Chapter 1801
Insurmountable
Chapter 1801 Insurmountable
The sky was getting dark, and the positions of the two armies facing each other in the air finally returned to calm.Sun Bing led people to light several bonfires in the peripheral area about [-] meters away from the wharf, and deployed sentries on the roofs of several warehouses to prevent enemy troops from sneaking into the camp after dark.Although the Qing army has so far shown no signs of going out of the city to confront the Haihan army head-on, Sun Bing still dare not be careless. After all, the Qing army has been operating here for a long time, and is far more familiar with the environment than Haihan, who has just arrived. The army, it is impossible to say that it will use unconventional tactics such as night raids to try to open the situation.
According to the normal combat deployment, if safety is required, the troops on the pier should retreat to Weihua Island at night to ensure safety, but Wang Tom believes that stationing at the pier will give the Qing army in Jiulian City a greater sense of oppression, and the Qing army will not attack. Just resolutely do not withdraw.However, considering the limited strength of the Marine Corps stationed at the pier, Wang Tom still provided defense protection as much as possible, and sent the two Marine Corps reserve companies that remained on the warship to the shore.
In addition, the barbed wire unloaded from the warship was also quickly deployed to the periphery of the dock.Regardless of whether the enemy is infantry or cavalry, the blocking effect of the high and low criss-cross barbed wire on the battlefield has never disappointed.During the offensive and defensive confrontation in Jinzhou, Haihan used dense barbed wire with a depth of tens of meters and repelled horses to successfully stop several cavalry attacks of the Houjin Army.
Although the Qing army is unlikely to use a large number of cavalry in night raids, the Haihan army has prepared for the worst in advance. Even if the opponent launches a cavalry charge at night, it must ensure that the dock position can hold this unconventional offensive— —At least until the fleet's long-range firepower can be output.
At two o'clock in the middle of the night, Tom Wang was awakened from his sleep by his guard, saying that the sentinel had discovered an enemy situation in the direction of Jiulian City.Wang Tom's drowsiness faded away immediately, and he got up and dressed immediately and left the cabin. Before leaving, he didn't forget to ask the guards to take his personal binoculars.Tom Wang brought several private telescopes to this space-time, including special models with low-light night vision functions.
The binoculars used by the sentinels in charge of the observation are all ordinary models installed in the military. Of course, they do not have such a special function. However, with the moonlight passing through the gaps in the clouds, they saw figures on the edges of the mountains and forests on the left and right sides of Jiulian City. Flickering, it seems that the Qing army is gathering, but there is no movement near the gate of Jiulian City.The sentinel didn't dare to be careless, and immediately notified the officer on the deck after discovering the situation, and then went to wake up Tom Wang who was resting.
After Wang Tom arrived on the deck, he listened to his subordinates' reports and checked the situation in the distance with a telescope.Sure enough, as the sentinel discovered, there were indeed many figures moving in the distant mountains and forests, but there was no sign of attack yet.On a night with poor visibility like this, it is not easy for the troops to complete the assembly quietly in the dark in the wild mountains and forests. Wang Tom estimates that with the military quality of the Qing army, it will definitely take a long time to complete this link.
This is naturally good news for the Haihan army. Wang Tom immediately ordered that all the marines enter the first-level alert, and the artillery on each warship must be ready to fight.
But the efficiency of the Qing army's action was worse than Wang Tom expected. After waiting for about an hour, Wang Tom began to wonder if the opponent was playing tricks, and finally saw the vanguard of the Qing army slowly touching the forest from the mountains. come out.
Perhaps in order to control the sound as much as possible, the Qing army did not use cavalry, and all the infantry with swords and bows slowly appeared in the lens of the telescope.If they hadn't discovered their whereabouts before, it would be really difficult to distinguish these Qing troops in the distance who were slowly moving forward under the cover of various shrubs and bushes with the naked eye.
Wang Tom suddenly discovered the reason why the Qing army had delayed their attack for so long: "So they were waiting for these bonfires to go out!"
After nightfall, the several piles of bonfires ignited around the pier position have basically been burned out at this time, and the Haihan Army currently does not have much fuel to replenish, unless the pier is demolished overnight.The Qing army was probably waiting for the visibility to decrease outside the dock position, and then took advantage of the situation to come over and carry out a sneak attack.It's just that they didn't expect that their whereabouts had been exposed long ago, and if they touched it at this time, the effect of the night attack would be greatly reduced.
