18, Zizhulin allied forces went into battle separately, the Qing army and the Boxer Rebellion jointly attacked and drove the enemy back to the concession at dusk. At 7 o'clock in the morning, Russian troops shelled the Hu Dian Jia department on the overpass of the old leading station. Hu ordered the artillery to fight back, destroyed the Russian position, killed more than 100 people and seized two cannons. The Russian army was in an emergency to the concession Coalition, and 40 British troops and teams from Japan, France and Germany successively reinforced. The Qing army used trenches and graves as a cover to fight against the enemy, which caused great damage to the reinforcements. When attacking the velvet weaving factory in the concession, four wild guns of the Qing army bombarded the tower of the signal station of the Allied Command to cover the attack of the Qing army and the Boxer Rebellion on the velvet weaving factory. British and German artillery fired and stopped the attacking troops.
19, Yulu discussed with Nie Shicheng that the allies in the concession were getting poorer and poorer, and their morale was low, so they cooperated with infantry and artillery to attack German positions and shelled the British consulate. The British sent 200 sailors in an attempt to seize the artillery position of the Qing army, but they were shot by the cross fire of the Qing army, which caused great losses and failed. In the next three days of fighting, the Qing army continued to shell the high tower of the velvet weaving factory, which caught fire and burned down. The commanders of the British and Italian armies were seriously injured, and the allied forces in the concession were in danger. The white flag was hung to show that they would not fight. Actually, it is a delaying tactic, waiting for reinforcements to clear the way.
From the day when the battle curtain for defending Tianjin was opened, the Qing army attacked the concession while fighting against the reinforcements of the allied forces. 1900 June 2 1 2800 Russian troops reinforce Tianjin from Dagu. The train arrived at Junliangcheng Station and the railway was destroyed. Go to the old leading station, the Qing boxer rose to stop it. After a fierce battle of 1 day, hundreds of people were killed or injured, and the rest entered the station boundary on the 22nd.
On the 23rd, more than 600 allied troops attacked the East Machinery Bureau from the direction of the commissary city, and the defenders fought hard to repel the enemy, killing 7 people. At night 1 1, the allied forces attacked the East Machinery Bureau again and were repelled by the Qing army. The next day, the allied forces sent troops to harass Yanshuotuo, Chenjiagou and Majiakou, burning houses in an attempt to contain the Qing army's attack on the concession. The Qing army sent a small number of troops to fight.
On the 25th, the Qing army stopped the allied forces fleeing from Xigu armory in the area of Baimiao and Yingshu.
On the 27th, the allies in the concession first bombarded the Guang Hai Temple and the Southern Machinery Bureau with artillery. Pan Jinshan, a former military attache in Wuwei, let the campers lurk. When the enemy entered the circle of fire, he immediately fired with a cannon to repel the enemy, and the enemy rushed in again, killing and injuring many allies repeatedly. At this time, more than 2000 allied troops rushed out from Zizhulin. Yao, the former commander of Wuwei, was afraid of Pan Jinshan's loss and called for reinforcements. In the fierce battle, the allies outflanked the Qing army from the direction of commissary city. The Qing army had nothing to hide, stubbornly resisted and fought fiercely. Pan Jinshan's right arm was pierced by bullets, wrapped in a powerful battle. At 3 pm, enemy guns hit the Middle East Machinery Bureau and the ammunition depot caught fire. Allied forces rushed in and occupied the East Machinery Bureau. The enemy suffered heavy casualties in this campaign, and the Qing army suffered more than 300 casualties. Allied reinforcements broke through the garrison blockade at great cost, entered the Zizhulin Concession and opened the Jingu Passage. Subsequent troops arrived one after another, and the number of allies in the concession reached 7000, but the siege of the concession has not been lifted.
