Chapter 945: Cannon Fodder Defection
This time, the troops of the Daeping Army to Korea carried a total of more than 20 field artillery pieces, and now these guns are all placed in front of the position.
However, in the face of the charge of North Korean cannon fodder, half of the artillery needed to be loaded with shotguns, and only a dozen of them were really loaded with solid shells. And the gunners pressed the muzzle of the gun, waiting for the order of the commanding artillery commander.
"One hundred and fifty steps. Calm down, don't fire! Check the fire again, don't let the wind blow out. ”
"A hundred steps!"
"Eighty steps!"
"Sixty steps!"
"Fifty steps forward. Fire! ”
"Boom, boom!" , a row of loud noises, more than a dozen shells fired out of the air. At such a close distance, there was no need to aim at all, and the artillery seemed to be like a bayonet, and immediately waded out of more than a dozen bloody paths in the crowded crowd of North Korean cannon fodder.
As soon as the artillery was fired, the musketeers in front of the formation did not pause and began to fire in turn. When a row of gunfire rang out, a row of North Korean cannon fodder was knocked down, and after a few rows of shots, those cannon fodder hesitated, not daring to charge with such dense firepower. However, those people did not dare to retreat, and there were Qing troops behind them supervising the battle.
Seeing that the rounds of fire were able to stop the charge of the North Korean cannon fodder, and the North Korean cannon fodder also stopped, and the guns loaded with shotguns were also fired one after another. Although the North Korean cannon fodder was out of range of the shotguns, the Marine Corps had to empty the chambers, reload the solid shells, and prepare for the battle below.
But this shelling seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back. The charging North Korean cannon fodder was so frightened that it took a few steps back. Then one person, two people, and three people ......, and everyone turned around and ran back towards the Qing army's main formation.
Looking at the North Korean cannon fodder in front of him, he turned around and ran back. Botun immediately yelled angrily: "Don't be soft! Kill them all. ”
Although the firepower of the Daepyeong Army was very fierce, after all, there was no machine gun barbed wire, so more than 20,000 North Korean cannon fodder charged. It's absolutely impossible to block them all. And Botun wants to let these North Korean cannon fodder rush into battle again and disrupt the formation of the Daping Army. As for those casualties of North Korean cannon fodder? Who cares about that kind of boring thing?
So a group of cavalry drove their horses forward like a fierce spirit, and slashed at the North Korean cannon fodder who fled back. Under their slaughter, the North Korean cannon fodder also stopped, and there was a feeling that I didn't know how to do it!
"Boom!" The trumpet of the Marine Corps charge was fired. The musketeers in the front row spread out to both sides, avoiding the front of the phalanx. The soldiers of the phalanx also raised their spears and marched steadily to the beat of drums.
The scattered musketeers all fired freely at the North Korean cannon fodder. Such a shooting effect is not very good, though. But the fallen North Korean cannon fodder made the people around him even more panicked, and they all crowded forward and shoved forward. When they were thirty paces away from the North Korean cannon fodder, the officers commanding in the upper right corner of the phalanx all waved their command knives forward. And the first few rows of soldiers in the phalanx also flattened their spears, and the shiny tips of the guns made the North Korean cannon fodder even more panicked.
Facing the condescending Qing soldiers who slashed left and right, there was finally North Korean cannon fodder who couldn't help it. They used their farming tools and sticks to strike at the Qing soldiers. Immediately beat the first Qing soldier under the horse, and then the Qing soldier was drowned in the crowd of North Korean cannon fodder.
With the first one, it will make the North Korean cannon fodder a morale boost. They suddenly discovered: Compared with the Han army like a grim reaper behind them, the Qing army doesn't seem to be so difficult to deal with!
So a desperate North Korean cannon fodder rushed towards the Qing soldiers, and the Qing soldiers were also knocked over one by one. In the blink of an eye, most of the Qing soldiers who supervised the battle had been lost, and when Botun saw that the situation was not good, he immediately fled back to his base with the remnants of the Qing army.
But at this time. The situation was out of control, and the drumbeat behind me was getting faster and faster. The North Korean cannon fodder, who had gone crazy, all held the weapons in their hands and rushed to the Qing army's home formation without fear of death.
Duoduo's practice of expelling the people first is obviously out of the question. And those North Korean cannon fodder turned out to be the dead soldiers of the Qing army, but now they have become the ghosts of the Qing army. What made the Qing soldiers of this formation even more sad was that they had already moved the cavalry to the front, and there were no long-range musketeers and archers in front of the formation. So as soon as they saw the defection of North Korean cannon fodder, they couldn't do anything at all, they could only watch them rush towards themselves step by step.
"Push them back!"
"Get out of the way!"
The Qing cavalry generals commanding in front issued diametrically opposed orders, which immediately caused some Qing cavalry to drive forward and some Qing cavalry to avoid on both sides. But as a result, the complete formation of the cavalry has become fragmented. In addition, the speed at which North Korea's cannon fodder defected was too fast. By the time those Qing generals reacted, the North Korean cannon fodder had already rushed very close, so the war horses simply did not have enough distance to increase the speed of the sprint.
This time, Duoduo's troops, the 10,000 Han army banners were mainly foot soldiers, and the number of cavalry was not large. Among the more than 6,000 Eight Banner soldiers, there are also quite a lot of coatings. Therefore, there were only about 4,000 people who could really be used as cavalry.
So when the nearly 20,000 Korean cannon fodder rushed over like a tide, many Qing cavalry were immediately drowned. Moreover, the momentum of the charge was not contained at all, and a large group of Korean cannon fodder then pounced on the Qing army's main position.
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"Master! Let's retreat first! Avoid this group of people and wear off their sharpness. The Qing generals around Duoduo persuaded one after another. Facing nearly 20,000 madmen rushing over, the hearts of all the Qing army generals were somewhat frightened.
"Dangchang!" With a sound, Duoduo, whose eyes were red, pulled out his waist knife: "Master won't leave!" I'm not going anywhere. Come forward and kill the master! ”
Then Duoduo pointed at Botun, who had just run in front of him, with the tip of his knife, and shouted, "You minion, is this how you fight? Ye turned around and went back to block those North Korean pigs and dogs. Otherwise, the master will pick your skin with his own hands! ”
Nabodun didn't dare to stay at all, so he turned around and led his own soldiers to the front of the battle.
When the generals of the Qing army joined the front line of the fight with their own soldiers and elite armor soldiers, the Qing army's main formation, which had been somewhat shaken, gradually stabilized.
Those Qing soldiers all gave up fighting immediately, wearing heavy armor and holding weapons, and slashed at the oncoming North Korean cannon fodder. Since the farm tools and wooden sticks in the hands of the North Korean cannon fodder could not hurt the heavily armored Qing soldiers, the battle gradually turned into a one-sided massacre.
Seeing that the armored soldiers in front of them were killing happily, the soldiers of the Qing army's own formation also stabilized their emotions and stepped forward to help cut and kill. And the crazy rush of North Korean cannon fodder was immediately blocked. (To be continued......)
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