Chapter 221: The First Experience of Zhangjiawan
Although the war was about to break out, looking at the French army in the lead, Guo Xing'a still felt a little funny. The relationship between Britain and France was not very harmonious, and the two had been allies since the rise of Germany, but in the era of Goxinga's previous life, the two people still looked down on each other. Asking for directions in English on the streets of France is better than asking for directions in Chinese, and the French will never deal with a geek who uses English. Now there are still some Napoleonic glories on the heads of the French, and they have to compete with the British in everything. Because of this strange caution, the French army led by Major General Mitchell left the British army behind for ten miles. This is not divided into two armies, the front and rear, a total of less than twenty miles, there is no need to divide troops to cover, it is just that the French want to get rid of the British.
This kind of mutual awkwardness is actually very beneficial to the Qing army, but Guo Xing'a can't lift his spirits at all. I don't know if it's because of the limitations of his ability, or if he is deliberately trying to make a fuss, and the military deployment is the same as joking. It is very good that the Qing army has the intention of ambushing the coalition army, but the so-called ambush is that more than 1,000 people stand in the woods casually, without any concealment, as long as they are not blind, anyone can find them. But Ge Bang did just that, and more than a thousand people squatted in the woods like camping, and I don't know what he wanted to do.
Mitchell and his soldiers were obviously not blind, and when they were about 500 meters apart, they discovered the so-called ambush of the Qing army. In fact, Ge Bandage's forehead would not have been exposed so early, but the coalition forces were all shocked by Goxinga's sneak attack and ambush, and they felt suspicious everywhere, and they were very concerned about the suspicious area.
"What are they doing? It's a damn oriental ploy again! Mitchell did not rush to attack, but ordered the French army to be on alert, and informed the British behind him, and then looked around very cautiously. He didn't believe that there would be such a simple ambush, you must know that Guoxing's ambush is not five hundred meters, and it can't be seen from five meters away.
Anyone who has eaten the loss of Guoxing knows that ghostly enemies are very cunning, and a trap that can be seen through at a glance may hide an extremely dangerous conspiracy behind it. An ambush is in front of you, and there may be even more vicious designs nearby, as long as the French attack will fall into the trap.
"Major General, there seems to be no other trap!" After some frightened observations, the French found nothing.
"Silly boy, don't judge easily, ghosts always like to make you feel that you are right, and then step into his trap without hesitation." Mitchell hadn't actually found anything, but he was more cautious, he didn't want to be the first general to be plotted by a ghost. You must know that the officers who have been on the road before are some majors and colonels, and there has never been an officer with the rank of general who has been calculated, and Mitchell doesn't want to be the first.
Ge stretched his forehead but lost his patience, the foreign devil had obviously discovered him, and it made no sense for him to continue feeding mosquitoes in the woods. He was well versed in the traditional fierce general routines, erected his own banner, picked up his waist knife, and shouted; "Brothers, rush to Lao Tzu!" , and then watched as the sons and daughters under his command rushed to the military formation of foreign devils.
"Idiot! Kill yourself! Looking at the Qing army rushing towards the dense phalanx, Guo Xing'a punched the ground. is about to watch foreigners kill their compatriots, and no matter how cold-blooded people are, they can't stand it, not to mention that Guo Xing'a is not a cold-blooded person most of the time.
More than a thousand people rushed to the guns of the coalition forces like wild horses on the loose, shouting and roaring. However, they are not just hot-blooded but simple-minded rough men, but a group of smart people with a fearless and sacrificial spirit, and they are not blindly brute. All the 200 men who opened the way raised heavy shields, and under the fire of bullets, they used their bodies and lives to clear the way for their companions behind them. In the rain of bullets, they kept being shot and fell, but they have been stubbornly protecting the brothers behind them.
Behind them were five hundred cloth-clothed soldiers without armor or shields. These people lowered their bodies and rushed behind the shield soldiers, not caring at all about the wounded comrades around them or the fallen shield soldiers in front of them, they just kept their heads down and ran all the way. When they approached about 100 meters of the French army, they showed their weapons, bows and arrows. They must have been specially trained, and they drew their bows and shot arrows so fast that they couldn't even see the movements of their hands, and could only hear the sound of dense bowstrings. Dense feathered arrows flew over the heads of the shield soldiers and fell on the heads of the French army like a meteor shower, and the phalanx of the French army was also shot into a great chaos.
Behind the archers were five hundred axemen, who were not fast and calm, but they were constantly observing the situation on the battlefield. At the moment when the shield soldiers and the French bayonets made contact, they suddenly quickened their pace, and the wind passed over the archers and rushed into the French array.
"I'll go, vote for it!" Guo Xing'a had seen this tactic in the movie in his previous life, but he always felt a bit ridiculous.
Soldiers in the army are human beings, not marionettes, and do not know how to carry out orders like machines. Under the huge fear of bullets flying, what kind of person can rush against bullets! The tragic casualties will definitely crush the faith of the soldiers and make them retreat in fear. But today, Guo Xing'a has a long insight, the Qing army really did it, and it seems that the movie is not all exaggerated.
"Dong Weng, what did you say?" Pi Runmin has known about the tactics of the Qing army for a long time.
