A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 548 Yang Xingling

A large area of ​​flames flickered, and in the thick smoke, shotgun pellets spewed out like raindrops, causing countless debris on the pontoon bridge, and even some wooden planks exploded.

A fine column of water rose up in the river, and there was a sudden rainstorm. On the other side of the river, the smoke and dust brought up by the shotguns formed a piece, and a lot of gravel was shot.

Amidst the explosion of the Francophone, blood mist flew up on the pontoon bridge, and a large group of Han troops fell into the river. After the dense lead pellets swept across, many Han troops with blue banners in blue armor with red borders uttered helplessness. Suppressed howling.

"Hit me hard!"

Sun Bazong of the artillery battalion had a grim expression on his face and yelled at his subordinates.

In the midst of the battle, when Dafolang turned to the big pontoon by chance, he already knew the news that Mr. Yang Qian was seriously injured, and his life and death were on the line. The casualties reached dozens of people, how can he not be angry?
You Tartars have heavy artillery, which can bombard me from a distance, but our Jingbian army artillery is flexible, moving around, targeting your infantry, let's see how you are!
So after getting Zhao Xuan's order, without saying a word, he ordered his subordinates to put the mule on the mule and then leave.

General Sun was usually in charge of 35 guns of the general Frangji in the battalion. At this time, 25 guns were under his command, and the remaining [-] guns were placed in the small artillery formations, commanded by the officer of the first team who also served as the deputy commander.Every five people in these Dafo Langji are responsible for one cannon, which is hauled by two mules and horses, and the ammunition cart is also hauled by horse mules.

The gunners also had horses. Holding their breath, they rode on the horses, pulled the artillery, and quickly arrived at the destination several miles away. Many Franglers were arranged on the left bank of the large pontoon bridge.

In order to seize the opportunity, they didn't even set up a bunker, but set up artillery in an open area on the bank, close to the river, and savagely bombarded Shang Kexi's subordinates who happened to cross the river with cannonballs.

However, after seeing the movement of the artillery, Wang Dou immediately ordered Zhong Xiancai to dispatch a whole force to follow up to protect the safety of the artillery, covering the right wing of the artillery formation.

Because Zhao Xuan's artillery battalion is purely gunners, there are few fighting and guards, and they often need to be covered by cavalry battalions. Wang Dou has already considered setting up a gunner in the artillery battalion to serve as guards.However, including the soldiers, there are already more than 3000 people in Zhao Xuan's Pao Battalion, and if one more guard is added, the number may reach [-].

This large pontoon bridge is near the bend of the river, and the distance between the two banks is only more than 100 meters.

Generally, the shotgun of the Hongyi six-pound cannon has a range of more than 200 steps, and the Buddha Wolf machine has a range of more than 100 steps. After the gunpowder is improved, the power is even stronger, and it can easily hit from one side to the other.

Amidst Sun Bazong's roar, the gunner in front of him also pursed his lips, quickly took out the empty sub-guns, and filled in new sub-guns. Every time the bombardment was fired, it hit the man with the blue banner on the floating bridge. The army cried for his father and mother.

After being bombarded by the Wuzhenhachao artillery battalion, they were all suffocated, and after hearing about Mr. Yang Qian, they all felt the same hatred.Their skills are superb, and the Frang machine fires quickly, which can last for a long time without heat dissipation. They fired from time to time, and the Han army who crossed the bridge was in pain, and it was difficult for them to cross the pontoon bridge.

Not far to the left, Fu Yingchong's Shenji Battalion also came to their senses at this time. They found that although the artillery of the Han Army Banner was powerful, they actually did little damage to the artillery formation at such a long distance.

Their rockets and Franc planes began to bombard the Qing army on the opposite bank, and even launched divine fire crows.They even used mortars to fire ash and poisonous bullets. Many Han army banner soldiers crowded on the other side of the river. Whenever these poisonous bombs came, they screamed and fled.

