Chapter 787: Chong, Long Live Datang!
"Cavalry!" The artillery lieutenant colonel's face immediately became a little dark, and then he said loudly: "Stop shooting, stop, hurry!" ”
"Shift the muzzles, all move, speed!"
After the Ming cavalry on the opposite side appeared, it was already slowly starting to speed up, and everyone knew that once the cavalry charged, its speed was very fast, and at a distance of only a few hundred meters, the cavalry bureau could rush over in the blink of an eye.
Although the artillery position is deployed on the top of the hill, theoretically speaking, it can weaken the strength of the cavalry charge, but if the cavalry really wants to launch a fierce attack, this gentle ramp can rush up.
At the same time, on the left and right sides of the artillery position, the commanders of an infantry regiment responsible for covering the artillery position also noticed this change, and the soldiers were running in small steps, and then began to face the Ming cavalry formation on the half-slope.
"Quick, array!"
After all, the artillery position on the left flank was concentrated with more than 50 field guns of the Second Army, and on the other side, there was another large artillery position, where there were also more than 60 artillery pieces, so in addition to the defensive array composed of auxiliary forces such as musketeers and transporters of the artillery unit itself, Li Chunjing also specially arranged an infantry regiment of the Seventh Infantry Division to assist in the defense.
And now, it's time for them to come in handy!
In an instant, the artillery position, which was originally rumbling with artillery, fell silent.
Some of the artillerymen were dazed, some nervous, looking at the approaching Ming cavalry.
And at this time, the lieutenant colonel of artillery began to give the order again: "Prepare for shotshots!!" ”
At the same time, the infantry regiment on one side was also in formation, and then the infantry began to reload and light the arquebus, and the spearmen lined up a dense phalanx, but the array of this infantry regiment was not simply front-facing, but there were infantry battalions deployed in front and to the left and right.
The mobility of other cavalry is very high, and if you line up directly in the front, they will not stupidly attack the front, but will go around and attack the flanks.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, there was still the rumbling of artillery, and in some places the infantry phalanxes of both sides had even engaged in hand-to-hand fighting, but here, there was silence.
On the mountainous terrain, the gunners of the artillery unit had already finished loading in advance, and they had already carried the follow-up ammunition in advance, ready to reload the second round at any time.
In the face of cavalry or infantry charges, the artillery units will no longer care about the service life of the barrels as usual, but can fight as fast as they can, otherwise they will die.
Seeing that the enemy's cavalry was already less than three hundred meters away and that it was already time to make a detour to the left, the commanders of the infantry regiment urgently threw an infantry battalion as a reserve to the left, and at the same time a temporary phalanx of transporters who had temporarily taken over the artillery units.
The soldiers of the two infantry battalions and the phalanx of one artillery transport immediately formed a dense phalanx on the left and right sides of the artillery position and in the rear.
And in the middle, there are a large number of guns that temporarily switch muzzles!
Three hundred meters, the cavalry of the Ming army had already begun to speed up significantly, and countless iron hooves stepped on the ground, making a loud rumbling sound, like thunder falling from the sky, which made people tremble physically and mentally when they heard it!
Two hundred meters, at this time, the artillery lieutenant colonel finally commanded the command knife: "Shoot!" ”
Dozens of artillery pieces suddenly let out a roar, and the countless shotshots fired were like a huge net and rushed towards the Ming cavalry rushing in front!
Then these Ming cavalry fell row after row in unison, however, this could not stop the charge of the Ming cavalry!
Riding on high-speed horses, they began to charge upwards through the gentle hills, but in order to charge directly at the artillery position, they also needed to pass through the infantry phalanx in front of the artillery position.
When the artillerymen were rapidly firing scattered bullets, the Ming cavalry rushing to the forefront was already less than fifty meters away from the infantry array!
"Shoot!" The musketeers also fired the first and final round of musket fire, and when they were finished, the musketeers raised their muskets and turned into shields with the spearmen on the side, blocking the charge from the cavalry for the artillerymen!
At this time, there were also a large number of casualties in the infantry array, and after the Ming cavalry rushed closer, they had already begun to bend their bows and shoot arrows, and they were worthy of being the elite of the border army, most of them were skilled in bows and horses, and they could bend bows and shoot arrows on galloping horses.
After shooting the arrows, they quickly ran headlong into the seemingly thin infantry phalanx in front of them.
After an instant, countless cavalry and infantry were entangled together, and at that moment, countless Datang infantry were directly flown out by the war horses, but there were also many cavalry and spears and muskets and bayonets to pick up and dismount.
At this time, the artillery in the rear continued to fire, and it was naturally impossible for the enemy's cavalry to charge only these people in front, and there were many cavalry in the back who continued to come up!
Under the rumbling of artillery, the lieutenant colonel of artillery looked at the front line on the one hand, and frequently looked to the right on the other!
In front, although the enemy's cavalry suffered a lot of casualties, it had already completely crushed its own three infantry phalanxes, and several infantry battalions on the flanks were rushing over trying to entangle them.
