Chapter 121: Campaign Mission
Although it was divided into two parts, the 1502 Ranger Battalion was not in the slightest confusion due to the leadership and restraint of officers at all levels of squad, platoon, company, and battalion.
The team that broke out of the Houjin army's position, according to the knowledge taught in the lecture hall and the experience summed up by many years of fighting in battle formations, quickly moved away from the Houjin army, which had suffered a major blow but had not completely collapsed, and regrouped outside the range of the enemy's birds.
"Hurry up and reload your ammunition."
"Hurry up, hurry up, the regiment commander is still in the enemy formation and hasn't come out, so speed up."
And the rangers who turned right with Zhao Qingyu also saw the situation ahead after turning their horses' heads.
Zhao Qingyu had already drawn his saber and continued to slash, opening a passage in the gap that could barely accommodate a horse to enter.
So, the Ranger behind quickly turned the muzzle of the gun, shot the bullet in the chamber as fast as possible, and then, let go of the hands holding the rifle, and let the rifle sway in the chest under the constraints of the gun belt.
Then, they directly drew their sabers, controlled the horses with one hand, adjusted the speed of the horses, and constantly slashed with the other hand to expand the scale of the passage.
This time, although the horse's speed was much slower, the effect was much better than when the impact was in depth just now.
When attacking in depth, although the Houjin army suffered heavy losses, because the veterans of the Houjin army had already discovered that something was wrong, they deliberately fell behind.
These veterans have all been on the battlefield, and they know that if they run away in the face of cavalry, they can only die faster.
Therefore, when the front and rear Jin troops wanted to retreat, this group of veterans took over the responsibilities of the Tartar Governor team further behind, even if their own friendly troops suffered heavy casualties, this group of veterans just stubbornly resisted and did not let the people in front retreat.
In the feudal army, the veterans are powerful and powerful on weekdays, so once this group of veterans is ruthless, in the minds of the recruits, it is even more terrible than the cavalry charge of the Huaxia Army.
As a result, under the series of blows just now, the Houjin army was able to hold out and not completely collapse.
However, the dividing line between the front team and the back team that Zhao Qingyu found happened to be the gap left by the veterans when they deliberately fell behind.
The rangers charged horizontally like this, and they hit the deep-seated weakness of the Houjin army at once, completely scattering the recruits and veterans.
Without the restraint of the veterans, facing the Rangers on tall horses, the recruits immediately herded the sheep.
The rangers are not in a hurry to eliminate the veterans on the left, after all, persimmons pick soft pinch, and the scattered soldiers are better solved.
When those deserters are cleaned up, the sparse number of left-wing Houjin veterans, there is no need to worry.
The deserters of the Houjin Army were still sober, and fled to both sides, hoping to escape back to Shangjing from the mountains on both sides, but they were completely frightened, they had no ability to think, and only thought about their lives, so they ran directly to the position of the 1601 battalion.
The scouts of the 1601 battalion were also unambiguous, deliberately bringing the enemy closer before suddenly appearing.
However, this time, there is no more to do the killing.
Before, it was because of the lack of manpower and time, so it had to be done as a last resort, but now, when reinforcements came, they were not afraid that more prisoners would get in the way, so the scouts quickly launched the arrest operation in accordance with the process of capturing prisoners.
Facing the muzzle of the black hole, most of the Houjin recruits who had been frightened naturally disarmed and became prisoners, and a small number of them were already scared stupid, or they were unwilling to cooperate, so they were regarded as "chickens" who killed chickens and set an example for monkeys.
With the cooperation of the rangers led by Zhao Qingyu and the scouts of the 1601 battalion, this group of scattered Houjin troops was dealt with in less than five minutes.
Most of the troops charged by the Later Jin Army were newly annexed troops who had surrendered from the original local separatist forces in Korea, and the majority were originally recruits.
As soon as the recruits rushed to defeat like this, the scarce number of Goryeo veterans naturally stood out.
In the rear and front, each with a cavalry team, the Houjin veterans, who had long been accustomed to the wind and rudder, quickly made the most advantageous choice.
After throwing down their weapons, they came to the Tower Hill position with their hands held high, and begged to surrender to the rangers.
Zhao Qingyu gave the task of collecting and surrendering troops to the 1601 battalion, and transferred a platoon of troops from the 1502 battalion to help manage the prisoners.
Then, with the rest of the Rangers, he joined the large army of Rangers who had left the front, preparing to clean up the group of Houjin Tartars who were hiding in the rear.
However, when Zhao Qingyu came to the position of the large army in front with the rangers who had reloaded their ammunition and were ready for battle again, he was told bad news: "Regiment commander, the Tartars have fled." ”
Zhao Qingyu had long expected this to be the case, and asked with an unchanged face, "Did you send someone to follow?" ”
The officer who came to report shook his head, "The specific enemy situation is unknown, I did not send personnel to follow it, but arranged for the falcon to conduct reconnaissance." ”
Zhao Qingyu pondered for a moment and said, "Then wait a while." ”
At this time, another officer beside him asked with some concern, "But, regiment commander, the enemies who fled are all cavalry, will it be too late to wait until the reconnaissance is over and then pursue?"
I observed just now, although the group of Houjin troops that we crushed far outnumbered the fleeing enemies, but among them, they were basically Goryeo, and there were few real Tartars, not even the people in Mongolian costumes.
In case the enemy really escapes, the gold content of our battle will be greatly reduced. ”
As soon as they heard this, the surrounding officers became excited, "Hey, when did the Tartars become so smart?" Actually using cannon fodder? ”
"No real tartars? Then this fight is a bit ugly, against the Koreans, we just killed the chicken and the knife. ”
As he spoke, everyone's eyes turned to the self-patriarch.
Zhao Qingyu looked around and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, there is a large area of mountainous area in front, the horse speed can't be fast, the enemy can't run far, we speed up, we can definitely catch up." ”
Although he said this, he was very annoyed in his heart, why didn't he find out that there were no real Tartars in the enemy army just now? If you find out earlier, you can change your tactics and directly flank and flank the enemy.
At this time, the chief of staff beside Zhao Qingyu also advised, "Actually, there is no need to worry about the fleeing enemy.
Everyone must have a clear understanding that what we are carrying out this time is not a tactical task of raiding an important node of the enemy's army, but a campaign task issued by the general headquarters.
The number of enemies destroyed is large, although it will help us improve our merits, but, most importantly, we must defend Tower Mountain.
As long as we ensure that Tashan is not lost before the rest of our troops successfully reach the designated position, we will be the first merit of this campaign.
And once we cause the loss of Tower Hill in order to kill the number of enemies, and let the enemy army escape, then, even if we cut off Sukh Saha's head, we will not expect to get merit. ”
Zhao Qingyu also nodded again and again after listening, his brain instantly sobered up from his annoyance, and echoed, "What the chief of staff said is right, our mission this time is completely different from before, so we don't need to pursue the number of enemies killed, as long as we firmly hold Tashan, it will be considered a great achievement." ”