Chapter 721: Fierce Battle
Zhao Yu is basically satisfied with Chen Dun's comments, which shows that as long as he puts his heart down, he is not unable to do things well. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 It is only in a period of ideological instability that he lacks a calm spirit, lacks strategic deployment capability, and is not suitable for serving as a higher-level commander, so he still needs to be further tempered.
And the reason why Zhao Yu transferred Chen Dun to his side is precisely because he is a material that can be made, after all, the height of people is different, and what they see is naturally different, he hopes that he can learn something under the ear staining he witnesses around him. But he never expected that Chen Dun would make an old mistake and become lazy again, but he felt that he had succumbed to his side, and he did not develop in the direction he hoped.
Ni Liang can be said to be recognized as a stupid person, he has served as his own guard captain since he became an army in Jiazi Town, but at that time, he was still a hairy boy who didn't know how to lead the troops, but he was forced to follow under his own pressure. And no one is optimistic about this honest and somewhat dull guy, but Ni Liang actually persevered, and led the guards very well, and no one up and down was unconvinced.
Later, with the continuous expansion of the guards, the soldiers led by Ni Liang increased from more than 100 to more than 1,000, to thousands, 10,000 people, and even tens of thousands now. Of course, Zhao Yu's absolute trust and support are indispensable, and he has also become a powerful general who can lead the troops alone, and he used it as an example today to stimulate Chen Dun's self-esteem and recognize the gap.
"Then do you know that Ni Liang knew that Baihuling would become the target of the enemy's key attack, but why did he only send two of them as reinforcements?" Zhao Yu looked at Chen Dun, who was like a little rooster in the past, and asked with a secret smile in his heart.
"I thought that the position of Baihuling was small, and it was difficult for a large army to deploy, so it would be better to strengthen the firepower with its large-scale increase in troops!" Chen Dun replied after a moment's thought.
"Well, it's not really stupid!" Zhao Hao smiled.
"I'm not stupid!" Chen Dun lowered his head and muttered.
"Hehe, a fool will be in a hurry to prove that he is not stupid!" Zhao Hao laughed and quipped.
"Yes!" Chen Dun was stunned for a moment, pointed in the direction of the battlefield and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, that fool is going to prove that he is not stupid!" ”
Zhao Yu and the others picked up the binoculars again and looked at the battlefield, at this time, the Yuan army entered the range of the artillery in a straggler formation, and when their own blocking artillery sounded, their advance speed also increased rapidly, intending to break through this death zone. It should be said that Liu Guojie's judgment is correct, even in modern warfare, the formation of skirmishers is one of the tactics to reduce the casualties of the attacker, and a large enough interval can avoid being killed and wounded by artillery fire, and make the opponent's artillery lose the focus of the attack, thereby further reducing casualties.
Zhao Hao couldn't help but sigh that war, the devil who brings people to the point of life and death, can take people's lives, and at the same time, it can also bring people's wisdom to the extreme. Liu Guojie's change from the tactics of group charging in the past did cause trouble for his own side, knowing that less than 100 artillery pieces were only deployed on the 2,000-meter front. This density would have broken records in modern times, but in this era, both the range of artillery and the power of shells are far from the same, and it seems to be stretched thin at such a density.
"Boom, boom, ......boom" for the change of the enemy's charging tactics, obviously their own artillery is extremely unsuitable, especially for the adjustment of the angle of fire is troublesome, slow loading of this kind of primary artillery, they are difficult to make a quick response, can only passively shoot according to the pre-set Zhuyuan, so that there is really a feeling of cannon hitting mosquitoes, a cannon can only kill and injure several enemies around, without waiting for your second cannon to fire, the enemy has already rushed through the fire blockade line.
You must know that although people can't run a galloping horse, the speed of 100 meters is also within more than ten seconds on average, and the potential of people between life and death is further developed. As far as Zhao Yu knows, in the mountain warfare of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteers were able to break through the enemy's first line of defense from a lurking area 50 meters away in just a dozen seconds when they were fully armed.
Immediately after passing through the first line of artillery blockade, the enemy troops split into two lines, one still attacking the main position, and the other turning to the right flank. Because the line of sight was blocked by Baihuling, Zhao Yu could no longer see the battlefield situation over there, so he could only focus his attention on the main battlefield, and the losses caused to the attacking enemy by the blocking fire of the Weiyuan artillery that he saw were less than one percent, but it was obvious that the enemy was not yet proficient in the use of this kind of skirmish attack tactics, and the follow-up enemy soldiers still did not know how to avoid the firing direction of the artillery, and still broke into it like a moth to the fire, increasing casualties in vain.
