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10,000 cannons!

With the commander's order, the forty rapid-fire cannons that had been gathering momentum in the dark for a long time roared in unison! The tongue of fire spewed out from the muzzle of the cannon instantly illuminated the entire Caolian Ridge, and this majestic mountain was like a demon god from hell, revealing a hideous face to tens of thousands of thieves!

These forty rapid-fire guns are almost all the belongings of the Qin soldiers in Shaanxi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoRead the full text of the latest chapter Sun Chuanting was able to transfer so many artillery here, firstly, because he got accurate information, and secondly, the city defenses of Xi'an and Tongguan were strong, and even if the thieves fled to the city, they could be dealt with with grenades. Of course, rapid-fire guns are light and flexible, easy to transport, and suitable for field combat, which is also an important reason.

The Battle of Grass Chain Ridge is destined to become a classic battle that will go down in history. In addition to winning more with less and making full use of the terrain, it was also the first large-scale sniper battle, as well as the first large-scale field artillery battle in Chinese history. Forty cannons fired at the same time, even in the previous defense of the Beijing Division, the momentum can be imagined. Except for the artillery, all the officers and soldiers blocked their ears with their hands, but the tremendous force of the shock made the whole mountain shake with it; Even the well-trained Qin soldiers were stunned by this unprecedented scene.

And the thieves who were attacked by artillery fire could not be described as "stunned". Although the 40 guns opened fire, although it was not a real "10,000-gun salvo", due to the special terrain in the Caolianling area, the road to the ridge was extremely narrow, so it was completely covered by shells. Forty rapid-fire shells were like ploughing the ground, starting with the thieves who rushed to the front, and "plowing" all the way back, and wherever the shells went, there was no way to hide, not even a chance to scream.

After a volley, the bottom of the valley near Grass Chain Ridge suddenly fell into a dead silence. After nearly half a minute, with the scattered torches that fell to the ground, the thieves who were already frightened behind them saw the extremely "Shura" scene in front of them: the hundreds of thieves who were still alive just now have all been smashed into meat pies, and there is not even a single corpse!

Before they could react, the loud voice sounded again: "All rapid-fire guns, second salvo, !! ”

"Boom, boom!"

Forty rapid-fire guns roared again, pouring hot shells into the valley. Due to the use of the "son-mother" design, the rapid-fire cannon can fire three to four times in a row in more than a minute, far exceeding the traditional Franc machine gun, which is why Zhu Youzhen named it "rapid-fire". The impact point of this second salvo was slightly farther than the first, and it happened to cover the heads of the second group of thieves who had just followed closely behind the vanguard of the thieves and were stunned, and in the blink of an eye, another one or two hundred people were eliminated.

It was only then that an earth-shattering shout finally sounded from the position of the officers and soldiers, and then five hundred infantry formations consisting of shield-bearers and bird-bearers began to advance down the mountain along the mountain road. The rapid-fire guns were already prepared for the infantry, and the infantry had to stop and fire a salvo directly ahead of each distance they had traveled, further clearing the remnants of the enemy. Taking advantage of this time of travel, the Bird Gun was just in time to complete the loading. And so on and so forth, and soon rushed down the ridge.

At this time, the artillery fire of the officers and troops had begun to develop in depth, striking the central part of the valley with the brightest fire and the most dense personnel. It was only at this time that the thief finally reacted, and without waiting for Gao Yingxiang, Gu Junen, or anyone else to give an order, he immediately threw down the torch and fled backwards in horror. In their opinion, they no longer need to obey any orders, because their opponents are not people at all, but Lei Gong and Fire God from Heavenly Court!

In fact, there were as many as four or five thousand thieves in the valley, but almost instantly, they were completely crushed by the large-scale artillery bombardment of the official army. At this time, there was no leader to command, and no one wanted to resist the officers and soldiers, and everyone had only one thought in their hearts: run out quickly, otherwise they don't know how they died!

This disorderly retreat naturally caused chaos in the valley. The valley was not very spacious in the first place, but now so many people are rushing to run back, which only makes the road more congested. But the officers and soldiers would not wait for them, and the fourth salvo of rapid-fire guns began again.

As soon as they heard the roar of the cannons, the thieves screamed in fright and ran back even more desperately. Someone accidentally tripped over a rough road, and then was instantly drowned by the torrent of escape, and stepped on the flesh and blood. Some people even suspected that the person in front of them was blocking the way, deliberately pushing down or wielding a knife to cut down the other party. This kind of chaos has even more serious casualties among the thieves, and in just half a meal, more than half of the more than 4,000 thieves who entered the valley have already suffered more than half of the casualties!

At this time, the infantry formation also rushed down from the grass chain ridge. The combination of artillery and infantry was the key training subject of the Qin soldiers, specifically the first use of long-range, powerful artillery to fire fiercely to destroy the enemy's defensive line, and then the infantry rushed forward to clear the remnants of the enemy. The artillery continued to fire in depth, and in this way it was possible to quickly occupy the enemy's position. This kind of tactic requires the infantry and artillery to cooperate closely, especially in the grasp of time, and requires smooth and tacit understanding, otherwise they will either get stuck or accidentally injure their own people. In the past, Qin Bing only trained this set of tactics, and never really fought in actual combat, and today is the first time.

And the advance of the infantry in the valley can be described as devastating. Most of the thieves were either killed by the shells or had already escaped from the valley, leaving only a few wounded and unable to move. At this time, they were strafed by the infantry with a dense number of birds, and not a single one survived. The only obstacle to the advance was that there were so many dead bodies at the bottom of the valley that in some places blocked the road, and the infantry had to drag the corpses to both sides to ensure the smooth passage of the follow-up troops.

It was only at this time that Gao Yingxiang knew that he had fallen into Sun Chuanting's big dang, and the firelight and shouting were not Zhang Er and Huang Long at all, but a scene directed and acted by the officials and soldiers. What he didn't expect was that the official army had been hiding his strength before, and now he suddenly launched a surprise attack that caught him off guard.

In fact, in terms of military strength alone, due to the narrow terrain, there were less than 5,000 thieves who entered the valley, and most of the thieves did not have time to rush in, nor did they suffer losses. Even the thieves in the valley still ran out of nearly two thousand people, and most of Gao Yingxiang's troops were still there.

But now the thieves have completely lost their fighting spirit, especially the thieves who escaped from the valley, and it seems that they have lost their minds by the terrible shelling, and no one can stop drinking, but they are fleeing south with all their might. This disrupted the formation of the thieves, and the mountain road was in chaos. In this case, let alone capturing Caolianling, it is questionable whether it can be safely withdrawn.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Gao Yingxiang had to order the withdrawal of troops. However, it is too late to withdraw now...--38172+d80ok0bo+18402892->