The two thousand troops led by Chen Renjie walked three or four miles away. Suddenly, the ground on the roadside was shaken. The engineers of the Fubo Army deployed a large number of claymore mines made of pig iron on both sides of the post road late at night.
As soon as Chen Renjie's front team entered the minefield, they were blown away by the mines and scattered. Before Chen Renjie could gather his team, he saw a team of Kun thieves with red flags coming from the front like a wall. The gunmen
The cannons were fired, and most of his troops were a mob. If he could calmly set up a formation to attack the stronghold and still have some achievements, he could not withstand the sudden encounter and immediately fled to Chengmai. Chen Renjie took the troops left by Tang Yunwen.
A few people from the headquarters tried their best to intercept, hoping to reorganize the team, but in the end they could not stop them and were forced to flee all the way by the defeated soldiers.
The more than 10,000 people who followed were all troops who had suffered defeats in the previous few days. They had long been frightened. The sound of artillery in front and the collapse of the front team immediately caused confusion among them. At this time, the 3rd and 5th troops came round from the flanks.
Together with the 6th Battalion, they launched attacks from three directions at the main force of the already shaken officers and soldiers, and immediately defeated most of them.
He Ming knew that he had limited troops and could not form a complete encirclement. Therefore, during the battle, he required each battalion to use fierce assault combat and powerful firepower to quickly defeat the officers and soldiers, causing them to lose organization and command, forcing the defeated soldiers to retreat to the seaside.
He invested all the troops from the beginning: all 5 battalions. In order to maximize the firepower, he also added 2 additional militia companies as auxiliary personnel to each battalion. They were responsible for pushing the three 12-guns allocated to each battalion.
Pounds of hamburgers and three typewriters formed an unprecedentedly powerful firepower. As for the seaside camp, the navy sent sailors and sailors on board ships to defend it - the night before, the navy had already sent a large-scale reinforcement force.
Arriving at the seaside, 1,200 Hale rockets were shipped, which was almost the entire inventory in the warehouse.
In the days after the Ming army was defeated twice in Chengmai and Shishan, He Ming had been observing the movements of the army. The army did not retreat immediately, but reoccupied Xiaoyingchang and built more camps. This signal
It can be considered that they were preparing for a long-term confrontation with the Fubo Army under Chengmai City. Occupying Xiaoyingchang indicates that they were probably planning to transport grain by sea.
After a short meeting, He Ming and his staff decided that time was running out and it would be detrimental to the Fubo Army to continue the stalemate with the Ming Army. They should seize the opportunity when the Ming Army's food routes were cut off and they lost several battles in a row, and their morale was low.
They were defeated under the city walls.
In order to promote the collapse of the Ming army, the Executive Committee mobilized almost all available troops in Lingao and sent them to Chengmai. Except for the garrison battalion, the last marine force - two marine companies of the navy also arrived at Chengmai with the ship at starry night.
Mai. Specifically based on Army reports from several battles, more 12-pounders and typewriters were shipped. Some of the 12-pounders were dismantled from bunkers, and the typewriters were disassembled from Navy battleships and hurriedly installed.
On a two-wheel gun mount.
After the reinforcements arrived, the army and navy held a brief discussion and decided that the navy would launch an artillery bombardment, using the range and deterrence effect of rockets to destroy the camps and morale of the officers and soldiers.
Most of the ships sent by the navy were small traditional Chinese sailing ships with a shallow draft. After certain modifications, they were equipped with rocket launchers and mortars and became specialized firepower ships. That night, the navy fired 400 Hale missiles at the Ming army camp.
Rockets, the army launched 300 rockets from the camp. "Fireworks in Linshen River" - everyone was talking and laughing when they launched the rockets. The first time I spent the Spring Festival in this time and space, I let this thing go.
However, recently, the source of pig iron is not as tight as before, and large-scale mass production has only begun when we are facing war. This is the first time that this kind of rocket has been fully put into actual combat.
He Ming was standing on the watchtower of the camp at this time. All five of his infantry battalions had been put into battle at once. Judging from the current development of the battle, the battle was developing ideally. The vanguard of the army was on the mines.
The explosion of the formation and a fierce infantry attack had already caused them to collapse. Not only did they not play any combat role, they also overwhelmed the main force of the officers and soldiers in the middle. The ranks of the officers and soldiers were in an obvious state of chaos. They were basically being suppressed and beaten by the infantry battalion.
