Chapter 177: Surviving
At a time when the army was facing a great crisis, the terrifying explosion sounded again, and it seemed to be coming closer to the position. This once again shocked many of the braver young officers and soldiers of the Teaching Brigade who had regained their senses and even their determination to resist at the beginning, and most of them could only re-enter the trenches and even the bunkers at this time.
And at this time, the sound of explosions that were not very loud and even the sound of white knives entering the flesh came one after another, which was the sound of the Jianzhou vanguard who attacked the position when they were cleaning up the fortifications and hidden bunkers like a massacre. The surviving officers and soldiers, who had just escaped the catastrophe, began to face the most serious challenges. At this time, it seems that there is no longer any doubt about the suspense of victory and defeat.
However, in an instant, the officers and soldiers of Jianzhou, who were shrouded in the joy of victory, did not notice that groups of black dots appeared in the dark blue night sky reflected by the light of dawn. It was from the marginal positions of the Teaching Brigade and even the six brigades of the Guards and Brave Guards, blasting out projectiles that boiled into the sky and scattered in all directions. These projectiles are not a few pounds of projectiles, but just some medium-heavy shotguns of about three taels to six taels.
In the countless previous military drills, it was also envisaged that the entire army might encounter the current passive situation. While it may seem like this is only a possibility in the worst-case scenario, no one dares to relax after the regulations are formed.
During the daily preparation of the entire position, some blasting craters were deployed in all directions for defense, but not all of these blasting craters were used to attack positions near the position and deal with enemy attacks outside the position. There are many of them that can fall into their entire position with a shotgun like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.
These shotguns are capable of effectively killing or damaging exposed targets with ordinary armor protection standards, and often cover the entire position in a sideways or oblique shot. It's just that these shotguns are much less lethal to officers and soldiers in fortifications that rely on heavy shields or covered fortifications. Therefore, it was judged that it could effectively kill and injure a large group of enemy troops who rushed into the position. Of course, it is inevitable that their own troops will be injured by mistake. However, when the entire army is really facing the threat of being broken, these accidental injuries are nothing compared to the possible results.
Not only towards the blasting craters in the position, but also several blasting craters that launched attacks and counterattacks towards the periphery and edge of the position also exploded one after another, scattering the heavy shotgun-standard lead bullets in the direction of the concentration of enemy clouds on the periphery of the core position.
The main force of the Jianzhou Army, which was at the peak of its morale, 30,000 or 40,000 people, suddenly suffered tens of thousands of casualties after the big victory broke through, and the momentum of the offensive suddenly withered. Under the fierce blow, many auxiliaries and domestic slaves fled backwards because they could not bear more than 30% of the instantaneous casualties. There are also many who choose to lie down on the spot, as if they are lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
More than 20,000 main forces in armor also suffered casualties of about four or five thousand in a short period of time, and many people also chose to lower their bodies or look for various shelters, or even put their shields on their heads. Although I didn't collapse easily because of this, I didn't know what to do. Because at this time, no one knows if the blasting attack will come again.
However, it was the few minutes gained by this means of self-defense that some of the bravest gunner boys began to react. The sky seems to be able to vaguely see the figures at close range at this time.
The fierce bombardment of the general's gun, which had already been loaded with ammunition, after slightly adjusting the muzzle, as well as the gradual recovery of the firepower of the gunners and even the archers, once again brought a lot of casualties to the main force of Jianzhou that broke into the position.
If the army led by Hei Huan Bole at this time was a temporary conscription like the Han army, and it could be rebuilt if it was lost, it might not have given the order to retreat. At this time, the tenacious main force of Jianzhou had not completely lost the morale of the battle. However, in the end, Hei Huan Bo Lie did not choose to gamble, and gave the order to withdraw from his position and prepare to fight again.
In this way, after discarding the corpses of nearly 2,000 armored soldiers and even 4,500 auxiliary soldiers, and even the wounded who could not be taken away immediately, the Jianzhou army that broke into the position gradually retreated under the deterrence and blow of firepower
The chief military officer who commanded the military affairs of Jizhen successively served 82 terms, 2 terms in Taolinkou, 5 terms in Shishiyu, and 7 5 terms in Santun Camp. Most of these generals are martial arts elites, veteran commanders with meritorious deeds and lifelong military achievements, brave and good at fighting, commanding generals, martyrs who are loyal to serve and sacrifice their lives, and of course, there are also mediocre talents who have made a career and are incompetent. As for the Ming generals of the dynasty, there is no shortage of people who are Qing ministers. Kong Xigui, the last commander-in-chief, surrendered the Qing army and became the head town of Hebei. Six of the chief and deputy commanders died heroically, namely Sun Bin, Jiang Chengxun, Zhang Chengyin, Tang Kekuan, Liu Qu, and Sun Zushou. Jiajing 8 4 years, Duoyan tens of thousands of horsemen, at the same time attack Liujiakou, Lengkou, deputy commander-in-chief Jiang Chengxun led a thousand people to resist the enemy, some people suggested to dodge, Jiang said: "This is the time to serve the country with his body, how to avoid"! Then he fought fiercely for two days and nights, broke the pass, led the sergeant to intercept, and was hit by several arrows, but still struggled to kill and died in battle. Tang Kekuan was originally in Zhejiang and Fujian and Qi Jiguang and others side by side to fight against the Japanese, and made many meritorious contributions, and later transferred to Jizhou to serve as the chief soldier of Changping. In the fourth year of Wanli, when he entered the north entrance, Tang Kekuan led the army to repel, and when he was chasing out of the fortress, he was killed in an ambush. Zhang Chengyin and Liu Qu were both killed in battle during the Wanli period when they supported Liaodong Town to resist the Houjin invasion. Sun Zushou Changping people, Wanli Jizhen general soldiers, support Liaodong battle failed, was impeached home, at this time Jin captured Changping to surround Beijing, Sun Zushou scattered all the family resources, recruited the old department and Changping general Mangui to go to the pass to resist the enemy, died bravely. Zhu Guoyan Chongzhen served as the chief soldier of Santun in the second year, and in January and January, the Qing soldiers broke through Xifengkou and Lengkou, and arrived at the city of Santun, and the deputy chief soldier absconded with his family, Zhu Guoyan angrily spread their names to the public, and then distributed their own clothes to the soldiers, put on official uniforms and bowed to the west and threw themselves to the ring and hanged [2].
Zhu Xiong, Zhao Sheng, Sun Jixian, Zong Sheng, Ma Yong, Li Fengming, and Xiao Ruxun were all highly respected generals. Dong Yiyuan, Zhang Chen, Juniper, Dayun of Liaodong Town, and Ma Gui of Datong Town are all arrogant and strong, brave and brilliant, and have made meritorious contributions many times, known as the "Five Choices of Border Generals". When Dong Yiyuan was originally a guerrilla general in Jizhen, he fought against tens of thousands of ** soldiers with a small number of troops in a piece of stone, and was promoted to three levels for great merit. Zhang Chen, originally in Yansui, guarded Huangfuchuan with Liu Peng, the general manager of Qian
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