Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Battle of Xiangxi (2)

"My lord, according to a small leader who abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, there should be a camp of those bandits ahead." A new soldier with a banner said with a smile, "Hmph, a gang of rabble crickets dare to set up a camp in front of the official army, I see, they are impatient." ”

This time, the officers and soldiers have just purchased a batch of weapons from the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau, and the luck of this group of little thieves is really bad.

Although I don't know why Lord Zhang asked the co-ordinator to bring the artillery team, but come to think of it, how powerful can those guys who fall into the grass be ?!

"Don't be careless, this time we said that there are 50,000 people, but there is only one new army of the association, and the remaining 40,000 people are patrol battalions, and the bandits on the opposite side are more than 100,000, and it is not known whether they can win or not."

Co-Commander Xiao Liangchen's face is not as good as him, hundreds of thousands of bandits, this is already a large-scale rebellion, the combat power of the new army is indeed very strong, but he has no idea whether he can win or not.

"Co-ordinator? Was it too careful? ”

Even hundreds of thousands of bandits can be easily exterminated with modern tactics.

"Be careful, what you learned in school, have you eaten everything in your stomach?" This standard is a graduate of the Military Academy affiliated to the 25th Mixed Association, and he actually said such arrogant words, which made it difficult for Xiao Liangchen to imagine.

"Don't dare to be big! Person! The standard yin and yang said in a weird manner, obviously disagreeing with Xiao Liangchen's words.

Xiao Liangchen was originally the first standard commander, but this time, in order to suppress the bandits, he temporarily replaced the 25th mixed association, and these people were not convinced, of course he knew.

Even if he went to the United States to participate in the International Navy and Army Games, these people would still not be convinced.

Unless real merit can be used to gag those ... These thieves in front of you are the best merit.

Thinking of this, even he had some impulses to desperately pull out the bandit camp in front of him.

But the long-term command of the new army made him instinctively aware of some dangers... But they can't think of any danger, and one of their small leaders is already helping the officers and soldiers.

Just as he was thinking, some dull voices disrupted his thoughts, something familiar... But I can't remember where I've heard it.

There were a few screams from random heads, and the marching ranks stopped, all wanting to see what it was.

Xiao Liangchen's face changed greatly, this is !!

He finally remembered where he had heard it, it was a few years ago when he participated in the International Navy and Army Competition, it was!!

"Lie down!"

Encountering a threat to his life, Xiao Liangchen jumped off the horse without estimating his face at all, and fell to the ground with his mouth wide open.

Justice from heaven!!

Judgment (cannonballs) fell from the sky.

I don't know how many explosions came from my ears, which almost deafened Xiao Liangchen's ears, but fortunately, most of the explosion points were about thirty meters away from him, as long as he lay on his stomach, nothing should happen.

It's a pity that this war horse must be explained here.

Just thinking about it, the horse that had been following him for a long time turned sideways and thought that he had smashed it... Xiao Liangchen hurriedly made a side roll. It would be ironic to have escaped the shelling but was seriously injured by a horse.

The shelling lasted about five minutes, and he counted it almost second by second, and it was only when he was really in this situation that he realized how difficult it was.

Even if he knew that he should not have entered the center of the shelling, he was still worried that if the gunner on the opposite side shook his hand and caused a hit, then he would be the same as the standard of the mouthpiece just now.

More than ten meters away, it was the body of the guy just now, who was hit by a shell and turned into a pile of minced meat...... The so-called corpse is nothing more than his bloody head and a spine connected to the skin.

With the experience of the International Sea and Land Races, he discovered a desperate reality - the opponent actually has a heavy artillery of more than 100 millimeters! And at least more than five! This is something that the richest six towns in Beiyang can't even afford!

Are you really facing the same bandits as before? It's impossible, if you can get this kind of weapon, it must be premeditated, but no matter what, you can't go back like this, otherwise, your future will be over!

"Everyone, hidden! Into the woods! ”

As long as they enter the woods, it should be impossible for the enemy to waste artillery shells without being able to judge the exact location of this side, after all, there is no way to produce artillery shells in China except for the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau, and one shot will be one less.

After entering the woods, there was no sound of shelling for a whole quarter of an hour, and Xiao Liangchen was a little relieved.

"How's it going?"

As soon as he entered the forest, he asked his own soldiers to coordinate the work, and now he urgently needed to know the situation of the various troops.

Whether it's because of a mole or the enemy's luck, the chain of command has been broken by artillery fire, and now it must be rebuilt, otherwise......

The people of the New Army can be trusted, but it is very likely that the people of the patrol battalion will just run away.

"My lord, it is confirmed that more than 300 people have been killed and more than 100 people are missing, and the second and third bids in the back, the artillery team and the remaining patrol battalion have entered the woods to hide."

In other words, before the start of the fight, the casualties of his own troops have already exceeded one?! (About 4,000 people in the First Association of the New Army)

With such a large casualty, fortunately it was the Xingxin Army, if it was a patrol battalion, it would have collapsed now!

"What about the first bid?"

This is his old unit, the same unit that was shelled just now.

There were more than 400 casualties, and the establishment of the first target was definitely incomplete, which made Xiao Liangchen's heart bleed, and it was all back then.

"They were all in the woods, but the second and third battalions were killed or wounded, and the formation was crippled."

For this, he is ready.

After being hit like that, Xiao Liangchen has never been optimistic about the situation, and this result is still acceptable.

At least one battalion has a full chain of command, and when attacking, the first standard, no, the first battalion, is still a sharp knife of its own.

"Reduced to two teams and assigned to the first battalion, and now the first battalion is the battalion directly under the 25th Association."

Didn't you expect the cricket bandits to force the official army to this role? It is necessary to reduce the number of troops before the battle has even begun!

The more Xiao Liangchen thought about it, the more humiliated he felt, but there was no way, who let the other party's firepower be so strong that a large section of the march just now was almost blown into ruins.

More than 100 missing soldiers should have been blown into minced meat during the intensive march.

"Okay, grope forward, wait for dark, send the night out to see the situation of the gang."

Ye Bushu is very experienced in dealing with bandits, as long as the specific situation is touched, it is time for him to make a move.