Chapter 643: Brutal Positional Warfare (2)
The battle was still going on, and at this time, outside the entire Shenyang City, there were sounds of fighting and explosions everywhere, and the strong smell of gunpowder smoke filled every corner of the battlefield, and even made Liu Yan think that the scene in front of him was the scene of trench warfare in the First World War in the future!
And in the first line of defense in the west of Shenyang City, at this time, E Shuo was already like crazy, the braids on his head had been completely scattered, and the small handful of hair was constantly flicking with the rotation of his head, which was very funny.
At this time, inside and outside the first line of defense were full of soldiers of the First Army of the Wehrmacht, those Ming soldiers were holding flintlock birds with bayonets, and they were equally brave in close combat, at least the two blue flag soldiers of North Korea were not opponents, and three or five people could not take two or three Ming soldiers, but were killed by others.
And Eshuo has become the besieged object of the Ming army, although the surrounding Bayala soldiers are strong, they can often be used as three, causing a lot of casualties to the Ming soldiers, but the number of people who can't stand the Ming army is increasing, and they will soon be surrounded here.
"Kill!"
E Shuo frantically brandished the sword, and slashed at the neck of a bird hand, and suddenly blood spurted out like a fountain, and the Ming army bird hand collapsed to the ground and was lifeless, but then two or three angry Ming soldiers rushed up, and those angry eyes made E Shuo also feel cold, and hurriedly retreated.
"Kill!"
The Ming army's bird gunners are all well-trained, and the bayonets in everyone's hands are indomitable, almost fighting with the Baya soldiers in exchange for their lives, although E Shuo retreated to avoid the assassination of those bird guns, but suddenly found that there were only a dozen Baya soldiers left around him, and the original thirty guards had been lost in half, and he had no way out!
"Haha! Die, die today! ”
E Shuo laughed loudly, and his crazy appearance even made the Baya soldiers around him look sideways, and the army's heart also collapsed at this moment.
Rumble!
Suddenly, the two Ming army throwers arrived, and at this time, they didn't care about accidentally injuring their comrades, and threw a sky-shattering thunder directly into the encirclement, and the explosion took away four Baya soldiers on the spot, and also injured two people. The defensive formation of E Shuo and others was suddenly blown up, and the soldiers of the Ming army rushed in and began the final encirclement and annihilation.
"Kill!!"
The sharp bayonet stirred in E Shuo's body, and the severe pain made his face distorted and hideous, and he lost his strength with a scream, allowing his consciousness to dissipate, and finally his head was cut off by the Ming soldiers.
And the remaining few Baya soldiers were also invincible with both hands and four fists, and they were all assassinated by the angry Ming army bird gunners in a blink of an eye.
"Encirclement! Quickly encircle and destroy the enemy! ”
At this time, Zhang Xun, the general of the left battalion, also rushed into the battlefield with his escort, and saw that the first line of defense of the Qing army in the west had collapsed, and excitedly ordered to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the enemy.
As the officers and men of the First Army of the Wehrmacht rushed into the trenches like a tide, the soldiers of the two blue flags of North Korea suddenly collapsed, and in addition to the soldiers who were surrounded by the officers and men of the various departments of the Ming army, thousands of soldiers of the two blue flags of Korea began to flee in terror to the second line of defense.
But then the two white flags of the Han army stationed in the second line of defense began to fire arrows and fire, shooting hundreds of people in an instant.
"Damn it, it's all dead horizontally and vertically, rush up and fight with them!"
Seeing that the friendly forces actually opened fire on their own people, the two blue flag soldiers of North Korea who had fled also moved their real fire, and began to roar and attack the second line of defense, and after paying the price of at least more than 2,000 people, they miraculously rushed into the second line of defense, and the two sides began to fight among themselves.
The Han army was furious when they saw this, and they constantly commanded the soldiers and horses to clear the Korean soldiers who were attacking the defense line as soon as possible.
