Chapter 145: Falling Short
And at this moment, I suddenly saw more than 1,000 people flashing out three miles in front of me, everyone lined up in rows, beating gongs and drums, and pounced all over the mountains.
Then, in the front, on the left, and on the right, there were volunteers and horses one after another, with nearly 1,000 people in each team, rushing over the mountains.
Zhang Dingguo was shocked, did the other party want to eat himself in one bite?
This is the five thousand elites trained by himself, Zhang Dingguo felt a cold sweat in his vest, looked at the soldiers around him, and all of them became restless.
Some people looked at the donkey behind them, if the battle was unfavorable, everyone could ride the donkey to escape, although the donkey did not run as fast as the war horse, but after all, it was four-legged, and the maneuver was far above the two-legged soldiers.
Zhang Dingguo didn't dare to think about it, if his own army was defeated and retreated, then the other troops would not dare to fight at all.
Command the people to quickly occupy the hills within a two-mile radius, and let everyone put their baggage outside to defend nearby.
More than 150 meters apart, the other party did not rush over as imagined, some hid in the woods, and some were in front of the formation, so after half a pillar of incense kung fu, Zhang Dingguo also Zhang's second monk was puzzled, and suddenly a pro-army pointed to a mountain peak in front, and watched from a distance from the rear to launch more than ten Franco machine guns.
The ferocity of the volunteers' artillery, the battle of Qushui, everyone saw it with their own eyes, and now seeing the volunteers launch more than ten Franco machine guns, Zhang Dingguo secretly shouted that it was not good.
The maximum firing range of the solid shell of the large Franc cannon of the Volunteers is more than half a mile (more than 300 meters), the effective firing range is 150 meters, and the scatter range is 100 meters.
The maximum firing range of the solid shell of the No. 3 Franc machine gun is also close to more than 100 steps (120 meters), the effective range is 60 meters, and the scattering range is 40 meters.
In order to reduce artillery casualties, the best thing is to rush over and fight with the other side.
But now he is alone, stubbornly waiting for reinforcements, and rushing to the past is not only difficult to capture the artillery, but also is likely to be defeated by the other side.
is in a dilemma, the opposite artillery began to exert power, far from the formation to fight, although at this time the artillery firing is relatively poor, but the volunteer artillery is very accurate, constantly falling around, making everyone frightened.
At this time, the opponent's army formation changed again, and the various units that had stopped moved again, and everyone pushed small artillery pieces to approach the Great Western Army, preparing to release their guns from a distance.
Zhang Dingguo was shocked, there were two thousand-person teams on the left and right sides of the opponent, and three thousand-person teams on the front.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry was the king of land warfare, and the other party dared to attack himself with such a little infantry, which was unbearable?
Zhang Dingguo turned over and led everyone to fight back.
Seeing the rogues coming, the volunteers kept releasing their guns from afar, but there were too many rogues, and there were no fortifications in front of them, and after dozens of people fell, the rogues had already been killed.
In order to protect the bird gunners in front, the various killers came out one after another, and everyone fought together.
Yang Lin stood in front of the hill, feeling that the blood in his body was swelling, and about 3,000 rogue soldiers rushed over, originally thinking that the frontline departments would be able to block it, but the other party rushed and killed very fiercely, and was broken through in a few places, and had to send an escort battalion, so that it was slightly stabilized.
Now there is only hope for artillery bombardment by the Francos around him, and only on the attack on the left flank.
Ostensibly, the Volunteers numbered 7,000 people, more than half of whom were local militias that had just been recruited.
Most of these militia groups are arranged in the rear, and they mainly save the dead and protect the wounded on the battlefield, waving flags and shouting, and mainly bluffing.
If it really clashes with the elite of the Great Western Army, it will inevitably leak the bottom.
In order to confuse Zhang Dingguo, the front was mainly the 2,000 local militia groups and Minzhuang led by Niu Dayong and Wang Gao, Yang Cheng's 1st Battalion, Yao Zhijiao's 4th Battalion and Chen Yingrui, Du Jigui and others, Jing Keqin's 6th Battalion and Wang Shuji's Militia on the left flank, and Feng Youqing's 7th Battalion and local militia on the right flank.
