Chapter 277: Fight to the death

How many people did Yue Tuo have in his hands at this time? Less than 10,000, the minions, the Koreans, and the people have almost run away, and when they are in chaos, they know that they are defeated, and it would be a fool not to run. Running to the beach, maybe there is a way out, and if it doesn't work, it's better to surrender, than to keep running. Those who followed Yue Tuo were left with the Manchu and Han Eight Banners. Among them, the loss of the Manchurian Eight Banners is not large, and there are still more than 4,000 people left, and the equipment is basically still there. They are all veterans of a hundred battles, and they calm down relatively quickly. The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are almost meaningless, but they are not bad. There are about 5,000 people left, and many of them are coated or something. When a slave is bloodless, he knows to run with his master.

Chen Xie's side soon came to scout again, and the news he brought back made him very annoyed. It's all your own fault, you have to fight. Yesterday, we shouldn't have worried about any fires, we should have directly extinguished the fire and pursued it. Speaking of which, the biggest feature of Chen Xie's army is that everyone lacks experience. In particular, there is a lack of experience in commanding large armies. Basically, Chen Xie himself is a three-plate axe, artillery strike, rocket, and platoon gun. is completely crushed by hard power, and it seems clumsy to fight such a war, but it is actually very stable. To put it bluntly, Chen Xie felt that he couldn't afford to lose, even once.

Determined to fight to the death, Yue Tuo couldn't take care of it so much, got up early and ate the horse meat killed yesterday, equipment was neat, and turned the horse's head to the north. The scouts on both sides each had a team of ten people, and they met halfway, and they fought each other, and the remaining two who died on Houjin's side ran away. It's really not that the Houjin scouts are incompetent, it's really that the equipment of the grandsons of the Dengzhou camp is too perverted. The telescope is definitely at the captain level, and the opponent is detected first. Fight an ambush. It's a crossbow when it's up, and it's a short gun when it's close. Wash it twice, and there are not many people who can stay on horseback. Stab-proof clothing and chain mail, don't say that there is no problem with the bow and arrow, at least you won't die if you don't shoot the vital point. Houjin's riding and shooting are not so perverted, and it is too difficult to shoot at the vital point in the galloping of the horse.

Injured both, both horses were shot, and the fall on the ground was not light, but fortunately he was wearing a helmet. No one died. Broke two legs and one arm. Then I saw the Houjin Brigade and turned around and ran. When I ran, I didn't forget to send a signal flare and tell the scouts from all walks of life. Let's run. The Houjin army came.

The staccato scouts are back. Chen Xie also clearly grasped Yue Tuo's situation. The strength of the army is about 10,000, and the cavalry can have five or six thousand. By the time Yue Tuo's army appeared five miles away, the formation was all set up.

Yue Tuo was furious when he saw this formation. The green skin of the dog day found a group of soldiers with spears in front of him. Side by side were cannons one by one, fifty guns no less. The artillery position constructed of sandbags was indirectly called an obstacle in front of the infantry, and it was difficult to launch a dense cavalry assault directly from the front.

At this time, there is no choice, and there will definitely be no way back to run away. You can only play a wave of waves, rushing over is victory, and you can't rush over and everyone will end up together. At this time, Chen Xie's cards in his hand were very strong. Five infantry battalions, five thousand rifles. After saving up for so many years, he saved up 6,000 riflemen, left 500 in South Guam, and sent 500 to block the road.

Five artillery teams plus an independent artillery battalion, five grenadier teams, plus a cross-pikemen team, this strength is comparable. To say cowardice, that's. Looking at the approaching Houjin Brigade, Chen Xie felt that the blood all over his body was ignited.

The sappers were still making some final preparations, setting up tripods one by one in front of the formation, pulling up sections of barbed wire. I don't want to block you, but I want you to slow down. This set has been played very maturely. With the sound of a hammer, the iron tripod was smashed into the ground, and it would not fall even if it was directly impacted by the horse.

This battlefield is good, and the rare place is open enough, and it is thanks to the blessing of the previous indiscriminate deforestation, everyone can find such a decisive place. Well, it can't be considered a decisive battle, Chen Xie thought of a massacre. This is not the Sanli Bridge, and the Houjin army has no way out. Chen Xie felt that the Houjin army would not run away with more than 1,000 casualties and more than 3,000 missing.

Yue Tuo drew his sword and rode his horse to the front. The same is true for the Derge class, carrying the knife in his hand, and he is also at the front, and the two are less than five hundred meters apart. Their respective subordinates followed behind, and the Han army without horses also put on a posture of playing with their lives, ready to rush along. In the ruined place of the Liaodong Peninsula, there is no way out of the water division, and if you don't play with your life, you will die.

"Kill!" Yue Tuo shouted, and the war horse began to speed up, which meant that there was no room for improvement. The main general rushed to the front, and the morale was lifted at once. The remaining 6,000 cavalry, as if they had been beaten, followed and began to run. It's not going to start the sprint yet, and you'll have to wait for the last 500 meters. Otherwise, the war horse can't stand it.

