Many of the servants were wearing armor. Regardless of the iron or cotton armor, it was extremely heavy once they entered the water. In panic, many people fell into the water and could not get up again. They were dragged by the armor and sank to the bottom of the water.
Jiang Suo was not wearing any armor, not even an iron helmet. Apart from carrying a Nanyang-style rifle, he only had an ordinary robe and uniform, just like an ordinary soldier. During the days when he worked with Jiang Suo, Song Ming did not
Don't joke about Jiang Suo's appearance, saying that it would be safer for him to fight like this, but no one would listen when he gave orders. He also kept trying to persuade Jiang Suo to wear armor when he went into battle - with Jiang Suo's current status, he would be able to get by.
There is no problem with the armor. But Jiang Suo always refused because he was "not used to wearing it". Most of the servants he commanded who used Nanyang rifles did not wear armor.
It wasn't until he was running for his life that Song Ming realized the burden of his armor.
This is not the first time he has run away for his life on the battlefield, but he has never disliked the heavy armor - usually he always rides a horse, while the enemy uses swords, guns, bows and arrows, so armor has a greater chance of survival when escaping. etc.
It is more appropriate to "abandon armor and run away" when you reach a safe place.
Jiang Suo walked lightly and ran far away in a few seconds. Song Ming was wearing a battle armor and no war horse. He ran all the way to the bridge and was already exhausted. Jiang Suo shouted to Song Ming behind him: "Mr. Song Qian,
If you want to survive, take off everything you can!" Song Ming suddenly realized that he threw away the iron helmet on his head, then took out his dagger and ran, cutting the tether of the armor on his side in an attempt to take off his clothes.
Battle armor.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The next wave of Australian artillery shells was extremely accurate. A row of artillery shells hit the river in unison, and one shell directly hit the pontoon. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and limbs were broken everywhere.
The surface of the river was instantly stained red with blood. The pontoon bridge was also broken. The Ming Army soldiers on the bridge were caught off guard and fell into the water with violent shaking.
Song Ming, who had just taken off his upper armor, was knocked down by a cannonball that landed directly in front of him. As soon as he lost his balance, he immediately fell into the water. Although Song Ming knew how to swim, the heavy armor made him sink quickly.
, Already exhausted after a day of fierce fighting. Even his struggle became increasingly weak. He began to suffocate, and then slowly began to hallucinate. His mind kept replaying his life. When he was six years old, his father began to teach him martial arts. When he was ten years old,
He went to school for the first time at the age of six; he got married, and his children were born one after another; the battle in Chengmai...
Song Ming's consciousness began to disappear slowly. In a trance, he seemed to feel someone pulling him up desperately, but this feeling slowly disappeared. Then Song Ming felt his eyes darken, and then nothing.
knew.
Jiang Suo successfully reached the other side, crawled on the beach and gasped for air. He had never breathed so much in his life, his lungs were heaving involuntarily, and the smell of blood filled his mouth. He turned around and saw Song Ming lying on the shoal like a dead man.
He was motionless, with half of his body still submerged in the water. When he saw Song Ming fall into the water, he threw away his rifle and dived to save people without thinking. However, despite the water skills he had developed in the fishing village, he tore off his armor underwater.
It was not an easy task either. Although he had tried his best to drag Song Ming to the shore, he looked lifeless now. He wanted to drag him to the shore to control the water, but his whole body was sore and he had no strength at all.
He survived after all. Although the pontoon bridge was broken, most of the surviving Bangshan defenders still escaped across the river. Many people finally swam across the river despite artillery fire and rifle fire from the bandits, and now they reached the shore.
, feeling safe, they all collapsed on the rocky beach and gasped. Even if shells and guns were flying around their heads, they couldn't care less.
But the number of people who escaped was very small. None of the servants he had trained were wearing armor. Looking carefully, there were only twenty or thirty people surviving on the river bank. Jiang Suo felt sad, seeing that not a single one of the new troops he had brought on Bangshan was alive.
, I can’t help but feel sad and desolate in my heart. Why do so many people still die?
The bandit's cannonballs flew across the river from time to time and landed on the river beach. The soldiers who were paralyzed on the river beach quickly fled towards the city.
He wanted to ask a few people to carry Song Ming - no matter whether he was dead or alive, he had to be taken to the city. However, the soldiers passing by turned a deaf ear and walked past completely indifferently. Jiang Suo was at this time
He is no more dressed than a big-headed soldier, so no one will listen to his orders.
After a while, they met several soldiers of Song Ming who had narrowly escaped death. They continued to search along the river beach despite artillery fire, and finally found Song Ming. Only then did Jiang Suo think of what Master Yi had said to him.
: When going into battle, you still need to have a few soldiers to be reliable.
At night, the sound of artillery stopped. Before dark, Zhu Quanxing led the 3rd Battalion to occupy Beishan in the east of the city, and then came to the north of the city to confront the Ming army. Apart from sporadic exchanges of fire along the way, they successfully completed the set battle objectives.
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After the occupation of Bangshan, only a small number of troops were left stationed. The engineers opened and repaired roads overnight so that the artillery company could be stationed in Bangshan after dawn. The Guijiang River was firmly in the hands of the 1st Mixed Brigade.
