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On the morning of October 11, Guangdong's land admiral Dalibao led 20,000 elite Green Battalions and 1,000 Eight Banners Cavalry from Guangzhou and headed south to prepare to fight against the 5th Brigade of the Xinhua Army. In this battle, Dalibao was full of confidence, had a three-fold advantage in military strength, and the elite Eight Banners Cavalry helped him. He thought he would definitely be able to defeat the Xinhua Army. At this time, the follow-up troops of the Xinhua Army had just set out from Shunde!

"Hmph! Damn Han Dog, who dared to rebel from the Qing Dynasty, is simply ignorant of life and death. This time, I will let you know the power of the Qing army." Dalibao said in his heart. Xinhua Kingdom is a country established by overseas Chinese, but these high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty, especially the high-ranking officials of the Manchus, never regarded this war as a war between countries, but the Han people wanted to rebel from Manchus. The Manchus have ruled China for two hundred years. Although people have rebelled one after another over the past two hundred years, the rule of the Manchus is still as stable as Mount Tai. Dalibao believes that this time the Manchus will definitely defeat the Han people and protect the country left by their ancestors.

More than 20,000 Green Camp soldiers and 1,000 Eight Banners cavalry set out from Guangzhou with great confidence. For this military operation, Guangdong and Guangxi Governor Qi Gong and Guangzhou General A Jing A both had great confidence. The Xinhua Army was powerful and brought them too much pressure. If they could win a battle first, it would be very helpful to increase the morale of the troops and finally defend Guangzhou City.

"Can General A and General Dalibao win?" Qi Gong asked. He was a civil servant and did not know much about military affairs.

"Governor General Dalibao has at least 70% chance of winning. Although the Xinhua Army is well-equipped, this time they were too careless and they actually divided their troops. This is a taboo! If they waited until all the troops were disembarked and marched towards Guangzhou, we would not have any chance. However, now they are going deeper alone, which gives us the opportunity to defeat each of them. General Dalibao has assembled more than 20,000 elite troops and a thousand elite Manchu cavalry, while the opponent has only more than 6,000 people, and our troops are more than three times theirs. Therefore,

, We still have a great chance of winning this battle. As long as we can annihilate this Xinhua army, the pressure we face will not be so great in the next battle. Perhaps ours can persist until reinforcements arrive." Guangzhou General A Jinga analyzed it very well. However, this is just his own guess. Moreover, this is based on the fact that the Qing army could defeat the 5th Brigade of the Xinhua Army. If the Qing army could not win, then the Qing army guarding Guangzhou would have a great loss of strength. At that time, the Xinhua Army would be more easily conquered Guangzhou.

Can the 5th Brigade of the New China Army defeat the 5th Brigade of the 20,000 Green Camp soldiers and 1,000 Eight Banners?

"General, the scouts reported that a large number of Qing troops left Guangzhou City and were heading south. The target was probably us. It is estimated that the total strength of the Qing army exceeded 20,000 people. There were still many cavalry." The commander of the reconnaissance company of the 5th Brigade reported to Brigadier General Zhao Mingfu.

"Haha! The Qing army was so brave that they dared to attack us actively. Did they treat us as soft persimmons? After passing the order, the entire army stopped advancing and built defensive positions on the spot. The 1st and 2nd Battalions defended the front, the 3rd and 4th Battalions defended the two wings, and the 5th and 6th Battalions acted as reserves. The artillery battalions immediately built artillery positions. The other units also entered the state of combat readiness!" Brigadier General Zhao Mingfu immediately issued an order. He knew that the Qing army was watching the 5th Brigade go deeper and wanted to take advantage of the arrival of the main force of the Xinhua Army.

Eat the 5th Brigade. Give the Xinhua Army a warning first, and at the same time, it can also reduce their defensive pressure. However, one infantry brigade of the Xinhua Army is not so delicious. Since the Xinhua Army was established, a battalion or company has never been eliminated in an established system, let alone an infantry brigade. Even if it were the army of Western countries, it would not be possible, let alone the Qing army. Although the Qing army has an advantage in military strength, if they want to eat the 5th Brigade, they are afraid that they do not have the good teeth, and they are not afraid of losing a few teeth.

The 5th Brigade of the Xinhua Army immediately stopped advancing and began to build positions nervously. The Qing army lacked artillery, and all Xinhua Army did not need to dig trenches. They only needed to pull wire in front of the suggested positions to avoid being raided by the Qing cavalry. The artillery was a little more troublesome. The artillery battalion of the 5th Brigade was equipped with a total of 24 75mm field artillery. Although the power of the 75mm field artillery was not as powerful as the 105mm howitzer, it was replaced by smokeless.

