The Liaodong Army's new artillery Zaitao saw it yesterday, although its power and range were no match for field artillery. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info, but the eighteen field guns he carried with the army just couldn't help them.

The only thing that made Zaitao happy was that this new artillery could not threaten his field artillery because of its short range.

Not only that, as soon as their own field artillery is fired, the new artillery of the Liaodong Army will continue to transfer artillery positions. In this way, the pressure on the attacking force will be much lower.

Therefore, after ordering the field artillery to fire, Zaitao did not think about using the field artillery to destroy the new artillery that the Liaodong Army was firing. As long as these new artillery pieces can be suppressed, they will not be allowed to shell normally, and the attacking troops will be relieved of some pressure and some time will be bought for attack.

But Zaitao didn't expect that at this time, an artillery regiment that had been drawn from all over the country by Zhou Zhongju and finally put together, and more than 30 mountain artillery muzzles had already been aimed at them in the first round of artillery shelling by the officers and troops.

At this time, as long as the eighteen field guns were fired, there was nothing wrong with determining and aiming at the position.

The more than 30 mountain artillery pieces behind the blocking position will immediately open fire, giving a lethal attack to the officer's field artillery battalion.

As soon as the eighteen screeching shells exploded behind the blocking position, a dull sound of shelling sounded from the artillery regimental position.

Before Zaitao could react from the sudden shock, a violent explosion sounded from the position of the field artillery camp behind.

Balls of fire, mixed with a large amount of black smoke, rose into the air, instantly covering more than half of the field artillery positions.

The seven or eight field guns that were not covered by artillery fire and the hundreds of gunners around them immediately became panicked.

Regardless of whether Shangguan issued an order to retreat or not, he directly prepared to push the field artillery for transfer.

No matter how fast they are, they can't shell faster.

More than ten seconds later, the scream of the cannonballs crossing the sky reached their ears again, and the officers and gunners who were still alive had just turned pale with their faces, and a violent explosion sounded around them.

The gunners with a good tone were blown over and turned into corpses. The unlucky ones were directly hit by the shell, and then torn to pieces by the shell fragments.

"Shelling, how can the Liaodong Army have so many mountain artillery, our field artillery battalion is finished!" Zaitao, who finally reacted, couldn't help but let out a painful wail.

At this time, no matter how heartbroken he was, he couldn't change the fate of the destruction of the field artillery battalion.

The artillery regiment, which was ready to fire, fired three rounds of more than 100 shells, and the position of the field artillery battalion of the officers and soldiers became completely quiet.

Seeing that the Liaodong Army seemed to be preparing to turn the muzzle of the gun and bomb it at the attacking troops. Zaitao, who still maintained a trace of sanity, immediately gave the attacking troops an order to retreat, and also ordered the other troops around him to retreat directly four or five miles.

After all, his current position is exactly within the best range of the mountain artillery of the Liaodong Army, and if the Liaodong Army bombs the main force on a whim, the troops will definitely suffer heavy losses.

The attacking force of the three battalions in the front and rear finally retreated to only one and a half battalions.

Despite the large number of guards surrounding him to escort him backwards, there were no security problems at all. But Zaitao's face was very embarrassed, and it was very pale.

The failure of this offensive not only caused him to lose a lot of troops, but also made him realize that in the next attack, if there was no sufficient number of artillery to provide artillery support to the attacking troops, it would be almost impossible for him to kill the headquarters of the Liaodong Army.

So, Zaitao, who was pale, subconsciously ordered a personal guard to find the artillery and baggage troops that were lagging behind, and asked them to hurry up and march and rush over to reinforce him immediately.

For Zaitao, the king of the Qing Dynasty, today is destined to be an unlucky day.

Less than ten minutes after the guards who had been sent out by themselves left, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves sounded behind them.

As a Manchu, Zaitao knew very well that the sound of horses' hooves he heard could only be heard by thousands of horses galloping together.

"Cavalry, there are even cavalry in the Liaodong Army!" Zaitao, whose face turned pale again, couldn't help but roar.

As soon as he finished speaking, a battalion management belt with a pale face ran over with a panic, and as soon as he saw Zaitao, he reported: "Lord Wang, the Liaodong Army has sent cavalry to chase and kill us, at least four thousand cavalry, and they are about to catch up with us." ”

Shocked to shocked, for the sake of his own life, Zaitao quickly calmed down, and then decisively ordered: "Leave a target force and block the cavalry of the Liaodong Army on the spot, and block it for as long as you can!" ”

After a target new army was forcibly left behind, Zaitao continued to retreat in the direction of Yingkou. In Zaitao's own words, as long as he converges with the artillery and baggage troops behind, with the nearly 100 field guns left in the artillery, he will definitely be able to block the offensive of the Liaodong Army, and even turn defeat into victory.

Zaitao's idea is good, but the reality is cruel.

After escaping for nearly half an hour, a sentry officer who also rushed over with a miserable face directly brought him a message that made him vomit blood on the spot.

"Lord Wang, artillery, our artillery is finished. And the baggage and the troops of a co-ordinatory, it's all over! ”

"Tell me clearly, what the hell is going on?" Zaitao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately stared at the sentry officer and asked.

The sentry replied as calmly as possible: "Last night, several thousand cavalry raided our station. We can't stop it. Thousands of soldiers, except for those who were killed, all the rest became prisoners. All the artillery and baggage have also become the trophies of the Liaodong Army, and the last general fought for his life to rush out, Lord Wang, you must find these cavalry and avenge us! ”

"It's over!" Zaitao, who had a desperate expression, couldn't help but say.

Then he looked at the two town commanders in front of him who were also shocked, and said with a look of despair: "Without artillery, we are not the opponent of the Liaodong Army at all, and we can't kill the Liaodong Army Headquarters at all, I am ashamed of the trust of the Queen Mother and his old man in me!" ”

One of the town commanders hurriedly asked, "Lord Wang, then let's go next." The Liaodong Army that pursued us had four or five thousand cavalry alone, and there must be infantry behind. Our Imperial Rear Army, a target, will definitely not be able to hold out for too long, if we let the cavalry of the Liaodong Army catch up, we will really be finished, please make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Zaitao reacted immediately, and for the sake of his own life, he subconsciously ordered: "Continue to retreat, retreat in the direction of Yingkou." ”

"As long as we arrive at Yingkou, we will be able to return to the capital under the escort of the sailor."

As soon as the order exited, Zaitao hinted to the guards next to him to protect his retreat.

The commanders of the two nearby towns also immediately called the guards to protect their retreat, and ordered their troops to retreat in the direction of Yingkou with them.

The cavalry division that pursued them was indeed blocked by the troops behind the official army.

In the face of a hastily constructed defensive line of more than 2,000 officers and troops, if the cavalry division attacked with all its might, it could break through with one attack, but the cavalry division did not attack. (To be continued.) )