Chapter 57: Street Fighting
Guo Xing'a looked at the enemy in front of him a little helpless, they were no longer young and fierce Taiping soldiers with weapons, they were men, women and children with farm tools and kitchen utensils, they were civilians. Goxinga no longer has to look for the people of the town, they are all gathered in this compound.
Although the people shouted happily, the so-called constant shouting, but no one jumped out to make a bird, but only intimidated the Qing army through the gate of the courtyard. When Guoxinga was still worried about how to deal with these people, Bi Yuntao, who was more familiar with this era, had already given the order to attack.
Occupying the advantageous angle of shooting, the Qing army, which had perfect firepower, began to fire a salvo. As the dense gunfire rang out, the people, who were originally surging like waves, seemed to have hit the reef all at once. Not only were the noisy waves shattered, but the waves were also full of traces of blood.
The Qing army is not all ruthless, the muzzle of the gun is just aimed at the crowd and does not deliberately aim at a certain person, this round of salvo is more of a deterrent. But this round of deterrence was terrifying enough, the people who were huddled together for courage stood too densely, nearly 100 people were knocked to the ground by lead bullets, and the terrifying power of lead bullets left unforgettable wounds on their bodies. There were women with white* on their sleeves, old men with broken bones from their beards, and the hellish scene on earth made the noise louder, but they were already retreating and running.
"Single shotgun, flat fire, put!" Seeing that the first company had already opened fire, Kong Zhen ordered artillery support and bombarded the crowd at close range with shotguns.
"Don't ......" Goxinga's voice was barely halfway out of his throat when the shooter had already pulled down the fuse that pulled the fire pipe.
"Boom" With the roar of the cannon, the crowd that had already broken was instantly punched out of a gap. If Bi Yuntao's musket salvo was the feeling of raindrops moistening the dry land, then Kong Zhen's shot was directly pouring a basin of water on the ground. One artillery shot knocked out only two dozen people, but it was much more deterrent than a musket. The people who had been shouting in the courtyard just now like the waves of the sea fled as quickly as the tide receded.
Looking at the people who fled to the depths of the courtyard, the wreckage and blood all over the ground, Guo Xing'a had an indescribable feeling, like a hand secretly grabbing his heart. After Guoxing's crossing, there were many killings, but most of them were in front of the two armies, and the soldiers fought for life and death. But this time, Goxinga's subordinates raised their guns against the people, and although they were civilians from enemy-occupied areas, Goxinga still had a sense of crime.
Guo Xing'a really wanted to call Bi Yuntao and Kong Zhen over and reprimand them well, but what did he say if he really called them! The people have already taken up arms and shouted slogans of confrontation, are the fighters going to stop and convince them? The one who picks up arms is the enemy, this is what Goxinga has emphasized countless times in the team, and Goxinga can't hit himself in the face now.
Chengtai never ordered the troops to fire, and several subordinates who opened fire without permission were also stopped by Chengtai. When Guo Xing's eyes swept over Chengtai, Chengtai lowered his head with a complicated expression. Guo Xing'a couldn't figure out the reason why Chengtai didn't fire, and he couldn't figure out Chengtai's complicated expression, but he added a point to Chengtai in his heart.
"Platoon Commander Kong, find a way to get rid of that shadow wall, there is an ambush behind it, you can't let the brothers rush hard!" Bi Yuntao, who has seen the "God of War", is the first thing that comes to mind when he encounters a problem now, Kong Zhen.
"Live ammunition, flat fire, release!" Kong Zhen directly ordered the artillery to fire at the shadow wall.
The elaborate shadow wall carved with the water hibiscus was smashed into a pile of broken bricks by solid shells flying from three hundred meters away. A few Taiping soldiers armed with bows and arrows hidden by the low wall behind the shadow wall were instantly exposed, and the Qing army who saw the target beat them into a sieve in an instant.