The marines at the pier position had already taken their positions behind the bunker, leaning their loaded rifles against the bunker, waiting for the commander's order.For the Marine Corps, night combat is actually part of their training content, but they rarely encounter actual combat, and their combat experience is not rich.
The telescope in Sun Bing's hand was almost never put down. Although the temperature had dropped to a bit cooler after nightfall, the hair on his forehead was already soaked with sweat.In fact, it was his first time serving as a commander in such a night battle, so he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.This kind of illusion that he knew that there was a large group of enemies slowly approaching his position not far away, but he saw nothing in his vision, made his nerves tense all the time, lest he miss the opportunity to order to fire and kill the enemy.
If it is fighting during the day, the Haihan army can naturally rely on the range advantage of weapons and equipment to resist the enemy from a hundred meters away. Even if the enemy sends troops several times their own to attack, it will only cost the marines stationed at the dock Just some ammo.But in fact, with the visibility tonight, it is difficult to see people or objects 30 meters away with the naked eye alone. It is not so easy to achieve the combat distance by relying on the advantage of weapons like fighting in the daytime.
With the visual distance of the current environment, when the enemy can be clearly seen, the opponent has almost entered the edge of the defense line of the dock position.Although several layers of barbed wire fences were arranged on the periphery, Sun Bing knew that the Qing army had been trying to use some means to overcome Haihan’s customary fortifications, such as directly laying wooden boards or quilts on the barbed wire fences and then passing quickly, or It is to let the soldiers attacking fortifications carry long-armed iron scissors to cut open the iron net.
It is easier for infantry to pass through the barbed wire barrier than the cavalry who must rely on charging. If the enemy is well prepared, the barbed wire fortifications arranged in advance can only be delayed for a few minutes at most.If the marines stationed at the pier failed to cause enough heavy damage to the enemy during this period, once the opponent broke through the barbed wire, it would basically be a face-to-face bloody battle.
About two more sticks of incense passed in this disturbing silence, and suddenly some strange sounds came from the night outside the position, which sounded like the sound of some metal objects colliding with each other lightly.Sun Bing saw flickering reflections from the telescope, and soon these reflections became closer and clearer, outlining human figures one by one.
Suddenly, more than a dozen enemy soldiers in heavy armor appeared in the field of vision of the defenders. They rushed forward, without exception, holding long-handled axes or large machetes, and the armor on their bodies ran with them. It turned out that this was the sound heard earlier.
These silent enemy soldiers rushed to a place about twenty meters in front of the pier position, raised their weapons, and slashed down at the barbed wire blocking their way.And in the darkness behind them, countless soldiers of the Qing army rushed out, heading straight for the pier position.It seems that the night attack tactics of the Qing army depended on these Bayara warriors who were as strong as cattle and wore heavy armor to break through the outer fortifications, and then swarmed in, seeking opportunities to fight the Haihan army in close quarters.
It has to be said that the tactics of the Qing army were indeed targeted to a certain extent, and it was clear how to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses when the Haihan army fought.They tried to use the cover of night to shorten the engagement distance as quickly as possible to seek a chance of victory.Once the two sides fell into a melee, the advanced weapons of the Haihan army would be greatly reduced, and the strength of the Qing army would immediately become apparent. This was the only chance for them to cause major damage to the Haihan army.
But of course the marines guarding the pier position would not sit idly by the Qing army's offensive. Following Sun Bing's order, gunshots rang out, and all the heavily armored Bayaras in the front were killed. Count the shots.Even though the armor they wore was very thick, it was still difficult to completely resist the shots from the Haihan rifles at the current combat distance, and they fell to the ground one after another.
But at this time, several barbed wire fences had already been broken through by the heavy weapons of the Bala warriors, and the Qing troops who rushed up quickly rushed to these gaps, and some Qing troops who rushed ahead even screamed. Pounce directly on the barbed wire and press it down with your body.In the darkness in the distance, the sound of bowstrings sounded, presumably it was the archers of the Qing army who were shooting towards the pier.
