Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2185 Fighting Alone ([-])

The "cracking" gunshots were drowned out by the enemy's footsteps, and a puff of white smoke suddenly spewed out from the weak line of less than a hundred men hiding behind the short parapet, and the bandits rushing ahead seemed to hit a wall of air, Twenty or thirty fell down in an instant.Pioneer suddenly lost half.They had no experience in dealing with an organized firearms unit, and there was no serious organization in the riots for several months.

"Prepare... let go!"

The order for the second salvo was issued, but less than half of the rifles completed the reloading-firing process in time, and most soldiers had no time to reload at all.

Malay's hands and feet were trembling and he couldn't control him.Dropped the cap a few times.Because the management of ammunition is very strict during training, Malay suffered a lot from the training military because of the dropping of the cap, and subconsciously picked up the cap when it fell off.Hearing the order to shoot the second volley again, I became more anxious and flustered, and I couldn't install it after several minutes of tossing.

"Don't pick it up, pretend it's a new one!" The squad leader kicked him and shouted, "Quick!"

"Free fire!" Li Dong knew that the training of the squadron was not enough to support the continuous firing of the whole squadron, so he had to issue this order.

Malay finally put on the cap and raised his rifle to aim.At this time, the parapet was already covered with gunpowder smoke, and only the shadowy shadows of the enemy running could be seen.

so close!Ma Lai almost dropped the gun in fright, he pulled the trigger almost subconsciously.The rifle made a loud noise and shook violently in his hand, and the recoil hit his shoulder sorely, but the sound of gunfire, gunpowder smoke, and impact made his heart calm down, and his hands stopped shaking.The movements learned during the training seemed to have returned to his body all at once.

"Quick, reload and shoot!"

The sergeants ran along the parapet, shouting.Soldiers mechanically reload-aim-shoot according to the steps taught during training.Malay's ability to reload is like a godsend, as if he was born to do this.He actually fired six shots in one minute.In the end, he couldn't even see what was in front of him.

The enemies who rushed to the parapet found that this small fortification turned out to be like a natural moat. It was enough to be killed by the opponent ten times over the wall with the muzzle of a gun.The vanguard, who was soon under fire, retreated.

The bandits first retreated tens of meters away, trying to weaken their opponents with bows and arrows, but the bullets from the parapet followed them, so they had to retreat.When they retreated to almost the limit of the range of the bow and arrow, a leader shouted: "Don't retreat, we are so far away, you can't hit it!" Before he finished speaking, a row of lead bullets flew over and was shot dead on the spot.When the bandits saw this, they turned around and ran, running wildly all the way, and some even ran to the mountain pass in one breath.

"The enemy is retreating!" the sharp-eyed soldier shouted.

There was a burst of cheers immediately beside the parapet. For yesterday's disgraced recruits, this time the defense was too hearty and dripping.Corpses lay all over the ground in front of the parapet, and the smell of blood stimulated their spirits instead.The recruits who were timid before will now be as strong as a cow, with their chests and stomachs raised, and they look like veterans who have been in the battle casually.

"Pay attention to concealment!" The sergeants ran, "The enemy is not defeated yet!"

The enemy who had been defeated for a while was still blocking the mountain pass, and their numbers were still increasing.It seems to be preparing to launch a second attack.Li Dong was very anxious. This place is less than one mile away from the town, but so far, neither the 1st Squadron who retreated without authorization nor the advance team of the 8th Battalion in the town have sent a single soldier to support him.

"Where's Abu Yi? Are you back?"

"no!"

"Is the orderly back?!"

"Here we come!" The messenger sent to contact the battalion headquarters has returned, and he ran to Li Dong out of breath and reported: Battalion Commander Yang asked him to "persist on the spot" and he was mobilizing troops. Encircle and annihilate this enemy.

"...He said that if you can't hold on, you can retreat gradually, up to an hour."

Li Dong took out his pocket watch and looked at it, then put it back.Battalion Commander Yang wanted him to be a bait to bring in the enemy to "encircle and wipe out".

"Okay, I see. Where's the 1st Squadron?"

"Battalion Commander Yang has already sent people over to tell them to return to their original position!"

Li Dong is relieved now, he can understand the determination of his superiors, and he is not afraid of any difficult tasks.He immediately ordered the troops to regroup and check the status of weapons and ammunition.

"Squadron leader, the enemy is moving!" shouted the lookout post.

Li Dong raised his binoculars and saw that the crowd of enemy soldiers at the mountain pass was commotion, as if they were giving way to something.

Upon hearing this, Xin Furuo hurriedly took Li Dong to the parapet, took a closer look, and saw a group of soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Ming Army walking out of the Yao people's formation, and the six carts with painted tiger heads standing upright to play cards at the head , what is not a shield car!
Isn't this the equipment of officers and soldiers?Li Dong was secretly surprised.Shield chariots were widely used in the late Ming Dynasty. They were effective in resisting light and small-caliber firearms. It is not surprising that bandits would think of using them. The problem is that whether it is bandits or Yao people, they all pay attention to lightness and speed when fighting. It is impossible to carry them in normal times. This kind of bulky attack equipment.

