Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2182 Stone Stream ([-])

"Oh?" Wu Baliu nodded, "I'm afraid the enemy has gathered a lot of people. Your team has a lot of recruits, can you do it?"

"We want them to be more tempered by the flames of war. They are always following behind the Fubo army. How can they stand on their own without fighting a few tough battles?" Li Dong was confident, "The majority of our squadron is veterans, and their morale is also very high."

"Okay, your squadron will go!" Company Commander Wu admired the other party's courage and agreed immediately.

Li Dong took people to the front to observe.The place where Xiangyong set up the fence is at the narrowest part of the road. It is hard to say how dangerous it is, but the terrain is indeed relatively favorable. On both sides of the road are tidal flats, which are not only wide open, but also difficult for people to walk on. The other side is hills terrain.Xiangyong has built towers on several major commanding heights, which can monitor the surrounding situation at any time.

"Let's see, how should we fight this situation?" Li Dong asked.

In addition to the squad leaders of each squadron, there were also squadron sergeants and senior veterans who participated in this pre-war seminar.It is a feature of the Senate officer education system to hold a discussion meeting before the war to brainstorm ideas.

At the meeting, everyone put forward their own suggestions. In general, there are two kinds of detour tactics and frontal attack. It is nothing more than their own ideas on specific implementation. Someone suggested cutting down the grass and trees to pave the way for the tidal flats, and then the whole army detoured Assault, and some people suggested setting fire to the mountain directly to expel the brave defenders on the hill... There are different methods.

"What you said is superfluous!" Yang Erdong said, "The captives have already said that there are more than 200 brave men in the village on the other side of Shijian. The defensive measures are only a wooden fence, so let's not bother, just make a surprise attack. Just take down this wooden fence and save time."

Yang Erdong has been promoted to corporal, and he has changed his weapons again, and he is working hard.

"...The most important thing now is time. The chiefs have said that we need to rush to Lianzhou to go to Pingyao as quickly as possible. We are fighting so slowly along the way. When will we get to Lianzhou? "

Li Dong took his opinion very seriously, so he decided to attack directly.

The wooden fence on the road is only as high as a person. Although there are defensive facilities such as trenches to keep horses away, there are no obstacles that are difficult to enjoy.Judging from the equipment of the regiments standing behind the wooden fence, they didn't even have a few bows and arrows, let alone firearms.

At present, more than ten simple ladders and several temporary bridges for crossing trenches were urgently made.Wu Baliu's company also came over, ready to "straddle".

The so-called "straddle shooting" means that the rifle shoots at a higher elevation angle.In the days of the flintlock and minigun, this was a long-range shooting tactic commonly used by European armies.Sometimes, infantry in this way can project projectiles 500-600 meters away and still have considerable lethality.Of course, this kind of "straddle shooting" has no accuracy at all, but in actual combat, a commanded company salvo can still inflict enough damage to long-distance densely formed enemies.

Wu Baliu adopted "straddle shooting", not to increase the range, but to be able to support Wuzhou Squadron by firing from behind in this narrow terrain.

Due to the narrow road, the three teams could not go together, so they could only rush into the battle one by one in a column.Surprisingly, this time Li Dong did not order the powerful original rifle team to be the vanguard.

"Yang Erdong, you come to be the vanguard!" Li Dong ordered.

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task!" Yang Erdong trembled all over his body.Being a pioneer means that there is a high possibility of death or injury, but breaking the wooden fence is also your own.

With the rapid beating of the army drums of the assault, the sound of rifle salvos sounded behind Yang Erdong.Before he had time to think about it, he raised his bayonet-loaded rifle and shouted: "Follow me, brothers!" After saying that, he was the first to rush out.

Yang Erdong was born as an officer and soldier in the old Ming Dynasty. He knew that even if he was in the position of deputy general or commander in chief, he still had to take the lead and lead his servants to the front when fighting, otherwise other miscellaneous soldiers would not follow suit.His team has many recruits, and he can't control the troops if he doesn't take the lead.

The entire squad, and then the entire squadron, trotted behind him. The distance was only more than 300 meters. The faster the movement, the fewer casualties.The Wuzhou Squadron barely maintained order on this narrow road, and the soldiers lowered their guns and trotted all the way.

There were only some regiments behind the wooden fence, and Yang Erdong could clearly see their figures running in a hurry, followed by noisy shouts and clattering.

At this time, what Li Dong was worried about happened: a flash of gunpowder smoke was emitted from behind the wooden fence, followed by the sound of rumbling guns.

"It's over!" Yang Erdong's mind went blank: on such a narrow road, if he was shot in the head, he would lose arms and legs if he didn't die.

However, when he came to his senses, his legs and feet were still running, and his arms were still in good condition. The team following him had already fallen down with four or five people, each one bloody and bloody.There were endless screams.

The team stopped immediately, and some people had already turned around to run back. The chaotic situation directly blocked the team behind them on the road.Yang Erdong yelled, asking the team to rush after him, but the whole team cowered and did not dare to move forward.

