Daming kill

Chapter 130

Soon, the peasant army behind realized that such a sporadic attack was completely in vain.

Several bosses and the like began to yell loudly.

They wanted to try to assemble outside the range of the officer's guns, and gather a small number of archers to cover them behind.

They should want to rush through the last more than 100 meters together, and they still maintain a strong fighting spirit.

As for the not many bird guns of the officers and soldiers, they didn't cause too much interference to them. They had seen far more bird guns firing together.They still simply think that it was just bad luck and poor organization.

They ignore that it is really difficult to gather a group of people with little water experience in the river, not a matter of luck and ability, and this is still in a highly tense combat environment.

As a result, many bamboo rafts that were finally brought together continued to collide with each other more violently, causing more shouting and confusion.

They couldn't hit them anyway, and the officers and soldiers took advantage of the time when the enemy was organizing behind them and began to lose no time in clearing and reloading.

One by one, the messengers passed orders back and forth in each wooden wall: after entering the range, they heard the whistle and then opened fire freely.

This order is to prevent some soldiers from grasping the distance poorly, firing outside the range or at a range with insufficient lethality, and disrupting the entire army.

In Li Ping's army, the whistle replaced the trumpet that the officers and soldiers used to, and Li Ping directly handed over the firing rights of the blunderbuss troops to the front-line commanders.

Finally, dozens of bamboo rafts and rafts from the first wave of the Peasant Army after a simple organization rushed over together, and there was a second wave behind. Increases the attack surface and reduces the probability of being hit.

But this obviously doesn't solve the fundamental problem.

Whether walking in the water or riding bamboo rafts, wooden rafts, etc., the speed cannot be increased.Especially when walking in icy water, the heat loss will be far beyond imagination when you descend tens of meters.

If you can walk across the river in one go without any disturbance, and then go ashore to enjoy a fire or something, as long as your body is not particularly weak, it is actually not a big problem.

But if it gets hindered, or travels slowly, causing it to soak in ice water for too long, it will be a big problem.

As the whistle sounded again, the bird guns fired again, and even a few fire guns also fired.

And since the whistle is used as an order, this round of firing is still similar to a salvo.

At the same time, the first wave of "Arrow Rain" from the Peasant Army also arrived.

It is said to be "Arrow Rain", but in fact there are only a dozen or so arrows.But it can still be seen that the peasant army is determined to fight for this place, otherwise it would not let so many precious archers come forward.

However, the attack effects of the two sides are quite different.

The effect of this round of shooting by the officers and soldiers was astonishing, and the gathering of the peasant army obviously greatly increased the damage effect of the firearms.

Although the distance was about 40 meters, there were still three or [-] people who were directly knocked into the water.

However, the killing effect of the peasant army's bows and arrows is still unlucky "zero".

Although an arrow successfully hit the head of an officer's gunslinger, it only heard a sound on the iron helmet.

After much difficulty, the remaining peasant army finally approached a distance of five to sixty meters after the second round of shooting.At this time, although they had lost more than one-third of their companions, they finally had hope.

These remaining Peasant Army soldiers began to yell crazily, even if their voices were completely hoarse, their morale still remained unabated.

Of course, yelling can also alleviate the fear in the heart.

Some people say that according to the general war experience of the Western world in later generations, an offensive force should collapse if it loses more than one-third. The peasant army is not an extremely tenacious force, and it should not be out of this experience category.

But in fact, this is just a rumor taken out of context.

The West has statistics and viewpoints in this regard, but those are viewpoints in modern times, that is, after World War I. They are based on the unique formation of Western troops in modern times, and are calculated in units of divisions.

Infantry divisions of modern Western armies usually consist of three infantry regiments or four infantry regiments (generally two brigades, two regiments per brigade), and also have howitzer battalions (generally no less than 3), anti-tank battalions Battalions, air defense battalions, engineering battalions, medical battalions, supply battalions, communications companies, military police companies, reconnaissance teams and other large-scale auxiliary support forces.

At the same time, its infantry regiment also has a large number of similar indirect combat units.

