Chapter 118: Zhongfu
Yue Tuo suddenly understood, the whole canyon was too quiet, so quiet that his heart was furious, along the way, he could hear the sound of birds from time to time, and sometimes he also startled groups of birds, but the Eagle's Beak Gorge was so quiet that there was not even a sound of birds, there was only one possibility, there were ambushes in the canyon.
Unfortunately, he understood a little late, and two crisp gunshots suddenly rang out, breaking the silence of the canyon.
Du Du and Zhang Wanchun both fell, and the two were targeted by two groups of snipers, and they were shot twice in the chest, only because the snipers ignited the fuse at about the same time, so only two rapid gunshots were heard.
The sound of the gun was the order to fire, and the wolf soldiers who were ambushed on both sides of the steep slope followed and shot, and the sound of ping-pong gunfire rang out, accompanied by the sound of grenade explosions from time to time, and the unprepared Jin soldiers fell down in an instant.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack, retreat, retreat." Yueto shouted loudly, but his voice was drowned out by the sound of intense gunfire and the violent explosion of grenades.
In fact, without him shouting, the Jin soldiers who suffered a sudden blow were in a mess, one by one, hugging their heads and running for their lives, but some people were frightened, did not distinguish the direction clearly, and instinctively ran forward, but the result was either shot or blown away by grenades.
The steep slope is slightly narrow, unable to line up for three intensive shots, the soldier has to reload the ammunition after firing the first shot, and there is inevitably an interval of dozens of seconds in between, but fortunately, Huang Xiaobo's brain is more flexible, and the soldier is ordered to throw grenades to make up for the lack of firepower.
Yue Tuo's partial divisions are all carefully selected elites, even if they suffer a sudden blow and fall into chaos for a while, there are still many warriors who shoot back with bows and arrows, or shoot at each other with muskets, but the wolf soldiers are condescending, occupy favorable terrain, and the canyon is narrow, the bombardier does not need to look at the target before throwing grenades, igniting the lead and throwing it directly, each explosion can blow up a few.
Although the warriors of the Golden Army are brave, they are flesh and blood after all, and they cannot resist the steel barrage of bullets and grenades, and anyone who dares to stay in the canyon for a moment will either turn into a corpse or lie on the ground struggling and wailing, and the final result will still be a cold corpse.
"Bring Dubel out!"
The extremely angry Yue Tuo grabbed a few warriors and ordered them to go into the valley to find Du Du, the army could collapse, but Du Du had to be recovered, even if it was just a cold corpse, he had to bring it back, so that he could confess to Huang Taiji.
The warriors of the Jin Army who rushed into the canyon again were soon bombarded into a honeycomb by the dense rain of bullets, and Yue Tuo continued to send people to rush in, until the eighth group of people was dispatched, and only at the cost of more than 100 people did he know the news of Du Du, and he lay down with Zhang Wanchun, and died so much that he could no longer die.
"Retreat!"
Yue Tuo glanced at the canyon, stomped his feet hatefully, gave the order for the whole army to retreat, and led the remnants of the army to retreat.
Bang –
A thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the sky, and it didn't take long for the wind to rise suddenly, and the dry leaves on the ground were swept up, and for a time the dust and smoke were rolling, covering the sky and the sun, and the sky was dark and cloudy.
"Haha, it's God helping me get it done."
Yue Tuo, who was already retreating in embarrassment, looked up at the sky, and couldn't help but let out a haha laugh, looking at God's posture, there was bound to be a rainstorm, the gunpowder of the Ming army was damp, the musket grenades basically failed, and the hand-to-hand white-knuckle battle, who were the Dajin warriors afraid of?
"Stop retreating."
Yue Tuo didn't care about counting the casualties, so he ordered the soldiers to stop retreating, assemble on the spot, and at the same time cut down trees to make long ladders, preparing to fight back to the Eagle's Beak Gorge.
"I'm fork, it's miserable......" Huang Xiaohu, the commander of the sixth battalion, looked at the black and oppressive sky and stomped his feet and screamed, God, are you playing with me?
"Hurry up and dig holes and cut down trees to protect grenades and paper shells." Fortunately, he reacted quickly and hurriedly issued a series of orders, ordering the soldiers to dig holes and stuff boxes of grenades and paper bullet casings into them for protection.
Originally, when the army went out, they were equipped with rain-proof oil paper to protect the ammunition from moisture, but his sixth battalion acted in a hurry, and the oil paper was thrown in the baggage battalion, and it was not brought over, so it could only take local materials, dig holes and cut down trees to protect the ammunition.
However, the steep slopes are mostly stones, and there is no way to dig at all, and besides, in addition to carrying more than two dozen short axes, they also do not carry hoes, and the sapper shovel created and invented by the Son of Heaven is still being tested, and it is said that hundreds of them have been tested, either the material is too hard and easy to break or too soft, and it does not meet the minimum standards, so it has not yet been produced and equipped with the three new armies.
Fortunately, there are several small natural caves and small hollows in the cliff, so so-so can hide a dozen boxes of grenades, and there is really nothing else that can be done.
Of course, everyone is still working desperately to pile up the ammunition boxes that come up with slings, put wooden racks on top of them, take off their military uniforms and pile them on wooden racks, and then cut down a large number of branches and pile them on the top to keep as much rain as they can stop. While busy protecting the ammunition, at the same time, he collected stones and used the felled trees as rolling logs, so that the Jin army could be killed again, and the two sides were ready to start a white-knuckle battle.
Yuan Chonghu had already led two groups of scouts to rope down, a few rushed back to the camp for help, and the others followed him forward to investigate, and it just so happened that Yue Tuo also sent a team of scouts to reconnoitre, and the two sides met unexpectedly.
Yuan Chonghu reacted the fastest, and shot down the Jin Army scouts who were still stunned with an arrow, he didn't like muskets, and muskets were not very suitable for scouts, unless it was an ambush or long-range warfare, of course, the guns were still so-so, but unfortunately the output was too low, except for the snipers who gave priority to the hunter battalion and the Phoenix Legion, the other troops didn't have to think about it for the time being.
Fortunately, the scout who followed reacted quite quickly, immediately pulled out the grenade inserted in his waist, lit it with the fire rope that he had always carried with him and never extinguished, and threw it after counting a few in his heart.
Those Jin army scouts originally roared and waved their knives and rushed in, but when they saw the few grenades that had been smashed, they immediately turned around and fled in fright.
There were several explosions, and one of the slower scouts was hit by the burst of shrapnel and fell to the ground, while the others ran as fast as they could, and disappeared in an instant.
Yuan Chonghu sent people on guard, and he personally interrogated the captive, he fooled the captive and promised to save him, and when the captive confessed useful information, the sharp short blade in his hand cut through the prisoner's throat mercilessly.
Knowing that the Jin army was assembled not far from the front, cutting down trees and building ladders, and launching a counterattack just waiting for the pouring rain to fall, Yuan Chonghu hurriedly led his people to withdraw and bowed to the battalion officer Huang Xiaobo.
"The scout battalion guards the snipers retreating, and the safety of the snipers must be ensured." Huang Xiaobo looked up at the increasingly dark sky, and gave an order, a small number of people can still slip away, it is impossible to open the whole camp, they can only stay and wait for help, I only hope that God will let this rain fall slower and shorter.
Yuan Chonghu already knew the importance of snipers in the army, and without the slightest hesitation, he commanded his brothers to forcibly take away the four snipers who did not want to escape alone.
About six or seven minutes later, a few lightning flashes flashed in the dark sky, and a rumbling scorching thunder rang out, followed by a downpour.