Start: Datang Wanli a lonely city

Chapter 940 The Burning Summer Palace ([-])
  Five minutes later, the watchdog smashed the empty revolver in his right hand at a Yin soldier in front of him who was stabbing with a bayonet.

With a 'click' sound, the bridge of the Yin Army's nose was directly broken.

Under the astonishing severe pain, the guy's tears and nose were smashed out. The bayonet stabbed at him a little slower, and the watchdog easily dodged it.

Then he felt his head being locked by a pair of iron-like hands.

Without waiting for a word of 'no' to beg for mercy, his head turned in a circle like never before. For the first time in his life, he saw what his back looked like.

Then, the Yin Army sergeant completely lost his life.

Therefore, he could not see that the Eastern man who had broken his cervical vertebrae was stabbed hard into the back of the waist with a bayonet from behind, and then hit another Yin soldier in the temple with a backhand punch.

The force of the fist was so amazing that even his eyeballs were about to pop out.

And within a second or two, after several more bayonets penetrated the body from multiple places, the Eastern knight still refused to fall.

Instead, he fired the wooden-handled grenade on his chest, knocking down three more people in the explosion.

So much so that after the remaining comrades got up from the ground, they finally couldn't restrain the fear in their hearts, and finally escaped from the building screaming.

It was also the retreat of this group of Yin troops that caused the defeat of this offensive force.

So, looking at the troops that originally had two complete infantry companies, now only seventy or eighty people were left, and they once again retreated from the main building in embarrassment.

After Montauban and Grant looked at each other, they could both see the anxiety in each other's eyes.

Because they clearly knew that the defensive force in the main building was extremely weak; at all costs, there were no more than fifty people who could afford a gun.

However, no matter how many attacks they launched and how many casualties they suffered, the defenders inside still fought against them with terrifying fighting will.

Like a prehistoric giant beast, it devoured most of the soldiers who rushed in; those who were lucky enough to escape also lost the courage to fight.

In the words of the soldiers who fled, during their battle.

The battlefield on the second floor faced brutal machine gun fire, and it was okay if they couldn't rush up for a while.

But during the battle on the first floor, even though they occupied most of the living room, bedroom, study, etc., those people still refused to give in.

On the contrary, in the kitchen and bathroom, they still persisted and fought back.

Even though they had obviously lost their combat effectiveness, these people could survive as long as they surrendered, but they still pulled the fuse of the wooden-handled grenade on their bodies and led them to death together.

So, no matter how hard they fought, they were eventually driven out.

Brother Su is on top! What is it that gives them the courage to fight to the end?
  Regarding this point, in fact, senior leaders of the coalition forces such as Montauban and Grant understood what was going on: No matter how loud and just the slogans of the Yin-French coalition forces were in this war, they were essentially invaders.

When the other party defended Guo Jia, his courage was unimaginable and worthy of respect.

It's just that this war has reached the current situation, and they have no way to turn back.

After making up his mind, Montauban, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, gritted his teeth and issued another order to the adjutant on standby:
  "Let the next group of troops prepare and continue the attack in five minutes; tell the boys, no matter how big the casualties are, I must capture this damn place today..."

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  During the brief fighting break, Chen Tang hurriedly wrapped a piece of gauze around his right thigh. He no longer cared about other wounds on his body and began to load bullets into his pistol.

I didn't bother to look at my pocket watch at all. What time should it be now and how much time is left before dark.

Because now he has an indescribable understanding in his heart:
  In today's crazy attack by the Yinfa Alliance, there should be no way for me to hold on until dark and the moment the opponent stops attacking.

At the same time, he also forgot how many attacks the Yinfa coalition launched in the previous time, because in his opinion, this was not important at all.

With this spare time, it is better to make more preparations for the battle and kill a few more foreign devils.

Not long after, in the small mirror he held up, he saw two to three hundred opponents attacking from the starting position amidst the yelling and kicking of the officers.

Chen Tang picked up the Hanyang-made rifle that had been loaded with bullets.

Pulled the bolt and fired a round.

He quickly stretched out a gap in the wall next to him that was the size of a tabletop and was blasted out by the cannon. In less than two minutes and one second, he hurriedly locked on a target and fired. Without looking at the outcome of the battle, he started to move quickly with his rifle in hand.

The next second later, the bricks and stones in the sky behind him flew up in the gunfire, and some of them hit his helmet, shoulders, and back, causing indescribable pain.

But even so, it still couldn't slow down his steps that much.

And such a scene didn't just happen to Chen Tang alone.

To be more precise, at this moment, everyone in Xuange Camp and the main building has reached their limit.

It's just the belief that they absolutely refuse to give in to these bandits that makes them grit their teeth and persist.

At the same time, they also noticed that the Yinfa coalition team in this attack was too slow and cautious when advancing, and these grandchildren also knew that they were afraid.

Eleven or twelve minutes later, a large number of Yin-Fa coalition soldiers desperately escaped from the main building.

Behind them, Chen Tang, whose body was pierced by five rifles. He relied on the support of these rifles to keep himself from falling. He let go of the long knife with a chipped blade in his hand with a 'ding dong~' sound.

Between opening and closing his mouth, he didn't know what to curse, and then he lost all his life...

At 5:57 pm, the sun completely set in the capital.

Under the last rays of the setting sun, I looked at the soldiers in front of me who no longer had the high morale in the morning, and who even tried to dodge my eyes after I had looked away.

Although Montauban refused to admit it at all, he also knew that there was no way to continue the attack and capture this building today.

Thinking of my confident demeanor in the morning, my face suddenly became very hot.

Grant and others around him also had similar reactions.

At this moment, the Easterner ‘Gong’ galloped back on his war horse with an unusually bright smile on his face.

It seems that this guy who went to the capital as their special envoy for emergency consultations with the Daqing court today brought back some good news.

The situation was almost as they expected. After getting off his horse, Gong Xiaogong said a string of good news:

“Dear Your Excellencies and Generals, during my discussions with Prince Gong, the plenipotentiary representative left behind in Da Qing, I received some very good replies.

They ensured that during our war with Xuange Camp, they would take good care of their own troops and people and not cause us more trouble.

This means that those people inside will not have any reinforcements, and all losses will not be replenished at all.

As long as we eliminate these people, Prince Gong will sign the agreement, and basically all our requirements in the agreement will be met.

So I think everyone, there is no need to be so depressed.

The soldiers are demoralized because of the unfavorable battle, so what? As long as you rest for a day or two and have some fun with the people around you as a winner, you can always recover.

Believe me, the Daqing court will pretend they didn’t see it.

Then the day after tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, let us launch a few more attacks, and we can always defeat this damn place. "

After hearing the above good news, the mood of the coalition leaders immediately improved.

After Montauban shouted loudly, he issued the order that everyone would take turns to have a day off tomorrow and could go around and have fun.

The coalition soldiers present also cheered, and the low morale had obviously changed.

Only Hu Biao and others in the main building were still dead silent at this time.

Of course they would be happy to see a one-day truce tomorrow.

But excluding this day, they still need to hold on for three days to complete the task; but with their current strength, they cannot hold on for even one day.

Unless some miracle can happen in the next day or two...

(End of this chapter)