Chapter 1830
Chapter 1830
Chapter 1830
"The opponent has learned to be smart now!" Seeing that such an arrangement still failed to draw out the main force of the Qing army, Tom Wang felt a little regretful: "They didn't feel at ease to launch a charge, they just wanted to interrupt our construction by means of harassment."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "However, the Qing army can take the initiative to attack, which proves that your method is effective. I think it can continue to be used during the day."
At present, in addition to thousands of Han refugees, there are more than 2000 Korean civilians in the Datongjiang base. Thousands of laborers can be mobilized to continue construction at any time.Anyway, as long as the Qing army stopped and watched, Haihan could send civilians to do the construction. Such repeated small-scale contests did not cause any loss to Haihan, but it could keep the Qing army exhausted.If the Qing army couldn't stand such a stimulus, they could only aggressively attack or decisively evacuate the area, and no matter what, Haihan would definitely be happy to see the results.
Liu Shang soon got the news from the headquarters that he would arrange for the civilian husband to resume work after dawn. He knew that this should be the end of tonight, so he went back to his residence to rest with peace of mind.When I was stationed in Liaodong, I saw many such small-scale conflicts, and I gradually got used to not worrying about the battle situation. As long as I had no tasks, I took the time to rest, so that I could complete the assignments from my superiors in the best state. task given.
Of course, the refugees in the base who have not been officially resettled must not have such a peaceful mind as Liu Shang. They only know that there are tens of thousands of Qing troops outside the base, and they will attack this armed stronghold without walls at any time.Even though propaganda officers and civil affairs officials did appeasement work, there were still many people who did not feel sleepy at all, lest the Qing army launch another night attack.
Also, Huang Taiji and a large group of generals who did not sleep well, even though a combat meeting was held overnight, it was still difficult for the generals to reach an agreement on tactical arrangements.The faction headed by Azig believed that Haihan had spent several months planning this place. He must have set up a trap long ago and waited for the Qing army to launch an offensive. They should find another breakthrough to cross the river now.The opposition believes that it will take a lot of time and materials for tens of thousands of Qing troops to go to the upper reaches of the Datong River to find crossing points beyond the monitoring of Haihan. This is a difficult problem for the Qing army, which has begun to expose logistical problems.
After dawn, the Qing army suddenly discovered that the Haihan position had resumed work. The dense flow of people, like ants carrying food, was continuously transporting the linen bags filled with soil to the position, and then piled them up layer by layer, visible to the naked eye. Speed built several simple forts at the front of the position.
If we continue to wait and see, it must be only a matter of time before the Haihan army turns the entire line of defense into an artillery position. By then, the Qing army will have to pay a double price if they want to attack this position.Either withdraw troops decisively and give up this target, or act immediately to prevent Haihan from continuing to build fortifications.
It was not an easy decision for the Qing army to make such a decision. The former meant a great setback in morale and a forced strategic change, while the latter meant thousands of casualties.Whether to preserve strength or fight desperately, this is indeed an extremely difficult decision for the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji screened everyone away in the big tent, and stayed alone with a senior shaman for a long time before finally announcing his decision to the generals—to fight!
Since this is the final decision, there is no need to think about the result for the time being. No matter how many differences of opinion there were before, these Qing generals will not shirk each other when it comes time to go to the battlefield.Abatai, Azig, Jierhalang, Amin and other generals led the troops to return to the camp immediately, and ordered the troops under their command to prepare for the battle.
When the Qing army camp began to gather troops on a large scale, some movement could be seen from the watchtower of the Haihan position, and even a warning was issued.The civilians on the ground were evacuated in an emergency once again, while the combat troops of the independent regiment and the artillery immediately entered the combat position, preparing to meet the possible Qing troops.
However, the gathering speed of the Qing army was obviously much slower than Hai Han expected. After two full hours, the Qing army completed the assembly of most of the troops near their camp and began to slowly advance south.