How did the Yao people get together with the Ming army? !Although everyone is wondering about this question, there is not much time left for them.The national army did not have cannons, and the shield car was loaded with cards. Behind it was a layer of thick quilt soaked in water and a layer of sand, connecting three or four layers.Not to mention the smoothbore rifles in their hands, even the Mini rifles of the Fubo Army cannot penetrate at a longer distance.You must have artillery or cavalry to effectively deal with it.

"Quickly, ask the superiors to give us artillery support!" Li Dong once again dispatched a messenger.

His current situation was a little critical. The troops were already at a disadvantage. In order to defend the flanks, the shield car rushed up and the line couldn't stand it. Once the front line was broken, he had to "retreat".

Fortunately, the enemy was afraid of their firepower. After the shield car approached, the infantry completely followed the shield car and advanced slowly, at a speed comparable to a snail.

"Shoot!" Li Dong ordered when he saw that the shield chariot was approaching within a hundred meters.

A volley of concentrated rifle fire from the entire squadron filled the front of the parapet with gunpowder and smoke, and the cards on the shield car were smashed beyond recognition and torn apart, exposing the quilt behind.

The quilt had been torn apart by the bullets, and sand leaked from the inside, but the lead bullets did not penetrate the "composite armor" of the quilt-sand, except for a few unlucky people who were helping push the cart on the side and were killed by the firepower. Outside, the shield car continued to move forward.The formation of the following enemies gathered even tighter, completely shrunk behind the shield car.The formation was stretched very long.

Li Dong ordered the squads to spread out towards the two wings. The closer the enemy advanced, the more the two wings were exposed. When the distance reached 50, the shield vehicles could no longer protect the soldiers behind.

"Fire!"

The infantry on both wings fired at the same time, and the bullets swished across the queue like a scythe. In an instant, the queue behind the shield car was splashed with blood.

"Blow the charge!" After Li Dong finished speaking, he drew out his command saber, and was the first to jump out of the parapet, shouting, "Kill!"

The two teams rushed out from the left and right wings in an instant, and rushed straight to the queue of shield vehicles from the flanks.The bandits, who had already been beaten into disarray, saw the national army with shiny bayonets rushing towards them like tigers descending the mountain, and they all turned their heads and ran away.In an instant, the first shield car was taken away.

Li Dong rushed to the shield chariot, which was already covered in blood.He was taken aback, no wonder the car was moving so slowly. It turned out that behind the "earth armor" of the shield car, there was a tiger squatting gun hidden. was lit.

As long as it gets closer to more than ten meters, the gunner puts down the front "soil armor" fixed with cowhide ropes, and when the muzzle is exposed, he can firmly shoot the national army hiding behind the parapet.

"What the hell are these bandits! They are officers and soldiers!" Li Dong cursed secretly.

The soldiers in all directions had already engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a few gangsters who refused to escape. The sound of clashing knives and guns, the sound of fighting and screams became a mess.Soon, the national army wiped out all these very few bandits, and captured the second and third shield vehicles... All the shield vehicles were captured by them, and the enemy had completely collapsed.However, at this time, the enemy's archers can also shoot arrows in this direction, and the soldiers of the national army who lost the protection of the parapet were hit by arrows.

He shouted: "Quickly, retreat!" He saw Yang Erdong, "You scrapped all these cars! Quickly!"

Yang Erdong led a few nimble soldiers, and one after another, they threw torches onto the cars to ignite the gunpowder on the cars.

"boom"

The tiger squatting gun on the first shield vehicle was drawn, and the ammunition in the barrel spewed out violently, but the "earth armor" in front of it was not brought down, and all the ammunition was blocked by the shield, only the heaviest The "Dangmenzi" pierced through the shield, flew a few meters away, landed on the muddy ground and rolled a few times.

The six shield vehicles exploded one after the other, and the entire squadron was withdrawn.Although the crisis was lifted, there were almost ten casualties.The soldiers gasped and wiped the blood from their faces and hands.

The Wuzhou Squadron was still panting, when Luo Mao's left wing in charge of security suddenly heard the sound of a volley of guns, Li Dong was startled, and the troops who had just withdrawn immediately panicked.

"Don't panic!" Li Dong called Yang Erdong, "You are here to monitor the frontal enemy, and the second team will follow me!"

Just when they took the initiative to attack and destroy the shield vehicle, the "surprise soldiers" who had turned around from the Banbiangang area suddenly appeared on their exposed left flank, and happened to bump into a squad led by Luo Mao who was on guard here.

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