Chapter 110 The True Combat Strength of the Merchant Army (1)
The Qingshui Pond is ten miles north of Gaoyou City, and it will arrive in a blink of an eye. At this time, the merchant army is building positions on both sides of the canal, and the soldiers are digging soil and filling bags, digging piles and stones, working hard.
Because the Qingshuitan is located on the east side of the canal and is connected to the canal, the defensive positions of the merchant army are also mainly built on the west bank of the canal. At this time, a trench was dug and went west from the canal, which lasted more than a thousand steps, and it was almost difficult to see the end.
.And on the north side of the trench, there were piles of soil cloth bags about three feet high, neatly, with gaps exposed in some places, but they were blocked with horses. Three floating bridges were also built on the canal, but there were no surfaces.
The young soldiers came and went.
At this time, the soldiers basically worked on the south side of the trench, mainly filling soil with bags, building short walls, building many shacks, and building many horses. It was only within the scope of Shi Kefa's military knowledge,
I didn't understand at all what the business of the Merchant Army did. However, while the soldiers were working, they were talking and laughing, and their expressions were very relaxed. They couldn't tell that they were defeated continuously. This made Shi Kefa feel a little relieved.
At this time, Shang Yiji went over to meet Shi Kefa and brought them into a tent to sit down. Shi Kefa then asked: "Yiheng, how about it, can you resist the attack of the Qing emperors?"
Shang Yi said: "Please rest assured, if the Qing emperor comes, he will kill him without leaving any armor."
Shi Kefa nodded slightly after hearing this. However, Li Benshen felt that it was not very exciting and said, "The Shang army stationed in Huai'an that day and said that he would kill the Qing army and wipe out the entire army. However, the voice was still in his ears, but he retreated to Gaoyou.
If you lose the city and abandon the land, how can you fight against the Qing emperors now?"
Shang Yi looked at him and smiled and said, "I was not defeated by the city and land before, but it was just a trick to lure the enemy. Now, the enemy is destroyed. This is the case. In this battle, Haoge must be captured alive."
Suddenly, Shang Yi said again: "According to the spies' reward, at most, the Qing army will arrive tomorrow. If General Li is interested and does not visit and stay here, it will see how our army defeats the enemy."
Shi Kefa pondered for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay, this pavilion will stay here, and we should cheer for the entire army to see how the Shang army defeated the Qing army."
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Shang Yi was right. On the next day, the Qing army arrived at the area north of Qingshuitan. Haoge heard that the merchant army had set up positions in front of him, and couldn't help laughing and immediately ordered.
, ordered the Qing army to line up and prepare to launch an attack on the merchant army.
After the battle in Huai'an, Haoge had confidently understood the combat effectiveness of the Merchant Army. It was indeed stronger than the ordinary Ming army, but it mainly relied on the sharp firearms, and other aspects were not enough. If the Merchant Army had sufficient ammunition,
But he retreated to Gaoyou City, and it was not easy to break through. However, now the merchant army dared to line up in the field and compete with it, which was completely abandoning the long and short. Although he did not have a red cannon, he still had sixty shield cars.
, can block artillery, and no matter how powerful a firearm is, it will be useless as long as it gets close. If it really doesn't work, you can also use cavalry to detour. In short, there are too many ways to defeat the merchant army.
When waiting for Haoge to watch the formation arranged by the merchant army, I feel even more at ease because the merchant army's front is very wide, so it is not easy to encircle the two wings, but the depth is too thin, and it can even be said to be.
There is no depth at all. What can a mere two or three feet high earth bag wall do? In the face of the powerful offensive of the Qing army, it is almost certain to break through with just one rush.
Among the entire Qing army, only Li Chengdong had seen such a seemingly vulnerable but actually as solid as gold and earth. However, at this time, Li Chengdong was filled with the idea of letting Haoge suffer a big loss, so
He didn't say a word, of course Li Chengdong also knew that nothing he said at this time was useless, and maybe he would be killed by Haoge as a confusing military morale, so he hid aside and waited to watch the joke.
At this time, the Qing army had nearly 30,000 troops. The Manchu and Han flag army was built, with more than 4,000 cavalry, but there were only more than 5,000 surrendered troops. Therefore, Haoge did not intend to use it again.
The surrendered army came to consume the ammunition of the Merchant Army. The first attack was made, two Manchu and two Han army soldiers, together with Baoyi, and followed the service, and launched forty shield vehicles to attack the Merchant Army.
The front line of the Merchant Army was spread horizontally for more than a thousand steps, and six battalions, about 5,000 infantry, and the other two infantry battalions were arranged on the east bank of the canal. The two reconnaissance battalions were used as swimming forces,
Supplement the weak links of the front at any time.
