Behind the battlefield.

Qianlong's face turned pale.

The performance of the Ming army was much stronger than he expected.

In particular, there are endless tactics that make the most of the power of new weapons.

Artillery shelling.

Smoke grenades obscure the battlefield.

The grenadiers approached.

The assault of a few hundred grenadiers crushed thousands of Qing troops around!

This Ming army is really powerful!

"Your Majesty, the firepower of the traitor."

The worry on Fukangan's face, who was beside Qianlong, disappeared in a flash.

Qianlong looked back at Fukangan, and then at the generals present.

said loudly: "The anti-Ming army has fallen into the trap of our army!" We have tens of thousands of troops in our pockets, and a brigade of 5,000 people dares to rush forward to the pigs, which is simply to send them to death! They have entered the trap of our army when the time comes. I wiped out a brigade in one fell swoop! ”

Of course, the layout of the Qing army was not a matter of one front.

Rather, it is formed by several fronts in a depth of almost ten miles.

Therefore, breaking through the first line of defense is still far from completely defeating the Qing army's large array.

And it seems.

Qianlong had long been prepared for the first line to be broken through.

And there is also a conspiracy against the Ming army assault group.

This conspiracy was formulated by Fukangan.

But now Fukangan himself is a little less confident.

Because the firepower of the Ming army was even stronger than he believed.

The Eight Banners in the middle of the first line were routed by five hundred grenadiers.

The first wave of the Ming assault group, with six columns, was almost victorious without a fight.

cheered, and pounced on the position abandoned by the Qing army.

And right now.

The second wave of six thousand infantry of four battalions was also ready and began to move forward in formation.

According to the operational plan of the General Staff of the Guards Corps.

The task of the first assault cluster is to tear open the first line of defense and open the gap.

And the second wave of assault will rush in through this gap and lay the victory in one fell swoop!

And now the first line of defense of the Qing army was actually blown up by the grenades thrown by 500 grenadiers.

Therefore, the task of the 1st Infantry Assault Group was easily completed, and there was still room to move forward and continue the pursuit.

In this case.

Of course, Zhou Jitang, the front-line commander who commanded three battalions of foot soldiers, would not let these morale-boosting young men under his command rest like this, but took advantage of the victory to pursue, advance forward, and at the same time send a signal to the artillery in the rear, so that their artillery fire could be extended forward and hit the Qing army brigade in deeper depth.

Bullets, bayonets, grenades formed an unstoppable offensive force, and the infantry rolled forward with rifled guns.

on positions ravaged by artillery fire.

The Eight Banners turned around and fled, and the Ming infantry behind them gave chase.

Just when the infantry of the first wave of assault groups reached the front of the second line of defense of the Qing army.

on the battlefield.

The earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves crushed the earth.

The ground shook.

Zhou Jitang immediately realized that something was wrong

This is the cavalry of the Qing army!!

It's not a big deal, though.

The first wave of assault groups was able to break through to the middle of the Qing army's depth, which was already an overfulfilled task.

The next step is to defend on the spot!

"Blow the trumpet! Big hollow phalanx! ”

The infantry of three battalions, including the previous five hundred grenadiers, quickly formed a large hollow phalanx.

As long as he can hold it, then when the follow-up is not right, he Zhou Jitang is the hero of this battle!!

With the sound of trumpets one after another.

The three Ming infantry battalions on the battlefield immediately stopped advancing.

Two phalanxes were quickly formed.

Seeing the formation of the large array, Zhou Jitang breathed a sigh of relief and began to use binoculars to observe the Qing cavalry in front.

What surprised him.

The cavalry of the Qing army did not pounce directly to send them to death, but

Array at a distance of several hundred paces.

Confronted the hollow phalanx formed by the first assault group of the Ming army.

This made Zhou Jitang frown a little.

The opposing cavalry did not move.

His infantry didn't dare to move.

Otherwise, the infantry did not have a formation, and it would be difficult to be trampled by the cavalry.

Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed over, and that was no joke.

Right now.

What made Zhou Jitang break out in a cold sweat even more happened.

The large array of Qing troops in the rear began to move forward.

And the more than 20,000 Qing cavalry bypassed the hollow phalanx of the first assault group and rushed towards the gap in the first line.

Although it failed to recapture the gap, it was clear.

Zhou Jitang's three battalions.

Besieged!

The situation on the battlefield seems to have taken a turn for the worse all of a sudden!

The skills of these Eight Banners soldiers seem to have improved a little too much

Emperor Qianlong, who saw this scene, was almost in tears.

This is the closest he's ever gotten to win!!

No!

Not close!!

Yes, victory is within reach!!

Tens of thousands of cavalry blocked the second wave of the Ming army's onslaught.

