Chapter 616. Line up to be shot
This is another big tactic in the era of the later great powers, the tactic of lining up and shooting.
No matter how advanced the flintlock pistol in his hand was Mao Jue, he never got rid of the shackles of the breech gun, during the Battle of Shanhaiguan, tens of thousands of people fought several rounds against Liu Zongmin's dense cavalry from a hundred meters away, but each time he killed hundreds of hundreds, after all, he still did not stop the charge of Liu Zongmin's cavalry, and still relied on bayonets and obstacles to beat them back and cry.
This is still a large number of muskets in Liaodong, more than ten years to play with guns to train the elite soldiers, some of the soldiers shooting accuracy even more than the regular army, the Beijing Division Legion and the Shandong Army recruited a large number of troops from Li Zicheng and the children of Shandong peasants, four months to force the formation drill to practice out is good, shooting accuracy and loading speed or something need bullets to pile up, where does Mao Jue have so much time.
So the tactics that the British lobster soldiers relied on to fight the world were taken by Mao Jue, and the mystery of its tactics was too simple, that is, to pull the horizontal line into the fight! Maximize the effectiveness of musket lethality!
But don't underestimate this put into the fight! In the defeat of the British army in Fontenoy, the British army once relied on this tactic to resist the French army's three rounds of shooting, and the cost of pouring a few hundred people was forced to twenty or thirty meters, and two rounds of salvos killed two or three thousand French people, directly crushing the opponent's front, and slightly saving the defeat of Ju.
There is also a fight against the newly emerging American Revolutionary War, the British army's gentlemanly tactics of never firing the first shot are also the Yankees crying and shouting mother, Mao Jue used to travel through a movie before, "The Patriot", which is about the War of Independence being bloodied by lobster soldiers, and finally had to learn Grandpa Mao's guerrilla tactics and rely on foreign aid such as the French to defeat the British army.
There is also the greatest record of the British army, and it is also the most embarrassing record for the Chinese, that is, it was brushed on the Qing army in modern times, and more than 20,000 British troops defeated almost 800,000 Qing troops from south to north in the Opium War.
After all, you can't fight back dozens of meters under the volley of the enemy's musket or bow and arrow, and if you want to line up to kill someone, you must first have the courage and consciousness to line up to be shot!
In this era, only Mao Jue, who emphasized discipline and discipline, could reproduce the morale and tactics of the British Empire in its heyday, and this time he learned to tremble, and more than 10,000 people in the front row were executed by their own officers just because they couldn't bear the pressure to raise their guns and shoot, and the courage needed to face the enemy was considerable.
Fortunately, the results of the battle are also worthy of this bloody effort, 17,800 flintlock pistols in close range shooting, Huang Degong's more than 5,000 cavalry were killed at least 2,78 at one time, even Huang Degong himself was shot down from the horse, life and death do not know, the casualty rate of the ancient general army in 10 can not bear, even if Huang Degong's department is an elite soldier, this time there is more than half, and the cavalry of fifty or sixty meters behind is simply frightened silly, looking at the blood and mess all over the ground in front of him, stagnant, The Luzhou Infantry Group, which was more than 300 meters behind, didn't know what was going on, and was still sluggishly moving forward.
This terrifying battle also greatly boosted the morale of the Liaozhen soldiers in an instant, holding the saber high, and Shen Rong ordered loudly in excitement.
"The front line collects the bayonet charge! The rear team beats the drum and marches!"
There was another close to neat uproar, the first three rows of guns let go of the bayonets and reloaded into the chambers, and the last three rows of those who did not participate in the battle strode forward with flintlock pistols and took the initiative to meet Huang Degong's army.
Just when the neat boots of the army trampled on the dry land, another series of gunfire rang out, and in front of the Shenyang Army, the more than 6,000 Huang Degong infantry who went to intercept almost lost two-thirds of a salvo, and then Zhao Cheng, a veteran general of Liaodong who replaced Hong Chengchou, simply ordered the bayonet to be red and rushed forward.
The desperate screams of this team of Huang Degong's deviant divisions could be heard on the entire battlefield of the Chinese army.
On the right flank, Kong Youde's Shandong Corps had already forced in front of Lizhuang Town, and he had no chance to line up to shoot, so he could only gather the troops a little densely in front of several entrances, and the Luzhou army guarding Zhuangkou was fiercely shooting.
In terms of the situation, Huang Degong's corps is not defeated, after all, there is still the strength of nearly 100,000 troops, but in the situation, it is completely trapped in passivity, Huang Degong is brave, every battle rushes, fighting side by side with the soldiers has become his biggest defeat in this battle, the forward cavalry suffered heavy losses, the commander does not know whether he is alive or dead, the entire army has fallen into the point where the dragons are leaderless, seeing the long array that Shen Rong is approaching, the five general soldiers who followed Huang Degong to fight have no idea for a while.
Retreat, right? Now there are more than 60,000 infantry formations in battle, and the number of people looks thicker than the thin Liaozhen infantry. The five general soldiers don't have the courage, and when they shouldn't hesitate, the Luzhou army hesitates, so today is destined to be their sacrifice day!
