Chapter 149: Attack on Yang Village (2)
However, after all, the Haihongqi-16 air defense missile is an advanced weapon that far surpasses that of this era, and there are so many of them that it cannot be useless; tonight, we have found the location of the Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missile, which is to strike at ground targets.
Although Yang Village has built perfect fortifications, they are all used to deal with ground attacks, and there is basically nothing to do against attacks from the air, not to mention the camp of the Eight-Nation Alliance inside Yang Village, which is completely undefended. The drone observation is very clear, the camp of the Eight-Nation Alliance is mainly the houses and tents of Yang Village, and the Chinese houses in this era are naturally wooden structures, not to mention the tents, which are all flammable materials, which are just suitable for weapons such as the Haihongqi 16 air defense missile with limited power but a large number.
Before the battle, the Navy planned to use up to 20 Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles in this battle, with 4 in batches, first striking in three batches, and then depending on the effect of the attack, deciding whether to strike in the last two batches.
At one o'clock in the morning, the two combat battalions and three new military battalions set off from Beicang and infiltrated the vicinity of Yangcun to ambush them, although the Eight-Nation Coalition Army set up a lot of secret posts on the periphery of Yangcun, but unfortunately the crossing army was equipped with night vision equipment, and these dark posts were basically unobstructed in the eyes of the crossing army, so they would not be alarmed at all.
At 2 o'clock in the morning, the Kunming ship first launched four Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles in turn, and three minutes later, the Yueyang warship also launched four Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles, and then the Sanya warship also launched four Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles, and three batches of a total of 12 Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles left the warship's launch box one after another and flew in the direction of Yangcun.
Just as the last batch of Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles left the hull, the first batch of four Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles flew into the sky above Yangcun and fell, exploding in the camp of the Eight-Nation Alliance.
Although the power of the Haihongqi 16 anti-aircraft missile is insufficient, this is relative to other missiles, and the charge of more than 30 kilograms is actually not small in this era, the total weight of the mainstream 305 mm caliber naval artillery shells in this era is about 350 kilograms, but the charge is only more than 50 kilograms, and considering the difference in the power of gunpowder between the two eras, the actual effect is not much worse.
A Haihongqi 16 air defense missile exploded on the ground, within a radius of 50 meters, basically no mouth, even if it was not killed, it was also shocked to death, and at the same time, the huge impact force, the flame fragments brought out, the actual killing range can be expanded to about 100 meters, not to mention that four Haihongqi 16 air defense missiles fell into the camp, which immediately caused a lot of damage to the camp, and more than 200 soldiers died directly from the explosion, and caused many fires in the camp.
This series of explosions naturally alarmed the commanders of various countries, in fact, no one slept soundly tonight, that is, to guard against the attack of overseas Chinese, so after hearing the explosion, they got up and went out of the room one after another, many people did not even have time to put on their military uniforms, and after seeing the scene of the camp, they couldn't help but be shocked, what kind of weapon did this group of overseas Chinese use, they could directly hit their own camp, and caused such huge damage.
Of course, large-caliber naval guns can cause such damage, but Yangcun is more than 50 kilometers away from the nearest seaside, in this era, there is no such long-range naval artillery, of course, there are also large-caliber marine artillery, but a caliber of more than 200 mm of marine artillery is usually called super-large caliber artillery, and generally such artillery is very heavy, can reach more than 100 tons, so it is only used as a fortress gun, shore defense artillery, but it is not loaded with wheels can be towed away. If it is to be used in the field, it is sometimes even necessary to lay tracks in order to move.
Moreover, a super-large caliber artillery requires at least two or three hundred people to serve, and no matter how it is transported, arranged, and prepared, it will make great noise, not because of this limiting factor, super-large caliber artillery has long been popularized in the armies of various countries, and all countries will not regard 100 mm caliber artillery as a large caliber. If the overseas Chinese army were using super-large-caliber artillery, it would be impossible for the Eight-Nation Coalition to not notice it at all.
Just when the commanders of the Eight-Nation Coalition were puzzled, the second round of Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles fell from the sky and exploded in the camp of the Eight-Nation Alliance, once again causing heavy casualties and material losses to the Eight-Nation Alliance, because this explosion also triggered the explosion of some ammunition of the Eight-Nation Alliance, forming a chain reaction and adding to the chaos in the camp.
