"Everyone gets out of the car...... Hurry up and unload the car and prepare to build a launch position! ”

The shouts of the officers rose one after another in front of the position.

The artillery establishment of the Jiangning Army was one artillery for ten people in each artillery squad, including an observer, an aimingman, a gunner, four loaders, two chariot pilots and a gun commander.

Each squad was equipped with two wagons, one pulling artillery and one loading ammunition.

Four artillery squads are a small team, four squads are a squadron, four squadrons are a large group, and the four brigades together are an artillery battalion, so that theoretically, each artillery battalion has 256 guns.

In addition, each squadron is equipped with a gun mirror, which is responsible for directing the salvo fire of the whole team, but if each gun fires freely, the observer of each gun observes by himself, reports the target parameters of the shot, the operator adjusts the angle of the gun, and the gun commander orders the firing.

This time it was followed by a full-fledged artillery battalion, with a total of two battalions of 12-pounder guns, one battalion of 18-pounder guns and one battalion of eight-pounder guns, which was also the standard artillery battalion establishment of the Jiangning Army.

With the busyness of thousands of gunners, in less than a quarter of an hour, more than two hundred artillery pieces were ready.

Cui Yang, who was the guerrilla general of the artillery battalion at the time, walked up to Geng Bingyi and gave a military salute and said loudly: "General Qiyu, the artillery battalion is ready." ”

After returning the salute, Gou Xingma said: "Very good, go back and stand by, ready to fire at any time!" ”

"Understood!" Cui Yang turned around and trotted all the way back to the artillery camp to wait for orders.

Although the official positions of the commander of the infantry battalion and the commander of the artillery battalion are at the same level, if there is no higher-level officer present in wartime, generally speaking, the infantry commander is responsible for commanding the overall situation, and the commander of the artillery battalion must cooperate unconditionally, which is also the military regulation of the Jiangning Army, so it is not surprising that Cui Yang reported to Gou Xingma for instructions.

Gou Xingma raised his binoculars and observed the wild boar ridge again, and he could already see the running figure and faint shouts on the wild boar ridge.

Seeing this, the corners of Gou Xingma's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile. These thieves can't even do an ambush, and they still want to sneak attack the Jiangning army, which is simply a pipe dream.

Putting down the binoculars, Gou Xingma said in a clear voice: "Order the first brigade (thousand people) to carry out a tentative attack on both sides of the wild boar ridge, pay attention to the distance, and don't be attacked by the thieves." ”

"Understood!"

The herald next to him picked up the walkie-talkie and began to convey the order to wake up the horse.

The advent of radio is revolutionary for military changes, under the leadership of Yang Feng, the boss of the hanging, today's Jiangning Army in wartime to convey orders, under normal circumstances, there is no need to rely on the command flag or manpower to convey, for a team that has been equipped with walkie-talkies to the squadron (100 people) level, the transmission of orders is almost synchronous.

The First Brigade began to move almost less than half a minute after the Wo Xing Ma gave the order, and a group of sergeants in a formation began to stride towards Boar Ridge.

On the Wild Boar Ridge, looking at the swarming groups of soldiers in green uniforms, He Yilong, who was observing from behind a dirt slope, called out to Li Zicheng and asked.

"Is this the Ming army you met the day before yesterday?"

Li Zicheng looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said: "The last time I met was that the Ming army was dressed no different from ordinary people, but they were ruthless and good at using firearms, which was very similar to these Ming soldiers in green clothes. I guess they are the legendary Jiangning Army. ”

"Jiang Ningjun? That dog country Gong Yang Feng's soldiers and horses? He Yilong's face immediately sank.

I have to say that at this time, the rogues were still very closed and backward in the collection of intelligence, and their understanding of the situation in the Ming Dynasty was limited to a certain corner at best. Even more so because of his rogue background, he didn't have any eyeline in the DPRK and China, so they didn't know anything about the news that Jiang Ningjun had rushed to Luoyang.

But despite this, they still have heard of the names of Jiang Ningjun and Yang Feng, after all, this is the existence of a group that destroyed the Manchu Tartars and is known as the first strong army of the Ming Dynasty, and He Yilong has naturally heard of it.

At this moment, when I heard that the Ming army on the opposite side was actually very likely to be the legendary strong army, Rao is He Yilong was proud of his bravery, and he couldn't help but be taken aback, and quickly looked down the mountain again.

"That's right, the green clothes, all equipped with firearms, and all the artillery under the mountain, it does look like the rumored Jiangning Army, are they going to take the initiative to attack on both sides, but these sides are quite steep, how did they come up?"

Li Zicheng said without thinking: "They will definitely attack from behind us, I remember that the terrain behind the Wild Boar Ridge is not very steep, and the foot soldiers can go around from there." ”

He Yilong was shocked, and hurriedly shouted to a tall man next to him: "Then what are you doing in a daze, Kong Xiaoer, you quickly take the brothers of the two thousand old battalions to defend our mountains, if you let the Ming army copy our buttocks, we will be finished!" Remember, bring more archers! ”

"Understood!"

The man went down at once.

Li Zicheng looked at He Yilong, who was still scolding, and frowned, this He Yilong is really a straw bag, he will only fight with brute courage, and he doesn't want to think that since the Ming army already knows that they are ambushing in the Wild Boar Ridge, how can there be no way to deal with them, and now they still want to rely on the terrain to hold on, is this possible?

He couldn't help but say: "Master He, since the dog officers and soldiers have already known our plan to set up an ambush in the Wild Boar Ridge, we should retreat now, I estimate that with the complicated terrain here, it will be difficult for those officers and soldiers to catch up with us." ”

"No way!" He Yilong objected without hesitation: "When I came out, I patted my chest with King Chuang, and I must inflict heavy losses on the Ming army in Wild Boar Ridge." Now, if I retreat without firing a single arrow, what face will I have to go to King Chuang and those brothers. ”

Li Zicheng sighed secretly in his heart, this He Yilong was really confused by ghosts, and he continued to persuade: "But there are 3,000 old camp brothers and 5,000 young men here, if all of them are lost here, our losses will be great." ”

"Boom"

Hearing only a metallic sound, He Yilong took out the long knife on his waist and put it on his neck, and said gloomily: "Li Zicheng, if you dare to shake the army's heart again, don't blame me for not giving King Chuang face!" ”

Looking at He Yilong with murderous expressions on his face, Li Zicheng knew that it was useless for him to say anything, so he could only sigh lightly: "Since He Dangjia already has an idea, I should follow it." ”

"Okay, you go to the front and defend against the Ming army with Kong Xiaoer, if you let the Ming army rush up, you don't have to come back."

"I see."

Li Zicheng whispered, pulled out the long knife at his waist and walked towards the back of the mountain.

"Phew!"

Looking at Li Zicheng's back, He Yilong spat out.

He had already seen that this kid was not pleasing to the eye, and if it weren't for the estimation of King Chuang's face, he would have cut him down with a knife. But it's not too late now, I hope Ming Jun can get rid of this guy for him.