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But at the same time, Sun Chuanting also stopped continuing the tentative attack, in case the Shandong army was forced to defend in a group.

At the same time, Sun Chuanting began to organize a one-hit killable attack. 220,000 infantry quickly moved, and at noon, they joined Zu Dashou.

The 250,000-strong army was stationed 3 miles away from the new 01st Division, but Sun Chuanting arranged the battalions more scattered.

Because the range of the artillery of the Shandong army is very long, sometimes it can even extend to 6 miles, but there are not many such artillery after all.

Although there will be shelling at a distance of 3 miles, the density will not be too large.

Of course, this was all calculated by Sun Chuanting based on the old set of intelligence, and he did not know that the artillery of the Shandong Army had advanced by leaps and bounds.

And the new 01 division, 1.5 km away, is pulling barbed wire.

The Beijing camp was only three miles away, and the barbed wire had to be pulled, and the General Staff knew that the current defense line was too weak, and if it was breached, fatal consequences would occur. Even if it is a machine gun, it must be matched with barbed wire to maximize the lethality.

The barbed wire was quickly pulled up.

The General Staff was in no hurry to carry out artillery bombardment, the entire General Staff wanted to test the true power of the machine guns, and the strength of the Beijing battalion was very large, so if it attacked rashly, it was very likely that there would be an accident.

First of all, it is necessary to hit the morale of the Beijing camp, and then it is necessary to destroy some of the living forces of the Beijing camp.

At the same time, the staff also had the artillery units raise hot air balloons, eight hot air balloons were raised one after another from the artillery positions, and one hot air balloon was raised in each artillery battalion.

These balloons have two lookouts on board, and the balloons are tied with ropes to prevent them from being blown away by the wind.

People watching the battle on the top and foot of Fenglong Mountain couldn't help but marvel at the hot air balloon rising.

…… At noon, smoke was lit in the barracks of the Beijing camp and the positions of the new 01st Division.

Most of the food of the new 01st Division has become meat, beef, fish jerky, etc., and there are some fresh melons and fruits supplemented with vitamins.

In contrast, the food in Jingying is also good, Chongzhen in order to fight this decisive battle, he is not stingy in food, there is no shortage of chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, slaughtered and eaten on the spot, it is more troublesome, but in fact it is better than the food of the new 01st division.

After noon, Sun Chuanting began to mobilize his troops.

And the new 01st Division also began to dig foxholes, the amount of work to dig trenches was too large, and it took some time to dig trenches when the forces were scattered on one line. It would obviously be a good idea for each soldier to dig a foxhole for himself to dodge.

At the same time, in the arrangement of the defensive line, the staff made the middle section protrude by three hundred meters, on which twenty machine guns were concentrated.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, after an hour of troop mobilization and arrangement, Sun Chuanting collectively pressed up 250,000 people, and 250,000 people advanced to a kilometer away, and Zu Dashou ordered the cavalry to charge to the middle of the left flank of the new 01st Division.

At the same time, Sun Chuanting ordered the artillery to open fire.

Balls of light rose from behind the Beijing camp and smashed towards the defense line of the New 01st Division, and one after another shells exploded into the defense line of the New 01st Division, most of which were missed.

The defense line of the new 01st Division was thin, thin and sparse.

Moreover, all the soldiers hid in the foxhole in advance, and equipment such as machine guns were also moved into the pit, and a round of shelling came down, and few people died at all.

However, Sun Chuanting let the artillery shell the barbed wire achieve good results, and the barbed wire in the middle of the left flank of the new 01st Division was blown out of a five-meter-wide gap.

The artillery position of the Beijing battalion was completely exposed, and the artillery of the new 01st Division immediately struck.

92 75mm cannons began to exert their might, and the artillery positions were booming, and shells were fired one after another at the artillery positions in Beijing.

In the application of artillery, Sun Chuanting obviously has no experience.

He still concentrated his artillery like the original Shandong Army, and the Shandong Army dared to use the artillery together, because they were facing an enemy who had no artillery.

However, the artillery of the new 01st Division was scattered, generally forming an artillery battery with 10 75mm caliber cannons, and then firing them in a dispersed manner.

With scattered artillery and terrain cover, it is impossible and unrealistic to completely destroy the enemy's artillery.

