Chapter 319: The Battle of Datar
"The artillery battalion opened fire in full force." Liu Yi looked at the hooves of the charging horses in front of him and nodded, and ordered the riders beside him, and in an instant, there was a deafening sound of artillery bombardment from the artillery battalion position, and the shock brought by the two hundred cannons was almost a salvo as if the snowflakes falling from the sky were frozen, and the huge air wave shattered the soil layer on the entire artillery battalion position, and countless white smoke quickly came out, as if all the gunners were in a fairyland.
"Reloader." As soon as the first shell was discharged, the loader next to the gun quickly filled the thick conical shells into the chamber, and the gunner behind him quickly filled the propellant, and then fired again from the latch that closed the tail of the gun.
At this time, in front of Liu Yi, the first wave of the vortex blown out by the cannonballs had not yet dissipated, and the follow-up shells were disemboweled again, only to see countless whistling sounds in the sky again, two hundred cannonballs whistling out of the chamber again, falling into the cavalry brigade that rushed up and exploding, the scattered metal whirlwind and the air waves that set off forcibly tore apart the momentum of the opponent's first wave of charge, these steppe cavalry for the first time to deal with the artillery of the new era could not have any countermeasures at all, and the rumbling explosion almost stunned all these cavalry, The horses that had not been specially trained began to roam the mountains, and the army of the Legis began to disorganize.
After defeating the momentum of the opponent's attack, Liu Yi began to arrange for some artillery to adjust the direction to support Ge Cunzhou's position, suppressing the attack of the Tatar coalition army, so that Ge Cunzhou's side had a chance to breathe. In this way, the overall large array of the Tiance Army began to stabilize with the support of the artillery battalion. However, before Liu Yi and Ge Cunzhou on the front line could catch their breath, the side of the Huangjia was also decisively adjusted, and the 300,000 troops almost all went out of the camp to participate in the battle, this time the wind surged, millions of horses' hooves instantly trampled the grassland, and the roaring sound of horses' hooves almost drowned out the explosion of cannonballs.
"Arrange for the artillery battalion to shell in two ways. The mechanical crossbow allowed me to aim at the junction of their two lanes and fire with all my might to suppress my opponent. Chen Fan quickly asked Liu Yi to adjust his deployment, only to see that the shells in the artillery position were filled into the barrel like an assembly line, and then fired quickly, and the explosions on the front line were also tight. And at this time, more than two hundred mechanical crossbows quickly fired powerful crossbow arrows towards the position of the junction of the two armies of the Tunis, the firing speed of the mechanical crossbow that has the shadow of the rocket artillery of later generations is more than twice as fast as the artillery, I saw that as soon as the fire was fired, five crossbow arrows flashed, with a sharp whistling sound like a meteor into the crowd of the Yakusian army, and then exploded, the explosive power of the small cannonballs made the mechanical crossbow that could fire a thousand crossbow arrows at a time almost become the master of the battlefield, The joint part of the army of Huangjia was forced to rely on five rounds of crossbow arrows to open the gap, countless cavalry were blown to pieces, and a hollow area with a radius of more than 100 zhang was blown out of the huge military array, which was equivalent to the follow-up attack power of Huangjia was ruthlessly weakened by the mechanical crossbow.
At this time, except for the infantry position on Ge Cunzhou's side, which had already opened fire, and the Tatar cavalry that suppressed the front rushed to the front of the formation, and the muskets and artillery were on the battlefield at the same time, the position of the frontal corps was quiet, and all the soldiers were lying in the trenches waiting for the wisps of cavalry on the distant horizon to come up.
The 300,000 army charged at any cost, and the artillery blockade line built by the artillery battalion alone could not be intercepted, but at the time of tea, although the corpses were left everywhere, the army of the Gang finally crossed the line of life and death and came directly in front of the artillery position, the clattering hooves of the horses smashed the frozen hard soil layer on the grassland, and countless cavalry came towards the position of the Tiance army like a tsunami, this momentum alone has surprised many soldiers, and the cavalry charge of more than 10,000 people is enough to make people frightened, What's more, this is a charge of more than 100,000 people, and the wave of air in the distance even makes the wind and snow change direction, and manpower changes the time of day.
"Let the mechanical crossbow suppress the cavalry charge in front of Ge Cunzhou's position." Chen Fan asked Liu Yi to change the direction of the mechanical crossbow's fire, because Ge Cunzhou had already called the ballista to participate in the cavalry charge of the opponent, and countless explosive packets were raised and exploded in the crowd of cavalry. Although the power is the same as always, because it is winter, most of the soil layers have been frozen, and without the explosive effect of sand and gravel, the explosive package cannot exert as much power as a cannonball, so Chen Fan decisively changed the firing direction of the mechanical crossbow.
