Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 990 Desperate Battle 4
Wu Sangui——No, it should be said that the entire Guanning Army is unwilling to fight to the death with the Heluo New Army.An army like the He Luo Xin Army is like a meat grinder that is unconscious and never gets tired. No matter how many people you have, no matter how fierce your offensive is in which direction you launch, it will not Moved by it, it turned coldly and rumbled, engulfing the rushing army and turning it into piles of minced meat.In a fight with this kind of army, the victory is very likely to be a disastrous victory, and the defeat is definitely a disastrous defeat. This kind of army is simply the nemesis of all warlords——Warlords regard the army as their own private property, so how can they be willing to use it to fight this kind of army? A fierce battle between mountains of corpses and seas of blood!So when the Qing army and the Heluo Xin army fought bloody and bloody battles, Guan Ning's army gasped and frightened, and when he heard that Huang Taiji wanted them to go up, his heart was half cold on the spot.

Wu Sangui called: "Your Majesty..."

Huang Taiji glared over, his face gloomy, making people shudder.Hauge asked sadly: "What, Wu Sangui, do you want to resist the decree?"

Wu Sangui shuddered, sighed resignedly, and led 120 infantry and cavalry troops to move toward Xiaofang Village under artillery fire.He was [-] unwilling to carry out such an order and used his old foundation to fight to the death with the Heluo New Army. However, he had no choice. The attitude of the Heluo New Army was very clear from the beginning: Guan Ning's army could only surrender unconditionally. No need to talk about uprising or anything like that!Obviously, even if he is willing to stab Huang Taiji in the back now, the Heluo New Army may not appreciate it, and might even fight them together when they are fighting with the Qing Army. So now he has nothing but Heluo Xin to do There is no other choice but to fight to the death.

Suddenly, two huge red objects rose from the Heluo New Army's phalanx. They moved slowly and didn't move much. They just hung above the battlefield, as if two giant beasts were coldly staring at the soldiers who were fighting bloody battles on the battlefield.These two things should be no threat—the south wind is blowing now, and the Heluo New Army must work hard to control them and prevent them from being blown away by the wind, but even so, their appearance It also made the Qing army panic. Everyone couldn't help but looked up at the two monsters floating in the sky, and they were all a little shocked.Huang Taiji's complexion changed slightly, and he cried out, "What the hell is this?"

Jierhalang pondered and said: "According to the information collected by Master Fan in the south of the Yangtze River, when the Heluo new army attacked Taiwan, they used a weapon called 'balloon'. This balloon flew along the wind to Xiyi to defend. The sky above the city, and then dropped firearms and shells from above, and Xiyi was terrified...Looking at it like this, it is most likely a balloon!"

Huang Taiji stared at the two blood-red balloons, his heart was beating uncontrollably, and he muttered to himself: "Balloons? How many secret weapons does the Heluo New Army have? Now they are taking out balloons, wait a minute What will they come up with when the battle is stalemate?" Thinking of the flares that hung in the sky like a small sun and sizzled with dazzling light, the Molotov cocktails that made the Qing army terrified, and those in the hands of the Heluo new army With an extremely lethal firearm, he shook his head bitterly, not knowing what to say.Lu Xiangsheng once said that the most frightening thing about Yang Menglong is not how many troops and assets he has, but his unrestrained imagination and industrial strength to turn his imagination into reality. Huang Taiji didn't quite understand these words before. Meaning, now he completely understands, Lu Xiangsheng really knows Yang Menglong too well!
This is a guy who never plays cards according to common sense!
Don't talk about being unreasonable, people don't even talk about physics with you!
The balloon rose into the air, and the observers on the hanging basket immediately discovered the movements of Wu Sangui's troops, and immediately issued a semaphore.As soon as the artillery position was busy, several 85mm howitzers and all the 160mm thunderbolt guns were adjusted and aimed at the Guan Ning army that was approaching quickly... Yes, these two balloons are responsible for guiding the artillery bombarded the enemy.There is no way, the artillery battle is so fierce now, nearly [-] cannons are firing at each other, the smoke is filled with smoke, the smoke and dust are billowing, the observers on the ground can hardly see, so they have to use balloons, stand high, and see far!