The rapid-fire guns on the main position of 'Boom Boom Boom ......' also began to fire, but Zhao Yu frowned as if dissatisfied. In his opinion, it was obvious that the artillery commanders of his own side also showed great discomfort with the tactical changes of the enemy. After the enemy quickly broke through the blockade line of Weiyuan artillery, he panicked, and before the enemy brigade entered the firing range, he could not hold his breath and gave the order to shoot in advance. This not only reduced the lethal effect, but also wasted valuable time, allowing the enemy strikers to break through the second artillery blockade at a fraction of the cost while reloading.
"Half a beat of the brain!" What annoyed Zhao Yu was that the commander of the rapid-fire artillery battalion found that the enemy had broken through the blockade line, and it was supposed to continue shooting to block the follow-up enemy troops, but he actually made a brainless decision and ordered to lower the elevation angle of the artillery to chase the enemy army, but in a hurry, he did not leave a lot of advance amount, resulting in more enemy soldiers rushing over in such a short period of time, and he couldn't help but curse angrily.
"Your Majesty, this is our training problem." Chen Dun didn't follow Zhao Yu's words, and said with a sullen head.
"Why?" Zhao Hao twisted his face and asked.
"Our training method is to strictly abide by the drill rules, so that the officers' ideas are solidified, and once there is a situation beyond what they have learned on a daily basis, they will inevitably not know how to deal with it, which will lead to panic." Chen Dunyan said.
"Well, it makes sense, it seems that I put too much emphasis on the rules and made the officers lose their autonomy, but I can't make changes in the current situation!" Zhao Yu thought that what he said was right, but now that he was transferred to the large corps to fight, if the officers played in battle, they might achieve a tactical victory, but it would lead to strategic confusion, so he couldn't change this way.
"Your Majesty is not bad, it is better to have rules to follow than to act separately!" Fortunately, the commander of the rapid-fire artillery battalion quickly discovered his mistake and made adjustments on the spot to stabilize the blockade line.
'Through, through, ......'
"The White Tiger Ridge side is engaged." Although the battle situation in the direction of Baihuling could not be seen, the unique sound of the thunderbolt could be heard, and without the support of artillery on that side, the enemy's progress would be faster, and Zhao Hao judged that the battle had begun.
"Your Majesty, I think the enemy army wants a decisive battle!" Chen Dun looked in the direction of Baihuling, but he only heard its voice and did not see its people, but he saw that there were enemy troops assembled at the mouth of the valley, and he was a little uneasy.
"Oh, they're going to send the cavalry, isn't it a little early?" Zhao Yu turned to the direction of Taniguchi and looked at it for a while, and a cavalry army in the direction of Taniguchi drove into the valley and began to line up. In his opinion, the cavalry is fast, and should rush in quickly after the infantry breaks through to increase the victory, rather than act as cannon fodder to attract fire, and joining the attack now will only disrupt his own rhythm.
"I think they want to fight for merit!" Chen Dun pondered after hearing this.
"Order the Rocket Battalion to carry out covering fire once the enemy cavalry enters the battlefield, and must not let them disrupt our deployment." Zhao Yu thought for a while and said, their plan was to consume the enemy's vital strength on the front line of fortification, and launch a counterattack when the enemy was sleepy, and now that the enemy's spirit was in full swing, the current thing was to defeat its spirit and exhaust their last spirit.
As he spoke, the enemy forces that had broken through the blockade of rapid-fire guns had begun to assemble, but instead of fully blossoming as the previous ones, they concentrated their forces on the junction of the main position on the right flank and the White Tiger Ridge, and launched a strong attack at the same time between the three sections of the boundary wall of the fortress. After watching it, Zhao Yu couldn't help but admire that Liu Guojie's choice of breakthrough point was very tricky:
The junction of one and two parts is often the weakest place in the line of defense, and everyone thinks that the other party is there, and ignores it, and the result is that it becomes a two-way zone; They simultaneously attacked the adjacent salient, making it difficult for the defenders to support each other, and although the right flank troops who were responsible for the attack would suffer great pressure and casualties, it was worth the local sacrifice in order to win.
