Kowloon wins

Chapter 917 Battle of Wudaogou ([-])
"The end is here!"

As soon as Chihe Maha's roar fell, a burly general flashed out from behind him and promised loudly. This person is Arda, the number one brave general under Chihe Maha.

"You take two thousand, no, take one thousand cavalry, pass through from the right flank, and attack the enemy directly for Lao Tzu!"

Although his eyeballs were reddened by the heavy casualties of his soldiers, Chihe Maha was a talented general after all, and he never lost his sense of proportion. He was keenly aware of a gap in the battlefield, which was the left wing of the Qing army. The junction with the Central Route Army——the Qing army originally deployed a dozen machine guns here, but due to the fierce fighting on the left wing, nearly half of the machine guns have been transferred to the front. The current defense is obviously not enough, and it is also Only some of the cavalry were maneuvering behind them, but the gap was not too big, and it was not too difficult for the Qing army to fill it up. Once a large force was mobilized, it would be difficult to hide those who were in the Qing army camp. The observation of the lookout post, because of this, Chihe Maha only planned to send a small elite cavalry to attack, in order to tear apart the Tietong formation of the Qing army as soon as possible.

"Yes."

Alda is brave, but he is not a brainless person. Facing the extremely powerful firepower projection ability of the Qing army, he really has no confidence to go to the enemy's line alone with a thousand cavalry. He hesitated when he gave the order, and even though he promised, there was a hint of lack of self-confidence in the tone of his voice.

"Don't worry, I will send a cavalry army to attack Qinggou's left flank, so as to give you a good chance to defeat the enemy with one blow, so go prepare."

Chihe Maha could understand Arda's worries, not to mention Arda, even Chihe Maha himself was shocked by the fierce and unparalleled firepower density of the Qing army. Dun Duobu suppressed the attack, I'm afraid that Chihe Maha would have led his troops to withdraw from the battlefield long ago - it was only more than an hour since the battle started, and more than [-] soldiers had already died on the spot. Chihe Maha fought for half his life It is true that there has never been such a tragic battle before. If you don’t feel guilty, how can it be possible? Because of this, Chihe Maha did not criticize Arda for his cowardice, but patiently explained.

"Yes, the last will obey!"

Hearing Chihe Maha's words, Arda's uneasiness did not subside, but he did not dare to procrastinate any longer, he hastily responded, and went aside to mobilize the troops of the headquarters without mentioning it.

The bloody battle on the left-wing battlefield is still going on. Although the Qing army has the upper hand, as time goes by, the battle situation gradually becomes unfavorable. First of all, the barrel of the light infantry artillery has been red because of the frequent firing. Without stopping, a group of artillerymen were busy using cold water to cool down the cannons. Immediately afterwards, the medium-sized anti-aircraft artillery also encountered the same problem. On the contrary, the old-style artillery of the Junggar Army could still fire from time to time due to their extremely slow rate of fire. Although there are only a dozen cannons left in the Junggar army, the lethality is not small for the densely deployed Qing army. , the casualties of the Qing army gradually increased. At the end of the battle, the five regiments of the infantry under Xiao Zhenshan had killed and injured more than [-] people, although nearly [-] Junggars had been wiped out. However, for the left wing of the Junggar Army with a strength of [-] troops, it was far from being injured. With such a battle, the pressure had undoubtedly shifted to the Qing army.

"Go, ask the division commander for help, the left wing is in a hurry, at least one regiment is needed, go!"

Seeing that the artillery could not play a role in a short period of time, but his own infantry continued to fall on this bloody battlefield, Xiao Zhenshan couldn't bear it any longer, and he couldn't bear the shame, so he roared angrily up.

"Go, let the division commander quickly send a regiment of reinforcements!"

Not only Xiao Zhenshan was complaining, but Chang Shancheng on the right was also calling for reinforcements. No one else, he also encountered the same trouble as Xiao Zhenshan-the artillery was turned off, there was no way out, the rate of fire of the new artillery was super fast , the firepower projection is almost ten times that of the old artillery, but at the same time, the barrel is also prone to overheating. If you fire again at this time, there will be a threat of explosion. Without the strong support of the artillery, infantry alone It is obviously not an easy task for the phalanx to block the desperate attacks of the Junggar army one after another. Fortunately, Chang Shancheng's troops have taken all the more than [-] old and new artillery pieces of the Junggar right-wing army before the cannons are extinguished. Destroy everything, but even so, the casualties of the Qing army are not small. If the fight continues like this, the right wing may not be able to resist. In desperation, Chang Shancheng can only send out messengers with a dark face , went to Yue Zhongqi to ask for the reserve team.

"Without reinforcements, I can't stop it, come and see me!"

