the firepower density of the commandos.
The enemy's phalanx is still approaching.
The camp commander looked towards the city gate and saw that there was no sign of his main force at this time.
It's no wonder that half of the time has not passed yet, and it is impossible for the main force to arrive so quickly.
Except for him, everyone else was fighting nervously and had no time to think about when reinforcements would arrive.
The Bengal Infantry Regiment also entered the firing range after losing half of its strength, and the two sides began to shoot at each other.
Fortunately, there were bullock cart sandbags as a bunker in the city gate cave, otherwise, there would have been heavy casualties at this time.
Finally, the Bengal Infantry Regiment in front of the British army suffered heavy casualties and could no longer continue fighting.
The British began to go into battle on their own. At some point, they also pushed in a few field gates and were now aiming at the city gate hole in the distance.
Just now, the sight was blocked by the Meng Jialai Infantry Regiment and the smoke and dust of exploding grenades, so the commando team did not notice the British army's movements at all.
"Boom..." The British gunners were very experienced. One shot hit the bullock cart fortifications in the city gate cave.
The huge kinetic energy of the shells overturned the bullock cart, and several commandos who were shooting were pinned down, and they were about to die.
There was no time to save people at this time. Fortunately, the British did not use explosive bombs. Otherwise, how many people would have died in that attack just now?
The commandos ignored the overturned bullock cart and directly used sandbags on the side to reinforce the overturned bullock cart.
If there were no bunkers in this city gate, these commandos would become targets for the enemy.
The two artillery pieces inside the doorway were also firing back at the enemy.
There were also a large number of casualties in the British camp.
Major Fell finally began to pay attention to this group of enemies.
"Do you know who they are?" Fair asked an officer beside him.
"I don't know. I have never seen such enemies, but they are definitely not the local aborigines. They seem to be the Burmese from the east." The faces of the Orientals are all similar in the eyes of these British people, and they cannot distinguish between the Chinese and the Burmese.
The distinction between Burmese and Assamese.
"Send people to the top of the city to closely monitor everything outside the city. This group of people stayed in the city gate and did not come out. They are obviously waiting for their reinforcements. We must drive them away as soon as possible." Feir obviously did not get carried away by the anger.
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He was still able to make a calm judgment at this time.
"Everyone pay attention to concealment, reduce the frequency of shooting, and move them closer." The commando battalion commander obviously realized that he could not continue the artillery battle with the opponent. He only had two guns on his side, and the enemy could bring more at any time.
of artillery.
The only way is to pull the opponent into a melee fight. Now there are only a few hundred British soldiers in front of him, and he can take advantage of them.
The two of them thought of going together. The British infantry battalion quickly rushed to the city gate and launched a hand-to-hand charge at the commandos.
"Your Excellency, Major, a large number of enemies have appeared outside the city, with a total of four to five thousand people." This is what a messenger came over panting to report.
At this time, Feier was observing the melee fighting in the city gate cave.
Most of the commandos are masters of hand-to-hand combat. They use the weapons they have at their disposal, and not all of them use bayonets. This is because many of them are not good at bayonet tactics.
But at this time they were facing British soldiers, who were completely different from those Indian soldiers.
The British soldiers paid more attention to cooperation and used bayonet tactics very skillfully.
This made the commandos finally feel that they had met their match.
Similarly, these British soldiers also lamented these unknown Eastern warriors.
These people were completely different from the indigenous soldiers they had seen before.
These people have very strong combat skills, and the various cold weapons in their hands can always find flaws in the cooperation of the British army.
The two sides were in a stalemate inside the city gate cave. The battle was in a fierce state.
Li Yupu found a high ground and looked towards the castle.
In the field of vision of the telescope, the huge gate of the castle was still open inward. He could see commando soldiers in gray uniforms fighting with British troops in red uniforms.
One side is fighting to the death, and the other side hopes to clear the enemy in the city gate as soon as possible and close the city gate.
"Send another five hundred Bengali soldiers to the city gate. The enemy must be cleared within ten minutes." Standing on the street, Fair ordered his men. There was still one company of his British infantry battalion beside him.
He was not going to send out these people again. He had already seen the British soldiers fighting in the city gate cave suffering heavy casualties.
If there are no British soldiers around him, then he has no confidence in controlling those Bengali and Indian soldiers.
The sound of footsteps came again, this time it was another group of Bengal infantry. Because the British were still fighting fiercely in the city gate, the Bengal servant army could only rush into the battle group with muskets fixed with bayonets.
At this time, there were less than a hundred commandos still alive in the city gate cave.
In the city gate cave, a commando whose leg was blown off was lying on the ground. He saw that there were no comrades around him.
