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Fifty-eighth chapter rabble

 Chapter 58 The mob

Of course, the telegram asking for help had to be sent. Although Bekai was more than 90% sure that he could repel the bandits' attack, it was always a dereliction of duty to hide the news of the bandits' attack. He arranged for his secretary to send a message to inform him that bandits were about to arrive.

The number of people who came to attack Hongji was about 2,000. Hongji was already ready for battle.

In the telegram, he did not explicitly mention whether reinforcements were needed - given the current importance of the Hongji Station, reinforcements were inevitable. Of course, Bekay hoped that he could leave the impression of being "unafraid in the face of danger" to the Senate this time.

Finally, now that the marine platoon has boarded the ship, he armed the most reliable naturalized citizens, including the clerks and administrative staff around him. In addition to the marine Mini rifles, Hongji Fort also has more than thirty spare rifles in reserve.

Mini rifles. He distributed these guns to them, and also gave each of them a grenade as the general reserve of Honji Fort.

When the bandits approached Hongji Station, they saw the fortress was heavily fortified and knew that preparations had been made inside. Shen Hu asked the group to take a rest and cook. This was not because he sympathized with everyone, but because the bandits' team was sparsely organized.

Duolidi. There are still seven or eight hundred people behind him. Let's eat and rest first, and wait until everyone arrives. In addition, he also has an ally at sea, "Fan Haibao". After he arrives, everyone will advance by sea and land, and succeed.

Hope is greater. I heard that the mine has a large ship and three small boats on the beach, but there are 14 large and small boats in the sea. Shen Hu does not think that these single boats can play any role.

Shen Hu's men were a relatively "regular" group of bandits, and at least they had someone to monitor them wherever they went to eat and drink. At that moment, someone set up a pot at the foot of the hillside and ordered dozens of plundered local women to boil water for cooking.

Shen Hu looked at the fortress opposite Hongji. This was the first time he had seen such a fortress. He thought it was very crude. The earth fence was only two people high at most. Although the slope was steeper, people could climb up without a ladder. The only thing was more difficult.

The only thing is that it takes some effort to fill in the trench outside the earth fence.

Apart from that, it seems that this fence is not difficult to defeat. Although You Long and You Hai told him that there were cannons placed on the protruding sharp corners of the earth fence, but Shen Hu did not care about this: the cannons were

He has seen a lot of things, and it will take at least a while before firing a second shot. This time is enough for his people to swarm around the earth.

"Where's that earth fence over there? There's also a cannon?"

"That's a village where miners live. There are no cannons." You Long gestured. "It's full of coal miners and their families. There's not much oil and water."

"Okay, let's ignore them for now." Shen Hu smiled lewdly, "After the big fortress is broken, we can also break down the miners' stockade and find a few women to entertain the brothers."

His cronies laughed together. Shen Hu generously patted You Long and You Hai on the shoulders: "One for each of you two!"

"Thank you, chief!" The two of them were flattered and immediately knelt down to worship.

"Well, well, let me see..."

Before he could say anything after "I see", a small group of one hundred and eighty people was seen running towards the street between the two forts - there were some nice-looking houses on the street, and I guess there were valuables inside.

Things. The bandits couldn't wait for his order and immediately wanted to rob them.

"Idiot!" Shen Hu cursed. This group of bandits is not his men, and he can't control everyone. Besides, he already knew from the spies that everything on this street has been evacuated, except for empty houses.

nor.

He watched the bandits running chaotically onto the street between the two forts. At this time, a row of white smoke emerged from a convex corner of the main fort, and the running bandits suddenly started shouting.

He fell down. The remaining people screamed and fled back quickly.

"The gunshot is so powerful!" Shen Hu exclaimed in surprise - he had never seen a matchlock gun before, but the gangsters were at least 40 to 50 feet away from the fortress where the fire was fired. The gunfire from such a distance would only make a sound.

Let alone killing people, projectiles can't fly that far.

The group of bandits just now left a dozen corpses on the ground. The cannons in the mine not only hit far, but were also very accurate.

He quickly called You Long and You Hai over and asked them how many muskets there were in the fortress.

"There are thirty or fifty of them holding up the sky!" You Long said, "It's rare to see people holding blunderbuss. The brave men in the mines all use spears and machetes..."

"really?!"

"You dare not lie! There is absolutely no more."

But even if there were thirty or fifty of them, such a sharp firearm was not a piece of bone that could be easily chewed off. Shen Hu did not expect that the firearms in the mine were so powerful, and he immediately hesitated.

While he was hesitating, bandits from the rear group kept coming. Shen Hu asked his cronies to call the leaders of each group to a meeting to discuss how to attack the stronghold. Because he was worried that the news of the enemy's powerful firearms would shake the morale of the army, he only said at the meeting:

He didn't mention this matter at all. However, Hu Lanyan said that the enemy was an Australian who was famous for their firearms. Both cannons and muskets were very powerful, and they could hit accurately and far away. He suggested that this attack should use fire to attack smoke.