After approaching the city wall, the Yuan army quickly divided into several teams, the crossbowmen fired arrows at the city wall in the rear, while the strikers held shields and carried ladders, braving the rain of bullets to try to break through the blockade and rush to the city to erect ladders. But don't look at the wall is not high, but it is not easy to get closer, the shield is actually more of a comfort, it cannot block the musket fire at close range, and several impacts stop in front of the trench, and fill the trench again with their corpses.
However, the correct tactics of the Yuan army still brought a lot of pressure to the Song army on the city wall, especially the archers were the greatest threat to them, and the low city wall could allow the Yuan army archers to shoot directly on the city without throwing shots, and the battle tent built in advance seemed to have become chicken ribs in addition to shading the sun and rain. Moreover, the Yuan army attaches great importance to mounted archery, with a special crossbow army, among which there are many archers who wear Yang at 100 paces. Although they were protected by cuirasses and helmets, they still caused casualties.
However, under the strict training, the Song army was still able to keep busy and not chaotic, and under the command of the officer, they used the method of three-stage shooting, taking turns to shoot forward, and repelled the enemy troops who broke through to the front of the city with uninterrupted firepower, making it difficult for them to get close to the city ramparts and erect ladders. In the face of the threat of bows and crossbows, the Song army also used thunderbolts and thunderbolts to shoot at the city, killing and wounding enemy archers and reducing the pressure on musketeers.
Zhao Hao was more worried about the battle in the direction of Baihuling, although he couldn't see how it was going, he knew that it could be said that it was the weakest link in the entire defense line, especially the end position, the entire defense line was less than 100 steps, in order to connect with the city fortress, it could only be built on the mountainside, making the position narrow and cramped, and it was difficult for the brigade to deploy, and that section of the terrain was gentle and easy to attack, and it was impossible to get artillery support. However, once breached, it can threaten the security of the core position, and even lead to the collapse of the entire defense line.
And Zhao Hao's worries are not superfluous, the actual situation of the Baihuling position is indeed not good. In the Yuan army, only cavalry wore iron armor, while the infantry army mostly wore leather armor, and only a few officers wore iron armor. The enemy troops attacking today are wearing heavy armor, and the leather armor is worn with iron armor on the outside, and this luxurious clothing alone shows that they used this place as a breakthrough to open the entire defense line.
In the face of the swarming enemy, the defending Song soldiers used muskets to shoot to block, but the narrow position made it difficult for them to maneuver, unable to carry out triple shooting, only one person was responsible for shooting, and the remaining two people were reloading to keep the fire uninterrupted, if there was a fire gap, then throw grenades to blow up the enemy, and once the shooter was killed or wounded, it was immediately replaced by the reserve shooter, which became a refueling tactic.
At the height of the battle, the temperature was too high due to the continuous firing of the Ben Thunderbolt, and the shooter did not dare to reload, fearing that the medicine bag stuffed in would spontaneously combust, so he was reimbursed first. The lack of firepower allowed the enemy to advance to within 20 steps of the position, and the defending soldiers even launched several counterattacks, rushing out of the position with bayonets, and fighting the enemy hand-to-hand before the enemy repelled and stabilized the defensive line.
As the enemy reinforcements continued to join, the enemy's onslaught continued wave after wave, and the corpses of the killed enemy soldiers covered the entire hillside, but they still fought to the death. The casualties of the Song army at the front also increased with the intensity of the battle, and the reserves that were transferred up also joined the battle, so that they could barely hold their positions......
"Order the cavalry brigade to make a detour behind enemy lines, and immediately attack at the signal of the enemy; Order a brigade to line up and prepare to attack! "The fierce battle lasted until the end, although the enemy attacked the city many times, but failed to take a step up to the city, but paid a huge number of casualties, the offensive gradually weakened, after repelling the enemy's frontal attack again, Zhao Yu finally issued the order to counterattack.
The 1st Brigade immediately set out from its concealed place after receiving the order, marched out of the city under the cover of rockets from the passage reserved on the city ramparts, and quickly formed a three-horizontal line of three horizontal formations with battalions as units, lined up in a neat line with the sound of snare drums and officers' orders, and advanced forward with the same pace, and for a time the sonorous sound of footsteps replaced the sound of gunfire echoing in the valley.
Looking at the neat phalanx with overwhelming momentum to move forward, the Yuan army that had just retreated couldn't help but lose color, they never expected that there was such a new force hidden in the depths of the valley, and they also hurriedly assembled in array to prepare to attack, but in the panic from attack to defense is not easy, at this time a cavalry rushed out, excitedly shouting and shouting the first to meet it......