Beside him, a team of Bengalis were rushing past.
He rubbed it hard in his arms and finally found his own Huozhenzi.
The soldiers of Mengjiala were completely attracted by the battle in the city gate cave. No one paid attention to the "corpse" lying on the ground.
At this moment, a thunderbolt rolled out from the arms of the dying commando.
Then it exploded with a "boom", knocking down the passing Bangladeshi soldiers.
Suddenly a bayonet thrust from the side pierced the camp commander's abdomen.
The battalion commander used his last strength to swing his broadsword horizontally and instantly cut open the chest of a British soldier on the right.
At the last moment, he looked at his deputy Jiang Dongsheng who was fighting beside him.
Jiang Dongsheng glanced at the camp commander and nodded in greeting.
"Sun Sanquan, if I die, you take over the command." He said to Sun Sanquan, a captain next to him.
At this time, Jiang Dongsheng could faintly hear shouting coming from the distance. This was the Taiping Army's shouting to kill, and his reinforcements were coming.
"Reinforcements are coming, let's fight and kill." As the Bengal infantry joined, the city gate cave immediately became crowded.
It's only a matter of time before the commandos are wiped out.
The British were very surprised that these people had already suffered two-thirds casualties. Why hadn't they collapsed yet? What was supporting them in the battle?
Feier was also very anxious.
While he ordered the Indian soldiers on the city wall to shoot at the enemies outside the castle, he also ordered the soldiers on several other walls to dispatch some people to set up barricades behind the occupied city gate.
At this time, the city gate cave was full of soldiers, and Feier could no longer distinguish what was going on inside.
He is preparing for the worst!
When the first batch of White Tiger Brigade soldiers broke through the blockade of Indian soldiers on the city wall and rushed into the city gate cave, there were less than twenty commando soldiers still standing in the city gate cave.
When these people saw their comrades rushing in, they could no longer stand still and fell down one after another.
Their physical strength has long been exhausted.
Facing enemies several times their size and fighting hand-to-hand for such a long time, they had already reached their physical limits.
At this time, the city gate was already like a purgatory. The ground was piled with corpses, including commandos, servants and British soldiers. There were so many corpses that the soldiers had almost no place to put their feet.
The soldiers of the White Tiger Brigade who entered the city gate had their eyes red when they saw this scene.
Many of these commandos are seniors in each battalion. Because of their outstanding military capabilities, they are deeply respected by those around them.
Now that these veterans are dying in front of them, how can they not let these people feel angry?
Although these soldiers of the White Tiger Brigade were running all the way and everyone was panting from exhaustion, they all unleashed their potential at this time.
Like tigers descending from a mountain, the White Tiger Brigade rushed towards the enemy with rifles in hand. They shot at enemies in the distance. They rushed towards enemies in the distance with bayonets in hand.
Just now, the British and Indian troops in the city relied on their large numbers to suppress the commandos in the city gate cave. Now the main force of the White Tiger Brigade has arrived.
These people all knew that their end was coming. When the White Tiger Brigade entered the city, the arrangements of the British and Indian troops on the city wall came to nothing.
Fell's attempts to block the White Tiger Brigade on the street had no effect.
Because the firing range of the White Tiger Brigade's rifled guns could completely suppress the infantry deployed by the British behind the barricades.
At this time, there were mainly Bengali and Indian servant troops on the streets. Their muskets were no match for the White Tiger Brigade of the Taiping Holy Army.
Naturally, the White Tiger Brigade would not be polite to the defenders in these castles.
Except for a few British troops who escaped from the castle under the cover of night, most of the defenders in the city were wiped out by the White Tiger Brigade.
Li Yupu did not order the soldiers to surrender. They had to defend the castle and had no energy to guard these prisoners.
Although the British army retreated in a hurry, the materials in the city were still well preserved.
If he had known that Li Yupu would not have brought so many supplies, because the supplies in the city were much richer than he imagined. He could not use them all even if he hid in the White Tiger Brigade for a year.
He can now even use part of it to win over the hearts and minds of local residents outside the city.
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With the occupation of two important castles, the southern barrier of Assam was completely under the control of the Taiping Holy Army.
On the other side, Chen Yucheng, with his main force, has surrounded Guwahati, the central city of the Assam region downstream.
The number of British troops in this city is one infantry regiment. There are also more than 10,000 servants.
In fact, the total number of people is not much less than Chen Yucheng's men.
But after Chen Yucheng fought outside the city, the arrogant British army actually took the initiative to attack.
Chen Yucheng and others landed in the upper reaches of the city.
Because the small wooden boats in their hands could not withstand the fire from the artillery on the city wall.
