Chapter 73: Ulan Offensive and Defensive Battle II
Fu Mingcheng laughed again: "Besides, most of their artillery is field artillery, with short range and low power. It is not comparable to our city defense artillery. In order to paralyze them today, I did not let the gunners suppress and fight back against them. Wait until they are paralyzed."
It can have the effect of a surprise attack."
Fang Xiaoyu said: "You are really cunning. The Montes are in trouble. How is our army now? Are there any difficulties?" Fu Mingcheng said: "It's not a big problem. The Iron-Blooded Guards have suffered more than 300 casualties in the past few days.
, the garrison battalion suffered more casualties, only more than 2,000. Most of the personnel here were newly recruited. The officers and soldiers of the old 9th Brigade were still very skilled in skills and tactics, and there were very few casualties. There were enough personnel, but there was not much ammunition for the lever-action rifles.
, and there is no way to supplement it here, I’m afraid it will be difficult to form a firepower advantage.”
Fang Xiaoyu felt that he was a bit too big this time. He actually relied on the advanced weapons of the Iron Blood Guards to fight against the opponent's 200,000-strong army. This was an army of 200,000, not to mention that his weapons and equipment were not that strong. This time he was really greedy.
Done.
Fang Xiaoyu frowned and said: "Send some people to scatter all the four-corner nails in front of the position tonight. I will send you all the remaining bullets. Just hold on for a few more days." Fu Mingcheng said: "Master, we
I'm afraid without reinforcements, the city will be defeated one day if we continue to defend it like this. After all, our troops are too small, so I think it's better to take the initiative to attack."
"Take the initiative?" Fang Xiaoyu asked doubtfully: "Is this okay?" Fu Mingcheng said: "No problem, we can draw people from the other three sects to form a small force. As long as they can disrupt the opponent's logistics, we will have a chance. If
They can destroy the opponent's artillery in a sneak attack, which is much safer than our artillery attack." Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "Find someone to call the other brigade commanders and regiment commanders, and come to my place to discuss it later."
In the city lord's palace in Wulan City, senior officers of the Old Ninth Brigade and officers of the Iron-Blooded Guards gathered here. This time, the two leaders of the Iron-Blooded Guards who protected Fang Xiaoyu, Fu Mingcheng and his deputy Liu Mingzhao, the Old Ninth Brigade has now expanded into a division.
The next three brigade commanders, Feng Shichang, Lin Yangchun, and Su Zhizhen, as well as the previous nine battalion commanders, have now been promoted to regimental commanders.
Fu Mingcheng explained to everyone: "We can't defend the city to death, we just have to compete with the opponent for consumption. The enemy has 200,000 and we only have 20,000. If we just compete for consumption, we will fail in the end, so we have to take the initiative."
Lin Yangchun said: "It is correct to take the initiative to attack. The question is where is our attack target and what are the specific arrangements." Although the officers of the Old Ninth Brigade and the officers of the Iron-Blooded Guards did not know each other, after several days of fighting,
, the combat effectiveness of the Iron-Blooded Guards is obvious to all, and the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Brigade still respect the members of Fang Xiaoyu's guard.
Fu Mingcheng said: "Today the Monte army began to use artillery, which is a huge threat to our defense of the city. The primary goal of the attack is to destroy the enemy's artillery. The secondary goal is other arms and food and other supplies. In short, we should make sure that they have no
Weapons and no food.”
Feng Shichang and several old comrades looked at each other and said: "The enemy's artillery must be well-defended and it will be difficult for us to attack. If we really want to go, I think we need to find a commander who is smart enough. I recommend the Third Brigade Commander Su Zhizhen."
Fu Mingcheng said: "You have been training for large-scale combat. For special operations, our Iron-Blooded Guards have a longer training time. I recommend that Liu Mingzhao take a thousand Iron-blooded Guards with him."
Lin Yangchun said: "The Iron-blooded Guards are indeed the most suitable, but these days the Iron-blooded Guards have been in the most intense fighting areas, and I'm afraid they are physically unable to support sneak attack operations that require intensive exercise." Wei Lihui added: "What's more,
The current defensive strength of the city is tight, especially at the north gate. Without a backbone force like the Iron-Blooded Guards, the defense would be very difficult."
Fu Mingcheng also knew that the actual situation of the North Gate he was responsible for was indeed the same, and he did not raise any objections. Fang Xiaoyu asked: "If the troops of the Lao Ninth Brigade are allowed to attack, they cannot be commanded by Liu Mingzhao. After all, they are not familiar with each other, and it is easy for them to attack."
Question. Lao Feng, please discuss your personal choices."
The three brigade commanders got together to discuss. Feng Shichang said: "Commander, let Zhang Zhonglin go. It should be no problem to take his fourth regiment with him." Zhang Zhonglin stood up and said: "I promise to kill all the artillery of the Monte Empire.
." Fang Xiaoyu knew that Zhang Zhonglin had many clever ideas. He nodded and said, "Okay, let Zhang Zhonglin go. Remember to bring more bullets and grenades, and some square nails on your back. It will be easier to escape if you are targeted."
