While the hand-to-hand combat began above the pass, the battles on the hillsides on both sides also entered a fierce stage. Although the swarm of rocket launchers began to show its power, combined with other long-range attack methods, it caused huge casualties to the Jurchen soldiers. However, the number of swarm of rocket launchers was indeed too small.
, unable to form a large-scale coverage strike on the bottom of the hillside. Even if a flexible method of quickly moving and converting the launch platform is used, the effect is not great. The Jurchen soldiers who attacked the mountain were unable to retreat under the strong pressure, and they turned red-eyed and ignored
They rushed forward with all their might. Even in the face of attacks from a swarm of swarms, they still rushed out of the land of fireworks regardless of life and death, and rushed up the hillside regardless of life or death.
The swarm of rockets finally stopped firing because they had run out of rockets. Soon, a large number of Jurchen soldiers rushed within sixty or seventy steps of the temporary fortifications on the hillside. The soldiers and horses of both sides could even clearly see each other's ferocious and twisted bodies.
Face, you can clearly hear what the other person is shouting.
The defending soldiers have a last resort, which is the small melon grenade at close range. But like a swarm of rockets, the number of small melon grenades is actually extremely limited.
Yalu Buhua's nonsense prediction turned out to be true. Indeed, the Luoyan Army led by Gao Muqing was facing the problem of insufficient firearms. In fact, there were more than a dozen rocket launchers in the Luoyan Valley Arsenal, but Gao Muqing did not carry them all.
It's not that Gao Muqing doesn't know how powerful a swarm of bees is, but it's because there aren't many rockets to supply and consume. It's not difficult to make rockets and grenades. The arsenal in the mountains can quickly produce a large number of rockets and melon grenades, but that
This is under ideal conditions. Rockets and grenades are not fabricated out of thin air. They require a large amount of gunpowder raw materials.
In the past two years, Lin Jue has continuously sent Lin family caravans under the guise of purchasing raw materials for making firearms, including strategic materials such as gunpowder and iron ingots. There was once a large amount of gunpowder materials stored in Luoyan Valley. However, all of this
None of them could withstand the rapid consumption. In order to prepare for the war, the Luoyan Army arsenal was fully fired and a large number of firearms were produced. Especially after the advent of the small melon grenade, this kind of firearm, which was easy to carry, easy to use, and powerful, was produced in large numbers.
.The gunpowder raw materials originally hoarded were consumed in large quantities. By the time Lin Jue led his army out to fight, there were not many gunpowder raw materials left in the mountains.
In the past two months, the arsenal in the mountains has only produced 4,000 melon grenades, plus 110 rocket disks for a swarm of rocket launchers. Each disk has sixty-four rockets. In other words, Gao Muqing actually
The only firearms in his hands were 4,000 melon grenades and less than 7,000 rockets.
A clever woman cannot make a meal without straw. This time, Gao Muqing only had 110 rockets in his hands, and each of the eight swarm rocket launchers he carried could only be allocated to thirteen or four rockets. In other words, each rocket launcher could only fire thirteen
Four-wheeled rockets become a pile of scrap metal. Thirteen and four-wheeled rockets are used up in just a short time, and they are consumed very quickly. There is actually no point in having more rocket launchers. There are not enough rockets.
It's a decoration, which is why Gao Muqing came in a swarm with only eight doors.
This thing is a giant beast with its mouth wide open to devour supplies. If you feed it, it will naturally exert great power. If you don't feed it, it will be a pile of waste and will be useless.
Four thousand melon grenades seem to be a lot, but if they are allocated to the front that is more than five or six miles wide, you will know that this is actually a pitiful number. In order to ensure the defense on the hillside, Gao Muqing allocated two to
There were 1,800 melon grenades on the side slopes, while the pass she was guarding had only 400 melon grenades. Not long ago, all 400 melon grenades were used up, killing two thousand Jurchens.
With the remaining manpower, this was already a great victory. However, the opponent was not deterred and instead attacked at all costs. Gao Muqing had no choice but to lead his troops to fight hand to hand.
The situation on the hillside has reached a point where precious melon grenades have to be used. On the west side of the pass, the situation on the western slope defended by the tall pine forest is even more dangerous. Because this is where Ali Bai personally supervised the attack, and the attacking troops and horses are also more dangerous than
There were six or seven thousand more people on the hillside on the right. The Jurchen soldiers rushed dozens of steps down the hillside desperately. In some places, the soldiers even reached within thirty steps, and the breathing of the other side could be heard.
