"Oh?" Wu Baliu nodded, "I'm afraid the enemy has gathered a lot of people. You have a lot of new recruits in the team, can you do it?"
"We need to give them more training in the flames of war. How can they be independent without fighting a few tough battles after always following the Fubo Army?" Li Dong was confident. "The majority of our squadron is veterans, and their morale is also very high."
"Okay, your squadron will go up!" Captain Wu admired the other party's courage and agreed immediately.
Li Dong took people to the front for observation. The place where Xiangyong set up the fence is at the narrowest part of the road. It's hard to say how dangerous it is, but the terrain is indeed more favorable. There are tidal flats on both sides of the road, which is not only wide and not easy for people to walk on, but also has hills on the other side. terrain. Xiangyong built towers on several major commanding heights so that he could monitor the surrounding situation at any time.
"Let's see, how should we deal with this situation?" Li Dong asked.
In addition to the squad leaders of each squad, there were also squadron sergeants and senior veterans who participated in this pre-war discussion. Holding a seminar before the war to brainstorm ideas is a feature of the Senate's officer education system.
At the meeting, everyone put forward their own suggestions. Generally speaking, they were roundabout tactics and frontal attack. They all had their own ideas on the specific implementation. Some people suggested cutting down vegetation to pave the way on the tidal flat, and then the entire army would roundabout. As for the assault, some people suggested setting fire to the mountain directly to drive away the Xiangyong defenders on the hills... There are many methods.
"What you are saying is superfluous!" Yang Erdong said, "The prisoners have already said that there are only more than 200 village warriors on the other side of Shijian. The defensive measures are only a wooden fence. Let's not bother and just attack in one go. , just take down this wooden fence to save time."
Yang Erdong has been promoted to corporal, has changed his weapons, and is getting stronger.
"...The most important thing now is time. The leaders have said that we should rush to Lianzhou to Pingyao as quickly as possible. We have been fighting such a slow and safe battle along the way. When can we get to Lianzhou? "
Li Dong was convinced by his opinion, so he decided to attack directly.
The wooden fence on the road is no more than one person high. Although there are defensive facilities such as trenches to stop horses, there are no obstacles that are difficult to enjoy. Judging from the equipment of the regiment members standing behind the wooden fence, they did not even have a few bows and arrows, let alone firearms.
At that time, more than ten simple ladders and several short bridges for crossing the trench were urgently made. Wu Baliu's company also came over and was ready for a "cross-shooting".
The so-called "straddle shooting" means that the rifle shoots at a higher elevation angle. In the days of the flintlock and minion, this was a long-range shooting tactic commonly used by European armies. Sometimes infantrymen can project projectiles in such a way that they are meters away and still be quite lethal. Of course, this kind of "cross-firing" has no accuracy at all, but in actual combat, a commanded company salvo can still cause enough damage to enemies in dense formations at long distances.
Wu Baliu adopted "cross-shooting" not to increase the range, but just to be able to shoot from behind the Wuzhou Squadron to support them on this narrow terrain.
Due to the narrow road, the three teams could not go up together, so they could only break into the battle one by one in platoons. Surprisingly, Li Dong did not order the powerful rifle squad to be the vanguard this time.
"Yang Erdong, you come to be the vanguard!" Li Dong ordered.
"Yes! I promise to complete the mission!" Yang Erdong's whole body trembled. Being a vanguard means that there is a high possibility of death or injury, but the first credit for breaking the wooden fence is also yours.
As the assault drum beat rapidly, the sound of rifle volleys sounded behind Yang Erdong. He didn't have time to think too much, he put his bayonet on his rifle and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" After that, he was the first to rush out.
Yang Erdong was an officer and soldier in the old Ming Dynasty. He knew that even when he reached the position of deputy general or chief soldier, he still had to take the lead and lead his servants to fight in the front, otherwise other soldiers would not follow him and work hard. His squad had many new recruits, and he was unable to control the troops without taking the lead.
The entire squad, and then the entire squadron, started trotting behind him. The distance was only more than three hundred meters. The faster the movement, the smaller the casualties. The Wuzhou Squadron barely maintained order on this narrow road. The soldiers lowered their guns and trotted along.
There were only some members of the group behind the wooden fence, and Yang Erdong could clearly see their figures running in a hurry, followed by noisy shouts and the sound of clappers.
At this time, what Li Dong had been worried about happened: a sudden flash of fire erupted from behind the wooden fence, and then the roar of cannons came.
"It's over!" Yang Erdong's mind went blank: On such a narrow road, if he was shot in the head, he would still be missing arms and legs.
However, when he came back to his senses, his legs and feet were still running and his arms were fine. Four or five people in the team following him had fallen, each one a bloody mess. The screams were endless.
The team suddenly stopped, and some people had turned around to run back. The chaotic situation directly blocked the team behind them on the road. Yang Erdong shouted, asking the team to rush with him, but the entire team cowered and did not dare to move forward.
