Chapter Seventy-Two: Internal Response
Just north of Wende, a mile outside the city wall, all the men and horses of Chen Xinjun waited quietly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Chen Xinjun was directly opposite the gatehouse in the north at this time.
Because of the siege of the city, in order to deal with the street fighting, Chen Xin has temporarily readjusted the grouping.
In a company-level unit consisting of a killer platoon and a firearms platoon, the two platoons are mixed, that is, all the pure killer platoon and the pure firearms platoon are exchanged for half of each person. In the past, a killer platoon had 5 killer squads, but now there are 3 killer squads and 2 firearms squads, and the same is true for the firearms platoon, but it has become 2 killer squads and 3 firearms squads.
The platoon commanders of each company had informed all personnel of the precautions for the operation of the temporary establishment long before the break.
Chen Xin whispered, "Now make the last battle briefing."
After the city of Wendeok was breached, most of the starving people in North Korea had already gone to the southern countryside yesterday after coercing the people of the city;
At present, there are more than 14,000 Korean hungry people in the city, of whom less than 2,000 are young and strong between the ages of 14 and 45, and the rest are old and weak;
I arranged for the inner responders, who would open the north gate at dawn, and they would wear red scarves, remembering not to be injured by mistake;
When the time comes, I will take all the combat units directly under the headquarters and go straight to the enemy's command structure along the main road;
Zachdan, you take the first squadron, intersperse along the small streets, break up the organized resistance along the way, and after reaching the south gate, flexibly block the enemy, I don't need those little minions, but you must solve the leader of the Korean rebels who passed through the south gate
Dachun, you take the second squadron, and I will strengthen the transport company to your squadron, and you are responsible for steadily advancing from north to south to clear the enemy forces in the city.
Tong Ziyuan, your cavalry company is a ranked unit to hold the west, and your task is to intercept and kill the large and small leaders who are scattered and fleeing for me, and disperse the enemy who has fled into formations; ”
Chen Xin saw that the officers clearly understood, and then said, "After entering the city, everyone should take the drum tower as a reference and don't deviate from the direction."
When fighting, you should pay attention, wait for the firearm to be fired, and then go up to fight, and blow the whistle when you need to rescue. ”
Unconsciously, a cat came out of the two-zhang high city wall, rushed to Chen Xin's feet, put down the letter paper in his mouth, and began to sell cute and begging for dried fish.
Chen Xin didn't have the time to pay attention to this little guy, and while picking up the letterhead, he instructed the guards to take care of Meow.
At this time, the sky lit up instantly, and the city gate slowly opened, Chen Xin saw the agreed mark drawn on the letterhead, and his heart was determined, and he led the guard platoon, the reconnaissance platoon, and the first platoon of the engineer company (combat engineer platoon), a total of less than 100 people, galloping into the city.
The rest of the procession into the city entered on foot behind.
Chen Xin led his men to gallop wildly and rushed straight to the enemy's command structure.
The road was quiet, only the sound of horses' hooves resounded through the street, and Chen Xin complained at the same time, "How can you lose when the enemy's high-level leaders are all their own people?" Waiting online, it's in a hurry. ”
The place where the falcon hovers in the sky with an eye on the side - the county guard's house.
There were all the commanders of this group of starving Koreans and their cronies, more than 200 North Korean officers and soldiers who had fled from Pyongyang.
These few people who tried in vain to pull away the team and go it alone were all North Korean military attaches who had been dispersed before, and because they were afraid that they would be punished if they returned, they simply joined the guerrilla detachment when they declared themselves "righteous troops" and tore up the flag to rebel. Unexpectedly, after just a few battles with more wins and fewer tailwinds, I began to get carried away and wanted to stand on my own.
There were only more than 14,000 "Korean rebels" in the silent city at this time, and these rebels who had no organization and discipline at all were scattered in all corners of the city, groups of three or five, more than a dozen groups, and at this time the sound of galloping horses' hooves disturbed their dreams, and suddenly all kinds of Korean curses kept coming from everywhere, but no one got up to check.
