Chapter 919: Battle of Wudaogou (3)
"The secret position is turned seven, one hundred and eighty-three ......, each cannon is ready, fire!"
Xiao Zhenshan gave an order, and the two light infantry artillery companies that were shelling the Dzungar Department did not dare to slack off a little, and were busy adjusting the muzzles according to the secret positions reported by the company commanders, and at this time, the frenzied camel wall had already reached a distance of only one hundred and fifty steps from the Qing army's array, and such a wild posture was really terrifying, even though all the Qing soldiers were veterans who had seen blood, they still couldn't help but make a commotion. -------
"Knock, knock, knock......"
Just when the soldiers of the Qing army were frightened, the light infantry guns of the two companies were finally adjusted in place, with the command of the two company commanders sounded, eighteen light infantry guns opened fire at the same time, eighteen shells whistled through the sky, smashed into the camel caravan, in an instant, a huge explosion burst out, eighteen red and black mushroom clouds rose up, countless shrednel flew sideways, even to the galloping camel caravan was chaotic.
"Machine gun, shoot me!"
Although the camel team is a big mess, but the Dzungar soldiers riding on the hump are extremely brave, desperately controlling the remaining more than 100 camels, still rushing towards the Qing army array, but the formation is scattered, and there is no previous momentum like a wall to move, even so, if you really want to let so many camels rush into the formation, the Qing army's losses will not be anywhere, as soon as he saw this, Xiao Zhenshan did not dare to take it lightly, and roared and gave the order again.
"Da Da Da ......"
At the sound of the horn, the horn sounded wildly, and the more than 100 machine guns lined up at the front of the artillery position immediately began to shoot again, and countless bullets were drawn like whips to the galloping camels, when even the dozens of camels that rushed to the front screamed, but even so, the camels that were shot a lot only fell a dozen or so, and the rest of the camels, although they were covered in blood and their speed was greatly reduced, they still rushed forward while wailing - not that the machine guns in the hands of the Qing army were not very powerful, It's really too big for a camel to be killed with a single shot unless it hits the vital point.
"Knock, knock, knock......"
Although the results achieved by the machine guns were not very great, they succeeded in delaying the charge of the camel caravers, and bought enough time for the artillerymen to adjust, and with the re-firing of eighteen light infantry guns, the camel caravan was finally broken up unsupportively, and after paying the huge price of nearly two hundred camels dying on the spot, the remaining ninety or so camel riders did not dare to fight anymore, and fled from both sides of the battlefield in chaos.
"Fire, fire!"
Although the Dzungar camel team was scattered, it successfully bought time for the advance of its own artillery, although due to the continuous bombardment of the Qing army's 18 battle defense guns, a total of more than 30 artillery pieces were lost, but still nearly half of them successfully advanced to a distance of about 300 steps from the Qing army's position.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The gunners of the Dzungar army moved according to the order, and they burned the ropes on the artillery one after another, and more than 30 shells roared out unevenly, piercing the sky, and smashed towards the Qing army's position. As for the other shells, most of them fell in front of the Qing army's array, blowing up a lot of sand, but there was no half effect at all, there was no other, the artillery of the Dzungar army was only four newer guns eliminated by the Russian army, as for the rest of the cannons seem to be caliber, but they are just some old guns, the original quasi-head is not good, and it is a hasty shot, since there is no threat at all, of course, this also has a lot to do with the training level of the Dzungar gunners.
"Beat the drums!"
As soon as the Dzungar artillery was so powerful, the Dzungar infantry phalanx, which had been following behind the camel team, immediately burst into joy, and a Dzungar general who was in charge of commanding in front of the team immediately took advantage of the situation to break his throat.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
As soon as the drum sounded, the Dzungar soldiers who were originally running wildly immediately heard the order, lined up a neat four arrays in the march, and braved the rain of bullets and bullets of the Qing army to begin to press forward to the death, even if there were people in the queue who were constantly shot on the spot, the pace of advancement still did not stop, and in an instant, they had stepped on the drum and came to the distance of less than 200 steps in front of the Qing army's array.
"Fire, fire!"
