Chapter 206: A Different Army.
Last time, he said that on the battlefield of the fight, the two sides were seventy or eighty steps apart, and seeing that the volunteers on the opposite side were not moving, there was a commotion in the Great Western Army.
At this time, the Volunteers began to move, and each squadron ambushed a grenadier group about 30 meters in front of the formation, often in groups of three, one holding a rattan card to cover the fire and holding the flame to provide the source of the fire, and the other two were responsible for throwing the earth-shaking thunder.
The two sides were only about 30 paces apart, and the grenadier team suddenly attacked, and the rattan player quickly raised the half-man-high rattan card, and the other two threw the ignited earth-shattering thunder into the enemy bush.
Rattan and quilts can block or interfere with the sharp arrows and lead fired from the front, but they cannot resist the earth-shattering thunder that is thrown in.
The burning earth-shattering thunder continued to fall into the crowd, making a sparse explosion sound, and suddenly felt something strange ahead, some timidly threw down the erected wet quilt, and some were ready to retreat in fear.
At this moment, the sprinting Great Western Army showed its flaws, how could the volunteers who were waiting solemnly dozens of meters away give up such a great opportunity to counterattack.
Under the loud command of the squadron leader, the musket team continued to fire in rotations in squadron units.
Tongues of fire shot out one after another, and the gunshots burst out, snatching people's souls.
In addition to the birds, there were also crossbowmen, although the number was much smaller, and everyone did not trigger them, but now they fired as if they had heard the order to counterattack.
All of a sudden, the front line of the fight was like purgatory on earth, and under the sound of an order, the officers and men of the Daxi Army, who were exposed and lost cover, became live targets.
Although the effective range of the bird gun is not long, and the shooting accuracy is not high, it is basically a live target for a slightly trained bird gunner.
Even a few officers and soldiers of the Great Western Army who hid behind the shield and behind the quilt were all worried, and everyone was worried about the bows and crossbows falling from the sky, and the earth-shattering thunder that fell around them.
Suffered such a sudden blow, not to mention the demoralized officers and men of the Great Western Army, even ordinary elite divisions could hardly support it.
In the initial round of confrontation, except for a few who were still holding on, the front line of the Great Western Army almost collapsed, everyone was in a mess, and the soldiers in the rear rushed to the front under the loud reprimand of the generals, and the soldiers in front retreated when they saw that it was not good.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the volunteers launched a counterattack, and various killer teams came out one after another, launching a counterattack in accordance with the principle of the three-three system.
Often the squad leader led four soldiers to fight head-on, and the two captains each led two soldiers to attack on both wings.
Dog Wazi was originally a person from Huguang, was coerced into Sichuan by Zhang Xianzhong, and was captured last year after following Zhang Dingguo, the general of Zhengxi, to attack Shunqing and become a volunteer army.
In the battle of Tongchuan, he was promoted to captain for meritorious service in killing the enemy, and now the horn of counterattack is blowing, the squad leader leads several people to block in the front, and the dog baby takes two soldiers to wait for the opportunity on the flank.
Obviously, the rogue on the other side didn't realize the danger, and about twenty people gathered together, in a vain attempt to break up the team leader, but this gave the dog baby a chance.
Raising his hand to the two soldiers behind him, everyone suddenly rushed out, everyone rushed out from the left side, and the big man was dancing around with a wolf about two feet long outside the seven or eight branches.
The wolf's stalk was full of iron thorns, and those who were scraped were either killed or injured, and the rogue had little defense, and everyone did not dare to resist at all, and fled to both sides.
Some people couldn't escape, and some were delusional and stubborn, and before they could stand up, they were attacked by a dog baby and a soldier.
The dog baby rushed to the front, first using a rattan card to block the opponent's attack as a defense, and waving the other hand to achieve a counterattack.
In addition to the dog baby, there is also a spearman behind him, and the opponent stabs a shot from time to time to hit the other party and win the opportunity for the dog baby.
Zhang Kewang complained bitterly, arrogant and ignorant for himself, although he initially expected that the brave army was strong and strong, but he bullied the other party with few people, hoping to drag it with cannon fodder, and then create opportunities for his main force.
On the battlefield, the morale of the volunteers soared, and the Great Western Army retreated again and again, in order to stabilize the situation, Zhang Kewang continued to add pro-troops, but the front line was chaotic, and if you want to reverse the occupation, you have to send cavalry.
Zhang Kewang has 5,000 pro-troops under his tent, of which 3,000 are infantry on horseback.
After seizing the opportunity, the volunteers relied on their equipment advantages, cooperation advantages, and combat power advantages to rampant on the battlefield, organizing soldiers and horses to fight back and forth in the formation.
