Of course Boss Zhu had to "invent" something as famous as barbed wire.
In fact, this thing is not technically difficult, especially in the Ming Dynasty when even railroad tracks could be laid. It was certainly not difficult to get some barbed wire.
Moreover, historically this thing was used by Americans for grazing, and its use in the military was only an accidental opportunity.
So when Starry Night arrived, General Shengjing of the Qing Dynasty arrived at the battlefield, and Lin Ning, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army in the Liaodong battlefield, saw two rows of simple barbed wires, blocking the Qing troops on the east and west sides. The barbed wire fence looked unreliable, so Lin Ning didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, she held up her binoculars to observe the Ming army's formation waiting for the Qing army to come up at Tieling Tunbao.
There are not many cavalry.
At least there are no serious cavalry.
There are just a few horse-mounted infantry battalions. As the name suggests, this kind of mounted infantry is infantry on horseback. They usually use black guns, but in battle, they still have to dismount and fight on foot.
The number of people is also the same as the information.
What's the use of that thin fence?
Can the cavalry pass by with a single charge?
If they were facing other enemies, Lin Ning would have already ordered the cavalry to charge.
But now he was facing the Ming army, so he had to be cautious and temporarily stationed his troops on the west side. Together with the Six Thousand Huihui Eight Banners, they stopped about five miles away from the Ming army's battle formation.
Lin Ning's arrival shocked the morale of the Qing army on the battlefield.
Tens of thousands of cavalry "surrounded" this group of more than 10,000 Ming army infantry.
Many Eight Banners officers and subordinates cheered.
"This time I will kill thousands of them no matter what!"
"This is an unprecedented victory for the country since the army was launched against the Ming Dynasty!"
"The Qing Dynasty still has to rely on our Eight Banners outside the Pass."
"They have no time to run now. Lord Lin Ning came with tens of thousands of cavalry. They have more than 10,000 infantry in total. How can they run away!!"
All of a sudden.
It can be said that the morale of the Qing army was greatly shaken.
Although within the pass, tens of thousands of the Qing army's Green Camp, Green Banner, and Baoyi Army, as well as the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, and the Sauron Cavalry were annihilated, and they were almost defeated in a single blow on the battlefield.
But like now, it is still quite rare for tens of thousands of cavalry to surround the more than 10,000 infantry of the Ming army coming from afar.
Even if they can't annihilate them all.
With such a battlefield situation, how can we achieve a big victory?
Also arriving on the battlefield were Russia's Governor of Eastern Siberia, Lieutenant General of the Russian Empire Mikhail Kutuzov, and dissidents of the Russian Empire, opponents of Her Majesty the Queen, and scholar Alexander Radishe who was suspected of being a traitor to Russia. husband.
"Your Majesty General, the soldiers in front of you are the soldiers of the Ming Empire. How do they compare with your soldiers?"
Mikhail was also holding a telescope to observe the Ming army ahead.
A military camp that looked unreliable to Mikhail was actually quite orderly.
The soldiers were very disciplined and maintained a strict formation no matter what, with two people in a line and three people in a line.
The morale is also good, the nutritional status is also very good, the body is tall and strong, and the face is rosy, indicating that the supply situation of this army is very good, and the physical condition is much better than that of the garrison and Cossack cavalry in the Russian Far East - in In Irkutsk, it is often the case that soldiers do not have enough to eat.
In addition, the Ming army's equipment was also very sophisticated, with a large number of artillery. Soldiers generally carried flintlock guns with bayonets on their shoulders, and several wooden-handled grenades on their waists.
However, when facing the Qing cavalry, they did not seem to form a line of infantry, but instead got into a trench dug in advance.
A trench and two rows of barbed wire.
This is probably the fortification of the Ming army.
Is this too crude?
Mikhail thought.
Just a row of musketeers relying on the trench to defend.
Did the cavalry disperse as soon as they charged?