The defenders also have a combat plan to deal with the current situation. Several grenades flew out from behind the defense line and landed in the gaps where the enemy troops are most dense.After a few bangs and explosions, there was a burst of screams, and it was unknown how many Qing troops were injured by grenades in the chaos.
The six field guns deployed on the defense line had already been replaced with grape shells according to Sun Bing's order. At this time, they had already aimed at the enemy troops who were breaking through the barbed wire defense line, and then fired and bombarded them.The power of this short-range shelling was much greater than that of grenades, and several people were sieved by this wave of grape shells on the spot.
After the concentrated firepower of the guns, several places that were already on the verge of being breached were immediately blocked by wounded soldiers and corpses of the Qing army.However, these casualties did not stop the Qing army's offensive, and there were still Qing troops rushing out of the darkness to the pier position, hoping to quickly break through the final distance of less than ten feet and enter the pier position.
At this time, several warships moored at Jiang'an Wharf finally fired their naval guns.Because of the shooting angle, the bombardment target of these naval guns was not the Qing army that was breaking into the Haihan line of defense, but the troops that had not yet appeared in the darkness behind it.
In the dark night, these warships moored by the river instantly turned into fixed forts, dozens of cannons fired one after another, even though the Qing army was quite desperate, it was shocking to see such a scene.As for how many Qing troops were hit by artillery shells in the dark, the two warring parties were completely unable to confirm at the moment, but the number of Qing troops that rushed into the battlefield was significantly reduced.
On the contrary, Sun Bing had calmed down at this time. After the fight started, he seemed to have returned to a familiar environment. The sound of gunfire, the smell of gunpowder smoke, and the sound of killing made his mind clearer.Sun Bing issued several orders in a row, asking the marines to concentrate their firepower on the key attack areas of the Qing army on the left and right sides of the pier, and at the same time put the reserve troops in place, ready to reinforce weak areas at any time.
The Marine Corps' position was built in a hurry. Naturally, it is impossible to have any facilities such as bastions, tunnels, and three-dimensional firepower nets. Basically, various building materials that were dismantled on the spot were used to build parapet bunkers, and then various buildings on the pier were built. Holes were punched in the walls to serve as firing holes.As for the firepower points originally set up on the roofs of various places, after being targeted by the Qing army's bows and arrows, they were quickly withdrawn to reduce casualties.
When Sun Bing realized that the situation was under control, he made adjustments again, consciously reducing the intensity of the firepower output, so that the Qing army could have the opportunity to push the line of fire forward by a certain distance.After the enemy's troops pouring into the vicinity reached a certain scale, Sun Bing ordered all firepower to kill and injure the enemy.After repeating this two or three times, the commanders of the Qing army probably also realized that this line of defense was already an insurmountable moat for them, and fighting any further would only increase casualties, so they finally chose Mingjin to withdraw.
Due to poor visibility, Sun Bing did not order to pursue the retreating enemy troops, but ordered the soldiers to immediately check the status of their ordnance and ammunition to prepare for the next wave of battle.He couldn't confirm whether the Qing army's offensive had come to an end, or there was another round of offensive ready to go in the darkness in the distance, so he could only make preparations to continue fighting.
However, the Qing army seemed to have given up its plan to continue to attack in the dark, and news soon came that the Qing army had retreated the same way.Tom Wang sent an order to Sun Bing, asking him to arrange for the companies on the front line to take a rest in rotation, take stock of their own battle damage, and wait until dawn to discuss other matters.
In this wave of dark attacks, 11 Marines were killed and more than [-] were injured.Of the several teams of sentinels deployed outside the position last night, only one team retreated smoothly, and the other teams failed to retreat in time, resulting in heavy casualties.The bows and arrows thrown by the Qing army during the offensive also caused a certain number of casualties to the marines.However, at the several firefighting points where the Qing army was confronted head-on, there was no loss of personnel.
These battle losses also reflect that there are still certain loopholes in the formation of the Marine Corps, but this responsibility is not caused by Sun Bing alone. Wang Tom insisted on deploying the Marine Corps on the pier overnight. In fact, he used it to lure the enemy. The abacus, the risk in the battle must be inevitable.Fortunately, compared to the enemy's battle losses, the situation on Haihan's side is still reasonable.