Not to mention the section of the river at Shuangzi Mountain, for the Han Banners, the only bridge that can cross the river at this time is this big pontoon bridge.

Not to mention the [-] steps behind the big pontoon bridge, Yang Guozhu's new army marched in line with the earthen carts, and it would be difficult for them to cross the thunder pool if the Jingbian army's Fu Langji moved here. Fortunately, he organized a charge across the bridge Many times, they returned with heavy casualties.

Sun Bazong once again ordered 25 generals to bombard the pontoon bridge and the opposite bank.

Amidst the loud noise of the artillery, a series of Francophones spewed out a large stream of fierce smoke to the front. On the opposite bank and the pontoon bridge, many earth trucks and bloody corpses were left again, and the remaining surviving soldiers rolled continuously. Bring the crawling cry and flee back.

Sun Bazong's cannons were all aimed obliquely at the bridge deck, which was regarded as side fire. Could it be that on the pontoon bridge, those Han soldiers could push their carts sideways?

Amid the screams of panic, the Han army with the inlaid blue flag retreated like a tide, revealing the Gushan Ezhen banner on the gentle slope, and Shang Kexi's distorted face. Hearing the cries of his subordinates, he knew that they had already died. Do your best to face the Jingbian army's shotgun with flesh and blood, anyone will be afraid.

It's just why this is so, the Shenwei General Cannon, which has the advantage, can't cover the army to cross the river?
He suddenly looked towards Wuzhenhachao's cannon formation, his eyes turned red: "Kong Youde is messing around. After fighting for a long time, the Jingbian army didn't hit a single hair. Will they fire?"

At the beginning, Kong Youde's artillery battalion stabilized the Shenji battalion of the Ming Dynasty and the Jingbian Army artillery battalion, and Shang Kexi cheered for it. Later, it was discovered that the Wuzhenhachao artillery battalion was just making a big splash, but the effect was not very good.

The casualties caused to the Ming army were even less, and the artillery of the Jingbian army was the real threat. They quickly pulled to the pontoon bridge and caused serious casualties to the army crossing the river.

He gritted his teeth and sent out messengers to ask Kong Youde's artillery battalion to move to the bank, so that he could beat the Jingbian army on the other side of the bank.At the same time, the Ming army's formation not far from the pontoon also worried him. It was best to come over with multiple heavy artillery and bombard Yang Guozhu's formation on the other side.

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Huang Taiji of Rufeng Shanxi frowned tightly, the results of Wuzhenhachao artillery battalion were much less than he expected.

The original heavy artillery of the Qing Dynasty suppressed the artillery of the Jingbian Army and cheered him up. Later, he found that it was meaningless and did not help the infantry to cross the river.

Our side had a huge artillery battalion, but it did not play its due role. On the other hand, the Jingbian army had flexible tactics and used light artillery bombardment, causing heavy casualties to the Han army across the river.

At this time, the battle at Shuangzi Mountain was in a stalemate and a large number of reinforcements were needed. Shang Kexi asked Kong Youde to pull the artillery battalion to the shore for assistance. Naturally, he also saw this, and immediately ordered Kong Youde's artillery battalion to move to the river section of the pontoon bridge to cover the area. The infantry crossing the river.

At the same time, he also hoped that Kong Youde's artillery battalion could defeat Yang Guozhu's infantry on the other side of the river, or let them retreat to make room for the follow-up army to cross the river.

Wang Dou could see the movements of the Qing army. He put down his binoculars and said with a smile on his face, "Okay, the artillery of the Qing army has moved!"

Previously, the Jingbian army's artillery formation was suppressed by the Han army's flag artillery, and the whole army felt that they were suffocating.Li Guangheng and Wen Daxing both came to request, hoping to bring some cavalry or not to collect them at night, to go to the artillery formation of the Qing camp to blow up or seize the cannons, but Wang Dou stopped them.