The six regiments on the front, in addition to the Chinese Army Escort Regiment and Ma Mingluan's 9th Regiment, each regiment has been put into battle, especially on the left flank position, Jing Keqin's 6th Regiment and Wang Shuji's 8th Regiment rely on the river to protect the flank, and now they are cross-covering, and the two are sprinting back and forth, killing the opposite Guan Youcai Zhang Sheng complained bitterly, not knowing how to deal with it.
Often, two brigades came from the front, and the killer team rushed to the front, outflanking and killing the scattered soldiers around them, or rushing towards the panicked Onishi Army.
Although the Great Western Army was numerous, it could not be organized at all, and everyone was worried about the birds, the grenadiers, and they could not fight with all their might.
Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, a group of volunteers suddenly rushed out of the inclined plane, trying to outflank and surround the rogues who were trying to resist.
The volunteers were originally unstable, but now they suddenly saw that the situation was not good, and they did not dare to fight at all, so they fled one after another.
After half an hour of fighting, although the front and right flanks could stabilize the situation a little, the left flank was turbulent, and collapsed under Jing Keqin and Wang Shuji's repeated sprints.
At first, Zhang Kewang could also coerce Guan Youcai and Zhang Sheng, and also sent troops and horses to reinforce him, but because of the relative narrowness and the soft mud everywhere in the grassland, it was not conducive to the deployment of cavalry.
But the left flank had to be on guard, and after thinking about it, Zhang Kewang decided to make a desperate bet, leaving 2,000 horseback infantry troops to deal with possible changes at any time, and personally led 2,000 cavalry to rush to the volunteers.
Without special training, the war horse will not rush to the crowd of fighting, the best tactic of the light cavalry is to outflank the two wings, and now facing the disadvantageous situation that the Xijiang River on the left is not conducive to the deployment of the cavalry, Zhang Kewang pinned the hope of victory on the two thousand elite cavalry under his command.
At the sound of an order, everyone slapped their horses and galloped wildly, and for a while, the sound of horses' hooves was bursting, and the entire battlefield was shrouded in dust.
Seeing the enemy cavalry coming towards the right-wing Ma Mingluan group, everyone felt that at the moment of the decisive battle, everyone was very nervous, and Yang Lin counterattacked in an all-round way.
Feng Youqing's regiment and Wang Shuji's regiment were stationed on the right flank, and they had already strengthened their fortifications, but now the enemy cavalry, although everyone looked awe-inspiring, they were still quite worried.
While thinking about it, Yang Lin decided to dispatch the silver snake, first using the Fran machine guns and tiger squat cannons of Feng Youqing's regiment and Wang Shuji's regiment, and the rockets consumed the opponent's morale and ammunition, killing and injuring the riders on horseback.
At the most critical moment, launch a counterattack.
Bu Ning and Guo Chonglie each led a regiment of soldiers and horses to kill, and when they saw the reinforcements of the Volunteer Army appear, Zhang Kewang was overjoyed and hurriedly led the cavalry to meet them.
Objectively speaking, the cavalry of the Great Western Army was far superior to the Volunteers, but the tactics were very different.
At a distance, the most unbearable thing is the newly developed riding gun. Considering that it is not easy to operate on horseback, the riding spear is about 2 feet long, the caliber is twice that of an ordinary bird, and it can shoot through 30 meters of heavy armor.
At close range, some of the volunteer riders use three-eyed guns to shoot at targets, some hide behind and release arrows, and some use sabers to prevent carelessness.
In the face of the new matter of riding guns, the Great Western Army was defenseless at all, and after being fired in rounds, the formation was scattered.
Unexpectedly such a result, Zhang Kewang complained bitterly, but he was powerless, and what he was praying for now was Zhang Nengqi's department, hoping to destroy the Chinese army camp of the Volunteer Army in one fell swoop.
Before Zhang Nengqi could launch, there was a panic in the army formation of the Great Western Army, and from a distance, he saw a group of people chasing and killing another group of people.
After careful identification, I found that these people were different from other rogues, these people were not only equipped with elite equipment, but also dared to rush and kill, and killed several groups of officers and soldiers one after another.
It turned out that during the counterattack, with the help of the other side's panic, each regiment sent a brigade to make up and blend into the enemy formation.
Now it is suddenly difficult, just like Zeng Yingduo's siege and defeat of Zhang Wenxiu's troops, the Great Western Army, which has just been purged, cannot resist it at all.
In the face of tens of thousands of Western Army, Vice General Ming left one to resist, and personally led 500 soldiers to blend into the opposing army.
In the face of the volunteers with very different performances on the battlefield today, the first to collapse was the left-wing position, Guan Youcai and Zhang Huxin were unwilling to retreat, in order to maintain the battlefield situation, the two thousand households left and right in the rear were left and right, and they didn't know what to do, and now the only belief came from Zhang Nengqi's assault.