Facing the sharp counterattack of the Ming army's archers, Captain Han You did not shout like those stupid young officers: "Don't retreat, hold on, hold on!"
His grenadiers are not here to fight head-on with the enemy. Their mission is to provide fire cover for the Liuzhou Independent Regiment. From the salvo at the charge to the grenade throw just now, they are all designed to provide fire cover for the Liuzhou Independent Regiment.
The Liuzhou Independent Regiment only provided cover.
It is not their mission to fight head-on with the enemy's heavily armored troops, nor is it their mission to engage in close range shooting with the enemy's archers.
Due to the relatively low rate of fire of the matchlock gun, shooting at close range with an archer when both parties are unarmored is basically seeking death.
Because archers can fire arrows continuously in a short period of time, even if the archers shoot three or four arrows, the musketeers may not be able to shoot the second shot.
Therefore, facing the targeted counterattack by the Ming army archers, he did not hesitate to order the troops to retreat. Of course, this retreat did not mean running back directly, but retreating a few meters from the top of the ruins. All he had to do was get down from the top of the ruins.
, the defense line that continues at the top of the ruins is naturally left to the heavy armored infantry of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment.
In this way, the grenadiers can not only rely on the shields and armor of the heavy infantry to protect themselves, but after retreating, they will be on a reverse slope, and the Ming army's arrows will be unable to harm them!
And more importantly, throwing bombs can throw a large-angle parabola, so they can still throw bombs on the reverse slope, but the aim is not so accurate, and the throwing distance will not be very far!
However, even so, it can still cause great damage to the Ming army's trapped camp, and greatly protect the Liuzhou Independent Regiment from resisting their counterattack!
However, just when Han You thought that his own troops had caused heavy damage to the Ming army's counterattack troops and stabilized the front line, he suddenly saw another Ming army running and appearing on a street corner not far away!
When he saw this Ming army, he frowned slightly!
"Musketeers!"
The Ming army purchased and equipped muskets and trained a musketeer. This is no longer a secret, because this musketeer has appeared many times and played a role in repelling the tentative attack launched by the First Army in the early stage.
played a relatively large role.
So not only Hanyou, but also most of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were from the Ming army in Guangzhou City, which had a force of about 500 musketeers.
And now it seems that the Ming army in front of us is those musketeers!
When the enemy's musketeers come up, I'm afraid they will cause heavy damage to our own Liuzhou Independent Regiment. Although the heavy armor of the soldiers of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment can withstand projectiles, it can only resist them from a distance.
If this Ming Army musketeer is allowed to fire within fifty meters, I am afraid that the hundreds of soldiers of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment currently fighting on the top of the ruins will suffer great losses, and this kind of loss is something that the Liuzhou Independent Regiment cannot do independently.
bearable.
Not only Captain Han You saw the danger, Lieutenant Colonel Mei Shenjian, the leader of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment who was personally leading the fight on the front line, also saw the danger. He ordered: "The archers save their energy and prepare to attack the enemy musketeers."
Take a long-distance projectile!"
Then he said to the messenger next to him: "Sign the flag, encounter an enemy group of musketeers, ask for reinforcements from grenadiers or musketeers!"
As the commander of the assault force, Lieutenant Colonel Mei Shenjian's every move was naturally watched by the senior generals in the rear. At this time, there were at least five or six single-channel telescopes pointed at him and the semaphore soldiers around him!
At this time, Colonel Lei Wan, deputy director of the Operations Department next to Li Xuan, said: "Lieutenant Colonel Mei encountered a group of enemy musketeers and requested reinforcements from the musketeers!"
In fact, at this time, Li Xuan also saw through the telescope the flag message sent by Lieutenant Colonel Mei Shenjian asking for reinforcements. He knew that with Mei Shenjian's character, he would not easily ask for help unless he encountered a situation that he could not handle.
, since you asked for help, you must have encountered a more serious situation.
Lieutenant Colonel Mei Shenjian was not born as a bandit, but as a general of the Ming Army. He was previously a guard commander in the Ming Army and a military attache of the third rank. He was injured and captured during the Battle of Tonggu Acropolis in the early days of the Tang Dynasty.
He didn’t surrender to the thieves in the beginning!
However, the Ming Dynasty believed that he had surrendered to a traitor. Zhu Zhihai, the governor of Guizhou at the time, would not tolerate such a high-ranking general turning into a traitor, so he personally ordered that all his family members in Guiyang be killed.
Those who surrendered to thieves would confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans. This is not a lie. The Ming Dynasty really did this!
After his family was confiscated and exterminated, Mei Shenjian surrendered to the thieves with hatred for his family and his family. Naturally, the Tang Dynasty welcomed such a high-ranking general. Li Xuan became a deputy regiment in the garrison as soon as he took action.
