2384 was ambushed
"The best thing to do is to get them to stop. If the Indians had counterattacked, that would have been a very bad situation. Meng Tian said to Wang Ben.
"I am also worried about this, as their cavalry units will encounter a lot of danger if they continue to penetrate deeply, especially since the cavalry is seriously disconnected from the infantry and cannot be supported by the infantry behind. As well as the replenishment of logistical supplies, their situation will be very dangerous. Wang Ben said.
"But the Yueshi didn't do that. They don't seem to be aware of the danger, or rather, they don't. The cost of such an attack to them. Meng Tian shook his head and said worriedly.
"Still, we need to do something. Like what. We can make it clear to them that they have crossed the apex that they should not have crossed. Wang Ben said.
"Perhaps, wait, a sudden chance of time may be able to change the current situation." Meng Tian reluctantly put down the report in his hand and said. On the battlefield thousands of miles away, the Qin people observed the war as spectators, and they used a large number of telegrams to observe the war, in fact, the Qin people were equivalent to participating in the war. They are judging it with their own eyes, their experience. War became a hobby for them, or an experiment.
The infantry began to have more powerful firepower, they could independently fight the cavalry units, the cavalry's assault ability began to weaken, but the cavalry's mobility still existed, and the Qin army was considering how to strengthen their cavalry assault capabilities. For example, the combat vehicles that have been eliminated have begun to transform into armored combat vehicles into the eyes of the generals of the Qin army, and in their opinion, armored combat vehicles are the direction of future development.
How cavalry, infantry, and artillery work together and how to effectively exert their technical performance has become a manifestation of the command level of the general. They need to solve these problems with precision. And how tactics, strategies, evolved, which made the generals have to think about these questions.
In addition to these, there is also the huge change brought about by technology, because a revolutionary change in technology usually changes some attributes, such as armored combat vehicles, which were originally a weapon that can only attack, but now it has become a weapon that can both attack and defend, and technology is changing everything.
Indian Western Fortified District. The area within which the Yueshi people expanded.
"Boom. Rumble. "In the trench not far away, black shells were fired continuously, and the range of large-caliber mortars was very close. Some artillery pieces have a combat distance of only 800 paces, which is very fatal, especially for artillery. They could face the onslaught of Indian infantry at any time, and once they did, their only recourse was to leave behind their heavy artillery and shells and flee immediately. Those things can only be trophies for the other side.
"Damn, these cannons, they don't seem to be of much use, and they fly so slowly." Li Lian lay on the edge of the trench, binoculars in his hand, and watched as the Indian fortress collapsed under the heavy shell bombardment.
"Boom." The ground felt the battle, and the sand in the trench kept sliding down.
"Like, damn it, it's better than the explosives bag we used, and it knocked down the fortress in one fell swoop, I've seen it. Those fortresses are still made of granite, the kind of stone, which is harder than concrete, and I really don't know how such shells can penetrate it. Zheng Ping shook his head and said. The Indian fortresses were built with heavy and thick stones, and there was granite in them, which was so stiff that even if it was blown up with explosives, it would only make a small hole. Fortunately, this kind of stone is relatively rare, and it is used in some important places, but what is the use of these? They had white phosphorus grenades, which could be thrown at the breaches at a high cost of casualties, with many Indians burned alive and Indians lacking firearms as good targets.
"These black shells look slow and powerful. Very good. Very good. Li Lian said excitedly. See the shells that smashed down and blew up the Indian fortress. Li Lian felt very excited, and this excitement could make his blood boil.
"Sir, there's Indian infantry coming over from the trench." Just then, a soldier reported. Li Lian's commando received a special order. Attack and expand the defenses of those forts. However, Li Lian was very disgusted by such a task, because it was pointless. Because their plan is to besiege them, it will be enough to create some threat to them. And these tasks can be completed with artillery, their commando selection is not easy, using them, consumed in such an offensive operation, it is really not worth it, although the complaints are great, but Li Lian still performs such a task, because of his subordinates, he has disobeyed the order, stayed in his position. If such a thing happens again, he may face the possibility of going to court-martial.
"Prepare our assault teams and don't let them knock down our artillery positions. Let those artillerymen stop fighting. Hurry up and get ready to evacuate. Li thought about it and said to the herald.
"Yes, sir." The herald replied.
"Why let those damned artillerymen retreat?" Zheng Ping asked curiously.
"The Yue's government doesn't have much money, and the loss of an artillery piece is tens of thousands of half taels. These may require tens of thousands of slaves to repay, and losing one is a felony, and I can't afford it, and I'd rather let them retreat than let them lose a lot. Li Lian said helplessly.
