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Chapter 971 Battle of the Chinese Army (Happy Christmas Eve)

The death of commander Tepuchin did not cause the complete defeat of the left-wing Green Army.

At least they were not defeated immediately and ran away desperately.

Xu knew that once the left wing was defeated, the opponent would be able to attack the Chinese army from the flank, causing the Chinese army that was fighting at the moment to suffer a huge defeat due to a huge loss of morale.

As a result, even if they run away, they face a long journey home and it is hopeless to escape.

Many middle- and low-level officers from the Eight Banners outside the Pass broke out with rare ferocity out of desperation.

They howled like wild beasts, tried hard to greet their comrades around them, whipped their horses, and faced the opponents who were rushing in like a wall, desperate to meet them.

It can be regarded as showing the bloody courage of these last Eight Banners soldiers outside the pass.

After all, they still have some hope. Thanks to their superior strength, the number of remaining combatants is still more than double that of the Tianshuigouzi Cavalry.

It's a pity that after they rushed towards the opponent who was charging towards the wall.

The only result for these Da Qing Eight Banners cavalry was to be brutally knocked to the ground.

Not long after, Zhan Xiang, Lao Snake, Fengrui and others felt that their vision was completely empty. It turned out that they had forced their way through the formation of the Eight Banners Cavalry on the left wing.

Instinctively, they turned and glanced back.

It was discovered that after maintaining a wall charge for about 500 meters, the soldiers of the first and second companies under his command had become obviously scattered and deformed in their originally neat formation.

However, compared to the Qing Army Eight Banners cavalry, the current scene of complete chaos was much better.

Because they didn't care much about not defeating their left-wing opponents immediately; mainly because of their rich battlefield experience, they had already made a sophisticated judgment in their hearts:

Add a little more fire and give it another round.

These Eight Banners cavalry are about to be defeated. It will only take a little longer, not a big deal.

With this understanding in mind, the three of them pulled the horse's head and turned around diagonally; once again, they rushed towards the frightened Eight Banners cavalry.

When turning around, the old snake took a riding bow hanging on the saddle in his hand.

Holding the bow in his left hand, he touched the quiver hanging on the saddle with his right hand, and found three arrows in his hand; then he shot out the three arrows at an astonishing speed.

No matter what the outcome of the battle was, this guy didn't bother to take a closer look.

He drew out three more arrows with his right hand and shot them out quickly again.

At this moment, under the three arrows he shot for the first time, the three Eight Banners cavalrymen with arrows in their necks, faces, and hearts staggered off their horses.

The three arrows shot for the second time, after flying in the air for a while, all hit the target without exception.

In a very short period of time, the old snake actually shot as many as six arrows, and the arrows were all right, killing six targets.

Such miraculous archery skills can be said to have made the Eight Banners cavalry, who have always prided themselves on being "skilled in bows and horses, and good at riding and shooting," dumbfounded.

But what they don't know is that such a level of riding and shooting is just standard equipment among the veterans in Xuan Ge Camp.

Almost every veteran has this ability.

Seeing Old Snake's impressive performance, Fengrui and Zhan Xiang couldn't help but feel a little bit technical; isn't it just riding and shooting? They said it as if no one knew how to do it.

He also put away the Qi family sword and two-handed ax in his hand, and took out the bow and arrow with his backhand.

The battle on the left-wing battlefield turned into a hunting mode on horseback.

In the scene where one after another Eight Banners soldiers were shot and killed easily.

In two or three minutes at most, the trapped Eight Banners cavalry in front of them will probably completely collapse; then they will turn around with their men and kill fiercely towards the Chinese battlefield.

The premise is that at that time, if the Chinese army still wants their support...

On the right-wing battlefield where Huang Yizhi, Ah Li, and Er Pang were located, the current situation was actually similar to that on the left-wing battlefield, and they had also entered the final harvest state.

Although the commander of the Eight Banners Cavalry, a lord of the capital, is still alive.

But when they encountered the cavalry tactic of "wall charge" for the first time, the Eight Banners cavalry seemed very uncomfortable, and their formation was shattered in an instant.

Obviously, the remaining troops still have more than double the number of Huang Yizhi and others.

But after the formation was completely disrupted, there was a situation where there were fewer opponents and they were constantly besieged.

Therefore, the situation here on the right wing is similar to that on the left wing battlefield. Tianshuigouzi's side has already occupied an absolute battlefield advantage, and this advantage continues to expand.

Anyway, not long after the war started, there was no suspense about the outcome of the left and right battlefields.

The outcome of such a decisive battle now depends on the outcome of the Chinese army on the battlefield.

*****

"Old Hei, can you fucking do it? I just asked you to suppress the artillery on the opposite side, but you haven't done it yet.

If it doesn't work, just say so. Next time something like this happens, we'll call the warehouse manager. You can go to the back and rest for a while, so don't be embarrassed. "

Looking at the wounded man who was wailing in front of him, Mr. Nanze cursed loudly in his mouth with anger.

The reason why the tea profiteer had such a scolding reaction had something to do with the fact that he was infected by the commander who was obsessed with the street and liked to curse.

