Chapter 556: The Battle of Sizhao City
"Old Wu, why does your formation look so strange? Tell me what the hell is going on in the end? What are you going to lay out these three salients here? And you have less than twenty-five guns with you, how did you disperse like this? Prepared three artillery positions? Planning to fight sparrows? Qin Kong thought about Wu Huan's formation that he couldn't understand for a long time, and couldn't figure out what he was going to do. This is about to start a war, the Slavs on the opposite side saw that the Tiance army was only 50,000 people, and the Zombies in the city could not shrink back and immediately regained their courage, the original kind of barbarism and rage imprinted in their bones at this time made them regain their ferocity, planning to kill the Celestial Army and then take advantage of the chaos of the Celestial Warriors to rush into the city to complete the siege task. So in this battle, the Slavs came up with their own famous tricks, and placed a phalanx of nearly 50,000 heavy infantry on the frontal battlefield, with ironclad forests, and the endless heavy armor and long weapons glowing with cold light in front of the death, exuding an aura that made everyone desperate.
"I said you, how long has it been since you returned to the Central Plains? See that kind of revolver? Let me tell you, this formation can maximize the power of this machine gun, and all the infantry positions are centered on the machine gun, forming a small formation, and then connecting small formations into a large formation. Wu Huan smiled and said: "This is a new tactic tested by the General Staff, and today I will use these Slavs to try the knife." ”
"Can you pull it down? See for yourself what kind of formation the barbarians on the other side are arranged? What era is this, and this kind of dense heavy infantry phalanx? Even if they had a large number of crossbowmen in the back to support the charge and then cavalry on both flanks, are you sure how many casualties you would have suffered in such a dense formation? I can tell you, don't forget about it as soon as you fight, just drive them across the Dnieper, don't kill them. Qin Kong pursed his lips, seeing that the opponent's formation had gradually become neat, it seemed that he was preparing to attack, and hurriedly pulled Wu Huan, for fear that this guy would forget his original intention.
"Don't worry, don't you see that my formation is more defensive and less attacking? It is difficult to disperse and concentrate troops, so it takes a long time for us to counterattack. Wu Huan waved his hand and smiled: "Am I so stupid that this Slav dares to let us face the Slavs alone and let me send troops to fight for them?" Guaranteed to leave him with a strong enough enemy to harass them day by day. Qin Kong was relieved when this guy said this, a typical lord who refused to suffer a loss, and now he must be thinking of calculating the people of the Ques.
"Okay, you are the main general, you can command it yourself, I have also been addicted to sitting in the Chinese army." Qin Kong hid in the Chinese army, holding a clairvoyant mirror, carefully observing every move ahead. At this time, Wu Huan also came to the center of his seemingly chaotic position, where ten artillery pieces were arranged, and his long body was facing into the distance.
"Captain Wu, as soon as they are in your range, fire at all my might, remember, your artillery should concentrate on bombarding their middle position, knock them down and coordinate the various divisions with the sound of artillery." Wu Huan's face became extremely solemn after taking a deep breath, as long as the artillery here fired, it could play a commanding role, and the Slavic heavy infantry phalanx would inevitably be torn to pieces by the large array of machine guns arranged by himself. As long as the main corps in the middle is destroyed by itself, then this time the main forces of the Slavs will be crushed by themselves.
"Fire." Wu Huan held a clairvoyant mirror to observe that the huge phalanx on the Slavic side was constantly moving forward, and after gradually crossing the middle line of the two armies, Captain Wu decisively ordered to open fire, only to see that the front-line troops in front of him opened fire one after another under the rumble of artillery in an instant, and suddenly the whole battlefield was full of gunfire and roaring, and the opponent's indomitable oppressive momentum was completely suppressed.
