Chapter 65: The Battle of Chongming Island (7)
Qi Zhifeng and Bo Luo calculated with each other to delay time, and the roundabout troops led by Li Shutai encountered Qi Hongying's troops near the Nameless Mountain about half an hour later. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because Qi Zhifeng was surrounded by the Qing army, the news that could still be transmitted before had long been cut off at this time, and even after that earth-shattering explosion (grenade explosion), the gunfire on the front line completely stopped.
Now that the mines have been planted and the reinforcements on the island are all in place, the several waves of heralds sent out to urge Qi Zhifeng to retreat have not returned, which makes Qi Hongying more and more worried.
After all, that's 5,000 Qi family troops, and a chariot battalion!
So Qi Hongying planned to personally lead 10,000 Qi family troops to the front line to see what was going on on the front line, and by the way, to meet the Qi family army.
As a result, as soon as these 10,000 people got out of the minefield, they encountered Li Shutai's troops, and Qi Hongying's idea was: My cousin's troops may have been wiped out, and I want to avenge my cousin.
And Li Shutai's idea was: the enemy reinforcements have arrived, and this group of reinforcements must be entangled, otherwise Belle's plan will not be implemented.
The troops of both sides met on the march, and what was tested at this time was the commander's ability to command on the spot and the soldier's military quality.
Li Shutai was worthy of being a general favored by Nurhachi, and seeing that the Ming army on the opposite side had not yet lined up and could not exert the power of firearms, he immediately ordered the whole army to charge, not intending to give the other party the slightest respite.
"The whole army obeys the order, puts on the bayonet, and prepares for a white-knuckle battle!" Qi Hongying was also unambiguous, knowing that it was too late to line up at this time, so she simply had a hard encounter with the other party.
With Qi Hongying's order, the Qi family army, which was marching at the front of the team, quickly shot out the bullets in the chamber, and quickly pulled out the bayonet on his waist, loaded it on the muzzle of the flintlock pistol, shouted loudly, and rushed towards the enemy.
The bayonet, less than a year after Li Hongfei came out, was used for the first time in a large-scale war.
The so-called one inch long and one inch strong, the flintlock pistol is equipped with a bayonet, which is no different from a spear, and the Qing army holding a war knife naturally suffered a lot of losses in hand-to-hand combat.
In addition, some Qi Jiajun play yin, before fighting with you with a bayonet, I will give you a shot, such a close distance, the hit rate is quite considerable, once the Qing army is shot, either dead or wounded, even if it is not shot, there is a shadow in my heart, for fear that there will be Ming troops next to me to make up for the gun.
As a result, the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was greatly reduced, and the Qi family army was 10,000 against 35,000, and it did not fall behind for a while.
And with the gunfire here, Zheng Chenggong and other generals not far from the rear also discovered the abnormality, worried that their own general army would suffer, and hurriedly led the remaining 30,000 Ming troops to support.
Soon the scale of the battle changed from more than 40,000 people at the beginning to a large-scale melee of 80,000 people.
At the same time, Qi Zhifeng, who was surrounded by the Qing army, also heard gunfire in the distance.
"It's not good, the other party is delaying the army, deliberately dragging us here, so as to free up their hands to deal with the rest of the troops on the island!" Qi Zhifeng felt that he "understood" the other party's intentions.
"Your Excellency, do you mean that there aren't many Qing troops left here?" Some generals wondered.
"That's right, there are too many woods around, it's hard to distinguish the specific number of enemy troops, maybe the other party is a suspicious soldier, and the main force is fighting with the chief soldier at this moment! No, we have a chariot battalion here to guard, and there aren't many elite soldiers on the side of the chief soldier, so we must take the initiative to rescue the chief soldier! Qi Zhifeng said.
Surrounded by dozens of enemy troops, and daring to say that he rescued others, Qi Zhifeng can really be regarded as a genius.
But it's no wonder that he is, the key is that Bolo's approach is too weird, making Qi Zhifeng think that this is the strategy of the Qing army, if it is really the strategy of the Qing army, then the Qing soldiers here should not exceed 20,000 people, with the chariot battalion and the mandarin duck formation of the Qi family's army, it is still easy to break through in the face of the enemy defense line of 20,000 people, so Qi Zhifeng will order the initiative to attack.
And the Qing army base camp where Bolo was also heard gunfire in the distance.
"General Qiyu, there is an abnormal movement in the Qi family army ahead, and it seems that they want to break through." At this time, a soldier came in to give a message.
"I can't wait, the other party's reinforcements have arrived, and we must deal with this group of Qi family troops as soon as possible, how much artillery has been transported?" Bolo asked.
"It was only transported ashore more than a hundred doors."
"So little? What about the two Hongyi cannons? "Bolo's main concern is still the Hongyi cannon.
The range and power of the Hongyi cannon are stronger than the Furlong cannon, and if you want to gain an advantage in the artillery battle, you must rely on the Hongyi cannon.
"The Hongyi cannon is too heavy, and when it was transported ashore, the cable of one of the cannons was accidentally broken, and the cannon sank to the bottom of the river. The officer in charge of the transport replied.
"Okay, the official will give you a stick of incense, if after a stick of incense, the officer can't hear the sound of the cannon, you all jump into the sea to feed the fish!" Bolo said coldly.
"Let's urge!" For the sake of their own lives, the generals below can only fight.
"Pass my order, the whole army will attack, attack the enemy's chariot battalion, and do not let the enemy break out, capture the palm thunder, the officer will be promoted to three ranks, and the bounty will be fifty catties!"
Bolo is going to buy time for the Hongyi cannon with his life...........
"Didn't you say that the Manchu Tartars had only 100,000 troops? How many fucking people are there, I bet that if the Qing army surrounding us is less than 50,000 people, I will write my surname upside down! In the chariot battalion, the general of the Ming Army said loudly.
According to Qi Zhifeng's speculation, the main force of the other party should be fighting with Qi Hongying, but at this time, the Qing soldiers besieging the chariot battalion are also countless, so the generals are a little confused, and they don't know how many Qing troops have landed on the island this time.
A general in charge of the Furlong machine gun, while instructing his subordinates to adjust the firing position, responded to the general who spoke before: "General Wang, you can pull it down, your name is written backwards is not also surnamed Wang, let's save some energy to kill the Tartars!" Looking at this situation, there is no play in supporting the commander-in-chief, and I hope the commander-in-chief can win, so come and support us quickly! ”
Qi Zhifeng wanted to support Qi Hongying, but he stabbed the hornet's nest, not to mention support at this time, according to the opponent's attack strength, whether the chariot battalion can hold out for an hour is a big problem.
The Qing army was also ruthless this time, the first batch of troops to go up was mainly Manchurian, and the soldiers of the Han army with the blue flag were only covering on the side, it seems that Borg was worried that once the Han people collapsed, it would trigger a chain reaction.
And the Manchurian soldiers were indeed not afraid of death, especially under the double temptation of official position and money, the 500-meter charge, they held a rattan card in one hand and a war knife in the other, and they even withstood the attacks of birds, rockets, and Francos in turn, and finally approached the chariot battalion about 30 meters.
"Bombardier ready, blow the fuck!"
According to the previous combat method of the tank battalion, at a distance of thirty meters, it was already necessary to dispatch cold weapon troops to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent, but now with grenades, a large number of cold weapon soldiers have been replaced by these bombardiers.
But just as the bombardier was about to throw a grenade, a round of arrow feathers suddenly flew out from the Qing army's camp, which had only known how to charge blindly but did not make any effective counterattack.
The targets of these arrows were not Furlan operators or flintlock muskets, but bombardiers who were ready to "show their might.......