He asked: "Have He Rubin's troops been dispatched?"
"No, his headquarters flag is still in the camp."
He Ming is very nervous: he does not have enough reserves, and it will be difficult to deal with emergencies. The only ones he can use now are the marine companies and sailors who have landed on navy ships, and they are guarding the camp for him.
Chen Haiyang assured him that he had organized most of the sailors on the ship into five companies, which were ready to go ashore at any time. However, He Ming lacked confidence in the sailors' land combat capabilities. The sailors also conducted infantry drills, formations, assassinations, and shooting.
Training, but the number of training hours is far less than that of regular infantry.
The staff officers of the field army constantly watched the battlefield with telescopes, marked the latest conditions on the map, and used walkie-talkies to contact the battalion commanders of each battalion at any time to adjust the troops' attack direction to prevent the officers and soldiers from finding gaps that they could break through.
The first encirclement composed of five battalions was sparse, so a mobile team of armed agricultural vehicles and five mixed companies of sailors and sailors were deployed behind it - armed with typewriters and mountain grenades, ready to intercept the breaking out officers and soldiers according to the instructions of the observation post.
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Most of the 10,000 officers and soldiers in the army were defeated in the battles of the past few days, and they had no fighting spirit. They soon collapsed under the fierce attack of the army. The 12-pound mountain pomegranate and the roar of the platoon made the soldiers
They lost their queue, and despite the interception of the generals, some of them retreated towards the camp and the county town, but most of them fled towards the seaside where there were no enemies.
He Rubin ran out of the stronghold and saw that the outside was in chaos, and the officers and soldiers who had lost their ranks and organization were fleeing amid the thick smoke and fire.
He ordered people to beat drums and blow conchs, and asked all the troops to return to the camp to assemble. However, the battlefield was already in chaos, with the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing everywhere. No one paid attention to his order, so he sent soldiers to look for him.
Generals, but the soldiers sent never returned.
Was he defeated like this?! He Rubin's hands and feet were so cold that he froze on the spot for a moment. His generals and soldiers were very anxious and did not dare to remind him.
At this time, Sun Changzuo came with more than a dozen soldiers. He jumped off his horse and reported: "Your Majesty, get on your horse quickly. I will lead the men and horses of the Biao camp to escort the old camp to break out!"
He Rubin suppressed the panic in his heart: "Generals, who else is in the Chinese army?"
"There is only one Ye Youqi left." Sun Changzuo said loudly, "Now that all the ministries have been dispersed, the generals have led their troops to break out! Sir, you'd better get on your horse and leave quickly!"
"Where is Mr. Zhao?"
"Master Zhao and Master Lu are waiting for you at the gate of the camp," Sun Changzuo said anxiously, "If you don't leave, the thieves will surround you!"
As he spoke, several generals couldn't help but rush him onto the horse and rush out. His 2,000-strong Chinese army had already been assembled. Zhao Ruyi, Lu Yizhong and his staff were all riding horses among the people and immediately surrounded him.
Rushed out of the Chinese army camp and headed towards Qiongshan.
The firearms camp that Li Modao brought was forgotten. He and his troops were still guarding the Chinese camp, but there was no team of bandits attacking the Chinese camp. The dozens of large and small Fran cannons in his hands,
The tiger crouching cannon was useless. He only watched the large group of officers and soldiers scattered around him running towards the seaside, chased by the gray queue of the bandits. It was as if they had nothing to do with him.
"Run to the beach to die?" Li Modao roared, but no one heard his words. At this time, his men also began to get into chaos - the coach had already run away, and was surrounded by soldiers and horses of the thief.
I couldn't see how many people there were. I could only hear shouts of killing and gunshots everywhere. A general came over and asked him if he should leave the camp and run away now.
"You can't run now!" Li Modao shook his head, "It's a mess outside. If you go out, you will be surrounded by the rebels and run to the beach. When you get to the beach, you will have to be dealt with by the bandits! Let's hold on for a while. The bandits won't do it.
If you attack us, don't fire artillery. Roll up the flag! We'll break through after the large group of troops has passed!"
He asked the soldiers in the firearms camp to leave only a few observation posts, while the others came down from the camp walls and opened all the camp doors.