This time you can pour out of the nest, and the back of the soldiers and horses is no more than a cavalry battalion, with more than a dozen large Franc machine guns.
J Zhang Dingguo felt quite difficult, especially the 4,000 infantry he trained with his own hands, which was not the opponent's opponent at all.
Although the other side is not covered with a full body like the officers and soldiers in the past, only wearing a helmet and a layer of cotton armor on the chest, it is tightly defended and often fights desperately regardless of casualties.
Although many people still use bird guns, they have guns installed on the muzzle, which do not need the protection of soldiers as in the past, and are defeated by the infantry, but they are fired at close range against the infantry who are rushing to kill, and then calmly equipped with piston guns to fight in close quarters, and they are not afraid at all on the battlefield.
Zhang Dingguo was ready to lead more than 1,000 elite cavalry to charge and kill several times, but seeing that the opponent's offensive was in full swing, his own infantry was killed and retreated repeatedly, and he was forced to send a considerable number of cavalry to stabilize the situation, and did not dare to fight back on all fronts.
Due to the separate use of hundreds of cavalry, the Onishi Army did not invest considerable counterattack force at all, so it was actually killed by the volunteers and retreated again and again.
Under pressure, the volunteers not only had fierce firepower, but also fought bravely, and the number of people who were even more fatal was even more difficult, and it was even more difficult to defeat the other party.
Unexpectedly, the world's strongest forces were killed and retreated repeatedly, waving flags and shouting in the rear, and the local militia groups that went to the battlefield for the first time were full of momentum, and everyone shouted and killed the sky, and some even took the lead in killing the front.
Although the troops are at a disadvantage, few people surrender, one by one or wearing armor, or wearing quilts or something from time to time to jump out to fight to the death.
Everyone secretly shouted that it was a pity, and everyone rearranged their formation, first bombarded with Franco's machine guns, and then the killers were in the front, the musket squadron was in the middle, and the local militias and people were strong in the back, clamoring to rush over.
Although the Volunteers were numerous, their firearms were sharp, and although there were corpses everywhere, stumps and limbs were broken everywhere, and the territory of the Great Western Army was constantly compressed, it was still difficult to annihilate the other side in batches as at the beginning.
The two sides fought fiercely for two hours, and saw that the Great Western Army was compressed on more than ten hills, and some even fled on war horses and donkeys, but just after running a few steps, they were cut off the horses by the people who supervised the battle behind, and the others jumped off the donkeys in fear and turned around to fight.
Just as he was about to move the Franco machine gun position forward, Yin Chengqi grabbed Yang Lin's arm and said, "My lord, it's not good, you, look at the western sky, the clouds are thick, it looks like it's going to rain." ”
Yang Lin was shocked, looked up, saw the dark clouds rolling, a cool breeze hung on the side of his ears, turned his head to look left and right, and said: "Everyone, this, how is this possible, do you think it will rain?" ”
On the side of the imperial history, the supervising army Qian Bangqi looked quite sad and angry, pointed to the hill in front of him and said: "My lord, although the rainy day affects the release, my soldiers are numerous.
Even if those firearms squadrons are good at assassination one by one, why don't we take advantage of the situation to attack in one fell swoop, as long as we defeat Zhang Dingguo's pro-army, it will not be difficult to lift the siege of Shunqing by the Liukou. ”
Yin Chengqi said with a sad face: "If the artillery can't be fired, and the bird gun can't be fired, although our army will completely annihilate Zhang Dingguo's department, the casualties of each department will definitely be not small." ”
Yang Lin was also in a dilemma, and suddenly the scout came to report that Bai Wenxuan was leading more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush here, and now it was only fifteen miles away.
It turned out that yesterday I heard that the volunteers returned to Shunqing City, and Zhang Dingguo ordered Bai Wenxuan to lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to bypass the Xixi River, and now they are coming in a steady stream.
Yang Lin knew that the opportunity had been lost, so he immediately led the cavalry battalion and escorted the battalion to break down, and covered the various departments to slowly retreat into the northern fortifications.
Zhang Dingguo originally wanted to lead his troops to pursue, but the casualties of the various troops were very heavy, and the volunteers quickly withdrew into the fortifications, and it was even more difficult to recover the battle situation.