Chapter 416: Battle of Xuzhou II

This is a typical guerrilla warfare method, Chen Cao believes that with the intelligence of the Manchu Qing outside the pass, he would never have imagined this, and it can only be the idea provided by the surrendered Ming army, coupled with their original cavalry and archery characteristics, which made Yan Chun's troops constantly suffer.

"Order, let the 10th Division immediately reinforce Yan Chun, and at the same time order You Shiwei's cavalry troops to run on the Xuzhou Plain immediately, and let Jiannu see that we also have cavalry troops."

Without waiting for Cao Wenzhao's troops to come to reinforcements, Yan Chun, in order to avenge the shame, continued to advance with his troops.

Sun Degong was the main general, the Manchurian deputy general Ruilin was the supervising army, and there were 20,000 cavalry of the Han Army, 5,000 firearms troops of the Green Battalion, and 5,000 cavalry of the Blue Banner in the field.

This time it was in Yan Chun's arms, he suffered the loss of the cavalry twice, and finally found that they were going to be tough with him, so he ordered to gather artillery and concentrate firepower to attack the enemy first.

After several rounds of artillery salvos, the Qing cavalry that had been hit actually launched a charge towards Yan Chun's troops, and Yan Chun, who had long been holding back his anger, looked at this scene and immediately laughed in his heart.

Although the 8th Division lacked 68 regiments, there were still more than 10,000 people in the whole army, and even if they could not be lined up at the same time, they could still increase the intensity of the attack in terms of dense firepower and numerical superiority.

"Shoot..."

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

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

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

"Fire..."

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

The artillery fired in unison, and the Han army banner cavalry that rushed in front bore the brunt of it, like a sickle and wheat, cutting off the charging cavalry layer by layer, and after the cavalry in front fell to the ground, the cavalry who rushed up in the rear could only step on the corpses of their companions, and they would not die, and they would also be trampled to death by the war horses rushing up from the rear.

What shocked Yan Chun was that these cavalry of the Han army banner were actually not afraid of death, even if they were killed and wounded more than 1,000 people in the first round of face-to-face shooting, they could still maintain the posture of continuing to charge, which was unexpected for him.

"Divisional seat, the Tartar cavalry attack on the left flank."

Yan Chun looked through the clairplane, and a cavalry with a positive blue flag was rounding the left flank, and now it had launched an attack: "The 72nd regiment, go to the left flank to defend and bring all the tiger squat cannons to the left flank." ”

"Shoot..."

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

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

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

Ruilin with the blue flag of the troops suddenly launched an attack towards Yan Chun's left flank, the two sides broke out a big battle, the left flank side of the fierce battle at the same time, in front of the Han flag cavalry has reached a distance of less than fifty steps from the forward position, but at this time, the cavalry rushed to the forward position of the 69th regiment threw countless clay pots.

"Beware of the Fierce Fire Oil..."

The commander of a battalion commanding the forward position of the 69th Regiment shouted, and while his body swooped backwards, hundreds of clay pots flew in and exploded one after another, and the forward position was suddenly in flames, and the entire battalion was shrouded in flames.

Yan Chun's heart moved, and then shouted: "Shrink your position, retreat into the trench line, and throw the grenade and bullet out." ”

The counterattack of the 8th Division was also fast, and Yan Chun knew that after the fierce fire oil attack, the enemy would take advantage of the panic in the forward position to attack directly, and once there was a gap, the speed of the war horse could not be resisted at all by relying on human strength.

The exploding grenades greatly slowed down the cavalry, and also bought time for the soldiers of the 8th Division to retreat to the trench positions that had just been dug successfully.

The shaking of the earth was violent, and the 69th regiment defending on the left flank was ready to bayonet, just at this time, You Shiwei's cavalry troops arrived, and the ancestor Dashou of the first took five thousand horsemen to rush towards Ruilin's troops, and there were hundreds of casualties in the process of charging the blue flag, and now the cavalry of the Ming army actually rushed to his right flank, and he paid it back?

Ruilin immediately ordered the entire army to retreat and abandon the attack.

Seeing this situation, Sun Degong also felt that there was no need to continue fighting, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Yan Chun felt a little hairy, but since his own cavalry came, there was no need to hide it, so he ordered the 66th Regiment to go out in pursuit.

When the news of Yan Chun's three defeats reached Chen Cao's camp, he did not get angry, but turned his head to look at Huang Chunyao and Xu Fuyuan: "What do you two think Abatai wants to do?" ”

"Maybe we're underestimating." Xu Fuyuan touched his chin and said.

Huang Chunyao didn't say a word, and Chen Cao said when he saw this: "From another point of view, our army does have shortcomings when fighting cavalry. ”

When the cavalry completely withdrew from the stage of history, it was the appearance of the Maxim machine gun, and after the appearance of this kind of continuous machine gun, the cavalry could no longer play a role.

