Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Great Duel on the Eastern Front: Steel vs. Flesh

The king of Joseon personally appointed a commander of the troops and horses to lead the army to the southeast to recapture the port of Busan. This commander was given a great deal of power. After leaving Wangjing Hancheng, all soldiers and horses in the southeast direction must obey his movements. Therefore, as soon as the army was dispatched, the commander of the soldiers and horses sent a large number of people to issue orders to the garrisons in various places, ordering them to urgently converge on him. Along the way, he gathered a lot of troops, and when he came out, he took more than 50,000 horses with him, but when he arrived in front of Daqiu, he already had more than 80,000 horses. And the army is constantly coming in.

The commander of the soldiers and horses wanted to rush to Daqiu as soon as possible to see the situation in Daqiu, if the Ming army attacked, he was ready to rely on the fortified city of Daqiu to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army. He knew that the Ming army would not rest in the port of Busan for too long, and that if they occupied the port of Busan, they would use the port of Busan to replenish supplies and supplies, and then they would march towards Wangjing Hancheng, but he still did not expect that the Ming army would occupy Daegu in front of them.

What made him regret even more was that when his forward army arrived at Daqiu, it happened that the Ming army had just occupied Daqiu. The commander of the troops and horses immediately ordered the army to halt its advance and set up camp along a valley on the spot. He wasn't sure if he would attack Daqiu and recapture it. He knew that the Ming army could easily occupy Daqiu in one day, and its combat power was very strong, and he was not sure that he would be able to recapture Daqiu in a short period of time. If you can't recapture Daqiu, although you have a large number of people, it is easy to be divided and wiped out by the Ming army by dividing and surrounding the Ming army.

Just when the commander of the soldiers and horses hesitated what to do, the Ming army gave him the answer in his eyes.

Song Ying didn't expect North Korean reinforcements to come so quickly, he knew, after they occupied the port of Busan. The North Korean army would send people to come, but I didn't expect the North Koreans to react slowly. Somewhat gladly, the North Koreans did not arrive before they took the hill. If a large number of North Korean troops had come before they had conquered Daeqiu, the plan for attacking Daegu would definitely be different.

After receiving the Korean reinforcements, the front had already approached Daqiu, and Song Ying ordered the scouts who went to reconnoiter to continue to keep an eye on the enemy's movements, and at the same time expand the scope of reconnaissance to find out the movements of the enemy's follow-up troops. He knew that the enemy's army would come from afar, and the line would be very long, and there was no way to start a combat operation against them immediately.

Song Ying woke up and walked out of the big tent, and saw that there was still a big car transporting corpses outside the city.

Immediately grabbed an officer who was commanding a car out of the city, and when he saw that the officer's eyes were bloodshot, he knew that he must have not slept all night, "Hey! Why didn't you pull it all night? ”

"Oops! Hello Commander! The officer saluted and said, "Ah! They shot one by one in the city and killed them for a day, and we were transported out one by one in the dark, but it was not much harder than them! I probably counted it, and there were more than 100,000. The infantry was in a hurry, and there was not a single living mouth left. None of the rooms in this Great Mound City were intact, and we had to go in every room to find the corpses. It seems that it is really not easy for the infantry to wipe them out! ”

"The corpses that were shipped out will be burned soon, it's hot, don't get the plague out!" Song Ying said, "Then bring some new soil from outside the city to cover the blood inside the city." ”

"Rest assured, division commander, we have already arranged it. Someone in the city has been arranged to shovel bloodstains! ”

At this time, the chief of staff also ran over with bloodshot eyes, "Division commander, we have roughly figured out the situation." This time, the Koreans sent a commander of soldiers and horses, bringing 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the king of Korea gave him great power, so that he could gather his army and fight us along the way. It is estimated that they can now have seventy or eighty thousand people. The team pulled out a long way, to the front of more than 30,000 people! ”

Song Ying's mind has not been idle, and asked, "Do we pull out to fight against them, or rely on Daqiu to consume with them?" ”

"We can't play with them," said the chief of staff, "I want to take advantage of the fact that their foothold is not stable, and the follow-up brigade and heavy artillery team have not yet come up, take advantage of the enemy's ignorance of us, take the initiative to attack, and crush the enemy!" ”

"Yesterday the infantry fought for a day, can they still fight today?" Song Ying asked.

