Chapter 536: The Decisive Battle
With Wang Zhi's order, the two phalanxes located in the front row of the large array began to move.!
Today, Wang Zhi put out a large phalanx, each phalanx is a battalion of soldiers and horses, full of 5,000 people, each phalanx 20 rows, each row of 250 people, lined up into a square huge phalanx. As the phalanx moved forward slowly, the momentum was staggering.
If the phalanx of 5,000 people wants to march together, it is necessary to have a unified command, at this time, it is not like a matter to stuff a headset in everyone's ears, if it is by shouting and commanding, due to the position of the commander, it is difficult for the order to reach the ears of so many people in the first time, how to make the order of 5,000 people forbidden?
At the beginning, this problem stumped a large number of people, but later Pang Gang recalled that when he watched TV and movies in another time and space, he saw that Western countries were also expelled in modern wars, and the method they used was very good, that is, to use the drum beat to command.
Several drummers were placed around the phalanx, and the drummers commanded the troops with small drums hanging from their bodies according to the commander's orders.
In this way, the sergeants in the phalanx no longer have to look around for the commander, and they can know what to do just by listening to the drums.
At this time, the soldiers of both the Manchu Qing and the Dahua were slowly approaching, and both sides were holding firearms in their hands, which was also the first time in the world that the two sides used firearms on such a large scale.
Kong Youde stood beside the military formation, and walked forward with the soldiers he had trained with him. In the artillery battle just now, he suffered a big loss. Most of his more than 100 general cannons were destroyed after a few rounds of shelling, and if Huang Taiji hadn't seen that the situation was not good, he quickly ordered his musketeers to attack in time, I am afraid that his Han army flag would continue to be attacked by the opponent's artillery.
Because of this, Kong Youde was afraid, these cannons were the result of two years of painstaking management by Huang Taiji and him, but now they were completely destroyed. He could not afford such a responsibility, so he pinned his hopes on this attack, as long as he could inflict heavy losses on the Great Chinese Army. Huang Taiji will not be too harsh on him, after all, he has Kong Youde for the Qing Dynasty over the years, and he has no merit and hard work.
With the intention of making meritorious service and atoning for his sins, Kong Youde commanded 12,000 Han army banner foot soldiers to launch an all-out attack on the Dahua army.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa"
The two sides clapped against each other in formation. Move forward with a firm pace. The Manchu Qing Dynasty has always attached importance to the role of spies, and in the years of fighting against the Ming Dynasty, the Manchus did not know how many spies and eyes and ears were sent to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and they naturally did not dare to slack off on Dahua, the great enemy of life and death.
In addition, the Manchu Qing and Dahua did not deal with each other once or twice, so the Manchus also had some basic understanding of some of the operational characteristics of the Dahua Army, especially the arrangement of the Dahua Army, they also learned a few tricks, for example, now they use the firecrackers intensively is one of them, and even use the drum to command the battle.
At this time, Wei Jiang, as the commander of the Fifth Army, also followed behind the military formation. He couldn't help but sneer as he watched the Manchu Fire Crackers move forward with the same procession.
"Handan toddler, similar in shape but not in god, it's really ridiculous."
Wei Jiang looked down on the formation of the Han military flag on the opposite side, not to mention anything else. It is the firearm that the other side is holding is beyond the reach of the other party.
Several phalanxes on both sides slowly approached, and the distance had been shortened to a distance of about three hundred paces, and with a fierce and rapid drum beat, the Dahua infantry soldiers who were moving forward stopped.
"Stop!"
"Pick up the gun, load the ammunition!"
"Whoa!"
With the password, countless people took off the Minnie rifles on their shoulders almost at the same time, and the riflemen skillfully took out the customized Minnie bullets from their waists. The muzzle of the gun was stuffed into the chamber, and then the special iron bar was skillfully stabbed a few times, and then the primer was put into the powder magazine, and finally the flint was examined again, and the whole process took less than twenty seconds.
Seeing that the Dahua Army in front of him was ready, and countless black holes and muzzles were aimed at his side, Kong Youde couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not imitate the Minny rifle, it did not prevent Kong Youde from ending the killing weapon of the Dahua Army.
Kong Youde once tried to use this rifle to easily shoot people without armor or thin armor at a distance of 300 paces, and at 220 or 250 paces, he could shoot through infantry armor or vest with three layers of heavy armor.
For this sharp firearm, the Manchu Qing Dynasty coveted it early in the morning, but no matter how the Manchu Qing spied on it, they couldn't find out the method of making this rifle, especially the secret of drilling the rifle in the barrel, let alone the production process of the mini bullet.