"Hmm. That's right. Zheng Ping nodded.
"However, I have an idea, what will happen if these mortars bombard the Indies in the trenches? The lethality should be great. Zheng Ping said on a whim.
"It's unlikely, I don't think we can introduce grenades, and if those shells don't explode and are used on us, it's still us who are unlucky. Use grenades a lot, and you can't mess with such things. This is no joke. Li Lian said.
The assault teams were distributed in the trenches, and they respectively jammed the main points of the trenches to prevent the infantry of the Indians from rushing over.
"They rushed over. Shoot. "A lieutenant officer commanded.
"Bang bang bang. Bang bang. "Dense gunfire came out in an instant. The Indian soldiers who rushed in front of them still had spears and broadswords in their hands, and some of them were killed on the ground before they could react. Many Indians were killed in this way, they were brave, but they were also stupid, under the command of their officers, blindly sent to death.
The Yue's soldiers kept firing, tilting their ammunition, pistols, rifles, hand-held machine guns, bullets raining down on the Indians, who seemed to them to have no mercy for their lives.
"Dingding. Dingding. "Just then, the shield guards of the Indians came up. They formed a dense shield, which was an iron shield, or a bronze shield, which was specially used to thicken the bullets of the Yuemen.
"Damn, it's useless for a bullet to hit a shield." A sergeant saw the situation and reported it to his superiors.
"Stop shooting, stop shooting." The lieutenant officer shouted loudly. And he kept waving his arms to stop their soldiers.
"Be careful, Javelin." The Yueshi shouted loudly at this time. After the shieldmen have advanced some offensive distance. The Indics would throw rocks and javelins, which were the only means they could pose, or the only tactics they could use.
"Ahh The sergeant was crushed in the thigh. There were many more unlucky soldiers who didn't have time to dodge being crushed in the head, and the Indians' javelins were unusually dense, because of their numerical superiority, in the narrow trenches, the dense numbers were difficult to deploy, but they could be effectively concentrated, and it was difficult to drive them out unless they could kill the opponent too largely.
"Damn, throw grenades and prepare to retreat." The lieutenant gave the order to retreat.
"Take all the bodies away, don't leave them to the Indians." The lieutenant immediately followed up with such an order. The Indians hate the Indians very much, especially since they will bring the corpses of the Yueshi people over and cruelly insult the corpses, which is an extremely inhumane practice, and no one wants to be insulted by the other party like this after death.
"Boom. Rumble. "The grenades were thrown, and the Yue's soldiers kept retreating, and their grenades were thrown as far as they could into the densely populated areas of the Indians. In this way, more casualties can be inflicted.
"We can't fight them hand-to-hand, in that case, we're going to lose too much. Fall back. Hurry up and retreat. "The lieutenant ordered. Soldiers carried the bodies of the dead, and wounded soldiers kept leaving their combat posts.
The Yue's soldiers were reluctant to engage the Indians in hand-to-hand combat in such a narrow area, because the attack would be costly, and their only recourse was to throw grenades to distance the two sides, and then get out of the fight. The Indic soldiers were good at close combat, especially since they were equipped with weighted shields that could cut off a person's neck, and when impacted, they could make a person unconscious, and the pistol bullets were useless against them, clanging on the shield. The most terrible thing is that they don't like to fight in such a combat environment because they are very disadvantaged, they can kill more people on the other side, but they will also be killed, which is very not worth it, so they chose to retreat, so it is not cost-effective to fight hard, because the Indians like this way of fighting, they are cold weapons, and their side is hot weapons.
"Retreat." The lieutenant shouted loudly.
"See." Li Lian said with a telescope.
"Our people can't do anything with those Indians, they have a lot of them, no matter how many grenades are thrown, they will gather, they have shield soldiers, those thickened shields can't do anything at all. There are only grenades, but we can't go on the offensive with more grenades. It's unlikely that the above will give us more grenades, and the only way is to use high-powered explosive packs, but what's the use of doing that. Li Lian said helplessly.
"Don't we have white phosphorus grenades?" Zheng Ping asked.
"Yes, but it doesn't work, it's too expensive. The quantity is small, so it can only be used sparingly. Li Lian said helplessly.
"See, the Indians have driven us out. Fortunately, the artillery retreat was timely, otherwise we would have fallen into it. Li Lian said. The Yueshi assault soldiers who did not have an advantage in numbers were driven out, and there were hand-to-hand battles in some places, and those soldiers who entered hand-to-hand combat were not able to break away in time, and they were killed inside, because the Indians were numerous, they could easily suppress the Yueshi soldiers who did not have an advantage in numbers, although they had the advantage in weapons, but what could they do, what kind of use could they have in the narrow trenches.