But the key reason lies in the process of the two sides' Chinese armies getting closer to each other.

Taking advantage of the range advantage, the ten cannons under Shengbao, under the operation of some Green Camp soldiers, began to fire at the Chinese army in Tiangouzi.

It's very magical, or perhaps speechless.

As early as the first Duck War twenty years ago, Daqing suffered a lot from the Yin Army's explosive bomb bombing and was severely bombed.

But twenty years have passed, and these guys have not made any progress at all.

I don't know what went wrong, but now, amidst the roar of artillery fire, the shells they fired were still large solid iron weights.

But a cannon is a cannon after all. Even if it fires solid bullets, the power will be disastrous to the infantry.

When iron weights weighing as small as two to three kilograms and as large as five kilograms hit the ground with a roar that breaks through the air, they have basically exceeded the reaction speed of human nerves, and there is no possibility of avoiding them in advance.

Therefore, under a volley of artillery fire from the Qing Army, the dragoons in Tianshuigouzi who dismounted and fought on foot were immediately knocked down by twenty or thirty people.

Regardless of whether it was the shells roaring in the air, the body was directly hit.

He was hit to the ground first, and then the bounced shell hit his body. The result was a devastating disaster.

If it hits key parts of the body such as the head, chest and abdomen, the shell will immediately be blasted into pieces of flesh and blood splashing all over the sky by the terrifying force. The person will die on the spot, without even the need to save him or her.

Even the hands and feet and other parts, if slightly hit by the shell, exploded and disappeared on the spot.

In short, if you touch one, you will die, and if you rub it, you will be injured.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Nanze led a rescue team composed of women and ran towards these soldiers who had fallen after being shot.

Looking at the mangled corpses on the ground covered with blood and flesh splattered by the power of the shells.

All the female hygienists vomited it out with "Wow~" in their mouths.

They were treated by Mr. Nanze and received some first aid on the battlefield; they even followed the bandit suppression team and killed groups of gangsters one after another.

During this process, I also saw blood.

It was just such a low-intensity battle. How could there be artillery in the battle? Naturally, there were no such wounded.

So after seeing this bloody scene, they couldn't help but vomited it out.

Mr. Nanze has naturally seen many more bloody scenes, and of course he would not vomit them out here and there.

But I saw those whose hands and feet were grazed by the shells and were not hit in the main parts of the body. Although they are still alive, they can only lose a little of their arms or the roots of their thighs.

The person was lying in the flesh and blood, the wound was bleeding at a terrifying speed.

For a moment, after thinking about the difficulty of treating these people, Mr. Nanze couldn't help but curse. Of course he was scolded, but his hands were never idle.

First, he yelled at the women who were vomiting: "Why are you vomiting? No matter how disgusting this thing is, can it be as disgusting as those things made by your men?"

Keep a close eye on me and see how I deal with such wounds; there are not many opportunities like this, and if you miss this one, you won't have them anymore. "

As he spoke, Mr. Nanze, who rushed up, was already busy.

First, a bandage was used to tie up a soldier whose left arm was blown off. The remaining half of the arm under the shoulder was tightly tied up, reducing most of the bleeding from the wound.

Then, he took out a silver needle and quickly pierced the wounded man's left shoulder and chest.

By the time a dozen or so silver needles were inserted, the wound on the injured man's broken arm was no longer bleeding. At this time, Mr. Nanze had the time to treat and bandage the wound.

Under his operation, the wounded man should be able to survive.

The tea profiteer, who was just kneeling on the ground amidst the flesh and blood and treating the wounded, managed to survive, but his whole body was turned into a bloody gourd.

Fortunately, the women's health workers finally recovered after a period of buffering.

They formed groups of two or three and began to treat the wounded in the shelling, imitating Mr. Nanzawa's techniques...

When Mr. Nanze led a group of female comrades to perform battlefield treatment.

Of course, Yang Dongli and other members of the Chinese army, as well as the soldiers under his command, could not be idle and do nothing.

First of all, when Mr. Nanze's curses reached his ears, Lao Hei, who was taking aim with a Hanyang rifle, immediately cursed:

"What the hell! When will I die?

This kind of broken gun is mainly made in Hanyang. Who can guarantee that it will hit a target 800 meters away? It sounds like the warehouse manager can do it. "

The team currently uses Hanyang-made rifles with round-nose bullets. What’s going on with this thing?

In this day and age, it is certainly one of the most advanced rifles.

However, because the 7.92mm caliber round-nose bullet has a heavy weight and slow rotation, even if it has been processed by Lang Qing and others.

Far compared to the Hanyang factory, the quality of the original Hanyang rifles is much better.

For example, this fine rifle in the hands of Lao Hei has quite good accuracy within 500 meters.

But after exceeding 500 meters, the trajectory becomes quite unstable.

Even if the range on the sight is 2000 meters, and a four-times scope is installed, it is still a bit unrealistic to use such a rifle to suppress the opponent's artillery.

No! After carefully looking at it for about ten seconds, Lao Hei finally pulled the trigger.

