Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 28 It's time to hunt

The catamaran missile boat continued forward.

Then came into range two warships that had begun to approach the shore.

The Qing soldiers on the deck looked at the monster with its mouth wide open in horror.

The next moment the tracer of the shell pierced the side of the ship under their feet.

Like a long whip, the tracer swept forward at a certain angle, almost touching the waterline. Shells struck the wooden planks one after another and exploded, shattering them and setting them on fire. Then, as the river water poured in from the waterline, the warship began to burn, and thick smoke billowed into the sky. Soon, even the cabin was ablaze, and the flames shot upwards...

But at this time, the Qing army had no time to care about their warships.

They all knelt on the deck and bowed to the monster that was speeding past.

Fight back?

nonexistent!

These surrendered Ming troops had their hearts broken time and time again in just two months, and their morale had long since vanished.

The reason they still followed the Qing army was that they had nowhere else to flee. Zuo Liangyu's men were a disorganized bunch, a mix of defeated soldiers, bandits, and refugees looking for food. Otherwise, they could claim to have numbered 800,000, though in reality, they numbered only 200,000. These guys, like rootless drifters, followed Zuo Liangyu in his burning, killing, and looting campaign, purging his court, surrendering to the Qing, and then following Ajige in his attack on Nanjing. Then, they faced divine punishment, the apocalypse, and now, they were defeated by the Qing army again.

Everyone is numb!

Now I encounter a monster again.

And it's such a ferocious monster.

They were really overwhelmed, and there was even someone on the deck who was obviously crazy and was dancing around.

Fortunately, Yang Feng was not interested in them. He just wanted to destroy the warships. There were still Ming troops chasing them from behind, and they would clean up the mess.

The missile boat passed by quickly, and then more Qing troops appeared in sight.

This was the retreat of an army of over 100,000, and the retreat was taking place in the narrow terrain of the south bank of the Yangtze River, which was enough to form a team stretching for hundreds of miles. Although the rear guard was in Digang, it was estimated that the vanguard had already reached Chizhou.

Moreover, this river bank is densely covered with water networks, and there is actually only one main road.

After all, the rivers and canals flowing into the Yangtze River are all full during the flood season, and one has to use bridges to travel overland.

Yang Feng could clearly see the Qing army's columns stretching forward along the official road from Digang to Tongling. These were still the Mongolian cavalry, who were still the rearguard. Due to the terrain's constraints, they could only march in small groups along the official road through a network of green rice paddies and waterways, then cross an arched bridge across the river. They had already seen the battle behind them, but only in a general sense. Therefore, the cavalry remained stationary, observing the blue figure on the Yangtze River at least three miles away and the smoke-filled warships nearby.

Several cavalrymen at the back rushed forward, waving and shouting at them, but the cavalrymen did not respond, just staring at the blue figure on the river.

The cavalrymen ran into the rice fields and tried to get around to the front to report to the general.

And just then...

The tracer fire suddenly fell on them.

Thirty-millimeter high-explosive incendiary bombs exploded among them at extremely short intervals.

The cavalrymen were blown to pieces.

The cavalry on the official road finally came to their senses and immediately rushed to the rice fields on the other side in chaos, but at the same time, tracer lines of fire plowed through them, sweeping from back to front. Hundreds of high-explosive incendiary bombs exploded the moment they hit the cavalry, turning into flying shrapnel that reaped lives, and the same flying sparks also burned on the cavalry.

The cavalry collapsed almost immediately, fleeing in terror as corpses fell. But they rushed into vast rice paddies. It was summer, and the water filled the paddies. The horses struggled forward through the mud. Unfortunately, the whip of fire from behind followed them like a maggot, constantly lashing them. Shells exploded in them, shredding their bodies and even breaking them with their kinetic energy. Their horses wailed and fell under the shrapnel. Their clothes ignited, turning them into green torches. No matter how they ran, they could not escape this horrific nightmare.

Even if this thing has an effective range, it's still about four thousand meters.

Of course, this is the effective range.

In fact, if the muzzle is raised a little, it will not be a problem to hit the target at a distance of seven or eight thousand meters.

For almost unprotected targets on the ground, 30mm shells are enough.

These Mongolian cavalrymen could not run in the muddy rice fields, and the time they ran out of range was enough for Yang Feng to turn them all into fertilizer for the rice fields.

but……

That's not necessary.

