When Dai Senbao saw hundreds of people running up from behind Bei Haijun, he knew that the remaining 2,500 people he had could only serve as dishes. In desperation, he could only withdraw the cavalry to the west side of the first trench, and at the same time sent someone to report the situation to Mingliang and wait for the next instruction.
Shuo Yunbao, the commander of the White Flag Guards, and Wan Ting, the guard commander who were sent out to harass, were also beaten and fled away. Although these two teams caused some trouble to the North Navy with the cover of dense forests, the dense rain of machine gun bullets does not have to hit people to cause damage; the wood chips and ricochet caused by bullets hitting trees and rocks sometimes cause more direct damage than bullets. Hitting the human body is even more terrifying.
In the Ninggu Tower camp, Mingliang received battle reports from the front one after another: "Commander! The bandits only number five to six thousand, and the ones who rely on them are firing fiercely with muskets to consolidate the buddies. No matter how they attack, they will not retreat until they die. "
After discussing with the left and right, Mingliang decided to adjust the deployment and ordered Dai Senbao's troops to move to the north bank of Hualan River northwest of the camp for defense, while Shuo Yunbao and Wan Ting's troops returned to the villages south of the camp for defense.
The five thousand cavalrymen who returned to the west side of the first trench on the north bank of the Hualan River formed a huge camp with a radius of three kilometers. They were waiting for an opportunity. Once there was a disconnect between the various units of the Northern Navy's march, it would be the best time for them to attack.
In the second trench on the east side of the Qing army's camp, tens of thousands of Qing troops armed with muskets were waiting in full formation. Except for the more than a thousand Qingying musketeers from Ili who used flintlock guns, the vast majority of the Qing troops still used matchlock guns.
Later generations often say that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty used the most advanced muskets in the world for hunting, but did not equip the Manchu and Han soldiers.
But is this really the case? Many people confuse standard weapons with handicrafts.
The standard shotguns of the early Qing Dynasty army were indeed inherited from the Ming army, but after Kangxi and Yongzheng conquered Junggar, the standard muskets of the Qing army were mainly imitations of Junggar's "Zambala muskets", that is, Huihui guns, which vary in size.
The big one is the "return gun" mounted on a saddle-shaped base, and the smaller one is the "return gun".
The sources of the muskets of the various tribes in Dzunghar Vitra, after repeated emphasis on some early opinions, made people mistakenly think that they all came from Russian support. Historically, when Tsarist Russia expanded into the interior of Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries, out of consideration for its own interests, it strictly prohibited the export of firearms to Kazakhstan, Vitara, and Khalkha Mongolia. It even issued prohibitions twice in 1620 and 1694. Ban on the export of firearms to Mongolia.
Tsarist Russia's flintlock muskets were only allowed to be exported as gifts, and the quantity was very small. Of course sporadic smuggling also exists, but the scale is not large. When fighting Kangxi, the number of Junggar's firearms troops was as high as 8,000 to 12,000. Smuggling alone would definitely not be able to form such a large musketry regiment.
In fact, the largest source of muskets for Junggar at that time was the communist countries in Central Asia, and the source was the Ottoman Empire. Don't look down on the matchlock gun. The Ottomans fought four "Russian-Turkish Wars" with Tsarist Russia with this lightweight "Zambala Musket" suitable for cavalry tactics.
According to the content of Yue Zhongqi’s memorial during the Yongzheng period, it is known that the Qing army’s imitation of the “Huibu Taohua Gun” has an effective range of 270 steps (83~96 meters) and a maximum range of 500~600 steps (150~185 meters); while the flintlock gun of the same period The effective range is only 100 yards-91 meters. (Don’t argue with the range of flintlock guns used in shooting competitions. It’s completely different from the range of large-scale standard equipment.)
