"The thief army entrenched in Guishan County has come out and is coming north? Okay, keep an eye on the thieves, and don't let them escape. ”

Knowing that the Third Mixed Brigade of the People's Army was coming north, Guo Mian smiled, as long as the thief army did not defend the city, he was sure to defeat this thief army, this thief army has a lot of numbers, it has exceeded 20,000, but in Guo Mian's opinion, it is just a group of local chickens and dogs, most of them are farmers who have not been putting down their farm tools for a long time, and how much combat effectiveness can they have.

In order to prevent the escape of the Third Mixed Brigade of the People's Army, Guo Mian did not turn to pursuit, but continued his previous plan and marched towards Yong'an County, making sure to let the People's Army know that the Ming Army was going to march into Yong'an County, and in order to protect Yong'an County, the People's Army must catch up and intercept the Ming Army.

At the same time, the Ming army led by Guo Mian also slowed down some of the marches, fearing that the People's Army would not be able to catch up.

On 13 December, the first battle between the People's Army and the Ming Army broke out, not between the Third Mixed Brigade of the People's Army and Guo Rong's army, but between the First Mixed Brigade led by Wang Shengrong and the Ming Army in Jiangxi.

The Ming army from Jiangxi was stationed in Dingnan County, which borders Jiangxi and Guangdong, and to the south was Heping County, and the People's Army and the Ming Army were only a few dozen miles together, but no one acted rashly.

Liu Yuanji, the commander of the Ming army on the Jiangxi Road, knew from Guo Mian that the People's Army had powerful firearms, and it was very difficult to capture a city garrisoned by a large number of People's Army.

Therefore, Liu Yuanji was waiting, waiting for the Ming army from all walks of life to launch an attack under the rule of the People's Army, then Liu Yuanji led the Ming army to attack again, and the People's Army on the opposite side would have no reinforcements.

Liu Yuanji's plan is very simple, first try to hit the heavily guarded Heping County, if it can't be defeated, it will take a detour to attack other counties, it is best to lead the People's Army of Heping County, without the city wall as a support, Liu Yuanji believes that the army he leads can defeat the people's army on the opposite side.

When the time for the attack came, Liu Yuanji led 10,000 soldiers and horses from Dingnan County to Heping County, and after getting the news of the Ming army in Dingyuan County, Wang Shengrong also led more than 8,000 people's troops to the north.

The Ming army spies returned with the news that the People's Army was marching north, and when they got the news, Liu Yuanji laughed.

"This is a thief who is going to die in the sky, a good city is not defended, and he dares to face my army, I don't know what my surname is after a few victories, right?"

Hearing the words of his own adults, the other officers and commanders of the Ming army also laughed, as if they thought that they could take the People's Army in Heping County in one battle.

The gap between the strength of more than 8,000 people's troops and 10,000 Ming troops is more than 1,500, and the people's army thinks that it is strong, and the Ming army also thinks that it is strong.

In a short time, the two armies met in the northern part of Heping County, because the People's Army notified in advance that the common people of this generation had been transferred in advance, and as a place of battlefield, there was almost no trace of the common people.

The People's Army and the Ming Army began to prepare for battle when they were more than four miles apart.

Two infantry companies of the KPA firearms unit came to the front of the line, and the artillery of half of the artillery company and the infantry company gathered on the flank.

The Ming army was equipped with a large number of firecrackers and artillery, and there were also some archers, but the shooting distance of the archers was not as good as that of firearms, so the firecrackers were placed at the front of the team.

The Ming army's firecrackers are large and small, the relatively small firecrackers can be used by one person, and the relatively large firecrackers require two people to use, almost a small cannon.

The musketeers were followed by sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, archers, and various cold weapon units, and the artillery units of the Ming army were also preparing for battle.

The two armies were four miles apart, and the longest range of the heavy model Franc machine gun could reach four miles, but the Ming army did not have the idea of firing in the direction of the People's Army from a distance of four miles.

The distance is too far, whether the shells can be hit is a question, where the shells fall is another question, with the technology of this era, it is very difficult to make the artillery hit accurately at a long distance.

In most cases, the Ming army will place the artillery at a distance of 500 meters or even closer to the enemy's array, preferably only about 100 meters, at this time the artillery can fire scattered shells, and a cannon can hit a large area, which is equivalent to a salvo of hundreds of firearms.

The People's Army and the Ming Army invariably chose to engage in this open field, as long as the open land could exert the power of artillery, if they fought in the mountains, they could only fight in close combat.

The Ming army was almost the army equipped with the most firearms in this era, and it was impossible for it to give up the use of firearms on its own initiative.

Three miles

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One mile

The distance between the Ming army and the People's Army is getting closer and closer.

The Ming infantry continued to advance, and the artillery units were already preparing to build positions.

KPA array

"Report to the brigade commander, the enemy is building artillery positions!" The scout came to Wang Shengrong and reported.

"Set up artillery positions, send orders to the artillery battery, and see if you can destroy the enemy's artillery positions." Wang Shengrong gave an order without thinking.

"Yes!"

The location of the Ming artillery positions was determined, and soon, the artillery of the People's Army opened fire in unison, pouring shells on the Ming artillery positions.

When the solid shell hit the Ming artillery position, there was no sound of explosion, only the sound of the solid shell hitting the artillery, the earth and the human body.

The first two can barely resist the power of solid shells, but the human body can't, and the shells will either shatter the head, the arms and legs, or leave a bowl-sized blood hole in the body, if several people stand in a row, it is even more likely that they will be pierced by solid cannonballs.

Suddenly, many screams rang out from the artillery positions of the Ming army.

The number of artillery equipped in the 10,000 Ming army was more than 100, and the artillery positions were relatively large, the People's Army only had 12 artillery pieces, and there were only 12 shells in a salvo, most of which fell on the Ming artillery positions, and only brought small confusion to the Ming artillery positions, as well as relatively small casualties.

Relying on 12 artillery pieces to knock out all the artillery of the Ming army, this is a relatively difficult thing, Wang Shengrong does not want the enemy's shells to fall on his head, now the shortest distance between the two armies is only 400 meters, the Ming army has as many as 10,000 troops, and the firearms of the people's army are relatively small, it is impossible to defeat the enemy in a battle.

In that case, it's time to let the Tiger Head Gun shine!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The rhythmic sound of war drums sounded, which was the sound of the musketeers firing, and the musketeers, who had already stood in three rows of battle formations, quickly opened fire on the Ming troops in front of them according to the instructions of their superiors.

More than 240 musketeers from the two companies fired more than 80 tiger head guns each time, and more than 80 lead bullets were fired at the Ming army array in each round.

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