Chapter 288: The Yuan Army Changes
Zhao Rui has an inexplicable peace that soothes people's hearts, which alleviates everyone's anxiety before the war a lot.
Zhao Rui slowly marched forward with 30,000 troops, of which mortars and rifles had been equipped with the whole army.
On a high ground with a gentle slope, Zhao Rui ordered everyone to prepare for battle here, and the whole army was busy for a while, which was nearly a kilometer away from Tangzhou City, within the range of mortars, and at the same time, such a distance could give them a head-on attack when the Yuan army was attacking.
Outside the south gate of Tangzhou City, the dense Yuan army and the Song army were neatly arranged, and the armor and swords were as bright as mirrors, reflecting the dazzling essence.
The horses in the army sometimes carried their front hooves, sometimes snorted a few times, and seemed to feel the tension before the war.
The commander of the Yuan army is the four princes of the Yuan Dynasty, Ao Kuodu, he has now proved himself to be the best candidate among the brothers after years of operation, and his ability to lead the army is more superb than those well-known generals, which is why Borkin is relieved to hand over the position of commander to him.
But after all, the unification of the Yuan Dynasty could not bypass Zhao Rui, and Zhao Rui was also the only way for the four princes to climb to the throne.
On the other hand, Okuodu still has a little compassion, of course, for them Mongols, as the prince of the dynasty, he does not want to see the soldiers defeat Zhao Rui again.
Zhao Rui, this legendary undefeated monster, should have someone to give him an end! And who else could this person be but himself!
This battle had been simulated countless times in Aokudu's mind, and all kinds of data were provided by those defeated reinforcements, and he also knew Zhao Rui's firearms very well.
"Fourth prince, bring a good to the Great Khan, I am ......"
"There are four princes who will definitely be captured, and the four princes are mighty......"
Until now, there are still two commanders of the Song army chattering in front of him, and Ao Kuo is really tired of it.
"Go down and prepare, and you can just rush after the cavalry." Okuodu didn't take the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty seriously at all, they ate, drank and enjoyed themselves, and as long as they didn't cause chaos in the war.
"Everyone prepare, tactical formation!"
Ao Kuodu roared, the array of troops on the side of the Yuan army was constantly changing, and the two generals of the Song army didn't know why, but they could also think that it was a change made for Zhao Rui.
"Young master, they are not attacking, they are just changing formation."
Zhao Gong's telescope had already noticed the abnormality and immediately reported it to Zhao Rui.
Zhao Rui replied lightly: "Since they don't come to attack, let's explore the way with mortars first!" ”
Zhao Gong conveyed the military order on his behalf.
Xiong Er had already taken aim at the bearing, and immediately shouted out the scale and elevation angle, which were the reference values of other mortars.
"Come on! Triple shot ready, shoot! ”
Xiong Er got a prepared response and immediately started shooting.
"Wow...... Whoosh! ”
Countless **** swept through the sky, and now Zhao Rui's mortars have reached 300, and now it is 900 shells to wash the ground, and I don't know if the other side can stand it.
The scout of the Yuan army, who was in the book on the side, suddenly raised the red cloth, and the whistle on his mouth blew at the same time.
"Rush!"
This is the tactic arranged by Aokuodu against Zhao Rui's mortar, they chose the eyesight as a scout, once they found that Zhao Rui had signs of firing artillery, they immediately sounded the whistle to warn.
And this whistle has also been practiced countless times in the army, and all officers and soldiers know that the whistle is equivalent to a horn for a charge.
This method was also researched by Ao Kuodu, he thought that Zhao Rui's mortar was extremely accurate, but after all, he was aiming at the army, so that if he suddenly transferred, he would definitely be able to reduce some losses.
Ao Kuo is worthy of being extremely talented in war, analyzing mortars very thoroughly, and also making targeted army formations, which changed for a while, and was made in response to mortars.
The first is to arrange the troops, which is extremely long in width, and the other is to reserve open space in the longitudinal direction, so that the cavalry can instantly run out of speed and completely escape from the mortar's attack range.
It has to be said that Okodu's tactical arrangement was extremely successful.
When the scout saw the first wisp of smoke, he had already whistled, and the whole army had it, charging towards Zhao Rui's army.
In an instant, thousands of horses galloped, and the smoke and dust on the ground were like thick fog.
The two generals of the Song army were unprepared, and by the time they reacted, the Yuan army had already run out for a long time.
"Look at them in a hurry, let's chase them too!"
"Yes, if you say rush, you can't be prepared at all."
The two generals were still talking to each other while standing in the middle of the ranks.
"Strange, what a sound......
When a Song army general asked this, the **** was already whistling and flying above their heads.
Small black dots fall from the sky and grow larger.
Not good! It's a cannonball!
At this time, Song Jun was a step late after all, and any further orders were in vain.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The heat wave of the explosion swept through this area, and Ao Kudu ran on his horse, turned his head to check, and saw that those Song troops had been completely covered by the explosion.
