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Chapter 442

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A unit armed with cold weapons cleverly took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to get close to a unit armed with a rifle. Then, without fear of death, they charged into the unit and started fighting. More importantly, this unit armed with a rifle was not prepared for a hand-to-hand fight. For the sake of convenience, they did not bring their bayonets.

The Liberation Army's attack on Zhenjiang did not go smoothly. Caught off guard by the fierce attacks of a large number of hand-to-hand fighters, the sentry unit collapsed. Since the start of the battle, the central army had been showing off their might and fiercely firing at Zhenjiang City. This tactic was very effective against the cities guarded by the Qing army. After a series of shocking firepower attacks, it would be much easier to besiege the city. As long as there was a small breakthrough, the unit would be able to charge into the city guarded by the Qing Army. The Qing Army's entire defense system would immediately collapse.

The Liberation Army came from the Taiping army. However, after several years of disconnection, everyone's impression of the Taiping army was completely thin. Obviously, this swaggering firepower did not have much of an impact on the Taiping army. On the contrary, the Liberation Army's fierce shooting consumed a lot of the unit's energy. When the Taiping army charged over, the unit's reaction speed was greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the unit had after all gone through several months of hellish training, so their basic skills were extremely solid. Moreover, although the half a month of rest before this did not completely recover their mental fatigue, at least most of the accumulated physical fatigue had been eliminated. The central unit immediately launched a bayonet charge.

When the two howling units collided with each other, the Liberation Army's first thousand-man bayonet battle, apart from the military exercise, finally broke out. The soldiers roared. Shields, daggers, and bayonets collided fiercely. If it had to be said, the Liberation Army's killing intent was not too strong. After all, they were facing the Taiping army, not the Qing Army. Moreover, along the way, the Qing Army did not really trigger any killing intent. Therefore, when it came to a real hand-to-hand fight, everyone showed mercy. If they could not stab the other party to death, they would only stab the other party to injury. If they could injure him lightly, they didn't have to injure him severely.

Battles on the battlefield were fought with one's life on the line. Actually, everyone knew very well whether or not the other party wanted to kill them. Therefore, even though the Taiping army had charged into the Liberation Army's battle formation in the early stages, they were unable to expand the battle results because of the great disparity in basic skills. After the elites who had broken into the army formation were surrounded and the small group of people who really wanted to fight to the death were taken care of, the Liberation Army asked the remaining people to surrender.

After such an open battle, both sides were panting and sweating profusely while holding their weapons. The troops of the Liberation Army were fine. After receiving the training led by the 21st century's training philosophy, although they were also drenched in sweat, they could still maintain the ability to continue fighting fiercely. On the other hand, the Taiping army's soldiers were exhausted. Many of them had the attitude that they would rather die than let them rest. After hearing the shouts of the Liberation Army, he knew that he didn't have to die. This group of Taiping army surrendered.

On the other hand, the Taiping army on the city wall saw that the Liberation Army had easily withstood the surprise attack of the Taiping army, which had displayed the highest level of skill. In addition, the elites who had made the surprise attack had been completely annihilated. The defenders of Zhenjiang obediently surrendered after suffering a round of artillery shells from the Liberation Army.

This victory was similar to Lei Hu's victory. It was the enemy who had fully displayed their strength, and the Liberation Army had been taken advantage of by the enemy. Of course, the strategic advantages, equipment, and training that the Liberation Army had accumulated were too great. The enemy was really unable to shake them, and in the end, the Liberation Army had obtained the final victory.

Ruan Xihao had long known that the troops would definitely make mistakes. After seizing Zhenjiang, the Fujian Corps' next goal was to cross the Yangtze River on May 5th and launch an attack on Yangzhou, which was opposite Zhenjiang. After calling the group of commanders to the headquarters, Ruan Xihao only said, "Introduce the battle!" Then, he sat there without saying a word and waited for this group of dejected fellows to perform.

If Ruan Xihao hadn't held a meeting beforehand, this group of fellows might still have the confidence to resist a little, because this was, after all, a victory. No matter what Ruan Xihao said, this result could not be doubted.

In the end, this report became very short. No one dared to boast about their great achievements. In the end, the group of people could only say that they had completed their work after going through an intense hand-to-hand battle.

Seeing that this group of fellows were finally willing to be honest, Ruan Xihao sneered and said, "I'll tell you again, failure is very normal. It's not normal to think that you won't fail and that you won't lose a battle. After we followed the commander-in-chief, it's true that we won every battle, but the commander-in-chief himself said countless times that as long as you go on the battlefield, you can lose. This time, the Taiping army broke through the side defense. Can you tell me clearly what happened? I won't criticize you, but you have to tell me clearly! "

After the group of officers looked at each other, they finally began to tell the truth. In fact, this matter was not fully understood, because the Taiping army's mobilization was quite mysterious. It wasn't that the Liberation Army didn't have any precautions, and they even sent reconnaissance troops to that place. However, no one knew how the Taiping Army had been mobilized during the battle. They had managed to gather an elite melee unit in that place. In a sense, this was too miraculous.

With this question in mind, the investigation began. The results of the investigation were shocking. The Taiping army's ambush at that place was not a tactical choice in the entire battle. The Taiping army's entire battle only had one goal, and that was that ambush. When dealing with the Qing Army, this kind of close combat was a tried and tested method. As long as the Taiping army killed their way into the enemy's camp, the enemy would inevitably collapse.

Some of the higher-ups of the Liberation Army knew this kind of combat method, but the Liberation Army itself had already passed this stage. Relying on their strong strength, even if the periphery was broken through, the Liberation Army's middle army was not a unit that could be defeated by cold weapons alone. In cold weapons combat, the Liberation Army had only encountered the British as an opponent.

In the end, Ruan Xihao also submitted a self-criticism report to the military commission. This report had a lot of text, although there was no way to transmit it by telegraph. It could be sent directly from the port of Zhenjiang to the port of Guangzhou by steamship. After the steamship with a tonnage of nearly 1,000 tons unloaded a large number of supplies in Zhenjiang, it took the documents and other items that needed to be sent back to Guangzhou and embarked on its journey. Four days later, the documents were sent to the military commission.

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