Chapter 83: Breaking the City (1)

"Keep up and watch your feet!" Like all the chiefs, Chen Blind reminded his soldiers from time to time as he went. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Around him, there was an endless stream of figures wearing Huguang Town's armor, like torrents rushing forward. Ahead, gray dust mixed with white gunsmoke filled the air.

Ding Liehu ran with the rhythm of the team, and tried to look forward, but he couldn't see clearly, and could only see a huge gap in the wall in front of him looming in the rising smoke and dust.

In this siege, the steel battalion was at the forefront, and the first division of the 1,000th Corps where he belonged was like a blade on a steel knife, and would launch the first round of assault on the city through the gap opened by the Hongyi cannon.

The city wall was getting closer and closer, and suddenly, a series of fried bean-like bangs wrapped in various shouts came from the depths of the dust curtain, and the red flames emitted from the mouth of the guns appeared one after another, appearing and disappearing.

The smoke and dust slowly cleared, and the situation on the front line became clearer.

The section of the wall that had been knocked down collapsed to form an inclined plane. The first division that rushed to the front was climbing to the top of the city through the slope in the first game, and it had already exchanged hands with the Qing army.

The city wall collapsed, and the Qing army at the head of the city was in disarray, but the resistance did not completely stop. As soon as the soldiers of the first game climbed to the top of the city, they were stabbed by spears and rolled down the slope of the ruins screaming. The musketeers who followed immediately raised their flintlock pistols to return fire, and the Qing soldiers above also screamed and fell a few. But the Qing soldiers in the back still kept making up for it, and the two sides exchanged lives back and forth near the gap.

Because the Qing army condescendingly occupied a favorable position, although the Ming army had the advantage of troops, it was difficult to invest too much in the gap at one time, so the fight fell into a stalemate for a while. The corpses of the Qing soldiers at the top of the slope were getting higher and higher, and the Ming soldiers who were screaming and rolling down one after another.

At the head of the city, the shouts of the Qing officers rang out, most of them were drinking and ordering their soldiers to support the gap to plug the leak.

Seeing that the situation was at a stalemate, Mr. Bai in the first game gritted his teeth and waved his hand back.

The Qing army, which was desperately resisting, suddenly found that the Ming army flashed to both sides, giving way to an iron guy in the middle who was emitting green smoke.

"Boom!" Before the Qing soldiers who saw what was going on had time to scream, the tiger squat cannon in front of them let out an angry roar. The red flame of the muzzle of the cannon dazzled in the thinning smoke.

Of course, this kind of small cannon can't be compared with the Hongyi cannon in terms of power, but it is lightweight, only a few dozen catties in weight, and one person can carry it away. Nowadays, Huguang Town is equipped with one in each game, which is undoubtedly a nightmare for Qing soldiers when it is used for close shooting.

After the loud noise, several Qing soldiers in front of them were swept away, and the blood droplets and minced flesh flew into the sky, and fell like scattered flowers.

The Qing soldiers who were not hit also screamed again and again, they did not expect the Ming army to use the tiger squat cannon like this, and they unconsciously retreated one after another in fear. The resistance to advance in the first game was light.

Soon, several more soldiers from the first game climbed up the slope of the ruins. The first one was quickly killed in the face of the siege of several Qing soldiers, and the next one reacted quickly, wielding a round shield to block several stabbing spears. Behind him, two more pikemen roared forward and sent a thrust, stabbing the two soldiers over.

After the first foothold was taken, more and more soldiers from Huguang Town appeared at the head of the city, forming a small three-talent formation that was convenient for hand-to-hand combat.

Although the Qing army at the head of the city had the advantage of local troops, it was difficult to give full play to its superiority in strength in such a narrow area. Coupled with the proper cooperation and resolute operation of the Ming army, they could no longer resist and were killed and kept retreating.

The situation opened up, and the follow-up troops continued to be invested. The first inning was followed by the second inning, the third inning...... Then there is the second division and the second thousandth corps...... The shouts shook the heavens and the earth.

According to the battle plan, after completing the breakthrough from the gap in the west city wall, the first division of the 1,000th Corps of the Gangfeng Battalion will directly attack the Yongchun Gate Tower and Weng City in the west of the city along the passage of the city head and wait for an opportunity to seize the city gate; The second division guarded the gap, blocked the Qing army that came to reinforce, and received the follow-up troops into the city; After the 2nd and 3000th Corps entered the city from the gap, they broke through the Qing army's defense line behind the city wall and detoured to the south, attacking the defenders of Yongchun Gate and Wenchun Gate in the west of the city from the flank, and formed a joint attack with the 1st Division of the 1000th Corps; When Yongchun Gate was taken, the follow-up siege forces entered the city one after another, advancing straight to the center of the city, and dividing and annihilating the Qing army in the city; There are also several defensive lines outside the city to block and kill those fish that break through the net.

Looking around, you can see the shining cold light of the blades and the rain of blood everywhere, and listen to it, surrounded by earth-shattering shouts and panicked shouts.

"Kill!" At the head of the city, five pikemen roared and stabbed forward. The Qing soldiers on the opposite side screamed and fell down a few, and a few drops of the blood splashed even flew to Ding Liehu's face in the back row, which made him even more angry, and tightly clamped the flintlock pistol that had been loaded.

The first division of the 1,000th Brigade of the Gangfeng Battalion was divided into two after attacking the city, and the second and first bureaus where he was located were responsible for attacking the Qing army on Yongchun Gate Weng City, and the third and fourth bureaus were responsible for attacking the Yongchun Gate Tower. Because there was already a loss in the first game when the attack was gapped, the way to attack Weng Cheng became the second game. This kind of face-to-face battle with the enemy army is thrilling and exciting, and it is also in line with his wishes.

As soon as the pikemen in the front row withdrew their spears, Chen Blind shouted again and gave the order to raise his guns. Ding Liehu held his breath and stared, and like the other four musketeers side by side, he stretched out the flintlock pistol through the gap between the bodies of the five comrades in the front row.

During siege warfare and street fighting, the grassroots combat units of each infantry battalion in Huguang Town will be reorganized according to the situation. In normal times, each bureau has two flags, one is a killer flag that uses cold weapons such as spears and shields, and the other is a firearms flag that uses firearms. In siege warfare and street fighting, the five hits under the jurisdiction of the killer flag and the firearms flag will be separated, and a killer team and a firearms team will form a combat group, with a total of five groups, and the chief of the original firearms team will serve as the leader of the combat group. As the head of the firearms flag, Chen Blind naturally became the leader of his combat group.

The command to fire came, and Ding Liehu roared and pulled the trigger.

In a narrow place like the head of the city, there is no need to aim at all. After several explosions in a row, white smoke rose up, and the Qing soldiers on the opposite side screamed in surprise, and they didn't know how many fell.

The hot and cold weapons cooperated with each other, and after several rounds in a row, the counterattack of the Qing army was repulsed.

Ding Liehu glanced forward, and saw that there were still a lot of Qing soldiers and black pressure standing on the wall of Weng City opposite. Although there were a large number of people, they were already panicked, and the counterattack was also chaotic, and it no longer posed much of a threat to this side. (To be continued.) )