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"Let out thick smoke and walk forward section by section. After walking a section, let out thick smoke." Hu Lanyan gestured, "Our people follow the thick smoke. No matter how powerful their firearms are, they can't see people through the smoke.

We can only leave them randomly. When we get there, we will all rush forward..."

Hu Lanyan was talking eloquently, but everyone was doubtful. Many people did not believe that firearms could be as powerful as Hu Lanyan said, and they were talking a lot. The order of the large number of gangsters gathered outside was chaotic. Due to lack of contact,

In ancient society, it was very difficult to organize a makeshift mob of nearly 2,000 people. Everyone followed Shen Hu to make a fortune. Seeing that the village was right in front, they did not launch an attack. Many people walked away all morning, and then

Tired and thirsty, I was ready to break into the village to eat, drink and have sex. Now a large group of people gathered under the sun. They didn’t eat or drink. They didn’t know what to do next. Gradually, some people began to curse and some were encouraging.

Everyone took action. There were still people talking loudly. The scene gradually became chaotic. The small leaders of each group tried hard to maintain order, but the gathered gangsters came from complex sources, and there were many three or five who came to reap benefits.

There are sporadic gangsters, and they don't even have a leader.

The suddenly agitated crowd seemed to have received some order, and all rushed toward the workers' camp with a roar. The leaders could not stop shouting, and their shouting was useless. Instead, they rushed towards the labor camp in a chaotic manner.

By the time the news reached Shen Hu, the situation outside was out of control. Except for several hundred of Shen Hu's own cronies, the rest of the mob had completely lost order and flocked to the labor camp.

From the direction of Hongji Fort, there was immediately the loud sound of cannon fire. The space of 250 meters in a straight line was now full of targets. The gunners on the fort took advantage of this excellent killing opportunity, using two 24-pound cannons.

Fierce artillery fire was fired at the large group of bandits who poured into the fortress, and the militiamen equipped with miniguns also fired rifle bullets at their fastest speed. Then, the typewriters also opened fire.

The solid bullets with a lowered shooting angle kept crushing the bloody alley among the crowd at a downward angle - the power of the shells was so great that after penetrating the crowd, they still hit the wall of the labor camp powerfully, emerging from the wall.

The smoke and dust came. The local workers standing on the dirt fence suddenly became commotion. Everyone was squeezing and wanting to step back - no one wanted to be hit in the face by this terrible thing.

"Don't retreat!" Dugu's proposal saw signs of wavering, and he immediately jumped out, brandishing his sword and howling, "Anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy!"

Although the local workers could not understand his words, they still understood his twisted and ferocious face and the shining sword in his hand. In addition, the shiny spear tip of the naturalized laborer behind him was almost touching his back.

.The crowd calmed down after a period of commotion.

Shotgun shells and lead bullets from typewriters rained down on the crowd. The robbers fell to the ground one after another. Some of the robbers' heads suddenly exploded and flew backwards, and their limbs were turned into pieces. The robbers began to be shocked by the horror.

, then shouted, turned around and ran away with an inhuman cry. In less than five minutes, the large group of bandits who rushed towards the labor camp collapsed under the gunfire of Hongji Fort and fled in all directions. No matter what happened to Shen Hu's men

After being intercepted, many people simply fled the scene. Before the battle officially started, the bandits lost one-third of their men. Shen Hu was so angry that he stamped his feet.

"Dear leaders -" before he could finish his words, many leaders had already left their seats in a panic. Everyone was eager to gather their own teams. Without a team, there would be no capital, so what else could we talk about "together"

"Get rich". Shen Hu, the temporary "leader", is nothing to them now.

Shen Hu was so angry that he couldn't speak. He quickly asked his men to gather his troops to suppress the situation and see if they could manage to contain the bandits' brigade. He planned to wait for the troops to overturn Haibao to arrive before making further calculations.

At this time, the marine platoon that had been on standby at sea launched an attack under Bekay's order. They landed on the beach at the rear where the bandits had not noticed, and unexpectedly launched an attack from the rear of the large group of bandits.

The sudden artillery fire from the mountain and the fierce attack from the flank by the marine platoon plunged the already frightened bandits into complete chaos. Many people were frightened, and now they were even more discouraged and just tried to escape. Those bandits who were a little calmer still managed to escape.

They wanted to go up to resist, but the volley of guns and a row of grenades that came towards them made them cry for father and mother. You Long saw that his nephew You Hai was blown to the ground, covered in blood. He faced the sea soldiers regardless of life and death.

He rushed forward, but a sailor dodged his sword and stabbed him in the chest with his bayonet.

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