Chapter 317: The Rise of Zhu Changrun (6)
Not to mention the fact that the soldiers were organized to establish a defensive position here, Wang Zheng took a thousand of the most elite soldiers, equipped with a large number of light mortars, and more than 100 people carried ten hand-cranked machine guns, these hand-cranked machine guns are the latest version of the portable type, two people can lift them, and the rest are carrying bullets and spare parts, these equipment can be used to fight a small battle, what Wang Zheng hopes is to be able to thunder a blow to deter the Safavid Dynasty, so that they dare not send troops to attack again.
The 1,000-strong special combat team retreated from the hills, bypassed the small hills under the leadership of Wang Zheng, and quickly touched the rear of the Persian army.
It should be said that the quality of these veterans is really good, and they have run twenty miles in the space of nearly an hour, which is fully armed and there are constant skirmishes. In the line of sight of the telescope, Wang Zheng finally discovered the anomaly, and found the headquarters of the Persian army on a hill about sixty zhang high, because it was very well guarded, and there were a large number of heralds on war horses coming in and out.
Wang Zheng immediately ordered the display to be prepared, first of all, 200 light mortars were concealed within a distance of 150 battles, and then hand-cranked machine guns were placed on both sides to protect them, and when the 500 elite veterans entered the assault range, the light mortars and hand-cranked machine guns opened fire at the same time, covering the entire command within the artillery fire.
The veterans' skills and tactics were absolutely excellent, and they formed teams of ten people and thirty people to cover each other's advances in batches. The first 100 battles were very fast from their impact, and when they entered the range of the muskets and bows of the Persian army, the speed began to slow down, hiding their bodies, waiting for the machine guns and mortars in the rear to tear through the formation of the Persian army, find a safe line of charge, and minimize casualties.
In the last fifty zhang distance, the Persian army was very numerous and quite densely formed, suffering heavy casualties from mortar and hand-cranked machine gun fire, while the assault troops advanced on the mortar landing point, which showed the experience of the veterans, who trusted their teammates not to hit them with shells. If it is a new recruit, it may be far away, for fear that it will be bombed, and as a result, it will take measures against the fighters.
Under the suppression of artillery fire and hand-cranked machine guns, the 500 veterans attacked very quickly, and they cleaned up the battlefield very thoroughly after mortar bombardment and machine gun strafing, leaving not a single living mouth. When the mortars had covered the headquarters of the Persian army, they rushed to the edge and killed all the officers one by one.
The Persian army, which had lost its command, rushed towards this group of veterans like a crazy herd of bison, but it was too late, the top of the hill had already set up a hand-cranked machine gun, the mortar had also hit the slope, more soldiers rushed to the top of the hill, all the firepower poured on the dense Persian army, the modern weapons were completely unstoppable by human flesh, and no matter how crazy religious beliefs were in the face of powerful firearms, the gap in the level of weapons could not be made up by numbers.
After the madness is extremely weak, after the powerful firearms of the dragon fleet suppressed the crazy charge of the Persian soldiers, the Persian army never organized the next wave of attacks, the corpses everywhere shocked their already mad anger, they had lost their courage, and then they themselves began to retreat without the soldiers of the dragon fleet attacking. The news spread very quickly, and when people were seen fleeing from the battlefield, it was like a contagion, and the troops were scattered.
Mao Bijiang had already heard the fierce cannon sound here fifteen miles away, standing on the top of the hill, and the smoke could be seen here in the telescope, Mao Bijiang knew that Wang Zheng had found the headquarters of the Persian army, and whether the attack was successful or not, at least it had caused extreme chaos. Without a little hesitation, the order to attack was immediately given, and more than 9,000 soldiers immediately rushed to the attacking Persian soldiers, first the mortars covered the forward positions, and then the hand-cranked machine guns opened the way, these hand-cranked machine guns have been installed on four-wheeled carts, and they can shoot while advancing, completely like a fire dragon devouring the lives of Persian soldiers.