During the reign of Emperor Yongzheng, the Ministry of War's arsenal in Xi'an produced a total of 4,800 guns. By the 51st year of Qianlong's reign, the inventory of "Zambala Fire Guns" in the Armed Forces Academy was as high as 10,000 guns.
Considering that the misfire rate of flintlock guns in the 18th century was significantly higher than that of matchlocks, if you were the emperor, which one would you choose?
There were three lines of trench defense deployed by the Qing army in the Ningguta Camp. In order to prevent the soldiers from expending a lot of energy when moving, Mingliang set the distance between each trench to two hundred steps. It's too far away.
In the afternoon, after learning that the Northern Navy was stationed in a village ten miles southwest of Ningguta, Mingliang decided to launch a night attack.
The Eight Banners troops are not the Green Camp in Guan Nei. Relying on good food and a lot of meat, the Eight Banners troops do not suffer from night blindness. If it were replaced by the Kuhaha Green Camp in Guan Nei, everyone would become blind at night.
The Qing army also worked hard for this night attack. A certain person surnamed Yin came up with an idea that "dazzled" the generals, and Mingliang actually thought it was very creative.
The idea is to form a "quilt army" of two thousand people...
Wet two quilts with water, then apply a thick layer of black and gray mud, dry them with fire, and nail a wooden frame support behind the quilts, which are carried forward by four soldiers. Yin Zanhua believed that this could not only defend against the North Korean Navy's muskets to a certain extent, but also shield the sneak attack troops.
The commander gave the order, and the bank of the Hulha River at dusk soon became very noisy. A large group of people drove cars, carried burdens, and came with quilts one after another.
In the Yaksa warship on the river, the sailors who were having dinner heard the noise and ran to the deck to watch the Western scenery. I thought to myself, now that the enemy is at hand, how can these guys still be in the mood to wash their quilts? It’s so heartless!
After watching for a while, the sailors realized that the civilians had thrown the quilts into the river to soak up the water, then fished them out and spread them on the bank, then started to splash river mud on them one by one at night. , so that all the sailors looked at each other in confusion, and even forgot to eat dinner.
The troops who attacked at night were still led by Shuo Yunbao, the commander of the Baiqi Guard Army, and Wan Ting, the guard commander. In addition to the two thousand quilt troops, another three thousand people were transferred to them to form a night force of five thousand people. Attack troops.
Mingming's plan was that once the sneak attack troops succeeded and entered the village, the cavalry troops on the north bank of the Hualan River would take advantage of the situation to attack and deal a major blow to the Northern Navy.
Success or failure depends on this! If the sneak attack succeeds, everything will be easy tomorrow; if it fails... Damn it! Can't fail!
The Qing army was all experienced in carrying out night sneak attacks. They attacked Jinchuan, Burma, and Junggar. The sneak attack tactics have been tried and tested many times. The time to launch the attack was set at the end of the Chou period and the beginning of the Yin period the next day, which was when the guards were most relaxed at night.
When I was young, I buried a pot to make rice, ate and drank enough, and checked my weapons. Mingliang also offered rewards to the sneak attack troops. For every Beihai navy killed, he would be rewarded with fifty taels of silver; for capturing a repeating musket, he would be rewarded with eighty taels of silver; if he could capture that kind of bursting musket, he would be rewarded with two silver taels. One hundred taels.
He estimated that the Beihai Navy had killed only seven to eight thousand people this time. Even if they were all killed, the reward would only be 400,000 yuan per head. Including weapons seized, the total would only be 3 to 5 million. It was really a bargain.
At the beginning of the attack, a night attack force of 5,000 people was quietly dispatched; Dai Senbao's cavalry force also entered the starting position with horses wrapped in hooves and medals in mouth to wait.
Two thousand cotton troops walked in front holding 500 muddy cotton camouflage. Behind them were 1,500 musketeers, 1,000 archers, and artillerymen carrying return artillery and two generals' artillery.
The archers were squatting and advancing, while the musketeers were standing and following behind.
