Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 756

"Shh..." A sharp whistle sounded, and more than 300 officers and soldiers of Dong Xueli's Department, who were resting, jumped up, and then began to form a combat team of more than ten people under the command of the grassroots officers, along the excavated The trench is approaching the Qing army's position.

Each battle group has a complete range of arms, including shotgunners (using captured shotguns), rattan players (part-time melee knife and axemen), spearmen (wearing leather armor, using East Coast standard spears), archers, etc.After the east bank army reorganized it, an armor grenadier was added to these troops. Generally speaking, compared with the green camp of the Qing army, Dong Xueli's troops have at least made great strides in terms of tactical thinking. progress.

In addition, the soldiers of this army originated from the Ningxia Prefecture of Shaanxi Province are naturally resistant to war. Although they have all kinds of bad habits of the old army, after the training of the East Bank Advisory Group, their appearance has changed a lot. The army (there are also Chen Zhilong, Zhai Cong'e, Qin Shangxing, Du Chong, Ding Mingwu, Xie Qian and other ministries, including seven divisions) ranks first in combat power, and is much stronger than the second-ranked Zhai Cong'er division. You must know that Zhai Cong'er's division The equipment and training time of 4000 people are better than those of Dong Xueli's department, which shows Dong Xueli's ability to govern the army and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the department.

And Dong Xueli is indeed quite popular with Mao Desheng now.Although this person was born as a general, he has a very clear mind and knows what he should do and what he should not do. Every time he breaks through the enemy's city and executes the wounded soldiers of the Manchurian Eight Banners, Dong Xueli never shirks, but personally supervises his own actions. Execute by personal soldiers.When the captured generals of the Qing army were sentenced to death, the officers and soldiers of the Dong Ministry also participated in the execution many times, and most of the female relatives of the generals of the Qing court were rewarded to the Dong Ministry's combatants.It can be said that there are 500 people in Dong Xueli's army, and now there is basically no possibility of reconciliation with the Qing court. Without him, the enmity with the Qing court is too great, and it is impossible to turn back.

For a knowledgeable and interesting person like Dong Xueli (who had previously sent a maid from Prince Heng's Mansion to Marshal Mo), Mao Desheng was generous with rewards.For example, he gave Dong Xueli 20 sets of armor that were only equipped by the regular army on the east bank. Produced on the ranch of Jeju Island).There is no shortage of supplies on weekdays. The department allocates 7.5% more salted products such as salmon and saury every month than other departments. What's more, Mao Desheng also distributes I bought a batch of canned meat (in jars, [-] kg per jar, beef or moose products, divided into two types: braised in soy sauce and sauerkraut in old altars), which can be described as a favorite.

Dong Xueli received this treatment, so he naturally knew what to do.Therefore, when marching westward from the line of Anqiu and Weishui, Dong's march was the fastest, and he led his troops to clear a Qing army fortress outside Yidu County, which was the first shot in this battle.When Ding Mingwu's troops failed to attack the fortress on the mountain and suffered heavy losses, Dong Xueli's troops were transferred to join other troops to participate in the attack on these stubborn strongholds of the Qing army.

At this time, the artillery on the east coast had pulled the artillery closer, aiming at the camps that the Qing army had successively renovated within a few months to carry out targeted strikes.At this time, if you look from the top of the mountain in the distance, you will find that in the vast field, there is a cloud of white smoke rising from time to time. It is the artillery of the East Bank Army.Sometimes the shells fired by some long-barreled and large-caliber artillery fell on the Qing army's positions, and the landslides and rocks suddenly cracked in the middle, giving people an extremely shocking feeling.

Dong Xueli's men had changed into the khaki military uniforms of the east bank standard, which was very close to the color of the land under the sun.On their waists are cowhide water bags eliminated by the East Coast Army (regular troops have replaced thick glass water bottles), and some dry food such as wheat cakes and dried fish.The team moved quickly, and there was an open field in front of them. The remaining armored soldiers of the Qing army shot at them with precise bows and arrows, and sometimes a well-hidden Fran cannon was brought out to shoot at them. Casualties began to increase dramatically.

In the past, the soldiers on the east bank could slowly take down these enemy strongholds under the cover of artillery, but now, in order to gain time, they don't care so much, and can only let the servants fill it with the lives of their sons.They were originally doing this job, and they all have this awareness at this time.

After Dong Bu set off, more than 400 people under Qin Shangxing's command quickly took over their starting positions.These people are all lined up in the field at this time, doing military training according to the command of the officers-it may be the last training for many of them in their lives.According to the plan, they will also be thrown into battle soon. No matter whether the more than 300 people from Dong Xueli's department successfully conquered the Qing army's position or were scattered and defeated, they would rush forward without hesitation.

Qin Shangxing's troops are not newcomers anymore, but at this moment, facing the strangling of life and death, everyone is still out of breath so nervously that the officers had to organize soldiers to train at the request of the military adviser on the east bank to transfer them attention.During the period of waiting for departure, they will practice all the actions and precautions that must be kept in mind again to meet the next hail of bullets.

