"Oh?" Wu Baliu nodded, "I'm afraid the enemy has gathered a lot of people. You have a lot of new recruits in your team, can you do it?"
"We need to give them more training in the flames of war. How can they be independent without fighting a few tough battles after always following the Fubo Army?" Li Dong was confident, "The majority of our squadron is veterans, and their morale is also very high."
"Okay, your squadron will go up!" Captain Wu admired the other party's courage and agreed immediately.
Li Dong took people to the front for observation. The place where Xiangyong set up the fence was at the narrowest part of the road. It was hard to say how dangerous it was, but the terrain was indeed more favorable. There were tidal flats on both sides of the road, which was not only open, but also very dangerous.
It is not easy for people to walk, and the other side is hilly terrain. Xiangyong built towers on several major commanding heights so that he can monitor the surrounding situation at any time.
"Let's see, how should we deal with this situation?" Li Dong asked.
In addition to the squad leaders of each squadron, there were also sergeants and senior veterans of the squadrons who participated in this pre-war seminar. Holding a seminar before the war to brainstorm ideas is a feature of the Senate's officer education system.
At the meeting, everyone put forward their own suggestions. Generally speaking, they were roundabout tactics and frontal attack. They all had their own ideas on the specific implementation. Some people suggested cutting down grass and trees to pave the way on the tidal flat, and then the whole army would roundabout.
In order to launch an assault, some people suggested setting fire to the mountain directly to drive away the rural defenders on the hills... There are many methods.
"What you are saying is superfluous!" Yang Erdong said, "The prisoners have said that there are only more than 200 villagers on the other side of Shijian. The defensive measures are only a wooden fence. Let's not bother and just attack in one go.
, just take down this wooden fence to save time."
Yang Erdong has been promoted to corporal, has changed his weapons, and is getting stronger.
"...The most important thing now is time. The leaders have said that we should rush to Lianzhou to Pingyao as quickly as possible. We have been so slow and cautious along the way. When can we get to Lianzhou?
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Li Dong was convinced by his opinion, so he decided to attack directly.
The wooden fence on the road is no more than one person high. Although there are defensive facilities such as trenches to block horses, there are no obstacles that are difficult to enjoy. Judging from the equipment of the regiment standing behind the wooden fence, they don't even have a few bows and arrows.
Forget about firearms.
At that time, more than ten simple ladders and several short bridges for crossing the trench were urgently made. Wu Baliu's company also came over and was ready for a "cross-shooting".
The so-called "straddle shooting" means that the rifle shoots at a higher elevation angle. In the era of flintlocks and miniguns, this was a long-distance shooting tactic commonly used by European armies. Sometimes, infantrymen could shoot in this way.
The projectiles are projected 500 to 600 meters away and still have considerable lethality. Of course, this kind of "cross-shooting" has no accuracy at all, but in actual combat, a commanded company salvo can still hit the target at a distance.
Enemies in dense formations at a distance can be killed with enough damage.
Wu Baliu adopted "cross-firing" not to increase the range, but just to be able to shoot from behind the Wuzhou Squadron to support them on this narrow terrain.
Due to the narrow road, the three teams could not go up together, so they had to rush into the battle one by one in platoons. Surprisingly, Li Dong did not order the powerful rifle team to be the vanguard this time.
"Yang Erdong, you come to be the vanguard!" Li Dong ordered.
"Yes! I promise to complete the mission!" Yang Erdong's whole body trembled. Being a vanguard means that there is a high possibility of death or injury, but the first victory in breaking the wooden fence is also his own.
With the rapid beating of the assault drum, the sound of rifle volleys sounded behind Yang Erdong. Before he could think about it, he drew up his bayonet-mounted rifle and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!"
One rushed out.
Yang Erdong was an officer and soldier in the old Ming Dynasty. He knew that even when he reached the position of deputy general or general soldier, he still had to take the lead and lead his servants to fight in the front, otherwise other soldiers would not be willing to follow him. His team had many new soldiers.
If you don't take the lead, you can't control the troops at all.
The entire squad, and then the entire squadron, started trotting behind him. The distance was only more than three hundred meters. The faster the movement, the smaller the casualties. The Wuzhou squadron barely maintained order on this narrow road, and the soldiers lowered their posture.
muzzle, trotting all the way.
There were only a few group members behind the wooden fence, and Yang Erdong could clearly see their figures running in a hurry, followed by noisy shouts and the sound of banging bangs.
At this time, what Li Dong had been worried about happened: a sudden flash of fire erupted from behind the wooden fence, and then the roar of cannons came.
"It's over!" Yang Erdong's mind went blank: On such a narrow road, if someone shot him in the head, he would still be missing arms and legs.
However, when he came back to his senses, his legs and feet were still running and his arms were fine. Four or five people in the team following him had fallen, all of them bloody and bloody. The screams were endless.
The team suddenly stopped. Some people had turned around and were about to run back. The chaotic situation directly blocked the team behind them on the road. Yang Erdong shouted, asking the team to rush with him, but the entire team cowered.
