Chapter three hundred and forty first deadlocked line of defense
After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, Pang Gang hurried to the Qingzhou Army's defense line and saw that the artillery battalion was still attacking the Qing Army's shield vehicles with solid bullets. He immediately shouted to Dong Guo: "General Dong!"
Dong Guo replied loudly: "The general is here!"
Pang Gang asked solemnly: "How many rounds of explosive ammunition do we have left? How long can we continue firing?"
Dong Guo replied without thinking: "Master Qi, we probably still have more than 900 explosive bombs. If we use all the explosive bombs, they can only last for one day."
"More than nine hundred!" Pang Gang calculated in his mind and said to Dong Guo: "Now is not the time to be frugal. The Tatars are attacking too quickly. You should immediately ask the gunner to change to explosive shells and blast them."
"yes!"
After receiving the order, Dong Guo immediately ordered the gunners to put on explosive ammunition and prepare to fire at the Qing army.
"Attention everyone, replace the bombs, target, release at the second trench!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The rumbling sound of artillery started again, and shells exploded everywhere on the Qing army's shield vehicles and the densely populated Qing soldiers. After the shells exploded, a huge shock wave hit the shield vehicles and countless Qing soldiers holding heavy shields.
the sky.
For a time, the unprepared Qing army was extremely heavy. The Qing army was so densely arrayed that one cannonball would often kill and injure more than a dozen Qing soldiers.
Seeing the Qing troops crying for their mothers after being bombed, the gunners worked harder one by one.
"Move one degree to the right, keep the same height, release!"
"Boom boom..."
The artillery placed on the northern defense line of Qingzhou worked hard and opened fire at the Qing soldiers. The explosions usually caused a large area, but the Qing army rushed forward as if they were full of blood, and violently attacked the Qing soldiers on the front defense line of the Qingzhou army.
Quite a few. Their armors are of different colors, and they seem to come from the archer auxiliaries of the Eight Banners of Manchuria or the Eight Banners of Mongolia. And every once in a while, they will change people immediately, and one batch after another seems to never stop.
Facing the intensive offensive of the Qing army, it was already very difficult for a battalion of riflemen to defend a two-mile-long defense line. For this reason, Pang Gang had to pull up the heavy supply battalion. It did not require them to shoot accurately.
As long as it can cause damage to the Tatars.
From morning to afternoon, the Qing army's fierce offensive continued. Relying on the strength of their numbers, the Qing soldiers even had to rotate their meal time. Anyway, they were determined not to give the Ming army any time to rest. Once the attack was over,
, and then another wave of people came forward to the trench.
In this way, the two sides fought fiercely until dusk. Two of the three trenches in front of the Ming army's formation had been filled in. Only the last trench remained.
This fierce and uninterrupted offensive of the Qing army surprised Lu Xiangsheng, Pang Gang and other generals. With the numerical advantage, the Qing army could constantly replace the tired soldiers to rest, but Pang Gang only had two battalions of soldiers.
Horses. Only two battalions of soldiers and horses could take turns defending. Even so, the soldiers felt bursts of fatigue.
Pang Gang was not worried about the fierce offensive of the Qing army, because he firmly believed that the Qingzhou Army could crush any attack by the Qing army, but he did not know whether the Shanxi Army and the Xuan Army on both sides could withstand such huge pressure.
If anything goes wrong with either the Shanxi Army or the Xuan Army, disaster awaits them.
Thinking of this, Pang Gang frowned and thought for a while. He called Hao Dayong and Heitie and ordered: "You will lead your troops to the Xuan Army and the Shanxi Army respectively. Assist them in their defense. If there is any
If anything is wrong, report it immediately!"
"yes!"
Hao Dayong agreed without hesitation, but Heitie was a little reluctant. He hesitated and said: "Sir, the men led by this humble position are all cavalry. How can I help them?"
"Idiot!" Pang Gang glared at Heitie angrily: "How long has it been and you still put up a show on me? Did the cavalry become infantry soon after they dismounted? You go right away, otherwise I will ask you to go to the supply camp every day.
Ride a donkey for fun!”
"yes!"
Kurogie was startled and hurried away.
To say that Pang Gang's reinforcements were dispatched in time, when Hao Da led a thousand infantry to the defense line of Yang Guozhu's Xuan Army, he found that the Xuan Army had already fallen into a bitter battle. The Qing troops had broken through the second trench and were already attacking.
The third trench, and the third trench is already in danger.
The Xuan army is using Rumi guns to fight back against the Qing soldiers. However, Rumi guns have a shortcoming, that is, it is difficult to load the ammunition, so the firing speed of the ammunition is not high. In addition, the Qing soldiers are now exaggeratingly lifting dozens of kilograms.
The large shield provided cover, so the casualties of the Qing soldiers were not high. If it were not estimated that the more than 20 Franco aircraft and Napoleon cannons of the Ming army did not dare to move too far forward, I am afraid they would have filled in the third trench long ago.
, the Qing soldiers who had captured the third trench were able to use bows and arrows to shoot at the Ming army. For a time, Xuan's army was fighting very hard.
When Hao Dayong arrived with a thousand infantry, Yang Guozhu was about to personally lead a group of infantry to drive out the Qing army. A general was desperately pulling him back. Hao Dayong was frightened when he saw it.
He quickly stopped Yang Guozhu and advised him, "Mr. Yang, you can't go out. If something happens to you, the Xuan army will lose its backbone!"
Yang Guozhu turned around and was about to curse angrily. When he saw that he was from the Qingzhou Army, he stopped cursing and said with a wry smile: "Do you think I want to go? But if you don't go here now, you will be in danger of falling.
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Hao Dayong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Yang. I have brought a thousand infantry to help under the orders of Pang Da. I will never let the Tatars have an easy time!"
After speaking, Hao Da waved his hand, and a thousand infantry immediately entered behind the low wall, found cover, and started shooting.
With the addition of a thousand riflemen, the firepower of the Xuan army was greatly increased. The casualties of the Qing soldiers immediately increased greatly, and the crazy offensive of the Qing soldiers was quickly suppressed. Many Qing army archers leaned out
He kept getting shot and fell down.
Seeing the gunshots that kept ringing and the Qing soldiers who were constantly shot and falling, Yang Guozhu breathed a long sigh of relief and said gratefully to Hao Dayong: "Mr. Hao Qian, thank you for bringing your brothers to the rescue, otherwise I would have
The officer here is in danger. If the defense line here is breached and the camp is lost, I will die hundreds of times and I will not be able to escape the blame!"
Hao Dayong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is serious. We are all trying to resist external humiliation, so why should we be so open-minded?"
Yang Guozhu nodded silently and looked up at the sky again, "It's getting dark now. I guess it's time for the Tatars to retreat..."
As the sky gradually darkened, a long horn sounded from the Qing army camp, and the Qing soldiers who were charging retreated like a tide...