Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 232 The Eight Banners Are Really Cheering Up!

When the big flag symbolizing the great emperor appeared on the front line, the morale of the soldiers of the Ming army on the front line seemed to explode.

The two artillery brigades, 72 four-inch long-barreled howitzers, and 24 twelve-mounted rocket launchers just came out of the roar almost at the same time.

Cannonballs and rockets roared towards the Qing army's position ahead.

In an instant.

In the middle of the frontier positions of the Qing army, flames blazed, and the explosion raised a column of smoke.

at the same time.

In charge of directing the first wave of attacks was Zhou Jitang, brigade commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Guards Regiment.

This is also an old brother who participated in the Battle of Batam and the Battle of Lanfang.

He was behind a parapet at this time, and when he heard the sound of the cannon, the telescope in his hand trembled.

The soldiers and officers behind the parapet also poked their heads out from behind the parapet, looking forward to the effect of the shelling.

The middle of the Qing army's front is the area where artillery fire is mainly concentrated.

The grenades fired by the 72 large-caliber howitzers landed in this area.

The violent explosion made all the Eight Banners soldiers lie on the trenches and did not dare to look up. Occasionally, shells fell in the trenches, which could take the lives of several Eight Banners soldiers in an instant.

For the Qing army.

How to avoid shelling is a life-saving skill.

Therefore, the Qing army also developed the ability of "earth work".

Digging trenches, avoiding bomb craters, etc., on the issue of life preservation, even the most authentic Eight Banners soldiers dare not be half-hearted.

But the Ming army fired more than cannonballs.

The roar of rockets came.

This time, what landed on the Qing army's position was a smoke bomb billowing with thick smoke.

moment.

The entire frontier of the battlefield is invisible.

At this time, the British Ocean Advisory Group, which had arrived closer to the front line, held up their binoculars to watch.

"Explosive bombs, smoke bombs, the next step is the soldiers' assault!"

thought George Staunton.

He looked at it very seriously, after all, Britons have to learn too.

If you don't learn, you will fall behind.

At this time, Zhou Jitang saw that the Qing army's position had been shrouded in thick smoke, so he waved suddenly: "Grenadiers! Go!"

Following his command.

The sharp suona sound came to mind.

After the shrill trumpet sounded.

Five hundred Ming grenadiers came out from behind the parapet.

These grenadiers are all equipped with rifled guns and grenades.

The grenadier is actually only the name grenadier - the exact name should be the infantry brigade commando.

Because the original Ming army grenadiers chose tall and strong men in order to throw the grenades as far as possible.

And the grenadier after throwing the grenade.

Usually an immediate hand-to-hand assault.

This resulted in grenadier battalions and companies usually consisting of elite soldiers from a single brigade.

However, with the advancement of explosives technology in the Ming army, smaller wooden-handled cable grenades have replaced the original large grenades, and their power is not smaller. Therefore, the Grenadier Battalion now only retains the original designation and name, but The actual role has changed - used as a brigade's sharp knife.

Now these elite soldiers of the Ming army did not line up in a dense line.

But after getting out of the way.

With a gun in his hands, he stooped and walked forward quickly. After advancing for a certain distance, he fell down on the ground under the orders of the officers.

The shelling hadn't ended yet, so of course they wouldn't rush up now.

But under the cover of artillery.

They also try to shorten the distance between themselves and the enemy's position as much as possible, so as to launch an assault at the first time.

And right now.

The artillery of the Qing army also fired.

The Qing court was unable to produce "high-tech equipment" such as long-barreled howitzers,

So what is showing off now is a large-caliber mortar.

Used to throw large black powder explosive bullets.

The range of this mortar is so-so.

The power is also very impressive - after all, the amount of charge is here.

But Zhuantou is really not flattering.

The artillery battle between the two sides lasted for more than half an hour.

Zhou Jitang looked at his pocket watch and counted the time by pinching it.

When the number on the pocket watch jumps to "12".

He immediately issued an order: "The first team! Go out! The whole team!!"

With the trumpet sounded.

The infantry of the three battalions of the 3rd Infantry Brigade all jumped out of the parapet.

"Da Ming Soldier! I am invincible!"

Accompanied by bursts of slogans.

The three battalions of infantry formed six easy-to-march columns.

Accompanied by rhythmic drumbeats, they quickly rushed to the Qing army's position that had just suffered heavy shelling.

Not a horizontal line, but a column.

The marching teams walked more than three miles at once, and the gunpowder smoke almost dispersed on the Qing army's position, and the six columns of the Ming army were almost in front of them.

