Upon hearing Zargu's order, all the Sauron soldiers around responded in unison: "嗻!"
In the past, they could not defeat the Northern Navy in the plains and wilderness, which made these Sauron soldiers suffocate. We are now in a mountainous terrain, and if we can't kill even ten Beihai soldiers, we might as well go home and coax our children.
So a group of Qing troops dispersed and began to form an offensive formation. Considering that the Beihai soldiers were in a commanding position, Xizhi Madai led half of his troops to outflank them, forming a pincer attack from both front and rear. In order to avoid the rapid fire of the North Navy, the Qing troops responsible for luring the enemy from the front wore two layers of foam nail cotton armor. Although everyone started sweating profusely after taking a few steps, it was still better than getting shot.
But the problem is that even two layers of cotton armor don’t work!
The battle soon began.
The leader with a yellow flag urged Rilke to be shot first and fell to the ground. Armored Henked was about to step forward to rescue him, but was hit by a bullet in the thigh, which immediately caused him to break out in cold sweat.
But unfortunately, this battlefield is in a mountainous forest area. Hunchunling used to be a closed area of the Qing Dynasty. No one came except ginseng pickers and nearby border residents. The mountains and plains were covered with oak, birch and pine trees. The open space was full of dense shrubs, which restricted the view and sight of firearms. The killing effect is greatly affected.
The squad from the Mongolian River Military Station did not expect to run into the Qing army before setting off, so they only brought half the base amount of ammunition. Each person is provided with 100 rounds of rifle ammunition, two grenades per person, and 500 rounds of machine gun ammunition. Although it was discovered that there were more than a hundred Qing troops, it was too late to go back and call for help at this time.
Because they carried little ammunition, the squad leader ordered everyone to save bullets, and the machine gun only fired once in a while. However, the soldiers were too nervous to fight the enemy. Many of them ignored them as soon as they came up, and twenty rounds of bullets were fired in the blink of an eye.
The Sauron armored men relied on the cover of tall trees and braved the hail of bullets. After losing more than ten people, they desperately rushed to a position within 200 meters of the Northern Navy.
A close combat with hot and cold weapons began.
Don't think that cold weapons have little power when engaging in firefights at a distance of 100 to 150 meters. These armored soldiers are holding 120-pound heavy bows. Even in modern wars in another time and space, the general firefighting distance of small weapons did not exceed 250 meters, but the density and accuracy of firepower have only increased. In combat cases, the firing range of most hot and cold weapons was even less than 50 meters.
To give a simple example, the shooting training of ordinary soldiers is a 100-meter prone chest ring target. Of course, there are also 200-meter and 350-meter targets. Even if they fire ten rounds every month, how many of them can guarantee ten rings?
What's more, as the number of people in the North Navy increases, the supply of ammunition has become the biggest constraint on the development of the army; if the nearly 30,000 troops are prepared based on only one base number of ammunition, the bullets alone will cost more than five million rounds.
No matter how rich Zhao Xin is, the arsenal and arsenal in another time and space are not specially prepared for him. Therefore, except for the reconnaissance team, recruits are now only given five rounds of reloaded ammunition during live-fire shooting, and each combat unit is only given five rounds for live-fire training every month.
If you shoot less, your shooting level will naturally drop; this is the same as archery, one costs bullets and the other wastes arrows.
His eyes turned back to the battlefield.
At this time, an armored man named Weng Jinai relied on his flexible skills to dodge all the way. When he was only 100 meters away from a location where the North Navy fired, he saw the right position and raised his hand to draw the bow and shoot an arrow. As the bow string vibrated, Wengginai's back hand that pulled the string was raised back like a whip, and the plum needle arrow with red tail feathers was thrown out at an angle of more than ten degrees. In the blink of an eye, it got into the bush, Then, a scream of being hit by an arrow sounded.
Just as Weng Jinai was about to move forward, a string of bullets hit his pocket. The flying sawdust frightened him and he rolled hurriedly on the ground. Only then did he save his life.
As the Qing army got closer and closer to the Northern Navy, two black and smoking objects flew out of the bushes. They were seen by the assistant leader Zargu, and he immediately shouted: "Get out of the way, thunderbolts!" "
When he was hiding behind a slope to avoid the explosion, the armored Erdene lying next to him held his head and cursed: "These rebels! They use fast guns when they are far away, and they throw thunder bullets when they are close. Damn it!" Toy!"
boom! boom!
An armored soldier who couldn't dodge was overturned by the air wave of the explosion, flew two meters and hit the ground heavily. Zargu looked over and saw that the armored soldier had been blown to pieces, and the nail armor on his chest had become pulpy. He picked up the 140-pound bow at hand, nocked the arrow, looked at the target and where to dodge next, and rushed forward to the left.
This man is a left-hander with powerful arms. The heavy bow creaked as he pushed it. His left hand with the antler ring on it loosened and flicked back. A long arrow shot out like lightning with a clang. It hit the Bei Haijun on the helmet, causing him to stagger immediately.
