Chapter 280 The sword points at Japan (Yuan Qi) generation difference advantage!
The North Korean army led by Quan Li was marching swaggeringly. As far as the eye could see, the Hanyang City Wall and the North Korean Palace Gyeongbokgung Palace in the north-central part of the city could be seen. Due to the terrain, the distance was about ten to twelve miles.
The current location of the North Korean army is called Songquan Cave. Of course, this is just a place name and does not mean that they all ran to a certain cave.
Songquan Cave is actually located northeast of Gyeongbokgung Palace. There is also a mausoleum outside Hanyang City between it and Gyeongbokgung Palace. Koreans call it Jeongneung, which is the mausoleum of Queen Shindeok of Joseon.
Queen Shindeok was the wife of Joseon Taizu Yi Chenggui, the third sexton of Goryeo, the daughter of Kang Yuncheng, the king of Xiangshan Prefecture, and Mrs. Kang of Jinshan Prefecture. She was the first princess of the Joseon Dynasty, with the emblem of "Xianfei". She died
She was given the posthumous title of "Queen Dowager of King Shindeok", later renamed Queen of Shindeok, and was buried in Jeongneung.
Such a place was naturally very important to the Li Dynasty, and it was usually guarded by soldiers. However, the Korean army had already collapsed since the Imjin Japanese Rebellion, and later gradually recovered with the help of the Ming Dynasty's "clearing inventory".
Two hundred people were re-stationed. When the Japanese army came back, the Korean army has not sent anyone to guard it again until now.
Theoretically, Zhenling should be empty now, and Quan Li was certainly aware of this, but now he found signs of military activity on the Songquandong hills on the other side of Zhenling.
Quan Li immediately ordered someone to send a telescope for a closer look. He didn't think it was important. He was shocked on the spot and asked the people around him: "Do you know that there are Ming troops coming to Beijing from elsewhere recently?"
Everyone around said there was no such news. Quan Li didn't believe it, and called the local host to ask, and he also said that no new Ming troops had arrived in Wangjing Hanyang recently.
Quan Li was surprised and happy, and said: "That means Zhang Wanbang actually came out of the city to fight our army!"
The people around were also surprised and hurriedly asked how many troops Zhang Wanbang had. Quan Li smiled and said: "Songquan Cave is higher and you can see at a glance. Zhang Wanbang only has about three thousand soldiers and horses."
Among Quan Li's men, there was a general named Jin Zhizhong who was active recently. He was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Marshal Du, this Ming army is really used to being domineering and arrogant. A mere 3,000 people are only 11 of our army.
If you dare to come and die, this is a good opportunity for our army to defeat the enemy! As long as we defeat Zhang Wanbang's Ming army and take advantage of the power of this great victory, Hanyang City can be conquered without attacking!"
The other generals were also overjoyed to congratulate him and asked for battle one after another. At that time, the fighting spirit of the Korean army was high, and they had the courage to wipe out Zhang Wanbang's troops.
Quan Li couldn't help but feel overjoyed that the military's morale was like this. He immediately ordered not to stay any longer and went directly down the mountain to Zhenling. The Korean army then took action, organized their order, and prepared to go down the mountain.
Wait a minute - why do you need to compile a sequence before going down the mountain? This is because the Songquan Cave area is mainly hilly and the Korean army is on the mountain at the moment. The not-so-good news is that the road down the mountain is not wide and can only be walked three times in parallel.
Horse - almost slightly wider than a cart.
As a result, the North Korean army's march down the mountain took on the appearance of "just like a snake on a regular mountain", winding and twisting for several miles.
There was nothing to say about going down the mountain, but unfortunately when the last part of the North Korean army was about to go down the mountain, a loud noise suddenly broke out under their feet.
The ground was cracked, mud and rocks were flying, and the mountains were shaking like a giant snake rising from the ground in response to a disaster. In an instant, countless Korean soldiers were flying around like clay pots full of beans falling to the ground.
The huge explosive force not only blew the North Korean soldiers at the center of the explosion into pieces with broken arms and limbs, but even the North Korean soldiers further around were blown away. At least two to three hundred North Korean soldiers were shocked and fell to the ground bleeding.
The ground cannot rise.
This astonishing scene shocked everyone. Most people didn't even know what happened, and couldn't understand such an explosion. Many people thought they had offended the mountain god or thunder god, and were so frightened that their whole bodies shook like chaff.
He knelt down and prostrated, muttering words of apology in vain.
After all, Quan Li was more knowledgeable. After being stunned for a moment, he realized what was going on and shouted: "Don't panic! This is a mine that was first laid in ambush by the Ming army. It was used by Gaoge Lao when he put down the rebellion in the northwest. It's nothing."
The mountain god and thunder god are furious! Each battalion immediately reorganizes its troops, counts and treats them!"
Quan Li's reaction was not unpleasant, but even so, the morale of the Korean army had been severely affected, and the previous high-spirited situation no longer existed.
Many people saw the scene of landslides and ground cracking, with limbs flying everywhere. This was a huge psychological blow to a feudal army that was actually at the level of the cold weapon era. So many people had a thought in their hearts.
