Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 213

Three fast new army soldiers rushed towards Huang Hairu, because they were sent from the reinforcements.

"Get down, get down, get down..." the three soldiers shouted as they ran.

Finally, as they approached, the guard battalion commander heard the shout, and he immediately ordered loudly: "Everyone, get down, get down."

After hearing the order, everyone stopped running immediately, and then lay on the ground without hesitation, even Huang Hairu was lying on the ground under the personal protection of the battalion commander.

After lying on the ground, the rumble of the horseshoes became clearer, as if the chasing Qing cavalry was behind them.

Just after everyone lay on the ground for a few breaths, many people heard a swishing sound flying overhead.

"Bao'er, ba'er..." The neighing of the war horse sounded behind him.

With the dull rumbling sound of hitting the ground, they knew that some horses had fallen down, and some soldiers couldn't help but turn their heads against the ground and look back.

I saw the cavalry of the Qing army rushing forward, thumping and thumping hard to the ground one after another.

Because the speed was too fast, the fall was too hard. I am afraid that the necks of some war horses would be broken. The cavalrymen who fell from the horseback could be imagined.

"Kill..." Even though they saw their companions being shot and fell to the ground one by one, a few Qing soldiers rushed forward with grim smiles and brandished swords, because Huang Hairu was right in front of them, and they were unwilling.

"Pfft..." A Qing army with a crazy look only felt his body was empty, the frenzied energy in his body seemed to be emptied in an instant, and his body fell back weakly.

Then he flew away from the horse, fell fiercely on the ground and rolled several times, blood flowed out from his body, his eyes were wide open, and he seemed very unwilling.

Among them, the nearest Qing army was even less than ten feet away.

But as more than a dozen bullets were poured into the horse's body, the horse that had been with him for many years could only neigh in pain, its front hooves softened, and then ruthlessly threw him off the horse's back, breaking his neck on the spot.

The cross-fire net of three machine guns sealed off the area of ​​Huang Hairu and his party, and it was almost impossible to rush over on horseback.

Therefore, although these Qing troops really wanted to win this battle, they were too overconfident and could only make them pay a heavy price.

Some of the Qing troops who came afterward seemed to understand this, and actually abandoned their horses directly, then lowered their bodies as much as possible, with a knife in their mouths, and even knelt and crawled forward.

Such madness made the soldiers of the new army look shocked when they saw this scene, but it also aroused the blood in their hearts.

They knew that they were inferior to the Qing army in some respects, but they didn't think that their courage would lose to the opponent, so they took the initiative to turn their bodies to face the approaching Qing army.

Before the reinforcements of the new army joined Huang Hairu, they set up machine guns to block them, which was a last resort.

But after the machine gun position was set up, the other soldiers did not stand still, but immediately divided into two groups, one left and one right, and quickly rushed towards Huang Hairu's direction, with a few submachine guns at the front.

"Bang bang bang..." The submachine guns began to fire, making it even more difficult to break through the blockade.

Finally, although those Qing soldiers were unwilling, they also knew that such a fearless death was meaningless.

It was already impossible for them to do anything before the new army's reinforcements joined Huang Hairu, so they could only draw an arc unwillingly, and then turned back and retreated.

The roar of the machine guns stopped one after another, and several shooters immediately picked up the machine guns and ammunition boxes and came forward to meet.

"Ah..." The dozen or so Qing soldiers who had abandoned their horses and crawled over knew that they had no chance to escape, so they jumped up and launched an attack frantically.

Not to be outdone, the soldiers of the guard battalion rushed forward quickly, and the two sides collided fiercely.

Although the soldiers in the guard battalion were twice as many as the Qing army, not only did they not gain the upper hand, they were also defeated by the Qing army.

It wasn't that the soldiers of the new army didn't work hard, or that they weren't courageous enough. I really had to admit that the individual combat capability of the Qing army was much higher than that of the soldiers of the new army.

After all, these soldiers of the Qing army were all elites who had survived many battles, while the new army had been formed for less than two years. This gap could not be made up by training.

But the targets of these Qing troops were obviously not ordinary soldiers of the new army, they were all staring at Huang Hairu, rushing towards Huang Hairu desperately.

"Puuuuuuuuuuuu..." A Qing soldier was pierced by three long spears.

"Bang bang bang" Another soldier of the Qing army was shot three times in a row, and three blood holes appeared on his body. His eyes were wide open. Although he was unwilling, he could only collapse powerlessly.

"Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Huang Hairu was guarded by several soldiers from the new army, staring blankly at what happened in front of him. The nearest soldier from the Qing army was less than three feet away.

The soldier of the Qing army was pierced by a long spear, and then hacked to death with random knives, but his eyes were fixed on Huang Hairu all the time, and the saber in his hand was also swung in the direction of Huang Hairu.

Huang Hairu was shocked, not because he was afraid, but because he was awed by the Qing army's determination to not give up.

He had to admit that Duduo's Qing army was really the best of the best. If he hadn't taken advantage of the weapons, the team would have collapsed long ago. Huang Hairu wanted to shroud his body in horse leather.

There is no time to think about this now, Huang Hairu immediately asked the commander Zhou who came to support him: "How many troops and advanced weapons do you have?"

Head Zhou immediately said: "Our own people left more than 200 people in the city, and I brought all the remaining 800 people."

"The other nearly 4000 people are all Xu Yong's people, and some of the defenders in the original city are used to make up the number."

"As for weapons, there are eight machine guns, six mortars, two infantry guns..."

The previous shells were fired by two 75mm infantry guns.

Because the infantry artillery is relatively light in weight, and can be disassembled into four parts and transported separately, it can be quickly supported, so it was brought out.

Fortunately, these two infantry guns, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

After listening to the report, Huang Hairu pondered for a while, and then ordered: "Go forward..."

At the same time, he sent people to collect other fleeing soldiers.

The reinforcements of the new army arrived and brought the news of the artillery, and Duoduo knew it immediately.

But he didn't immediately decide whether to continue to attack or retreat, but sent scouts to closely monitor the movement of the new army.

Obviously, he still wanted to observe to see if there was a chance to eat the support army together.

If he couldn't do anything, he didn't have to worry about being unable to escape. After all, no matter how fast the infantry was, it was impossible to catch up with the cavalry.

(End of this chapter)