Chapter 430: The Fu Han Army Must Win!

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"Beep-"

The sharp whistle passed through the roar of the cannonballs and reached the ears of the soldiers of the infantry phalanx of the Fu Han Army. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info no need for the officer to shout at the top of his voice, "Control the rhythm!" Go at a pace! One-two-one-two-one".

The whistle is the best command.

Shen Shiying, who had been transferred from Chen Ming's side, had now been promoted to the battalion deputy of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 14th Brigade of the 2nd Garrison Division, and at the same time, because the battalion officer of their battalion had been wounded in the last battle, Shen Shiying was acting as the battalion officer at this time. Now this battalion is at the forefront of the four infantry phalanxes of the Fu Han Army.

Shen Shiying wore a cuirass on his body, and a grenade, a saber and a flintlock pistol were hung on the hooks around his waist. Although the 14th Brigade did not experience a series of battles in the south, the Fu Han army destroyed the spirit of the Qing army, and it was not only those teams that went down to the south of the Yangtze River that boosted morale, but also the troops left behind were full of confidence. It doesn't matter how effective they actually are!

And what about the Qing army on the other side? It's a different story.

Their officers' expressions shrank, their soldiers stiffened, the phalanx slowed down, and many of them gradually stopped following the beat of the drums - the Qing army's small drums were traditional Chinese waist drums, and the queue soon appeared a little skewed, so that the officers in the formation had to shout loudly to remind them.

The distance between the phalanxes on both sides is gradually getting closer.

The artillery on both sides continued to bombard, creating gaps in each other's arrays, but they were quickly filled by the men behind. The Fu Han army showed a high fighting passion, and the Qing army also showed a certain amount of courage! It may be that the large group of cavalry brought by Ah Gui gave these Qing infantry strength.

However, judging from the casualties on both sides, the Qing army was far more than the Fu Han army. Because the artillery fire of the Fu Han army far exceeded that of the Qing army, most of the shells fired were flowering shells, and the shells fired by the Qing army were still old solid iron bullets.

The ranks of the Fu Han Army sang a loud military song -- the battle song of the Red Turban Army. On this occasion, 'holding a steel knife of ninety-nine, kill all the beards before stopping.' I am a dignified man, what is a Tartar as a horse and a cow ......', the lyrics and high-pitched and passionate singing can always give people a special strength.

A twelve-pound projectile roared through the phalanx on Shen Shiying's right, and the iron bullet hit and grazed the bodies of four or five soldiers in a row before finally running out of strength. The soldiers who were hit and grazed by the iron bullets were either dead or wounded, and it is better to say that the dead are good, and a wounded soldier who was grazed to the thigh by the shell lay on the ground and wailed.

The leg bones had been broken, revealing the white bones of Sensen, and only a little flesh and skin were left in the broken leg, and the red blood gushed out, and the wounded soldiers, who could not die for a while, tried in vain to cover the wounds with their hands, but this could not stop the flow of blood.

The medical soldiers in the rear had quickly caught up, and Shen Shiying didn't see how the medical soldiers treated the wounded soldier, but directly told him that it was difficult for the soldier to survive. The medics on the battlefield could not conjure up a hot iron to 'stitch' his wounds, and even if they were quickly carried back to the position, bleeding would kill him.

Shen Shiying, don't look over, the survival rate of the seriously injured in this era is very low.

The artillery fire on both sides was raging, and two-thirds of the thirty or forty cannons of the Qing army were arranged in front of them, while the artillery fire of the Fu Han army was at least twice that of the Qing army. It's just that there are fewer rockets, the number of rockets in the Fuhan Army is limited, and the Southern Route Army is only used to lead the way, and the rockets are even less, and they have all been consumed before. In addition to equipping the naval division, the rockets of the Fu Han Army are now mainly sent to Chen Ming, and only a small part of Anqing and Northern Jiangsu are imported, especially those heavy rockets.

But even so, the Qing army was greatly traumatized. One of the phalanxes in which they walked at the forefront was directly destroyed by the artillery fire. It seems that it is very unfortunate to be hit by five or six or seven shells at the same time, and when the gunpowder smoke rises with orange fireworks, countless shrapnel splashes in all directions to harvest countless lives, and then Shen Shiying clearly saw that the battalion head of the Qing army collapsed directly.