Now, except for some sentries, most of the Fubo Army soldiers have fallen asleep. At this time, Zhu Mingxia had just finished inspecting the troops in the south of the city and climbed Mount Bang again.
The report of the Bangshan battle had been sent to him half an hour ago. In the Bangshan battle, the Fubo army and the accompanying soldiers and civilians totaled 19 people killed and 67 injured. There were more than 200 dead bodies of officers and soldiers, and more than 400 prisoners.
.This casualty ratio alone is insignificant - this still does not include the number of casualties suffered by the Ming army during the bombardment of the Guijiang Floating Bridge.
The capture report was completely meaningless to him. The various firearms abandoned by the Ming army were of no use to the army except for being refurbished by the Planning Institute. There was not much food stored on Bangshan.
To sum it up: I gnawed on a hard bone, but not much meat.
However, Zhu Mingxia had to pay attention to the Ming army's tactics in defending Bangshan. He and Xu Xu went to Bangshan in person and carefully observed the fortifications and discarded weapons left by the Ming army. They also specifically questioned several prisoners and called them to join the battle.
The officers and soldiers held a small meeting to learn about first-hand information on the battlefield.
Judging from the corpses on the battlefield, the Ming army on Bangshan was clearly divided into two parts. One was the traditional Ming army, with or without armor; the other did not wear armor and wore much shorter robes and uniforms.
, more fit. He has canvas ammunition equipment similar to that used by the Fubo Army. He carries a flash cap and paper-packed ammunition with him, and there are usually Nanyang rifles left nearby.
This is probably what intelligence personnel said was the "new army" of the Ming army trained by "spies".
Xu Xu is taking pictures and drawings on the Bangshan position with his assistant. The Military Intelligence Bureau is collecting relevant intelligence. In particular, collecting Nanyang-style rifles. Every Nanyang rifle left on the battlefield will be picked up regardless of whether it is damaged, and the damaged ones will be pieced together.
It was formed so that they could confirm how many Nanyang-style rifles the enemy used. From the gun number on the gun body, they could roughly check the date of manufacture and sales status.
There has been controversy in the Senate about the export of Nanyang rifles. Whether it was Quark's sales to Southeast Asian princes or its sales to various Ming armies in Shandong, they have caused controversy. After all, the guns sold do not have eyes.
. However, this kind of trade is not only extremely profitable, but also has strong market demand. So the debate is a debate, and sales have never stopped. The export sales in Shandong have also received firm support from the Huaxia Society - the Huaxia Society believes that because of the Senate and
The Manchus did business in the Qing Dynasty, so they had to make the necessary "trade balance" for the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Mingxia was not very interested in the Nanyang Rifle. Although this rifle was exported in large quantities, due to limited ammunition, it was difficult for any hostile force to equip troops with this rifle on a large scale, and it would not become a big success.
What he was interested in instead were the firearms from this time and space. There were a large number of firearms abandoned by the Ming army collected on the battlefield. There were more than a hundred turtledove guns alone - this thing was what Xu Guangqi said cost nine taels of silver.
"Sharp weapon", Xiong Wencan is really willing to invest money!
Judging from today's battle situation, the Ming army made full use of the existing firearms in their hands to fight: the firearms left on the battlefield indicate that they used a large number of turtledove guns and various large and small flange cannons, especially a large number of small French cannons.
Lang machine gun - in fact, it is almost the same as a heavy matchlock gun like the turtle dove gun. Weapons such as the bird gun and the three-eyed gun that were often seen in the Battle of Chengmai and the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary were not found. Obviously, the Ming army commander
Realizing the shortcomings of these two commonly used firearms: the power of bird cannons is too small, and the range accuracy of fire door guns is too poor; they began to try to use heavy matchlock guns and other firearms with a larger range and more power. Although they cannot be used by individual soldiers,
However, it is not a big problem in position defense battles. It also plays an effective role in blocking and delaying the Fubo army's attack during the battle.
The Hongyi cannon, which had always been regarded as an artifact by the Ming army in the past, was nowhere to be seen. On the contrary, there were many tiger squatting cannons with a near-range killing effect. They were all placed at the top of the traffic trench to block the trench. It can be seen that the commander fully considered
The actual combat effectiveness of firearms.
The enemy is making rapid progress!
He looked at Wuzhou City from the top of Bangshan Mountain and thought to himself.
From the layout of the bastion, to the construction of trenches, the use of projectile weapons to hinder the trench digging of the ambush troops, the fighting in the trenches, the transportation of artillery to close range shooting, and the active use of new firearms... all revealed that the enemy not only began to understand the ambush
The Polish army's combat mode also began to explore how to deal with it.
From the Mopan gun mount on the Little Three Gorges, to the fire attack ship to the Bangshan position, they all reflect the technological and tactical innovations within the Ming army. This kind of groping and trying still seems clumsy. On the one hand, their technical level is not enough, and on the other hand,
This may be a structural issue, but it is obvious that the enemy is trying to learn how to fight with them. They are no longer the same as the officers and soldiers who went into battle in Chengmai and the Pearl River Estuary with complete ignorance.
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