Chapter 528: One Shot
ββThe east gate of Wenchou Daying
The military camp of Wenchou was not a fortified city camp or a moat camp, but a wooden shed camp.
There are many types of camps in ancient times, the strongest is the city camp, which will dig earth to build an earthen city, and set up watchtowers and watchpoles in the city; Digging trenches and traps outside the city, such a camp is actually a military fortress, which is difficult to overcome in a short period of time, for example, in the battle of Weishui between Cao Cao and Ma Chao in history, Cao Cao quickly built such a city camp by using the characteristics of cold water to freeze, so that the cavalry-based Xiliang army was helpless.
The second is the entrenchment, that is, digging a trench to extract soil, and then the excavated soil is dug up on the inner bank and lined up tightly, so that it can be four or five feet above the ground without building a city, which is generally built when it is necessary to stay for a long time.
The second is the wooden shed camp, that is, the simple logging for the camp, the felled wood section is surrounded into a fence, such a small amount of work, but the defense is not high, because the time is pressing, the army can not be the same as on TV, the wood is cut and polished into planks, built and a wall, the real wooden shed camp, in fact, is a simple fence, some sergeants are lazy, can kick away.
Further down, there are also the standing gun battalion, the musket battalion, the car battalion, and the horse rejection battalion, which completely eliminates the need for earthwork.
But at the bottom, in fact, there is a rope camp, so the spear is first inserted in the soil, and then tied to the rope, and formed a circle, which has a feeling of drawing the ground as a prison, the purpose is to trap the livestock, and there is almost no defensive function.
In fact, on the way to the march, it is generally a rope camp or a gun camp or a car camp, otherwise the day is so long, and you have to cut down trees and build walls, you still can't leave.
Wen Chou built a wooden shed camp, and the wall was a wooden fence, and there was a gap about the size of a man's head between the two logs, which ensured that people could not enter and exit, and allowed the sergeants to attack the enemy outside the camp through this gap.
And this has become a loophole in Huang Xu's eyes to quickly capture the camp.
A battalion of 2,000 officers of a separate division was lined up in four rows, the front row was melee men armed with swords and shields, the back two rows were spearmen with spears because they could not use grenades, and the last row were musketeers with muskets.
The sergeants stood in an interesting line, all about a head away from each other, apparently heading towards the fence opposite.
"Attention all! Musketeers on bayonets!! Huang Xu held a musket with a bayonet and stood at the front of the musketeers.
"We are independent divisions! It is the most special existence in the Zhenbei Army, many people say that we only rely on firearms to fight, and dare not use real knives and guns, today, we use our bayonets and spears to tell them, whether there are firearms or not, our independent division is the strongest army in the Zhenbei Army! β
Huang Xu raised his bayonet violently and shouted, "Long live the independent division!!" β
"Long live the independent division!!"
"Drumming! Advance!! β
"Boom! Knock knock!! Boom! Knock knock!! β
The small drum that was in line with the main step was beaten, and Huang Xu held the musket with ammunition and bayonets, and walked slowly towards the east gate of the Wenchou military village.
The East Gate Guard was Li Damu of the Black Mountain Army.
Li Damu is naturally not his real name, his real name is Li Da, children from poor families don't need any good names, the eldest is called Li Da, and the second is called Li Er, just because his eyes are big, and he will slowly be called Li Damu later.
Li Damu looked at the independent division walking slowly opposite, and said strangely, "What are these guys standing in the back holding in their hands?" How does this gun look weird? β
"I haven't seen it, but it's nice to walk in."
"It's good-looking, it's a fart! Fighting a war relies on real swords and real guns! Get the brethren ready with their bows and arrows, and start shooting these guys at eighty paces! β
"Division commander, it's almost a hundred steps, and then you will be within the range of Yuan's bow and arrows."
Huang Xu listened to the reminder of the sergeant on the side, and said loudly: "Don't shoot without my order!" Keep moving!! β
Although the muskets of the independent division were already flintlock muskets, the muskets still had to be put up and stuffed with gunpowder or projectiles, so loading in this way on a rainy day would easily cause rain to drip in and make it impossible to ignite.
Therefore, the musketeers of the separate division, there was only one chance to fire.
This also means that the independent division does not have any long-range counterattack ability, and can only be passively beaten in the face of a rain of arrows.
"Shoot the arrow!!"
"Forward!!"
Huang Xu looked at the rain of arrows flying out from the opposite side, shouted loudly, and then lowered his head.
The armor worn by the sergeants of the independent division was a sleeveless cuirass, up to 2.5 mm thick, which was originally designed to deal with the fire of musketeers, and in this era, as long as it was not fired head-on with armor-piercing arrows from a crossbow, it was almost invincible.
And on the front, there are no shield soldiers.
Of course, because of the sleeveless, an arrow hitting the arm still hurts, but it only hurts.
"Forward!!" Huang Xu led the musketeers to face the rain of arrows and continued to move forward, and the limbs of the sergeants were constantly shot by arrows and fell, although there was no worry about life, Huang Xu couldn't help frowning.
These are the brothers he has trained with his own hands.
"Thirty steps!"
"Don't these people know that it hurts?" Li Da's eyes widened, and he didn't understand why the Zhenbei army on the opposite side was fighting like this.
Waiting to die?
"Twenty steps!!"
Everyone could clearly see the enemy on the opposite side, and Huang Xu even found Li Damu wearing the armor of a warrior.
"Ten Steps !!"
"Five-step !!"
The distance of five steps made it impossible for the Yuan troops in the battalion to shoot, but changed to direct shooting, and the shields in the hands of the shield soldiers in the first row were already beeping non-stop.
"Shoot them! Pikemen step forward! Li shouted loudly, telling the pikemen to rush to the first row, raise their spears, and prepare to stab.
"Raise your gun!!"
Wow!
The distance of five steps is enough to increase the accuracy and lethality of the musketeers to an extremely terrifying number.
If you don't hit again, it's really time to look at your eyes.
Huang Xu aimed at Li Damu.
"Squat down in the front row! Rear row fire!! β
"Beep!"
The three sergeants in the front row squatted down in unison, they were actually substitute musketeers, and they were also familiar with the musketeers' commands.
Li Damu saw that the Zhenbei army five steps away on the opposite side suddenly squatted down, and the shield was also leaning, revealing the strange spearmen behind him.
"Bang!!"
With a neat gunshot, nearly 500 rounds of lead bullets swept densely towards the opposite side, and those Montenegrin troops who were ready for melee combat only saw a burst of white mist rising from the opposite side, and then countless brothers on their side fell to the ground screaming, and huge wounds appeared on their bodies, and they couldn't survive.
One shot! The East Gate has been decided!