The bombardment of the artillery battalion of the new army continued, and in a very short period of time, the rogue defense line on the eastern road became full of holes, and the rogue garrison here suffered heavy casualties.

"Put!"

After the 72 rocket artillery carpet bombardment, the 72 Franc machine guns began to roar again, bombarding the thief defense line indiscriminately, such a spectacular scene, Qian Qiao has not seen it for many years after joining the army, this is the first time.

I saw Qian Jian laughing excitedly, today's artillery battalion is full of might, and in the future war, the status of the artillery battalion will also rise!

"Haha, boom, launch!"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Although the firing speed of the Franc cannon was not as fast as that of the rocket artillery, the momentum of the bombardment brought a great shock to the rogue soldiers, and completely defeated the rogue who was already on the verge of collapse.

In addition, He Yilong disappeared, and the army of thieves on the East Road completely lost its command, and suddenly collapsed, and even if there were 17,000 or 8,000 people in the army of 20,000 thieves, they also turned into a wave at this time and fled towards the depths of Agate Mountain.

"Order the artillery battalion to stop firing, and the units of the front battalion to start attacking!"

Liu Yan gave the order, and Qian Yan ordered to stop shooting, and then looked at the soldiers of the front battalion who were advancing in formation, and muttered: "If I replace the solid shells with flowering shells, I can take down the thief defense line with one artillery battalion!" ”

In fact, the Ming Dynasty already had flowering shells, that is, in the later modern times, the trigger blasting shells fired by field guns would explode violently when they touched the target after being fired, killing and injuring the enemy with fragments.

When the Chenghua Plough Court of the Ming Xian Sect swept the Jurchen Department of Liaodong, the flowering bomb was widely used and achieved very good results. Subsequently, Daming continued to improve the flowering shell and used it as a main shell.

It's just that the flowering shell is not easy to make, the cost is very high, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army could no longer afford to use this expensive shell, and turned to solid shells.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Manchu rulers adhered to the concept of preventing Han more than Sichuan, and strictly restricted the development of firearms.

As early as the Ming Dynasty, various advanced firearms such as fixed ammunition, continuous firearms, flowering bombs, rockets, primitive mines, and earth-shaking thunder have been formed in the Manchu Dynasty, and all have been shelved in the Manchu Dynasty, and many people who are proficient in firearms have also been captured and mutilated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, either exiled to Ningguta, or destroyed by raiding their homes, and the development of firearms in China has been the most completely destroyed.

So much so that in later generations, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army invaded the city of Beijing, and found a large number of sophisticated Ming Dynasty firearms in the Manchu arsenal, all of which were collected by the Manchu royal family, and the Eight-Nation Coalition Army was amazed at the sophistication of these firearms, and the range and lethality were not even inferior to the firearms of the Eight-Nation Alliance!

Here Qian Jian is still feeling sorry for himself, and Chen Xun in front is standing at the foot of the mountain on Onyx Mountain East Road in high spirits, watching the soldiers of the front battalion rush up the mountain one after another with the flag as a unit, and roar loudly: "Take down the thief defense line, I will win the new army of the Jimo battalion!" ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”

The morale of the soldiers in the front battalion was high, and Wei Han, the general of the left general Qianqian, was the first to rush up the hillside and lead the soldiers under his command to march forward in formation, ready to fight a tough battle.

However, to Wei Han's disappointment, when everyone advanced to the proposed defensive line, most of the thief soldiers had disappeared, and only a few remnants were still resisting, and they were immediately "fixed-pointed" by the flintlock bird guns of the soldiers of the former battalion.

"Spearmen, sword and shield men search the surroundings, and the bird-gunners rely on the thieves' fortifications to build a defense line here!"

Wei Han gave orders on the one hand, and sent heralds to report the situation to Chen Xun on the other hand.

Soon, General Zuo's generals arrived here one after another, and Wei Han ordered his subordinates to deploy, and soon wiped out the rogue soldiers around the defense line.

"Mr. Wei Qian!"

Wei Han looked back and saw Guo Mingxu, the president of the ACCCIM, coming in a hurry, and the officers and soldiers of the ACCCIM were also lined up.

"You're driving fast!"

Guo Mingxu said with a smile: "Thanksgiving Wei Qian, he swept away the main force of the thieves in front. ”

Wei Han pursed his lips and said, "Where is there any main force of thieves, the artillery camp was bombarded, and the immortals were also beaten away, not to mention those miscellaneous rogues." ”

Guo Mingxu sighed: "Speaking of which, it's the first time I've seen such a fierce artillery bombardment, such firepower, it is estimated that the slave and thief in front of him will not be able to eat and walk." ”

"Needless to say!"

Wei Han said arrogantly: "Today, in terms of firepower, who can compare with our new army!" ”

After speaking, Wei Han pointed ahead and said, "I'm guarding here, you can take someone to chase after me." ”

"Well said!"

Guo Mingxu waved his hand and said, "Brothers, follow me!" ”

The ACCCIM soldiers strode forward, like ducks, and rushed towards the mountain.

In less than half an hour, Chen Xun led all the units of the front battalion to search the surrounding mountains and forests, beheaded more than 7,900 people, and captured more than 3,000 people, but he did not find the figure of He Yilong in Ge Yan.

Liu Yan received an urgent report from the herald, and said to Xu Ming and Miao Shao with a smile: "This Ge is really excited in his eyes, and he can run away in this situation." ”

Miao Shao said: "It's hard to say, maybe it was blown into slag by the artillery battalion." ”

Miao Shao didn't know that he was actually a proverb, at this time, He Yilong's stumps and broken arms were still piled up in that place, and the soldiers of the New Army who came and went just glanced at it, and they all regarded them as ordinary rogue soldiers, and they didn't take it seriously.