"It's okay! After the infantry entered the city, they fought steadily, with almost no casualties, and they could continue to fight immediately. We've got the plan all done! "The young chief of staff had just won a battle and was very eager to fight again.

Song Ying said: "Meet with me and meet the political commissar, if the political commissar has no opinion, I will fight according to your style of play today!" ”

"Okay!"

Song Ying and the chief of staff came to the political commissar's tent and touched the political commissar, and the political commissar said: "No opinion, how to fight this battle, I respect your opinions!" ”

The rest is that the chief of staff begins to arrange the troops.

Several regiment commanders had just finished a battle, and their momentum was in full swing, and when the chief of staff finished arranging the battle plan, they immediately returned to their ranks, and the army also immediately advanced north of Daqiu.

The commander of the soldiers and horses sent by the Koreans was a close confidant of King Yi Liang, who held great power and thought that he was familiar with the art of war. Li Liang also admires this person, but this person has a big shortcoming, that is, he has never fought against the Ming army, and his understanding of the Ming army is all from what others say, and then the summary of the battle report he saw. Such news is often cleverly covered up by the generals of the defeated army, and it is difficult to say how much reference value it can have.

The commander of the soldiers and horses found that Daqiu had been lost, and he was dying, because of the soldiers and horses he brought, he pulled out a long distance before and after, at this time, the commander of the soldiers and horses did not have the determination to launch an attack to recapture Daqiu, nor did he think of how to fight with the Ming army, he wanted to wait for the rear army to come up, at least the guarantee of his own numerical superiority. He knew that although the Ming army had captured Daqiu after a fierce battle, there were many regular troops in Daqiu City, as well as organized young and strong people, adding up to more than 100,000 people, and it might take a long time to let the Ming army kill them in the city, so the Ming army that won must be exhausted, and they were not able to attack them for half a while. Although the Korean scouts also reported the situation of the weapons of the Ming army to the commander of the soldiers and horses, he told him that the current Ming army is opening the way in front of a gun cart with a cannon that can walk on its own with black smoke, and a car with four wheels that can walk on its own, and the car is driving a very powerful firearm. Now the Ming Dynasty calls that thing a machine gun, a musket that can shoot continuously, and the power is very terrifying.

Although the commander of the soldiers and horses was also very jealous of the firearms of the Ming army, he also thought that the generals below were incompetent, and he deliberately said a bit of an exaggeration to cover up his mistakes. However, the commander of the soldiers and horses was not careless, and they set up camp at a mountain beam overnight.

What the commander of the soldiers and horses did not expect was that the Ming army drove towards them with great fanfare the next day, and the commander of the soldiers and horses was surprised, he did not expect that the Ming army would just start a big battle without resting and immediately drove over, but this thing is good, the commander of the soldiers and horses did not hesitate to attack Daqiu, so he had to organize the army to meet the battle with all his might, and at the same time ordered the army to follow up behind and immediately move forward to meet them.

At this point, the commander of the soldiers and horses prepared for a dignified battle with the Ming army. When the generals were called for a meeting, the commander of the soldiers and horses noticed that his artillery was lagging behind and did not follow. However, fortunately, the 20,000 cavalry, which had the strongest combat power, were fast enough to keep up.

What Song Ying didn't expect was that the North Korean reinforcements got the news that their army was marching north, and instead of relying on the temporary camp for defense, the whole army went out and split into an array to meet them.

When the chief of staff reported the situation to Song Ying, Song Ying couldn't help but laugh and said, "Oops! The plan you made all night was useless. However, our Yaogang army has not fought such a battle for a long time! Be careful, the Korean cavalry will attack from both flanks. Take care of the rest! ”

Song Ying knew that she had met a North Korean idiot, let alone worry about it. Niu coaxed Song Ying to hand over all the command to the chief of staff, who was also bull coaxing. Since the political commissar was still in Daqiu, Song Ying had no choice but to drink tea in the back and watch the battle.

In fact, it can't be said that this North Korean soldier and horse commander is completely incompetent, if he encounters other armies, he may be considered a very smart commander, but he encounters weapons and tactics that are hundreds of years older than them, and the gods have no tricks.

