Chapter 459 - Repelling the Ironclad Army
Ke Zhihong's air force played a crucial role in the offensive and defensive battle of the Daling River, and it can be said that if there was no surprise army of them, I am afraid that the Jingbianbao Army and the Liaodong Army might not be able to win so cleanly.
Ke Zhihong also relied on the merits of that war, from a small soldier to a straight rise to the top, promoted to a guerrilla general, it can be said that he directly entered the ranks of senior generals, and his family also lived in the villa area called General Street by ordinary people in Jingbianbao.
For Ke Zhihong, it was really good to be envied by his neighbors when he moved, so in order to go further and strive for the generals, he has been actively training, working hard to train the ability to kill the enemy, and intends to make meritorious contributions again in this battle.
It's time to get your chance!
Liu Renyu specially ordered the air force to attack and bomb, and at this time the only hot air balloon floating in the air was under the personal command of Ke Zhihong, and there were only Ke Zhihong and his deputy on the hot air balloon, and the two of them were previously responsible for monitoring the enemy's situation, so as to provide Liu Renyu with first-hand information on the battlefield.
Now that they received the order to go to battle, the two of them counted the 10,000 enemies they carried, there were as many as twenty, and now there was no strong wind in the sky, and they could completely rely on their own operation skills to march towards the Chahar Ironclad Army that came to help.
When the hot air balloon never moved, the Chahar army was still able to believe the claims of their Great Khan, thinking that this was just a trick of the Han people, and it was nothing serious, but their fear of this thing was still there.
At this moment, the hot air balloon moved, in the sky, above their heads, and flew towards the ironclad army of the Chahar army.
"The flying things of the Ming army are here!"
A cry full of horror attracted almost all the attraction of the battlefield to the hot air balloon, and the battlefield was silent for a while as if the pause button had been pressed.
Ke Zhihong on the hot air balloon didn't care what kind of eyes the people below had, he just flew over the follow-up reinforcements of the Chahar Iron Army and hovered temporarily.
The Chahar Ironclad didn't know how the balloon was attacking, so they all craned their necks blankly, staring at the huge UFO in the sky, not knowing what to do.
"Ha, you see them gathered together in dense turns, not even running, just right for us to bomb, you say, do you use incendiary bombs, or use ordinary enemies?" Ke Zhihong smiled and asked his deputy.
"General, it goes without saying, naturally it is to use our special white phosphorus incendiary bombs in Jingbian Fort, this kind of bomb is specially designed to deal with dense crowds, as long as it is stained with a little bit and a half, it does not burn into the bones, this fire will not be extinguished, now our army and the enemy are in a fierce battle, in a state of stalemate, if you throw a dozen incendiary bombs,
The people who were blown up by the incendiary bombs were of course burned badly, but the people who were not blown up were burned badly in their hearts, as long as the morale of the Chahar army fell, we would take the opportunity to attack again to ensure that they were killed. The deputy asked Ke Zhihong, and replied in a good voice.
"Oh, good boy, your mind is not bad, okay, just follow you, throw Molotov cocktails down and burn them." When Ke Zhihong heard this, he first smiled, and then he raised a 10,000-strong enemy and said to his deputy: "Come, light the fire, let me throw it down." ”
"All right," the deputy agreed, and then took out the fire breaker, took the open flame, and lit the fuse.
When the fuse was burning from the 'boom', Ke Zhihong threw it on the head of the Chahar army who were gathered under his hot air balloon to watch the excitement.
Besides, although those Chahar troops didn't know what the thing floating on their heads was, they recognized it by 10,000 enemies.
The moment this thing fell from the sky, there were exclamations, screams, and loud sounds.
At this time, everyone wants to dodge, but from throwing down to exploding, that is, tens of seconds of effort, dozens of seconds of effort, how far can people run?
Therefore, Ke Zhihong has seen that a tragedy is being staged.
'Boom'
'Boom'
"Boom"
The sound of explosions came and went, and Ke Zhihong threw out 10,000 enemies in the sky where there were many Chahar troops, and the speed at which he threw them was not slow, with the hot air balloon gondola as the center, the Chahar Army's ironclad army within a radius of 20 steps was hit by incendiary bombs.
White phosphorus is very easy to spontaneously combust, and later during the First World War, the British Army used rats to attack German warehouses with white phosphorus on their backs, which was extremely secret, so that the Germans did not know how their warehouses were attacked.
Although it is winter now, the white phosphorus has been ignited by open flames, and they are splashed out, but as long as they are attached to the human body, it is difficult to be extinguished, and the white phosphorus fire will be burned until the bones are deep and can be extinguished.
There is no doubt that the Chahar army, which was unfortunately hit by the white phosphorus incendiary bomb, can be regarded as suffering, and they are on fire, but there is nothing they can extinguish.
Many Chahar soldiers just watched their robes being burned and wailed to death, and they couldn't even save them.
In fact, if it weren't for Lin Dan Khan's failure to issue an order to retreat, the Chahar Ironclad Army would have been eager to retreat immediately, but since Lin Dan Khan did not order a retreat, the Chahar Ironclad Army could only walk around, and the farther away from the hot air balloon of the Jingbian Fort Army, the better, otherwise, God knows how many terrible incendiary bombs would be thrown down on the hot air balloon.