"Cornertower, sniper! Take cover! Bi Yuntao suddenly saw that on the corner tower of the courtyard wall, several Taiping soldiers armed with muskets appeared.
Guo Xing'a admired Bi Yuntao's ability to understand and apply the various tactical skills he had taught, but looking at the corner tower two hundred meters away, Bi Yuntao's concealment was not too cautious. After looking at the Taiping army on the corner tower with a telescope, Guo Xing'a found that their muskets were actually old arquebuses, which were probably antiques from the Qianlong period captured from the Qing army.
"Does Bi Yuntao need to be hidden? Just that thing, I stand here and let him fight, within a hundred shots, if he can hit me, it is because I lacked great virtue in my previous life. Guo Xing'a and Fuquan around him complained.
"My lord, Deputy Battalion Commander Bi doesn't have a telescope, so he can't see clearly!" Fu Quan is a notoriously good old man.
"Then you can't just crawl past!" Guo Xing'a also knew that Bi Yuntao would definitely not be able to see clearly.
"Platoon Commander Kong, get rid of that corner tower!" Before Guo Xing'a finished sighing, Bi Yuntao had already summoned Kong Zhen again.
"Shrapnel, elevation raised, put!" Kong Zhen had no complaints, commanded by Bi Yuntao, Kong Zhen liked the feeling of being asked for help very much. And aiming at a specific target is much cooler than bombing piece by piece. Kong Zhen is not a marksman, but the distance of two hundred meters is too close, so with an easy one-shot hit, the upper half of the corner tower was directly blown to pieces.
This courtyard is very large, and it may be that the Taiping army opened up the mansions of several wealthy families in the town, so that it has such a scale. But after all, it is the residence of an ordinary rich family, and there are too few things that can be used as a barrier such as the Shadow Wall Corner Pavilion. After the people were dispersed, they drove all the way into the core area of the back house that stormed the courtyard.
Along the way, the Taiping army set up a lot of defensive strongholds, except for a stronghold at the side gate that was taken by Chengtai's assault company with *plus*, and all the rest were bombarded into ashes by Kong Zhen's cannons. Bi Yuntao and Kong Zhen's infantry artillery coordination in the actual combat played a tacit understanding, Bi Yuntao led the team to advance a little blocked, immediately called Kong Zhen's artillery to attack, after a cannon meal, Bi Yuntao immediately led the team to search in the scorched earth to advance. Solid shells, shotguns, *, grenade shotguns, blasting shells, and Goxinga specially added white phosphorus*, and the artillery tried all kinds of shells one by one in this small courtyard.
"Hide!" Bi Yuntao beckoned to his subordinates, the first wounded of the day was injured by the debris blown up by his own artillery.
"Explosive shells, flat fire, put!" Kong Zhen saw that his people were almost hiding, and ordered to open fire on the last obstacle in front of the backyard, the last line of defense of the Taiping army.
The oval blaster pierced through the Taiping army's fortifications, drilled close to the inside of the fortifications, and then the flames of the explosion burst out from the inside out, and the Taiping army's last line of defense was completely wiped out in the explosion and firelight. The assault company and the first company shouted the slogan of "capture Huang Daping alive" and rushed into the compound, and the special operations team also set up sniper fire points on the fence of the compound as soon as possible. When the overall situation was decided, Guo Xing'a, surrounded by the guard squad, walked into the courtyard with a spring breeze and a golden sword.
"General Huang Daping, come out and have a few words!" Although many people were scattered around, the remnants of the Taiping army, which numbered less than 200 people, had all been surrounded by the Qing army. Looking at these defeated soldiers with tattered clothes and only swords, Guoxing Azhi proudly asked his old opponent Huang Daping to come out and answer.
"General Huang Daping, leave yourself some dignity!" Fu Quan didn't know where to get a Taishi chair, and Guo Xing'a sat with a bit of a villainous style.