The commander of the Korean soldiers and horses wanted to fight a battle with the Ming army in a dignified manner, he led the army across the road that the Ming army must pass, and the formation was to give full play to the advantages of his own number of people, and sent his cavalry to the two wings, and when he wanted to face off with the Ming army, the cavalry on both wings raided and disrupted the Ming army, and then used the advantage of the number of people to cover up the past and win. The North Korean army uses typical tactics of the Cold Weapon era, and in the face of a corps armed to the teeth, no matter how it is arranged, it will be sent to death.

Song Ying's chief of staff is also a clever ghost, and he decided to plan as planned, and he also deliberately put on a position, just a few arrows away from the North Korean army, so that the North Koreans knew that they were going to fight them here today.

It turned out that there were also people in the Korean army who had fought with the Yaogang army, and there were even generals who risked their lives to persuade the soldiers and horses to command the soldiers and horses not to fight against the Ming army like this. However, the commander of the soldiers and horses made up his mind, and no one could listen to him. When he saw that the Ming army was also in front of him as he expected, he felt that his decision was correct, and even the generals who urged the commanders of the soldiers and horses not to fight against the Ming army like this were also confused, could it be that he really misjudged?

The Korean soldiers and horses commander lined up 10,000 cavalry in front of the formation, and 10,000 cavalry, divided into left and right wings, and sent them out early, informing them that as long as the cannon sounded, they would attack the Ming army from both flanks. There were also 20,000 infantry, behind the cavalry. However, in front of the cavalry, the Koreans listed a team of shield bearers, which were used to place the enemy's bows and arrows, and now the Koreans knew that the Ming army's firearms were powerful and were used to defend against the Ming army's firearms.

When the Yaogang army was arrayed, a group of infantry was sent to the front to block the artillery carriages and four-wheel drive cars behind them from the opponent. As soon as the Yaogang army had finished arraying, the Koreans sent a sergeant to ride to the Yaogang army. The chief of staff smiled and said to the staff officers around him: "Those who have come to persuade them to surrender, listen to what they say!" ”

The person who came to the front of the battle shouted loudly: "Listen to the Ming army on the other side, you have violated the territory of our Korean country. We in the DPRK have always regarded you as a superior state, and it is very barbaric and unreasonable for you to do so. Our Majesty the King, looking at the friendly face of the two countries in the past, advises you to withdraw from our country immediately, and we can not blame the past, if you do not listen to the persuasion and insist on going your own way, our army will kill you, and you will not be left behind! ”

The chief of staff said to the staff officer: "This man speaks well in Chinese! When this guy is back in their line, we'll open fire! ”

An officer in front of the kiln gang position shouted, "Come on! What the fuck are you talking about, you have the ability to kill it! ”

When the Korean sergeant heard this, he knew that the ceremony was over, and he beat his horse and ran back.

The commander of the Korean soldiers and horses also knew that this was a symbol, and he did not think that the Ming army would listen to the persuasion to withdraw the army. But he didn't expect that the sergeant he sent out had not yet run back to his formation, and there was a thunderous roar in the sky, and at the same time, there was an earth-shattering sound of artillery behind the Ming army's array. The shells then exploded in the North Korean array.

The division of labor of the Yaogang artillery was very clear, with 54 130-caliber cannons of the artillery regiment bombarding the rear of the Korean array, 92 infantry artillery bombarding the middle of the Korean array, and light and heavy mortars bombarding the front of the array.

The North Koreans didn't expect the Ming army to play such a trick, so they didn't say a word, and fired the cannon first. Most of the officers and men of the DPRK army did not experience such shelling. The Yaogang army also did not expect that the North Korean army would be stupid enough to line up and wait for the shells.

130 artillery shells fell in the dense ranks of the North Korean infantry, and a single shell could kill and injure dozens or hundreds of people, and ordinary 92 infantry shells and 120 heavy mortars could also sweep down a single North Korean. It is not surprising that a 60 shell killed and injured more than a dozen North Korean soldiers.

The wave of air set off by the explosion of such a terrifying shell suddenly lifted the North Korean soldier and horse commander off his horse, but fortunately, the guards desperately pounced on him, and he was not killed. The only fortunate thing was that before the shells fell, the commander of the soldiers and horses waved the flag and ordered the cavalry to charge. A part of the cavalry, which had not been hit by the shells, rushed towards the Ming position.

