708 The Battle of Revenge (4)
According to the combat code of the Joan Navy, under normal circumstances, there should have been several rounds of artillery fire prepared before this. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 InfoAlthough Xie Xi didn't bring artillery this time, he still brought some single-shot rockets and explosives packs. Originally, he wanted to use rockets or the "320 blasting method" -- that is, the attack method of using inclined earth pits to throw explosive packets, which Beiwei had demonstrated when he first went to Manila to reconnoitre, to carry out a round of artillery fire on the city of Fuzhou, and then send infantry up to it.
But later the scouts reported that there were not too many Tartar soldiers in the city, but there were still many Han Chinese, so they couldn't bomb indiscriminately. Fortunately, with the huge advantage of the Qiong Navy's individual weapons, even if they did not prepare for artillery fire, the other side would not be able to stand on the city wall at all.
"Bang!"
"Bang Bang ......"
At a distance of two or three hundred meters, the sharpshooters on this side began to shoot. In the past, they were able to score very well with the Qionghai rifle, but now that they have changed to a weapon with better ballistic performance, the hit rate has of course increased a lot - after only a few rounds of scattering, there is no longer a single figure on the already sparse city wall. Those who did not lie down or flee from the city on their own initiative were left to lie on top and groan and cry for help - if they were not dead.
The battle team of the Qiong Navy quickly approached the city wall, and the reason why this wall was chosen as the breakthrough point was because there were many gaps here - the original Fuzhou city wall was as high as a zhangxu, and the outside was covered with bricks, which can be seen that it was built with great care at the earliest. But on this side, apparently in the direction of the repeated attacks, there were several large openings in the brick wall, which, although hastily repaired with yellow mud, were not done with all their care, and the bricks were not repaired. Some of the weathered rammed earth walls were so low that they didn't even use ladders—a few young men were half-kneeling on the ground, and someone from behind them stepped on their shoulders, grabbed the earth, and climbed up with a little force.
"Damn, break the opponent's defenses and rush to the city so quickly?"
Wei Aiwen was standing on the starting position, observing the scene at the head of the city with a high-powered telescope, and when he found that only a few rounds of scattered firing had forced the Houjin soldiers to abandon the defense of this section of the city wall, he couldn't help but be amazed - it seems that the Houjin army also has rotten troops, not all of them are the kind of elite soldiers who will not retreat in a hundred battles in the legend.
Of course, it is a good thing for the opponent to be weak, and no one who is a soldier wants to run into an enemy who has been beaten with chicken blood. Although Wei Aiwen is brave, he is not the kind of person who has nothing to do. Since the other party has exposed such a big flaw, whether it is true or false, it must be caught. So he put down the binoculars and patted Ye Mengyan next to him:
"Alright, Leaf, the passage is open, it's time for our commandos to get on!"
Ye Mengyan's equipment is exactly the same as Wei Aiwen's, the only difference is the spirit, at this time, in the face of Wei Aiwen's urging, he shrank back:
"I said, Old Wei, we really have to rush to the forefront...... We're battalion commanders, so there's no need to rush to the front at every turn, right? ”
Hearing this, Wei Aiwen stopped slightly, lifted the face armor of the helmet, and put his head next to Ye Mengyan:
"Listen to me, Yezi, it's normal for people to be afraid of death, and there are a lot of people in the team who are afraid of death, so they all chose other departments: technology, engineering, agriculture, business...... But you chose the military mouth yourself, right? It's been so long, and you never said you couldn't do it, did you? ”
"It's okay if you don't want to be at the front when you fight - don't take the initiative to sign up when I organized the commando team before! Now you wear the thickest armor, wear the strongest helmet, and hold the best weapons...... In front and behind, everyone is looking at us, you fucking told me at this time that you don't dare to rush forward? ”
Wei Aiwen viciously tapped the steel plate on Ye Mengyan's chest:
"Brother, you have also been in the army for so long, you should know what you are most afraid of as an officer - it is to make your subordinates look down on you! At the critical moment, you want them to die for you! You are all despised by them, how can they die for you? So even if you are terrified in your heart, you must not show it on your face. Escaping from the battle, and showing your ugliness in public is even more taboo! ”
Speaking of this, Wei Aiwen was no longer verbose, and slammed his head into the other party's head, making a loud "bang":
"Don't think about it anymore, just rely on our equipment, what will the Houjin soldiers do to fight with us, hurry up!"
-- The commandos all wore helmets covered with metal and protective suits inlaid with metal plates. Wei Aiwen and Ye Mengyan were wearing bulletproof vests with thin steel plate inserts inside their clothes, and in their hands they were all five or six punches, and their waists were full of grenades, and they were really armed to the teeth.
was hit by Wei Aiwen, and Ye Mengyan suddenly felt a little dizzy. In addition, he was kicked hard by Wei Aiwen on the buttocks, and he forgot what he was thinking about for a while, so he walked forward in a daze. Beside them, a group of dozen or so commandos, who were also wrapped in iron dumplings, were murderous, and walked towards the city wall as fast as they could.
