On the battlefield on the right side of Zhuxian Town, as the third and fourth regiments finally formed a formation to support them, the fighting here suddenly became more intense.
Nie Yun is a very famous company commander among the entire Third Infantry Division.
After quickly observing the situation at the front of the battlefield, he immediately shouted with a standard Kaifeng accent:
"Stop advancing and fire~"
By the way! The reason why Nie Yun is so famous in the Third Infantry Division of the New Army of the Song Dynasty is not because of his amazing skills.
Or maybe he has a noble background and there are some important people in his family.
If this were the case, Nie Yun would not be just a company commander in the third regiment now among the new army that is hungry for talents.
The real reason is that this guy has blond hair and blue eyes, and his appearance is completely different from the others.
To be more precise, Nie Yun is actually a Shileye person (Jew* Tai), a descendant of those cannibals who were arranged to live uniformly in Kaifeng City by Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.
More than half a year ago, Nie Yun's process of signing up to join the new army went very smoothly.
However, when forming the Third Division, they were faced with a severe shortage of qualified officers, and when Xu Feng was about to promote Nie Yun to the position of company commander.
In the entire third division, there was a considerable controversy.
The reason is very simple. In the "Zuo Zhuan: The Fourth Year of Cheng Gong" from the famous Spring and Autumn Period, there is such a classic sentence: "If there is no race, there must be different minds."
In the new army of the mighty Song Dynasty, this blond and blue-eyed Shi Leye was appointed as the head-level company commander. How could he be called a company commander? Where is the majesty of the mighty Song Dynasty?
Later, in response to such a situation, Privy Envoy Hu spoke:
"The new army naturally needs to have some new atmosphere. Even Master Confucius said, 'When the barbarians plant flowers, they will plant flowers.' We might as well be broader-minded.
As long as we identify with the Song Dynasty, we are a family; no matter who they are originally, even if they are Jin people, we can open our minds and accept them.
As long as they are capable, their promotion and wealth will not be affected."
So under such a situation, Nie Yun, who was originally named Albert Dardanelle, became a junior officer in the new army.
Of course, none of the above is important.
The important thing is whether they can block and fight back these deadly Jin cavalry in the difficult battle that is about to begin after they advance in formation...
At Nie Yun's command, a military musician next to him quickly stopped holding his drumstick.
Suddenly, a second ago, amid the rhythmic drum beats, the entire company of 119 soldiers, who were marching neatly like a wall, stopped at the same time.
The next second later, the sword and shield bearers in the first row squatted down with their shields in hand.
The spearmen in the second row lowered their waists and lowered their shoulders, took a lunge, and raised their spears diagonally upward, ready for a collision.
The most important thing is that the musketeers in the third row behind the spearmen all put their Brown Bess muskets on the shoulders of their comrades in front of them.
It was just a quick aim and the trigger was pulled.
Immediately, the gunshots that sounded like thunder in the ears and the thick, choking white smoke almost made those hard-working spearmen go crazy.
But even they were coughing like dogs in the choking white smoke.
He didn't even let the spear raised high in his hand fall down.
Are you kidding? In front of them, only fifty or sixty steps away, there was a group of golden cavalry. After passing through various large and small circular formations, they were charging towards them menacingly.
Fortunately, the Jin cavalry, which were originally astonishing in number and momentum, immediately became scarce after the diversion effect of the circular formation.
This group of cavalry is still a bit scary when charging, but in terms of number, it only amounts to thirty or forty cavalry.
And the entire formation has been stretched into a long snake.
Therefore, after three consecutive volleys of fire, these Jin cavalry who had recently rushed to their twenty-step position finally did not dare to continue charging after suffering more than half of their casualties.
After hurriedly turning the horse's head, he went to bully those circular formations with weaker firepower.
At this moment, Company Commander Nie Yun, who was actually feeling so nervous that even his pants were wet with sweat, waited on the spot for another seven or eight seconds.
After it was basically confirmed that all the muskets that his men had just emptied had now been reloaded.
At the top of his lungs, he yelled again: "Keep going~"
Under such an order, because his head was scratched by a spinning axe, even with the protection of his helmet, he was still a military musician whose head was full of blood.
Not caring about his still bleeding wound, he continued to play a relaxing drum beat.
He asked all the soldiers in the company to step on the drum beat of his men and continue to advance forward neatly like a wall.
In the process of advancing like this, they passed corpses one after another, or seriously wounded people who were convulsing.
These unlucky guys were all in a battle that lasted only twenty seconds at most.
After being hit by the Jin people, the spearmen and sword and shield bearers fell one after another.
On the way to the attack, the Jin cavalry often fired sharp arrows and various throwing weapons at them before being killed by muskets.
Among them, the sharp arrows, flying axes, and iron bones are better, and the armor on their bodies is still good.
However, although throwing spears and meteor hammers are cold weapons, they are still terrifying in terms of power.
Even if it was a sword-and-shielder holding a shield, as long as he was hit, he would either be directly nailed through, or his muscles and bones would be smashed to death.
