From Xining to Tanggula Pass, the terrain is relatively flat, making food transportation relatively convenient.
However, after entering the Tanggula Pass, the mountain becomes steep and the mountain road becomes rugged and difficult to navigate, making it not suitable for large groups to enter.
Since Galdan Celing did not dare to come, Yuzhu only led 6,000 new troops, 6,000 firearms battalions and 2,000 Eight Banners cavalry to the Tanggula Pass.
Coordinated combat with infantry, cavalry and artillery is Yuzhu’s most important strategy, and both are indispensable.
To attack fortresses, we must rely on new troops and firearms battalions. To pursue the enemy's defeated army, we need cavalry. The cavalry can only have two thousand, but it must not be without it.
It was indeed very difficult to climb the mountain with a 12-pound heavy gun, but Yuzhu insisted on taking the Dutch gun captured last time to Nagqu.
When fighting in the mountains, the artillery of the Quasi Army was at a commanding height. If the Qing army's artillery team did not have heavy artillery to suppress the formation, they would obviously suffer a big loss.
After Yuzhu entered the mountain, Yanxin took the remaining tens of thousands of Qing troops and returned to Hexi Youzhong Banner, which is Golmud.
The advantage of this is that it reduces logistical pressure.
You know, the longer the food transportation line, the greater the logistical pressure.
When Yuzhu arrived at the north bank of the Karawusu River, Nian Gengyao and Lao Shisi had been blocking their troops by the river, unable to move!
Jade pillars are riding on the banks of the Karawusu River, and my heart is fluctuating.
Nire Mountain, where the Nagqu Pass is located, consists of two hills in the north and south. The south mountain occupied by the Quasi Army is higher and the north mountain occupied by the Qing Army is lower. The relative height difference is about 50 meters.
The famous Karawusu River passes between the two hills.
The camp location of Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao is near the lower Beishan Mountain. Anyone with a little knowledge of military knowledge can see that they can be attacked from all sides.
Well, I cannot deceive the ancients.
Objectively speaking, Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao would not be able to fight without Yue Zhongqi.
In fact, Yue Zhongqi's combat experience was gained through having to fight with chieftain soldiers almost every day when he was in Songpan Town, and this was how he developed his true skills.
"Dongmei, how do you think our army should attack?" Yuzhu looked down at Yue Zhongqi who was leading the horse.
Yue Zhongqi was secretly happy and hurriedly went down. He replied respectfully: "Come back to the commander-in-chief, I think that the Karawusu River is not wide. Our army can build a few more pontoon bridges and then pass them under the Nagqu mountain pass."
, set up a solid camp and mount heavy artillery..."
Well, as the art of war goes, strike halfway across the border.
Ling Dunduobu, the great strategist, was well versed in the art of war and deliberately placed the quasi-army at the foot of the Nagqu Mountain Pass.
As long as the Qing army planned to cross the river by boat, the Quanjun army would use artillery and rockets to harass them.
Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao were, in fact, both military rookies and did not know how to adapt.
Yue Zhongqi was different. This boy had to fight with the chieftain soldiers every day, drill into ravines, and build single-plank bridges. It was a daily routine.
Yuzhu nodded, intending to give Yue Zhongqi some sweetness, and then ordered: "Okay, I'll leave the construction of the pontoon bridge to you. I'll ask Niu Tai to hold the Baihong knife to calm the situation for you. Who dares not to
Listen to your call and rectify the Fa on the spot!"
"Thank you so much, Marshal!" Yue Zhongqi was extremely excited and blurted out, "I am willing to die for the Marshal!"
Yuzhu smiled and nodded on the surface, but he was sneering in his heart. He is rebellious. What a ghost do you think I can trust you?
In the age of cold weapons, if the attacking party wants to cross the river without paying the price, it is simply a dream.
Yuzhu is different, he has complete command experience in modern wars.
From the hands of Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao, Yuzhu forcibly gave Yue Zhongqi 10,000 soldiers and horses, so that he could concentrate on felling wood, building rafts, and building pontoon bridges on the river.
As for Yuzhu himself, he personally directed the Eight Banners soldiers of the firearms battalion to pile the ten captured 12-pound heavy cannons and nearly a hundred primary and secondary cannons to the river.
On the road, after testing, the effective range of the 12-pound heavy gun is about 900 meters, and the maximum range exceeds 2,000 meters.
Even the double-twin cannon that the old emperor loved so much can have a range of more than 400 meters.
The widest part of the Karawusu River is only a few dozen meters, hehe, that's enough.
There is strength in numbers. Ten days later, Yue Zhongqi prepared all the materials to erect ten pontoon bridges.
Yuzhu was greatly satisfied. He not only praised him greatly, but also promoted Yue Zhongqi to Shuai Biao, acting deputy general of the Chinese Army, on the spot.
The deputy general of the green battalion is roughly equivalent to the brigade commander. The acting deputy general is the acting deputy general. If there is a vacancy, he will be filled first.
In the Green Battalion, officers at the guerrilla level are already above the level of ordinary warriors.
If there is no strong backing, it is no lie that a guerrilla for a day will be a guerrilla for a lifetime.
Originally, Yue Zhongqi, who was only the deputy commander, rose to the top in one step, crossing the barrier of ordinary people, and officially entered the ranks of mid-to-high-level green camp generals.
On the morning of the next day, after having a full meal of war food, Yuzhu led his troops out of the camp and prepared to cross the Karawu River by force.
The fourteenth old man couldn't understand what Yuzhu was playing, so he muttered deliberately: "The enemy is about to cross the border and attack, so the chance of losing is huge!"
Nian Gengyao also couldn't understand Yuzhu's combat intention, but he didn't attack across the river after attacking for more than a month, so he didn't dare to say anything more.
