Chapter five hundred and eighty third Wang Yue's choice
A Qianhu of the Ming Army even forgot his commanding responsibilities at this time, and just let his soldiers shoot on their own, but he was sitting on the horse in a daze!
The puppet Tang rebel army on the opposite side only had half of its own strength, and suffered equally heavy casualties, but why didn't they retreat? Why were they able to maintain their formation and keep firing so calmly and calmly?
"Why?"
He doesn't understand!
It's a pity that no one can tell them why, because the two grenadiers of the Tang Army suffered heavy casualties, and the Ming Army's Musket Battalion suffered even more heavy casualties. When the Ming Army's Musket Battalion suffered more than a hundred casualties,
The overall casualty rate exceeded 30%, and after almost all the musketeers in the front row died, they finally couldn't hold on any longer.
A young musketeer collapsed first in this torture of death. He cried out loudly, then dropped the musket in his hand, shouting: "I don't want to die, I want to go home, I don't want to die."
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Unfortunately, this young Ming Army musketeer was running towards the front, so before he could take a few steps, a bullet fired by a grenadier hit his chest!
He seemed to pause while running, and then continued to fall down due to the inertia of running forward. After falling to the ground, he lay on the ground with his face sideways, looking at the ground on the horizon, and murmured: I
want to go home……
The death of this young musketeer was just a microcosm of the Ming Army's musketry battalion. When the grenadiers of the Puppet Tang rebel army on the opposite side conducted another round of shooting and hit more than 20 Ming army musketeers, the Ming army on the opposite side
The soldiers in the musket battalion finally couldn't stand this kind of fighting method where you give me a shot, I give you a shot, and you can't even hide.
This is not fighting at all. This is killing people while also killing others. In the end, no one can escape death!
These musketeers want to dodge, or even turn around and run away. Once this happens, another word can be used to describe them: collapse!
When the Ming Army Gun Battalion opposite showed signs of collapse, the soldiers of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment and the Assault Battalion also launched a charge!
"The whole army charges!"
"Quick, rush down!"
They rushed down from the ruins, and then ignored the Ming army's sparse counterattacks and pounced on the Ming army on the opposite side like tigers descending the mountain. At this time, the spearmen in the Ming army's gun camp also wanted to step forward and fight with their spears.
But the entire formation was already in chaos!
Especially when they saw that on the other side of the ruins there were not only a large number of heavy armored infantrymen of the Pseudo-Tang Thief Army rushing down, but also almost endless musketeers and sword and shield soldiers of the Pseudo-Tang Thief Army behind them, they still had the courage to resist.
ah!
Yes, that's right, at this time, the two thousand troops of the First Infantry Regiment of the First Infantry Brigade had already poured into the gap in the ruins to provide support for the troops in front.
The troops of the Tang Dynasty King's Division rushed in continuously through the gap in the ruins. When these Ming troops saw that there was no hope of resistance, they naturally retreated quickly.
'Quick, quick, follow up!' Under the ruins, an officer wearing the uniform of a school officer and wearing the rank of major urged his soldiers to quickly pass through the gap. They must take advantage of this precious time to further expand the station entrance and avoid
The Ming army counterattacked.
"Don't crowd here, spread out to both sides, capture the walls on both sides, quickly, what are you doing here, waiting to die?"
"The first and second teams moved forward to support the front, the third team launched an attack to the left, and the fourth and fifth teams followed up to block the enemy forces on the right!" The major and other officers at this time
Like them, he had already given up his riding horse, climbed up the ruins directly with the ordinary soldiers, and personally commanded his First Infantry Battalion to fight.
In order to compete for this gap in the ruins, the Liuzhou Independent Regiment and three temporary assault battalions paid a heavy price. What the First Infantry Battalion had to do was to reinforce these troops, consolidate the defense line in the gap while extending attacks to both sides, and completely crush the Ming army's counterattack.
The illusion of complement.
Time passed bit by bit. As the current ace infantry battalion in the Tang Dynasty King's Division, the First Infantry Battalion only had a size of 500 people, but its combat effectiveness was not weak, especially when they climbed onto the large city wall and lined up.
When they gradually advance out of a tight formation, the combat effectiveness they unleash actually exceeds that of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment and the Assault Battalion.
Because this kind of battle is no longer a melee, but a line battle. This battle mode is what the regular infantry battalion of the Tang Dynasty King Division is best at.
In an assault melee, the First Infantry Battalion could not keep up with the Liuzhou Independent Regiment even if it was a pat on the back, and it was not as good as a temporary assault battalion composed of elites. However, once the First Infantry Battalion had a stable advancement position, their gradual advance was unstoppable.
of.
The formation formed by musketeers and spearmen, as the wide city wall gradually advances, is enough to sweep away any enemy troops who dare to block the front.
After seeing that his own soldiers had stabilized the situation, the major battalion commander was able to focus on other things.
