Chapter 442: The Battle of Civilization and Barbarism (3)
(Thank you for the commuter pass of "Yuen Gen"!) )
Zhu Hai was very happy when he learned that he was finally going to go on the expedition at noon yesterday, and his mind was now full of the martial arts of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who chased the Xiongnu to Mobei and Wei Qinghuo to get sick and sealed the wolf Juxu, and he didn't understand the cruelty of the war at all.
Xiang Rong suffered more than Zhu Hai, when he was a child, his father Xiang Laosan took her to Guangdong, but along the way, he was used to seeing frozen bones on the road, and now he couldn't help but worry about Zhu Hai when he heard that he was going to the battlefield. But seeing Zhu Hai's elated appearance, Xiang Rong secretly scolded in his heart, who cares about you a negative boy.
Although he said so in his heart, Xiang Rong still stepped forward to stop Zhu Hai and said: "Ma family boy, you can follow me on the battlefield for a while, or you will accidentally lose your life!" ”
Since Xiang Rong confided in Zhu Hai, Zhu Hai has stayed away from him, and now when he saw Xiang Rong say this, he was so frightened that he quickly hid how far away, and shouted: "Brother Xiang Rong, you spare me, brother, I really don't like this!" ”
Xiang Rong saw that Zhu Hai was so shameless and left angrily. On the side, Xu Youcai watched the two fight, and smiled at Zhu Hai: "Boy, it seems that Xiang Rong has taken a fancy to you, what's the matter?" Don't like men? ”
"Fat Xu, don't think of my brother as you are, my brother likes women, not men!"
"Ma boy, you don't know, three flats are not as good as a round, fuck * ass is the New Year. You haven't played and don't know the benefits of men! ”
Zhu Hai listened to what Xu Fatzi said, and quickly opened the hand he put on his body, and said, "Fat Xu, you stay away from me in the future, the master is really disgusting to you!" ”
While everyone was fighting, the company commander Zhang Fei came back and immediately ordered the whole company to assemble, saying that an order had been issued.
"Brothers, the regiment commander ordered, start preparing now, the ship in the evening, don't bring anything else except weapons and equipment, and put it in Fengcheng!"
"Company commander, are you going to Nanchang to fight Tartars this time?"
"The head of the regiment didn't say it, but he couldn't guess it! I want Lao Tzu to say it more clearly! ”
"Company commander, don't bring the futon!"
"Damn, I said it all, don't bring anything but weapons and equipment!"
The big guy was babbling here and asking questions, the third squad leader was silent on the side, Zhu Hai saw the squad leader like this, stepped forward and asked, "Squad leader, what's wrong?" ”
Xiang Lao San smiled bitterly, "Hehe, I have experienced the bloody battle of Jiangyin and know what is going on on the battlefield, I don't know how many people can come back alive in this battle!" ”
Zhu Hai looked at Xiang Laosan's pessimism, and persuaded: "Squad leader, don't worry, the Qing army may retreat if they don't fight when they see us going!" ”
Xiang San grabbed Zhu Hai's hand and whispered, "Ma boy, if I die, can you help me with something?" ”
Xiang Laosan has always taken care of Zhu Hai, and this is naturally no problem.
"What does the squad leader say, your business is my business, you say!"
"Ma boy, I know that you have money in your family, I hope you can take care of Xiang Rong after I die, can you promise me?"
Zhu Hai didn't expect it to be this question, which really made it difficult for Zhu Hai to answer, if it was Xu Fatzi, he would definitely be able to agree.
But Zhu Hai saw Xiang Laosan's earnest gaze, so he had no choice but to say: "Squad leader, don't worry, you will definitely live a long life, even if it doesn't work, I promise you to take Xiang Rong as your younger brother, so you are satisfied!" ”
At this time, I didn't know what the company commander said, and the soldiers of the whole company shouted "Okay!" Good! Zhu Hai was distracted, and he didn't hear the words of the third child.
The company commander asked him to sort out the weapons and equipment, in fact, there was nothing to sort out, and after five days in Fengcheng, all the weapons were not opened, except for the cover rolls, so when the division commander Ma Kun gave an order, the whole army was quickly ready to go.
After a long journey of more than 100 miles, Zhu Hai finally followed the large army to Nanchang, and since their three regiments were new regiments, they were arranged on the left flank. As the first company of the three regiments, the first company stood at the forefront, and every move of the Qing army on the opposite side was clearly seen.
Zhu Hai saw 10,000 Qing troops coming over slowly, and he was very curious, this was not the same as the cavalry charge mentioned in the book. In Zhu Hai's impression, the cavalry was a chic profession, floating like the wind, but the cavalry of the Qing army was too different. Not to mention the short horses, they all look horizontal and wide, it seems that the height is not more than one meter five, and the sabre in his hand is not a standard, but a mace, a copper hammer, an axe, everything, and the armor worn is not uniform, some wear iron armor, some wear the Ming army mandarin duck battle robe, some wear leather armor, and there is even one who wears a woman's flower clothes, which is really strange.
Zhu Hai knew that Xiang Laosan beside him was a veteran, and asked in a low voice: "Squad leader, how can the Qing army on the other side dress strangely?" ”
"They are not Manchurians, they are Mongolian Tatars, the Mongols have no logistical supplies, and they have to prepare their own weapons and equipment when they go out to fight, so naturally they have something to wear!"
I see, it seems that my father is right to let him come out and see, there are no wonders in the world.
