Chapter 920: The Battle of Wudaogou (4)
"The last general!"
As soon as Chihe Maha's roar fell, a sturdy general flashed out from behind him and answered in a loud voice, this person was none other than Alda, the first brave general under Chihe Maha. ,:。
"You take two thousand, no, bring a thousand cavalry, pass through the right flank, and give Lao Tzu a direct smash into the enemy formation!"
Although he was stabbed by the heavy casualties of his soldiers and his eyes were reddened, but Chihe Maha was a great general, but he never 'messed up' and keenly perceived the gap in a battlefield, that is, the combination of the left wing of the Qing army and the middle route army, where the Qing army originally arranged more than a dozen 'strong' machine guns, but because of the war on the left flank. Fierce, nearly half of the machine guns have been transferred to the front, and now the defense is obviously not too sufficient, and only some of the cavalry are maneuvering behind to press the formation, but such a gap is not too big, and it is not difficult for the Qing army to fill it, once the large army is mobilized, it is difficult to hide the observation of those lookout posts in the Qing army camp, because of this, Chihe Maha only plans to send a small part of the 'elite' cavalry to sneak attack, in order to tear the Qing army's iron formation as soon as possible.
"Yes."
Arda is brave and brave, but he is not a brainless person, in the face of the Qing army's extremely powerful firepower projection ability, he really has no confidence to break into the enemy position alone with a thousand cavalry, at this time when he heard Chihe Maha so ordered, he couldn't help but hesitate, although he promised it, but his tone was obviously not very confident.
"Don't worry, the general will send a cavalry army to storm the left flank of Qinggou, so as to win a good opportunity for you to break the enemy, and go and prepare."
Chihe Maha can understand the worries in Alda's heart, not to mention Alda, that is, Chihe Maha himself was also shocked by the fierce firepower density of the Qing army, if it weren't for the great strategy of the big strategy Dun Dobu to force the attack, I am afraid that Chihe Maha would have led his troops to withdraw from the battlefield This has just started the war for more than an hour, and more than 6,000 soldiers have died on the spot. Even if he is unwilling, Chihe Maha can only fight hard, and because of this, Chihe Maha did not criticize Alda's cowardice, but patiently explained a sentence of "sex".
"Yes, the last general obeys!"
Hearing Chihe Maha's words, although the uneasiness in Alda's heart did not decrease slightly, he did not dare to delay it any longer, so he hurriedly responded, and went to the side to mobilize the troops and horses of the headquarters without mentioning it.
The bloody battle on the battlefield on the left flank was still continuing, although the Qing army had the upper hand, but with the passage of time, the battle situation gradually became a little unfavorable, first of all, the light infantry artillery was fired too often, the barrel had been red, and had to stop, and a group of artillerymen were busy cooling down the cannon with cold water, and then, the medium-sized anti-aircraft artillery also encountered the same problem, but the old artillery of the Dzungar army could still shoot a cannon from time to time because of the extremely slow rate of 'firing', although the Dzungar army only had a dozen cannons left'Gate', but for the dense formation of the Qing army, the lethality is not small, coupled with the Dzungar infantry army at any cost of round of strong attacks, the Qing army's casualties have gradually increased, the battle to the end of the day, Xiao Zhenshan's infantry five regiments have been killed and wounded more than 1,500 people, although it has annihilated nearly 9,000 Dzungar army, but for the left wing of the Dzungar army with 45,000 troops, it is far from the extent of breaking the muscles and bones, the battle has reached such a point, the pressure has undoubtedly been transferred to the side of the Qing army.
"Go, ask the division commander for help, the left flank is in an emergency, at least one regiment of troops is needed, go quickly!"
Seeing that the artillery could not play a role in a short period of time, and his own infantry continued to fall on the battlefield of such a bloody 'flesh' grinding plate, Xiao Zhenshan was a little unbearable, and he couldn't care about the shamelessness, so he roared angrily.
"Go, let the division commander quickly send reinforcements from a regiment!"
Not only Xiao Zhenshan is complaining, Chang Shancheng on the right wing is also calling for reinforcements, no side, he also encountered the same trouble as Xiao Zhenshan, the artillery turned off, no way, the new artillery 'fire' speed is super fast, and the firepower delivery is almost more than ten times that of the old artillery, but at the same time, the gun barrel is also easy to overheat, if the cannon is fired again at this time, then there is a threat of exploding, and without the strong support of artillery, relying on the infantry phalanx alone, if you want to block the Dzungar army's 'wave' higher than one ' Lang's desperate attack is obviously not an easy task, but fortunately, Chang Shancheng's department has destroyed more than 60 'gates' of the Dzungar Right Wing Army's new and old artillery before the cannon is extinguished, but even so, the casualties of the Qing army are not small, and if it continues like this, the right wing is afraid that it will not be able to resist, and in desperation, Chang Shancheng can only send a herald with a black face to find Yue Zhongqi to ask for reserves.