With a loud gunshot, a green soldier was holding a bag of gunpowder and stuffing it from the muzzle into the barrel. A ball of blood burst out from his chest, and he collapsed towards the ground.

At the same time, the young soldiers near the cannon immediately fell to the ground to avoid the fatal bullets.

In a short period of time, this cannon was successfully suppressed by Lao Hei.

However, in other positions, a group of gunners continued to reload amidst the officers' scolding and beating; with Lao Hei alone, this sniper method that required careful aiming could not suppress all the artillery of the Qing Army.

Or to put it another way, successfully suppressing two artillery pieces was Lao Hei's limit.

Fortunately, at this time, Corn, Xiong Da, and Shi Polu also set up a hand-cranked Gatling at a distance of 700 meters.

Without the slightest hesitation, they all raised their muzzles high and fired at the cannon in the distance.

Lifting the muzzle of the gun is because the shooting method they are currently using is a sling shot.

In fact, unless it is aimed at a nearby target, the heavy machine gun will fire from a sling rather than pulling the trigger and firing continuously as shown on TV.

Specifically, it is to make the bullet draw an arc in the air and hit the target in the distance.

The position of the heavy machine gun does not mean that it is best to set it up in the front.

Instead, one left and one right, forming a crossfire is the correct way to open it.

Regarding this, it is just a little bit of military common sense; since it is not important, there is no need to say anything more here.

The important thing is that after reaching the current distance of 700 meters, Corn, Xiong Da, and Shi Polu finally had good accuracy with their heavy machine gun usage.

Under the greeting of the 14.7 mm caliber bullets they fired, the Qing troops who were loading at the gun emplacements one after another were knocked to the ground, which was regarded as suppressing these deadly things.

Taking advantage of this moment, Yang Dongli and others continued to move forward.

Not long after, with the continuous advancement of both sides, they finally reached a distance of 120 meters, and the large-scale battle between the Chinese army officially began...

With the sound of a gunshot, a green army commander wearing a helmet like a lightning rod and armor covered with spikes and foam immediately fell down with his head raised.

For such a victory, Yuan Hai couldn't even take a second look at it.

He quickly pulled the big bolt, and when the empty bullet shell was ejected, a new bullet was pushed up, and then he moved the muzzle and locked on a target again.

After pulling the trigger, another target was knocked over.

It should be noted that when the two sides reached the current distance of 120 meters, they stopped and started shooting at each other while holding long-range weapons such as blunderbuss and bows.

There is actually nothing you can do about shooting while standing and not lying down.

Because even the shotguns used by Tianshuigouzi are basically the ones captured from the Qing Army; due to production capacity constraints, there is no time to produce some more advanced rifles.

And this kind of shotgun used extensively by the Qing Army is basically an old-fashioned muzzle-loading musket.

There is no way around this thing, just lie down and fire and reload.

The difference is that when firing with this old-fashioned front-loading musket, the Qing Army stood sparsely, with only three or two people standing together in the sky, and the firepower they fired was continuous and not uniform at all.

At such a distance, with the accuracy of this front-loading musket.

The scene looked quite lively for a while, but the number of people they knocked down was very few.

On the Tianshuigouzi side, they used the company as a unit, arranged three rows and then used a three-stage firing method.

Immediately under the command of the officer, their volleys of guns fired at the same position every time. Basically, in the area they aimed at, a large area of ​​​​the Qing army would be knocked down.

Therefore, with the same weapons, Tianshuigouzi's personnel and firepower density were reduced by half, but its killing efficiency was higher.

In addition, Yuan Hai, Yang Dongli, Han Jiang and others used Hanyang to continuously kill the officers of the Qing Army, some of whom were good at using bows and arrows.

The Qing Army obviously had more shotguns and bows shooting, but their firepower was obviously gradually being suppressed.

However, the Qing Army still has a trump card that they have not used yet.

What is it? Of course it's the legendary gun-raising.

At that time, Hanjiang, after quickly emptying the five bullets in the gun chamber, was busy loading bullets with his head down. Suddenly, he felt a huge danger approaching.

After raising his head and looking in the direction where he felt the danger was coming, this guy was almost scared to the point of peeing.

Because he saw directly in front of him, about 134 meters away, a Qing Army man stood there with his legs spread out in a strong lunge, acting as a gun stand.

On his shoulder, there is currently a gun with an unusually long barrel, as long as a bamboo pole.

After being adjusted by another young soldier at the rear, the muzzle of the gun was currently pointed at him.

Good guy! The caliber of this thing is at least 40 mm, and the thick muzzle looks like a small cannon from a distance.

If I were really hit, would there be a better way to go?

Unfortunately, when Han Jiang was about to roll on the spot to dodge, the trigger was already pulled on the other side. Even in broad daylight, a dazzling fire light lit up in front of his eyes...

　PS: Happy Christmas Eve to all my book friends, and may you have a happy and safe life!

　　I need to take the kids out for a walk in the evening, so there will be a next chapter, but I guess it will be very late, so I’ll read it tomorrow.

　　If you have time to wait for the update, why not go out and have some fun...

　　

　

(End of this chapter)