"I'm fighting with the Qing Demon." A seriously wounded Taiping soldier roared angrily, and with his remaining right hand, he brandished his waist knife and rushed towards Guoxing'a. Driven by him, the Taiping army seemed to understand that they had reached the last time, and they joined the queue for the last charge. The defeated soldiers who couldn't be prisoners were left with desperate eyes, and they rushed straight to Guoxinga with infinite despair. Capture the thief and capture the king first, if you are lucky, there may be hope of escape.
"Fire!" After Kong Zhen entered the back house, he found that there were no strong fortifications, so he replaced all five guns with shotguns. The five six-pounder guns, lined up, launched a final roar in the face of the enemy who was only a few tens of meters away.
The infantry and guard squad had no chance to defend Guoxing'a, because after the sound of artillery, the shotgun swept through the scene of the Taiping army's ranks, making everyone's stomachs so uncomfortable. It was as if a strong wind swept through the accumulated dead leaves, and in an instant the dead leaves were carried into the sky. Shotguns swept across the Taiping array, leaving no dead leaves into the sky, but leaving blood all over the ground. All limbs were ruthlessly torn to shreds, flesh and bones turned into puddles of scarlet mud in the scorching storm.
"Where is Huang Daping? Speak up, and I'll keep you alive! After a burst of artillery fire at close range, the final charge of the Taiping army was over, and the few dozen remaining seriously wounded Taiping soldiers gathered under the eaves of the dilapidated hall. They were no longer able to resist, and it would take ten minutes for an infantryman to kill them with a bayonet. In the eyes of all Goxinga, they were already captives, and Goxinga was just interrogating the captives.
"Boy, just because you still want to arrest Huang Shishuai, Huang Shishuai has already left, next time Huang Shishuai will definitely take your head and avenge us." Liu Ju, who was already blind with blood on his face, scolded in the direction of Guoxing'a by virtue of the direction of his voice.
"That's right! We're waiting for you below! "These warriors have long since died of their teachings, and have forgotten that they should go to heaven. If you keep saying that you are a ghost, you will not let go of Guoxing.
Guo Xing looked at these prisoners of war suspiciously, his eyes swept over their calm or angry faces one by one, and then looked at the panicked people around them. Huang Daping's appearance kept flashing in his mind, and Guo Xing's eyebrows were twisted again. Whether these people's words are true or false, there is no way to judge at all, and the people who have seen Huang Daping have only seen it from afar, and the ghost knows what Huang Daping looks like, and he can't identify it at all. Maybe Huang Daping has already died in battle or is blending in with the fleeing people, and the so-called long escape is just a disruptive statement, but it may also be that Huang Daping is really gone.
"Grab a few!" Bi Yuntao pointed to the fleeing people.
"Do you know Huang Daping?" Bi Yuntao pointed at a few people who had just slipped over with a waist knife.
"No...... Know...... Know...... No, ......" a few people have already flown out of the world, and they don't know how to answer correctly.
"Where is Huang Daping?" Bi Yuntao pointed a knife at a person and asked sharply.
"I ...... I don't know ......," the man said in a trembling voice.
Bi Yuntao didn't give him a chance to say the word "Dao", and the blade had already slashed through his throat.
"You! Where did Huang Daping go? Bi Yuntao aimed the bloody knife at the second person.
"Run!" The people blurted out.
"How did you run?" Bi Yuntao asked.
"I don't know......" The blood light flashed again.
"How did you run?" Bi Yuntao aimed the blade at the third person.
"We are all gathered here, and he is on the west side...... You come here, he ran west...... "The third citizen felt a little deprived of oxygen in his brain.
"Traitor, traitor...... You don't have to die well! The wounded soldiers cursed.
Guo Xing'a didn't want to affect the people, but Bi Yuntao really asked the result, and Guo Xing'a simply couldn't see it.
"Send him to Mu Shun, chase him! Chase Huang Daping back to Lao Tzu! Guo Xing'a must not tolerate Huang Daping throwing himself only a dashing back again.