Chapter 396 The Battle of Huai'an III
"Let the Mongols charge..."
There is a flat road in front of the city gate without trenches. There are vertical and horizontal trenches a hundred steps away from the city wall. War horses can charge, but after a hundred steps they can only turn around.
Yue Tuo's order was a bit nerve-wracking, but now it was obvious that the cavalry could only be used to charge once.
Relying on the advantage of the cavalry, they quickly disrupted the Ming army that had already charged to the city gate and began to form formation, so that the remaining soldiers could have enough time to react.
Daishan frowned and did not speak. Li Yongfang said in a deep voice: "Use artillery to block the charging Ming army halfway, and then use cavalry to charge through the Ming army's position in front of the city gate. Our troops at the top of the city used firearms, spears, and They used wooden rolling stones and other defensive utensils to attack the Ming army, opened all the gates of the south city, and used Han army flag troops in conjunction with Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots and other firearms to attack the Ming army at the gate of the city."
Dai Shan frowned. We are on the defensive side. We have a ditch to block the opponent's footsteps and at the same time engage the enemy in a narrow area of 100 paces in front of the city gate. Our side has an 80% chance of winning. Moreover, the number of defenders in Huai'an is as high as 150,000. People, there are reinforcements waiting to be sent from other places in Huai'an. Do we want to hold on?
"Here's the order, just follow the Prince Consort's arrangements and go down immediately to make arrangements."
After all, Li Yongfang was from the Ming army and knew everything about the arrangements for the offensive and defensive sides: "Use all the firearms from the Shenji Battalion."
squeak
The main gate of Nancheng is wide open. Behind the three rows of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles are the firearms used by the Yuan Shenji Battalion when dealing with cavalry. They pretend to be gunpowder on the strings of arrows, and use the thrust of the gunpowder to shoot. In addition to the blessing of fireworks, , part of which will explode on the person hit by the arrow, just like a small firecracker.
In addition to the terrifying formation, the real damage caused by a swarm of bees is no different from that of a bow and arrow.
"Get out of the way..."
Accompanied by the screaming sound of a swarm of bees, hundreds of rockets rushed in, and the soldiers of the 240th Regiment in front of the city gate were suddenly hit by a large number of arrows.
Wails sounded, followed by roars ordering a counterattack, and muskets were fired in unison.
'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 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 bang bang bang...'
On the city wall, the Qing troops defending the city stretched out their muskets from the crenellations of each female wall and fired, attacking the Ming troops under the city wall from a high position.
"Archer..."
"Throw a gun..."
"Pour down the golden juice..."
Ding Yishan's entire regiment currently has no more than 300 people alive. Although the 27th Division launched a full-scale charge, his 240th Regiment is at the forefront.
Niu Shiquan, the leader of the 239th Regiment, had already led his team to the flank of Dingyi Mountain. Seeing the miserable situation of the 240th Regiment, he immediately shouted loudly: "The whole 239th Regiment is ready, military orders are being observed, and guns are lining up to advance..."
As soon as the order was given, the corner gates on both sides of the city gate were opened, and a thousand Mongolian cavalry shouted and ran out.
Ding Yishan's eyes were cracked and he felt desperate: "Arrange your guns, fix your bayonets..."
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"Sounding Arrow..."
Chirp...
After three whistles, the remaining cavalry quickly evacuated towards Shuyang.
Ah Shan was running in the middle, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, and shouted in Manchurian: "Quick, speed up..."
Cui Zhen's front position was not filled with the smoke of the past, and there were only residual fireworks after the explosion on some battlefield areas. A battalion commander commanding from the front retreated and reported the battle situation directly to Chen Jiming.
Li Yan was shocked in his heart. He was currently imagining whether the 50,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could withstand an attack if this weapon was used on him.
Chen Jiming was not as unruly as Xiao Yongguang. Instead, he frowned and looked at the Qing cavalry who had evacuated in panic: "Clean the battlefield..."
"Commander Chen..." Li Yan said: "What if the entire regiment launches an attack?"
Chen Jiming replied very politely: "Commander Li, unless you are setting up a battle array on an endless plain, you must consider whether Jiannu will advance in parallel like an idiot. Their tactics and tactics all come from Li Chengliang's Liaodong Ming Dynasty." Army, judging from the situation of the battle just now, their old tactic of encirclement on three sides can indeed cause us trouble."
Li Yan did not feel that there was any offense in Chen Jiming's words, and nodded thoughtfully: "It seems that we need to capture two prisoners and question them."
"Reporting to the division commander, our 9th Battalion killed 327 enemies and captured 211 people. The 9th Battalion had no casualties."
After some interrogation, Chen Jiming returned to the Chinese army and said to Li Yan: "The leader is Tan Tai, and there are two deputy generals, He Luohui and Ah Shan. The person who led the attack on us earlier was Ah Shan himself. According to the prisoner's account, Tan Tai was in Shuyang There are 30,000 people, all of whom are cavalry, of which 5,000 are real Tatars, 5,000 are Mongolian Tatars, and the remaining 20,000 are all under the Han banner."
Li Yan frowned and looked ahead: "As far as I know, there is a rare Yellow River plain around Shuyang. Ah Shan has suffered a big loss here now. After returning, he will definitely intercept us according to their trench blocking method, in order to avoid our army's surprise attack. The mission failed, Commander Chen, I suggest we divide our forces into two groups."
