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Looking at the entire battlefield from Fenglong Mountain, the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp have entered the battlefield early and built a tight fortification in the battlefield.

Under all the watchful eye, a special army began to enter the battlefield.

This army is the 'New 01 Division' of the Shandong Army that participated in this battle, a reinforced division of 20,000 people, with two artillery regiments.

To everyone's surprise, this army was not wearing any armor or cold weapons, but was dressed in colorful camouflage uniforms and a black helmet as far as the eye could see. Most of the soldiers had in their hands a musket that had never been seen before.

However, this unified military uniform and unified pace gave people a great shock.

Sun Chuanting looked at the Shandong 'New 01 Division' that entered the battlefield on Fenglong Mountain, and he was also extremely shocked, what shocked him was not the neat pace of the New 01 Division, but the appearance of many equipment in the New 01 Division that he did not know.

One of the largest is the heavy machine gun, which is pulled by horses and looks like the Ming Dynasty's oversized musket.

What made Sun Chuanting feel even more dignified was that this strange army was equipped with a large number of artillery, although it was said that it was very small in size.

Since Sun Chuanting didn't know that these guns used new propellants and new explosives, he didn't know much about the surname of these artillery, and in his cognition, the artillery was so small that the power was not necessarily very large.

What worries Sun Chuanting the most is the new musket used by the Shandong army.

The musket originally used by the Shandong army had a range of 170 meters, but later it became a 500-meter range, and this time it was replaced with a new one.

What is the range of this new musket? What is the rate of fire?

Sun Chuanting didn't have a bottom in his heart.

…… And Chongzhen looked at the battlefield on Fenglong Mountain, looked around, and felt that Jingying had the absolute upper hand, because there were fifteen times more people than Zhao Yan's 20,000 people.

Moreover, the new 01st Division sent by Zhao Yan this time has no armor and not many knives and guns, only a bayonet on the head of the gun.

How can such an army withstand the well-equipped Beijing battalion?

…… Zhao Yan looked at the battlefield and felt a little sad.

This time it was a civil war.

And the slaughter of 300,000 Jingying is about to be slaughtered, which still has some psychological burden for Zhao Yan, but in order to minimize the loss, the decisive battle is undoubtedly the best choice.

…… After entering the battlefield, the new 01st Division immediately began to build a defensive line.

At 45 miles from the southern end of the battlefield, the new 01st Division also built three lines of defense, but these three lines of defense were simply pulled with barbed wire in front, two trenches dug in the back, and then machine guns were mounted.

This is just an eight-mile-long line of defense, that is, 4,000 meters.

This time there were 300 machine guns, double the original 144, and not all of them were put into the field, but the additional machine guns were placed in the back, and some were left as backups.

144 machine guns were deployed in the first line of defense, on average one heavy machine gun every 27 meters, and the distance from the barbed wire was about 300 meters.

On the second line of defense, the same arrangement is made, and on the third line of defense there are no machine guns, but the placement points of machine guns are being demarcated.

After deliberation, the General Staff divided the first line of defense into 300-meter sections, with one infantry battalion in each section, for a total of 14 infantry battalions.

The remaining four infantry battalions were retained as reserves, and the second line of defense was not deployed.

The reason why the three lines of defense were arranged was mainly for defense in depth, but after all, the troops were somewhat insufficient, and they could not be arranged on the three lines of defense at the same time. 20,000 men were deployed on a four-kilometer line of defense, and only the first line of defense could be tightly defended.

The other 4 infantry battalions serve as reserves, which can be put into the first line of defense to block the gap, or they can be deployed to the second line of defense to block the attack.

This arrangement is relatively average, and there are no weak links.

The General Staff divided the defensive surface into 14 points, each with 1 infantry battalion, and if any point was attacked, the other points could support the attacked point.

At the same time, each battalion is equipped with 5 75mm infantry guns, and 36 75mm infantry guns and 12 150mm infantry guns are in reserve.

The artillery also has 92 75mm caliber cannons, 64 105mm caliber howitzers, 12 150mm caliber howitzers and 24 guns.

The new 01st Division, as a reinforced A division, is equipped with one more artillery regiment, and now the new 01st Division has two artillery regiments (division level) and two artillery battalions (brigade level), with a total number of more than 20,000.

As for the construction of fortifications, the General Staff did not think that the fortifications would be useful, because this time they did not need to defend at all.

Under the cover of powerful artillery, it is completely possible to attack and attack.

But just in case, the defense line was still carefully arranged.

Three days gradually passed, and the defense line of the new 01st Division was not taboo at all in the layout, and did not make any cover-up, and Sun Chuanting saw the defense line of the new 01st Division clearly.

…… September 18, early in the morning.