Seeing that the arquebus was within effective range, the Dzungar general in charge of the command immediately roared.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
The general order, the Dzungar soldiers have burned the lead rope on the gun, aiming at the Qing army array is a random shot, but unfortunately the accuracy is not very good, although the momentum is not, but the results are not too big, nearly 3,000 arquebus salvo, but only killed and wounded more than 80 Qing soldiers, but was killed by the fierce fire of the Qing army more than 400 people, and then counting the sacrifices along the way, the 4,000 Junggar army at the time of departure was only more than 2,500 at this time, and this number is still decreasing, no side, The density of the Qing army's firepower was too great, and in such a situation of firing at each other, the Dzungar army was obviously not an opponent.
"The cannon is not allowed to stop, the second step of the military team, blow the trumpet, let the first team charge!"
The Dzungar army not only accepted the arms aid of the Russians, but also received relevant training from the Russian army, and carried out the drills of the Russian infantry, but also learned well, the problem is that the master of the Russian army is not the opponent of the Qing army, let alone the Dzungar army such a half-hanger, this time it has only been a short time to start the war, and the first infantry team of their own side has lost nearly half, Chihe Mahake was anxiously red-eyed, roared and gave several orders one after another, and then listened to the horn in the middle of the Dzungar left flank. At the same time, the second infantry squadron of the Junggar army took advantage of the fierce battle between the Qing artillery and its own artillery, and quickly advanced forward, trying to connect with the charge of its own first infantry team.
"Grenade ready, throw!"
The Dzungar army is worthy of being a Mongolian brave, although the charge left countless corpses along the way, but the remaining soldiers did not break and fled, desperately rushed forward and did not stop, even if they were wounded and fell to the ground, crawling to move forward, and at the cost of nearly half of the casualties, the surviving more than 1,000 officers and soldiers finally rushed to the distance less than 60 steps away from the Qing army array.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Just when the Dzungar soldiers rushed to the distance of forty steps away from the Qing army array, thousands of grenades fell overwhelmingly, some exploded in the air, some exploded at the feet of the Dzungar soldiers, and the violent explosion sounded into a piece, in the smoke of gunpowder, countless shrapnel **** in all directions, stumps and broken arms flew all over the sky, minced meat flew sideways, and the miserable howls continued to sound one after another. Dumbfounded by such an earth-shattering explosion, he stood still, oblivious to the fact that this was a battlefield.
"Da Da Da ......"
The soldiers of the Qing army will not have much pity for the remnants of this group of Junggar soldiers, this time the remaining Dzungar soldiers were stunned not far away, how can there be any politeness, a machine gun beckoned, and instantly shot all the Dzungar soldiers who were still standing still on the spot.
"Blow the trumpet, let the second infantry team charge, don't stop, those who retreat will be killed!"
The Dzungar army has fought a lot over the years, not only with Russia, but also not only with Tibet, Qinghai, but also with the Kazakh Khanate and the Mongol tribes in southern Mongolia, most of the officers and soldiers in the army are soldiers of a hundred battles, has always been extremely brave, but at this time, seeing that the four thousand officers and soldiers of their first infantry team were wiped out without any survivors, the general of the second infantry team who had just arrived at the starting place could not help but feel empty, and hesitated not to launch a strong attack again. Roared and hissed.
"Woo, woo, woo......"
Chihe Maha's general order, and several heralds accompanying him did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and they all sounded their horns vigorously and conveyed the order to the second infantry team in front.
"Attack forward!"
As soon as the horn sounded, the commander of the Dzungar Second Infantry Squadron, who was still hesitating, had no choice, so he could only wave the scimitar in his hand and give the order to attack with a roar, and then saw the 4,000 Dzungar infantry troops lined up in a neat array move forward again.
"Alda!"
The second infantry team of Dzungaria moved like this, the Qing army would not be polite to it, as usual, it was a random gun sweep, but the distance was still far away, the accuracy of the bullet was obviously not enough, the fight was lively, but the results were not much, but with the continuous forward pressure of the Dzungar infantry team, the hit rate of the Qing officers and soldiers began to improve significantly, and there were soldiers in the Dzungar array who continued to wail and fall, if there was no accident, this infantry team would undoubtedly follow in the footsteps of the first team, and it would also be difficult to escape the annihilation of the whole army, and this, Obviously, it was not a weight that Chihe Maha could bear, but when he gritted his teeth, he already broke off his throat with a pale face.