Chapter 630: Building a gun platform can also attack
"Huh?" Including Hou Fangyu, everyone's eyes turned to Hong Chengchou, wondering what did Hong Butang mean by having a chance just now?
Have you found a way to defeat the enemy?
Kong Youde asked: "Hong Butang, have you found a way to defeat the enemy?"
"Well, I don't dare to say how to defeat the enemy. I can only say that it may be a try." Hong Chengchou said modestly, "But at least our Qing soldiers have a chance to win."
Hou Fangyu and others said expectantly: "I would like to hear the details."
"Meng Xueli, bring over the war chess." Hong Chengchou immediately motioned to Meng Xueli to bring over the war chess.
While Meng Xueli and others were preparing for the war chess, Hong Chengchou said: "During the Qingli period, when Duke Fan Wenzheng was planning to conquer the northwest, he implemented a shallow attack and fortification strategy against Xixia. Do you know this?"
"I've heard of it, but I don't know the details," Geng Zhongming replied.
It is already rare for a martial artist to have heard of shallow attack and attack the building.
Hou Fangyu said like a treasure: "The so-called shallow attack and advance is actually to build fortresses and push forward, constantly squeezing the Xixia Kingdom's defense line, forcing the Western Army to take the initiative to attack the Song Army."
"The situation at that time was that the Song army had powerful weapons and was good at defending the city and defensive warfare."
"The Western Army is brave, good at field warfare, and more familiar with the terrain."
"So the shallow attack strategy implemented by Fan Wenzheng perfectly exploited its strengths and avoided its weaknesses, and maximized the Song Army's advantage in defending cities, thus achieving good results in the northwest. It's just a pity..."
"There is no need to say what follows." Hong Chengchou interrupted directly, "We only need to know that building fortresses can also be used for offense. That is enough."
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Hou Fangyu said: "Having said that, the prerequisite for the Song army to use the strategy of shallow attack and fortification is to have the advantage of firearms. However, the firearms of our Qing soldiers are not as sharp as the Ming army. If we try to imitate the tactics of the ancients, we may suffer backlash."
After saying this, Hou Fangyu said again: "Hongbutang, don't forget that in the battle of Chenguantun, there was a big battle between the red cannons of the Qing Dynasty and the firearms of the Ming army, but the final result was that our country
The Qing army suffered a disastrous defeat."
Hou Fangyu didn't say the last half of the sentence, but everyone could hear the implication.
This means that the firearms of the Qing army are not as good as those of the Ming army and they are not reliable enough, so shallow attacks on the forts are not feasible.
Hong Chengchou said: "Before, our headquarters had the same idea as you, so we were hesitant to use a shallow attack to attack the building. But just now I heard Agula Dutong talk about the Battle of Daluli, and I realized that we were all wrong."
Everyone in the camp remained silent, waiting quietly for Hong Chengchou to continue his explanation.
After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "In the Battle of Daluli, the Green Camp artillery was too dense at the beginning, and the first wave of firepower of the Ming army's artillery was the most accurate, so it suffered heavy losses. 30 Camels were lost at once.
However, in the artillery battle that lasted for less than half an hour, only 5 guns were lost."
Hou Fangyu said: "But the Agula Dutong just said that the Ming army's artillery suffered zero losses!"
"Well, this is not the point." Hong Chengchou said, "The point is that the firearms of the Ming army do not have an overwhelming advantage compared to the firearms of our Qing army. Therefore, although our artillery has a range that is not as good as the Ming army, it is still capable of stopping the Ming army. The infantry charged, which gave our warriors and the civilian men a chance to build gun platforms."
"Well, I understand." Hou Fangyu reacted immediately.
But Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others were still confused.
At this time, Meng Xueli had already prepared the war game with several moves.
Hong Chengchou grabbed a "civilian husband" doll, placed it on the sand table, and said: "We had thought before that we would first rush to repair a number of gun platforms to the east of the Chenguantun camp of the Ming Army, and then connect the gun platforms into one after establishing a firm foothold. A complete line of defense could completely lock the Chenguantun camp and cut off the Ming army's food route, but there is a problem."
Kong Youde said: "The problem is that the Ming army will not give us this opportunity."
Geng Zhongming also said: "You are right. As soon as our civilians leave the city gate, they will be discovered by Ming dogs. Even if they sneak out of the city at night, they will still be discovered. When the time comes, the Ming army will definitely send troops to attack. At this time We have only two choices, either to withdraw the civilians, or to send troops to protect the civilians and repair the guns."
Near Jinghai or the entire Gyeonggi Province is an endless plain.
During the day, the Ming army could carry out reconnaissance through Kongming lanterns, but at night, there were Ming army scouts or ambushing troops everywhere, and every move of the Qing army was under the surveillance of the Ming army.
Therefore, it was absolutely impossible to secretly build a gun platform without telling the Ming army.
If you want to repair the gun platform, you can only do it openly and forcefully.
Shang Kexi said: "If you withdraw the civilians, all your previous efforts will be wasted. However, if you send troops to protect you, you need to fight with the Ming army in the field. However, field battles need to be avoided at all costs, so the gun platform cannot be repaired at all."
Hong Chengchou smiled and said: "The headquarters also thought so before, but in fact it is not the case. There is still a chance."
Speaking of this meal, Hong Chengchou grabbed a "Cannon" war chess and placed it on the sand table not far to the south of Jinghai County, about a thousand steps away.
"The cannons are taken out of the city and placed in the fields?"
Shang Kexi said: "Isn't it inappropriate?"
