902, the camp and guard troops were defeated five times
After the first round of shelling, Hou Shilu was very satisfied.
The ice city opposite was shattered by cannonballs, and there were three deep pits as big as wellheads, with cracks all around.
Three fold lines extended upward, forming three deep trenches. The sacks at the top of the crenels burst one after another, and a large amount of sand and gravel flowed out.
Tian Peng was thankful that he had allowed the rifle squadron to withdraw. Otherwise, he would have suffered a lot of casualties if he had been bombarded by such heavy artillery.
Outside the fortress, the commander-in-chief Hou Shilu said to Tian Guang: "To deal with tough enemies, you have to use this big guy. It's really easy."
Tian Guang said: "It's a pity that there are only five cannons in Xuanfu Town, which is too few. In the beginning, when Duke Wei was in power, he allocated money to cast them. Now that Duke Wei has fallen, the imperial court has not cast even a single heavy cannon.
pass."
Hou Shilu also said with emotion: "People like Dong Lin, what they say is better than what they sing, but when it comes to actually doing things, nothing is accomplished. Alas, let's just live with it. The military pay has been in arrears for almost a year, and the soldiers can hardly survive.
If I hadn't raised funds in various ways, I would have mutinied long ago."
At this time, three heavy guns were bombarding the fortress at a rate of one every three minutes.
Every time a shell hit the fort, a large piece of the ice wall cracked. The entire fort shook. Within a few rounds, the entire front ice wall collapsed.
Li Jike asked: "You are the commander, what should you do in this situation now? I estimate that it won't be long before the sandbags in the entire fortress will burst under the bombardment, the sand and gravel will flow out, and the fortress will become a sand dam."
Tian Peng thought for a while and said: "We can't defend here anymore. Let's retreat thirty meters. Use sandbags to build a new parapet there. Put the rifle squadron there."
Li Jike agreed: "What a good idea. Let's continue to defend here. The top of the fortification will be a live target for the heavy artillery. We retreat to the back and build a parapet as a bunker. This way, with the sand bar in front blocking it, the heavy artillery can't hit it.
But if the enemy climbs over the sand dam, we can shoot them. Then their heavy artillery will be useless."
Tian Peng said: "We have ten camel cannons and six Gatling machine guns deployed on the mountains on both sides. They can attack the outside of the valley or strafe the inside of the valley. Putting them in will be more effective. We can repair more
Several breastworks can gradually retreat and block the attack in unfavorable situations."
Li Jike said: "It is very simple and fast to use sacks of sand to build a parapet. I will arrange it right now."
With the rumbling sound of artillery, shelling was going on in front. Thirty meters behind the fortification, more than a hundred people were busy filling sacks with sand and then placing it into a chest-high low wall.
It didn't take long for the parapets to be laid out, and then three more parapets were built every 30 meters behind. Then they quietly waited for the enemy to stop shelling and then attack across the sand dam.
Half an hour later, not only did the ice wall completely collapse, but the sandbags behind it were also cracked by the shelling, and a large amount of sand and gravel flowed out. The bottom of the ladder was already covered with a mixture of sand and broken ice.
Tian Guang said to Hou Shilu: "Sir, please see if the cannon has almost fired. Can it be stopped? After firing for half an hour, the cannon has become a little overheated. The weather is cold now. Don't cool down too fast. It will be bad if cracks appear.
Already."
Hou Shilu stroked his beard with his hand and said: "Then stop the bombardment. This town is a cherished weapon. These heavy cannons are the magic weapons of our Xuanfu. They must not be damaged. Hurry up and cover the cannons with quilts.
Let it cool down slowly. This time, let the pacesetters (spearmen) from the guard station take the lead."
Tian Guang then picked up the order flag and said loudly: "General Dewey of the Shima Camp will listen to the order, and the 1,500 pacesetters under General Er will attack immediately."
Dewey cupped his hands and said, "The general will get the order."
Dewey is the brother of Tian Guang's concubine. The fortress blocking the entrance of the valley has been bombarded by the Luzon bronze cannon. The Tatars must have also been killed and injured. This is a good time to pick peaches. This opportunity is natural
I have to leave it to my own people.
The commander-in-chief Hou Shilu squinted his eyes, as if he was dozing off. In fact, he knew all these things. He had suffered more than a hundred losses when he used his battalion soldiers just now, and now he was unwilling to use his battalion troops. And the battalion soldiers
It is under the direct control of the commander-in-chief.
Dewey naturally understood these twists and turns, so he directly arranged for his own people to take advantage of it.
Shima Camp sent out 1,500 troops this time, all of them spearmen. The reason why they are equipped with spears is because the cost is the lowest. A spear only needs one spear head, and a Yanling knife can hit four or five spear heads.
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The treatment of these guardsmen was extremely poor. They were generally dishonest and their clothes were shabby. Many of them did not even have mandarin duck jackets, let alone any iron armor.
These people haven't been trained for a long time. They can't stand in line, and they are in a noisy bunch. After hearing the superior's order, they move forward in a noisy manner.
During this expedition, I was very happy that there were no young men who escaped in the guard station. Their life was too hard. All the good land was taken away by the officers. It has long been an unspoken rule that officers of different ranks occupy different amounts of land. These guards
The low-level military households can only survive on Susukada.
Every day at Shangguan's house, there is endless work to be done in the fields. Only when it gets dark can they go to work on their own fields in the dark. Training is even more impossible. The food they get from growing the land must be rented to the guards.
, also commonly known as field seeds.
The only chance to make a fortune is to go to war.
For people like them who are extremely poor, going out on an expedition is an opportunity for an honest robbery. The villages along the way are their targets for robbery. Of course, big places will not dare to do so. They will be impeached by civil officials.
Captures from the battlefield will also be divided into some.
At this time, they had already seen that the fortification wall had been smashed to pieces by cannons. They were also anxious to pass through the valley and go to Zhangjiakou to make a fortune as soon as possible.
Because they are all locals, they naturally know that Zhangjiakou is rich and prosperous.
At this time, the Ming army was already rotten to the core. These people were incompetent in fighting, and they had many tricks to blackmail the people, and everyone was talented.
A group of people carried the wooden ladders they had made last night and began to climb up the sand dam in a noisy manner.
This kind of sand wall is impossible without a ladder. The sand will slide down and it will be difficult to climb up.
At this time, the concealed artillery positions and machine guns on the mountain did not see the signal to fire, so they continued to hide.
Tian Peng squinted his eyes, looked at them for a while and said: "The guard soldiers who came up this time are from the Shima Battalion. The shooting will be sparse after a while. Let them come, and we will retreat after resisting every parapet."
When we retreated to the last parapet, a large group of them had already come in, and then blocked the front, with artillery and machine guns on the two mountains attacking from both sides."
Li Jike took a breath of air. No wonder Tian Peng was sent here. This man is a powerful character.
Let him in first, then close the door and beat the dog.
These guardsmen were all a ragtag group, and they could withstand the attacks of the rifle squadron's volleys, the camel cannons on the two mountains, and the Gatling machine guns.
Once these people are defeated, they will turn around and run away, directly disrupting the team behind them.
In military terms, in a narrow terrain, by hitting elite troops and making a fierce surprise attack, the enemy's forward line is directly defeated. Then the enemy's front and rear troops are chased and broken, causing the enemy's front and rear troops to be broken up by the broken troops in turn, causing the entire army to be scattered.
There is a proper name for the collapse and escape style of play.
This style of play is called reverse roll bead curtain!