Chapter 498 Artillery Battle across the River (4)

After Laussa left, Kong Youde looked at the generals beside him, all of whom were dissatisfied and panicked, and one of the generals even shouted: "Master, is the artillery battalion really going to the river and confronting the Ming artillery?" ”

Kong Youde shouted angrily: "Shut up, we are slaves, what does the emperor say, what do we do, what are we talking about?" ”

He looked at Eduardo expectantly: "Dwarf Dejiala, can the artillery of my artillery battalion suppress the artillery fire of the Jingbian army on the other side of the river three miles away?" ”

Eduardo hesitated for a while, but still said: "Your Excellency, if the artillery battalion wants to suppress the artillery fire of the Ming army, it is best to pull it to the open area by the river, two miles away from the opposite bank, or within two miles. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info//: Read the novel //"

He thought to himself, I'm afraid that even in Erli, it will be difficult to suppress the artillery fire of the Ming army.

It is not like the Loess Ridge has a positioning mark in advance, and the artillery bombards according to the mark, and this distance of more than 1,000 yards, temporarily measured, if you want to hit the artillery on the opposite bank that looks like the size of an ant, even if the artillery battalion has some Portuguese gunners, it is also very difficult.

Only two miles away from the other side can there be some certainty.

Moreover, this Erli still refers to the Erli of the Ming Army's artillery array, not to the Erli of the river, so it will be closer to the riverbank.

It is this distance, because of the undulating ground, from time to time there are some shallow hills, which also affect the sight of the artillerymen, and it is best to pull to the edge of the river to increase the chances of victory.

"Erli!"

Kong Youde bit his lower lip, according to the information he obtained, the Jingbian Army had at least dozens of artillery pieces, which could hit their own artillery battalion.

Eduardo understood Kong Youde's hesitation, the artillery battalion of the Jingbian Army was indeed the sharpest artillery group he had ever seen in his life. According to his observations, the gunners he had seen in Europe before were not as sharp as the gunners of the Jingbian Army.

After all, it is impossible for their superiors to train their subordinates at any cost like Wang Dou, and the gunners of the Jingbian Army have grown up in artillery fire all year round, and they are very experienced in both theory and actual combat.

Perhaps only the former Gustav II, in his army, had such sharp gunners.

Fighting against such an opponent is full of dangers, and the Wuzhenha Super Artillery Battalion is the foundation of Kong Youde's life, and he does not want to see a lot of damage in the battalion. It was Eduardo's heart, which was also full of uneasy emotions.

He suggested to Kong Youde that the artillery could be divided into two parts, one of which would be arranged at a distance of three miles, and the rest would be behind, and then the artillery could be pulled up according to the battle situation.

Of course, in the land of three miles, at this distance, although the artillery battalion of the Jingbian Army cannot hit, the artillery of the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Kingdom can still hit the artillery array.

Eduardo also knew that this army was the equivalent of the European Guard, and that it had a glorious record, but it had been abandoned, and it was inferior to the artillery battalions in those places. This empire has already fallen to the west, but it is a pity that the white power is too weak in the east, otherwise it can also get a piece of the pie.

The Tatars were full of contempt for the Shenji Battalion, which affected Eduardo to some extent, so his main target was still on the Jingbian Army Artillery Battalion.

Eduardo's suggestion made Kong Youde ponder for a while, and finally decided to accept it, the Hongyi artillery officer still has a lot of weight in his heart, when he was in Shandong, Governor Sun used these Hongyi to train the gunners of the artillery team.

Huang Taiji's will was very urgent, and Kong Youde did not dare to delay, so he immediately planned to quickly exchange views with Eduardo.

However, although Kong Youde wanted to be fast, his artillery battalion was very tired from cattle and horses to soldiers, and he couldn't get up quickly.

Although the weather is dry and the ground is dry and hard, the ground on the north shore is still slightly softer than that on the south shore. The heavy artillery of the Shenwei General in the battalion, which weighed 3, 4,000 catties, and 5,000 catties, was quite difficult to move forward with every step.

The four-wheeled iron wheels ran over deep traces on the ground, and when they passed through some potholes, the gunners whipped the cattle and horses dragging the guns in front of them even harder.