Here's an idea: Two to three hundred people died before the battle started. This is a very bad omen...
The explosion just now used fuse mines produced by Jinghua. In fact, it can be said to be a group of serial mines, dedicated by the Third Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Biao Department of Zhang Wanbang.
The main force of Zhang Wanbang's department is currently located in Zhenling, which is not far away or close. They can all hear the loud noise in the direction of Songquan Cave. The Ming army has been watching the situation over there. As for the explosion just now,
Everyone in the Ming army heard it clearly, and the generals holding telescopes could see the power of the explosion more clearly.
The loss of two to three hundred people was neither too much nor too much. After all, the total number of Korean troops was more than 30,000. Naturally, this one percent loss was not a big deal.
However, what happened next was somewhat unexpected by the Ming army, especially Zhang Wanbang, who frowned more and more as he watched - such an explosion actually disrupted the entire formation of the North Korean army.
Obviously the explosion occurred in the rear army, but the North Korean army almost collapsed even in the front army. Many people were inexplicably frightened and ran around. As a result, the generals in the North Korean army had to send out their cronies and supervising troops to behead more than a dozen people in a row.
Suppressed the chaos.
Then Zhang Wanbang discovered that it took too much time to reorganize the team. Next, the Korean army did not set off again immediately, but the generals of each battalion began to lecture, seemingly to encourage their men...
When they set off again after finishing all this, more than half an hour had passed since the explosion, which even made Zhang Wanbang anxious. Fortunately, they finally set off and continued marching, otherwise Zhang Wanbang would have suspected that this battle was going to happen.
It was postponed until tomorrow, and he and his men had to "sleep on their graves" tonight.
However, this also made Zhang Wanbang even more scornful of the "last elite" of the North Korean army. He believed that the North Korean army's performance showed that their organizational discipline was extremely poor, and the slightest disturbance could make these people panic.
According to Gao Pragmatic's statement: Discipline is the foundation of the army's combat effectiveness. Therefore, the North Korean army is obviously not an elite soldier.
Seeing that the Korean army set off again towards Zhenling, Zhang Wanbang felt a little more relaxed and ordered the entire army to prepare for battle.
The Ming army began to set up their formation. More than 20 sidecars were placed on the front line of the periphery, with many rocket vehicles scattered among them. The musketeers were waiting behind the sidecars, ready to meet the enemy at any time. The musketeers were
The second and third ranks formed in the rear, ready to take turns to fill in for the first rank and fire in three stages.
The sub-center is a circle of square artillery units. The reason why it is placed in the sub-center is that the artillery needs peripheral protection, and the small radius is conducive to the maneuvering of artillery vehicles, so that artillery fire can be quickly and effectively deployed where it is most needed in battle.
direction.
Needless to say, as for the center, it is naturally the Chinese military command post, with Zhang Wanbang and his bodyguards sitting in charge. In fact, his position is not very good from a certain perspective, mainly because it is too close to the artillery, and it may be possible during the battle.
Deafening.
However, there is nothing that can be done about it, because his total force strength is too small. Although the overall area of this large hollow square is not small, no matter how the formation is arranged, the artillery will not be too far away from him.
Of course, everything has its disadvantages and advantages. The advantage is that when setting up the formation in this way, both he and the artillerymen themselves will pay special attention to eliminating safety hazards. Things like Dong Yiyuan who almost blew himself up will basically not happen.
The rear-mounted artillery is actually made easier by Jinghua's invention of the adjustable muzzle scale. Otherwise, it is inconvenient to rear-mount artillery like the past because it cannot fire at a large elevation angle. If it is placed in the rear array, it will easily inadvertently injure friendly forces in front.
The Korean army was delayed for so long that when they arrived at the Ming army's preset battlefield, not only Zhang Wanbang's troops were already ready, but the 3rd Company of the 2nd Biao 1st Battalion, which had previously completed the mine explosion task, also rushed back to the Ming army's position ahead of them.
Was assigned to the combat group.
When Quan Li arrived in a hurry, he took one look at the Ming army and immediately breathed a sigh of relief - the Ming army's four-square formation meant that they could only be beaten passively, without even thinking about taking the initiative to attack or gain battlefield advantage.
The square formation has always been considered the second-most defensive formation after the round formation in the past. In Quan Li's view, the Ming army actually gave up the initiative and could only be beaten passively. Even if it won in the battle, it would be difficult to win.
Change formations and pursue the pursuit after victory.
In other words, the North Korean army should be able to retreat calmly even if the battle goes poorly.
Faced with this situation, Quan Li almost laughed out loud. Zhang Wanbang eagerly ran out of the city to fight me, but ended up setting up a turtle formation. What's the point of this besides helping me train my troops?
Since his own advantage was too great, Quan Li quickly recovered from the unexpected loss and ordered to surround Zhang Wanbang's department on three sides, leaving the west side vacant.
This is the most obvious strategy of encircling three buildings. The reason for leaving the west side unencircled is because the best direction to go to Hanyang City from the battlefield is to the west. Leaving the west side will leave room for the Ming army to escape.
