Chapter 178: Seven in and seven out
More than 100,000 people are so dense that they are endless. In comparison, the government army is less than 15,000, which seems to be in proportion.&1t;/p>
After seeing the military and civilians at Chongzhou City, they were all surprised and suspicious.&1t;/p>
"Where did this official army come from? Why do you look different?" Someone looked at the uniform of the o1 infantry division in surprise. It was not the mandarin duck battle robe worn by ordinary Ming troops.&1t;/p>
"It seems that it was from the Beijing Army. I heard that when serving in the Beijing Army, the military pay is the highest, and there is 3 silver dollars a month!" Someone said that Shandong is close to Northern Zhili, especially near the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, so the news is more convenient to pass. There are many rumors about the changes in the Beijing Army.&1t;/p>
Under the city, the O1 infantry division calmly set up its formation. However, the Yinxiang Sect was trying hard to concentrate its troops. However, the command of the Yinxiang Sect was very slow. The Beijing camp had already set up its formation. The Yinxiang Sect had only concentrated less than 100,000 troops.&1t;/p>
Bangbang~!&1t;/p>
The deafening war drum suddenly sounded, and the o1 infantry division's flags flew over. Amid the hot drum beats, the infantry division's various formations began to slowly advance, and bravely pressed towards the silence army of the Winter Sorrow Cult.&1t;/p>
The soldiers and civilians in Chongzhou City were shocked when they saw it. This was simply too crazy. Not only did they fight against the crowd, but they also had to take the initiative to attack. Isn’t this because they didn’t die fast enough?&1t;/p>
The two wings of the o1 Infantry Division were covered by the Tengxiang Cavalry Division, and also slowly advanced forward with the pace of the o1 Infantry Division.&1t;/p>
The Yinxiang Sect did not sit and wait for death, but distributed a large number of troops from both sides and surrounded the two wings of the Beijing camp. It seemed like a bloody mouth, and it was necessary to swallow the O1 Infantry Division and Tengxiang Cavalry Division in one go. As long as they were completely surrounded, they would probably be submerged in the vast ocean of the Yinxiang Sect's chaos army.&1t;/p>
"Add forward." Zhou Chao came out of the battle knife at an altitude and shouted loudly.&1t;/p>
The situation they faced at this time was that they could only defeat the thief army head-on with lightning speed before being completely surrounded. Otherwise, the two wings, the rear were completely surrounded by the thief army of the Wenxiang Cult, and would be directly dragged into the 'endless' quagmire of melee combat, which would be unbearable.&1t;/p>
Only advance, no retreat!&1t;/p>
All the soldiers advanced one after another, getting closer and closer. Finally, three hundred meters away from the bandit army, the drum sound stopped.&1t;/p>
All-in-one.&1t;/p>
"Archive preparation."&1t;/p>
I saw an infantry cannon being pushed out. It was two hundred three-pound cannons and three hundred one-pound cannons. Because these infantry cannons are extremely light, they were directly equipped for infantry use.&1t;/p>
A famous artillery soldier, quickly coordinated operation, loading and charging.&1t;/p>
"Prepare...release!"&1t;/p>
Torches are issued with the order. All are pressed down and ignited.&1t;/p>
Ruth... The fuse burned quickly, sparks flashing wildly, followed by a thunderous roar. In an instant, hundreds of cannons fired together, and one after another, one shell after another turned into light balls and shot out from the mouth of the gun, directly breaking through the air.&1t;/p>
Whoosh~~!&1t;/p>
Hundreds of shells hit the dense formation of the thieves in the Winter Sorrow Sect with an unstoppable momentum. One of them was killed on the spot. The bandits along the way all broke their bones, broken tendons, blood, brain, intestines, broken limbs, broken arms splattered everywhere.&1t;/p>
The bandit army was in chaos on the spot, and they were arranged too densely. They were like an ant colony, and they couldn't even move their feet away. The Ming army's artillery did not need to be aimed at at all. As long as the direction was roughly right, they could definitely shoot a Grand Slam.&1t;/p>
After those shells destroyed the first thief army, the remaining momentum remained unabated. The hot shells bounced wildly on the ground, killing the second, the third, and even killing seven or eight with one shot. However, the power of a pound cannon is much smaller. Usually, the potential energy is exhausted if it kills three or five. The potential energy of the three pound cannon is much stronger, but it cannot easily kill more than a dozen people like a large caliber cannon.&1t;/p>
