Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 228
Guancheng, which has collapsed into disrepair, is now a trouble for the Ming army.

"It may be troublesome to move the artillery through Wusheng Pass. We don't know whether the collapsed support structure is stable. It will take a lot of time for the engineers to clean up the scene and transport the artillery. Only after we inspected the scene did we find that the damn Tartars did not They were not prepared to defend the city with us, they cast the city gate to death, and filled in a lot of earth and rocks, so that we could not open the city gate and let the artillery pass through."

Listening to the report, the generals of the East China Army frowned.

Shang Zhonghe proposed: "How about we just cross Wusheng Pass? Wusheng Pass is not the only one of the three passes in Yiyang. We can cut into Dabie Mountain from other places, and then make a big detour to the rear of the Qing army."

This actually means that if the Ming army takes Pingjing Pass or Jiuliguan, the struggle will be long.If the Qing army found that the Ming army was not moving in the direction of Wusheng Pass, they would quickly retreat to the north. In fact, this is what they are doing.The main combat purpose of the Ming army was to destroy the vital forces of the Qing army, and the Qing army just hoped to avoid being wiped out by the established system, especially the precious Eight Banners hard-core crops, which could no longer die in the hands of Nanming.

Su Shuhuan said: "Our Ming Dynasty Restoration Army is first and foremost a force fighting for the country and the nation. It is a force full of honor and courage. We have the best war equipment in the world, but it does not mean that we have left these forces. Armed, we will not fight. This valley may be full of Qing troops, but with our fighters, I have the confidence to penetrate it."

A group of teachers were also very encouraged by hearing this, and they asked for a fight one after another.

Su Shuhuan said again: "Without the fire support of our artillery group, even if we are full of courage and fearlessness to fight in an environment with complex terrain, we still need careful combat plans and good tactics. The staff immediately draw up a feasible plan. Based on the combat plan, we must launch a second offensive in the shortest possible time.”

To the surprise of the Ming army, when the staff of the East China Army was still drafting a battle plan, the Qing army actually launched a counterattack against the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army assembled in Wusheng Pass.

"I don't know if it's smart or stupid." Su Shuhuan sighed as he looked at the large numbers of Qing troops rushing over.

A collapsed pass city did prevent the heavy firepower of the Ming army from keeping up with the infantry.With such an arrangement, the Qing army obviously had its own relatively thorough and in-depth tactical considerations. It used the terrain to greatly weaken the use of the superior weapons of the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army, and separated the Ming army through the pass city, so as to achieve a wave of counterattacks. The purpose of causing effective killing results.

On the temporary position built by the Ming army in Wusheng Pass, which is at most a regiment of troops, the nearest hill to the Ming army is only a few hundred meters away.The Ming Dynasty Restoration Army has not yet determined how to deal with this Qing army, so they stand still at this distance and look at the Qing army from afar.

However, this wave of the Qing army was also quite courageous. They carried a lot of small Fran cannons weighing several hundred kilograms to the top of the mountain, condescending. Under such circumstances, the Ming army, which always liked to bombard the Qing army, Was bombarded by the Qing army.

"What the hell, the Qing army has artillery."

The range of these Franco cannons ranges from 200 meters to more than 500 meters, and the range is very short. However, they have the advantage of the terrain, and shooting downwards can also cause certain effective damage.

The Ming army had just come down from Guancheng and was about to set up a position. The Qing army opened fire on them here. Although the Qing army didn't have many cannons, and the sum of several hills was more than ten, they were still beaten by cannons. Let the soldiers of the Ming army accept it.

In previous battles between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Qing army was actually equipped with a large number of artillery pieces. In the Jiangnan Campaign alone, the total number of various types of artillery pieces from the Qing army captured by the Ming Fuguo Army was unexpectedly thousands.In fact, during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the army was already deeply weaponized, and there was a strange phenomenon that there were more cannons than guns.In the three years from 1618 to 1621, in order to support the Liaodong battlefield, the Ming Dynasty sent a large number of firearms to Liaodong, including 18154 artillery pieces, including 4090 Flang machines, 2080 guns, 1773658 jin of gunpowder, and 142368 jin of large and small lead bullets. , as many as 1253200 large and small iron bullets, and firearms accounted for almost half of all weapons.

It's just because the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army cheated too much and equipped a large number of modern artillery with long range, strong firepower and high rate of fire.Before the Qing army was ready, the artillery of the Qing army had already been destroyed by the artillery of the Ming army.So in the end, a large number of cannons were actually captured by the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, and turned into metal materials for recasting.

In fact, after the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army relied on firearms to rule the roost, the Qing court did not give up on the development of firearms.Not only did the Qing government force a large number of craftsmen to make firearms for them, but they also obtained some flintlock guns and other things from the Dutch to imitate them.Foreign missionaries such as Tang Ruowang and Nan Huairen in the capital continued to assist them in making cannons.

In order to win this battle, various soldiers, generals and counselors on Mulima's side worked hard.Zhou Peigong surveyed the terrain many times and designed the layout of this battle based on the capabilities of the Qing army.A large number of Qing troops resisted on their shoulders and dragged with ropes, transporting cannons one after another to the highlands in the valley behind Wusheng Pass.

After all, the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army had won for too long, so they became paralyzed.The artillery of the Qing army was hidden on the high ground. After the Ming army crossed the pass, they did not launch an attack on the Qing army immediately. Instead, they built positions and waited for further instructions from the headquarters.

"Lie down!" The officers shouted, and the soldiers immediately made anti-cannon movements.

Although most of the soldiers of the Ming army were bombarded for the first time, they had done a lot of such training in the training center, and in order to enhance their combat effectiveness, the training center would actually plant explosives around them , Let them lie on the ground to feel the explosion and vibration.

The one who was attacked was actually the 102nd Regiment that had followed Bai Mingxiu to the mainland from Australia. The main soldiers were from Guli.Its regiment leader Shang Zhonghe has also been transferred to the division commander, and the current regiment leader is a mercenary.

Seeing his soldiers suffer losses, the regiment commander immediately blushed. He shouted: "You can't just bear the shelling like this. The 1st and 2nd companies follow me, and we will knock down the high ground!"

Speaking of which, the head of the regiment actually picked up an M1 rifle by himself, and charged forward in the lead.The soldiers braved the artillery fire, gritted their teeth, or lowered their bodies and held their rifles, or two people carried heavy M2 machine guns, and with little cover, they rushed towards the hill that was emitting artillery fire.

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