Perhaps having learned the lessons of the previous battles with Haihan, the Qing army did not rashly let the cavalry charge towards the Haihan position, but patiently set up artillery positions on the periphery first, and the position was quite far from the forts on the Haihan position. , is almost at the limit of its artillery range, and it seems that it has made quite targeted preparations.
"Old Qian, have you noticed that the Qing army will have some adjustments in their tactics after a period of time... Or evolution may be more accurate. We want to rely on traditional tactics to deal with them. It is getting more and more difficult. !" Tom Wang used a telescope to confirm the movement of the Qing army in the distance, and then expressed his opinion to Qian Tiandun.
Qian Tiandun said: "This is also an inevitable trend! The commanders of the Qing army are not stupid, and they will learn from the defeat to improve their tactics. But they will still be limited by social productivity and military technology after all, and they will not be able to figure out better tactics. advanced tactics."
This problem was not encountered by the Qing army. In fact, competitors of the same era all had problems in this regard. Although they tried their best to imitate Haihan's advanced tactics, they soon discovered that some things simply cannot be imitated.Most of the tactics of the Haihan army are complementary to the weapons and equipment of the troops. It is extremely difficult for foreign troops to imitate. For example, the Qing army, which mainly uses bows and arrows as long-range lethal weapons for individual soldiers, must gather a large number of archers together. Shooting can play the greatest role, and it is impossible for a single soldier to hide in a trench like Haihan infantry to fully exert its combat effectiveness.
The only foreign troops that can really learn part of the essence of Haihan's tactics are the Fujian Ming Army and the Annan Army, which are equipped with a large number of Haihan weapons. Training, and even accompanying Haihan to perform various combat missions overseas all year round.However, there are very few foreign troops with such conditions. Like the Qing army, they can only learn lessons from continuous defeats and improve their tactics. Although it has certain effects, it is still difficult to fill the huge gap in the strength of the two armies. gap.
The Qing army realized the power of artillery and firearms in the past against the Ming army and the Haihan army. In recent years, it has also made great efforts to step up the manufacture of these advanced weapons that are more lethal than cold weapons. The progress of research is very slow, and it can't even surpass the current level of Ming Dynasty, let alone catch up with Shanghai Han.
However, the number of artillery equipped in the Qing army has indeed increased significantly compared to previous years, and more and more artillery has been used as a long-range attack method in foreign battles, and it has tasted a lot of sweetness.Although Jiuliancheng did not take advantage of Haihan when they fought against Haihan, the generals of the Qing army believed that the use of artillery might be the only way to fight Haihan on the frontal battlefield without losing the obvious disadvantage.Therefore, during the attack on the Datongjiang base, the Qing army resolutely moved out all the artillery in the general, intending to use this to blast a way through the Haihan position.
The idea is good, but the reality is very cruel. If the Qing army wanted to ensure the safety of its own artillery and artillery, it did not dare to press too hard. It could only deploy the artillery at the distance of the upper limit of the range. In this way, Haihan's artillery Although it is superior in performance, its accuracy and power will decrease accordingly if it is far away, which can reduce the combat losses of its own artillery units.Only in this way, the power of the Qing army's artillery was also greatly affected. When the shells fired exhausted and landed, they were often still some distance away from the garrison area of the Haihan position, and it was difficult to cause effective damage.
Although the accuracy and lethality of Haihan's artillery at long distances have also been seriously reduced, it is only four out of ten out of ten and one out of ten. On the contrary, it shows that the Qing army is being beaten unilaterally.
The generals of the Qing army quickly realized this, and ordered to set fire to the flattest area on the front of the Haihan position.Since the Haihan army in the trenches and forts cannot cause effective damage, it is better to use shelling to destroy the fortifications such as the iron nets on the periphery of the position, and then let the cavalry charge.There is no formed city wall in Haihan's position, and sections of discontinuous low parapets will definitely not be able to stop the cavalry's assault. As long as the gap can be opened to allow the cavalry to rush in, it may be possible to collapse Haihan's line of defense.
