Chapter 420: Heaven Falls Apart (5)
"Wouldn't it? Mingkou is such a little person? β
The donkey stared at the two small phalanxes outside the moat of the West Gate, and opened his mouth wide in surprise.
After the second battalion and the third battalion left the city, they lined up a very close firing formation of a three-horizontal team according to the actual combat drill, and the distance between the two was not even one meter, so the frontage of the two battalions added up to less than a mile, and it looked really weak.
The North Korean side itself is much more numerous, and the large formation of the Chinese army is very loose, so it looks even more majestic - the left flank where the donkey is located is three miles away from the right flank, and there are cavalry cruising far away from the two wings, so the whole large array gives people an overwhelming visual impact.
"What's strange about that, that's all there is to Mingkou!"
There was a mocking voice behind him, and the donkey didn't have to look at it to know that it was the eldest son of the miller's family in the camp; Sure enough, a huge belly soon appeared on the donkey's side - if this guy wasn't too stubborn, with the benefits he gave to Captain Xiao Li, he would have been able to get a good deal.
"Shhhh That's it? We don't have to fight, we will drown them with a mouthful of spit! The donkey put the spear in his arms and pouted.
"Nonsense! If there were more Mingkou people, we wouldn't have rushed here...... I know that I know that I am the most life-sparing person! The fat man squeezed his eyes behind him and smiled, his fat body trembling, "Let's catch it this time...... Mingkou still dares to come out with such a few people, and he may be able to break the city before the sun goes down today! β
After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed, and the laughter was full of greed and obscenity.
There were not a few people in the Korean army who got as carried away as they were, and the battle line several miles long from south to north was full of mocking laughter and unbridled shoutingβthe morale of the Korean soldiers was completely stimulated by the small battle formation of the Fuliao army, and even the rangers at both ends were eager to try, as if they could trample the three thin rows of thin arrays as long as they rode forward.
Under the big pressure of the Chinese army, Quan Zhinan was also caught off guard by Ming Kou's move, he would never have imagined that the Fuliao army would dare to fight, and it seemed that it was still pouring out of the nest - according to his intelligence, the Fuliao army was less than 2,000 people, and now there are already a thousand people out of the city.
After carefully observing for a while, he felt that he had discovered Mingkou's intentions - the array was very shallow, buried deep in the range of the firearms at the head of the city, and Mingkou's wishful thinking must have been to attract his large array to come forward, and then use the firepower of the city to kill and wound, and after the morale of the conquest army was exhausted, the first day of siege that he had carefully prepared would end without a problem; The so-called "then decline, three and exhaustion", in the future, if you want to organize a siege of the city, where can you have such high morale?
Since he found Mingkou's intentions, Izumi Tomio of course immediately thought of countermeasures, he would not stupidly command the large array to crash up, but prepared to disperse Mingkou's array through long-range attacks - the crusading army also brought a lot of Franco's machine guns!
But this also involves a problem, that is, the change of formation - the previous large formation was prepared for the siege, and the front of the formation was full of all kinds of siege equipment; Now in order to mount the Franc cannon, it is necessary to move the siege equipment first, and then build the emplacement of the Franc cannon.
This was a big project, and the siege equipment was all coarse, large, and bulky, and it took thousands of craftsmen a morning to move from the camp to the front of the formation, and now they could be moved awayβso they were busy again before the great formation, and the trumpets sounded one after another, and the huge ladders, wooden donkeys, and shield carts began to move slowly again.
The craftsmen toiled, but the soldiers were quiet after a burst of clamour, and sat down again and waited; After the battle, the men also started work, and they all set up stone stoves, set up cauldrons, and began to cook, and the fragrance of rice porridge and the burnt smell of pancakes in the air were suddenly intertwined - it was almost noon, and if they didn't eat, these people in armor should be hungry.
"Bang! ~~ Bang bang! β
Just when the Koreans were busy changing formations, a neat row of gunfire sounded on the city, breaking the silence of the battlefield at once!
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In the woods at the foot of the water mountain, Liu Zhongwen was looking down at his watch.
The hour hand pointed to 11 a.m., and he jumped up from the stake on which he was sitting, stirrups with his left foot, and sat firmly on the dragon colt with his right leg.
"The hour has come! Launched! Array! β
Liu Zhongwen on the fire dragon horse threw the three tokens on the ground and ordered loudly, and the young and swarthy face could no longer see the playful expression in the official hall just now, and turned into cold and cruel - the brave and unscrupulous killing god is back!
"Order!"
The three heralds picked up the black and red tokens, turned on their horses, and galloped separately towards their respective targets.
For this life-and-death battle, Chu Fan collected all the cavalry that could be collected: the cavalry battalion naturally needless to say, the Tamluo battalion of 400 cavalry organized by Xu Zhiyuan in Halla Mountain had already been transferred, and even the 200 cavalry of the regimental training battalion in Jingyi County were not spared, and all of them were transferred to the foot of this water mountain - all of them were counted after Qi, and the total strength was worth thousands.
The soldiers were transferred, but if they wanted to command handy, they had to work hard: the Tamluo battalion was led by Xu Zhiyuan's relatives, in order to command effectively, Liu Zhongwen assigned Bi Laozhuan a translator and sent him over as a liaison officer - Hailan completely suppressed these old horse bandits after revealing a few riding and shooting skills, coupled with Xu Zhiyuan's bullet pressure, this way is basically no problem.
The leader of the team in Jingyi County was Quan Zhitai, and the liaison officer sent by Liu Zhongwen was Zhao Hai - the composition of the personnel along the way was more mixed, the training was insufficient, and the discipline was too poor.
Now, the big war is on the horizon, and it's time to test the fruits of these days' hard work!
"Drip~~Drip~~"
After the sound of bamboo whistles, the neighing of horses and the sound of hooves sounded in the woods, and soon the knights appeared from the woods one after another, and began to form a formation on the grass.
The horses also seemed to feel the overwhelming atmosphere of the imminent war, and the hooves of the horses with large bowls kept digging the ground and rolling up clouds of smoke and dust; The knights on horseback were silent, their eyes shining through the Y-shaped slit of the stamping helmet; The long blade of the horse lance on the half-body plate armor and weapon hook reflects the dazzling sunlight from time to time, making people unable to open their eyes; The long knife at his waist and the short fire hammer often collided together in the swing, making a dull sound, as if a monster that had chosen to devour people was roaring in a low voice!
It only took 20 minutes for the whole team to take shape, and an arrow array was formed - Liu Zhongwen led the first company of cavalry as arrows, and the second and third companies of cavalry were divided into left and right, with the Tamluo Battalion and the Jingyi Battalion following behind.
Pointing forward, Liu Zhongwen gently kicked the belly of the fire dragon horse, and roared angrily from the dantian:
"Let's go! Fight for your homeland! (To be continued.) )