As for the way out, once the Ming army cannot hold on anymore, they will flee westward. At this time, the Ming army's front line will naturally no longer exist, and the North Korean army can pursue and kill them as they please.
When Quan Li's soldiers were divided into three groups and semi-surrounded the Ming army, the Ming army showed no reaction at first. It was only when the Korean army on the southern line entered the range of the Ming army's artillery that they suddenly opened fire.
Why did the Korean Army on the Southern Front enter the range of the Ming Army's artillery? It was because their road was the most difficult to walk. Therefore, in order to ensure that the entire army's actions would not be delayed, the Korean Army on the Southern Front took a shortcut and entered.
Ming army artillery range.
Originally, although Quan Li was dissatisfied with the performance on the southern front, he did not pay too much attention to it. After all, the most indispensable thing on the battlefield is accidents. Who can guarantee that all his predictions on the battlefield will happen, and everything he hopes to avoid will happen.
Perfectly avoidable? Just enough to watch.
However, the Ming army soon made Quan Li regret this idea.
The artillery of Zhang Wanbang's department of the Ming Army consisted of one battalion, with a total of nearly 600 people, who operated artillery and rocket vehicles respectively. The artillery was all Army No. 3 artillery, and a gun crew was operated by five people, with a total of 86 guns; the rocket vehicle was composed of two people.
The fleet has a total of 72 vehicles.
Theoretically speaking, since the Ming army deployed a four-square formation, each side had 21.5 artillery pieces and 18 rocket vehicles. Of course, it was impossible for the artillery to have half a gun, so there must be 22 guns on two sides and 21 guns on the other two sides.
But no matter what, there are probably about 20 cannons and 20 rocket cars on each side.
However, the feelings of the Korean army on the southern front were very inconsistent with this "theoretical" value. The Ming army fired a salvo of rocket vehicles first, and the first wave of 18 rocket vehicles fired an overwhelming barrage of rockets. This kind of weapon has certain explosive properties.
It brought frightening large-scale fragmentation damage to the Korean army.
At this time, the North Korean army discovered that the rocket cars used by the Ming army were different from the rocket cars they sent to North Korea. At least the rockets fired by each rocket car in a salvo must be far more than those sent to North Korea.
This feeling is completely correct, because each salvo of the Ming army's rocket cars is 9*9, which is eighty-one rockets. The propulsion of the Ming army's rockets relies on the gunpowder at the rear of the arrow to ignite the jet power, and the explosion relies on the built-in rocket in the middle.
Gunpowder and broken pottery.
The structure of this rocket is inspired by bamboo joints. To put it simply, when the power gunpowder in the rear part is burned out, there is a lead inside that passes through the vacant compartment that exists like a bamboo joint between the two compartments, and passes through the vacant compartment.
After burning, the gunpowder in the "bamboo joint" in the middle caused an explosion, which exploded the built-in pottery pieces and caused damage.
As for why an empty compartment is set up between the two gunpowder cabins, it is of course to control the explosion time. Generally speaking, it is to control the explosion at the moment when the power is burned out and hits the ground. This is difficult to be precise, but currently it can be done very differently.
not bad.
A rocket car fires 81 rockets at a time that can explode and shoot "surface-damaging pottery shards", which means that even if there are exactly 18 rocket cars in each direction, they can fire 1,458 rockets in one salvo!
In fact, these rockets did not completely hit the crowd of North Korean soldiers. In fact, the hit rate of rockets has always been relatively worrying. The number of rockets that actually hit the crowd in this round may not even be a fraction (less than 458), and some of them almost hit the crowd.
Hitting the same position failed to produce the maximum effect.
However, the Korean army felt as if they were facing purgatory!
In their feelings, the Ming army's overwhelming rockets fell, and countless pottery fragments flew up in the explosion. These pottery fragments were not accurate, but each pottery fragment could be compared to the darts thrown by the legendary martial arts masters. As long as they hit, they would not die.
hurt.
Although the probability of a single pottery fragment hitting a vital point is very low, its power is not very great. However, the problem is that this thing is really large in quantity. In one salvo, the Korean army on the southern front was blown up and turned upside down.
, there were screams everywhere.
The bad thing is the screams. Many people will not die at all, but there are too many people injured. The combination of countless hoarse screams makes people feel like they are in purgatory, and it feels like everyone around them is suffering from tremendous pain.
The torture made even those who were lucky enough to be uninjured feel chills on their backs and tremble, wondering if they would be like this next moment.
What's worse is that the injured people will not just scream, but will also run around subconsciously. All of a sudden, the formation of the Korean army on the southern front was thrown into chaos and the whole thing turned into a pot of porridge.
Quan Li, who stayed on the northern route, stared dumbfoundedly at the nearly 10,000 elite Korean troops on the southern route, collapsing on the spot after such a mere rocket salvo. Whatever formation, the military formation completely collapsed in an instant, and the entire team
It's like someone has cast a spell on you, leaving in a majestic way and returning in a noisy way.
Quan Li's mind was buzzing. His mind was full of turmoil, and only one voice lingered: There were nearly ten thousand troops on the southern front, so they were defeated?
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