Flags fell to the ground, guns were thrown on the ground, and hundreds of people scurried with their heads in their hands. Then it was brutally suppressed by the Qing army behind him with a volley of volleys.

The gunners were quickly carrying out the steps of clearing and reloading, and their skillful movements seemed to be in training.

"Boom! Rumble! "The shells of the Qing army flew over again, and this time the unlucky one was replaced by Shen Shiying's battalion. An iron bullet as big as a child's fist landed in front of Shen Shiying, and then jumped up and hit a soldier's crotch, directly shattering half of the soldier's body, and then the remaining iron bullet continued to hit two people.

"Unlucky!" Shen Shiying screamed in his heart. But I also know that this is unavoidable on the battlefield.

Even he himself is very likely to die in the next minute.

As a soldier, isn't it common to have a brush with death? Even if the taste is not pleasant.

Shen Shiying stabilized his mind!

"Raise your gun... Aim... Preparation... Put! "The infantry phalanx finally met.

A sharp whistle sounded, and the troops on both sides were already close to fifty paces, and the saber in Shen Shiying's right hand swung down suddenly. Prior to this, the mortar units moving with the army had stopped their positions, and the erected mortars sprayed shells.

The two warring sides fired at almost the same time, and the white smoke of muskets filled the battlefield.

Shen Shiying's battalion, which was in three columns, fired ninety percent of the 156 muskets in the first column, and Shen Shiying didn't know how many shots the Qing army on the opposite side was, he only heard that the guns on the opposite side were not very neat.

Shells from both sides had already crossed the heads of the troops on both sides and were shelling the artillery positions on the opposite side. It's a pity that the accuracy of the cannons of this era is really not high.

Shen Shiying didn't know how big the losses of the Fu Han army were, and only a dozen or so people fell in the infantry phalanx of their battalion.

The sharp brass whistle sounded again, and the soldiers of the first row after shooting stopped in place to reload, and the soldiers of the second row crossed the first row through the gap and fired another volley under the command of the officer, and the Qing army did the same - combining the Fu Han army and the Portuguese platoon gun killing method, the Manchu infantry tactically easily entered the world's advanced ranks. It's just that the implementation process is very bad! Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty in order to skin themselves, their 'nine into ten links', lifted again and again!

"Third row, gun raised!"

"Put!"

The distance between the two sides was rapidly narrowing, and the Qing army's array was becoming more and more fragmented. They were attacked by mortar artillery on one side and shot by platoon on the other, and when the distance between the two sides was reduced to thirty paces, the Qing army was timid.

The distance between the two sides is shrinking, and the damage from flintlock salvos is increasing.

Shen Shiying's mouth was faintly sweet, it was the smell of blood, a bullet hit his left chest, the breastplate was directly penetrated, and the huge impact made him fall to the ground on his back, but the hand that touched his chest did not feel blood, except for the stuffy pain in his chest, there was no blood. So he got up and continued to command the troops!

Shen Shiying couldn't understand why, could it be that the silk jacket he was wearing underneath could block the bullets? But he soon ran out of time to think about it. The Qing army in front of his battalion was already in disarray, and the battle had reached the point where they could settle everything with their bayonet charge.

"Beep ......"

The saber in Shen Shiying's hand slashed at the Qing army, "Brothers, kill ......"

"Tiger-" The soldiers of the Fu Han Army with bayonets shouted in unison, and rushed straight towards the Qing army.

The Qing army's musketeers were immediately overwhelmed, but this was exactly what Gui wanted to see. Just when the musketeers of the Fuhan army were chasing the defeated soldiers of the Qing army and wanted to roll back the artillery positions of the Qing army.

"Dirip Dira Tick Rata Tick Tick, Tick Rata Tick Tick ......"

Suddenly, there was a call to stop the pursuit. Shen Shiying was a little confused, what a good opportunity this is. Why should the big guy above be let go in vain? But the military order is like a mountain! The soldiers of the Fu Han Army, who were in pursuit, stopped and quickly gathered.

"Kill, ......" The two fierce Qing army horse teams suddenly rushed out of the smoke of gunpowder, and rushed straight towards the musketeers of the Fu Han army under the artillery fire of the Fu Han army.

In a flat riverside battlefield, the Fu Han army and the Qing army have set up high platforms, but the smoke of guns and cannons fills the air, obscuring the vision.

