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Chapter 767 Tianhuang Mountain Blocking Battle (5)

"Stand up a shield!"

Facing the sharp firearms of the Tang army, the Dashi army dared to attack by force, but it was not entirely arrogant, but came prepared. No, as the general in charge of the front line commanded Abud, he stopped drinking, and a hundred giant shields fell into the air. It has stood up.

The giant shield is very large, one foot high and six feet wide. It is made of thick wood, covered with two layers of rawhide on the outside, and lined with a layer of iron in the middle. There are two rows of handles on the inside for holding , each giant shield is followed by [-] officers and soldiers, five of them are responsible for advancing with shields, five archers are responsible for covering, and there are ten shield swordsmen ready to attack at any time. The shield array is divided into ten rows, each row There are ten huge shields, and the distance between the shields is several feet. This kind of deployment is obviously aimed at the firearms of the Tang army, and the preparations cannot be said to be insufficient.

"go ahead!"

Looking at the extremely neat rows of shield formations, Abud suddenly felt proud, and with a wave of his hand, he issued an attack order neatly.

"Huho, hoho..."

Obviously, this is not the first time that the Great Food Army has practiced this kind of shield array. With the order of the general, the slogans rang out in an orderly manner, and the rows of giant shields began to move forward. Although the speed is not fast, the victory lies in its majesty. At the same time, the various divisions of the Great Food Army responsible for containing the Tang army everywhere also began to move forward, and the number of troops invested in the attack at one time was as high as [-].

"Let's go."

In the back formation of the Great Food Army, Mohammad Suben Hussain silently watched the soldiers and horses moving forward, his expression was extremely dull. After a long time, he let out a sigh of relief, turned around, Looking around at the old, weak and remnant soldiers lined up behind him, he waved his hands expressionlessly, and then he didn't care about the expressions of the troops, lowered his head, and walked away into the diagonal stab first. There was some hesitation, but no one raised objections, and they all followed closely behind Muhammad Suben Hussein in silence... "Order the artillery to fire, and focus on the enemy's shield formation!"

As the food army approached, the evil spirit gradually rose, and the cloud of the war became more and more thick. However, Xiao Sanlang, who stood on the top of the mountain, was unmoved, with a calm and calm expression, and put down the binoculars in his hand. After that, he just gave an order indifferently.

"Heavy artillery preparation, target: shield array, release!"

As soon as he received the order from the Central Army Department, Lu Mingquan, the deputy head of the artillery regiment who was in charge of commanding the operations, did not dare to neglect, waved down the small red flag in his hand vigorously, and loudly issued the order to bombard.

"Boom, boom..."

The Tang army carried a total of twelve heavy artillery during this expedition to Persia, three of which were led by artillery regiment commander Su Qingsheng. The first battalion participated in the ambush of the enemy in Xiye City, and the remaining nine were all concentrated on Tianhuang Mountain. Among them, there are three on the right side of the mountain, and six heavy artillery pieces are arranged on the main position on the left under the command of Lu Mingquan himself, and there are another eighteen infantry artillery pieces. The sound was so earth-shattering, the giant bomb passing through the sky let out a scream of death, and smashed heavily into the shield formation of the Great Food Army, instantly exploding six extremely terrifying mushroom clouds, and the shrapnel flew across the sky. In an instant, the originally neat shield formation of the Great Food Army suddenly became chaotic.

The giant shield is not useless. In fact, except for the giant shield that was directly hit by the heavy artillery shells of the Tang army and shattered into flying wreckage, the rest of the giant shields did not suffer much damage. The problem is that the giant shield can only cover the front The shrapnel fired from the explosion did not cover the other three directions at all. The officers and soldiers hiding behind faced the shrapnel flying in all directions. There was really no other way but to gamble. I really thought, obviously, luck is usually unreliable. No, the explosion of just six giant bombs caused the death of nearly a hundred of the two thousand food soldiers who formed the shield formation.

"Don't stop, keep moving forward, anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Although the Great Food Army has practiced the shield array quite a bit, but the drills belong to the drills. When they really saw the power of the heavy artillery, they couldn't help but mess up their hands and feet. Not to mention the scattered shield arrays, there were even many soldiers who were blown out of their wits Abandoning his companions, he fled wildly backwards. As soon as this happened, Abd, who was in charge of the attack, became anxious. He led his personal guards and rushed into the chaotic army. After pressing the bombs for a long time, the riots among the generals barely subsided.

"put!"

The loading of the heavy artillery is quite troublesome. Fortunately, the vector has been measured early in the morning, so there is no need to make too many adjustments. Taking advantage of the vacancy of the formation adjustment of the Great Food Army, the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army worked together and quickly completed the loading together with the For the adjustment of the gun positions, following Lu Mingquan's order, the six heavy cannons roared again, and another six shells smashed into the shield formation of the big food army. Unfortunately, the accuracy was not very good, and it was only destroyed more than the first round of shelling A huge shield was thrown, and even though many officers and soldiers of the Dashi were also killed, it did not cause the chaos of the Dashi army like the first shelling.

"Let it go, let it go again!"

