Chapter 349: The Most Brilliant Day

The black clouds had already pressed over, and the speed of the horse team was getting faster and faster, and some soldiers nervously fired their rifles, but at this distance, even the firing gun could not accurately hit an enemy standing still, let alone a galloping horse team.

It was the first time for Chen Ningping to be so nervous, even when Shengbao invested 12 infantry battalions and 6,000 men to attack the positions of two and a half companies, he had never been so nervous.

He pulled out the company flag planted on the ground, waved the big flag vigorously, and ordered loudly: "Don't be in a hurry, listen to my orders!" Listen to my orders, prepare, get ready to shoot, and listen to my orders before firing! ”

His hands trembled a little, it was the first time he had seen such a gorgeous horse team, although there were only eight hundred horses, but in Chen Ningping's eyes, this was simply no different from thousands of horses.

He found that his heart was beating hard, but he still maintained a semblance of composure, while the soldiers looked a little flustered, and every now and then a soldier pulled the trigger.

But it is a difficult task to hit the galloping war horse, not to mention that the horse team of the monk king looks dense, but in fact it is scattered, and there is quite a gap between the horses.

The black clouds were getting closer and closer, and they would soon rush to about 100 meters, and now the officers and men could only hear the hooves of the war horses, and even the sound of guns on both sides was muffled.

"Boom ......"

The artillery on the top of the small hill that opened fire first, they concentrated all their firepower and began to bombard, all kinds of shells, whether shotgun, solid shells, grenades, or grapeshot, were carried out in the shortest possible time, but unlike the bombardment infantry formation, the results achieved by the artillery this time were quite limited.

The whole team of horses was still roaring forward, unaffected by the artillery, and the officers and men let out a long sigh of disappointment, and only a few horses were knocked to the ground, but they were soon overwhelmed by the brigade that followed.

Compared with the eight-hundred-horse team, this scene of people turning over their horses is not funny at all, and then, Chen Ningping shouted: "Shoot!" ”

"Shoot!"

At this moment, the officers and men concentrated nearly 300 rifles and began to fire a salvo, and unlike the usual rounds of fire from right to left, this time the entire unit opened fire almost at the same time, and the entire sniper position was drowned in a cloud of white smoke, so that it was not clear how much success they had achieved.

Zhen Changyu stood on the top of the small hill, and when he saw the results of this shooting, he took off his military hat and shouted very nervously: "It's time to shoot!" ”

In this round of shooting, many cavalry were knocked off their horses like dumplings, and some of the horses rolled on the ground in pain, but the overall result was unsatisfactory, and they only knocked down twenty or thirty horsemen.

"Shoot fast! Reload! Chen Ningping ordered loudly: "Listen to my orders, company commander Chen Ningping is here!" ”

With his voice, the mood of the entire company was finally calmed down, and there were no deserters, but everyone still had no bottom in their hearts.

There was a cloud of white smoke in front of them, and the sound of horses' hooves roaring, and the horse team was getting closer and closer, and some people even doubted that they could hear the sound of the horses.

They didn't have much trust in the breastwork they had built, and they didn't think that such a low breastwall could hold back the roar of the Iron Knights, and they only had a chance to shoot at most a round or two.

Although this breastwall was carefully constructed by themselves, Zhen Changyu had already made it clear in advance that whoever dug out the breastwall would be there to guard it, so no one among the officers and soldiers dared to cut corners, but such a breastwall obviously could not withstand the impact of the horse team.

In this case, there were no deserters in the 2nd Battalion of the Nanxi Regiment, but some personnel were excited and did not know how to load ammunition, which can already be said to be an extremely excellent performance. …,

The white smoke had largely dispersed, the black clouds were already approaching, and Chen Ningping waved the company flag and shouted: "Load, shoot!" ”

Now that the cavalry had crossed the fence that had caused great suffering to the Qing infantry, they shouted and howled, and this time only forty or fifty rifles had been loaded, and the results were even less, only a dozen horsemen were knocked to the ground, and then overwhelmed by the brigade of horses.

The artillery also concentrated all their firepower to bombard the monk's horse team again, and the results this time were still unsatisfactory, only one grenade knocked down three or four horses, so that the Qing army's attack caused a small obstacle.

Over there, Shengbao saw the direction of the monk's horse team, and saw that it was only a dozen zhang away from the rainbow army, and shouted loudly: "Okay! ”

The monk said, "The red thief can fire another round of guns at most!" ”

In fact, some officers and soldiers have already panicked, in the face of such a black cloud pressing down on the city, if there is no pressure, it must be fake, even Chen Ningping himself has the idea of putting down the banner and retreating, but he still shouted loudly: "Resist!" Reload, shoot, it's as simple as that, the victory is ours! ”

The black clouds pressed over, the casualties became smaller and smaller, their speed was getting faster and faster, almost sprinting towards the chest wall, some Qing soldiers had already grabbed their long weapons in their hands, and were ready to rush to the chest wall when they turned their horses' heads, and then stabbed out the weapons in their hands!