Gao Songlin knew that there could be no further delay, so he loudly issued the order to throw melon grenades. More than two hundred grenades fell on the hillside with green smoke, and the next moment the roar resounded throughout the world. The melon grenades smashed the grass, trees, mud and rocks on the hillside.
The explosions scattered in all directions, overturned the nearby Jurchen soldiers, and ripped open their skin and flesh.
The power is naturally great, and the momentum is indeed terrifying, but after one round, the number of opponents killed and injured was not very large. The opponent's death and injury were no less than 300 people. This result is unacceptable, but there is nothing that can be done about it.
The opponent's formation is too scattered. The soldiers and horses are spread out on the hillside. They seem to be everywhere, but they are not gathered together. The explosion range of the grenade is limited, so you can only choose a position where two or three people are close together in order to achieve the goal.
Better killing effect. But even so, it is still unsatisfactory.
When the second round of grenades was thrown, dust and smoke billowed on the hillside, and the mud and rocks towered into the sky and blocked the sun. After all the mud and sand fell, the opponent's casualties were still only a few hundred people. It seemed that the thunder was loud and the raindrops were small. Although the power was terrifying, the results of the battle were not.
Not good.
Gao Songlin had no choice but to order to continue throwing grenades to knock down the nearest enemy. At least it could relieve the pressure. At this time, a Luoyan Army deputy general suddenly shouted from the side: "General Gao, why don't we
Try blowing up the stone beams below with a grenade? It might be more powerful."
"What?" Gao Songlin didn't understand for a moment and frowned.
"Shiliang, blow up the stone beam, you can't do that... that..." The deputy general pointed to the stone beam below the fortification, gesticulating. Because he was anxious, he couldn't organize his words for a moment, so he just
He drew circles with his hands, his face flushed.
Gao Songlin's eyes fell on the circle of stone beams twenty steps down the slope. When the army arrived here, Gao Songlin discovered the stone beams on the north side of the slopes on both sides of Fangcheng Mountain. It was a circle of stone beams sunk deeply into the mountain.
A circle of stone beams formed by big stones in the mountain is like a deep wrinkle on the hillside. It is like a powerful hand pinching the ground above the hillside to form a
wrinkles.
Gao Songlin looked at the rocks on the edge of the stone beam. Those stones were buried in the hillside, deeply sunk and unshakable. Gao Songlin suspected that they were part of the mountain rocks and there was nothing they could do about them. But as a part of the fortification, they were still very important.
Useful. The fortifications of the Luoyan Army are built on top of stone beams. The opponent must climb over that stone beam when attacking. It is like a trench. The opponent will be trapped there for a short time, and that is a close range shooting.
Good opportunity for them.
Now, the deputy general was gesticulating towards the stone beam, saying that he was going to blow up the stone beam. Gao Songlin was a little confused at first, but he soon understood. What the deputy general meant was that he was going to blow up the stone beam.
The stone will collapse, creating the same rolling stone effect as before. And if the entire stone collapses, the force will probably be even greater than the previous rolling stone.
Gao Songlin was a little hesitant. Melon grenades are precious. They should be used to kill enemies. At least three to two thousand enemies can be killed. If used in this matter, if it doesn't work, it will be a waste of precious grenades. But if it succeeds,
, it might turn the tide of the battle. How to choose, Gao Songlin didn't know what to do for a while.
"Fighting relies on your brain. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. You must make the most reasonable choice according to the situation. Sometimes, you need to take risks. You cannot stick to the rules in combat, because there is no ready-made combat example for you to learn from. When weighing the benefits of the battlefield, you must be comprehensive
Consider, sometimes, when the east is not bright and the west is bright, what is lost will be gained in the east. Victory in the overall war situation is ten thousand times better than gains in local wars. Sticking to small profits is not conducive to overall victory, and dare not
Taking risks and not daring to try are taboos on the battlefield."
This passage came to Gao Songlin's mind. It was the content of an article called "On Adventure" written by Mr. Lin for everyone when the senior generals of the Luoyan Army organized a training class on the art of war. The Luoyan Army has various levels of
Mr. Lin, as the initiator of the military training course on the art of war, wrote many articles. These are things that Gao Songlin and the others have read and learned by heart. Usually, generals like Gao Songlin only read by heart, and many people do not understand them seriously.
But today, the words that came out at this moment gave Gao Songlin a feeling of enlightenment. He knew what he should do.
