Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 64 The Battle of Huanggang ([-])

"Spread out the formation first, and then gather in the direction of Huanggang. I want to see which side is the holy one who sneaked up on me..."

After all, the new army only had three cannons firing in this direction. With the current training level of the new army's artillery, one cannon only had a rate of fire of about five rounds per minute.

An average of 1 rounds per minute was not enough to make Zheng Cai feel desperate, so instead of retreating, he roared and ordered: "Send the whole army, charge me..."

After all, he fled this area first with his personal guards.

The drums of the attack were thundering, and the flag of the Chinese army moved forward a little, pointing out the direction and instructions for the chaotic soldiers of each team.

When the commanders of each team saw this, they immediately waved their own flags, gathered their troops and charged forward with the Chinese army.

Zheng Cai made the same decision as Shi Fu.

Not long after Tangning bombarded Zheng Cai, the bombardment in the direction of the west city also started, but it was not directed by Tangning, because he had no time to rush there.

From the very beginning, Tangning made two-handed preparations. If he was around, he would directly direct him.

If he is not there, the gunner designated by him will take full command, and Tang Ning must not delay the battle plan because of Tang Ning.

Obviously, the enemy general who commanded the West Route Army was not as courageous as Shi Fu and Zheng Cai, and he was also very cautious. His first reaction was that he had fallen for the trick.

Before he could figure out the situation, he decided to find out the situation before making a decision, so he immediately ordered a retreat.

Now there is no need for scouts to signal whether the enemy is advancing or retreating. Commanders in all directions can clearly see the enemy's movements through binoculars.

Each gunner is equipped with binoculars, and they immediately adjust the shooting distance.

On the retreating enemy forces to the west, extend the fire until they are scattered.

As for the Shi Fu and Zheng Cai armies, the shooting distance was shortened so that the artillery fire could cover the enemy as much as possible.

Shi Fujun rushed out of Huangguling, and Zheng Caijun slowed down after rushing out of Lianglukou.

After all, there are still a few miles away from Huanggang City, which is not far away, but it is a bit far to launch a charge, and the soldiers can't bear it.

The drumbeat slowed down, the flag was waved, and the team rushed forward in the form of skirmishers, minimizing the casualties caused by the shelling.

As time went by, the distance continued to shorten, and the terrifying rumbling guns finally stopped. However, this was not the end, but another beginning.

The artillerymen of the new army immediately abandoned the howitzer, but picked up the components and ammunition of the GrW34 mortar and headed towards the forward position.

In view of the fact that the enemy forces on the west side have withdrawn and the enemy forces on the east side are strong, most of the artillery on the west side has come to support the east side.

Compared with the somewhat cumbersome procedures of the howitzer, the operation of the mortar is simpler.

It doesn't take so many people to control a mortar, so each team member who operates a howitzer is automatically divided into two groups, each controlling a mortar.

The enemy marched in skirmish formation, spread out widely and within sight, so aiming became much easier.

"Tom tom tom..." A series of cannonballs were fired quickly.

Although the power of the 81 mm caliber mortar cannot be compared with that of the 105 mm caliber howitzer, but fortunately, the rate of fire is fast, and the gap in power can be made up for in quantity.

For a while, the sound of the cannon was booming, and the density of the shells was far higher than that of the previous howitzer, and the marching soldiers fell to the ground screaming one by one.

Shi Fu's heart was bleeding, but the forward was only two hundred feet away from the new army's position, so he was naturally very unwilling to retreat in such a useless manner.

Zheng Cai, who was further away from the new army's forward position, also thought so. He felt that the number of the new army was small. Even though he had suffered a lot of casualties, the number still had a huge advantage, and he still had a chance.

And just like that, the two strands of desperadoes moved on.

After the vanguard reached a distance of about a hundred feet, Shi Fu finally stopped hiding, vented all the anger in his heart, and roared: "Attack, charge me..."

"Dong dong dong dong..." The drum beat thunderously, which was the order to charge.

"Kill..." As soon as the war drums sounded, the morale immediately rose, and the officers at all levels gave orders and launched a frantic charge.

There were not many cavalry in Shifu's army. In the shelling again and again, many horses were killed, injured, and frightened beyond control. Now there are only fifty or sixty cavalry left.

In order to quickly open up the situation, Shi Fu used the fifty or sixty cavalry as the vanguard to launch a quick charge, and the infantry behind followed at the fastest speed.

No way, they had basically lost their heavy firepower, and the red cannons couldn't arrive in time, and most of the Fran cannons and tiger squat cannons were abandoned along the way from Huangguling to Huanggang City.

Shi Fu knew that even if these artillery were brought, they would not be of much use at this time, because the range and firepower were not comparable to the artillery of the new army. Stopping to shoot would only become a living target, and it would also slow down the entire army speed of travel.

In a hurry, only some tanks that were convenient for transfer were brought out, but after being exposed to the new army's sight, these tanks became important targets for the new army's artillery, and they were almost lost.

This was specifically explained by Tangning. The enemy's heavy and long-range weapons must be destroyed first, because this is the biggest threat to the enemy.

For Shi Fu at the moment, there is no big gimmick anymore, rushing into the new army's position at the fastest speed, close combat is the only possible way to win.

Facing the rapid approach of the enemy, except for the artillery who were still bombarding with mortars, the infantry hiding in the trenches were just staring silently.

Most of their bodies were in the trenches, their heads stretched out and lying on the sandbags above the trenches, their weapons loaded and aimed, waiting for an order.

The inner city wall at the rear was already full of people, and they were specially allowed to climb the wall to watch the battle at this time, because they were the recruits.

This group of recruits, except for some of them assisting Song Yunshu in case someone took the opportunity to cause chaos in the city, the rest were on the city wall.

This was what Tang Ning meant, because he felt that no matter how hard the training was, it couldn't compare to such a baptism of actual combat that he witnessed with his own eyes.

"Fight..." After seeing that the enemy cavalry in the front was less than two hundred steps away, Song Yuankui, who was in charge of defending this direction, yelled and gave the order to shoot.

"嗤嗤嗤..." The eight MG42s that were already ready fired first, and the bullets rushed forward violently.

The trenches that Tangning ordered to dig were not circled around the city, but divided into sections, like gossip.

It's not that he doesn't want to build one or even several trenches around the city, it's because time is limited, and he doesn't have so many troops to deploy.

So he built such a section, but it must be ensured that every two adjacent trenches can form effective crossfire.

At this time, the eight MG42s were distributed in two trenches facing the enemy, with four in each trench, evenly distributed.

At this time, when it starts to move, there are four crossfire nets that devour life.

Amidst the terrifying sound of machine guns tearing cloth, a cloud of blood erupted from the front horses, and some horses' legs were directly broken.

Then, the war horse seemed to lose its center of gravity all of a sudden, and fell directly to the ground, and the cavalry on the horse was even thrown flying.

Some war horses were lucky enough not to be hit, but the cavalry on horseback suddenly left their upper bodies.

The war horse dragged the owner's lower body and continued to charge forward under the effect of inertia, spraying a long path of blood.

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