Chapter 312: Night Battle [Subscription Requested]

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"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

In a very short period of time, on the trench of the Qing army, which was less than a hundred paces away, four mountain-splitting cannons suddenly exploded. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThese mountain-splitting cannons, which were placed only fifty paces apart, exploded with a deafening sound, and they were by no means comparable to the grenades of the Fu Han army.

"Damn it!"

Chen Wei was taken aback, the Qing soldiers actually opened fire, this black light is blinding, can they see people? Why the hell are you making so many noises!? Seeing the four flames erupting, Chen Wei's heart shook fiercely at this moment. His men are going to suffer casualties!

At the same time, Chen Wei and a considerable number of Fu Han officers and soldiers did not understand, since there were still artillery prepared on the other side, why didn't they wait until the Fu Han army rushed to a closer distance before using it? Bombarded so early, even if it could hit people, the casualties would not be too great.

A black shadow erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, and then countless buckshot bullets and broken iron horns burst the black shadow, scattering into a large net in the air. The mountain splitting cannon is like a strengthened version of the Tiger Squat Cannon, but the cannonballs emitted are not stones and iron horns like the Tiger Squat Cannon, but small shotguns that are very up to date with the times!

The Qing army's shotgun was wrapped with lead bullets and broken iron nails, and although the small shotgun looked small, there were hundreds of lead bullets and broken iron nails inside.

Four mountain-splitting cannons, countless gravel and iron horns crossed the distance of a hundred paces, and with a fan-shaped surface of no more than 30 degrees, fishing nets were scattered on the heads of many soldiers of the Fu Han Army.

The Fu Han army, which lowered its head and shrank its body, still heard a miserable scream. The armor can't cover all the places on the body, and in addition to the armor soldiers, there are also some non-main forces attacking together, and these Fu Han troops without armor and shields have also fallen in large numbers, but I don't know how many of them died.

Thin cotton jackets and flesh and blood can't stop lead bullets from breaking iron.

The most terrifying thing is that he was shot in the head, not far in front of Chen Wei, there was a brain splash that was beaten, taking advantage of the fire of the grenade explosion thrown out by the Qing army, Chen Wei could see clearly, the man's head was shattered. The red and white ones are like ripe watermelons that have been struck with an iron rod.

Some soldiers were hit by pieces of iron from lead bullets, causing blood holes and blood mist.

These four cannons alone caused sixty or seventy Fu Han troops to fall to the ground.

As soon as the frontal shelling sounded, the artillery behind the Fu Han army also began to roar, and hundreds of five-pound guns and eight-pound runners poured down flowering shells onto Hongshan. The position that the Fu Han army is attacking now is only the position in front of the Qing army's mountain, and the shell landing point is still far from the position.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The soldiers of the Fu Han Army who attacked at night took another forty or fifty steps forward, the shotguns of the Qing army had been opened, and there was still a faint fire in the trenches. Can you light a fire in the trenches at this time? Just as he was thinking about it, dozens of grenades had been thrown far away by the strong bombardier soldiers, and Chen Wei looked at it and felt that at least half of them had rolled into the trench. Then he heard the screams of the Qing soldiers, and finally all the screams disappeared into a violent explosion.

In the night, the light of the cannonballs illuminated the south bank of the Yangtze River and the Hongshan Mountain to the west of Wuchang City.

On the position of the Qing army's eastern front, the Fu Han army and the Qing army were engaged in a fierce fight.

It's like two waves are being urged by a huge force, rising towards each other, and at the same time jumping high, slamming into each other in mid-air, and the waves are broken.

Since the Fu Han army entered Hubei, in the face of the famous Fu Han army, whether it was Ali Gon or Ma Mingxun before, they all asked the troops to defend, defend, and defend. It's one thing to spread rumors, it's another to go to war. Except for the night in Hanyang, few Qing troops have experienced the strength of hand-to-hand combat of the Han army. The Fu Han army, which shrank back in the offensive during the day, seemed to have suddenly turned into another army tonight, one by one like a hungry wolf, and they could fight and dare to fight.

The number of Qing soldiers on the position was falling downward, and the follow-up troops were constantly filling in.

Without armor protection, the cruelty of hand-to-hand combat is much heavier than that of ancient armies. Because they don't have armor on their bodies, a serious slash may be a serious injury, or even death!

On the side of the Fu Han army, there are some troops wearing armor with high protective power, two armies, one army and some elite soldiers wearing armor, and the other army wearing single clothes, without protection, if it is not for the continuous strength of the Qing army to make up, it will not take long for the hand-to-hand combat on both sides to divide the victory and defeat.

There were five or six hundred Qing soldiers on the entire front, and thousands of militia groups poured into the follow-up front, and the white-knuckle battle lasted less than half an hour.

In a trench under Hongshan, Enpu, the deputy general of the Huguang Governor and Governor of Huguang, who commanded the battle, saw in disbelief that the tide surging from the west pushed the Kuroshio limit on the position to gradually shift eastward, and soon, the tide pushed the Kuroshio to roll back to the frontline position.

"Shoot, fire, ......"

A Qing officer brandished a waist knife and shouted hoarsely. The Qing gunners on the position raised the muzzle a little, aimed at the rear of the black crowd, regardless of whether the muzzle was raised high enough, and then opened fire.

While the artillery they have at hand can still fire, they will fight first. At least it can calm the morale of the Qing army, if you are lucky enough to hit the cannonball into the array of the Fu Han army and kill a few thieves, it will be blessed by your ancestors.

In fact, there was no need for the officers to howl, and the Qing troops on the position knew that they could not remain indifferent, and sat back and watched the Fu Han army rush up Hongshan with the tail of the Qing army. Therefore, when the cannon sounded, Enpu, who had stabilized his mind, was directing the soldiers to move from the left and right lines of communication to the two flanks of the Fu Han army, and when he led the troops to block the Fu Han army's shock group, the Qing troops on the left and right practiced Yong and killed them together, striving to completely defeat the Fu Han army.

