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Fighting instead of training is a training method that Wang Kefan has always adhered to, even if it brings more casualties. ￠￡

Military training is indispensable, but a truly strong army is fought one battle at a time, and an army that only trains but does not fight is like learning to swim in a swimming pool, unable to withstand strong winds and waves. With the morale of Jiao Lian's department, if they are allowed to adjust slowly, they may not be able to pull out the charge in half a month, Wang Kefan is like a rough swimming coach, throwing Jiao Lian directly into the water and letting him flutter by himself.

As long as the Yangshuo soldiers can be trained and used in the later battles, Wang Kefan doesn't care if the 177 Heights can hold on for two days and one night. The Chu army had a strategic depth of 60 miles, with a reserve of 15,000 people, resisting section by section, retreating section by section, and putting Jierharang into the mountainous area of Ningzhen step by step, in order to find the best time for a decisive battle.

After two days of adjustment and adaptation, the Yangshuo soldiers held a swearing-in meeting, and after drinking Zhuangxing wine, the morale of the troops was somewhat improved, and they were ideologically ready to participate in the war.

In this era, there was no concept of the country in the modern sense, and many Yangshuo soldiers were forced to go to the battlefield when they fought against the powerful Qing army in Nanjing, which was 3ooo miles away from their hometown. Under the encouragement, guidance and threat of the officers, under the premise that their fate could not be changed, their mentality gradually changed, and many soldiers found documents to write the poems of Wen Tianxiang and Yue Fei into their letters home, "Who has not died since ancient times." Leave Dan to take care of the sweat and green", "Zhuang is hungry and hungry for Hulu meat." laughing and talking about thirsty for the blood of the Huns"......

In the afternoon of the same day, the logistics department of the Chu army sent another batch of weapons and equipment. Distributed to the hands of each Yangshuo soldier. A battlefield first-aid kit that includes hemostatic bandages, wound medicine, gold balm, snake medicine, trauma plasters and other items, a short-handled sapper shovel that can be carried on the shoulder, and a delicate dagger with four small red characters on the scabbard -- Jing Zhong Serve the Country.

Battlefield first-aid kits can effectively protect the lives of soldiers, directly reduce combat attrition, and improve the combat effectiveness of troops. The sapper shovel can be excavated and built in the mountainous area, and can even be used as a weapon for hand-to-hand combat.

Many Yangshuo soldiers were more interested in the delicate dagger. This dagger is very sharp. Like a knife instead of a knife, like a sword not a sword, there is a serration on the back of the knife, and the scabbard is made of strange canvas. In order to make sails, the Chu military shipyard purchased a large amount of canvas from the West, and the scraps were made into the scabbard of this dagger, which was strong and light, which made the Yangshuo soldiers feel very novel.

"We call it the Newspaper Knife, or the Loyal Knife."

The officer of the Chu army explained: "This knife must be inserted in the most comfortable place on the waist. If you are injured on the battlefield or surrounded by Tartars, as long as you pull out the sword and stab it in the chest, you can defend the prestige of our Ming army, and you can also avoid being tortured by the Tartars after being caught. The Tartars have always been cruel to our captives. Peeling the skin and cramping, and burying Ling Chi alive are commonplace, and they also dig out their hearts and livers alive to eat. So I'd rather die in battle than surrender, you know?! ”

The Qing army did not have a policy of preferential treatment of prisoners. Wang Kefan grasped this point and repeatedly propagated the brutal methods of the Qing army for several years. The soldiers of the Chu army were brainwashed, so few of the soldiers of the Chu army surrendered on their own initiative, and the battle was very tenacious.

Hearing that the Baoguo knife is used for this purpose, the Yangshuo soldiers all looked at each other with complicated expressions. The officer of the Chu army continued to explain as if nothing happened, and then pulled out his Baoguo knife for demonstration: "You see, the Baoguo knife should be hung on the outside of the thigh, so that it will not affect the activity and be easy to pull out, even if one hand is injured, the other hand can pull out the knife and kill himself." This knife is very sharp, and I personally think that wiping the neck is less painful, so just aim it here and make a push, and you won't miss it......"

He talked about life and death so indifferently, and used the national knife to compare back and forth on his carotid artery, as calmly as if discussing today's weather, as if with a strange magic, which made Yangshuo soldiers feel inexplicably in awe. With an officer taking the lead, the Yangshuo soldiers carefully pinned the national sword to their waists, and their expressions were extremely solemn.

