Chapter 14: The Fall of Grievance
The whole of Hebei is now full of the smoke of war.
Whether it is Lu Xiangsheng or Hong Chengchou, they may be real ministers of the world or famous generals in history, but there must be a premise, that is, whether it is a political model or a military model, they must abide by the reciprocal situation of this era.
It's not that they can't accept the new political and military concepts, but the republic is too aggressive, and it has advanced the war model by nearly five hundred years in one go, and even a genius military strategist has to have a headache, especially when the difference in weapons between the two sides is more than three hundred years.
Some people may say that the right time and place are right, and if you use cold weapons well, you can defeat hot weapons. But from ancient times to the present, how many battles have there been when less wins more?
The situation in the entire Hebei Province was directly eroded, and Lu Xiangsheng and others tried their best to only hope to slow down the speed of the other party's invasion, and wait for rescue from Beizhili and Shandong, or even from Duoyanwei or Liaodong.
But I didn't want to just receive the news that the army of the Republic not only landed in Tianjin and began to threaten Beizhili, but also directly sent troops to set off in Mongolia to attack the eastern part of Mongolia, so Duoyanwei is located. Not only did Duoyanwei and Liaodong County, who were attached to the Ming Dynasty, take care of themselves, but the battle situation in Beizhili even made the defenders of Shandong have no time to look west.
Perhaps, it can be pinned on Nanzhili's army, but judging from the current battle situation, even if it comes...... I'm afraid it's too late.
Especially when he heard that Chongzhen actually appeared on the front line of the Beizhili battlefield, Lu Xiangsheng's first thought was to go to Beizhili immediately! And his idea was unanimously approved by all the officers and political commissars, and everyone felt that Chongzhen was really too messy.
Seeing that Hebei is isolated and helpless, the other side is obviously prepared, and there is no point in continuing to fight, at most it is only delaying the pace of the other party's advance, but at the same time, the Ming defense force in Hebei will also be exhausted little by little. Since this deal can't be made, there's nothing to say, even if you fight to the last person, what's the point? War, what is war, that is, even if you lose a hundred games, but sometimes as long as you win one, you are the ultimate winner.
Don't you see, under the two nuclear bombs of a certain rice country, the Chinese battlefield, which was still facing each other, was immediately reversed?
"You can't be so cheap!" Zhu Yujian, who had been promoted to brigade commander, was determined to stay.
"Brigade Commander Zhu can't be rash, it's hard for us to win by fighting head-on. The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and it has reached the point where it is difficult to succeed even if it is used. "The other party was also a dignified His Royal Highness the Tang King before he came out, and Lu Xiangsheng still has to give some face.
"Definitely, fight hard or something, I'm not that stupid. Lu Shuai, give me 500 men and a lot of mines, even if we can't defeat each other, it's disgusting and disgusting to the other party, it's always okay to slow down the other party's march, right? Zhu Yujian seemed to have an idea, but at this moment, he told Lu Xiangsheng the truth.
"That's a good idea, but be careful not to get touched by you!" When Lu Xiangsheng heard about it, he also approved of this idea.
"This is our main battlefield, and the people here recognize us much more than the Republic, even if we can't defeat it, and we lose our weapons and the civilian clothes on the ship are mixed in the city, I still don't believe that the other party can find us?" Zhu Yujian also had a plan.
"That's it, and be careful!" Lu Xiangsheng didn't say anything anymore.
"Lu Shuai, I didn't see that I ruled the world with the Ming Dynasty, and I didn't die so soon! However, Beizhili is in danger, and I hope that Lu Shuai will do his best to rescue His Majesty. Zhu Yujian asked very sincerely.
"This is the duty of this commander, so naturally he will not be sloppy." Lu Xiangsheng also responded very seriously.
The large army began to pull out the camp and quickly rushed towards the location of Beizhili, no matter what, it was necessary to ensure Chongzhen's safety.
And at the same time, on the battlefield of North Zhili.
Chongzhen desperately resisted an enemy attack and regained ownership of the three heights. After rearranging the troops, looking at the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers, I still felt a little ashamed.
Because of his own selfishness, nearly 30,000 Praetorian Guards lost their lives. The remaining 10,000 people are not very popular, but seeing that he, a king, is dressed in military uniform and insists on commanding on the front line, they all stick here with the intention of dying.
Not only them, but when they learned that Chongzhen had returned to Beizhili, many noble families came to the front line with a lot of materials, and the people who had always recognized the rule of the Ming Dynasty also spontaneously came to the front line and asked to join the army. Chongzhen couldn't resist them, and out of 300,000 people, he selected 30,000 people with other brothers to join the army, and seized the time to train while the enemy had not yet arrived.
"I don't know what happened to Li Luo...... Let's just hope their actions work, right? Looking at the south, Chongzhen muttered alone.
At this moment, by his side, Li Luo, the most trusted courtier, was not there, just because when they were separated, he gave him a task.
This task is very simple, that is, to kill Li Zicheng and ensure that even if Chongzhen dies, his son Zhu Cihong can inherit the throne. It is not rare that he is in the north to protect the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but Li Zicheng in the south took the opportunity to seize power and killed his children.
