Chapter 1240 Decisive Battle in Tianshan (End)
A large number of Tsarist Russian infantry trotted forward and formed a front in front of the artillery.
The spearman quickly squatted down and stabbed the spear head into the sky. The musketeer picked up the flintlock rifle and pointed the muzzle at the knight cavalry that was running over.
Tsarist Russian artillery roared, and shells fell into the formation of cavalry in the army, hitting horses, and the war horses roared, throwing the cavalry out, stirring up dust.
Rekov rode his horse and pulled out his command knife. He was about to order the musketeers to shoot. A hundred black shadows flashed by in the sky and quickly hit him.
When Tsarist Russia was bombarding the military, the military artillery did not bombard the Tsarist Russian artillery.
In fact, during this period, the artillery of each army was not used to bombard the battlefield, but to kill more enemy troops, or smash the enemy formation, causing the enemy to collapse.
Therefore, when Tsarist Russia was bombarding the military formations, the artillery of each formation outside the military did not bombard the Tsarist Russian artillery formation, but bombarded tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry formations.
In comparison, the artillery array has a long distance and small targets, which are not easy to hit, and are far less likely to attack.
Now that the Russian infantry has advanced forward, they have begun to guard the artillery array. The artillery array has changed from less than a thousand people to more than ten thousand people, and the target has instantly increased.
Moreover, with the lack of reinforcements from artillery, the threat of the Mongolian cavalry to the infantry formation of the army was greatly reduced, so that the artillery cannons could be turned around and bombarded the Tsarist Russian army formation to achieve artillery and cavalry coordination.
The military's infantry and artillery coordination and artillery coordination tactics have long been the subjects of military training, and they are much more skillful than the Mongolians and Russian troops.
As soon as Rekov raised his saber, more than a hundred shells hit him. The Tsarist Russian spearman was hit in the head, and his entire helmet was directly sunk, and the shells formed a jump, which injured several people in succession.
The Russian army, who had just formed a formation, was smashed into gaps, and mud and sand rose from the formation.
Just as the army artillery bombarded, the Guihan cavalry quickly approached and arrived in front of the formation in the blink of an eye.
"Shoot quickly!" Rekov, who reacted, roared hurriedly.
Without his orders, watching the cavalry rushing over, the Tsarist Russian musketeers in horror had already fired, and the gunshots went from sporadic to dense crowds, and the cannon array was also covered by gunfire from muskets and bombardment.
The dense projectiles shot, causing the breastplate of the Guihan cavalry to sink and their bodies shaking on the horse, but the cavalry still rushed up.
The cavalry wearing breastplate raised their cavalry and poured them into the gaps smashed by the artillery, stabbed the Tsarist Russian infantry to death, and chopped the artillery over.
The Guihan cavalry poured in from the gap, and musketeers and gunners without heavy armor defense immediately became the targets of slaughter.
Under the banner of the Junggar Central Army's Daqin, Sengge gritted his teeth when he saw this scene and roared anxiously: "Hurry up, the cavalry rushed again, rescue the artillery array."
The artillery formation is the key to whether the war can be won. The two Mongolian cavalry that had just been dispersed quickly gathered. They watched the Guihan cavalry crash into the artillery formation and the Russian army was massacred by the cavalry, and they were all anxious.
Without the support of Tsarist Russian artillery, the Mongolian cavalry's angle cutting tactics are no longer useful.
Sixty thousand cavalrymen were unable to get off the ground, and the cavalry were constantly shot down.
At this time, the cavalry gathered again and rushed to the vicinity of the artillery formation. However, the Guihan cavalry was running through the Russian formation at this time. It was impossible for the Mongolian cavalry to crash into the Russian formation. They could only perform maneuvering and detour outside, choose a suitable position, and wait for the Guihan cavalry to rush out.
"Kill!" Just as the Guihan cavalry was in full swing, the anxious Mongolian cavalry roared, and more than 20,000 people rushed forward.
Jaxa led the cavalry out and was about to rush around for a while to completely defeat the Russian army, but looked up and found that the Mongolian cavalry was rushing towards him.
"Kill!" With a roar, the Jurchen savage raised his saber without hesitation, and rushed straight towards the other party without any stop.
