Chapter 200: Facing the Artillery Fire

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On both sides of the Wei River, the withered grass beams, the high and low fields, are full of weeds and wheat, the river nourishes all things, here is an endless field, the best fertile land.

Since the Qing army occupied Weihui, continuous looting has made the farmland barren and the people have no intention of farming. Even after the arrival of Ann**, there was no way to change it for a while. But after all, it is a field, there is watering and harvesting every year, plus there are many wild grasses, stepping forward, it is still soft and soft, but when late autumn comes, the weeds are withered and yellow, giving people a bleak feeling.

Qi Hanyuan joined An ** in Xuzhou, and it has been more than half a year, during which he has undergone the most rigorous training. The crazy physical training made his muscles swell like a small hill. Thousands of swings of knives and guns, thick calluses on both hands, and frequent shooting training left a pale red mark on the shoulder socket.

These are the best evidence of him as an excellent soldier, and in the fire gun shooting assessment, he even won the first place in the battalion.

But these were all training, and the first time he really went to the battlefield, he finally felt the horror of war. In the fierce battle by the river, although he had been in the rear, the sound of dense guns and cannons shook people's ears.

Qi Hanyuan knows very well that every gunshot may indicate the end of a life, this is the most cruel law!

Finally, a horn sounded, and when it was time for them to enter the battle, Qi Hanyuan secretly wiped the cold sweat from his palms, and stepped over a gully several feet wide, the water in the ravine was almost dry, and only some muddy water was left inside. After crossing the ravine, he took care to keep the line in line with his comrades, who marched in a loose formation, each team separated by a foot and eight feet. That is, each soldier is separated by the same number of feet.

As far as the eye can see, the surrounding area is full of endless trumpets and drums and flags, and the desolate and empty late autumn earth, except for the yellow earth of the withered grass. It was the soldiers in blue-black winter coats and hats and helmets that spread long on both sides, and as they marched, they occasionally revealed the bright red long armor inside the winter coats, adding a sharp aura to them.

These armors were all half a month ago. Brought in from the rear. The brand-new cotton wool and dense stitches show the intentions of the people who make clothes.

Qi Hanyuan knew that his mother and sisters were one of these people, and when they joined An**, the military family would arrange work. Contracting some munitions. First, to increase their income, and second, to have relatives on the front line, they will work more attentively.

Sure enough, the brand-new military uniform was worn on the body, and a warmth that only family members could feel permeated the surroundings. The Ming soldiers had to wrap their headscarves in their helmets, and after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, they were generally unified as blue turbans. There is a scarf ring that can be tied around the forehead, just like a net scarf for the common people.

A long procession, along the terrain, undulating ahead, a stout standard-bearer, holding a large flag, directs the direction of a sentry and horses, followed by a drummer. Play an unhurried frequency and let everyone keep up.

Stepping through a low mound, all of a sudden, a never-before-seen picture unfolded!

Wu Sangui, who had crossed the Wei River, was commanding the men and horses. Towards the impact of the safety **. The firecracker was in front of him, pressing it on constantly. As a result, it was mercilessly bombarded by An ** with artillery, and a large number of Qing troops died under the scattered bullets.

Those firecrackers fought even more frantically, hail-like projectiles, quickly harvesting lives, the Qing army's firecrackers were a big difference compared to An**, and they suffered heavy casualties before they entered the range.

Even if some people rushed in, they were lucky enough to open fire, but the personnel were sparse and the firepower was sporadic, except for the occasional shot of a few unlucky eggs, the effect was not at all.

Ann ** has strict training, and if you fall down one, another will immediately come up. And they will focus their fire on the person who shoots.

In this competition of queuing and shooting, the Qing army was not equipped with good equipment, training, and willpower, and was at a disadvantage from the beginning.

At this moment, Yang Kun suddenly ran to Wu Sangui's approach: "Report to the prince, our artillery has been transported!" ”

Wu Sangui, who had been watching the battle from behind, finally smiled: "Gu Zhenhua's hands and feet have long been seen through by this king, he just relies on the sharpness of firearms, without this, he is a toothless tiger." Come on, bombard me! ”

The gunners of the Qing army had also transported a batch of artillery across the riverbank. Compared with the artillery of An**, the artillery of the Qing army is a lot more chaotic, most of which are captured Ming artillery, there are tiger squat cannons, there are Franc machine guns, as well as general cannons and Weiyuan cannons, a total of more than 30 guns.

In addition, Wu Sangui also has a batch of Shenwei General Cannons in his hands, these cannons are all siege weapons made by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but because they are too heavy, a cannon is 38oo catties, and it has not been transported yet.

The gunners of the Qing army were ready, and finally in the midst of all the attention, the cannon sounded, and one after another heavy cannons hit An **.

Before this, the Qing army had been passively beaten, and they had been poisoned by the An** artillery in vain, and now they heard the sound of their own artillery, and these two Tartars couldn't help but cheer.

On the Yuan Rong car in the distance, Gu Zhenhua frowned, and he clearly saw that a cannon flew two or three miles away, just hitting an An ** firecracker, and the soldier suddenly lost the upper half of his body. In the telescope, it was bright red, particularly dazzling.

