Lu Ming

Chapter 626 Retribution ([-])
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As officers on the entire front gave orders in unison, more than 5000 North Vietnamese soldiers rushed out of the camp shouting.

From this moment, the fragile agreement between North and South Vietnam that lasted for just a few years disappeared, and the drums of war sounded again.

Three days ago, when the entire army of the Nanyue Navy was exhausted at Zhengjiang Estuary, Zheng Bing, who was overjoyed, made arrangements for the aftermath, and at the same time ordered the army horses that arrived earlier to launch a tentative attack on the fortified area of ​​​​South Vietnam.

The three-day trial attack is tactically necessary.

On the one hand, the North Vietnamese army has not yet assembled, and it will take time to mobilize the army, horses, food and grass.On the other hand, in a large-scale war with more than 10 people, there will definitely be tentative fights in the early stage. Both sides need to find out each other and collect intelligence for the subsequent large-scale attack and defense.

Three days later, the first round of formal large-scale land offensive started abruptly.

According to normal history, three days are definitely not enough time to warm up before a big battle.Whether it is An Nanguo or any other country in this era, usually large-scale siege battles are carried out in units of months, and war records in units of years are also common.

But this time is different.The "Supreme Emperor" of the North Vietnamese, Sheng Nan, the head of the military observation group from the Ming Dynasty, directly suggested that the North Vietnamese Army start a full-scale land attack after three days of "finding out" research.

The North Vietnamese must take the expert guidance put forward by Sheng Nan with the prestige of victory in the naval battle with caution.

Of course, the sound of the gunboat bombarding Thang Long Mansion before also provided a strong footnote for Sheng Nan's opinion.

In fact, the North Vietnamese people knew very well: Isn't it because of the core driving force of "Ming Yuan" that the big guy labored and mobilized everyone to eat horse chews and run to Zhengjiang this time?So in any case, as long as the military plan proposed by Sheng Nan is not particularly contrary to common sense, no matter how uncomfortable it is, the decision-makers in North Vietnam from the prince Zheng Bing down will have a high probability of implementing it.

Sheng Nan's thinking was simple: since the decisive factor in breaking through the fortified area was foreign aid, the North Vietnamese should launch a full-scale attack as soon as possible.

There are also hidden reasons for this.

From the perspective of the overall "international" situation, the Vietnam War is only one part of the freshly baked Dayan Kingdom's overall southward strategy.The faster this link is completed, the higher the rear's evaluation of Sheng Nan will be.

As for the hasty land attack that would cause the North Vietnamese to bear unnecessary casualties. Evil imperialists don't care about cannon fodder.Even from a certain point of view, the death of more cannon fodder is more conducive to "long-term peace and stability" afterwards.

Following the recommendations of the military observation group, the North Vietnamese decision-makers discussed and finally, as expected, formally agreed to launch a large-scale offensive.

Such an important battle is naturally not to be missed for a certain force that will operate/use force in the South Asian environment in the next step. This is all valuable first-hand information.

So early in the morning, Sheng Nan led the young staff officers of the observation group to cross the river by boat and arrived at the former enemy camp. He prepared various equipment including high-end equipment such as cameras, and prepared to approach and record the live battle.

In the early morning, after the soldiers had a full meal, the scene at the beginning of the article appeared.Accompanied by the long sound of horns and military orders, the North Vietnamese army rushed out of the camp and marched forward slowly.

A large number of soldiers with wooden shields are in the front, soldiers with hook guns and swords and spears are in the middle, and the rear row is long-range troops with matchlock guns and bows and arrows.

The horizontal formation of 5000 soldiers filled the entire front of the battlefield like a thick black tide.What the tide has to face is a modern defense system composed of irregular trenches, horses, stone walls, and fortresses.

Yes, in the [-]th century, when weapons and tactics were undergoing drastic changes, the South Vietnamese people, guided by the military thought of Frangji, built this permanent fortress on the south bank of the Zhengjiang River, which already possessed many characteristics of the defense system of later generations. .

Except for things like barbed wire machine guns that are missing due to the constraints of the times, the rest of the aspects are almost the same as the civil defense line in the memory of the traverser.

Not long after, after walking for almost a mile, the tide hit the embankment.

All in all, this first wave of large-scale attacks was mostly tentative in nature, and neither the attacker nor the defender expected to produce any huge results.

This can be seen from the caution of the attacking side.Most of the soldiers in the front line hold thick shields, which is to offset the kinetic energy of lead bullets shot from the opposite side.As for the soldiers in the middle of the formation, many of them held hook guns to clear obstacles on the battlefield.

The atmosphere became more and more tense. When the attacker approached to a distance of 50 meters from the trench, as if an appointment was made, continuous volleys of gunfire and loud shouts sounded at the same time.

It was the North Vietnamese soldiers who shouted loudly.While roaring, the shield players in the front row raised their shields and bowed forward one after another.After reaching the edge of the trench, the shield bearers supported the shield on the ground.

The soldiers in the middle began to use hook guns to pull Lin Li's refusal horses.

A common scene in film and television dramas appeared in the sky: black feather arrows covered the sky, and the visual effect was excellent.

At the same moment when the North Vietnamese's three axes were launched, the first round of guns was fired from the stone wall and fort less than 20 meters away from the opposite side of the trench.

The distance of the trenches is accurately calculated to give full play to the maximum power of the arquebus.So even though there was a thick shield to cover it, under the intensive shooting at this distance, layers of soldiers still fell down with the sound of gunfire.

