Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 414 5.96 The infantry advanced and immediately entered the palace

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5.96 The infantry advances and immediately enters the palace

After a stick of incense, there is an area of ​​less than a hundred steps on the west side of the huge open space in front of Chengtian Gate.

"Brother-in-law, they have artillery!" Zhao Yanling, who immediately led the team to cover the infantry after arriving at the battle position, sounded surprised. "Listen, there are quite a few. The gate has been opened, and most of the enemies have rushed in. The palace, what’s left outside is the finishing touch, you can’t see how many enemies there are!”

"Sir, judging from the sound of the cannons, they are mainly Tiger Crouching Cannons and a small number of light Folan cannons." Zhao Tong calmly stepped forward to report, "There are no heavy cannons. They must have been smuggled in a few days ago, but the heavy cannons were Not coming!"

"There were no scenes of bombardment or bloody battles at the scene. Chengtian Gate withstood light artillery without any problems, but I didn't see any marks on the door." Zhou Yang slowly put down the monocular telescope and looked a little panicked in front of him. The enemy retreated and said, "Looking at their performance, they can't be called elite. It stands to reason that they shouldn't break through the gate so quickly."

"Brother-in-law, you mean that the door was not breached?" Zhao Yanling was stunned for a moment before she realized, "Is there a mole?"

"Sir, this is not surprising." Zhao Tong said softly.

"Guang Sheng, just follow the artillery, don't deploy it yet." Zhou Yang nodded and started to make arrangements, "Yan Ling, you don't have to worry about me anymore. It's a great achievement to cover the artillery well; all the fusiliers immediately deployed into battle formation, Load the ammunition, load the primer, hold the gun and move forward to the sound of the drum!"

"Dong dong dong -" the Chinese military band immediately began to pass the order with rapid drum beats, followed by the sharp bronze whistles of each general flag. The people who have been trained in conditioned reflexes by passwords, whistles, drum beats and instructor belts in the past two months The infantry all changed their formations according to the order at this time, and soon two hundred households completed the three-row formation change.

"Take the gun—forward!" As the Chinese army ordered the flag to be waved, the horizontal team immediately began to advance. At the same time as their own family was reorganizing the army, no less than two hundred rebels on the opposite side had also completed the integration. In order to wait, he shouted and rushed over with his weapons brandished. The distance between the two sides continued to shrink, and soon it was less than fifty steps!
"Stand still - raise the gun - aim - fire!"

There was a neat explosion, and more than 60 flintlock guns completed the first round of salvo at a distance of less than fifty steps. The second and third rows completed their salvos!
After a round of volley fire, the rebels dropped at least one general flag and no longer had the courage to attack. They cried and ran back. In the end, they lost nearly half of their troops under the follow-up suppression of the volley of guns. They were forced to simply give up in front of the goal. position, quickly ran through the gate; the fusiliers who completed the salvo breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly completed loading under the command of officers at all levels.

"Brother-in-law, do you want to pursue me?" Zhao Yanling rushed over anxiously and asked.

"Cover the artillery!" Zhou Yang directly waved his whip on her shoulder. Although all the cavalry were protected by leather armor and lock ring inner armor, her expression still changed. "You don't need to worry about the rest, right away. go back!"

"Yes!" Zhao Yanling didn't dare to say anything anymore. She turned her horse around and returned to the cavalry formation. Everyone around them also looked solemn. None of them knew the identity of the third heroine Zhao. Now that she had been whipped, naturally they didn't There will be people who think they can be special.

The queue continued to advance, and soon blocked the gate of Chengtianmen, and saw that a group of rebels who had just rushed in should have received orders and were shouting to close the gate; the first row of fusiliers immediately raised their guns and fired under the command of the officer. The rebels, who already had little morale, were dispersed and a channel to continue the attack was secured.

"Order the artillery to deploy immediately!" Seeing the soldiers and horses inside the gate beginning to form a team, Zhou Yang immediately used the flag to convey the order. Soon the artillerymen shouted and unloaded the infantry cannon from behind the draft horse, and skillfully packed the fixed charge bag and iron sand. Okay, I drilled the fuse hole in the rear of the gun with an iron cone and inserted the fuse. I just waited for an order to fire the gun.

"Sir, how are we going to fight?" At the same time as the artillery was deployed, Zhao Tong was already riding over.

"The cavalry will cover, and you will lead the infantry cannon to the gate. They will fire one round first and then load it on the spot. The infantry will take care of the rest." Zhou Yang had naturally already thought about it.

"Boom, boom, boom—" a volley of cannons sounded immediately!
Thousands of pieces of iron sand smashed into the open door like a torrential rain. The rebels who had just completed the integration on the other side and were preparing to intercept were immediately left screaming. The distance of less than a hundred steps did not matter to the infantry artillery. Facing the array, The dense rebel army, this round of salvo caused hundreds of casualties, and also broke up the newly integrated rebel army again!
"Advance the infantry and enter the palace immediately!" The fusiliers, who had already received the order, lined up in horizontal lines and continued to advance. Because the doorway was narrow, this time in order to maximize firepower, the original three lines were changed into six lines. Under the command of officers at all levels He quickly advanced into the palace.

