Chapter 395: The Great War of Huai'an II

Tang Kainian couldn't leave, he had to command the overall situation by Chen Cao's side, and the task of commanding before the battle could only let Man Gui go.

Although Man Gui was born in the army, he didn't understand political competition, but he also knew the overall situation, and yesterday Tang Kainian's eyes had made him understand that once the Longwu Army attacked unfavorably, he could only be forced to wait for the Dingwu Army and the Shenwu Army that were still marching behind, and at that time the fruits of the victory of the Huai'an War were divided equally among the three armies, but Man Gui also got a message that today's 1st Army Weng Linzhi's department was about to arrive at the Huai'an battlefield in advance.

It also means that if the attack is unfavorable today, Weng Linzhi's department will join in.

Thinking of this, Man Gui suddenly remembered Li Yan's subordinates who went to the rear of Huai'an to harass him, and also looked forward to this young white-clothed show being able to win glory for the Long Wu Army and bring some benefits.

Coming back to his senses, Man Gui looked at Chen Pingzhong beside him and said: "Originally, the 30th Division was allowed to fight the vanguard, but His Majesty personally ordered Su Zhongnian to guard against the attacks of the strongholds around Huai'an. ”

Chen Pingzhong is also from the 1st Division of the Dingwu Army, and his predecessor is the small flag officer of the right guard of Nanjing, which is considered the elite of the elite, and the identity is also from the lineage, and now the emperor is behind him, and now he is so stimulated by the deputy commander, Chen Pingzhong is already adrenaline: "Military seat and rest assured, if my 27th Division retreats, my head will be given to the military seat." ”

Chen Pingzhong came to his troops and shouted angrily: "Brothers of the 27th Division, listen, this seat is the first, under me, whoever dares to retreat without authorization will be engaged in military law." ”

"Yes..."

'Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock...'

'Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock...'

'Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock...'

After nearly 100 Shenwu cannons of artillery directly under the Longwu Army opened fire, a burst of gunpowder smoke was set off on the Huai'an city wall, and what Man Gui did not expect was that after the first round of shelling, the Qing defenders on Huai'an City fired back at the same time, and even brought a lot of casualties to the artillery of the artillery array.

Chen Cao raised the binoculars and looked at the battlefield in the distance: "No accident, this is a Hongyi cannon, at least more than three thousand catties, otherwise it won't be able to hit so far, and the dog thing is quite rich." ”

Chen Pingzhong was on the front line, and when he saw that the artillery had been hit, he immediately ordered: "Wave the order flag and let Yang Lian Maha on the left flank attack." ”

From Yangzhou to Gaoyou to Huai'an, the Qing army has clearly found that the use of trench lines can effectively block the attack of firearms troops, and not only that, but also hinder the opponent's escape after the attack fails.

This method of warfare came from Spain, but the finished product was conceived by the former Nanjing Army Academy.

In disguise, this tactic was invented by Chen Cao, but it was used on himself.

The purpose of Yang Lian Maha's department was obvious, under the cover of the firearms unit, a passage was built on the trench with heavy wooden planks, so that the troops could smoothly attack the city of Huai'an.

'Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock...'

'Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock...'

'Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock...'

At this moment, the Huai'an city wall opened fire, and all the shells were smashed on the way of Yang Lian Maha's anti-Japanese army, and although the wooden passage was built, the casualties were also increasing.

Yang Lian Maha stood in place, the forward commanded his younger brother Yang Lian Zhengong, and the team of 5,000 people rushed up, which can be regarded as building four plank passages for the attacking troops of the 27th Division in the rear, but for this reason, more than half of the 5,000 casualties were brought back, and they retreated in a panic.

The 240th Regiment of the 80th Brigade was responsible for the first attack, and the regiment commander Ding Yishan stood in front of the formation with a rifle and shouted: "Brothers of the 240th Regiment, rush with Lao Tzu and kill..."

"Kill..."

"Wave the flag, let the anyway army attack together..."

The earth-shattering shouting of killing resounded in front of Huai'an City, Dai Shan did not dare to go to the city because of the previous shelling, but with the loss of the sound of artillery, it brought the sound of shouting and killing, he immediately got up and said: "The whole army goes to the city, prepare to defend the city, and prepare for the fierce fire oil..."

Ding Yishan is a native of Guangxi, Guangxi martial arts, although he looks short, but like the Guangxi wolf soldiers, he is brave and abnormal, although he is holding a rifle, but he is carrying a ghost-headed knife on his back, ready to start a white-knuckle battle with the enemy at any time.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that when he just rushed to a distance of less than a hundred steps from the city gate, dozens of black clay pots suddenly flew out of the city wall, and the first one landed on his left back, and after exploding, there were scattered sparks.

"It's a damn fire oil, and they all jumped off the trench..."

The Long Wu Army is well-trained, and the anyway army naturally can't be compared, the anyway army in the left rear of Ding Yishan didn't react, and in an instant, nearly 100 people were affected by the fierce fire oil, and they all became fire people.

"Stabbing them to death can't disturb the morale of the army."

A thousand commanders who led the team categorically ordered to stab the burning, howling and scurrying soldiers.