The maintenance of the army's combat strength mostly depends on the formation, and the Chahar Army's ironclad army only cares about dodging hot air balloons, and its own formation will inevitably become a plate of loose sand.
Ke Zhihong saw that the enemy troops were running in all directions and he couldn't reach them, so he contacted the tower and asked them to turn the winch, drag their hot air balloons to move flexibly, and continue to fly around the heads of the Chahar ironclad army, and throw an explosive 10,000-strong enemy down when he had the opportunity.
Compared with the incendiary bomb-type 10,000 enemies, this kind of explosive 10,000 enemies are released at this time, and the effect is like a heavy hammer, knocking the already fragmented Chahar Army's ironclad army formation even more discrete, which leads to an obvious disconnect between the front and back of the Chahar Ironclad Army.
The combat power of the pikemen of the Jingbianbao army led by Liu Renyu and Yang Desheng was originally stronger than that of the Chahar army, and the Chahar army relied on the numerical advantage to match the pikemen of the Jingbianbao army.
Liu Renyu saw that as soon as his air force attacked, the enemy army immediately fell into an extreme disadvantage, so he immediately said to the herald: "Go, let the other two hot air balloons rise into the sky and bomb the troops on the left and right flanks of the enemy." ”
"Yes, Marshal." The herald received the order, and immediately went to beckon the air force to take off again and cooperate with the army in battle.
After Liu Renyu gave the order to the air force, he immediately took advantage of the fact that the momentum of the Chahar army's ironclad army was declining, and shouted at the pikemen: "Sons, the reinforcements of the Chahar army were blocked by our army, and they were defeated with all their might. ”
"Yes, Marshal." The pikemen were given the order, and their morale was soaring.
"Rush."
The pikemen of the Jingbian Fort Army counterattacked with all their might, and the more than 3,000 Chahar ironclad troops who were actually fighting with them suddenly collapsed, even if they didn't hear the horn of Lin Dan Khan's retreat, they couldn't care about it.
This battle is really embarrassing, the weapons can't be compared, the armor can't be compared, the physical strength can't be compared, even the sky is controlled by the Ming army, and since the battle with the Ming army, I haven't encountered such an evil opponent.
Run, run the damn, this battle can't go on!
"The Ming army is so powerful, if you don't leave, I will wait for death and have no place to be buried!"
I don't know who made this shout, but it said the voice of thousands of Chahar troops, Gui Yingcha and Deshenzhuang were both commanding in the rear, and they were cut off outside by hot air balloons, so there was no way to form an effective command over the front army.
The Mongols have never had the tradition of fighting to the death, the battle situation is favorable, and the war situation is unfavorable, and the war situation is unfavorable, and it is a tradition to quickly avoid, that is, when Genghis Khan was still alive, it also came like this, and now the war situation is unfavorable, and if you don't quickly avoid, what should you do?
One Chahar ironclad ran away, two ran, a group ran, all the ironclad front troops ran, and they all left their backs to the pikemen of the general Jingbianbao.
Of course, Liu Renyu and Yang Desheng unceremoniously harvested every Chahar army in front of them, and when there were chasing soldiers, every ironclad army used their strength to eat milk and rushed at great speed.
"Gui Yingcha, don't look at it, our army's heart has fallen, and we can't fight anymore, so let's retreat, today's defeat is all because the Ming army has that flying thing, and our army can't resist it at all, so let's go back, I don't think the Great Khan will blame us and others." Seeing that his family's horses were defeated, Deshenzhuang knew that there was no way to organize an offensive at this time, so he hurriedly persuaded Guiying, who was indignant.
"If it weren't for the flying thing that shocked our army too much, our army's reinforcements would definitely be able to kill Hong Chengchou in time." Guiying's face was as black as ink, and she said indignantly.
"You're right, but now that the army is defeated, it's too late to say anything, so let's go." After Deshenzhuang said this, he followed Gui Yingcha and galloped towards Lin Dan Khan with the ironclad army that had not yet dismounted and fought on foot.
The rest of the Chahar ironclads had abandoned their horses before, and now they were about to run out, and when they were about to look for their horses, they were shocked to find that their horses had been frightened by the violent explosion earlier, and one by one they had already run far away, and there were no horses in front of them at all.
Bitter also!
The Chahar ironclad army wanted to cry, and they could only run while whistling in pinyin, calling for their horses to come back.
These horses, which had been bred for many years, would not run far even if they were frightened, because they heard the call of their master, and immediately galloped over, ready to save their master.
There was always some time before the horses came running, and during this time, the pikemen of the Jingbianbao army slashed at the enemy army in a frenzied manner, and the Chahar ironclad army suffered heavy casualties.
Liu Renyu chased after the ironclad army for a while, feeling that it was a little far away from his own military formation, and was worried that the Chahar army cavalry would counterattack, so he ordered Yang Desheng again and again: "The enemy army has been repelled by our army, and we will retreat first to help the soldiers and horses on both wings fight." ”
Yang Desheng looked at so many enemy troops in front of him, and he was really a little reluctant, but Liu Renyu's order was bigger than the sky, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he immediately took the order and retreated with his subordinates.