At this time, the artillery of the Beijing battalion did not have the cover of the terrain and did not disperse.

The shells flew over the heads of the infantrymen, and the next second they had already flown to the artillery positions of the Beijing battalion.

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

The sound of explosions continued to resound, and the artillery position of the Beijing camp was blown up to pieces, and the smoke and gunpowder smoke alternated, making it difficult to see the situation on the position clearly.

This smoke was emitted by the artillery of the Beijing battalion, and the artillery of the Beijing battalion still used black powder as the propellant, but on the artillery position of the new 01st Division, there was very little smoke of gunpowder.

Less than 20 seconds after 92 75mm cannons fired at the artillery positions of the Beijing battalion, the artillery of the Beijing battalion was all silent.

The artillery units of the new 01st Division are still bombarding it indiscriminately.

And the 30,000 cavalry sent by Zu Dashou had quickly rushed to two hundred meters away from the barbed wire. The infantry in front quickly crawled out of the foxhole and lifted the machine guns out of the pit, which were set up behind sandbags.

By the time the machine guns were arranged, 30,000 cavalrymen had already rushed to the barbed wire.

Four of the eight machine guns on the position opened fire immediately.

"Dada......"

"Dada......"

Bullets poured out of the muzzles, and the cavalry trying to rush through the gap fell in rows, too dense.

Four machine guns began to fire wildly.

The rushing cavalry fell in rows, and a large number of people could be swept down with a horizontal sweep of the machine.

Probably because of the tension, these machine gunners forgot the content of the training and continued to shoot at the rushing cavalry, causing the heat of the barrel to continue to rise.

After three minutes of frenzied firing, all four machine guns were unable to continue firing because the barrels were too hot. So he immediately replaced it with four other machine guns.

The cavalry of the Beijing camp who charged forward did not know what was happening in front of them at all, and the people behind only heard a clattering sound, and then the front died, and then it was their turn, and the people behind did not know what was happening, and continued to move forward.

However, at this moment, ten machine guns suddenly opened fire on a prominent position on the defensive line in the middle of the new 01st Division, and the distance between the middle section and the left flank of the Beijing cavalry attack was nearly a thousand meters, and the range of the heavy machine guns completely exceeded one thousand meters.

The opening of fire from the middle line of the line formed a terrifying crossfire with the fire from the left flank.

What is Crossfire?

Leaving aside the issue of targeting, let's just talk about the speed of slaughter, two sides are faster than one. Side fire is easier to aim than frontal fire, and the Heavy can sweep left and right with impunity. The frontal Heavy is affected by the width of the enemy, and if he sweeps left and right indiscriminately, most of the bullets will be missed.

In the fierce clattering of gunfire, the cavalry of the Beijing camp was quickly slaughtered in such crossfire.

There was silence on Fenglong Mountain.

Everyone looked at the terrifying scene on the battlefield below in disbelief at this moment, the terrifying firearms, in the sound of da, swept the rushing Beijing cavalry to the ground in rows.

In less than three minutes, the 30,000 cavalry of the Beijing battalion had been slaughtered to the point that only more than 8,000 people remained, and these people finally reacted and hurriedly retreated.

After another 3,000 corpses were lost, only 5,000 cavalry managed to get out of the battlefield.

Zhao Yan clearly saw in the telescope that the blood flow had formed a trickle in a small area, and a large area of land was dyed blood red.

Zhao Yan's expression showed a trace of unbearability.

"Your Majesty, if you admit defeat now, I can cut the book to the descendants of the Zhu family, and I can also protect the surnames of the soldiers of the Beijing camp." Zhao Yan said to Chongzhen.

"I ...... I, I haven't lost yet. Chongzhen trembled, obviously frightened by the tragic scene on the battlefield, but he still persisted.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but shake his head.

…… When the five thousand cavalry returned to the barracks, they saw Zu Kuan covered in blood, and if you look closely, you will find that his left hand has been cut off.

"My lord, my lord, my brothers are all dead, all dead, whoa......" Zu Kuan knelt down and cried, then felt a wave of dizziness, and then passed out.

Sun Chuanting hurriedly asked Zu Kuo to go down for treatment, and suddenly the whole person collapsed on the chair.

