Chapter 497: Grim Situation
Three or four Tartars in one round, and one person shoots three buckshots, which is about ten rounds of thirty or forty Tartars.
In the time it took for the Tartars, who had been fighting fewer and less, to rush from a hundred to forty paces, each of the defenders had fired more than three buckshots.
As for the more and more vigorous the company, as the Tartar got closer and closer to him, the accuracy of the lead bullet became more and more accurate.
Although the number of buckshot bullets fired in each round was less than one-third of the main force of the regiment, the number of anti-personnel Tartars was not at all less than that of the main force of the regiment.
Therefore, when the Tartars rushed from 100 to 50 paces, more than 200 people had been sharply reduced to less than 200 in a short time...... It was only at this time that the Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing discovered that this attack was not good.
If he is a sane general, in the face of the current situation, he will definitely order his officers and men to retreat, and withdraw as much as he can.
However, Niu Lu Zhangjing, who commanded this army, was obviously not a decisive person.
Faced with the nearby city walls, he hesitated...... With a hint of luck, he still believed that as long as the arrows thrown by the warriors flew to the city wall, the cowardly Han army would collapse directly. When the time comes, the victory of the entire battle will still belong to oneself and to Houjin......
So, this arrogant Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing directly held the horse bow, bent the bow and set up the arrow, aimed at the city wall, and prepared for archery......
Following Niu Lu Zhangjing's side, the ordinary Tartar who was also very brave was ready to shoot arrows......
Fifty steps, forty steps...... The Tartars, who again paid for the loss of more than a dozen people, finally rushed into the effective range of the horse bow
Then. With a murderous aura. Shoot arrows without hesitation......
More than a hundred arrows. From different directions, fly to the head of the city. In the blink of an eye, dozens of tigers and leopards, with screams full of despair, fell heavily on the city walls.
In the face of death, the soldiers of the garrison regiment at the head of the city, which was already unstable, became riotous again.
However, the officers of the garrison regiment at all levels were not vegetarians. After cutting down a dozen fear-filled soldiers in a row. The riots were stopped in a very timely manner. Then, continue to pull the trigger of the musket and shoot lead bullets at the Tartar dozens of paces away......
At this time, the bravery between the Tartars and the ordinary soldiers of the garrison regiment was once again reflected on the battlefield.
More than 100 arrows fired by the Tartars directly caused losses of dozens of soldiers in the garrison. However, a round of lead bullets fired by the garrison regiment, almost more than two hundred lead bullets, was fully counted, and it caused a loss of less than ten people to the Tartar cavalry, who were galloping wildly.
And in these losses. Zhong Zhaoyu's company accounted for almost half of the results.
But. To the relief of the commander of the garrison regiment, he had an absolute superiority in troops.
In the case of three-stage shooting, every time the Tartar fired a round of arrows, a round of gunfire rang out from the city walls.
Even if you calculate the loss of two to one, you only need to pay more than 300 people to destroy more than 100 Tartars outside the city.
Of course, the actual losses on the battlefield cannot be calculated in this way.
In the case of the limited strength of the Tartars, the Tartars will lose one person and shoot one less arrow.
However, the garrison regiment with thousands of people was different. Even if hundreds of people are lost, it will not have much impact on the number of buckshot shots.
Therefore, every round of gunfire on the city wall can bring about ten losses to the Tartars. However, the arrows fired by the Tartars were different, and as the number of Tartars continued to decrease sharply, the losses caused to the tiger and leopard army became less and less.
Soon, the total strength of the Tartars was sharply reduced to about 100 men, and the garrison regiment that held the city wall only paid more than 100 people when it was full.
Looking at the fewer and fewer subordinates around him, Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was still holding a trace of luck just now, was really panicked at this time. Because, if the battle in front of him continues to be fought like this, it won't be long before the remaining 100 warriors under his command will all be lost on the battlefield in front of him.
So, Tartar Niu Lu Zhang Jing gave the order to retreat without thinking about it.
However, it is clearly too late to think of the retreat now.
The Tartars, who were more than 100 people, began to retreat like lost dogs. The steady stream of lead bullets from the city walls did not mean to stop in the slightest.
Not only that, but as the Tartars began to retreat, the panic on the city wall was directly replaced by excitement. In this case, the lead bullets they shoot are getting higher and higher.
Pursued by round after round of buckshot, every dozen or so steps back from the Tartars fell a batch of about a dozen Tartars. At this moment, the eighteen mortars equipped with a regiment of garrisons were not willing to be lonely to join the battlefield, firing shells at the Tartars who were retreating frantically outside the city......
More than a hundred Tartars finally succeeded in withdrawing from the range of muskets, and those who disappeared in front of everyone were less than thirty people in full battle. As for the rest of the Tartars, without exception, all turned into corpses and were left on the battlefield by the Tartars.
"Won, we won...... With a new regiment that has been formed for less than ten days, destroy 500 Tartar Iron Cavalry with strong combat effectiveness...... Brothers, I will tell you for sure that we have created a miracle ......"
The battle that took place in Benxi County had just ended, and the encirclement and suppression operation of the First Field Army of the Tiger and Par Army against the entire Liaodong had also ended.
The more than 2,000 Tartars who were besieged to a small area of the Liaodong Peninsula had to leave their hiding places and fight the Tiger and Par Army in the face of increasingly small living space......
