Chapter 292: Anti-Water
Yang Ritian concentrated a large number of elites in Shimen Barrier City, and as soon as he received Sun Dingliao's walkie-talkie report, Yang Zongbing immediately began to act.
The first to set off was a large group of people. They carried all kinds of fortification equipment that had been withdrawn from the Shimen Barrier City and the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, and transported them to Shapozi along the temporary mountain passageway.
The second action was the sailor of Bu Nineteen. Three water-jet armored ships accompanied by more than a dozen reed rowers had already sailed into the side of the Shimen Barrier City while the Shimen River was rising.
By this time, the armored ship had already removed all its armor and equipment. Da Mu Zuowen Shen made a winch at the stone gate, and used thick hemp rope to lassoscope the faucet of the water jets, and a dozen young men shook the gallows and dragged the three water jets from the turbulent water to the open water upstream of the stone gate.
The main material of the water jet is the reed rod produced in Changsheng Township, which at this time shows its superiority: the hollow reed is light in weight and the hull has a shallow draft; The reed is not afraid of bumping, and it breaks the outer layer and the inner layer.
The Shimen River forms a ponded bay in the upper reaches of Shimen, where the water surface is calm and open. As soon as the water jet ship got on the stone gate, it was pulled into the blind spot of the Manchurian soldiers' line of sight to reinstall the water tank, armor plate and weapons.
Each water jet ship has a Tiger squat gun carriage mounted on the bow of the gun car, which is equipped with three Tiger squat guns and is equipped with three gunners; The stern of the waterjet ship houses two rotatable cannon mounts and is equipped with an army of archers; Each jet ship is equipped with four sailors and a communications officer. In this way, the whole ship totaled 13 people.
With the completion of the installation of the water jets, the rest of the small reed paddles were successively hanged on the stone gate, and the infantry under the East Shimen Mountain also completed the assembly.
The commander-in-chief, Yang Ritian, divided the infantry into three attack echelons.
The first echelon is the main force of the two teams of the first battalion, which is led by Yang Ritian himself.
The second echelon is a team of a battalion, two and a half miles, and the nomadic archers of Machi, led by Yang Liulang and Niu Guangtian.
The third echelon is all the rest of the people, and the weapons of the people are varied, all of which are led by Guo Masons from Erli and Ban Village.
At the beginning of the hottest weather, the general soldier Yang Ritian issued an order, advancing by land and water, and the general attack began!
The deputy commander of the naval division, Bu 19, was on top of the first armored ship, and he led three water jets straight to the rear of the Manchurian army. There, the Shimen River gradually narrowed, and the river cut from the east side of the valley road to the west side, which was the farthest distance that the fire of the East Shimen Fort could cover.
Two sailors stepped on the spray tank, and two sailors used the direction of the fulcrum of the penny. From the binoculars, Bu 19 could clearly see that the Manchurian soldiers had arranged a line of tiger squat artillery on the north side of the river, and behind the tiger squat artillery were the Manchurian armored soldiers who were waiting for the battle.
Gradually, Bu 19 could see the complex facial expressions of the gunners of the Han army in Manchukuo, and Bu 19 ordered to shout while approaching.
The tiger squat gunner at the bow of the waterjet ship shouted in Liaodong dialect:
"Da Ling River, the muzzle of the cannon rushes to the ground, and the mouth of the gun rushes to the sky!"
"Da Ling River, when the fight starts, raise your hands and cross the river to go home!"
"Boom", "boom", "boom", in response to Bu Jiu's shout, the Han army's tiger squat artillery opened fire one after another.
The water in front of the 19th armored ship was covered with a fine splash of lead seeds.
The shouting worked, and the Han army deliberately opened fire in advance.
The three armored ships accelerated sharply and plunged into the narrow river.
The shouting continues:
"Da Linghe, the Manchurian soldiers are surrounded by us, and it is a good time for you to take revenge!"
"Zhushen Ahas, abandon your weapons and don't kill!"
"Boom", a Manchurian tiger squatting cannon opened fire, and the lead seed hit the first card crackling.
Bu Jiu stopped shouting and plunged straight into the place where the cannon was fired.
"Boom", "boom", two more tiger squat guns fired at Bu 19's armored ship, and the raindrops of lead seeds hit the armored ship all over the body.
But the reed raft has this benefit and will not be beaten and leaked.
Bu Jiu didn't want this raft anymore, but just approached with his head bored.
A battalion led by Yang Ritian had already arrived on the south bank of the Shimen River.
Several grenadiers fired smoke bombs across the river, and the smoke screen rose in the Manchurian formation, blocking the view of the Manchurian soldiers and preventing the Han gunners from reloading.
Bu 19 took advantage of the protection of the smoke screen and drove directly to a place less than 100 feet away from the north shore, and the tiger squat cannons and ballistas in the bow and stern of the ship were fired together.
To tell the truth, the appearance of the water division caught the Manchurian soldiers by surprise. Originally, Gil Harang's deployment was to defend the infantry, and he carefully arranged a half-crossing attack on the north bank of the Shimen River, where did he think that he would suddenly kill three mobile batteries in the water.
Due to the absence of Gil Harang at the scene, the Manchurian generals who had led the broken army did not dare to organize a retreat to a safe distance without authorization, and were suddenly bombarded by Bu 19 shells to create a gap, and the other two armored ships continued to cooperate with Bu 19 artillery bombardment to expand the gap area.
The small reed rafts that followed the three armored ships quickly built an improvised pontoon bridge over the river with door panels and rafts. Yang Ritian led a group of soldiers to rush across the river in the first batch with a roar.
Yang Ritian is still an old tactic, the grenadier who crossed the river fired a smoke screen at the dense place of the Manchurian soldiers, and then the three-eyed gunners rushed up to aim at the smoke screen is a row of guns, and when the smoke screen was slightly dispersed, the sword and shield hands rushed in under the cover of the archers to slash and kill.
In the past few days, the Manchurian soldiers have been frightened by all kinds of bombing and thundering by the coalition forces, and after the rain, they have run out of food and grass, and the news of Sakhalian's defeat is circulating in the army, and morale is at its lowest.
The first battalion took advantage of the rainy day to rest steadily for two days, and the general soldier personally charged, and three gunboats supported it, and the morale was like a rainbow for a while.
At this time, some Han gunners took advantage of the chaos to secretly turn the muzzle of the gun and fired a "bombardment" at the Manchurian soldiers in the rear.
Some Manchurian soldiers shouted: "Oh no! The Han army is backwater! ”
The Manchurian soldiers retreated one after another, and for a time there was chaos.
"The Han army has turned back!"
"The Han army has turned back!"
"The Han army has turned back!"
The Manchurian soldiers, the Han army, and the coalition army shouted the same thing.
The Han army can't do it if they don't want to.
First, there were two guns, then three and four, and five and six tiger squat guns turned their muzzles backwards.
The Han army, which turned the muzzle, was immediately sheltered by the landed coalition forces, although before they had time to reload and fire, the deterrent effect had already been formed.
The clever Manchurian soldiers seized this last opportunity and turned and ran.
The Manchurian formation began to crumble.
So all the Han troops turned their guns one after another.
The strongest Manchurian soldiers could not withstand this pressure, and in an instant, the elite soldiers arranged by Gil Harang began to rout.
"Boom", "boom", some of the Han army's tiger squat cannons were loaded, and they sprayed lead seeds at the defeated Manchurian soldiers.
The rout of the Manchurian soldiers immediately turned into a vicious stampede.