Babaozhen was also heavily shelled by the Ming army at the same time.

Another important stronghold of the Qing army on the south bank of Dajia River was Babaozhen, which was located about 10 kilometers upstream of Qingpuzhuang.

The sound of artillery was the order to cross the river and attack, and the 1st Brigade of the Yulin Army on the north bank of Dajia Creek immediately took action.

A group crossed the river from the lower reaches of Dajia Creek and went straight to Qingpu Village. The second regiment crossed the river from the middle of Dajia Creek and went straight to Babaozhen. The two steel knives, one left and one right, attacked almost simultaneously.

The first battalion was an assault battalion of a regiment, and the fighters had long been on the shore.

As soon as the cannon sounded, the deputy commander of the regiment, Longshan Leopard, immediately ordered an attack.

"Quick! Hurry! ”

The fighters of the 1st battalion immediately pulled the crowbar and pry the wooden boats hidden on the river bank into the chute.

There were twenty chutes made of long logs, one end connected to the wooden boat on the bank of the river, and the other end inserted into the shoal, and covered with tar for lubrication.

With the pry of a crowbar, the twenty wooden boats turned slightly sideways and slid smoothly down the chute into the river, setting off waves one after another.

Dressed in camouflage training uniforms and hard-soled combat boots, the soldiers rushed straight to the water's edge and quickly climbed onto the wooden boats, everything was as orderly as the drill.

Twenty wooden boats rushed to the other side like twenty arrows off the string. The four ships of the first company were the vanguard ships of the whole battalion, rushing to the front of the fleet.

Each of the four pioneer ships had an M60 general-purpose machine gun mounted on the bow, and the machine gunners aimed at the camp on the opposite shore and fired "bang bang bang" while the rest of the fighters paddled desperately with wood pulp.

These four machine guns were the heavy firepower of a company of pioneer ships under the battalion's machine gun team.

Due to industrial capacity, the Crossing Team Arsenal is currently unable to mass-produce machine guns and mortars. Machine guns and mortars brought from the original time and space are mainly equipped on naval ships and coast guard ships.

Because of the weak firepower of the opponent's army units, each company of the 1st Brigade of the Yulin Army was not equipped with machine guns and mortars for the time being, but each battalion formed a machine gun team, equipped with 4 M60 machine guns and 2 M224 mortars.

Under the cover of artillery, machine guns and other firepower, the four pioneer ships quickly approached the south bank of Dajia Creek.

The Ming artillery had been attacking rapidly for more than ten minutes and began to extend to the second line of barracks in depth.

The riverbank positions set up by the Qingpu militia have been blown to pieces, and soft sand, stumps, broken arms, and broken wood are flying all over the sky.

Antlers, stakes, branches and other obstacles on the beachhead were also blown up by the shells, and they lay crookedly on the bank of the river, blocking the way of the soldiers.

Zhao Dalong, the commander of the first company, took the lead in rushing to the river beach, "Quick! The fireteam covers, and the barrier-breaking group opens the way! ”

There have been countless drills in advance, three or four steel knives in the barrier-breaking group were wielded, seven or eight hoes were pulled, and the passages were smoothly opened.

"Get on the bayonet!" Zhao Dalong roared and rushed forward with the assault team.

The soldiers formed a zigzag triangle formation, one by one with their rifles loaded with bayonets, and rushed towards the camp on the bank of the Qingpuzhuang River.

The riverbank barracks were the first line of defense carefully designed by Lin Richeng. The protective wall is built two and a half meters thick, with a thickness of one foot, and is made of adobe blocks. The trench outside the protective wall was also a foot deep, and outside the trench was a row of hedges.

"Tie the hard village, fight the dumb battle" is a kind of turtle tactic, the villagers hide in the protective wall to recuperate, camp to defend to the death, the Ming army must pay the price of blood if they want to break through.

Who would have thought that the artillery fire of the Ming army would be so ferocious, and in more than ten minutes, the protective walls, deep trenches, flower hedges and other protective fortifications were bombarded to pieces, and the villagers who were cowering in the camp on the river bank were either killed or injured.

Those who survived had already been frightened, and one by one, they turned around along the traffic ditch and fled to the rear barracks.

"Hands up and surrender! Shoot or kill! The morale of the Ming army was like a rainbow, and they rushed into the camp like a whirlwind.

Chen Lane was blown up and bruised all over his body, and he also wanted to run back, but his leg was broken and he couldn't walk. Seeing that the bright bayonet was about to arrive in front of him, Chen Lane screamed in fright, "Spare your life!" Spare your life! ”

A company of soldiers, Huang Xinbang, rushed into the barracks, and finally found one alive. He was just about to see the bayonet red when he heard this cry for mercy.

Huang Xinbang raised the bayonet and spat fiercely, "Count you as acquaintances!" ”

Like a sharp knife, the company took the lead in opening a hole in the outer position of Qingpu Village's tortoise shell. Longshan Leopard immediately organized the 1st Battalion of Machine Gun Corps to set up a position on the river beach, covering the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Companies through this breakthrough and continuing to penetrate in the direction of depth.

The 2nd and 3rd Battalions then crossed the river, and they pressed the left and right flanks of the 1st Battalion to the east and west of Qingpu Village.

On the north bank of Dajia Creek, artillery continues to shell.

A shell of 75 mm caliber with different fuses was pushed into the breech. With a pull of the fire rope, these blasting shells, shrapnel ......... One by one, they flew to the second and third camps of Qingpu Village......

"Gun position No. 1, twenty meters ahead!"

"Gun position No. 2, thirty meters ahead!"

……

With the guidance of the artillery observers on the balloon, the dense artillery fire slowly ~ extended forward, like a big broom, clearing the outer camps of Qingpu one by one.

From the riverside to the enclosure of Qingpu Village, there are dense camps within a radius of several miles, and countless fortifications have been laid out, and a large number of Qingpu Zhuang villagers lurk in it.

The soldiers followed the footsteps of the artillery fire and charged forward, when the Qing army camp had just been hit hard by the Ming army's artillery fire, and the village Yong was still huddled in the deep trench, not even daring to raise his head, the Ming army rushed to their eyes like lightning, shouting "Raise your hands and surrender, surrender your guns and don't kill!" ”

A few fierce villagers waved their broadswords and spears and wanted to fight. "Bang bang bang" a row of bullets hit, and they were so frightened that they all raised their hands high.

The three companies of the first battalion fought steadily and steadily, and the echelons rushed forward. After breaking through two relatively large earthen forts in succession, a company of assault troops once again rushed to the front of the battalion.

Zhao Dalong led the assault team to charge forward in the crater. Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound sounded in his ears, and Zhao Dalong immediately remembered the earnest teaching of the instructor of the officer training team, and he hurriedly shouted, "Get down!" ”

Soldier Huang Xinbang immediately fell into the crater in accordance with the tactical essentials, and the floating soil on the ground suddenly flew up.

As soon as he wanted to say something, he felt that a cannonball seemed to fly over his head, and landed directly not far in front of him, and exploded with a "boom".

A cloud of white smoke rose from the ground, and gravel and dirt flew everywhere. After the dust kicked up by the shells fell, it directly poured everyone on.

"Bah, Bah, Bah!"

Huang Xinbang supported his body with his arms, spit a few mouthfuls of muddy saliva in a row, and said with palpitations, "Company commander, the artillery is fighting so fiercely, will it hit us!" ”

"Don't panic, our shells all have eyes!" Zhao Dalong is an old comrade who has experienced several battles, he got up and gently dusted his body twice, "Everyone follow me, step on the explosion point and rush forward!" ”

The "infantry and artillery coordination" tactic has been practiced many times by the Yulin Army on the exercise ground, but this is the first time it has been applied to the battlefield. Although Qingpu Zhuang Xiangyong is a weak brigade, the Ming army seems to use it as a whetstone, and the practice of real knives and real ~ guns on the battlefield is "infantry and artillery coordination".

Under the cover of powerful artillery fire, the Ming army in a wedge-like formation has been attacking in depth to the defensive positions on the periphery of Qingpuzhuang, and the outlying positions of Qingpuzhuang have been beaten to pieces and are precarious.

Lin Richeng waited on the watchtower next to the North Pass Gate, watching the deep trench of the camp being blown into a scorched earth, and the villagers were defeated like a tide, his hands and feet were cold, and the beads of sweat on his forehead rolled down.

I spent countless money, as well as manpower and material resources, and worked hard to manage the outer position for three months, but it was about to collapse in less than half an hour!

Lin Richeng, who was at a loss, hurriedly asked his master for advice, "Sir, the Ming bandits' artillery fire is too ferocious, and the 'stubborn village fights' don't work at all, how can this battle be fought?" ”

"Dong Weng, at this time, the battle has just started, and it is too early to talk about victory or defeat." Master Liu seems to be confident.

This master has always liked to talk about ancient theories, and Lin Richeng values "knowing soldiers". He habitually wanted to shake the goose feather fan, but the goose feather fan didn't know when it fell off.

"Uh-huh!" Master Liu had to clear his throat, "The Qingpu Village Waizi is made of bricks and stones, which is a hundred times stronger than the outer barracks, and no matter how fierce the Ming bandit artillery fire is, it can't be completely blown up." Dong Weng has the right time and place, but this person and ~~"

Master Liu pointed down, "Do they still have the courage to fight again?" ”

Lin Richeng glanced below, and the remnants of the defeated army poured across the North Pass Suspension Bridge like a tide, one by one, like frosted eggplants, languishing and falling in the open space inside the Pass.

Master Lin is hinting that he should immediately rein in and rectify the township and strictly guard the soil fence.

At this time, there was a loud "boom", and a cannonball exploded not far from the North Pass Gate.

Master Lin hurriedly hugged his head and squatted down, "Dong Weng, it's not safe here!" ”

"Husband fight, courage also!" Lin Richeng grinned, the artillery fire of the Ming bandits was already approaching the North Pass Gate, where is there a safe place!

Walking down the watchtower, facing the defeat of more than a thousand remnants of the defeated and fleeing Xiangyong, Lin Richeng's voice became a little trembling, "This is the home where we have lived for generations, and behind us are our parents, wives and children." ”

The villagers all bowed their heads.

Lin Richeng waved the steel knife, and his expression suddenly became excited, "We are the people of the village, and the land is our life~ root." Now that the Ming bandits have come to us, they want to confiscate our land and property, and bully our wives and children, what do you say? ”

A few simple words ignited the emotions of the villagers, "Repel them!" Fight them off! ”

The balloon observers of the Ming army have been paying attention to the movements in Qingpu Village, and the abnormal movement of Xiangyong in the North Pass Gate has long been reported to the artillery headquarters.

Lin Richeng was reorganizing the township and reorganizing the armament, and more than a dozen shells flew over.

"Boom!" "Boom! "The shells burst out in the middle of the crowd.

The huge explosion power directly tore those villagers to pieces, and pieces of stumps and broken arms flew into the sky, like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

The surviving Xiang Yong's legs and stomachs were all weak, and many people were so frightened that they peed their pants and fell to the ground.

The smoke cleared, and people saw Lin Richeng also lying in a pool of blood.

"Lin Tuan is dead!"

"Master Lin is dead!"

……

Seeing that Lin Richeng was blown to pieces, several deputy regiment commanders and sentinels all lost the courage to fight, and at the suggestion of Master Liu, a white flag was hung on the North Pass Gate.