Behind the battlefield.
Qianlong's face turned pale.
The Ming army's performance was much stronger than he expected.
In particular, there are endless tactics that fully utilize the power of new weapons.
Artillery bombardment.
Smoke bombs obscure the battlefield.
The grenadiers approached.
The assault of several hundred grenadiers defeated thousands of surrounding Qing troops!
This Ming army is really powerful!
"Your Majesty, the firepower of the rebels."
The worry on Fukangan's face flashed away next to Qianlong.
Qianlong looked back at Fukang'an and then at the generals present.
He said loudly: "The Anti-Ming Army has fallen into our army's trap! We have tens of thousands of troops in our pockets. A brigade of 5,000 people from the Anti-Ming Dynasty dares to rush forward. They are simply here to die! They have entered our army's territory. Trap, when the time comes, I will annihilate Ni Ming’s whole brigade in one fell swoop!”
Of course, the layout of the Qing army was not done on one front.
Instead, the depth formed by several fronts is almost ten miles deep.
Therefore, breaking through the first line of defense is still far from completely defeating the Qing army's formation.
And it seems.
Qianlong had long been prepared for the first line to be breached.
There is also a conspiracy against the Ming army's assault group.
This conspiracy was formulated by Fukang'an.
But now Fukangan himself is a little unsure.
Because the firepower of the Ming army was stronger than he believed.
The Eight Banners soldiers in the middle of the first line were defeated by 500 grenadiers.
The first wave of Ming army assault groups in six columns almost won without a fight.
Cheering, they rushed towards the position abandoned by the Qing army.
And right now.
The second wave of 6,000 infantrymen from four battalions was also ready and began to move forward as a whole.
According to the combat plan of the Guards Regiment Staff Headquarters.
The task of the first wave of assault groups is to tear open the first line of defense and open a gap.
And the second wave of assault will rush in through this gap and establish victory in one fell swoop!
But now the Qing army's first line of defense was blown up by grenades thrown by five hundred grenadiers.
Therefore, the mission of the 1st Infantry Assault Group was easily completed, and there was still room left to continue the pursuit.
In this situation.
Of course, the frontline commander Zhou Jitang, who commanded three battalions of infantry, would not let his highly motivated young men rest like this. Instead, he pursued the victory, advanced forward, and at the same time sent a signal to the artillerymen in the rear to let their artillery fire Extend forward to attack the Qing army's brigade in greater depth.
Bullets, bayonets, and grenades formed an unstoppable offensive force. The infantrymen rolled forward with rifled guns.
On a position ravaged by artillery fire.
The Eight Banners soldiers turned around and fled, and the Ming army infantry behind them launched a fierce pursuit.
Just when the infantry of the first wave of assault groups reached the front line of the Qing army's second line of defense.
On the battlefield.
The earth-shattering sound of horse hooves shattered the earth.
The ground shook.
Zhou Jitang immediately realized something was wrong
This is the cavalry of the Qing army! !
But it’s not a big deal.
The first wave of assault groups could break into the middle of the Qing army's depth, which was already overfulfilling the mission.
The next step is to defend on the spot!
"Blow the trumpet! Great Hollow Phalanx!"
Three battalions of infantry, including the previous five hundred grenadiers, quickly formed a large hollow square formation.
As long as he can hold on, when things go wrong later, he, Zhou Jitang, will be the great hero of this battle! !
With the sound of chants one after another.
The three Ming infantry battalions on the battlefield immediately stopped advancing.
Two square formations were quickly formed.
Seeing the formation of the formation, Zhou Jitang breathed a sigh of relief and began to use binoculars to observe the Qing cavalry in front.
To his surprise.
The cavalry of the Qing army did not rush directly to die;
Arrayed a few hundred steps away.
Confronted with the hollow square formation composed of the first assault group of the Ming Army.
This made Zhou Jitang frown a little.
The opponent's cavalry did not move.
His infantry did not dare to move.
Otherwise, the infantry would not have a formation and would be trampled by the cavalry.
Tens of thousands of cavalry charging over is no joke.
Right now.
Something happened that made Zhou Jitang break into a cold sweat.
The Qing army formation in the rear began to move forward.
The more than 20,000 Qing cavalry bypassed the hollow square formation of the first assault group and rushed towards the gap in the front line.
Although it was not possible to recapture the gap, it was obvious.
Zhou Jitang's three battalions.
Surrounded!
The situation on the battlefield seems to have suddenly taken a turn for the worse!
The fighting skills of these Eight Banners soldiers seem to have improved a bit too much.
Emperor Qianlong burst into tears when he saw this scene.
This is the closest he's ever come to winning! !
No!
Not close! !
Victory is already within reach! !
Tens of thousands of cavalry blocked the second wave of Ming army's attack.
