Chapter 422 Artillery Position
With the same surname as Li, Li Suyan felt that he was no worse than Li Xuanjun, a Cantonese boy. The difference was only in age. Li Xuanjun was only eighteen years old, but he was five years older than Li Xuanjun. He was from Zhejiang Province.
However, Li Xuanjun's achievements may no longer be matched by anyone, but that does not mean that everyone cannot develop in his direction. Obviously, Li Suyan also has the same idea.
He looked at the regimental deputy beside him and said: "Since the beginning of the war, the Tatar artillery has never stopped extinguishing. In our impression, where have the Tatars ever had such rich artillery? This is not what those foreign countries sold to the Tatars. of?"
The regimental deputy looked at Li Suyan: "Regiment leader, you want to seize the Tatar artillery position?"
Li Suyan laughed, showing no sign of the battle just now: "You are right, taking their artillery positions will not only help us, but also the entire war situation."
"Regiment seat, our regiment is now only one battalion in strength."
Li Suyan frowned: "It's not easy to capture their artillery position by surprise, but I have to tell the master about this idea."
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"Fire the artillery position?"
Huang Degong chuckled and looked at the ambitious leader in front of him: "Okay, okay, you all have the surname Li. At least you can't lose the face of this surname. Li Suyan, as long as you can take down the Tatar artillery positions, I will be here." I will protect your head in front of His Majesty, tell me, how do you want me to arrange it?"
Li Suyan also laughed, and then stood at attention and said: "I would like to ask the master to arrange for brothers from the two regiments to charge head-on. Our 33rd Regiment is no longer an organizational unit. I am leading the only battalion full of soldiers to attack the Tatar artillery position."
"Yes," Huang Degong nodded: "I have an idea. One battalion is too small. I will immediately send a message to Commander Yang Lian to ask their infantry to cooperate in the attack. I will personally lead the guard regiment to support your troops."
Bang...
Li Suyan stood at attention and saluted: "I'll go now."
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Jilhalang's firearms battalion is composed of troops from Shandong and Gyeonggi. There is also a group of Dutch mercenaries, with a total of more than 400 people, carrying 100 three-thousand-jin red cannons, 50 five-thousand-jin red cannons, and one There are 300 thousand-jin Hongyi cannons, and there are nearly 20,000 gunners to operate them. The remaining 10,000 people are all equipped with flintlock muskets.
This group of people spent most of the Qing government's financial resources and were armed to the teeth. In addition, there were countless types of firearms equipped by the Shenji Battalion from the original Chongzhen Dynasty.
In the artillery position outside the city, 50 5,000-jin Hongyi cannons are in the position, and there are also 100 1,000-jin Hongyi cannons, most of which fire flower shells.
The artillery array was commanded by Sunan, a Manchurian who was a close confidant of Jirharang and was the deputy general. Since the fighting started early in the morning, the artillery array had never stopped turning.
"Quick, pour water on the cannon body to cool it down, and push the backup cannon up..."
Sunan yelled at the gunner. The never-ending bombardment caused tinnitus in his ears, and he had to scream loudly when he spoke.
"What's that sound?"
Goshiha next to him raised his head and looked into the distance, and then said: "Return to my lord, the Ming army has launched a charge."
A quick horse rushed to the edge of the artillery array, and the orderly soldiers flew up: "Sir Su, the prince has given the order, and the artillery array will be bombarded immediately."
Jilhalang's command position was two miles behind the artillery array, close to Xuzhou City. The reason why he was able to command properly was because of the Songjiang-made telescope he purchased from the Dutch.
Sunan held on to the hilt of the knife at his waist and shouted loudly: "Everyone is ready, take turns to shoot, and reload immediately."
"Hurry up..."
The people manning and transporting the artillery were all Han people, and there was not a single person with the Han military flag, but the people guarding the cannon were all Manchurians. If they moved any slower, the whip would be whipped.
"fire..."
"fire..."
Dong dong dong dong...
The violent sound of artillery shook Sunan's body. However, in the concave position of the artillery array, he could only feel the recoil thrust caused by the firing of the artillery. He could not feel what was happening outside the artillery array at all. thing.
In accordance with Huang Degong's order, the two regiments 28 and 29 launched an attack on the Qing army from the front relying on the remnants of the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots and carriages left by the Qing army. On the right wing, there were 5,000 infantry under Yang Lianmaha's command to coordinate the attack. Although Zu Dashou The cavalry was unable to coordinate the attack, but it restrained the Qing cavalry on the left wing.
The fighting suddenly became fierce again.
While covering the attack, the infantry and cavalry fought together. The battle was not only fierce, but neither side was hiding its weakness. Every attack and counterattack was the most intense.
Li Suyan led a battalion of people to move quickly towards the right front. Because there were two brother groups covering them, his troops moved very quickly. In less than a stick of incense, Li Suyan led People are actually less than two miles away from the Qing army's artillery array.
In the artillery array on this side, Sunan was still directing his men to fire the artillery quickly. Over there, Li Suyan could already see through the telescope the smoke after the artillery fire and the water vapor produced when it cooled down.
"The 7th company continued to move to the right wing of the Tatar artillery position. Waiting for my signal, the 8th company launched an attack with me. Half of the 9th company separated as the rear team, and the remaining half detoured from the right wing, preparing to block the Tatar attack. Support, all companies have listened. After the war begins, whether there is life or death, just send all the things you have in hand to the Tatar artillery positions. If this battle is successful, I will make the decision. After returning, everyone will enjoy Huating. A jar of old wine.”
"yes..."
The bombardment explosion points of both sides are similar, but the veterans on the Dingwu Army will try their best to find the enemy's artillery positions, and then use their own artillery to attack the opponent, so that before Li Suyan is ready to launch an attack, he will not move forward. Several exploding shells fell inside.
Sunan had just asked the gunners to cool down the barrels and replace the cannons with new internal guns. Ghoshha, who was in charge of the lookout, ran to Sunan in a panic and shouted: "Sir, we have discovered the Ming army on our left front. Heading towards the artillery array."
Sunan's ears were ringing a little, and he didn't even hear Geshiha's words clearly. It wasn't until Geshiha repeated it a second time that Sunan realized what had happened, so he quickly ordered the more than two hundred cavalry with blue flags guarding the artillery position to quickly Of course, Li Suyan and the others were actually spotted by the sentry cavalry wandering outside as soon as they made their first appearance. Without waiting for Sunan's order, the leader Niu Lu Zhangjing ordered his cavalry to prepare in advance.
By the time Sunan's order arrived, Niulu Sumeha had already ordered his subordinates to take the initiative to launch an attack on the Ming army who came to sneak attack the artillery array.
Li Suyan was running quickly, but he saw a large number of cavalry appearing directly in front of him, numbering at least a hundred.
"Prepare to attack..."