"Your Majesty, the newly recruited soldiers are simply unusable, and if this continues, it will drag down the combat effectiveness of our entire army!" After briefly sheltering these soldiers, Xu Mao, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, came to complain.
"I know that, too, but it's hard to resist the kindness of the people, and we do need manpower. They don't need to be really involved in the fight, they just need to build us some fortifications. Even reinforcing this highland fort for us is a great achievement. "Chongzhen naturally has a plan.
On the other hand, the Marines have finished recuperation, and the second batch of Wehrmacht, which has been transferred from Qiongzhou, has also been put in place. Unlike the Marine Corps, they are equipped with heavy artillery, which is a heavy howitzer that can really shoot seven or eight miles. At the same time, in the country, at least more than 10,000 soldiers have also been transported to the Beizhili region by sea, considering the current situation of the Republic, the current strategic goal is only aimed at Beizhili and Hebei.
"How's the parameters going?" Liu Ruojian looked at the high ground in the distance through a telescope and could see that urgent fortifications were being built there.
"It's almost adjusted, but it needs a test shot!" The commander of the artillery regiment stepped forward and replied.
"Then let's try to shoot these three heights. These three heights pose a certain threat to our army, especially when the other side is desperately fighting and holding our army back. Liu Ruoqi said very strictly.
"Yes!" Naturally, the commander of the artillery regiment did not dare to slack off.
At the beginning of the first test firing, although there was no actual combat for a long time, they also did a lot of training, and for the first time, at least ninety percent of the artillery hit the three high grounds, as if they had directly plowed the artillery positions on the high ground once.
"Lie down, protect the emperor!" Xu Mao, who was on the battlefield, pressed the emperor under him for the first time.
With the end of a burst of shelling, the whole position became a mess, but most of the artillery and shells were retained. Many people only noticed at this time, and through the binoculars, they found that there was actually an enemy artillery unit seven miles away.
"The enemy is seven miles away, Your Majesty, it is estimated that it will be difficult for our artillery to reach each other." After Xu Mao got the report, he reported to Chongzhen under him while helping him down.
"The other party's artillery is really getting newer and newer...... The range of the heavy artillery that we have worked so hard to develop is still poor...... Damn it! "Chongzhen is a little hot.
But what is angry is not the strength of the opponent's firepower, but why the own side has not been able to keep up.
"Your Majesty, lie down!" Xu Mao suddenly threw him to the ground again.
"Boom, boom, boom......" A burst of artillery fire came, and Chongzhen only felt that there was a roar everywhere around, and a heat wave was coming.
It wasn't until he calmed down that he found that Xu Mao above him had no movement.
Chongzhen knew what the situation was and got up silently, while Xu Mao remained in a state of falling down, already dead. Before the artillery fire exploded, at least three soldiers fell on Xu Mao, but after the explosion, even Xu Mao was shocked to death by the impact of the artillery fire. And if it weren't for the four loyal soldiers who gave up their lives to protect each other, I was afraid that Chongzhen would be dead at this moment.
"Flag the other two highlands. Immediately refill the gunpowder and shoot back!! Chongzhen looked at the scattered position, and immediately retreated backwards while giving an order.
The soldiers also knew that it was true that more gunpowder could hit farther, but at the same time, there was also a danger of exploding. But seeing that now there were only one or two artillery pieces left, and the enemy did not know when the next round of shelling would continue, the soldiers did not care so much.
Twice as much gunpowder was added, and for the first time the three heights counterattacked.
It's a pity that they have little experience in shelling, so most of the shells fired fell around the army of the Republic, but the real damage was very small.
But it's really hard to say about luck, there was a shell, but it fell directly on the artillery position, and directly blew up three guns. In fact, it was more of a detonation of the shell that had just been loaded, triggering a martyrdom.
"Keep reloading, kill them for me!" Chongzhen saw a qiē with the help of a telescope and gave an order excitedly.
Seriously, one shot is risking one's life, and who dares to launch the second? But they had no choice but to continue to refill the gunpowder and continue to fire.
But this time, it was indeed not so lucky, three of the remaining five guns in the three positions were directly bombed, and only two were fired out of the way. Even with the first round of test firing, this time it didn't actually cause much damage, but the artillery in the artillery position was almost destroyed.
"Retreat, retreat to the area of Beijing City, and prepare for street fighting!" At this moment, Chongzhen already knew that nothing could be done, and gave the order to retreat.
The army began to retreat rapidly, and the army of the Republic was the first to catch up.
"Be careful, the enemy is still far away from us, everyone move slowly!" Chongzhen personally acted as the palace army, directing the soldiers to retreat in an orderly manner in the back.
But he didn't want to, a soldier secretly took out the handcuff in his arms and aimed it at him.
Chongzhen arranged for Li Luo to assassinate Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng didn't have a backhand? From the very beginning, Li Zicheng's ambition was not something that Chongzhen could control.
"Phew!" With a thud, the bullet left the firebolt.
Chongzhen only felt a pain in his back, and then the whole person was unconscious......
Fall, no one can avoid it, if he can, Chongzhen may hope to die a heroic death...... Who would have thought that when it came to the end, it would be so aggrieved.