"After coming down from the camp wall and opening the camp gate, how can we defend ourselves?" someone asked anxiously.
"You're still holding back!" Li Modao cursed in a low voice, "The thieves thought it was an empty camp and wouldn't rush in right away. We are here for a while."
He Rubin's 2,000 men, led by Ye Zhengfang and 200 cavalry, rushed out of the Chinese army camp like tigers out of their cages. The momentum was very fierce. However, their movements were immediately grasped by the observation post. He Ming knew that this was the main force of the Chinese army.
Breaking through. He immediately ordered the entire battalion of Zhu Mingxia Camp, which was intercepting the fleeing enemy nearby, to come and intercept it. Immediately, four infantry companies came from the left wing and four infantry companies came from the right wing to attack this group of troops at the same time. An infantry company with a typewriter quickly
They occupied a small hill on the side of the post road. Dozens of rounds of bullets knocked the forwards off their feet. Ye Zhengfang was the first to fall under machine gun fire. The breakout immediately lost the energy of the attack. Since most of the Chinese army was infantry, they did not move quickly.
, was quickly bitten by the infantry of the Fubo Army. Rifles, typewriters and mountain grenades fired hundreds of rounds of projectiles at the breaking out Chinese army from both sides. Bullets continued to fly from both sides and the front, killing the soldiers in the queue.
Rows and rows of people were killed and wounded. In less than ten minutes, the entire queue was shaken. Despite this, the Chinese army was the core of He Rubin's headquarters and had a very tenacious will to fight. Although people kept falling under the dense rain of bullets,
Next, the soldiers still lined up in a tight formation to cover the generals and staff in the middle, and rushed eastward step by step.
Sun Changzuo quickly asked He Rubin and Zhao Ruyi to take their staff and escape under the cover of cavalry. He led the infantry to resist on the spot and delay the Kun thieves' attack.
"Sir! How long will it take if we don't leave now?" Sun Changzuo roared. More than half of the soldiers around him were dead. They were hit by several shrapnel and were bleeding profusely. "This humble general is here to resist the enemy.
Army!" As he said this, he personally led He Rubin's servants and charged towards a company formation. Although he was immediately restrained by the firing of typewriters, he successfully attracted the firepower of more than a hundred cavalry and more than 300 on foot.
The servants, led by Song Ming and He Zhanran, immediately took advantage of this opportunity and rushed over with He Rubin and others surrounded. Another company on the flank rushed up to pursue, and some of the servants immediately turned over to fight, and arrows were shot like raindrops, unexpectedly.
Many infantrymen were killed and wounded, and the company commander had no choice but to order the troops to retreat temporarily and kill them all with rifles. This rearguard battle allowed the cavalry to escape many ways.
"There is a group of cavalry heading towards Qiongshan at a very fast speed. The infantry is afraid that they will not be able to catch up with them."
"Probably He Rubin himself." He Ming said lightly, and he ordered: "Send a farm vehicle to pursue! The special reconnaissance team pays attention to the interception! Tell Zhu Mingxia to resolve the battle quickly, there are still a large group of prisoners here.
Grasp!"
Although an agricultural vehicle equipped with an M240 machine gun may not be as fast as a horse in instant sprint, its long-distance pursuit is definitely better than any horse.
Sun Changzuo led the Biao battalion to resist desperately, but still could not withstand the superior firepower of the Fubo army. He led his team to charge several times, but was repelled by fierce firepower. Several times, the soldiers rushed into the queue of the Kun thieves, but they were very difficult to resist.
He was about to be stabbed to death by the enemy's bayonet. One of his arms had been pierced by a bullet, and he was covered in blood. He was secretly surprised in his heart: It's not that the thief was not good at land combat with only firearms, and he was most afraid of interacting with white soldiers. But at this moment, he was
It was discovered that the Kun thieves were never at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat. Not only were they "skilled in fighting skills", but their fighting will was far more tenacious than that of the officers and soldiers.
In order to resolve the battle as quickly as possible, He Ming mobilized multiple typewriters and several 12-pound mountain grenades to support the 4th Battalion. Under strong firepower, the 4th Infantry Battalion finally completely defeated the Zhongjun Biao Battalion, the last main force of the official army, and routed the troops.
Under pressure, he was forced to retreat to the sea.