But the lieutenant colonel of the artillery knew that in the face of these 3,000 Ming cavalry, he could not stop them just by relying on these infantry in front of him and his own artillery transports.
After all, there were too many cavalry in the Ming army, even if the infantry and transports could block some of the cavalry, they could still divide a lot of cavalry to destroy their artillery positions.
It didn't take much, if hundreds of Ming cavalry broke through the defensive line of the infantry and killed, his artillery position would be completely finished.
Whether they can survive or not, hope lies not in their own resistance, but in the source of their own cavalry!
On the right, a cavalry unit was coming at high speed, they were the second cavalry detachment of the Second Army, gathering two cavalry battalions and two cavalry teams of the Second Army, a total of more than 800 cavalry!
The change in the artillery position also instantly attracted the attention of most of the generals and soldiers on both sides, even if they were still a few hundred meters away or even farther away, they could still see the tragedy on this side.
Countless cavalry of the Ming army almost used their war horses and their own bodies to knock out a passage from the infantry phalanx!
They tried to break through the interception of these bandit infantry before the cavalry reinforcements of the puppet Tang Bandit Army arrived, and then razed this artillery position to the ground.
But they desperately broke through, but the infantry of the Tang Army also resisted desperately, for a time, although the infantry of the Tang Army suffered heavy casualties, but the cavalry of the Ming Army could not make a breakthrough in a short time.
And at this time, the eight hundred cavalry of the Tang Army, who came from the right for urgent reinforcements, had already raised their sabers high and sounded the horn of the charge, and under the guidance of the hurried horn of the herald, the cavalry began the final acceleration in a dense formation!
In an instant, these cavalry formed a dense cavalry wall, and then killed the Ming cavalry array from the right side!
As a result, the scene on the entire hill is even more chaotic!
However, Li Chunjing, who was in the distance, looked at the chaos on this side of the mountain with a telescope, but did not look at it again, but ordered: "Order the whole army to launch a general attack!" ”
Immediately, the flag soldiers behind him began to wave the unified flag, and in order to ensure that the order was not passed on to the wrong place, the heralds also rode their best horses and began to gallop to all parts of the battlefield.
At the same time, Chen Keqiao was sitting on a Taishi chair that he didn't know where he had moved from, squinting, and lifting one foot to step on an ammunition box, while the soldiers on the side were making tea for him
The expressions of the several staff officers on the side were mostly nervous.
It's not that someone looked at Chen Keqiao next to him, but Chen Keqiao didn't seem to have come to fight, but to take a vacation, squinting his eyes and ignoring other changes on the battlefield.
Immediately, someone couldn't help but say to him: "My lord, the artillery position on the left flank has been attacked by enemy cavalry, and the situation is not very good!" ”
Chen Keqiao did not open his eyes, but said: "Has the artillery position been destroyed?" ”
The staff officer on the side said: "This is not yet!" ”
"That's it, don't worry about things we shouldn't worry about!" After Chen Keqiao finished speaking, he stopped talking again.
It didn't take long for a staff officer to trot over, and then said loudly: "The commander has an order: the whole army will attack!" ”
At this time, Chen Keqiao opened his eyes, and then looked ahead with half-squinted eyes: "It's indeed time for a general attack, if we don't attack again, others still think that we are here for a vacation!" ”
got up from the chair, and then Chen Keqiao beckoned, let the soldiers lead the horse over, and then turned over on the horse, but after getting on the horse, he found that a group of people behind him were still staying still, and immediately said: "What, I really want to come on vacation, let's go!" ”
At this time, the others turned over one after another, and some people walked to Chen Keqiao's side and said, "How are we going to attack next?" ”
Chen Keqiao glanced at him: "How else can you attack, rush over directly!" ”
After that, Chen Keqiao didn't care about him, and then said directly aloud: "Order, the whole army charges!" ”
After giving the order, he also slowly stepped forward with his troops, and at the same time, the soldiers of his Fifth Infantry Division also began to stride forward!
Also striding forward were the 7th Infantry Division of the Chinese Army and the two mixed regiments on the left flank!
Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Second Army, taking advantage of the Ming army's cavalry attacking their own artillery positions, directly launched a charge of the whole army!
Seeing this scene, the generals of the Ming army on the opposite side also realized that the final decisive battle had finally arrived!
The Ming army began to shell with artillery and intercept with muskets, but the officers and men of the Second Army in front of them did not seem to see the shells and bullets, and did not fire back, but stepped forward with their heads bored!
And when they rushed to only more than thirty meters, they fired a direct salvo, and then dropped the bomb, and immediately after!
In the midst of countless shouts, they just rushed straight up!
Tens of thousands of people suddenly scuffled together!
At this time, the cavalry of the Second Cavalry Detachment had already penetrated through the cavalry array of the Ming army, leaving countless corpses of both the enemy and us in the places they passed.
However, the formation of the Ming cavalry was directly cut off!
After the cavalry of the second cavalry detachment penetrated the Ming cavalry, they continued to maintain a high-speed turn, and then brandished their sabers again, shouting the slogan of long live the Tang Dynasty and launched a second charge towards the Ming cavalry!
"Kill!"
"Long live Datang!"