On the position of the Yaogang army, as soon as the artillery cannon sounded, the infantry in front gave way to the road, and twelve artillery carriages, as well as two companies of four-wheel drive vehicles, rushed forward with the artillery carriages.

The mechanized soldiers in Yaogang are a squad of five people in a car, with the squad leader as the co-pilot, and a driver, and a machine gunner in the car behind, as well as a co-shooter, and a soldier. In addition to a heavy machine gun, there were four automatic rifles and a pistol in the car. A platoon has three squads, plus one vehicle each for the platoon commander and deputy platoon commander, for a total of five vehicles. There were three platoons in a company, plus five cars in the company, for a total of thirty-eight vehicles. There was also a transport platoon in the company, and there were several large cars that could not go to war.

Song Ying's division is equipped with a mechanized barracks. There are also ten vehicles belonging to the battalion.

The chief of staff put two mechanized companies of seventy-six vehicles, lined up in front. There are also forty-eight cars peaking in the wings. That was against the flanks of the enemy on both flanks.

Thousands of Korean cavalry rushed in front, and seventy-six cars and twelve artillery carriages met head-on, a few arrows from a distance, and the two torrents quickly collided together.

The Korean cavalry, which rushed through the artillery blockade of the Yaogang infantry and mortars, was met with a rain of bullets from heavy machine guns on 76 vehicles, machine guns on artillery trucks, and tracks running over.

The scene was so tragic that even the veterans of the kiln gang who followed behind the chariot smacked their tongues. Although the Korean cavalry rushed quickly, few of them were able to rush through the line of cars and artillery carriages.

The North Korean soldiers in the North Korean army array that were bombarded by artillery fire had already scattered and fled in all directions, and some sat on the ground and waited for death, and people were already frightened and collapsed by this hellish scene.

Just when the Korean cavalry no longer dared to rush forward, they found a puff of smoke and dust rolling up on the wings of the Ming army, and knew that it was a strange soldier they sent to participate in the battle.

Under the command of the officer, the Korean cavalry still rushed towards the steel torrent of the Ming army with flesh and blood, hoping to create an opportunity to create a miracle for the cavalry participating in the battle on both wings.

The Korean cavalry ambushed outside the battlefield was actually already in the sight of the Yaogang army. The Korean cavalry still obeyed the battlefield discipline very well, and they went out when they heard the sound of artillery, regardless of whether it was the sound of their Koreans or the guns of the Ming army. There are 5,000 cavalry on the left and right flanks, which is also a very powerful force on the battlefield of cold weapons, but the kiln people have prepared them with rows of light and heavy machine guns for their nemesis. The two wings of the kiln men adopted a defensive position, but arranged some simple and practical things such as rejecting horses, and then there were red-hot bullets like a strong wind.

The Korean cavalry that was attacking on both flanks had just been defeated, and the Korean cavalry fighting head-on no longer had the strength to attack. At this time, the superiority of the four-wheel drive car over the tracked gun carriage with better maneuverability was shown. It was just right for them to drive in pursuit of the cavalry, and the cavalry had no chance of running away when they were targeted by the car.

The Korean troops on the front were scattered, and the mechanized soldiers on both flanks also charged in cars. When the car approached the North Korean cavalry, it shot the North Korean cavalry into a ball of flesh and blood, one by one, with men and horses, and the North Korean cavalry who did not die could still stand it, where is this fighting, it is like going to hell to be slaughtered. The Korean cavalry on both flanks quickly fled.

Such a battle was short-lived, but it was very tragic. One morning, on the position, except for the North Korean soldiers who were yes, that is, the North Korean soldiers who surrendered, there was no Korean soldier in sight.

The Yaogang army did not pursue the fleeing Korean soldiers from a long distance, and the Korean soldiers in the vicinity were gone, and they quickly withdrew their troops.

The Yaogang soldiers also wondered why the Koreans could run so fast. It didn't take long for them to disappear.

The political commissar who followed came to the battlefield with the transport regiment, not to clean the battlefield first, shouting: "The weather is too hot!" Hurry up and put the dead horse in the car and transport it back to deal with it immediately, otherwise it will break! ”

The people of Yaogang have experience, and after every big battle, they must deal with the horse meat immediately, otherwise the horse meat will be bad.

Song Yinglian went to the battlefield and said to the chief of staff: "Send a mechanized company to pursue along this road." We want to intercept the North Korean artillery! ”