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At this time, the city wall was already slaughtered, and no matter how chaotic the Houjin soldiers were, they were better than the Ming army, and they knew that as soon as this gap was broken, it would immediately be a rhythm of complete collapse. Therefore, under the organization of a few veterans, a group of people were pulled out, desperately rushing towards this side, wanting to drive down the green skins who had gone to the city and re-plug the gap.
And the Qiong navy, which had just rushed to the top of the city, did not give an inch -- at this time, it was seen that the garrison battalion lacked actual combat experience and was fighting a little rigidly. What if the smarter troops retreated first? -- Anyway, the walls are not high, the gaps are still there, and the enemy is still a live target when they block it.
But the young men of the garrison camp could not act so flexibly, and like all the recruits who had just entered the battlefield, who were enthusiastic and only thought of advancing and retreating, the members of the combat team rushed to the city wall and did not think about going down. In the face of the murderous Houjin soldiers, they chose to stick to the spot and shoot at the enemy, even if they were repulsed for a while, they repeatedly rushed upward, and they had to keep this foothold no matter what.
The Qionghai rifle still used by the first few battle groups to rush to the city, and the rate of fire was far better than that of the arquebus in this time and space, but it was not superior to the bow and arrow of the Houjin soldiers. Moreover, they were few in number, exposed to the city walls, and lacked concealment. In contrast, the Houjin soldiers on the other side of the city wall had a favorable position - the city was full of ruins and piles of firewood and grass, and in front of this complex terrain, the range advantage of the Qionghai rifle could not be brought into full play. Those post-gold shooters can hide behind cover and shoot their rifles with their bodies straight. Although one-on-one still does not have an advantage, if three or five people shoot arrows at the same time, even if one or two are shot here, they will inevitably be killed.
A brave young man had tried to get close to throw some grenades, but he had barely taken a few steps before he was shot by several arrows of varying lengths, the thickest and longest of which pierced his body and nailed him to the earthen wall behind him! It can be seen that the strength of the archer is so great - the cavalry and archery kung fu that the Manchu Empire was proud of in history, at least at this time, the Later Jin army was still worthy of the name.
The first group to rush forward was soon heavily wounded by the whizzing white feather arrows. However, the two combat groups that then rushed up were equipped with five and a half of them, although there was only one in each group, but after firing five times in a row, the huge advantage of being able to continue with only one clip was still immediately apparent, and one gun was equivalent to the original five shots.
However, at this moment, the opposite side also seemed to have sent the main force, and the tactics of the Houjin side were basically exposed at this point - they obviously realized that they had few soldiers and could not take care of all the city walls, so they simply put a few people on the city, or put some people to fill the number. And gather a small number of elites, act as firefighters, and rush up to plug the mouth if there is a problem.
In the past, this tactic against the Ming army must have been very successful, so at this moment, the commander of the Houjin side also wanted to use the same means against the Qiong navy - more archers were mobilized to concentrate on this gap from all sides, and many people were holding iron-clad shields, or hiding behind the door panel covered with watering quilts, and slowly moved here. It seems that the Houjin side has not been idle during this time, and now their means of defending against muskets have increased much more than in history, presumably it is the "progress" brought about by Xiao Lang's battle.
For a time, the two sides were in a stalemate in this gap, and this stalemate was dynamic - people were injured and killed almost every moment in the gap, and both sides had to keep filling in the gap to maintain the parity, otherwise it would collapse. In just five or six minutes, dozens of people fell near the gap. The vast majority of them are post-gold soldiers, but there are also many wearing green uniforms.
Often, this stalemate always favors the side with more people, and the less people quickly run out of strength. The main forces of the Houjin garrison were concentrated near the gap at this time, which could be regarded as forming a local superiority in strength. This made the experienced veterans of the Houjin army seem to see a glimmer of hope for victory.
But soon, the brutal truth told them that the numerical superiority was useless in fighting the Greenskins.
-- "Boom" two sounds, two long and thick planks were placed on the gap, and for a time there was no more green skin on the other side, and on the side of the gap, there were tall Houjin soldiers who could see the planks swaying, as if something very bulky was about to crawl over.
There were old soldiers in the Houjin army who could see at a glance that this was the "heavy army" that the shorthair was going to invest in the "heavy army" -- the elite who wore heavy armor, was not afraid of swords and axes, and could resist the onslaught of the enemy on the battlefield without collapsing, and any army would organize a group of such mainstays to be put into key places at critical moments. As long as you maintain your array, you can win! (To be continued.) )