Although the bolt-action rifle has strong attack power, it still cannot completely resist the cavalry before the appearance of the M1 carbine gun like the American in later generations, because it has a time difference, and the cavalry can only resist the pressure caused by casualties, and it is only a matter of time before it breaks through the opponent's position.

And now, the Qing army in Xuzhou seems to understand this truth.

"The fifty burst machine guns from the arsenal give priority to replenishing the Tianxiong Army in the Middle East, and there are only ten in the Dingwu Army, which are concentrated in the guard regiment directly under the headquarters."

Chen Cao said and looked at the two: "The shortcoming of this gun is that it must be cooled for nearly half an hour after fifty rounds. ”

The stamping technology is not perfect, and the reinforced steel can only withstand fifty consecutive rapid fires, and after that, the bullet will explode when it is loaded, and even if it is lucky not to explode, the red-hot barrel will be melted away.

"It's not a matter to dispatch a sect, the minister suggested returning to the Nanjing Arsenal by water, and carrying a batch of revolver machine guns to the north, otherwise there will definitely be unnecessary casualties in the follow-up battle."

Chen Mo nodded in agreement, but it was impossible to coexist peacefully with Abatai in Xuzhou in the middle of the time waiting for the revolver machine gun to come: "According to the original plan to attack Xuzhou, first wait for news from the direction of Xiao County and Yunlong Mountain." ”

Chen Cao wanted to delay time, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei, who went deep behind the enemy, brought a piece of news that made Chen Cao feel bad.

"Luoyang Haoge went east to Xuzhou, and it was only a hundred miles away from Xuzhou."

This made Chen Cao a prophecy, Haoge really came, Haoge was still a young man in Chen Cao's eyes, he hadn't seen him for a few years, and now he is also a general who commands hundreds of thousands of people, and he is named the Prince of Manchuria.

Everyone looked around at Chen Cao, Chen Cao calmed down, and then stared at the map without saying a word, and then, he came up with a bold idea: "The only way for hundreds of thousands of people under Haoge's department to enter Xuzhou from Guide Mansion is to enter Xuzhou from Guide Mansion, and there is only one position in front of them." ”

With a snap, Chen Cao pointed the teaching stick in his hand at Dangshan County: "Dangshan County, I am ready to make two preparations, first, arrange troops to block Haoge's footsteps in Dangshan County, before our army takes Xuzhou and cleans up Abatai;

Second, give up the Dangshan blockade and send reinforcements at the Xuzhou encirclement point. ”

Huang Chunyao thought for a while and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, you can send some warships of the inland river division into the Yellow River to bombard Xuzhou." ”

This is also Chen Cao's idea, the two steam warships are near the Yellow River, and there is no problem at all to enter from the canal, but now it is a question in front of everyone, whether Dangshan should be fought or not.

"Fight, you must fight Dangshan, it is good to encircle the point to send reinforcements, but the situation in Xuzhou is special, the surrounding plains, if Haoge's department enters Xuzhou, it is really free to come and go, although our army is a hunter, but the Qing army on the periphery is not a prey."

Chen Cao stood up as he spoke, looking at Liu Butang and Feng Zhongping: "You two are the old men of the Dingwu Army, especially Liu Butang, I believe you, the two of you go to Dangshan to block Haoge's department, I don't have high requirements, I only need to block them for ten days." ”

Liu Butang's identity is very special, he is not ranked as the commander of the first army, but he is still the commander of the 3rd Division of the Dingwu Army, but his military rank is the rank of army commander, the first lieutenant general of the army, and the department is also the only unit equipped with an artillery brigade, the 3rd Division together, nearly 20,000 people, is a proper reinforced division.

Another important point is that the cadres of all battalions and companies in the whole army are basically from the 3rd Division.

Liu Butang did not speak, immediately saluted with a straight salute, and then walked out with his head held high, Feng Zhongping still did the same, after the two left, Chen Cao continued: "We must prepare with both hands, if Haoge sends troops to contain the troops of the two of them, and detour into Xuzhou, Xiao County is also the focus." ”

Boom...

After the sound of military boots colliding, Huang Degong stood up in line with his head held high: "Your Majesty, Xiao County will let me guard it." ”

"You have a heart, but Zhao Wenhui and Han Xianchu probably won't agree to you," Chen Cao shook his head with a smile: "The enemy on the frontal battlefield still has to fight, don't worry about it first." ”

Feng Zhongping and Liu Butang went to Dangshan, Zhao Wenhui and Han Xianchu attacked Xiao County, Cao Wenzhao and Li Xiukuan attacked Yunlong Mountain, Chen Cao sent the Dingwu Army to six divisions at once, Yan Chun's troops were not fully organized by a brigade, and there were only three main divisions of Cao Shixiu, Lou Xingye, and Huang Degong, and the three divisions together were only about 50,000 people, counting Yan Chun, that is, more than 60,000 people.

"When will the Shenwu Army arrive?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it is being transported in batches, and if the whole army disembarks at Shuanggou, it will take at least ten days to reach the front line."

Chen Cao stood up: "Don't wait, let them enter later, and the troops will prepare immediately." ”