The Northern Navy soldier who was shot was dizzy at the moment, and a sunken white spot on the dark green helmet was extremely eye-catching. Just as he was about to take off his helmet to take a look, he heard someone beside him shout loudly: "Don't take it off!"
As soon as he finished speaking, seven or eight plum needle arrows fell down again. The beating made a loud noise on the surrounding bushes, leaves and helmets.
The light machine gun, which had been silent for a long time, finally stopped waiting and fired continuously at the positions of several armored soldiers. The deputy shooter on the side was sticking out his buttocks to load the ammunition chain. Suddenly, his whole body was shocked, and he felt severe pain from the sharp arrow piercing his flesh. It almost made him jump. He hit his head on the ground and screamed: "Son of a bitch! My ass!"
At this moment, the two soldiers of the Northern Navy discovered the Qing soldiers who had outflanked them from the right. They immediately turned their guns and fired several shots at the Qing soldiers on the flanks, emptying their magazines and then fired three grenades. Throw it over.
A large gash was opened on the face of the assistant leader, Xizhi Madai, by the flying shrapnel. His face, which was already full of flesh and blood, became even more ferocious at this moment. He was about to stand up and rush forward, but was held back by an armored soldier. He turned his face and said angrily: "What are you going to do?!"
"Sir, the thieves have thunder bullets, and so do we!"
Xizhi Madai was stunned and asked: "Where is it?"
"Sir, wait a moment." After saying that, the armored soldier took off the horn containing the propellant of the short gun from his waist, and took out a few iron bullets from another cowhide bag and gestured, Xizhi Madai's eyes suddenly lit up.
Just do what you said. Under the order of the leader, a dozen armored soldiers gathered the gunpowder and iron bullets they had on them and packed several half-fist-sized explosive bags in cowhide bags. Each of them was stuffed with twenty There were multiple iron bullets; then he soaked the cotton strips from his underwear with gunpowder and stuffed them into a cowhide bag.
While the outflanking armored soldiers were busy, the Qing soldiers that were attracting fire from the front had already suffered heavy casualties. The co-leader Zhargu was anxious and angry, thinking to himself, what is Xizhi Madai doing? ! Could it be that he wanted to escape before the battle?
Not long after, he heard a "bang" while huddled behind a tree root. When he looked up again, he saw a puff of white smoke rising from where the Beihai soldiers were. Then, dozens of steps behind the Beihai soldiers, At this point, seven or eight strange smoking objects were thrown out, and with a dull roar, streams of white smoke filled the hillside.
"Kill!" Seeing that the gunpowder pack had taken effect, Xizhi Madai shouted, stood up and fired several arrows into the smoke, then took the lead and charged forward.
Not far away, the Beihai Navy was blown to pieces by a sudden gunpowder bag. Fortunately, the Qing army's cowhide bag was not tightly sealed and the gunpowder was of poor quality. When it fell on the ground, it just exploded into clouds of white smoke. The iron bullets inside were even worse. Use no.
However, the battle lasted for a long time, and except for the deputy archer who had an arrow in his butt, almost everyone among the ten people suffered losses. The most seriously injured person was shot through the shoulder blade by an arrow. He could no longer lift his arm, so he could only lean on the bunker and shoot with a pistol; however, every time he fired, the recoil shook the wound and caused pain. He bared his teeth, and after firing two shots, he couldn't even hold the pistol anymore.
Hearing the shouts of killing from the Qing troops behind him, the squad leader raised his gun and fired while shouting: "Grenade! Fix the bayonet!"
Dozens of armored soldiers holding weapons were like fierce gods jumping out of hell. At this time, each of them had a fierce look in their eyes, and they kept flashing around among the woods, approaching quickly. The rain of bullets that kept spraying from the guns of the North Navy knocked each armored soldier to the ground. Seven or eight grenades exploded billowing black smoke in the forest. The flying shrapnel ripped open the cotton armor of the armored soldiers with ferocious kinetic energy. The beetle leaves inside were beaten to pieces.
A Northern Navy soldier who was closest to outflanking the Qing army fired all the bullets in his magazine. Seeing a Qing soldier rushing towards him, he straightened his bayonet without thinking and stabbed the armored soldier in the chest. . The sharp sword-shaped bayonet made a heart-wrenching squeak after it hit the foam nail on the opponent's cotton armor. Then it slid open half an inch, and after a slight pause, penetrated the first layer of cotton armor.
The Qing army soldier showed no fear. He held the muzzle of the rifle with one hand and pushed it outward. The Yanling knife in his right hand swung over and struck the Northern Navy soldier on the shoulder. The two of them were completely unaware of the fierce battle around them at this moment, they only knew that they must use all their strength to kill each other.
At this time, another armored man was about to step forward to help, but was knocked over by a shot. Immediately afterwards, the Qing soldier who was stabbed by the bayonet suddenly shook, and all the strength in his body receded like a tide. The black bayonet on his chest There was no resistance, and it sank into the chest with a harsh friction sound. The Northern Navy soldier who exhausted all his strength to kill the enemy took a few breaths. He was about to step on the corpse and pull out the bayonet. Suddenly he felt something was wrong. As soon as he raised his head, a plum needle arrow shot out, and there was a "pop" sound. Through his throat. The long arrow still had its momentum and struck hard on the tree trunk behind him.