The Persian army, which was completely unprepared, was blinded by the sudden counterattack of the dragon fleet, and the Persian soldiers who were attacking at the forefront immediately dispersed, turned around and fled to the back, and the people behind saw the soldiers in front fleeing back, especially when they saw the mortars and machine guns of the dragon fleet began to hit them, under the impact of the defeated soldiers, the formation was already chaotic, and this time it was even more chaotic, and they all followed the rout.
The all-round counterattack of the dragon fleet was very sharp, fifty or sixty thousand Persian army soldiers were beaten to the extreme, at this time, if there were officers to organize a resistance, they could also slow down the attack speed of the dragon fleet, but they also heard the explosions behind them, and they thought that they were surrounded, and the officers were more afraid of death, so it caused the entire army to be defeated, and the dragon fleet successfully won the victory.
The tactics of the Tannon fleet were very successful, and they successfully captured more than 20,000 Persian soldiers, while the rest fled to the nearby hills, and some fled back to the other side of the Zaglos Mountains. Send some people to guard the prisoners, and immediately lead the rest of the soldiers to continue the operation.
Two hours ago, there were still defeated Ottoman soldiers wandering around, they fled in the direction of Ahvaz, but where was Chen Zhenhui leading a part of the soldiers to guard, the rout gate thought that Ahvaz was still in their hands, but Chen Zhenhui knocked a stick. When they organized the siege next, they realized that they had already lost all their weapons when they fled. Soon the soldiers who rushed over, flanked these routs on both sides, in fact, they began to capture prisoners, the Ottoman soldiers had lost the use of fighting, and more surrendered than fled, and let the dragon fleet get more than 10,000 prisoners.
After a day's fighting, the Tannon fleet defeated 100,000 troops from both the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire under the command of Mao Bijiang. Of course, there is too much trickery in this, and it is not a pure hard fight, but there is a huge gain when you win. The Ottoman Empire was a defeated army, naturally poor, but the Safavid side was different, they were preparing to subdue the city of Ahvaz, and the food and armaments were still very well prepared, and the result became the spoils of the Ming army.
More than 30,000 people were captured, and it was impossible for more than 10,000 soldiers of the Tenglong fleet to be kept in custody all the time, so they selected some of them to build the dock of Abadan, Chen Zhenhui transferred all the soldiers there to guard Ahvaz, where the manpower was very tight, Chen Zhenhui also wanted to repair the dock as soon as possible, so that the transport ships of the Tenglong fleet could quickly unload the supplies, and then return to the ship, and then transport back more people, guns and ammunition from the Ming mainland.
In addition, more than 3,000 soldiers from minority nationalities were selected from these captives, and more than 3,000 were recruited from the city of Ahvaz to form a new indigenous army. In order to prevent internal disputes among the indigenous army, and to recruit Arabs and Persians without recruiting them, all those recruited had to be carefully evaluated, and all those who were poor in the family would be professional soldiers, and when they were given a certain amount of property, and a certain salary, and a wife for them, these soldiers would become the most loyal soldiers, because they were protecting their homeland.
Of course, Mao Bijiang himself doesn't understand this, but Chen Zhenhui came out of the Ming Dynasty Official Academy, and how to win people's hearts is specially studied, plus Zhu Youxiao taught them the means of the grandfather of later generations, "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land", such an excellent method, it is very easy to buy the hearts of the locals. Don't say that this method is not easy to use as an invader, people's hearts are selfish, as long as the Tenglong fleet maintains strong combat effectiveness and makes the local residents live better than before, no one wants to make trouble for themselves with their heads, and no one wants to have children and wives hot kang heads.
Zhu Changrun also did not expect that Mao Bijiang, Chen Zhenhui and Wang Zheng would quickly open up the situation here, and he also supervised the construction of a dock in Abadan, which is now barely usable, Zhu Changrun asked these captives to quickly unload the materials on the transport ship, vacate the empty ship and prepare to return, and then transport the population and materials from the Ming mainland.