1401 Broken Camp
Then Liu Pei lifted the telescope and looked at the battlefield. The soldiers were rushing into the gap quickly. Now there are at least three or four hundred people. The Qing army archers on the walls on both sides have not shot any arrows so far!
This is because all the archers within range were killed or driven away. The archers outside range were also suppressed by artillery and muskets, and had no time to take into account the situation at the gap and let the brigade of musket soldiers enter bravely.
The musket soldiers who rushed in immediately began to line up, and what made Liu Pei happy was that so far, he saw from the gap that the soldiers who had already lined up had not fired yet! This shows that there were no threatening enemies within their range. It seems that the Qing soldiers were suppressed by artillery!
As more and more soldiers rushed in, Liu Pei put down his telescope and said proudly to the officers around him: "The new tactic is successful! It seems that our soldiers are about to take down the camp on the right!"
Qi Qitao beside him said, "Master, if you look on the left, you can see the same scene!"
Liu Pei hurriedly raised his telescope and looked at the camp on the left. He found that the soldiers there were also rushing into the camp in batches! Moreover, the attack progress of the camp on the left was even faster, because some soldiers had already climbed up the village wall by ladder and were advancing along the narrow wooden village wall to both sides.
In fact, just like what Liu Pei saw, the attack went quite smoothly! And it exceeded the best expectations that Liu Pei and the soldiers asked!
Because when there is a gap in any city or camp, the commander's first order is to fill the gap! He will never care whether the stones, sandbags or the corpses of soldiers are used when filling the gap!
And the attacking Fang Fang would never give up any gap, because it determines their victory! Therefore, the two sides often fight fiercely near the gap until one side retreats!
But after Liu Pei strengthened the quantity and quality of artillery, a new tactic appeared! That is the coordination of infra-cannons! Especially when Liu Pei added the mortar cannon to the coordination of infra-cannons, a miracle really happened!
Direct fire cannon
Smashing the opponent's city wall can also cover the soldiers' approaching the gap. The soldiers can also cover the mortar cannon close to the city wall. The mortar cannon can provide curved firepower to strike the soldiers behind the city walls on both sides of the gap, clear the gap, and allow the soldiers to attack the city with the lowest casualties! The only imperfect thing is that the accuracy of the mortar cannon is too poor! Even adding a support to the shell cannon can only be said to be unsatisfactory!
Now the gap is almost flat, and there is no Tibetan area at all. The soldiers occupied the gap with just one charge, which basically locked in victory!
This situation is also useful for people with artillery like Liu Pei who bully people without artillery. Because if the other party also has artillery, it would be a nightmare to attack the gap! Even the shooting of artillery on both sides will exhaust the morale of both sides!
The soldiers who rushed into the camp did not charge in a hurry. The soldiers in the front row stuck their bayonets on their muzzles, and stepped forward with their waists, covering their companions behind them to avoid being killed by the Qing soldiers who rushed out of the corner. Later, the companions behind them shot every target they discovered with muskets.
As more and more people came, the artillery finally stopped shooting under the command of observers. However, at this time, more than a thousand people rushed into the gap, and the Qing soldiers could no longer drive them out!
As soon as the artillery stopped, the advance soldiers immediately stopped and waited for the other party's impact. The Qing army, who was dizzy and dizzy, finally realized that someone rushed towards the gap!
But this kind of scattered charge is meaningless! These people are often shot and killed as soon as they emerge! It was not until the Qing soldiers were organized by officers and planned attacks gradually became threatening!
While the Qing army increased its troops, the square formation of the musket soldiers was constantly becoming thicker and thicker, and continued to extend to the two wings. At the same time, a large number of swords, shields and spearmen rushed in and began to search for camps in front of the musket soldiers, or mix with the musket soldiers to form new square formations.
After the square formation completely protected the gap, a large number of Qing troops began to counterattack under the organization of the officers. They crossed the undamaged camp and rushed over with loud shouts. Then they fell down in rows under the dense lead shot!
This nearly massacre battle lasted for about a quarter of an hour. The bodies of Qing soldiers were covered with the corpses of the gap, almost forming an irregular semicircle. However, they did not even touch the edge of the house!
Now the matter of the Qing soldiers was completely collapsed! Even if the officers drove them away, they were unwilling to charge! On the contrary, when the Qing army stopped attacking, the highly morale sword and shield soldiers took the lead in breaking away from the square formation, accompanied by the musket soldiers, and gradually compressed the Qing army's activity space.
There were only a sound of fighting in the two camps on both sides. From time to time, dense musket sounds came out. Liu Peiguang heard the sound and knew that his soldiers had occupied half of the camp. Victory was a matter of time.
At this moment, Liu Pei suddenly saw a large number of Qing troops running out of the side door of the camp in both sides and fled directly to Daling River Fort! It seemed that they could no longer withstand the pressure of their opponent's attack and decided to give up the two camps!
These lucky Qing soldiers fled, but their troops with broken rear could not escape! In the camp, the sword and shield soldiers followed the Qing army closely, entangled the troops with broken rear, waiting for the reinforcements of the large army!
Soon the large army arrived and surrounded the Qing soldiers who had broken their rear! After a short battle between the two sides, the sword and shield soldiers took the initiative to retreat and gave their positions to the musket soldiers. Compared with the sword and shield soldiers, the musket soldiers were more suitable for dealing with these surrounded Qing soldiers.
The Qing soldiers leaned together in horror, forming an irregular circular formation. They did not try to charge because a large number of muskets were pointing at them more than a dozen steps away, forcing them not to move around. Because the first few people who made dangerous moves were already beaten with holes all over their bodies!
At this time, a musket soldier officer walked up and shouted: "Now you will give you a chance to surrender, and you can still survive! Put down your weapons now!"
But these Qing soldiers still refused to put down their weapons. No one knew what was supporting them! Maybe they were still thinking about showing their heroism!
Chapter completed!