Chapter 75: Ulan Offensive and Defensive Battle IV
After hearing Fu Mingcheng's worries, Fang Xiaoyu was not too worried. He smiled and said, "Are the four-cornered nails useful today?" Fu Mingcheng smiled and said, "It's very useful. Today's four-cornered nails slowed down the opponent's charge speed, at least.
We killed thousands more Monte soldiers and made many of them lame. If we continue like this, the Monte soldiers will attack on crutches in a few days."
In order to liven up the dull atmosphere, Fu Mingcheng made a rare joke. Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "It's easy to use. I'll send a few people out at night to spread more." Fu Mingcheng shook his head and said: "No, the enemy will definitely be on guard tomorrow.
, we might as well lay more mines." Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "You are the commander of the North Gate, you make the decision, I don't know what Bayange will be feeling now."
With a "pop." Bayange threw the casualty report on the ground and roared: "What's going on? How could the casualties be so heavy?" The twenty thousand captains lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Bayange.
eyes. The adjutant picked up the casualty report and carefully placed it on Bayange's table.
He glanced secretly, and it clearly said that more than 17,000 people died and more than 31,000 people were injured. Bayange said: "Why are the casualties so high today?" One of his most trusted men Wan
The captain said: "Marshal Qi, the main reason today is that the opponent used some secret weapons. First in the morning, they used a kind of spike that was sprinkled on the ground. Many soldiers were stabbed in the feet during the charge and stopped. They took advantage of this opportunity.
Many soldiers were shot and killed, and many of the injured soldiers were stabbed in the feet. There was also the city wall that was blown down in the afternoon. They used an explosive to kill a large number of infantry under our city, so there was such a high
casualties."
Bayange roared: "Almost 50,000 people have died in just a few days, and nearly 70,000 people are injured. How can we fight this battle?" The captain of 10,000 men corrected: "Marshal, there are many wounded soldiers.
He was only slightly injured, but he could still continue fighting. And the opponent must not have many secret weapons, otherwise they would have used them in the first few days. Now their city wall is obviously unable to support it. I believe that as long as they focus on artillery bombardment tomorrow, they will be able to blast it.
Collapse the city wall, and then our numerical advantage can be used."
After hearing what the other party said was reasonable, Marshal Bayange's anger calmed down a little. He nodded and said: "Okay, let the soldiers have a good rest. The whole army will be dispatched tomorrow to fight to the death." Seeing Bayange,
When they were told to go back, the captains breathed a sigh of relief and quickly bowed and left.
The fierce fighting during the day consumed too much of the physical strength of the Monte soldiers. After dinner, most of them quickly fell asleep. At this time, on the mountain ten miles away, Zhang Zhonglin was marking the information reported by the scouts on the map with the help of weak candlelight.
superior.
"That's it." Zhang Zhonglin slapped his thigh and said, "Gather immediately, we should work." The soldiers who had been resting immediately gathered together, and Battalion Commander Gao Hong asked: "Commander, how shall we fight?" Zhang Zhonglin smiled.
Said: "The enemy's artillery is too strict, we have no chance, why don't we blow up the cannon."
Gao Hong asked doubtfully: "Captain, isn't our main task just to blow up cannons? What will we do if we don't go?" Zhang Zhonglin smiled and said: "Our troops are divided into three groups, and you three battalion commanders will each lead one group and act separately." Zhang Zhonglin whispered.
After assigning tasks, the three battalions split up and he followed the first battalion.
Third Battalion Commander Chen Fei led his troops to carefully approach the Monte Army's granary. Maybe he didn't pay much attention to food, or he thought Lanfang Army was in the city and couldn't threaten them. The guards here were not tight. A company
The commander crept to Chen Fei's side and whispered: "Battal Commander, the cook camp of the Monte Army is nearby. There must be a lot of vegetable oil for cooking there. Let's get it and pour it on the granary. It will definitely burn well."
Chen Fei said: "Yes, the wind is very strong today. It will definitely burn badly. You can take the people to get more vegetable oil." The company commander smiled and nodded and left on his knees. More than half an hour later, the company commander
The chief came back again, and he said softly: "These Monty bastards slept like dead pigs. We killed them with bayonets. They didn't have vegetable oil here, but they made a lot of butter and mutton fat. I got them."
More than a dozen large barrels." Chen Fei smiled and said: "That's great, I will give you a big credit when I go back."
I don’t know if they were lazy and hid in the lee to sleep, or if they weren’t there at all, anyway, I didn’t see any guards at the gate of the Monte Army’s grain depot camp. Inside the grain depot, there were only a few guards beside a few grain depots.
