Chapter 836: Counting Each Other
The commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Haw Par Army, after hearing the news that the troops had been attacked and surrounded by heavy Tartar troops.
The first thought in his mind was that the Tartar wanted to destroy himself who had gone deep into the mountains alone.
Otherwise, the Tartars would not have taken out the firearms that they valued most and offered them like treasures.
Especially when he learned that the main force of the Tartars had also appeared on several surrounding hills, and that there was news of the appearance of red-coated cannons, the regiment commander had completely confirmed his judgment.
The Tartars who appeared around planned to wipe out themselves and their 2,000 soldiers here.
So, in just the blink of an eye, a thick solemn expression was shrouded in the regiment commander's face.
After taking a deep breath, he commanded very decisively: "Cavalry scout company, immediately send someone through the Tartar blockade line, find the army commander, and report to the army commander that we are surrounded by heavy Tartar troops......"
"At the same time, report to the commander that our regiment intends to act as a decoy to attract the main forces of the Tartars here...... After the arrival of the main force, quickly surround the Tartars on the battlefield, flank them inside and outside, and wipe them out on the battlefield. ”
Looking at the commander of the cavalry scout company whose figure slowly disappeared, the regiment commander quickly shifted his gaze to the chief of staff.
Under the gaze of several pairs of scorching eyes around him, he decisively ordered: "The whole regiment will immediately assemble, build a circular defensive position, and prepare for a long-term hold......
"In addition, the Tartars who surrounded us were armed with red-coated cannons, plus they were condescending, and the artillery hit at each other, and our heavy mortars were definitely not their opponents...... So. The entire defensive position. It is necessary to be prepared for anti-artillery ......"
Tartar Aobai. I want to use this battle to consume the vitality of the Haw Par Army little by little, and finally achieve the goal of repelling the Haw Par Army.
The commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Tiger and Leopard Army, who was surrounded by heavy Tartar troops, hoped to use himself as a bait to attract all the main forces of the Tartars, and finally, gather the main forces of the Tiger and Leopard Army and wipe them all out here.
And both of us. It can be said that you calculate me, and I calculate you. As for who will win the final victory, there is only one factor, and that is whether the Tartars can inflict great damage on the Tiger and Par Army in their layers of interception......
When more than 10,000 Tartar elites besieged and did not attack the 2,000 soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Tiger and Leopard Army. After a long-distance attack for half an hour, the commander of the cavalry scout company brought the news that the second regiment was besieged by the Tartars to Wang Feng in a very timely manner......
When Wang Feng informed several subordinates of the news, Wang Bo, the commander of the first division, first raised his own questions......
"The Tartars took the initiative to besiege one of our musket regiments, and the battlefield was chosen less than twenty miles from us...... There are just too many problems here. So, I'm afraid there's a lot of conspiracy in there that we don't know about......"
Wang Bo's worries have just been spoken. Wang Feng unreservedly affirmed: "It is certain that there is a conspiracy...... Otherwise, with the military command ability of Ao Bai and Huang Taiji, they would never put the battlefield in a position close to us. ”
Seeing the worried expressions on the faces of his subordinates, Wang Feng changed his words and continued: "Of course, even if the Tartars have a conspiracy, we are not afraid...... Therefore, I decided to do it according to the idea of Commander Zhou of the Second Division and the First Regiment...... In the position of a regiment, destroy the main forces of the Tartars here......"
"The first division, the remaining two regiments of the second division, plus all the troops directly under the military headquarters, will be personally commanded by me, and they will immediately attack and reinforce the battlefield...... The rest of the troops will stay in the camp and ensure the safety of the camp......"
"This time, I don't care what the Tartars have against us...... In a word, as long as he dares to come, we will destroy them cleanly and use our strength to break all their plots......"
The five regiments, plus the troops directly under the First Army, were almost 15,000 elites.
Therefore, as soon as Wang Bo and them walked out of the camp, the news that the reinforcements of the Tiger and Par Army had set off reached the ears of several Tartar generals scattered along the way.
As a result, encirclements of different sizes blocked the positions...... Quickly appear on the way for reinforcements from the Haw Par Army.
More than 10,000 elite tigers and leopards had just left the camp three miles away, and a defensive line composed of 1,000 Tartar musketeers and 1,000 cavalry appeared in front of the army.
Of course, these two thousand Tartars were only seen by the eyes of the Tiger and Leopard Army, not by the eyes of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and there were ten red-coated cannons hidden behind the defensive line and hidden with a large number of branches.
At this moment, these ten red-coated cannons with thick barrels were holding their black hole muzzles high, facing the area of five hundred paces in front of the defensive line. As long as the Haw Par Army's attacking troops re-enter this area, ten red-coated cannons will mercilessly shoot flowering shells into this area, and use them to kill and injure a large number of the Haw Par Army's attacking troops.
Of course, these are all unknown to the Haw Par Army.
More than 1,000 officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the Tiger and Leopard Army, who were at the forefront of the troops, saw the defensive line, as if they were exercising, adding artillery to artillery, covering cover, and attacking to attack, and directly put on a posture of preparing to attack forward in an orderly manner.
Soon, a regiment of more than two dozen medium mortars and an equal number of heavy mortars began to fire flowering shells at the defensive line.
In less than five rounds of flowering bullets, the Tartars' defense line stretching for hundreds of paces was completely drowned in artillery fire.
Looking at the Tartar defense line that had been blown up hundreds of paces away, the two companies of Haw Par Army musketeers directly picked up the muskets that had been loaded with bayonets and began to attack the defense line.
Not only that, but almost a battalion of musketeers also followed out of the sortie position.
Three company-sized musket formations followed, closely behind the assault troops, advancing little by little towards the Tartar line.
The first to shoot lead bullets at the opponent was not intended to be the Haw Par Army, which had the advantage of equipment.
Three musket arrays, which were responsible for suppressing and covering the fire, round after round, fired lead bullets at the 150-step Tartar line.
The Tiger and Par Army, who rushed to the front, saw with their own eyes that the moment the gunfire rang out, several Tartars who had their heads peeking out of the defense line were knocked to the ground by lead bullets before they could make any reaction.
After that, no Tartar dared to peek his head from behind the line of defense with lead bullets flying above his head.
Such a good fighter, of course, the musketeers of two companies will not let go.
Immediately quickened his pace and approached the Tartar line.
What's more, some musketeers have already pulled out grenades and fire folds, lit grenades at any time, and threw them at the Tartar line, further destroying the Tartars hiding behind the line with a large exploding and more lethal grenade...... (To be continued......)