The distance of less than two miles would take a quarter of an hour for the infantry, and even half an hour would not be enough if you were to stay in line. And how long will it take for cavalry?

Advance at a jogging pace, also for a maximum of three or four minutes.

Only then did Shen Shiying understand what the order to stop the pursuit was. The excitement of killing just now, he forgot about the Qing army's horse team. The Qing army on the opposite side is no longer the Qing army stationed in Gwangju and Runing, and they have an extra horse team of 10,000 horsemen in the sequence.

But even then, it was too late to retreat.

In the Qing army's position, Ah Gui's eyes blinked and blinked, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth. The Fu Han army here did not raise the hot air balloon, so it was much more convenient for him to arrange the troops. But in a blink of an eye, the smile on the corner of Ah Gui's mouth disappeared, because he knew that it was impossible to take advantage of this kind of advantage forever. With Chen Wei's financial resources, as long as there is technology and effect, it is not a piece of cake to build a few more hot air balloons to equip the troops?

The cavalry of the Qing army came quickly, and it was too late for the musketeers of the Fuhan army to retreat.

Chen Wenzan frowned fiercely, after discovering that the Qing army had dispatched troops, he had already ordered the artillery troops to gather fire on the Qing army's horse team, but the time was too short, and the distance between the two miles was too short, and the speed of the cavalry still quickly killed in front of the musketeers of the Fuhan army, which had not yet been completely reorganized.

In the previous battle, the casualties of the Qing army were much greater than those of the Fu Han army, and now it is time for the Qing army to regain its roots.

Of course, Chen Wenzan did not want the four musket battalions he had put into the front line to be ravaged by the Qing army's horse team, so he resolutely invested the strength of a regiment again, and outflanked the central forward position in two parts.

So that the Qing army horse team, which had just taken a bite of fat, had to retreat to their lair. On the way, it was naturally set on fire by the artillery of the Fu Han Army!

Subsequently, as a counterattack, the 100 cannons of the Fu Han army launched a stormy artillery bombardment battle against the Qing army. The Qing artillery was completely at a disadvantage, although they took the opportunity to build a well-protected artillery position a few days early, but when the flowering shells fell among them, the Qing gunners who were harvested by the flying shrapnel were really about to collapse.

Unlike the artillery bombardment of the Qing army, which could only bombard the artillery of the Fu Han army by means of solid shell impact, the flowering shells fired by the artillery of the Fu Han army can directly harvest the lives of the gunners of the Qing army, and if you are lucky, the hot shrapnel is likely to ignite the powder keg.

The Qing army's artillery counterattack gradually weakened.

When the smoke of gunpowder completely enveloped the banks of the Qingshui River. The infantry and cavalry troops of the Qing army attacking the left flank of the Fu Han army have retreated, while the Fu Han army on the right flank and the middle road have taken the initiative to attack the Qing army!

The Qing army, which lacked artillery power, could only use horse teams to surprise the musketeers of the Han army halfway, and white-knuckle battles were not uncommon.

The blood of the Han army and the Qing army stained the land red.

The battle lasted until noon, and from a distance, the battlefield was covered with smoke and dust. A large number of soldiers wriggled around the battlefield, sometimes seeing neat columns, and soon they became phalanxes; From time to time, groups of soldiers in disarray could be seen retreating in confusion, galloping horse teams disappeared under the guns, the dead and wounded fell to the ground one by one, and the horses that had lost their owners were mourning and neighing.

Every once in a while, new columns and phalanxes entered the battlefield, and they were not really new forces, but mostly regrouped after retreating from the battlefield.

The flow of people is like a tide, rising and falling, back and forth. The routed team was retreating, and new teams were replenished, with salvos, artillery fire, hand-to-hand fighting, and then they were routed or had to retreat after some losses, followed by a heavy artillery bombardment.

The roar of the cannon spread more than ten miles away, and even the air trembled slightly. Huge echoes echoed in the open fields, reverberating gracefully across the ice-covered river.

Chen Wenzan was sitting in the command post with a calm and silent expression, but in fact, he was very unhappy in his heart. It was hard to believe that the war would be as anxious as it was now, and the Qing army used a large number of cavalry with their relatively rubbish musketeers, which was somewhat different from the process he imagined. Although the tenacity of the Qing army's musketeers is still very average, and their artillery strength is also very average, the huge number of cavalry has caused trauma to the Fu Han army that makes Chen Wenzan feel distressed!

