Chapter 616: Swinging
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The salvo of hundreds of artillery pieces can be described as earth-shattering, crying ghosts and gods, and shaking the earth. Looking at www.biquge.info Bessa's defensive line under artillery fire, there were explosions everywhere, the earthen walls that had been built up were blown to pieces, and the soldiers hiding in the trenches were blown out.
Inside the entire defensive line, thick smoke rose everywhere, and the screams and roars of people could be heard from a long distance. The quarter-hour shelling finally ended, followed by the advance of the infantry of the Fourth Corps.
Three corps were at the front, attacking in a rectangular phalanx, one on each flank, inserted on either side of the enemy line, covered by three corps behind, and two more in the rear.
Fighting a corps with one corps, no matter how perfect the deployment of that corps is, it can't resist it. The Besa soldiers, who were hiding behind the earthen walls and in the trenches, poked their heads out, set up their firearms, and fired at the oncoming Feng army formation.
In the camp of the Wind Army, from time to time, someone was hit by a projectile and fell to the ground.
But this could not stop the pace of the wind army's advance. It didn't take long for the distance between the two sides to reach the range of the Wind Gun. I saw that in the camp of the Wind Army, the sound of firearms shooting in unison, and a large area of green smoke rose from above the camp.
Dense projectiles flew towards the Besa military line, and the clanging sound of the projectiles piercing the helmet came and went, and the Besa soldiers hiding behind the bunker were shot from time to time and fell backwards.
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The wind army's firearm attack was not calculated by rounds, but a continuous offensive, firing one after another, wave after wave of projectiles were continuously shot outward.
In addition, with the installation of the sword, the spearmen in the wind army were further reduced, and the number of firecrackers was further increased, and the firepower of the firearms became more and more ferocious.
At first, the Besa army was still able to make a sparse counterattack, but as the wind army got closer and closer, the firepower became more and more intense, and the Besa army was suppressed to the point that it was difficult to show its head.
Seeing that the Wind Army's array had advanced to their own approach, many Besa soldiers jumped out of cover and turned around and ran back.
But how could their legs be as fast as a projectile thrust by gunpowder?
The Besa soldiers who fled backwards were beaten up in a cloud of blood behind them, and people fell to the ground in groups.
There were only ten meters away from the trench of the enemy's defensive line, and the battalion commanders in the army shouted orders one after another: "Brothers in the front row on the sword!" "Brother in the front row on the sword-"
"Ruishi breaks the formation!" "Ruishi breaks the formation-"
In the continuous sound of orders, the wind army in the front row pulled out the swords hanging under the ribs, and inserted the thin and long hilts into the barrels, and the fire guns turned into short spears one after another.
At the same time, the sharp soldiers in the camp were holding Mo knives and rushed out of their formations one after another.
Under the charge of the sharps, the distance of ten meters was in the blink of an eye, and the sharps did not jump into the trench and fight the enemy hand-to-hand, but jumped directly into the trench and rushed towards the earthen wall behind the trench.
The Besa army hiding in the trench was dumbfounded, only to see one figure after another passing above their heads, and before they could figure out what was going on, the wind soldiers with swords in their hands had already rushed to the front of the trench.
The people roared and jumped into the trench, and as they fell, they stabbed their swords out one after another by the inertia of their bodies.
The sword body is narrow and thick, not suitable for chopping, but it is very suitable for assassinating the enemy, because the sword body is thick, the stab is diamond-shaped, not only not suitable for healing, but also very easy to cause heavy bleeding.
I saw that on the battlefield, the soldiers of the Wind Army jumped into the trench one after another like dumplings, followed by a series of screams.
Before many of the Besa soldiers could react, they were stabbed by the winds that fell from the sky and nailed to the ground.
The Besa soldiers hurriedly threw away their firearms, drew their swords from their ribs, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the wind army that jumped into the trench, and the clinking of weapons on the scene was endless.
On fighting alone, the Besa soldiers are not weaker than the wind soldiers, but the two fists are difficult to defeat the four hands, and the good tiger can't stand the wolves, when the Besa soldiers fight with the wind soldiers in front of them, there are wind soldiers behind them from time to time to touch, the key point behind them is stabbed, screaming and falling to the ground, the surrounding wind soldiers swarm, the fire guns are raised, and they stab downward.
Many of the corpses of the Besa army were almost stabbed into hornet's nests by the sword, and they were not human, and the blood pooled into rivers in the trenches.
The warriors of the wind army who had crossed the trench jumped onto the earthen wall. The moment they came up, the gunfire behind the earthen wall suddenly erupted, and some of the sharps were directly knocked down the earthen wall, but some of the sharps gritted their teeth to endure the wounds on their bodies, jumped into the earthen wall, brandished the Mo knife in their hands, and slashed at the enemies around them.
As more and more soldiers rushed over, the Besa army behind the earthen wall was slaughtered and defeated, and the people abandoned the cover of the earthen wall and retreated to the second trench, and then struggled to climb out of the trench and retreat to the second earthen wall.
In the meantime, the phalanx of the Wind Army had advanced to the front, and in the midst of the sound of firearms, the fleeing Besa soldiers were shot and rolled forward screaming.