"There are no reinforcements, you can't stop it, come and see you!"
In the face of the two heralds who rushed to ask for help almost front and back, Yue Zhongqi was unequivocal and gave a categorical answer that the reserve team was there, but Yue Zhongqi did not plan to send it out at this time, there was nothing else, the war had been going on for more than an hour, but the frontal Dastun Dobu had never been put into the attack, even if more than 20 pontoon bridges had been built, but the more than 70,000 Dzungar troops were just not over the river, and they just sent a small group of cavalry to provoke in front of the Qing army array. Yue Zhongqi had to prepare for the worst, and he refused to send out the only remaining reserve of more than 7,000 at this time.
"What? There are no reinforcements, damn it, order a regiment of cavalry to fill the gap in the battle line! ”
Although the Qing artillerymen were already doing their best to cool down the artillery, at least for a quarter and a half of an hour, the artillery units were categorically unable to provide support to the infantry troops. Shooting', even if the Qing army's intensive firepower killed and wounded countless people, but still fight to the death, often the previous infantry team is exhausted, the latter infantry team will make up, such a high-intensity fight down, the casualties of the Qing army on the left flank have unconsciously exceeded the two thousand cordon line, although most of the soldiers are only wounded, only seven or eight hundred people died in the battle, but such a serious attrition has threatened the stability of the overall front, this heard the news that the herald brought back no reinforcements, Xiao Zhenshan was anxiously red-eyed, After scolding angrily, he could only reluctantly order the cavalry used as a reserve to be transferred to the front line and temporarily used as an infantry.
The cavalry and machine guns in the hands of the Qing cavalry are special weapons, and the standard weapons used by the infantry army are not universal, and the power is obviously much smaller, of course, for the current almost melee 'shooting' scene, the difference is not very big, with a thousand cavalry holding guns on the front line, the original shaky 'want' battle line is temporarily stabilized, but this stability obviously has a lot of hidden dangers, the Qing army's counterattack force and mobile combat power have been significantly weakened a lot.
"Order, the cavalry on the left flank will attack, and you will not be allowed to retreat!"
Chihe Maha is a veteran of the battle, although he is not too familiar with the battle of this modern firearms unit, but the ability to grasp the fighter is not bad at all, since he found that the Qing army's artillery was extinguished, there was still some doubt, but when he saw that the Qing army transferred the cavalry standing behind the formation to the front line as an infantry, Chihe Maha's heart immediately settled down, and decided that the Qing army's artillery unit must have gone wrong, and refused to let go of such a good opportunity to break the enemy, and roared and gave the general order.
"Woo, woo, woo......"
General Chihe Maha gave an order, and several trumpeters who were waiting on his side blew the horn vigorously, and conveyed the order to the cavalry cluster that had been waiting on the left side of the battlefield for a long time, and in an instant, five thousand Dzungar cavalry roared out of the formation, and rushed wildly towards the Qing army's position outside Lixu like a whirlwind.
"Ride a brigade to attack and block the thief cavalry!"
As soon as he saw the posture of the Dzungar cavalry rushing up, Xiao Zhenshan clearly knew that his infantry phalanx would inevitably be unable to block the impact of this 'wave' cavalry without the effective support of artillery, and in desperation, he could only order the remaining 2,000 cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Brigade to be sent up.
"Ride a brigade, all of them, get on the horse, follow me, kill the thief!"
The battle has been fought for an hour and a half, but except for a regiment that was sent to the infantry line, the rest of the soldiers of the first cavalry brigade have always been idle, and the brigade commander Ke Luntai has been waiting for a long time.
"Kill the thief, kill the thief, kill the thief!"
The 1st Cavalry Brigade is the most 'elite' unit in the Qing Army's cavalry army, although it was lost nearly half of the battle in the Sanchuan Battalion of Banuan in early June, it was quickly replenished, all the selected recruits were selected from the two cavalry corps, and the combat effectiveness and fighting will were the crown of the whole army.
"Grenades, throw!"
In the case of such cavalry hedging, the rifle and even the revolver that all the officers and soldiers are equipped with is obviously not very applicable, but it is an occasion when such sharp weapons as grenades play a miraculous effect, and there is no need to command at all, all the soldiers who attack are holding knives in their right hands, as for the left hand, they have already held a grenade, and the rope is wrapped around the fingers. Like a downpour, it smashed ...... the surging Dzungar cavalry.