Chapter 383 Cattle Knife Tactics

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As soon as Xia Bomin landed ashore, he asked He Shouxin about the battlefield situation in detail, and then raised his binoculars to look at the city.

The focus of the Qing army's defense was the south gate in front of them, and even if the rest of the directions could escape, the exit from the city would be a mountain, and there would be no road for the march of the large army at all.

It can be said that as long as the south gate is knocked open, the more than 10,000 Qing troops in the city will have no way to escape.

Seeing that it was not early, Xia Bomin immediately reassigned the combat mission.

The main attack force was naturally served by his main battalion, the machine gun company was responsible for fire suppression, and the only remaining reconnaissance platoon and some logistics troops around him were used as reserves.

The Franc Battalion, which had just cleared the barracks along the river, had been sent by him to carry the sandbags and straw bags for filling the trenches, and their combat mission had been completed.

In fact, more than 2,000 Zheng Jun people went ashore from the ship, and they continued to carry ammunition and materials to the dock for the time being.

However, Xia Bomin did not intend to let them participate in the siege of the city, the weapons in the hands of these people were not as good as the Francophone people, and the battlefield discipline was not known, and fighting with them would hinder them, so let them capture the defeated soldiers outside the city.

With the previous experience of cooperating with Wang Xing, Xia Bomin has always been reluctant to cooperate with the Ming army.

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In order to speed up the attack and strive to control the whole city before dark, Xia Bomin immediately made a decision, summoned the commanders of each battalion and company, and arranged a new attack method - the cow knife tactic!

He decided to split the first battalion of the main force and use it, and each main platoon mixed two platoons of the independent battalion to form a commando team of more than 120 people.

In this way, nine assault teams were formed with nine main platoons equipped with automatic firearms as sharp knives, and each of the three assault teams was an assault group, led by the commanders of each battalion and company, and after entering the city, they attacked in the east, west, and center directions with all their strength until the remaining three city gates were captured.

"Remember, when you enter the city, just hit and rush, and don't give the Tartars any respite,"

Xia Bomin commanded, "The knife platoon is responsible for opening the way, and the men of the independent battalion are responsible for consolidating positions and containing prisoners, understand?" ”

"Understood!"

"Good! The sharp knife platoon should pay attention to the distribution of firepower, form small arrows in squads, do not squeeze into a ball and affect each other's firing boundaries, and try to avoid white-knuckle battles! ”

Xia Bomin said loudly.

"Yes!"

The officers replied in unison.

"Company Commander He, the blockade task outside the city will be handed over to you,"

Finally, Xia Bomin pointed to a few mountains in the northeast and said, "Take your people, I will give you another thousand Zheng troops, and immediately rush to the area of Pingshan and Jinji Mountain, and block the road for the Tartar army to flee into the mountains and to the sea." ”

"This,"

He Shouxin replied and hesitated, "Head Xia, I have enough manpower, Zheng Jun...... You don't have to go, do you? ”

"Let's take it with you,"

Xia Bomin shook his hand and said in a deep voice, "The terrain there is complicated, bring more people to ...... Once in place, fire a few more ringing arrows. ”

"Yes!"

He Shouxin had to stand up and salute.

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After He Shouxin left, Xia Bomin's people had all gone ashore, and immediately split up after receiving the order.

The three newly organized attack clusters entered the sortie positions one after another, the machine-gun fire points of the machine gun company were also in place, and the nine mortars of the whole company were lined up, each of which divided the target of the attack, and quietly waited for the order to open fire.

Looking up at the sky, Xia Bomin began to look at the time non-stop.

Finally, when Xia Bomin raised his wrist to look at his watch for the third time, a ringing arrow with a striking red tail smoke rose from the north of the city.

After a while, several more arrows rang out one after another, and a squeaky "squeak" was heard in the distance......

Seeing the arrow rise into the air, Xia Bomin suddenly lifted his spirits, he raised his right hand violently, tore open his throat and snorted: "Machine gun company, one test shot, prepare ......"

With Xia Bomin's long command, the nine ammunition men of the machine gun company quickly picked up a shell and sent it to the muzzle of the mortar, while staring at the gun commander with the corner of his eye.

"Fire!"

The next moment, with Xia Bomin's order, the artillery commanders waved their raised right hands fiercely.

As soon as the ammunition hand, who had been waiting for a long time, subconsciously let go, the shell slid into the barrel with a "whoosh", and after a moment's delay, only a few muffled sounds of "tom, tom, tom, tom, tom......" were heard.

In the next moment, with a dull tom sound, nine cannonballs roared into the air with a reddish tail flame, marking a dazzling trajectory in the air, whistling towards the city......

In an instant, several dazzling red lights rose from the city of Fuzhou, which had just been silent.

Seeing this, the artillery commanders reported loudly: "One test shot hits the target, and the shooting is calibrated!" ”

Xia Bomin put down the binoculars and shouted in a fierce voice: "Each cannon shoots freely for ten minutes, and all the shells are gone!" ”

"Yes!"

Shells rained down from the sky, and the city once again resounded with a violent explosion, while huge clouds of smoke and dust burst up.

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After receiving the report from his subordinates, Ma Degong immediately ran out of the enemy tower and hid behind a battlement to look out.

At a glance, sure enough, there were hundreds of large and small enemy ships on the wharf outside the city, and a group of thieves were hurriedly ashore, and the wharf was already full of heads.

Ma Degong suddenly panicked, but there was nothing he could do.

"Mom, there are so many people, I'm afraid I'm in big trouble tonight......"

At this moment, his heart was extremely collapsed, and he was extremely resentful, that sinister and cunning Zhao Guozuo, didn't he push him into the fire pit?

Fortunately, at this time, the small artillery of the Ming thief stopped bombardment, and the only decision Ma Degong could make was to order the soldiers hiding behind the city wall to re-enter the city, and each of them took their positions to prepare to resist the enemy.

What else can I do, the thieves are about to attack the city, except to sit and wait, the only way is to fight to the death!

Not long after, his subordinates rushed to the head of the city, carrying swords, guns, bows and crossbows, and scattered at the head of the city, and some people were busy preparing the wooden rolling stones, repairing the gun emplacements that had been blown up before, and re-setting the spare cannons......

Suddenly, Ma Degong, who was lying on his stomach on the battlements and looking down in fear, saw many black dots flying in the air, and suddenly screamed in shock.

"Made! The cannon is here again, hide! Hide! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ……”

Several loud noises instantly drowned out his cries.

Although these shells landed far away from him, they accurately hit the several artillery positions that had just been re-erected, and the artillerymen guarding the side were blown away in an instant before they could react......

However, what made Ma Degong even more heartbroken was still to come.

Before he could react, after the few shells, more shells came overwhelmingly, and in an instant, the sky above Ma Degong's head was completely covered by a series of short screams.

Listening to this dense and short scream, Ma Degong's face turned pale, he was at a loss, and he didn't know what to do in a hurry......

(End of chapter)