If there were large-caliber artillery at this time, the scene would have been more spectacular. Or, more tragic.&1t;/p>
If five hundred shells were smashed, the bandit army had at least two thousand casualties on the spot. Although the performance of the artillery in this era is not as good as that of the artillery in later generations, it is not much worse in terms of killing efficiency. Although the artillery in later generations is powerful, the enemy will not be arranged in a dense formation for you to fight. Instead, it adopts straggling tactics and also has various ground covers for protection. For example, in World War II, tens of thousands of bullets could kill a person, and more than a dozen shells could kill one or two, and sometimes even one enemy could not kill.&1t;/p>
The huge damage is still secondary. The most terrifying consequence is that after a round of artillery bombardment, the bandit army exploded with a loud bang in the front. A large number of bandit army cried and shouted at their parents, rushing to avoid shells. The consequences are self-evident. The formation that originally looked a little more beautiful was in chaos on the spot. Looking down from a bird's eye, the entire bandit army was like a wave, rolling towards this side and then toward that side.&1t;/p>
In the dense formation, there is no room for movement at all, so people can only push and crowd. The shelling scene is too tragic. The farmers who were frightened to pee their pants cried and shouted at their parents, squeezed in one direction regardless of everything, and in the direction of being squeezed, they had to squeeze to the other side. As a result, they were like dominoes, which produced a terrifying chain reaction. It also looked like a rolling wave.&1t;/p>
But the direction of evasion chosen by each person was different, so that the entire military formation was in chaos on the spot, like boiling hot porridge, rolling and boiling. The thieves on the outer edge could only scatter wildly in order to avoid the crowds. So soon, the originally dense formation of the thieves became much looser in a short while, and there were many spaces of different sizes and sizes inside, creating sufficient conditions for the cavalry to charge.&1t;/p>
Just thirty seconds later, the second round of shells roared.&1t;/p>
The thief army that had been dispersed a little, the killing of this shelling was smaller, but the avoidance of more shells became even more intense. After the first round of shelling, the soldiers of the thief army realized the power of these shells, and they became more mindless in hiding. So the space became larger and the military formation was almost completely chaotic.&1t;/p>
Suddenly the ground trembled, and I looked up. The left-wing cavalry of the Ming army appeared in the Ming army, and they had already begun to slowly rush towards them.&1t;/p>
The cavalry attacked.&1t;/p>
Add, add again.&1t;/p>
The flying cavalry wall took full charge less than 300 meters away from the bandit army. In the amazing charge, the Tengxiang Cavalry Division still maintained a perfect formation.&1t;/p>
The discipline and training level of the Tengxiang Cavalry Division have reached an amazing level.&1t;/p>
The bandit army wanted to gather its formation, but unfortunately their soldiers were all farmers who were not all literate. They were already panicked under the bombardment of artillery fire. How could they be restrained? So they could only watch the Tengxiang Cavalry Division crashed directly into their military formation. In the formation of the bandit army of the Wind Xiang Sect, the infantry who saw the cavalry rushing towards them dodged left and right.&1t;/p>
It rushed in without any effort, which was unbelievable. The loose space in the formation of the bandit army also provided enough maneuverable space for the Tengxiang Cavalry Division. In other words, it gave the bandit soldiers room to dodge a road. So much so that the Tengxiang Cavalry Division only dispatched half of its troops, and only 15oo cavalrymen were invincible among the 70,000 to 80,000 people.&1t;/p>
Strictly speaking, there is no decent resistance.&1t;/p>
Most of the soldiers of the thief army dodged left and right when they saw the cavalry coming. Those who had no time to dodge or tried to resist were directly crushed by 1,500 cavalry on the spot. The resistance that the Yinxiang Cult tried to stop was soon dispersed by their own riots. They could not do anything, and could only join the ranks of dodging.&1t;/p>
