Chapter 370: The Battle of the Century is about to begin!
"That's what you call your advantage?"
The leader of the Daming Observation Group glanced at the stunned Rocco, picked up the copper whistle hanging around his neck and put it in his mouth, and blew it vigorously.
"Beep beep...... Beep beep beep ......"
The specially trained heavy machine gunners, as well as the soldiers guarding the heavy machine gunners, heard the familiar magic sound and quickly gathered with the leader.
"Give up the rear camp, guard the Chinese army, and dare to attack the formation, no matter how you kill me!"
The leader gave the order loudly, and then asked all the heavy machine gunners to reach the designated position as fast as possible and prepare for battle.
In the face of the sudden cavalry rushing to the camp, stepping forward to meet the enemy at this time will only make the situation more chaotic.
Therefore, the best way to deal with it is to abandon the front camp of the cavalry attack, build a defensive position in the Chinese army, unload the enemy's impact force, and then carry out the final strangulation or expulsion.
Outside the rear camp, Harald, who led the Ottoman cavalry corps, looked at the chaotic Rocco military camp opposite, took a deep breath, put down his mask, and prepared for the impact.
He had already received the news of the defeat of the main army in battle, and he thought that Omurad would let him retreat, but he did not expect Omurad to let him continue to attack.
In the words of His Majesty the King: the morale and fighting spirit of the Rocco Legion were at the extreme, and a sudden victory would have been overjoyed and neglected to be on guard.
Coupled with the fact that they did not rest all night, many soldiers would definitely be physically and mentally exhausted after the intense fighting spirit.
At this time, the cavalry attack, the enemy does not react, and will maximize the results of the battle, and even reverse the situation of the two sides in one fell swoop.
Harald, who obeyed His Majesty unconditionally, accepted the order without any hesitation, and slowly advanced with the cavalry corps hidden several miles away from Rocco's camp, with the help of the cover of the sand dunes.
When he reached the predetermined assault position, Harald did not hesitate to order the cavalry to mount his horse and begin to charge the Rocco legion.
Looking at the chaotic camp opposite, Harald's admiration for His Majesty was extreme.
When ordinary people encounter defeat, they are afraid that they will fall into sadness and regret and self-blame, and they rarely have the idea of stealing a handful of defeats and turning defeat into victory.
After all, the morale of the defeated soldier is already low, and it is one thing to let the soldiers go back to fight again, not to mention whether they can win the battle or not, and whether the soldiers are willing to obey orders
"For the sake of His Majesty, for the sake of the dead companions, kill!"
Harald took the lead, and the first rushed into the camp of the Rocco Legion.
The steel knife in his hand slashed left and right, and no one could defeat him wherever he passed.
The cavalry following him was also slashing frantically, occasionally throwing round ball grenades that had been prepared long ago into enemy groups or tents.
The explosions and screams were incessant, and the tents that had been ignited by the fire emitted thick black smoke into the sky.
Those who could become cavalrymen in the Ottomans were the best warriors.
Harald's cavalry corps had a total of 8,000 cavalry, each of which was a good player with one block of ten.
They rushed all the way to the front, and without encountering any decent resistance, they rushed to the front of the Chinese army in the Rocco barracks.
Omurad changed their orders, and in addition to continuing to occupy the rocket artillery vehicles, another task was to grab the kind of guns that could fire continuously.
The heavy machine gun made such an impression on Omurad that he now dreamed of this kind of weapon, the kind that scratched his heart.
"Fire!"
When the first cavalryman appeared in front of the heavy machine gunner, the Ming officer in charge of the command next to him did not hesitate to give the order to shoot.
"Da Da Da..."
The tongue of fire beat wildly, and a horseman, along with his horse, fell to the ground in a wail.
In addition to the Ottoman cavalry, many Rocco soldiers who ran around like headless flies were also swept to the ground by heavy machine guns.
At this time, there is nothing to say about your own people, if you care about your own people at this time, then wait to be trampled into meat by the enemy's cavalry.
"Woo woo woo ......"
Just as the heavy machine guns and the Ottoman cavalry were colliding wildly, a horn of a charge sounded in the rear.
The leader of the observation group, who was directing the soldiers to adjust the queue and prepare to meet the enemy cavalry, looked back sharply.
I saw that in the morning on the battlefield, the black soldiers pressed over again, and the banner they played was the Ottoman flag.
"Damn, what a ruthless person!"
Seeing this scene, the leader of the observation group couldn't help but complain.
I have to admit that Omurad can make the Ottomans rise, and his ability is definitely extraordinary.