And the situation here was also seen by Liu Yan with a clairvoyant mirror, and immediately ordered the officers and men of the First Army of the Wehrmacht to continue to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the enemy in the first line of defense, and ordered the Second Army of the Wehrmacht, which had been assembled, to attack.
After receiving the order, Wang Yue, the chief military officer, immediately led his troops to rush forward, and tens of thousands of soldiers crossed the first line of defense where the battle was still going on, and rushed directly to the second line of defense of the Qing army.
A large number of throwers rushed forward and began to use earth-shaking thunder to open the way for the army, and the Korean soldiers and the two white flag soldiers of the Han army who were fighting were suddenly blown up.
At this time, Lao Bai and Shen Wen, the general manager of the hundred, led more than 1,000 soldiers to rush to the front, and after the throwers in front of them withdrew, the team stopped advancing and fired between the first line of defense and the second line of defense.
"Put!"
Rumble!!
The officers and men of the Ming army began to fire volleys one after another, and the two white flag soldiers and horses of the Han army stationed in the second line of defense basically cleared the Korean rout, and the vast majority of thousands of Korean soldiers had become corpses on the ground, and at this time, the soldiers and horses of the two white flags of the Han army also began to shoot frantically with arrows and shots, and the two sides began to shoot at close range and regardless of casualties.
"Put!"
"The second row comes forward, put it!"
At this time, although the soldiers of the Ming army were well-equipped, the close-range shooting still caused huge casualties to the soldiers of the Ming army.
As soon as one of the bird-gunners finished shooting, he was hit by the Qing army's lead bullets, and blood splattered, staining Shen Wen's body.
"Put!"
Shen Wen angrily ordered to shoot again, but the two white-flag soldiers and horses of the Qing army on the opposite side were not to be outdone, and they were also not eager to fire casualties.
"Boss! Let the throwers rush up and blow it up again! ”
Shen Wen saw that his subordinates continued to suffer casualties, so he roared loudly, but Lao Bai, who was not far away, did not answer.
Shen Wen looked over in surprise, but saw Lao Bai covering his chest with a pale face, grinning at himself, but that smile was so lonely and unwilling, Shen Wen's eyes widened and he yelled loudly: "No!! ”
Lao Bai died, and was killed by the fire of the two white flags of the Han army, but the soldiers of the Ming army did not collapse, but became more and more angry, Shen Wen took over the general command, and continued to lead his troops to shoot at the Qing army.
"Put!"
It's just that the order that Shen Wen shouted out at this time was a little sad, and even more angry.
Liu Yan held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it for a while, and couldn't help frowning, the two white flags of the Han army did not suffer much loss in the previous battle, and the strength and combat power were well preserved, so they were able to quickly annihilate thousands of Korean soldiers, which made Liu Yan feel a little surprised.
At present, the attack of the Second Army of the Wehrmacht was blocked, although it caused a lot of casualties to the two white flags of the Han Army, but the casualties of his own side were not small, so Liu Yan ordered the Second Army of the Wehrmacht to withdraw temporarily, the fighters had been lost, there was no need to continue to fight with the two white flags of the Han Army, or prepare to solve the problem with artillery fire.
As the horn of retreat sounded, the officers and men of the Second Army of the Wehrmacht withdrew like a tide, Shen Wen gritted his teeth and ordered to retreat, and then personally carried Lao Bai's corpse and shouted loudly: "Take the brothers who died in battle, take them back!" ”
When the officers and men of the Second Army of the Wehrmacht passed through the first line of defense, the angry soldiers began to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of the remnants of the two blue flags of North Korea in various places in the trenches, and soon the battle of the first line of defense ended, and the soldiers and horses of the two blue flags of North Korea were completely annihilated.
The battle around Shenyang City lasted until dusk, when the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the battlefield, all units of the Ming army achieved great results, of course, they also paid a certain price.
Liu Yan looked up at the sky, and at this time, he had already received battle reports from various ministries one after another:
On the western side, the First Army of the National Defense Army occupied the first line of defense of the Qing army and completely annihilated the soldiers and horses of the two blue flags of Korea.