Although the Ming army's grenades and mortars have a strong firepower density.
But Mikhail still believed that the Ming army in front of him was too overwhelming.
Thanks to Boss Zhu’s invention.
Military changes are also taking place now in Europe.
In fact, if both sides were equipped with a large number of explosive ammunition, the tactic of queuing up and shooting would no longer be possible.
But it's a pity.
At any time, the Army is a relatively conservative force in the military.
Even in the era when rear-loading needle-fired rifles have appeared in later generations.
Aren't there still some old die-hards in the Army who believe that shooting while lying down or kneeling is an insult to the honor of soldiers, and they insist on forcing their soldiers to pat the team and go up with the whizzing bullets to die.
Therefore, in Mikhail's opinion, the current Ming army's equipment is quite sophisticated, but there are too many issues worthy of discussion in terms of defensive arrangements.
"So thin? Can you break through it if you just rush over?"
Heilongjiang General Shu Liang said.
Lin Ning shook her head: "There are many tricks in the Ming Dynasty, we must not underestimate it, for fear of being deceived!"
Jilin General Paulin also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, you can't underestimate them. It's better to let people test them."
"Let who go?"
Lin Ning looked at a man not far away who was wearing a gray cloth and tattered cotton coat, craning his neck and looking back.
"Let's go back to Eight Banners and test it out!"
"You only took 6,000 photos and came back?"
Peng Jun frowned.
"It seems that the Tatars are afraid of being beaten, and they don't dare to take advantage of such a huge advantage."
Chen Jianhui said regretfully.
"Six thousand, just six thousand. If they want to test it, they will test it and order the bombardment. Let the more than 10,000 people of the Eight Banners endure the bombing. This town wants to see if the Tatars can hold their breath."
Peng Jun said with a sneer.
Lin Ning doesn't dare to risk it all now, but their direct motive for leading the troops south is to take over the more than 10,000 bannermen in Tieling Tunbao. At the same time, they may not want to see if they can get some advantages.
Now, Chechi So So Sou has sent 6,000 unimportant people back to the Eight Banners to fight.
It's clear that he wants to be intimidating and doesn't wear a helmet.
So Peng Jun decided to bombard Tieling Tunbao. Anyway, he brought enough artillery shells this time, so he didn't need to feel bad.
But Lin Ning will definitely feel distressed.
Because after all, they are people with more than 10,000 ancestors.
Lin Ning, who couldn't afford the death of her ancestral people, would definitely lose her temper first, otherwise she would have no choice but to watch her ancestral people being bombed to death.
How cruel.
Songshan, who was in Tieling Tunbao, had not yet felt the cruelty coming.
He feels fine now.
Still inspiring the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers in the fort.
"Cheer up, everyone!"
"Let's shrink inside the fort. If Ni Ming comes in, we'll kill each one. Come and kill a pair!"
"Who are we, the Eight Banners men, afraid of?"
"There are tens of thousands of our troops outside. The one being surrounded now is Ni Ming. Let's hold the fort and give Ni Ming a break!"
After some encouragement.
The confidence of the Eight Banners soldiers in the fort and even the bannermen who organized themselves into teams with weapons was unprecedentedly high.
If Ni Ming can be severely damaged under Tieling Tun Fort and his energy is dampened, then everyone in the fort will start to take credit.
When the time comes, the emperor will transfer everyone to the pass and go to Beijing to enjoy the blessings. There is no need to stay in the miserable farming outside the pass.
Everyone is the Eight Banners.
Why can people from Jingying carry cages and cages for birds?
Those of us outside the customs have to hoe the fields.
"The military order is here, open up and fight! Have fun!"
The commander of the artillery battalion with gun emplacements on the front line was overjoyed.
"Captain Luo, you don't know that we used to dig and search every time we shelled. How could we be so generous this time?"
"Of course I did it before, but I probably won't do it anymore."
