Chapter 126: Shooting
When the horn sounded in the middle of the Qing army on the opposite side, Ding Liehu's heart tightened suddenly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Then, at that moment, countless dazzling firelights flashed on the opposite front, and a large cloud of white smoke rose up. He subconsciously wanted to close his eyes, and before the upper and lower eyelids were completely closed, a deafening explosion spread like dense raindrops, and the sound and waves of death crashed violently on his face and chest, making him almost suffocate at that moment.
The screams from front made Ding Liehu suddenly regain consciousness, and he subconsciously widened his eyes again, and his chest rose and fell violently. He didn't even have to look closely to know that the front row of his front must have suffered a lot of losses, and this strong sense of oppression was almost unprecedented in any previous battle.
In the advancing camp, there were three thousand corps, the second and third thousand corps spread out in a horizontal formation, and the 1,000 corps where Ding Liehu was located advanced in a vertical formation in the middle of the second and third thousand corps, and the three thousand corps were roughly in a T-shape. Therefore, the wide frontage of the 2nd and 3000th Corps withstood most of the firepower of the Qing army, although the 1000th Corps advanced in a vertical formation, but Ding Liehu's bureau was in the lead position, and the other parallel bureau also opened a not too narrow front, Ding Liehu only had three rows of soldiers in front of him, and through the gap between these three rows of human walls, you could see the white smoke of the Qing army on the opposite side.
The volley of the Qing army's bird gunners just now knocked down two soldiers in the first row in front of Ding Liehu, and someone in the second row immediately stepped forward to make up for it, and the entire front line was still full.
The thin three-row human wall was not enough to withstand the huge pressure on the way, and Ding Liehu, who was used to ignoring everything, couldn't help but hang his heart. The great hatred buried in his heart can make him forget life and death when he fights face to face, but it still can't make him completely indifferent on the way to advance in the face of enemy fire.
There was also the sound of heavy breathing from the side, and the surrounding comrades-in-arms were under the same pressure. At this time, Ding Liehu's mind flashed the appearance of his family members again, gritted his teeth, and held the weapon in his hand tighter.
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The Admiral of Zhejiang recognized the flag, and the expressions of Tian Xiong and Gang Alin gradually changed from relaxed to solemn. On the other side, the smug smile on Yang Jizuo's face even froze on his face before he could take it back, looking a little weird.
The volley just now, they could see it clearly in the back. A large number of soldiers on the Huguang Town front were knocked down, and many gaps appeared in the originally neat front in an instant. When they saw it in their eyes, their hearts suddenly felt relaxed, if they continued to fight like this, I am afraid that the first to collapse would be Huguang Town on the opposite side.
But then they couldn't get back up. After Huguang Town's front suffered a volley, the men in the back row quickly came up to fill the gap in the front row. The whole front was moving forward with determination, and it never returned fire, as if the blow it had just been inflicted had never existed. This kind of calmness and disregard suddenly caused a trace of inexplicable tension in the hearts of Tian Xiong and others.
"It's already seventy paces, why haven't they fired back?" Ignoring the threat of shells, Gang Alin stepped on the stirrup and stood up straight, looked at the military formation opposite for a while, and lowered his head to Tian Xiong and asked.
Tian Xiong pondered and replied: "According to this view, they should not stop until they walk fifty steps in front of our army's formation, and then shoot at our army. This will allow the firebolt to hit more accurately. ”
"Lord Gang Arin, don't worry. When it comes to fifty paces, their guns can be hit more accurately, but how can our army's guns not be more accurate? Yang Jizuo recovered from the embarrassing state just now, and said confidently, "What's more, before that, our army's firearms can fight at least two or three more rounds, and they may have a big formation before they get to the place." ”
Gang Alin nodded, continuing to look up. While they were talking, the military formation in Huguang Town had advanced to sixty paces, and the bird-gunners of the Green Battalion fired a second volley.
The situation after this round of volleys was similar to the first round of salvos, and it was vaguely seen that people in the first row of the Huguang Town Front kept falling, but they were immediately replaced by those behind. The advance of the entire army formation was not affected much, and it gave Gangarin the impression that the salvo of the Green Battalion Bird Gun had never worked. But listening to what Tian Xiong and Yang Jizuo said, Huguang Town's front should stop soon, and the close-range counterattack will definitely hit the Green Camp Bird Gunners in the front row hard, but Huguang Town's losses may not be small.
Gang Alin estimated that the shooting between the two sides would continue for a long time after a while, so he said to Tian Xiong: "Admiral Tian, let the armored soldiers behind also prepare earlier, in case the heavily armored dead soldiers of Huguang Town on the opposite side suddenly rush up." ”
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There was another torrential thunder, and the smoke-filled Qing army sent out a third salvo, but it was far less powerful than the first salvo. The Green Camp Bird Gunners also use the three-stage drill drill, but they are not very skilled, and the front row Bird Gunners often cause some confusion in the queue when they shoot back and reload, which makes the shooting fragmented and the queue change time becomes longer.
