Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 725 From South to North ([-])

Hai Se stood on the soft grass by the river, looking sternly at the cannons on the east bank that were spraying flames and smoke from the top of the city, feeling extremely agitated.Their two cannons have a relatively long range, and the more than 200 Huerha and Sauron armored soldiers who accompanied the artillery have suffered a lot of casualties. So far, more than 20 people have been killed or injured, but they have not even a hair of the enemy. hurt.

In addition to dispatching a small number of soldiers to monitor the other two villages, the Haise Division almost used all of its main force to deal with the enemy's main village in the middle.He is well versed in the principle of chewing too much, and plans to solve it one by one.However, judging from the current battle situation, he obviously underestimated the enemy's firepower and fighting determination, and also overestimated the strength of his motley crew. He should obviously attack the other two seemingly weaker buildings first. The stockade, not here to withstand their onslaught of artillery fire.But things have come to this, and we can only bite the bullet and fight on!

There was a noisy sound ahead, Hai Se looked intently, but there were several yellow-clothed thieves shouting in unison, nothing more than words to shake the hearts of our Qing army.For example, they recruited a few soldiers from wild Jurchens such as Sauron, Huerha, etc., and used their native dialect to abuse the compatriots who attacked the city for "recognizing the thief as their father", and actually "bowed" to Bogd Khan who once slaughtered their relatives, and " Working as a minion for a tiger", "I am not ashamed to be solid" and so on.

Haise is a Mongol, and the Mongols were once the target of Bogd Khan's conquest. At this time, hearing these yellow-clothed thieves who can't spit out ivory curse "accept a thief as a father", Haise herself feels a little unnatural.But he is the deputy general in charge of Ninggu Tower's defense after all, and he has been in office for many years, so at this time, he naturally filtered out these words as rumors.

The enemy's artillery fire became more and more accurate, which was shockingly accurate.Especially the flower bombs they fired above the attacking troops. Although one of the two rounds may not explode, and the explosion may not be a volley explosion (the most lethal), but the attacking troops still suffer a lot of casualties. Small.Niu Luzhang Jing Xifu, who was in charge of leading the attack just now, has sent people to report back. The forward troops have suffered more than [-] casualties. Please send follow-up troops to attack other walls as soon as possible to share the pressure they bear.

To be honest, Haise has not fought many battles in these years. He can sit in the position in front of him because he surrendered early, saw the opportunity quickly, was able to come and give gifts frequently, but his level of marching and fighting is actually so-so.Especially since he is still a Mongol, he is not very proficient in infantry combat, let alone these modern warfare where shells are flying horizontally and projectiles are flying everywhere.Therefore, after receiving Xifu's request, Haise hesitated a little, and ordered the Oroqen, Daur, and Hezhe tribesmen who gathered along the road to dispatch. Relatives were also slaughtered, so their will to fight should be alright.

Hundreds of tribesmen in disorderly clothes rushed forward with wooden spears, bone arrows, and iron knives in disorder. The formation was so disastrous that Hai Se felt that they might be even worse than the Mongols fighting on foot.But fortunately, the enemies are all huddled in the city for defense at this time, so there is no need to worry too much about being counterattacked by them.

Haise was worried that his troops would be counterattacked by others, but he didn't know that Li Renjun, who was standing at the top of the city, would not dare to send out the soldiers of the Temple Street garrison under his command.These people are also very tribal people. In addition to being well-equipped, they have only been trained for a few months. The individual combat effectiveness is strong enough, but the level of battle in formation is also appalling.He didn't want to send his group of people out to fight against others, it was meaningless, and it would also be attacked by the enemy's cavalry.

The charging speed of the enemy tribal people was quite fast. Carrying a few hastily built ladders, they ran in small steps at first, and finally rushed over with a shout.The uneven terrain in front of the stockade greatly affected their performance, but they didn't care, and rushed straight up foolishly.

"First row, second row, turn left halfway, quickly step up and shoot, raise the gun, aim, prepare, release!"

"Squat forward in three or four rows, stand in five or six rows, shoot in salvo in four rows, get ready, let go!"

"Seventh, eighth, and ninth platoons shoot freely, focusing on attacking the enemy's artillery team! The grenadier platoon wears armor, holds bombs, checks the tinder cans, and is ready to throw at any time!"

The crisp sound of musket shooting sounded from the top of the city, and large groups of gunpowder smoke continued to rise. Every soldier on the east bank who finished shooting immediately began to clean the barrel, charge the powder, and reload the gun skillfully. The tribesmen seemed to have encountered an invisible wall, and a large number of them fell straight on the road of charge. According to the statistics of the officers who observed the war, under the continuous blows, the enemy may have killed or injured 50 or [-] people.

Gunpowder smoke enveloped the entire city, and the musketeers on the east coast could no longer see the situation below the city clearly. Driven by inertia, they just fired in the direction where they thought the enemy might appear. The battle has turned into free fire!

A quarter of an hour later, the low-pitched horn sounded, and the Qing army finally retreated.They obviously found that the firepower of the thief in yellow was too fierce, so fierce that they had never seen it before.At this time, a gust of wind blew, and the smoke covering the top of the city faded a lot. Seeing this, Captain Li Renjun immediately ordered dozens of soldiers who had been waiting for a long time behind the gate of the village to go out of the city to cover up the killing.The established troops dare not send out, but it is still possible to select forty or fifty picks who are good at fighting alone and go out of the city to expand the results of the battle.

The picks are from the Temple Street Defenders, and they are basically wildlings and Jurchens.Clad in leather armor and armed with sharp knives, they overtook the retreating tribesmen and slashed and killed them, adding further confusion to the enemy.The artillery at the head of the city also fired artillery to help the battle at this time, making warning shots at the enemy's cavalry units that were about to move.