After gunpowder, the power of the shells was further improved. In addition, the 75mm field gun fire rate was very fast, and it could reach one shot per minute. For the infantry of the Xinhua Army, this was already a good infantry support firepower. Moreover, the 75mm field gun weighed relatively light and was convenient for infantry to carry. The 75mm field gun weighed only 800 kilograms. It can be dragged with two war horses, or it can be disassembled into several parts and carried by war horses.

"Sir, the Xinhua Army has discovered our movements. They have stopped moving forward. Currently, there are still twelve miles away!" A Qing army cavalry reported to Dalibao.

"Very good, order the entire army to suppress it. The cavalry will be ready to attack the enemy's formation at any time after the orders." Dalibao ordered. He fought with the Xinhua Army in the open area and had three times the advantage of military strength and cavalry. Dalibao believed that he would win this battle.

More than 20,000 Qing troops slowly approached the Xinhua Army's position. It stopped until less than four kilometers away from the Xinhua Army's frontline position. Dalibao had not fought with the Xinhua Army before, so he was not clear. Their location was within the maximum range of the Xinhua Army's 75mm field artillery. However, Brigadier General Zhao Mingfu did not want to alarm the snake, so he did not order the artillery battalion to open fire. Dalibao wanted to eat the 5th Brigade of the Xinhua Army in one bite, and Brigadier General Zhao Mingfu also hoped to eliminate the main force of the Qing army in this battle. If the artillery was fired in advance, even if the Qing army could be defeated, more people would flee. In this way, it would cause trouble for the Xinhua Army to attack Guangzhou in the future. If all problems could be solved once and for all, it would be of course better.

At 11:30 a.m., Dalibao thought he was sure to win and ordered tens of thousands of Qing troops to launch an attack. Thirty thousand Qing troops launched an attack on the Xinhua army from three directions. They held their bird guns and long swords to approach the Xinhua army's position. Using dense formations, this was what Dalibao learned from the British. Only in this way can the firepower be maximized.

"Mortar preparation!" When the Qing army was less than one kilometer away from the Xinhua Army's position, the commanders on the front line ordered that the mortar had raised its muzzle, and the Xinhua Army's mortar had developed an 80mm medium-sized mortar. However, each infantry company was equipped with two 60mm light mortars, and the infantry battalion had only 4 80mm medium-sized mortars.

"Fire!" When the Qing army approached, the mortars on the front line opened fire quickly. However, in order not to scare the Qing army away, each mortar controlled the speed of firing. The maximum rate of firing of the Xinhua Army's mortars was 10 rounds per minute. However, in order to lure the Qing army to continue the attack, the rate of firing of the mortars has been reduced to two rounds per minute.

More than forty mortars opened fire, which still caused great trouble to the Qing army. The shells roared into their queues, and the Qing army officers and soldiers flipped over. The dense formation caused great casualties to the Qing army. Often, a single shell would cause several or even dozens of people to be killed and killed. The scattered shrapnel would reap their lives wantonly.

"God! The artillery fire of the Xinhua Army is so powerful!" Some Qing soldiers couldn't help but exclaim. Even if they fought with the British, they had never encountered such artillery fire!

Some soldiers subconsciously wanted to escape. However, they were stared at by the officers and had to bite the bullet and continue moving forward.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The Xinhua Army's artillery shells continued to explode in the Qing army's ranks, leaving blanks one by one. However, the Qing soldiers were numerous, and the soldiers behind them came up and easily filled the blanks.

"Sir, the artillery fire of the Xinhua Army is too fierce, and the brothers are suffering heavy casualties!" A general said to Dalibo.

"No, as long as you rush through the New China Army's artillery area, there will be no danger." Dalibao shook his head. The battle had just begun. Although the New China Army's artillery fire was very fierce, it was impossible for him to give up like this.

"Order brothers to start charging, the first to break through the Xinhua Army's position, to be promoted to three levels, and rewarded 100 taels of silver!" Dalibao shouted, wanting to make money to inspire the morale of the Qing army with promotion and wealth.

Sure enough, stimulated by promotion and wealth, the morale of the Qing army increased a lot, and began to accelerate the position towards the Xinhua army regardless of formation.

"Prepare infantry, mortars speed up their firing rate!" The front-line commander of the Xinhua Army calmly ordered. The Xinhua Army has been fighting with the natives, Vietnamese and foreigners. Although the officers of the Xinhua Army rarely read before joining the army, after joining the army, they have gone through systematic cultural learning and some basic tactical ideas, which makes their command level much higher than those of the Qing army officers.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The Xinhua Army's mortars began to speed up their firing rate, causing greater casualties to the Qing army.

When the Qing soldiers were about two hundred meters away from the Xinhua Army, the infantry had already prepared to open fire.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The crisp sound of rifles like fried beans sounded, white smoke floated out from the muzzle, and dense bullets shot towards the Qing army. The Qing army fell down row by row like harvesting wheat.
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