Dare not move forward.
The bullets fired from bows, arrows and muskets kept passing over their heads. The entire team broke into three parts in the middle of the road and became a mess. Luo Mao from behind kept urging them to continue charging, but the sound of gunfire blocked the officer's shouts.
, some people started firing guns randomly. Ai Buyi was trembling with fear of being caught in the middle.
"Stop fucking shooting! Come at me!" Yang Erdong pulled and kicked the soldiers in the front row, and finally made them move forward reluctantly. However, two soldiers dropped their rifles, turned around, jumped off the roadbed, and climbed up the hillside.
"X your mother! Where are you going? Come back quickly!" Yang Erdong shouted, seeing the fastest runner running dozens of meters away. Suddenly, gunshots rang out from the team in the back, and two people who climbed up the hillside
The deserters were shot one after another and rolled down. The soldiers who were about to break up immediately froze.
"If you don't want to die, follow me!" Yang Erdong took this opportunity to gather his troops and rushed to the wooden fence. The team quickly set up a short bridge, climbed over the trench, and set up a ladder. Yang Erdong was the first to climb up the wall.
, stabbed down a panicked group member with one shot.
There was no fierce resistance from the Yangjiazhuang warriors. In fact, when they broke out in front of the trench, the warriors fled in all directions. The entire squadron successfully broke through the wooden fence. The 2nd company followed shortly after.
After Muzha was breached, there was no longer any suspense in Shijian. Jiang Wenming and Wendong fled with the remaining defeated soldiers, leaving rubbish all over the ground and dozens of corpses to Fubo's army.
Shijian was safely rescued, and the captain of the National Army guarding the town and the "elderly" in the town came out to greet him. Not long after he took office, this was the first time that the captain had experienced this kind of test. At this moment, he was holding Li Dong's hand tightly and could not say a word.
When I spoke, I almost burst into tears.
The Suijiang detachment decided to rest overnight in Shijian. Li Dong's unit made the first contribution, and all the detachments were beaming with joy. But the good days in the army usually don't last long, and the Wuzhou squadron got a new one before it even got hot.
Order: The entire squadron went to the north of Shijian to perform peripheral security missions. The entire squadron had just finished packing up the wounded and preparing to eat, so they had to pack up their lunch boxes and cross the town to prepare for camping outside the village.
Shijian Town is located in a small alluvial plain. The Suijiang River on the west side of the town flows from the south to the east. On the east and north sides are green mountains and rivers. The road to Guangning is sandwiched between the mountains in the north.
In the middle, the mountain pass is more than two miles away from the village. The 2nd Brigade was afraid of being too far away from the main force, so the camp was only half a mile away from the northernmost village. According to the dispatched reconnaissance team, there was only one small village on the other side of the mountain, and no Ming army was found.
According to traces, the weather was clear and windless tonight, the temperature was pleasant, and there was a security mission, so the officers did not allow the tents to be set up on the grounds of strengthening the soldiers' spirit.
Yang Erdong was still frightened by the blunders during the attack. Although the squadron leader didn't say anything, he was very uneasy. Even though he had the advantage of "getting there first", he still volunteered and asked his own team to build the simple outer fortifications.
"We just had a battle and there were a lot of casualties. Should we change the team?" Li Dong asked.
"It doesn't matter, these new recruits just want to practice more so they don't think too much."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you."
While the other two teams of the Wuzhou Squadron were chewing teething bricks with soup, Yang Erdong's team could only dig a hole with a shovel, and then pile the soil they took out behind the pit into a wall only as high as their chests. It looked nothing like that.
They also knew that it was a shame to win that battle. There were only a dozen regiments on the wall, and there were only three or five muskets. Although there was one cannon, it was only fired once. The following ones
Dozens of regiment members who were not on the wall fled as soon as the wall fell, but the team itself lost four brothers. The most shameful thing was that two of them were killed by the "law enforcement in front of the formation."
Ashamed as shame, but while they were working, team leader Yang Erdong was holding a bowl of soup and drinking soup by the pit, euphemistically supervising and guiding them to build the wall. The Suijiang detachment went north to Guangning to build fortifications every night, and even the fools learned how to use it.
He taught that he was quite free when suppressing bandits in Zhaoqing. Once the trenches were dug, the soldiers couldn't help but recall the painful memories of the recruit training in Guangzhou. In addition, although the Ming army was approaching, it was estimated that 80% of them were defenders from Guangning.
No matter how far they go, the soldiers' enthusiasm for digging fortifications will not increase.
"The squadron leader is punishing our whole squad, captain, why don't you do it together?" Several veterans complained because they were familiar with him.
"What's the matter, you're not convinced?" Yang Erdong said with a smile, "When you change the strips on your armbands into beans, someone will do the work for you."
When the officers and soldiers got to know each other well, some of the brave new recruits would retort: "All of you officers are from the regular ranks of the commanders. How can we have this time?"
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