Behind the trench, more than 100 cannons of the two artillery battalions were also arranged in their respective positions. Sixteen three-inch and six-point bronze field guns were lined up in a row and placed in the middle of the array. The remaining artillery were respectively
Located at the two sides of the front line, each cannon is placed directly in the cannon cart, which can be moved at any time. At the same time, there are fifty thunder tanks, each car with two new 128-tube launches
There are also thirty Thunderbolt Rocket Launching Tanks. Each car houses four Thunderbolt Rocket Launching Boxes in thirty-six.
Behind the artillery position is the position of the command platform, the cavalry and reserve forces. Shang Yi and Shi Kefa were standing on the command platform at this time, looking at the entire battle situation. At this time, Shi Kefa was fascinated by one eye and sent it with Shang Yi.
The simple telescope was given to him, looking at the movements of the Qing army opposite. Li Benshen, Hu Maozhen and others were not qualified to go to the command platform, nor did they have telescopes, but they could have many weapons that they had seen or had never seen before in the positions of the merchant army.
It's also full of freshness.
The Qing army's forty shield cars were divided into two rows, covering the Qing army and slowly advancing towards the position of the merchant army. The Qing army's horizontal expansion surface was about 150 meters, although it looked very wide and wide.
, but compared with the merchant army's broad defense line, it is nothing at all, and behind the shield car, there are at least fifty rows of Qing soldiers in depth.
Because the time to arrange the front line was urgent, a small trench about one foot or five inches deep was dug out at only fifty steps in front of the front line to block the Qing army. This distance was almost the limit range of the bow and arrow. And in the distance, it was even more distant.
The place where there are only some very obvious marks to determine the distance before the Qing army.
Before the Qing army entered the range, the artillery positions were also rapidly adjusting the positions of their respective muzzles and starting to fill medicine and load, just waiting for the Qing army to reach its range.
Shang Yi stood on the podium, and saw that it was almost done, and immediately ordered the cannons on both wings to open fire. Shi Kefa, Li Benshen and others were not nervous for a moment, and finally could see the true combat power of the merchant army.
"Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-"
In the trenches and artillery positions, in addition to the sixteen three-inch and six-point bronze field guns in the middle, nearly 200 other artillery guns spewed out dazzling flames, creating a sound of shaking mountains and moving the earth. Among them, the trenches were among the trenches.
The cannons inside are straight lines, while the cannons on both wings are cross-fired, forming an interlaced fire network.
The sudden huge roar made Shi Kefa unsteadily stand and staggered several steps. If Shang Yi hadn't helped him, he would have almost sat down to the ground. Under the command stage, Li Benshen, Hu Maozhen and others were also disgraced.
They covered their ears one after another.
The shield cart on the front can only block the protection ability of the flowering shells has been greatly reduced, not to mention that there are many artillery shells that are shooting in obliquely. Therefore, a series of loud explosions sounded in the Qing army formation, and countless artillery shells were in front and behind the shield cart.
Flying left and right, explosions, only the Qing soldiers were able to overturn their horses, with broken limbs and legs, and flew straight to the sky with soil, sand and gravel. Forty shield cars also overturned more than ten, hiding the Qing soldiers hidden behind them.
All were exposed.
Although it was four or five hundred steps away, the huge explosion and the trembling of the earth could still be felt in the Qing army formation. Haoge couldn't help but lose his color. Such fierce artillery bombardment was not attacking a few days ago.
What can be compared in Huai'an is the real firepower of the merchant army? It is difficult to say that the merchant army was deliberately showing weakness at that time, or was it because some artillery was not transported? But no matter which one, it is for the Qing army now.
It is unfavorable, so in Haoge's heart, there is also a strong sense of ominousness.
On the other side, Li Chengdong was also frightened. It turned out that the merchant army was fighting with him, but in fact he was hiding his own strength. This was really terrible. But this was good, let Haoge suffer a lot, the Qing army had
What a great thing? Isn’t it still flying with blood when I was bombed by a shell? See if he dares to be arrogant in the future.
Although it suffered a heavy blow, the quality of the Qing army was indeed a hundred times stronger than that of the Ming army, and it still insisted on moving forward. Moreover, the Qing army also knew that after the first round of artillery attacks, there was a relatively long time to fill the bullets.
Therefore, they all seized this period of time and moved forward quickly, hoping to enter the dead corner of artillery firing. Even the Han army, Baoyi, and the followers dared to retreat.
However, the gunners of the Merchant Army were not only skilled in technology, but also used fixed ammunition, so the filling speed was very fast. At this time, the Qing army was more than 300 steps away from the Merchant Army's position, which was not enough to refille ammunition in one change.
The time passed this distance, and there were a considerable number of post-filling ammunition guns in the merchant army, which was faster to fill, so I soon heard the roar of the cannons when they were fired.
Although the speed of artillery loading and firing was fast and slow, nearly 200 artillery pieces were never fired at the same time, and the momentum was far from being as large as the first time the artillery bombardment, the artillery bombardment was one after another, forming a company for the Qing army.
With continuous blows, the Qing army was advancing forward, explosions continued, and people fell to the ground and died.