Even the largest animals on land are still fearful. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Not to mention that the cannonball hits the body of the war elephant, even if it hits the elephant nearby, the scattered fragments can kill it, not to mention that the elephant itself is afraid of light and loud noises. After the dense artillery fire covered the elephant troops of Nasu Festival, the originally docile war elephants did not pay attention to the elephant slaves, and many elephant slaves were even more afraid of death, giving up the elephants and fleeing for their lives. The fallen elephant even crushed the Siamese soldiers who could not escape.

Nasujie, who was riding on a war elephant, did not rush to the front, which also caused his war elephant not to be hit when the cannonball hit him. However, the momentum of his war elephant did not diminish, but the war elephant in front of him was shot and fell to the ground, and the elephant behind him crashed into the elephant in front of him, almost knocking over the Nasu Festival.

"The Tang army's iron carts have artillery, and the enemy cannot be underestimated, and the whole army retreats!" At this time, Nasu Festival no longer wants to make meritorious contributions or anything. He thought that the elephants would be enough to crush or overturn the armored vehicles, but he didn't consider that the vehicles had weapons capable of killing war elephants. This is the time when the Siamese army's fear of unknown weapons is at its peak, if the armored vehicle is just fleeing for their lives, they will not be afraid, but now this thing will not only act on its own, but also emit deadly shells, no one will be able to calm down.

At this time, even if Nasu Jie wanted to retreat calmly, it would not be possible to do it, the entire elephant army was in chaos, after all, the elephants were huge, although the running speed was not slow, but it was not easy to turn around in the artillery fire, or get up immediately from the fall. Nasu did not dare to come down from the back of the war elephant because he jumped down. Maybe he was trampled to death by a frightened elephant. As for the infantry in the back. See the previous scene. He didn't dare to move forward at all, and retreated behind with a bang. This group of infantry did not dare to retreat too far, after all, they were on a journey to the battle, and it was a great crime in the army to flee privately knowing that the battle situation was unfavorable. However, they also never set foot in the area where the shells landed.

As for attacking those iron carts in a roundabout way, they didn't have the courage to do so. Some people will think that those iron chariots are all iron-armoured, with swords and guns in their hands. There is no way to break through its defenses, and people still have wheels, and they can run fast, so why go up and die.

About ten minutes later, even two other Type 77 armored vehicles joined the attack, and Nasujie escaped despite artillery fire. More than half of his entourage had been killed, and the war elephants had also been killed. The original more than 20 elephants, except for three or four, were more lucky, and they were not bombarded on the periphery. Already fled. Some of the rest were killed outright, some were seriously injured. Fell to the ground and wailed.

After determining that the Siamese war elephants had lost their combat effectiveness, Wang Tao directly ordered: "All chariots enter the assault and destroy the enemy in front of you." ”

Eight chariots formed a formation and began to chase the Siamese soldiers across the plain. Nasu Jie was already dead when he saw the chariot of the Tang army rushing towards him. He didn't have to think about it to know that he would definitely not be able to outrun these wheels. So, Nasu made a decision - to kneel on the ground, to be precise, and beg for mercy.

The surrender of the main general caused many Siamese troops to surrender as well. Eight armoured vehicles pursued and surrounded the infantry, and finally after hundreds of casualties, the remaining Siamese army also chose to surrender.

"Send a message to the command, we have captured hundreds of enemies after fierce fighting, and ask them to send someone to meet them." Wang Tao also felt a little helpless, a reconnaissance operation turned into a war of annihilation, although Wang Tao did not take the initiative to provoke, but in the case of measuring the enemy and me, he would still take the initiative to attack.

A battle of more than 60 people against 2 or 3,000 people plus more than 20 war elephants actually ended in such a disparity. The Siamese army had nothing to do with the armored vehicles of the Don Army, and in the end they could only be defeated and surrendered.

Chang Bin in the rear command was also surprised when he heard the news, and it was obvious that among the Tang army, there was already a trend of contempt for the enemy. Relying on eight armored vehicles, the SEALs dared to attack the enemy of two or three thousand men. By the time the armored vehicles returned, the eight vehicles had basically run out of ammunition. If these shells don't push the enemy back, then it's clear that the SEALs themselves are leaving.

This is also in the case that the Type 77 tank has no problems today, and the reputation of the Type 77 half-track in the army is mixed, and it often breaks down on the battlefield. If in the absence of strong support and in the face of a large number of enemy troops alone, a tank suddenly breaks down and loses its combat capability, then it will not be able to escape, and the fate of the Tang soldiers inside can be imagined.

――――Dividing Line――――

"What, the broken Nasu Jie Department was wiped out by the Tang Army? How is this possible, there are dozens of war elephants in the Nasu Festival, and they are all elites, how can you say that there will be no more? Rama I was so shocked that even his large hand holding the hilt of the sword trembled.

Nasu was not considered the strongest subordinate under him, but he was also one of the strongest. The total number of war elephants in Rama I's army is about 200, which is already a fairly large elephant army. Now the elephant soldiers, whom he pinned his hopes on, were defeated as soon as they came into contact with the Tang army. What made him even more confused and stunned was that according to the accounts of the sergeants who fled, the Tang army did not have many troops, only eight ironclad chariots that could walk on their own, and there were artillery cannons on them, and the rate of fire was extremely fast, which directly stunned the elephant soldiers.

The Siamese army also has artillery, and when Rama I led the army to withdraw from Thonburi, he did not think of using artillery to counterattack the Tang Navy warships in the river. However, their artillery was relatively short range and less powerful, some of which were bought from the European powers, and some of which were sold by the Tang. They were unable to place artillery on the riverbank, and even abandoned a considerable part of the artillery to escape from Thonburi safely.

The strength of the Tang army was expected by Rama I, but the defeat of the Siamese army of thousands of men by eight chariots was a bit beyond his comprehension. However, Rama I was not completely intimidated, and he made a new countermeasure: "Phraya Suriya, you lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, take advantage of the Tang people's unstable foothold on land, and launch a fierce attack on them!" ”

His nephew, Phaya Suriya, had long wanted to fight the Tang people, so he immediately saluted and said, "Yes, uncle, I will definitely defeat the Tang people and bring you victory." ”

However, Rama I was even more shrewd, and after sending out the Phayasuri faction, he continued to retreat to the northwest with his own headquarters, taking the initiative to distance himself from the Tang army. (To be continued.) )