Chapter 234: Eleven Smash Method
Another attack by the Jin army was repulsed, and the defenders on Tower Hill quickly began to get busy again.
As more and more Houjin troops converged, the pressure on the Tashan defense line increased.
At the same time as the number of people increased, various types of artillery in Houjin were also slowly accumulated.
After several of the first artillery pieces to reach their destination were destroyed by the infantry guns of the defenders of Tower Hill, the enemy immediately learned the lessons of the previous battle and did not place the artillery in the open field again.
Later, the Jin army began to learn from the Huaxia army to dig trenches and construct artillery positions with civil structures.
Although the enemy's artillery positions were very rudimentary due to the backwardness of civil engineering technology and the artillery rear system, after being bombarded by infantry several times and then modified several times, it was finally enough for the time being.
After all, there is only one 40mm caliber infantry gun on the entire Tashan defense line, and the effective range of this infantry gun weighing more than 100 kilograms is only half a kilogram and eight taels of the smoothbore cannon weighing more than 1,000 kilograms in Houjin.
In addition to the rate of fire and mobility, the 40mm caliber infantry gun was not much better than the imitation jack general smoothbore gun on the opposite side.
With the continuous bombardment of various artillery pieces of the Houjin army, the earthen wall built in front of the trenches on the front line has become full of holes, and then large sections began to collapse.
The collapse of the breastwork had long been expected by Zhao Qingyu.
This kind of loose earth low wall improvised by grabbing the captives is very unreliable.
Fortunately, the captives had been filled with sandbags and placed in the wide passages around the trenches.
After repelling another Houjin attack, the soldiers did not care about resting, licking their dry and cracked lips, and spontaneously filled their shooting bunkers with sandbags.
Any soldier of the Huaxia Army who has been trained as a recruit knows that the degree of cover for the shooter in the firing position is directly related to the safety of the soldiers' own lives in battle.
The Huaxia army tried to reduce the amount of masonry and wood around the trench as much as possible, and if they had to use these materials, they would either bury them deep in the soil layer or put them dozens of meters away from the trench.
This is also the experience of the war, the artillery of the Houjin army, fired solid bullets, this kind of ammunition on the personnel in the trench is very unsatisfactory.
However, the kinetic energy of this solid bullet is very large, once it encounters masonry or wood in the middle, the solid bullet with poor aerodynamic shape will instantly tear apart the hard material object in front of it.
The scattered fragments of masonry and wood were simply flowering bullets, and their lethal effect on personnel far exceeded those of solid bullets.
Therefore, for the sake of their own lives, the warriors would remove as many large pieces of stone or wood as possible in their leisure time when repairing the defensive lines that had been built before.
"Masking."
With a high-pitched shout, the defenders of Tower Hill, who had been slowly resting the defensive line, immediately quickly burrowed into the trench and retracted their heads, as if they were conditioned reflexes.
Sure enough, in less than 10 seconds, on the opposite position of the Houjin army, the artillery began to bombard again.
And the infantry artillery, which was almost depleted of shells, was silent and did not move.
This time, it seems that the commander of the Houjin army has changed again, as the intensity of the enemy's attack has increased again.
The overseer team composed of the new batch of Eight Banners who had just completed the task exchange with their predecessors was also even more fierce and cruel.
From time to time, some of the Slower Goryeo Guns were cut to the ground, and a few fleeing Goryeo soldiers were tied up by Tartars and dragged by war horses to gallop in front of the group of troops before the attack.
After running a lap, the dragged Goryeo soldier was already a blur of flesh and blood, and he could barely see his human form.
This round of cruel methods severely shocked the Korean bird gunners who were about to attack.
However, this alone is not enough, there is never a lack of blood in the war, and the Jurchens are also afraid of causing resistance, so some Jurchens, with the assistance of interpreters, lectured to the Goryeo people.
Zhao Qingyu waved his hand and beckoned a former Goryeo soldier in his team, of course, the current kingdom, there is no nationality, no matter everyone, all of them are Chinese.
Zhao Qingyu asked softly, "What is that guy on the other side called?" Is it Korean? ”
The warrior listened for a moment and nodded clearly, "That's right, it's Goryeo, but it seems to be a southern dialect, which is a little different from our northern dialect, and I can't understand it accurately." ”
Zhao Qingyu smiled and comforted, "It doesn't have to be so accurate, you just need to tell me what the Tartar on the other side is talking about." ”
"Well, the dog Tartar on the other side probably means that the group of soldiers in front of him, each of them has a family, and their family is all in the hands of their big gold. After the war, there will be a special person to count, and those who violate military law will also be sat in the family.
By the way, the Tartar also gave a death order, saying that this time the charge must enter our ranks, otherwise, the eleventh smash method will be executed. ”
"What is the Eleven Smash Method?"
"It's a cruel and ancient form of punishment. That is, when the people below failed to complete the orders of their superiors, one person was chosen out of every ten people from the ranks who retreated privately. ”
An officer of the 1502nd battalion smacked hard, "Damn Tartar, it's not good to fight, it's a set of tricks to play these tricks." ”
Another officer next to him shook his head and reassured, "Don't be angry, don't you already know the virtues of the Tartars, before the first year of the fire, before following the king to raise troops, weren't we also threatened by Houjin to fight." ”
"That's right, what's the use of being angry, find a way to completely destroy Houjin, and only then can it be regarded as a desperate trouble."
"Don't worry, one day, we will be able to eliminate the group of slave owners in the upper echelons of Houjin."
Just when everyone on the Tashan defense line was spitting on the barbaric and cruel combat methods of the Houjin army and chatting with each other, under the threat of death, those threatened cannon fodder in the Houjin army once again went to the battlefield.
Moreover, it is likely that the shouting of the Jurchens just now has an effect, and this group of cannon fodder has also shown far more tenacity than the previous waves of attackers.
Fortunately, the artillery of the Houjin army was very slow, and as long as the soldiers facing the enemy's muzzle position, under the orders of the officers observing with telescopes, they could avoid casualties to the greatest extent.
The rest of the fighters, who were not targeted by the enemy artillery, were able to safely hide in their bunkers and fire at the charging enemy troops.