"Three thousand meters!" There was a bit of a tremor in the mechanical announcement, and the 12-pounder guns of the independent artillery battalion rang out first. Boom began to suppress. The shells fell on this open battlefield, but still not as open as the plains and grasslands. In fact, the so-called open is a frontal battlefield of less than two kilometers. Damn the greenskins, and also occupy the high ground on the side of the road.

The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, from far and near. Just looking at this momentum is very amazing, and normal people have to be scared if they encounter this formation. Chen Xie is also a member of normal people, the difference is that he knows that he can't show the slightest timidity.

Standing firmly in place, holding a telescope in his hand, and the sea breeze with the smell of fish was blowing, Chen Xie actually had a feeling of excitement, as if the climax was about to come.

Officers at all levels no longer need Chen Xie's command, and after two rounds of shelling, all Congreev rockets were gone. The people in front of them were constantly turning their backs, and the artillerymen didn't have a chance to see it at all, and they were all operating the cannons as if they were mechanically.

The assault of the whole army on such a frontal battlefield is destined to be densely formed, and there is no need to aim at all, and the shells used to plow all the way. More than 5,000 infantry versions of Congreev's rockets were gone, the shelves were not cleaned up, and the grenadiers, under the command of the commander, lined up neatly behind the crossmen.

If you want to say afraid, everyone is afraid, everyone is not afraid, this is nature. But when the power of punishment, honor and other factors is greater than fear, and when the cohesion of the collective is strong, fear is not very effective.

There were a large number of six-pounder guns, and as soon as the Houjin army entered 1,500 meters, there were 30 six-pounder guns, 24 twelve-pounder guns, non-stop shooting, non-stop gunsmoke, and non-stop roaring. Yue Tuo's luck is good, and the banner is always in front. By this time, he had completely forgotten his fear, and for him, death in battle was the best outcome.

The splatters of blood and limbs continued to soar into the air, and the cavalry on horseback who was hit by the cannonballs continued to fly high and land, and the horses that were hit simply froze slightly and fell to the ground. But as long as the banner in front of us is still there, no one turns around and runs away.

The sound of the Houjin army shouting and killing shook the sky, and in contrast, the Dengzhou camp on the opposite side was unexpectedly calm. Cannons, rockets make a sharp whistle, officers give orders. There are only these three voices. In Yue Tuo's line of sight, there was only a mountain-like infantry formation, and nothing else.

I don't know how many casualties have been caused, and I don't know how many formations have been disrupted, Yue Tuo just rushed forward, his eyes were red, and only the dark green on the opposite side remained. With a thought in my heart, I rushed up and cut them down.

"Raise your gun!" The officer's command sounded, and the cross-gunners pushed their tails to the ground, leaned back, and held the barrel of their guns tightly. The riflemen pointed their guns in front and waited for the order to shoot.

"Fire!" At the command of the order, white smoke rose one by one, and after the rain hit the gunshots like bananas, the sound of bullets entering the flesh was endless. At this moment, Chen Xie unexpectedly entered a state of emptiness, calmly watching the raindrops of rifle bullets fall in the dense formation. There are constantly people falling off their horses, constantly fighting horses falling, constant wailing, and constant screams.

Yuetuo and Derge were taken care of. Each of them was treated with a dozen rounds of ammunition, two layers of cotton armor and one layer of scale armor, and there was no armor piercing that could stop the bullets. It's like being pushed hard by an invisible force, and before you even feel the pain, the world has turned into darkness.

The remnants of the horses rushed to the front of the battle, slammed into the cross-spears, and the men and horses stopped by the barbed wire were mercilessly bombarded by grenades. This time-space-time most efficient killing machine is running normally, and the machinery is harvesting life.

It seems like a long time has passed, and it doesn't seem to be long. When the shouts of killing could not be heard on the battlefield, the gunfire also stopped.

In front of him was a hell, and nearly two thousand meters in front, a death zone appeared. The remnants of Jiannu no longer have the courage to continue fighting, and are scattering and fleeing, and Chen Xie doesn't care about this straggler at all. Instead, he calmly gave an order: "Clean up the battlefield and leave no room alive." ”

"Get on the bayonet!" The last work could only be done by the green-skinned infantry, and the crosspiers were too tired to move. In the previous battles, they were the ones who suffered the greatest casualties, but they withstood the most frantic onslaught, like a reef on the coast, standing still when the waves hit. Falling before them were no less than a thousand corpses and horses.

That is to say, the charge of more than 6,000 cavalry, excluding the small 1,000 who ran away in fear, only more than 1,000 people rushed to the front of the formation. I can't help but say that when the Houjin soldiers were playing with their lives, they could still grit their teeth and persevere. As for the infantry, not to mention them, most of the people who ran back at the last moment were left behind by the platoon guns, and it is estimated that at most three or four hundred ran away.

Chen Xie found that he had become accustomed to the smell of blood, and he would even be excited about it. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves behind him, Chen Xie turned his head to take a look, and the messenger brought an inconsequential news, the overseer Wu Zhi and the imperial historian Song Guanglan arrived, and Wang Qinian followed, and brought a thousand smoothbore spearmen.

At this time, looking at the time, the battle took nearly three hours, why do you feel that it is just like you have just taken a nap. (To be continued......)