warring states careerist

Chapter 989 The Battle of the Two Sons ([-])
Four infantry companies spread out under the hill, and none of the iron bullets flew over their heads, which made the [-] infantry quite uncomfortable.

The inkmen in the front row or the veterans who just want to get double the overage service subsidy, joked in a low voice: "I haven't fought a battle without artillery cover yet."

They were indeed a little uncomfortable. The officers had just told them that the infantry of the coalition army was behind the hill, and once they climbed the hill, the infantry of the coalition army would have to fight back.

Therefore, they all inserted short spears under the muzzles early, and the coalition forces mixed hot and cold weapons, and there were also a large number of spearmen.

The disgusting thing about this kind of reverse slope formation is that it uses its strengths and avoids its weaknesses, so that the coalition forces can avoid the attack of the superior artillery of the Mohists, and they can counterattack in a dense formation after the infantry climbs the hill.

The combat engineers would go up to build the camp after the infantry consolidated the defense on the hill, so that the artillery could deploy on it and bombard the coalition forces.

These four companies will face a real fierce battle, a fierce battle without the cover of copper cannons and without cavalry assault.

Although these infantrymen are not incapable of fighting such battles, the generals who have been able to force the Mo family to use infantry to fight hand-to-hand so far can be regarded as the best for a while.

The hill is not very big, not enough to deploy too many troops, but it is so important that the two sides have to strangle each other with refueling tactics.

The attacking troops close to the front line of the Chinese army have already started exchanging fire. The two sides are shooting at a distance of about [-] steps. The coalition forces are not in the upper hand, but probably because of the long-distance shooting, the formation is still complete and they can not disperse. .

With the sound of drums, the four companies of the first wave of attack were finished, and the attack began with the sound of drums.

There was no enemy in front of them, at least they couldn't see the enemy, but they knew that once they climbed the hill, they would face the enemy's counterattack.

Hand-to-hand combat was inevitable, and they were probably the first wave of Mohist infantry to face hand-to-hand combat without being broken up by artillery.

The officer with the high crest of pheasant feathers walked steadily, while the soldiers beside him moved forward slowly. Although the hill was not big, it was still not easy to climb up. There was no way to make big strides, and the only choice was to move forward little by little. move.

There is no vegetation to grab a handful of besides, and the speed of progress is very slow. If there are a few copper cannons of the coalition army on the hill, it is possible that this attack can be declared a failure at this time.

But if there were a few bronze cannons of the allied forces on the hill, they would have been smashed into ruins early at this time.

The back of the hill.

The Qi army company waiting for orders, the spearmen have already lined up.

The arquebus gunners were only forty steps away from the top of the hill. Once the Mo family showed their heads on the hill, they would choose to shoot a volley, and then let the spearmen attack and cover behind themselves.

The emotions of the soldiers of the Qi army were very stable. They didn't know the overall situation, but they knew that they had not been attacked by iron bullets since the bronze cannons on the Mohist camp began to roar in the early morning.

This is a good sign, but also a means of stabilizing the morale of the army.

It is difficult for the soldiers to understand the consequences of abandoning this hill and being captured by the Mohists and launching artillery.

As far as they are concerned, they only need to know that they have not been hit by iron bullets, and that their fellow comrades have not been bloodied and killed by their students.

They couldn't see the entire battlefield, and because they were behind the hill, it was impossible to know the situation of the battlefield.

What they can see is only their side, surroundings, front and back.

If too many people die within thirty steps around them, they will think that they have lost, and they will choose to sprint backwards to escape.

The formation of the general of the Qi army perfectly avoided the panic and confusion caused by this shelling, but it also put his side in danger. This hillock could not give up at all, and once it gave up, it would bring about the collapse of the entire right wing.

The matchlock gunners were dripping with sweat, they couldn't see the situation on the other side of the hill, they could only hear the drums and footsteps of the Mohists who were getting closer to the opposite side.

They need to shoot at the moment when the Mo family emerges, only in this way can the suppression of the first wave of firepower be guaranteed.

Relying on their shooting to open a gap in the dense formation of the Mohists, so that the spearmen can carry out a counterattack on the reverse slope and drive away the first wave of Mohist troops attacking the hill.

The heavy matchlock gun was pressed against the wooden support, and the musketeers of the Qi army endured the flustered heartbeat and waited for the last chance.

The sound of the military drums was getting closer, and the noble officers of the Qi army were also shouting orders. The smell of burning matchsticks permeated the eyes, but the musketeers of the Qi army still squinted their eyes and dared not blink for a moment.

On the front of the hill, when the four companies of the Mo family were only twenty steps away from the top of the hill, the sound of military drums suddenly changed.

The company commanders shouted: "Stop!"

The soldiers who were about to rush to the top of the mountain stopped in twenty steps, and the sound of military drums came from behind.

Someone glanced back quietly, and four more companies of infantry followed them about thirty paces away.