Obviously, according to the calculation of the firing range, most of this kind of artillery is a general's cannon, and as soon as the Weiyuan cannon comes, it may also be a large-caliber red-coated cannon.

Although Gu Zhenhua also has a red-clothed cannon at the moment, An ** focuses on field combat, so he pursues convenience and lightness, and suffers a little in terms of range.

As far as the eye can see, in An's position, there are already soldiers who have died under artillery fire, and one cannon has made a bloody alley, and five or six soldiers have been injured and fallen to the ground.

"Grandpa Guo, what can I do about this?" Wu Kaijie asked anxiously.

"Pass my order, the whole army will press up, and approach the Qing army!"

"Grandpa Guo, charging in the face of artillery fire, can this be done? Brothers must endure death before they can kill! ”

"That's right, if you want someone else's life, you have to don't care about your own life first! It's a dragon or a worm, just this once, immediately give the order! ”

Gu Zhenhua gave the order expressionlessly, but his heart was not so calm. He has advantages and disadvantages in everything, and the range of artillery fire is lower than that of the Qing army, and the best way is to rush under the nose of the Qing army and use the superior firepower to kill the Qing army.

However, this has to brave the impact of the enemy's artillery fire, whether An ** can withstand this kind of pressure, whether he can endure sacrifice, is definitely a fatal test.

This is also the best test to verify Gu Zhenhua's training results, whether it is in vain, or whether it really implements discipline into the bone marrow, it depends on this time!

Wu Kaijie could only nod his head, and let people convey Gu Zhenhua's order to Li Xu and Zhou Yingjie, these two regiment leaders got the order and carried it out without hesitation, they also knew that blindly being beaten was not the way!

"Onward, keep the formation!"

In the sound of drums, the hoarse roars of the officers came from time to time, and Qi Hanyuan and his comrades at the same post walked neatly and kept moving forward. Around them, there were all soldiers of An **, all with solemn expressions, advancing steadily.

"Attention! Get into the range of enemy artillery and stagger the front and back columns! ”

The shouts of the officers in the team came, Qi Hanyuan looked at the soldiers in the first few columns, and subconsciously dodged to the right, instead of facing the front and back columns.

Suddenly, the white smoke of the artillery of the Qing army position on the opposite side rose and the cannon rumbled!

The Qing army has opened fire!

One by one, huge cannons crossed the sky and shot towards An's military formation, although the will to fight was firm, but in the face of artillery attacks, Qi Hanyuan was still a little apprehensive in his heart, even if he knew that this cannonball was not aimed at him, it was useless!

A chilling whistling sound came near, and with a loud bang, a 7-pound iron bullet hit the ground more than 100 steps away in front of the right, setting off a large cloud of yellow mud and messy grass, but the cannon did not jump.

Only two soldiers were knocked down by the tremendous force of the impact, and there were no tragic casualties.

Qi Hanyuan breathed a sigh of relief, this kind of terrain, the land by the river is soft, it is still good for them, and then listening to the faint sound of relief from the brothers beside him.

The artillery roared, although it missed, missed, and fell into the mud a lot, but after all, there was a time to succeed, a whistling cannonball ran diagonally, boom, and the heavy solid projectile smashed on the thick ground, stirring up a large puff of smoke and dust, and then jumped high, rotated sharply, and shot out more than ten zhang away in the array of An **, before falling to the ground.

Flesh and blood, unable to stop the raging cannonballs, this solid iron ball weighing 7 pounds, crashed into the crowd like a devastating one, and effortlessly opened a flesh alley.

Due to the oblique side, the cannonball inflicted severe damage on several musketeers and pikemen. Blood and flesh rose in front of him like rain and mist, and a few columns in front of the right, half of the body of a firecracker soldier was destroyed, and his thigh was cut off by Qi Gen, revealing the white bones inside, and blood gushing out from the wound and broken leg.

Stumps and flesh were scattered, just like this warrior. After the shells flicked, many soldiers fell to the ground.

Thump!

Another thigh fell from the sky and landed in front of Qi Hanyuan, less than two meters away!

"Wow!"

Qi Hanyuan opened his mouth, and the sour water in his stomach rushed out!

The ears were full of the screams of the wounded soldiers, and the arms, legs and feet were taken away by the huge iron eggs, and even the iron man couldn't bear the pain!

Qi Hanyuan clearly knew that the owner of that leg was a Shandong soldier, who joined An ** half a month later than him, but he trained the hardest, and what he usually said most often was to fight back to Shandong and recover his hometown!

But this Shandong man lost his life when he set out on his first expedition!

Qi Hanyuan endured the stimulation of tears and gastric juice, and clenched his fists tightly: "Brother, wait for me to avenge you!" ”

"Don't stop, keep going!"

The more difficult it is, the more you have to hold on, and the drum music in the middle of the department is even more exciting.

The officers shouted one after another: "Forward, stride forward!" ”

Seeing An ** getting closer and closer, Wu Sangui and Nikan's faces gradually turned green......