A steam tank is an armed locomotive, much larger than an ordinary wooden structure tank.
Therefore, it can carry ten infantrymen, and if necessary, it is not a problem to carry ten more.
When the soldiers of the Ming army saw such a huge thing, they were all speechless and kept asking, "What is this?"
Tie Chaodu, who served in the Qing army at that time, also expressed the same sentiment. He thought that since both men and horses were wearing armor, he was invincible.
He never expected that a steel monster that was as high as a mountain and bigger than an elephant would suddenly appear in front of him.
Not to mention invulnerability, even the shells fired by the red cannons from the artillery team behind Azig were unable to destroy such monsters.
Horse-drawn tanks are afraid of heavy artillery bombardment, but steam tanks can ignore the heavy artillery bombardment because the armor installed is thick enough and hard enough.
Especially the front of the steam tank can be hit by the opponent at will. The Tie Chaodu tried their best but failed to destroy even a single steam tank.
In addition to being difficult to turn, this kind of heavy ground equipment can move forward and backward, and it can also emit a large amount of steam, making it difficult to look directly at the Qing Army's Iron Cross.
Huang Taiji's plan was to trap the demon boy's men first, and then let Tie Chaodu carry out the siege.
The plan was correct, but when it was executed, it was completely different...
Under the combined influence of trenches, pits, heavy rain, and rivers, the Ming army indeed stopped advancing and showed no signs of retreat.
But just standing there made it extremely difficult for the Qing warriors to attack.
According to Bagala's report, the barbarian we planned to eat first turned out to be a tall and heavy Xiyi!
The Xiyi suffered a big loss last time. The fighting strength of each Xiyi was no less than two or three Bagara, far more than the ordinary Qing soldiers.
Based on this inference, if the people surrounded in the formation are all Xiyi, Azig will think that the battle is extremely difficult to fight.
Not to mention there are 100,000 Xiyi, even if there are 70,000, if we want to encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop, our side will lose no less than 100,000 Tiechaodu.
Can't one of our own cavalry be replaced by a Western infantry?
Such a comparison made Azig very angry, but unfortunately the truth was so cruel.
The Western barbarians were almost as tall as horses, and they were all covered in armor and armed with muskets and hammers.
If it wasn't a group versus a group, but just one versus one, I'm afraid Tie Chaodu wouldn't even be able to take advantage.
The demon boy was really good at calculating, and he knew very well that the combat power of his barbarian soldiers was low, so he hired a large number of Western barbarian soldiers to go into battle.
The devil boy did have some abilities when it came to sneaking, slipping, or promiscuous skills, and he often caused the Qing soldiers to suffer a lot.
Azig had the intention to kill the demon boy, but unfortunately things didn't work out as planned. He should focus on dealing with the Western barbarians in front of him first.
On the south side, Hauge led the Zhenglan Banner, Menggu Eight Banners and Baldaqi's Two Green Banners, with about 47,000 men, to storm the barbarian formation.
The Menggu Eight Banners are good at horse fighting, the two green flags are good at foot fighting, and the Zhenglan Banners are all Eight Banners soldiers who can fight on horseback as well as on foot.
Hauge asked Menggu's eight flags to charge in front of him. After opening the gap, he let the two green flags and his blue flag enter the formation together.
This time the barbarians retreated in a hurry and did not even have time to dig a horse pit. Hauge was overjoyed when he saw this and immediately ordered his troops to launch a full-line assault.
The Menggu cavalry throws flying claws or lassoes to jam a certain part of the Barbarian chariot, and then more than ten people use their horse power to drag a chariot together to pull it out of position.
This trick had been tried many times before, and it still worked this time. Hauge was watching every move in front with a telescope from behind, ready at any time for the Iron Cross with the blue flag and the two green flags to pour in from the gap.
The people responsible for the defense on the south side happen to be the French army directly under the Marquis of Turenne. Compared with the German mercenaries, the French officers and soldiers are all elites in the regular army. Their individual combat effectiveness may be slightly inferior, but they are better because of their strict discipline and good teamwork. Combat.
With battalions, companies, and platoons as combat units, as long as the commander does not order a retreat, the French soldiers will desperately hold on to the defense line and will not retreat easily.
Facing the crazy attack of the Tatar cavalry, which was far more numerous than their own, the 15,000 French troops relied on tanks to desperately block the attack.
Once it is discovered that a tank is about to be forcibly towed away by the opposing cavalry, nearby French soldiers will quickly throw grenades nearby to injure the dragged Tatar cavalry and prevent their subsequent actions.
In this case, the efforts from the outside were pulling outwards, and the efforts from the inside were desperately trying to stop it. In order to drag more than a hundred tanks, Haug lost no less than a thousand iron crossings.
But for Hauge, as long as he can open a gap of 50 to 60 feet wide, even if he loses 5,000 iron, it is completely worth it.