For a while, there were screams in the Song army's camp, and they couldn't imagine why a large number of shells would fall on their heads, and in the blink of an eye, countless casualties were killed.
Fortunately, his own team ran out, although only the cavalry at the end suffered a slight loss......
Ao Kuodu looked at Song Jun's miserable situation, there was no pity in his eyes, he just picked up the whistle on his chest and blew it twice in a row.
The signal of the whistle had been repeatedly trained before the war, and now the officers and men of the Yuan army understood that this was an order to suspend the pace of march.
In the blink of an eye, all the cavalry slowed down, which was still relatively imperceptible to Zhao Rui's army, which was nearly a thousand meters away.
Sure enough, Xiong Er was a little bit of a way, and according to the calculation of the Yuan army's all-out charge, he reported the direction and scale.
“***! Put! ”
"Boom, boom, boom......" Countless shells flew out again.
The scouts of the Yuan army repeated their old tricks, and blew the whistle again, this time it was basically the same as the training, all the soldiers stopped their horses, and even the first few rows moved backwards.
Countless **** came in an instant, the explosion of clods of earth and gravel splashed everywhere, and the earth trembled.
Thick smoke and dust are intertwined, Xiong Er happily held the binoculars, now their Yuan army doesn't know how much damage, it's really happy!
Xiong Er and Zhao Gong held the binoculars, and suddenly the two of them changed color at the same time, because in the binoculars, countless Yuan cavalry were rushing out of the dense fog, if they were shelled, how could they adjust so quickly?
Will they still be able to dodge the attack?
Zhao Gong was greatly surprised, and immediately reported the results to Zhao Rui, Zhao Rui looked at the battlefield from afar, and seemed to see some clues without the assistance of a telescope.
"The commander of the Yuan army this time is a little interesting!"
Even Zhao Rui also expressed his heartfelt admiration, the more troops, the more difficult it is to lead the team, and if such a scale of hundreds of thousands of people wants to avoid the threat of mortars, then it shows that they have extremely efficient command and execution, which is not something that can be easily done by lip service.
"Charge with all your might!"
The whistle sounded over the battlefield, and the Yuan army's iron cavalry attacked and galloped out a torrent.
It's done!
Ao Kuo couldn't help but be excited in his heart, now it depends on whether Zhao Rui dares to shoot another shell, if he shoots himself again, there are different ways to deal with it, but if he dodges a shell again, it will be dangerous for Zhao Rui, at that time, the distance of the cavalry is infinitely close, and it will definitely form a strong threat to them!
"Young Master, what should I do?"
Zhao Gong asked, now outside the Yuan army to avoid the attack, the generals are waiting for Zhao Rui's order to do another mortar fire.
"Forget it, it's too late......"
Zhao Rui looked at the front from afar and said lightly: "Arrange the gun array!" ”
Xiong Er's face was pale, and he was also very dissatisfied with his performance, and his accurate shooting dared to be broken by the Yuan army.
Zhao Gong did not dare to delay, and arranged all the troops for the second set of plans.
Zhao Gong's side is also prepared, several sets of plans have already been skillfully drilled, and the second set of plans is exactly the kind of horizontal formation, which can just deal with the current formation of the Yuan army.
Now there are only three thousand modern automatic rifles in the army, and the others are single-shot Mauser guns, although they are well prepared, Zhao Gong still can't stop beating the drum in his heart, if nothing else, that is, the number of hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops is too amazing, can these guns really resist?
By the way, and the guns that just arrived yesterday from Cochin!
This new musket is many times heavier than the Mauser, and it takes two people to carry it together, and ten of these guns have been transported, and it is very strange that this gun needs to drink water!
There was a water filling hole at the end of the gun, Zhao Rui took the water scoop and poured water inward at this time, and the other nine people also did the same, following Zhao Rui to do the same action.
"Remember, water should be added at any time!"
Zhao Rui smiled, although he still couldn't stop laughing before the soldiers came into battle, because the artifact he had been waiting for for a long time was finally made by Wanya Prefecture.
Almost unexpectedly, when a precision machine like a sewing machine could be made, Zhao Rui had already thought of this result.
The Maxim machine gun really appeared in this world, and there were ten more that were being controlled by their own soldiers.
Each machine gun is assigned to two people, one to shoot and need to resist strong recoil, while the other auxiliary soldier needs to carry ammunition belts on the side, as well as things like refueling water, to ensure that the machine gun continues to fire without interruption.
Because it was the first time that Makqin appeared, Zhao Rui took a handful in public and decided to control it by himself, with another soldier assisting on the side.
The prepared canvas ammunition belt was lined with yellow bullets, and there were several spare cartridges, all of which had been loaded last night.
In addition, some special ammunition personnel were arranged to load the controlled ammunition belts again when the time came.
"Doodoo ......"
Three short whistles sounded again in a row, and the Yuan army changed its formation, suddenly widening the formation of the team again.