Then tens of thousands of infantry pressed up, and dozens of general artillery of the Qing army also pulled up.

Just beat the Ming army with 3,000 foot soldiers!

If you can't win it, you can't win it.

That's hell to go!

Of course.

It was just a win.

It doesn't mean he can win this battle.

But even so.

This small victory also made Qianlong very excited.

If you can eat these 3,000 Ming soldiers,

This is since the war of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The most brilliant victory of the Qing army!

There is no one!!

As long as you can block it on the front line, it won't take too long.

It was only a matter of time before the encircled Ming army was destroyed!!

"Win! It's going to win! ”

"The national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty are really coming back!"

Fukangan and Erle Dengbao both had some old tears and cried with joy.

The situation on the battlefield is clear.

The infantry of the Ming army, which formed a hollow phalanx, did not have large-caliber artillery, only some "small mortar guns" (small-caliber mortars).

So they could not withstand the artillery bombardment of the Qing army.

And the follow-up troops of the Ming army will come up.

It is necessary to break the first line of defense line composed of 20,000 cavalry of the Qing army!

How to calculate.

This stop is to be won by the Qing Dynasty.

Win hemp!!

"! How did this honest Eight Banners soldier learn to blow up? ”

Zhou Jitang regretted it so much that he slapped his thigh.

These Eight Banners are the best to fight.

As long as you rush up and break for a while, the rest will be scattered like birds and beasts.

I didn't expect it.

In this battle.

His opponent played a beautiful trick to lure the enemy into making dumplings.

Zhou Jitang, who didn't expect Eight Banners to be able to cheat, was a big deal.

"Squat! All squat! ”

"The Qing army is about to open fire!"

Zhou Jitang ordered loudly.

The general cannon of the Qing army can fire shotguns and wooden tail flowering shells.

However, the range of these two types of ammunition is not far.

All have to move the artillery to the front.

Fortunately, the infantry battalion of the Ming army had the front-line support firepower of the battalion.

Equipped with quite a few small-caliber mortars.

It can prevent the Qing army from pushing the general's cannon into the range of shotguns and wooden support shells!

Twenty bulky general's cannons have been pushed up.

Two huge stubby mortars were also pulled up.

Solid bullets fired from the general's cannon constantly flew over the heads of the Ming army.

And the threat of mortars is greater.

Zhou Jitang frowned.

"Brigade commander, you have to send someone to knock out those two mortars!"

Someone reminded.

Zhou Jitang frowned.

The Qing army on the opposite side obviously knew what was the biggest threat to the Ming army's hollow array, so the two were finally transported up and approached around the mortar cannon that was only 400 steps away from the Ming army's formation, and was guarded by a large number of Qing army's Eight Banner musketeers.

But Zhou Jitang didn't dare to disband the hollow array - there were still a lot of Qing cavalry behind.

"You can send stragglers and crawl over!"

"Crawl over?"

"That's right! Crawl over! Humble and wary! ”

"Chen Liansheng, how are you going to climb over?"

Chen Liansheng remembered the scene when he was still cannon fodder in the green camp of the Qing army, and climbed from the Qing army's military formation to the Ming army's position.

Although the bullets of the Qing army were whizzing and flying.

But he never hit himself.

"It's very simple, brigade commander, just lie on the ground and crawl forward! They don't hit easily! ”

"Good! I'll give you this company of two platoons of soldiers, and you take them to knock out those two damn mortars for Lao Tzu! ”

"Compliance !!"

Chen Liansheng took a deep breath.

Soon.

About two hundred soldiers broke away from the hollow phalanx and first ran forward quickly in a skirmish.

After running out for a while.

Quickly fall to the ground.

There were craters and obstacles blown up by various artillery on the ground, which became the best cover for these Ming soldiers who fell to the ground.

Chen Liansheng seems to have a lot of experience.

He saw the opportunity and kept using the cover of obstacles and craters to get closer.

Other Ming soldiers followed suit.

They were all veterans of the Guards Regiment.

He has a lot of experience on the battlefield, his fighting spirit is also high, and he has a strong desire to fight.

In current terms.

It's very subjective!

Under the leadership of Chen Liansheng, two hundred soldiers quickly approached.

Soon they were one hundred and fifty paces away from the enemy.

at this distance.

It's already within the range of rifled guns!

The soldiers of the Ming army lay on the ground one after another, moved the guns in their hands forward, aimed, and designed!

Bang bang bang!

Bullets flew out.

Knocked the Qing gunners who were installing large mortar firing positions to the ground.

This bought the soldiers of the first wave of the Ming army a critical time.

It was also a key node for the Ming army to achieve its final victory.

And this node.

It's crawling out.

(End of chapter)