Chapter 363: The Pursuit of Jinshiki Castle Mountain
After a four-and-a-half-hour rapid march, the 3rd Battalion arrived at the designated location in the early hours of the morning, where a reconnaissance detachment was already waiting for the arrival of the 3rd Battalion.
The terrain was easy to hide and camp, and the 600 men of the 3rd Battalion took a short rest here before they could go into battle after dawn.
The leader of the reconnaissance detachment was an operational staff officer of the division headquarters, and he was briefing Liu Jinguo, commander of the third battalion, on the enemy's situation.
Since the 30,000 "rebel army" drove away the Saga feudal lord Nabeshima Katsushige in Saga, nearly 10,000 people in Saga Prefecture have participated in this "chaotic army" of the Huaxia Kingdom, and when the "chaotic army" revealed their identities, more than 7,000 of them have run away, of which more than 5,000 people have refused to accept the jurisdiction of Huaxia and hid in Kinshiki Castle Mountain, ready to wait for an opportunity to counterattack the Huaxia army.
Although there are more than 5,000 of them, they are all a rabble, not to mention any combat effectiveness, and many of them are so-called island country ronins with iron swords.
Originally, He Sanxing didn't intend to ignore these so-called "rebels" who had no combat effectiveness, but when he received Gao Junshan's order that he must completely and cleanly eliminate all these organized and rebellious ronins, he organized this pursuit and suppression battle.
Gao Junshan's deployment is very clear, whether it is a ronin or a samurai, a merchant, a farmer, or a craftsman, as long as he resists the Huaxia army, he must die.
If it is not exterminated in time, don't look at the fact that he only has 5,000 people now, when the area occupied increases, there are thousands of people here, thousands of people there, after they unite, it will be a very difficult force to deal with.
Therefore, while the enemy is still loose, it is necessary to destroy them and strangle them in the cradle.
The operational staff officer introduced to Liu Jinguo: "According to our reconnaissance, the enemy in the mountains is divided into three groups, one is 80 miles to the northeast, about 800 people, one is in the northwest, there are about 1,000 people, 30 miles away from here, and the largest group is 10 miles away from us. ”
Liu Jinguo looked in the direction pointed by the operational staff officer and asked, "Is this road easy to walk?" ”
The combat staff officer said: "It will not be difficult to walk, after crossing the mountain beam, it will be a plain area, if the enemy does not set up an ambush on the mountain beam, after you pass, there will be no obstacles." ”
"What are you waiting for?" Liu Jinguo asked and answered, "We'll set off now and catch him off guard." ”
The combat staff officer advised: "You have only only traveled a long way, so you should rest before you go." ”
"Rest a dick!" Liu Jinguo turned back to the guards and said, "Pass my orders, give them all to Lao Tzu to get up, and set off immediately!" ”
The combat staff officer asked, "Do you need us to cooperate equally?" ”
Liu Jinguo said: "You just stay here and wait for the big army, you tell Commander Shi that we have three battalions of the enemy in front of us, and let him send others to solve the remaining two." ”
The operational staff officer was a little worried: "Battalion Commander Liu, let's wait for the big army to come and act together, right?" ”
"After dawn, you wait to receive the captives!" Liu Jinguo left the operational staff officer without looking back.
Liu Jinguo returned to his camp, at this time, the whole battalion of soldiers had been assembled, he stood in front of the queue of the whole battalion, facing his soldiers, pointed to the mountain beam and said loudly: "In front of us are our enemies, we need to destroy them, some people say that we need to rest for a while after a long journey, you tell me, do you need it?" ”
"No, you don't!" The voice of the reply was sonorous and powerful, and the earth shook.
Liu Jinguo didn't say a word, waved his hand, and ordered: "Go!" ”
Mt. Kanshiki Castle is not a high mountain, only 400 meters above sea level, and there are many strange-shaped boulders on the mountain, which cause certain difficulties for climbers. The mountain beam that the third battalion has to climb is not the highest peak of this mountain, although there are many strange rocks along the way, but it is not difficult to climb.
I'm afraid that there will be an enemy ambush behind the stones.
Liu Jinguo also knew that such terrain was conducive to the defenders, and rushing through these complex terrains quickly was the king.
"Brothers, while the enemy has not yet woken up, hurry up to the mountain beam!" Liu Jinguo loudly cheered up the marching troops.
He was known as a Scud, and he was a fast trodden on both mountain and flat ground, and under his influence, the march of the troops was fast.
When the sun rose, the third battalion climbed the mountain beam, and the other side of the mountain was really a plain, Liu Jinguo stood on the mountain beam with a telescope, and had already seen the smoke rising from the enemy.
He assigned tasks to three company commanders, and the three companies formed a zigzag around the enemy's garrison.
The battalion deputy suggested: "Battalion commander, we will leave a platoon to guard here, no matter whether we advance or retreat, this is our only way." ”
Liu Jinguo agreed to the battalion deputy's suggestion. Leaving a platoon guard here can ensure that the follow-up troops come up safely, and second, leave a way for the third battalion to retreat. Liu Jinguo, who was full of self-confidence, believed that there was no such thing as leaving a way out, and that the Third Battalion had never fought a retreating battle.
These so-called rebels have no combat experience at all, and the army of Huaxia has reached their noses, and they have not noticed that many people are still sleeping lazily, waiting to enjoy a delicious breakfast.
The sudden sound of gunfire woke them up from their dreams, some of them were retired soldiers, and after a moment of panic, they organized a defensive position.
The regular army of the Chinese country is equipped with rapid-fire Mini guns, this improved type of Mini guns, the outer diameter of the bullet is smaller than the inner diameter of the barrel, it is very convenient to load, and the tail of the bullet is hollow after special processing, when the bullet is fired, the gas can make the tail of the bullet expand, and close to the rifling embedded in the rifling, under the rotation and pressure of the rifling, the warhead rotates out at high speed, and its hitting accuracy has been greatly improved compared with the previous generation of Mini guns.
Armed with advanced mini guns, the Chinese soldiers faced an enemy with iron swords, spears, bows and arrows, and even scythes and hoes, as easily as encircling a circle of wild beasts, and after each volley of guns, dozens of enemies were shot down.
Bursts of gunfire produced a large amount of black smoke rice, which filled the air, because the Huaxia army was just in the windward position, and the air full of black smoke and gunpowder smelled so choked that many soldiers could not open their eyes, which seriously affected the accuracy of the Minnie gun.
"Battalion commander, no! The smoke on our side was so loud that we couldn't see anything clearly. The commander of the first company came to Liu Jinguo to report.
Liu Jinguo said: "I'm not blind, I'll stop shooting at Lao Tzu, and at this time, my two wings should also arrive." ”
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the gunfire on both sides to ring, and Liu Jinguo ordered the attack to advance, so the soldiers of a company shot while marching with guns.
Although the enemy is primitive weapons, the resistance is also quite tenacious, behind the boulder, on the tree, there are enemy archers, under the cover of the archers, the enemy even launched a charge to the Huaxia army, but they lack cavalry, this kind of charge without cavalry, at all can not pose a threat to the Huaxia army with Mini guns, they have not rushed to the Huaxia army, they fell in a pool of blood one by one.