Chapter 63: The Battle of Chongming Island (5)

For the "palm thunder", the generals of the Qing army have different opinions, but most of them feel that there are a lot of rumors, in their opinion, these Nanming soldiers are still immortals?

The Qing army, who had not experienced the power of the grenade, did not believe in the existence of such a divine object at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"But....... The front line has been defeated, and at this time the whole army is attacking, and it is easy to be scattered by the rout, and this palm is ..... The power of the palm thunder is amazing, and if you attack rashly without knowing the reality of the situation, there is no chance of winning! A general advised.

Two hundred soldiers trapped in the camp threw a full 2,000 grenades in one minute, and no matter how effective these grenades were, the loud sound of the explosion alone had already disheartened the Qing soldiers.

Not only that, but the explosion also produced a large amount of black smoke, which soon blocked the sight of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and even if the Xiao Cavalry Battalion was in danger, the combat effectiveness was greatly reduced when the line of sight was blocked.

What's more, they also have a group of rattan soldiers pig teammates, rattan soldiers are the top of the front troops, but also the grenade focus on the care of the troops, under a wave of covering firepower, the rattan soldiers were the first to withstand, one after another threw away the rattan cards, scattered and fled for their lives.

The soldiers trapped in the camp were also very clever, and after throwing all the grenades in their hands, they quickly lay on the ground and did not move.

The firearms camp of the Qi family army in the rear had already held back the fire in their stomachs, and when they saw that the soldiers in the trapped camp were lying down, they directly fired at the Qing army in the black smoke and fired back again.

The group killing effect of the grenade, coupled with the black fog blocking the view, and the fatal bullets of the flintlock pistol, the Qing army in front of the camp quickly turned from a commotion to chaos, from chaos to a rout, and the defeated Qing army rushed into the woods, many unlucky eggs, and touched the mine array that had not yet been cleared, causing a large-scale riot again.

"The Ming army has arranged thousands of Hongyi cannons here, this is a trap, everyone run away!" A soldier exclaimed.

"The Ming army ambushed 200,000 troops on Chongming Island, and we were surrounded and dead!"

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The rumors became more and more terrifying, and the more bizarre they became, but it was not difficult to know that the defeated Qing army had no fighting spirit, even the most elite cavalry battalion.

"Pass the order, the infantry camp is on guard at the entrance of the woods, and the rest of the troops quickly gather the rout, and those who dare to spread rumors will be killed!" Bolo ordered.

In this situation, it is impossible to attack, and the most important thing is to collect these more than 10,000 defeated troops first.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Ming army from taking advantage of the situation to cover up, Bolo sent another 20,000 infantry troops to guard the entrance of the forest, wanting to use the natural barrier of the forest to block the firearms of the Qi army.

Bolo was fully prepared, but the Ming army had no intention of charging at all, and their task was to defend in place, not to take the initiative to attack.

"If you can take advantage of the situation to cover up the past, you will definitely be able to expand the results of the battle." The generals of the Ming Army expressed pity.

"It's a pity, it seems that we have underestimated the power of the grenade, if we can deploy 20,000 troops here in advance, we will definitely be able to drive this group of Qing troops into the sea in one go. However, although this grenade is powerful, it can only play a miraculous effect once, and if you want to repeat such a result, unless you encounter another Qing army. Qi Zhifeng sighed.

What he sighed was the lack of understanding of this new weapon, which led to the delay of the fighter, and at the same time, Qi Zhifeng also understood that the other party would soon be able to figure out the shortcomings of the grenade, and the Qing army with precautions would not be so easy to deal with.

The Qing army was defeated, and the Ming army did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, the main reason was because of the lack of troops.

"How's it going, what's the damage?" Half an hour later, the Qing army's rout had been collected, and Bolo immediately inquired about the battle damage.

"More than 1,600 people were killed or missing in battle, and more than 2,000 were wounded." The general in charge of statistics replied.