Ding Yishan crawled in the trench to extinguish the fire on his body, and he was also burned in several places, and the blisters could be seen immediately.

"Rush up..."

Chen Pingzhong saw this: "The second echelon, up..."

The 239th Regiment also began to charge, but the fire in front of the battle cut off the way for their attack.

"The planks were burned..."

"Let the Left Wing Army build at once ..."

"Rush forward, rush forward..."

Chen Cao put down the clairvoyant mirror and shook his head: "The casualties are not small in such a fight, Dai Shan's determination is still okay, give the order, blow the trumpet and withdraw the troops..."

When Ding Yishan heard the call for withdrawal, he had already arrived at the city of Huai'an with the remaining more than 900 people of the 240th regiment, and the Qing army defending the city did not order to throw a fierce fire oil canister in order to prevent the fire from spreading to the city gate in the gate, but used crossbow arrows and bows to shoot, not only that, but also let the musket team defending the city assist in the attack.

Except for the soldiers who were killed by an arrow in the head, even if they were hit by an arrow in the body, the soldiers of the 240th Regiment were forced to carry the muskets in their hands and go out to engage the enemy.

With a squeak, the corner door on one side opened, and rows of Wuhan Iron and Steel cars were pushed out of the door hole in parallel, and the lead bullet hit the Wuhan Iron and Steel car as useless as scratching the itch of a boot.

"Grenade Bomb..."

Ding Yishan shouted, and the soldiers with grenades and bullets behind him pulled their fuses one after another and threw the grenades and bullets in their hands towards the doorway.

After the explosion, Ding Yishan clearly saw that the Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicle pushed by the Qing army was unscathed, and it actually took action again after the explosion.

"Tuanza, the Tartar's Wuhan Iron and Steel cars are all iron..."

A squad leader stepped forward with a bunch of grenades and bombs strapped to his body: "Tuanzao, my name is Qian Twelve, a native of Changsha, Huguang, this is my letter, please send Tuanza back to my hometown..."

Without waiting for Ding Yishan to react, Qian Twelve pulled the fuse on his chest and rushed towards the Wuhan Iron and Steel car with a shout...

After the violent explosion, the Wuhan Iron and Steel car in the front row was blown up by Qian Twelve, who jumped up and exchanged his life for his life, and Qian Twelve's rotten flesh could be clearly seen hanging on the broken Wuhan Iron and Steel car.

Qian Twelve's life was only exchanged for the damage of one Wuhan Iron and Steel car, and then the other Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles that were not damaged had already moved again, and they were at most ten steps away from walking out of the corner gate.

Ten steps later, once Ding Yishan's department was surrounded by Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles, there was only one dead word facing them.

"The Twelfth Company Changniu Dashan, a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang..."

After the shout, Niu Dashan, who was the company commander, also rushed up...

With it came a dozen soldiers who declared themselves home, who gave their lives to the brothers of the 240 regiment for time.

Ding Yishan shouted angrily: "Kill the past..."

Although the Wuhan Iron and Steel car has strong protection, but its bulky, although a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, there are nearly 600 people left in the 240 regiment at the moment, under the leadership of the regiment commander Ding Yishan, after rushing to the body of Wuhan Iron and Steel, however...

To Ding Yishan's surprise, behind Wuhan Iron and Steel was actually a formed Qing army musket team.

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

The two sides broke out again into fierce musket fire, and the soldiers who were shot in front fell down one by one, this kind of deadly shooting method is being eliminated, but now Ding Yishan has to do it.

"What are they doing?"

Chen Cao frowned and asked.

A brocade guard returned: "Your Majesty, the deputy commander of the army ordered the humiliation to return, the vanguard regiment of the 27th division rushed to the city of Huai'an, and was fighting to the death with the Jiannu Tartars, and had already ordered the troops to be collected, but the division commander Chen Pingzhong had ordered the whole division to charge..."

Chen Cao was not angry, but raised the clairvoyant mirror again to check the battle situation ahead.

Yang Lian Maha really couldn't imagine that his former master was so fierce, but he never thought that the current master was not good at attacking, and both sides were fighting for their lives.

He himself had to lead his 50,000 men to launch a coordinated attack, due to the limitations of the battlefield, his troops could only cover the attack from the right flank in units of 1,000 men, and their task was only to fill the trench with shields and build planks so that the follow-up troops could pass smoothly.

And now his task is even greater, to cover the troops who are fighting for their lives at the city gates, then they can only exchange their lives.

The 239th Regiment, which had already retreated, now rushed to the city gate, but in exchange for the price of nearly 600 casualties in the whole regiment, and behind them were the soldiers of the 238th Regiment and the 81st Brigade who were charging.

After receiving the news, Dai Shan was shocked and said: "The Ming army is going to fight hard in one go?" ”

Chen Cao put down the clairvoyant mirror and said: "Disobey before the battle, and then find Chen Pingzhong to settle accounts after this battle, Tang Kainian, ordered the three divisions of 23/25/28 to launch an attack on Huai'an City separately, to reduce the pressure on the main attacking troops on the south side of the city, in addition, the artillery array immediately moved forward, regardless of casualties, open artillery to cover the charging troops..."

"Yes..."