A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 549

The shiny black gun barrel continuously spewed shells of different calibers at Yang Xingling, and there was one roar after another. The troops of Shi Tingzhu, Zu Zerun, Wu Shoujin and others had already attacked Yang Xingling many times. The tactics they adopted, It's artillery bombardment, infantry rush!

The roar was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and the gunpowder smoke filled the air. When the Qing army shelled, the defenders on the mountain were not to be outdone, and fired back fiercely.

Because the artillery of the Han army was placed more than one mile away, although the Jingbian army's Flang machine could not hit it, the Shenji battalion's small mortars and Shenhuo flying crows could hit them as well, so the mortars deployed on Yangxingling came from time to time. He fought back, and fired the sacred fire flying crows at the Han Eight Banners positions.

Fu Yingchong supported Yang Xingling with thirty small mortars and nearly a hundred shots of divine fire and flying crows. The soldiers of the Divine Machine Battalion were the favorite, and what they were good at was bullying the weak and fearing the strong.Because the small red cannons of the Qing army did not pose much threat to the mountains, they came alive again, screaming strangely and shooting poisonous smoke, gray bullets, and even solid iron balls down the mountain from time to time.

Although the mortars on the mountain are small mortars, the solid iron balls they hit are only under ten catties. Those large mortars have always hit big iron balls and stone balls weighing fifteen to twenty catties. The blast from far away also made the Han Banners at the foot of the mountain frightened.

They shot each other, and they also achieved results. There was a small mortar, and a stone ball weighing about eight or nine kilograms was shot, which successfully hit a shield chariot of the Han army Zhengbai Banner, and knocked down several Han troops near the shield chariot. , frightened the surrounding Han army to disperse with a blast.

Especially when mortars shoot out poisonous bullets and ash bullets, they are even more threatening to dense arrays. These poisonous smoke bombs do not need to hit a certain target, but only need to aim at a certain range. After the poisonous bomb explodes, the poisonous smoke filled , It can cause waves of panic in the Han army ranks.

Therefore, although Shi Tingzhu, Zu Zerun and others at the foot of the mountain used dozens of red cannons to continuously bombard Yang Xingling, they did not pose much threat to the Jingbian army on the mountain. .

A shot of Shenhuo Flying Crow was a blind cat and a dead mouse, which happened to land in the middle of a Han army artillery, blowing up several Han army gunners to death.

At the same time, the rest of the gunners and handymen were all on fire, screaming and running around.The flames of the explosion also detonated the nearby gunpowder, causing even greater casualties. The gun carriage wheels of the artillery rolled out far away.

In fact, the flying crow was supposed to shoot dozens of steps away from the right side of the cannon, but a sudden gust of wind blew the crow back. I can only feel that these Han army flags are out of luck.

After another round of shelling, Yang Xingling's formerly quiet Jingbian army rear camp seemed to come alive.

A large number of rear battalion soldiers wearing hats and helmets and red with black borders appeared from behind the dirt carts, and many soldiers with long guns came to the mountains from behind the mountain and looked down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, another wave of Han Eight Banners offensive began. A large number of Han and North Korean troops, under the cover of earth carts and shield carts, came like a tide.

During the shouting of orders, the gunmen of the Jingbian army behind each truck held their guns tightly, and set the gun body firmly on the side truck. Everyone looked a little dignified, because the logistics supply was in place. There is also the improvement of military law. These original Ming troops have improved their combat effectiveness a lot compared to when they were in Daming.

Compared with the Manchurian bows and arrows, facing these Han troops, the one-sided massacre has passed, especially their bird guns, which have successively caused some casualties to the soldiers guarding the mountain.

The blunderbusses of the Ertars were also a threat. This fact made the Jingbian army guarding the mountain itch with hatred, but so what if the Ertars' bird guns were a threat. As the Jingbian army, they would not be afraid of anyone!
On the way, the mortars and flying crows from the mountains caused some panic and casualties to the Han army's formation, but they still forced them forward.

