Author: Mrmumumuah

In fact, not many in the Ming Army were as good at martial arts as Chen Huacheng, especially the veteran elites like the Ming Army's Guards Regiment, the 1st Army Brigade, and the 7th Dragoon Brigade.

Although the Ming army is now downplaying the regional attributes of each brigade.

But because of the popularity of "Mandarin".

If the Guangfu soldiers from Guangdong and Jiangxi soldiers who shouted "Poke your mother" had not learned Mandarin, they might not be able to understand each other's words.

Therefore, at this stage, the regional attributes of each brigade are still very strong.

The 1st Army Brigade was formed from the Chaoshan dock workers who were originally in Batam, so the 1st Army Brigade was almost all "Chaoshan Warriors".

The three brigades of the Guards were composed of "Hakka warriors" composed of Emperor Zhu's Jiaying Prefecture fellows.

Since the 7th Dragoon Brigade is a team composed of elite hunters from various brigades, its origins are very complicated, but Hakka, Chaoshan, and Jiangxi soldiers account for the majority.

Several brigades of the Northern Expeditionary Corps were recruited from Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.

The Liaodong Corps was formed by the participation of poor people from Liangjiang River in the Liaodong military garrison.

This was a very common phenomenon in ancient times and even in modern times - otherwise soldiers would not be able to communicate with each other, and it would be difficult for superiors to transmit information to others, which would be too much of a delay.

Now, if we want to say that the Ming Dynasty organization that is most powerful in "promoting popularization" is the Ming Dynasty Navy - this is because the navy has a higher technical content than the army, and the literacy rate is relatively higher. It will be said that the Ming Dynasty is based on the "

There are also more people who use the "Mandarin" designated by the "Hongwu Zhengyun" - this kind of Mandarin actually has some accent differences from later generations of Mandarin, but modern people can basically understand it as long as they know Mandarin.

Therefore, the soldiers of the 7th Dragoon Brigade, who are mainly Hakka, Chaoshan, and Jiangxi people, are generally not as tall as the Eight Banners soldiers who are originally from the Northeast.

Moreover, strictly speaking, the Eight Banners soldiers were also feudal landlord soldiers, with hereditary Lutian and hereditary military status.

Although the thing in hand is uniformly distributed from above.

But what I wear is what I bought myself.

It just requires uniform colors.

So some Eight Banners soldiers have a set of cloth-covered cotton armor.

Some will line the cotton armor with iron sheets to enhance defense.

Moreover, many Eight Banners soldiers have martial arts inherited from their ancestors.

In terms of hand-to-hand combat, these Eight Banners soldiers who had more or less practiced fighting skills and were taller and some even wore cotton armor lined with iron sheets were obviously the more advantageous side.

Therefore, on the Ming army's side, the middle and lower-level regiments, like the cuirassier brigades, are equipped with six-shot Guangfu 2-year-old revolvers.

When encountering hand-to-hand combat, he directly took out his pistol and fired six bullets.

You can instantly gain the upper hand in terms of momentum—the key to hand-to-hand combat is not only the strength and martial arts of the soldiers, but also the military formation and momentum.

And the Ming army soldiers suddenly gained the upper hand in momentum.

This is a huge advantage in such a hand-to-hand battle.

not to mention.

Except for pistols.

Every Ming soldier has a grenade hanging on his chest.

The grenade's cable is hung on the belt, and can be thrown directly by pulling it off.

Fight with bayonets against enemies armed with pistols and cable grenades.

It really takes a lot of courage.

The results of this small-scale battle soon emerged.

The soldiers of the 7th Dragoon Brigade of the Ming Army, who were better equipped and had higher morale, won the battle for the forward stronghold.

And at this moment.

The forward formations of both sides also advanced to their positions.

The Ming army's artillery fire was superior, so they crossed those four villages, and the forward support artillery, forward command post, and forward military medical center could all be deployed based on these four villages.

In the afternoon, just after midnight.

It was originally very lively, with small groups of infantry at the front lines of both sides constantly exchanging fire, and the sound of artillery fire going back and forth between the two sides stopped.

The battlefield seemed to suddenly fall into an eerie silence.

in the air.

There was an extremely depressing and tense atmosphere before the decisive battle.

Both watchcars advanced two miles and met for ten miles to face each other.

The yellow dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty.

The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin Gioro Hongli, and the Emperor Qianlong, who was over eighty years old, boarded the observation car in person, holding up a glass lens telescope produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and costing more than 800 taels of silver, scanning the Ming army.

front.

The width of the Ming army's front line reached five or six miles.

It spreads from the Xinhe River in the north to the end of the mountain near Zhulong Mountain in the south.

At this time, behind their large formation.

The stronghold consisting of four villages was arranged so that water could not enter.

A large number of engineers are digging trenches and laying out barbed wire fences.

If nothing else happens.

The Ming army planned to use these four strongholds as support for the frontline battlefield and launch fierce attacks forward.

"Your Majesty, judging from the movements of the Ming army, they should launch the first wave of attacks before dark."

Fukang'an was also watching the Ming army's actions.

Those engineers moved very quickly.

It seems like he is rushing to work.

At this speed.

They were afraid that if they worked a little longer, they would be able to build a forward position.

And then it will be time for the Ming army to launch an attack.

Behind the Ming army's formation.

The logistics soldiers wearing various colors of clothing were busy, the most eye-catching was the "Dai Xiaobing" wearing a white mandarin jacket and a white hat.

"That's the medical corpsman of the Ming Army, Mr. Ambassador."

Faced with the inquiry of the British Ambassador George Staunton.

A Qing army general explained.

"Medical Soldier"

George Staunton held up his telescope and continued to observe this regiment, which was said to be the most elite of the Ming Empire.

His first feeling was...

major!

So professional.

This army is like a huge machine.

Everyone seems to be just a cog in this machine.

Everyone is busy doing their own thing, forming a chilling war beast.

George Staunton put down his telescope.

He looked at the Eight Banners soldiers beside him.

fine

The number of Eight Banners soldiers is sufficient.

This is the only advantage.

"Your Majesty, they are waiting for the artillery movement to come up now!"

Fukangan reminded.

As the saying goes, a long-term illness makes a good doctor.

Fukang'an now seems to have become a good general after a long period of defeat.

The Ming army's previous series of battles were to seize "power".

Occupy the forward stronghold, spread out the front, move the artillery, and spread out the two wings.

These are all preparatory exercises before the decisive battle.

And the real killing move.
To be continued...