The cruelty of the night battle at the Zhuozhou Camp was so cruel that later history books could not even describe one-tenth of its brutality. On one side were the well-trained regular troops, and on the other were the numerous sheep rebels. This late-night chaotic fighting style cost human lives. Exchange lives.
The Zhuozhou Camp was not an ordinary camp in the past. It was just a matter of putting up fences, nailing deer antlers and digging pits. It was a huge fortification that drew on the three-dimensional defense of the Western army and the Chinese trench warfare.
The brightly lit place is the huge main camp area within the fence wall. This is where supplies, equipment and tents are densely packed. Soldiers rest and eat here, ammunition and weapons are protected, and the command center is also set up here.
The camp is arranged in the shape of a Chinese character, with the northern entrance being King Dun's headquarters, and surrounding it is the Second Division of the Yulin New Army, which is where General Bai Min is stationed.
The two entrances to the south are where the third and fifth divisions of Xishan Camp are stationed. Nastu's fifth division is stationed in the southeast of the pin shape, while Bai Zhan's third division is stationed in the southwest corner of the pin shape.
Each of the three divisions has its own defense zone, and they support each other and are independent of each other. However, Xiaoer's three thousand kidnapping horses are scattered among the three defense zones, responsible for tasks such as reconnaissance and battlefield cover.
The troops brought out by King Dun were also well-trained and well-prepared. There were a lot of supplies in the camp. The food was enough for half a month and the ammunition was enough to fight at the highest intensity for three days and three nights without stopping. .
Moreover, with the continuous replenishment in the camp, there are thirty-six Chinese-made 88-caliber field guns, and the number of shells is also sufficient.
It is difficult to accept such a large camp, so it is a very wise choice for Ronglu to choose a night battle attack, because everything is exposed during the day, and your people cannot get close to such powerful firepower!
Only when the night is dark and the imperial army cannot clearly see the outside environment, can it be possible for these rebels to get close to the position, and then look for opportunities to break through. After rushing into the camp, they will be in close combat.
If you pile people's lives into it, you can change it into a cold-weapon fighting situation, and then the advantages of the Western-style army will not be brought out!
Moreover, what Ronglu was most afraid of were the more than 30 artillery pieces. When the Western Expeditionary Army fought against Aguba's invaders in the Western Regions, artillery was a decisive factor in victory.
Not only is it highly lethal, but more importantly it destroys the morale of the army! The victims were scared to death when faced with foreign guns, let alone cannons!
So the only way is to fight at night, fight at night, only fight at night!
But when they actually fought, Ronglu couldn't help but gasped, "Fuck! These grandsons have learned all Xiao Letian's trench warfare!"
Outside the Zhuozhou camp, the imperial army actually dug a wide trench temporarily, surrounding the entire camp. Countless soldiers shot out from the trench, almost all in volleys. Each shot seemed to draw a line from the plains. A whip with fire.
With one whip, hundreds of people fell to the ground!
What's even more sinister is that there are many traps outside the trenches. The Yulin New Army has been trained in Chinese individual combat, and they will dig a vicious trap.
A "foot trap" is a pit dug in the ground with a shovel that can only be about the size of one foot, and it is not deep enough to reach the ankle.
Since the pit is very small, there is no need to put too much camouflage on it. Just scatter a handful of grass, dry firewood leaves, etc. and it will be enough to camouflage it.
But without exception, there is a sharp bamboo or wood thorn in these pits!
As long as you accidentally step on it, the wooden thorns will definitely penetrate the soles of your feet, and you will be disabled and unable to fight at all!
Ah...ah...ah...
The rebels who were charging forward were wailing. Not only were those seriously injured who were mowed down by bullets, but there were also many rebels whose soles of their feet were pierced.
They sat on the ground and screamed in pain, and there were wailing soldiers everywhere in the darkness!
"Fire! Fire...fire at the source of the sound!"
Nastu actually took the lead and rushed out of the camp to the trenches and personally directed the front-line operations. The battalion commander under his command shouted loudly, "Commander! It's dangerous here. Go back. Brothers, we are here and we guarantee that we will handle it well for you!" "
"Haha... You are working hard outside, what does it mean for me to enjoy happiness inside! What does it mean to share joys and sorrows? If we don't tie our lives together, what kind of brothers are we?"
"I am here today, and my Nastu is with you both life and death..."
Swish, swish... a stream of bullets grazed Nastu's scalp and hit the soil of the trench, but Nastu's expression did not change!
The surrounding soldiers were moved, "Don't worry, division commander, we won't lose our position..."
Nastu looked at the familiar faces around him and gave his brothers a fist in the air, "Brothers! I, Nastu, am usually not kind to you, right?"
"Nothing to say! General Enqing and brothers all know..."
Nastu was really a loyal general. He never used his little salary to buy a house, but used it to subsidize his poor brothers!
Whatever rewards the emperor has, he doesn't keep them to himself. He exchanges them for money and shares them with his brothers whose families are in need!
There were a few times when an ordinary soldier in the army had an accident at home and suffered a loss of salary. Nastu even took the initiative to donate money, even if it was only a copper plate each, to help his brother's family who had gone too far to build a new house.
On weekdays, let alone being sick and starving, it was precisely because of Nastu's benevolence that the Fifth Division was trained by him like an iron army.
In fact, his behavior is also very taboo in the eyes of the imperial court. In the words of Han Chen, such a person's invitation to win people's hearts will sooner or later be a disaster!
The imperial army should only be grateful to the emperor and the Qing Dynasty. It is a very sensitive matter to express personal gratitude!
But Nasitu had a special status. He was originally a man from the Eight Banners of Mongolia. The Qing Dynasty had great trust in the Eight Banners of Mongolia. They were afraid of Han rebellion but never afraid of Mongolian rebellion.
In addition, everything has changed in this era, and the Han people have become warlords, so Stu's method of showing favor is nothing.
Not to mention that in order to show his loyalty to Emperor Tongzhi, Nastu moved all his Mongolian family members into the capital without any word from the court, and even sold out all the properties on the grasslands outside his mouth!
Such proactive behavior is a proper loyal minister, so instead of blaming him for this kind of favor, he regarded it as a sign of loyalty.
The emperor likes it, and the ministers below dare not say anything, so Nastu is in charge of the fifth division, which is monolithic and has super high combat effectiveness!
This late-night bloody battle proved this point. All the soldiers in the Nasitu defense zone had high morale, strict orders, and sufficient firepower. They beat Ronglu's vanguard and fled with their heads. Three consecutive attacks failed and countless soldiers were lost. corpse.
Nastu listened to the retreating footsteps getting farther and farther, and the screams on the battlefield gradually became less and less. Knowing that the third wave of attacks had also been repelled, Nastu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