"Boom boom boom!"

When the Qing army was about a hundred steps away from the mountain line of defense, the 55 small and medium-sized Folang machines of the Jingbian Army, which were located here and closely sandwiched by many earthen vehicles, made deafening explosions one after another, and countless shotguns and lead pellets exploded. On the side of the Han army's earthen truck shield, puffs of blood mist came out, and there were crackling noises on the earthen truck shield.

It is impossible for their earthen vehicles to completely block the shots of the Jingbian army, and it is even more difficult for their shield vehicles to withstand the bombardment of the shotguns.

When the Qing army got closer, the Jingbian army behind the earthen cart fired a volley of firecrackers, and the Han army on the other side also fired back from the rear of the bunker, and the two sides were forced to face each other within forty or fifty paces. The sound of gunfire continued, and thick white smoke burst out in front of their respective trucks.

It is foreseeable that under various factors, in terms of shooting, the Han Eight Banners are not the opponents of the Jingbian army, even the upper second-class army.

Although they had more musketeers, when they were shot at each other, more of them were shot and fell down. In addition, the gunners of the Jingbian Army were desperately blasting the cannonballs. As expected, before the gunners fought, they couldn't hold on again and screamed. Back in defeat.

Looking at some groaning and injured rear battalion sergeants lifted up in front, Han Chao's face sank like water, and he ordered a group of first-class spearmen to chase and fight. The sharp swan sound sounded, hundreds of first-class spearmen stood up Their spears rushed down the mountain crazily with shouts...

"Everything is trash!"

Seeing that his side was defeated again, Shi Tingzhu's eyes were red, he was already mad, how many Jingbian troops did Yang Xingling join the battle at this time?They have less than a thousand gunners, and the rest are reserve troops. How many times is their own army stronger than theirs?
With such an advantage, with one attack after another, they couldn't even attack their first line of defense on the mountain?Shi Tingzhu could foresee Huang Taiji's disappointment. He placed high hopes on the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and the result was only a small-scale contact battle. What would it be like if the two sides faced off in a big battle?

Losing the respect of the emperor, Shi Tingzhu could foresee the status of the Han army flag in the Qing Dynasty, and he roared: "Let's attack again!"

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The battle between Yang Xingling and Shuangzi Mountain has entered into a stalemate, and at this time, Kong Youde's artillery battalion, under the strict order of Huang Taiji, has moved to the side of the large floating bridge, and is about to move to the river bank.

Zhao Xuan put down the binoculars, gritted his teeth and said, "Very good, Kong Youde's artillery has finally pulled up, within the range of my artillery camp, you just wait to die!"

He sent someone to report to Wang Dou: "Our battalion is determined to fight the slave artillery, please wait for the news of our division's victory."

Wang Dou sent someone to reply: "I firmly believe in this!"

Zhao Xuan ordered that in addition to the five Hongyi three-pound guns remaining in the cannon array, the remaining 23 six-pounder guns and fifteen three-pounder guns were all moved to the large pontoon bridge.

At the same time, on the side of the small artillery formation, there were also five Hongyi three-pound guns left, the remaining ten six-pounders, and twelve three-pounders. Those two tartars have a little color to see.

On the other side of the big pontoon bridge, there are 25 cannons of General Fran, who can fire five catty cannons in addition to shotgun shells. In this way, Zhao Xuan's artillery battalion has 85 cannons of various types.

Not far to the left, there is the Shenwei General Cannon of the Shenji Battalion. If the two sides are more than one mile away, there are their rockets and mortars on the other side. A large number of Shenhuo crows can hit part of their artillery.

In the artillery battle between the two sides, it depends on who wins.

The military situation is like fire, and whoever seizes the opportunity will win. After Zhao Xuan's order was issued, a large number of gunners and soldiers of the Jingbian Army urgently put saddles on the artillery and ammunition vehicles.

