Chapter 475: The Power of the Krupp Cannon

A forty-pound cannonball fell in the middle of the cavalry of the Hui army, killing one person and one horse on the spot, the tail of the cannonball was bursting with white smoke, panicked, the cavalry of the Hui army was frightened and scattered to dodge, but there were cavalry all around, everywhere were people, war horses collided together, causing chaos before they could disperse, the huge cannonball exploded, the iron bullet was torn apart, and pieces of shrapnel shot into a radius of 50 meters, and the strong shock wave made the surrounding cavalry fall from their horses

Another 40-pound shell exploded in advance, just above the head of the Hui cavalry, like a shocking thunderbolt, sending out extremely powerful thunder, where the black smoke shrouded shrouded in shrapnel flew horizontally, unscrupulously harvesting human lives, the Hui cavalry was completely skinless, and all fell from under the horse to the ground

Severed limbs and flesh flew everywhere, many Hui cavalry screamed, blood spurted out of them like a fountain, and pieces of shrapnel were embedded in their bodies

The cavalry next to him looked frightened, strangled the panicked war horse, and a squad leader boldly shouted: "Steady and steady, retreat backwards, retreat backwards."

The horse boldly whipped the horse with a leather whip to make the crotch frightened and frenzy, and the war horse turned around

With a long whistle, the horse boldly looked up in horror, and a heavy cannonball fell from the sky, and it fell next to him

"Boom"

The horse fell to the ground and neighed violently, and a stream of blood shot out from the horse's body, and a shrapnel hit him in the chest, and blood bubbled in his mouth

"Captain Ma", a personal soldier rushed over desperately, dragging an injured and lame leg with a wail beside him, and fell to the ground with a wail, and the wounded soldiers cried for themselves and their sacrificial comrades

Above the artillery array, the officers and civilians were dumbfounded, their mouths were not closed, and many people rubbed their eyes vigorously, staring wide-eyed, looking at them for the first time in their lives, seeing the power of the cannon salvo rising, and a large area of smoke falling

"Call me, keep fighting" Looking at the tragic situation on the other side, Xun Xi shouted loudly, looked at the faces around him, and showed pride, and the gunners continued to order: "Hit the artillery hard, don't stop, fire twenty guns in a row, and the artillery extension will make the rebels' buttocks smoke"

"Boom"

With the spirit of saving the life and helping the wounded, the Hui soldiers refused to leave the place of death, and wanted to rescue their comrades, and greeted them, a rain of bullets, and the second wave of attacks was still so sharp, and hundreds of Hui cavalry were killed

I couldn't hear what the commander called, and the cavalry of the Hui army finally woke up, this is the attack range of the Qing soldiers, and if they don't leave, they will take their lives, turn their horses, and flee back

The cannonballs exploded in the middle of them, bursts of smoke and explosions rose one after another, it turned out that the Qing Dynasty cannons had a range of more than five thousand meters, and the panic Hui cavalry grew in their hearts, how could this battle be fought with such great power, and the cannonballs had never met the enemy's face, and they had not seen them, so they lost their troops

More than 1,000 Hui cavalry retreated, and the loess slope disappeared from their eyes, so they dared to stabilize their position

Snatched back by his own soldiers, General An Jie was injured in the thigh, shrapnel was inserted in the thigh, and before he officially confronted Li Ziying, the pioneer officer An Jie was about to withdraw from the battlefield in advance

A medical officer shook his head and said, "General An, pulling out shrapnel here, I'm afraid it's going to bleed heavily, can you only hold it with fire?"

"Can you come," An Jie bit a towel in his mouth and received cruel medical treatment

The medical officer used a clip to clip out the shrapnel and used a red-hot iron bar to scorch An Jie's thigh, the air was filled with the smell of barbecue, and An Jie, who was born as a "knife guest", really didn't say a word, and beads of sweat broke out on his head, as if Guan Gong scraped his bones and healed his wounds

"General An is really a good man," the medical officer sprinkled Zhuge on the march and wrapped the wound with spread

An Jie took out the towel in his mouth and said loudly: "This setback is a bird, Yang Dawa, here is under your command, I am careless, Qinggou artillery is blind at night, you must take down the Li Zi battalion for me tonight, how many more people do we have?"