Because there are hundreds of thousands of Ming troops behind the terrain!

What Yang Feng needed was to disrupt the Qing army's retreat, to turn it from an orderly retreat into a complete collapse, and then hand it over to the pursuing Ming army to deal with. The latter ultimately needed more training opportunities. A Qing army that had only trained for less than two months would indeed require huge casualties, but a completely collapsed Qing army was useless.

They can rely on their numerical advantage to solve the problem relatively easily.

Only soldiers who have seen blood can grow up.

So after fighting for just one minute, he let go of the Qing army, which had been completely defeated, and continued to move forward.

One minute……

This thing fires three thousand rounds a minute!

Although the initial good thing comparable to line-up execution was no longer possible after the Qing army was put out to pasture, but with 3,000 shells hitting the Qing army, no more than half of them would survive.

The catamaran missile boats racing on the Yangtze River were like monsters with their mouths wide open, dragging white waves on both sides. They quickly caught up with more warships and turned them into smoking torches. At the same time, they continued to attack the Qing army retreating on the shore, pouring 30mm high-explosive incendiary bombs on them at a firing rate of 3,000 rounds per minute.

The latter has only one option: collapse.

They couldn't fight back, or even dodge.

The speed of the artillery shells was too fast, more than one thousand meters per second, so the Qing army was basically destroyed the moment they saw the tracer light.

You can't run away from the range.

After all, they were only a mile or two away from the Yangtze River.

Even if they struggled to run ten miles eastward in the muddy rice fields, they would still be within range.

Yang Feng moved forward from the back, continuously breaking up the retreating Qing army.

Even the people were smashed to pieces.

The Qing army on the shore was also collapsing.

The dead bodies of men and war horses stretched out in the green rice fields. Starting from Digang, the scene of corpses strewn all over the fields continued. Their blood spread in the rice fields, dyeing the accumulated water in the rice fields red, flowing into ditches and then into the Yangtze River. Soon, the small estuaries along the river changed color.

Soon, Tongling County appeared in Yang Feng's sight, and the Qing army was rushing towards the city in panic.

But because the Yangtze River makes a big turn here, they were out of the range of the AK630.

but……

"I can finally use this." Yang Feng pressed the launch button with some excitement.

An anti-ship missile immediately flew out of the missile launch box behind him, dragging a spectacular tail flame. It climbed slightly and then adjusted its attitude. Then it swept down across the river, pressing over the heads of those warships, and crashed straight into the city gate while accelerating.

It is very easy to use this thing to attack the city gate. Just input the radar data from the city tower into the missile.

It will scan with its own radar and then compare the data to lock onto the target.

The city tower is a large target, and its signal on the radar is no weaker than that of a battleship's bridge.

Tongling City was under Qing control. A general was still on the city wall, urging the fleeing Qing troops outside to enter the city quickly. Yang Feng's missile was launched. He stared at the sky in astonishment. Because he was so close, he could even see the entire launch. He then watched as the missile streaked across the river, even passing over the Qing troops trying to enter the city. Its tail flame and high-speed air currents even knocked the Qing soldiers off their horses. The missile was at terminal supersonic speed, but due to the close distance, it didn't actually have a chance to pierce the sonic cone.

But its high speed still plowed through the Qing army.

The next moment, it flashed across the general's vision like a white monster, and hit the city wall directly with the city wall shaking violently.

There is a slight error.

The missile did not penetrate the city gate, but hit the city wall above the gate.

The semi-armor-piercing warhead and the huge kinetic energy of near-sonic speed allowed it to penetrate directly, and the next moment it turned into a fiery explosion.

The 165-kilogram warhead instantly engulfed the city wall and the generals on it. The blast wave and the fragments of the city wall that were blown away also swept across the Qing army that was still in chaos behind them. In particular, the blue bricks covering the city wall fell on the Qing army like a meteor shower after being blown away.

Of course, the city wall was not completely destroyed, only the front was blown down.

So the city gate was completely blocked by the collapsed rammed earth.

Even the city walls collapsed.

The Qing army that arrived later seemed to have collapsed and bypassed the city gate and turned to the other side.

But Yang Feng would not give them time.

From the missile boat that arrived at full speed, the shells, with tracers, plowed directly into the Qing army.

