Chapter 552: The Old Army
"Report to Commander Lin, an army has come out of Foshan!" Lin Fengxiang was inspecting the position, and a secretary rushed to report.
Lin Fengxiang looked in the direction of Foshan, and in the open city gate, a team of soldiers poured out and lined up along the city wall, with a total number of about 5,000 people.
"Huh?" Lin Fengxiang frowned, and relied on five thousand people to attack his eight thousand? He didn't feel right.
"Report to Commander Lin! Look at Guangzhou, there are also troops coming out of Guangzhou! At this moment, another soldier pointed in the direction of Guangzhou.
At first glance, the dress is similar to that of the Qing army, but the hat is very small, the brim is attached to the skull, and the green battalion of the Qing army is mainly dressed in blue, these people's clothes are red and bottomed, a black coat is put on the outside, the waist is tied, and the chest is embroidered with the brave characters with black characters on a red background, and the handwriting is smaller.
A brigade commander couldn't help but ask, "Commander Lin, where did this army come from?" It's not like the defenders of Guangzhou. ”
The secretary took it over and said: "These are all Vietnamese devils, the army of the Ruan Dynasty is wearing this, it seems that Ye Mingchen is really colluding with Vietnamese devils." ”
Lin Fengxiang also waved his hand: "There has been nothing for us to do, I didn't expect the Vietnamese to bring us food, brothers, all cheer up and prepare to fight!" ”
"Yes!" The whole army responded to the promise with a bang.
Although the three gates in the south of Guangzhou were opened, it still took half an hour for the 50,000 Vietnamese troops to leave the city, and then they hurriedly lined up in formation.
Three thousand cavalrymen on each of the left and right wings, holding snow-blooded sabers, looked solemn. They rode ponies endemic to the South, and the rest were all used as the Chinese army. Weapons included earthen guns, spears, and hundreds of light artillery pieces in the array. In front of the formation, there were nearly 100 wooden donkeys as cover.
In the Democratic Alliance Army, a brigade commander felt something in his heart: "Commander Lin, I miss this formation very much, I haven't seen it for a long time." ”
"yes!" Lin Fengxiang said with emotion: "Looking at the Yue army, it reminds me of the previous years in the Taiping Army, when we fought against the Qing army, the Qing army was often lined up in this formation, the central infantry steadily advanced, and the cavalry on both wings chose the opportunity to outflank. Not to mention, it has caused us big trouble, but since joining the Democratic Alliance, everything has changed, the dense charging formation has been eliminated by advanced weapons, and the denser the number, the faster they will die! ”
As he was talking, Lin Fengxiang turned his head and shouted, "Brothers, we haven't eaten such a big meal for a long time. There may not be many opportunities in the future, so eat enough and eat enough today! ”
"Oh oh oh!" The soldiers of the whole army raised their guns and screamed in exhilaration.
And the Vietnamese army on the opposite side. Although he couldn't hear what the other side was shouting, he guessed some reasons from the excited look, and a trace of humiliation rose in his heart.
A subordinate general stepped forward. He said indignantly: "General, I admit that the weapons of the Democratic Alliance Army are more advanced than ours. But we are outnumbered, and there are still thousands of troops in the direction of Foshan who will be copied from the rear at any time. Is he so confident? ”
Li Tingli sneered: "The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, I am afraid that he will not be able to eat alive and die, brothers, our Da Nan athletes are mighty and unyielding, today, let these Qing rebels see our majesty, and cast our immortal prestige on the land of the Qing Dynasty!" Beat the drums, attack! ”
In the last four words, Li Tingli almost pulled his neck and roared, "Dong Dong Dong ~~" Suddenly, the majestic and mighty drums beat heavily, and the Vietnamese army slowly pressed forward, and a heavy pressure suddenly appeared.
If we judge by the standards of the old army, the Vietnamese army is indeed elite, the orders are unified, the order is orderly, and everyone's face is full of fierce and fierce looks.
The Democratic Alliance was still in high spirits just now, but when the Vietnamese army started, they immediately put away their smiles and seriously faced the incoming enemy, which was a sign of respect for the enemy and for themselves.
Suddenly, an incomprehensible shout broke out from the opposite side, and the cavalry on both wings of the Vietnamese army galloped into the distance on the left and right, and the central infantry phalanx also changed from steady walking to trotting, and the speed increased sharply!
Looking at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, Lin Fengxiang's arm was slowly raised, and the eight thousand soldiers, in addition to the artillery, were divided into five rows, which made it possible to ensure sufficient time to load even if the enemy attacked from both sides.
Each soldier was facing the Vietnamese army, with a slight bow on his back, the butt of his rifle against his shoulder socket, the mortar man crouched on the ground, and the small mountain cannon was already loaded with shells.
"Put!" Lin Fengxiang put down his arm suddenly.
'Bang Bang~~" Twenty small mountain cannons instantly spit out tongues of fire, and the shells hit the Vietnamese army's wooden donkey formation, blowing up more than a dozen on the spot, and the corpses and wooden frames were lifted into the sky.
With the sound of artillery, the speed of the Vietnamese army increased again, and everyone ran wildly, they wanted to take advantage of the gap between the artillery firing to get as close as possible to the Democratic Alliance army and set up their own artillery, but the range was not as good as that of the other party, and the cannon body was too heavy.
