After returning to Dujigensk, Zhao Qiang did not immediately deploy a siege battle because he had not yet thought of a way to deal with the defenders' artillery. []uuThe civilians and various people sent from Ergun and Wudisk were sent to the city.
There are 1,700 people in the clan, but now there are only more than 100 old, weak, women and children left, and the rest are all dead. Now even if Zhao Qiang wants to continue to use his lives to fill the Russian army's cannons, he has no weapons to use.
"cannon fodder". Before the problem of huge loss of troops caused by a strong attack could be solved, Zhao Qiang could only watch Duji Gensike "looking at the city and sighing", and did not dare to make the decision to attack easily.
After the 2nd Infantry Regiment cleared the battlefield, leaving a brigade on guard in the northwest, regiment commander Qi Zhuang led the other two brigade and escorted the prisoners back to Dujigensk. The results of the battle have been tallied, and Guan Ning's army itself
The casualties were 360 infantry and 170 cavalry; the Russian army was almost completely wiped out, with 352 Russian musketeers killed and wounded, and 760 Buryat Mongolians captured by the Russians.
There were 208 soldiers, 340 Mongolians, and 409 young men of various ethnic groups. Only dozens of people escaped. In addition, 690 war horses and 600 fire blunderbuss were seized, which were used by the Mongols.
He has more than a thousand swords and hundreds of stones of food and grass.
After the results of the battle were reported by Liu De, Zhao Qiang, who was worried about the siege, was rarely happy, but his good mood soon disappeared again, because he found that the battle report did not mention the civilian husband and people of all ethnic groups.
Deaths and injuries. Zhao Qiang glanced at Liu De and sat down absentmindedly, without asking Liu De why he didn't list all the casualties.
"Commander, the sergeant reports!"
Seeing that the commander was in a bad mood, Liu De vaguely guessed that it might have something to do with the civilian husbands and people of all ethnic groups. After thinking about it, he wanted to tell the commander about another happy event to make the commander happy. He was about to speak,
But I heard the guard outside the tent call.
After the guards entered the tent, they were followed by one person, but it was Guo Pu, the director of the Logistics Department of the Army Cao who was responsible for transporting food for the army. After saluting the commander, Guo Pu said cautiously: "Report to the commander, because I am heading to Yi City, Wudisi
It has rained heavily for two days in a row, the roads are very muddy, and the weather is getting colder and colder, making transportation very inconvenient, so the grain and grass that should be shipped in three days may have to be delayed for a while."
"asshole!"
Hearing this, Zhao Qiang was furious. He stood up and walked back and forth in the tent, his face anxious and worried. He was really afraid of what could happen. The army was out there, and if they ran out of food and grass, Zhao Qiang knew exactly what the consequences would be.
"Commander..."
When Guo Pu saw that the commander was angry, he was startled and his heart was pounding. He was the chief officer responsible for the transportation of grain and grass for the army. Now that the grain and grass could not be delivered as scheduled, the commander became angry and didn't kill himself. Guo Pu was
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He knelt down and kept kowtowing, saying in succession: "Commander, forgive me, Commander, forgive me..."
"Get up. I'm not scolding you, nor your Guo Caoguan."
Zhao Qiang calmed down and realized that it was raining heavily. No one could have imagined it. It would be helpful to scold Guo Fei, Guo Pu and others. He signaled Guo Pu to get up: "You go down first, I want to be quiet for a while."
"Yes, Marshal."
Seeing that the commander did not blame himself, Guo Pu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated. After he left, Zhao Qiang glanced at Liu De: "How long can the current army's food supply last?"
Liu De blurted out without thinking: "Four days." He paused for a moment and then said: "If we reduce the sergeant's rations from now on, we can last for three more days."
"No need."
Zhao Qiang waved to Liu De and walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back. Facing Dujigensk City in the distance, several artillery pieces at the top of the city were clearly visible.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and the transportation of fresh food and grass cannot keep up. The army lacks experience in winter field operations and does not have enough clothing and fur to keep out the cold. The Russian artillery in Dujigensk is an insurmountable obstacle for Guan Ning's army, and it is difficult to fortify the city.
Ke, the goal is difficult to achieve, Zhao Qiang becomes more and more anxious, and the more anxious and worried he becomes.
Because of Yuan Chonghuan and Ning Yuancheng, Zhao Qiang had specifically searched for the performance of artillery in the seventeenth century. He knew that the artillery used by the army in Europe and China today was all front-loaded artillery, and the artillery used by the Russian army in Dujigensk across the way was also
Front-loading artillery. It is impossible to increase the rate of fire of front-loading artillery, because after firing once, water must be poured into the barrel to extinguish the sparks, a dry cloth is inserted into the barrel to wipe it dry, and then gunpowder, combustion aids, and plugs must be filled.
Entering the gun and then firing it are quite slow and cumbersome, and do not include correcting the gun position. However, every time it is fired, the lethality of the front-loaded artillery is extremely scary. In a straight line, it can cross dozens of
When people fall to the ground and jump into pits, they can even smash people and horses to pieces. Although it is not as good as the flower, the psychological shock of the front-mounted artillery to the soldiers is the most frightening thing in this era.
How can we capture Dujigensk while minimizing our own losses? The north wind was blowing outside. Zhao Qiang was thinking hard and walked forward unconsciously. Liu De saw this and hurriedly followed.
Looking at Dujigensk in front of him, Zhao Qiang's mind slowly thought of Yuan Chonghuan's tactics in the Battle of Ningyuan decades ago, which was to lure Hou Jin's cavalry into the range of the Hongyi cannon at the top of the city, and then open fire. The effect was remarkable, Lao Nuha
Chi was seriously injured and fell ill after being bombarded by Hongyi artillery at the foot of Ningyuan City.
When Hong Chengchou came out of the customs to fight the Songjin Battle with the Manchus, both the Ming and Qing Dynasties used Hongyi cannons. The Ming army stepped up its cannon production in the pass, and the Qing army used the Hongyi cannons for large-scale field battles and fortifications. The Qing army only used the Red Yi cannons in the Songshan battle.
, they dispatched 10,000 artillery pieces, 37 red barbarian artillery pieces, and 10,000 kilograms of explosives to be ready before the battle. Before the Songjin War, due to the limited number of artillery pieces and poor quality, the Qing army often failed to lay down when attacking the city, so critical battles were often ignored.
For fear of the road, as soon as Songjin fell, the Qing army attacked the fortified city again, often blowing up nearly 100 meters of the city wall before attacking again.
Blow up the city wall and then attack? In his wandering thoughts, Zhao Qiang suddenly stopped. The Qing army's method of attacking the city gave him an idea, yes! Blow up the city wall!
"Blow up the city wall, blow up the city wall...how?"
Zhao Qiang murmured to himself, staring at the city wall of Dujigensk without moving, which surprised Liu De behind him. After half a stick of incense, Zhao Qiang's voice came to Liu De's ears: "Arms and gunpowder
How many more are there now?”
"Huh?" Liu De was startled, then he thought about it in his mind and replied: "Coming back to the commander-in-chief, most of the ammunition and gunpowder were handed over from Rakshasa people. The exact number of subordinates has not been calculated." After finishing the previous step, he asked curiously.
He said: "I wonder why the commander is asking this?"
"What to do?" Zhao Qiang sneered and pointed at the city wall of Dujigensk: "I want to blow it up!"