The Counterattack of the Villains in the Movie World

Chapter 277 In Battle: The Second Artillery Regiment of the Royal Guards of the Ming Dynasty

Seng Gelinqin, who was persuading Emperor Xianfeng, was a little confused when he heard the sound of the cannon.

He gave up the defense zone in the west of Ping'an County where he was stationed, and ran to the north defense zone of Ping'an County to find Emperor Xianfeng, because he firmly believed that the Ming army would not attack easily.

In his view, the Ming army will inevitably seek reinforcements, and then attack and break through when the reinforcements and the coalition forces start fighting.

But what's the matter with this cannon sound?

Could it be...the Allied Forces of the Four Nations couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to catch Zhao Wuji ahead of time, so they ignored the previous agreement and forcibly attacked the city?
However, according to Seng Gelinqin's understanding of the Allied Forces of the Four Nations, this analysis result is also impossible.

Everyone knows that the Ming army is difficult to conquer, and the first to attack the city will inevitably suffer a lot of battle losses, which is why he came to find Emperor Xianfeng.

"Has it finally begun?"

Emperor Xianfeng also heard the sound of the guns, and to Seng Gelinqin's surprise, he laughed.

"Your Majesty?" Seng Gelinqin still couldn't react, and asked nervously, "Did Your Majesty let someone attack the city at night? Or is there a new agreement with the Allied Forces of the Four Nations?"

In fact, this is not to blame for Seng Gelinqin's stupidity, because in this world, no one believes that Emperor Xianfeng will rebel against him.

"No, it's the Ming army that started."

Emperor Xianfeng looked at Seng Gelinqin and laughed, and in Seng Gelinqin's completely bewildered expression, he suddenly said, "Catch it."

kindness?
catch who?

In Seng Gelinqin's dumbfounded expression, the martial arts master Thirteen Taibao summoned by Emperor Xianfeng directly captured Seng Gelinqin without hesitation.

No resistance was encountered.

Because Seng Gelinqin came to face the saint, his guards were all outside the big tent.

"His Majesty?"

Until now, Seng Gelinqin was still in a state of complete bewilderment, and everything that happened in front of him was beyond his cognition.

"Seng Gelinqin conspired to rebel, and beheaded."

Seng Gelinqin: "?"

At this moment, someone rushed into the army tent and reported: "Your Majesty, Lei Yicheng and Shengbao led the troops to leave and marched northwest."

Emperor Xianfeng immediately said angrily: "I knew that these two were also rebels, Seng Gelinqin, you gave all the [-] white horse sharp guns sold to me by the United States to these two rebels, what is the sophistry?" of?"

Am I quibbling?
"Come here, send an order to order Seng Gelinqin's 20 troops to join me immediately and pursue Shengbao and Lei Yicheng. They must not be allowed to attack the capital directly..."

At this moment, Seng Gelinqin finally figured out something, but it was too late, and although he figured it out, he still couldn't understand why.

Puff.

Seng Gelinqin was slapped on the chest by one member of the [-]th Taibao. He vomited blood on the spot and could no longer speak. Then he was pushed out and beheaded on the spot.

The followers loyal to Seng Gelinqin wanted to stop them, but this was Emperor Xianfeng's camp, and they were absolutely at a disadvantage both in numbers and in their hearts, and they had no way of resisting.

The generals of the various armies who got the news, although they had doubts, chose to believe in Emperor Xianfeng.

Again, no one thought that Emperor Xianfeng would rebel against himself.

However, Shengbao and Lei Yicheng suddenly mobilized 20 troops and ran away. It was obvious that there was a major problem, and they had to abandon Ping'an County to intercept the two men's troops.

If the rear is occupied by the 20 troops, and the main force of the Ming army rushes from outside Nanjing and Tokyo, they will be alone and helpless.

When major changes occurred on the Qing court side, a total of 30 troops directly gave up the defense zone and began large-scale mobilization.