Luo Jinyue - He changed his name to Luo Jin in the army, which is the commander of the 2nd company of the 33rd Brigade Dragoon Battalion.
Now he was ordered to cover the front artillery battalion.
"Why?" asked the battalion commander of the artillery battalion.
This young captain, who has become a company commander at a young age, seems to have a pretty good family background.
Compared to a certain hero who followed the emperor to launch an army in Southeast Asia.
Maybe it doesn't even matter if his father is a marquis.
Therefore, the artillery battalion commander was also quite polite.
Why?
Of course it's because shells are cheaper.
He has been to the artillery shell factory in Guangdong, which uses assembly line industrial production and can easily produce tens of thousands of artillery shells every day.
The cost of manufacturing cannonballs is much lower than before.
So now the Ming army can open up their artillery fire.
Otherwise, it would be a fortress with little strategic value like Tieling Tunbao.
It would be nice to have a round of bombardment.
After a round of shelling, the big-headed soldiers charged with muskets and grenades.
But now.
If we can fire a few more rounds of artillery, it would be better if the infantry only comes out to clean up the mess. Then the battle will be much safer.
And the winning rate is also high.
In future wars, we will compete to see who can shoot more and farther.
Luo Jinyue thought.
But he also knew that this was not something a small company commander of his level should know.
So he said with a laugh: "It's all guesswork. Even the emperor came in person for these battles to restore Liao. It's normal that the guarantees in all aspects are more sufficient than before."
"That's right..." The artillery battalion commander nodded, and then spit out the cigarette in his mouth.
"Hurry up and prepare for the bombardment!"
I saw that the artillery camp was already preparing for bombardment.
Luo Jinyue also hurriedly ordered.
"Quick, quick, get into the trenches, check the equipment, and get ready to fight!"
The dragoon battalion is equipped with rifled guns.
With the advent of easy-to-load mini rounds.
The weakness of the rifled gun being difficult to load has been solved.
So it's not just the Dragoon Battalion now.
Some veteran infantry brigades are almost all fully rifled.
Another result of rifled guns and rear grenades is that the Ming army now rarely uses the tactic of queuing to kill.
You can rely on the precise sniping of rifled guns at long distances.
Why risk enemy fire by running thirty steps to shoot?
Moreover, under the density of fire brought by rifled guns, grenades, and mortars,
The Ming army indeed no longer needs to rely on dense formations to pursue firepower density.
Therefore, the Ming army's combat and training regulations have now begun to be improved.
The tactics of squatting have begun to take over the mainstream.
And at this time.
The target of Ha Guoxing, who was ordered to attack, happened to be the area where Luo Jinyue's headquarters was located - the artillery position must be an important strategic target.
At this time, Ha Guoxing was also mobilizing his soldiers.
In fact, there is nothing to mobilize, just empty promises.
Because Hui Eight Banners was originally a temporary organization.
The equipment is not good.
Not treated well.
Now they are just used as cannon fodder to consume the Ming army's defense line.
But Ha Guoxing is very energetic.
Because it's not him who is the cannon fodder.
Use thousands of lives to dye your hat red.
Ha Guoxing has no psychological burden at all.
"The time has come to make contributions to the Qing Dynasty! Whoever rushes into the trench first will be promoted to two levels in a row, and will behead the enemy one level, and will be rewarded with ten silver coins! Anyone who is afraid of not being the first will be beheaded!!"
It was very wide, and the noisy six thousand Eight Banners formed a large horizontal formation and were pressed forward.
No, this can't even be said to be a horizontal formation, but a square formation.
It was noisy and looked loose.
Mikhail, who was watching this scene from a distance, murmured in his heart when he saw this scene.
"Such a crotchless soldier, but the opposite side seems to be unskilled. There is just a trench and a row of soldiers forming a defense line. How can such a defense line withstand the impact of the cavalry?"
"In this battle, the Qing army is going to achieve an unprecedented victory."
(End of chapter)