Although the speed of the artillery firing of the Democratic Alliance Army frightened the Vietnamese army, the Vietnamese people did have the gene of not being afraid of death in their bones, even if the corpses of their comrades were torn to pieces by artillery fire, they were not moved at all.
"Dong Dong ~~" mortar began to fire, his power is far less than that of a small mountain artillery, but it is better than a fast firing speed, dealing with dense infantry charges like a fish in water, and because there is a considerable gap between the barrel and the shell, there is no need to consider the problem of excessive chamber pressure, only need to properly cool down, so more shells can be fired at one time.
I saw that the black dots bounced up and fell to the ground in pieces, the corpses on the ground were blown up and stacked, and nearly 100 wooden donkeys were all scattered, and the artillery carried by the Vietnamese army had no chance to deploy.
Li Tingli finally changed his color, thousands of people died, all the wooden donkeys were destroyed, and the artillery could not be unfurled, but he had not even touched the side of the Democratic Alliance army, especially the Democratic Alliance army did not shoot, and his own army had not yet entered the range of firearms.
No matter how many people die, Le Dinh Li doesn't care, Vietnam is outnumbered and populated, the fertile Red River Delta has raised too many people, and the people are fierce, even women can go to the battlefield, the source of soldiers has never been a problem, he is shocked by the powerful firepower of the Democratic Alliance Army!
He knew that the Nguyen Dynasty's help to Ye Mingchen would inevitably anger Wang Feng, unlike Britain, France and the United States, Vietnam was not qualified to negotiate peace with the Democratic Alliance, and Wang Feng would use troops against Vietnam sooner or later, and at that time, would Vietnam be able to resist?
The ferocious firepower of the NLD forces made him realize that population was no longer the decisive factor in the outcome of a war.
"General, the cavalry is coming, the cavalry is coming!" At this time, an entourage beside him shouted excitedly as if he was in a desperate situation.
The three thousand cavalry on each flank went out in a circle, increased their speed to the maximum, and were rushing straight towards the flank and waist of the NLD army.
These 6,000 cavalry carried the hope of the Vietnamese army and the defenders of Foshan, and Li Tingli even picked up the binoculars and stared at them closely.
The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and the flying earth formed two black smokes, and the last two rows of NLD soldiers turned around, quickly closed and concentrated according to the landing points that the cavalry was about to intersperse, and arranged two small fans with openings facing outward.
"Put!"
"Bang bang bang ~~" The gunfire was loud, and the formation of the Vietnamese cavalry was not a skirmishing line, but a tight charge formation similar to the ancient Chinese fish scale array, although facing the fan-shaped shooting net, there were only less than 100 people who were shot and fell from their horses.
This obviously has no effect on the cavalry force of 6,000 people, and Li Tingli also carefully observed whether the Democratic Alliance Army would turn its guns to bombard the cavalry, but when he found out that it was not, he couldn't help but sneer!
"Sure enough, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated!" Le Dinh Li thought to himself that the Democratic Alliance army was nothing more than that, the more than 40,000 infantry were cannon fodder for him, and the real purpose was to cover the charge of 6,000 cavalry, which was unimaginable in other countries, but Vietnam had this condition, there were many others, and the people were fierce, and they did not hesitate to fill it with their lives in order to achieve victory!
The moment he received Ruan Boyi's notice, Le Dinh Lie made this decision, the weapons of the Democratic Alliance Army were advanced, no less than those of Britain and France and other Western powers, and it might not be useful to fill in tens of thousands of people in conventional combat, so he could only cover the cavalry with infantry.
Although due to the angle of shooting, there are not many soldiers in the Democratic Alliance Army who shoot at the same time, so they can shoot continuously, but the cavalry that was killed is also limited, the front was shot and killed, and the back was immediately replenished, and the charging speed of the two cavalry teams was not affected at all, you know, these 6,000 cavalry are the Praetorian Guards of Emperor Si De, and they are the elite of the elite of the Nguyen Dynasty!
Le Dinh Li's eyes behind the telescope also narrowed, although the cavalry was constantly being shot, but the forward was only about 100 meters away from the Democratic Alliance Army, once it rushed in, it would be a big victory, a victory that could turn the tide of the war, and the guns of the Democratic Alliance Army would become his trophies, with these advanced guns in hand, the Nguyen Dynasty would not have to worry about France going back on its word.
"No!" Suddenly, Li Tingli let out a loud roar, and he clearly saw that the soldiers of the Democratic Alliance Army didn't know what they took out from their waists, and the dense black dots were thrown thirty or forty meters away, and then there were explosions, fires, and horses fell!
The black dots seemed to be endless, and after throwing one, and another, the explosion never stopped, which was much more useful than simply shooting, and the two cavalry teams seemed to rush into the huge mouth of a monster, and there was no turning back, the long cavalry was shortening at a heart-wrenching speed, and the stacked corpses seemed to be the residue of the monster.
Finally, the cavalry rioted, there were too many corpses on the ground, even if the horse control skills were good, no matter how afraid of death, they could not step on the corpses all over the ground, and in the continuous explosions, the horses were also afraid.
As if an appointment, the two columns of cavalry from front to back, invariably broke apart, this scattered, immediately became a live target, the guns on the battlefield were like fried beans, the corpses were scattered to the ground in an instant, and the cavalry behind scattered into the distance.
At this time, the two groups of NLD troops facing the foot soldiers also began to shoot, and in the run, one corpse after another fell, and the shells fell in the formation, bringing more casualties. (To be continued......)
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