From time to time, some of the coats were tired and fell, and there were cattle and horses that spit out white mouths and lost their front hooves, and the huge artillery battalions marched sparsely and dragged far before and after, and some cattle and horses were tired to death, and the heavy artillery that was not replenished in time was far behind.

Some Hongyi small cannons are far ahead, and the weight of the cannon is not as convenient as the second round.

Shi Tingzhu and others, who arrived in advance, sent their guards from time to time to urge, they led the infantry to arrive for a long time, and shouldered the heavy task of attacking Yang Xingling and crossing the river to help, but the artillery battalion had not yet arrived, and they did not dare to launch a large-scale offensive.

There was also a Manmeng banner master, who sent an envoy to scold Kong Youde, scolding him for the slow arrival of the artillery battalion, which caused a lot of losses to the warriors of the banners.

Kong Youde was noncommittal about the complaints of Shi Tingzhu and others, but the envoy of the banner lord and Gushan Ezhen had to explain, which made his mouth dry and his voice even hoarse.

Easily, Kong Youde led a part of the artillery battalion to the position of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, where the red, blue, yellow, white and other banners of the armor are densely covered, and the armor of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty is no different from the Manchu and Mongolian armies in terms of dress, but the cotton armor of many people is not the kind of armor with embedded iron leaves, just ordinary cotton armor.

In addition to the Han army's red flag Gushan Ezhen Liu Zhiyuan, the Gushan Ezhen of each banner has already led the army to arrive for a long time, and next to the military formation of the Han Eight Banners, there is also a large array of the Korean army, and they all hurried to see Kong Youde arrive.

Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi certainly understood Kong Youde's difficulties, and the Korean National Right Parliamentary Jin did not dare to speak ill of Kong Youde, and Shi Tingzhu did not have that good temper, and scolded Kong Youde: "Gongshun Wang, why did you come so slowly?" Halfway to play with a woman? ”

Kong Youde

With a sullen stomach, the artillery is running so hard, and these Qiu Ba are still talking coldly, which really makes him angry from his heart, and evil is born to the side of his heart.

His face sank, and he didn't pay attention to Shi Tingzhu's clamour, and only consulted with Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and others.

In Huang Taiji's arrangement, the Han army's Shi Tingzhu's white flag, Zu Zerun's blue flag, Wu Shoujin's inlaid white flag, and a part of the Korean army attacked Yang Xingling.

Kong Youde's red flag, Shang Kexi's blue flag, Geng Zhongming's yellow flag, Ma Guangyuan's yellow flag, a part of the Korean army, a small number of Manchu and Mongolian bannermen and Mongolian soldiers from other domains, participated in the support of crossing the river.

However, after listening to the artillery arrangements of the Wuzhenha Super Artillery Battalion, Shi Tingzhu shouted again: "Why did you leave us with some broken copper and iron, and what about heavy artillery, not a single one?" ”

Dozens of large and small Hongyi cannons bombarded Yang Xingling, in fact, there were a lot of them, but in the eyes of Shi Tingzhu and others, the bigger the artillery, the better, and those Shenwei general cannons that hit more than ten catties of cannons will all be taken away by Kong You, which naturally makes Shi Tingzhu dissatisfied.

Kong Youde didn't bother to look at Shi Tingzhu's face as ugly as him, and only said coldly: "This is the emperor's arrangement, if you have any opinions, you can talk to the emperor." ”

When Shi Tingzhu heard that it was Huang Taiji's arrangement, he was immediately speechless, half loud, and left scolding.

Zu Zerun and Wu Shoujin glanced at each other, and also took their personal guards, and Yin calmly rode their horses to follow.

Under Huang Taiji's strict order, they did not dare to delay, and soon, the horn sounded, and the Han army was pressing in the direction of Yangxingling, and the Wuzhenha super artillery battalion and a part of the Hongyi small artillery were also pulled to that side.

Before the artillery battalion arrived, Eduardo sent observers early to make detailed observations of the south bank. According to the report of the observers, the artillery battalions of the Ming army on the other side of the river were mainly erected in the area of several miles between the small pontoon bridge of Yangxingling and the large pontoon bridge of Shilitai, and were mostly set up on undulating highland.

In front of each artillery of their artillery array, there were many sacks and earthen baskets, and in the artillery array, there were many earthen carts piled up.

