1051 Pioneer of the Sappers

"Ahh This one. Nothing. There's something personal going on here. Shang Wen explained a little nervously.

At this time, Meng Yi felt that Shang Wen's approach was a little unreasonable.

"A private matter?" Meng Yi asked at this time.

"Yes. Private matters. Shang Wen replied.

"Yes. Personally, personally. Things between personal friendships. Shang Wen waved his stiff arm a little at a loss and said. The more he tried to explain something, the more it made him feel difficult to explain what was in between. Shang Wen didn't know what to say about this. I had to suppress this matter.

"I, I think you know, between me and the Queen of Korea, I used to help her. Right. Helped her. Shang Wen saw that Meng Yi was a little suspicious. He took the initiative to explain.

"So, she had a crush on me. So ・・・・・". Shang Wen didn't know how to explain it next. He didn't know how to say it himself.

"She." Meng Yi said at this time.

"Yes, that's her. We, we're just friends. Friends only. Shang Wen said at this time.

And Meng Yi still looked at Shang Wen with a surprised attitude at this time.

"Alright." Shang Wen said simply at this time.

"We're just friends. A person should have a lot of friends. It's the same with female friends, they have more or less some things, it's a kind of trust between friends. I know you probably won't believe it. But, this. That's what it is. Between us, there is nothing. No. Shang Wen said at this time.

"Oh. All right. You don't have to explain so much. Meng Yi said with a smile at this time. He believes that the relationship between Sang-moon and the queen of South Korea is somewhat ambiguous. It's a private matter. Shang Wen has never brought personal matters into office affairs, and unlike others, he seems to attach great importance to personal matters. For example, personal letters, and personal things. He never let anyone else take the initiative. Even if it's something as small as pouring a drink, it's seldom entrusted to someone else. Meng Yi didn't know if this was Shang Wen's intention, or if he was used to it. In short, Shangwen has too many secrets in private matters.

Shang Wen understood a little at this time. The more I explain this matter, the more complicated it becomes.

"Okay, let's talk about tax reform." Shang Wen changed the topic at this time.

"Okay." At this time, Meng Yi picked up again and began to discuss and formulate a new tax bill. And Shang Wen could only stop thinking about it for the time being.

And in Sinzheng, South Korea. Han Shu was looking at the bright moon outside King Han's palace.

"Ugh." Han Shu sighed mournfully.

"Why. Why. Han Shu asked a little unwillingly.

"Why. Always. Han Shu said unwillingly.

The prosperous palace was so cold in Han Shu's heart at this moment. The cold goes directly into the bone marrow of the body.

Emotional things are always so unpredictable and incomprehensible. The reason why human beings are human beings is because of the complexity of their feelings, and because they have feelings, we call them human beings.

And under the darkness of the night. The situation in the north is changing.

Among the trenches on the positions of the Zhao army. Zhao Jun is soldiers were crowded in the trenches, many of them nervously waiting for orders. Because their field commanders had already given the order to attack in the dark.

"When are we going to attack?" A corporal asked, Sergeant Major 1st or 2nd.

"I don't know, this has to wait for orders, according to what I know, it seems that we can only attack when we open fire." Sergeant Major said.

"Oh. All right. We always do. The corporal said.

"The rumbling of cannons will bring us good luck." Sergeant Major 2nd Class said.

"Let's hope those damn shells don't fall on our heads, otherwise, our little lives will be over." The corporal said angrily.

"Those shells will kill the Qi army." Sergeant Major 2nd Class said.

"Moreover, we started the attack after the shelling. I think we'll be fine. Sergeant Major 2nd Class said.

"Why do we dismount and rush over. We rode over, isn't it different? That will make it easier to settle the fight. The corporal asked at this time.

"I don't know, maybe there's an obstacle ahead. It can only be done after the infantry has passed. Who knows. War is always like that. Sergeant Major 2nd Class said.

"We're not the ones in office. What is thought above, how can we know. Sergeant Major II continued.

"It's always like this, who makes us soldiers. Even if it is brought to the chief, it is also a soldier. yes, Sergeant Major. The corporal said angrily at this time.

"At least I don't have to rush to the front line." Sergeant Major II replied.

"It's not funny at all." The corporal said at this time.

And the sergeant major shrugged helplessly at this time. Before the war began, everyone was nervous to varying degrees. They can only talk boring words to each other, so as to relieve the pressure, but the real moment to relieve the pressure is when the war starts, and at that time, the war can be regarded as a real release of pressure.