The fierce fighting during the day had made these guards very tired. Even when they were standing guard, most of them leaned against the granary and took a nap with their guns in hand.
The soldiers of the third battalion quietly killed several guards with bayonets, and were finally discovered by a guard who was about to wake up to urinate. "Who, come out quickly, or I will shoot if you don't come out." The Monte soldier shouted.
He raised his gun.
When the third battalion commander Chen Fei saw that the sneak attack failed, he immediately ordered: "Shoot and quickly occupy the granary. The troops behind immediately poured oil on the granary." The intensive gunshots rang out, quickly alarming the entire Monte camp.
, Bayange, who had just fallen asleep, was also awakened. He asked the guard who had just come in: "What happened outside?" The guard replied: "There was a lot of gunfire over the grain depot, and it seemed like there was a fight."
"Oops, there is Lanfang Army who wants to burn grain." Bayange reacted quickly, and he immediately ordered the adjutant who had just walked in: "Hurry up and send people to support the grain depot." The Monte Army hurriedly gathered its troops, and almost
A team of ten thousand people rushed towards the grain depot, and at this time the few grain depot guards had been killed by the third battalion.
Chen Fei, commander of the third battalion, shouted: "Hurry, pour all the oil on it and light the fire. The reinforcements from the Monte soldiers will come soon." After hearing the words of the battalion commander, the soldiers sped up their actions, and the granaries were filled one after another.
When he saw that most of the granaries were on fire, Chen Fei immediately ordered: "Everyone, retreat quickly and retreat to the mountains to the north."
The Monte reinforcements who were still on the way to reinforce saw the fire in the grain depot in the distance, and ran here anxiously. However, the wind was too strong tonight, and the fire spread quickly with the power of the wind, and the solidified cattle
The oil and suet slowly melted and burned under the high temperature flame, which further fueled the fire.
By the time the Monte soldiers arrived, the fire was out of control. The burning food made a crackling sound. The huge fire made people feel a heat wave coming from a long distance away. Several thousand captains
Seeing that the fire was temporarily uncontrollable, he immediately ordered the soldiers to rescue grain from several granaries with smaller fires.
Just as the Monte soldiers were rescuing food, a huge explosion resounded through the sky, knocking the unprepared Monte soldiers to the ground. Chen Fei, the commander of the third battalion who was observing the enemy's situation on the mountain, clapped his thigh with joy and said: "That's great.
The second battalion also succeeded, and now the Montessori army has no ammunition even if they want to attack the city."
The situation at the granary had not yet been resolved, and the attention of another part of the Monte army was drawn to the munitions camp. Zhang Zhonglin, who was ambushing outside the Monte artillery position, saw that the Monte camp was in a panic and no one had noticed it. He immediately ordered:
: "All the troops go out and occupy the artillery positions. Everyone prepares grenades and destroys all the artillery."
The soldiers of the first battalion received the order and rushed forward with rifles. Most of the Monte infantry went to put out the fire. There were not many guards on the artillery position. In addition, it was dark, so they waited until the soldiers of the first battalion rushed forward.
Discovered by the sentry.
After a short confrontation, the weak defenders were completely wiped out. The soldiers pulled the fuses of grenades and threw them into the barrel. After a burst of explosions, the barrel cracked and could no longer be used.
After the soldiers quickly completed all this, they evacuated the place under the leadership of Zhang Zhonglin and rushed to the scheduled meeting point. When the Monte reinforcements arrived at the artillery position, there was no usable artillery here.
Bayange, who was still wearing pajamas, received reports from various quarters one after another. The food was burned and only a small part was snatched away. The arms camp was bombed and most of the arms were destroyed. The Monte army had no replenishment except the ammunition it carried.
; What shocked him most was that the artillery position was attacked and all the artillery was disabled.
The Monte Empire could not make cannons on its own, and the Cossack Empire that supported them did not sell them cannons. Bayange loved these more than a hundred cannons captured from Lanfang Army like treasures. If he had these cannons, his words in the army
His power will be greatly increased. Even if he loses this battle, he has the qualifications to become the most powerful figure in the army. However, as these artillery pieces were destroyed, his hope was shattered. He thought that he could not win a single ship by Lanfang Army Logistics despite paying so many casualties.
In a small town guarded by troops, there will definitely be nothing good to gain if you go back alone.
Marshal Bayange sat there blankly, with bursts of bitterness in his mouth. He had already won a great victory and had a bright future, but he ended up falling into such a small town that he didn't pay much attention to. This made the complacent Bayange