Chapter 107: Feints turn into strong attacks
In the original history, Huang Taiji committed the border this time, known as the 100,000 army, in fact, even the logistics auxiliary soldiers are included, the combat power of the Eight Banners is not a lot, there are a large number of Mongolian tribe warriors, surrendered Han army flags and a large number of cannon fodder, after the Jin army occupied Zunhua Town, Fan Wencheng was responsible for guarding, Huang Taiji left him only 800 warriors and some miscellaneous soldiers, it can be seen that the 100,000 army has a lot of water, creating a terrifying momentum.
However, compared with the Ming army, which is more scummy in combat power, the Ming army that has been basically crushed by the Mongolian cavalry in terms of combat power, coupled with the problem that the Ming Dynasty itself is not clear, the Ming army is about to collapse at the touch of a button, either running away or surrendering, and a large area has been surrendered.
However, in this time and space, due to the effect of Zhu Jian's butterfly wings, except for the surrender of Zhang Wanchun, the general of Hongshankou, Daankou and Longjingguan did not fall due to the desperate resistance of Zhou Zhen, the general, and Zhou Yuji, the captain, and the situation is not collapsed.
Also because Da'ankou and Longjing Pass failed to capture, on the contrary, the loss of soldiers, Huang Taiji had to change the strategic assumption, it is estimated that it is difficult to take the important town of Zunhua this time, and then attack Shanhaiguan from behind.
He left two partial divisions to feint to attack Daankou and Longjing Pass, and personally led the main force to Hongshankou to sack.
At the head of Da'ankou City, Li Xin held a monocular to observe the enemy's situation, and the Jin army dragged on for a long time before relaunching the attack, but the attacking force was very weak, and the Francophone cannon bombarded it in a round, and then retreated after dropping dozens of corpses, which made him feel a little wrong.
After more than half an hour, the Jin army launched an attack with a shout, and when it entered the range of the Franco's machine gun, Li Xin, in order to verify the doubts in his heart, did not give the order to open fire, but let the Jin soldiers rush over.
The roar of the attacking Jin soldiers was very loud, but the number was scattered, and the speed of the attack was slower than before, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion immediately retreated after a round of gun greetings, this time with fewer casualties, only about 20 corpses were left, and they were all scum soldiers of cannon fodder.
Feint!
Li Xin came to a conclusion in an instant, his sword eyebrows furrowed, what happened?
"Assemble the three, four, and five battalions and follow me out of the city." He looked up at the sky, it was almost evening, and in an hour at most, it would be dark, and in order to verify his guess again, he decided to lead three battalions out of the city to fight a field battle with the Jin army.
The Shenji battalion is a combat establishment of 3,000 people, and the logistics auxiliary soldiers are counted separately, divided into five battalions, each battalion has 500 people, and he decided to lead 1,500 people out of the city to test it, of course, he dared to fight a field battle with the Jin army, not because he was in a hurry to make meritorious service or be arrogant, but in the battle to defend the city just now, the soldiers were barely considered to have accepted the test of blood and fire, and there was no panic mentality when they first went to the battlefield.
Moreover, the Jin Army's combat power is true, but it is described as a bit exaggerated, still a bag, two eyes, a nose and a mouth, eat the gun boy still hangs up, grenades and shells are still bombarded, what is there to be afraid of? We are newborn calves and are not afraid of tigers.
Although the calf is newborn, but armed to the teeth, the guns and ammunition are sufficient to squander and waste, the circular hollow defensive array that has been practiced for a long time is like a hedgehog, no matter which side of the attack will be met head-on, the tactics of the three, four, and five sections of the queue to shoot are enough to restrain the cavalry impact of the Jin army, make up for the lack of their mobility, if they can't hold on, they can retreat while fighting, and slowly withdraw, as long as they retreat into the range of the Franco's cannon, they can get strong fire support, except for the second battalion defending at the head of the city, The first battalion was ready to attack reinforcements, and he had no reason not to fight, otherwise, he would lose sleep tonight.
With the issuance of the military order, the officers and men of the Shenji Battalion of the 345th Battalion quickly assembled at the north city gate, and all of them brought enough ammunition.
Zhou Zhen and the others stood on the head of the city and watched silently, their eyes and expressions all showed envy, jealousy and hatred, worthy of being the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, this weapon was so extravagant that it made people drool, but the battle suit was a bit weird, no one wore armor, even the commander and general were cloth, but it looked simple and mighty.
The lineup is already so luxurious that people are jealous and jealous, and the assembly speed is very fast, 1,500 people stand in the aisle of the city gate, no one speaks, this kind of military discipline and military appearance, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, which army can compare with it?
On the surface, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are not wearing armor, but in fact, the tactical vests they wear are equipped with an iron plate to protect their chests, which can resist the attack of swords and arrows, and all musketeers are long-range attacks, and there are very few opportunities for melee combat, unless there are special circumstances or ammunition is running out, there is the possibility of melee combat.
During the assembly, the Jin army roared and launched an attack, but the number was still scattered, and the Ming army at the head of the city did not open artillery, allowing the Jin soldiers to rush over and cross the death blockade line constructed by flowering shells.
Although the feint attack, but the bullets and shells do not have long eyes, and they are not bombarded by the lethal and terrifying flowering shells, and the attacking cannon fodder is quietly relieved, and they can retreat if they rush forward for a while, and it depends on who is unlucky to be shot.
Uh, what's the situation?
The attacking cannon fodder instinctively stopped their running, opened their mouths, and stared at the city gates, and groups of soldiers poured out of the city, past the corpses in various forms, and assembled in the clearing.
"Ha, the Ming army is out of the city, warriors, the opportunity for meritorious service has come, rush with me!"
The officer who led the team was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and then he was ecstatic, smiling and waving his knife and rushing forward, the two countries fought an N year war in Liaodong, and the Ming army basically did not dare to go out of the city to fight a field battle, and the whole turtle cowered in the city, relying on the high walls of the city to fight a defensive battle, and the Jin army lacked heavy weapons to attack the fortifications, and the two sides barely fought a draw.
The Jin soldiers who feinted to attack were as excited as chicken blood, brandishing swords and guns, and roaring and rushing towards the assembled Ming army, and the feint turned into a strong attack.
In the distance, the commander of the Jin army also saw this scene, and was stunned for a while at first, but after reacting, he was also surprised, and ordered the whole army to prepare for a surprise attack, defeat the Ming army out of the city, break the city, and get the great battle in the sky, hehe.
Near the moat, the Ming army was still assembling and forming three phalanxes to form a zigzag formation, followed by a dozen medical guards and dozens of carts carrying ammunition.
In the formation, Li Xin stood on the carriage, calmly looked at the small group of Jin soldiers who rushed over, and let out a low sigh, only two hundred or so people dared to attack his defensive phalanx, this morale and fighting spirit was enough to win his praise, if all the troops of the Ming Dynasty had such courage and fighting spirit, why was it beaten by the Jin army all over the ground to find teeth, and they didn't even have the courage to go out of the city to fight?
The golden soldiers wielding swords and guns rushed closer and closer, and the officer of the first phalanx of the Shenji Battalion raised the sword in his hand and shouted: "The first row squats, the second row prepares, don't panic, just train according to your usual time, and listen to my orders before shooting." ”