Chapter 278: Caught in a desperate situation
What is the effect of five thousand grenades exploding together? I'm afraid that everyone present can't express it in words, they can only say that they will remember this spectacular scene for the rest of their lives, even if it is Wang Feng, all he can think of in his head is nothing but cluster bombs.
After the cluster bomb exploded, the ground felt like it had been plowed all over again!
When the smoke dissipated slightly, I saw that there was a shallow pit about zhang wide and as long as a few miles on the battlefield, and the two sides of the pit, especially the side close to the Qing army camp, were covered with corpses, almost covering the ground, and there was nothing in the shallow pit, which did not mean that it was not blown up, but that the bones of the bombed corpses were gone!
It was just a moment of silence, and the neighing sound in the field was loud, and the war horses couldn't help but be startled, even the trained war horses were useless, they spread their hooves and jumped around, and some ran in all directions without knowing the direction, and there were many Mongolian cavalry who had not returned to their senses and were thrown to the ground on the spot, and the shape was completely messed up!
"Shoot! Shoot! There were a considerable number of startled horses rushing straight forward, and Wang Feng didn't expect this to happen, and shouted loudly!
For a while, the soldiers didn't have time to load the bullets, but the special forces and female soldiers had guns in their hands, so they hurriedly stepped forward and raised their guns to fight!
"Bang bang bang ~~" The gunfire sounded again, this time it was no longer a salvo, but a point shot, the female soldier was from Hong Xiuquan's female guards who had not been surrendering for a long time, the training time was short, and the marksmanship was not very good, but the marksmanship of the special combat team members was extremely accurate, and they were specially aimed at the startled horses rushing in their direction, one by one, and the soldiers also used the buffer to pick up the bullet at the fastest speed.
The gunfire was continuous. One horse after another fell, and a knight was killed, which was clearly a one-sided massacre. It was the strangulation of the nomadic civilization by the modern military industry, which sounded the death knell for the nomadic civilization that ravaged northern China for thousands of years.
The ground was red with blood, the situation was back in the hands of the NLD forces, the surviving cavalry fled back in a frenzy, and the Mongols' fearless style of death had long since been worn out under Manchu rule. The cavalry that once crisscrossed the Eurasian continent did not show half a point, but just screamed and raised the saber and blindly rushed.
Modern people generally believe that the Qing Dynasty did not pay attention to the development of firearms. In the late Kangxi period, heavy bows and horses began to light firearms, firearms were gradually abandoned, and by the time of the Opium War, they did not know what firearms were, so the Qing army armed with swords and spears was defeated in front of the firearms of foreigners.
The opposite is true. Manchu talent is the heaviest firearm, bow horse riding and shooting, knife and spear hand-to-hand combat is the fastest project of Manchu desertion, the Qing army on bow horse riding and shooting, knife and spear hand-to-hand combat training of the speed of abolition, the world can not find a second, it can be said that the Qing army in the Opium War period and even after the Opium War, has been the world's most strict firearms combat thinking zhòng country, almost abolished hand-to-hand combat. In other words, there is no hand-to-hand combat ability, and the war is all based on firearms. Mainly mounted shooting, against the British flintlock pistols with short range and slow rate of fire, the Opium War may still have the possibility of victory.
The Qing army's special fascination with firearms began in the Later Jin, and its interest in firearms technology and its ability to accept and use firearms was astonishingly high, far surpassing that of the Ming Dynasty. When the Qing army went down to the south of the Yangtze River, the biggest reliance was the Hongyi cannon.
Excessive reliance on firearms, coupled with the relative stability after Kangxi. The Qing army has not fought for a long time, neglected training, and is greedy for pleasure, so how can it still be willing to practice the toiling archery and horse riding, sword and gun hand-to-hand combat? From top to bottom, they are all shouting and asking for equipment with firearms, you know, firearms training is much simpler than archery, the sound of loading the medicine, the iron pills can be beaten out, easy and interesting, people can complete it, and archery is really tiring to death, without hundreds of pounds of strength can not pull a hard bow at all, knife and spear training is definitely hard work, so the Qing army's firearms equipment rate is getting higher and higher, bow horses riding knife and spear hand-to-hand combat is gradually abandoned, the transition to the use of firearms based combat era, a large number of shotguns and light artillery replaced bows and spears.
Under the guise of the Manchurian and Mongolian union, the Qing court was actually a coalition regime with the Han landlords, and the Mongols were more degraded than the Qing army under the long-term suppression and reduction of the Qing court, and their real status was inferior to that of the Han people.
The Qing army could not shoot bows and arrows, but they could still shoot guns and cannons, but the Mongols lost the ability to shoot bows and arrows, and were not allowed to equip firearms, so they could only be used as live targets by the enemy on horses.
When the Mongol tribes were in the Ming Dynasty, they were still able to be independent, which brought huge military pressure to the north of the Ming Dynasty, but after more than 200 years of refuge in the Manchurian area, the population dropped sharply from 30 million to 2 million, and they were already on the verge of extinction.
The extinction of a race, either a natural disaster**, or an epidemic rampant, or being exterminated by foreign races, even if it is destroyed due to corruption and degeneration, the ancestors are also wide, but such as Mongolia, the whole nation that was fooled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty as a lama and the number of people has been sharply reduced, which can be said to be unique in the world, which is not only a wonder through the ages, but also a strong irony!