The Tengxiang Cavalry Division did not care about those robbers who dodged to the side. The entire cavalry brigade was like a sharp awl, and directly drilled the front formation of the thief army into a transparent way. From the front to the back, a bloody road was cut out along the way. In less than three minutes, the thief army had been killed through.&1t;/p>
After killing through the bandits, the cavalry brigade quickly formed a team, then killed another round of rifle, and once again slashed into the bandits' formation. There was another wave of chaos like rolling waves. As the bandits' soldiers dodged one after another, they were soon killed by the cavalry brigade and killed through again.&1t;/p>
The whole team turned around and entered again. The formation of the bandit army in the Wind Sorcery Sect was completely in chaos after repeated storms, making the charge of the cavalry brigade almost unsolvable. One by one, the bandit infantry. In front of these cavalry, only the massacre was left.&1t;/p>
After all, the real war is not a single-player game in later generations. As long as a pass, each unit can be consumed completely without any brains. Although the army of the Scented Sect thief army has a lot of troops, it is useless. Everyone has thoughts and survives. When they are not fighting or are entangled by the situation, the number of people becomes a fatal factor.&1t;/p>
However, the bandit army on the front was still struggling to support it, because on the other side, the bandit army had already encircled the left and right wings of the Ming army. The bandit army on both sides had more than 40,000 people.&1t;/p>
Zhou Chaohai immediately took response measures and reached an agreement with Li Wei. Zhou Chaohai immediately arranged all 200 three-pound cannons on the right wing, and after launching a round of artillery attacks at the rushing bandit army, he successfully disrupted the formation of the bandit army. Then Li Wei personally led the cavalry brigade that had not yet been put into combat to charge towards the right wing bandit army.&1t;/p>
At the same time, the infantry division quickly set up a defensive formation and aimed at the bandit army on the left wing. All three hundred cannons were replaced with shotguns, and a burst of bombing at the rushing bandit army.&1t;/p>
Within three hundred meters, the lethality of these shotguns was even more terrifying. After the left-wing thief army was bombed for a round, they almost fell in large numbers. Each cannon turned into a deadly weapon.&1t;/p>
The bandit army was all infantry and was slow to move. It was impossible to charge directly from three hundred meters away. When they rushed over, they were exhausted. So when the left-wing bandit army approached one hundred meters away, they had already suffered three rounds of artillery attacks. At this distance, the musketeers of the o1 Infantry Division also began to shoot wildly.&1t;/p>
The equipment of the thief army of the smell of the fragrance sect was too bad, so they could shoot and kill them at will a hundred meters away.&1t;/p>
"Prepare, put it!"&1t;/p>
"Prepare, put it!"&1t;/p>
Under the waves of guns, they fell to the ground one by one. The scene was so scary. If the people around him fell down, the deterrence might not be that strong. But suddenly seeing a group of people falling down on the side, the deterrence would be extremely huge. Even regular troops would often be defeated by guns, let alone these farmers who were carrying the front to the battlefield. They were barely driven by the backbone of the Wenxiang Sect to 50 meters away from the left wing of the Ming army, and finally couldn't hold on. Xun was defeated. The thieves in front fled in scattered and dispersed the back.&1t;/p>
The situation on the right wing was even worse. After being bombarded by a round of artillery, Li Wei rushed casually with the cavalry, and rushed again to make it clearer, and he could not continue to advance at all. The more he advanced, the looser the formation. The cavalry led by Li Wei could divide more small units to charge, without fear of being eaten by the thief army after being divided into small units.&1t;/p>
The situation on the front of the battlefield is still relatively stalemate, because the frontal bandit army did not advance forward, and the cavalry brigades that attacked the bandit army did not dare to divide the small units to disperse the impact, so they killed seven in and seven out. Only then did the main force on the front of the bandit army become difficult to maintain, showing signs of defeat. (To be continued.)&1t;/p>
ps: The first update is here! I will go out today and strive for the third update.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!