It seems that this time for this small hill, the main general spent all his money and deployed eight companies of nearly one brigade of infantry at a time, forming waves.

After the first four companies stopped for a short time, the officers seemed to be waiting for something. When the four companies in the back approached to about [-] paces, the officer commanding in front suddenly ordered: "Walk slowly!"

The soldiers of the four front companies didn't care about the meaning of walking slowly now. Now there is no enemy on the top of the hill, and the officers judged that the enemy is behind the hill, so instead of waiting to climb up the hill and be attacked, it is better Approach slowly now, and shoot a volley as soon as you reach the high point of the hill.

After the volley, you may choose to charge. There is an advantage in directly attacking the Mo family. These brigades are all standard pure brigades. There is no mixture of hot and cold weapons, no combination of arquebus and spearman, but simply can A flint gun equipped with a short spear.

The distance of twenty steps is actually very short, but in the eyes of the soldiers of the four companies deployed in the front row, the distance of twenty steps is extremely depressing.

If there are enemies directly visible to the naked eye on the hill, they will not be afraid.

On the contrary, the distance of twenty steps was very peaceful, there were no shells or gunshots, and no one could be seen.

There are only a lot of corpses of the Qi army from the two companies that were defending here before. This hill became the focus of shelling for half an hour before. destroy.

More than 100 corpses were on the ground, and many of them died in extremely miserable conditions, because these iron bullets were solid and did not explode, on the contrary, they died even worse.

Once hit, either a leg or an arm would be broken, or the entire chest would be flattened. Even if one was lucky enough not to die at the time, blood would be shed soon.

To the ears of the marching vanguard, the surroundings are quiet.

Without screams, even if the person who was shelled did not die at the time, and bled for about half an hour, he would certainly not be able to survive now.

From time to time, there would be a soft corpse under his feet. It was less than an hour after he died, and the corpse was still soft, not yet hard.

Some veterans can tell how long this person has been dead just by the feeling of the corpse under their feet. Many of them have suppressed the local resistance forces in the South China Sea, and each of them has blood on their hands.

Even veterans who have actually seen blood are nervous at this time.

They may have faced the enemy troops in formation, and even saw the enemy soldiers who were twenty or thirty steps away from them pointing their muskets at themselves.

But this time is different after all, there are no enemies in front of them, but everyone knows that once they set foot on the hill, they will definitely be shot intensively.

This feeling is very bad, very depressing, very unbearable.

A soldier stepped on a pool of blood, tripped over the dead body's arm, and staggered. A nervous partner next to him almost pulled the trigger.

There may even be sweat on the side of the officer's face.

The silence and the unknown made the battlefield that was originally facing each other even more unbearable.

Twenty steps are shortened to ten steps, and ten steps are shortened to five steps.

The veterans in the front row took a deep breath, each secretly praying that the other side's first round of shots would not hit them.

When they took the last step and finally saw the Qi army behind Xiaoqiu, the noble officers of the Qi army shouted the order to shoot.

On the side of the hill, the infantry of the six Qi army companies stood in formation. Their formation was extremely complete, and they had not been bombarded at all before.

Nearly [-] arquebus gunners were divided into three rows. The first row quickly retreated to reload after shooting, and the second row immediately stepped forward to put their arquebus guns on the wooden fork.

bang bang bang...

With such a short-range volley, nearly a hundred infantrymen of the four companies attacking the hill in the front row immediately fell to the ground.

The matchlock guns of the Qi army have a larger caliber, and although the loading speed is slow, they are very powerful.

A quarter of the four companies that the Mohists attacked first were killed in an instant, and three of the four representatives of the Mohists with tall pheasant feather crowns were hit, and only one was not injured.

One of the four companies that went up first, the company commander and the representative of Lian Mozhe were all killed, and one company lost more than half, almost instantly, this company collapsed.

Originally it was a depressing march, and the ridge line on the hill was like the line when Sisang shot criminals, and he had to walk over to bear the death himself.

This company was instantly defeated and retreated in the direction it came from, while the remaining three companies stood firm.

During the interval between the Qi army's three rounds of firing, the Mohist officer who boarded the hill shouted orders, ordering the remaining three companies that had not yet broken up to raise their guns.

Before they had time to check whether the fallen comrades around them were alive or dead, the front platoon soldiers of the remaining three companies immediately raised their muskets, while those behind them took a step forward to fill the gap exposed in front.

Mozhe, Sima Chang, and company commanders of each company, or martyrs or officers who are interested in the world, filled the vacancies.

The spearmen of the Qi army on the opposite side had already launched an impact. This time, the reverse slope shot was very effective. It had been a long time since the princes fought a battle that directly caused a company of the Mo family to collapse and escape.

The most important thing on the battlefield is the situation within dozens of steps before them. The spearmen of the Qi army saw the collapse of the Mohist company and saw the Mohist soldiers who first climbed the hill fall down in rows, so they were confident. full.

Drums beat loudly, and about five hundred spearmen began to charge.

(End of this chapter)