The Chinese infantry formed a thin line and silently approached the Ming army camp.
Inside and outside the camp, there were layers upon layers of Ming infantrymen inside and outside the trenches. Watching the enemy approaching step by step, their hearts became more and more nervous. Finally, some people couldn't bear the nameless fear and trembled with the weapons in their hands.
Guns, three-eyed guns and other firearms were fired. At this time, the Chinese army was less than a mile away from the camp. At such a long distance, the Ming army's light firearms had a maximum range of less than a hundred steps, and it was impossible to hit them.
what.
"Open fire, the Ming army opened fire!"
"What's the use of firing from this distance!"
A small group of young and overly young soldiers gathered undisciplined near the west gate tower of Xining Fort, lying on the wall to watch the battlefield. Shi Yin Bin, a handsome young man with a Western-made Italian monocular in his hand, was proud of himself.
He took turns lending his telescope to his classmates.
These boys had been guarding the ammunition depot. During the long siege of Xining Fort, they were never able to join the shooting array on the city head as a combat force. Now most of the defenders went out of the city to counterattack the Ming army camp.
The defense work fell to the student army. They stayed in the ammunition depot for a month very depressed and could not easily leave. Everyone was going crazy. Therefore, the student army soldiers-mostly trainee officers-
As soon as they reached the top of the city, they seemed a little too excited and military discipline was neglected.
"Brother Yi, your brother's troops are in a bit of a mess." Yin Bin handed his personal telescope to Zhao Tie's eldest son, Zhao Yi.
It is impossible for these trainee officers in the student army to be issued with standard telescopes. This monocular telescope was given to Yin Feng by a Western businessman, and then fell into the hands of Yin Bin. Students of the Chinese Military Academy who can privately own telescopes,
There were really not many people, so a large number of people crowded around Yin Bin.
The troops he was talking about were the Second Regiment of the First Division of Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi's distant cousin.
Seventeen-year-old Zhao Yi is a young man with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a strong body, almost a replica of Zhao Tie when he was young.
He took the telescope and looked at it for a while, then said with a smile: "It's okay, they encountered a depression, and after passing through, they already stood still and formed a team. Why did the infantry start attacking without artillery this time?"
Before they finished speaking, a series of "swish, swish, swish, swish, swish" whistles came from behind them. When they looked back, they happened to see the thunder rockets fired by the artillery passing over their heads, trailing long tail flames.
The thick smoke behind them brought up gusts of wind. When the rockets passed over their heads, the group of young men involuntarily curled up their necks, leaned down, opened their mouths wide, and let the gusts of wind blow sand into their mouths.
This time the rocket launcher fired a total of forty large rocket "Sky Thunder" rounds. The rockets passed over the entire battlefield in the air, causing everyone within a ten-mile radius to stop and watch.
"It's so beautiful! I can't get enough of it no matter how many times I watch it!" Yin Bin sighed and stood up. The boys stood up one after another, spitting out the sand in their mouths and watching the spectacular scene of clusters of rockets flying over the battlefield.
Zhao Yi looked envious: "Yingzai, have you seen the launch of this kind of thunder rocket? Where did you see it?"
"It was about October last year. My father took me to Hainan Island to see it. Thinking about it, this should be the first experiment of the Tianlei rocket... it landed! It exploded!"
The SkyThunder rockets landed directly in the Ming Army's Chinese Army Camp, and exploded into huge fireballs one after another, quickly forming a "barrage". Immediately, fires broke out in many places in the Chinese Army Camp, and thick
Smoke was everywhere, and smaller explosions continued...
Only then did the soldiers of the Ming Army realize that their camp was still within the range of the enemy's artillery fire. While they were hesitating in a daze, the men and horses left behind in the camp had already begun to blow up their nests.
The offensive line of the Chinese infantry had already approached a place three hundred paces away from the first row of Ming army shield bearers.
As the enemy approached, the Ming army's too-close formation began to stir. The supervising troops of Wang Hua Zhenbiao's battalion rushed forward with swords, guns and clubs: "No retreat! No retreat! Take a step back and die!"
"The eight layers of men and horses at the front and rear of the Ming army were arranged too closely. This made it impossible to mobilize troops in wartime and was not conducive to the use of firepower by the firearms hands in the rear row. Hey, why are they arranged like this? They can obviously use the firearms hands.
Concentrated..." Yin Bin on the wall of Xining Fort was discussing again. He always tends to stick to book dogma.
"What's so strange about this? My father said: If the officers and soldiers were not arranged so closely, the soldiers would have dispersed long ago." The speaker was Li Jigong, the youngest son of Major General Li Xiao, deputy commander of the cavalry brigade.
He is fifteen years old this year. His brother Li Jicheng is fighting outside the city with the Third Cavalry Regiment of the Cavalry Brigade.
Everyone had incredible expressions on their faces, but everyone was a little afraid of this guy because Li Jigong was the overlord among the current students of the military academy. He was the most fierce in fights and liked to do dirty things, so everyone turned their heads and said nothing.
