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In a blur, he heard gunshots ringing out continuously!
And these gunshots are unlikely to be the sounds of Tatars attacking themselves. There is no need for more than ten of them to deal with an injured self.
But why do gunshots continue to sound?
Could it be that this is my own hallucination?
Sergeant Qin Weitong endured the pain, shook his head violently, then opened his eyes again and looked outside.
I saw twenty or thirty cavalry galloping in the distance, and even fired directly on horseback from about a hundred or even two hundred meters away!
Setting up at such a long distance is definitely not something that the Tatar cavalry using flintlocks can do. This has nothing to do with marksmanship, but because the flintlocks simply do not have such a long effective range.
Those who can effectively strike with muskets at a distance of more than one hundred meters can only be friendly forces, because only the Mini rifle, which is a rifled rifle, can do this.
The ones coming are my friendly troops, comrades from the 3rd Cavalry Division!
Obviously, the Tatar cavalry did not expect that the opponent would shoot at such a long distance.
More importantly, their accuracy was far beyond their imagination.
Seeing the bad opportunity, the dozen or so Tatar cavalry immediately spurred their horses to turn away.
They stopped, but the Tang cavalry charging towards them continued to charge at high speed.
If they were charged at this, they wouldn't be able to resist at all!
So they chose to evacuate in the opposite direction as soon as possible.
However, in such a short period of time, three of them had already been hit.
After the Tatars withdrew, the Tang cavalry team came forward, and soon a lieutenant rode up to Qin Weitong. He glanced at Qin Weitong, and then said: "Health soldier!"
Immediately, a young cavalryman came over. He was a cavalryman in the cavalry unit who had received special battlefield rescue training. He was a health soldier in the cavalry unit.
After briefly checking the wound, he reported: "The bullet is still stuck in the bone. Now we can only perform preliminary hemostasis. We have to send it to the division headquarters for surgery to remove the bullet!"
The leading lieutenant nodded slightly, and then continued: "Sergeant, which unit are you from? Where are the others?"
Sergeant Qin Weitong thought of his comrades who were ambushed, and sighed: "I am Qin Weitong from the ninth team of the reconnaissance battalion. They... they all died for their country!"
As he said that, he suddenly remembered something, and then said quickly: "Quick, go back and report that there is a large number of enemy cavalry twenty kilometers away in the southeast!"
"Enemy cavalry?" This group of people was actually the reconnaissance cavalry temporarily assigned to conduct reconnaissance in the southeast. After hearing the news, the leading lieutenant immediately said: "How many people are there and what is the route of action? Quick, tell me what you know
Say it all!"
"There are at least 20,000 cavalry. According to our judgment, they are moving from southwest to northeast!"
Twenty thousand enemy cavalry!
There is indeed something going on in the southeast!
The leading lieutenant did not hesitate and quickly said: "Sergeant Song, take two people to escort Sergeant Qin back to the division headquarters immediately, report back as quickly as possible, and report the relevant news!"
Sergeant Song was also an old non-commissioned officer in his thirties. After hearing this, he nodded: "I humbly obey my orders!"
However, he still looked worried and asked: "What about you, sir?"
The leading young lieutenant said: "I will continue to investigate and find out their situation. After you go back, ask the division headquarters to send some people to reinforce us."
Hearing this, Sergeant Song did not say anything more, but said cautiously: "Then let's go back now, sir, take care!"
The young lieutenant smiled.
Then he raised his hand with black leather gloves: "Let's go!"
Immediately, more than ten people rushed out.
Sergeant Song and two other soldiers stayed behind. They helped Qin Weitong onto a spare horse, and then they also ran back.
This place was not too far from the division headquarters. Not long after the horse was running wildly, Sergeant Qin Weitong was brought back to the division headquarters, and then the news was reported to the division commander of the 3rd Cavalry Division, Major General Deng Weifang.
"Twenty thousand cavalry?" Deng Weifang couldn't believe the number he heard, so he asked with doubts, "Are you sure there are 20,000 cavalry?"
Sergeant Qin Weitong continued to endure the pain in his arm and gritted his teeth and said: "Although we couldn't see them all with our own eyes, we can tell from the vibrations and smoke on the ground that there are at least 20,000 riders!"
After that, he emphasized again: "At least!"
What he means is that 20,000 cavalry is just the minimum number estimated, and there is a high possibility that there will be more cavalry.
At this time, Major General Deng Weifang nodded slightly and said to Comrade Qin: "Thank you for your hard work, go and heal your wounds. Don't worry, if it is true, this contribution is great enough. I will personally recommend you to attend the crash course at the martial arts school later."
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Upon hearing this, Sergeant Qin Weitong seemed to have forgotten the pain in his shoulder, and he didn't even know how he was helped out.