With the sound of guns, soldiers continued to fall on the Huguang Town front, and now the entire front has approached fifty steps in front of the Qing army's formation, and the stop trumpet has not yet come.
In order to prevent his mind from being disturbed, Ding Liehu half-narrowed his eyes, not looking at the situation of the Qing army on the opposite side, but just listening to the drum beat and following the rhythm of the entire queue.
Suddenly, several stray bullets whizzed, followed by a scream on the far right of the queue. Ding Liehu's heart trembled violently, and then a strong sense of grief filled his entire chest. The owner of that familiar voice, Chen Blind, who scolded his mother all day long but always treated him as his own brother, finally took the first step.
"On the march, don't look around!" Jiang Yidou's choked roar sounded from the original position of Chen Blind.
Two lines of tears rolled over Ding Liehu's face, and in his hazy vision, he seemed to see the back of Chen's blind man leaving, and before leaving, he turned back and looked at him with a smile, and his mouth seemed to say: Boy, do a good job! Don't embarrass Lao Tzu......
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Behind the neat front, the thick army formation surged forward. The army formation that was trapped in the camp pushed until it was forty steps away from the Qing army's formation, and there was still no intention of stopping, and the main formation had not fired back, but only advanced, advanced, and advanced, no matter how many people fell in the front row, it seemed that they were just sprinkled overhead by the drizzle, and the pace of advance was almost not affected. This terrible composure and ignoring indifference instead caused great panic among the Qing troops on the opposite side.
The queue of the first few rows of Green Camp Bird Gunners had begun to disorganize, shouting and clanging mingle, and choking white smoke filled everywhere. In the noisy and panicked atmosphere, the officer's order transmission was also affected, and it was difficult to organize a new salvo for a while.
At thirty paces, the horn of the army that had stopped its advance had not yet sounded, and the front of the trapped camp was still advancing with an indomitable momentum. At this time, the shooting on the Qing line had become chaotic, but as the distance between the two sides shortened, these chaotic shots also became very threatening, and the closer they got to the Qing line, the more casualties in the camp.
Hearing the screams coming from time to time in front of him, the muscles on Cui Shoucheng's expressionless face twitched from time to time. He turned his head and asked the combat staff officer beside him, "How far is it?"
"It's about thirty paces from the enemy's line right now, and it's still a moment from fifteen paces."
Cui Shoucheng nodded. It's fast, as long as the thunderous blow behind can defeat the Qing army on the opposite side, the blood of the previous soldiers will not be shed in vain.
On the north side of Cui Shoucheng's general recognition flag, Jin Shenghuan stared at the advancing camp army formation with wide eyes, and forgot to close his mouth for a long time.
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The Admiral of Zhejiang recognized his banner, and Tian Xiong, Gang Alin and Yang Jizuo gradually looked dumbfounded.
And in the distance, Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Longxu and General Zhengnan recognized the flag, Tan Tai was also full of shock. He had not waited for He Luo on the right flank to withdraw his forces to the north of Hutou Mountain, and Huguang Town launched such an attack. Looking at the layers of military formations that were advancing firmly and indifferently, Tan Tai suddenly realized something, turned his head sideways and shouted angrily to Niu Lu Zhangjing beside him: "Send someone to urge again!" Let He Luo hurry up! Withdraw with the vests of each banner first! ”
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As the distance got closer, a gust of north wind blew, blowing away a lot of smoke between the two armies, making the vision wider and clearer. Ding Liehu walked in the queue, and he could even see the panicked faces on the Qing army front opposite.
A long stop trumpet finally sounded, and the drums in the formation also beat several times rapidly. The officers' commands were shouted layer by layer, and the soldiers who heard them first repeated them loudly, and the sound of the tide soared into the sky. After a burst of thunderous neat footsteps, the previous footsteps, drums, and military trumpets disappeared, and the military formation of thousands of people quietly stopped in front of the Qing army's formation, and the distance was about fifteen to eighteen steps.
From extreme movement to extreme quiet, the change of scene stunned the green battalion soldiers on the front. The Ming army was more than a dozen steps away, and even the nose and eyes could be seen clearly, almost within reach.
Before the Green Battalion soldiers could react, the command in the camp formation rang out again.
"Ready! - The officers shouted orders.
"Ready! - The soldiers repeated aloud.
"Raise the gun! ――”
"Raise the gun! ――”
The flintlock pistols in the front row of the military formation were all laid flat, and the dense barrels of the guns were like a dense forest.
The Qing army's front finally began to face the guns of the trapped camp, and panicked shouts rang out one after another, and the whole front was like a river embankment about to collapse under the impact of a flood.
Ding Liehu belonged to the killer banner and was not equipped with a flintlock pistol, but he also clenched his weapon and stared at the front. At this moment, he held his breath.