Three hundred meters is too short for the Jingshi Legion, which has dreamed of walking on the right foot! In just two or three minutes, they were already approaching the front, seeing the aggressive Liaozhen infantry, Tian Xiong, the chief soldier who was responsible for commanding the front, was frightened, and simply ordered to shoot, and the archers strode to the front, and in their gaps, they were also mixed with more than 3,000 southern army birds, and there was a distance of more than 100 meters, and the Luzhou army was ping-pong. …
The rain of arrows mostly fell in front of the team, except for the cannon shells that shot into the team, taking six people away, and an infantryman who was shot in the thigh by a bird gun, screamed and knelt on the ground, it really didn't make much gain.
The Nanjun bird knelt on the ground, sweating profusely to load, and there were many mistakes in the intersection, and some of them stuffed the projectile into it before remembering that they forgot to load the gunpowder, and as for the Nanming cannon to load, it was even slower, and this kung fu, the Jingshi regiment that shouted the trumpet advanced more than 30 meters.
The second round of bows and arrows rained down again, and they fell mightily in the ranks.
For this terrible thing, even the long-trained Liaozhen infantry can't avoid fear, some are weak legs, and some are wet pants again, but the power of military discipline is once again reflected, even if they are afraid, no one dares to retreat, on the one hand, the commander with a knife is beside him, and he is also bearing arrows, and the retreating person is not a joke, on the other hand, long-term training also habitually drives them forward.
It is really not an accident that muskets can replace bows and arrows, this round of arrow rain is within the effective range, so that the Jingshi Legion is full, and the real dead are only a few dozen people, and two or three hundred people are seriously injured and fell, which makes the camp of the Jingshi Legion a little chaotic.
The sturdy cold-forged armor withstood most of the damage, and some of the infantry were even shot like hedgehogs and kept advancing.
This terrifying scene frightened the Nanming army even more, and it was not until the Jingshi Army approached about 30 meters, and it took more than 40 seconds for them to reload the second bullet.
However, history no longer gives them a chance, although thirty meters is not the limit of queuing up to be shot, but for the dense Luzhou soldiers, it is almost enough! The commander of the front row raised his command knife and swung it forward.
"Fa Ye!"
The Southern Army Bird Gunner, who had just held his gun, was like being punched hard, his chest or shoulder or abdomen shook violently, and then he fell on the front with blood spurting, and the archers at the back were not much better, they were killed in the array in rows, the traditional infantry formation was far more dense than the cavalry formation, and the results of this battle were also more outstanding, 16,700 flintlock pistols fired a volley, killing and wounding at least four or five thousand on the spot, and the array at the front was full of blood, and the bloody flesh collapsed into the faces of the rear row of infantry.
"Attack! Kill!!"
Frightened, Tian Xiong waved his sword forward in fear and anger, and stepped on the corpse of his teammate just now, the spearmen and the sword and shield bearers shouted in the same fear, and they rushed back against the Jingshi Legion who had finished firing this seemed to be a good opportunity, as we all know, how fragile the musketeers after putting the guns were, although Dongjiang has proven it many times that this is a fallacy, but the traditional view is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
However, this Shen Rong is still addicted to playing, and he didn't even give them this desperate opportunity, with a whistle, the first three rows turned around and left, interspersed with gaps, and once again exposed the troops who did not put guns in the back three rows, just right, this distance was more than 20 meters, and the golden distance of queuing up to shoot, the Beijing Division infantry, who had already had an experience, confidently pulled the trigger.
The thick smoke of gunpowder obscured the battlefield, and in the white smoke, the sound of popping and cracking accompanied by screams was like an execution ground in hell, and the corpses were stacked layer by layer at a distance of fifteen to thirty meters.
The three shots completely knocked out the morale of the Jingshi Legion, and under the sound of a bang, the sharp bayonets were caught by them, and they broke through the smoke screen with a shout. Finally ushered in the hand-to-hand combat that the Huang Jun was most looking forward to, but they no longer had the heart to fight at this time, they all screamed and turned around and fled towards Lizhuang Town, even if they were stabbed to death with a bayonet in the back, they would never dare to turn back and fight back.
Swords, guns, swords, halberds, cannons, and guns were thrown to the ground messily.
The battle ended so quickly, the Napoleonic column tactics specially prepared by Mao Jue were useless, and even Zhao Cheng, who quickly solved Huang Degong's deviant division, didn't have time to come over to grab the merit, so he could only watch Huang Bu, who fled in panic, pat his thigh in frustration.
More than 10,000 people were killed on the spot in an encounter, and Mao Jue was also satisfied with the effect of this training, and did not rush to continue the attack, but reorganized the military formation outside Lizhuang Town, quietly waiting for the arrival of the artillery.
But today, it is destined that the cannon will not be able to sing the protagonist, ten minutes later, a white flag was hung high in the sky above Lizhuang Town, dragging a body of wounds, Tian Xiong and several other general soldiers were embarrassed to tie the thorny stick on their backs, kowtowed out and surrendered.
The Huang Degong Department of Luzhou Town in the three towns of Jiangbei was destroyed!
(End of chapter)