This tactic of the Qing army is very simple, but it is indeed effective.Although the artillery was constantly destroyed by the shells fired from the Haihan position, the shells fired by these artillery did plow an open field outside the Haihan position, smashing all kinds of fortifications outside the position. , a passage about three or four feet wide appeared in between.
Huang Taiji seized this opportunity and quickly dispatched two thousand elite cavalry to charge towards the gap.The vanguards of these fine riders are more than 200 full-body armored Bala warriors, and the horses they ride are also one of the best horses in a hundred.
Seen from a distance, the shelled outlying area seemed to have lost the ability to stop the cavalry from rushing in, but when the cavalry of the Qing army shouted and rushed to the vicinity and began to cross the Haogou, ready to have a good time, they found that Several rows of carbine-repelling guns suddenly appeared on the temporary passage that had been cleared out by shells. Where did these things come from?
In fact, these entire rows of carbine-rejecting guns had been deployed on the position earlier, but they were just placed flat on the ground, and they could not be seen clearly from a distance.When the original barbed wire repelling horses were destroyed by shelling, these repelling horses were immediately activated by the springs pulled by the ropes, bounced from the flat state, and pointed upward at a 45-degree angle to form new fortifications.Each of these horse-rejecting guns is composed of a row of ten guns, about one foot wide, and quickly blocked the temporary passage again.
Although the first dozen or so riders rushed forward almost without hesitation, expecting to destroy these seemingly insignificant roadblocks with impact, they soon discovered that their desperate actions were futile. Even the barrel of the gun is made of fine steel, not only piercing through the horse, but also piercing through the heavily armored cavalry on horseback, but the body of the gun is not bent, and its base is fixed on On the ground, this charge failed to overturn the entire row of carbine-rejecting guns.
After a series of cavalry were pierced by the terrible carbine-rejecting spear, it blocked the passage firmly, making it difficult for the subsequent cavalry to move forward near Haogou.The dense iron nets on both sides made it even more difficult for horses to cross. These Qing cavalry who charged in front of the Haihan formation didn't know what to do for a while.
However, the defenders on the Haihan position did not give them more time to react. Crackling gunshots immediately rang out on the position, and the Qing cavalry, who had almost nowhere to hide, fell off their horses one after another. In a short time, hundreds of riders were shot and fell to the ground.Seeing this, some Bala warriors rushing forward could only choose to dismount and fight on foot, trying to attack Haihan's position directly after bypassing the carbine refusal gun.
They didn't take a few steps before they realized that the firepower they were facing didn't just come from the front, there were also stray bullets whizzing from the left and right sides.The Haihan position was not a straight line of defense. Although it was too late to build a serious bastion fortification, the infantry trenches and forts on the position were built and deployed completely according to the bastion system.So this flattest area seems easy to break into, but the Qing army in it will find that the crossfire attacks they face are almost impossible to avoid.Only a few minutes later, dozens of Bajala warriors who took the lead in attacking this area were all killed.
At this time, there were at least 1000 Qing cavalry trapped by the Haogou, but they could not take the initiative to retreat until they received new instructions, and the only way to go was to continue to move forward.As a result, more cavalry had no choice but to dismount and fight on foot, trying to rush through this area, but they obviously did not realize that this special battle situation was also designed by the Haihan Army, and the purpose was to let the Qing army It is believed that this lot can form a breakthrough, so that there will be a steady stream of people pouring in here to eat guns and die.
It was also difficult for the generals of the Qing army who were in the safety zone a few miles away to confirm the actual battle situation on the front line. They could only vaguely see that the cavalry rushing past seemed to have indeed occupied the gap in the Haihan defense line, but they did not break through the enemy. The army's defense line seemed to be stuck in a stalemate.