At the same time that the allied forces increased their troops in the Tianjin Concession, the Qing army also increased its troops accordingly. On July 1 day, there were more than 6,000 people in Ma Yukun 15 camp, and President Wei Wu of Zuo Jun arrived at Chenjiagou and Laolongtou Station from Shanhaiguan. Nie Shicheng left five battalions stationed in Lutai, and more than 250,000 people were stationed in Guang Hai Temple and featherleaf rodgersflower. Together with the original defenders in Tianjin, the Qing army has a total of about 25 thousand people. In addition, with the approval of the Qing court, 3,000 able-bodied men were recruited in Tianjin and six battalions were organized. Yang Zonglian, the maritime ambassador, is in charge. He is stationed in a selected place and is in a corner with various ministries. From Qingxian, Jinghai, Cangzhou, Nanqing and Qingyun, Cao Futian and Zhang Decheng organized more than 20,000 boxers. Together with the original Boxer, there are 50,000 people. On June 29th, Yulu and Ma Yukun had a good business opportunity. They are determined to repel the allied forces of Zizhulin first, then meet the battalions and head for Dagukou one after another. Ma Yukun led his troops to move from Liujiazhuang to the new pontoon bridge, and the allied forces launched an attack by surprise. Ma fought back bravely and killed more than 20 allied troops. The next day, Ma Bu led Guo Dianbang and Zhang to fight with more than 2,000 allied troops in Chenjiagou, and the teams overlapped day and night, killing more than 0/00 allied troops/KLOC. Nie Shicheng personally led two infantry battalions and 1 artillery battalion to repel allied reinforcements in Chenjiagou, killing dozens of enemies. Zhou led three battalions to open the way ahead and fought hard with the allied forces in Yantuo area for 8 days and nights, which contained the allied forces.
On July 5th 1900, Yulu telephoned Nie Shicheng and Ma Yukun to discuss the formulation of the "three-sided attack plan" for the concession. On the one hand, attack the concession controlled by Nie Shicheng's department from the southwest; On the one hand, attack the old leading station, the East Machinery Bureau and the concession from north to south, with Ma Yukun as the department; Luo Rongguang and He Yongsheng were responsible for attacking the concession from the west. Hu Dianjia, commander of the former rear of Wu Wei's army, responded to the maneuver in addition to sending an assistant to the East Machinery Bureau. The Boxers Cao Futian and Zhang Decheng cooperated with the Qing army to fight against the Allies. This marks a new stage in the defense of Tianjin.
1On July 6, 900, the Qing army began to implement the "three-sided attack plan" on the Tianjin Concession. Nie Shicheng set up two big bags on the earthen platform of Xiaoxirang city wall and bombarded the concession first. That night, Nie Shicheng selected 100 warriors to form a commando team, crossed the river by boat, sneaked into the racecourse, fought fiercely with more than 300 allies, and destroyed three enemy towers. Sentinel Chai He Jiong dashed ahead, causing mine injuries, but still directing the operation. Nie Shicheng led his troops to quickly occupy the racecourse and Balitai, and beat back the British 1 company's counterattack. Luo Yongguang, He Yongsheng and the Boxer attacked the concession from Majiakou. He Yongsheng's troops took advantage of Nie Jun's fierce offensive and suddenly inserted into the Japanese position, capturing Japanese troops 1 1 man and three cannons. The allied forces in the concession could not support it and entered the tunnel. At the same time, Ma Yukun's troops attacked the old leadership station for a few days, standing with the allies, and their morale was high. Hu Dianjia's department shelled the East Machinery Bureau five times, and the smoke in the bureau was misty, and many allies were killed. Allied forces quickly dismantled the pontoon bridge leading to the concession, and the Qing army stationed in Salt Snake fired artillery bombardment, killing many allied forces and the Qing army. That night, Huai Army officers Jiang Shunfa, Zhou Hangbiao and Zhang Decheng of the Boxer Rebellion fought against the invading allied forces in Majiakou area, defeated the enemy together, chased the concession and burned many foreign buildings. Then, Nie Shicheng captured the Xiaoyingmen Fort in the southeast of the concession.