"Commander, you see that the people of the Devils have stepped into the minefield." After Liu Yi gave the order, he immediately discovered the movement of the Tunis, and waved his hand to signal the hornmen of the infantry position under the mountain to prepare quickly.
"Boom Boom" almost at the moment when the army of the Gang stepped into the minefield, these horses' hooves stepped on the mines buried in the soil layer, these ground mice were excited and exploded quickly, only to see a piece of soil suddenly exploded, and the power of the explosion of the cannonballs was not inferior to the power of the vanguard directly tore these vanguard troops, and the fatal thing is that these inexplicable explosions came from the ground, and the sand and gravel that was frozen hard became the most lethal weapon, and the cavalry in the front row was almost all beaten to a blur of flesh and blood without exception, The cries of the wounded soldiers and the wails of the horses almost broke the cavalry, which had just crossed the line of artillery fire. How long are these damn explosions going to last?
"Dashuai, do you think that the people of the Gang will be scared by our bombing, so as to completely change the direction of the attack and focus on Ge Cunzhou's side?" Liu Yi was a little worried when he saw that the mines in the minefield were constantly being triggered by these deep cavalry, taking away a bunch of fresh lives.
Chen Fan nodded, glanced at the number of artillery pieces supporting Ge Cunzhou's direction, and said: "You arrange for another fifty artillery pieces to adjust the direction to support Ge Cunzhou's right flank position, so that Huang Jiasi can't tell how many firearms we have arranged on Ge Cunzhou's side, and naturally can't tell where is the gap for them to break through, forcing them to continue to step on the minefield." ”
Chen Fan and Liu Yi's thoughts naturally understood at this time, but before he could adjust, the sound of the shell explosion on Ge Cunzhou's side became violent again, and the cavalry that had been able to approach Ge Cunzhou's position was cut off from the middle, losing the momentum of the continuous charge. And because the position and the battlefield are chosen by the Tiance army, this area is actually not very suitable for cavalry charges, there is no way to open the distance, and naturally it is impossible to give full play to the advantages of the cavalry.
In order to speed up the speed, the generals on the front line even ordered their subordinates to speed up their advances at any cost, so that although the power and lethality of the artillery and minefields were also greater, there was no doubt that on the road paved with corpses at every step, the people of the Hattars really continued to charge the main position of the Tiance army.
Almost unanimously, Lu Yi and Qian Ning, who were in the frontal battlefield, looked at the Huangjia cavalry who rushed out of the minefield and gave the order to fire, but the frontal battlefield was equipped with a full 70,000 musketeers, and the explosive power of firing in an instant directly shot all these Huangjia cavalry who had been killed in the minefield explosion for a lifetime, and before the follow-up men and horses continued to rush up, the ballista troops arranged in the forward position began to fire explosive packs one after another, only to see that the front was shrouded in an explosion again, Countless cavalry were directly swept away by this wave of qi.
"Launch smoke rockets and notify the Guards Battalion and Gao Siji to attack from the rear." As soon as Chen Fan's side raised the smoke rocket, the guards over there stepped forward to report the movements of Li Feixue and Gao Siji.
"These two guys have a good grasp of the battlefield." Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and ignored the private actions of these two people, looking at the army that was constantly rushing forward thoughtfully.
A column of colorful smoke quickly rose from the position of the artillery battalion, crossing the battlefield of the great battle between the two sides, and the colorful brilliance and the column of smoke did not disperse for a long time, like a long rainbow illuminating the entire battlefield.
At this time, Gao Siji and Li Feixue had also bypassed the dozens of miles of the joint camp of the Huangjia Coalition Army and arrived at the location of the other party's rear camp. The two looked at each other and began to work together, with the Guards Battalion in front of the Guards in charge of breaking the guards in the rear battalion, and the Ninth Legion in the rear in the back in charge of expanding the battlefield and finding suitable ambush positions. Since all the main forces of the Guards were in battle to attack, the pro-guard battalion easily broke through the guards of the rear battalion and rushed into the opponent's camp. The old tricks of the guards were repeated, and countless squads rushed into the tents, killing all the opponents they could meet along the way, and re-lit the tents with torches. Because there was no one to stop this time, and Li Feixue was well prepared, these burning tents were not extinguished by the heavy snow, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen tents were ignited, and the black pillars of smoke soared into the sky. At this time, Gao Siji's Ninth Army also quickly found a reliable position, and hurriedly formed a semicircular position by using various defensive measures inside the camp to prevent the army from counterattacking.