Zhao Yan and Chongzhen came to the top of Fenglong Mountain, under the protection of a group of guards, hundreds of civil and military officials of the imperial court, as well as dozens of civil and military officials of Shandong political axe, and hundreds of gentry and famous families from all over the world who came to watch the battle gathered under the altar of Fenglong Mountain.

"Today, the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, the captives are annihilated, and the martial arts are prosperous. His merits were all made by General Jianwei. General Jianwei had no intention of fighting with the royal family for the world, but now it is said that the royal family does not want to defend the land, and has gathered heavy troops in the land of Gyeonggi, and the two monarchs and ministers said that there will be a battle in the future, and the foregone conclusion has been made. Alas, if the civil war breaks out and the people are displaced, General Jianwei can't bear it......"

Mao Yuanyi stood on the altar and read aloud: "In order to avoid the disaster of Dingge, General Jianwei wants to fight with 300,000 Beijing camps of the royal family with 20,000 soldiers, and this battle is the Battle of Dingge. If the royal family is defeated, Zen is located in General Jianwei. If General Jianwei is defeated, he will go into hiding overseas and give up his inheritance to the Zhu royal family. However, regardless of victory or defeat, the winner may not imprison the loser by force, threaten the life and safety of him and his relatives, and may not rob him of his personal lawful property. The loser must not repent, let alone try to start again......"

"The rules of this battle are as follows, namely...... If half of them withdraw from the battlefield, they will be judged to be defeated......" Mao Yuanyi finally asked Chongzhen: "Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Dynasty, are you willing to accept this agreement?" ”

"I accept it." Chongzhen said confidently.

"General Jianwei Zhao Yan, are you willing to accept this agreement?"

"Accept." Zhao Yan stepped forward and said.

"Both sides accepted this agreement, and the celebrities and gentry present witnessed that those who repented were ......not tolerated by heaven and earth," Mao Yuanyi said loudly.

There were hundreds of celebrities and gentry and businessmen with very representative surnames present, and hundreds of people listened to the ceremony presided over by Mao Yuanyi, with different emotions on their faces.

Some people cheered for Chongzhen, but Zhao Yan was too stupid.

Some people are worried about Zhao Yan, if Zhao Yan really retreats overseas, then wouldn't the current good situation be ruined?

Most people don't think that Zhao Yan will win, but there are still some people who think that Zhao Yan will win, so what they have on their faces is expectation.

Since Zhao Yan dared to fight 300,000 people with 20,000 people, he must be prepared.

This is followed by a series of rituals, starting with the sacrifice to the heavens. This aspect was arranged by the Ministry of Rites, and the two parties swore an agreement again under the altar.

...... "Boom Boom Boom ......"

At nine o'clock, eighteen salutes on Fenglong Mountain fired one after another, which was the signal for the start of war agreed by the two sides.

Eighteen gun salutes were fired in one go.

I saw that on the positions of the two armies, they invariably abandoned the defensive line and began to move forward. In addition to Sun Chuanting, who left 50,000 people to defend the built defense line, the remaining 250,000 people moved forward.

At the same time as moving forward, Sun Chuanting also sent 30,000 cavalry to attack and harass the new 01 Division, this time it was the Battle of Dingding, and these 30,000 cavalry did not have much effect on this restricted battlefield, so it was used by Sun Chuanting as an artillery to test the attack.

This kind of temptation was important because it allowed him to find out the true strength of the new 01st Division, which had no pikemen or armor, and if it was broken through by cavalry, it would quickly turn into a massacre. Therefore, Sun Chuanting felt that this test was very likely to immediately collapse the defense line of the new 01st Division.

In contrast, the advance of the new 01st Division is advancing step by step.

It is the whole line of defense that moves forward, and each battalion moves forward in the area of its own line of defense, and at the same time does not break away from the whole team, and the speed of the march is always based on the pace of the previous battalion.

The distance between the two sides was only 5 kilometers, and 30,000 cavalry quickly pressed in.

The new 01st Division only advanced for half an hour, and the 30,000 cavalry led by Zu Dashou had been pressed to 800 meters away.

"Stop advancing, prepare for battle."

The regiments quickly gave orders, the whole division stopped in less than a moment, and the battalions quickly set up their defensive lines. Machine guns and infantry guns were set up in predetermined positions.

There is no technical content in fighting this kind of positional warfare, and it is under the conditions limited by the battlefield. I saw that the soldiers on the march put the machine guns on the ground, and that was the combat position, and during the whole march, the position was not changed at all.

The earth began to tremble.

The soldiers of the new 01st Division were all veterans of the battlefield, and they immediately knew that it was the cavalry coming, and some soldiers immediately guessed the approximate number when they heard it.

However, no one showed a panicked look, but a look of eagerness.

Zu Dashou came to the front with 30,000 cavalry and did not rush to charge. Instead, three thousand cavalry were sent and the order was given to charge.

It's still a temptation.