Suddenly, there were several muffled sounds from the rebels, followed by screams from the fusiliers' queue. Three iron balls "slowly" flew less than a hundred steps away and smashed into the queue, leaving a cruel " "Red Carpet", more than ten infantrymen were either beaten to death or had their legs cut off. They were either dead or disabled! "Sir, it's a Folang machine gun. It should weigh [-] kilograms. There are three of them!" Zhao Tong beside him immediately exclaimed. As he spoke, the infantry formation was already trembling obviously. There were even some people Turn around and run backwards.

"The infantry continues to advance!" Zhou Yang frowned and still conveyed the military order, and then added, "The small flag of the private soldiers immediately stepped forward to suppress the formation. Anyone who dares to disturb the morale of the army is allowed to enforce battlefield discipline on the spot - Guang Sheng, Order the artillery to push up after you, and once the infantry opens the door, you will immediately advance to both wings to organize shooting!"

"I understand your humble position!" Zhao Tong responded to the military order with a ferocious face, turned his horse's head and ran towards the front line.

As the artillery advanced, the cavalry followed closely, not only to cover the artillery, but also to protect the infantry's wings. The cavalrymen of the small flag rushed to the infantry formation and immediately killed nearly ten escaping soldiers. Killing, barely holding the formation.

Fortunately, the quality of the rebel artillery was very poor. During the nearly 2 minutes of the fusiliers' advance, they even took the opportunity to complete a salvo and completely dispersed the rebel infantry blocking the door. The Lang machine gun also failed to complete another firing. When the infantry ran into the palace and even converted into three rows again, the rebel infantry failed to complete the formation again!

"Boom bang bang-"

This time, the distance between the two sides was very close. The three Franco cannons finally fired again, but unfortunately, two of them flew away. The iron ball passed over the line of fusiliers and hit the wall behind them. Only one hit the advancing army. formation, causing four casualties again; but this was also the last time they fired. At a distance of less than a hundred steps between the two sides, the fusiliers fired a concentrated salvo and killed less than two digits of the gunners, but left all the remaining people dead. Scattered in all directions.

"Fire!" Finally, the infantry artillery was divided into two parts and entered the two wings of the line to cross aim. Zhao Tong shouted loudly. First, the left wing fired, followed by the right wing. After completing the first round of salvo, the artillery entered free fire, and the infantry's The volleys of guns complemented each other, and they advanced while firing, blasting the rebels' rear line to pieces. In the end, they completely lost their courage and let the sheep go!

Reverse the bead curtain!

The defeated troops only focused on staying away from the bombardment of infantry artillery and flintlock muskets, howling and fleeing towards the rebel front army, but they disrupted the evenly matched military formation. Even the rebel leader's repeated commands were of no avail; the original troops in the palace Taking advantage of the situation, they counterattacked and dispersed the already shaky rebel front, completely establishing victory!

"Brother-in-law, is the fight over?" Looking at the chaotic rebels in front of him, Zhao Yanling was completely at a loss and had to run to Zhou Yang's side and stared blankly at the chaos in front of him.

"Don't be idle, lead the cavalry up immediately, pull back and forth a few times, don't expect to kill many enemies, just stop them from integrating, and leave the remaining problems to the infantry." Zhou Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and The cavalry rushed to disperse the rebels, and then said to Zhao Tong, who also came to ask for instructions, "Everyone gathered together to repair on the spot, with the muzzles and muzzles of the guns facing the palace guards."

"Sir, are you worried?" Zhao Tong asked immediately.

"Since there is a ghost who opened the palace door, it is difficult to say whether there is a ghost who wants to take the opportunity to deal with us." Zhou Yang said coldly, "The most important thing at this time is to ensure yourself. Anyway, the enemy has been defeated and the credit has been lost. No, if you lose one share of the credit, you will get one more reward."

"Come and stop, which army are you from?" Sure enough, in such an atmosphere, after about an incense stick of time, there was a shout from the original palace guards, and immediately there was a fourth-rank military officer in uniform. The man walked to the front, but he was protected by armored soldiers on his left, right and front.

"Commander of the left guard of the fifth army camp, Zhou Yang, who is in front of you?"

"I am the commander of the Jinyi Army." The military attache's face relaxed after hearing this, but his tone was obviously arrogant, "It turns out to be General Zhou. Why didn't I receive the official document from you for reinforcements?"

"Tangguan Zhao of the Jinyi Army?" Zhou Yang had a strange expression on his face. Looking at the entire court, he was considered the number one. He was the commander of the bodyguards before the Emperor Yonghe ascended the throne, and his confidantes also had the "eyes and ears of the royal family". He really has the right to be proud , "How to mobilize the fifth military camp? It seems that the Jinyi Army's approval is not required, right?"

"Huh!" Zhao Quan's face immediately turned ugly.

(End of this chapter)