"My lord, are you reporting to Yang Sichang?"

Liu Yan pursed his lips, he originally planned that this mountain attack battle would last for one or two hours, and it was best to let several battle battalions take turns to fight, and it should be a battle training.

But he didn't think about it, He Yilong couldn't help but fight in his eyes, and he was defeated in less than half an hour, it was even looser than the sand, and it was vulnerable!

So Liu Yan said: "Report the victory now, with Yang Sichang's urine nature, we will definitely be transferred to support other places." If you want me to say, wait and see how the battle situation is everywhere, so as not to be used as a gunman by Yang Sichang. ”

Miao Shao and Xu Ming nodded yes.

Miao Shao said again: "My lord, why don't we enter the mountain with the main force and detour back to the west road and the south road from the east road, so that the agate mountain can go down overnight!" ”

Xu Ming also said: "Subordinates can also divide troops to patrol everywhere to prevent Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves from escaping." ”

Liu Yan looked at the two of them approvingly and said, "Your idea is very good, but there is one thing you have overlooked, and that is the terrain. ”

"Terrain?"

Liu Yan said: "The terrain in the depths of Agate Mountain is first, and our army's phalanx cannot be deployed, once it goes deep into the mountains, it will be divided into pieces by the terrain, not only the firepower of the bird guns cannot be exerted, but the spear phalanx cannot be arrayed on a large scale. ”

"And in order to survive, the thieves will definitely fight against the water, and when the time comes, Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves will be mixed with our army by virtue of their superiority in strength, and the situation will be difficult to handle. Even if our army wins by virtue of its combat strength, the casualties of the various divisions will be very large, and the gains will outweigh the losses. ”

Xu Ming and Miao Shao hugged their fists and were taught.

"My lord, then we will wait here?"

Liu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Order Chen Xun to lead the front battalion into the Geyan garrison and continue to search for the remnants of the bandits." ”

"Yes."

"Order the rest of the battalions to retreat one mile and rest immediately and stand by."

"Yes."

"The artillery battalion was ordered to immediately inspect the artillery, replenish ammunition, and prepare for another battle."

"Yes."

After giving the order, Liu Yan beckoned Miao Shao and Xu Ming to dismount, and the three of them found a shady place to rest.

"My lord, looking at the situation, it is estimated that Zhang Xianzhong will not be able to jump for a few days, will we be able to go back soon?"

Miao Shao asked, Liu Yan looked at the expectant look on Miao Shao's face, and said in surprise: "I think why is your Miao Grand Commander a little like an arrow?" ”

Xu Ming smiled evilly on the side and said: "My lord doesn't know, Commander Miao has a sweetheart, and he is in a hurry to go back to give a dowry, and the girl will be married home by someone else when it is late!" ”

"What?"

Liu Yan suddenly came to his senses and said with a smile: "How come I don't know! When was this? Whose girl is it, tell me quickly! ”

Miao Shao blushed and said, "Don't listen to Xu Ming's nonsense, it's all a matter of eight words." ”

Xu Ming said: "Really? I've seen it with my own eyes, you don't leave at the door of someone's house, you have to take someone girl's daughter to go out, the girl is embarrassed to go, and you go to find someone girl's girl several times! ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Is there anything else? Tell me where it is! ”

Xu Ming was about to continue, Miao Shao hurriedly glared at Xu Ming, and said viciously: "If you dare to say one more word, Lao Tzu wants you to look good!" ”

Liu Yan clamped Miao Shao with his arm, and then pulled Xu Ming with his other hand and said, "Go on!" ”

Xu Ming said with a smile: "It is the daughter of a cotton cloth workshop owner in Jimo Yingcheng, born with a beautiful appearance, at the age of seventeen or eighteen, Commander Miao just went to buy cotton cloth a few times, and he looked at the girl. ”

Miao Shao's face was already flushed at this time, like a pig's liver, and he said to Liu Yan with a sad face: "Adults just spare me, it's too embarrassing, it's better to beat me!" ”

Xu Ming laughed when he saw this, and tears burst out of his eyes.

Liu Yan also said with a smile: "When you go back in triumph this time, your kid will immediately go to the girl's house to give a dowry, I will be a matchmaker for you, and marry the girl back as soon as possible, the dowry is not enough, I will make it up for you!" ”

"Your Excellency!"

"Don't talk nonsense, you are all alone, you should have married your own children a long time ago, and you are not in a hurry. I think it's good to start with you, marry a wife earlier, and accept your temperament! ”

Miao Shao drooped his head as if he was appointed, Liu Yan let go of his hand, but then Miao Shao jumped up, screaming and pounced on Xu Ming, the two chased and fought like children, Liu Yan laughed when he saw this, his heart was very warm, with these brothers, no strong enemy is a problem! m.

Suddenly, Liu Yan stood up suddenly, only to see a team of heralds from the Biao Battalion rushing to the horse, Miao Shao and Xu Ming also stopped, and the two returned to Liu Yan's side one after another.

When the herald came to the front, he didn't have time to dismount, so he said loudly on his horse: "The superintendent has an order: order Liu Yan, the general of the Jimo Battalion of the Shandong Capital Division, to immediately lead his troops to rush to the aid of the Agate Mountain West Road!" ”

Liu Yan asked loudly, "West Road?" Over there is the direction of the attack of the Ping Thief General Zuo Liangyu, he has more than 40,000 people, and he still needs me to lead his troops to support? ”

The herald said: "The general doesn't know, the main force of Zhang Xianzhong's department has raided the general of the Ping thief, and has already defeated the general of the Ping thief, and now the situation is critical, please support the general immediately, it is urgent!" ”

Some people died, but not completely......