In addition to these individual equipment, the Chu army also sent a tiger squat cannon, a hundred "General Lei", and a large number of bows and arrows. After the expansion of the Chu army, there were still a certain number of archers in the army, but with the popularization of flint guns, the number of archers did not increase but declined, and the captured bows and arrows were not used up, and they were all sent to support the Yangshuo soldiers.

Wang Kefan did not discriminate against archers, and believed that well-trained archers were no less than musketeers who used flint muskets on many occasions, but the skill of archery was too strong, and it took several years of cycle and a lot of actual combat experience to train a qualified archer, and the manufacturing cycle and cost of compound bows were also very high, so the Chu army was bound to use flint as the main battle weapon.

Seeing that the Chu army sent a tiger squat cannon, Jiao Lian was very happy. He tried his best to bring a few Franc cannons from Guilin, but according to the Chu Army's General Staff, the Franc cannons were not very useful in mountain warfare, and with this Tiger Squat Cannon, the Yangshuo soldiers' melee defense capabilities were greatly enhanced.

A total of 1,300 Yangshuo soldiers who were ready to take over the 177 Heights were led by General Tang Miaozi. Just listen to this name can guess, Tang Miaozi is not a Han but a Miao person, he also occupied the mountain as the king back then, and is one of the top green forest village owners in eastern and western Sichuan...... Although Jiao Lian couldn't be defeated on flat land, as a Miao general who was born as a bandit, Tang Miaozi was more familiar with mountain warfare, so Jiao Lian sent him to take over the defense of the 177 Heights.

In the middle of the afternoon, Tang Miaozi's department had made all kinds of preparations and was ready to go out at any time.

Jiao Lian immediately ordered that all the officers and soldiers of Tang Miaozi's department spread out the quilts and slept.

After dinner, go back to sleep.

At two o'clock (21:3o), the whole army assembled.

At three o'clock, he left the camp and marched to the 177th Heights.

It was almost midnight, and Tang Miaozi's department came to a forest behind the 177 Heights and suddenly stopped.

From here, there is a distance within the range of the Qing artillery. After repeated shelling, a hillside suddenly collapsed. Rolling stones block the narrow mountain road, and it is barely possible to reach guò on foot. The heavy cannons could not be transported, and the sappers of the Chu army were rushing to repair the stones.

Tang Miaozi didn't dare to send people up to help, nor did he dare to disperse and hide, so he just ordered all the soldiers to lie down on the spot and quietly wait for the Chu army sappers to repair the passage.

Looking forward from the gap in the valley, a nameless plateau of about 100 meters was lit up, and the banner of the Qing army and the Han army flag was faintly visible. They set up their red-coated cannons on this nameless height, and although they could not reach more than halfway up the 177 Heights because of the high elevation angle, they could use the range advantage to hit this mountain road behind the mountain. The mortar artillery of the Chu army was not far away, and the accuracy was too poor to destroy the artillery position of the Qing army on this nameless height.

"It is numbered 291 Heights, and it has been under the control of the Qing army since it was lost four days ago......" Jingliang whispered about the situation.

"Why don't you take it back? Oh, and of course I don't have to struggle now, I mean. Why didn't you take it back when the 291st Heights had just been lost four days ago? Let the Tartars mount the cannon on the top of the mountain, aren't we passively beaten? ”

"The position of the 291 Heights is forward, and it can't be held back." Jing Liang pointed to the mountain range in the darkness and said, "Behind the 291 Heights is the 317 Heights, which are only a hundred steps away. The 317 Heights are still higher, and the 291 Heights are steep in the south and gentle in the north, making it very difficult for our troops to attack from the southern slopes. The Qing army attacked from the northern slope but it was relatively easy, if it was forced to attack. It will be blockaded by the artillery of the Qing army, and all in all, the gains outweigh the losses. So I gave up the 291 Heights in the first place......"

Tang Miaozi was listening intently, when a rolling stone suddenly sounded on the road in front of him, rumbling and echoing repeatedly in the valley. The Qing army reacted immediately, and the fire on the 291st Heights flashed, and with the dull sound of artillery fire, several shells whistled in, although they were accurate at night.

It is not that the Qing artillery can also aim in the dark, but after several days of tug-of-war, the Qing artillery is very familiar with the direction and angle of the target. Due to the limited firing range of the Fu Lang machine guns, they could hit very few targets, and the Chu army would use this road to deliver supplies to the 177 Heights every night, and the Qing artillery would also fire a few shots as long as they heard the movement.

Hit it accurately!

