Chapter 69: The Battle of Zhouqu County (continued)

Bang!

The small commander of the Qing army who shouted was killed by the sharpshooters of the Han army the next moment, but the part of the Qing army that had already heard the shouting of the small commander was inspired by the reward to have the courage to brave the rain of bullets and bullets. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

In just a few minutes, thousands of Qing troops fell on the way to the charge, but the death of thousands of Qing troops allowed the Qing army's battle line to advance smoothly for a short distance, and the musket teams that had loaded the "singles one" rifle bullets were lined up in several columns to rain bullets on the Han position.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

With the cover of the trenches, the casualties of the Han army were very small, only three unlucky people were killed directly, and dozens of people were injured.

Unfortunately, the Qing army's musket team did not have time to fire a second round of fire, and the Han army's bullets and bullets completely overwhelmed the musket team, which was already less than 2,600 men and had no cover in front.

The Qing army's 3,000 musket corps, armed with "single-one" rifles, were all wiped out.

The battlefield has undergone such a big change in a short period of time, Yang Changjun has not had time to go crazy, the shells equipped with the most advanced artillery and the musket team equipped with the most advanced rifles have basically been wiped out, how can Yang Changjun not be angry?

However, all this happened in just a few minutes, Yang Changjun couldn't make an effective judgment at all, who would have thought that the firepower of the "short-haired thief" was so fierce?

Yang Changjun couldn't have imagined, and Zuo Zongtang couldn't have imagined that the Manchu Qing Dynasty thought that the 150,000 army was enough to bulldoze Siqi Province, but this was just a fantasy, and the cruel battlefield taught Yang Changjun a real lesson.

In a moment, countless thoughts popped up in Yang Changjun's mind, the most important artillery team and musket team were gone, and if he retreated, it would be impossible to defeat the "short-haired thief" in front of him.

"Ordered the army to press in an all-round way, and sent 2,000 men from each of the two wings to attack the flanks of the "short-haired thief", and the horse team gave me a detour behind the "short-haired thief" to sneak attack the rear of the "short-haired thief". Yang Changjun quickly issued a new order.

During the period of the order, thousands of Qing officers and soldiers fell on the battlefield.

The whole battlefield was full of corpses and miserable, but the Qing army did not collapse, but continued to attack the Han army's position.

You must know that the Manchu Third Route Army led by Yang Changjun is not an ordinary Manchu Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers, most of these 40,000 people participated in the battle to suppress the rebellion, and a considerable number of them also followed Zuo Zongtang to recover Xinyi, the strength of the Third Route Army is second only to the main force of the First Route Army led by Zuo Zongtang himself in the Fifth Route Army, and it is impossible to collapse easily because of the death of thousands of people.

Han Army Command.

"Report to the brigade commander, Tianyan reports, the enemy's two wings each split a team of 1,000 people to attack our flank, and the enemy's cavalry also left the middle camp and did not know where to go." An operator reported to the brigade commander Niu Dehou after receiving the call.

Sky Eye, if this name appeared in modern times, everyone would think that it was a satellite, but what would it be in the eighties of the nineteenth century?

The answer is simple, it's hot air ballooning.

Yuanhe City has been able to make airships, but airships that can be used in war cannot appear at will now, but hot air balloons are different, the West has already used hot air balloons in war, and there is not much problem for the Han army to use hot air balloons in war, and the Qing army on the opposite side is just strange to see something unknown on the position of the Han army, and they don't know what it is.

"The enemy's intelligence is to sneak attack our rear, order the cavalry battalion to attack, see if the cavalry of our Han army is powerful, or the cavalry of the Qing army is powerful, and also order the two companies defending the flank, give me a hard beat, and I can't let go of an enemy." Niu Dehou ordered without thinking.

Cavalry vs. cavalry, the Han cavalry battalion has only more than 500 people, the Qing army's horse team has more than 1,800 people, the Han army's flank has more than 120 people, and the Qing army's number of attackers on each side is more than 2,000 people.

"Brothers, rush."

The Qing army rushed to the Han position like a sea of people.

Da! Da! Da!

Once the Qing officers and soldiers crossed that line, they became sheep to be slaughtered, falling in batches under the muzzle of heavy machine guns, and hundreds of Qing officers and soldiers fell almost every second, and the Qing troops behind were still frantically sprinting forward.

The battle on the flank of the Han army began, with more than 120 people against 2,000 people, a difference of more than ten times, but the Han troops in the position were calm and calm, steadily raising their rifles and aiming at the enemy.

Closer to the enemy, the enemy did not have the advanced "singles one" rifle, and the Han army put the enemy closer to the distance.

Three hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

One hundred meters.

"Brothers, beat me hard." The commander of the Han army shouted, holding a rifle and firing first,

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Every rifle bullet easily hit an enemy, and the formation of the Qing army was so dense that the Han soldiers could hit people without much aim.

Da! Da! Da!

The even more terrifying heavy machine gun in the rainstorm had a rate of fire of up to 600 rounds per minute, and as soon as the four heavy machine guns of the whole company (originally only two, two more were added) were fired, the Qing army could not advance a single step, and the Qing army was easily slaughtered by the heavy machine guns without the power to fight back, which was easier than killing pigs.

Rumble! Rumble!

There are also two mortars belonging to the company, which also make their own sounds, and every shell that falls into the dense crowd can kill and injure more than a dozen Qing officers and soldiers.

In just a few minutes, the Qing army failed to move forward, but more than half of them were killed or wounded.

"Run."

I don't know who shouted, the Qing army attacking the flank turned around and ran back, but could they really run? The effective range of the rifle in the hands of the Han soldiers is more than 600 meters, and the effective range of the heavy machine gun in the rainstorm is 1,000 meters.

Yes, the blood of the Qing officers and soldiers has stained the earth red.

On the other side, the cavalry battalion of the Han army and the horse team of the Qing army met, and the two sides were separated by nearly a thousand meters.

"Brothers, kill the short-haired thief, let's go to Siqi to eat and drink spicy food, drive!" The commander of the Qing army's horse team shouted loudly with his waist sword, and at the same time, a horse took the lead and rushed towards the Han cavalry camp, and more than 1,800 cavalry Qing troops also rushed up.

"Rifle aiming, fire." Dong Xiangfu, commander of the cavalry battalion of the second brigade of the Han army, took the command knife and calmly ordered, only to see the Han cavalry lined up in two rows with rifles in hand and firing at the Qing horse team.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

The Qing officers and soldiers who rushed to the forefront were shot and fell off their horses one after another, including the arrogant Qing army commander.