Lu Chun was recruited by Liu Hai from Zeng Guoquan. Some time ago, Liu Hai discovered during training that although his artillery could accurately complete his orders, Liu Hai had to personally issue orders for every battle, which was very inconvenient.
, so I wrote to Zeng Guoquan, asking him to recommend a talent to manage the artillery unit.
As Liu Hai's father-in-law, Zeng Guoquan naturally supported Liu Hai's request and immediately sent all the more than 100 students who had just returned from Tianjin Military Preparation School and Shanghai Artillery Training School to Liu Hai's army.
When Liu Hai had these people, he immediately selected the best among them. Among them, Lu Chun was the leader of the Shanghai Artillery School, so Liu Hai ordered him to take charge of his artillery battalion.
At first, Lu Chun was reluctant to come to Liu Hai. He originally planned to be able to board a warship and personally control the cannons on the warship after graduating from school. Unexpectedly, he was directly assigned to Liu Hai's army.
But when he came to Liu Hai's army and saw ten 122mm howitzers, he immediately changed his mind.
These 122mm howitzers have a range of 11.8 kilometers, a rate of fire of 5 to 6 rounds per minute, and the power of the shells is even more powerful than those of artillery of 150mm or above.
Because of this, Liu Hai asked Lu Chun if he could blow down the gate and wall of the village with a cannon from the bottom of the mountain.
Lu Chun did not answer Liu Hai immediately. Instead, he stretched out his left arm in front of his eyes and waited for a long time before answering Liu Hai decisively: "Sir, there is no problem. If you leave it to me, I will turn him into a ruin."
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Liu Hai nodded calmly, "Then don't stand here and go get it done quickly."
Lu Chun gave Liu Hai a military salute and then immediately went to the artillery position behind the position.
When Lu Chun arrived at the artillery battalion's position, the 10 122mm howitzers had already erected their barrels one by one, waiting for the order to be given.
As soon as Lu Chun came back, a young officer who looked like a black iron tower ran over and said, "Battalion Commander, you are back. What do you say, Master Dutong? When will we fire the artillery?"
The black iron tower in front of me belongs to a sentry commander named Liang Lin of the artillery battalion commanded by Lu Chun. Like Lu Chun, he also graduated from the Shanghai Artillery Drilling School.
"Your Excellency has given the order, let's fire immediately."
After Lu Chun and Liang Ling finished speaking, they immediately shouted to all the people in the artillery battalion, "We all have orders to fire immediately. Aim at the bandit stronghold and fire immediately according to the established coordinates."
Lu Chun's order was like a flood that opened the floodgates, causing the entire military camp to boil.
Most of the soldiers who serve in the artillery battalion are cyborgs concocted by Liu Hai. They absolutely obey orders.
Lu Chun gave the order, and these outstanding soldiers rushed to their respective artillery positions like springs.
Immediately, a gunner opened the gun door, and the loader behind immediately stuffed a shell into the barrel.
Then, Liang Lin picked up the red flag and waved it down, and immediately there was an overwhelming noise from the artillery position.
When a shell is fired, the gunner will immediately open the gun door, and the loader behind will continue to load. They strive to hit the most shells in the shortest time.
When the 122mm cannon at the bottom of the mountain fired, the bandits on the mountain were in trouble.
Where have these bandits seen such ferocious firepower? As soon as the 122mm artillery shells hit the area dozens of meters away, no one can survive.
Not to mention, as soon as the cannonball hit the wall, bricks and stones flew everywhere. The entire bandit's village was carpet-bombed.
The bandits were lying on the ground, none of them dared to raise their heads. Now they felt that time passed so slowly.
At this time, Xiashanhu was lying in the ruins of the Juyi Hall, looking at the shells that kept flying in, and was so frightened that he was trembling all over.
Next to Xiashanhu was a scholar with a goatee. He looked at the bombs in the sky and thought it was nothing.
"Fortress leader, we'd better retreat quickly. It's still too late to leave now, otherwise, if the officers and soldiers rush up soon, we will all be dead."
The tiger who went down the mountain put his head on the ground and said to the scholar next to him: "It's easy for you to say. Didn't you see the shells flying around outside? You can try walking."
The scholar looked at the bricks and stones flying outside, and he lay helplessly on the ground again. In this situation, as long as he stood up, he would be killed by the bricks and grenades flying everywhere.
Liu Hai, who was standing at the bottom of the mountain, saw that the wall on the mountain had been blown down and none of the bandits above dared to raise their heads. Then he felt that time was almost up, so he said to the young men standing beside him: "What's left?"
It's up to you guys next time, Ye Faguang, you lead your battalion to be the first charge."
"Yes, I will be the first to take the humble position."
After Ye Faguang finished speaking, he ran back and came to the camp he was in charge of. "First camp, follow me."
The more than 500 soldiers of the first battalion, upon hearing the order from their battalion commander, immediately rushed out of the position holding the Type 56 semi-automatic rifles in their hands, launching the first charge like a bandit's cottage.