"But squad leader, aren't the cavalry going to charge? Why do they walk so slowly like shopping? ”
"Silly boy, do you think a war horse can run five miles with the speed of a charge? The distance of the horse's gallop is very short, only more than a mile, and at a distance it will be exhausted to death. Look at it, the Mongolian cavalry is about to jog and accelerate when it enters the three-mile range! ”
What Xiang San said was not verified, and the artillery of the artillery regiment opened fire without waiting for the Mongol cavalry to jog and accelerate the artillery regiment.
Zhu Hai has also experienced live military drills, and he didn't expect the power of the solid bullet that looks at the slow flight to be so powerful. When the solid bullet flies in the air, it gives people the illusion that they can grasp it with their hands, but this fifteen-pound solid bullet contains huge power, let alone grasping it with their hands, and the half-foot-thick plank can make a hole.
Next is the performance of the shotgun, so that Zhu Hai realized that the war was not so fun when he saw that people and horses were reduced to parts by the shotgun. Right in front of his eyes, most of the 10,000 people were killed in less than a quarter of an hour, and only more than 1,000 people were left to flee back to the Qing army.
After the cannonade stopped, Zhu Hai still felt that his heart was pounding, it was so exciting to stand in front of the cavalry to resist the charge just now, and a guy from the second battalion on the side couldn't bear it, so he removed the musket on his shoulder and fired a shot. Now that the artillery has stopped, the commander of the second battalion came to look for this unlucky guy with a black face, and it is estimated that three whips will be inevitable afterwards.
At this time, the company commander Zhang Fei shouted loudly on the side: "Attention, just now it was just a tentative attack of the Qing army, and next time we will move in earnest, listen to my orders for a while, and everyone will do it according to the usual exercises!" ”
The company commander said it simply, but can you not be nervous when fighting for your life?
Xiang Rong on the edge of Zhu Hai looked at Zhu Hai and said in a low voice: "Ma boy, give you this!" ”
Zhu Hai came over and saw that it was a small wooden stick that was a palm long.
"What is this for?"
"Bite it with your mouth to prevent you from biting your lip when you get nervous about fighting for a while!"
Zhu Hai was stunned, but he didn't expect Xiang Rong to be quite experienced.
Xiang Rong saw Zhu Hai staring at him, his face flushed and he whispered: "It's nothing, this is what my father taught me, or you don't know if you bite your lip nervously!" ”
Zhu Hai nodded, put the wooden stick sideways into his mouth, and bit it tightly with his teeth.
At this moment, the Qing army on the opposite side changed again, and more than half of the cavalry rushed towards the three regiments.
The recruits of the two regiments were very excited to see the Qing army coming over one by one, and the ranks began to be unstable.
Zhu Hai found that the more than 10,000 people who came this time were obviously different from the ones just now, except that the thousands of people in front were still dressed as Mongolians, and the 10,000 people in the back were obviously better dressed than Mongolians, at least they all had armor. The first hundred men were dressed in armor trimmed with white trim, and these guys were really armed to the teeth even with their horses.
Company commander Zhang Fei shouted: "Attention, this time it is the genuine Manchurian Eight Banners, and the more than 100 people in front of them are Bayala personal soldiers, and they are wearing three layers of heavy armor!" Listen to my order to shoot in a moment, and kill these guys first! ”
After entering the three miles, the artillery regiment's solid shells began to fire, but they were of little use against the loose formation of the cavalry. After entering Erli, the Qing army began to jog in small steps, and then gradually accelerated, and after entering Yili, the company commander Zhang Fei shouted: "The first row, raise the gun, the second and third rows are ready!" ”
Zhu Hai heard the order and quickly put the gun down, clamped the butt with his feet, and then took out a complete oiled paper bag in the bullet bag, bit the oiled paper covered with lard with his mouth, poured the gunpowder particles into the barrel, and then wrapped the lead bullet with oiled paper and stuffed it into the barrel, the oiled paper was used to reduce the leakage of gunpowder power, to ensure that the explosive power of gunpowder was all acted on the lead bullet, and then compacted with the through, and then put the throughbar again, some soldiers were nervous and did not pull out the throughbar, and the matter of hitting out together with the throughstrip also happened from time to time. After the reloading, the flat-ended musket is poured into the fire pool, and then the windproof pressure plate is lowered, and the gun is raised to fire, so that the whole set of reloading is completed.
Zhu Hongsan's well-trained veterans of the Guangdong New Army could fire five to six shots a minute, while the recruits had only four shots at most, most of them in the three-shot range.
By the time Zhu Hai was loaded, the Qing army on the opposite side had already entered the 500-meter sprint stage, and at this time, the artillery shotguns had also begun to exert their power. The 5,000 Mongolian cavalry at the front were quickly killed, and their role was to allow the elite of the Eight Banners behind to advance an additional 200 meters.
After the Mongol soldiers died, the Manchu heavy cavalry behind them was exposed, and each of these guys wore three layers of heavy armor, even the horses were covered with leather armor. Of course, this kind of equipment is still no problem to resist the three-eyed guns of the Ming army, but it is useless against the shotguns of the artillery.
The ammunition pack of the shotgun is twice as large as the ordinary solid bullet, and in this way, the muzzle velocity of the shotgun also reaches 400 meters per second, and any heavy armor is as fragile as paper under the power of the furious gunpowder, and the 1,000 heavy armored cavalry of the Qing army's two white flags died under the blow of the first wave of shotguns.