"Shuyang City is surrounded by Shushui and Lianhe, forming a trap on three sides. If we divide our troops, Staff Officer Li, our department will be under great pressure."
Li Yan had a calm look on his face: "Master Chen, Your Majesty has come personally to fight. We have divided our troops to attack. If we can make meritorious deeds, Master Chen's achievements can also be used to try to win over a nobleman when we recount our achievements in the future."
Li Yan's words made Chen Jiming completely unable to sit still, especially the temptation of Guojue, so he tentatively asked: "Counsel Li, do you have Zhou Xiang's plan?"
"It's just a matter of picking and choosing," Li Yan shook his head: "But after the troops are divided, Commander Chen, your task will be heavier."
"Commander Li, please explain in detail."
"I took a brigade of troops north to cross the Shu River and then turned south. But once Tan Tai learned about it on the way, he would definitely send troops to attack to protect the logistics road. So, Commander Chen, take the remaining two brigades and march from Liujiazhuang Official Road. Will receive positive pressure from Tan Tai;
However, if I can hold off Tan Tai's troops north of the Shu River, I believe that with the ability of your subordinates, it should be easy to overthrow Shuyang City. "
"Split your troops into a surprise attack, even dragging and beating?"
Li Yan nodded: "That's what I mean."
Chen Jiming asked again: "So, do you have enough troops to lead a brigade?"
"Relying on Lianhe to block the attack, with the power of rifles, I believe Tan Tai's cavalry is not that capable."
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"Is Ming Gou's firearm so ferocious?"
Tan Tai was horrified after hearing what happened to Ah Shan, and the memories of the disastrous defeat in North Korea came to mind again: "When we were at Bi Tie Pavilion, A Min suffered a loss from Ming Gou Firearms."
He Luohui was stunned after hearing this, and then said: "The Ming army broke through the Yellow River defense line and arrived at Cui Town. I believe they will not stay where they are, or maybe they will stay where they are and wait for help. At this time, there is no news of King Li coming. We must prevent the Ming army from crossing the Yellow River from Taoyuan."
"You mean the Ming army will march north to Shuyang?"
He Luohui shook his head: "I don't know, but I can guess a thing or two from Ah Shan's story. Tan Tai, we have to make two preparations. First, we must immediately build a trench in Shuyang to guard against the Ming army's attack. Second, we must prepare for the attack of the Ming Dynasty. Prince Raoyu sent letters respectively to inform them of the news about our place;
Now I'm worried that if we can't hold on, the Ming army will surround King Li with a double-team, and Tan Tai..."
Tan Tai was frightened by He Luohui's analysis and immediately said: "Shu Heha, immediately send an order to dig trenches on Shuyang official road and arrange them more densely. Also, lay earth mines in the direction of Liujiazhuang to blow them up."
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"His Majesty..."
Chen Cao ignored Huang Chunyao, but looked at the Huai'an battlefield in the distance with his binoculars: "Send an order to Ning Guoxing and ask his troops to bring mortars to support the 80th Brigade."
"Come on, rush on..."
The commander of the 80th Brigade, Liao Zhun, couldn't care less at the moment. The cavalry rushing forward were obviously in a state of decline. After all, the distance that allowed them to charge was only more than a hundred steps. However, there were still soldiers under his command in front who were blocking them with their lives. These cavalry offensives.
"Raise the gun..."
"put..."
'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...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
"Fix the bayonet..."
"Be careful of the cold arrows fired from the top of the Tartar city, shield bearer, where is the shield bearer..."
The infantry of Yang Lianmaha who came to attack the mountain hurriedly came up with their round shields after hearing the shouts. The battle ahead was extremely fierce. With the crowds crowded, the muskets could no longer be used effectively. Both sides were fighting. Conduct cold weapon warfare.
"Fill the trench quickly, quickly..."
At the same time, Chen Pingzhong immediately put the engineers accompanying the army in the rear to immediately carry out soil work, trying to fill in the trenches and defensive lines deployed by the Qing army one by one to facilitate the march of the troops behind.
"Be careful, the Tatars are about to fire..."
"Bastard thing..." Chen Cao put down his telescope, and with the sound of gunfire coming from the distance, he cursed again: "What kind of bullshit tactics did Huangpu teach you in the first period?"
"Your Majesty, calm down..."
"Your Majesty, calm down..."
"Calm down your anger," Chen Cao cursed: "Does the bastard Chen Pingzhong know how to fight? He has lost all his trademarks in the Longwu Army. He is still fighting against the enemy at a distance of more than a hundred steps and in a dense crowd. Bayonet, does he think all the Qing troops on the city are blind? Call Tang Kainian for me..."
He was so angry that he even changed his name. I think Chen Cao was also worried.
"Your Majesty..." Tang Kainian came on horseback: "I am guilty..."
"You're a dead man. Let Madman Xiao from the 21st Division launch an attack from the southwest."
Chen Cao, the nickname of Xiao Yongguang in the Longwu Army, was well aware of it, and it was fully reflected in the Battle of Nanjing.
At that time, Xiao Yongguang's unit was still a pure fusiliary unit, but now it has become one of the only two integrated rifle divisions in the Longwu Army.
