Chapter 85 Opportunities
"Boom..." The dense stone bombs fell on the battlefield, rolling up pieces of smoke and dust. In a flash, they enveloped the battlefield with the smoke.
The shield that was pushed by the musketeer on his head was like a piece of paper, instantly smashed to pieces. Then, the stone bullets falling from the sky remained powerful and directly hit the soldier's body.
The first round, the second round... When the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army welcomed the stone bullets, the Actinium Musket Battalion itself also tried its best to shoot the bullets forward and shoot the most lead bullets in the shortest time.
The dense lead bullets flew towards the infantry phalanx that was close to the Tartars with a whizzing sound. After weighing ten kilograms, the stone bullets drew beautiful arcs in the air, they smashed into a line of positions that were completely covered by smoke and dust with a whizzing sound.
In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army were hit by stone bullets.
Although the Tartars, which were constantly advancing to the position, suffered several times more casualties, the distance between the two armies was directly advanced from more than thirty steps to less than twenty steps.
Facing the Tartars who were so close to each other, Wang Feng decisively ordered: "Retreat, retreat immediately..."
The Tiger and Leopard Army withdrew from the position and the Tartars, who lost hundreds of troops, occupied the position without accident.
"Mr. Beile, we won, we won..."
"The catapult really works. The tiger and leopard army on the position were killed by us with stone bullets... Master Beile, you are so amazing that you actually came up with the catapult method..." The subordinates surrounded Dorgon, one after another, said with a compliment on his face.
The other people failed to take down the Tiger and Leopard Army position without even having any casualties. They easily took it down as soon as they took it off. They said they were not excited, that was all fake, even if this person was Dorgon.
Therefore, amid the compliments from his subordinates, Dorgon's face was slowly covered with excitement.
With an increasingly confident expression, Dorgon ordered loudly.
"Since that's the case, why are you still stunned? Order the catapult to move forward immediately and directly advance to the front line of the Tiger and Leopard Army that we just occupied, and continue to attack them with stone bullets. Take it off before the Tiger and Leopard Army has gained a foothold in the second line of defense..."
"Yes, Mr. Beile, the servant will go and issue an order immediately..."
Two hours later, fifty catapults and countless stone bullets were all sent to the front line by the infantry and the soldiers.
In order to command the battle more intuitively and feel the pleasure brought to you by victory on the battlefield, Duoergun, who did not realize the danger, directly led all the troops to gather at the front line of positions that had just been abandoned by the Tiger and Leopard Army.
On the wall of Moguyu, facing the scene of the entire Tartar army moving forward, Wei Zheng not only did not feel like the dark clouds were overwhelming the city, but instead showed a strange smile of surprise on his calm face.
With an inexplicable gaze on his subordinate, he shouted excitedly: "Opportunity, our chance to win the opponent's Tartar army..."
After saying that, he was full of excitement, as if he had won a grand prize and continued to shout: "You, go and find the military advisor immediately, tell the military advisor, and then extract a thousand kilograms of explosives from the artillery battalion, and use them all for ** packs. As for the number of trenchers, I want forty, and I must complete them all before dawn tomorrow. I have great use."
"And you, find Battalion Commander Wang on the front line immediately. Now it's more than an hour left before dark. Let him be sure to defend the second line of defense. Without my order, no one is allowed to take a step back..."
"Also, the second and third teams of the Long Gun Battalion and the first and second teams of the Cavalry Battalion that were notified to rest in Moguyu, will give me a good rest tonight. Early tomorrow morning, I will defeat the opposite Tartar army."
In the second-line position of the Tiger and Leopard Army, taking advantage of the Tartars' transfer of the catapult, all the Tiger and Leopard Army soldiers, including Wang Feng, sat in the trench, gasping for breath, replenishing the physical energy consumed after a fierce battle.
At this moment, Wei Zheng's order suddenly came down, not only listening to Wang Feng's ears, but also listening to the surrounding tiger and leopard soldiers.
"Why? The general gave me the order a few hours ago was still timely blocking, but why did it change so quickly..." Wang Feng, who knew Wei Zheng's entire fighting thoughts very well, asked with a confused look on his face.
The messenger shook his head and replied: "Battleman Wang, I don't know the specific reason. The general asked me to tell you that the order must be executed. The specific reason will be announced in the evening..."
For the Tiger and Leopard Army, Wei Zheng is definitely a godlike existence.
Therefore, just in a daze, the doubts on Wang Feng's face were replaced by firmness and he heard the order loudly.
"Please rest assured, General, I, Wang Feng, will definitely defend the position and will not retreat..."
Looking at the messenger who quickly left, the firm expression on Wang Feng's face was replaced by solemnity again and fell into deep thought.
During the battle just ended, Wang Feng personally experienced the huge power of the Tatar trencher shooting stone bullets.
It is certain that if your next move does not change, even if you defend your position, you will pay a very heavy price under the attack of the Tartar stone bomb.
Although Wei Zheng did not mention casualties in the order just now, Wang Feng, who knew very well about the real situation of the Tiger and Leopard Army, knew that with limited troops, the Tiger and Leopard Army almost killed one person and one less person.
The order that General Wei Zheng did not give to himself was: to defend the position with minimal casualties and block the attack of the Tartars.
It's easy to say but hard to do.
Faced with the Tartar catapult that has not yet been able to crack, Wang Feng’s only way is to take good protection.
It is absolutely impossible to rebuild a position and change it in such a short time.
Wang Feng, who was frowning, immediately thought of the captains and platoon leaders gathered beside him, and ordered loudly: "Think about it carefully, how can we reduce the damage caused by stone bombs to us..."
As soon as Wang Feng finished speaking, a captain said, "Battery Commander, the stone bullet shot from the Tartars will jump several times after it hits the ground. If it cannot jump up, the brothers will definitely suffer much less..."
"Put the broken soil, we can throw some broken soil in the trench... As long as there is broken soil, the stone bomb will not jump up..." The problem just came up, and a captain came up with a specific solution.
Wang Feng nodded and ordered: "This method is good, implement it immediately... Captain Zhang, the method is what you think of. You should arrange it. You must seize the time. I feel that the Tartars' attack is coming. Others continue..."
At Wang Feng's warning, another platoon leader said: "Battery Commander, the stones shot by the Tartars are too elastic, and our shields are all hard and can be broken once they hit... Not only can't stop the stone bullets, but the broken wood smashed by the stone bullets will also kill us."
"My thought is, can I wrap a layer of cowhide on the shield? It's okay to wrap a layer of cowhide without cowhide..."
"I guess the cowhide and quilt are soft. Even if the stone bullet shot by the Tartars hit the shield, it will not smash the shield..."
Chapter completed!