Two shells landed on the road in front of them, bouncing a few times and not moving, while the other two flew towards the woods where the Yangshuo soldiers were hiding, and a beech tree with a thick bowl mouth was broken by the waist, and half of the canopy trunk fell down and was smashing on the leg of a Yangshuo soldier.

"Ah...... Yes...... My leg is broken! Save me! Save me! He screamed loudly.

Several rockets were fired at once from the 291st Heights, igniting the pyre in front of the mountain, and the firelight with oil-soaked firewood lit up the nearby valley.

"Help me! Save ......" the wounded soldier was still screaming loudly.

Tang Miaozi's arm was raised, a cold light shot out, and the wounded soldier's cry stopped abruptly, and his body fell to the ground, with a knife in his throat.

"Brother Jing smiled, brother, I was born as a thief back then, and I liked to play with flying knives, but I didn't expect ......"

The nearest soldier pulled out the knife and handed it to Tang Miaozi, who was explaining to Jingliang with some embarrassment, and there was another exclamation next to him.

"Enemy attack!" Jing Liang and Tang Miaozi were both shocked, and secretly screamed in their hearts.

Although this mountain road is in the rear of the 177 Heights, it is too close to the front line, and sometimes the Qing army will also send small forces to harass nearby.

The two of them coincidentally rushed over together, but saw a soldier with a frightened face, pinched his right wrist and said: "I, I was bitten by a snake, and my hand feels so painful, like fire!" ”

A small green figure flashed in front of everyone's eyes, and soon disappeared after running up the tree, although the surrounding light was dim, its bright color still made people see clearly, it was a bamboo leaf green snake.

Tang Miaozi hurriedly took out the snake medicine in the first-aid kit, and whispered while applying the medicine to him: "Be quiet!" This thing bites and hurts, but you can't die......"

The next process was not thrilling, and after the Qing army fired a few shots, they stopped shooting when they saw that there was no movement. After the sappers of the Chu army finished arranging the stones, the Yangshuo soldiers quietly cleared this section of the fire blockade area, but the officers and soldiers looked a little depressed, and before they reached the 177 Heights, they were killed and wounded, and two people were reduced.

The Chu army stationed here is the headquarters of the Gongyi Battalion, and the main general is Du Gao, the commander of the A Battalion, who has been prepared to change the guard in advance. The main position of the 177th Heights, the forward positions of the 262nd Heights, the 278th Heights, and the 219th Heights, as well as the four mountain bags, large and small, were all handed over to Tang Miaozi's Yangshuo soldiers.

"The 362 Heights on the flanks are still guarded by us, so you don't have to worry about being dumplings. However, there are still 500 of my brothers on the 362nd Heights, and if there is a shortage there, you will have to give them all your support, as long as you help them hold out for a quarter of an hour or so, the reinforcements of the follow-up reserve will arrive. Du Gao's expression was cold, and he looked very uneasy about Tang Miaozi. Forget about letting go of the positions that were held in bloody battles, and garrisoning the 362 Heights to cover their flanks, which made Du Gao feel unhappy in his heart. Of course, as Wang Kefan's most trusted officer, Du Gaohui has always carried out his orders without discounting, and even helped the Yangshuo soldiers who were about to take over the defense this evening to make some preparations, and his dissatisfaction now is more out of the pride of the Chu army and out of a sense of superiority over other Ming army departments.

Wang Kefan still handed over the 362 Heights to the Gongyi battalion, mainly because he was worried that the Yangshuo soldiers would be defeated by the Qing army at once, and even the whole army would be annihilated...... In Du Gao's view, this is like a master bringing a stupid apprentice, bothering and laborious, it is better to get started in person.

"I have admired the name of General Du for a long time, and today I saw that it was really worthy of its name, the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners of the captive king Jierharang were known as invincible in the world, but they lost their armor in front of the Chu army, and the corpses were piled up, after this battle, General Du will definitely be famous all over the world with Wang Junmen, and he sincerely admires and envy ...... brothers" Tang Miaozi can mix into the owner of the green forest village in eastern Sichuan and Xiangxi, of course, he is not a simple-minded character, he seems to be completely unaware of Du Gao's cold attitude, but his face is full of smiles and keeps smiling. He also gave a precious high-quality sword as a greeting gift.

Seeing him like this, Du Gao's face was a little pale, and he led him and several Yangshuo generals to look around, while introducing the situation of the 177 Heights and its affiliated positions, as well as the combat characteristics of the Qing army, various precautions in defense, and so on.

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