And not far from the commanding heights. The artillerymen of the Zhao army are making intense preparations.

"Move the ammo box here. Hurry up. An artillery sergeant major commanded.

"But, sir, this doesn't fit into the combat manual." Said one of the gunners.

"At this time, you have to listen to me, we are launching rapidly." The artillery sergeant major said loudly at this time.

"Rapid launch, you know, what is a rapid launch, that is, a short period of rapid launch." The artillery sergeant shouted loudly.

"When it comes time to start firing, you're going to have to move the ammunition back and forth. I don't want to see you fool running to death. Also, if there is any loss of shells, we will only say that the loss will be greater at that time, I. More experienced than you fool. Hurry up and carry the ammunition. The sergeant yelled at him.

"Yes. Sir. "The gunners immediately went into action.

"Sergeant Major." At this time, a captain came over and shouted.

"Yes, sir." Sergeant Major said immediately.

"Control your voice. Do you understand? The captain said after glancing at the sergeant major.

"Yes. Sir. The sergeant major whispered.

"Yes." The captain replied.

"How's the preparation going?" This time. The captain asked.

"It's going to take a little time." Sergeant Major said.

"Well, there's still twenty minutes, you guys as soon as possible. Twenty minutes later, we were about to open fire. "This time. The captain said.

"Yes. Sir. The sergeant major replied.

And on the other side of the battlefield. The weak defense of the Qi army.

This is the edge of the river beach ice because of the ice that passes through during the day and the obstacles formed by ice piles at night. The Qi army set up very few defenses here. There are even fewer people defending here. Therefore, Zhao Jun chose this place as the breakthrough point. They are going to throw the strongest cavalry into this place. Because, Zhao Jun believed, they would never have thought that in the most unlikely place, they would use cavalry to surprise the other party.

However, the Zhao army also fully considered the obstacles that the cavalry might encounter in the assault.

"We first have to use sappers to clear a passage for the cavalry, without which it will be difficult for the cavalry to pass." Brigadier General said at the meeting.

So, in front of the cavalry were the engineer units of the Zhao army.

"This piece of ice can't be cleaned up." A private whispered to the sergeant behind him.

"Then give up and the rope is marked. Keep moving. The sergeant crawled in the back. They could not disturb the defenses of the Qi army. And the reason why the Qi army is a defensive blind spot is because this piece is a blind spot. I deserted without permission. They were not prepared for the area at all.

Soon. The privates and sergeants moved on. The Zhao military sappers in the back used ropes to carve out a passage. This passage will lead the Zhao cavalry to a new path.

And the cavalry units in order not to disturb the other side as much as possible. Horses were also treated with great care, and they used to tie their mouths with branches. Do not let the horses make a sound, for the hooves of the horses they are wrapped in leather. Doing so reduces the sound of horses' hooves. The soldiers of the unit were told that they were going to lead the horses for some distance. And then you can go on the offensive. All these preparations were made for a surprise attack from the marginal positions of the Qi army. Zhao Jun can be said to have come prepared.

As for the Qi army on the opposite side, although a high degree of vigilance has been issued from above, the desertion of the soldiers is still very serious. At the position of many forward checkpoints. The Qi army had no one to defend at all, and these positions were originally used to warn the Zhao army to attack, but now, they had no one and no defense to speak of.

And on the main front. The soldiers of the Qi army did not care that this was a battlefield at all, and slept without scruples. This is a serious mistake, so wrong that it can lead the other party to destroy itself.

"Ready." An artillery lieutenant shouted loudly at this time on the artillery position of the Zhao army.

And all the gunners were nervously waiting to open fire at this time. One of the gunners held a pull arquebus in his hands. The artillery of this period switched to firing the shells. This is much more powerful than using torches. At the very least, they're not too afraid of the damp weather.

"Put." The artillery lieutenant waved his arms heavily.

"Boom." A huge cannon roar came.

"Bang." Then another cannon rang out.

"Bang bang." Two more guns rang out. The Zhao army assembled all the artillery they could, a total of seventeen guns, including ten large-caliber guns. They will concentrate their firepower on their opponents.

"Whoosh." Artillery shells whistled towards the Qi position.

"Bang." A huge explosion sounded over the positions of the Qi army.

"Boom." Then another explosion was heard.

"Shelling." A Qi soldier exclaimed loudly.