"Okay, so far in the war, I've done everything I can as a general system, and then it's up to all the officers and men of my Sixth Corps. After ten years of fighting as a soldier, the empire on which our soldiers are backed is the object of our sacrifice and sacrifice. Wu Huan's voice was almost muttering, and no one could hear it at this time. On the battlefield at this time, this scattered formation caught the Slavs off guard, countless machine guns spewed tongues of fire to harvest lives, and those soldiers who accompanied the machine gun action took advantage of this rare opportunity to practice accurate shooting. After all, after the advent of the machine gun, no matter how different it is from the machine guns of later generations, this kind of large-scale killing weapon that transcends the times has been able to allow the infantry to deal with the impact of all arms alone for the first time, and even to put it simply, except for the huge artillery group attack at this time, no one can break through the exclusive lore array of the Tiance Army. And after this kind of countless dense bullets flew, even the Slavs did not even have a role in the firepower weapons that they had worked so hard to get from the Great Qin people. In the final analysis, except for the Tiance Army, which was ordered by Li Xuanqing and had ten years of uninterrupted experience, no other army in this era had such experience, and it can be seen from the tactics of the Slavs who still clinged to the heavy infantry phalanx that these armed nations and armies did not have time to explore the experience of using guns and cannons. It's even easy to use guns as long-range support weapons instead of front-line attack weapons. In this way, in front of the large array of artillery and machine guns on the side of the Tiance Army, his head was broken and bleeding, and those heavy armor that usually looked so strong that everyone was frightened were like paper paste in front of the opponent's bullets, and countless lives disappeared in this wave of harvest. The belated artillery support of their own side and the soldiers armed with breech guns could not provide enough support for the front line at this time, so that the Slavic soldiers who operated the artillery could only rely on their own estimates to shoot the shells, but after seeing countless pillars of smoke rising into the air, the attack of the Tiance army did not weaken at all. On the one hand, the Slavic artillery did not have the line of sight to aim at all, and could only launch an artillery attack according to their own estimates, and secondly, although the artillery sold for export seemed to be very powerful, its power was far less than the self-used shells of the Tiance Army filled with white explosives, so although the two sides seemed to launch a large-scale artillery battle back and forth, but at this time, the battle damage of the two sides was sharply increasing. The flaming machine guns made the Slavic commander unable to sit still, and ordered the cavalry on both flanks to attack at once and flank the flanks of the Tiance army in order to distract the Tiance army.
The cavalry shock was discovered by the Tiance army almost instantly, so I saw that the positions in charge of the two wings began to make big moves at this moment, and the machine guns and artillery that originally followed the main force to shoot forward and a large number of soldiers began to shift directions, but in a short time, the Sixth Corps relied on the tacit understanding of the grassroots soldiers and generals in front of Wu Huan without giving an order, and adjusted the deployment by itself, blocking the cavalry of the Slavs, compared to the slowness of the infantry, Although the cavalry charge speed was fast, the appearance of the machine gun itself was to end the cavalry's assault position on the battlefield, although the revolver machine gun was not as frightening as the later Makqin, but it still made it difficult for the opponent to move an inch. Blood has made this land destined to be full of blood from the beginning of the war. Compared with Wu Huan's side, there was almost no emotion, and Qin Kong sat in the Chinese army and only cared about checking the changes in the battle situation ahead. At this time, the expression of the Dian Si who was on top of the castle tower became even more exciting. The 6th Regiment with 50,000 men fought hard in the field to make the Slavic coalition army bleed, and the endless weapons and powerful firepower killed and injured the Slavs in large numbers and at the same time made the Slavs sitting in the city feel an inexplicable chill one after another. And among them, as the commander-in-chief, Usuke's face changed even more, and his original idea of using the Slavs to consume the strength of the Tiance Army became a joke at this time, and the Slavs were beaten without any consumption. As long as the heavy armor of the Slavic army is defeated at this time, then even if they achieve achievements on both flanks, they will not be able to stop the counterattack of the Tiance army, and it is even possible that even the cavalry on both wings will be eaten in one fell swoop. As a person who had been captured by the Tiance Army and lived in the Tang Dynasty for several years, after seeing that the combat power of the Tiance Army was stronger than a few years ago, the commander couldn't help but look at the direction of his palace, and lamented in his heart, after Migrating here from the Mobei Grassland, he was afraid that he would never be able to get rid of the fate of being a vassal to the Central Plains Dynasty. Originally, the king of Huangjia thought that after this battle, he could use the power of the Tang Dynasty to develop his own power, and when the time was right, he would use the distance between the Tang Dynasty and this place to get rid of the control of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Kiev in the west, Russia will rise in strength because of the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, and it will inevitably be able to occupy its territory and complete its expansion.