They could already see clearly that there were no more than 300 red thieves guarding the breastwork in front of them, and their uniforms, military caps, and even the white armed bands of the officers were all clear at a glance.

Just when both Katsuho and the monk thought that victory was in their hands, the cavalry who rushed to the front suddenly lost their horses, and the whole person flipped forward, and then the entire forward disappeared into the avenue one by one, and was drowned in the mud.

"Trapped!"

The monk saw through the tactics of the red thief for the first time, and in addition to the fence, the red thief actually set up a long trench only a few meters away from the breastwork, or a trap pit.

The striker of the entire horse team rushed directly into this long ditch, and then made an earth-shattering noise inside, and I don't know what mechanism was set up in it, but standing on the side of the monk king, I could see that the people and horses inside were rolling in pain.

The whole horse team was stunned by this drastic change, and soon some cavalry stopped their horses in panic, but they were knocked down by the brigade behind, and some cavalry relied on their riding skills to be good, but they staged a horse jump before the trench, but they became the protagonist of the tragedy, and the whole person fell directly into the ditch, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

At this moment, this long ditch several feet wide finally revealed its hideous true face, and the black clouds that pressed the city suddenly stopped in front of the long ditch, and there were already at least twenty horsemen rolling there in the long ditch.

And Chen Ningping now rushed to the chest wall with the company flag, he had already seen the Qing cavalry at a loss, and ordered loudly: "Listen to my order, load!" Shoot! ”

The officers and soldiers of Hong, who had lost their will to fight just now, now regained their courage, and they proudly looked at the thousands and hundreds of war horses on the opposite side, and they couldn't advance or retreat, and they controlled the war horses with all their strength to prevent them from falling into the ditch.

"Put!"

Nearly 300 rifles fired a salvo, firing from right to left, and in fact at least dozens of rifles were dancing with fireworks from the muzzles of the guns at the same time, and the Qing cavalry fell off their horses before the long ditch, and some people simply fell in pools of blood with men and horses.

Zhen Changyu also shouted: "Artillery, artillery, salvo!" ”

Just like the infantry was pressed in front of the fence at the beginning, now the entire Qing army horse team is densely packed in front of the long ditch, and from time to time there are unfortunate guys who fall headlong in front of the long ditch, and the horse team behind does not know what is happening, and is still desperately squeezing forward, where to find such a good target. …,

"Put!"

The twelve-pound mountain grenade was the first to fire, and the narrow dungeon was crowded with horses and cavalry, and countless shrapnel baptized the area, and at any moment people and horses fell to the ground.

It was another crossfire on three sides, and countless bullets, shotguns, shotguns, solid bullets, and grapegre baptized this area again and again, and now the infantry of the Rainbow Army was happily reloading and firing at the same time, and there was already a bloody waterfall in front of them.

"What a vicious red thief!" Monk Lingqin almost fell off his horse when he saw it, and he shouted, "Withdraw quickly, withdraw quickly!" ”

It's just that Shengbao is a ruthless person, and he shouted loudly: "King of the county, the success and loss are at this time, fill this trench and press it over, press it over!" ”

In Shengbao's eyes, he only saw the victory, there was no casualty number, even if the team was killed and wounded in the artillery fire of the Hong Army, he still shouted: "Monk King, you can't retreat!" Fill the trench with human lives! ”

But Shengbao does not regard human life as a matter, he estimates that this trench is only three or five zhang wide, and the horse team that follows one or two hundred people can walk on the ground if it is filled in, but the monk king is different, he shouted loudly: "Mingjin, Mingjin, come back!" ”

The golden drum sounded, and as soon as the Qing army horse team, which was at a loss in front of the long ditch, heard this round of golden drums, they quickly turned around and retreated desperately.

They came majestically and retreated very embarrassed, and the guns of the rainbow army would not let them go, leaving them with the corpses of thirty or forty men and horses behind them.

Now that the entire horse team has retreated from the sea of blood, the monk king's tears almost fell: "I'm sorry for you, since the rise of the army, the horse team has never been defeated!" ”

"Victory and defeat are always a thing!" Shengbao was hard-hearted, he said: "I almost won it this time!" ”

On the side of the Hong Army, there was jubilation, and even the Qing Army Infantry Team that was flanking it retreated in shock because of such cheers.

Now in front of the sniper position, the long ditch that is two feet long and six feet long, and is about one zhang deep, has really been exposed, and it has been filled with a small half of the corpses of the Qing army.

But the cavalry of the Qing army were living people, not puppets of Katsubo, and even if the monk did not let the horse team retreat, their rout was only a matter of time.

Chen Ningping waved the military flag and shouted: "Brothers, this is the most glorious day in our company!" ”

ps: I'm sorry, there was something wrong with the computer today, only this chapter today, and I'll make it up tomorrow. ）

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