Long job.
He was also considered a brave man, and he did not just fight with many others. He was a very smart general. With the subsequent expansion of the army, he was promoted to the commander of the Fifth Guard Regiment.
And this regiment belongs to the 3rd garrison brigade and made great contributions in the Battle of Wuzhou!
After the war, Li Xuan reorganized the Liuzhou Independent Regiment. At first, he transferred Cai Erhu to serve as the first regiment commander. However, after it was decided to expand the Third Guard Brigade, Li Xuan transferred Cai Erhu back to the Third Guard Brigade to serve as the commander.
brigadier.
The second commander of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment after its reorganization was taken over by Mei Shenjian, the former commander of the fifth garrison regiment of the third garrison brigade at that time.
The Ming Dynasty was very familiar with the evil of high-ranking generals. It wished they could catch Lingchi who had brought Mei Shenjian, and all of them had confiscated their families and exterminated their families. There would definitely not be any appeasement. However, this also made these generals even more angry.
He was loyal to the Tang Dynasty and fought against the Ming army.
Mei Shenjian is a very typical example!
How can we not avenge the destruction of our family and clan?
Of course, this is just one of many reasons. There are other reasons, such as helplessness, such as being a founding hero in order to make contributions.
Everyone has different thoughts, but this does not prevent them from leading the rebel army to fight against the imperial army!
Even many generals who have been demoted still lead their old troops to fight. This situation is quite common in the garrison.
However, in the regular army, although there are some demoted generals, there are not many who hold the same high position as Mei Shenjian and have real power.
Mei Shenjian asked for help, and Li Xuan, who was in the rear, naturally would not turn a blind eye, and soon ordered the 1st Infantry Brigade to send the 1st Infantry Regiment to come forward to support.
But it was just a matter of stepping forward to support. The small gap could not actually accommodate thousands of people fighting. The ability to accommodate a few hundred people was almost the limit. However, around the gap, the armies of both sides gathered thousands of people.
Thousands of people are fighting.
The ones who can really support the Liuzhou Independent Regiment are the grenadiers assigned to the three assault battalions!
Each of these three assault battalions has a grenadier team attached to it.
The First Grenadier Team led by Captain Han You is one of them, and another grenadier unit is quickly climbing up the ruins to come to support.
The next battle will be for the grenadiers to cooperate with the Liuzhou Independent Regiment!
After another fresh force of grenadiers rushed up, the unit merged with the remnants of Han You's command. In the previous series of battles, Han You's First Grenadier suffered considerable losses and had already suffered casualties one after another.
There were more than 20 people, and the casualty rate was already over 25%.
If this casualty ratio were placed among ordinary musketeers, it would have collapsed long ago.
But as the most elite unit in the Tang Dynasty's royal division, the grenadiers have their own pride!
Their slogan is to fight to the death!
Speaking of being brave and not afraid of death, they are more extreme than the soldiers of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment!
Without the courage to fear death, how dare you stare at the enemy's fire and move forward to drop bombs from a distance of twenty or thirty meters!
Without the courage to fear death, how could one hold the grenade that had already lit the match tightly and wait for the officer's order before throwing it out? You must know that these grenades will explode in a short time.
In terms of pure courage, the grenadiers of the Tang Dynasty King's Division are definitely the best in the entire army!
Only such troops can still resist and fight despite suffering more than 20% casualties!
And this is why every time an assault battalion is organized, grenadiers are used instead of ordinary musketeers to fight with heavy armored infantry.
Because ordinary musketeers simply cannot afford a battle with such a high casualty rate!
After the two grenadier teams merged, this grenadier team already had more than 180 troops, and the grenadiers who had thrown all the grenades also received one or two grenades from their comrades.
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At this time, Captain Han You wiped the blood on his face. At this time, his face was scratched by the Ming army's arrows, and a lot of blood flowed out. However, he simply wiped it and raised it again.
His own command knife: "Grenadiers, use muskets and grenades to tell them that we are the real kings of musketeers!"
"Everyone has it, line up"
Although Han You is only the captain of the First Grenadier, according to the battlefield regulations of the Tang Dynasty Army, unless there is a clear instruction, the command authority of the temporarily integrated troops will automatically be assigned to the one with the highest military rank. If the two military ranks are equal, the unit will be
The number is commanded by the former.
The reinforcements came from the Second Grenadier Team. The captain of this team was also a captain, but he was a junior captain who had just been promoted for a short time. At the same time, the number of his unit was also low, so according to the battlefield regulations of the Tang Army, Han
Captain You has the undisputed command of the integrated grenadiers.
Unless there is a clear order from the superior to let someone else serve as the commander!
Han You saw that the queue had been initially formed and ordered without any hesitation: