Zhu Ting stood on top of the high Shanhaiguan City Tower, holding a telescope and looking at the battle below, he couldn't help but show a smile, and said to Xie Jinwu beside him: "It is said that Fukangan is a wise general, I think it is also a bit exaggerated, he lined up the artillery and aimed it at our mechanized infantry, do you think our chariots will rush straight over?" ”

Xie Jinwu naturally knew that in fact, Fukangan did not have much to do, although it had an absolute superiority in troops, but the gap between the technical level and military thinking of the two armies was too huge, Xie Jinwu said: "Is Commander Zhu planning to let the Tiger Regiment break through on the left and right flanks to avoid the fire of the Qing artillery?" ”

Zhu Ting said: "Those smoothbore cannons are somewhat of a threat to our Tiger Regiment, if Fukangan really has a decision, he should order the cavalry of the Qing army to entangle our Tiger Regiment in front of the formation, so that he can directly fire at the Tiger Regiment." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Xie Jinwu shook his head and said: "This is absolutely impossible, if we are really pinned down with cavalry, then with the Qing army's artillery accuracy, coupled with the entanglement of the battlefield, the Qing army's own losses will be greater than ours." ”

Zhu Ting said: "But this is the only possibility that Fukangan can defeat the Tiger Regiment." ”

In fact, Fukangan also wanted to let Helongwu go back, without a large area of cavalry, as long as he went to a Niulu, he would have the opportunity to delay the chariot of the Tiger Regiment, so Zhu Ting's order was that if there was a small group of cavalry nuisance, don't care, just cross over, and if it was really a large number of cavalry coming, then there was no need to Gu Fukangan's Chinese army, anyway, the combat goal of the Tang Army was to weaken the Qing army, and it was very enough to really defeat the four or five thousand Eight Banner cavalry.

and Longwu led the troops to retreat at this time. Fukangan really can't do anything about him. and Longwu's subordinates are all men and horses he brought from Jilin. Perhaps he Longwu himself suspected that Fukangan might deliberately consume his strength, and finally took all his forces into his arms. Fukangan gritted his teeth and ordered the cavalry of the Shengjing Eight Banners under his command to rush forward head-on towards the ironclad chariot of the Tiger Regiment. This thousand horses is what Fukangan is ready to give up, and he is also decisive, as long as he can defeat the Tang Army's ironclad car, then this thousand horses will not be unjustly lost.

Zhu Ting immediately gave the order and ordered the infantry of the Tiger Regiment to stop the chariot. Turning back, he strangled the cavalry of the commander of Sumuri and killed the cavalry of the Eight Banners on the left flank, which had been defeated. This disposition made Fukangan feel that a punch had hit the cotton, and the artillery team in his hand had a range of four or five miles, and if it really wanted to play a role in the field, it was best to launch it within one or two miles. But the Tiger Regiment actually stopped six or seven miles away from his central artillery and turned its head to deal with his already defeated Left Army.

His abandoned thousand horsemen had just run a short distance away, and now he didn't know whether to continue running forward or retreating. For the battle against the ironclad car, these cavalry were also frightened, and Fukangan killed a disobedient leader. Only then did they send out a thousand people. Now the Tang army infantry has turned back, and this thousand horsemen have actually slowed down their horses. Walking around the battlefield is not to impact the armored vehicles of the Tang Army.

Fukang Anqi was angry, and he swore that he must behead the leader of the army, but he didn't have a radio, so he couldn't directly order everything on the battlefield like Zhu Ting.

When Zhu Ting, Xie Jinwu and others saw this scene, they were already laughing through their bellies, and the Qing army did not look like a war on the battlefield at all, but like a funny showman. So, Zhu Ting made a decision directly and said: "The artillery battalion of the Tiger Regiment will go out of the customs to set up artillery positions, and we will directly bombard the Chinese army tent in Fukangan!" ”

A 105-mm howitzer towed by a military truck was driven out of the city gate, and the artillerymen who jumped out of the truck skillfully separated the artillery, and then used sandbags and other materials to construct improvised artillery positions. There is no doubt that Zhu Ting's move is somewhat risky, if the Qing army is not afraid of being attacked, and directly attacks the artillery positions here, it may bring relatively large damage to the Tang army's artillery battalion. But at this moment, the cavalry of the Qing army on the left flank fled with all their might, the 1,000 cavalry of the Fukangan Chinese army were embarrassed on the battlefield, and the cavalry of the right flank and Longwu were also making meaningless tactical transfers, so that the artillery was actually very safe when laying out artillery positions.

At first, Fukangan saw that the iron chariot that was driving out of the pass was a huge iron chariot, and he was already frightened, and immediately, a group of soldiers put out the thing that was obviously a cannon, and Fukangan immediately understood what Tang Jun was planning.

"Retreat, retreat!" Fukangan knew that the Tang army's artillery had a long range, and in this position, it was obvious that the Tang army's artillery could hit his Chinese army, Fukangan did not dare to joke with his own life, and immediately led the remaining cavalry of the Chinese army to retreat, and at the same time ordered the Chinese army's foot soldiers to alternately cover the retreat.

Such a retreat was logically orderly, with the cavalry going first to avoid damage to a major officer like Fukangan, and the infantry taking alternate cover to retreat, which could effectively block the pursuing enemy.

But the Qing army is not stupid, they already know that the masters are afraid of the Tang army's artillery, and they want to avoid the artillery, who wants to stay behind and cover, this cannonball is not a chasing soldier, it will not pick the target of the attack, and the cover is useless, and if the withdrawal is slow, the cannonball will be smashed. As a result, the infantry did not pay attention to order at all, and scrambled to withdraw from their positions, and even the non-commissioned officers of the artillery team immediately abandoned their smoothbore guns and ran back with the infantry. Not to mention, the Qing soldiers were not completely demented, some people ran around, because the Tang army's artillery attacks must be relatively concentrated, and the survival rate of running around must be greater than simply going backwards.

In this way, Fukangan will not be able to restrain his army at all, even the brave and warlike Sauron soldiers do not want to be killed by cannons and bullets when they do not see the enemy, even if they are brave, they have brains.

Therefore, when the artillery of the artillery battalion was ready to shoot, the Chinese army in Fukangan had already spontaneously dispersed.

Zhu Ting was a little dumbfounded: "What's the situation here?" ”

Xie Jinwu sighed and said: "The Qing army may have some small units in some parts, but they also have relatively strong combat effectiveness and combat will, such as the eight hundred warriors led by Fukangan during the Battle of Jinchuan. However, on average, the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was already very poor, and when the morale was already relatively low, the Qing army did not even have the discipline to carry out combat orders. So in real history, when it came to the Battle of Gorkha, the most combat-effective troops in Fukangan's hands were actually the guards he brought out of Beijing. Now we are seeing the same situation. However, this is actually a mistake of Fukangan itself, if he can continue to sit firmly in the Chinese army and order the troops to retreat one after another, it may not cause the current situation of self-defeat, even if there is limited chaos after being shelled, he can also withdraw these tens of thousands of people completely. It's a pity that Fukangan is too desperate for his life and too afraid of our shelling, so as soon as he sees us putting out the artillery, he will run away first, and the people below will naturally follow suit, and the commanders have fled for their lives, and they don't need to fight to the end. ”

While the two were talking, the 18 105-mm howitzers of the artillery battalion had already launched a deadly shell, and the powerful shells fell in the Qing army's formation, which aggravated the chaos of the entire great escape. Even the troops that originally had a certain order completely lost their complete formation and calmness due to the impact of artillery shelling or other troops, and became ants running wildly on a hot pot.

The cavalry of the Longwu Department was originally going to get close to the Chinese army, but at this time they were killed and did not want to get close to the Chinese army, but they were generally able to restrain the five thousand cavalry in his hands, and the direction of Fukangan's evacuation was different, and Longwu led the troops to retreat north.

"If this Qing cavalry on the right flank had rushed over regardless of the damage, our artillery might have suffered heavy losses as well, but they were too uncourageous." Xie Jin Wudao, victory is already in sight.

Zhu Ting said: "What's the use of attacking it? Not to mention that our artillery still has trucks as cover, they jump on the trucks, and then attack the incoming cavalry, and will not suffer too much losses, our Tiger Regiment will respond again, the Qing army will not cause us casualties, at most destroy some artillery, and we do not lack these things. Ten thousand steps back, even if they really eat our artillery battalion, it will not help the direction of the whole battle. The Chinese army in Fukangan has been defeated without a fight, we have only lost a small number of men, and the Tiger Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment can eat this cavalry in turn, even if they eat one of our cannons, we eat one of their vehicles, it is not a loss. So, it's the right choice to retreat at this time. ”

Zhu Ting smiled again and said: "The cavalry of the Eight Banners is not our priority attack next, and the relevant troops of the Tiger Regiment, the Hunting Cavalry Regiment and the Xiao Cavalry Regiment are ordered to start pursuing the enemy's infantry, let's have a perfect ending." ”

On the battlefield, Su Muri, who had already shot and cut down two Eight Banner cavalrymen, gathered his troops, and he received a new order from Zhu Ting, the Indian regiment commander raised his saber in his hand and shouted: "Let's go, comrades, destroy the enemy!" ”

Thousands of Tang cavalry were like a torrent, a fierce dragon, directly into the defeated soldiers of the Qing army. Some people held submachine guns and swept down those fleeing Qing soldiers who fled desperately, while others directly held their sabers and slashed up and down, occasionally encountering one or two cavalrymen of the Eight Banners, and they were not afraid at all, and directly picked the enemy off their horses. The Manchu cavalry, who claimed to be invincible immediately, couldn't accept it at all, and these Tang knights who didn't even wear armor beat them to the ground with just a sharp saber.

Zhu Ting looked at this scene and said with a smile: "In our history, the barbarians on horseback were the best cavalry and the strongest army in combat effectiveness, but now we have reversed the times, only the most civilized nation is the army with the most terrible combat effectiveness, and the cavalry that was invincible in the past will become the ghost of our sword even in the face of our gentle and frugal Tang cavalry." (To be continued.) )