The frontman quickly caught the Qing soldiers who were running back with two Fran cannons. They first drew out the pistols on their waists, and fired at the dozens of Sauron soldiers guarding the artillery. After being beaten to the point of running away, he roared angrily and rushed forward, throwing the knife and ax in hand at them as much as he could.

At this time, Captain Li Renjun at the head of the city, after seeing that the forward had intercepted the enemy's artillery very smoothly, immediately annoyed himself for being so stingy before, and only sent a few elites out of the city.However, it was not too late to make amends at this time. Li Renjun immediately ordered the army's 105th company and the main force of the Temple Street garrison to go out of the city to take back the enemy's two cannons.

The 105 officers and soldiers of the 240th company inserted the 41-year-style steel bayonet at their waists under the barrel of the gun, and then walked to the outside of the city in small steps. First, a volley of guns killed the last dozen or so Qing soldiers who were still guarding the artillery. Then formed a thin hollow phalanx to guard against the more than 200 cavalry that the enemy had already activated.More than [-] soldiers from the Temple Street Guard Team, wearing iron armor and holding spears, rushed into the battlefield after them.

The forwards who took back the two Franco cannons had already turned the muzzles of the guns, cleaned the barrels, and then shot at the fleeing Qing army, beating these people to death.However, their behavior was quickly stopped by the East Coast Army. They were asked to shoot at the Qing cavalry who were rushing towards them immediately after loading the cannon with ammunition.

Gunshots, cannons, and bombs sounded one after another, and the rushing Qing cavalry fell dozens of people under the concentrated fire of two Fran cannons loaded with shotguns and more than 200 musketeers. Only then did they break through the formation of the musketeers on the east coast.However, they soon encountered flanking fire from a few musketeers from the Temple Street garrison who rushed over, and had to pull out their horses again.The people from the east bank followed behind and fired two cannonballs before they were able to withdraw their troops and return to the village.

At this point, the first battle between the two sides was basically over, and the people from the east coast slowly retreated back into the village with the escort of the two captured Fran cannons.In this battle, the 105th Company of the East Coast Army killed 6 soldiers and injured 12, and the Temple Street garrison (including front guards) died 19 and injured 33, for a total of 70 casualties.As their opponent, the Qing army, according to a conservative estimate, had about 300 casualties, of which the Xianglan Banner and Eight Banners soldiers accounted for about a quarter of the casualties. The Qing army should have understood the weight of their opponent at this time.

In the next few days, Hai Se, who lost her artillery, had no choice but to mobilize troops to attack the other two villages.However, the morale of the officers and soldiers on the east bank who had seen the Qing army's defeat in the main village was greatly boosted, and they united as one to defend the two villages.At the same time, the main force of the East Coast Army in the No. 2 main village continued to support the two villages with artillery fire. The Qing army could only return without success after throwing down another three or four hundred corpses.

After reaching this point, Haise knew that he couldn't take down the yellow-clothed thieves in front of him, and the tribesmen and Sauron soldiers under his command also suffered heavy casualties. At this moment, there were many complaints, and they seemed to be ready to pack up and leave up.While Haise was still hesitating whether to continue the attack, on September 9, eight gunboats from the East Coast Navy suddenly appeared near the pier, and dozens of artillery fired a spectacular salvo, gathering the Qing army around the pier. Most of the flat-bottomed wooden boats were sunk, and all the food, grass and military supplies stored by the Qing army were fed to the bastards.

With the road cut off and the food and supplies destroyed, Hai Se finally couldn't control the army at hand.First of all, the tribesmen, who took away all the valuables and scattered away; followed by the Saurons and Hurha people, who had already suffered more than half of their casualties, also left without saying goodbye in the early morning of the 16th. Wait for a group of armored soldiers with blue flags to stay where they are.

The tree fell and the monkeys scattered, which is the situation Hai Se is facing at this time.After realizing that he was powerless to recover, Haise discussed with Xifu and simply retreated with his troops.However, they were killed and injured nearly a hundred people under the cover of the main force of the Heilongjiang Security Regiment, a new force entering the battlefield, and they managed to escape at night.

Bringing 2200 people to kill them aggressively, but unexpectedly they were hit in the head. Not only were 800 people killed and injured, but even the artillery, horses and other supplies were all taken away by the yellow-clothed thieves. To describe it as extremely, I am afraid that there will be no good results when I go back and wait for him.

And just as the bandits in yellow slammed the Qing army in Ningguta head-on in the Heilongjiang River Basin, in the Yangtze River Basin in the far south, a small landing raid commanded by the naval general Liu Haiyang was also in full swing.Moreover, they also took the initiative to contact the fleet of Zheng's fleet roving in the oceans of Fujian and Guangdong, and while presenting military supplies, they invited them to carry out landing operations along the southeast coast to support the actions of Li and Jin in Guangdong and Jiangxi.

In addition, Liu Haiyang also led the fleet into the lower reaches of the Yangtze River several times, blocking the water transport of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, making it inconvenient for north-south transportation. pressure is greatly reduced.Not only that, but he also found a way to contact the Nanming court through Zheng's, and sold them four 300-pound long-barreled guns that he had knocked out at a low price of 8 taels of silver.Each cannon probably still has a few hundred rounds of shell life. If they are used properly, they should be able to play a big role before the life of the artillery is over, such as breaking the city wall of Ganzhou.

The situation facing the Qing Dynasty at this time is much more dangerous than in history!If there is another moth in the north at this time, the Qing army, which has almost no soldiers to adjust, will be in trouble.At that time, shrinking the front line and giving up part of the occupied territory will become an inevitable choice, and this is obviously what they don't want to see.

(End of this chapter)