At this moment, however, a large number of young and strong men appeared on the city walls and began to attack the Qing troops who were trying to approach the walls. It was clear that the people in the city had finally made a choice. They were clearly fighting for the other gates, one of which was already on fire, with thick smoke billowing into the sky. The Qing troops who tried to use the other gates had no choice but to avoid them and continue their escape around Tongling. However, most of them fled to the mountains and forests to the east. After all, they knew that no matter how they ran, as long as they were still near the Yangtze River, they would not be able to escape the attack range of this monster.

This side is wider, and we can still escape separately. If we go forward to Datong, it will be a real choke point. If this monster moves towards the river, whoever passes by will die.

You can survive by hiding in the mountains and forests.

Of course, it would be difficult to reunite once we got into the mountains.

But who has time to think about these things at this time?

In short, the fleeing Qing army rushed desperately towards the mountains east of Tongling.

This is exactly what Yang Feng wants.

After making sure that the Qing army had completely collapsed, he drove straight past the young and strong men on the city wall who were bowing to him, and then headed straight for Datong. Along the way, there were still fleeing Qing troops and Qing warships on the river. All he needed to do was to keep firing.

Arrived in Datong soon.

"I just like this!"

Yang Feng looked with satisfaction at the Qing troops crowded in the small town waiting to cross the Qingtong River.

The latter was stunned when he saw the missile boat.

They knew something was happening behind them, though they couldn't quite place it. They could see the thick smoke coming from Tongling, and a few Qing troops who had escaped the disaster were already running over. But knowing that was useless. Their only way to get across was to cross the Qingtong River using a wooden bridge, where tens of thousands of people were crammed to cross the river. They had to watch helplessly as the missile boats' guns pointed at them.

"It's time to hunt!"

Yang Feng shouted.

The next moment, rockets flew out from the two quadruple rocket launch boxes at the bow of the ship.

These rockets hit the densest area of ​​the Qing army directly and exploded.

Of course, they are not meant to kill the enemy.

These are actually infrared decoy bombs.

So, brilliant fireworks exploded among the Qing army...

then……

Then the Qing army started burning.

The main filling material of infrared decoy bombs is magnesium.

While it couldn't reach the 3,000-degree heat of thermite, it still reached 2,000. The bright fireworks, trailing a trail of smoke, quickly engulfed the Qing troops, igniting their clothing. Because there were so many Qing troops crowded together, they immediately ignited one another, turning the entire bridgehead into a sea of ​​fire. The ignited Qing soldiers screamed in terror and leaped into the river. Those behind, unable to reach, desperately tried to put out the flames, pushing forward with all their might, pushing down those in front, ultimately creating a stampede that resembled a herd of wildebeest crossing a river.

The smart ones at the back had already turned around and were running towards the lake in the east.

Then the infrared decoy bombs continued to be fired from Yang Feng’s rocket launch box.

Although this is a quad pack.

But there is ammunition.

It automatically reloads after firing, and its speed is faster than that of a soldier reloading.

So Yang Feng can fire continuously.

That is to say, the range is short, but this is not a problem at all for the missile boat that has entered the Qingtong River.

As for the civilians on shore...

There are no civilians at this time.

Our Great Qing army has been wreaking havoc in this area for two months. How could any civilian dare to stay here? In order to capture able-bodied men, the Qing army had even had to go into the mountains to search. They could not escape in the city, but they had already fled from small towns like this. Would they still stay here and wait for the Great Qing army to come and snatch women into the barracks?
A battery of eight infrared decoy rounds was fired from the rocket launcher, exploding among the Qing troops. Brilliant fireworks, the bright flames of magnesium powder trailing white smoke, rained down upon the Qing troops like a rain of fire. The ignited Qing soldiers trampled on each other, desperately running for the nearest water, only to be pushed down and trampled by their companions who were also aiming for the same goal. Those who pushed them down were then pushed down by more people behind them.

And then they just piled up like that.

The fire burned in them.

The Qing troops behind the bridge fled desperately into the distance.

No matter what direction.

As long as they could get away from this monster, they would even run back the way they came, but most of them fled to the eastern lakeshore and the mountains and forests farther away. They ran desperately, without stopping for a moment, their only thought was to run away from this horrible monster.

(End of this chapter)