Chapter 563: Decisive Victory
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In the first battle, both sides invested a large number of troops, and the morale of both sides was also the most vigorous. Judging from the battlefield situation, although the Mawei army advanced very quickly, the Wu army was also crazy.
The breakthrough of the Mawei Army was blocked back by the continuous Wu Army. At a distance of fifty meters, the power of the horsetail rifle is considerable. But now, in many battles, the distance between the two sides has been reduced to twenty or thirty meters. At such a short distance, it can rush to the front in a few seconds, and unless there is a machine gun here, or a submachine gun in the hands of the soldiers, it makes no difference what rifle you hold.
In fact, on many fronts, soldiers on both sides have been fighting hand-to-hand. The soldiers of the Wu army relied on a large number of people, and a few people dealt with one of the Mawei army. In their hands, they either held long knives or spears and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the horsetails. On the side of the Mawei Army, there were almost only bayonets, but the soldiers of the Mawei Army did not fall behind in hand-to-hand combat. But after a little time, it will be very disadvantageous to the Mawei Army, after all, the Mawei Army cannot fight with the Wu Army.
There was no way, so the Mawei army had to retreat temporarily, widen the distance between it and the Wu army, and continue to kill and wound the Wu army with Mini bullets and general artillery. However, the number of Wu troops is indeed too much. It is not a battle between the Wu army and the Mawei army, especially Wu Yingqi is still one of the main generals of the Wu army, he has fought with the Mawei army several times, and he knows the tactics of the Mawei army better, so the Wu army has also made a lot of preparations for the operation of the Mawei army.
on the battlefield. The Wu army was close to the Mawei army's military formation. Even if they were killed, a large group fell. Immediately a large group will be filled up again. The illusion they gave Geng Jingzhong and other Mawei Army generals was that the Wu army seemed to be forever killed.
"Bastard!"
"Grass!"
"Shit!"
In the rear of the Mawei Army, several chief generals and staff officers couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
The crowd tactics of the Wu army are indeed a headache. Unless it's the Ponytail Army who pulls a distance, they can shoot them as much as they want. Once it is approaching, it will be met with a strong counterattack. In the face of dense crowd tactics, the usual means of attack. There was little effect. The fighting method of the Wu army is completely life for life. There was no way, the Wu army did have enough manpower to exchange for the lives of the Mawei soldiers. Who made the family nearly three times as large as you?
Wu Sangui also reported this kind of thought, as long as the main force of the Mawei Army was eliminated, the world would be his Wu family. When the time comes, the general trend of the world will come, and all provinces, provinces, prefectures, and counties will take the initiative to join his account.
The Mawei Army also knew that in a normal battle, the Wu Army could not be the opponent of the Mawei Army at all. The only thing that Wu Jun can rely on now is relatively sufficient manpower. As long as they survive until the Mawei Army can't afford too many casualties and has to retreat. Wu Jun can be regarded as a winner.
Wu Jun, the giant of Wu Jun's high-level. Almost all of them are completely present on the battlefield. On the front line, in addition to Wu Sangui and his nephew Wu Yingqi, there are also generals such as Ma Bao from the rear who are leading the army.
The first day of fighting, which began in the morning and continued into the evening. In this process, the front of the Mawei Army took turns to attack. Field artillery and general artillery have never stopped. It wasn't until the sun went down that the gunfire of the battle gradually subsided. It wasn't until nightfall that the battlefield returned to a temporary stilling to count the results.
On the first day of the attack, the Mawei army advanced a total distance of about three hundred meters, breaking through the two lines of defense of the Wu army. At the end of the day's fighting, more than 2,100 horsetail soldiers were killed, and the number of wounded exceeded 3,000. With the firepower and equipment of the Mawei Army, the casualties were so huge that the battle was not fierce.
The exact number of casualties on the Wu side is unknown. The battlefield was chaotic, and there was no time to count the casualties of the Wu army. Li Guangdi and others estimated that the Wu army lost at least five times as many personnel as the Mawei army. It could even be ten times or more. In the daytime battle, the Wu army was completely blocking the advance of the Mawei army with human lives.
But, in any case, the frontal breakthrough of the Mawei Army did not succeed. The results of the first day of battle were not very good. The main force of the Third Army Corps, which is the original Third Division, is the top main force of the Mawei Army. They attacked with all their might, but they only broke through the distance of 300 meters, which is indeed a bit smacking. This Wu army is indeed strong enough.
