Chapter 468: Gunsmoke
The two sides are shooting at each other back and forth.
The Huaxia Army sent out the soldiers of the special service platoon, only a few dozen people, and they were also scattered and shot in a skirmish line, so the gunpowder smoke here was still small, and the view was not blocked by the smoke.
The Later Jin Army was different, because of their large numbers and the large number of firearms during the salvo, now their front of the formation was completely filled with gunsmoke.
As the rumbling muskets sounded, the musketeers of Wuzhen Chaoha continued to create new gunsmoke.
Therefore, in the field of vision of the soldiers of the special service platoon, they could only vaguely see a series of extremely blurred figures in the enemy array.
When the vision is not clear, he can only roughly shoot at the smoke created by the Houjin army.
After a whole round of firing, there was a scattered red light in the smoke on the opposite side, which could be used as a target for guiding shots.
However, just after the end of this first round of shooting, the follow-up shots of the Houjin Army became longer and longer, and not a single lead bullet was fired for a long time.
Even in the array of the Houjin army, there was the fire of the barrel of the musket from time to time, which caused the screams of the surrounding area.
After the Jin infantry array was pinned to the spot by the rifle salvo of the fighters of the two special service platoons, the four infantry guns took the opportunity to increase the rate of fire. They were shooting at a fixed angle, continuously.
Several different types of ammunition made a rapid whistling sound, marking holes in the thick smoke in front of the array, and then continuously smashed into the arrays of the two Later Jin Han Army troops.
Inside the smoke, where the shells were hit, the cries shook the sky like frightened animals.
The lieutenant, who had seen that the situation on the other side was not right, suggested to the commander of the cavalry battalion that a special platoon be sent out to block the enemy, and moved again.
He rode the horse assigned to him, and once again ran quickly in front of his battalion commander, and loudly suggested to the cavalry battalion commander.
"Battalion commander, the so-called Wuzhen Chaoha on the other side is completely a miscellaneous army, compared to those Tartar Zhenyi of the Houjin Eight Banners, but it is far behind, in this case, as long as we send two companies to rush over, these Houjin miscellaneous soldiers will definitely break and flee."
This time, the cavalry battalion commander was diametrically opposed to the previous performance when he fought with the Duoduo headquarters, he shook his head firmly and said, "No, our battalion must ensure the safety of the ferry, this is a strict order issued by the brigade headquarters."
After letting two companies attack, only two companies of our battalion were left to defend at the ferry crossing. With the Houjin cavalry waiting for an opportunity to raid all around, I must not have made such a risky decision. ”
The lieutenant again persuaded, "But, battalion commander, the cavalry of the Tartars has already gone in the southern direction, and it is likely that they will not return in a short time."
As long as we can take advantage of this time and quickly defeat the two Houjin infantry in the north, then who else can threaten the ferry of our defense?
There are two infantry companies left here, which is more than enough to hold this place.
Battalion commander, on the other side are all good heads sent to us by the Tartars, as the old saying goes, Tianyu will not take it but take the blame! ”
The cavalry battalion commander was really resolute this time, and shook his head again, "Absolutely not, although the cavalry of the Tartars has run south, it has always remained in the field of vision of our army, and at the speed of the cavalry, it will not take much time to rush back."
Moreover, it is impossible for me to gamble with the speed of the enemy's cavalry to reinforce, and the infantry array of the Houjin Army on the opposite side, under the attack of our army, only has the possibility of collapse, and I can't really be sure.
Now, we have more than 100 dead and wounded, and there are less than 700 people left in the battalion who can fight, and I absolutely cannot risk the lives of more than 700 comrades.
I order you to return to your command position as soon as possible, and not to run around like an unorganized and undisciplined merchant who walks through the villages and alleys. ”
The lieutenant was really a little crazy, he thought that the good time for victory was just around the corner, but the commander was just not willing to take a little risk, which made him very angry.
He took another rough breath, rolled his eyes, stood up and saluted, turned around and returned to the position where his company was.
At this moment, the lieutenant ran before his eyes a group of soldiers with armbands of the reconnaissance battalion, all of whom carried flintlock muskets on their backs, and in their hands they also carried hard bows.
Looking at the system of bows and arrows, it should have been picked up from the Houjin Tartar archers who were eliminated before.
The lieutenant knew that these scouts were the most slippery, and it seemed that they had found a bargain to pick up here, so they came running.
The enraged lieutenant shouted enviously to a familiar officer among the scouts.
"Old knife, you guys are fucking refreshing enough, you can fight wherever you want, and if you get a big fish after fighting, remember to touch me with a souvenir."
The old knife turned his head to look at it, and immediately recognized this lieutenant who had a hot temper and had been punished many times, grinned at the other party, nodded and agreed, and then accelerated his pace again, and hurried to the location of the special agent platoon.
However, because of the particularity of the reconnaissance battalion, they have a greater degree of freedom, so they even surpassed the position of the special service platoon and approached a little closer to the direction of the Houjin army.
Until he was about 100 meters away from the enemy, he began to shoot continuously at the enemy with the strong bow in his hand.
When the round of rapid fire was completed and they felt that their physical exertion was relatively large, they quickly switched to the flintlock pistol on their backs and began to shoot at the Houjin army with the flintlock pistol again.
This is the reason why muskets, which are extremely inaccurate, can still be equipped on a large scale and gradually begin to replace the strength of bows and arrows.
The lieutenant glanced enviously at the soldiers of the special service platoon and reconnaissance battalion who were fighting happily in front, turned around indignantly, and looked in the direction of the south again.
The post-Kinbaja who had been sent out by Dodor to carry out the harassment mission also seemed to be afraid of their own rifles, and they were far away from 200 meters away, throwing light arrows from afar with their hands.
At this distance, light arrows were used, and the accuracy can be imagined, most of the feather arrows began to flutter around in the second half of the distance, and they fell to the ground before they even reached the location of the array of the Huaxia Army.
"Even Baya Ladu looks like a bear, it seems that the Tartars are indeed frightened, and now our army can definitely defeat those Houjin infantry in the north with a casual charge.
As long as you find the angle of the attack, you can let the defeated troops flee in the direction of the more than 200 cavalry who pressed the rear Jin army array in the north.
These more than 200 Houjin cavalry, no more than 300 people, once blocked by the rout, will not be able to exert the powerful impact of the cavalry.
Having defeated the Houjin infantry in the north, we can smoothly force the Tartar cavalry from the south to block the return of the left flank of our brigade.
In this way, in the same way, the reinforcements on the left flank of our brigade can smoothly keep up, and the left and right flanks will flank the Houjin army together, and the victory rate will be greater. ”