The same is true in the south, after the Fifth Army of the Wehrmacht occupied the first line of defense and completely annihilated the soldiers and horses of the Korean Zhenghuang Banner, the artillery group in the south also attacked the second line of defense south of Shenyang City, and then the Sixth Army of the Wehrmacht launched an attack on the second line of defense, but it failed to take it, and the current war there is still in a state of anxiety.
To the north, Zheng Zhilong commanded the 13th Army of the National Defense Army to also take the first line of defense, according to the battle report, Zheng Zhilong was replenishing ammunition for the artillery of various divisions and preparing to shell the second line of defense.
Only the battle in the east met resistance, although the Korean soldiers and horses with yellow flags stationed in the first line of defense in the east were defeated by the Beiyang Fleet for a while on the beach east of Quang Ninh Qiantunwei, and Gushan Ezhen Aobai was also killed, but there were more than 30,000 Manchu soldiers on the side, and in the face of the attack of the Ming army, these Manchus broke out with amazing combat power, so that Li Dingguo commanded the Ninth Army of the National Defense Army to attack, and still failed to win the first line of defense.
At this time, the sky became darker and darker, Liu Yan decided to withdraw his troops, and ordered the officers and men of all units to stop the attack, and the south, west, and north of Shenyang City to hold the first line of defense, and the officers and men of the First Army, the Fifth Army, and the Thirteenth Army of the National Defense Army were stationed in the first line of defense on three sides, so as to stabilize the existing progress.
Li Dingguo, who was in the east, was ordered to withdraw the Ninth Army of the Wehrmacht first, rest for the night, and then continue the offensive tomorrow, so as to take the first line of defense in the east.
Then the sound of artillery fire and explosions on all sides stopped one after another, and all the units of the Ming army began to retreat in an orderly manner, which made the Qing troops stationed everywhere breathe a sigh of relief, and this hellish day was finally over!
At night, Liu Yan pondered in the big tent of the Chinese army, and at this time, the battle reports of all the armies had already been reported.
On the first day of the attack, the Ming army successively took the first line of defense in the south, west, and north, and the progress can be described as rapid, but it also paid a huge price for casualties.
The Wehrmacht First Army suffered 1,452 killed and 911 wounded, the Wehrmacht Fifth Army suffered 998 killed and 1,003 wounded, the Wehrmacht Ninth Army suffered 2,214 killed and 1,031 wounded, and the Wehrmacht 13th Army suffered 1,508 killed and 757 wounded.
In one day, a total of 6,172 officers and men of the Ming army were killed, 3,702 wounded, and tens of thousands of casualties!
Moreover, a large amount of ammunition was consumed in one day, hundreds of thousands of shells were fired alone, and nearly half of the general's storage was consumed, so Liu Yan had to send people to the Beiyang Fleet overnight to give an order to immediately increase the number of manpower and increase the number of ammunition and food delivered.
Of course, on this day, the Ming army also achieved a lot of achievements, the two blue flags of North Korea, the yellow flag of North Korea, and the two red flags of North Korea were completely annihilated, and the yellow flag of North Korea was heavily damaged, and a large number of Manchurian soldiers were annihilated.
In addition, he also killed the North Korean Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Sony, the Korean Zhenghong Flag Gushan Ezhen Bambulshan, the North Korean Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Mafuta, and the North Korean Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Eshuo.
Within one day, more than 123,000 beheadings were beheaded by various units of the Ming army, which could be regarded as a great victory.
Moreover, based on the battle reports of previous battles and the intelligence collected by various departments at night, Liu Yan speculated that the Eight Banners of Korea had been basically annihilated by the Ming army except for the remnants of the troops east of Shenyang City.
Liu Yan looked at the number of casualties and beheadings in his hand, and secretly said in his heart: "This is the cruelty of positional warfare, even if our army already has an absolute advantage in firepower, but trench fighting still can't be avoided!" ”