The battle lasted until 11:00 p.m. Except for the cries and groans of the wounded, not a single gunfire could be heard on the battlefield.

The Fu Han army retreated. It seems that he also took the initiative to clean up the battlefield and brought back as many of his wounded soldiers and corpses as possible. So was the Qing army able to claim victory?

Enpu and Gong Zhaolin, the minister of Hunan regimental training who rushed to the front line with great courage, looked at the Qing soldiers in front of them, who were less than seven or eight hundred people, and were speechless for a long time. The officers and soldiers arranged in the Hongshan frontline position are the city guard camp in Wuchang, there are five or six hundred people, and there are thousands of people who practice bravery, fifteen or six hundred, only half of the night has passed, and only half of the people are left. And this is not counting the reserve army used by Enpu, there are 3,000 people, 2,000 people intercept head-on, 1,000 people are divided into left and right, flank attack, and finally beat back the Fuhan army that rushed up.

"Lord Gong, the men and horses used by Chen Rebellion will not exceed two thousand people, including the elite veterans of the thief army, only one battalion."

"The Chinese army is not too arrogant, right? Our army invested nearly 5,000 troops in this battle......"

"So what? Although the thieves are divided into camps, their hearts are in harmony and they watch over each other as one. Although our army is called an army, in fact, there are many factions, each with its own mind. And in the dark night, the strong army is brave, and the weak army is timid. The Chen thief swept the world and swept the two rivers, and his corporals were all strong in their hearts, regardless of their combat strength. Enpu shook his head as he spoke, no wonder Zhu Jue outside Hanyang City only lasted one night, so he hurriedly crossed the river. Fighting a night battle with the Fu Han army is really torturous.

Gong Zhaolin was silent. He knew what Amp was saying. But can it be solved? No. "There are a large number of Jiangnan soldiers in Chen Wei's army, and now Chen Wei has abandoned Jiangnan and come to Huguang, and his army will be chaotic. Those who can hold it are just old thieves in Yu'e. As long as our army dares to fight, it cannot be outside the city of Wuchang. Gong Zhaolin comforted.

"The two adults, it's not that the little ones don't fight hard, but they really can't resist the chaos. The armored veterans among them are unmatched, and they fight like mad tigers, which is really good. And its soldiers are skillfully coordinated, whether it is a veteran or a new soldier, they can form a small triangle formation......"

Knowing oneself and knowing the other side is the only way to win all battles. Enpu just wants to understand the combat effectiveness of the enemy on the opposite side, and he wants to talk about the hand-to-hand combat of the Fu Han army, so what can be more qualified than the group of remnants in front of him.

The thousand in front of him said to Enpu.

At about two o'clock in the morning, that is, the ugly hour was about to pass, the Fu Han army launched a second night attack on the Hongshan position of the Qing army.

In this attack, the Fu Han army raised mortars, used the front trench abandoned by the Qing army, fired in the trench, and attacked the Qing army's position first. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, at least it has boosted the spirit of the attacking troops of the Fu Han Army.

When he really saw the second attack of the Fu Han army, Enpu's already grim face became completely silent.

If they encounter the resistance of the Qing army with grenades, even a large number of attacking troops of the Fu Han army will lie on the ground, leaving only a small part of the troops that seem to be specialized in bomb throwing, and the Qing army will throw grenades one by one, and the result is often the victory of the Fu Han army. Whether it is arm strength, accuracy or physical strength, the Qing army is very different from the specially trained bombardiers.

The attacking Fu Han army was also divided into multiple troops, which seemed to have learned the lesson of the last time the left and right flanks were caught in the attack, and Enpu did not know that in the last offensive battle of the Fu Han army, not only did it suffer a little loss in the attack of the Qing army on both wings, but also the four mountain splitting guns at the beginning also caused heavy losses to the Fu Han army, and directly reduced most of the team.

The second offensive naturally had to learn a lesson. Anyway, the night was their best cover, and the force of the musket under the night was reduced to the extreme. And the soldiers of the Fu Han army were each armed with at least five grenades.

In the darkness of the night, the troops of the Fu Han Army launched many offensive operations from different positions, some of which failed, but some of them successfully broke through the Qing army's defense line and entered the next level. Enpu was in a hurry, because the total strength of the Hongshan position he was in charge of was only 6,000 men, and he had already used 5,000 men in the last battle. Now the Fu Han army is attacking in many ways, either from the surface or from the trenches, he mobilizes all the reserve forces to rescue, but the Fu Han army is also sending teams to continue to enter the battlefield, and he will not be able to support it if this continues. The news of reinforcements in the city had not yet arrived, but the news that many places had been broken by the Fu Han army troops who had suddenly killed in the night came, and he was almost depressed that Hongshan would not be able to survive tonight.

Fortunately, it was not only Gong Zhaolin who didn't sleep that night, but also Aligon. After hearing Hongshan's urgency, he immediately sent three thousand Hubei Lian Yong to support, and arrived in time when Enpu sent all the teams in his hands, personally picked up the sword, and was ready to kill with the guards. The second attack of the Fu Han army ultimately failed to achieve its wishes.

"Hooray, hooray......"

"Cheers? Shouting hooray? What's going on, have any reinforcements from the Qing army on the other side arrived? It's been more than half an hour, and he hasn't taken down the opposite position, and Chen Qi doesn't hide his anxiety at all in front of his subordinates. As a result, he heard the voice shouting long live, instead of Wan Sheng, which the Fu Han army often shouted. "Check it out!" (To be continued.) )