"What's wrong?" Hong Chengchou asked.
Kong Youde said: "They will be bombarded by the Ming army's cannons. The range of our red cannons of the Qing Dynasty is not as good as that of the Ming army's red cannons, so we can only be beaten passively."
"Not necessarily." Hong Chengchou said, "The Battle of Daluli has proved that as long as the distance between the cannons is expanded, the damage caused by the Ming army's artillery to our army's artillery can be ignored!"
"But our army's cannons are loaded with hundreds of bullets, which is enough to deter the Ming army's infantry and even cavalry from attacking."
Speaking of this, he added with emphasis: "In this way, the people of the Qing Dynasty can calmly build the gun platform. After the gun platform is completed, they can continue to advance southward until the canal defense lines at the north and south ends of Chenguantun are reconnected. In this way, As soon as I arrived, the food route of the Ming army was cut off by me again, and the main force of the Ming army outside Chaoyang Gate was no longer sustainable."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Hou Fangyu said: "Hong Butang, I think this strategy is worth a try!"
"Then try it." Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "Try it right away!"
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Early the next morning, a group of civilians entered the Chenguantun camp.
After half a month of interruption, a baggage train finally entered Chenguantun, which also meant that the logistics channel from Dengzhou to Dagukou, from Dagukou to Chenguantun, and from Chenguantun to Beijing was once again connected.
Now the more than 100,000 troops and 100,000 civilians in Beijing no longer have to worry about having no food to eat.
Yan Yingyuan and Jie Yuancai stood at the entrance of Chenguantun Camp, with smiles on their faces.
"Xingdou, it's really thanks to you this time." Yan Yingyuan said, "Otherwise, Jiannu might have been cut off from his food supply. If this happened, not only our Chenguantun camp would be in danger, but the hundreds of thousands of troops outside Beijing would also be in danger.
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"Hey, Brother Jianheng, please don't put gold in my face." Jie Yuancai waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm just following orders. Without the intelligence provided by the Secret Investigation Section, without your decisive decision by Brother Jianheng, and without the coordination of the Cavalry Town,
It couldn’t have been accomplished by just me and the 2nd Mountain Artillery Brigade, so this is all the credit of everyone.”
Yan Yingyuan laughed and said: "Jiannu has suffered heavy losses one after another. He probably doesn't have the guts to cut off our food supply again."
"I think so," Jie Yuancai agreed, "In the Battle of Chenguantun, Jiannu lost 200 red cannons, and in the Battle of Daluli, Jiannu lost another 200 camel cannons. How many cannons did Jiannu have in total? Based on this loss
Fa, within a few battles, they will lose all their cannons, so what will they have to fight us with?"
"Oh, by the way, I heard that the Cavalry Town has uniformly changed to the Type 20?" Yan Yingyuan asked again, "And the gunpowder used in the distributed paper-bottomed concave bullets is also different? Not only is it more lethal, but it also has no smoke?"
"That's true." Xie Yuancai said, "It's really strange. There really isn't any smoke at all."
"It seems that Jiannu has really run out of energy." Yan Yingyuan said, "My Ming Dynasty's firearms are getting sharper and sharper, and the country is advancing thousands of miles. Jiannu obviously can't keep up. The destruction of the country and the annihilation of the clan are already in sight."
Xie Yuancai was also in a state of excitement. The matter that had lasted for more than sixty years was finally going to be solved.
Thinking back to five years ago, the Ming Dynasty was still in turmoil and the country was about to be destroyed. I never thought that in just five years, the world would have changed.
While he was talking, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded above his head.
When I looked up hurriedly, I saw a student leaning out from the gondola of a flying car rising in the air, and continuously uttering sign language downwards: Jian Nu is out of the city! There is an enemy situation!
"Let's go to the watchtower!"
At that moment, Yan Yingyuan and Xie Yuancai hurriedly boarded the watchtower.
Chenguantun Camp is only seven or eight miles away from Jinghai County, so standing on the three-foot-high observation tower and using a telescope can see clearly without having to take a flying car to high-altitude reconnaissance.
I saw groups of Mongolian cavalry heading out of the south gate.
"This is surprising." Xie Yuancai said, "The Eight Banners Mongolia haven't been scared by us?"
Yan Yingyuan also frowned. Jiannu's behavior today was indeed strange. Previously, the Eight Banners Mongolia had 40,000 cavalry, but they were defeated by the Ming Dynasty's cavalry.
Now that there are only 20,000 Mongolian riders left under the Eight Banners, do they still dare to fight in the wild?
However, the Eight Banner Mongols did not go far outside the city, but stopped about three miles outside the city.
Immediately afterwards, groups of Eight Banners Han troops filed out. After leaving the city, the Eight Banners Han troops did not go far. They just formed a line array in the field, while the Eight Banners Mongolian troops divided into two groups to protect the two wings.
"Hey, Jiannu's formation..." Jie Yuancai said.
"Could it be that you want to attack the Chenguantun camp again?"
"Impossible!" Yan Yingyuan said flatly, "Hong Chengchou is not that stupid."
As soon as he finished speaking, groups of green soldiers came out of the city gate.
The military flags and costumes of the Green Camp soldiers are obviously different from those of the Eight Banners and Han troops, making them easy to identify.
Accompanying the green battalion were red cannons and Fran cannons.
Now even Yan Yingyuan began to waver. Did Jiannu really intend to attack the Chenguantun camp?
Ordinarily it shouldn’t be, what kind of medicine is Hong Chengchou selling in the gourd?