Zhang Zhonglin saluted and said, "Yes, sir."
Both the north gate and the south gate were the areas where the Montessori army paid attention, so Zhang Zhonglin led a reinforcement group of more than 2,000 people and secretly opened the east gate and slipped out. Less than two miles outside the east gate is the woodland of the Helan Mountains, and the entire four
Each member of the group held a rifle with the safety off, and everything that could make noise was tied tightly with bandages. Everyone also had a small wooden stick in his mouth.
There was no sound at all. The only sound left was the rustle of the soles of their shoes on the ground. The troops quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests at a rapid march. Fang Xiaoyu, who had been watching them on the city wall, let out a sigh of relief. The attack went smoothly.
, was not discovered by the Monte patrol.
The next morning, the Montessori army's attack became even more frenzied. With the help of more than a hundred cannons, the Montessori troops boarded the city crazily. Although Fu Mingcheng commanded the artillery to concentrate fire on a sneak attack, it was a pity that there were too many novices in the artillery. They
It's good to be able to launch artillery shells, but it's not accurate at all. Therefore, their sneak attack only destroyed more than 20 artillery pieces of the opponent. After this battle, the Monte Army also learned well. Their area was large enough to disperse the artillery pieces.
The decorations are opened.
Although the firepower density has been greatly weakened, for these equally inexperienced Monte artillerymen, the difference between being dispersed and not dispersed is not big. They have no artillery command at all, and they just shoot in the general direction of Ulan City.
, the biggest advantage of now that the artillery is dispersed is that it makes it more difficult for Lanfang artillery, which has a low hit rate, to attack the opponent's artillery.
When the sun was about to set, a section of the city wall was finally ravaged, and was blown down by the unlucky Monte artillery. Seeing the collapse of the city wall, the groups of Monte soldiers were as if they had been beaten to death. They waved muskets and
The saber is coming here.
Fu Mingcheng, who was on the city wall, felt his veins popping out when he saw it. If it couldn't be blocked this time, the entire Ulan City would fall. He shouted to Liu Mingzhao at the bottom of the city: "Mingzhao, bring the reserve team up and close the gap for me."
Block it up." Liu Mingzhao, who had been serving as a battlefield reserve under the city wall, was also sweating profusely. He held a knife in one hand and brandished a revolver in the other and said: "Reserves put on bayonets and come with me." Then he was the first one.
Rushed forward.
The lever-action rifles of the Iron Blood Guards cannot be equipped with bayonets, but they are all on the city wall at this moment, and the reserve team is all from the garrison camp. Following Liu Mingzhao is the commander of the fifth regiment, Qiu Yu'an. Qiu Yu'an is an impatient man, and he keeps his body exposed.
Huai took off his military uniform, bare his arms and waved his sword, saying, "Give me all of them and push Monte's son back." Seeing that the commander was taking the lead, the soldiers also rushed forward with high morale.
The gap was more than ten meters wide. When Liu Mingzhao rushed up, several Mongolian soldiers had climbed up the ruins formed by the collapsed city wall. Liu Mingzhao flicked his pistol and fired six bullets in a row. Six Mongolian soldiers were headshot.
Qiu Yu'an was shocked by Liu Mingzhao's marksmanship, but he was not slow either.
Qiu Yu'an took a step forward and swung his sword. A Monte soldier wanted to use his saber to block the attack, but how could the thin and light saber used on horseback compare to Qiu Yu'an's own thick-backed machete. That thick-backed machete could cut with almost no resistance.
The saber-breaking sword cut the Monte soldier into two pieces.
The smelly internal organs mixed with the blood of the Monte soldiers were spread on the floor. The several Monte soldiers behind were frightened. Liu Mingzhao, who had loaded the bullets, knocked down several Monte soldiers with a wave of his hand. Then the two of them waved their swords.
, cooperated with each other to quickly kill the Monte soldiers in the gap, and the officers and soldiers of the garrison behind them also rushed over, stabbing the Monte soldiers in the gap with their shining bayonets.
Fu Mingcheng on the city wall immediately ordered: "Carry more sandbags, and use rifles and artillery to block and fire. Don't let the follow-up troops of the Monte soldiers come up." The soldiers on the city wall immediately divided into two parts, using lever-action rifles with high firing rates.
The iron-blooded guards fired desperately, while most of the garrison battalions with single-mounted rifles carried sandbags, ready to block the mouth at any time. The artillerymen also did not hesitate to fire at all costs, and for a while, dust and smoke were everywhere in Monte's team, and the pieces were broken.
Body parts and soil mixed with blood were scattered everywhere.
Dadar was not commanding nearby. When he saw a gap in the city wall, he rushed over regardless of his own safety. He turned around with the saber in his hand and swept away the four bayonets close to him. Then he used his backhand and slashed one.
A garrison soldier who had no time to sheath his sword wiped his neck.