The bullets fired from bows, arrows and muskets kept passing over their heads. The entire team broke into three parts in the middle of the road and became a mess. Luo Mao kept urging them to continue charging, but the gunshots blocked the officer's shouts. , some people started firing guns randomly. Ai Buyi was trembling with fear because he was caught in the middle.
"Stop fucking shooting! Come at me!" Yang Erdong dragged and kicked the soldiers in the front row, finally forcing them to move forward. Two soldiers dropped their rifles, jumped off the roadbed, and climbed up the hillside.
"X your mother! Where are you going? Come back quickly!" Yang Erdong shouted, seeing the fastest runner running dozens of meters away. Suddenly, gunshots rang out from the team in the back, and two people who climbed up the hillside The deserters were shot one after another and rolled down. The soldiers who were about to break up immediately froze.
"If you don't want to die, follow me!" Yang Erdong took this opportunity to gather his troops and rushed to the wooden fence. The team quickly set up a temporary bridge, climbed over the trench, and set up a ladder. Yang Erdong was the first to climb up the wall and stabbed a panicked regiment member with one shot.
There was no fierce resistance from the Yangjiazhuang warriors. In fact, when they broke out in front of the trench, the warriors fled in all directions, and the entire squadron successfully broke through the wooden fence. Immediately afterwards, the 2nd company broke through.
After Muzha was broken through, there was no longer any suspense in Shijian. Jiang Wenming and Wendong fled with the remaining defeated soldiers, leaving rubbish all over the ground and dozens of corpses to Fubo's army.
The siege of Shijian was safely relieved, and the captain of the National Army guarding the town and the "elderly" of the town came out to greet them. Not long after he took office, this was the first time that the team leader had experienced this kind of test. At this moment, he was holding Li Dong's hand tightly and could not say a word, almost bursting into tears.
The Suijiang detachment decided to rest overnight in Shijian. Li Dong's troops made the first contribution, and all the detachments were beaming with joy. But the good days in the army usually don't last very long. Before the Wuzhou Squadron got hot, they received a new order: the entire squadron went to the north of Shijian to perform peripheral security missions. The whole squadron had just packed up the wounded and prepared to eat, so they had to put away their lunch boxes and walk through the town to prepare for camping outside the village.
Shijian Town is located in a small alluvial plain. The Suijiang River on the west side of the town flows from the south to the east. On the east and north sides are green mountains and rivers. The road to Guangning is sandwiched between the mountains in the north. middle. The mountain pass is more than two miles away from the village. The 2nd Brigade was afraid of being too far away from the main force, so the camp was only half a mile away from the northernmost village. According to the dispatched reconnaissance team, there was only a small village on the other side of the mountain, and no trace of the Ming army was found. The weather was clear and windless tonight, the temperature was pleasant, and they were on guard duty, so the officers did not let the team go on the pretext of training the soldiers' spirit. tent.
The blunders during the attack made Yang Erdong frightened. Although the squadron leader didn't say anything, he was very uneasy in his heart. Although he had the first advantage of "getting there first", he still took the initiative to ask for help and asked his own team to build simple peripheral fortifications.
"We just had a battle and there were a lot of casualties. Should we change the team?" Li Dong asked.
"It doesn't matter, these new recruits just want to practice more so they don't think too much."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you."
While the other two teams of the Wuzhou Squadron were chewing teething bricks with soup, Yang Erdong's team could only dig a hole with a shovel, and then pile the soil they took out behind the pit into a wall that was only chest high. It looked like nothing. A low wall that cannot stop it. They also knew that it was a shameful battle to win. There were only a dozen regiments on the wall and only three or five muskets. Although there was one cannon, it was only fired once. The dozens of regiment members behind who were not on the wall fled as soon as the wall fell, but the team itself lost four brothers. The most shameful thing was that two of them were killed by the "law enforcement in front of the formation."
Ashamed as shame, but while they were working, team leader Yang Erdong was holding a bowl of soup by the pit and drinking soup, euphemistically supervising and guiding them to build the wall. The Suijiang detachment went north to Guangning to build fortifications every night. Even fools have learned how to teach them? Originally, the suppression of bandits in Zhaoqing was quite free, but once the trenches were dug, the soldiers couldn't help but recall the painful memories of the recruit training in Guangzhou. In addition, although there were Ming troops approaching, it was estimated that 80% of them were defenders from Guangning, and there were not many of them, so the soldiers were not very enthusiastic about digging fortifications.
"The squadron leader is punishing our whole team. Captain, why don't you do it together?" Several veterans complained because they were familiar with him.
"What's the matter, not convinced?" Yang Erdong smiled, "When you change the strips on your armbands into beans, someone will do the work for you."
When the officers and soldiers got to know each other well, some of the bold new recruits would retort: "All of you officers are from the regular ranks of the commanders. How can we have this time?"
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