The National Defense Forces on the opposite side were not large in number, and the most important thing was that no barbed wire fence had been set up, which made Ye Chen feel...
The advantage is mine.
If you choose one thing among the weapons and equipment of the National Defense Force, Ye Chen hates it the most.
There is no doubt that it must be barbed wire.
Ye Chen didn't know which unscrupulous and smoking guy invented such a disgusting thing.
It looks ordinary, but it is extremely troublesome to deal with.
I think these Eight Banners warriors are indomitable and dare to fight with blood in the face of any powerful enemy.
But it was this barbed wire fence that stood in front of them, preventing them from moving forward, taking detours, dealing with it, and holding them back.
Those cowardly Han people stood comfortably behind the barbed wire fence, using their longer-range muskets to beat the heroic Eight Banners soldiers to death.
Ye Chen swore that once he caught the guy who invented the barbed wire fence, he would definitely poke 3,600 holes in the person's body and cover them all with honey.
Now the National Defense Forces in front of them have not laid up a barbed wire fence. Doesn't this mean they are allowing the Eight Banners cavalry to gallop freely?
How did he know that it wasn't that Gu Zhiqi didn't want to lay the barbed wire fence, but that he was already reaching the limit of his mileage and had no time to carry more supplies.
Seeing the Eight Banners Cavalry charging forward, the 13th Regiment could only use simple methods to deal with it.
Five hundred meters!
The distance was still quite far, but Gu Zhiqi had already ordered to fire.
The 13th Regiment is all new recruits, and the reloading speed of the muskets and the rotation speed of the musket array cannot be compared with the field troops. Then the only option is to lengthen the distance and increase the number of shooting rounds.
The soldiers in the first row awkwardly estimated the height and fired the bullets in the gun chamber. Then quickly retreat and give up your position to the second row.
By the time the second row came forward, the Qing cavalry had already galloped to a distance of 400 meters.
In the eyes of Wehrmacht soldiers, the enemy became slightly clearer. However, their shooting still adopts pretty much the same diffusion.
In the first round of shooting, only a few bullets hit people and did not cause any impact on the Qing cavalry formation.
The results of the second round of shooting were slightly greater, but the impact was limited.
When the third row came forward, the Qing cavalry rushed closer to 300 meters.
At this time, the arrangement of the 13th Regiment finally came into play.
The cavalry running at the front suddenly became confused. The horses neighed in pain. Their huge bodies rolled forward uncontrollably, fell to the ground, and never got up again.
The cavalry on horseback were unprepared and naturally could not react in time. As the war horse hit the ground, his body was still suppressed, and blood poured out of his mouth, nose, and ears.
This incident shocked all the Qing troops.
Because they didn't see clearly what exactly happened.
Of course I can't see clearly.
Although the 13th Regiment did not have time to carry barbed wire to set up the formation, they used the thinnest wire to set up ten lines of defense in front of the formation.
The thickness of the iron wire is about the same as cotton thread, and its bluish color makes it very difficult to detect with the naked eye under the sun.
Normally, this kind of iron wire would hardly cause any harm to people and war horses, but after it was stretched and straightened, the war horses collided with each other and became sharper than a knife.
The hoof of the war horse hit the iron wire and was immediately cut off. Naturally, the horse fell on its back.
This invisible danger is even more frightening. However, the Qing cavalry's momentum has already begun and cannot be stopped at all.
They can only bite the bullet and move on.
As a result, every ten meters forward, a group of cavalry and war horses fell under the cutting of the wire.
Even Ye Chen is no exception.
He was thrown away by the war horse and rolled in mid-air. After landing, he used the thick armor to reduce the inertia and then stood up.
An ownerless war horse came up from behind. He took advantage of the situation and ran twice to remount, but was unscathed.
The Qing soldiers turned on their backs, boosting the morale of the soldiers of the 13th Regiment, and their musket shooting accuracy began to improve.
As the distance shortened, the Qing army's casualties increased.
After finally breaking through ten wires, there was an open space in front of us. It should be time for the Qing army to rush in and kill them, right?
As a result, the war horses under their crotches fell down again, causing a large amount of chaos.
It turned out that the land under our feet had already been dug out by the 13th Regiment, one after another, small pits the size of ocean bowls.
Although this kind of small hole is inconspicuous, if a horse's hoof gets stuck in it, it will definitely be broken, especially when running fast.
It would definitely be too late to dig a large trench or a deep trench, but for a small hole like this, the soldiers only needed to dig it out with a shovel.
Then it was sprinkled with fine broken soil, which looked like a dirt road at first glance, but it caused serious damage to the cavalry.
In the past, this arrangement would not have had much effect. Because when the Qing army attacked, the infantry was always in front, and they would definitely test out these arrangements.
But now Azig's time is limited and there is no way to attack slowly. The cavalry was thrown into the battle from the beginning, but a large number of them were lost to these little tricks.
Fortunately, the strength of the 13th Regiment was limited, and the arrangements made only ended there.
After paying the price of thousands of cavalry casualties, the Qing cavalry finally rushed over.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than two hundred meters.
The musketry of the 13th Regiment became denser and the gunfire became more rapid.
"Don't hit people, hit horses!"
Seeing that some soldiers were still slowly aiming at the Qing army, the officer immediately reminded them.
Against cavalry, hitting horses is more effective than hitting people.
After all, everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew that to shoot a man first, shoot a horse, and to capture a thief first, capture the king. Compared with the erratic Qing soldiers hiding on horseback, the target of the war horse is too big.
After being reminded, the soldiers of the 13th Regiment lowered their guns.
Under the hail of bullets, the Qing army's horses suffered.
No matter how tall the war horse is, it will still hurt if it is hit by a bullet. If you are in pain, you will go crazy, if you go crazy, you will act randomly, and if you act randomly, you will disrupt the formation.
The mountain road was originally very narrow, and with the madness of the war horses, the Qing army's momentum was halted.
Seeing this, Gu Zhiqi quickly asked the soldiers on the hillsides on both sides to join the attack and put in as much firepower as possible.
However, this deployment did not last long, and the soldiers on the hillsides on both sides ignored the Qing cavalry.
Because the Qing infantry led by Obai has already moved up, the enemies in front of them must be dealt with on the top of the mountains on both sides first.
Seeing that the firepower of the 13th Regiment was weakened, Ye Chen raised his knife in the crowd and shouted.
"Rush over and disrupt their formation."
Immediately, about twenty Bayala rushed out first, and then other cavalry followed, crashing into the formation of the 13th Regiment at lightning speed.
The bloody fight begins instantly.
The soldiers of the 13th Regiment had no experience fighting cavalry. They were all a little panicked when they faced the cavalry approaching Chi Chi for the first time.
Many people couldn't help but want to retreat, causing the formation to loosen.
Gu Zhiqi raised his hand and fired a shot, knocking a Baya off his horse, which was regarded as a head start.
"Fire first, then form a bayonet formation and fight according to the rules!"