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The howitzers and thunderbolts fired at the same time, and dozens of single-barrel rocket launchers also made creepy screams. The dense artillery fire merged into a small steel waterfall and poured towards Wu Sangui's troops, with lightning all the way. With flames, as if thunder rolled by, Guan Ningjun fell piece by piece in the violent shock wave and flying sand and stone shrapnel.Maybe they are brave and good at fighting, maybe they have high martial arts skills, but they are useless, the shells that hit their heads and faces are still crushing them into meat paste like ants!Seeing this scene, Wu Xiang's heart trembled, his lips moved, and the wail had rushed to his throat, but he didn't dare to utter it under Huang Taiji's gloomy gaze, he could only scream in his heart:
"My soldiers!"

It was useless to scream. The artillery fire of the Heluo New Army would not stop due to his wailing. It chased Wu Sangui's troops and fired fiercely. Almost every shot was filled with blood and flesh!Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and rationally told him that he should retreat immediately and not touch the iron walnut in Xiaofang Village. This iron walnut was not something that Guan Ning's army could chew; but he was also a fierce general and had already killed him. In a fit of rage, he just wanted to rush over and chop those damned artillerymen into minced meat with a saber!He roared loudly: "Don't panic! Their artillery fire can only hit a fixed point, and they can't hit us if they rush over!" He took the lead and rushed forward.Encouraged by him, Guan Ningjun also showed a little bit of blood, turning a blind eye to the flying broken limbs and screams around him, not listening to them, gritting his teeth and rushing forward!

Xue Siming sneered: "Finally, it looks good, it's not bad!" He said to the messenger: "Go and tell General Cao Jun that if the enemy wants to attack the artillery position, let them attack, and don't attack without my order!"

The messenger made a promise, and rode his horse and ran down.

Xue Siming looked away, looking at the Qing army who was shooting at him several hundred meters away, and muttered to himself: "Your cannons should be hot, and there are not many captured bullets, right? Why don't you come up and line up with me?" Shoot? Don’t you think that fighting ammunition consumes more than me?”

As soon as the words fell, the artillery fire of the Qing army was significantly reduced. First of all, those bronze cannons, the heat dissipation of this thing is terrible. After fighting for so long, it is already very hot. A bottle of water will sizzling rattle.Then there are those iron-bodied copper-core cannons. The shot puts hit by these things caused a lot of casualties to the Heluo New Army, but they can't be fired now, and the chambers should explode if they are fired again.Only the thunderbolt cannon and howitzer with all-steel structure were still firing, but the momentum was far less than before.Tong Wanquan, the artillery commander, ran over to report: "Your Majesty, there are not many thunderbolts left, and there are only a dozen rounds left for each cannon!"

Thunder bomb is the Qing army's name for the high-explosive shells captured. This thing explodes like a thunder, and it will die if it touches it, and it will be disabled if it touches it. It is well-deserved to be called "Thunder".Due to the small number, the Qing army cherished every shell, and was reluctant to use it in several battles. This time, in order to fight the Heluo new army, they used all their old foundations.But it is still useless, the number is too small, after a fierce confrontation with the Heluo new army, there are only so many left.And the artillerymen of the Heluo New Army are still firing wildly. Who knows how many shells they have prepared. I am afraid that the shell casings on the artillery positions are as high as a person, right?
Huang Taiji frowned and asked, "Are there only a dozen rounds left?"

Tong Youyu said: "There are only thirteen rounds left for the howitzer, and only fifteen rounds for the thunderbolt cannon!"

In other words, after a few more rounds of shooting, these cannons that were acquired at a huge cost will be reduced to a situation where they have guns but no ammunition. I believe those powerful rifled flintlock guns will be similar, right?Huang Taiji's expression became even more gloomy, and he gave a decisive order: "Zu Aiqing, send ten thousand infantrymen, with additional gunmen and crossbowmen, to press forward and disrupt the enemy's formation!"

Zu Dashou was staring in the direction of Xiaofang Village, worried, but his face changed slightly when he heard the words. He understood that Huang Taiji wanted to use the flesh and blood of the Guan Ning Army to pave a bloody road to victory for the Eight Banners!Huang Taiji's attitude was so blatant that the generals of the Guan Ning Army showed an angry expression: They have always used friendly troops as cannon fodder, when will it be the turn of others to use them as cannon fodder!But still the same, they also had no choice but to obey orders.The sound of the horn sounded, and ten thousand infantrymen of the Guanning Army came out, holding bows, crossbows, blunderbusses, knives, axes and spears, and pressed towards the phalanx of the Heluo New Army.The artillerymen of the Qing Army fired a burst of rapid fire, and the shells passed over the heads of the Guan Ning Army and landed in the middle of the Heluo New Army, causing clouds of blood to explode, which finally gave the Guan Ning Army some morale and made their steps firmer.