As a graduate of the Tianjin Army Academy, Ye Faguang had a methodical approach to combat. In addition, they had an absolute advantage in firepower. Therefore, when Ye Faguang and his first battalion rushed to the foot of the mountain, they did not encounter any obstruction. There was only one
The soldier didn't know how he sprained his foot, so he sadly withdrew from the attack.
Ye Faguang took the men and horses to the foot of the mountain and looked at the bandit's stronghold on the top of the mountain. There was no change due to their arrival. It seemed that they had been blinded by his own cannon.
Even so, Ye Faguang did not dare to take it lightly. He immediately ordered the 60mm and 80mm mortars that had been assigned to their battalion to start attacking in sequence to provide fire cover for the main force to storm the mountain stronghold.
Now the people on the mountain stronghold were unlucky. They were already hit hard by 122mm howitzers, and now they were hit by a bunch of 60mm mortars and 80mm mortars.
The remaining buildings on the cottage also began to gradually collapse, and the entire cottage was already flattening.
Ye Faguang felt that the opportunity was too close to miss, and immediately ordered the troops to carry 56 and a half, cover each other, and gradually wipe out the mountain stronghold.
Among the officers who were watching Ye Faguang's attack at the foot of the mountain, one of them turned his head and said to Liu Hai, who was standing at the front: "Du Tong, I think Ye Faguang is too cautious. If our camp has already invaded the mountain stronghold.
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Liu Hai knew who it was as soon as he heard the voice. This person was Zhang Jin, the commander of the second battalion. For some reason, this guy and Ye Faguang had never dealt with each other. No matter what the occasion, the two of them would compete.
Liu Hai shook his head with a smile, and then said: "I think Ye Faguang's fight is quite methodical. We now have an absolute advantage in firepower. Don't waste the lives of soldiers. You have to remember that if things can be solved with artillery shells, don't do it with artillery shells."
Solve it with the lives of soldiers."
After listening to Liu Hai's teachings, Zhang Jin thought about it carefully and couldn't help but nodded. If the army in the future can really replenish the cannonballs and bullets as it is now, and fight according to the wishes of Lord Dutong, the losses of the army will be
It will be reduced a lot.
While Liu Hai and others were talking below, Ye Faguang had already led his men to rush to the other side's wall.
The current village wall has been turned into a small earthen platform, which can no longer protect the bandits behind it, and the bandits who are still alive are lying on the ground and do not dare to move.
After Ye Faguang led his troops into the stronghold, he opened fire on everyone he saw. However, only a few of the bandits held old-fashioned flintlock guns. The rest had either large blades or red-tasseled guns. They faced this vicious force.
No matter how officers and soldiers could withstand it, more than half of the 2,000 people died in a short time.
When the remaining people saw this scene, why did they fight? When they saw the officers and soldiers coming, they immediately threw away their weapons, then raised their hands high above their heads and knelt there, not daring to move.
After all, Ye Faguang had received formal military training. When he saw the surrendered bandits, he did not go on a killing spree. Instead, he sent a few people to gather them together, and finally led the remaining soldiers towards the bandit gathering hall.
Before Ye Guangming led the people to the Juyi Hall, continuous gunshots rang out in the Juyi Hall.
Ye Faguang, who didn't pay attention to his subordinates, was knocked down by four or five. When he saw that this was okay, he originally wanted to spare their lives, but in this case, I will send you all to the west.
So Ye Guangfa immediately ordered all the 60-mm mortars and 80-mm mortars in his battalion to concentrate and start bombarding the Juyi Hall.
Within a few moments, the last beam of the Juyi Hall fell down.
As the Juyi Hall collapsed, the gunfire inside also completely stopped.
Ye Faguang then ordered the soldiers to come forward and clean up the remains of the Juyi Hall to see if they could find the leader of the cottage, Xia Shanhu.
The result was not bad. Shanhu was very clever this time. Seeing the cannons from the opposite side, he knew that the Juyi Hall could not be saved, so he immediately hid under a table in the corner. As a result, the Juyi Hall collapsed.
But he was completely fine.
Finally, he was dragged out from under the table by Ye Faguang's soldiers.
Ye Faguang proudly walked up to Xia Shanhu, tapped the opponent's head with his leather boot, and then said: "Boy, if you dare to sneak up on me, I will drag you out and kill you in a moment."
But knowing that this mountain tiger would not show any weakness at all, "Where are you officers and soldiers? Do you understand the rules? Do you know that we have people in the provincial capital?"
Ye Faguang's eyes dimmed after hearing Xia Shanhu's words. He was born and raised in the Qing Dynasty, and he often heard about the dirty things in China. He didn't expect that he would encounter it today.
This was Ye Faguang, a small battalion commander. He didn't dare to make the decision, so he hurriedly sent people down to report to Liu Hai.
Without any time to burn incense, Liu Hai led several other battalion commanders along the mountain road to Longtou Mountain.