Looking at the Han army banner soldiers who were still approaching forward, Kong Youde turned his heart and shouted: "Everyone speed up and move forward!" ”
The rapid beating of the drums became fierce again, and again and again, and it was the drumming that made the soldiers speed up.
Most of the soldiers of the Han army banner are the former Ming officers who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, for most of them, no matter who they are soldiers for, they are just a mess of food, and they have never had the concept of loyalty to anyone in their hearts, since it is Kong Youde who gives them a bowl of rice to eat, then they will work hard for Kong Youde, and the concept of what country and nation is all fart in their eyes.
Now that the drumbeat was heard, the soldiers picked up speed and began to trot forward.
Seeing the Han military flag on the opposite side speeding up, Wei Jiang didn't speak with a cold face, but just pulled out the scimitar on his waist from the scabbard and shouted: "The first row is ready, raise the gun!" ”
"Whoa!"
The sergeant in the front row began to raise his rifle in his hand.
"Put"
A loud and mournful shout rang out, followed by a rhythmic beat of drums.
"Bang Bang Bang"
Bursts of white smoke rose with countless muffled gunshots, and countless barrels shot out hot projectiles.
"Puff puff"
The phalanx of the Han Army Banner, which was trotting forward, seemed to have been punched in the chest by a giant, and the soldiers running in the front row fell backwards in various strange ways.
Countless blood flowers, large and small, sprang up from the soldiers' bodies. Kong Youde clearly saw that not far from him, a big hole suddenly appeared in the back of a soldier, and blood splashed out like a fountain, splashing several soldiers around.
Kong Youde, who was hit suddenly, did not panic, as if all this was expected by him, he still held his knife and shouted: "Keep going, don't stop, don't stop everyone, rushing to the front seventy steps is victory!" ”
The Han army banners were also well-trained, and they continued to rush forward under the rain of bullets according to Kong Youde's order.
"Hehe, what a Kong Youde, the soldiers under his command are well trained." Seeing that the foot soldiers of the Han army flag were in chaos for a few hits on their own, they did not collapse but continued to move forward. Wei Jiang sneered and ordered: "Don't stop, keep firing!" ”
"Bang Bang Bang"
Constant gunfire rang out from the position, and puffs of white smoke continued to rise.
The situation of the Han military banner was clearly shown in the eyes of Huang Taiji, he put down the clairvoyant mirror, and said majestically to the herald beside him: "Spread my will, order Dorgon and Duoduo to attack from both wings immediately, Hauge, you take the blue flag to defend well!" ”
War is the most progressive place, with his own experience, Huang Taiji quickly predicted that if his side could not continue to maintain the posture of continuing to attack, then today's sacrifice of the Han army banner would be in vain.
He thought for a while, then turned to Azig and the others behind him: "Azig and Daishan, you rushed into the enemy formation from both sides of the Han army flag with blue flags and red flags, you must disrupt their formation, and you can't let them shoot our army so calmly." Abatai, you lead the Mongolian two banners as a reserve, and if there is no one to support it, go to support immediately! Huang Taiji's words were full of murderous aura.
"Wow!"
In the face of the murderous Huang Taiji, everyone didn't dare to say much, but they all bowed to the ground and walked away.
Everyone left one by one, even Haoge, who was the eldest brother, didn't dare to say much, and left with burning eyebrows.
Wang Zhi didn't know about Huang Taiji's dispatch of troops, and was still paying attention to the battle situation ahead.
"My lord, it's not good, the whole army of Tartars is dispatched!"
With an exclamation, Wang Zhi looked to both sides, only to find that there were already two teams of Qing troops rushing towards the big formation from both sides.
Wang Zhi's clairvoyant mirror quickly swept away, and hurriedly ordered: "It's the white flag and the inlaid white flag of the Tartars, order the cavalry on both sides to quickly contain them, and the third army division will divide two phalanxes to meet them, and they must be resisted!" ”
"Yes!"
After receiving the order of Huang Taiji, Dolgon knew that he could not take it off again, so he and Duoduo rushed over from the two wings, but Dolgon still kept an eye on it, and he ordered his thousands of coats, as well as Mongolian, Korean and other vassal armies to charge, and he led the white flag of the vest, foot armor and other bannermen to follow behind.
When the two banners of Dorgon and Dodor were also put into the battlefield, the battle officially began*, and after a while, when the soldiers and horses of Azig and Daishan also entered the battle, the battle entered a white-hot phase. The rising white smoke shrouded the battlefield of mathematics and physics.
For the Manchus, this is a big battle related to the fortunes of the country, whether the Manchus can continue to grow strong or from now on, it is just today (to be continued)
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