From the perspective of the establishment of the U.S. and German armies during World War II, their direct combat personnel basically accounted for only about 30%-40% of the entire division, which means that the troops engaged in the frontier offensive were at most only one-third of the entire division. about.

That's why Western military strategists believe that one-third of the casualties of an offensive force will be considered to have collapsed or completely lost its offensive capabilities.

Putting aside this point of view in the West, we only talk about the general offensive force.

It is generally accepted that the loss of more than one-third of combatants is considered insufficient offensive power, and more than two-thirds is considered incapable of attacking, except for elite troops.

After all, there are many examples of hitting the last person in history, and what is more important depends on will, morale and quality.

"Bang, bang."

"Empty, empty."

Several loud muffled bangs stood out violently amidst the sound of blunderbusses, and the two tiger crouching cannons and two small Franco cannons fired, which was the effective distance for them to shoot shotguns.

Although their cannons are not big, such a short distance is enough to create a small fan.

In an instant, the first few bamboo rafts and peasant soldiers on the raft were either wiped out or turned into blood gourds.

At a distance of tens of meters, small cannons are absolutely accurate in shooting shotguns.

The most shocking thing was the two small Franco cannons, which shot every five rounds in less than ten seconds, and soon all five rounds of shotguns were shot out, making the bamboo rafts and wooden guns of the peasant army clustered together The platoon has completely become a hell on earth, with crying fathers and mothers everywhere.

After the cannon stopped, the river was even miraculously quiet for a long time.

Both the enemy and the enemy did not come back to their senses until the sound of a bird gun firing broke the silence, and then the sound of a group of bird guns firing sounded like fried beans again.

However, after the smoke cleared this time, no one could be seen within 70 meters in front of the officers and soldiers, and even seven or eight peasant army archers who were slightly ahead were knocked down in the water.

Amidst the continuous howling, the peasant army behind began to retreat desperately, and they were completely frightened.

And the bamboo rafts and rafts that were still behind finally stopped moving forward, and they were at a loss as to what to do.

Zhou Wen, the commander of the fifth company, was located behind the second row of wooden walls.

As the company commander of a spearman company, his task is to lead the whole company to provide timely support for the section of the spearmen he is responsible for.Once the enemy soldiers entered the ten-meter range, they would immediately go forward to prepare for battle, and stab them back into the water with spears when the enemy tried to come ashore.

To be on the safe side, Zhou Wen should stick his head out for observation after the battle begins. After all, they don't have iron helmets or thick armor (the equipment is seriously insufficient), and they are easily injured by the enemy's bows and arrows.

But after Zhou Wen entered the wooden wall, he never retracted his head.

This was Zhou Wen's first time participating in a battle, and the first time he saw the scene of a war personally. He wanted to know more about the battlefield and the war.

But this seems to be a bit different from the war he imagined.

In the beginning, when countless enemy troops appeared on the other side of the river, when they rushed over with a large group of bamboo rafts and rafts of various colors, the scene really frightened him a bit.

Zhou Wen once had cold hands and feet and cold limbs, thinking that a bloody battle would be inevitable today.He didn't know if he was ready to kill and be killed, he was just dazed.

But now, he discovered to his horror that he seemed to be completely a spectator.

It is estimated that there is nothing wrong with him in this battle, and the reserve team of bird guns and the archers as the general reserve team may not be needed.

So far the whole battle has been between musketeers and artillerymen, and it will probably always be like that.

Fire—clear—load—fire again.

Zhou Wen watched helplessly as the blunderbuss soldiers in front became more and more proficient from being extremely nervous and making mistakes at the beginning.

And the enemies moving slowly in the water are like living targets, becoming the best training hands for those blunderbuss soldiers.

This is not war at all, it is target shooting, and it is a live target.

The chaotic organization of the enemy made Zhou Wen even more disappointed.

Didn't they have pre-battle drills?How are their generals organized?What are the junior commanders doing?How can you let the troops be so chaotic? ...

Among the countless questions, Zhou Wen almost intuitively believed that if he was allowed to command, he would definitely be much stronger than those enemy generals.

Zhou Wen was also shocked by the blunderbuss and artillery.

These two killing weapons, which he was completely ignorant of before, will be the protagonists of a battle.