Don't say anything else, let's just say that the front foot suffered a defeat, and the back foot led the determination to fight back, ordinary people really can't make it.
And yet he succeeded.
Including the leader of the Ming Observation Group, they never thought that the Ottomans would kill the horses.
The entire front battalion was practically defenseless, all the heavy firepower was transferred to the rear of the central army, and the front battalion was almost open to the enemy.
"Kill!"
Omurad, who rode his horse and led the team back again, coldly gave the order to attack.
"Kill, revenge, revenge, revenge!"
The Ottoman soldiers roared loudly and launched a ferocious attack on the Rocco army, which had been completely deserted.
"Fire!"
With a roar, on a hill, the Ottoman artillery corps, which had just arrived not long ago, roared at the Rocco army.
A cannon shot of iron balls whistled out and smashed into the Rocco barracks, plowing blood marks.
Before the victory was celebrated, the Rocco Legion, which was killed by the enemy and stunned, really couldn't bear it now.
They waited all night, and after the morning battle, their spirits were already exhausted to the extreme.
When fighting in the morning, they can still hold on to that breath so-so.
Later, when I saw the victory, I let out my breath directly.
As the saying goes, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion.
They were already not strong in their will to fight, but now they directly broke down.
Many of the soldiers no longer resisted the Ottoman soldiers, and one by one turned around and ran in a direction where there was no enemy.
In order to flee for their lives, anyone who dares to stand in their way will be killed by them, even if that person is the officer they once feared.
"Head, I can't hold it anymore, let's withdraw!"
The chaos spreads rapidly, and the complete collapse of the Rocco Legion is imminent.
Seeing such a situation, the deputy leader of the Daming Observation Group found the main leader and put forward the idea of retreating.
The leader who was holding the binoculars and frowning to observe the battlefield sighed when he heard this, took back the binoculars, and ordered: "Inform the brothers, destroy all rocket artillery vehicles and heavy machine guns, and install time bombs in the ammunition depot, and we will retreat!" ”
"Yes!"
The deputy leader answered, and immediately led people to carry out the order.
The reason why the leader issued this order was because these weapons were the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court had repeatedly ordered that if it was judged that there was a possibility of defeat, all important weapons and secrets should be destroyed as soon as possible.
The order was passed directly to the Ming officers, and none of the soldiers in the Rocco Kingdom knew, of course, King Roco could not give up, he was a puppet that the Ming Dynasty had cultivated with great difficulty, and it would be a pity if he died or was captured.
The leader commands the heavy and continues to fire frantically at the enemy, giving the other brothers time.
When the deputy leader returned with the people, he waved his hand, ordered the heavy machine gun to stop firing, and asked the soldiers to pick up small arms and prepare for retreat, and then let the deputy leader start to move.
The deputy team leader, who had been prepared for a long time, piled up the explosives bag in his hand under the heavy machine gun, and after the team leader left with the people, he pulled the lead and quickly evacuated.
"Boom, boom..."
With the sound of explosions coming from the machine gun position, the leader of the Daming Observation Group and others, pulling the angry roaring Rocco, rushed into the area protected by the palace guards, boarded a dozen or so Sanbanzi that had been prepared long ago, and rushed towards the place where there were no Ottoman soldiers.
Along the way, everyone who dared to block was knocked away, whether it was the enemy or me.
"Boom Boom..."
As soon as the Sanban team rushed out of the camp, there was a loud noise from the rear.
The leader of the three-fold car glanced back at the camp and saw a huge mushroom cloud, which was rising into the sky.
That was the location of the ammunition depot, a time bomb he had set up for the deputy leader, and now the time came to explode and destroy the ammunition depot.
The explosion sent a huge impact, and the sand tents on the ground were swept up, and soon the entire camp was enveloped.
The team leaders also took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to evade the pursuit of the Ottomans and successfully escaped.
"Bastard!"
As the smoke fell, Omula's face turned black and he threw his helmet on the ground.
He didn't expect that the enemy would play this hand before leaving.
I didn't get anything I wanted, and I got tens of thousands of soldiers.
However, it was not without gains, in addition to the Rocco soldiers who did not escape capture, countless weapons were captured, as well as more than 300 cannons that did not have time to be destroyed.
Looking at the rifles stacked on top of each other, and the neat array of artillery, Omurad's originally somewhat painful heart was relieved a lot.
"Your Majesty, everything you want is here."
Just as Omurad was looking at the seizure and feeling a little more comfortable, an officer came over with a team of people, carrying or pushing a large pile of parts.