Looking at the flag, the Jingbian military artillery battalion is deployed in the area of the small pontoon bridge, and the artillery of the Shenji battalion is closer to the big pontoon bridge.

It seems that the Ming army on the other side of the river has already noticed the arrival of the Wuzhenha super artillery battalion, whether it is the artillery array of the Jingbian army or the artillery array of the Shenji battalion, they have all moved, and the Wuzhenha super artillery may be shelled by them on the way.

The observers of the artillery battalion had found a slightly raised slope about two miles from the shore in front of them, which was used as a place to set up an artillery array.

Another wave of envoys urged by Huang Taiji arrived, and Kong Youde took a deep breath: "There is no way, I have to drive the ducks to the sedan chair!" ”

At this time, there were only about 30 or so Shenwei generals with him in the Wuzhenha Super Artillery Battalion, and the rest were still far behind, and it would be difficult to arrive for a while. At his command, the weary gunners, driven the equally tired cattle and horses to the other side of the hill, and the following artillery also urged to follow.

Because of the inspiration from the use of earthen carts by the Ming army, many earthen carts were used in the Qing army. However, the Eight Banners were urgently transferred, and many of the baggage had not yet arrived, and the miscellaneous servants and coats of the battalion only pushed a small number of earthen carts and some shield carts to march.

More baggage was urgently mobilized from the south, east, north, and west of Jinzhou.

Under the compulsion of the armor soldiers, those miscellaneous servants pushed the earthen carts and shield carts to the front, or walked in the artillery camp to resist the possible artillery of the Ming army for the gunners.

At the same time, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and others' Han army armor soldiers also followed the artillery camp and drove towards the river bank in a steady stream.

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Wang Dou's gaze retracted from the side of the Twin Mountains, the battle on that side was still fierce, and Huang Taiji's determination to protect the Twin Mountains surprised him, and the battle in the mountains fell into a stalemate. Hong Chengchou sent reinforcements to that side several times, and even sent a part of the standard battalion.

Looking back, the direction he was in at this time was on a wide hill at the northernmost end of Xingshan.

The hills are not very far from the daughter river, but more than three miles, the hills are behind, the terrain slowly rises from north to south, one after another undulating hills and mountains, and goes to the rear, that is the Xingshan Mountain Range that is more than 20 miles long from north to south and more than 10 miles wide from east to west.

His headquarters of the Chinese army was set up here, and as far as the eye could see, the hills were full of guards and soldiers in bright armor, and there were also lookout carts and medical aid centers of the Central Military Department, which were relatively simple compared to the medical centers set up by the Jingbian Army in Maojiagou and Hong Chengchou.

He looked down the mountain, and in front of him was the small pontoon bridge, and Zhong Xiancai's White Tiger Battalion was gathering behind the pontoon bridge, less than a mile away from the bridge, providing assistance to the Korean and North Korean departments on the front line at any time. Behind the White Tiger Battalion, there was also Li Guangheng's cavalry battalion, and at this time all the cavalry infantry were sitting on the ground resting, and the black pressure was overwhelming.

After Wang Dou led the infantry army to arrive, Zhong Xiancai's first-class army was withdrawn and replaced by the second-class army of the Han Dynasty.

Because of the battle in the Twin Mountains, the Shenji Battalion's Divine Fire Crows and Mortar Cannons had obvious effects, and Wang Dou was happy when he saw Hunting, so he asked Fu Yingchong for some flying crows and mortar cannons to use in the defense of Yang Xingling.

Fu Yingchong was very happy that Wang Dou asked for help from him, and because the battle of Twin Mountains fell into a stalemate, many mortars were idle, so he generously supported Wang Dou's about 100 rounds of Shenhuo Flying Crows, as well as 30 small mortar cannons.

At this time, these sharp weapons are constantly passing towards the opposite side of the pontoon bridge, and there are a large number of earth carts on the pontoon.

The defense line of Yangxingling is in a hurry, and it is impossible to dig a deep trench, and the earthchariot has obvious advantages, strong maneuverability, and good protection, especially like a series of movable earthen walls.

For this big battle, Hong Chengchou has prepared thousands of earthen wagons to provide a steady stream of various armies, as long as there is damage, it can be replenished immediately. Moreover, these earthen trucks have been carefully transformed, which can be anti-artillery and anti-gun. (To be continued.)