"This style of play is too ......," Guo Xinga couldn't think of an adjective.
"It's always been like this!" Pi Runmin didn't know what Guo Xing'a was shocked about.
"Always?" Goxinga's jaw was about to fall to the ground.
"When the Ming and Qing dynasties communicated, the Daming firearms were very sophisticated, and there were corresponding formations, and the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were beaten down by hard rushing. After entering the customs, the Qing Dynasty also attached great importance to firearms, but it was more focused on artillery. In the Kangxi period, he fought with the Rakshasa Kingdom and Jungger outside the Guan, and the enemy's muskets were superior to the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion. At that time, it was won by the strong attack of soldiers and artillery bombardment, and this has been the case all these years. Playing long hair in Jiangnan is also a general method, and Dong Weng has never seen it galloping in Jiangnan? "Pi Runmin's experience before he was wanted was very complicated, and he himself is a practical person, so he naturally knows these stories very well.
"It's hard to beat long hair!" Pi Runmin really asked Guo Xing'a, Guo Xing'a is playing his own in Jiangnan, and he rarely participates in other people's affairs, and he really doesn't know how other troops fight. The level of musket equipment of the Taiping Army is not high, and it is also a cold * mixed formation, and the Qing army is actually so brutal, it really has a tradition of brutality!
"The same is true of fighting Burma during the Qianlong period!" Pi Runmin is very puzzled, Guoxinga's brain circuit is always imaginative, but he doesn't seem to understand some common sense things.
"Burma?" Guoxing Awan didn't expect such a small Southeast Asian country to be regarded as a wave, Daqing's face!
"I couldn't figure it out before, but I heard Da Meng say it a few days ago. Burma has always had a lot of dealings with Yingyi, and they got Yingyi's firearms during the Qianlong period, so the muskets are better than the green camp. Pi Runmin regarded Guo Xing'a as his ladder to prosperity, so he also studied very hard for the things that Guo Xing'a cared about, and asked Rong Hong, a foreign school, how to do it in the West. However, he is not very interested in science and technology, and the history and relations of various countries are his focus, and it happens that Rong Hong is most familiar with these.
"I'll you!" Guo Xing'a was also speechless, thinking that the Qing Dynasty had only seen advanced weapons until the Opium War! I have seen it during the Kangxi and Qianlong years, and they all survived by taking people's lives.
Kangxi won't be able to figure it out, so he won't be able to figure it out, so he will treat the enemy's comprehensive strength as if it were strong, and everyone will ignore it. And at that time, the flintlock pistol had just been popularized, and the contrast between the two sides was not so obvious. But it shouldn't be during the Qianlong period, first, people's weapons have matured, and the contrast is much more obvious. Second, the opponent is different, no longer with you who can break your wrists. If you fight such a small place as Myanmar, you have to fill it with human lives, why don't you wake up! Although according to the old system, even if the Qing Dynasty had a better weapon, it would be abused, but at least it could be abused a little lighter! Why wait until everyone comes to the door, and then pay a high price to buy a gun.
Guo Xing'a is lamenting, but there is a change on the battlefield. But it was not the Qing army that won by storming the French army, the French also knew how to see red with bayonets, and they were not afraid of hand-to-hand combat. Moreover, the French army is not Burmese, they are all professionally trained, and after many wars, the skill of fighting bayonets is strong! The sword and axe men of the Qing army did not take advantage of the bayonet at all, but lost the upper hand in hand-to-hand combat. Moreover, the French army had more than 4,000 people, but the strength of the Qing army was only a quarter of that of others. And they have artillery! The artillery of all calibers continued to bombard, and the formation of the archers and shields of the Qing army gradually collapsed, and the opportunity exchanged for blood was sliding in the direction of a fiasco.
However, as the banner of the grid was shaken, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was suddenly heard, and nearly 2,000 cavalry rushed out from behind the woods, taking advantage of the chaotic space in the French army's phalanx to penetrate directly behind the French army. The French were completely defenseless against the sudden appearance of cavalry, the artillery could not be turned around, and at the same time, because of the confusion of the phalanx, there was a huge gap in the front.
"Okay, there's a fight! It turned out that it was all for this one! Goxinga pounded the ground again, but this time it was excited.
Finally understood the routine of Ge Stretching His forehead, and Guo Xing'a's spirit came up all of a sudden. Even if you can't defeat the enemy, it's good to inflict heavy damage on the French army, at least it can relieve a little pressure on Seng Lingqin in the future decisive battle. The routine of the grid is also very deep, first brazenly standing up to lure the French army, attracting the French army to fight with his infantry, and then disrupting the French phalanx with a decisive charge. Finally, taking advantage of the confusion of the French army, he suddenly dispatched cavalry to attack the already chaotic French army. As long as they rushed in, the French army would have to be skinned if they didn't die, and the cavalry would be slaughtered if they attacked the scattered infantry. This set of three-plate axes is played very neatly, Guoxing Ah asked himself, it is definitely not comfortable to change himself like this.
However, just when the cavalry went around the woods, another huge variable appeared, and the British army, which had been thrown behind by the French, came out at this time.