The cavalrymen who followed Chen Xin galloping all the way tensed their nerves along the way, for fear that a group of Koreans would suddenly rush out, and nearly a hundred galloping war horses might suddenly collide with each other and end up together.
The reconnaissance platoon, composed of 30 people with the best equestrian and archery skills in the whole army, was at the forefront, and they were not worried about the horses colliding together, but they also beat the drum in their hearts, and if they woke up the Koreans, they blocked the streets in front and back, and hundreds or thousands of birds and gunners came to shoot a salvo, and they would be here to explain their own people.
In this way, there was no North Korean who showed his head to watch, and everyone's hearts slowly calmed down, looking at Chen Xin rushing in front of the team, everyone was full of admiration, and couldn't help but praise, "The commander-in-chief is really wise and brave." ”
All the way unhindered, a hundred steps away from the county guard's mansion, Chen Xin whistled and ordered the horses to slow down.
In a slow deceleration, most of them stopped 30 paces away from the gate of the county guard.
The reconnaissance platoon, led by Lakshin, continued to trot forward, and when they were 20 paces away from the gate, they raised their bows and shot arrows together.
Suddenly, in front of the gate of the county guard's mansion, the soldiers guarding the gate and several small leaders who came out to check the movement were shot and killed on the spot, and then the horses were close to the high wall of the county guard's mansion, and several people worked together to climb the high wall and occupy the commanding heights.
After that, the 30 of them began to take turns wearing armor.
Taking advantage of this time, the others also took off their armor from the horses that were carrying the supplies and began to put them on.
There is no way, if you wear thirty or forty pounds of armor, then it is impossible to ride a horse and gallop, after all, what everyone is riding now is not an authentic war horse, but just a horse collected from the Korean people, if it is according to the speed of the cavalry charge, then by the time it arrives, the enemy may have run out long ago.
Therefore, in order to achieve the decapitation tactic, these nearly 100 people transferred all the horses of the whole army except for the cavalry company, two people and three horses, to complete this raid.
The screams at the door had already attracted the attention of the people inside, and the soldiers who were the first to enter the courtyard at the front immediately rushed out, but they were killed by the strong bows and heavy arrows of the reconnaissance platoon, and the rest immediately shrank back.
The noise of screaming and shouting kept coming from inside, and it seemed that all the enemies in the house should be awake by now.
Chen Xin and the others had already put on their armor, and more than 30 people in the guard platoon formed a tight shield array, and the steel shield was specially polished, and the surface was shiny, which was very intimidating.
The combat engineer platoon followed, holding flintlock muskets in their hands, grenade bags hanging from their waists, and several people carrying explosive bags weighing up to 20 pounds.
Under the cover of the reconnaissance platoon, everyone rushed into the first courtyard, and more than a dozen enemies saw Chen Xin and others rushing in, and immediately fled backwards.
Chen Xin was not in a hurry to catch up, and secretly glanced at the second courtyard from the low wall next to the side door, and immediately retracted his head.
"Class 1, get on the grenade, and greet the courtyard over there with all your might. The guard platoon is ready to charge. At the sound of the order, the 1st squad of combat engineers retreated some distance, and after pulling the strings to run, they threw a half-pound grenade with all their might.
In order to lose weight, the grenade, which did not have many fragments, drew a perfect arc and fell into the courtyard of the second entrance.
The guard platoon was ready, and after a series of explosions, it rushed in through the side door.
The second time they entered the courtyard, dozens of bird-gunners who had been waiting for them were blown up by a small half of the violent grenades, and more people were frightened by this sudden blow.
Before they could react, the guard platoon charged to the front with steel shields, and the shiny steel shields covered the stabbing and retraction of an infantry knife.
Blood splattered, and all the enemy soldiers standing in the front row fell.
A few North Korean soldiers in the back row seemed to be awakened by the blood spurting out, and they reflexively fired the bird guns in their hands.
Lead bullets struck the steel shields of the seven guards, and the force of the impact slammed the men into a stumbling ground and falling to the ground.