Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 379 The First Battle Begins in Shandong (Fifth Change)

Dezhou is the first gateway of the Shandong section of the Grand Canal. Before Chongzhen 17 years ago, because water transport was the main north-south economic and transportation line, it has always been an important hub for south-to-north travel, and now it is also a very important military town in Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the First Corps of the First Army of the Ming Dynasty Guards had already lined up in front of Songguantun. This Songguantun was located at the northeast end of Dezhou Prefecture, and it was the only way for the Tan Tai Division of the Qing Army to attack Dezhou from the direction of Wuqiao.

Because the west of Dezhou is the Grand Canal, and the south is the Gaojin River. Only from Songguantun can there be a direct land route to Dezhou.

At this time, the two artillery battalions of the First Corps of the Guards, a total of [-] [-]-jin infantry heavy field artillery, [-] [-]-jin and [-] [-]-jin infantry light field artillery, had all lined up outside Songguantun Tunbao.

At the same time, the six infantry battalions of the First Corps of the First Guards Army are also listed at the forefront, of which the directly subordinate infantry battalion and cavalry battalion are located in the center with Liu Qian, the deputy commander of the regiment, and the two field cavalry battalions are in the middle. on the outermost side.

Tan Tai's 20 army has also arrived here. The 20 army includes 20 Manchu cavalry, [-] Mongolian cavalry, and [-] Han cavalry. Then there are [-] red cannons and nearly [-] green camp soldiers with firearms.

The confrontation between the two armies naturally required drumming to cheer, and immediately there was a burst of drumming and killing sounds.

Tan Tai was not surprised to see the Ming Guards lined up under the city instead of in Tunpu, because he had already learned that the Guards fought battles and not defended the city.

Moreover, although Tan Tai was anxious to fight against the Ming army, he was not in a hurry to rush over directly. He was observing, observing the weak points of the guard army in front of him.

Except for the cavalry battalion and the artillery battalion, the First Corps of the First Guards Army did not need bunkers. At this time, although the infantry battalion of the Guards Army was in formation, they piled up piles of sandbags as bunkers.

At this time, Zhou Yuji, who was standing in the Tunbao of Songguan Tun, was also looking at the 20 Qing army not far away with a monocular made by Li Ruolian's family industry company, and he couldn't help showing a sneer on his face.

Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins. Zhou Yuji knows that if Tan Tai wants to attack Shandong, the first big city he must occupy first is Dezhou. Dezhou is a place where the canal is locked, and if he wants to defend Dezhou, he can only put the main force of a corps in Dezhou first. Directly confront the 20 troops of Tan Tai's army.

"What the hell is this Tantai dog tartar thinking? If there is no war in such a cold day, will the brothers freeze to death?"

Zhou Yuji cursed.

But at this moment, Tan Tai launched an attack. The first to dispatch was Zhenglan Banner Gushan Erzhen Tong Tulai leading the [-] Green Battalion, accompanied by the sound of a hundred red cannons.

The shells of these red-clothed cannons were directly blasted at Song Guantun Tunbao.

Tan Tai knew that the red-clothed cannons had a long range but low accuracy, but he could guess that the important generals of the Ming army must be in the Songguan Tunbao, so he ordered the red-clothed cannons to attack. Tong Tulai led the [-] green battalion to advance at the same time.

Boom.

The wall of Tunbao was hit by a cannonball and more than half of it collapsed. Zhou Yuji, who had been transferred to the fort at this time, couldn't help but spit a mouthful of ashes: "Grandma, I will let you bastards taste the power of my Daming's artillery fire later! Tell me!" Liu Qian will give the order after he sees it, don't worry about me."

Liu Qian was also looking at the approximate distance between Tong Tulai's [-] Green Battalion soldiers with a telescope at this time. After a while, Liu Qian immediately issued an order: "The Heavy Artillery Battalion Attack!"

Immediately, the officers and soldiers of the artillery team of one hundred heavy artillery began to compact the propellant immediately, and at the same time adjusted the angle immediately, and soon one hundred shells fired by one hundred heavy field artillery roared towards the Qing army's position.

Tong Tulai knew that the Ming army's firearms were powerful, so he ordered all the officers and soldiers under his command to raise iron shields to form a door for firearms.

But what he didn't expect was that Daming now has a more intensive artillery fire group. Hundreds of artillery shells roared directly like plowing the field, and completely defeated the shield camp composed of [-] Qing army and Han soldiers. Killed and wounded many.

Here, Tong Tulai's [-] Green Battalion was in chaos, and two cavalrymen from the Guards rushed over. The sharp alloy steel knife was made by the first steelmaking method, and it was said to cut iron. Runi may not fit, but it is easy to cut off people's heads.

Immediately, these [-] green battalion soldiers became chaotic and rushed to run back.However, Tong Tulai formed a supervising team with Manchurian cavalry. After killing several people, these green battalion soldiers had to raise their firearms to shoot again, and began to form a three-stage shooting method under Tong Tulai's command to prepare for the approaching Guard cavalry.

However, at this time, the cavalry of the guards had already withdrawn, and the heavy artillery battalion continued to drop lead bullets on the Qing army's position, and the rumbling sound of hitting the ground never stopped.

Tan Tai was a little depressed. He didn't expect the Ming army's artillery to be so fierce, so he didn't intend to stop, and the interval was not very long.

Tan Tai decided not to carry out tactical scheduling, but directly ordered all the officers and soldiers under his command to kill the [-]st Corps of the Guards on the opposite side.

After all, according to this level, his Qing army can only be passively bombarded, and his red cannons of the Qing army seem to have no harm to these guards who are right in front of them except for bombarding the city wall.

And if all the Qing troops press up, they can still occupy the superiority in numbers, and maybe they can directly defeat the Ming army in front of them.

So, as soon as Tan Tai put his horse in his belly, he led [-] cavalrymen to kill the generals, and at the same time, other battalions of green battalions also came.

Seeing more than [-] Qing troops rushing towards their own camp, in fact, the impact on the Guards was indeed quite large, at least visually, but the First Corps of the First Army of the Guards was the trump card of the Guards. The trump card, old officers accounted for a large proportion. Seeing so many Qing troops rushing, they could calmly command the people under their command to remain calm.

"The six-pound cannon fires!"

"Three catty cannon fired!"

The artillery shells came covering like a tide, and countless Qing troops were disrupted in formation, and countless Qing troops lay directly on the ground and wailed.

And Tan Tai's [-] cavalry also lost dozens of cavalry.

However, Tan Tai rushed forward with the cavalry.

But at this time, the infantry battalion of the Guards had begun to shoot and kill these cavalry relying on the bunker.

These flintlock guns are Chongzhen [-]th-style flintlock guns, which can be used evenly, and the gunpowder has been turned into nitrocellulose. The firing efficiency has been greatly improved, and the range has also been improved a lot.

Therefore, when Tan Tai rushed forward with ten thousand cavalry, the three infantry battalions immediately responded fiercely. The army shot to the ground.

Not long after, countless corpses were left on the entire battlefield, but the Qing army was still attacking tenaciously.

However, at this time, various shells and the bullets of the Ming Chongzhen flintlock guns continued to fire, and the Qing army could only retreat after a while.

　I was so sleepy, I fell asleep while writing, the typo will be corrected tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)