But the artillery fire pouring from the opposite side was also unprecedentedly fierce. The artillery originally used to deal with Wu Sangui also turned around and blasted at the Guan Ning army. They walked over with their limbs broken and dancing wildly.Many Guan Ningjun were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were split apart, and they slowed down hesitantly.

With the sound of galloping horseshoes, more than two hundred Qing cavalry came galloping like the wind, their sabers shining coldly in the sun.There was a commotion in Guan Ning's army, and he quickened his pace.A dozen soldiers who walked a little slower were swept past by these cavalry who were covered in the breath of death.

"You dare to hesitate and die!"

The rumble of cannons made the executioners' voices somewhat fragmented, but they were as terrifying as the roar of a demon.Guan Ningjun's mind was pale, he clenched his teeth, let out a beast-like whistling sound from his throat, and strode forward with his head down.In front of them are the cannonballs that hit them all over the face, and behind them are the sharp sabers. More than 1 lives are caught in this narrow gap. They have no way to retreat and can only rush towards the sickle of death!

Xue Siming ordered: "The first echelon retreats, the second echelon goes up!"

The front three rows fought fiercely with the Qing army for a long time, and the musketeers with a lot of casualties immediately retreated, and the rear three rows were resolutely topped by the musketeers who had been recharging their energy. There was no surprise, and it was completed in a blink of an eye.The withdrawn troops regrouped, took out spare ammunition from their backpacks and put them into bullet bags, while the second echelon on the top stared coldly at the Guan Ning army approaching slowly with a look of fear, as if watching A crowd of moving dead.

The junior officer in charge of ranging closely watched the enemy's movement, measured the distance, and reported it every 50 meters closer.Their voices were probably one of the few sounds besides the sound of cannons in this heart-stoppingly silent phalanx.

When Guan Ning's army was 150 meters away from the Heluo New Army's phalanx, the command flag waved down fiercely, and the first row of soldiers leveled their rifles, pointing their black muzzles at the rows of slowly approaching Guan Ning on the opposite side. army soldier.

At this time, a series of violent roars suddenly came from the Xiaofang Village artillery position, and the miserable howls of wounded soldiers and wounded horses shook the earth.That's the shotgun in action.Wu Sangui's judgment was correct. The artillerymen of the Heluo New Army did not have the ability to track the shelling. They could only shell in a fixed direction according to the coordinates reported by the observers. I don't know, so if you are under shelling, as long as you speed up and quickly break through the firepower network to intercept it, you will be fine-cannons are not rifles, and it is not so easy to adjust the shooting range. It is troublesome enough to calculate the elements.Precisely because he grasped the weakness of the artillery of the Heluo New Army, he led Yi Ding Tutu to successfully break through the interception of firepower, and rushed to the artillery position of Xiaofang Village in one go.For some reason, the mighty cavalry of the Heluo New Army did not rush up to fight with them and let them attack the artillery position.Yi Ding Tuqi rushed up without saying a word, completely unaware that sixteen 120mm shotguns were aimed at them.The Qing army and the Mongolian army have experienced this kind of artillery. Because it is made of high-quality steel, the wall of the barrel is relatively thin. Although the caliber is large, the weight is very light, less than one thousand catties. , They still use the front-loading method, and the propellant is passivated gun cotton, which can shoot more than [-] steel balls the size of longan cores at a time, and is designed to defeat cavalry.When Yi Ding Tuqi rushed to only fifty meters away from the artillery position, the sixteen cannons fired at the same time, and thousands of steel balls merged into a terrifying metal storm and swept over, and the screams were earth-shattering , Nearly [-] Yi Ding Tuqi, men and horses on the front line were beaten to pieces, blood foam and broken limbs flew all over the sky, and the entire front line became a slaughterhouse!
The second Boyi Ding Tuqi didn't respond—and didn't have time to react at all. He rushed up, and every pair of eyes was covered with a layer of terrible blood red!

They were greeted by a row of black muzzles, and the combat engineers squatted behind the parapet, and under the command of the officer, they used their flintlock guns to rain bullets on the rushing Yiding Tuqi.Lead bullets flew like raindrops, and the Yi Ding Tuqi who were hit burst like balloons that had been stabbed hard one by one.They rushed up row by row, and fell down row by row. In front of Xiaofang Village's position, blood flowed like a river!
Wu Sangui looked at the rows of fallen Yi Ding Tuqi, his eyes were red, and he let out a heart-rending wail.

This is a trap, a death trap specially set up for slaughtering cavalry!

(End of this chapter)