The Eastern Bank Military Advisory Group has successfully transformed Qin Shangxing Department for many years.Although this army of thousands of people is still an old army at heart, it has already initially possessed the characteristics of a professional army in many aspects.Military training has also become increasingly scientific and orderly, soldiers have sufficient nutritional supplements, and their combat effectiveness is increasing day by day. They are the capital of the people on the east bank who are galloping freely in Shandong.

The shelling ceased.More than 300 people from Dong Xueli's department braved the arrows and lead bullets of the Qing army, passed through the obstacles set up by the Qing army, and then rushed fiercely to the positions guarded by the Qing army.The armored grenadiers frantically smashed the hand-thrown bombs with ignited fuses on the top of the Qing army. The rattan hand held up the shield and slammed into the crowd of Qing soldiers. The spearman followed behind and stabbed. The rich combat experience is in command, and the shotgunners and archers follow behind and shoot freely.

The battle has turned into a chaos.The Qing army, which had already been bombarded by artillery bombardment, was at the end of its strength at this time, and then it was beaten fiercely by hundreds of soldiers from Dong Xueli's department, which was like a tiger, and it suddenly couldn't support it.Some Green Battalion soldiers threw away the heavy weapons in their hands, turned around and ran back. Some Eight Banners soldiers who supervised the battle in the camp would roar at them, but they were ignored. On the contrary, they were soon caught by the soldiers of Dong Xueli hit.

What a joke!Killing a real Tartar, granting thirty acres of land, houses, livestock and women, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world?Seeing dozens of Zhenglan Banner armored soldiers in cotton armor at the moment, Dong Xueli's soldiers no longer had any fear in their hearts, because what they saw was not the "invincible" Jurchen elites, but each shining brightly. Jin Guang's humanoid cash drawer!

The fighting ended at four o'clock in the afternoon.More than 400 people from Qin Shangxing's Department came to reinforce them, and together with hundreds of people from Dong Xueli's Department, they wiped out all the six or seven hundred Qing troops guarding the hilltop positions.In this vast valley, nearly [-] soldiers from the east bank did the same thing under the cover of artillery. The Qing army guarding this series of camps was defeated by the army on the east bank, including [-] soldiers from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia. Most of the more than [-] Qing troops included were wiped out, and the rest were scattered and disappeared.In order to capture the thorns behind the main force, the army on the east bank also suffered more than [-] casualties, which shows the cruelty of the battle.

After capturing the fortresses of the Qing army that blocked the troops on the east bank for five days, Mao Desheng simply moved his headquarters to one of the stockades overlooking the entire city of Yidu.He was very surprised by the unexpectedly tenacious resistance of the Qing army this time, but it was obviously not the time to get to the bottom of it, so he quickly ordered that all ministries launch an attack on Yidu County according to the plan.In addition, all 3300 cavalry of the cavalry regiment were also required to dispatch to intercept possible enemy reinforcements and enemy troops fleeing out of the city.As for the elite scouts of the security team, they were also required to expand the search area and closely monitor the movements of the Qing troops from all walks of life.

The battle to attack Yidu County was much larger than before, and a total of about 3000 soldiers were included in the battle order.In addition to these infantry, more than 24 cavalry and [-] artillery pieces were also thrown into battle.Outside the battlefield, with the help of mules, horses and carts, more than [-] soldiers desperately transported various materials—especially gunpowder—to the front line through the muddy snow, which also led to The Army Corps suffered large-scale non-combat attrition.

According to incomplete statistics, in the battle against Yidu County, a total of about 721 soldiers died in non-combat (mainly due to illness), and a total of 1908 people were admitted to the field rescue center. A large number of mules and horses were exhausted on the road. The gunpowder and wrought iron shells accumulated on the island for several months were wiped out.

With the support of the military men with all their strength, the army on the east coast, which was relatively well-equipped in logistics, launched a tidal offensive against Yidu County, where the Qing army retreated.Every time the terrifying long-barreled siege artillery fired a shell, the surrounding east bank soldiers cheered collectively, while the Qing army on the opposite side looked ashen.

The urgently reinforced city walls of Yidu County could not withstand the fierce bombardment of the giant artillery on the east bank. After three days of bombardment, the southern city wall collapsed by six to seven feet.The troops on the east coast, whose morale had been buoyed by the power of the cannon, immediately attacked the collapsed city wall under the cover of light field artillery.

On the morning of March 3, after a night of fierce fighting, under the command of Captain Zhang Xudong, the First Wing of the Volunteer Squad defeated several Qing troops who were blocking them, and successively captured Fuya, County Yamen, Changpingcang and other places.Tong Yangliang, the general soldier of the Qing Dynasty guarding Qingzhou City, led his troops to break through at night, but most of them were wiped out in the wild, and only a few managed to escape.

The [-] soldiers of the Qing army, including [-] Manchu and Mongolian officers and soldiers, relied on the fortified city that had been built for several months, and they only blocked the army on the east bank for eleven days.At this time, from Qingzhou to Jinan, the road is basically smooth, and the situation in Shandong has deteriorated again!

(End of this chapter)