The city of Guwahati is built along the river, with heavy artillery deployed on the top of the city, especially on the side facing the river.
Therefore, Chen Yucheng and others could only disembark early upstream.
Less than 20,000 people saw Chen Yucheng.
The British commander and his men formed a formation directly in the west of the city to face Chen Yucheng.
The two sides launched a duel between line infantry.
The Taiping Holy Army, which has all replaced its front-loaded rifled guns, is obviously more advantageous.
On the British side, there were only a few thousand British soldiers who could compete with the Taiping Holy Army.
After half a day of duel, the British army suffered heavy casualties.
The British commander had to give in and returned to the city with his remaining defeated soldiers.
Naturally, Chen Yucheng would not let them go so easily. The Taiping Holy Army chased the defeated British and Indian troops to the city walls.
Finally, with the support of artillery on the city wall, the British and Indian troops ran into the city. However, by this time they had suffered heavy losses and were no longer able to fight anymore.
That's why Chen Yucheng was able to surround the city with 20,000 troops.
After taking over, Chen Yucheng did not immediately send troops to attack.
He took advantage of the British's courage being defeated and sent people into the city to persuade the remaining remaining soldiers to surrender.
The British army knew that even if they defended the city, they would only delay the attack.
But the British still proudly refused to surrender.
In desperation, Chen Yucheng could only attack the city.
He first occupied a hill outside the city, and then used elephants to transport heavy artillery to the mountain. In this way, the range of his artillery would exceed that of the defenders inside the city.
After two consecutive days of bombardment, the defenders in the city finally couldn't stand it anymore.
The British commander surrendered to the Taiping Army under the hostage of the soldiers below. These British soldiers were only here to gain benefits, and there was no need to risk their lives for these remote colonies.
Chen Yucheng also gave them ships according to the agreement and allowed them to leave on their own. Of course, it was impossible to take away the British guns and equipment.
As for the remaining servants in the city, they were not so lucky. They had to stay and become prisoners of Chen Yucheng.
Next, Chen Yucheng will step up the construction of fortifications.
He was not prepared to rely on this city to defend against the British counterattack.
Because the British had warships, the city was completely exposed to naval gunfire.
Shi Dakai ordered the construction of a river-side fortress downstream of the city to block the enemy's fleet.
For this reason, Shi Dakai also purchased a batch of fortress cannons and supporting fortress construction materials from China.
The idea of this fortress was put forward at the beginning of the negotiations with the Renaissance Army. The fortress artillery and materials were also prepared by the Renaissance Army very early.
But it is not an easy task to repair this fortress in just one or two months.
This requires a lot of labor, and these servants from Bangladesh and India are the best labor force, and they are free.
At this point, the first phase of the strategic mission of the Taiping Holy Army was achieved.
The rewards promised by the Renaissance Army for completing the level will be fulfilled soon.
A large amount of supplies will be transported to the Assam region. The next thing the Taiping Holy Army has to do is to stabilize the area.
After they defeat the British army and gain a firm foothold, Dong Shuheng will fulfill his second promise. He will support the economic construction of the Assam region.
Help Shi Dakai and the others establish some basic industries, including smelters, military factories, hemp spinning factories, etc.
If the Taiping Holy Army wants to continue fighting against the British, it must have a certain industrial base and its own financial resources. Instead of just relying on blood transfusions from China.
And they themselves must develop as soon as possible.
At this time, Shi Dakai also entered the Assam area with the central and rear troops.
Here, Shi Dakai appointed Wen Qing as prime minister, established a civil service system, began to stabilize the place, and established the grassroots government of the Taiping Holy Kingdom.
They did not force the local Assamese people who believed in Buddhism to convert to Baitian Buddhism, which allowed them to gain support from local Buddhism.
The local people participated in the arrest of local Indians and Bengalis, releasing a breath of evil in their hearts, and therefore expressed support for the Scales Holy Army.
Chen Yucheng did not continue to advance, but turned back and captured the small strongholds that were not captured at the beginning one by one.
In Calcutta, a clean and luxurious white area, a magnificent Western-style castle building stands in the middle. This is the British Governor's Palace in India.
James Brown Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, is the current British Governor-General in India.
At this time, there were many British people gathered in the hall of the Governor's Palace. They were the main officials of the colony and representatives of the East India Company.
News of the fall of Assam has reached here.
These people gathered together to discuss how to defeat these Eastern armies that appeared out of nowhere.
Although these people were shocked, they did not seem to be worried. In the Indian colonies, all the forces that resisted the British would end badly in the end. Wasn't even the once arrogant Kingdom of Burma beaten to surrender?