The smoke and dust from the explosion of aerial bombs, the gunpowder smoke from the detonation of black powder from rifles, the thick fog from smoke bombs, grenades, grenades, muskets of the Houjin army, burning tents, and so on, together formed a thick smoke that began to permeate the entire Houjin army's baggage camp.

Faced with a sudden air strike, at the beginning, the Houjin Tartars panicked.

However, after all, as the main combat force of the Later Jin Army, the Jurchen Tartars have relatively thick nerves, and the harsh military laws of the Later Jin Army also constrain them.

Therefore, soon, under the pressure of a small number of cavalrymen, swords, guns, bows and arrows, with the genuine Jurchens as the core, there were teams in the camp that began to assemble.

It's a pity that they didn't expect that the "giant birds" in the sky and the bombs in their claws have not yet been projected.

As smoke bombs were fired into the large group of enemy forces gathered together, the albatross continued to dive down.

In the intermittent sound of violent explosions, the first few build-ups of the Houjin army were scattered by powerful aerial bombs, after which the entire camp was thrown into disarray.

The people and recruits in the Houjin Army, because they were too timid to run around, could only be flickered and pressed by the officers and veterans, and constantly launched a counter-charge towards the 1601 battalion in a scattered formation, and then were shot to the ground one by one.

The rest of the veterans have realized that something is wrong, and they know that the Houjin army has completely fallen into a disadvantage, so they have begun to look for a "way to live".

In the feudal army, the veterans who were able to survive several major battles, except for a few cases of bad luck and strong individual combat ability, most of them were extremely eye-catching old fritters.

These veterans, observing words and expressions is their most basic ability to ensure survival.

Seeing that the soldiers of Huaxia Kingdom were constantly stabbing out with bayonet rifles, and no "corpse" was ruthless, they knew that this time, the Huaxia Army would not take prisoners.

Since there was no hope of surrender, some veterans who had some prestige among the veterans immediately began to fan the flames and incite the soldiers to set fires in the camp.

Setting fire to their own camp is a good way for veterans to save their lives in the war.

No matter what era it is, the war is fought in terms of comprehensive national strength, and comprehensive national strength, in addition to population, that is, depending on the respective economy.

After the industrial age, there is no doubt that the most important material in the army is guns and ammunition.

Before the industrial age, it is not necessary to say that the most important material was food.

In the current war, even in the eyes of the post-gold Tartars who are committed to robbery, food is the most precious thing.

The Houjin Tartar soldiers still can't forget the famine that came out a few years ago because of Nurhachi's nonsense.

Therefore, as long as the battle is lost, the veteran oilers will burn the food in their camps in order to save their lives.

Of course, it is not to directly and completely destroy the granary with a fire, which can only completely provoke the anger of the Huaxia army, so that the veterans of the Houjin army will lose the possibility of escaping.

Therefore, the Houjin army generally put a few fires in some places that look very conspicuous.

These flames, if not rescued, will rise rapidly, but it is impossible to burn all the grain and grass in a short time.

If the invading enemy forces want to keep the food, they must organize manpower to put out the fire.

In the eyes of the veterans of the Houjin Army, even if the invading Huaxia Army was not short of food, it was impossible for the soldiers under them to watch the food being burned.

In troubled times, food is much more useful than silver in vain, and it is a good thing that can improve the lives of the soldiers' families and even save lives.

The Houjin army believed that in the face of almost free food, it was absolutely impossible for ordinary soldiers in this era to leave it alone.

As long as the Huaxia Army invests manpower to fight fires or rush to transport food, then it must divide the strength of the main battle.

At this time, the veterans will naturally be able to calmly escape from the war zone and save their lives.

Unfortunately, this time, the enemy guessed wrong.

If the recruits of the ordinary infantry battalion of the Huaxia Army come to fight, there is a slight possibility that there will be some riots to rescue food.

However, this time the Huaxia Kingdom came to the 16th Reconnaissance Battalion of the 1601st Special Service Regiment.

As one of the elite units of the Royal Army, this battalion ranks among the top in the whole army in terms of salaries and various subsidies, and the monthly food and salary they receive can fully ensure that their whole family can live a well-to-eat and even prosperous life.

At the same time, strict discipline and the number of veterans and non-commissioned officers who occupy the majority and have excellent ideas have extremely strong control over the grassroots level, which is absolutely beyond the imagination of the Later Jin Army.

Therefore, these little tricks of the old fritters of the post-gold tartars have not been realized at all.

The soldiers of the 1601st Battalion, the battalion headquarters company, the first reconnaissance company, and the second reconnaissance company, relying on strong firepower and close cooperation, squeezed the space of the Houjin Army from the east, south, and north in the enemy camp.

When the seventh counterattack of the Houjin army was dispersed, and even those hardcore Houjin Tartars had lost their fighting spirit, the enemy troops in the entire Tashan camp, led by the few remaining Jurchens in the camp, fled to the west.

Looking at the enemy's distant back, the commander of the 1601 battalion issued an order "not to pursue".

The battalion commander immediately summoned the officers in the battalion and convened an emergency operational meeting.

"Organize manpower as soon as possible and start forming defensive positions."

"In front of the enemy camp, burn all trees and grass within 500 meters that obstruct the view."

"There is not enough time for us to dig a trench, so we will use the antlers made by the enemy as a basis and spread a barbed wire fence 200 meters in front of the position."

"Antlers and fences are not enough, I think in order to prevent the barbed wire from being pulled away at will, wooden stakes should be buried in some important areas as the core of the whole section."

"Also, in front of and behind the barbed wire, and in some of the remaining passages, mines should be planted and minefields should be established."

"But we're not in the habit of carrying mines."

"No, the engineer platoon of the battalion headquarters company, based on the experience of many previous battles, has always carried a [broadsword] with the vehicle. There are at least 20 pieces. ”

"[Broadsword]? It's absolutely ferocious, and it's definitely very useful in this kind of defensive battle. ”

"Okay, if you have any suggestions, hurry up and bring them up, we don't have much time. The enemy's large army may turn around and flee at any time. ”

"Yes, we have blocked the enemy's way of life, and next, it will definitely be a vicious battle, everyone should not be modest, if there are any tricks, say it, and everyone will refer to it together."

"I think the most urgent task now is to report the situation here to the General Command.

Explain our difficulties and the huge number of enemy troops, and hope that the general command can arrange for reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible. ”

"That's right, it's a priority. The faster reinforcements come, the lighter our burden will be. To tell the truth, with one of our disgruntled battalions, it is absolutely impossible to hold back the onslaught of 30,000 enemy troops.

If the reinforcements come late, I'm afraid we will have to collect the corpses.

It's okay if we're dead, but there's no way to finish the mission. ”

"Correspondent."

"Here."

"Draft an expedited report and send it to headquarters as quickly as possible."

"Yes."

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