In front of the powerful First Field Army of the Haw Par Army, more than 2,000 Tartar iron cavalry only caused losses of less than 500 people to the Haw Par Army, and the entire army was wiped out.
Of course, in this encirclement and suppression operation, the biggest loss of the Tiger and Leopard Army was not the troops, but the countless countless Tartars destroyed by the Tartars and the tens of thousands of Liaodong people who were brutally killed by the Tartars......
The former Liaodong Governor's Mansion, now the Liaodong Governor's Mansion, faced the battle losses just counted by the General Staff. Wei Zheng's clenched fist slammed directly on the table in front of him out of anger.
Then, he scolded loudly: "These beasts are inferior to the Tartars, they should really be pulled in front of the common people." Let the common people cut them one by one...... In just a few days. It caused such a big loss to my Liaodong. It is simply outrageous to kill so many people from Liaodong...... Sooner or later, I'm going to make them pay......"
Sun Chengzong affirmed without the slightest hesitation: "Dashuai, such a big blood feud must be avenged...... However, I believe that the urgent need for our delay now is not revenge, but how to improve our Liaodong defense line. ”
"This loss is a wake-up call. The Tartars can take advantage of the holes in our defenses to harass us once, and there will be a second time. What's more, two or three thousand Tartars at a time brought us such great losses and made us spend so much money to encircle and suppress them...... If from now on, the Tartars send one or two thousand Tartars every month, then our Liaodong will not be forever at peace and will never be able to develop......"
Hearing this, the anger on Wei Zheng's face. has been unconsciously replaced by solemnity.
Facing Sun Chengzong, he replied with a deep understanding: "The chief of staff is right. It is necessary to ensure that there are no loopholes in the Liaodong defense line, and the Tartars cannot be given the slightest opportunity to take advantage of it......"
Hearing this, the chief of staff's words changed sharply and said with a worried face......
"Marshal, if we want to make the entire Liaodong defense line free of loopholes, the first thing we have to do is to increase the strength of the defense line. After all, the entire line of defense is hundreds of miles long, and we can rely on a few county towns scattered along this line of defense...... Carefully calculated, the defense line that a county needs to defend is definitely more than 100 miles. ”
"As for the troops we have deployed in these counties, there is only one regiment at full capacity. In other words, we have to defend a defense line for hundreds of miles with the strength of a regiment......"
"In this way, if there are no loopholes, it is almost impossible......"
"I asked the staff to study it specifically, in order to ensure that there are no loopholes in the entire defense line and not let the small Tartar cavalry units have a chance to take advantage of it, it is necessary to double the strength of the entire defense line......"
"However, there is only so much of the number of troops we have stationed in Liaodong. Once all these forces are thrown on the defensive line, there are no superfluous maneuverable forces. If one day suddenly encounters a large-scale attack by the Tartars, there will only be passively beaten......"
Wei Zheng, who was holding various battle reports, looked at them while falling into deep thought, thinking about possible solutions.
Soon, the battle report of the First Garrison Regiment of Liaodong at the cost of 700 people to eliminate 500 Yellow Banner Tartar Iron Cavalry came into the field of vision of the Wei Zheng.
In the face of this battle report, a trace of surprise flashed on Wei Zheng's face, and he was quickly covered with surprise.
Then, a bold idea came to Wei Zheng's mind, and a pair of eyes quickly shot out two rays of light.
Under Sun Chengzong's gaze, he asked thoughtfully and rhetorically: "Chief of Staff, what do you think of this first garrison regiment in Liaodong?"
"Liaodong First Garrison Regiment ......" Sun Chengzong said with a look on his face, and quickly fell into deep thought.
Soon, a smile appeared on the thoughtful face. He replied to Wei Zheng: "Marshal, I know this first garrison regiment...... In the battle of Houjin in this sortie, among the six garrison regiments that participated in the battle, the result of one regiment was not only the largest, but also the ...... with the smallest loss"
"If you add this battle exploits and get promoted to the rank of colonel, there will be no problem......"
"In addition to this lieutenant colonel regiment commander who still remembers me, a lieutenant company commander of the garrison regiment also remembers me vividly. Because, this lieutenant company commander is one of the more than a dozen officers and soldiers who were promoted to two ranks at a time in the last military rank promotion......"
"I really didn't expect that this lieutenant would make such a great feat again in less than a few days after he was promoted to the rank...... I can say with certainty that with this exploit, his military rank can be further raised. If it weren't for the military regulations of our Haw Par Army, the promotion of major must be entered into the military academy for study, and this company commander will be directly promoted to the rank of major, I agree with ......"
Wei Zheng nodded and replied, "Colonel rank...... In our Tiger and Leopard Army, the rank of commander of the garrison division is colonel...... Since there is another colonel in the garrison division, then we will draw this colonel out and form our third garrison division...... In addition, we can also draw some lieutenant colonels from the field army to form special local garrison regiments. In this way, the problem of our lack of troops will be solved......"
"Good way...... Garrison regiments and garrison divisions were formed to free up field troops to deal with possible military conflicts. At the critical moment, we can even directly enter Houjin, so that Houjin can taste our awesome......"
"Marshal, I completely agree with this idea, form a garrison division and a garrison regiment ......" (to be continued......