The scene of the dead has long been used to the Yue people who have been fighting for years.The soldiers on the attacking side remained unmoved, and used every minute and second to complete the task with all their strength.

The so-called race against time is also a painful lesson learned by the North Vietnamese after the last time a large army came to charge the battle.The South Vietnamese would not allow their opponents to take their time dismantling obstacles on the battlefield.

Sure enough, the next moment, a huge sound overwhelmed the noise on the battlefield: the artillery of the South Vietnamese was fired.

The Portuguese, who were the first to come to East Asia, relied on the arms trade to establish relationships with indigenous governments in various places, and they were important spreaders of war technology.

The Portuguese not only opened the Bogarao Cannon Factory in Macau in the Ming Dynasty, but also opened a cannon factory in Hue, the capital of the South Vietnamese regime.

This is also the key reason why the South Vietnamese separatist regime was able to rely on the fortification area to continue the country for more than 100 years in history: no army in this era can resist the three-dimensional attack of hot weapons.

The South Vietnamese who have been guarding the stone wall all the year round, of course, do not do nothing every day and only use Douyin.The shells fired from behind the stone wall were accurate and ruthless, and it was obvious that the shooting elements had been determined long ago.Whenever a cannon on the defense line fired a projectile, it must have hit the middle of the crowd with a high probability.

The effect of the shelling was immediate.Although there were not many guns fired, whether it was a small-caliber Francophone gun or a 6-inch gun, most of the shells carved a bloody path through the crowd.

This time, the attacker couldn't hold it anymore.The large formation was obviously loosely deformed under the bombardment of artillery fire, and the morale of the soldiers dropped visible to the naked eye.

At this time, behind the formation, the North Vietnamese general standing on a wooden building car put down the monocular export-oriented telescope in his hand, and gave the order to sound the trumpet and gold just right.

After Mingjin, the North Vietnamese quickly retreated.Although local troops were dispatched from various places, the North Vietnamese troops were of high quality all the year round. When they retreated, they not only took away Juma, but also took away the bodies of the casualties.

The first offensive effect is undoubtedly acceptable to both the offensive and defensive sides.The attacker removed some of the obstacles and tested the strength of the South Vietnamese defense line.However, the South Vietnamese used hot weapons to kill and wound many invading enemies, and the exchange ratio was satisfactory.

Apart from the South Vietnamese on the battlefield, there was another person who was quite satisfied: Sheng Nan.

"Not bad, not bad!" While the North Vietnamese were retreating in an orderly manner, Sheng Nan observed the battlefield with a telescope and nodded repeatedly: "The defense was organized, and the retreat was timely, very NICE."

However, after putting down the binoculars, Sheng Nan, who was in charge of teaching, became serious: "Have all the firepower points been marked?"

"The report has all been marked. And according to the size of the muzzle flame, the artillery caliber of the enemy's firepower point has been initially marked."

"Hmm." Teacher Sheng just nodded slightly when he heard the words, then raised his finger and pointed to the Vietnamese army that had retreated to a safe distance, and commented a few words: "This is an army with considerable military literacy. When you meet in the future, Don't be careless. In my opinion, apart from our regular army, the rest of the auxiliary troops can't keep them safe, even if we have the advantage in firepower."

"As for the soldiers and horses of the imperial court."

When Sheng Nan said this, he shook his head: "Do you understand what I mean?"

"My subordinate understands!"

Seeing the dozens of young and energetic faces in front of him, Sheng Nan's face continued to tense the next moment: "Now start to assign homework."

"Take the fortification area of ​​South Vietnam as the imaginary enemy, and without the support of naval naval guns, take our regular army and the pioneering army as the attacking side. Each of you must come up with at least two tactical plans before tomorrow morning, and you must have the homework on the map. .”

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

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Next, on the first day of the offensive, the North Vietnamese organized and launched three large-scale shocks against the South Vietnamese fortification area in the morning, noon, and evening respectively with overwhelming shock waves.

The last time, the number of people has reached the scale of ten thousand people, and the casualty rate has increased greatly.The battle situation can be said to have reached its climax from the first day, and it is undoubtedly very tragic.

However, there are also some results: the trenches at least 30 meters wide have been filled by the North Vietnamese with their lives, and they will launch a close-range assault the next day.

And that night, the North Vietnamese frontline general came to the door in person and humbly asked Sheng Nan to order the use of large mortars "Gelongde" for tomorrow's battlefield.

Sheng Nan agreed without hesitation.

Although the mortar belonged to "Ming Aid", it was nominally a gift to the Yue people.However, munitions made with modern technology are not something that Yue people can play with.The supporting gunpowder, shells, and even the supporting artillery company are all in the hands of Sheng Nan.

This routine has a family in later generations who say it is second and no one dares to say it first: Russia Mao.

Its all kinds of show routines in India are really amazing.

However, at the next moment after General Yueren went out, four or five people in the field tent, headed by the staff officer Yang Weili, immediately stood up, and excitedly suggested that Commander Sheng suspend mortar support.The reason is simple: the Annan people shed too little blood.

After Sheng Nan quietly listened to the staff's reasons, she was not angry.In fact, with a flat expression, he was quite relieved: "Yes, they all have an international perspective. It seems that Han Xiaobo and his group have done some practical things a few years ago."

(End of this chapter)