"Xiao Wu!" The squad leader who was leading the team was shocked when he saw this scene. The person who was hit by the arrow was his neighbor from the same village in Henan.
He moved the muzzle of his gun and fired several shots at the strong Qing soldier who was shooting arrows, causing blood to fly on the opponent's chest. When the magazine was empty, he immediately threw away the rifle, pulled out the pistol on his thigh and fired continuously, while several Qing soldiers hiding not far away continued to shoot long arrows...
The smoke gradually dissipated. At this time, the Qing army besieging from the flanks suffered heavy casualties, and the few who were lucky enough to survive had already turned around and fled. The Qing army attacking opposite the Beihai Navy position also began to retreat.
All the surviving soldiers of the Northern Navy on the battlefield were injured at this time. The squad leader who avenged his fellow villagers had died. Two long arrows penetrated his body, one of which was right in his heart.
By the end of the battle, almost everyone had run out of bullets. Weapons are advanced, but the price of advancement is more bullet consumption. The Beihai navy in this class lacked combat experience, and many of them kept pulling on the triggers as soon as they came up. Ten rounds of ammunition were gone in the blink of an eye; the last machine gunner had to even out the bullets for others to use.
Xiong Mulu was still not rescued. The retreating Qing soldiers did not forget the prisoner. They desperately carried Xiong Mulu back to the position of the horse, threw him on the horse's back, jumped on the horse in a hurry, and headed towards the Tongken Mountain Fortress. Go in the direction.
For the Qing army, the battle report of the Hunchunling encounter was quickly transmitted to Jilin a few days later. Qinggui was extremely shocked after asking about the battle. He did not expect that one hundred Sauron soldiers faced ten Northern navy soldiers and were actually killed. They were severely defeated and only about twenty people escaped. More than 50 people including Xizhi Madai, the co-leader, were killed in the battle, and their bodies were not brought back. Several seriously wounded soldiers who escaped with Zalgu also died one after another due to serious injuries that were difficult to treat after returning to the Tongken Mountain Fortress.
The only highlight of this battle was bringing back a living Beihai soldier. After receiving the military report from Hunchun Camp, Qinggui immediately ordered Guanbao to send heavy troops to escort Xiong Mulu to Jilin.
In order to boost the morale of his men, Qinggui ordered his men to write a special report about this battle. In the victory report sent to Qianlong, Qinggui claimed that 37 Beihai soldiers were killed and 23 wounded in this battle, totaling 60 enemy soldiers killed and captured. A junior officer of the Northern Navy.
Later, when the battle report was sent back to the capital, Qianlong's Ministry of War, who learned of the battle situation, greatly rewarded the co-leader Zhargu and others. As for the armored soldiers who died in the battle, they also received double pensions. Among them, Xi Zhimadai, the leader who died in battle, was worth 800 taels of silver. The rest of the leaders who were killed in battle were worth 400 taels of silver. The first-class wounded received 100 taels of silver, the second-class wounded received 80 taels of silver, and the third-class wounded received 60 taels of silver. .
At this time, a Sauron leader wearing armor only had two taels of monthly food and food, and his worth of four hundred taels of silver was equivalent to the income of the fallen man in sixteen years. However, only half a year later, the Ewenki and Daur people in the Heilongjiang City area were tempted by the Northern Navy's monthly salary of fifty silver dollars, free food and clothing, plus one hundred acres of land and a wood-cut ridge, and the Qing government As the forces outside the customs were continuously weakened, he resolutely joined the army of the North Navy.
Three days later, two lightly injured soldiers from the Northern Navy rushed back to the Mongolian River Military Station from Hunchunling. The garrison commander of the military station was shocked when he learned the news, and immediately sent two platoons of troops to the rescue.
After receiving the report, Zhao Xin, who was stationed in Jurgen City, ordered people to immediately contact Elu's reconnaissance team to try to find out the whereabouts of the captured soldiers.
What else? Ten ordinary soldiers fight against a hundred elite armored soldiers. It is very good to be able to fight like this.
For the Northern Navy, after this battle, many people no longer dare to underestimate the Sauron soldiers. After Wang Yuanfang learned about the battle, he immediately sent a telegram to Sheng Haizhou in Heilongjiang City, asking the other party to recruit 300 troops from Sauron's tribe and send them back to Beihai Town for him to train personally. He wanted to know what kind of combat effectiveness these "Kings of the Jungle" in the cold weapon era would unleash after being equipped with the equipment of the North Navy that was armed to the teeth.
Sure enough, two years later, a special operations battalion composed of more than 300 Sauron soldiers killed the Dutch to pieces in the jungles of South Asia. Later, they showed great success in the battle to support Tipu Sultan in Bangladesh, beating the British. Talk about becoming a tiger. But that’s all for another day.