Just now, the teacher said that he could be recommended to attend the crash course at the martial arts school, which was something he had never dared to hope for before.
If you want to become an officer in the Army of the Tang Dynasty, there is only one way to go. Go to the martial arts school. It doesn't matter whether you apply for admission from outside, are specially recruited from within the army, or are recommended to enter the accelerated program because of military merit or other special circumstances.
class's.
it's the same!
This crash course is actually a reward specifically for soldiers who lack academic qualifications and are overage but have made great contributions. Staff Sergeant Qin Weitong just meets this condition.
Once you take the crash course, you can become a second lieutenant after graduation. Although it is impossible to cross the threshold of a colonel in this life, 99% of the time you can only climb to the rank of lieutenant or captain and retire.
But this is also an officer!
In the Tang Dynasty, military officers and civil servants were the same thing, and both belonged to the order of officials.
And relatively speaking, the value of military officers is higher than that of civilian officials of the same level!
For example, major generals are compared with the third-rank civilian officials. However, except for a very few directors and directors of departments directly under the cabinet, most of the third-rank civilian officials are not very good.
However, the major generals in the military are often division commanders, deputy commanders, and army chiefs of staff. If you choose a division commander of a main division, his political status, even personal power, title, family, etc. can be compared to a third-grade civilian official.
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Even if you are a brigadier general, many people compare it with a third-grade civil servant, but in fact in the Tang Dynasty, becoming a brigadier general meant you had entered the general officer class.
A general, in this era of many wars, can often obtain a title, even if it is just a lord.
This means that even if he is a brigadier general, he is actually a noble, and he is a proper aristocratic class in the local area.
Not only are generals in the military very valuable, but even ordinary officers have a very high status.
He was just a lieutenant, and he belonged to the upper-middle class in society. If he were in his hometown, he would be a prominent figure in the place.
Because in the Tang Empire, every officer had attended Wu Xuetang or Hai Xuetang, and the academic qualifications of these two military schools were basically equivalent to those of four-year universities, and only preparatory or technical secondary school graduates could apply.
There are few college students these days, and their social status is quite high.
But there are fewer officers and higher social status.
Sergeant Qin Weitong has been in the army for more than ten years. It is not that he has not imagined that one day he will pass the examination and enter the martial arts school, and it is not that he has not never imagined that one day he will achieve military merit and enter the martial arts school's crash course.
But what I didn't expect was that it would actually come true today.
Even if Deng Weifang only mentioned a recommendation, the personal recommendation of a major general and division commander of the main cavalry division is quite powerful, and enrollment may not be a problem.
But after walking out, he thought of his dozen comrades again.
Apart from being happy, I am also extremely sad and angry!
His comrades had sacrificed their lives to gain this military exploit, but today, he was allowed to sit back and enjoy it.
For a moment, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry!
The whole person was so confused that he fell to the ground with a thud!
Others quickly helped him up and took him to the health camp at the division headquarters.
Each army in the Tang Dynasty has health teams of different specifications. Generally speaking, if it is an infantry team, there are usually two health soldiers. These two health soldiers are actually combatants. They can fight when there is nothing to do and save people when there is something.
These medical soldiers selected some of the more suitable soldiers from the recruits for specialized medical training, and were able to perform simple bandaging, stop bleeding, etc.
An infantry battalion usually has a medical platoon, consisting of one half-qualified doctor, five apprentice assistants, and several medical soldiers, who are required to be able to perform simple trauma surgeries.
In the case of an infantry regiment, there will also be a health platoon with two doctors, but the skills are also not very good.
The infantry division headquarters has a health team with a few doctors with slightly better skills. They not only provide battlefield rescue, but they also see daily illnesses and colds.
The military headquarters of the Infantry Army has a health camp. In fact, the more skilled doctors in the Tang Army are concentrated in the military headquarters health camp. The establishment of the health camp is not large in peacetime, but there are hundreds of medical staff.
personnel, and during wartime personnel are often recruited from local areas.
Not only does it provide battlefield rescue during wartime, but it is also open to the outside world to treat civilians on weekdays.
Although the 3rd Cavalry Division is a cavalry division, its organization is different from that of an infantry division. However, they also have a health team, but like other cavalry divisions, their health team is smaller than that of an infantry division.
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There is no way, even if the number of cavalry divisions is small.
After the person was brought in, a doctor who was about thirty years old looked left and right, and then said: "Operate immediately, take out the bullet first!"
Then naturally there are assistants who prepare tools and equipment, disinfect them, etc.
A soldier who accompanied Qin Wei asked with a worried look on his face: "Doctor, is everything okay?"
The doctor tilted his head slightly, glanced at him, and then said, "Have you ever seen someone who was shot and was fine?"