Chapter 233 Climb! Climb to victory!

Author: Mrmumumuah

Chapter 233 Climb! Climb to victory!

Behind the battlefield.

Qianlong's face was ashen.

The Ming army's performance was much stronger than he expected.

In particular, there are endless tactics that fully utilize the power of new weapons.

Artillery bombardment.

Smoke bombs obscure the battlefield.

Grenadiers approach.

The assault of several hundred grenadiers defeated thousands of surrounding Qing troops!

This Ming army is really powerful!

"Your Majesty, the firepower of the rebels."

The worry on Fukangan's face flashed away next to Qianlong.

Qianlong looked back at Fukang'an and then at the generals present.

Said loudly: "The Anti-Ming Army has fallen into our army's trap! We have tens of thousands of troops in our pockets. A brigade of 5,000 people from the Anti-Ming Dynasty dares to advance suddenly. They are simply here to die! They have entered our army's territory

Trap, when the time comes, I will annihilate Ni Ming’s entire brigade in one fell swoop!”

Of course, the layout of the Qing army was not done on one front.

Instead, it was formed by several fronts and was almost ten miles deep.

Therefore, breaking through the first line of defense is still far from completely defeating the Qing army's formation.

And it looks like.

Qianlong had long been prepared for the front line to be breached.

There is also a conspiracy against the Ming army's assault group.

This conspiracy was formulated by Fukang'an.

But now Fukangan himself is a little unsure.

Because the firepower of the Ming army was stronger than he believed.

The Eight Banners soldiers in the middle of the first line were defeated by 500 grenadiers.

The first wave of Ming army assault groups in six columns almost won without a fight.

Cheering, they rushed towards the position abandoned by the Qing army.

And at this moment.

The second wave of 6,000 infantrymen from four battalions was also ready and began to move forward as a whole.

According to the combat plan of the Guards Regiment Staff Headquarters.

The task of the first wave of assault groups is to tear open the first line of defense and open a gap.

And the second wave of assault will rush in through this gap to establish victory in one fell swoop!

But now the first line of defense of the Qing army was destroyed by grenades thrown by five hundred grenadiers.

Therefore, the mission of the 1st Infantry Assault Group was easily completed, and there was still room left to continue the pursuit.

In this case.

Of course, the frontline commander Zhou Jitang, who commanded three battalions of infantry, would not let his highly motivated young men rest like this. Instead, he pursued the victory, advanced forward, and at the same time sent a signal to the artillerymen in the rear to let their artillery fire

Extend forward to attack the Qing army's brigade in greater depth.

Bullets, bayonets, and grenades formed an unstoppable offensive force, and the infantrymen rolled forward with rifled guns.

On a position ravaged by artillery fire.

The Eight Banners soldiers turned and fled, and the Ming army infantry behind them launched a fierce pursuit.

Just when the first wave of infantry of the assault group reached the front line of the Qing army's second line of defense.

On the battlefield.

The earth-shattering sound of horse hooves trampled the earth.

The ground stopped shaking.

Zhou Jitang immediately realized something was wrong

This is the cavalry of the Qing army!!

But it's not a big deal.

The first wave of assault groups was able to break into the middle of the Qing army's depth, which already exceeded the mission.

The next step is to defend on the spot!

"Blow the trumpet! Great Hollow Phalanx!"

Three battalions of infantry, including the previous five hundred grenadiers, quickly formed a large hollow square formation.

As long as he can hold on, when things go wrong later, he, Zhou Jitang, will be the great hero of this battle!!

With the sound of chants coming and going.

The three Ming infantry battalions on the battlefield immediately stopped advancing.

Two square formations were quickly formed.

Seeing the formation of the formation, Zhou Jitang breathed a sigh of relief and began to use his telescope to observe the Qing cavalry in front.

What surprised him was.

The cavalry of the Qing army did not rush directly to die;

Array a few hundred steps away.

Confronted with the hollow square formation composed of the first assault group of the Ming army.

This made Zhou Jitang frown a little.

The opponent's cavalry did not move.

His infantry did not dare to move.

Otherwise, the infantry would not have a formation and would be trampled by the cavalry.

Tens of thousands of cavalry charging over is no joke.

At this moment.

Something happened that made Zhou Jitang break into a cold sweat.

The Qing army formation in the rear began to move forward.

The more than 20,000 Qing cavalry bypassed the hollow square formation of the first assault group and rushed toward the gap in the front line.

Although I couldn't recapture the gap, it was obvious.

Zhou Jitang's three camps.

Surrounded!

The situation on the battlefield seems to have suddenly taken a turn for the worse!

The fighting skills of these Eight Banners soldiers seem to have improved a bit too much.

Emperor Qianlong burst into tears when he saw this scene.

This is the closest he's ever come to winning!!

No!

Not close!!

Victory is already within reach!!

Tens of thousands of cavalry blocked the second wave of Ming army's attack.

Then tens of thousands of infantrymen pressed forward, and dozens of Qing army's general cannons also pulled up.

Just beat the Ming army's three thousand infantry!

If you can't win this.

That was like seeing a ghost!

Of course.

It just won for a while.
To be continued...