Chapter 996: Finished in one battle
The 1st Battalion and 1st Brigade of Chen Wou-Ki were also ready.
In fact, the position of the first battalion was originally used as a Chinese army, and basically there would be no danger.
It's just now, because Chen Kaizhi placed his big tent on the edge of the entire camp, so that the place where the first battalion was stationed formed a salient, but here, it was not only easy to be surrounded by the Hu people's iron cavalry, but also the most dangerous.
His Majesty's big tent was not far from the trench here, but it was only a few hundred meters away, and nearly 10,000 people from the first battalion entered the trench one after another.
Under this battalion, there were two infantry brigades, an artillery brigade, and in addition, a special guard brigade.
An infantry brigade, numbering nearly 3,000 men, had 80 Italian guns, 2,500 long guns, and in addition to that, there were 200 special squads for grenashing, and even more short guns, with 1,200 pieces.
Chen Wou-Ki was dressed in a military uniform and looked energetic, in fact, it was the first time he participated in the battle as a warrior battalion, although he had become a team officer, his palms were also sweaty.
In peacetime in the army, everyone knows that he is the prince and the brother of His Majesty, so most military attachΓ©s did not dare to have too many excessive demands on him, but Chen Kaizhi personally made a decree and strictly ordered not to be polite to Chen Wouji, plus Chen Wouji was already from a difficult background, and he was willing to concentrate on training, so he was promoted very quickly, and soon won the trust of the upper echelons of the new army.
Otherwise, even if he would be given a high position, he would never dare to give him the position of captain of the first battalion and the first brigade, because this brigade was often responsible for protecting His Majesty the Emperor.
The battalion officers had already begun to count the ammunition.
Immediately, someone began to count and make a report.
Everyone understands that the position of the first battalion is not only to protect His Majesty, but also in the salient, which was originally used to attract the Hu people to attack in His Majesty's deployment, so the attack faced by the first battalion must be extremely tragic, on the other hand, some of the other battalions are used as reserves, and some are responsible for defending the rear and flanks, and the pressure is not great.
Therefore, the ammunition here is almost piled up, in order to have enough ammunition for the eighty Italian guns, the ammunition for the Italian guns is fully stockpiled with hundreds of thousands, in addition to the whole arsenal of shells and hand bullets.
Chen Wou-Ki was now wearing a combat uniform, with a round helmet on his head and a close-fitting black and green suit, and at this moment he sat cross-legged on the ground with the officers and soldiers below, and began to eat air-dried steamed cakes, as well as water, in addition to jerky.
This jerky is hard to chew, so it needs to be soaked in water and softened before eating.
Some people leaned out of the trench and bent their waists to see what was going on there.
The Hu people were full of horns and horns, and countless cavalry were staggered, obviously preparing for the final decisive battle.
The decree was quickly sent to Chen Wouji, and a military attache who had given the order came over and said, "Where is Team Officer Chen?" β
Naturally, the soldiers parted the way, and the military attache jumped into the trench, brought up a layer of dirt, and shook it off the steel helmets of the officers and men in the trench.
Chen Wuji stood up, still chewing on the jerky in his mouth.
The military attache said: "Officer Chen, Your Majesty's dictation, if the enemy does not enter fifty steps, he must not open fire, please convey the order." β
Chen Wuji had actually received this order from the General Staff a long time ago, this decisive battle was not easy to come by, and he must wait for the Hu people to enter the most effective range and organize shooting, only in this way can he kill and injure the Hu people to the greatest extent, lest these Hu people, relying on their horses, flee again.
But now, His Majesty has reiterated the order again, and it is in the form of an oral message, obviously, His Majesty is afraid that the battalions below will not be able to hold it, so he will fire first, causing unpredictable consequences.
"Understood." Chen Wuji nodded: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty." β
As he spoke, he looked at the herald Nunu beside him, and when he arrived in the army, Chen Wou-Ki was already like a fish in water, he liked the life here, there were no constraints, and there was no need to think nonsense, just complete the order, and then practice simple life with a group of officers and soldiers.
After hearing this, the herald hurriedly took out a bamboo slip, quickly recorded the order with charcoal, and then removed the officers and soldiers in the trench and went to the positions of the squadrons.
"Your Majesty also said......" The military attache paused, looked at Chen Wouji, who had enlisted in the army as a prince, and said: "Your Majesty's order is specially passed on to you, let you be careful, you must live!" β
Chen Wuji nodded: "Understood." β
At this time, suddenly the bamboo whistle sounded, this is the bamboo whistle of the scouts, the bamboo whistle is short and sharp, all of a sudden, countless officers and soldiers in the trench have poked their heads out, countless heads and eyes, and suddenly saw the smoke and dust rolling several miles ahead.
Hu Ren...... Attacked.
Without hesitation, Chen Wuji pulled out the short gun on his waist, straightened the slightly crooked steel helmet, and then said loudly: "The bamboo whistle blows, prepare for battle!" β
In all directions, the rapid bamboo whistle blew frantically from the trenches crisscrossing the radius of dozens of miles, but soon, the sound of the bamboo whistle was drowned out by the surging sound of horses' hooves.
The hooves of the horses were roaring, and the shocking hooves of the thousands of troops and horses were striking the earth again and again, so that countless debris in the trenches fell with a clatter, and the officers and soldiers were suddenly full of dirt.
At the same time, the guns poked out of the trenches, the Italian guns had already adjusted their positions, and the artillery positions behind had already calibrated their muzzles, and only the grenadiers were the most leisurely, still counting their precious hand bullets.
Chen Wou-Ki took out the telescope and saw from a distance that he couldn't see anything from this magnified line of sight, because the lens barrel was full of people and horses, so he simply put the telescope down, and lay his hands on the edge of the ditch, and saw that the overwhelming iron rider was really moving quickly here like a dark cloud.
"It's good, Hu Ren obviously wants to do his best to send out a general attack, haha! I'm afraid that they will attack tentatively. Chen Wou-Ki clenched his fists fiercely, revealing a happy and freehand look, with a bit of hideousness on his face.
In fact, the prediction of the staff was that the Hu people most likely wanted to complete the battle, because they had already launched a tentative attack before, and they were quickly repulsed, and they tried the power of firearms.
And since the Hu people fought a decisive battle, if they sent a small cavalry tentative attack, they would not be able to test any results at all, the number of people was too small, and in the face of countless new armies, this tentative attack was meaningless.
Therefore, the judgment made by the general staff was that the Hu people would definitely bet all their bets, vainly trying to take advantage of the advantages of numbers and the rapid mobility of the cavalry, and would rather sacrifice a part of the cavalry than rush into the formation, and finally completely crush the Han army.
Although this judgment was made, it is not known what it is, this is a hard-won decisive battle, and almost everyone prays for Hu Ren to have a good time.
Obviously, Hu Ren made the choice judged by the General Staff, which made Chen Wuji feel comfortable all of a sudden.
"Ready, ready, don't be impulsive."