Chapter 320: Catching the Fat Pig
It was difficult for Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui to stand up again, the ground on the outskirts of Jingshi was not hardened, and a large amount of water rushed down, and it soon became a mud pond. X Wearing heavy armor, they had to get up, and it was extremely difficult.
Guan Ningjun has never been so cowardly, even in the face of the Qing army, in a one-to-one situation, they are not cowardly. However, against the Tiance army, they didn't even have a chance to resist, and under the impact of the water cannon, many people went with the flow and completely gave up resistance.
The Wanping County Regiment Training and the Baoding Army did not carry many weapons on the battlefield today, and the most they brought was ropes.
Seeing that Guan Ningjun had become a water dog, Wanping Tuanlian and Baoding Jun rushed up, pressed those mud monkeys to the ground, and tied them one by one.
The speed at which the 6,000 Baoding Army and the 1,000 Regiment Lian took down the thousands of remaining Guanning Army was not slow. Some of these Guanning troops have already surrendered in the face of the armored vehicles of the Tiance Army, and most of them are still struggling in the mud pond.
For this war, Wang Yue issued a reward condition, for every living Ming army, the reward was three taels of silver, and one or two of dead officers, so the value of 100,000 Ming troops was more than 300,000 taels of silver.
Therefore, these Baoding troops and regimental trainers are very enthusiastic about this work. When they saw the Ming army that had become water dogs, it was like seeing piles of white silver, not to mention how fast they moved to take people.
In fact, Wang Yue is not at a loss, three taels in exchange for a strong labor, or free, this business is of course done, this is much cheaper than hiring workers.
The water gun stopped spraying, Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui were finally able to take a breath, and as soon as they supported each other to get up, they were crushed to the ground again by dozens of people, and when they got up, they were already tied up.
The two of them have complete armor, and they are big officials at first glance, and they have long been targeted by countless people, this is not a big official, this is a fat pig.
Compared with the fighting will of the Guanning Army, the Shandong Army and the Miyun Army should be lowered by a notch. More than 1,000 shells fell from the sky every minute, allowing these Ming troops to see the artillery fire that could not be experienced in the era of cold weapons.
The rate of fire of nearly 200 mortars exceeded that of any firearm of his time. The Ming army's formation was quite dense, so the speed of casualties was also amazing. The formations of the Shandong Army and the Miyun Army were also chaotic, and the shells continued to fall, which soon gave the Ming army signs of collapse.
Most of the artillery fire of the Tiance Army was delivered to the direction of the Shandong Army, and under the management of its general soldier Liu Zeyu, the Shandong Army could be described as having a bad record, so the Tiance Army's blows were merciless.
From the opening of the artillery of the Tiance Army to the collapse of the Guanning Army, and then to the extension of the artillery fire, this war has only been carried out for a moment. The Ming army was interrupted from attacking on both flanks at a speed unimaginable in this era.
At this time, the Chinese army of the Ming army had just launched an offensive under the leadership of the Tianxiong army, and the battle situation on both flanks was fully seen by Lu Xiangsheng who was in the middle army, which made him gasp.
The confusion and rout on the two wings shook the Ming army greatly, after all, the Guanning army was famous for a long time.
The drums were beating, and the Ming army did not stop the pace of attack, and the army rushed towards the oncoming Tiance army.
The Celestial Hung Army was armed with swords and shields, with musketeers in the center, followed by pikemen and finally cavalry. Most of the sword and shield bearers at the forefront were armed with iron shields, which were specially prepared to resist the rifles of the Tiance Army. When fighting against other armies, most of them used wooden shields wrapped in iron sheets, after all, iron was expensive.
The distance between the two armies was shortened to five hundred meters, and the artillery fire of the Tiance Army was still taking care of the two wings. Four hundred meters, this is a distance that the Ming army's bows and arrows can't reach at all, and the guns of the Tiance army rang out, and as the distance closes, the guns become more and more dense.
As the vehicle-mounted machine guns and Type 95 rifles were fired one after another, the sword and shield men in the front row of the Ming army fell down one after another, and no matter how thick the iron shield was, it could not resist the penetration of bullets.
At a distance of 300 meters, the Type 95 automatic rifle can penetrate a 10-millimeter cold-rolled steel plate, with a penetration rate of 100 percent, and an ordinary iron shield is certainly not a problem.
The rate of fire of the guns of the Tiance army was staggering, and the casualty rate of the Ming army was even more staggering. The Ming army, which was lined up in a neat formation, after the sword and shield men in the front row were defeated, the bullets were even more unimpeded, and it often took two or three people to penetrate before the kinetic energy was exhausted.
The Ming army seemed to have encountered an invisible barrier that could never be crossed. The Tiance army shot while advancing, and the Ming army fell one after another like cutting wheat, not only could they not advance a bit, but they were also shrinking inward. It was not that the Ming army took the initiative to shrink, but that there were fewer and fewer people who could stand in front of them.
Like the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan, the soldiers of the Tianxiong army were all composed of fellow villagers and clans, and most of them were related, so they could share the same hatred for the enemy, so they fought fiercely.
Seeing the tragic death of his relatives, the anger of the Tianxiong Army was aroused, and the soldiers behind not only did not retreat, but also moved forward bravely, vowing to break the corpses of the Tiance Army soldiers on the opposite side.
The firecrackers in the Tianxiong army were also in a hurry, and they charged while igniting the medicine and shooting out the guns that had already been filled with medicine. It's a pity that they haven't reached the best firing distance yet, and most of the Tiance Army's front of the formation are armored vehicles, so it is difficult to work.
Where did the Tianxiong army rush through the rain of bullets woven with metal, the more fierce they charged, the faster the casualties.
The Tianxiong Army is not really an iron-clad army, they are also terrified in the face of such an astonishing casualty speed, and Lu Xiangsheng's heart is also dripping blood, this is a descendant army that he has built single-handedly.
Wang Yue just wanted the Ming army to see the might of the Tiance army, and it was very necessary to drink as a stick, and the Ming army was not full of soft eggs.
Of course, the Ming army and those Tunguska wild boar skins that ran out of the mountains were still a little less wild, passively beaten, and suffered heavy casualties, which dispelled their courage a little bit, and the Tianxiong army in the vanguard already had the intention of retreating.
The other troops of the Xuanda Governor's District, which was behind the Tianxiong Army, Datong Town, Shanxi Town, and other armies, were secretly worried about the casualties of the Tianxiong Army, and they were also secretly worried about the killing efficiency of the Tianxiong Army. Many of the officers and soldiers, their faces pale and frightened, they only felt their legs and stomachs turning, and every step forward felt like rushing to the execution ground.
In fact, in such a war, the Ming army is indeed heading to the execution ground, and the Tiance army is the execution team.
The two wings of the Ming army are suffering a crushing defeat, the casualties of the Tianxiong army are still continuing, and the Ming army behind has been shaken. The heart of the prison army Wang was already cold in his hands and feet, his face was colorless, Wang Pu, Wang Zhong and others had changed their expressions, and they were all thinking of escaping.
The Shandong Army suffered the heaviest casualties under the frantic blows of the artillery of the Tiance Army, and the army of 8,000 people suffered tens of thousands of shells in just a quarter of an hour.