Yuzhu clearly heard the fourteenth man's complaints, but he just pretended not to hear them.
After waiting for the heavy artillery of the firearms battalion to take their positions, Yuzhu said to Lao Si with a smile: "Brother Fourteen, you are just kidding, I am indeed not as good as you. But when it comes to fighting, hehe, you still have to follow me, learn more.
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Old Fourteen was so choked that he rolled his eyes, but there was nothing he could do about the jade pillar.
Before Yuzhu arrived, he gave Old Fourteen such a long time, but kept his troops on the north bank of the Karawusu River.
Alas, it's not like Yuzhu didn't give you a chance. If you can't catch it yourself, Old Fourteen, who can you blame?
In modern warfare, the musket lining up and shooting method was still secondary.
Large-caliber land warfare artillery is the real king of land warfare.
Before the war officially started, Yuzhu had already calculated that he would win this battle!
There is no way, who are the Dzungars who lost the 12-pound army gun bought by the Netherlands?
It is no exaggeration to say that Yuzhu deliberately walked slowly on the road, waiting for these ten heavy cannons.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Dace Lingdun Duobu is by no means an incompetent person. He has long seen that the Qing army is going to launch a general offensive today.
There is nothing to say. Ling Dunduobu, the great strategist, gathered more than 2,000 quasi-army musketeers and dozens of artillery pieces, hiding behind the earthen fortress, planning to let some Qing troops cross the river first, and then blast away.
Annihilate it.
No matter how powerful the Qing army's muskets were, they could not hit the paramilitary troops hiding behind the earthen barriers. This was the wishful thinking of the great strategist Ling Dunduobu.
According to the logic of military use, Dace Lingdun Duobu's deployment was flawless and perfectly in line with the art of war.
However, Dace Lingdunduobu, a famous general of the Junggar generation, was very unlucky and met a weirdo named Yuzhu.
Yuzhu stationed his horse not far from the heavy artillery position, using the monocular telescope in his hand to carefully observe the arrangement of the quasi-army.
Well, everything is as expected.
So Yuzhu issued the order to attack, "Send an order to Yue Zhongqi to start erecting the pontoon bridge."
"Hey." The messenger cavalry quickly went to find Yue Zhongqi.
After receiving the order, Yue Zhongqi directed his men to the river and began to drive piles and build a bridge.
Ling Dunduobu, the great commander, was very calm and did not order the artillery fire immediately because the distance was too far.
It is only right to move the Qing army closer and then bombard it.
Yue Zhongqi did have a few brushes. Under his command, ten simple floating bridges were built in just over two hours.
Just when the great strategist Ling Dunduobu thought that the Qing army was about to launch a general offensive, a shocking change occurred.
Yuzhu not only did not order a general attack, but instead issued a strange order, "Send the order, heavy artillery fire!"
In order to prevent the barrels from overheating and taking into account the frequency of firing, the ten heavy guns were divided into two groups by Yuzhu, and each salvo consisted of five guns.
"Boom..." With the huge roar, the 12-pound Dutch heavy artillery made a dull roar.
Five solid artillery shells weighing more than ten kilograms roared across the sky and hit the Junggar military camp.
"Bang."
Because the shooting angle was not calibrated, only two of the five shells hit the quasi army's earthen fortress.
One of the solid artillery shells, mixed with howling wind and thunder, coincidentally hit the quasi-army's artillery position.
The huge cannonball hit the earthen fortress viciously. Almost in an instant, the seemingly extremely strong earthen fortress collapsed.
The fiery red projectiles, after penetrating the earth barrier, smashed into the cannon crew.
"Ah... mother..."
"Mom..."
"help me……"
Wherever the fiery red projectiles passed, the artillerymen of the paramilitary army were either killed or injured.
However, solid cannonballs are different from blooming cannonballs. As long as there is still kinetic energy to exit the barrel, the projectile cannot stop rotating.
"Bang." Several quasi-army artillery pieces were smashed.
Wherever the projectile passed, people fell on their backs, ghosts cried and wolves howled.
Those with missing arms, broken legs, broken brains, and those lying on the ground crying all intertwined into a demonic scene of hell on earth.
After seeing the terrifying scene, Ling Dunduobu, the great strategist, instantly understood Yuzhu's thoughts.
No, I was fooled!
But, it's too late!
After the Qing army erected ten pontoon bridges, the firearms battalion's cannons were deployed along the river.
The Karawusu River is only about a few dozen meters wide in total.
No matter how short the range of the sub-cannon is, it can still use its extremely fast rate of fire to block the passage for the quasi-military counterattack.
If the Qing army does not have heavy artillery, Ling Dunduobu, the great commander, does not need to worry too much.
However, the problem now is that the quasi-military forces are facing continuous bombardment from heavy artillery and can only endure the bombardment without being able to fight back.
This is very damaging to morale and morale of the military.
However, as the accuracy of the heavy artillery became more and more accurate, the losses suffered by the Junggar people despite being bombarded gradually increased.
The artillery of the Dzungars are mostly native cannons, which generally have a very short range!
The main enemy's artillery was ineffective, which was one of the fundamental factors why the old emperor did not pay attention to heavy artillery.
The combined cannons equipped by the Qing army could generally suppress the artillery of the Dzungars. The old emperor felt that there was no need to research and equip heavy artillery.
In modern warfare, the intensive killing radius of a 155mm artillery shell is 60 meters, and the maximum killing radius can reach 360 meters. If air blast is used, the killing range can cover an area as large as a football field.
In modern warfare, as long as a 12-pound solid artillery shell hits the enemy's camp, due to the huge kinetic energy, all defensive measures within a radius of 10 meters will be almost destroyed.
The two armies fought against each other across the river. As time went on, the Junggar people couldn't stand it anymore!