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Chapter 298 The fierce battle is in full swing

The soldiers of the former army of the Wuwei Battalion, carrying guns on their shoulders, lined up in three dense lines.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." Amidst the rhythmic sound of the military drums, the soldiers began to march towards the Mongolian line at a constant speed, based on the deputy battalion commander holding a long halberd.

Lu Wu, who was riding on a horse, was right behind the entire line. This position happened to be able to see all directions with his eyes and hear all directions with his ears.

The three team officers (company commanders), holding command sabers, are listed on the far left of the three infantry lines.

Next to the team officer is the red flag responsible for directing the team's actions.

When the military flag is pointing obliquely to the front, those who dare not charge will be killed!

"Hey." Little Celing was surprised to find that although the speed of the golden dogs approaching was not fast, the three infantry lines were straight and scary.

Yaku is just the owner of the Turtle Banner in Qinghai, and he has never seen what is called the modern army's combat methods.

"Minhan Nayan, the golden dog is here." Yaku wanted to urge little Celing to give the order to fire.

Little Celing didn't touch Riyaku, he could see very clearly that the golden dogs approaching slowly did not carry fire ropes on their shoulders.

Moreover, the muskets on the shoulders of the golden dogs are also exceptionally different.

More importantly, Xiao Celing noticed that the faces of the soldiers in the first row of the former army of the Wuwei Battalion all had their lips tightly pressed together, their eyes were piercing, and they were full of fighting spirit, and no one showed any fear!
Is this still the Golden Dog team?
Over the years, Little Cering has fought countless encounters with the Qing army.

This is the first time I have encountered such a weird army!

At a distance of about 150 meters, following Lu Wu's order, the soldiers of the former army of the Wuwei Battalion all stopped.

"All loaded with ammunition, ready to fire in salvo."

So, under Xiao Celing's watchful eyes, the soldiers of the former Wuwei camp took out the oiled paper bag with fixed ammunition, bit a hole with their mouths, and sprinkled a small amount of gunpowder into the fire gate.

Then, pour all the remaining gunpowder into the barrel, and stuff the bullet with a pointed cylinder into the muzzle.

"Bang." After the soldiers loaded the ammunition, they held the barrel of the gun in their hands and slammed it hard on the grass with the butt of the gun.

After the three rows of infantry were all loaded with ammunition, Lu Wu gave the order to advance at a constant speed again.

120 meters, 100 meters, 80 meters.

While Xiao Celing was waiting for the golden dogs to continue to approach, unexpectedly, the golden dogs stopped.

The matchlock gun in Xiao Celing's hand had an effective range of 40 meters.

The distance is too far, ordering to shoot now can only be a lonely shot.

After Lu Wu finished all the preparations, the flag officer beside him raised the command flag high.

Through the binoculars, Yuzhu saw the command flag of the former army being raised, and immediately ordered without hesitation: "Raise the flag, and order Lu Wu to attack immediately!"

"Yes." A flag officer beside Yuzhu pointed the triangular flag in his hand obliquely in the direction of Cering.

When Lu Wu saw the military order from the Chinese army through the semaphore, he immediately raised the command saber in his hand without hesitation, and slashed in the direction of the quasi-army musketeers.

"The first team, half-squat, raise the gun, aim, prepare, let go!"

"Crack, crack, crack..." The clear gunshots like popping beans kicked off the prelude to the battle.

"Ah..." A Musketeer in front of Celing was unfortunately shot in the leg and fell to the ground, twitching and wailing.

"It hurts... Eji, save me..." A musketeer who was shot in the arm rolled all over the ground in pain, screaming terribly.

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight Musketeers fell down in Xiao Celing's team.

Little Celing couldn't help but gasped, he never dreamed that the golden dog's musket was so sharp that it could effectively hit his subordinates from 80 meters away.

Hey, Yuzhu presided over the improved lead bullets. On the pointed ends, sharp daggers were used to cut through the cross grooves.

This kind of bullet, as long as it is shot into the enemy's body, it will bloom.

The bullet transformed by the devil hits the enemy's stomach, and the internal organs will be completely rotten. They can only twitch and wait for death, and it is impossible to move again.

If you hit the leg, the leg is finished. No matter how hard you try to survive, it will be futile, and you will definitely lose too much blood and die.

If the arm is hit, the arm will not be amputated, but it will also die due to serious infection.

"Second team, raise your gun, aim, prepare, let go!"

When the two armies are at war, there is no concept of mercy, and everything is about defeating the enemy!
Following Lu Wu's order, the soldiers in the second row stood still and raised their hands to shoot.

"Papa, papa..." After the salvo, the white and smoky smoke enveloped all the soldiers.

Little Celing watched helplessly as another ten musketeers fell down under him.

"Ah...God..."

"Help me..." Someone was shot in the eye socket, but he didn't die. He rolled on the ground in pain, and inadvertently hugged his friend's leg tightly, and refused to let go.

Little Celing noticed that the Musketeers around him were all showing expressions of fear, and their faces turned pale with fright. He could not help but make up his mind, drew out his waist knife, walked over, and slashed his own man to death with the knife.

No poison, no husband!
When the two armies go to war, they must not only be ruthless to the enemy, but also ruthless to their own people.