Looking at the tattered parts in front of him, Omula's heart ached.
If you want to go one step faster, these things will not be destroyed.
But now it's too late to regret it, the thing has been destroyed, and it's useless to regret it, so you can only send it to Constantinople to see if those craftsmen can repair it.
"Your Majesty, look at this!"
Just as Omurad asked the officers to pack up and send them back to military Tannople, the cavalry general Harald rushed over and handed Omurad some fixed copper-shelled bullets and a somewhat curved third-generation rifle.
Looking at the different flintlock musket in front of him, Omurad fell into deep thought.
"Is there still a whole one?"
Fiddling with his hands for a while, he took a fancy to Harald, and asked with some excitement in his voice.
Harald shook his head uncertainly, "It's not clear for the time being, I've already sent someone to look for it, but don't get your hopes up too much, there may be only this one." ”
Omurad nodded, and handed the bullet and the third-generation rifle with a curved barrel to an officer behind him.
"Send it to Constantinople as quickly as possible, let all the craftsmen study it together, two months, I will give them two months, and I will see the results in two months."
Early morning of the second day, outside Jerusalem.
The calm of the desert was broken by the noise, and a citizen named Jerusalem, under the supervision of the soldiers, carried a shovel and a burden to build the fortifications.
After receiving the order from the Ming Dynasty, Qi Yuan began to build the defense line of Jerusalem and the canal.
Considering the shortage of manpower, Qi Yuan found the officials of the Rocco Kingdom in Jerusalem and asked him to gather the people to help build a permanent defense line.
For Daming's father's request, the officials of the Luo Ke Kingdom naturally did not dare to refuse, as soon as Qi Yuan left here, he sent someone to arrest the strong man over there.
As long as it is a man, young and old, all ask to work, and if he dares to resist anything, he will be whipped and scolded by the soldiers.
This official worked very hard, and in less than a day, he gathered 20,000 strong men, plus the defeated soldiers sent by Rocco, almost more than 40,000 people.
With enough manpower, Qi Yuan no longer wasted time, sent the drawings as soon as possible, and then under the supervision of the Ming soldiers, began the mighty construction work.
"General Qi, General Qi... Something happened, something big happened. ”
Early this morning, Qi Yuan came to the position to inspect the construction of the defense line.
Just as he was checking one place and preparing to move on to the next, there was a shout from behind him.
"What's wrong? Lord Sashle! ”
Looking at Saxu'er, who was running over in a hurry, Qi Yuan smiled and said hello.
"Something happened, General Qi."
Sash'er came to Qi Yuan's side with a nervous face, handed the telegram in his hand to the other party, and whispered at the same time: "Just yesterday morning, Rocco fought with the Ottoman army, which was originally a victory, but Omurad's guy was also a ruthless man, and after retreating, he came back with a horse pistol, which caught Rocco off guard. ”
"You also know how the army of the Rocco Kingdom is, it was caught off guard and completely collapsed, except for a small number of people who escaped, the others were either killed, captured, or missing, which can be said to be the total annihilation."
While Sash'er was talking, Qi Yuan was also looking at the telegram quickly.
As he saw the above content clearly and heard Saxu'er's story, the smile on Qi Yuan's face gradually disappeared, and finally turned into anger.
"Bastard, how did Wang Chao command this guy, he didn't have any vigilance at all after the battle, did he treat everything I said as a fart."
Qi Yuan angrily crumpled the telegram and cursed in a low voice.
"General Qi is not the time to be angry, now that Rocco's main army has fallen, we may have to face the attack of the Ottoman army at any time, so we have to be prepared."
Qi Yuan glanced at him, nodded, frowned and thought for a while, and said to Sash'er: "You go back and report the news here immediately, let Zheng Guogong urge, the reinforcements will come quickly, I plan to wait for the reinforcements to arrive as soon as they arrive." ”
"In addition, you let him explain clearly to the imperial court, now that the main Ottoman army has suffered heavy casualties, at least half of which has been lost, coupled with the spread of the black death in the country, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so that they must seize it, and my side will try my best to buy them opportunities and time."
"Okay, I'll go back and report."
Saxu'er, who knew that the situation was urgent, saw that Qi Yuan had no explanation after he finished speaking, so he hurried back, planning to transmit the news to the imperial court by the way.
Seeing Saxu'er leave, Qi Yuan looked at the north with his hands behind his back, and muttered to himself: "This is a good opportunity, Your Highness will definitely not let it go, the big war is about to break out." ”