Facing the two messengers who almost rushed to ask for help, Yue Zhongqi gave an unambiguous answer - there is a reserve team, but Yue Zhongqi does not plan to send it out at this time, there is no one else, let's go to war It has been more than an hour, but Dunduobu, the big positive strategy, has never launched an attack. Even if more than [-] pontoon bridges have been built, the more than [-] Junggar troops can't cross the river, and only sent a small group The cavalry were provoking endlessly in front of the Qing army's array. This situation was obviously a bit wrong. Yue Zhongqi had to prepare for the worst, and she refused to send out the only remaining [-] reserve troops at this time.

"What? No reinforcements, damn it, order a regiment to fill in the gaps in the battle line!"

Although the artillerymen of the Qing army are already doing their best to cool down the artillery, at least for a quarter and a half of an hour, the artillery unit is absolutely unable to provide support to the infantry. Even if they were killed and wounded countless times by the intensive firepower of the Qing army, they still fought to the death. Often, the previous infantry formation was wiped out, and the next infantry formation would make up for it. The casualties of the Qing army also unknowingly exceeded the two thousand cordon. Although most of the soldiers were only wounded and only seven or eight hundred died in battle, such a serious reduction in personnel has already threatened the overall front. Stable, when the messenger brought back the news that there was no reinforcements, Xiao Zhenshan's eyes turned red, and after cursing angrily, he had no choice but to order the cavalry used as a reserve team to be transferred to the army. Frontline, temporarily used as infantry.

The lances and machine guns in the hands of the cavalrymen of the Qing army are special weapons, which are not the same as the standard weapons used by the infantry, and their power is obviously much smaller. Of course, for the current almost melee shooting scene However, the difference is not very big. With a thousand cavalrymen on the front line with guns, the originally crumbling front line was temporarily stabilized, but this level of stability obviously has a lot of hidden dangers—the counterattack force of the Qing army And the mobile combat power has obviously been weakened a lot.

"Order, the left-wing cavalry attack, allow advance and not retreat!"

Chihe Maha is a veteran who has fought old battles. Although he is not very familiar with the battles of this kind of modern firearms troops, his ability to grasp the fighters is not bad at all. He discovered the artillery of the Qing army. At first, he was still a little suspicious, but when the Qing army transferred the cavalry on standby behind the formation to the front line as infantry, Chihe Maha's heart immediately settled down, and he believed that the Qing army's artillery There must have been something wrong with the troops, and since they refused to let go of such a good opportunity to destroy the enemy, they roared and gave the general order.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

General Chihe Maha issued an order, and the several trumpeters who were waiting on his side blew the horn vigorously, and conveyed the order to the cavalry group that had been standing by for a long time on the left side of the battlefield. In an instant, five thousand Junggar cavalry Roaring and rushing out of the main formation, You rushed like a whirlwind towards the Qing army's position beyond Lixu.

"Attack with a brigade and block the bandit cavalry!"

Just looking at the rushing posture of the Junggar cavalry, Xiao Zhenshan clearly knew that without the effective support of artillery, the infantry phalanx of his side would certainly be unable to block the impact of this wave of cavalry. In desperation, he could only order The remaining [-] cavalry from the first cavalry brigade were sent up.

"Riding a brigade, all are there, get on the horse, follow me, kill the thief!"

The battle had been fought for an hour and a half, but except for one regiment that was sent to the infantry line, the rest of the cavalry brigade had been idle all along. Brigadier Ke Luntai was tired of waiting long ago. Hearing that the general order was finally issued, his spirit immediately lifted, he turned over, got on the horseback, then pulled out the saber from his waist, pointed to the front, and gave the general order with a loud roar.

"Kill the thief, kill the thief, kill the thief!"

The first cavalry brigade is the most elite cavalry unit of the Qing army. Although it lost nearly half in the battle of the Ba Nuan Sanchuan camp in early June, it was quickly replenished. All the recruits selected were from the two cavalry corps. The fighters selected from the army are the champions of the whole army in combat power and fighting will. At this moment, even if they are facing the Junggar cavalry army twice as big as themselves, the officers and soldiers of the first cavalry brigade are not afraid at all. He followed Ke Luntai with his horse, and rushed towards the Junggar cavalry brigade like a sharp sword.

"Grenade, throw!"

In such a situation where the cavalry is fighting against each other, the cavalry and even the revolvers that all officers and soldiers are equipped with are obviously not very suitable, but it is the occasion where sharp weapons such as grenades play a magical role, and there is no need to order at all. He is holding a knife in his right hand, but as for his left hand, he has already buckled a grenade, and the guide rope is wrapped around his finger. Following Ke Luntai's order, two thousand cavalrymen waved their arms vigorously in unison, and two thousand grenades were thrown into the air. With the help of the momentum of the horse, it quickly cut through the sky, and smashed towards the rushing Junggar cavalry like a torrential rain...

(End of this chapter)