Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

In desperation, he had to send the musketeers and archers to hide in the houses near the city gate, so that they could engage in street fighting with the red-haired devils after the city gate was breached.

At this time, the nine teams of demolition experts had already rushed over. The observer waved the small flag in his hand again and shouted loudly: "Don't stop, don't stop, there are too many red-haired devils below..."

Hearing this, the young men in the city gate tower immediately took action. They picked up huge rocks and logs and threw them down to the city without hesitation; at the same time, some people picked up boiling hot oil and poured it down without mercy. The young men around them bent over and desperately transported the huge rocks and logs and the pot of oil to the city gate tower. For a moment, the scene was very lively and everyone was busy.

The commander who was firing volleys at the foot of the city also noticed the fierce fighting at the city gate tower and immediately issued an order: "Everyone listen! Aim at the city gate and fire!"

At his command, all the soldiers pulled the trigger at the same time. Intensive gunfire rang out and countless bullets rained down on the city gate.

As soon as the soldiers holding the golden oil pots poked their heads out, they were hit by the enemy's bullets. However, many people would rather sacrifice themselves to pour the boiling golden oil pot and let the red-haired devils taste the anger of the Chinese people.

Similarly, the young and strong men who tried to throw boulders and rolling logs also faced tremendous pressure. As soon as they stretched their hands out of the city wall, they were hit by enemy bullets, but they still endured the severe pain and insisted on completing the task. Only when the boulders and rolling logs successfully hit the red-haired devils would they retract their injured hands.

Whenever a soldier fell, another soldier would immediately take his place and continue fighting. This spirit of fighting forward and never retreating is admirable.

For a moment, the city walls were filled with smoke, flames, and shouts of killing. Both sides on the city and outside the city paid a heavy price.

After half of the people in the demolition team were abandoned, they finally pushed ten demolition carts into the city gate. They tied ten gunpowder barrels together with fuses, and after lighting them, they ran away along the city wall.

Major John watched all this through the telescope with a smile on his face.

"Boom" ten gunpowder barrels exploded at the same time, shaking the earth. Although the city wall was not blown down, the thick city gate collapsed, revealing a sack filled with soil behind it.

These earthen sacks blocked the city gate tightly in the second half of the year. It was estimated to be six meters long, and it was very difficult to empty it in a short time.

Major John was confused and angrily cursed: "Cunning Qing people!"

Then he ordered another squadron of about a hundred men to charge into the city gate to clear out the sacks of earth.

The square team quickly rushed through the city gate and began to clean up the earthen sacks. However, when they approached the earthen sacks, a large number of stones, wood and fire pots were suddenly thrown from the city wall, hitting them and causing a fire. Many soldiers were injured or burned, and the team fell into chaos.

Seeing this, Major John cursed angrily. He realized that he had underestimated the enemy's defense ability, but he did not give up, but decided to attack again.

In the following battle, the two sides fought fiercely. The British kept trying to break through the city gate, while the Qing army defending the city resisted tenaciously and used various means to stop the British attack.

At this moment, a fleet of more than 300 small ships ranging from 500 tons to tons was slowly sailing from Wusongkou along the upper reaches of the Huangpu River.

The Huangpu River runs through Shanghai County. The width of the river in the county is 300 to 500 meters, and the water depth is about 10 meters. For this fleet, if there is no navy to block it, Shanghai County would be like having no defense line.

Suddenly, a series of earth-shaking noises broke the silence, "Boom, boom, boom..." Hundreds of red cannons fired at the East Gate at the same time, and dense shells poured down like raindrops.

In an instant, the city wall near the East Gate was destroyed, and the young and strong men on the wall fell down one after another, with heavy casualties.

Then, the group of red-haired devils drove their ships along the Huangpu River into Shanghai County. They mercilessly attacked the houses and streets on both sides of the river, completely treating the civilians of Shanghai County as grass and bombing them wantonly...

For a moment, the city was filled with smoke, bullets flew everywhere, houses collapsed, casualties were heavy, and there were wails everywhere...

Li Qianzong stood on the city wall, looking at the invaders' ships rampaging recklessly on the Huangpu River. Those hateful foreigners were so reckless and bombarded the city! He was filled with anger and helplessness, and his thoughts were in a mess.

At this time, bursts of artillery fire were heard in Shanghai County. Major John was very familiar with the sound. He knew that these were small-tonnage ships sailing into Shanghai County from the mouth of the Huangpu River and attacking the East Gate.

These allied bandits from multiple countries had only one goal - to massacre and plunder the wealth of Shanghai County.

To this end, they carefully planned a battle plan of attacking the east and west gates simultaneously and blocking the front and back, aiming to prevent the Qing people in the city from taking the opportunity to escape with gold, silver, treasures and valuables.

When the Marines attacking the west gate heard the artillery fire from the east gate, they immediately cheered excitedly and the pace of the attack became more rapid.

However, the young and strong people in Xicheng are facing tremendous pressure.

Seeing the city gate destroyed beyond recognition, some people began to panic.

Some people were worried about the elderly and children at home, some were concerned about their family property, so some people quietly ran down from the city wall and ran towards home.

This situation spread rapidly and had a great impact on military morale.

Of the two to three thousand young and strong defenders who had gathered at the west gate, half of them had fled within just a quarter of an hour after the city was bombarded.

All we can do for the rest is to do our best and leave the rest to fate.

Half an hour later, the West Gate finally collapsed under the heavy load. More than 3,000 marines from different countries poured into Shanghai County like a tide. They killed anyone they saw, robbed any valuables they saw, and raped any women they saw...

For a time, the entire Shanghai County was plunged into misery, people fled in all directions, and their cries resounded through the sky.

The sky was blocked by gunpowder smoke. Without the sunlight, the county town seemed to be in an abyss of darkness.

These Western bandits turned this place into a hell on earth. They burned, killed, looted, raped and robbed people, committing all kinds of evil. The earth was shaking, the sky was bleeding, and the innocent people suffered endless pain and torture.