Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 273 The Battle of Tongzhou

The general of the Qing army who commanded the attacking troops was Hua Shan of the Irgenjueluo clan. He was in armor, riding on a horse, and looked at the Ming army directly opposite with a very serious expression.

Hua Shan said to a red-haired and blue-eyed European beside him, "Master Fan, what is your opinion, how do you defeat the enemy?"

This Lord Fan, whose real name is Van Duff, is a Dutchman.After the Dutch East Asian forces were nearly uprooted by Bai Mingxiu, relying on their relationship with the Qing Dynasty, the Dutch sent quite a few people to the Qing Dynasty to support the Qing Dynasty in eliminating the current Ming Dynasty and regaining their own interests.

However, the Qing army suffered repeated defeats, and the hope of the Dutch regaining Batavia and Taiwan became increasingly slim.

Van Duf said to Huashan: "General, the army you lead is undoubtedly a formidable force. The enemy has just arrived on the battlefield and is setting up their artillery positions. According to what we know, the enemy's artillery It is very powerful. Once you open fire, it will pose a huge threat to our army. Therefore, please order your powerful royal army to destroy the enemy's artillery positions. In addition, it seems that the enemy's two wings are also a little weak. Send phalanxes to attack the enemy's Squeeze the two wings toward the middle, maybe you can get good results."

These are all suggestions made by Van Duf based on his previous experience in war, but in his heart, Van Duf has given up on the Qing army.It seems inevitable that Ming regained the dominance of the Chinese Empire. The naval war between Ming and the Netherlands is still going on. Any ship flying the Dutch flag operating in the waters near China will be robbed.

Even the Chinese navy will board any merchant ship, and if it is found that the flag displayed is the flag of another country, but it is actually a Dutch ship, it will still be detained.The Netherlands can no longer bear the burden of continuing to fight the Ming Dynasty. The Dutch competitors Portugal and Britain have made a fortune through trade with the Ming Dynasty in the past two years. The Dutch are extremely jealous.

The Netherlands already wants to resolve the dispute with the Ming Dynasty through negotiations, but even so, Van Duff will still be dedicated to his duty on the battlefield and provide reasonable advice to his Qing employer. If it can cause effective damage to the Ming Dynasty, That is also a very good result.

"According to Master Fan's wishes, storm the enemy's artillery formation and attack the enemy's flanks!" Hua Shan said immediately.

At this time, many generals of the Qing Dynasty knew that since Burma, the Qing army had never won the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army led by Nanming Prince Jianguo, but let them understand that the technical content was poor for several eras, and the organization was poor. It is impossible for them to do such relatively abstract things as a few eras.Most generals still look at it from a more traditional perspective. Even if they know that the weapons of the Ming army are very strong, this is only a reason for their subordinate status. The real status is the general himself, or the army itself.

After receiving the order, the Qing army began to move slowly. This army has a European phalanx, but other than that, everything is very Qing-style, and it makes people look nondescript.The Qing soldiers holding flintlock guns or shotguns walked forward step by step with irregular steps.And in front of them are often several shield vehicles lined up.

Of course, the cavalry of the Qing army were the first to attack.

The cavalry of the Qing army was divided into Mongolian cavalry and Manchurian cavalry. They made all kinds of strange noises, manipulated the horses, and attacked the Ming army fiercely.It's just that the soldiers who had dug the trenches in advance didn't feel any fear of such a cavalry.

The cavalry of 4000 Qing army rushed up with a clatter, and the momentum was very scary.At this time, the artillery of the Ming army was not fully set up, so they did not fire at the Qing soldiers, but the infantry could no longer hold back, and started shooting as soon as the Qing cavalry rushed over.

"Da da da da da da!" The sound of heavy machine guns firing like cloth, immediately dominated the battlefield, and the cavalry of the Qing army fell down as if they had been enchanted.

The originally high-spirited Manchu cavalry suddenly became stupid, "Don't rush, don't rush, you will die if you rush up!"

As a result, some Manchu and Qing cavalry stopped halfway, and then jumped off their horses, holding infantry bows and firecrackers, and placed them randomly towards the Ming army.This tactic was actually used by the Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers when they were outside the customs.They are not really invincible in riding and shooting, but in battles similar to European dragoons, maneuvering on horseback and fighting off horseback.In the face of the relatively weak Ming army and the peasant army, this kind of rapid attack, and then the harassment with bows, arrows and muskets at close range, can easily disrupt the Ming army and the peasant army.At this time, these Tartar soldiers charged and fought hand-to-hand, and they were often able to obtain better results.

But at this moment, what they did was just like a joke.Their bows and firecrackers could not reach the real shooting range at all. At this time, they dismounted and fired arrows and shot blindly, completely out of fear of approaching the Ming army's position.

At this time, the artillery of the Ming army was also ready.

"Fire!" Cai Zhizhong, the commander of the artillery regiment, was in a turbulent mood. The artillerymen under him fired a salvo at almost the same time.

The salvo level of the artillery of the Ming army is quite high, in order to carry out a certain degree of calibration and cover the enemy to a certain extent, forming a wide-area firepower strike.

The most eye-catching thing was the 155mm heavy artillery with the highest technical level of the Ming army at this time. The [-] grenade directly smashed into the formation of the Qing army, bursting out with extreme flames and shock waves, overturning a large number of people.

The Dutchman Van Duff who survived the battle described it in his memoirs: "...Before this, I have never seen any shelling that can have such a great power, it is like a god descending directly from the sky. It was like a punishment, full of power, I could see dozens of soldiers being pulverized under the explosion, charred flesh and unidentifiable human organs were everywhere within dozens of feet. Oh, I will never I can't forget that scene, the war probably became so terrifying from that era, a devil-like army, that is, from then on, it swept the whole world and brought endless disasters to the world..."

Blossoming beautiful flowers of death bloomed on the battlefield. The four battalions of the Artillery Regiment, a total of 36 105mm howitzers and 36 155mm howitzers easily covered the battlefield.The Qing army, who was still high-spirited and prepared to teach the Ming army a lesson, immediately cried for their father and mother under such shelling.

"Run, if you don't run, you will be blown to death!"

"Can't fight, the Ming army can't fight at all!"

Panic is spreading everywhere like a plague!

(End of this chapter)