Section 372 Tiger Leap Battle--The Decisive Battle XXII
The inverted wedge-shaped crab formation, as if it was a crab with stinging pincers, quickly rushed towards the opposite Shenzhou Army's position without a banner. To be honest, it was the first time that Tuntai had seen such a Ming army fighting a war.
On the high slope behind the cavalry charge, stood Tuntai. He was surrounded by his own soldiers and generals on his left and right. (Book ****)
Tun Tai clearly knew that the opponent's firearms were sharp, and in the face of such a position, the charging cavalry could only minimize casualties by forming a tight formation. He put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, "Pass on my general's order, the whole army must be arranged in a tight shape and not scattered." ”
"Uh......h The sound of the trumpet was heard far away in the open field. The Manchu Qing Dynasty used bows and horses to establish a country, and the command of the cavalry was naturally like an arm and a finger, and it was extremely flexible.
As the horn sounded, the cavalry in the charge followed the guidance of the horn and moved closer to the center of their battle formation as a whole. At this time, if you take a bird's eye view from the sky, you will find that the battle formation of the Qing army is divided into three obvious directions, and the left, center, and right directions are like three sharp blades, killing the position of the Shenzhou army without hindrance.
The position of the Shenzhou Army is also divided into three parts, the left and right flanks are respectively a kill area composed of strong infantry pillboxes, the difference is that this kill area is a closed linear front. Underground there are not only large bowl-mouth "broken horse pits" (small pits dug by Luoyang shovels that can break horses' legs) to prevent cavalry impact, but also minefields composed of spider mines.
In the middle, there were no such defenses at all, and the 150 chariots of the two chariot battalions were lined up in a phalanx of thirty chariots, and the top of the chariot formation was covered with camouflage of branches and leaves. Because the Qing army lacked close-range reconnaissance means, they were completely unaware of Liu Guoxuan's arrangement.
In the lens of the telescope, the cavalry lined up in three shock formations were in the rising smoke and dust. Liu Guoxuan, who was holding the binoculars, had a faint smile on his face.
"What a bunch of stupid people, why are you waiting for this crab breaking formation, I don't know how to change it! Order the whole army not to shoot without my orders! Attack formations are not allowed to be exposed. ”
"Yes"
Gan Hui sat in the middle of the first row of chariots. The entire chariot seemed to tremble in the sound of the neat hooves of the Qing army as the thousands of horses charged.
"Cut, it's a strict order not to shoot again, it's really getting more and more verbose!"
Gan Hui said as he poked his head out of the co-pilot's seat at the front of the chariot, and quietly stretched out the telescope from between the branches and leaves to watch the impact of the Qing army.
As the cavalry got closer and closer to the enemy formation, the cavalry gradually got closer and closer, and the Qing army's brigade, which began to attack from two thousand meters away, crossed a distance of one kilometer in the blink of an eye.
"Report, arrive at the intended location"
Liu Guoxuan, who always kept his eyes on the binoculars, nodded, and immediately issued an order: "Order the artillery side to shoot at the enemy flanks separately." ”
With Liu Guoxuan's order, the first coordinated attack of artillery and combat vehicles of the Shenzhou Army was launched.
In the continuous sound of "whoosh" firing, one hundred and fifteen rockets fired at the cavalry on the left flank of the Qing army. The courage of the Qing soldiers often stunned the Shenzhou army. It's just that when faced with the effective slaughter of modern weapons, too much courage is not always a good thing.
"Boom, boom, boom" one by one, the cannonballs dragging orange tongues of fire rushed into the back half of the charging cavalry formation, like a big hand emitting black smoke, almost instantly wiped the Qing army off the ground. The dead bodies and remnants of human bodies tumbled and fell in the air, and there were few wails of death. Because under this dense covering fire, basically nothing can escape the blow.
"Reload...... Hurry up, hurry up, "The commanders of the smoke soldiers, eight fast in one mouth. Because according to Liu Guoxuan's plan, they had to complete the second shot within two minutes.
Several soldiers gritted their teeth and carried a wooden frame with ten shells. There were a few people half-crouched in the ground, with their heads on top of them, and those behind them were holding push rods to fill ten shells into the launch tubes.
"The Left Wing is finished"
Listening to the shouts of several soldiers, Tun Tai trembled in his heart. The enemy's hundreds of cannons are hiding somewhere, and where in the world is there an army that can fire their cannons so neatly at the same time. The left wing is indeed finished, and he knows it clearly in his heart. Although the remaining 5,000 cavalry in the first half of the left flank had approached the enemy line, it seemed to him that the 5,000 men were of little use. Fortunately, he knew that the next platoon of artillery would have to be at least a little better before it could be fired again.
The cavalry charge did not stop because of this shelling, and the cavalry in the middle and right flanks of the Qing army's shock formation were only a kilometer away from the Shenzhou army's position, and the cavalry during the charge only needed three minutes to sweep through this space.
"Chariot troops attack,"
The salute of "Peng" as a signal flare rushed into the sky and caused a burst of explosion.
"Grandma, it's time for me! The whole army is ...... storm," Gan Hui shouted and gave the order.
One hundred and fifty chariots directly faced the cavalry charging by the Qing army, and the morning burst into a large formation.
When the means of warfare entered the modern era, the rapid changes in the battlefield were already incomparable to those in the era of cold weapons. Tun Tai was still wondering why the enemy was only attacking his left flank, and not during the all-out attack. The second shelling is coming.
Another hundred and fifty cannonballs screamed and smashed into his right flank.
Tuntai closed his eyes in pain, "It's over, and the right wing is over." ”
"Behold, what is that?" There were soldiers shouting loudly near him.
When Tuntai opened his eyes again, the 13,000 cavalry of his cavalry army met the 150 chariots of the Shenzhou army.
Gan Hui, who shouted loudly to "shoot", even distorted his face.
Huang Gu invented the tactic of firing grenades at the same time from each vehicle, and this time added two rockets per vehicle. The covering firing equivalent to five or six hundred shells inflicted a heavier blow on the Qing army's central army than on the left and right flanks.
"Quick, save them......" Tuntai felt like a knife stabbing a gun. 30,000 elite horsemen were slaughtered almost instantly. The remnants of the cavalry on both flanks finally approached the enemy line, but in the explosion for no reason, they fell in pieces, and the last 100 meters were really like hell.
"General, don't do anything, go quickly!" The captain of the pro-soldier squad saw that as soon as the cavalry of the Chinese army came into contact with the chariot of the Shenzhou army, it was like rushing towards the chaff, and it dissipated cleanly.
So, he rushed to Tuntai and fled with Tuntai. At this time, the tanks of the Shenzhou Army, which broke through the Chinese army, began to carry out counter-encirclement on both flanks.
In an hour, less than an hour, 30,000 Manchu cavalry were killed, 10,000 were killed, and the rest were wounded or captured.
At this time, Liu Guoxuan, the telescope still did not put down, because he seemed to have an understanding in his heart.