"Go and invite Minister Wang, please tell him that I, Wujie, plan to set up a banquet for the minister tonight." Wusuke's side plans to take action and find a way to have a good relationship with Wang Shoutian, so as to avoid waiting for the Tiance army outside the city to finish the battle and the two sides are embarrassed, and the big battle outside the city has reached the final moment. Wu Huan began to order the guards behind him to appear charge, only to see that the troops on both wings took the lead in launching a counterattack with the sound of loud horns, and began to charge against the opponent's cavalry, and thus the counterattack of the Sixth Corps officially began.
"I'll go, this guy really hit the other party's cavalry with his idea." Qin Kong was naturally clear at a glance in the Chinese army, and when he saw Wu Huan's charge again, he actually started from the two wings, and suddenly understood this guy's thoughts, this battle must defeat the opponent's cavalry troops, and retain the opponent's infantry troops to be able to break away from his own pursuit as much as possible. This method seems to be difficult to operate, but as long as the cavalry chasing the opponent is strong enough, then it can make the situation that the Chinese army is close to collapse at this time completely out of control, and when the time comes, relying on this scattered formation laid by Wu Huan, if you want to concentrate enough troops to participate in the pursuit, it will be difficult to complete it in a short time, so it will give the other party enough time to escape back.
"Commander Qiyu, the secret guard of the northern line has reported urgently, the main force of the Seventh Corps has crossed the intersection ahead, and it is less than a hundred miles away from Sizhao City." Qin Kong originally planned to enter the city in advance and communicate with Wang Shoutian in advance, after all, this war was already in the hands of Wu Huan, and the outcome of defeat was doomed for the Russians in Kiev, the main body of the Slavs, as long as it could ensure that half of the other party's men and horses could withdraw to the west bank of the Dnieper, then Gauss's idea would have been realized. But at this time, the Xuanying Guard's dark guard hurriedly walked over, took out the latest information on the northern front, and handed it to Qin Kong.
"Why did you come here? It's easy for the people of the Tunis to see it, this is not good, you immediately inform General Wu, just say that the war on the side of Sizhao City is over, let him temporarily move his troops elsewhere, don't rush to come and converge, if you have time, go to raid the Slavic tribes on the northern line that were scattered by him, and rob people if you have money, and rob people if you don't have money. Qin Kong's words made the dark guard stunned, but then he heard Qin Kong say: "If you say so, he will understand." In addition, this battle report was forwarded to the deputy marshal. ”
When Qin Kong's side was planning to let Wu Si'er not appear outside Sizhao City for the time being, Wu Huan's side also began to counterattack, although the soldiers below were slightly puzzled from the two wings, but when the troops on both wings of the Tiance Army pressed the opponent's cavalry, the counterattack in the middle also unfolded. The opponent's huge infantry phalanx also completely collapsed at this time, and countless heavy armor soldiers were completely defeated and collapsed, and after being completely defeated, they dropped their weapons and began to turn their heads and retreat, and those long-range support units of the rear army also followed their Chinese army to retreat at this time, because the cavalry had been repulsed by the other party, and the opponent's unrelenting posture would inevitably completely surround them once they caught up. This made the commander of the Slavic coalition army, that is, the general of the Russians in Kiev, put down his mind and dignity and ordered a retreat as soon as possible, and countless soldiers began to discard their weapons and armor and retreated, and the whole battlefield was in chaos. At this time, the horn of the long-lost charge of the whole army also began to sound from the Chinese army, and Wu Huan's personal guards also galloped back and forth in various positions, asking all troops to counterattack one by one according to the orders of the Chinese army and drive the Slavs across the Dnieper River.
"Minister Wang, can you explain to the general of the Tiance Army outside the city that our Huangsi army is also willing to participate in the pursuit." At this time, the people in the city saw that the horns of the Tiance army positions were constantly sounding, and they went to their own guiding officers, hoping that they would take them out of the city to pursue the defeated Slavic army. And Wujie also found Wang Shoutian at this time and asked with a look of hope.
However, Wujie's thoughts Wang Shoutian is very clear, although he is not familiar with military affairs, but from Wu Huan and Qin Kong's ignorance of the Slavs, it can be seen that the military is afraid that there are other thoughts in it. At this time, they are almost at the end, how can they spoil their good deeds? So his head shook like a rattle and said: "Marshal Wujie is difficult for me, the Tang Dynasty military and political are separated, and the affairs of the army are not something that I can do as a foreign affairs department, if you want to go to war, you can directly send someone to find the main general outside the city, I can't be the master of the army." ”