At this time, some Qi soldiers ran out of the trenches without hesitation, believing that their positions had been captured. There was no need for them to stay at this time.

"Bang." A cannonball flew and landed right in the middle of several fleeing Qi soldiers. They were hit by flying shrapnel and fell to the ground.

"Come back. All back. Running out will only die faster. At this time, a centurion shouted loudly.

But his loud shouts had no effect at all, and there were still many soldiers who fled desperately, ignoring the shouts of their officers.

"Run. Zhao Jun is about to call after a while. Just as the officer shouted loudly, two Qi soldiers curled up together, one of them saying this to the other.

"No one is allowed to escape, and those who flee will be killed." The centurion spoke loudly to the soldier at this time.

The two soldiers nodded blankly.

"Don't run. Whoever runs, I'll shoot. The centurion shouted loudly at this time.

"Boom." At this time, a shell fired. A loud explosion drowned out his voice. Soldiers ran more and more to the sound of the explosion. This is the spontaneous behavior of the soldiers, which will lead to a lot of soldiers desperately fleeing for their lives, because the resistance has been abandoned as a whole, and their individual resistance has no meaning at all. War is a collective act.

"Bang bang." The centurion of the Qi army, holding the pistol in his hand, fired three shots in the back of a fleeing Qi soldier. The soldier was killed instantly.

"Come back. Do not run away. The centurion yelled loudly.

"Whoosh." A shell flew out of place. "Boom." There was an explosion.

More soldiers jumped out of the trenches, and they ran to the rear.

"Deserter." The centurion scolded loudly.

At this time, on the position of the Zhao army, in addition to the roar of artillery, and the sound of explosions not far away, there were constantly coming. The trenches were quiet, and many Zhao soldiers were crowded in the trenches waiting for orders to attack.

The officers of the Zhao army looked nervously at their watches, and they were given the order that the artillery would attack for ten minutes, and then they would attack. Ten minutes of artillery fire was too little for them, but their logistical supplies could only last so long. If it is longer, their shells will really run out. Giving ten minutes of bombardment is already an extra gift.

"Whoosh." With the last shell flying out, the hands on the officer's watch had already gone two squares. This means that the bombardment has been going on for a full ten minutes.

The firing of the cannon then stopped. And the officer stopped looking at the watch in his hand at this time. Then he waved the revolver in his hand.

"Forward." The officer shouted loudly.

"Kill." The soldiers of the Zhao army rushed out with rifles with bayonets, or rifles with rifles, and waving their sabers.

"Kill." The soldiers of the Zhao army did not line up in a certain formation to approach the opponent, but flew out with their weapons, they were not infantrymen. The infantry sometimes liked to use some queues to slowly get closer to their opponents, but that tactic had been abolished by the Zhao army. Because, the practical effect of this tactic is not very good. Soldiers lack a certain degree of freedom to dodge the flying shrapnel, which can often be extraordinarily lethal to an entire formation.

Therefore, Zhao Jun directly abolished it. Along with it came the skirmishers, and the formation of the shock formation. The soldiers will follow the direction also given, but the formation will no longer do the strict requirements of the skirmish formation to charge the opponent. The advantage of this formation is that the soldiers will have a certain degree of freedom to dodge the shells, and at the same time, the distance between the soldiers is widened, and the density is reduced a lot, which reduces the effect of shrapnel.

"Rush." The soldiers of the Zhao army brandished the weapons in their hands and killed the Qi army's position.

"All in their positions, ready to shoot." The only man in the centurion's hand was holding a weapon and waiting for the other party's fatal blow. They have already given up the retreat, because, at this time, the retreat is already a dead end.

And on the other side. Zhao's sappers were already about to clear a passage. They just ended up getting a little bit in trouble.

"There's a big wall of ice in front of us, and we need to get them out of the way." A sapper corporal crawled over and said to a lieutenant.

"No, that's too time-consuming." The lieutenant said at this time.

"What then?" The corporal asked.

"With explosives, we have to use explosives to blow up, only then can we quickly clean them up." The lieutenant said at this time.

"Let's blow it up with explosives, we're running out of time." At this time, the lieutenant said to the corporal.

Saying that, a sergeant climbed to the front with explosives.

And behind the sappers, there were anxiously waiting cavalry.

"What are those sappers doing?" It was a cavalry lieutenant colonel who was impacted. He will lead a cobbled battalion of troops to storm the opponent's flank.

