Chapter 737: Pressing and beating
"I didn't expect that the artillery of the official army would be so indifferent...... It's only been a long time, and it's become a shrunken turtle......" Xiao Dan, the regiment commander who was still impressed by the sophisticated equipment of the new army of the imperial court just now, after seeing their bad Korea in the battle, a pair of eyes flashed out again with two mocking glances.
Now the battalion commander beside Xiao Dan followed up and added: "Regiment commander, this is not to blame them...... If I were the commander of the opponent's artillery, I would only be a turtle with a shrunken head in the face of a situation where I could only be beaten passively......"
Xiao Dan shook his head and replied: "Being a turtle with a shrunken head can indeed keep the artillery from being wiped out by us." However, once the officers and soldiers lose the cover and support of these red-coated cannons, their musketeers, in front of us, will only be left with passive beating......"
"If I were the commander of the opposing artillery, I would definitely change the tactics immediately. Since we can't beat our artillery, then hit our musketeers. And also learn from us, shoot a shot, change places......"
"In this way, no matter how powerful our artillery is, there is no way to determine the opponent's position and counterattack through a round of artillery fire from the opponent......."
The eyes of the battalion commander lit up, and he added: "In this way, the officers and soldiers will not only keep the artillery, but also provide some fire support to the infantry...... At that time, even if we can take Qingchuan County, we will pay an even heavier price......"
Then, the words of the first battalion commander changed and continued: "However, regiment commander, you are not the artillery commander of the other side, and the other party is not as bold as you...... And this provides us with an opportunity to win Qingchuan County in one fell swoop. ”
This time. The face of the head of the regiment, Xiao Dan. It just became hot.
After nodding in the affirmative. replied loudly: "You are right, the opportunity was given to us by the other party, and we must not let it go...... With the minimum casualties, we took down the Qingchuan County in front of us in one fell swoop. ”
After speaking, a trace of sternness appeared on Xiao Dan's face, and he looked at his subordinates who were looking at him at the same time, and decisively opened his mouth to order......
"I order, the remaining four companies of the second and third battalions. Jump into battle right away...... Artillery, intensify artillery strikes, cover the musketeers, blow open the gate of Qingchuan County, and enter the ...... of Qingchuan County"
When four companies of 600 musketeers suddenly joined the battle, a steady stream of lead bullets fired at the head of the city more than tripled......
Coupled with the fact that they fell from the sky, a steady stream of bullets killed them.
The defenders of the city, who had already suffered heavy losses, had to face even heavier losses at this moment......
watched his subordinates fall to the ground in pieces by the buckshot shot by the Haw Par Army.
However, the main force of the Haw Par Army stopped a hundred paces away. The lead bullets shot by yourself cannot kill the opponent at all without the slightest loss.
Now guard the general by his side a thousand generals. I couldn't help but shout: "General, the muskets of the Tiger and Par Army are really powerful...... They can hit us, but we can't beat them like this, and the thousands of musketeers under the command of the last general will be consumed......"
"Artillery battalion, why don't the red-coated cannons of the artillery battalion open fire...... There is also the Franc machine artillery on the city wall, why not shoot scattered shells to eliminate the attacking forces of the Haw Par Army...... Their attacking forces were obviously forcing us to counterattack with muskets, firing at their musketeers, depleting little by little our limited musketeers......"
Mr. Qian's roar and dissatisfaction, the guard general is very clear......
However, the guards at this moment have words of suffering......
There is not much to say about the artillery battalion with heavy losses, unless he personally rushed to the artillery battalion and forced the other side to open fire with a broadsword. Otherwise, they would have been so frightened by the artillery of the Haw Par Army that they would not dare to rise to the battlefield again.
As for the Franc machine artillery on the head of the city, it has already suffered heavy losses in the fire with the artillery of the Haw Par Army.
The remaining artillery and artillery, although not as shrunken turtles. However, they had been pinned down by the Haw Par Army artillery at the head of the city.
In addition to hiding behind the stomping, he aimlessly fired some solid cannonballs out of the city. He simply did not have the guts to show his body, readjust the muzzles of the artillery, and fire shells at the attacking troops of the Tiger and Panther Army......
Therefore, in the face of the questioning of his subordinates, all the defender could do was to order the musketeers to continue to hold on...... Concentrate as much firepower as possible to eliminate the Haw Par attacking forces. In this way, the limited musketeers of the defenders did not have to be exposed to the guns of the opponent's muskets......
Finally, under the anxious waiting of the defenders, more than 100 tiger and leopard troops who continued to launch tentative attacks on Qingchuan County all fell on the offensive road.
Still, their deaths were worth it.
Because they used their bodies as bait, forcing the defenders to fight back with muskets, exposing themselves to the Haw Par Musketeers.
In the end, more than 800 defender musketeers were killed directly by lead bullets......
There should have been more than 800 guards, and they didn't even see the shadow of the Haw Par Army, and they were killed by the Haw Par Army's flowering bombs......
Just when the Qingchuan guard subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and was about to readjust the deployment. The four musket companies of the 2nd, 3rd and 2nd battalions, which had just received the order to attack, arrived at the battlefield just in time......
This time, the Haw Par Army directly sent two companies to attack...... As for the remaining two companies, they were stopped a hundred paces away for fire cover......
In the face of a more dense attacking force, the defenders, who had just relaxed, became nervous again.
In order to hold the city wall and prevent the Haw Par Army from approaching the city wall, the defender had to send all his remaining forces to the city wall to counterattack......
However, just as the defenders were climbing the city wall, nine medium mortars that had lost their aim had already aimed their guns at the head of the city......
Mortars fired, and a steady stream of flowering shells falling on the city's head immediately became dense.
In addition, the oncoming lead bullets have more than doubled compared to just now...... The casualties of the defenders also increased.
Under these circumstances, the musketeers, who were constantly shooting lead bullets, slowly became panicked.
In order to survive, in order to avoid the lead bullets that are constantly flying towards the city...... In the course of the battle, if you can not show your body, you will not show your body.
In this way, the chances of them being hit by buckshot are much smaller.
However, since the body is not exposed when shooting, there is no way to aim. And this, directly directing zhì, the hit rate of their lead bullets, in a straight line, dropped sharply.
The attacking force of two companies, just like that, losing just over one platoon, rushed to a position less than fifty paces from the city walls......
At this time, the guards standing at the head of the city could clearly see that more than 200 Hubao musketeers had already taken out their grenades and were ready to throw grenades at the head of the city...... (To be continued......)