Chapter six hundred and sixty-eight attack to the foot of the mountain
The oar cart is indeed very practical. Its general purpose is to break through a solid infantry formation. If the infantry formation is well arranged and the cavalry wants to capture it, it will take a lot of effort and effort.
They suffered a lot of casualties, so if they wanted to win a quick battle, they would just rush over with infantry pushing the oar and directly crash into the opponent's formation. After messing up the formation, they would then defeat them.
However, at this time, the Qing army's use of oars was just right, just in time to prevent Shumo's musket fire on the hilltop. So Shumo could only watch the Qing army approaching step by step.
Six or seven hundred steps away from the foot of the mountain, the Qing army began to divide its troops. The last two rows of oars turned south under the leadership of Liu Shun. They wanted to set up a position about a thousand steps southwest of the hilltop to block the reinforcements of the Runing army.
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Zhang Liang, on the other hand, led more than 3,000 soldiers with Han flags and 500 Korean gunmen, following three rows of oars, heading towards the hilltop occupied by Shumo.
The Qing army's oar car had a large door panel erected in front, and behind the door panel, there were thick sandbags piled up. There was an observation hole in the door panel of the oar car, and behind it was a simple frame and wooden wheels.
, there are not even wooden boards on the frame, it is just for people to push the cart easily.
Generally speaking, this kind of clumsy and ridiculous-looking weapon can withstand almost all firearms and bows and arrows. But this does not include artillery. So when the oar is still three or four hundred steps away from the foot of the mountain, the people on the top of the mountain are
The artillery opened fire.
Three three-pound shells and six one-pound shells flew out of the barrel with a loud noise. It was simply too easy to hit. The rows of the oars were quite tightly arranged, and they were a very big target in the eyes of the artillerymen. And they were moving.
The speed is not fast, and it is moving right at the muzzle. It is almost like shooting at a fixed target, so the gunners of the Runing Army feel that shooting now is easier than during training.
Three three-pound artillery shells flew over, and they were all fired. They shattered four oars in total. One of them was lucky, and it also shattered the two in front and behind at the same time. They hid behind the oars to hide the Han army's flag march.
The soldiers were in a panic and screamed loudly.
The six-shot one-pound cannon was less effective. However, it also smashed one car. The remaining cannonballs hit the door panel, and the crushed sand, gravel and wood chips flew backward at high speed, causing casualties to the Han army flag soldiers hiding behind.
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In the middle of the first row of oars, a large gap was immediately opened by artillery. The row of oars in the back also panicked. Seeing this situation, Zhang Liang in the back quickly shouted: "You must not retreat. The military law of the Qing Dynasty is
If you retreat, behead them, and even your family members will be enslaved. Speed up and keep charging, if you get close to the artillery, you won't be able to hit it."
The speed of the oar carts was obviously accelerated, and the rear row of oar carts also filled the gap in the first row. The soldiers of the Han Army Banner pushed the carts with all their strength, as if they were making a final sprint into the formation.
These soldiers have also experienced hundreds of battles, and they know that the artillery at that time took a long time to reload. It was necessary to seize the time to push the cart and rush into the blind spot of the artillery.
However, the gunners of the Runing Army had a very high level of training, and their artillery had been strictly manufactured and inspected by the Workshop Department, so they were loaded with ammunition quickly.
As the array of oars approached, the targets of those oars became even bigger. Without even having to aim, the gunners could easily shoot at the oars, pushing the oars and the Han army flag soldiers hiding behind the oars.
They thought that having this vehicle as cover would make them safer. Unexpectedly, they were now meat on the chopping block. They were allowed to be slaughtered by the artillery of the Runing Army. There was no way to escape because the space behind the oar was too narrow.
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Although the gunners of the Runing Army were fighting happily, Shu Mo was frowning. As a commander, he couldn't just look at what was in front of him like a soldier, he had to consider the entire battle.
Although the Runing Army's artillery fire was almost perfect, the number was indeed too small. Moreover, the artillery fire was fired from top to bottom, which extended the dead zone of the artillery fire. As long as the Qing army rushed into the distance of a hundred steps from the foot of the mountain, the artillery would be difficult to fire.
Shoot at these oars.
Another point is that although the one-pound artillery also caused a large number of casualties to the Qing army, from Shumo's point of view, he could not observe the movement behind the oar. He only saw those small shells hitting the front of the oar.
The door panel was covered with flying wood chips, but it could not break the oars. He did not know that the flying wood chips caused a large number of casualties to the Han army flag soldiers behind the oars, so Shu Mo felt that the one-pound artillery fire was not effective.
So Shu Mo immediately ordered: "Stop firing the one-pound cannon, modify the shotgun shells, lower the muzzle, and prepare for the Tatars to attack the mountain."
The three-pound artillery was difficult to adjust because it was too heavy. In other words, the one-pound artillery could raise the tail of the gun in a short time. So after listening to Shu Mo's order, the gunners of the one-pound cannon immediately became busy.
But in this way, the density of artillery fire from the Runing army was greatly reduced, which restored the morale of the Han army's flag soldiers behind the oars.
Moreover, Zhang Liang shouted from behind: "The Han dog's cannon is broken! Brothers, rush over quickly!" Therefore, following Zhang Liang's shout, many soldiers with Han army flags rushed from behind the oar to help.
With their joint efforts, the speed of the oar car was further improved.
Soon, the three rows of oars rushed into the blind corner. Seeing that the firing of the three-pound cannon had no effect, Shu Mo made a gesture to stop them, and then said to the commander of the infantry regiment: "Get ready to fight!
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So the artillerymen began to pack up the artillery. When they used wet mops to clean the barrels of the guns, water vapor came out of the muzzles. This shows how happily these artillerymen of the Runing Army were shooting.
Even if the slope up the mountain is gentle, it is obviously not possible to push the oar up. So the soldiers of the Han Army pushed the oar to the bottom of the slope, first formed a wall to protect themselves, and then rushed directly from behind the oar.
Come out and rush towards the top of the slope regardless.
Just now, they withstood the artillery fire of the Runing Army but had no ability to fight back. These people were already exhausted, so they didn't care about the formation at this time. They only knew how to rush to the top of the slope in a swarm, thinking about
He had a hand-to-hand fight with Runing's army earlier, and he got angry first.
The distance between the bottom of the slope and the top of the slope is only 150 steps, and the bushes in the middle are sparse and do not form any obstacles, so it only takes a few dozen puffs to reach it.
But the result is predictable. The firecrackers fired in succession, and the one-pound artillery fired another round of shotgun shells as they approached. It was quite simple. After the corpses were scattered on the ground, the charge was repulsed, and the Han soldiers were also beaten.
The flag soldier's mind came to his senses.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Liang immediately ordered the soldiers around him: "Quickly call the leader of the North Korean fire gun."