When advancing, there are gaps between each row of quilt camouflage for shooting muskets and bows; if viewed from the front, in the dark night, the quilt camouflage at the front of each row will tightly block the people behind it. Reality.
During this period, the military discipline of the Eight Banners troops was very good. No one spoke except for the sound of footsteps while the troops were marching.
They stopped when they were still two miles away from the Beijun station. After the forward battalion sentry in charge of reconnaissance reported back, they learned that the sentries outside the village were still moving, and all the Beijun in the village had fallen asleep. .
Shuo Yunbao, the chief of the guard army, was overjoyed when he heard this. He asked the soldiers to rest for a while and then ordered each team to move forward.
At this time, no one in the Qing army noticed that in the dark night sky, several palm-sized drones were flying over their heads towards the village...
At the starting position of the Qing army's cavalry on the north bank of the Hualan River, many horses' ears stood up and their heads shook uneasily.
Dai Senbao, who was in the tent, heard the movement outside, and his opponent Goshiha asked: "What's going on? Go and have a look."
Nagoshha went out for a while and came back to report: "Sir, there seems to be a swarm of wasps in the sky outside, buzzing non-stop."
"Hornet?" Dai Senbao and several generals walked out of the tent and looked up at the sky.
On a dark moon night, nothing could be seen in the sky except stars. Suddenly, a military general pointed to a place in the sky and said: "Sir, look!"
Everyone stared at the general's finger, and finally saw a very faint red dot flashing about ten feet above their head.
What's this? ! Dai Senbao and all the generals were shocked. After a while of burning the incense, I saw that the red dot seemed to have risen a lot, appeared darker, and then floated away to the southeast.
"Evil magic? Monster?" When everyone returned to the tent, the expressions on their faces were all surprise and astonishment...
At the second quarter of Yinchu, the "quilt army" of the Qing soldiers finally arrived one mile outside the Beihai Navy station, but the village in the distance was still silent. At this time, various quilt columns had fanned out and began to surround the village.
Just when the Qing army was still three hundred meters away from the village, suddenly, a muffled "boom" sound came from the village. After a while, there was a bright light in the sky, and the entire wilderness was illuminated like daylight. The Qing army that had been attacking for five thousand nights could not escape.
"The thief has a witchcraft!"
"It's over!"
Dai Senbao's whole body seemed to be frozen, and he was stunned on the spot.
At this time, shrill whistles began to sound, and the Beihai Navy, which had been waiting for a long time, finally showed its fangs.
"Fire!"
Suddenly gunfire broke out, and the originally peaceful village instantly turned into a volcano; dense rain of bullets sprayed out from the north, west, and south directions of the entire village. The first to be knocked down were the so-called "quilt troops."
"You must get closer! Otherwise, everyone will become a target! Brothers, kill!"
The first person to react was the guard commander Wan Ting. He raised his sword and shouted. Some musketeers who had come back to their senses did not care and pulled the trigger at the Beihai Navy 300 meters away. The Qing troops holding bows and arrows took advantage of the smoke and bent over and ran forward desperately.
Come closer! If you get any closer, you can shoot them!
"Boom! Boom!..."
Balls of flames exploded in the ranks of the Qing troops, and the Northern Navy's mortars opened fire.
"Boom! Boom!" Two more flares rose into the sky, and thousands of Qing soldiers ran like headless flies in the wilderness. Wherever there were the most people, the most people fell.
Amidst the hail of bullets, the Qing army's muskets continued to fire. After shooting, they bent forward, rushed a dozen steps, then stood and started charging the matchlock guns. Although people kept falling, others were still advancing, shooting, and advancing again.
Gradually, the surviving Qing troops were suppressed by the rain of bullets and lay on the ground without daring to move. Those Qing troops who dared to get up and shoot were all beaten into pieces.
Shuo Yunbao lay on the ground and cursed: "Why isn't that bastard Dai Senbao coming?"