"Tomorrow continues!" , Geng Jingzhong's order, particularly ruthless.
Casualties and so on, he doesn't care at all. As long as there is fighting, there will be casualties. At this time, Wu Jun, of course, wanted to take out all the strength to eat milk. All he cares about is the outcome of the battle. All you want in this battle is victory, and of course, if you can reduce casualties, you just do it as much as possible.
The next day, the Mawei Army continued its onslaught. This time, Geng Jingzhong personally supervised the battle on the front line. It was also the 3rd Division that was responsible for attacking the positions of the Wu Army, but the 23rd Division was also added. For yesterday's offensive failure, the soldiers of the 3rd Division, as well as the new army, were deeply humiliated. They swore that in today's battle, they must fight their way out and open a passage for the cavalry.
"Tom Tom"
"Tom Tom"
"Tom Tom"
The deafening sound of artillery once again completely covered the battlefield.
A total of more than 600 field guns and general guns ravaged the positions of the front line. In just one morning, more than 10,000 explosive bags fell on the frontline positions of the Wu army. Calculated according to the twenty pounds of charge in one explosives package. In just one morning, the Mawei Army was on top of Wu Jun's head, pouring 200,000 catties of black gunpowder.
With the experience of the first day of fighting, the artillery of the Mawei Army was simply crazy. They worked hard and kept shooting out one of the shells. Some of the field guns, even the barrels of the guns were red. So they brought water from the side and poured it on the barrels. When the cold water went down, the barrel suddenly sneered, and white smoke continued to emit white smoke.
After the barrel is cooled. The cannon continued to fire. Afterward. The spare water is all gone. Just use urine. Pour urine over the barrel to cool down. Because the frequency of use was too high, as a result, by the afternoon, there were more than 30 field guns, completely scrapped. However, among the hundreds of cannons, more than 30 were scrapped" Wu Jun could not detect it. Wu army at the front. They have all been completely blinded by the Mawei Army.
In the violent explosion, the position of the Wu army was overturned by repeated plows. The people hiding inside, dead and alive, were all blown up. Many Wu soldiers were shocked to death alive. The twenty-pound explosive bag has no shmelage in it at all, and the killing is to rely on a powerful shock wave to shatter the heart alive.
In addition, a general's cannon with a long range. Sending shells straight into their depths, a large number of solid shells and flowering shells poured down. The Wu army was killed and wounded. After all, there was still a tentative meaning in it yesterday, and the battle line was too long, and the number of Wu troops on this side had not yet reached Geng Jingzhong's expectations, so there were many fewer casualties. But today, the artillery of the Wu army is also exerting power, although the range is not as good as that of the Mawei army, but the number is indeed quite a lot, and many soldiers died under the cannonballs of the Wu army.
By the time the sun went down, the Mawei army advanced five hundred meters and broke the three lines of defense of the Wu army. So far, the number of casualties of the Mawei Army that day has exceeded 5,000. The casualties of the Wu army are not known for the time being. The power of the general's artillery was too great, and the Wu army was torn apart, and a complete corpse could not be found at all.
"Tomorrow continues!"
Geng Jingzhong's order was still extremely cold.
On the morning of the third day, the Mawei Army continued its offensive
By the end of the third day of the battle, the Wu army could no longer hold on.
The casualties of the Wu army were more than estimated by the Mawei army. They continued to use their lives to block the offensive of the Mawei Army, and when they sent a group of people, they were about to die a group of people, and almost none of them could come back alive. The artillery fire of the Mawei Army was so ferocious, and the casualties of the Wu Army were, of course, astronomical.
Even Wu Sangui, who didn't care about human life the most, couldn't support it at this time. His troops are basically running out. Most of the soldiers who came back from the barracks were wounded soldiers, a large number of non-commissioned officers died without treatment, and the whole barracks were filled with wailing. If it weren't for the time on the third day, he sent a large number of people to the front as cannon fodder, and the main force of the Wu army's army would have been completely finished.
The battle on the fourth day still had to continue, but just after noon, the Wu army on the front line could not support it. On this day, the Mawei Army was transferred up, and they were all new forces. One responsible for the main attack was the 23rd Division and the other was the 25th Division. These two divisions have only been in army for a year, and they have not really been on the battlefield.
