Chapter 111: Capture the Cannon
This time, the Jin army entered the mountain, which was just a feint, and after several years of killing and looting, their logistics were already fragile, and it was impossible to supply the consumption of the 80,000-strong army for a long time.
This is why, when it is clear that an army of 80,000 would be more effective when it is better to act together, the enemy army only sent 30,000 troops into the mountain.
In this case, it is simply impossible for the enemy army to bring too many people, and if the food supply is not sufficient, it will only add to the burden.
Therefore, when the people on the side of the Houjin army were defeated for the third time, the Jiala Ezhen led by the Houjin army was really unable to order the slaughter of the remaining people.
So, at the signal of the Tartar officer, the surviving folk finally got a chance to rest.
However, although Minfu retreated, the attack would not stop, and until now, he had not figured out how many people there were in front of the Huaxia army that had occupied his retreat.
Most importantly, what was the purpose of the Huaxia Army to capture this place?
With a calm face, Ala's face was calm, and he gave a new order.
Then, the bannermen of the Jurchen Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army under his command brandished swords and spears and began to drive the Goryeo Bird Men forward.
And the heavy artillery, which was ready to shoot, also began to wield.
Manipulating heavy artillery is a very troublesome thing, especially the heavy artillery mount in the Houjin aspect is very old, and it is even more difficult to adjust.
In the 20 minutes that Minfu had just charged, this heavy artillery could be regarded as having completed the preparations before launch.
As the Goryeo gunners did not advance, the heavy artillery fired the first shell of the day.
A stone bullet with a very irregular shape spun and was launched, and after flying through a space of 700 meters, it smashed violently on the fence of the camp left behind by the Houjin army. In the sawdust flying, a thick log without dry shade was smashed to pieces.
Unfortunately, this shell did not cause any harm to the soldiers of the 1601 battalion.
As early as the previous hour, the fighters of the reconnaissance battalion had already dug their individual bunkers in a place of dozens of meters in front of the fence.
In addition, some soldiers who had spare time also expanded to both sides, forming sections of primary trenches.
The Houjin army, which did not have grenade bombs, explosive bombs, and flowering bombs, relied on solid bullets tightly, and it was really difficult to hit the soldiers who were burrowed into the trenches.
The artillery of the Houjin army was firing one after another, and the Korean bird gunners were approaching step by step. However, this time, the fighters of the reconnaissance battalion did not shoot at long distances.
Just now, the people were shot because the people were carrying soil and stones, which would cause harm to the barbed wire, and now, a group of birds, hehe.
The reconnaissance battalion, which has fought in an old battle, has long formed a tacit understanding.
This time, it is ready to bring the enemy closer, exert maximum firepower, and complete the "bluff" order issued by the superiors.
The distance between the two sides is constantly shortening.
At 300 meters, the enemy's Furlong guns began to set up positions, joining the heavy artillery fire that was still bursting.
The round projectiles kept smashing on the fence behind the reconnaissance battalion's position, smashing holes one after another, and the logs that did not dry in the shade made bursts of sizzling sounds, and from time to time, puffs of green smoke came out.
The reconnaissance battalion has been holding back without impulse.
When the enemy finally came to the barbed wire fence and the shield cart was stopped in its way, there was a rapid whistle in the trench.
More than 150 fighters collectively peeked their heads out of the trench, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at targets at a distance of 200 meters.
However, it was not these riflemen who fired first, but grenade launchers.
With a somewhat muffled tom, flowers exploded near a few threatening Fran cannons on the opposite side.
In the collision of steel and steel, it became clear that a grenade of 40mm caliber, loaded with expensive high-explosive charges, had the absolute upper hand.
Even if the cannon doesn't hit directly, the air wave from the high-explosive shell is enough to reimburse anyone within a 5-meter radius of the gun.
Without the gunner's artillery, it was nothing more than a fleet of scrap metal.
In the first round of firing, all enemy artillery that entered within a distance of 300 meters was reimbursed.
And the riflemen quickly pulled the sleeve, and the projectiles that were emitted continuously also caught the enemy by surprise.
Almost in 5 seconds, a single round of shooting was over.
Suddenly, there was silence on the battlefield.
Only the smoke of gunpowder was left, covering everything just now.
The shooting of the reconnaissance battalion just now was too fast, and when the soldiers had all returned to the trenches, the arquebus shots in the hands of the Goryeo gunners were too late.
More than 2,000 Korean bird gunners fired lead bullets in three shots, most of which flew away and disappeared.
Only a small part, with a pop, burrowed into the earthen ramparts in front of the trench.
In a trench on the flank, the commander of the second company kept loading the rifle with ammunition in his hand, and on the other hand, he looked away from the periscope, and joked with a smile: "The Tartars are sending us lead bullets, and after the war, we will catch the prisoners and let them sift through the soil, maybe, our battalion will have a year's ammunition, and we won't have to trouble the logistics department." ”
Deputy Hu Lian had already turned the ammunition, and said loudly at this time, "Everyone is quick with their hands and feet, destroy the enemy as soon as possible, and we can also save the lead from the mound and capture it directly from the enemy, which is not much easier." ”
The warriors laughed when they heard this, and the movements in their hands were a little faster.
However, because the enemy was firing continuously, this time, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion did not dare to engage in the trick of launching a group of continuous fires just now.
With the orders of their respective squad leaders, everyone divided the time slots, and seized the opportunity to counterattack in the gap between enemy fires.
Although the fighters of the reconnaissance battalion fought relatively steadily because of the numerical inferiority, after all, the weapons were not of the same era, and the results of firing on both sides could be imagined.
On one side, there were almost zero casualties, and on the other side, outside the effective range of his musket, he was constantly being beaten by the other side.
With each salvo of the reconnaissance battalion, more than a hundred Koreans fell.
As the people around him continued to fall, the morale of the Goryeo soldiers and horses continued to decline.
In addition, the Houjin side used a front-loading arquebus, which had a delay when firing, and could shoot at most twice a minute.
The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion use the kingdom's latest pump-action rifles, which can reach a rate of fire of two seconds even if they are new after being loaded with eight bullets.
The two sides are no longer at the same level of technology.
As more and more people fell, the bullet pressure of the Eight Banners Commander in the rear of the enemy army had begun to waver.
Finally, as the top shooters set their sights on the Overseers, a chain reaction was triggered as one of the Jurchen Bashku fled.
Later, the Jin army finally collapsed.
It happened so suddenly that the fighters of the reconnaissance battalion were not mentally prepared.
Only the commander of the second company reacted the fastest, and after glancing around, he ordered in a resolute tone, "Rush up and leave that heavy cannon for me, even if you can't catch the gunner, you can't let the enemy take the cannon away." ”
Although the heavy artillery just now did not cause them any harm, it was really not a good experience to be pressed by the enemy outside their own firing range, if the next reinforcements could not arrive in a short time.
Or, if reinforcements arrive, but they don't carry heavy weapons, this heavy artillery, perhaps, can play some unexpected role.