If we count the thousands of people who lost before, in less than two hours since the start of the battle, they have lost more than 2,700 soldiers, and the opponent's battle losses will definitely not exceed 300.

2,000 grenades, tens of thousands of bullets, plus some scattered mines, only killed more than 1,600 people, if Li Hongfei was here, he would have to provoke his feet and scold his mother.

It's completely different from the plot on TV!

It's the same grenade, on TV against Little Japan in World War II, it's a grenade that knocks over several, how did it get to your own hands, or the first appearance, to deal with the enemy army in a pile, the effect is so poor?

It's not that the grenades are fake, but a large part of the reason is that the soldiers don't have much experience in the use of grenades.

The first few hundred grenades did have a great killing effect, but the Qing soldiers were not fools, they naturally had to run away after being bombed, and the soldiers who were trapped in the camp did not know this, plus after the explosion of black powder, a large amount of smoke was generated, and it was impossible to see the battlefield situation clearly, and the remaining more than 1,000 grenades were still in the open space, except for listening to a sound, basically did not play any role.

If it weren't for the replenishment of the Qi family's army and the power of the mines in the woods, it is really hard to say whether the Qing soldiers could lose a thousand people this time.

Li Hongfei felt dissatisfied, but whether it was the Qi family army or the Qing soldiers, they were all shocked by this, especially Bo Luo, knowing that such a loss was caused by more than 200 people on the other side, he simply loved and hated this kind of "palm thunder" in his heart.

"This kind of magic weapon, I must get my hands on it, even if it costs a huge price, I will not hesitate to do it! Take the map, this officer will besiege this army today! Bolo showed his heart to the generals.

For the sake of a small grenade, even if it is not this Chongming Island, Bo Luo will fight to the end with these 5,000 Qi family troops.

Soon the map was sent to Bolo, and after spreading it out, Bolo pointed to the markers on the map and said to the general beside him: "Ten miles away from here, there is an unnamed mountain, which is the only way for the enemy to reinforce or retreat. ”

At this time, the last group of Qing soldiers had landed, and Li Shutai, who was in charge of commanding the naval division, also came to the front line.

There are no high mountains on Chongming Island, the so-called nameless mountain is just a high-lying mound, the mound is blocked by the river left and right, unless there are boats, if you want to retreat, you must pass through this nameless mountain.

This is also the place where Qi Hongying arranged to bury mines earlier, and Bolo sent Li Shutai to go there in order to cut off Qi Zhifeng's backup.

"The rest of the soldiers, the whole army will attack, first give me a group to surround this enemy army, I will send people to persuade him to surrender, if General Li cuts off the back road, the other party is still stubborn, then from all directions, at the same time to launch an attack, in order to break it with one blow!"

It seems that he does not intend to charge from a single front, but to surround and kill from all sides, Rao is Qi family's firearms are fierce, and the other party has more than 60,000 people, surrounded from all directions, even if he uses a pile of people, he can also pile up the 5,000 people of the Qi family's army.

"But my lord......... This palm thunder is extremely powerful, how do we deal with it? "Some generals raised doubts.

The grenade has already caused a psychological shadow on them, and if they continue to attack at this time, no one can guarantee that the team will not be in chaos as soon as the grenade goes off.

"What's more, the palm thunder is so powerful, the other party will definitely sacrifice this thing as soon as possible in the face of siege, even if the other party is besieged, if you can't get the sample, wouldn't it be in vain?" There are also generals who think more thoughtfully.

"That's why I asked for one blow! According to my observation, the effective distance of this palm thunder is only about 50 meters, and at that time, I will send the sharpshooters of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to suppress the enemy army, so that the enemy army will not have the opportunity to release the palm thunder, you only need to rush through the fire gun array, 60,000 people to attack a 5,000 fire gun array, can't you do it? Bolo asked rhetorically.

He has said that at all costs, even the cavalry battalion responsible for suppressing the musketeers will be transferred, and the soldiers who throw grenades will be shot full-time, which can be said to be a lot of blood.