The first sight was the dead and wounded covering almost the entire ruins. Some of these dead and wounded were soldiers of the Tang Army wearing dark blue military uniforms, while the other part were soldiers of the Ming Army. Before the First Infantry Battalion rushed up, the Liuzhou Independent Regiment
and the soldiers of the assault battalion fought fiercely around the ruins.
Not only the ruins, but actually the surrounding ruins are also full of dead and injured!
Among the dead and wounded, the major and battalion commander saw a soldier bandaging a young captain!
He recognized that young captain. He was Han You, captain of the 1st Grenadier Corps, who belonged to the 1st Infantry Regiment just like him.
He immediately took two steps forward, looked down, and said, "Brother Han, are you okay?"
Captain Han You was shot in the shoulder. Although the severe pain and blood loss made his face extremely pale, he struggled and said: "It's okay, he can't die. Brother Gu, you have a heavy task, don't pay attention to Han!"
Major Gu nodded slightly. Although Han You said that he could not die, but who knows, whether the injured on the battlefield can survive depends entirely on whether God will give him face. He saw too much that only his hands and feet were slightly injured, but
In the end, it was the people who died from the infection.
What's more, although Han You's injuries are not fatal, they are definitely not minor. They are considered serious injuries. It is difficult to say whether he can survive.
But now is obviously not the time to be sad. If this is all sad, then no matter how many tears he sheds, it will not be enough. There are definitely tens of thousands of casualties in this battle. Let’s not talk about other places, just
The gap in the ruins of the city wall was only a few dozen meters away, and at least over a hundred Tang soldiers were killed or injured!
Their corpses were enough to cover the entire gap in the ruins!
So he just nodded slightly and said: "Okay, Gu will take the first step!"
Then he said to the medical soldier who was bandaging Captain Han You: "Bandage Captain Han well and take him back immediately!"
The King of the Tang Dynasty usually treated his own wounded as much as possible, but only officers were allowed to be directly carried back for further treatment during the battle.
After all, the value of an officer is far greater than that of an ordinary soldier, and the officer must be treated first.
While the fighting on the other side of the gap in the ruins was still going on, Li Xuan, who was in the rear, had already given a new order: "Instruct the 3rd Guard Brigade and the 4th Guard Brigade to intensify their attacks and be sure to entangle the enemy!"
Now he has successfully broken through the gap in the ruins, but the defense line is still not strong enough. Once a large number of Ming army reinforcements are sent to counterattack, the success is likely to fall short. Therefore, he must continue to put pressure on the Ming army in other directions and cannot let the Ming army take it easy.
Deploy more troops to deny.
In fact, his worries are not unreasonable, because Wang Yue is doing exactly this.
When he saw the defeat of the Musket Battalion, he didn't know that things were about to get serious. On the one hand, he strictly ordered the remaining troops of Supervisor Biao to invest in them and asked them to hold on no matter what. On the other hand, he urgently transferred his troops.
The last strategic reserve team: Yu Dayou's Guangzhou Battalion stepped forward for reinforcements.
But he was just about to mobilize the Guangzhou Battalion to reinforce the gap. On the other two battlefields, the puppet Tang rebels also climbed to the top of the city one after another. The puppet Tang rebels rushed to the top of the city at the cost of paying a heavy price, and then fought face to face.
The Ming army fought.
For a time, the Ming army generals responsible for defense tasks in other directions all reported to Wang Yue and asked for reinforcements!
At this time, Wang Yue's face was already slightly pale!
As a civil servant who understands military affairs and is in charge of the defense of Guangzhou City, he still doesn't understand that there are major crises on three sides of Guangzhou City.
Not only are there gaps in the city wall on the north side, but also on the east and west sides!
Each of these three aspects requires military reinforcements!
what to do?
Send reinforcements to plug the gap?
But where will the reinforcements come from?
Apart from the Guangzhou Battalion, he has no other reinforcements at all!
He planned to deploy this Guangzhou battalion to the northern city wall. If it was used on the east and west sides, the northern city wall would be defeated!
But it's not enough to save both the East and the West. Faced with the current crisis, he actually has no choice!
what to do?
At this time, the rumbling sound of cannons in his ears seemed to be a reminder, constantly urging him to make a choice!
It was difficult for Wang Yue to choose, but it was a good thing for Li Xuan. Seeing the continuous breakthroughs in the northern city wall, and even the First Infantry Regiment had completely rushed to the top of the city, he already knew that the overall situation of this battle was decided.
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Even though the Ming army might counterattack in the future, it would be nothing more than a desperate struggle!
Guangzhou is decided!
The fighting in Guangzhou City is still going on, but after the puppet Tang rebels opened a gap in the northern city wall and rushed in, the Ming army's defeat was already certain. Li Xuan knew it, and Wang Yue knew it even better.