The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 261 Infantry vs Cavalry
What happened on the battlefield was quite cruel!

Soldiers on both sides fired fiercely!

The soldiers of the recovery army kept falling to the ground, and the Qing army was not much better.

They came rushing, and for the sake of speed, they didn't wear armor at all.

In the face of musket shooting, as long as you are hit, there is almost no possibility of surviving!

Snapped!clap clap!

The muskets kept firing.

Lead flew across the battlefield, and the smoke filled the air, blocking the sight of the soldiers on both sides.

The shooting accuracy of both sides fell off a cliff!
There was a stalemate for a while!
The artillery positions arranged in advance by the Liberation Army opened fire!

boom!Boom!

Amidst the continuous shelling, shells fell towards the cavalry group of the Qing army.

The shells of the field artillery hit the ground, and then bounced up. The kinetic energy they carried smashed a hole in the ground, and the sand splashed.

A shell shot into the Qing army array from the oblique side!

It pierced through several Qing soldiers one after another, before it ran out of energy and fell to the ground, twirling around.

A cannonball bounced from the ground and penetrated the abdomen of the horse. They tore the body of the knight on horseback into two pieces from the middle.

The artillery of the recovery army gave the Qing army a lot of damage!
In just a short moment, dozens of people fell under the shells.

However, compared with the total number of cavalry in the Qing army, such casualties are inconspicuous.

Even if only the vanguard of the Qing army is killed now, there are still nearly two thousand riders.

The Liberation Army forming a circular formation is still holding on!

Some soldiers even stuck several arrows in their bodies, but they still insisted on fighting back with muskets.

Facing the circular formation of the Restoration Army, the cavalry of the Qing Army were somewhat at a loss.

If they are riding and shooting, they are trading their lives for their lives, and they can't get cheap.

And if you charge into battle, use light cavalry to charge heavy infantry...

It's better than riding and shooting!

The cavalry of the Qing army had never encountered such an opponent as the Guangfu army.

In the past, if the enemy was surrounded by their superior cavalry, they would ride and shoot for one or two rounds at most, and the enemy would collapse.

Then, what the Qing army loved to see was the drama of taking advantage of the cavalry to chase down the rout and expand the results of the battle.

However, the Liberation Army was not at all chaotic!

Even methodically shoot at them!

And while fighting back, move a little bit towards the trench.

Although their moving speed is very slow, if they continue like this, sooner or later they will be able to withdraw to the trench position.

At that time, the Qing army will return without success!
The bombardment of the Liberation Army is still going on!

The continuous sound of cannons gave the Guangfu Army, which was surrounded by Qing cavalry, the courage to persevere to the end.

From the continuous sound of cannons, they can know that they have not been abandoned yet!
Zhu Hongyu looked at the tragic battlefield, his eyebrows knit together.

"His Royal Highness Jian Guo, the final general invites troops to reinforce the trapped team!"

Zhao Erhu, the leader of the fourth regiment, knelt on one knee and asked for a fight.

He is a veteran of the Restoration Army, and he joined the Restoration Army since the incident in the mine.

After fighting for more than two years in a row, he fought all the way against ordinary soldiers and climbed to the current position of regiment commander.

Zhu Hongyu took a deep breath, and then spoke.

"One regiment is not enough!"

"Order the whole army, the whole army is ready for reinforcements!"

Watching his soldiers and horses being wiped out, Zhu Hongyu couldn't do such a thing.

The Liberation Army that withdrew into the trench began to form a team, and then prepared to reinforce the besieged troops.

The heavy artillery is still roaring, and the speed of the shelling is getting faster and faster!

The artillerymen are at full strength for this rapid fire!

boom!Boom!

Amidst the roar of heavy artillery, the main force of the Liberation Army formed an offensive formation and advanced towards the battlefield.

Although the cavalry of the Qing army came now, but only the forwards came!

Only 2000 people!

But now Zhu Hongyu has nearly 5000 troops in his hands.

It is almost impossible for five thousand infantry to annihilate two thousand cavalry without the assistance of cavalry.

After all, they are cavalry, they can still run if they can't beat them!

But it is not difficult to repel two thousand cavalry and meet the surrounded troops!
Zhu Hongyu is still very confident in the combat effectiveness of the Liberation Army.

Boom!dong dong!dong dong dong!

The dull war drum sounded like thunder.

The orderly footsteps, the dazzling red armor, the sharp bayonet, the solemn military appearance, all of them demonstrate the strength of the Liberation Army.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"Expel the Tartars and restore China!"

"..."

Shouts of killing resounded throughout the battlefield.

Some Qing army cavalry noticed the movement of the main force of the recovery army, turned their horses and came towards the main force of the recovery army.

Snapped!clap clap!

The sound of neat muskets was as dense as popping beans.

The cavalry of the Qing army who were attacking the main force of the Restoration Army were hit head-on, and the battlefield was filled with corpses in various shapes.

boom!Boom!

The shelling was still going on, and the shells rolled and rotated wantonly on the battlefield, mercilessly harvesting lives.

With the active attack of the main force of the Restoration Army, the situation on the battlefield changed suddenly.

From the cavalry of the Qing Army encircling the infantry of the Restoration Army, it became part of the cavalry that the infantry of the Restoration Army flanked the Qing Army on both sides.

The crisp gunshots on the battlefield kept ringing!
Constantly, cavalrymen of the Qing army were hit by lead bullets, screamed and fell from their horses, and were trampled into flesh by countless horses.

The main force of the Restoration Army was advancing westward, and the surrounded infantry of the Restoration Army moved eastward in formation.

As the distance between the two sides got closer, the casualties of the Qing army trapped in the middle continued to increase.

War horses neigh!

The arrows kept shooting towards the Liberation Army!
Finally, as the distance gradually narrowed, a large number of Qing cavalry chose to withdraw.

The two restorations successfully reunited!

The three circular formations merged into the main formation of the Liberation Army without hindrance, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

During this process, the formation of the Liberation Army was still in order, and the musket salvo never stopped.

Human and horse corpses lie all over the battlefield!

The two thousand forward cavalry of the Qing army were unable to continue their attack, and watched helplessly as the Liberation Army calmly retreated to the back of the trench and deployed defenses in the trench.

……

After responding to the withdrawal of his own soldiers and horses, Zhu Hongyu quickly ordered the medical soldiers to quickly treat the wounded and count the casualties.

As the result was reported, Zhu Hongyu's face darkened visibly to the naked eye.

According to statistics, the casualties of the Liberation Army before and after this battle were less than 300, of which more than 170 were killed in the battle, and the rest were not considered minor injuries.

Most of the bows used by the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing army were hard bows, and the arrows were also heavy arrows that pierced armor.

The lethality is quite impressive!
At a certain distance, the breastplates generally equipped by the Restoration Army could not stop the armor-piercing arrows of the Qing Army.

Limbs without armor protection, as long as they are hit by arrows, there is a high probability of penetrating wounds.

If they were shot close to, even the armor on the heavily armored soldiers would not be able to stop the armor-piercing heavy arrows of the Qing army.

In the process of being surrounded, a large number of soldiers of the Restoration Army fell under the bows and arrows of the Qing army!

……

The fierce battle caused heavy losses for both sides!
The Restoration Army lost 300 troops in World War I, and the Qing Army was not much better.

Being bombarded indiscriminately by the artillery of the Restoration Army, and then flanked by the Musketeers of the Restoration Army, the casualties were only a lot.

The corpses of the Qing army lying on the battlefield seem to be more than those of the Restoration Army!
(End of this chapter)