Numerous observers of the artillery battalion even rode their horses to the vicinity of the large pontoon bridge to determine in advance the location that would be beneficial to their own side, and also estimated the possible deployment area of ​​​​the two Tartar artillery formations, and then measured the distance between the two sides in advance.

Look at the Qing soldiers, the same is true. Eduardo, the artillery officer of the Wuzhenha Super Battalion, urgently dispatched observers, intending to find a favorable place to deploy the formation before the arrival of his own artillery.

At this time, the seventy heavy artillery pieces of the Qing army were directed toward the Jingbian army's artillery array, some distance away from the big pontoon bridge, but they originally left twenty Shenwei generals, not far from the big pontoon bridge, to suppress them. The artillery of the Shenji Battalion.

Although the artillery here is also three miles away from the Ming army artillery array on the other side, and needs to move to the river bank, the moving speed is much faster than the seventy heavy artillery.

only……

Because on the side of the big pontoon bridge, there are 25 General Frang machine guns of the Jingbian Army. Although they can only fire more than one mile with live ammunition, but the artillery is hauled over, as long as they are close to one mile, their threat is still great. .

Therefore, considering the safety of the follow-up artillery, Kong Youde ordered these artillery to remain still, and at the same time ordered them to bombard the Jingbian Army's Flang machine artillery on the shore.

As for the artillery formation of the Shenji Battalion, because Kong Youde's artillery battalion moved, Fu Yingchong ordered to turn around. At this time, the artillery formation was in chaos, and the complicated war situation made it difficult for the gunners of the Shenji Battalion who used to only fire artillery at the top of the city. adapt.

"The thief slave's artillery must be set up there!"

On the large pontoon bridge section, the river bank goes up, and the terrain is slightly raised. On a sloping land on the river bank, several observers from the Jingbian Army Artillery Battalion are discussing urgently. One of the observers pointed to a certain place on the opposite bank and said affirmatively.

The rest of the observers basically agreed with his point of view. Like this side, the area on the opposite side is also open, with a clear view of the terrain on both sides of the river bank, and it is near the large pontoon bridge, which is a good place to set up artillery.

As for our own artillery, after calculation, we decided to place them next to the General Fran's machine guns, with the Hongyi six-pound gun in the center, and the two wings were the three-pound guns and the General Fran's machine gun.

These observers are the observers of every [-] basic salvo units of the artillery battalion, and they have a wealth of artillery knowledge. They are so sure that the next artillery array will be arranged here, but be cautious. For the sake of reason, they still use binoculars and cannon sights to calculate and calculate.

When they were making emergency surveys, the twenty Shenwei generals of the Qing army had already fired at those generals Fran's machine guns, but it was only a few miles away, and it was not easy to hit those artillery lined up. The shells are either close or far away.

The observers who were not far from the artillery array also turned a deaf ear to it. Although there were a few heavy solid shells whistling past them a dozen steps away, they still discussed among themselves.

Of course, they lived within the range of the Qing army's firepower, and the opponent's artillery was powerful, and they lacked any psychological quality, so it might be difficult to stick to their side.

When the twenty heavy artillery of the Qing army were bombarding, Zhao Xuan had already pulled a large number of artillery from the battalion to the big pontoon bridge. Finally, the artillery of the small artillery array also arrived. Zhao Xuan ordered the artillery to be set up. The well-trained gunners quickly deployed In a good position, 85 large and small artillery pieces are lined up, and the thick muzzles are aimed at the sky.

Looking at the Wuzhenha Chao Cannon Battalion on the other side, they are still rushing desperately with their large herds of cattle and horses pulling those heavy artillery.

Zhao Xuan showed a smug expression: "What about the heavy artillery? Drag you to death!"

Light and heavy artillery have advantages and disadvantages, and Zhao Xuan felt more and more that his own artillery was far better than the heavy artillery of the Han army flag in terms of maneuvering on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)