The four-nation coalition forces in the Eastern Defense Zone and Southern Defense Zone also regrouped after experiencing the world's first air strike.

Many soldiers died directly while they were still asleep, which is okay, but those soldiers who were sleeping soundly were suddenly injured and disabled by shells.

The uninjured soldiers were also in a state of complete bewilderment, only knowing to obey the military orders and start to assemble.

There is no time to count the battle damage, but it can be roughly estimated.

"Our army suffered more than 12 casualties. Because of the large number of wounded soldiers, the combat power was less than [-]. The biggest loss was that our ammunition warehouse was blown up. We don't have many shells and bullets now."

When John Watson heard this report, he felt like the sky was falling.

The 20 army on his side had already suffered [-] casualties without firing a single shot, and they couldn't even see the shadow of the Ming army.

It's true that you can't see it. The shadows of the people on the hot air balloon can't shine on the ground.

What to do afterwards?
Does the Ming Army still have hot air balloons?

"The scouts reported that there were also explosions coming from the northeast, and it is very likely that they encountered the same air strike."

This news was another heavy hammer, giving John Watson the urge to vomit blood.

"Where is the northwest direction?" John Watson asked eagerly as if he understood something, "Where is the Qing court defense area in the northwest direction? Did you hear the sound of the artillery?"

"No...no explosion was heard."

"Damn it." John Watson said angrily with bloodshot eyes, "It's the Qing court. The Qing court and the Ming army joined forces. Their target is us."

This should be the least likely thing to happen, but it is the only possibility at this time.

"Assemble the whole army, retreat immediately, go to join the eastern defense zone, and then retreat to Haizhou port. Let the eastern defense zone assemble the defensive camp, and be ready to deal with the main attack of the Ming army and the Qing court. The scouts in the direction of Nanjing city and Tokyo city should not Withdraw, the main force of the Ming army will most likely come out to pursue it."

A series of orders were issued, and the four-nation coalition forces in the southern defense area of ​​Ping'an County were assembled more precisely and were about to start retreating.

But at this moment, a scout reported that the Ming army had been spotted three kilometers away from the county town.

With a distance of more than 3000 meters, how far can the Ming army travel in the process of sending messages from the sentry?
John Watson chanted, "Get ready to fight, get ready to fight now."

As soon as the order was issued, the sound of explosions sounded, and more intensive explosions sounded in the coalition camp than when they were attacked by hot air balloons.

"How is it possible? They are at least 500 meters away, or even farther away. How could they hit us?"

John Watson was completely bewildered.

The maximum range of the artillery is of course more than 500 meters. Britain has artillery with a range of more than 2000 meters, but they are all heavy artillery, which is extremely inconvenient to move and carry.

Under normal circumstances, they are all mounted on warships. Only a very small number of times when they need to attack the city will they mobilize such heavy artillery.

They brought some this time too, but they were all unusable by this time because their ammunition depots had been blown up.

This is actually their bad luck, not the [-]st Air Service Regiment of the Royal Guards of Ming Dynasty, which achieved some strategic goals.

People are thousands of meters in the air, even if they aim at the ammunition depot, it is impossible to hit it accurately, let alone do not know where the ammunition depot is at all?

The supreme commander is dumbfounded, let alone the officers at all levels below, as well as those ordinary soldiers?
The night was dark, they could only see everything nearby clearly, they couldn't even see the shadow of the Ming army, but they were constantly being bombarded.

Although the coalition forces on the farthest edge could see the faint flames 500 meters away, they couldn't reach 500 meters away at all.

Not everyone who gets the Mauser G98 rifle can use it as a sniper rifle, and there are no high points in the plains. Even some talented sharpshooters cannot hit targets 500 meters away.

As a result, they could only be beaten passively and could not fight back.

One thousand and five hundred meters away is the Second Artillery Regiment of the Royal Guards of the Ming Dynasty.