The wind army array, as if it is a clockwork machine, in the process of advancing, always maintains a speed, when it is necessary to carry out hand-to-hand combat, the sharp soldiers rush into battle, the front row of wind soldiers have loaded their swords, break away from the formation, and the enemy hand-to-hand combat, and the main body of the phalanx is not affected at all, or at a speed to advance, advance, and then advance.
This unstoppable propulsion can create a strong sense of oppression in the enemy's psychology and make the enemy's soldiers lose their fighting spirit.
The northern defense line of the city, which was garrisoned by only one Besa corps, had been completely routed under the onslaught of the three corps in front of the Fourth Corps, and except for a small number of Besa troops who fled, the rest of the Besa corps were either killed or captured alive.
The Fourth Army took no effort and half an hour to capture the northern defense line of the city in one fell swoop.
Shangguan Xiu, who was watching the battle with a monoculars in the rear, nodded while watching, An Yifu was born as an orthodox general of the Feng Army, and the Fourth Army Corps under his command fought in a clear and orderly manner, whether it was the mutual cooperation between the corps, or the specific details of the individual corps' operations, they were as perfect as a textbook. Watching the battle of the Fourth Legion, it was completely a visual enjoyment, and it could be copied down and taken to the Lingwu Academy to teach and educate people.
The Fourth Army Corps, which occupied the defensive line north of the city, did not even rest, and immediately began to deploy its defense on the spot.
The soldiers cleaned the corpses of the Bessars on the battlefield, re-dug trenches, built destroyed earthen walls, and placed legional artillery in the defensive line, focusing on the defense of the city of Domos and the north.
The battle on the side of the Fourth Army had ended early, and the fighting of the First, Second, and Third Army continued. Don't look at the fact that the 1st Army faced the Besa Army with three corps, but the 1st Army was the first to break through the enemy's defense.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the First Army was the strongest in the Zhenjun Army, and in terms of personnel, the officers and men of the First Army were also the most elite of the four Army Corps. Moreover, Luo Ren's fighting style is fierce and fierce, and the generals below must complete the order.
Those who have merit will be rewarded, those who have no merit will be punished, and those who have done so will be severely punished. The generals under Luo Ren's hands have a very high elimination rate, the capable are up, the weak are down, after receiving the general's order, the generals are all in the lead, the generals are still like this, and the soldiers below are even more courageous.
Luo Ren is not from Zhenjun, but his first legion is the most in line with the combat concept of Zhenjun people, survival of the fittest, the strong is king, savage and ferocious on the battlefield, with the most ferocious suppression, attack and killing, completely unreasonable to destroy the enemy.
After defeating the southern defense line, the 1st Army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the city of Dumos. The artillery of the First Legion numbered as many as 600, and the roar of artillery blew the southern walls of the city of Domos to the ground, and the walls were overwhelmed in many places and collapsed.
That is why, after the full use of firearms, the tactical concept had to be changed.
In the era of cold weapons, the defenders can defend the city, even if the defenders are few, but relying on the advantages of the city defense, it is not easy for the enemy to break through the city defense, and now is the arrival of the era of firearms, the ability of the artillery to break the defense is too strong, and no matter how strong the city wall is, it can not withstand the large-scale artillery bombardment, at this time, if the tactical concept of the defenders is still to defend the city, it is undoubtedly a dead end, and the defense line outside the city has become a necessary means for the defenders, of course, once the defense line outside the city is lost, then the defenders can only retreat to the city.
Under the fierce shelling of the 1st Legion, the southern wall of the city of Domos was broken, and even the city gate was shattered, and then the soldiers of the 1st Legion began to advance into the city.
The defenders of Besa in the city put up a very stubborn resistance, constantly firing back with artillery and guns against the advancing wind army.
In the process of advancing, the officers and men of the First Army were also shot and fell to the ground from time to time, but this not only failed to stop the advance of the First Army, but made the soldiers of the First Army advance faster. By two hours of fighting, the First Army had completely captured the southern walls of Domos. Hearing that the Second and Third Army Corps were launching a fierce attack on the eastern and western cities of Dumuos, Luo Ren also specially ordered two corps to be divided from the First Army to assist the Second and Third Army Corps in the siege.
The disparity in the strength of the two sides was too great, and there was no suspense in the battle of Domos.
After the walls on the east and west sides were also lost, the remnants of Bessa's army had all retreated into the city. At this time of the battle, the original 90,000-strong Besa army had only about 30,000 people left.
The commander of the Besa army knew that the general situation had gone, and he was unable to return to the sky, and if he continued to fight, not only would the whole army be annihilated, but also the danger of being slaughtered by the wind army, he took the initiative to order, and the whole army gave up resistance and surrendered to the wind army.
With the surrender of the entire Besa army, the battle of Domos was also declared. In this battle, more than 40,000 people were killed and more than 40,000 were captured.
For the Besa people, Shangguanxiu is really not as hateful as he is for the Ningnan people, and how to settle these Besa captives is not a difficult matter, after all, this place is very close to the mainland of the Wind Country.
Shangguan showed his men and escorted all the Besa prisoners back to the country of Wind, where they were placed under the care of the Northern Army stationed in Fengjun.
As for Bernie Eden, the commander of the Besa Army, and several major generals, they were left in the Zhenjun Army by Shangguan Xiu, hoping to find out some information about Besa through them.
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