Only Yin Bin shook his head and said: "No way. When I was taking the cavalry tactics class, the teacher said that to resist the cavalry attack, you have to form a formation, which is a crowded arrangement. I think the Ming army is trying to prevent our army from
Cavalry charge. Look, we are guarding against your brother's troops."
Li Jigong didn't dare to be violent with Yin Bin, but he didn't like anyone mentioning his brother. He had an excellent brother, which invisibly put pressure on him in all aspects. Li Jigong's father often used it to teach him a lesson when he beat and scolded him.
His positive example.
Li Jigong sneered and said: "Officers, the Ming army also has cavalry, but they can completely stop our cavalry..."
Zhao Yi was the intern battalion commander. He waved his hand to stop everyone's discussion and said authoritatively: "Yingzi must be right. The Ming army's central army was also very afraid of our army in front of them, so they sent four soldiers.
First-level firearms soldiers. Therefore, what Li Er said makes sense."
"Fire!" someone shouted, and all the student soldiers lay down on the crevices of the wall and saw an unforgettable scene.
The Chinese infantry opened fire at a distance of 150 steps from the Ming army!
Also firing at the same time were the sixteen six-pound field guns originally hidden behind the infantry, all firing shrapnel shells.
Just a minute ago, an officer of the Ming Army who was maintaining combat order was shouting: "The pirates are just like wooden men. Don't be afraid, they are just like that..."
The camp behind them was already full of soldiers running around like headless flies, and fireworks appeared everywhere, which had already shaken the morale of the Ming army soldiers at the forefront. If the troops were not arranged too closely,
It was difficult to even turn around, and it was likely that the most timid Ming soldiers had already turned around and fled.
Now they can only keep firing firearms forward and shooting bows and arrows to ease their nervousness. But the rows of black figures in front of them are still approaching, and they seem to be completely immune to the Ming army's bullets and arrows. Until now
No one has been defeated by the Ming army yet.
Finally, the Chinese soldiers stood firm, raised their guns, and opened fire! Bang bang bang bang!
Suddenly a burst of gray-white gunpowder smoke stretched for several miles, connecting the entire ranks of the Chinese army's attacking troops.
The Ming soldiers who were crowded together were like scythes cutting through rice, and they fell down in rows.
Boom boom boom!
Ninety percent of the shrapnel shells from the sixteen field guns exploded, and a hail of iron rain fell on the heads of groups of Ming soldiers.
With a "Boom!", the Ming army's thick formation suddenly collapsed.
There is no doubt about the power of the Chinese army's volley of muskets. However, this scene of thousands of muskets and artillery bombardments exceeded the limit of the psychological endurance of all the Ming army. Therefore, the Chinese army only fired one volley, and the Ming army was massive.
The battalion collapsed completely and could no longer organize any resistance. All members of the Ming army, from ordinary soldiers to the commander-in-chief Liu Qu, began to escape desperately.
When the Chinese army launched an attack, Wang Huazhen was still organizing documents in the tent to show that she was calm. When thunder rockets exploded in the Chinese army camp, Wang Huazhen was still reading in the tent, seemingly calm.
A burst of thunderous gunfire came from the front line, followed by a flood of footsteps and random shouts. Wang Huazhen listened carefully, but she heard the soldiers outside the tent shouting: "Run! Run!"
General Jiang Chaodong and several people pushed in the door and shouted: "It's urgent, please leave quickly!"
"How is the situation ahead?" Wang Huazhen asked with a trembling voice, still holding on to a slight sense of luck.
"A big defeat! The army has collapsed, please leave quickly!" Jiang Chaodong ruthlessly eliminated the last chance thought in Wang Huazhen's mind.
After the Ming army's central camp was defeated, the Ming army in the North Camp immediately abandoned the camp and left. Zhang Pan only sent a few hundred cavalry to investigate and track. The Beilu Ming army fled north, directly crossing the Great Wall and detouring around the Liao River Hetao, and fled to Guangzhou.
Ning direction. They will encounter the elite cavalry of the Chinese army led by Zhao Tie himself on the road. Zhang Pan knows Zhao Tie's overall battle plan, so he is not worried that these Ming troops will escape.
On the frontal battlefield, Li Jicheng's cavalry regiment pursued it with all its strength, passing through the scattered Ming army and approaching Xiping Fort. When the Chinese army appeared, the defenders of Xiping Fort, which was empty of troops, immediately abandoned the fort and fled. Li Jicheng occupied Xiping Fort, and then he only
He left 200 men by his side and sent out all the cavalry on hand to continue marching westward. He captured Pingyang Bridge before the Ming army collapsed. This was the only way from Xining Fort to Guangning Guard.
After the Ming army collapsed, the Chinese infantry pursued them in battalion units and divided into multiple routes to pursue the Ming army. In fact, only more than 3,000 Ming soldiers were killed on the battlefield. Most of the Ming army were suddenly killed by the Chinese army.
Frightened by the burst of volleys, he was stunned by the critical atmosphere around him and ran away desperately.
After half a day, these people exhausted their strength and staggered around. After being caught up by the Chinese army, they basically knelt down and surrendered.