Adjutant General Yang Dawazi wanted to speak and stop the power of the Mauser gun, he had also seen the Qing soldiers, the sentry cavalry came forward to shoot at them, but they watched one brother after another fall, but not a single Qing army was shot to death, at night let the 14th battalion of brothers charge, the Qing army in addition to the artillery is still sharp, there are more than a thousand Mauser guns on the loess slope, this battle he is not confident that he can win, but what can he do, human life is not worth anything, anyway, his brothers have already killed the red eye, ready to avenge the death of the brothers

"General An, don't worry, take care of your injuries, I'll bring Xiao Lizi's head and let you kick it a few times to relieve your hatred, I'll go to reorganize the army now, and I'll tell you about the losses of our army later," Yang Dawazi patted his chest and assured An Jie that he would stand up and leave the grove

Yang Dawa is heavy and stabilizing, and the soldiers are looking at him, a small setback can't crush them, the steel nerves return to the army is more and more frustrated, the more courageous, with the spirit of undying perseverance, the Qing army just relies on sharp weapons, but at night they can't see each other clearly, it is a chaotic battle, with hand-to-hand combat courage, five thousand cavalry will be able to wipe out the Li Zi battalion in one go, and when the Qing reinforcements arrive here tomorrow, there will only be more than 2,000 corpses missing an ear

The 14th Battalion of the Hui Army reappointed 11 squad leaders, a total of 30 squad leaders, and each squad of 40 or 50 people, with more than 700 dead and wounded, more than half of which were wounded

After getting the news of the preparations, An Jie, Yang Dawazi and other fifteen Bai Chang wanted to cry without tears, how to fight the remaining more than a thousand people, and they still had to take care of the wounded, and more than three achievements in casualties meant that this team had no combat effectiveness, this was not a siege, the enemy could have time to rest and recuperate, the situation was unpredictable, and the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty would come to reinforce Li Zi's battalion at any time, and they would flee back to Dong Zhiyuan tomorrow

Shicai also encouraged the soldiers to fight to the death, and now these officers themselves have no confidence, this is a team without faith, unlike Dong Zhiyuan's other returning soldiers, very mixed, some of them are Qing rebels

Among them, Yang Dawazi, He Mingtang, and Mu San's next group of people are Liu Mingchuan's "inscription battalion" fugitives, who joined the Hui army after robbing the local people due to poor food and salary, most of them are Anhui people and Li Guolou is half a fellow countryman

The three of them naturally walked together and walked forward to greet the main general Halianhu's team, and Mu San said with sadness: "The fourth child is dead, and there are fewer and fewer of us old people."

He Mingtang spat out angrily and said angrily: "You shouldn't let An Jie lead the army, why didn't he die, pretending to be a hanging hero, not lying on a stretcher."

"The brain stays in the era of cold weapons, and it is a waste of effort for swordsmen to talk about tactics with this kind of person, sadly," Mu San scolded mercilessly, there were many people above the mountain, fighting for power and profit, and the people below were also full of mountains, and they recognized Yang Dawazi as the eldest brother

The nature is the same, admit death, rationalize people, go to the black, if the eldest brother is a loyal and righteous person, they are Taoyuan Sanjieyi "Liu Guanzhang", if the eldest brother is the third surname slave "Lu Bu", they will attack the master "Dong Zhuo".

At this time, an army is like this, a battalion is the same, and even a sentinel is the same, leading soldiers is to lead generals and officers with one heart, this team can be united as one, just like Liu Mingchuan's "inscription battalion", as long as Liu Mingchuan has no dissenting intentions in the battalion, but if there is a main general, the army will immediately be disheartened, and many dissatisfaction will erupt

Yang Dawazi sighed slightly, I don't know where they will go in the future, the Qing Dynasty is willing to surrender, do no evil, rebel army, and accept rebel soldiers like them, but there is a prerequisite, that is, to make a great contribution, otherwise a thief like them will not be forgiven by the master, and will be captured alive by officers and soldiers, and Ling Chi will be executed

"It's better to fight the next battle, but then attack the Li Zi battalion, we can only be the follow-up troops, the first wave of attack, we don't participate, our casualties are too great," Yang Dawa said loudly, so that everyone behind him could hear, now he is the main general, the fourteenth battalion, everything is up to him