Wang Feng looked ahead, with infinite emotion in his heart, to be honest, the Mongols were so unbearable, he was really taken aback, if the Mongols shot forward while riding their horses, the Democratic Alliance might not be able to win so easily, maybe they would blow themselves up by mistake because of the grenade landing.
This can only show that the Mongols really lost the ability to shoot on horseback!
Wang Feng immediately cleaned up his mood and waved his hand violently: "Lu Dayou, order the second division and the first brigade to guard the large battalion on the left, and all the soldiers of the first division, go on!" ”
"Yes!" Lu Dayou conveyed the order with an excited face!
"Bang~~" The temporarily stopped cannon sound again, and the soldiers did not rush up, but lined up in a loose formation and steadily pushed forward, of course, if they encountered the Mongolian cavalry that was not dead, they were also responsible for making up a knife and sending it to the western sky.
"Good! I can't imagine that the Democratic Alliance Army has such a means, and it is difficult for the Qing Demon to fly! At the head of the city, Tang Caifang slammed the battlements excitedly, his face was full of disbelief, to this point, anyone knows that although the number of the Democratic Alliance is small, it does have the ability to completely annihilate the Qing army, no wonder it was so big before, the funny thing is that he doesn't know the goods!
At this time, every soldier cheered and ran, and many female soldiers hugged each other and cried, Tang Caifang settled down and hurriedly called: "Everyone be quiet, although we can't help the Democratic Alliance Army, we can't add to the chaos, everyone returns to their positions and defends steadily, and strictly prevents the Qing Demon Dog from jumping over the wall and seizing the city!" ”
"Yes!" The warriors promised in unison!
Under the head of the city, the two Qing army camps were in chaos, the retreating foot soldiers had not yet lined up, and a large number of Mongolian cavalry retreated, a scene of the end coming.
Mianyu trembled for a while, and shouted anxiously: "Monk Wangye, how should this be good, hurry up and think of a way, simply press the whole army, and fight with the Democratic Alliance, we have a lot of people, and we may not be able to put it to death and survive!" ”
Mianyu is really afraid, whether it is the Taiping Army or the Democratic Alliance Army, there is no second way to say that the banner people are caught except for killing, especially the Manchu magnates who were arrested in the past are nothing more than the governor and governor, but he is a prince and Xianfeng's uncle, and falling into the hands of the Democratic Alliance is probably far more than just killing with a knife, and it will also be a shame for the **Xinjue Luo!
Monk Greenqin also pinched the knuckles of his fingers, and for the first time he was afraid in his heart, he was not as good as Mianyu, he had been leading the army for a long time, and the Qing army was too clear, so he could only fight a tailwind battle, bullying and bullying peasant armies such as the Taiping Army and the Twister, which was not a must-win in every battle, otherwise it would not have taken so long with the poorly equipped Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's troops in Tianjin.
Generally speaking, the Qing army's battle is Cheng Biting Jin's three-plate axe, first of all, artillery bombardment, then the gun array is pressed forward, and finally the cavalry charges, but in front of the Democratic Alliance, the cannon is not as good as people, and the gun has also been thrown off a large section, and it is even more infeasible to charge with cavalry.
After taking a few deep breaths, Seng Lingqin gritted his teeth and said: "Lord Hui, the difference between our army and the Democratic Alliance in terms of firearms is too great, just like the battle against Yingyi more than ten years ago, and the soldiers may not be willing to die, don't you forget, how did the Democratic Alliance come about, aren't they all green battalion soldiers who betrayed the court?" The only way to do this is to break through the estuary, return to Hebei, stick to the north bank, and then ask the emperor for guilt! ”
"Quick!" Mianyu Six Gods said: "Hurry up and give the order to retreat!" ”
"Report!" At this time, a soldier below rushed in a panic, covered in blood, and couldn't even care about the salute, so he shouted upwards: "Lord Hui, Lord Monk, the big thing is not good, the ferry has been taken away by the Democratic Alliance!" ”
"What?" With a plop, Mianyu fell on the wooden board with a shocked butt!
"What's going on? Say it! Monk Greenqin leaned against the wooden wall and asked angrily.
"Hui monk Wangye, that's it," the soldier stammered.
The strength of the estuary belongs to the Shengbao Department, the Shengbao is from the Jiangbei camp, most of the subordinates are the green battalion regiments in Shandong and northern Jiangsu, when the Democratic Alliance Army runs along the river to the front of the village, divided into left and right parts to cover with firepower, and the other part directly attacks, there are only a few Hongyi cannons in the wooden village, although it caused some damage, but to no avail, because the rest of the guns are all suppressed, and then the commandos rushed to twenty or thirty meters away from the wall, they threw grenades, boomed and exploded, and the wall collapsed on the spot, and then poured in along the gapAfter a short exchange of fire, at the cost of more than 60 casualties, more than 500 people were killed and more than 3,000 were taken prisoner.
Although the two canals are not wide, about twenty or thirty zhang, the water in February is still very cold, and half of the swimmings have to be confessed to the river, and besides, the Democratic League can shoot along the riverbank, and in the end, it will be able to return to Hebei alive, I am afraid that there will not be one in ten! (To be continued) R640