"My lord, judging from the situation of the attack just now, the Shandong army has used a brand-new firearm, which has an extremely fast rate of fire and great power."

"This battle is lost." Sun Chuanting said in frustration, and the left and right were silent. At this time, nearly half of the artillery in the Beijing camp was damaged, but the other half did not dare to use it easily, and the muskets were even inferior. The new 01st Division is fully capable of using powerful firearms to block any charge.

The huge force has completely lost its meaning at this time, it is just to kill a few more people for others, and the entire battlefield has become a slaughterhouse opened by the Shandong army.

"Let people go to the position and bring back the wounded and corpses!" Sun Chuanting only gave such an order, and then 10,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp rushed to the forward position without any weapons.

When they arrived at the position, the medical personnel of the new 01st Division were already searching for the wounded, and soon the two sides were moving the wounded and corpses together on the position.

The wounded were sent to the field hospital of the new 01st Division, where most of the doctors were experienced surgeons.

These surgeons have performed many surgical experiments with the Manchus and the Wa, and have already used the latest inventions of anesthetics.

The conditions for surgery are already in place.

In theory, with the indoctrination of Zhao Yan, a traverser, what bacteria and disinfection are very clear, whether it is taking bullets, amputation, and stitching, there are mature techniques.

When the soldiers of the two sides came into contact, some soldiers of the Beijing camp and soldiers of the new 01st Division also talked.

Wang Baojun, he is an ordinary soldier in the Beijing camp.

Just now, a soldier of the new 01st Division told him that he didn't dare to win and lose this battle, and that after the war, it was all his own people. He asked why, and the man told him that the Han people were all brothers and sisters.

Wang Baojun asked rhetorically, since they are brothers and sisters, why do they fight each other?

The soldier replied that the general was more suitable to be emperor than Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youzhen is only for his Zhu dynasty, and the general is for the people of the world. They are fighting for the people, and you are fighting for the Zhu dynasty of Zhu Youzhen.

Then, the soldier of the new 01st Division gave him a small gift, a Mongolian knife captured during the Mongolian conquest.

Like Wang Baojun, there were many small gifts, and almost half of the soldiers in the Beijing camp who came to the position received gifts from the soldiers of the new 01st Division, and at the same time they also carried some ideological indoctrination.

…… The people watching the battle on Fenglong Mountain were not so calm at this time, and the massacre just now made many people present very panicked.

If this situation continues, the new 01st Division will undoubtedly win!

If Zhao Yan wins, after becoming the emperor, it will be a big trend. Lu Xiangsheng looked at the battlefield on Fenglong Mountain and shook his head, what was destined to happen still happened.

Lu Xiangsheng had to admire Zhao Yan's ability at this time, Zhao Yan's Shandong army was not outstanding in strategy, but the military changes led by Zhao Yan made the hard power of the army continue to increase.

In the face of absolute strength, all intrigues and tricks are vulnerable.

If the warriors of this era want to compete with Zhao Yanxiang, the first prerequisite is that they can't read Sun Tzu's Art of War and other military books.

The form of warfare has developed to the point where intrigue is no longer useful.

The reason why the Art of War was popular in the Spring and Autumn Period and had a very high practical surname was because the productive forces of that era were backward, the combat effectiveness of the army was poor, and it was very easy to collapse for various reasons.

In this era, the productive forces have increased, the thinking of the army has been strengthened, the combat effectiveness has also increased rapidly, and the logistical aspects have been basically solved.

Sun Tzu's Art of War may still be useful strategically, but it has completely lost its practical significance tactically.

Those who belonged to Zhao Yan's camp rejoiced because they saw the hope of victory.

"Let the General Staff organize an artillery bombardment in the evening, and then carry out the artillery bombardment tomorrow, and then attack." Zhao Yan then gave an order to the General Staff.

Cut the Gordian knot.

Let's let this decisive battle end sooner!

Chongzhen's side also issued an order to Sun Chuanting, ordering Sun Chuanting to attack and attack again, striving to drive the new 01st Division out of the battlefield before the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen didn't know anything about military affairs at all, in his mind, there were still 210,000 troops on the front line at this time, and ten people couldn't win against one person?