The horseshoe formation, the table was trembling, young and vigorous, Ha Lianhu returned to the army with a large army, and the cavalry marched to a neat and tidy appearance, but looking at their faces, there was a big difference, some people were full of vicissitudes, some people were scruffy, some people looked young, and as for the young and middle-aged, less than 30 percent of the team

It can be said that a region or even a nation has rebelled against the national struggle, and the national self-improvement has been vividly reflected in the Hui Hui body, how to comment on the uprising of the Hui army, take history as a mirror, and the Xixia Dynasty called the Song Dynasty a minister, and Nagong is a successful example of national independence

No dynasty allowed such a state within a state to appear on its own soil, and for a large country with various nationalities, it would never allow any nation to become independent, no matter how much the program put forward at the time of the uprising was in accordance with the will of the people

Li Yunkai and a group of cavalry took advantage of the artillery extension to attack the cavalry of the Hui army, and then turned back to the battlefield to pick up some firearms, and one person cut off a head and inserted a spike spear, and then returned triumphantly

The team greeted them with bursts of cheers of "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng", Li Guolou scolded happily: "Why did the stinky boy throw me when he came back?"

"Report to Lord Li's personal guards, the third squad is back," Li Yunkai smirked and threw a human head down the hill

"Well, rest and eat," Li Guolou cherished his words like gold, and did not praise the returners, and his own secretary, Zhu Dinghe, recorded the results of the battle

Now everyone has become a warrior, and most of the more than 6 soldiers do not know how to use firearms, and Fan Dahui issued a bayonet and a spurt for them to use

Along the way, there are more than 5 homeless people and villagers, and more than 1 person will shoot and join the team of the long-husband

In this way, there are more than 7 people in the Changfu team who will shoot, and Fan Dahui will directly command him, and he also wants to show his bravery, command, and a strong team in the people

Those who can't shoot a total of more than 1 people have also been issued a bayonet, a stabbing gun to fight, you don't need to teach an order, directly charge and kill the enemy, and if you live, you will kill if you want to live, it is very simple

When eating, the pot was roasted beef and mutton with red peppers, Li Yunkai took out a silver knife from the corpse to pick a piece of beef, it was very cool, he showed off with a silver knife, bit his mouth, and said loudly: "Delicious"

Seeing that Li Yunkai was eating meat, it seemed like chewing corpse meat, as if he saw the blood stains on the knife edge, Liu Guangcai threw the copper jar next to him, and vomited spitting out acid water when he had nothing to spit out, Liu Guangcai spit out on the spot, thinking of the blood on the knife, the beef is red, the color is really beef, the red color is like the color of the knife, it looks really disgusting

Li Yunkai saw that Liu Guangcai was ugly, and sneered, and said without hesitation: "It's very fragrant, you eat a piece, wait a while, have the strength to kill the enemy, don't be like a milk baby, and ask for protection."

Liu Guangcai took a breath: "You eat it, I don't eat it, I feel very nauseous, I have naan in my arms, I'm really hungry, I have something to cushion my hunger."

Li Yunkai described his murderous experience very calmly, and Liu Guangcai next to him felt more or less awkward, not just bloody, not just hideous, because in the face of the enemy on the battlefield, sometimes there is really only one choice, life or death, this is a single-choice question, at this time, it is impossible to comment on people in battle from any angle such as morality, human nature, war crimes, etc

No one is born a war machine, and no one wants to be a murderer, but what is the concept of an enemy?

In addition to their clothes and hair bundles, those Hui soldiers are slightly darker, what is the difference between them and us, before going to the battlefield, sharpen their knives, Huo Huo killed the enemy, and the slogan of meritorious service was screaming, but if they really want to kill the enemy, everyone will bear a huge impact from the heart

Liu Guangcai couldn't digest Li Yunkai's influence on him and said: "I understand, why are you so verbose, I have a Mauser gun to protect myself."

"Hey, hey, Liu Guangcai, this is the experience, you follow me to learn a little bit, rely on Meng Yin to get fame, it's not a big brother, I fight it with a knife and a gun, Master Li is the chief, I am a soldier" From the perspective of a soldier, Li Yunkai has completed his transformation, he is a commander who has the ability to deal with complex situations