In the chaos, many troops retreated towards Chengmai County, but Song Zonghui, the deputy commander of the training regiment in the county, with the tacit consent of the county magistrate, bribed the commander who entered the city to guard the city and made him promise not to open the city gate to accept the defeated troops. So.
The city gates of Chengmai County were tightly closed, and the defeated soldiers were not allowed to enter. The defeated soldiers yelled and cursed under the city, and some people shot arrows at the city, but the Fubo army behind them came and killed them, so they could only continue to flee towards the sea.
More than one group of troops saw the sinister intention of the Fubo Army to drive them toward the seaside, so they suddenly turned around under the command of the general and looked for gaps between the battalions to protrude. However, except for a few troops, most of the breakouts were maneuvered.
The troops intercepted and were quickly defeated and eliminated under a burst of fierce firepower.
Seeing that the rebels had passed, Li Modao saw that most of the Kun Thief's infantry also rushed over. He immediately ordered the entire battalion to discard all their baggage, and each person only brought their sidearms and a small number of firearms to prepare for a breakout at any time. He had been observing the battlefield just now.
Knowing that the Kun thief mobilized men and horses very quickly, a large group of breakout troops would definitely be intercepted, so it was better to break into small groups and escape. He immediately divided his men into seven or eight drums, each with one or two hundred men. They poured out of the camp together and dispersed.
Break out in two directions: east and south.
A khaki agricultural vehicle suddenly rushed out of the woods with its horn honking. Li Modao and the others looked in panic as an iron box panted and roared in front of them. It had something on its back.
Several people quickly twisted an iron pipe like a small cannon towards them.
Li Modao knew something was wrong, and immediately rolled on the spot and into a ditch on the side of the road. Then he heard a roar as fierce as tearing cloth. The scorching fire swept over, and each of his brothers looked like
They all fell back as if they had been punched hard. Then, many thieves in blue clothes rushed out from the woods, with blunderbuss with bayonets clearly pointed out. They rushed forward and killed the remaining people in one fell swoop.
They dispersed, some surrendered and some tried to escape but were assassinated by the woods. The entire team was wiped out in the blink of an eye.
Li Modao hid most of his body in the ditch, hiding under a corpse. The sound of the iron horse gradually faded away, but he still lay motionless for a long time, until the sound of gunfire and human voices around him gradually faded away.
Only then did he quietly get up and escape to Qiongshan Mountain.
Despite the continuous interceptions, many small groups of troops managed to escape the interception and fled towards Qiongshan. Most of them were destroyed or captured by the pursuing mobile teams, and only a few troops were able to escape to Qiongshan.
After the people escaped for a certain distance, they found a fishing boat on the beach and used coercion or bribery to get the fishermen to carry them across the strait to escape.
By around 9 a.m., the situation on the entire Chengmai battlefield had become completely clear: the entire army was in disarray. There were no longer any organized officers and soldiers on the battlefield. The Fubo Army was aware of the generals' rout.
Driving toward the seaside, He Ming asked the propaganda team to bring loudspeakers and continuously broadcast the "surrender without killing" order along the road. Many people surrendered, and some couldn't run anymore, so they simply threw away their weapons and lay down on the ground to wait for death.
The troops who fled to the beach retreated one after another under the attack of the Fubo Army. Many people rushed to Xiaoyingchang. Many others retreated to the beach in panic, retreating step by step toward the water. But they retreated further and further into the water.
The deeper you go, the softer the sand, and the more difficult it is to move. They were killed or captured alive by the pursuing Fubo soldiers.
Thousands of remnants and defeated generals gathered on the ruined camp of Xiaoyingchang and on the nearby coast. Not only did they abandon all their armor and weapons, they also lost all their weapons and completely lost their combat effectiveness.
The ruins of the ruins blocked the Fubo Army's advance with arrows. The Fubo Army did not advance, but shot with rifles from a distance. However, they did not care how many enemies they killed. They only shot and killed some people who still tried to resist.
They were unable to move. At that time, Wei Aiwen sent many officers and soldiers who had been captured and surrendered in Shishan a few days ago to shout to them everywhere, asking them to surrender immediately.
"Brothers, surrender quickly. If you come here, you will not be beaten or killed. Those who are sick or injured will be treated!" A voice urging surrender came from the wind.