Chapter 909: Boiled Frog in Warm Water
Xiang Hu's words undoubtedly moved Wang Feng's heart, and Wang Feng also wanted to see the specific combat effectiveness of the independent regiment.
So, after only a short period of contemplation, Wang Feng gave Xiang Hu an affirmative answer.
On a hill beam less than ten miles from the wharf, the musketeers of an independent regiment and a battalion had already built a breastwork against the mountain beam.
There is no doubt that more than 5,000 new troops of the imperial court were directly blocked in front of this mountain beam.
"Frontal combat, these so-called guerrilla bandits also think too highly of themselves......" Seeing the figure of the Shanliang guerrillas, a smile full of mockery quickly appeared on the face of the general soldier of the New Army.
The artillery team member Qian Qian, who was standing beside the chief soldier, while having a mocking face, hurriedly asked the chief soldier to fight.
"General, these bandits will be handed over to my artillery team...... The last general promised that he would use artillery to bomb them all to death on the mountain beams......"
Surprisingly, the general soldier refused the request of the artillery team with a smile on his face.
Then, looking at a few thousand presidents around him, he asked thoughtfully: "Hit the ...... All you know is how to fight...... You have not thought about why the guerrillas would be completely exposed to the mountain to stop us when they have no artillery and far weaker equipment than us, and their forces are so large that they can be put on the mountain beam to send us to death......
There is no doubt that these thousands of people have never thought about this problem.
At this time, the general soldier had to explain: "The answer is very simple, that is, these guerrillas plan to flee again......
"In order to buy time for them to flee for their lives, they had to take out a part of their forces to send them to their deaths and block our attack......"
"And if we use the artillery team. It's too much time to come and go. Wait until we really occupy the mountain beam in front of us. When continuing the march towards the docks. The guerrillas have once again fled from under our noses with the seizures at the docks......"
"So, this time, Ben will attack directly with musketeers instead of artillery teams......"
After finishing speaking, the chief soldier directly shifted his gaze to the next general manager under his command, and ordered with a serious face: "President Wang Qian, I will give you half an hour to take down the mountain beam in front of you." There is no confidence ......"
As an orthodox officer and army general, Wang Qian always looked down on the guerrillas from the bottom of his heart.
Therefore, in the face of the general soldier's gaze at him, Mr. Qian replied with great certainty without thinking about it: "Please rest assured general, the last general will not be half an hour...... The last general guaranteed that with one charge, he would take down the mountain beam in front of him. ”
Soon, a thousand new musketeers appeared at the foot of the mountain beam.
Under the gaze of hundreds of soldiers of the Zaishanliang Independent Regiment, it didn't take long for a thousand new army musketeers of the imperial court. A huge array of muskets was formed. Subsequently, this musket array resembled a huge chariot. The mighty swept towards the mountain beam.
Two hundred steps, one hundred and eighty steps......
The dense new army of the imperial court, just approaching a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, crackling gunshots sounded very unexpectedly on the mountain beam.
In the face of the sudden gunshots, the face of President Qian, the leader of the new army, subconsciously showed a mocking expression.
In his opinion, the muskets equipped by the guerrillas were all captured by the new army of the imperial court, and the muskets equipped by the new army of the imperial court could only kill and injure at a distance of 100 paces.
However, he was now a full hundred and fifty steps away from his opponent......
Shooting at such a long distance, in the opinion of Mr. Qian, there are only two reasons.
One is that the guerrillas who are blocking in front of him are afraid, and even if they know that they can't hit the other side by shooting, they have to shoot in order to strengthen their courage.
As for the other reason, it was that the partisans were too poor in combat effectiveness and did not understand the muskets in their hands at all.
However, this kind of mocking smile disappeared completely after only maintaining the blink of an eye on Mr. Qian's face.
Because, after the gunshots rang out, he heard the screams of his subordinates after being shot in the musket array......
Looking in the direction from which the voice came, more than a dozen subordinates had been shot and fell to the ground, and their anger was unknown.
Just when Mr. Qian's face was quickly shrouded in shock and incredulity, the reminder of the general soldier before the attack immediately came to Mr. Qian's mind......
Judging from the experience of the officers and soldiers in many battles with the guerrillas, the overall equipment of the guerrillas was not very good...... However, among the thousands of guerrillas, several hundred were armed with Haw Par Army muskets with a range of 150 paces. ”
"So, in the attack, you have to be cautious and cautious...... In order to flee for their lives, the guerrillas will most likely stand in the way of the musketeers with the strongest fighting power......"
Thinking of these words, Mr. Qian's face full of shock was immediately enveloped by a sudden realization.
Then, a hint of surprise followed on his face.
"It must be, the musketeers in front of you must be the musketeers with the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness of the guerrillas......"
"If you can eliminate these musketeers, the blow to the guerrillas will be fatal...... When the time comes, the first contribution to the elimination of the guerrillas will be their own ......"
As a result, a decision appeared directly in Mr. Qian's heart.
In order to eliminate the guerrillas, in order to win the first merit, and in order to be promoted to the rank of knight, he must eliminate the guerrillas in front of him......
As soon as he made a decision in his heart, Mr. Qian shouted loudly: "Soldiers, don't be afraid, continue to rush forward, there are many of us...... Even if we use human lives, we can destroy the guerrillas who stand in our way......"
"Ben is here to promise everyone that if you destroy a guerrilla army, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver...... Eliminate five guerrillas and raise the rank to the next level...... If you die in battle, you will personally deliver the money to your family......"
"For the sake of silver, for the promotion of officials and knights, they will be ...... for me"
The temptation of silver is great at any given time.
After Mr. Qian's words were finished, he could clearly feel that the panic that had just emerged on the faces of thousands of imperial court newcomers had been unconsciously replaced by the heat.
At this moment, there is no need for General Qian's order, and the pace of their attack on Shanliang has already accelerated a lot invisibly......
What Mr. Qian didn't expect was that the guerrillas blocking in front of him wanted to see his desperate attack......
Only if he desperately attacked the mountain beams, and the guerrillas defending the mountain beams could use the muskets with a longer range to kill them little by little.
In the words of the regiment commander Xiang Hu, the tactical tactics of eliminating more than 5,000 new troops of the imperial court this time can be summed up in four words, boiling frogs in warm water......
Taking advantage of the contempt of the new army of the imperial court for himself, he used the strength of a battalion to consume the strength of the officers and soldiers little by little......
When they realized that something was wrong, they gathered all the forces of the Independent Regiment and dealt a devastating blow to the new army of the imperial court, and wiped them out around the docks. (To be continued......)