…… Sun Chuanting looked bitter after receiving Chongzhen's order, but he also admitted defeat at this time, but pinned his hopes on the night attack.

Since the new 01st Division has powerful firearms, if it attacks all along the line at night and disrupts it randomly, success or failure will be determined here.

In the evening, the sunset had already set from the direction of Fenglong Mountain, and the sky was filled with a bleak atmosphere of autumn wind, just in the dimness of the sky.

Suddenly, from the artillery positions of the new 01st Division came a rumbling sound of artillery.

I saw balls of light rising from the position of the New 01st Division, making a sharp whistling sound in the air, and then flying into the distance...... Boom Boom Boom Boom ...... These balls of light quickly smashed into the military camp of Jingying, and then made an earth-shattering explosion.

On Fenglong Mountain, it can be clearly seen that the continuous military camp in Beijing was already in chaos in an instant, and there were fires everywhere.

92 75mm caliber cannons were lined up at the front of the position.

64 105mm howitzers and 24 150mm howitzers were placed behind the formation, and the deafening sound of artillery was heard one after another.

A 75-caliber artillery shell alone can kill and injure an enemy within 50 meters in diameter, while a 150-mm howitzer is even more powerful.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp were beaten to pieces by the shelling, and at this time, the Beijing camp did not build bunkers on the front line at all, and suffered heavy losses under the shelling.

This is the king of land warfare - artillery!

The shelling continued, and the shelling of the new 01st Division did not shell all the guns together, but grouped the guns, and each group took the turn of the next group after a certain number of shells, so as to prevent the barrels from overheating, and in the case of sufficient shells, it was possible to continue firing and maintain fire for several days without any problem.

However, even with heavy losses, Sun Chuanting did not order a retreat, but let the battalions disperse.

At this point, the night attack was already the last option. If we retreat, we may not be able to carry out tonight's night attack.

The whole camp was scattered in this 4-kilometer-wide corridor, but the artillery of the new 01st Division was so fierce that it exceeded everyone's imagination.

Not the intensity, but the power of the artillery.

The artillery of the new 01st Division is a kind of slow bombardment, that is, constantly extending the firing range, plowing over and over again, maintaining dense bombing fire in the local area.

Sun Chuanting's order caused heavy losses to the entire Beijing camp, and the shelling of the new 01st Division did not stop at night, and the shells were still continuously shelled, and the shells were particularly conspicuous and brilliant under the night sky.

As soon as night fell, Sun Chuanting braved the shelling and began to organize a night attack.

However, at this moment, a dazzling light suddenly appeared in front of the position of the new 01st Division, Sun Chuanting picked up the telescope and looked at it, his heart chuckled, and a novel gadget flashed in his mind - electric light.

Strictly speaking, it's an arc lamp.

I saw that on the position of the new 01st Division, several dazzling lights were lit up one after another, and then more and more, and one arc light illuminated the entire position as if it were day.

At this moment, Sun Chuanting knew that his night attack plan had been completely bankrupt.

"My lord, let's retreat!"

"Your Excellency."

The people on both sides of Sun Chuanting persuaded one after another, and Sun Chuanting understood that there was no point in staying here any longer.

"Retreat." Sun Chuanting gave the order to retreat.

The Beijing battalion retreated overnight, retreating all the way to the constructed defensive line, and seeing the retreat of the Beijing battalion, the new 01st Division was still constantly shelling.

What they need at this time is to break the morale of the entire Beijing camp. When the camp had retreated behind their lines, the artillery stopped shelling.

On the second day, the new 01st Division had breakfast and then continued to advance under the command of the General Staff.

The new 01st Division was not advancing too fast, because they had too much ammunition to carry, and each infantry needed to assist in carrying it, but fortunately there were enough horses.

On the morning of the same day, after the new 01st Division advanced for eight miles, it launched another fierce artillery bombardment on the Beijing defense line in front.

The infantry then attacked, this time completely abandoning the defense, and all but the reserves were thrown into the attack.

The first line of defense was very weak, and it only lasted two hours under heavy shelling before retreating to the second line of defense.

The Beijing battalion was basically passively beaten in the face of the new 01st Division, and only the New 01st Division could hit them, but they could not reach the other side.

Any contact is a massacre.

(To be continued)