Before that, he didn't take the Qing army seriously at all, but the facts gave him a blow to the head. The Qing army had a very good commander, and their cavalry troops always fought in the most critical moments and the most critical positions. Or when the musketeers of the Fu Han army were already in pursuit, or when the musketeers on both sides had just engaged......

The appearance of the former's Qing army's horse corps could easily force back the Fu Han army's pursuit of victory, while the latter seriously restrained and distracted the Fu Han army's musketeers.

The Qing army horse team will also organize a squad of horsemen to disrupt the infantry phalanx of the Fu Han army, to lure the infantry phalanx of the Fu Han army to open fire, so that Chen Wenzan and Lu Long have to concentrate all their snipers and go to the front line to snipe these fragmented Qing soldiers.

Although the cavalry of the Qing army attacked again and again, it also made the musketeers on both sides bombard, and the Fu Han army did not dare to pursue even if it won.

Now Chen Wenzan can only pray that the 'brave' buff of the Qing army's horse team will subside as soon as possible, or that the brave and elite cavalry of the Qing army will die as soon as possible. They are so 'brave' that they have to pay a great price. Otherwise, this battle will be really difficult.

On the other side of the battlefield, Ah Gui sat calmly in the army, looking at the battlefield with a calm and calm expression.

Although there is a fierce contest between the two armies on the battlefield, although the commanders on both sides understand that the current war is a stalemate and a confrontation, and it depends on who can survive to the end.

On the battlefield, the two sides unexpectedly fought evenly!

The Qing army's horse team saved the defeat of their own team with repeated charges, and no one could give the other party a fatal blow. The anxiety of the war made the hearts of people on both sides like knives, especially Ah Gui, compared to the infantry of the Fu Han army, the Qing army's horse team lost all the 'heart's blood'.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

"Boom~Boom~~"

Gunfire crackled and artillery roared. The fighting in the central position is still continuing, the fighting on the left flank battlefield is still the same, and the rows of Qing soldiers and Fu Han soldiers on the right flank battlefield fell to the ground, and the cruel war is going to kill them.

"The Han army is mighty—"

Amid the fierce gunfire, the Fu Han army launched another attack on the right flank. The soldiers' shouts were still loud. Then in the white-knuckle fight, in the splash of blood, everything was annihilated.

"Fight, fight resolutely." Chen Wenzan and Lu Long clenched their fists. The ratio of bilateral forces in this battle is at most 1 to 3, and under such a gap in strength, the Fu Han army cannot have a draw, let alone a loss, they must win!

This has a bearing on the overall morale and morale of the two sides.

The 'momentum' laid by the Fu Han Army from the decisive battle in northern Jiangsu could not be defeated in the hands of the Fourth Division and the Second Garrison Division.

……

"Your Highness, the details of the battle of the Qingshui River of the Southern Route Army have been delivered." Liu Wu was holding a thick document bag.

Chen Ming took it with a serious face, the Battle of Qingshuihe was won by the Han Army in the end, but it was a victory that could be called a miserable victory, the Fourth Division and the Second Garrison Division suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and more than half of the soldiers were killed on the spot. It was like a big stone thrown into a calm pool, which caused an uproar in the Northern Route Army. It's a field battle. It is a good opportunity for the main forces of the Han Army to dream of.

The 4th Division and the 2nd Garrison Division fought like this???

Previously, the flying pigeon passed the book, and Chen Ming never gave any instructions and reprimands to the Southern Route Army, and he was waiting for the current package of war details report.

In any case, the battle of Qingshui River cost the Qing army a loss of 2,000 cavalry, as well as more than 5,000 corpses of infantry soldiers.

The 4th Division and the 14th Brigade of the 2nd Garrison Division paid a heavy price of 3,000 casualties, but they won in the end. The name of the Fu Han army was retained, and with a difference of more than one to three, the Fu Han army still won. Since the casualties of the enemy and the enemy, they have taken a big advantage. Although such losses were made within the Fu Han army, they were absolutely defined as a crushing victory.

Chen Ming wanted to take a closer look at the battle report of the Battle of Qingshuihe, before the flying pigeon sent a message, which only said that the Qing army counterattacked with a horse team to curb the pursuit of the musketeers of the Fu Han army after victory...... (To be continued.) )