Chapter 993: Bloody Battle in Huai'an (2)
However, although the attack of the Manchurian elite cavalry was fierce, the Beijing camp army was not without the strength to fight back, the artillery battalion, the rocket battalion, plus the four musket battalions, the powerful firepower exerted a huge offensive pressure on the Manchurian elite cavalry, and under full firepower, the Manchurian elite cavalry wanted to rush up, and it was not so easy.
At the beginning, 10,000 Manchurian cavalry had to return under the powerful firepower of the Beijing camp, and now although the 20,000 Manchurian cavalry is more powerful, but because it is under the city, the space for this attack is more narrow, and it can only be attacked head-on, and it is more difficult to break through the defense.
In two quarters of an hour, on the battlefield, there are already hundreds of corpses, as for the wounded soldiers, there are countless wounded soldiers, Azig's forehead is blue and tendons jump high, they are all the elite main forces of Manchuria, such casualties, even if they defeat the Beijing camp, I am afraid that they will not have the strength to take Huai'an City and Nanjing City.
"Lord Wang, our artillery battalion has arrived!"
Just when Azig was anxious, a Niu Lu Zhangjing in the distance rushed up and said urgently.
"Okay, give the order, all the artillery battalions are put into battle and attack with all their might!"
Azig roared angrily.
More than 20 artillery pieces were all raised by Azgura and began to counterattack, although the number was not as large as the Ming army in the distance, but one shell fell on the position of the Beijing camp, and the pressure brought to the Beijing camp was obvious, at least, the musket battalion of the Beijing camp had no way to maintain the original dense formation, in that case, a shell fell, more than ten people would be killed and wounded.
"Your Majesty, the artillery of the Tartars is up!"
Xia Wanchun raised his eyebrows and said urgently.
Zhu Jie's face was indifferent, and he shouted: "What's the hurry!" Isn't it artillery? I saw it! Tell the musketeers, change the formation, each sentry musket battalion and two sentry infantry form a circle formation, the troops are scattered, and what about letting the Manchurian elite cavalry rush up? I want to see how he broke my formation! ”
Zhu Jie has long calculated, as a special forces, although the understanding of the world's military history is not particularly deep, but at least these most basic advanced tactics of each era are still very clear, what the Beijing army lacks is not combat power, but experience, as a new army with strict military discipline, as long as they can implement Zhu Jie's tactics, it will be difficult for Azig's army to take advantage, as long as enough space is left for musketeers, the cavalry can only drink under the musket!
Zhu Jie gave an order, the army began to change its formation, taking advantage of the gap between artillery and rocket blockade, the musket battalion began to merge one by one, and the four thousand musketeers formed forty circles on the position, scattered on the battlefield, with one hundred musketeers inside and two layers of infantry on the periphery, each circle was a distance of twenty or thirty zhang from each other.
Azig in the distance saw it clearly, and the corners of his mouth brought out a sneer, hehe, Zhu Jie's musketeers can't carry their own artillery, after all, it's a new army, and they are too timid, if their elite cavalry is equipped with such advanced muskets, they will definitely not be afraid of artillery bombardment, at least, there is no problem in holding on to half an hour in the face of artillery bombardment!
"Pass the order to go down and attack, their musketeers can't support it, in this battle, we must take the Beijing camp and capture Zhu Jie alive!"
Azig gave an order, the cavalry once again accelerated the speed of the attack, and charged towards the Beijing camp, there were no rapid-fire musketeers at the forefront, there was no dense bullet suppression, the speed of the cavalry impact was even faster, beyond the coverage of rockets and artillery, and the forward cavalry rushed into the position of the Beijing camp.
However, when a group of cavalry rushed to the position, they found that a bigger nightmare was waiting for them, the musket battalion did not collapse as Azig thought, but changed the formation, the original five rows of musket battalions, now it has become a circle formation, the musketeers inside are all surrounded by circles, the infantry on the periphery is also a circle, the outermost is the pikemen, one by one the tips of the guns are facing outward, standing abruptly, and there is a layer of swords inside, long knives out of the sheath, ready to attack, Behind the position, there were artillery and rocket battalions protected by infantry.
"Kill!"
With a wave of the saber in the hands of the cavalry generals in the vanguard, the cavalry began to charge one by one and launched an attack on the soldiers of the Beijing camp.
It's a pity that the Manchurian elite cavalry made a mistake, the musketeers of the people were hidden in the innermost, and if the cavalry wanted to assault, they needed to cross the pikemen and sword soldiers, but the musketeers in the middle were not wood, how could they stand stupidly and not fight back?
Under the cover of pikemen and sword soldiers, the musketeers are full of firepower, shooting desperately, the original distance is at least one or two hundred paces, and the accuracy of shooting cannot be guaranteed, and it is good to be able to hit a cavalry with a hundred bullets, but now it is different, the distance between the two is only dozens of paces, and the nearest one is even less than ten steps, such a distance, if the musketeers are not able to aim and shoot, take them and wait to go home to buy tofu.
Bang bang bang......
The sound of muskets was like bursting beans, and one by one the cavalry was shot and turned over and fell off their horses.
The generals who commanded the attack of the forward cavalry did not dare to slack off, shouting and commanding the cavalry to launch an attack on the circle formation on the position, one by one the cavalry collided with the outermost pikemen, and many Beijing infantry died under the impact of the cavalry, however, the cavalry was also stabbed to death by the spears, and the most fatal thing is that the musketeers were ten steps away from the periphery of the circle formation, even if the cavalry broke through the spears, there were still swords waiting for the outer layer, and if you want to break in, where is it as easy as you imagined? Before he could leap into the circle, he was already put down by the musketeers.
Yes, Azig brought 20,000 elite cavalry, but it is impossible for all the 20,000 elite cavalry to rush up, and now there are only 1,000 cavalry on the position, although they are rampage on the position, and the momentum is not small, but the thousand cavalry is not enough to completely crush the forty circle formations, and as for the cavalry that surged up from behind, they had to rush up one by one, which completely became a refueling tactic!
One by one, the cavalry was sniped by the musketeers, and the casualties of the Manchurian elite cavalry this time were even more serious than the previous time!
"Fuck, herald, all the cavalry press on me! I must crush the defensive formation of the capital camp for me! Offensive! ”
Azig's face was pale, and he made up his mind, not waiting for any rainy weather, and today he would completely defeat the Beijing camp under the cover of artillery!