At this time, Lu Wu ordered again, "The first team squats to reload, the second team squats down, and the third team raises their guns, aim, prepare, and release!"

"Papa papa..." Along with the white smoke from the muzzle of the gun, six more people fell down in Celing's team.

Since the ammunition is fixed, and the action of cleaning the rod and pressing the chamber is omitted, the soldiers of the first and second teams can reload the ammunition by squatting on the ground.

When they obeyed the order and got up, they only needed to hit the ground with the butt of their guns, and the entire loading action was completed.

Before formal contact was made, more than [-] people from Xiao Celing were killed or injured.

Alas, what a loss!
Little Celing knew in his heart that at this moment, it was impossible to retreat.

As long as he dared to turn around and run away, Golden Dog's cavalry would come after him and tear him and his men into pieces.

"Hubsun Khan, hurry up and take your cavalry, outflank the two wings, and attract the golden dog's attention, so that my men can get close to them and fight back." Even if little Celing looked down on Yaku, he still wanted to seek him at this time s help.

Yaku hesitated for a moment, he couldn't bear to part with this little family property at hand, if Xiao Celing was finished, not only would the Qing Dynasty not be able to spare him, even the Junggar people would try their best to cut off his head.

"Okay." Yaku is not a coward, otherwise, he would not have killed his own father and seized the banner owner.

"Blow the horn, the two wings outflank the golden dog's back." After Yaku gave the order, he drew his sword first and rushed out on his horse.

Yu Zhu, who had been holding back the formation, could see very clearly that the outflanking tactics that the Mongols used to have officially appeared on the stage.

Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime!

Under the guidance of Yu Zhu, the Wuwei Camp trained the most in the past, which was to change formations when the opportunity arises.

The reason is actually not complicated. Due to the generation difference advantage of the dog lock flintlock gun, it is difficult for the enemy to break through the Wuwei camp from the front, so they can only adopt the tactics of outflanking the two wings or setting up an ambush in advance.

In modern army combat, it is very important to quickly turn into a hollow gun formation when fighting against cavalry.

The fighters of the three teams are in the front and the fighters of the two teams are in the back. In fact, it is a trap deliberately set by Yu Zhu.

As long as the Mongols dared to adopt the tactics of outflanking with two wings, they would be caught in the middle of two large hollow formations.

This is like Marshal Ney's cavalry unit, which has become a sandwich biscuit, which can only end in a disastrous defeat.

Just when Yaku led the Mongolian cavalry and began to accelerate the charge, Yuzhu commanded the soldiers of the two Wuwei Battalions to move forward amidst the sound of drums.

At this time, the battlefield situation became more complicated.

Originally, the Qing army and the enemy had a clear front line of 500 meters apart.

Now, the Musketeers commanded by Xiao Celing quickly approached Lu Wu's front army of the Wuwei Battalion, while the Mongolian cavalry led by Yaku outflanked Lu Wu's rear.

Inadvertently, the rear army commanded by Yuzhu stopped about 250 meters behind Lu Wu, and did not leave.

The position where the jade pillar stops is very particular, less than 150 meters away from the green battalion soldiers and artillery armor in the rear of the Qing army.

That is to say, once the Mongolian cavalry wants to outflank the rear of Yuzhu or the camp, the two groups of soldiers in the rear of the Wuwei camp only need to change into a hollow formation to block the passage of the Mongols' sneak attack.

After discovering this astonishing change, Yaku couldn't help but burst into ecstasy, decisively commanded the [-] Mongolian cavalry on his side, and roared towards Yu Zhu's back.

As long as Yuzhu's head is cut off, no matter how powerful the Qing army's musket formation is, they will collapse without a fight. This is Yaku's wishful thinking.

Yuzhu put down the binoculars in his hand, and decisively ordered the two teams of soldiers in the rear army to spread out into two lines with the halberd officer as the center, facing the direction of Yaku's rush.

As the saying goes, soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent.

The generals play the same role as the captain, relying on rich combat experience to adapt to the situation.

The enemy has changed, if Yuzhu continues to form a large hollow formation, it will cause endless battles due to insufficient firepower on one side.

Yuzhu is very familiar with the combat habits of the Mongols.

As long as one-tenth of the hundreds of cavalry in Yaku were killed by volleys of guns when charging, the morale of the Mongols would drop to the bottom.

If one-fifth of the cavalry were killed, the Mongols must have lost their fighting spirit to charge and began to turn around and run away!
In history, during the famous Battle of Bali Bridge, the most elite Seng Gelinqin Mongolian cavalry in the Qing Dynasty had a total of more than 7000 people, known as [-].

As a result, the so-called invincible Mongolian iron cavalry only killed 200 people, and the whole army completely collapsed!
This has something to do with the special habits of the grassland people. They are very brave when they are fighting against the wind.

Once the battle situation is unfavorable, especially after the casualty ratio exceeds one-tenth, the grassland characteristics of laxity, fear of death, and just wanting to pick up cheap will be fully exposed.

Killing one-fifth of the Mongols is Yuzhu's conservative estimate.After all, there is no harm in being lenient in anticipating the enemy.

(End of this chapter)