But amidst the beating of drums, all the above miserable situations still could not let Nie Yun and the soldiers in his company; the neat steps under their feet slowed down a little because of this.
In this way, Nie Yun led a company of soldiers under him.
They were constantly firing, reloading, and the entire team was advancing; every now and then, someone would remain silent, or fall down screaming.
The problem is that everyone understands that only by driving out all the Jin people will such a fierce and mutually consuming battle end.
Even if the company's formation was defeated in the process, they could not stop moving forward.
No! After advancing about seventy or eighty steps, a shrill scream came from the left hand side.
Nie Yun turned around and saw that the Second Company was not far to the left. Under the impact of a group of cavalry, the entire formation was completely disrupted.
During the Jin men's killing spree, the Second Company suddenly suffered huge casualties.
Immediately, he shouted an order in his mouth: "Stop moving forward, target the golden man on the left, and fire three times continuously~"
Suddenly, in the continuous sound of muskets, the golden cavalry who were slashing wildly were knocked down one by one.
Taking advantage of this fire support, the remaining soldiers of the Second Company did not take the opportunity to escape; instead, they followed the provisions of Chapter 6, Article 3, and Article 5 of the "Infantry Drill Code of the Song Dynasty".
Spontaneously, they ran towards Nie Yun's company and got closer.
Then two new battle lines were re-formed at some positions behind the company.
Then, while the musketeers who had emptied their muskets were reloading their muskets before continuing to reload, Nie Yun once again observed a circle of the battlefield.
A clear understanding suddenly arose in his heart: The key to this battle depends on whether Privy Envoy Hu can stop the Jin reinforcements.
If the Jin cavalry kept charging over like this, their right wing would collapse sooner or later.
If the opposite is true, they are confident of driving these cavalry out...
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In fact, in the town of Zhuxian Town, Hu Biao and others were standing on a wooden platform.
Half a minute before Fan Zhu discovered the charge of the Jin cavalry, he discovered such a crisis in advance.
And very quickly, they took the initiative to take some countermeasures; otherwise, they would have to wait until the messenger sent by Fan Zhu arrived to ask for help, and then take some measures.
Then by that time, I'm afraid the day lilies will be cold.
After putting down the telescope, AT immediately yelled:
"Not good! The first division defends the center, and the fifth division defends the left wing. It seems that the defense lines at these two positions can still withstand it.
But on the right wing of the Third Division's defense, the line of defense was in disarray and looked quite dangerous.
If the left defense line is overwhelmed, the entire defense line will be in trouble; even if the artillery fires at full strength and the defense is barely defended, the casualties of the Third Division will be frightening."
Lao Hu, how about I take Yang Zaixing, Beiwei Army, and the independent cavalry battalion to take the initiative to attack, and stop the Jin cavalry troops to relieve the pressure on Xu Feng and Fan Zhu."
Faced with AT's suggestion, he didn't even wait for commander Hu Biao to say something.
Huang Yizhi on the other side had already raised objections:
"No! After deducting the losses, the total number of cavalry we have on hand now is just over 700. No matter how good your equipment is and how strong your combat effectiveness is, you can barely charge under so many Jin cavalry.
How many times?
I think the whole army will be wiped out after three times at most. Such a consumption method is not worthwhile, absolutely not.
Lao Hu, why don’t we just use our ultimate move and call out the latest killer weapons that Lang Qing has shipped over one by one."
After hearing the saying "Use your ultimate move~".
The warehouse manager, the imperial concubine and others, who had anxious expressions on the side and had originally planned to say something, all became energetic and eager to try.
That is, although the Jin side currently controls the entire wild area of the battlefield with a large number of cavalry.
But it does not mean that the connection between Kaifeng City and Zhuxian Town has been completely severed.
Relying on the canal called the "Yunliang River" that goes around the town in the north of Zhuxian Town, Lang Qing can still continuously transport some supplies in through some small boats at night.
Therefore, a batch of rockets was delivered the night before yesterday.
Note that these rockets are not the Ming Dynasty's rockets that have the shape of a wooden box, and a large number of arrows fly out after being ignited.
Rather, it is similar to a 'Congreve Rocket', propelled by gunpowder and with a special launcher.
It flies out after being ignited. It is said that the maximum range is more than three kilometers; and because it contains five kilograms of black powder, it can explode after landing. It is a serious rocket with considerable power.
The only pity is that the production of this thing is limited, and there are only a hundred rounds in total.
The key is that Lang Qing has only had time to study such a weapon recently. It is said that the deviation has reached one to two hundred meters, so the accuracy still needs to be improved.
But then again, if you send out a hundred rockets one by one, it will definitely give the Jin people a big surprise.
After hearing such a suggestion, Hu Biao pondered for more than ten seconds.
In the end, he gave this order in his mouth: "No, this thing is too scary when you say hello. Believe it or not, these golden people will run away tomorrow."
So, warehouse manager, take over immediately.
Immediately use all the artillery fire from the First Independent Artillery Brigade hidden at the junction of the center army and the right wing to fire sideways, trying to block the continuous impact of the Jin cavalry as much as possible.