The assault men were helpless to hold their lines, and the Indians were unable to attack them. The only way they could do it was to dig more trenches. Use the trench to conceal your body from the enemy's firearms.
Just when the assault attack was not going well. The Seventh Cavalry Regiment of the Yue Clan, which had advanced to the southernmost level, was anxiously advancing.
"Sir, it is true that a group of Indian infantry escaped into the ravine ahead, but the terrain is a bit peculiar, and I am afraid it will not be good for us." One of the heralds said worriedly. They are cavalry, very sensitive to special terrain, they are suitable for fighting on the plains, but in the mountains, their advantages are difficult to play.
"Damn, we've got to catch them." Colonel Hurler said anxiously.
"Sir, it's not a good thing to do, we only have a battalion of cavalry with us now. And the terrain is very unfavorable for us, so let's think about it and give up on them. The chief of staff on the side said worriedly.
"Give up, just kidding, the victory in hand, how can you give up." Howler said with a laugh.
"What kind of results have we had along the way. They were all escorting some prisoners of war, and there was no kind of battle at all. Let's talk about it. The Indians have now been killed. Don't you see? Those Indians are running away like crazy, they don't fight us at all, they don't have the courage anymore. Indians without courage, there is nothing to fear. Colonel Holler said disdainfully.
"But sir, the terrain is still not in our favor, and we would rather give up than make some dangerous moves, and besides, we have already gone a long way into the Indians. The Indians reacted enough, and once they had reinforcements, we could be in a bad situation. The chief of staff said worriedly.
"Haha, don't worry so much, capture these captives and give them all to you as personal property." Saying that, Hurler had drawn his saber and was the first to rush out, followed by the other horsemen. The chief of staff is still worried, they are on the way. Without decent results, most of the Indians have surrendered. The second cavalry brigade at the forefront was very fast, and their number of prisoners of war was very large, because of the large number of prisoners of war, they had to stop, and the second cavalry brigade that caught up behind had to speed up, but there were no prisoners of war behind, and there was no target for attacking, so they could only keep going south, but the results were very few. The only place where they proved was the capture of more prisoners, more than the 1st Cavalry Regiment. Therefore, Hurler was in a hurry, and he was so anxious that he could no longer distinguish the change in the enemy's situation. Because if you go deep into the enemy territory far away, there will be a big change.
"Rush." Hurler was extremely excited to wave the saber in his hand to pursue the fleeing Indians, the Indians could only desperately escape, they only had infantry, and their weapons were not as good as the cavalry.
"Bang. Bang. "Soon the Yue's cavalry who came up after him shot the other party wantonly, and the other party was still running away, but these were useless, pistols, muskets, kept spraying bullets that would kill people, and most of the Indians were shot in the back, and they already took care of those. They can only expose their backs to each other.
"Poof." After shooting a batch, some of the cavalry had already begun to pursue the enemy, and they deliberately slowed down and chased after each other, draining the last of their strength. Then they wield their sabers and cut off each other's arms, backs, or heads, and then the terrified Indies wonder if they should stop.
"Surrender, surrender quickly." The Yue's cavalry shouted loudly with their sabers, and then kept motioning for the Indians to lay down their arms and surrender.
"I'll just say that these prisoners of war are ours." Hurler was still excited because they had added another batch of prisoners of war.
"Boom." At this moment, a large number of stones were pushed down from the top of the mountain, and the stones made a loud roar, and the echo in the canyon made the horses uneasy. The Yue's cavalry controlled their horses as much as possible.
"Not good, there is an ambush." The chief of staff looked at the stones that rolled down from above.
"These captives can't be wanted. We need to withdraw as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a lot of losses. "The chief of staff suggested.
"Withdraw." Hurler had finally calmed down now, and he saw that there were a lot of Indians on the top of the hill, and the stones were very large, and it was obvious that they had been preparing for a long time, so that he had really fallen into an ambush.
"Retreat, retreat." Hurler gave the order to. The cavalry began to turn around and retreat back in the route they had entered, and some rocks kept rolling down the top of the hill, and some of the hapless Indian cavalry were hit and killed. More people were blocked by stones, and their speed had to slow down, and at this moment, a large number of Indians rushed down from all sides, and they brandished their shields, machetes, and spears to kill, and there were many people, obviously not something that their more than five hundred cavalry could resist.
"Damn it." At this time, Hurer could only scold, and then let his people withdraw. But they were attacked at the same time, and the retreat became very hasty. Despite the scolding, Hurler was well aware that it would take a long time for them to retreat and that their losses could be very large. This made Hurler very anxious.