When Wu Yan said that the whole army attacked, it must be a real army attack. The First Air Service Regiment took the lead in launching air strikes on the four-nation coalition camps in the east and south. The first artillery of the Royal Guards of Ming Dynasty The regiment and the second artillery regiment have also marched at full speed towards the coalition barracks in the two places.

On average, the Royal Guards of the sixth level of "Thirteen Taibao Henglian Golden Bell Jar", the marching speed of the soldiers is simply terrifying, and the load they can carry is also terrifying.

When they reached 1.5 kilometers from the two coalition camps, they finally stopped and set up mortars.

The mortar mount itself is not heavy, so on average, each artillery regiment soldier can carry three mortar shells, which is just an average carry-on.

The First Artillery Regiment and the Second Artillery Regiment each have 800 men, of which 300 are gunners each, and the remaining 500 are "logistics" personnel armed with guns.

In the east and south, 150 mortars were erected, and more than 2000 mortar shells carried by the two artillery regiments were also transported to the vicinity of the mortar mounts.

boom boom boom boom...

The salvo of 150 mortars caused heavy damage to the southern defense zone where John Watson was located in an instant.

The same scene also happened in the eastern defense zone of the coalition forces.

Compared with the inaccurate hot air balloon bombing, the accuracy of the mortar is much higher.

The range is also very far, even beyond the cognition of the world powers.

The mortars of the Ming Army have a maximum range of 3500 meters. This time, in order to pursue precise strikes, they reduced the attack distance to 1500 meters. within the range of mortar fire.

More than 2000 shells were fired at the two positions.

But these artillerymen did not put away their mortars, because their follow-up ammunition had already been delivered by the First Logistics Regiment of the Royal Guards of the Ming Dynasty.

Ten military trucks using gasoline engines, carrying a large number of mortar shells, slowly arrived at the rear of the Second Artillery Regiment in the southern theater.

The reason why the speed is slow is not because the speed of these military trucks is slow, but because they are afraid that the shells will blow up if they run too fast.

The scene of the same year also took place in the eastern theater of Ping'an County.

With a new round of artillery supply, the two artillery regiments continued to bombard without the slightest intention of saving.

Although the casualties caused by the bombardment at this time are not as great as before, they can still cause casualties, and can fundamentally defeat the morale of the coalition forces.

But they didn't finish firing all the shells, but left a part of the shells and began to gather.

The soldiers of the artillery regiment, who were originally used to guard against the enemy's surprise attack on the artillery positions, also assembled.

They are a little regretful, because the enemy army has been completely stunned by the artillery, and now they can't even gather the main force. How could they still have a chance to attack their artillery positions?
But unfortunately it didn't last long.

"The shelling mission of the gunner unit of the Second Artillery Regiment has been completed, over."

The commander of the Second Artillery Regiment, holding a cuboid box with a wire on it, spoke.

"Received, please ask the Second Artillery Regiment to march 500 meters to the south to form a defensive camp, and it's over."

A calm voice came over the intercom, but it excited the commanding officer of the [-]nd Artillery Regiment.

"Your Majesty Wansheng!"

With a shout, the Second Artillery Regiment began to march forward, pressing the coalition positions.

The distance of 500 meters was only a matter of minutes for them, and when they arrived at the target location, the coalition forces still failed to assemble successfully, and the large number of casualties caused the entire barracks to become completely chaotic.

If they still had some strength to fight back after the previous air strike, then from this moment on, they completely lost the chance to fight back.

Sitting in command, Wu Yan, who obtained the information from the "God's perspective" with the help of the super vision of Annie, the "super scout" in the sky, issued another command.

"Second Artillery Regiment, please reply if you receive it, it's over."

"Your Majesty, the Second Artillery Regiment has received it, please give instructions, it's over."

"With you as the center, coordinate 1350 meters in the direction of four o'clock, fire."

"Received, Your Majesty is invincible!"

The boom sounded again, and the coalition soldiers who had just assembled were once again covered by artillery fire.

(End of this chapter)