And before the bombardment.

The obstacles in front of the Qing army's position have been almost destroyed.

But unexpectedly.

The Eight Banners soldiers who huddled in the messy fortifications bombarded by artillery were not dead yet.

Not only did not die,.

They can still launch a counterattack relying on some of the remaining ruins of the parapet!

One after another, the muskets were set up and aimed at the soldiers of the Ming army who were rushing forward in a column.

However, they were hit by artillery before and suffered heavy losses, so their vitality was not intensive.

And I didn't dare to put the Ming army in and fight again, and opened fire after dozens of steps away.

When the dense gunfire sounded.

George Staunton and several British military advisers felt their scalps tingling.

"I have to admit that these soldiers of the Qing Empire are very brave. They survived such heavy shelling and launched a counterattack!"

A British army colonel said with emotion.

They looked at each other.

Everyone felt that the world seen on the Eastern battlefield was really great.

The army of the Qing Empire could not defeat the Ming army in the east.

But if they are placed in Europe.

That would really be a first-class strong army-these Eight Banners soldiers not only learned the tactics of avoiding explosive bombs very skillfully, but also counterattacked to a certain extent when the firepower was not dominant.

If the Western army faced such bombardment, the line infantry who were rushed to the battlefield after only a few weeks of training would have dispersed.

Western armies in this era fell behind, because the Easterners took the lead in entering the era of "explosive bombs".

And in the constant tension and confrontation between the Ming and Qing armies.

New tactics and new weapons emerge in endlessly.

The army in the east is really powerful!

And just when the foreign advisers of the Qing army were feeling emotional.

George Staunton's binoculars scanned the frontier battlefield, only to see that the column of the Ming army did not fight back.

And because it was a column, there were not many people who were bombed in the front.

The Qing army passed by row after row.

Only two or three soldiers in the eight columns were shot.

George Staunton was thoughtful.

"In the era of explosive bombs, horizontal team tactics may no longer be appropriate." George Staunton thought.

The era of queuing up with extremely wide fronts approaching each other at a slow speed to beat the platoon wall may be over.

Because no horizontal team can withstand such a dense artillery attack while advancing at such a slow speed.

Under such intensive artillery fire.

The first principle of double-anti-infantry engagement is to avoid being bombarded by enemy artillery for a long time without the protection of fortifications.

Georges Dangdong was on a low mountain with a higher terrain, and he could see the self-grenaders of the Ming army lying on the front of the Qing army's position.

He couldn't help thinking.

It seems that this is the means of the Ming army's counterattack.

Those Ming army soldiers lying on the ground, covered in mud, didn't care about the dignity of warriors, the honor of soldiers and so on.

They lay on the ground, waiting for the order to do it.

The signal was the sound of the Qing army's firing guns.

When the first row of guns was fired.

Frontier of the battlefield.

The five hundred Ming army grenadiers who had approached the Qing army's position under the cover of artillery fire and smoke bombs suddenly got up from the ground.

Then his right arm rounded and he threw himself forward, his body suddenly lay on the ground again, and the grenade in his hand had already flown forward.

The first wave of grenades formed a dense "grenade rain" in the air.

And the first wave of grenades hadn't even landed yet.

The second wave has already been cast.

Then came the third wave, the fourth wave, and the fifth wave
Of course, the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army who guarded the bombed fortifications and trenches knew what was falling from the sky.

That's not a rock.

It's a grenade that kills people!
When did the grenadiers of the Ming army come under their noses?
It's not about Wude.

It's too unreasonable.

So insidious and cunning!

"It's a grenade! Run!"

I don't know who yelled first.

But the masters of the Eight Banners are not idiots.

Of course they know what they will suffer under such a dense grenade attack.

Now this situation.

Standing still is waiting to be blasted into the sky by the dense rain of grenades.

Guarding this section are the three Eight Banners participating leaders, a total of 6000 people.

After being bombarded for almost an hour.

Many were killed, many escaped, and many were injured.

In the end, there were some clever ones pretending to be dizzy in the trench.

So now there are less than [-] people left who can move.

The Ming army on the opposite side came directly with a brigade of 5000 people.

Such a disparity in power.

They actually lined up and shot them dishonestly.

Also send grenadiers to sneak attack.

It's so shameless.

How to fight this.

Can't fight.

Can't fight!
As a result, the Eight Banners of the Qing army finally collapsed in this period-the ability to survive until now is almost stronger than that of the Eight Banners in any period after the Qing army entered the pass.

Baqi really cheered up!

(End of this chapter)