(End of this chapter)
The sky was getting dark, and the positions of the two armies facing each other in the air finally returned to calm.Sun Bing led people to light several bonfires in the peripheral area about [-] meters away from the wharf, and deployed sentries on the roofs of several warehouses to prevent enemy troops from sneaking into the camp after dark.Although the Qing army has so far shown no signs of going out of the city to confront the Haihan army head-on, Sun Bing still dare not be careless. After all, the Qing army has been operating here for a long time, and is far more familiar with the environment than Haihan, who has just arrived. The army, it is impossible to say that it will use unconventional tactics such as night raids to try to open the situation.
According to the normal combat deployment, if safety is required, the troops on the pier should retreat to Weihua Island at night to ensure safety, but Wang Tom believes that stationing at the pier will give the Qing army in Jiulian City a greater sense of oppression, and the Qing army will not attack. Just resolutely do not withdraw.However, considering the limited strength of the Marine Corps stationed at the pier, Wang Tom still provided defense protection as much as possible, and sent the two Marine Corps reserve companies that remained on the warship to the shore.
In addition, the barbed wire unloaded from the warship was also quickly deployed to the periphery of the dock.Regardless of whether the enemy is infantry or cavalry, the blocking effect of the high and low criss-cross barbed wire on the battlefield has never disappointed.During the offensive and defensive confrontation in Jinzhou, Haihan used dense barbed wire with a depth of tens of meters and repelled horses to successfully stop several cavalry attacks of the Houjin Army.
Although the Qing army is unlikely to use a large number of cavalry in night raids, the Haihan army has prepared for the worst in advance. Even if the opponent launches a cavalry charge at night, it must ensure that the dock position can hold this unconventional offensive— —At least until the fleet's long-range firepower can be output.
At two o'clock in the middle of the night, Tom Wang was awakened from his sleep by his guard, saying that the sentinel had discovered an enemy situation in the direction of Jiulian City.Wang Tom's drowsiness faded away immediately, and he got up and dressed immediately and left the cabin. Before leaving, he didn't forget to ask the guards to take his personal binoculars.Tom Wang brought several private telescopes to this space-time, including special models with low-light night vision functions.
The binoculars used by the sentinels in charge of the observation are all ordinary models installed in the military. Of course, they do not have such a special function. However, with the moonlight passing through the gaps in the clouds, they saw figures on the edges of the mountains and forests on the left and right sides of Jiulian City. Flickering, it seems that the Qing army is gathering, but there is no movement near the gate of Jiulian City.The sentinel didn't dare to be careless, and immediately notified the officer on the deck after discovering the situation, and then went to wake up Tom Wang who was resting.
After Wang Tom arrived on the deck, he listened to his subordinates' reports and checked the situation in the distance with a telescope.Sure enough, as the sentinel discovered, there were indeed many figures moving in the distant mountains and forests, but there was no sign of attack yet.On a night with poor visibility like this, it is not easy for the troops to complete the assembly quietly in the dark in the wild mountains and forests. Wang Tom estimates that with the military quality of the Qing army, it will definitely take a long time to complete this link.
This is naturally good news for the Haihan army. Wang Tom immediately ordered that all the marines enter the first-level alert, and the artillery on each warship must be ready to fight.
But the efficiency of the Qing army's action was worse than Wang Tom expected. After waiting for about an hour, Wang Tom began to wonder if the opponent was playing tricks, and finally saw the vanguard of the Qing army slowly touching the forest from the mountains. come out.
Perhaps in order to control the sound as much as possible, the Qing army did not use cavalry, and all the infantry with swords and bows slowly appeared in the lens of the telescope.If they hadn't discovered their whereabouts before, it would be really difficult to distinguish these Qing troops in the distance who were slowly moving forward under the cover of various shrubs and bushes with the naked eye.
Wang Tom suddenly discovered the reason why the Qing army had delayed their attack for so long: "So they were waiting for these bonfires to go out!"
After nightfall, the several piles of bonfires ignited around the pier position have basically been burned out at this time, and the Haihan Army currently does not have much fuel to replenish, unless the pier is demolished overnight.The Qing army was probably waiting for the visibility to decrease outside the dock position, and then took advantage of the situation to come over and carry out a sneak attack.It's just that they didn't expect that their whereabouts had been exposed long ago, and if they touched it at this time, the effect of the night attack would be greatly reduced.