At this time, the commanders of various countries were also a little stunned, because many people had seen clearly just now that what fell into the battalion was a kind of tail fire-breathing shell, of course, at this time, not many people cared about the difference between the shells, but these two rounds of strikes, separated by more than three minutes, compared with the super-large caliber artillery used in land field battles, such a rate of fire is quite fast, after all, field guns are not better than naval guns or fortress guns, there are special fixed ammunition supply devices, so the rate of fire is naturally much slower. However, this kind of shell fired by overseas Chinese is obviously much faster than ordinary field super-large-caliber artillery. So what kind of weapons did these overseas Chinese use? Could it be that they had already solved the problem of miniaturizing super-large-caliber artillery, making it easier for super-large-caliber artillery to move, and reloading it in field combat? If this is really the case, then this will be an epoch-making artillery revolution.
Before the commanders of the countries could wake up from their contemplation, a third blow fell from the sky. The three consecutive rounds of 12 Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missiles all landed in the camp of the Eight-Nation Allied Army, which not only caused a large number of casualties, but also exerted great psychological pressure on the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Allied Army, because whether it is super-large-caliber artillery or other weapons, this kind of enemy can hit you, but you cannot hit the enemy, and you don't even know where the enemy is.
At the beginning, the commanders of various countries were still pointing fingers and trying to control the situation, but as the fourth round of strikes arrived as scheduled, the commanders of various countries finally gave up, first, the current situation has been in great chaos and cannot be controlled at all; second, it is not known how many such tail fire-breathing shells there are overseas Chinese, after all, there is no way for the Eight-Nation Coalition Forces to stop them at all, if there are a few more rounds of such strikes, even if the situation is controlled, it will be useless, and there will be chaos at that time, and the shells do not have long eyes, who knows if they will fall there, in case a shell falls on their heads?
After the fourth round of Haihongqi 16 anti-aircraft missiles fell, the camp in Yangcun was completely plunged into a sea of fire, and the houses and tents were all blown up in scattered places, and there were flames everywhere, and the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance were like headless flies, running around, hoping to find a way out of the camp from the firelight. And at this moment, the army that crossed the army also launched an attack on Yang Village.
Although most of the Haihongqi 16 missiles fell into the camp of Yang Village, and the impact on the surrounding positions was not large, at this time the camp had become a sea of fire, and even the scorching fire could be felt on the position, and the soldiers in the camp scattered and fled, and many people ran to the position, which also brought a huge impact to the soldiers who stayed in the position, and naturally no one still had the heart to stay on the position, so most of the soldiers also fled from the position.
After crossing the army to attack, it was very easy to break through the defense line of Yang Village and enter the camp of the Eight-Nation Alliance, which also became the last straw for the camels.
In fact, at this time, there were still a lot of people in the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the number of casualties who had been killed or injured by the Haihongqi-16 missile strike just now was less than 2,000, and the Eight-Nation Coalition Army was far above the crossing army in terms of strength, but at this time, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army was in turmoil and had no fighting spirit, and most of the soldiers had just woken up from their sleep, and they were not even dressed neatly, let alone put on their weapons, so there was still the ability to resist, and the battle suddenly became a complete rout, and some soldiers who could not escape threw down their weapons and surrendered to the crossing army。
When the sky was bright, the battle was over, and at this time, the entire Yang Village was almost burned in a furnace, and there were still many places where flames remained, emitting a large amount of black smoke. The corpses of the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Coalition were almost everywhere, and it was impossible to detail how many of the Eight-Nation Coalition troops had been annihilated, because many of the corpses had been burned by the fire and were unrecognizable. The number of captured coalition soldiers alone reached more than 1,000, so it can only be estimated that the Eight-Nation Coalition army destroyed in this battle was about 5,000. In fact, there were only about 8,000 troops left in the Eight-Nation Coalition who had fled back to Beijing.
However, although the results of this battle were huge, the captured trophies were not much, because almost all the guns, ammunition, and materials carried by the Eight-Nation Coalition Army were destroyed in the fire of Yang Village, so the crossing army only picked up more than 1,000 rifles from the battlefield, as well as more than a dozen artillery pieces that were still in good condition, and some other materials that were not much.
However, from a grand strategic point of view, after this war, the crossing group has achieved a great strategic advantage in the area around Beijing and Tianjin, although with the addition of the troops left in Beijing, the total strength of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army is about 13,000 troops, but it has lost most of its weapons and ammunition, and now it is difficult to even get together a rifle in its hands, and in fact there is not much combat strength left, so the Crossing Group can also completely ignore the existence of the Eight-Nation Alliance, let go of the Shandong region, and establish its own base area.