By the way, tell Lao Hei and Fengchao, no matter how difficult it is for them.
While withstanding the opponent's attack, send me no less than one regiment of troops to protect the Xiao Fo Lang machine gun group as it advances to the right wing in company units; give me support and try to block the follow-up reinforcements of the Jin soldiers."
Under such an order, the warehouse manager hesitated and asked:
"Such a tactic should be able to push back the Jin people, but the casualties of Xu Feng and Lao Hei's third division this time are probably frightening~"
After hearing this, Hu Biao's face became extremely bitter, but his words were so firm and ruthless:
"So many people on the Jin side have died in the past few days, so we should give them some hope, otherwise why would we hang them and continue to fight to the death?
Therefore, the casualties suffered by the Third Division today are a sign of hope for them.
Let them think that as long as they continue to consume, as long as they work harder and harder, they will eventually be able to break through the defense line.
So, this is a normal battle.
Congreve Rockets, these big killers, need to be accumulated in larger quantities and then sent out all at once at the critical moment to defeat the opponent with one final blow."
As for what Hu Biao said above, including the saying that "kindness cannot lead an army" and "one general can make thousands of bones wither", it is not that everyone does not understand.
But to put it bluntly, these people are just ordinary people.
When they think of the thousands of New Army soldiers who died in battle because of Hu Biao's decision, they feel indescribably depressed.
But they also know that under the current circumstances, it is really necessary to do this.
So before the warehouse manager mounted a big green mule and hurried towards the artillery, he didn't know what kind of psychology he had.
He said very solemnly to Hu Biao:
"Lao Hu, I advise you to be mentally prepared. After the second phase of the mission, you will definitely be beaten out by Xu Feng, Fan Zhu and Jiang Xiang.
Don't blame me when the time comes. Not holding them back at all or taking action together is my greatest restraint."
The voice just fell, and War Dog, a man with facial paralysis, echoed on the spot: "Lao Hu, that's what I planned too~"
Then, many similar statements sounded to Hu Biao:
"Well, I can only promise not to do anything~"
"Lao Hu, I'll give you a kick when the time comes, otherwise I won't feel happy at all. But don't worry, I won't call you over to the point~"
Hu Biao: "I thank you..."
Not to mention the tactical needs of a qualified battlefield commander, Hu Biao made some reasonable commands, but he was faced with the threat of being beaten after the battle.
The depressive mood in my heart was simply extremely strong.
The subsequent development of the battle was almost as they expected.
First of all, relying on the circular formation and the large number of casualties, the New Army soldiers of the third division were able to withstand the fierce impact of the Jin cavalry without the whole army being defeated.
While they were fighting hard, they finally heard the thunderous sound of cannon.
The 1st Independent Artillery Brigade has twelve 12-pounder Napoleon field guns and twenty-four 6-pounder Napoleon field guns hidden at the junction of the center and right wing.
They all took off their disguises and opened fire with all their might on the Jin's follow-up troops.
Not to mention the largest caliber 12-pound artillery shells, the so-called 6-pound artillery shells, which weigh 2.5 kilograms, enough to be the size of an adult man's fist.
Thanks to Langqing's improvements, the range of these field guns has now been increased to 1.5 kilometers.
Therefore, after these thirty-six artillery guns fired sideways at the maximum rate of fire, the dense artillery shells just greeted them.
There is often a scene where a cannonball slowly stops rolling on the ground after piercing the bodies of several war horses or golden soldiers.
However, in terms of the follow-up of the cavalry, the biggest threat was the small Folan cannons that slowly approached the right wing under the escort of infantry.
Instead of firing shotguns, they could knock down many men and horses every time they fired.
Coupled with the continuous sound of volleys of guns, the Jin people were ordered by Wanyan Zongwang and others to prepare a cavalry team of ten thousand people to support them.
In the process of rushing into the camp of the 3rd Division on the right, he suffered a shocking casualty.
Often, under the continuous attack of artillery fire and intensive volleys of guns, only half of a neat hundred-man team can successfully pass through.
This is because the Jin people are more like thieves. Due to the threat of explosive packets before the Northern Expedition, they trained their war horses in advance so that they could get used to the sound of explosions on the battlefield.
Otherwise, when the horses were frightened, their horses would have gone crazy and the whole army would be in chaos.
Finally, after the third and fourth regiments of the third division gradually advanced to the positions of those circular formations,
The Jin cavalry in the camp were unable to charge forward at all, and there were fewer and fewer combatants.
Finally, some people couldn't bear such a crazy battle, so they turned around and retreated on their horses; they did not return directly to the camp, but fled madly into the wilderness.
At this point, such an ordinary battle has completely come to an end.
Nie Yun, a company commander with blond hair and blue eyes, saw that after the defeated troops of the second company had been replenished around him, there were now only about a hundred men left in the battle formation.
Under this shocking casualty, I almost cried at that time.
Fortunately, the responsibility of being a junior officer allowed him to suppress the sadness in his heart and spontaneously shout out:
"Establish a defense line, health workers save people..."