The marines at the pier position had already taken their positions behind the bunker, leaning their loaded rifles against the bunker, waiting for the commander's order.For the Marine Corps, night combat is actually part of their training content, but they rarely encounter actual combat, and their combat experience is not rich.
The telescope in Sun Bing's hand was almost never put down. Although the temperature had dropped to a bit cooler after nightfall, the hair on his forehead was already soaked with sweat.In fact, it was his first time serving as a commander in such a night battle, so he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.This kind of illusion that he knew that there was a large group of enemies slowly approaching his position not far away, but he saw nothing in his vision, made his nerves tense all the time, lest he miss the opportunity to order to fire and kill the enemy.
If it is fighting during the day, the Haihan army can naturally rely on the range advantage of weapons and equipment to resist the enemy from a hundred meters away. Even if the enemy sends troops several times their own to attack, it will only cost the marines stationed at the dock Just some ammo.But in fact, with the visibility tonight, it is difficult to see people or objects 30 meters away with the naked eye alone. It is not so easy to achieve the combat distance by relying on the advantage of weapons like fighting in the daytime.
With the visual distance of the current environment, when the enemy can be clearly seen, the opponent has almost entered the edge of the defense line of the dock position.Although several layers of barbed wire fences were arranged on the periphery, Sun Bing knew that the Qing army had been trying to use some means to overcome Haihan’s customary fortifications, such as directly laying wooden boards or quilts on the barbed wire fences and then passing quickly, or It is to let the soldiers attacking fortifications carry long-armed iron scissors to cut open the iron net.
It is easier for infantry to pass through the barbed wire barrier than the cavalry who must rely on charging. If the enemy is well prepared, the barbed wire fortifications arranged in advance can only be delayed for a few minutes at most.If the marines stationed at the pier failed to cause enough heavy damage to the enemy during this period, once the opponent broke through the barbed wire, it would basically be a face-to-face bloody battle.
About two more sticks of incense passed in this disturbing silence, and suddenly some strange sounds came from the night outside the position, which sounded like the sound of some metal objects colliding with each other lightly.Sun Bing saw flickering reflections from the telescope, and soon these reflections became closer and clearer, outlining human figures one by one.
Suddenly, more than a dozen enemy soldiers in heavy armor appeared in the field of vision of the defenders. They rushed forward, without exception, holding long-handled axes or large machetes, and the armor on their bodies ran with them. It turned out that this was the sound heard earlier.
These silent enemy soldiers rushed to a place about twenty meters in front of the pier position, raised their weapons, and slashed down at the barbed wire blocking their way.And in the darkness behind them, countless soldiers of the Qing army rushed out, heading straight for the pier position.It seems that the night attack tactics of the Qing army depended on these Bayara warriors who were as strong as cattle and wore heavy armor to break through the outer fortifications, and then swarmed in, seeking opportunities to fight the Haihan army in close quarters.
It has to be said that the tactics of the Qing army were indeed targeted to a certain extent, and it was clear how to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses when the Haihan army fought.They tried to use the cover of night to shorten the engagement distance as quickly as possible to seek a chance of victory.Once the two sides fell into a melee, the advanced weapons of the Haihan army would be greatly reduced, and the strength of the Qing army would immediately become apparent. This was the only chance for them to cause major damage to the Haihan army.
But of course the marines guarding the pier position would not sit idly by the Qing army's offensive. Following Sun Bing's order, gunshots rang out, and all the heavily armored Bayaras in the front were killed. Count the shots.Even though the armor they wore was very thick, it was still difficult to completely resist the shots from the Haihan rifles at the current combat distance, and they fell to the ground one after another.
But at this time, several barbed wire fences had already been broken through by the heavy weapons of the Bala warriors, and the Qing troops who rushed up quickly rushed to these gaps, and some Qing troops who rushed ahead even screamed. Pounce directly on the barbed wire and press it down with your body.In the darkness in the distance, the sound of bowstrings sounded, presumably it was the archers of the Qing army who were shooting towards the pier.