With a loud "bang", the two cavalry collided again, and the fierce fighting shocked the Tianshan Mountains.
As soon as the cavalry of the two armies joined forces, the Guihan cavalry in their breastplate pushed their horses and swung their sabers into the enemy formation. With their equipment, they cut over their opponents one after another, let out a cheerful roar, and then killed through the enemy formation again.
The cavalry passed by, and each of them pulled up their horses to look back at the battlefield. They all saw the cavalry that fell to their deaths and the horses that were wailing without a master.
"Restore formation quickly!" Rekov took advantage of the opportunity of the cavalry hedging and roared quickly.
The Tsarist Russian infantry and artillery came back from their horror and quickly recovered from the scattered formation group.
The two cavalry returned to Han, and after the hedge, they quickly formed a group of 20,000 Turkuts, and they gathered together, and were somewhat guilty and prepared to charge again.
Tens of thousands of horses galloped on the battlefield, rolling up sandstorms and dust in the sky, the cavalry of the two armies hedged and artillery bombarded each other, and the intensity of the battle was mad.
The face of the Junggar Central Sengge's central army turned dark again, and Gao Huan also looked at the battlefield seriously in the Qian army formation.
At this time, 60,000 Mongolian cavalry attacked the Qian army's infantry formation group, while 20,000 returned Han cavalry hedged against 20,000 Tuerhuts and threatened the Tsarist Russian artillery formation.
The two sides fought fiercely at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Two hours passed, but the fierce battle situation became more and more cruel.
Fifty thousand Qian army faced the 110,000 coalition forces, Sengge's offensive was fierce, but he could not shake the Qian army's infantry formation. The Qian army was easy to defend, but there were many enemy cavalry, and the Qian army's infantry could not exert their strength and could not defeat the coalition forces.
At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the two armies fought desperately, killing them so hard that blood flowed into a river and corpses were everywhere.
The most intense battles in the entire battlefield occurred among the cavalry.
The Qian army's 30,000 elite infantry were restrained by Junggar's 60,000 cavalry and could not disperse the formation attack. The only attack power of the Qian army was the artillery and the 20,000 return-to-Han cavalry.
At this time, the Guihan cavalry had fought bloody battles for more than ten rounds, and the cavalry horses and breastplate were covered with blood, just like a bloody man.
Although the Guihan cavalry was well-equipped, Sengge continued to hedge the troops, which reduced the Guihan cavalry by nearly 30%.
Naturalized generals, Jakarta and others, suffered more injuries, and many Jurchen generals were killed in battle.
Monk Ge's face was as deep as water, "Change 20,000 cavalry back and destroy the Qian army's cavalry first!"
The war was at a deadlock, which made Sengge feel uneasy. Seeing that Junggar had 60,000 cavalry, he had no choice but to use the Qian army infantry formation, so he finally decided to transfer 20,000 back and defeat the Qian army cavalry first.
The mobilizations on the battlefield fell in Gao Huan's eyes. When he saw the enemy's transfer of 20,000 cavalry to chase and siege the Guihan cavalry, his palms couldn't help but sweat.
He observed from the Qianli Miles that the cavalry of Guihan who had been rushing to the battlefield were already exhausted, and saw the cavalry panting and the war horses sniffing.
Compared with the Mongolian cavalry, the Guihan cavalry are considered heavy cavalry. If this continues, once they cannot hold on and are dragged down by the Mongolian cavalry, the situation of the war will tilt towards the Mongols.
Gao Huan looked serious and began to feel the pressure, looking forward to a turning point in the battle and a new force joining the war.
Sengge had a gloomy face and shouted loudly: "The cavalry of the Gan Army is exhausted. If you drag it out, you will exhaust them to death. Victory belongs to us!"
At this time, just as Gao Huan was a little uneasy, thinking about whether the infantry should attack, divide the pressure on the cavalry, or take back the cavalry as turtles, suddenly rolling yellow dust rose behind Junggar's army.
"Hahaha... it's Sun Chuanting!" Gao Huan couldn't help but slapped his legs and laughed. He hadn't been so nervous or exciting for several years.
At this time, Sengge and others also heard the strange noise behind him. When he turned his head and saw that he was frightened, his expression changed drastically, and his eyes were almost falling out of shock.
Chapter completed!