Only when the Xia army begins to attack will the world's opponents understand its horror.
The so-called passive defense is actually all pretend, just for the sake of a larger strategic plan.
Now Li Enze and the 60,000 North Korean defenders felt the power of Xia Jun.
All the defenses deployed by Li Enze were aimed at traditional offensive methods. They were of little use against an army with pure thermal weapons like the Xia Army.
For Xia Jun, the most difficult part is climbing the mountain.
As for enemy resistance...
The shooting ranges of both sides are not within the same dimension, so what is there to say?
"Division Commander, I plan to keep the fourth battalion as a reserve, and the remaining three battalions will attack in three directions. Because the terrain is narrow, we will use skirmishing tactics in company units."
Zuo Yong used a telescope to observe the endless mountains in front of him, completely seeing the appearance of the defenders.
There are many mountains in Gaoyang, but there are no too tall peaks. Most of them are hills of tens or hundreds of meters. And many of them stand abruptly on the flat ground and are not connected to each other.
Attacking such a mountain is actually not that difficult.
"The weapons of the North Korean army are mainly bows and arrows. Soldiers must carry enough shields. Where muskets cannot reach, artillery must be summoned. No reckless actions are allowed."
Zuo Yong likes to use his brain when fighting and least likes to use brute force, so his subordinates are also known for their many methods.
With his permission, the third regiment leader Lu Baoxing and political commissar Shu Chengshan returned to the headquarters and began to organize the attack.
Since the defenders' defense line was very fragmented, the Xia army responded tit for tat and adopted the same piecemeal approach.
The three battalions responsible for the attack separated all the companies and went into battle together.
The biggest advantage of such a skirmishing formation is that it can bully the defenders who lack long-range weapons.
The only long-range weapons that the North Korean army can rely on are muskets and bows. As for artillery...
They had already been recruited by the Qing army.
The limited trebuchets and crossbows have little effect on dealing with skirmishers.
In order to help skirmishers fight, the light artillery and mortars of the Third Marine Regiment were also split up and evenly distributed on the battlefield. Wherever they were requested for help, they could fire at them with great freedom.
Guarding the direction of the Third Marine Regiment was Liu Zhengkui, the military commander of Ping'an Road.
He has more than 20,000 troops in his hands.
Although most of them were young men who had just been captured, seeing the sparse figures of Xia Jun, they were still confident.
"Pu Yuhou, you hide behind with your armored soldiers. Wait until the formation of these Xia thieves is dispersed, and then follow my orders to kill them in one fell swoop. These Xia thieves are so bold that they dare not form an array with only muskets. This is the way to die.
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Yuhou Pu Xiutong also felt that Xia Jun was too arrogant.
Historically, musketeers have to be used intensively, arranged in a tight array, and form firepower density through repeated alternations in order to fight effectively.
The Xia army is scattered everywhere, and if it encounters a charge with concentrated troops, it will definitely be defeated.
It's a pity that the defenders don't have cavalry, otherwise they would definitely be able to decide the outcome in one battle.
The defenders were still dreaming, and the Xia army's attack began.
On the low mountain, many North Korean soldiers stood behind the makeshift earth wall, peering out to watch the Xia army's movements. Then they heard a loud rumbling sound from the horizon in the distance.
Many people have questions.
There is obviously no cloud in the sky, how can there be thunder?
They looked far into the distance, but saw nothing.
Because it was the Xia army's heavy artillery that fired, all of which were concentrated on the mountains near the river, more than five thousand meters away.
At a distance of more than ten miles, without a telescope, even the smoke from heavy artillery fire could not be seen.
But it doesn't matter if you can't see it, the defenders immediately felt it personally.
Amidst the sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound, artillery shells were smashed down one after another in the air. The low wall made of soil could not protect the safety of the North Korean soldiers at all. On the contrary, the shattered soil became more terrifying than the bullets, spattering dozens of people.
It can penetrate the human body even from meters away.
The small hillside was immediately surrounded by a sea of fire. Large swaths of North Korean soldiers were all turned into pieces of flesh and blood, which were thrown into the air and then fell down, like a rain of blood.
The air was filled with the scent of burning meat, mixed with the pungent smell of blood, causing many soldiers to lie on the ground and retching.
Being so close, I was even more frightened by the horrific bombing scene, and even forgot to take shelter. As a result, I soon encountered the second round of bombardment.
The fortifications that Liu Zhengkui painstakingly arranged on the low mountain came to nothing as soon as the battle began. Especially the bed crossbow that he had hidden in the dense forest had long been turned into parts lying on the ground, and there was no way to support the battle at the foot of the mountain.
The soldiers of the Xia army had long been accustomed to such artillery baptism. After receiving the order, they walked out of their positions and attacked the defenders.
The North Korean defenders on the ground were not bombarded by heavy artillery and were still safe and sound at this time. Seeing the Xia army soldiers coming, they all cheered up and prepared to greet them with their weapons.
However, the soldiers of the Xia army were too scattered and their movements were erratic, making it difficult for the defenders to catch them. In addition, they were still far away, so they could only watch.
A sharpshooter poked his head out of the ditch, trying to find a target. Before he could find anything, a gunshot rang out in the distance, and his head turned into a rotten watermelon.
The splashing blood smeared on the faces and bodies of the people next to him, causing panic immediately.
The originally optimistic defenders all became frightened, and no one dared to poke their heads around for fear of ending up in the same fate.
But what they didn't know was that their position had been exposed just because of the sharp archer's reckless actions.
The observers who followed the infantry forward immediately reported the data to the rear.
"Four hundred and thirty meters directly ahead, six heights and six heights."
If you want to attack the enemy in the trench, the best weapon is definitely the mortar.
Four hundred and thirty meters is the maximum range that today's mortars can achieve, but it also brings death to the defenders.
Dozens of mortar shells were thrown high into the sky and then fell almost straight down. As a result, the simple trenches completely lost their defensive role.
Half of the shells accurately landed in the trench, and immediately turned into the roar of the wind god, tearing apart all the objects in the trench crazily.
Large areas of trenches were blown down, and countless bodies were buried in them.
Even the trenches were useless, which made the North Korean soldiers panic. Many people howled and started running back, even if the officers tried their best to stop them, it was of no use.
After all, these soldiers have not undergone rigorous training, let alone the baptism of the battlefield. How can they withstand such a high-intensity blow suddenly?