The defenders also have a combat plan to deal with the current situation. Several grenades flew out from behind the defense line and landed in the gaps where the enemy troops are most dense.After a few bangs and explosions, there was a burst of screams, and it was unknown how many Qing troops were injured by grenades in the chaos.
The six field guns deployed on the defense line had already been replaced with grape shells according to Sun Bing's order. At this time, they had already aimed at the enemy troops who were breaking through the barbed wire defense line, and then fired and bombarded them.The power of this short-range shelling was much greater than that of grenades, and several people were sieved by this wave of grape shells on the spot.
After the concentrated firepower of the guns, several places that were already on the verge of being breached were immediately blocked by wounded soldiers and corpses of the Qing army.However, these casualties did not stop the Qing army's offensive, and there were still Qing troops rushing out of the darkness to the pier position, hoping to quickly break through the final distance of less than ten feet and enter the pier position.
At this time, several warships moored at Jiang'an Wharf finally fired their naval guns.Because of the shooting angle, the bombardment target of these naval guns was not the Qing army that was breaking into the Haihan line of defense, but the troops that had not yet appeared in the darkness behind it.
In the dark night, these warships moored by the river instantly turned into fixed forts, dozens of cannons fired one after another, even though the Qing army was quite desperate, it was shocking to see such a scene.As for how many Qing troops were hit by artillery shells in the dark, the two warring parties were completely unable to confirm at the moment, but the number of Qing troops that rushed into the battlefield was significantly reduced.
On the contrary, Sun Bing had calmed down at this time. After the fight started, he seemed to have returned to a familiar environment. The sound of gunfire, the smell of gunpowder smoke, and the sound of killing made his mind clearer.Sun Bing issued several orders in a row, asking the marines to concentrate their firepower on the key attack areas of the Qing army on the left and right sides of the pier, and at the same time put the reserve troops in place, ready to reinforce weak areas at any time.
The Marine Corps' position was built in a hurry. Naturally, it is impossible to have any facilities such as bastions, tunnels, and three-dimensional firepower nets. Basically, various building materials that were dismantled on the spot were used to build parapet bunkers, and then various buildings on the pier were built. Holes were punched in the walls to serve as firing holes.As for the firepower points originally set up on the roofs of various places, after being targeted by the Qing army's bows and arrows, they were quickly withdrawn to reduce casualties.
When Sun Bing realized that the situation was under control, he made adjustments again, consciously reducing the intensity of the firepower output, so that the Qing army could have the opportunity to push the line of fire forward by a certain distance.After the enemy's troops pouring into the vicinity reached a certain scale, Sun Bing ordered all firepower to kill and injure the enemy.After repeating this two or three times, the commanders of the Qing army probably also realized that this line of defense was already an insurmountable moat for them, and fighting any further would only increase casualties, so they finally chose Mingjin to withdraw.
Due to poor visibility, Sun Bing did not order to pursue the retreating enemy troops, but ordered the soldiers to immediately check the status of their ordnance and ammunition to prepare for the next wave of battle.He couldn't confirm whether the Qing army's offensive had come to an end, or there was another round of offensive ready to go in the darkness in the distance, so he could only make preparations to continue fighting.
However, the Qing army seemed to have given up its plan to continue to attack in the dark, and news soon came that the Qing army had retreated the same way.Tom Wang sent an order to Sun Bing, asking him to arrange for the companies on the front line to take a rest in rotation, take stock of their own battle damage, and wait until dawn to discuss other matters.
In this wave of dark attacks, 11 Marines were killed and more than [-] were injured.Of the several teams of sentinels deployed outside the position last night, only one team retreated smoothly, and the other teams failed to retreat in time, resulting in heavy casualties.The bows and arrows thrown by the Qing army during the offensive also caused a certain number of casualties to the marines.However, at the several firefighting points where the Qing army was confronted head-on, there was no loss of personnel.
These battle losses also reflect that there are still certain loopholes in the formation of the Marine Corps, but this responsibility is not caused by Sun Bing alone. Wang Tom insisted on deploying the Marine Corps on the pier overnight. In fact, he used it to lure the enemy. The abacus, the risk in the battle must be inevitable.Fortunately, compared to the enemy's battle losses, the situation on Haihan's side is still reasonable.
(End of this chapter)