Chapter 918: Battle of Wudaogou (2)
The places chosen by the left and right wings of Dzungaria to cross the river were one and a half miles away from the Qing army's array, and they suppressed the formation with thousands of cavalry formations to prevent the Qing army's possible strong charge.
"Order: The Chinese army stepped forward to build a pontoon bridge, and the left and right flanks immediately attacked!"
In the Junggar Central Military Department, Da Ce Lun Dun Dobu always had a solemn face, but he did not say a word, until he saw that the left and right wings had safely crossed the five ditches, then he slowly exhaled his breath, waved his hand, and gave the order in a calm tone.
"Woo, woo, woo......"
As soon as the general of the Great Ce Commander Commander Du Dun Dobu gave the order, several heralds who were accompanying him blew the horn vigorously, and then saw that more than 1,000 cavalry in the Chinese army array rushed out of the formation, roared across the five ditches, and began the project of building pontoon bridges according to the previous practice of the left and right flanks, but the frontal troops of the Qing army, which were less than a mile away, did not respond, and let the more than 1,000 Junggar cavalry roar and busily on the bank of the river.
"Attack!"
"Up!"
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As soon as the horn of the Central Army sounded, the two main generals of the left and right wings, Chihe Maha and Battle, did not dare to ignore it, but they did not dare to launch a full-scale offensive as soon as they came up, but invariably sent a thousand cavalry each to test the reality of the Qing army.
A thousand cavalry sounds like a small number, but when they really rush up, the power is terrifying, and those who are a little less courageous will be frightened to tremble when they see the rolling army rushing to kill like a sea of mountains from afar, but for the well-trained Qing officers and soldiers, it is just a matter of idle matter, even if the thousand cavalry rolled up the yellow sand in the sky, and the momentum has been killed less than three hundred steps away from the Qing army array, and the Qing officers and soldiers lined up in a formation have not seen the slightest panic, The flat-ended guns were aimed straight ahead, ready to teach the Dzungar cavalry a bloody lesson.
"The artillery doesn't move, the rest of the departments are there, hit me!"
Although the two wings of the Dzungar flank launched an offensive at the same time, the pace was not completely the same, the speed of the Dzungar cavalry on the left flank was obviously much faster than that of the right flank, and in an instant it had rushed to a distance of less than two hundred and fifty steps from the Qing army's array.
"Da ......, Bang, Bang, Bang, ......"
At first, more than 100 machine guns arranged in front of the position opened fire at the same time, and then the 5,000 infantry in three formations also began the shooting performance in accordance with the orders of the commanders of their respective teams, with the standard firing regulations of three shots.
In the era of cold weapons, on the open and flat ground, the infantry army encountered the cavalry, often passively beaten, even if the strength of the infantry army was several times more than the cavalry, this result is difficult to make much difference, unless the infantry army is equipped with the Tang Mo knife hand and other extremely elite cavalry killers, otherwise, the infantry usually can't escape a bloody slaughter, but this situation is very different after the large-scale installation of modern rifles, in the face of the strict formation of the infantry army, the cavalry's frontal charge has only one end, That is when the target, especially in this infantry army still has a large number of machine guns, for the frontal charging cavalry, it is simply a catastrophe, no, the Qing army just fired, the original neat charging formation of the Dzungar army was suddenly beaten to pieces, people on their backs turned over, and I don't know how many cavalry wailed and fell off their horses, the Qing army only two rounds of guns just passed, and a thousand cavalry only left a pitiful more than 400 horsemen, how can there be a little bit of fighting spirit at all, and all the horses turned their heads one after another, Desperately fled back to the main formation, and then was shot indiscriminately by the tail of the Qing army, and only more than two hundred and eighty horsemen were left who could really escape from the ascension.
Miserable, it was too miserable, not only the Dzungar cavalry on the left flank was bloodbathed by the Qing army, but the cavalry on the right flank was also not spared, and only more than 350 horsemen escaped the killing, and the Qing army in the array was not even injured at all, as soon as the results of this battle came out, the Dzungar soldiers on both wings collectively fell into a sluggish dead silence, and on the huge battlefield, only those dying horses and wounded soldiers were still wailing.