1in the early morning of July 9, 900, about 6000 allied soldiers attacked Balitai in two ways. All the way is the Japanese army as a pioneer, and the other is its right-wing Royal Firearms Regiment. The allied forces attempted to occupy Balitai, advance northward, and take the Southern Machinery Bureau as a breakthrough to capture Tianjin City. Allied forces first retaken the racetrack and fought fiercely in Balitai. Nie Shicheng led a team to fight for hours, and Balitai was surrounded by Coalition forces. Nie Shicheng calmly commanded the troops to fight bloody battles. Nie Shicheng was shot in both legs, and the battalion commander Song Zhanbiao advised him to step down. Nie Shicheng risked his life, held a knife, was shot in the cheek, suffered many injuries to his neck, forehead and abdomen, and died heroically. From the battle of Tianjin, Nie Shicheng led the troops and fought bravely against the Allies. In the battle, he took the lead, repeatedly broke the enemy lines, actively supported his friends and neighbors, and was praised by the Qing army and feared by the allied forces. After Nie Shicheng died in battle, Yulu reported to the Qing court: "Nie Shicheng, who was loyal, pure, brave and good at fighting, died of cold and suffered many injuries. His death was very tragic. This military service was in a hurry, and he lost a good general, and everyone mourned. " Camp officer Song Zhanbiao, sentry fan and other seven people died with Nie Shicheng. The generals of the Qing army were killed, Balitai fell, retreated to the western teaching field, and the allied forces invaded Guang Hai Temple. Pan Hongsheng, the sentry of Nie Department, armed with double guns, put the small bridge outside the gate and stubbornly blocked the Allies. Bian Changsheng, Yong Lian Sheng, Hu Dianjia, the former commander of Wu Wei's right battalion, and Hu Dianjia, the former commander of Wu Wei's army, broke into the concession together with the Boxer Rebellion, and repeatedly killed and retreated until dusk.
The plan of attacking Zizhulin Concession on three sides carried out by the Qing army achieved certain results and caused great difficulties to the Allies. However, the Qing government did not seize the favorable fighters, organize troops and expand the results. On the contrary, it intends to make peace. Allies took the opportunity to increase troops from Dagu to 12, and the number of allies in the concession reached17,000, thus solving the crisis in the concession, and Tianjin was in a hurry.
The deployment of the Allied Forces to attack Tianjin was that the commander of the Russian navy, Alexei Ye Fu, was the general commander and attacked Tianjin in two ways. Along the way, Alexei Ye Fu led 2600 Russian troops as the front team, two German companies and 1 French company as the back team, and attacked the Qing navy battalion and the northeast of Jincheng from the east bank of Baihe River. 700 British troops led by British Major General Bai Tao, 600 American troops led by American general Ballard, 2,400 Japanese troops led by Japanese general Fukushima, and 800 French troops led by French colonel Patrick, with 24 cannons, attacked Jinnan.
At that time, the Qing navy battalion was stationed at the fort at Wuchahekou; Ma Yukun rate 15 battalion to the north of Laolongtou Station; Nie Shicheng's 25th battalion, led by Hu Dianjia, was stationed in Guang Hai Temple and Southern Machinery Bureau. He Yongsheng's training and the rest of the Huai army were stationed inside and outside the south gate; Song Qingbu was stationed in the west gate. Boxers are all over Tianjin. The strength of the Qing army is comparable to that of the allied forces, but it lacks sufficient preparation for persistence.
12 On the night of July, Russian troops on the east bank of Baihe River moved northward. At dawn the next day, Ma Yukun and the naval battalion were shelled. The Qing army moved northward, and the allies moved into the northeast of Tianjin. The four armies of Britain, the United States, Japan and France on both sides of the Baihe River, the French army on the right, the Japanese army in the middle and the American British army on the left, rented out the community in the early hours of 13, passed through Guang Hai Temple and assembled in the southern suburbs of Tianjin.
At 00: 00 on June, 5438+04, the allied forces began a general attack, and Russia, France and the army were suppressed by the artillery fire of the Qing army, causing heavy casualties; Japanese, American and British troops advanced to a distance of about 500 meters from the city wall, and the Qing army violently counterattacked, causing heavy casualties to the Coalition forces. The American army fell into the swamp south of the city, and the losses were even heavier. Colonel Rikum, the head of the army, was killed.
/kloc-in the early morning of 0/5, the Japanese army blasted the outer gate of the south of Tianjin with heavy artillery, forcibly crossed the moat and blew up the inner city with a powder keg. Japan, the United States, Britain and France took the opportunity to rush into the city. At dusk, American troops occupied the fortress and armory of the Qing army. Yulu, Song Qing and Ma Yukun led more than 20,000 people to Beicang, and even the troops, Huai Army and Navy Battalion were evacuated to Yangliuqing, and Tianjin City fell. Only poorly equipped boxers continue to fight in the city, but it is impossible to save the defeat. After the allied forces entered Tianjin. Robbery spree. Mint, yamen, silk shop, jewelry store and houses were all robbed.