Chapter 169: Annoyance and Anger
Without waiting for the officers and soldiers to lift the tiger squat cannon and the Furlong machine gun into the firing range, there was a roar in the large array of the Xingtian Army, and the low walls of more than a dozen places all spit out clusters of flames and gunsmoke, and in an instant, I saw that the oars in the array of officers and soldiers flew up, and even if the officers and soldiers were overturned, the solid bullets and scattered bullets were like a big broom, sweeping a large area, and a cannon could top dozens of firearms in a salvo, and the power was very considerable.
After the officers and men were bombarded by this shelling, the courage they had managed to muster immediately dissipated, and the gunners carrying the Tiger Squat guns and the Light Furlong machine guns also suffered heavy casualties.
Wu Sangui saw it really, and was also taken aback, he knew the power of this small Hongyi cannon, although it was not as powerful as the Hongyi cannon weighing more than 1,000 catties in his army, but the ordinary Fulong machine guns could not suppress them, even if it was a heavy Fulong machine gun, the range could not necessarily be farther than them, so Wu Sangui was quite surprised.
"The thief army actually hid the little red cannon! Damn it! Wu Sangui immediately clenched his fist behind the formation and scolded.
The family members around him are also very helpless, just now the thieves didn't use cannons, they couldn't stand the bombardment of other people's birds, and now that people have pulled out cannons, then they will not be cheap.
These family members are all good hands, and their combat effectiveness is quite good, and they are also very brave and loyal, but they are most afraid of this kind of bird guns and cannons, and their skills can't be used at all in front of these things.
Wu Sangui looked at the officers and soldiers who retreated like a tide, a little annoyed and angry, now his strength is more than 6,000 people, more than three times the enemy, but he was beaten down when he went up, which really made him feel ashamed, especially the terrain here is not suitable for the enemy to fight a blocking battle at all, the terrain of a horse and a flat river is very suitable for their attack battle, but the battle is still fought like this, it is really embarrassing!
Although the enemy's firearms are a little more powerful, but it will not be one-sided, if he can't take this gang of thieves today, then he really can't mix in the future, even if his family background is very prominent, and he has his father and uncle behind him, but Sun Chuanting is not a vegetarian, and he can't stand it if he plays him in Beijing.
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui couldn't help but be ruthless, and immediately ordered the whole team to be formed immediately, ready to fight again, and this time Wu Sangui didn't care about the soldiers, gritted his teeth and was ruthless, to completely kill this group of torture thieves, in order to eliminate the hatred in his heart, now just met such a division of the Xingtian army, the battle will be so virtuous, think about the next step is to go to Jining and the main force of the thief army to fight, if this battle is not won, there is no need to fight in the future, and the military heart will definitely be completely dispersed.
So he sent people to continue to report to Sun Chuanting, asking Sun Chuanting to quickly mobilize heavy artillery to cross the river to help in the battle, and informed Sun Chuanting that the enemy army still had artillery, and they suffered heavy casualties, but told Sun Chuanting that even so, he would also defeat this thief army and never lose their Liaodong army.
After rectifying it, Wu Sangui was completely ruthless this time, and brought the generals and that Ma Dazhi in front of him, and shouted to them: "This battle is related to the reputation of our officers and soldiers, although the thief army has sharp guns, but after all, there are less than 2,000 people, and we have three times the enemy's strength, but the battle is like this, won't it lose the face of our officers and soldiers?" If we can't defeat this thief army today, then what face will there be in the future to go back to see those fathers and elders outside the gate, and how will we explain to the saints today?
It's all cheered up for the official! This time, our whole army is pressing, so as to annihilate this gang of thieves here in a battle, if anyone dares to spare their lives and not rush forward, then this officer knows you, but this officer's waist knife does not know you! The official personally supervises the battle, if anyone retreats without listening to the sound of gold, then wait for the official to chop off your heads! ”
After all, Wu Sangui is young, he is still a little bloody, and even after losing the battle, Wu Sangui also moved the real fire, this time he gave orders to his subordinates with a strong voice, and the generals did not dare to refute, they could only consider themselves unlucky, anyway, they were soldiers, they should die up, and they would not die for thousands of years, Wu Sangui, the general soldier, was really angry, and they could only fight desperately.
Six thousand against two thousand, if they fight to the death, they may not be their opponents, and the men outside their gates have always been not lacking in courage, and if they are in a hurry, rabbits will also bite.
So just after noon, Wu Sangui launched another onslaught, this time he sent almost all his troops at once, the cavalry was on the left, Ma Dazhi's men and horses were on the right, and the main force was in the center, and it was three ways together, and they went to Liu Yaoben's position together.
Xiao Tianjian looked at the battle situation in front of him through the telescope, nodded again and again, with the ability of the Guards Division, he repelled Wu Sangui's three or four attacks in a morning, which made him very satisfied, as of now, he saw that Wu Sangui's men and horses had a large number of casualties, but the two battalions led by Liu Yaoben suffered very small losses, and there should be room for persistence.
