Chapter 322: Siege from all sides
Coogy cried out to Budugan for him to order the forward troops to stop the suicidal charge, for five thousand of the cavalry now charged were warriors of his tribe. In just a short period of time, half of these sons of his clan had been lost, how could this not make him sad?
But Bu Dugen was unmoved, not only did he not agree to retreat, but said: "The Han army is only a little more than a day's journey away from the royal court, and now the military situation is imminent, how can you withdraw at this time." Do you want to watch the Han army occupy the royal court that the great Lord Tanshihuai had worked so hard to build and remain indifferent?
This is an insult to our Lord Tanshihuai, and it is also a shame to our Xianbei clan. As the son of the grassland, the grandson of Lord Tanshihuai, I will never allow this kind of thing to happen. We must not allow the Han army to approach the royal court, we must work together to drive the Han people out of the grassland! ”
Ignoring Kuji's pleadings, Budugen ordered an increase in the number of troops rushing into battle. I drew ~ 5,000 people from my direct team, and then 10,000 people from the affiliated tribes to form a team of 15,000 people, and threw them into the frontal battlefield, so that they could continue to attack the front of the Han army camp.
At the same time, from the troops of the subordinate tribes, three teams of 10,000 people were formed from the east and west, so that these three teams could attack the enemy camp from the left, right, and rear directions of the Han army at the same time. This is equivalent to throwing the maximum number of forces in four directions at the same time in a unit of time for the impact.
The time has come to test the speed of fire output of the 1st Division. Zhang Bao arranged men and horses on all sides of the large array, relying on densely arranged vehicles to defend. Although the Xianbei cavalry rushed in from all directions, they met almost the same treatment in every direction.
At this time, on the front of the large array, the arrows of the Xianbei cavalry gradually got closer and closer to the defense line of the first division. Fire ~ Gunners still reload and shoot at the fastest speed. However, even with the use of the tactic of "five-stage attack", it was still unable to suppress the tendency of the crazy Xianbei cavalry to advance, especially after Budugen increased the force of 15,000 fresh troops, and the speed of the forward advance increased sharply.
"Ready-to-shoot!" In the phalanx of the 1st Division, a platoon of grenadiers crouched on the roofs of some vehicles or on top of cargo and, under the unified orders of the officers, threw the first thunderbolt in their hands.
The thunderbolt crossed the head of the front row of fire ~ spearmen, and flew towards the Xianbei cavalry group that was already approaching, and when it landed, the explosion of "boom" came, and the black dirt and green grass were blown into pieces and flew into the air. Those Xianbei cavalry who broke through the barrage fell to the ground with men and horses.
The sound of people shouting and neighing resounded throughout the audience, and the sound of explosions, fire~ guns mixed into a piercing symphony of death. Some of the Xianbei cavalry, who had broken through to the point where they were only a dozen steps away from the front of the First Division, were thrown off their horses by inertia at the moment when their horses knelt down, and flew forward for almost ten meters before landing.
The "thump" of these Xianbei cavalry crashing into the chariot formation was not loud and was almost completely muffled by the death symphony, but the 1st Division had special personnel in charge of observing the battlefield, saw the situation clearly, and took timely action.
Some soldiers with spears drilled out of a large formation from under the car or through some crevices, and regardless of whether the Xianbei cavalry rolling over was dead or alive, they pierced the chest with the spears in their hands. Most of the Xianbei cavalry had already been blown up or knocked to death, and their spears were stuck on them without saying a word.
There are also a small number of people who are not dead, after being stabbed by a spear, screaming and completing their life journey. More and more Xianbei cavalry crashed into the car formation, and even some people and horses collided with them, and under the strong impact force, the vehicles in the outer row were smashed to pieces.
The pikemen who went out to pick up the leaks fell into bad luck, they jumped up and down to avoid the Xianbei cavalry that came into the collision, and at the same time took advantage of the gap to use their spears to pierce the newly encountered Xianbei people, some of them were hit because they couldn't dodge, and the first division began to suffer casualties.
Not only these pikemen who picked up the leaks, but also some of the fire ~ spearmen who fired on the first row of cars were also affected, and they had to retreat to the second row of cars, and the first row of cars was equivalent to being abandoned to block the cavalry. Seeing that the Xianbei cavalry could not be completely suppressed, the on-site commander immediately issued an order to strengthen the fire output of the Thunderbolt.
More grenadiers appeared on the roofs of the cars, looking for places where the Xianbei people were densely populated to invest in Thunderbolts. Thunderbolts are very large, and if they throw too much, their arms will be sore and tired. Therefore, this time, the grenadiers also adopted the method of "two-stage strike", and the two groups of grenadiers took turns to throw bombs and take turns to rest and recover their strength.
Each grenadier usually carries five thunderbolts on the roof of the vehicle, and he does not throw them indiscriminately, but first observes the battlefield and looks for suitable targets before throwing them. The selection criteria for the target are a place where the Xianbei people are dense, and the second is a place where the Xianbei people are too close and the fire ~ gunmen can't suppress it. Of course, since the cavalry is in high-speed movement, it is necessary to calculate the amount of advance.
When he has finished throwing these five thunderbolts, he can retire to replenish his ammunition and take a short rest. At this time, another grenadier who was his partner had to get to the roof of the car in time to take over his work.
The Grenadier is not a separate class, but is usually served by other classes. For example, vine armor soldiers, pikemen, and sword and shield bearers, they are usually trained to throw thunderbolts, and when they need to throw bombs, some idle units will receive thunderbolts and make temporary cameo grenadiers.
This time the battle fire ~ spearmen and pikemen have something to do, the most idle is the rattan armor soldiers who usually stand in the front row of the queue, they are all transferred to be grenadiers, of course, they don't need to wear that bulky rattan armor at this time.
In the past, against the infantry of Wei and Wu, the Hong army was generally lined up in a "sandwich" formation, with fire ~ spearmen in the middle, and the outer rows on both sides were invulnerable and invulnerable rattan armor soldiers. Now against the cavalry with super impact power, it can't be stopped by the vine armor soldiers alone, so vehicles are used to block the perimeter, and there is more than one row of vehicles.
If there are any cold weapons that can restrain the rattan armor soldiers, maybe there are only cavalry, a horse is five or six hundred catties, plus knights and equipment weigh a total of seven or eight hundred catties, converted into the Han system, that is, one thousand and five or six hundred catties, they collide at a speed of more than 100 miles per hour, and the momentum can be imagined.
Although the rattan armor soldiers are invulnerable, they can't remove too much impact force, and under such an impact force, they will still be knocked into the air, injured and shocked to death. Such a large momentum can only be blocked with several layers of car array.
How could Zhang Bao be willing to sacrifice those precious rattan armor soldiers in vain, so this time, he didn't let the vine armor soldiers fight, and later saw that he was about to be unable to suppress the Xianbei cavalry, so he sent all the vine armor soldiers to throw thunderbolts, but their current identity is no longer vine armor soldiers, but grenadiers.