The giant shield was really too big and heavy. Although it was carried forward by five strong and strong soldiers, it couldn't speed up at all. This naturally became the best meat for Tang Jun's heavy artillery. The target, amidst Lu Mingquan's loud roar, the Tang Army's heavy artillery fired a total of five rounds. Thirty heavy bombs exploded. The Dashi Army was terrified. Before advancing to the foot of the mountain, they had already lost ten shields, and the officers and soldiers were killed and injured. There were as many as two hundred people, but at this time, because of the shooting angle, Tang Jun's heavy artillery could no longer play its role and had to stop temporarily.

"Rush, rush up the mountain!"

In just over [-] steps, more than [-] casualties were caused, which is not small, but Abud was not moved by this, because all this was still within his range of tolerance. Seeing that the Tang army's artillery fire had stopped, Abud regained his spirits and gave the order to charge with a loud roar.

"The true god is above, the true god is above!"

Seeing that the destination was close at hand, the officers and soldiers of Dashi who had survived the catastrophe were naturally courageous, chanting religious slogans in unison, connecting all the shields into several shield walls, and began to exert their strength against the shield walls. Climbing away from the mountainside, the speed suddenly increased a lot.

"The oil bomb is ready, throw it!"

The shield wall offensive is really easy to use with fire-proof guns, and it can even be used to defend against infantry artillery attacks. The Great Food Army can make such a move, and it is true that it has done a lot of research and deployment on Tang Army's firearms, and the effect is quite good. , but it is not unsolvable, at least in Lu Sansheng's view, not to mention anything else, Lu Sansheng has encountered this kind of shield attack several times on the battlefield, and there has been a corresponding solution for a long time Dao, since he would not be afraid of the wild charge of the Great Food Army, he waved his hand and ordered calmly.

"Boom, boom..."

Just when the Dashi Army rushed to less than [-] steps away from the Tang Army's forward position with the shield wall, with Lu Sansheng's roar, the more than [-] Tang Army Hercules who had been prepared for a long time had thrown their igniters with all their strength. The kerosene bombs of the fuse, but saw the kerosene bombs the size of a basketball roll and hit the shield wall, and in an instant, a cloud of fire exploded. Wherever the kerosene got on, Wherever the fire burned, even the raw cowhide with water could not stop the spread of the fire. Soon, the shield wall in the first row was burned into a raging torch, thick smoke billowed, and the heat was scorching.

"shooting!"

The flames became fierce at the same time. The poor officers and soldiers with shields rushing in the first row were either lit by kerosene to make human-shaped torches, or they were scorched by the heat wave and ran around. As for the giant shields that blocked the bullets, they had already I couldn't hold it any longer, and threw it all on the ground. When I saw this, Lu Sansheng would not be so polite to the Dashi Army. With an order, the gunshots from Tang Jun's formation rang like fried beans. When he got up, he immediately knocked down all the big food army exposed to the guns.

"Throw a petrol bomb!"

"shooting!"

To break the shield formation, the sharpest weapon is kerosene bombs. On this point, the Tang army has long reached a consensus. In fact, in order to prepare for this battle, half of the Tang army's last batch of luggage from Hexi to Persia The thing is kerosene bombs. Facing such sharp weapons, the big food army will be miserable. If they can't move forward, the front is full of flames. If they retreat, their own shield formations are lined up behind them, obviously they can't retreat. It could only be 12 helplessly standing there, honestly facing Tang Jun's live target, and following Lu Sansheng's command, Tang Jun officers and soldiers methodically knocked down row after row of Dashi officers and soldiers to the ground. The battle was really relaxed and comfortable. Only a few officers and soldiers were injured by the stray arrows shot out by the Great Food Army's dying struggle, while more than [-] people were killed by the Great Food Army.

People are afraid of death. Even though most of the food army is fanatics who have been brainwashed by religion, they can't hold on in the face of the irresistible death. Pao died tragically on the spot, and the officers and soldiers of the Dashi behind were timid. I don’t know who yelled first, and the entire Dashi army collapsed. Shield, turned around and fled towards the foot of the mountain in a panic.

"fire!"

It didn't matter if the Dashi army escaped like this, Lu Mingquan, who had been holding back for a long time, seized the opportunity. With a loud roar, eighteen infantry guns opened fire in unison, killing and injuring the fleeing Dashi army officers and soldiers immediately. Chaos, less than half of the [-] cannibals who participated in the attack on the Tang army's main position were able to return to the starting point intact. The losses were so heavy that the face of Abud, who was in command of the battle, turned green immediately.

"waste!"

Aziz ibn Abdul is not a good-tempered guy. Seeing that his attacking army had not even touched the Tang army's position, it had already been defeated like a landslide, and he had lost so much money. There were so many people, the anger in his heart immediately became angry, and the horse rushed to Abud's body, and unceremoniously slapped him with a slap in the ear, until Abud rolled and fell off the horse.

"Great Emil, calm down, Great Emir, calm down, the last general is willing to lead a death squad to attack again, vowing to take down the mountain!"

Abd has been following Aziz ibn Abdul for some years, so he is aware of his general's temper. Although his face hurts enough, he dare not make the slightest complaint. On one knee, begged bitterly.

"Hmph, this is the last chance, if you can't go down the mountain, you should come and see yourself, get lost!"

Aziz ibn Abdul returned to anger, but he had no real intention of killing Abd to sacrifice the flag. Without turning back, he turned his horse back to the main formation.

(End of this chapter)