Ming Zuo

Chapter 772
In all honesty, there is nothing wrong with the front lines arranged by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others.

According to their understanding of the war, they have a large number of troops and the Huaihe River is naturally dangerous. Even if the Shandong new army can fight again, there is absolutely no possibility of crossing the river.

They just didn't expect the Shandong New Army to be too good at fighting.

Especially the weapons used are completely beyond their cognition.

Under repeated bombardment by heavy artillery, rocket launchers, and infantry artillery, the Northwest Rebel Army was completely unable to stand, and a large number of casualties occurred.

Seeing that the earth was devastated by the artillery fire, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were so frightened that they lost their response.

Are such weapons really owned by the world?
The generals of the rebel army were no longer as arrogant and domineering as before, and they didn't know how to deal with such an attack.

The only one who was awake was Liang Yue.

He didn't care about presumptuousness, and quickly shouted: "Order the ministries to retreat quickly and get out of the way of the river."

Li Zicheng woke up like a dream.

"Back, back quickly!"

The rebel army had already been bombed, and they couldn't hold on anymore.Even without Li Zicheng's order, the rout would not be far away.

Now with the command from the chief general, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and rushed back quickly, not daring to stay at all.

Looking back at the battlefield, in such a short time, the rebel army paid the price of more than [-] casualties.

There were also some rebel soldiers who were not killed by the bombing and rolled on the ground, their wailing was heart-pounding.

Seeing that the Northwest Rebels moved away from the river bank, Huang Sanhu formally gave the order.

"Cross the river."

The first regiment of the Fifth Division set off first.

More than [-] wooden boats carried soldiers and rowed slowly towards the opposite bank.

Each ship has a platoon of troops and is accompanied by a mortar.

The soldiers raised their guns one after another, aiming at the river bank, alert to any possible enemies.

Mortarists, on the other hand, constantly measure distances and are ready to go into battle at any time.

The most dangerous stage of the swimming operation is the moment of landing.

Once the enemy army takes advantage of its unstable foothold and launches an attack, it is likely to cause heavy casualties.

Liang Yue also knew this very well, and after the formation withdrew back, he quickly suggested to Li Zicheng.

"Chuangjiang, Zuo Menggeng's men and horses don't have many people to cross the river. If they get involved with them while they are not on a firm foothold, then that terrible cannon will definitely be useless."

Unexpectedly, Liang Yue also thought of the methods that have been used throughout the ages to deal with the enemy's superior firepower.

That is close combat.

After the round of blows just now, Li Zicheng also became afraid of the terrible firepower of the Shandong New Army, knowing what Liang Yue said was the only way.

"King Chuang, please give the order."

Gao Yingxiang took a deep look at Liang Yue, feeling jealous that Li Zicheng had such a powerful general under his command.

"You and I gather all the cavalry and charge forward with all our strength. It should be successful."

After the two discussed, they gathered all the cavalry from the two divisions, handed them over to Li Jin, and charged towards the river bank.

On the other side, the first regiment began to land one after another.

Their landing operations are very particular.

Not all the boats landed, and some of them were left in the river.

These remaining ships spread out left and right, forming a loose line of soldiers, less than tens of meters away from the shore.

In this way, the soldiers who stay on the ship can provide sufficient fire support to the landing friendly troops and expand the firepower net.

The soldiers who landed immediately formed a phalanx with companies as units, and expanded forward to protect the landing base.

Mortars are set up on the shore, ready to go into battle immediately.

The formation of the new army had just advanced less than tens of meters, and thousands of cavalry led by Marshal Li Jin had already rushed over.

The artillery commander accompanying the crossing of the river was lying on the river bank, seeing all this in his eyes, and immediately raised the red flag in his hand and waved it towards the rear.

The advanced command system of the Artillery of the New Army is far beyond the cognition of this era.

"Standard 639.1, 72.6, altitude plus 11, three rapid-fire rounds."

Since the rocket launcher was still being loaded, the heavy artillery was used to attack the Northwest rebel cavalry this time.

Dozens of shells flew into the sky like raindrops, and then fell heavily, just falling on the route of the rebel cavalry's charge.

The steel storm once again crazily harvested human lives, disrupting the ranks of the rebel cavalry.

Countless war horses collided with each other in panic and fell to the ground, which also made many cavalrymen become souls trampled by their own horseshoes.

The infantry of the new army had long been accustomed to this scene, and they all raised their guns under the command of the commander.

When the mortars in the rear came in to strike, they also opened fire.

There is still a problem with the hit rate of the artillery strikes. In addition to the amazing explosions, many of them actually fall into the empty space.

However, this problem does not exist in the musketeers of the new infantry.

The three-segment array stepped forward continuously, firing continuously, and there was never a fire vacuum period.

Under each round of bullet rain, the rebel cavalry's damage was incomparably astonishing.

There seemed to be an invisible wall directly in front of them, preventing them from crossing the [-]-meter distance line.

In terms of combat effectiveness alone, the rebel cavalry is not a star and a half behind the Eight Banners cavalry.

The musket formation of the infantry of the new army can strengthen the cavalry of the Eight Banners, so there is no pressure when facing the cavalry of the rebels.

During the fierce battle, the second regiment of the fifth division also completed the landing.

The strength of the troops crossing the river was doubled, and the attack on the rebels was even more severe.

As Li Zicheng's nephew and a famous general in the rebel army, Li Jin was afraid.

Seeing the people around him fall down in pieces, and the formation became more and more sparse, he deeply felt that it was impossible to win this time.

If he rushed any further, he would die too.

Fear of death filled his heart, causing Li Jin to let out a heart-piercing cry.

"retreat!"

When the remnants of the rebel cavalry heard this order, they turned their horses around one after another and fled back faster than they could charge.

Far away, in the main formation of the rebel army, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were not angry when they saw the cavalry fled back in embarrassment.

Ask yourself, even if they lead the army themselves, it will not be better than this.

Accompanied by Li Zicheng, Liang Yue's pupils were filled with blood as he watched the Shandong New Army's formation as steady as a mountain and slowly as a forest.

"Zuo Menggeng!!"

Of course he could see that the Shandong New Army at this moment was stronger than what it was when they encountered that year.

Could it be that he has no hope of revenge in his life?
Once the thought of despair was formed in his heart, it immediately cut through Liang Yue's boiling internal organs like a sharp knife.

puff……

In the astonishment of everyone, they saw him spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell directly from the horse.

"Call the doctor quickly."

Li Zicheng personally ran over to help Liang Yue up, and saw that his face was like gold paper and his breath was weak.

I can't think of why this is the case.

But the battle was fought like this, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the rebel army couldn't even stop the Shandong new army from crossing the river.

So can Fengyang still hold on?
(End of this chapter)