Chapter 57: Cannibalism (13)
A cold-armed unit very skillfully took advantage of its familiarity with the terrain to approach the unit armed with a single rifle, and then fought in this unit without fear of death. More importantly, this unit, armed with a single rifle, was not prepared for hand-to-hand combat, and for the convenience of the attack, they did not take bayonets.
The battle of the Guangfu army to attack Zhenjiang did not go well, and the alert troops collapsed in the face of the onslaught of a large number of hand-to-hand sword and shield men. From the beginning of the war, the Chinese troops showed off their strength and opened fierce fire on Zhenjiang City, which was very effective for the city guarded by the Qing army, and after a shocking firepower output, it was much easier to attack the city again. As long as one point can break through, the troops will enter the city guarded by the Qing army, and the entire defense system of the Qing army will immediately collapse.
The Guangfu Army came from the Taiping Army, but after several years of interruption of contact, everyone's impression of the Taiping Army was completely thin. Obviously, this ostentatious firepower does not seem to have a particularly big impact on the Taiping army. The heavy firing of the Liberation Army consumed a lot of energy of the troops. When the Taiping army came over, the reaction speed of the troops was greatly reduced.
Fortunately, after all, the troops have gone through several months of hellish training, and their basic skills are extremely solid. Moreover, although the half-month rest before this could not completely recover from mental fatigue, at least most of the physical fatigue accumulated was eliminated. The Chinese troops immediately launched a bayonet charge.
When the two howling troops collided with each other, the first thousand-man bayonet battle of the Liberation Army, except for military exercises, finally broke out. The warriors roared, shields, daggers and bayonets clashed violently. It must be said that the killing intent of the Guangfu Army is not too strong, after all, it is facing the Taiping Army and not the Qing Army. And along the way, the Qing army did not cause real killing. So when it comes to real hand-to-hand combat, everyone is still merciful, and if they can not poke each other to death, everyone will only poke and hurt. If you can poke it into a minor injury, you don't have to poke it into a serious injury.
Fighting on the battlefield is fighting with life, and whether the other party has a dead hand or not, in fact, everyone knows very well. Therefore, even if the Taiping Army entered the military formation of the Liberation Army in the early stage, it failed to expand the results because of the huge difference in basic skills. After the elite people who broke into the army formation were surrounded, and the small group of people who really wanted to fight to the death were eliminated, the Guangfu army demanded that the remaining people surrender.
There was such a fight with open swords and guns, and both sides were panting and sweating with their weapons. Fortunately, the troops of the Liberation Army have received training based on the 21st century training concept, and although they are also sweaty, they can still hold on to the ability to continue to fight fiercely. And the soldiers of the Taiping Army are exhausted, and many of them have the attitude of dying, at least let us rest. After listening to the shouts of the Liberation Army, I knew that I didn't have to die. The Taiping army surrendered.
The Taiping army in the city saw that the Guangfu Army easily withstood the Taiping Army's surprise attack at the highest level, and the elite of the raid was annihilated, and the Zhenjiang defenders surrendered obediently after receiving a cannonball from the Guangfu Army.
Such a victory is similar to the victory of Lei Hu, both of which are that the enemy fully exerted his strength, while the Liberation Army was taken advantage of by the enemy. Of course, the strategic superiority accumulated by the Liberation Army and the superiority in equipment and training were too great for the enemy to shake, and in the end, the Liberation Army won the final victory.
Ruan Xihao knew that the troops would make a mistake, and after capturing Zhenjiang, the next goal of the Fujian Corps was to cross the Yangtze River on May 5 and launch an attack on Yangzhou, which was opposite Zhenjiang. Calling a group of commanders to the headquarters, Ruan Xihao just said, "Let's introduce the battle!" And then he sat there without saying a word, waiting for the frustrated guys to perform.
If Ruan Xihao hadn't had a meeting beforehand, these guys might have the confidence to resist, because it was a winning battle after all. No matter what Ruan Xihao says, there can be no doubt about this result.
The debriefing ended up so short that no one dared to boast about their exploits, and the gang could only say that they had done their job after a fierce hand-to-hand fight.
Seeing that these guys were finally honest one by one, Ruan Xihao sneered: "I'll tell you again, it's normal to fail." It's not normal to feel that you won't fail, to feel that you won't lose the battle. It is true that we will win every battle after following the Governor, but the Governor himself has said countless times that you can lose the battle as soon as you go to the battlefield. This time, the Taiping army broke through the flank defense, can you explain to me what is going on? I don't criticize you, but you have to make it clear to me! ”
After the officers looked at each other, they finally began to tell honestly. In fact, everyone didn't figure out this matter, because the movement of the Taiping Army was quite mysterious, and the Guangfu Army was not defenseless, and even sent reconnaissance troops to that place. But in the battle, the Taiping army didn't know how to move, and it was in that place that an elite hand-to-hand combat unit was assembled. In a sense, this is amazing.
With the questions in place, the investigation began. The results of the investigation were shocking, and the Taiping army's elite raid in that place was not a tactical choice in the whole battle. The Taiping army had only one purpose in the whole battle, and that was the raid. When dealing with the Qing army, this kind of melee combat was a tried and tested method. As long as the Taiping army is allowed to fight into the enemy's camp, the enemy will inevitably collapse.
Some of the high-ranking members of the Liberation Army knew this method of warfare, but the Liberation Army itself had already passed such a stage. Relying on its strong strength, even if the periphery is broken through, the Chinese army of the Liberation Army is not a force that can be broken by relying on cold weapons alone. In the Cold Weapon Battle, the Liberation Army only encountered the opponent of the British.
In the end, Nguyen Hee Ho also submitted a report with self-criticism to the Military Commission, which had a lot of text, although it could not be transmitted by telegram. However, it was possible to send the steam ship directly from the port of Zhenjiang to the port of Guangzhou City. After unloading a large amount of supplies in Zhenjiang, the steamship with a tonnage of nearly 1,000 tons embarked on the journey with Wen Jiàn and other items that needed to be sent back to Guangzhou. Four days later, Wen Jiàn was sent to the Military Commission.
Nguyen Hi Ho made a comprehensive analysis of the battle of Zhenjiang and put forward the judgment that "our army comprehensively surpasses the enemy in both cold weapon combat and rifle combat skills." Weese was convinced. Underneath this sentence, he criticized the sentence, "Modern armies only hold bayonets, and they are not feudal armies that can be defeated." R1058