Chapter 309: The First Battle
Bang! Bang! Bang!
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"Rush."
"The counteroffensive begins, charge me."
"Those who take the head of the rebel leader will be promoted to three levels and rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."
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To the surprise of the Qing army, the rebel army did not continue to move along the northeast towards the border between Guangdong and Fujian, but went the opposite way, approaching the west overnight, and at about 5 o'clock in the morning, launched an attack on the Qing army under Wang Fu's command, which was 50 miles to the west.
The rebel army took the lead in attacking, not the fifth battalion of the vanguard battalion, but the fourth battalion of Liu Gensheng's department, although the equipment of the fourth battalion is far from the fifth battalion, but it can basically be shot per person, after all, before the attack on Zhenlong, Yue Weihua sent 100 guns to Liu Gensheng, and then the weapons eliminated by the fifth battalion, plus his own weapons, and more than 100 guns were also distributed from Zheng Shiliang, so the equipment of the fourth battalion should be regarded as the best battalion in the rebel army except for the fifth battalion.
At five o'clock in the morning, when people were most sleepy, Liu Gensheng led more than 500 soldiers to attack the Qing army camp at this time, and the Qing army was taken by surprise, killing and wounding hundreds of Qing soldiers in only half an hour or so.
However, Wang Fu's department has a total of more than 10 battalions of soldiers and horses, a total of more than 5,000 people, although the weapons and equipment are slightly poor, but still rely on the advantage of more people, quickly stabilized the position, and began to launch a counterattack, after all, although the overall combat effectiveness of the Qing army is weak, especially the garrisons of all sides in the north of the Qing court are even weaker, but the Qing army in the south, the battle is still okay, because the military and political power in the south is basically in the hands of the governors, especially the former governor of Liangguang Li Hongzhang, the governor of Lianghu Zhang Zhidong and others, Those are all famous generals in the late Qing Dynasty.
On the rebel positions.
"Damn, didn't Huang Fu say that Wang Fu climbed to the position of commander by nepotism, and didn't understand anything about soldiers, how could he still fight back so quickly?" Liu Gensheng scolded and scolded.
"Battalion Commander Liu, if the Qing army doesn't fight back, it won't be easy for us to complete this task, wouldn't this be just right." Zhang Jiahe, deputy battalion commander and commander of the third company, said with a smile: "As for whether you understand military affairs, hehe, after all, the Qing army has five or six thousand people, how can it be pressed by our five or six hundred people and not fight back?" ”
Zhang Jiahe, as a soldier from the Black Dragon Army, Shuai Hong finally endured the pain and sent it to Liu Gensheng's fourth battalion, and it was precisely because Zhang Jiahe came to the fourth battalion that the fourth battalion made a lot of progress in just two days of special training, at least all companies and platoons can be effectively integrated together and can quickly convey orders.
"What now? Do you want to evacuate? Liu Gensheng asked.
"Withdraw now, it's too fake." Zhang Jiahe paused, then shook his head and said: "I think at least, after repelling two or three waves of charges from the Qing army, then evacuate, at that time, the Qing army will be desperate to chase and kill, and it is not appropriate to retreat now." ”
"Repel two or three waves of charges?" Liu Gensheng said: "Damn, will the sacrifice of our four battalions be too big?" ”
"Rest assured, the battalion commander may not have a large number of people, as long as the Qing army has no heavy weapons and no heavy artillery, it is impossible to break through our position, so we must hold it for a period of time and repel several attacks from the other side, so as to be able to confuse the other party." Zhang Jia analyzed.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Liu Gensheng nodded.
Don't look at Liu Gensheng as an old man, but after all, he has never led soldiers, so he almost has blind trust in people from the Black Dragon Army, but in fact, after Zhang Jiahe said this suggestion, he himself was a little weak-hearted, after all, he was an ordinary soldier in the Black Dragon Army, and he fought many battles, but if he wanted to command a battalion, he had no confidence in his heart, but at this time, he could only bite the bullet.
"Battalion commander, pass the order down, wait for the Qing army to enter within fifty meters, and then start fighting."
"Fifty meters?"
"Okay."
For these recruits, shooting at a distance of more than fifty meters, being able to hit, it is purely by luck, within fifty meters, plus as the distance is shortened, the density of the Qing army will also increase, and the hit rate will be higher at that time, after all, the bullets of the rebel army are limited, if you are in the Black Dragon Army, you naturally don't need to worry about these, you can shoot early, it doesn't matter if you practice marksmanship.
"Hit."
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
When the soldiers in front of the Qing army arrived within 50 meters, Liu Gensheng gave an order, and more than 500 guns rang out at the same time in an instant, at the same time, I saw rows of Qing troops, falling in rows and rows, the hit rate was amazing, no way, after Liu Gensheng sneak attacked the Qing army, he decisively pushed to this relatively narrow pass, only ten meters wide, the density of the Qing army is quite high, bullets fly out, as long as they fly out in parallel, they can always hit people.
"Withdraw."
"Withdraw, the rebel firepower is too slow, withdraw first."
The first wave of charges came and went faster, many rebel soldiers even only had time to fire the fifth or sixth shot, and the Qing army retreated like a tide, mainly because the casualties were too fast, just a few minutes, and the Qing army fell one or two hundred people in rows, don't look at one or two hundred people, it doesn't seem to be much, but the casualties are so fast, the pressure on other Qing troops who are lucky to survive is very great.
"Damn the rebels, they can become a climate in a short period of time?"
Wang Fu, the commander of the Qing army, stood in the distance and watched the whole process carefully, and everyone saw that Wang Fu came up by nepotism, but in fact, Wang Fu was not only nepotistic, he was actually a veteran in the Sino-Japanese War, but because he was defeated and captured at the beginning, he was finally able to change his identity and come to the south to develop, and finally mixed into the position of commander through nepotism within a few years.
Liu Gensheng's subordinates dared to put the Qing army within fifty meters to fight, and they were able to do the order and prohibition, which made Wang Fu feel incredible, after all, the rebel army has only been ten days since the first shot, and if it takes time, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Thinking of this, Wang Fu quickly organized a second charge, and the number of troops invested was increased from two battalions to four battalions.
"The commander has an order, kill a rebel and reward one or two silver; Those who are the first to ascend to the rebel position will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and the official will be promoted by one level, and those who take the head of the rebel leader will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to three levels. ”
"Kill."
The most motivating soldiers to fight with their lives, is always money and officials, this kind of order comes out, many times can have an immediate effect, after all, what is the purpose of being a soldier, isn't it to make some money, fight for a future, as for life, since they are on the battlefield, there are many people who are afraid of death, but there are also many who are not afraid of death.
"Rush."
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
The Qing army in the south is basically a green battalion, a Han army, a local army, and its combat effectiveness should be said to be good, to be honest, if there is no Han army for the Qing Dynasty to guard the south, the country would have died early in the morning, Wang Fu's incentives are also in place, and the soldiers have increased rapidly, but they are still two consecutive charges were quickly defeated.
"****, how can it be so hard to fight?" Wang Fu said depressedly, this time he wanted to rely on his military merits to rise again, if he couldn't handle this bit of rebellion, then he would be a fart, so he ordered: "Bring those two cannons out for me, and bomb them." ”
"Yes, sir."
…… (To be continued.) )