Then tens of thousands of infantrymen pressed forward, and dozens of Qing army's general cannons also pulled up.
Just beat the Ming army's three thousand infantry!
If you can't win this.
That was like seeing a ghost!
Of course.
It was just winning for a while.
It doesn't mean he can win this battle.
But even so.
This small victory also made Qianlong extremely excited.
If you can eat these three thousand Ming army infantry,
This is since the war of Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The most glorious victory achieved by the Qing army!
none of them! !
As long as you can block it on the front line, it won't take long.
It is only a matter of time before the surrounded Ming army is destroyed! !
"Win! I'm going to win!"
"The national destiny of the Qing Dynasty is really coming back!"
Fukang'an and Eldenbao were both in tears and weeping with joy.
The situation on the battlefield is clear.
The Ming army's infantry formed a hollow square formation without large-caliber artillery, only some "small-caliber mortars" (small-caliber mortars).
Therefore, they could not withstand the artillery bombardment of the Qing army.
The follow-up troops of the Ming Army are coming up.
We must first break the first line of defense composed of 20,000 Qing cavalry!
How to calculate.
The Qing Dynasty will win at this stop.
What a win! !
"Damn it! How could this honest Eight Banners soldier learn how to use bombs?"
Zhou Jitang felt regretful and slapped his thigh.
It's best to fight these Eight Banners soldiers.
Just rush forward, break for a while, and the rest will scatter like birds and beasts.
The result was unexpected.
In this battle.
His opponent used a beautiful trick to lure the enemy into making dumplings.
Zhou Jitang, who didn't expect that the Eight Banners could also cheat, was deceived.
"Squat down! Everyone squat down!"
"The Qing army is about to fire!"
Zhou Jitang ordered loudly.
The Qing army's general artillery can fire shotgun shells and wooden tail fin shells.
However, the range of both types of ammunition is not far.
All artillery must be moved to the front.
Fortunately, the infantry battalion of the Ming Army had frontline support firepower accompanying the battalion.
Equipped with many small-caliber mortars.
It can prevent the Qing army from pushing the general's artillery into the range of shotgun and wooden shells!
Twenty heavy general cannons have been pushed up.
Two huge stubby mortars were also pulled up together.
The solid bullets fired from the general's cannon continued to fly over the heads of the Ming army.
The threat of mortars is even greater.
Zhou Jitang frowned.
"Brigade commander, you have to send someone to knock out those two mortars!"
Someone reminded.
Zhou Jitang frowned.
The Qing army on the opposite side obviously also knew what was the greatest threat to the Ming army's hollow formation, so the two guns were finally transported up and they were so close to the mortars that were only 400 steps away from the Ming army's formation. There were a large number of Qing troops around them. Eight Flags Musketeers escort.
But Zhou Jitang did not dare to disband the hollow formation - there were still many Qing cavalry behind him.
"You can send skirmishers and crawl over!"
"Climb over?"
"Yes! Climb over! I'm humble enough to ask for a fight!"
"Chen Liansheng, how are you going to climb over?"
Chen Liansheng recalled the scene when he was still cannon fodder of the Qing army's green camp, climbing from the Qing army's military formation to the Ming army's position.
Although the bullets of the Qing army were flying.
But he still failed to hit himself.
"It's very simple, brigade commander, just lie down on the ground and crawl forward! They are not easy to hit!"
"Okay! I will strengthen your company with two platoons of soldiers, and you lead them to knock out those two damn mortars for me!"
"Follow the order!!!"
Chen Liansheng took a deep breath.
soon.
About two hundred soldiers broke away from the hollow square formation and ran forward quickly as skirmishers.
After running for a while.
Quickly fell to the ground.
There were craters and obstacles blasted by various artillery on the ground, which became the best cover for these Ming soldiers who fell to the ground.
Chen Liansheng seems to have a lot of experience.
He saw the opportunity and kept using the cover of obstacles and craters to get closer.
Other Ming army soldiers also followed suit.
They are all veterans of the Guards Regiment.
He has rich battlefield experience, high fighting spirit, and strong desire to fight.
In today’s terms.
It’s just that the subjective initiative is very strong!
Under the leadership of Chen Liansheng, two hundred soldiers quickly approached.
Soon they arrived one hundred and fifty steps away from the enemy.
at this distance.
It has entered the range of the rifled gun!
The soldiers of the Ming army lay on the ground one after another, pointing their guns forward, aiming, and designing!
Bang bang bang!
Bullets flew out.
Shoot the Qing army gunners who were installing large mortar firing positions to the ground.
This bought critical time for the soldiers of the first wave of assault groups of the Ming army.
It was also a key node for the Ming army's final victory.
And this node.
It crawled out.
(End of chapter)
