Daming Military Empire

Chapter 654 Boldly Try New Tactics
The advantages of special operations were brought into full play in these rolling mountains. As soon as the remaining French army fled to the entrance of the valley when they came in, the Ming Army special forces who had been ambushing on the mountain ridges on both sides suddenly appeared. It fell down like raindrops.

"Boom boom boom", after a burst of explosions, the French army suddenly howled, and less than a hundred people could stand up.

Now they didn't dare to run anymore, they dropped their guns one after another, knelt there and didn't move.

It's too scary, it's just too scary, the whole army is almost wiped out, and I don't know who the enemy is, who dares to fight this battle!
Soon, countless special forces surrounded them from all directions, rushed up and tied them up, anyone who could move or who couldn't move, as long as they didn't die, were all tied up by them.

The French soldiers really thought they saw a ghost. What kind of people are they? The clothes on their bodies are colorful, and they can’t tell what color they are. There are grass growing on their heads, and their faces are smeared in a mess. , is no different from a ghost!
The special forces of the Ming army are naturally not ghosts. Their clothes are all for hiding. Now it seems that the effect is pretty good. Although they can't be a real shadow, if the enemy doesn't look carefully, they really can't find it.

By the way, why didn't Fu Yunlong order these people to be killed? It seems that they even killed the civilians who transported food and grass. These defenders who came out of the bastion should be killed, right?

Naturally, there was a reason for not killing them, because there is another trick in special operations, which is the tactic of mingling with the enemy's defeated army to deceive the city gate and take down the bastion.

They haven't tried this new tactic yet, and it's still only at the theoretical stage. If possible, Fu Yunlong is going to try it.

To analyze whether the tactics are feasible, one must first understand the situation in the bastion. These captives have another function, which is to use them for interrogation.

This time, not only the special forces from the three regiments came, but also many spies from Jinyiwei who accompanied the army, some of whom were proficient in French. After the prisoners were interrogated by them for a day, the situation in the bastion had been roughly figured out.

The garrison of this bastion is [-], and there are not many grain reserves inside, and there are only ten days' grain left.

This time the food didn't arrive on time, and even the soldiers who went to lead the way didn't hear anything from them. The bastion guard was already anxious, but he seemed to think that some kind of rogue had robbed their food.

These French soldiers were scared out of their wits, and they would answer whatever the Jinyiwei secret agents asked, and there was no need to resort to any means of torture.

Their group of thousands of people is actually just here to investigate. There will definitely be clues to the place where the food was robbed. Once they find out, they will send people back to report. At that time, more people will be sent from the bastion to encircle and suppress according to the situation. Bandits, take back the food.

Based on this information, Fu Yunlong analyzed that if none of these thousands of people went back to report, it is estimated that the Bastion Guard will send more people, because if he does not send, he will have nothing to eat!
From the looks of it, the tactic of pretending to be fake is really possible to succeed, Fu Yunlong was moved, winning a bastion would be a remarkable achievement, and the risk was worth taking.

On the one hand, he sent someone to pass the order to his subordinates nearby, and then transferred two squadrons to come over. On the other hand, he sent someone to inform the Spanish defenders, and sent 1 horses to prepare to take over the bastion, while he continued to stay in the ambush valley, repairing Mend it, cover it up, try to restore the valley to its original state.

No way, this valley is the most suitable place for ambushes between the No. [-] bastion and the connecting passage outside. The terrain in other places is not as good as here. Besides, there was no big war here. Only hundreds of mines were blown below the hillside and there The little stone bridge is broken.

These are not difficult for them. Just shovel some turf over the place that was bombed by the landmine and cover it. It is not difficult to build the small stone bridge back to its original appearance. You only need to treat the surface of the stone so that the whole bridge can be seen. Just go a little older.

After a busy day, the valley basically returned to its original state, and the other two squadrons were already in place. Fu Yunlong just hid with nearly 5000 people, waiting for the next wave of enemies to arrive.

As for the prisoners of the French army, they were escorted to the hidden valley where food is stored and educated. Those who know the way will lead the way as fish for the Ming army. Then one or two rows in front will do.

Similar to Fu Yunlong's analysis, on the third day, a large group of troops was dispatched from the bastion, this time there were a total of [-] people, almost filling the entire valley!

With 5000 troops and ten artillery pieces, it seems a little difficult to wipe them all out, but Fu Yunlong can't control so many, and the opportunity is rare. If these 5000 people can be wiped out in one fell swoop, the hope of taking down the bastion will be even greater.

This time, Xiaoshiqiao didn't complete the task. Just killing the enemy's three cannons would be useless. However, the sniper was quite fierce. It almost wiped out an enemy with one bullet. The enemy army in the valley has not yet recovered from the chaos. Hundreds of people fell.

The French commanders seem to use the same method to judge the enemy, that is, to judge the number of enemies according to the intensity of gunfire and the amount of gunpowder smoke. When they judge that there are not many enemies, their reaction is the same, that is, Go straight!
However, this time they still have seven artillery pieces, which pose a little threat to the Ming army.

Naturally, Fu Yunlong will not just use the old routine. This time he not only planted landmines under the hillside, but also in other places. It can be said that the entire hillside is densely covered with mines, and it is impossible for the enemy to rush up. Be a target below!

This is a confrontation between muskets and artillery. To be precise, it is a confrontation between the howitzers of the French army and the sniper rifles of the Ming army. Logically speaking, the artillery should have the upper hand.

However, the howitzers of the French army are front-loading, while the sniper rifles of the Ming army are rear-loading. In addition, there are only seven howitzers left in the French army, and the soldiers loading ammunition are always attacked by nearly [-] snipers. Therefore, the howitzers of the French army did not fire a few shells, but the sniper rifles of the Ming army never stopped.

As for the French army rushing towards the hillside, they were purely here to die. Countless mines and traps were waiting for them. Every step they took required great courage.

The Ming army on the mountain ridge was gearing up and waiting for a long time, but the French army still did not rush up. They had lost nearly half of their troops before they even entered the range of the flintlock guns.

At this time, the commander of the French army was the same as the one last time. As for the French soldiers, after losing half of their troops, they also chose to flee. At the entrance of the valley, there was also a squadron of Ming army special forces. waiting for them.

A tragedy was staged again. Of course, this was relative to the French army. For the Ming army, this was not a tragedy, but a great victory.

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