The crawling Wan Ting dragged his severely painful injured leg to hide in a bomb crater. While tearing off the bandage, he shouted to those around him: "Keep rushing, don't stop!"
In the direction of the Hualan River, the Qing army's five thousand cavalrymen saw that the sky in the distance suddenly became as bright as day, and knew that the sneak attack had been exposed. Dai Senbao was hesitating whether to dispatch, when Goshiha sent by Mingliang arrived with a token and ordered him to quickly dispatch support.
Boom~~~
Tens of thousands of horse hooves galloped across the field, and the earth was like thunder rolling across the ground.
The Beihai Navy, who was standing behind the bunker, knew that the biggest test was coming. If they cannot fight off these cavalry, they will fall into close combat.
The tactics of the Qing cavalry were still "oblique and horizontal attacks", but the bows and arrows were replaced by muskets. When they arrived from the northwest of the village, the North Navy's bombardment target had become them.
"Woo~~"
The dull conch horn sounded. The forwards of the Qing army's cavalry raised their matchlocks on their horses and fired while advancing forward. Those who had fired sat on the galloping horses to load their muskets. These were all things they had already mastered. Skill.
"Get ready~ listen to my command~"
"beat!"
When the second regiment guarding the north side of the village raised their muskets to fire as the Qing cavalry passed by the village, ten light machine guns opened fire one after another. The rain of bullets mixed with tracer bullets was like a red whip, knocking off the horses of the Qing troops galloping from the front of the formation.
At the same time, the artillery troops of the Qing army who were desperately catching up from the rear rushed to a position 200 meters away from the village despite artillery fire and rain of bullets. Seven or eight second-level artillery and return artillery hurriedly aimed at several bunkers, and then Fire was fired.
"Boom! Boom!..."
"Be careful! Get down!" Hundreds of broad bean-sized shotgun blasts passed through several positions of the Northern Navy like a violent wind, and then several screams were heard.
The Qing artillerymen tried to reload and fire again, but as the illumination flares lit up, a dense rain of bullets came towards them, causing immediate casualties and making it impossible to organize an artillery bombardment.
The machine guns on the North Navy position continued to fire. From the easy bursts at the beginning, they became continuous. The barrels of the first few machine guns that fired had begun to turn red.
Although the Northern Navy's shooting caused huge damage, it could not stop the Qing cavalry's advance; they seemed to stand up from the ashes, and the dense rain of bullets was not enough to knock them down, and at one point they were even close to the bunker. There are thirty meters away.
Crazy machine gun fire forced the Qing cavalry to continue marching rapidly southward. They kept shouting wildly on horseback and continued to fire in vain until they advanced around the left flank of the Northern Navy. At this time, the machine guns from the southwest were also targeting these cavalry, and the shouts of the survivors gradually fell silent amidst the roar of the machine guns.
Finally, the Qing cavalry could no longer bear the heavy casualties and began to turn around and retreat. As the cavalry retreated, those Qing troops lying on the field unable to move began to collapse. They cleverly turned around and ran with the cavalry. Others lay on the ground crying for their fathers and mothers; some even grabbed the side and were full of mud. He covered himself with a mud quilt and tried to muddle through.
Several flares rose again in the sky, whistles shrilled in the Beihai Navy position, and killing sounds rang out. The troops of the two regiments rushed out of the bunker and began to pursue the fleeing Qing army.
The smoke filled the air and the light and shadow changed. Wan Ting, the military commander whose leg was injured by shrapnel, saw several Northern Navy troops rushing toward him and shouted: "Your Majesty, I am loyal!" After saying this, he immediately raised his sword. commit suicide.
Hundreds of meters away, Dai Senbao, who had a big hole in his cheek and was unconscious, was being carried by several broken soldiers and was escaping westward.
As the light from the flares on the battlefield gradually dimmed, the fish-belly white streak in the eastern sky became clearer and clearer.
It's going to be dawn.
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