If the gap cannot be opened, and the enemy is surrounded by fire or charged head-on like the current situation, the war will be even more unfavorable for the Qing Dynasty, and the formation must be broken as soon as possible.
The Menggu cavalry stranded outside the formation could not quickly climb over the Barbarian tanks, so they were constantly attacked by artillery shells, bullets, grenades, and explosive packets.
Each French soldier was equipped with ten grenades, and mounted officers were also equipped with such weapons. Fifteen thousand men could throw out 150,000 grenades.
Coupled with the explosive bags used in mortars, a large number of explosive projectiles caused over 10,000 casualties to the Menggu Cavalry in a short period of time.
Before the change, the troops of the Eight Banners had already collapsed.
This battle is not a battle within the pass. If you can't defeat it, you can still retreat.
This is a battle for the destiny of the Qing Dynasty. No one dares to be defeated first.
Haizhou has given up on its own initiative. If the dog barbarian can no longer be stopped in Qianshan, and he is sent to Liaoyang City, wouldn't he be able to directly threaten Shenyang, the capital of the country?
Therefore, the battle can only be won, not defeated!
If they fail, the previous thirty years of efforts of the Qing Dynasty King will be in vain!
Hauge was supervising the battle behind him, and the eight Gu Shan'erzhen could only bite the bullet and order his men to fight to the death.
In order to motivate the warriors of each department, Huang Taiji also placed a reward before the war began, and those who broke the formation could enjoy the treatment of raising the flag.
The first hundred people to break the formation will be promoted to the third level and each will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver. They will also be given a house, ten servants, two maids, and six livestock. This is an unprecedented reward.
As long as the battle can be won, the property, people and animals stolen from the pass last year will be rewarded to the warriors who have made great achievements in battle, and Huang Taiji will not hesitate.
Corresponding to this is severe punishment. If any troops dare to escape from battle, all troops will be demoted from top to bottom into slaves, and all property will be confiscated!
Under such harsh orders of rewards and punishments, anyone who dared to escape without permission would have to fight to the death unless they stole the Ming army.
In addition to Dorgon's white flag and his own two yellow flags, as well as Jierhalang's blue flag guarding Shenyang, Huangtaiji has already sent all the Tiechaodu that can be sent to the battlefield.
If it weren't for the fact that the pickle army's combat power was low and it was difficult for them to carry out their major tasks, Huang Taiji wouldn't mind letting these subordinates defeat and make contributions to the Qing Dynasty.
Although Daishan, Azig, and Hauge fought extremely hard, they were only beaten from the front. Abate and Dudu's troops were attacked from both sides.
The Chinese army, which had a clear intention to join the forward, was moving closer to the east under the cover of a large number of heavy artillery, squeezing the Qing cavalry's space for movement.
Under the prolonged and fierce bombardment, about 30% of the nearly 44,000 iron chaodu were lost.
Although Abate and Dudu had no intention of ordering a retreat immediately, they both knew that the longer the time went by, the greater their losses would be.
He wanted to turn around and start a two-front war, but that would inevitably double the casualties of his troops. I'm afraid the demon boy was eager for his troops to come back with a counterattack tactic.
With a total distance of 400 steps, Qin Liangyu's white pole army has already walked halfway. If it were not for the fear of being accidentally injured by artillery fire, Qin Liangyu would have ordered the white pole army to rush over.
As a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, Qin Liangyu also understood the original intention of the new emperor. If a melee broke out between the two armies, the Ming Dynasty's artillery superiority would not be able to be used.
Thinking of the scene of the bloody battle in Hunhe, Qin Liangyu still felt vividly in his mind, as if he had reappeared yesterday, and he wished he could fight to the gates of Shenyang immediately.
But a certain new emperor had previously advised that as long as you have enough patience, there will always be a chance to avenge the hatred of the country and the family.
Eight years ago, the Ming Dynasty King's Division was unable to engage in a field battle with the Donglu.
Now, it is almost reaching Liaoyang.
Both brothers Qin Bangping and Qin Banghan died in the bloody battle of Qinghe River. If there is a chance, this revenge will be avenged...
After a winter of training, the Baigan Army has also mastered the infantry-tank coordination tactics.
Although the tank soldiers were all sent by a certain new emperor, there was no problem for the white-poled sergeants to follow the tanks and push the carts.
As long as we move forward slowly during the march and don't reveal too many flaws, we won't give the dog Tatars any opportunity to take advantage of us.
Under heavy rain, the ground became extremely muddy, and it was very slow for tanks using wheels to move forward by manpower alone.
But the Franco machine on the tank was not idle at all, and each gun fired at least fifty times.
This is true for a thousand tanks, and a total of 50,000 artillery shells were fired.
A certain new emperor is going to go head-to-head with Huang Taiji at this moment. If you charge hard with heavy cavalry, I will blast you with artillery!
You rely on brute force, I lend you firepower!
See if the flesh and blood of your men can withstand the onslaught of flying cannonballs!