Without the cooperation of guns and cannons, the one-way cavalry, facing the strict infantry, is just meaningless to die.

On the flat river, the positions of both sides are clear at a glance. Wang Dou can clearly see through the telescope that Kong Youde's artillery formation has gathered a large number of elite soldiers on the wings and rear.

Not to mention the [-] elite musketeers in his banner, a large number of sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, etc., behind his army formation, there are also many Manchurian cavalry.

Just a few miles away from the artillery formation, on the left wing, the Han army banner Shi Tingzhu, Zu Zerun, Wu Shoujin and other soldiers and horses attacking Yang Xingling.On the right wing, there is also the riverside area. At this time, Feng Kexi, Geng Zhongming and others are crossing the river.

All of them might pose a threat to the cavalry of one's own side who went to seize the cannon. Although his subordinates were brave, Wang Dou didn't want to waste them meaninglessly.

He believed that Kong Youde's artillery array would come up, and his side had plenty of opportunities to attack the enemy camp.

Moreover, this strategy is to prevent the enemy from crossing the river. As long as the Ming army in the rear pulls down the Twin Mountains, it will be a victory.On the battlefield, the necessary patience is needed. War is not the courage of a man. When it is time to be hit, one must be silent and patient.

Sure enough, the warplane arrived.

He believed that within his range, Kong Youde's artillery battalion would not be the opponent of the Jingbian army artillery battalion!

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The whistling sound of shells continued, and solid iron balls of different sizes fell on the mountain from time to time, but neither the Han and Korean troops guarding the mountain nor the supporting Shenji battalion officers and gunners paid any attention to it at this time.

Yangxingling, guarded by the Han Dynasty, is a narrow and long mountain bag on the left and right. The altitude is not high, and the mountain is very gentle. From the mountain to the back, some scattered pine trees can be seen from time to time, especially on the gentle mountain top, there are dozens of them. Tall pines, poplars.

The soldiers of the right battalion of the Han Dynasty went up the foot of the mountain, relying on the earthen carts, and arranged several lines of defense, especially on the right wing, and also deployed a total of first-class soldiers.

Because the small pontoon bridge is behind the mountain here, following a dirt road, going down the mountainside on the right.The small pontoon bridge is the lifeline of the Jingbian Army on the North Bank. As generals who are experienced in war, South Korea and North Korea naturally need to protect it.

During the shelling by the Qing army, the musketeers of the second-class armies of all units clung tightly behind the earthen carts, and all of them were silent.The pikemen from various ministries hid behind the mountain, and the first-class troops from the rear battalion also gathered there.

Of course, Korea and North Korea will not simply defend. Every time they launch a counterattack, the first-class troops in the rear battalion are all strong and have horses. combat power.

Because Yang Xingling's soil is soft, the shells hit the ground, but they just kicked up some yellow-black soil, and they didn't even bounce very much. If they were not unlucky and were hit on the spot, they would generally be safe and sound, so the soldiers looked relaxed.

Lei Xianbin even pointed to a cannon that fell dozens of steps away to the right, and said to Lin Jinsi, "Well, let me just say, the red barbarian cannons of the Tartars are useless to my mountains, right?"

Lin Jinsi was actually taken aback just now, the iron ball just hit the slope, although it didn't bounce, but there was a loud bang, and a big puff of smoke and dust was raised, the momentum was not small.If it happened to fall on the head, there must be no bones left.

But on the surface, he still agrees, with a contemptuous expression: "The tartar's artillery is just a fake, it looks imposing, and it really works, but it's just a silver-like wax gun head that doesn't work."

Speaking of this, he didn't know what to think of, and he laughed, with a rather wretched expression.

Lei Xianbin looked down the mountain carefully: "Cannons are indeed very powerful. Generally speaking, recruits are afraid of cannons, and veterans are afraid of blunderbusses. Calm down, artillery is actually no big deal, and the blunderbuss soldiers of the Ertars are a bit of a threat."

(End of this chapter)