"I don't know, sir." A captain on the side replied.

"Oh." The lieutenant colonel sneered, and such an answer made him feel not funny at all.

"Let's see how long it will take them, the battle over there has already begun." The lieutenant colonel said to the captain at this time.

"Yes, sir." The captain said. The captain then left.

In the distance, the rumbling of artillery had stopped, and from time to time there were bursts of shouts of killing.

"Bang." A Qi soldier holds a rifle in his hand and shoots at the approaching Zhao soldiers.

"Shoot." The centurion of the Qi army took a pistol and shot at the soldiers of the Zhao army.

"Bang bang." The Qi soldiers desperately shot with their rifles in order to prevent the other party from approaching.

"Kill." The shouts of the Zhao soldiers kept approaching the positions of the Qi army. They're getting closer. Although the soldiers of the Zhao army continued to fall, the soldiers of the Zhao army behind quickly made up for it, and not only that, they were getting closer and closer to the position of the Qi army.

"Damn. I'll fight with you. With that, a Qi soldier ran out of bullets, and quickly rushed towards his opponent with a rifle loaded with a bayonet.

"Kill." I saw the first Qi soldier rushing over. The rest of the soldiers, regardless of whether there were bullets in their rifles or not, rushed out with their guns in hand.

"Kill." More and more Qi soldiers joined the onslaught.

"Kill." Taking advantage of the height, a Qi soldier swooped down, and taking advantage of this, they quickly stabbed a Zhao soldier with a bayonet in length.

"Bang." But a soldier who followed behind Zhao Jun used the butt of the rifle in his hand to slam the opponent's head fiercely. At this moment, the blood of the other party flew straight away.

"Bang." The butt of a rifle smashed into the neck of a Qi soldier, and the Qi soldier was knocked to the ground in pain. Then the rest of the soldiers quickly stepped forward to make up for it.

"Poof." The necks of the Qi soldiers were cut off on the spot.

Although the guns of the soldiers of the Zhao army were short, they could use the butts correctly. The Qi army did not yet have a systematic set of fighting skills with guns and bayonets. This makes them suffer a lot.

The soldiers of both sides were in close combat at once. But the Zhao army had a numerical advantage, while the Qi army did not, and many of them fled. Only a small number of them still held their positions, which suddenly led to an absolute disadvantage in their numbers. In a fight, this is fatal.

The resistance of the Qi army lasted for a relatively short time. After a bloody battle. The Zhao army finally entered the position of the Qi army. Sporadic resistance is no longer decisive.

"Victorious." The soldiers of the Zhao army shouted loudly.

A big banner with the word "Zhao" fluttered high on the position of the Qi army at this time. The Qi army lost the first line of defense.

And on the other side. Zhao Jun's sappers had quickly arranged the explosives.

"Ignition." The lieutenant gave the order.

"Poof." A corporal quickly stepped forward to light the fire, then quickly ran back to concealment. The sappers, on the other hand, held their heads and lowered themselves to hide behind concealment.

They waited anxiously for the explosion. For them, the explosion was a signal.

"Boom." A huge explosion rang out.

Ice cubes were blown up and flew around.

After hearing the explosion, the lieutenant colonel led his horse and quickly stepped forward. And the sappers took a little rest. They need to wait for those unexploded explosives to explode to ensure their own safety.

"Alright. Walk around. Walk. The lieutenant said as he pulled out his gun and said loudly.

"Rush." The lieutenant rushed out loudly at this time.

And the soldiers who followed behind also rushed out, they were sappers, but they were also combatants, and among the cavalry, the sapper units were more of a vanguard task. A lot of combat operations were carried out along the main roads. Such an offensive method naturally put the sappers in the vanguard position.

"Bang bang." The lieutenant fired two shots in a row. A panicked Qi soldier who didn't know what he was supposed to do was knocked to the ground. The other Qi soldiers on the defense were completely silenced by the sudden explosion.

"Kill." The sappers quickly stepped forward.

"We surrender, don't kill us." The Qi soldiers reacted at this time, and they quickly raised their hands to surrender. In this way, under the attack of the sappers, the Qi army, which was originally defending the weak place, broke through all of a sudden.

"Da-da-da-da." At this time, the cavalry quickly reached the place that the sappers had just occupied.

"The defense of this place really makes us feel shameless." The lieutenant colonel looked at the prisoners of the Qi army and said.