"Ben will not report casualties, order: both flanks attack, those who do not advance, behead! If you dare to retreat, cut it! Slacker, slash! ”
Chihe Maha and Batel are both brave generals of Dzungaria, and they have also heard of the sharpness of the Qing army's firearms before the war, but after all, they have never seen it with their own eyes, and they don't believe it very much in their hearts, and now, the bloody facts have been unmistakably placed in front of them, and the two generals can't help but be a little panicked, and they dare not go into the attack again, but invariably report the results of the previous trial battle to the place where the Great Ce Delud Dun Dobu is, in exchange for not the withdrawal order, but the harsh order of the Great Ce Delud Dun Dob, a few "kill" words in a row, It was so shocking that both Chihe Maha and Battle trembled.
"Swing the camel formation, attack!"
"The camel formation stepped forward, and all the departments continued to advance, attacking with all their might!"
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In the face of the death order of the Great Strategy, Chihe Maha and Batel did not dare to have the slightest slackness, and almost simultaneously issued the order to attack, and the offensive steps of the two Dzungar armies were almost identical, all of which were covered by hundreds of camels, the infantry phalanx was hidden behind, and the artillery took the opportunity to push all kinds of artillery under the cover of the infantry team, in order to advance to a distance sufficient to hit the Qing army's array, there is no doubt that the tactical actions of the Dzungar army on both wings were rehearsed in advance, There was only one purpose, and that was to exchange the sacrifice of camel caravans and infantry units for the use of artillery units.
"One row in a row, one hole in the secret position, one hole, one hundred and seventy-two, one four-three; Two rows in a row, the secret position ......"
The camel is undoubtedly the largest animal in the desert area, the adult camel is more than two meters high, the body length is an astonishing three meters, the weight is more than 500 catties, just a camel rushes up, the power is not small, and hundreds of camels rush forward in three columns, it is simply like a thick moving city wall in general, the earth-shattering is still second, the key is that the tall camel wall and the dust rolled up can block the sight of the Qing army soldiers, in order to cover the movement of the follow-up troops of Dzungaria, this calculation is undoubtedly extremely beautifulIf it is a confrontation on flat ground, it is really possible for the Dzungar army to succeed, but for the Qing army with its back to the battalion, this move will not play a big role at all, and there is no side, just because the Qing army has already arranged artillery lookout posts on the towers on all sides of the camp, and the Dzungar army has just attacked not long ago, and the artillery lookout posts have already quickly calculated the advance route of the Dzungar army's artillery unit, and a series of secret positions have been reported to the artillery companies.
"All cannons are ready, five rounds of rapid fire, hit me!"
For the Qing army, the biggest threat is not the camel teams that rush up and seem to be majestic, nor the Junggar infantry team that follows closely, not to mention the Dzungar cavalry brigade that is on standby to attack, but those artillery units that are desperately advancing towards the firing position, even if most of the Junggar army's artillery is old-style artillery, but if it is really allowed to play a role, it will undoubtedly be a huge disaster for the Qing army in a dense formation, there is no doubt Taking the lead in defeating the artillery units of the Dzungar army became the first choice of the artillery units of the Qing army, and after the artillery was ready, the artillery commander who was supervising the battle on the side was not very polite, and waved the two small flags in his hands vigorously, and gave the order to attack with a roar.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Dozens of artillery shells whistled through the sky, letting go of the galloping camel team and the infantry team that was rushing behind them, and smashed into the Dzungar artillery unit that was pushing the artillery forward, and immediately exploded the Dzungar artillery unit crying wolf, and in just a moment, more than a dozen artillery pieces were destroyed on the spot, and the gunners pushing the artillery forward were even more dead and wounded, and the situation can be described as miserable.
"Woo, woo, woo......"
As soon as the Qing army's precise strikes came out, whether it was Chihe Maha on the left flank or Batel on the right flank, they were all red-eyed, and they gave the order to charge forcibly regardless of the ground, and in an instant, the camel team that was only slowly rushing forward had accelerated sharply, and rushed towards the Qing army array like a moving Great Wall, and the infantry team that followed behind had already spread their legs and rushed forward, trying to disrupt the firing rhythm of the Qing artillery unit.
"Infantry artillery, defeat the camel team of the thief army for Lao Tzu!"
Not to mention, the Dzungar army rushed up like this, Xiao Zhenshan didn't dare to slack off, no side, the camel is tall, the skin is rough and rough, just rely on machine guns and rifles to fight, the effect is really not much better, even if it can crush the charge of the camel team, it is bound to make the Junggar infantry who follow closely rush to the front, once it becomes a hand-to-hand combat, the Qing army's firepower advantage will not be able to play, in view of this, although he knows that the artillery unit is mobilized at this time, It is very likely that the artillery units of the Junggar Army will have the opportunity to gain a foothold, and Xiao Zhenshan can't care about it so much, so he roared and issued the general order.