When he saw Wu Sangui launch a large-scale attack again, Li Xin finally couldn't help but propose: "It's almost!" Wu Sangui is going to make a desperate bet! It's time to send a signal to the brethren over there! ”
Xiao Tianjian looked at the situation on the battlefield in front of him again, shook his head slightly, and said, "Wait!" Let's let Wu Sangui's morale wear down a little first! It will be easier to defeat them that way! ”
This time, Wu Sangui's offensive was indeed much more fierce than in the morning, and the generals were given a death order, not to turn back, only to attack forward! And Wu Sangui took hundreds of Jiading to supervise the battle in the back, and divided half of the Jiading to join the frontal attack sequence to enhance the strength of the generals under his command, and also showed his determination to even put the Jiading team into the battlefield, and this battle could only be won and not defeated.
Looking at these officers and soldiers rolling in from three directions, Liu Yaoben's brows also locked slightly, and he immediately ordered Yan Shuting to go to the left flank to dispatch, responsible for blocking the attack of more than 1,000 cavalry of the official army, while another battalion general named Zhang Ermao was transferred by him to the right side to be responsible for the defense of the right side, while he himself personally went to the front line to supervise the battle to resist the most fierce frontal attack.
The big war soon entered the level of incandescent together, and the breastwork around the Xingtian army formation was not a solid fortification at all, and the shallow trench outside the breastwork was not enough to block the attack of the officers and soldiers, but it could only provide some protection for the soldiers and generals of the Xingtian army, but only with this temporary defense line, Liu Yaoben's soldiers and generals showed the tenacious style they inherited from the iron bone battalion.
Before the officers and troops approached, the gunners, who had no need to hide their strength, fired together, quickly reloaded, and almost a series of began to fire the guns, and the solid bullets were whistling out, and even if they began to reload, the distance of more than 200 steps was very close for the officers and soldiers who were forced to go crazy, not to mention the cavalry roaring, it didn't take long for the infantry to rush through the distance of 200 steps, so the fastest opportunity to reload for the gunners was only three, This is already the best result of the Xingtian Army's diligent training, and it is impossible to fire a few more rounds of artillery.
Therefore, the gunners can be said to have used all their tricks, and the action is dazzling when reloading, but it can also be that when the officers and soldiers rushed to the front of the formation, only three salvos were completed, and the first two rounds of salvos they loaded with solid bullets, but because the land in this area is relatively soft, the shells generally fall into the ground after landing, and they cannot form an effective ricochet, if the land freezes in winter, the power of the ricochet will be stronger, but now the first two rounds of salvo shells have not killed or injured many officers and soldiers.
And at this point, the officers and soldiers also exerted their strength, basically ignoring these shells that flew into their crowd to open a bloody alley, and continued to shout and run forward, but the third round of salvo still caused a lot of damage to the officers and soldiers, in the third round of salvo, the officers and troops had already entered within dozens of steps of the Xingtian Army, and all the three-pounder guns were loaded into the grape shells, after the salvo, the thumb-sized projectiles were twenty or thirty at once, and they flew out to be a large piece, and they were full of power, The officers and soldiers who rushed up from the front can be said to have been cut to the ground in pieces, and there was even a situation that penetrated two people, and the flesh and blood of the officers and soldiers who rushed close were flying.
On this day, the weather was very good, and the wind was very weak, so that not long after the start of the war, the position of the Xingtian Army was completely shrouded in gunsmoke, and the intensive shooting made the gunpowder smoke rising from the muzzle and the gun mouth unable to dissipate in a short time, which caused great difficulties for the gunners and gunners of the Xingtian Army's aiming, so that they could only carry out a rough aiming through the gunsmoke, and the accuracy was reduced a lot, but even so, when the official army arrived in front of the Xingtian Army, it still paid a lot of price.
But after entering the distance of the firefight, the officers and soldiers also fired arrows together, three-eyed guns, bird guns, bows and crossbows beckoned to the large array of the Xingtian Army, and scattered all over the world in the Xingtian Army formation, this time the counterattack of the officers and soldiers was also very fierce, so that many of the troops of the Xingtian Army in the formation were shot or injured by arrows, although the cuirass provided effective protection for their torsos, but the limbs were inevitably injured, many soldiers were injured in the limbs, and the minor injuries insisted on not retreating, But the seriously injured could only be rushed into the battle and handed over to the medical soldiers for treatment, so while killing and injuring a large number of officers and soldiers, Liu Yaoben and his generals also suffered considerable losses, after all, the absolute number of enemies far exceeded them, and the number of archers and firecrackers in the army naturally exceeded them a lot, even if the firecrackers and arrows of these officers and arrows were not as sharp as the Xingtian Army, but after all, the bow and arrow still had the advantage of firing rate far exceeding that of the bird, and a qualified archer could fire more than a dozen arrows in a short period of time. However, no matter how much the musketeers trained, their rate of fire could not be increased too much, so after the two armies approached, the number of bullets output by the officers and soldiers soon overwhelmed the firecrackers of the Xingtian Army.
(Today's thanks to Brother Xinli for their tip!) )