In this way, one of the two presided over the attack and harassment, and the other waited for a counterattack in concealment, making a mess of the camp of the Yakus. The team of the guard battalion in front of him was almost like no one, and the few soldiers in the rear were killed in a short period of time, and the bloody guard battalion had even arrived at the location of the Shuai Tent, and one of the soldiers even set the Shuai tent on fire directly.
"I'll go, who did it, don't you know that this handsome account is very valuable?" Li Feixue led the guards to follow behind him, and when he saw that the handsome tent was being lit, he immediately frowned and scolded, but before he could finish scolding, the captain of the guard next to him reminded: "General, this is not the handsome tent of the Tunis, this is the handsome tent of the Tartars." ”
"That's worth a lot of money, too." Li Feixue couldn't wait to directly slap this eyeless captain of the guard, and said hatefully: "Tell these little rabbit cubs that we have to keep some loot for me when we encounter the handsome tent of Huang Jiasi." ”
"General Qiyu, the Tatar army has already dispatched people to help." Before Li Feixue finished speaking, a person in front hurriedly came to report, and the Tatars really couldn't stay and wanted to come back to help. In fact, at this time, the sneak attack of the rear camp had more of an impact on the hearts of the opponent's army, and as for the combat power, there was no big problem for a while, but it could not stand up to the attack for a long time, and it was hit by the gunpowder weapons of the Tiance army and suffered heavy casualties, and the army's unstable spirit would have problems sooner or later. Therefore, Li Feixue was not at all interested in the return of the Datar army, and ordered the Guards Battalion to let go of these Tartar troops and lead them to Gao Siji's position, and the main force of the Guards Battalion quickly integrated to the back of the Tartar army and began to attack its back.
Li Feixue's actions at this time undoubtedly accelerated the process of the collapse of the Tunis army, the army that was returned by the Tartars was led to the front of Gao Siji, and the two sides began to fight in the Tunis camp, and the Ninth Army Corps, which had long been hidden and on standby, began to counterattack, and the sound of gunfire was almost immediately loud in the camp, and the Tartar soldiers who were beaten to the ground by the Tiance Army on the front line encountered this kind of musket fire again, and kept falling to the ground, and the worst thing is that the front line can also use the cavalry charge to get as close to the other party as fast as possible, and there is a glimmer of life, At this time, there are countless tents and other things in your own camp, how can you run wild? was beaten so much that he couldn't even raise his head.
Gao Siji and Li Feixue fought well here, and the Ge Cunzhou corps on the frontal battlefield was a little bad, because the number was small and the focus of the Tatar cavalry charge was on his side, so he tried his best to stop it, and now many cavalry have crossed the position and rushed into the trench, although Ge Cunzhou organized several waves of counterattacks to kill these cavalry on the spot, but the real position is already crumbling, and it may be broken by the other party at any time.
"Ge Dashuai will go and organize a frontal battlefield, and the little ones will be handed over to me to deal with." Finally drove out the latest wave of cavalry, Ge Cunzhou had not yet breathed a sigh of relief, and the voice of Baixin came from behind him, and he didn't know when he had led a coalition of 30,000 grassland tribes into the position.
"Okay, the cavalry that stormed the position will be handed over to you." Ge Cunzhou had no time to care about anything else at this time, so he directly handed over the cavalry that had crossed the trenches and rushed into the rear to Baixin, and organized his troops to continue firing forward, while ordering the troops to protect the ballista troops and keep their counterattacks from stopping. At the same time, the mechanical crossbow troops on the side of the artillery battalion kept pouring a large number of crossbow arrows in front of Ge Cunzhou, and the sound of the explosion was non-stop. Obviously, Chen Fan also saw Ge Cunzhou's danger, not only asked Baixin to rush to reinforcements, but also mobilized the greatest firepower support to join the attack.
At this time, the two sides have fallen into a stalemate, and whoever can't hold it first means that the other side has won. For this reason, Chen Fan had to send the tribal alliance to join the battle, fortunately, this also had the advantage of letting them feel the huge lethality of the Tiance Army Musket at close range, so that the deterrent effect would be better.
"Look, big marshal, the rear army of the Gang is starting to mess up." After Chen Fan, who was in the midst of the fierce battle, arranged all this, he heard Liu Yi's voice, and there was obviously a commotion in the rear of the Huangjia army at this time.
"It seems that they are doing a good job, and they ordered the steppe cavalry battalion to immediately enter the battle, increase the vitality and intensity of the frontal battlefield, and prepare for a counter-charge." Chen Fan decisively ordered to put in the last reserves.