As the space between the French and German coalition forces and the main force has gradually shrunk, tactical missiles with lower accuracy cannot be used.
The new emperor asked Qin Liangyu's white pole army to take the lead, and deployed three brigades of East Palace Guards behind him, plus Yi Bangcai's 3,000 special dragoons, which was enough to form the second batch of offensive.
If I rush over there now, I'm afraid those Hans will complain afterwards that they are making a lot of money when someone comes to steal their money...
Killing a dog Tartar can at least be exchanged for hundreds of roast ducks. Hans had been waiting for a long time.
For those of you who can’t live without eating meat, what’s coming at you are hordes of roast ducks!
"Hmph! I can't take less than a thousand riders to rush in!"
A certain new emperor saw the situation on the side of the French-German coalition through the telescope. The heavy cavalry with braided hair was quite capable, not comparable to the losers on the grassland.
For Huang Taiji, the good news is that thousands of people rushed into the formation, but the bad news is that these people were killed by the opponent...
Either hit the cavalry, chop off the horse's legs, or knock down both the man and the horse!
A certain new emperor had seen how Hans Bruck dealt with the braided cavalry. The technique was very simple, but very practical.
This big guy can knock down a war horse with at most three moves, and after the battle, he can easily and happily smash the chest of a braided cavalryman!
What was demonstrated at that time was pigtails captured from the battlefield, not a group performance.
But Brooke didn't mind this. Anyone who was beaten to death would receive three hundred silver coins!
A certain new emperor asked all company-level officers of the German army to teach ordinary Hanskop the assault tactics and individual tactics of the braided cavalry.
How to defend and how to receive attacks are all printed on the flyers, so that every Hans will not be helpless against braids on the battlefield.
Unlike Aunt Qin, she had to endure for more than twenty years before she could take revenge.
Hans took revenge on the spot when he had a grudge, so that even a single pigtail could not escape!
The role of the peripheral tanks is to prevent the braided heavy cavalry from charging on horseback and causing damage to the infantry within the formation.
If you abandon your horse and come in, Hans and Louis will definitely welcome you with both hands...
Azig really wanted the infantry behind him to come over and help, but these people had dug a lot of pits before, and now they were setting up obstacles for themselves.
But in the last battle with Goumanzi, the infantry and cavalry did not coordinate well. As a result, the cavalry finished fighting before the infantry could catch up, forming a refueling tactic.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates are late!"
"King Shun has come at the right time!"
Azig was overjoyed to see Kong Youde and his troops arriving. As long as he could break the formation, it would be okay to give some of the credit to Kong Youde.
If we rely solely on Tie Chaodu to defeat them, even if we break the formation in the end, our own Tie Chaodu will suffer huge losses, which is really heartbreaking!
Under Kong Youde's order, six armored Tianyou soldiers immediately charged towards the barbarian formation.
In fact, after a baptism of artillery fire, only about 5,000 infantrymen were able to break out of the trenches.
But coming to help at this time is to provide help in times of need, which is much better than adding icing on the cake.
Azig was so happy that he directly ordered Tie Chaodu, who was wearing a white flag, to use war horses to carry the infantry there, saving even the time of walking.
Later, the infantry of Shang Keai and Geng Zhongming also arrived one after another. As a result, Azig had more than 16,000 infantry in his hands.
Liang Shun Yi Gong is not afraid of losing infantry. Huang Taiji has promised before that no matter how many men and horses are lost in this battle, they will be fully replenished after the war.
Since a batch of coats were harvested from the pass before, some of the coats in Shenyang and Liaoyang can be converted into armored soldiers.
As long as you can defeat the dog barbarian and defeat the devil boy, you can choose from these packages at will.
Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Keai were very happy about this, but after their men met the enemy, they found that the enemy was almost as cruel as a ghost...
Not to mention that you can pocket a hundred taels of silver by killing a barbarian. Even if the reward amount is as high as five hundred taels, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to live long enough to spend money!
The infantrymen who rushed into the formation could not see a single barbarian face, but all the facial features that were exposed were Xiyi with red eyebrows and high noses. The Qing infantrymen were a little shocked to see them.
It looked okay from a distance, but when it came to close combat, I found that the opponent was a head taller than me. After taking the next move forcefully, my throat felt sweet and the tiger's mouth hurt.
There was no chance to fire arrows, and the opponent was protected by heavy armor, and he also had a hammer and a short blunderbuss in his hand. After a fight, many people found that their side had no chance of winning two against one.
Many people thought that they could kill Japanese soldiers or barbarians, but they never thought about attacking the tall and strong Xiyi.
After rushing into the formation, it is impossible to look back.
Either die here or kill the Xiyi in front of you.
But there were very few bodies of Xiyi on the ground, most of them were those of Tie Chaodu.
Some Tie Chaodu tried to get up from the ground, but were knocked down by Xi Yi nearby with a hammer, and there was no more movement...