For the first time, Zhou Wen established a very intuitive concept of their power and use.As long as the conditions are right, it is really very sharp.

Of course, Zhou Wen also noticed their obvious flaws. He only worked hard for a while, and he had a lot of ideas.

After the battle was over, Zhou Wen decided to take a good look at the pros and cons of firearms in actual combat.

Unlike Zhou Wen, who was busy with shocking and studying, since the blunderbuss started shooting, the field on the edge of the high ground was in a hurry. He who seldom spoke at first even started to yell frequently in his somewhat weird tone.

Because the horses were very restless and a little frightened.

Although these horses have been trained to fire blunderbusses and small cannons, after all, they are only a small number of firearms firing, which is not comparable to the dense and coherent sound of firearms today.

The wilderness could only appease the horses back and forth, and shouted to tell those "stupid" riders what to do.

Dozens of war horses kept him busy.

For the battle by the river, he would only take a quick glance occasionally.

Seeing that the enemy began to retreat, the command organization on the soil bag was beaming, and many people began to communicate in low voices, greatly admiring the function of the firearms, and not caring about the enemy's performance.

Li Ping also felt a lot more relaxed, at least not so nervous anymore.

He was really a little worried just now, the enemy's fighting will was a bit beyond his expectation.

Suddenly, he saw a tall figure rush out from behind the second row of wooden walls on the bank below him, followed quickly by a few more.

They all held spears, and they rushed to the shore before everyone could react, and then they used their hands and feet to drag a few unmanned rafts and bamboo rafts that had been washed to the shore to the shore.

The people around quickly understood their intention, which should be to prevent these obstacles from providing convenience to the enemy in subsequent battles.So several nearby bird gun soldiers also immediately ran to help.

But Li Ping's first reaction was, will there be anyone under these rafts and bamboo rafts?Maybe there are enemies still hiding below?
But he immediately vetoed himself.

Li Ping's previous work experience made Li Ping understand some of the effects of water temperature on the human body.In the near-zero temperature, who dares to stay underwater like this, it is estimated that it will be over in less than 10 minutes.

Turning his head around, Li Ping took a closer look.

The tall leading man picked up an enemy long knife from a raft and turned around to show it off to everyone.

That big man is Han Jiu, the commander of the fourth company.

Li Ping was overjoyed, thinking that this strong man seemed to be exhausted.

At this moment, a staff officer ran over to report: The reconnaissance company and the reconnaissance cavalry found a small number of rafts of the bandit army drifting downstream two or three miles downstream and approaching the shore on our side.However, they are scattered rather than organized.

Li Ping glanced at the remnants of the enemy soldiers in the river that were still retreating to the north bank and the groups of enemy troops on the north bank that were still standing still.

After thinking for a while, he ordered: "Let the reconnaissance company send some cavalry to deal with it, and the action must be quick."

Soon, more than a dozen cavalrymen of the reconnaissance company who were on standby behind the soil bag roared away. When these cavalrymen left, many of them screamed strangely, and they seemed to be suffocated.

"Boom...boom...boom"

"Boom...boom...boom"

As soon as part of the cavalry from the reconnaissance company left, the drums on the other side suddenly rang.

Li Ping hurried to look, and saw some cavalrymen obviously wearing metal armor and holding flags running slowly along the river on the north bank to both sides, as if they were announcing something to the large troops.

Then, there was a tidy shout from some crowd, and soon, the surrounding enemy soldiers also started shouting, and then all the enemy soldiers started shouting desperately.

After a burst of shouting, a large group of cavalry suddenly walked into the river.

Immediately afterwards, countless crowds followed into the river, and the few dozens of bamboo rafts on the bank were soon filled with people again, and the rest of the people just waded through the water without fear.

At this time, most of the remnants of the enemy army who had attacked before had not yet returned to the shore. Seeing this situation, they all stopped retreating and began to turn around.

"Immediately notify the reserve team of the blunderbuss and the bow and arrow platoon to prepare for battle. Notify the chief of staff that the enemy is about to make a big move, so let him greet you well." Li Ping issued an order decisively.

(End of this chapter)