Bows, arrows and blunderbusses shot past their heads continuously, and the whole team broke into three pieces in the middle of the road and became a mess. Luo Mao kept urging them to continue charging, but the gunshots covered the officer's shouts. , Some people started to shoot indiscriminately.Ai Buyi was caught in the middle and trembled from fear.

"Don't fucking shoot! Come and follow me!" Yang Erdong yanked and kicked the soldiers in the front row, and finally forced them to move forward.But two soldiers dropped their rifles, turned around and jumped off the embankment and climbed up the hillside.

"X your mother! Where are you going? Come back!" Yang Erdong roared, seeing that the fastest runner had already run tens of meters away, suddenly, gunshots rang out from the team in the back row, and the two who climbed up the hillside The deserters were shot one after another and rolled down.The soldiers who were about to break up immediately froze.

"If you don't want to die, follow me!" Yang Erdong took this opportunity to gather his troops and rushed to the wooden fence.The team quickly set up a temporary bridge, climbed across the ditch, and set up a ladder. Yang Erdong was the first to climb up the wall, and shot down a panicked group member.

The Xiangyong in Yangjiazhuang did not resist fiercely. In fact, when they rushed to the front of the trench, the Xiangyong scattered and fled in all directions, and the entire squadron successfully broke through the wooden fence.Immediately afterwards, the 2nd company broke through.

After the Mucha was breached, there was no more suspense in Shijian. Jiang Wenming and Xie Wendong fled with the remnants of the defeated generals, throwing the rubbish all over the ground and dozens of corpses to the Fubo army.

Shi Jian escaped safely, and the national army squad leader guarding the town and the "elders" in the town came out to greet him.Not long after he took office, it was the first time that the team leader had endured such a test. At this moment, he was holding Li Dong's hand tightly, unable to say a word, and almost burst into tears.

The Suijiang detachment decided to spend the night in Shijian to rest and recuperate. Li Dong's troops made the first contribution, and all the teams were beaming.But the good days in the army usually don’t last very long. The Wuzhou Squadron received a new order before their butt was hot: the whole squadron went to the northern part of Shijian to perform peripheral security tasks.The whole squadron had just packed up the wounded and prepared to eat, so they had to put away their lunch boxes and pass through the town to prepare for camping outside the village.

Shijian Town is located in a small alluvial plain. The Suijiang River on the west side of the town turns from the south to the east through this place. The east and north sides are surrounded by lush green mountains and rivers. middle.The mountain pass was more than two miles away from the village. The 2nd Brigade was afraid that it would be too far away from the main force, so the camp was only half a mile away from the northernmost village.According to the report sent by the reconnaissance team, there is only a small village on the opposite side of the mountain, and no trace of the Ming army has been found. The weather is clear and windless tonight, the temperature is pleasant, and there is a security mission, so the officers did not allow them to take them on the grounds of exercising the spirit of the soldiers. tent.

The incident during the attack made Yang Erdong lingering in fear. Although the squadron leader didn't say anything, he was very disturbed. Although he had the first achievement of "first ascending", he took the initiative to ask for his own team to build the simple fortifications on the periphery.

"We just fought a battle, and there were a lot of casualties. Should we change the team?" Li Dong asked.

"It doesn't matter, these recruits just want to let them practice more, so as not to think too much."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you."

While the other two teams of Wuzhou Squadron were chewing molar bricks with soup, Yang Erdong’s team could only dig a hole with a shovel, and then piled the excavated soil behind the pit, forming a wall that was only chest high. Unstoppable low walls.They also knew that it was a shame to win that battle. There were only a dozen regiments on the wall, and only three or five muskets. Although there was one cannon, it was actually fought only once.The dozens of regiments in the back who were not on the wall slipped away as soon as the wall fell, but the team itself lost four brothers, and the most shameful thing was that two were killed by "front law enforcement".

Shame is shame, but when working, the team leader Yang Erdong was drinking soup with a bowl of soup by the side of the pit, euphemistically calling them to supervise and guide them to build the wall.The Suijiang detachment goes north to Guangning to repair fortifications every night. Idiots have learned it and still use him to teach?Originally, it was free to suppress bandits in Zhaoqing, but as soon as the trench was dug, the soldiers couldn't help recalling the painful memories of the recruit training in Guangzhou.In addition, although the Ming army approached, it is estimated that [-]% of the defenders came from Guangning, not much, and the enthusiasm of the soldiers to dig fortifications was not high.

"The squadron leader punished our whole squad, why don't you do it together, captain?" Several veterans complained, relying on their familiarity with him.

"What's the matter, unconvinced?" Yang Erdong laughed, "When you replace the strips on your armbands with beans, someone will work for you."

The officers and soldiers are familiar with each other, and some bold recruits will retort: ​​"All of you officers are from the regular soldiers of the chief. How can we have this time."

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