However, today's battle is destined to be fierce. The artillery bombardment of the Mawei Army on the battlefield was only a quarter of an hour before the Wu army began to collapse, and the main attacking force increased its horsepower and began to pursue, like a sharp knife inserted into the butter, dividing the Wu army into two pieces.
The Wu army, which had been beaten to the ground, no longer had the slightest ability to resist. They desperately threw down all their weapons and equipment and fled desperately behind them. The main force tore the gap bigger and bigger, and Wu Sangui also ordered the Wu troops on both sides to make a detour to fill the gap. But it was too late. After four days of hard fighting, the gap in the Chinese army of the Wu army was finally broken, and the time came for the cavalry of the Mawei Army to be dispatched.
"Attack!"
Geng Jingzhong waved his hand decisively and gave the final order.
The cavalry of the Mawei Army, who were waiting for the battle, immediately urged the war horses and swarmed towards the breakthrough in front. The sound of fierce horses' hooves seemed to beat the drum of victory. Wu Jun, who was fleeing, was even more flustered. The Wu army on both sides also fell into chaos. Jiang Yuanxun led the cavalry of the Mawei Army Cavalry Division, and then jumped out of the breakthrough quickly. They skillfully manipulated the war horses, and on the potholed position, they bypassed the corpses of the Wu army everywhere, as well as sundries, weapons, and flags everywhere, and attacked the rear of the Wu army. From time to time, they also brandished sabers and hacked sporadic Wu troops to death.
The sergeants of each battalion of the cavalry division shouted loudly and followed behind Jiang Yuanxun, who was the leader, and continuously advanced towards the rear of the Wu army. Two quarters of an hour later, the large force of the cavalry of the Mawei Army all crossed the defense line of the Wu army and appeared more than ten miles deep behind the defense line of the Wu army. At this time, the big picture is already doomed.
Without Wu Sangui's order, the Wu army on the entire front had to retreat. If they continued to stay, they would only be divided and surrounded by the Mawei army, and then annihilated individually. Under the pressure of the Mawei army, the retreat of the Wu army soon turned into a major rout. The officers could not find the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the officers, and they were in a mess.
"Don't run away!"
"Death to the runaway!"
Judge Wu Junjun was still leading the law enforcement sergeants to stop the fleeing Wu soldiers, shouting loudly and viciously.
"Bang Bang Bang"
A rain of bullets that flew from nowhere hit the military judge.
Before he could react, his body involuntarily weakened, and then he knelt on one leg on the ground. Faintly, he could see that on the side of his body, there seemed to be some horsetail cavalry appearing.
"Retreat!"
Wu Sangui had no choice but to give an order. At this time, it is useless to say more, and this battle is lost. I thought that he had a strong army, and he could still eliminate the Mawei Army at a great cost, but he didn't expect that the other party's artillery fire was too powerful, and the cannon in his hand was not at the same level as other people's.
The cannons of the Mawei Army moved forward with the battle formation, and they could stop and fire at any time. But the red-coated cannons of the Wu army can only be fixed in that one place, and this one can cause too much damage to the Mawei army?
"Chase!"
Geng Jingzhong ordered without hesitation.
"Kill!"
The horsetail army marched forward with high songs, and launched a pursuit like ducks. They won this battle, this world will be the Metropolitan Governor, they will be from the dragon heroes, in the future, if they can't be crowned marquis, they can also be crowned an earl, even if many earls can still be a viscount baron, in short, the total is developed! This was the idea of the various generals in the Mawei Army. The soldiers below are simpler, the ones in front are all military exploits, and if you take it, you can be promoted and make a fortune.
The Wu army, which was completely defeated, no longer had the slightest idea of resisting. The most they want to do is get out of the way.
In this way, the Mawei army pursued for five days in a row, and after these five days of pursuit, less than 20,000 of the 300,000 Wu troops fled back to the direction of Sichuan. The 24th and 25th Divisions of the Mawei Army continued to pursue, and Geng Jingzhong's order was to wait until Wu Sangui was captured.
The news of Wu Sangui's defeat soon spread throughout Henan, and Hubei and Shaanxi also slowly got the news. Soon, the defenders in these areas took the initiative to send people to the Mawei Army to ask for surrender, the general trend of the world is already very clear, and they don't know the current affairs, so what awaits them can only be to see the king of Hades! (To be continued......)