No one in the entire Beijing camp can understand the new army on the other side, thinking about Zu Dashou, Zhao Yan is well versed in battle formations, and he will definitely not make any low-level mistakes, and he dares to fight 300,000 people with 20,000 people, and he definitely has something to rely on.

Three thousand cavalry rushed towards the position of the new 01st Division in the rumbling hooves of horses, not very fast, and had not yet entered the charging distance.

Five hundred meters away, the three thousand cavalry trotted forward.

The cavalry of the Beijing battalion was trained in the same way as the Shandong cavalry, and the three thousand cavalry were uniformly organized in action.

Fenglong Mountain.

The cavalry of the Beijing camp, which showed good training quality, immediately attracted a lot of amazement. Chongzhen watched with a telescope.

"How does Aiqing look at my Jingying warriors?" Chongzhen asked proudly to Zhao Yan who was sitting next to him.

"Not bad, but it's ......" Zhao Yan pondered for a moment and said, "It's too outdated." ”

"Obsolete?" Chongzhen couldn't help but snort when he heard this, and said proudly, "Then wait and see~!" ”

…… Looking at the 3,000 cavalry rushing from 500 meters away, the commander of the 05th Regiment quickly mobilized three battalions of infantry, and 1,500 infantry lined up.

"Free fire."

"Artillery fire."

"The machine gun waits for the enemy to enter the range of two hundred meters and then fires."

Wang Shuofeng, the commander of the 05th regiment, gave an order.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Fifteen hundred infantry opened fire violently, firing fiercely at the 3,000 cavalry who were rushing 500 meters away, only to see the 3,000 cavalry of the Beijing battalion who were trotting forward fall off their horses one by one.

A sniper was lying on the ground, and in the scope he saw a very conspicuous general of the Beijing camp, judging by his attire, he should be a staff general.

Without hesitation, he aimed at the general's head and pulled the trigger.

It can be clearly seen in the scope that there was a snap, and after a moment, the general's head was beaten into a rotten watermelon, and then he fell off his horse.

This kind of one-two rifle is the Mao Shi gun, the person who was hit by this shot is either dead or wounded, and has extremely high accuracy, but the rate of fire is slightly slower, the average soldier can only shoot 15 rounds per minute, and some can reach 25 rounds.

Fifteen infantry guns opened fire one after another in front, and the shells rushed out of the chambers, and immediately made a bloody path in the rushing cavalry, and then exploded...... The charge quickly turned into a carnage.

Although the Jingying is known as brave, Sun Chuanting still can't make the soldiers of the Jingying have the will to ignore death in a short time.

Some of the cavalry continued to charge forward, while others began to flee.

The slaughter continues.

At this time, groups of cavalry fell one after another during the shooting, and the originally neat charging formation was thrown into disarray.

On Fenglong Mountain, a cadre of people was dumbfounded.

The three thousand cavalry rushed over with great momentum, but before they could rush to within two hundred meters, they were directly routed...... The ferocious infantry fire shocked everyone.

Chongzhen looked at the battlefield in disbelief, Zhao Yan laughed and said, "Your Majesty, your Beijing camp is indeed outdated!" ”

"Don't rejoice too soon, I haven't lost yet." Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said indignantly. Zhao Yan smiled, "Your Majesty, you are determined to lose this time." The world is big, the Ming Dynasty only accounts for one-tenth, if you and I are the monarchs and ministers hand in hand, you can lay down a vast territory, and half of each is more than the Ming Dynasty! ”

…… Zu Dashou looked at the battlefield from a distance, and was so shocked that he was about to fall, and the kind of small artillery of the new 01st Division that made people laugh even hit him, killing several people on the spot.

Then the Shandong army on the opposite side actually shot at them, and their muskets were still able to hit people from a distance of 800 meters, and they were either killed or wounded by bullets.

was so shocked that Zu Dashou hurriedly retreated, and Sun Chuanting was very shocked after receiving Zu Dashou's report later. Three thousand cavalry rushed over, but before they could even rush within two hundred meters, they were crushed.

Sure enough, there was a problem.

The Shandong Army was replaced with new equipment.

Judging from the news reported by Zu Dashou, Sun Chuanting concluded that this is a new type of musket with an extremely fast rate of fire and a very long range, and the appearance of this equipment makes Sun Chuanting feel very unreal.

But soon Sun Chuanting was relieved.

If Shandong can make such incredible things as railways and telegraphs, why can't they be on muskets?

However, Sun Chuanting soon discovered a fatal point of the new 01st Division, that is, the new 01st Division stretched the front too scattered and the defense line was too weak.

Basically, there is only one layer.

If the new 01st Division with new equipment was held together to defend, it would make Sun Chuanting feel at a loss. But now, as long as this layer of defense is broken, the new 01st Division can be divided and encircled, and then encircled and annihilated.

Sun Chuanting's judgment is very correct.

It's just that he overestimated Jingying's ability to break through.

(To be continued)