So after an order was given, two thousand-man cavalry and three thousand infantry were thrown into the battlefield.The reason why more troops were not sent at one time was because the battle area of this battlefield was too narrow, making it difficult for the Qing army to effectively send more combat troops to the front.Even if tens of thousands of troops swarmed up, [-]% of the troops could only stand back and watch the excitement, and could not participate in the battle at all.
"Starting to play for real." Seeing this, Qian Tiandun couldn't sit still anymore, got up and patted Tom Wang on the shoulder and said, "You sit down first, I have to go to the front and watch."
(End of this chapter)
"The opponent has learned to be smart now!" Seeing that such an arrangement still failed to draw out the main force of the Qing army, Tom Wang felt a little regretful: "They didn't feel at ease to launch a charge, they just wanted to interrupt our construction by means of harassment."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "However, the Qing army can take the initiative to attack, which proves that your method is effective. I think it can continue to be used during the day."
At present, in addition to thousands of Han refugees, there are more than 2000 Korean civilians in the Datongjiang base. Thousands of laborers can be mobilized to continue construction at any time.Anyway, as long as the Qing army stopped and watched, Haihan could send civilians to do the construction. Such repeated small-scale contests did not cause any loss to Haihan, but it could keep the Qing army exhausted.If the Qing army couldn't stand such a stimulus, they could only aggressively attack or decisively evacuate the area, and no matter what, Haihan would definitely be happy to see the results.
Liu Shang soon got the news from the headquarters that he would arrange for the civilian husband to resume work after dawn. He knew that this should be the end of tonight, so he went back to his residence to rest with peace of mind.When I was stationed in Liaodong, I saw many such small-scale conflicts, and I gradually got used to not worrying about the battle situation. As long as I had no tasks, I took the time to rest, so that I could complete the assignments from my superiors in the best state. task given.
Of course, the refugees in the base who have not been officially resettled must not have such a peaceful mind as Liu Shang. They only know that there are tens of thousands of Qing troops outside the base, and they will attack this armed stronghold without walls at any time.Even though propaganda officers and civil affairs officials did appeasement work, there were still many people who did not feel sleepy at all, lest the Qing army launch another night attack.
Also, Huang Taiji and a large group of generals who did not sleep well, even though a combat meeting was held overnight, it was still difficult for the generals to reach an agreement on tactical arrangements.The faction headed by Azig believed that Haihan had spent several months planning this place. He must have set up a trap long ago and waited for the Qing army to launch an offensive. They should find another breakthrough to cross the river now.The opposition believes that it will take a lot of time and materials for tens of thousands of Qing troops to go to the upper reaches of the Datong River to find crossing points beyond the monitoring of Haihan. This is a difficult problem for the Qing army, which has begun to expose logistical problems.
After dawn, the Qing army suddenly discovered that the Haihan position had resumed work. The dense flow of people, like ants carrying food, was continuously transporting the linen bags filled with soil to the position, and then piled them up layer by layer, visible to the naked eye. Speed built several simple forts at the front of the position.
If we continue to wait and see, it must be only a matter of time before the Haihan army turns the entire line of defense into an artillery position. By then, the Qing army will have to pay a double price if they want to attack this position.Either withdraw troops decisively and give up this target, or act immediately to prevent Haihan from continuing to build fortifications.
It was not an easy decision for the Qing army to make such a decision. The former meant a great setback in morale and a forced strategic change, while the latter meant thousands of casualties.Whether to preserve strength or fight desperately, this is indeed an extremely difficult decision for the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji screened everyone away in the big tent, and stayed alone with a senior shaman for a long time before finally announcing his decision to the generals—to fight!
Since this is the final decision, there is no need to think about the result for the time being. No matter how many differences of opinion there were before, these Qing generals will not shirk each other when it comes time to go to the battlefield.Abatai, Azig, Jierhalang, Amin and other generals led the troops to return to the camp immediately, and ordered the troops under their command to prepare for the battle.
When the Qing army camp began to gather troops on a large scale, some movement could be seen from the watchtower of the Haihan position, and even a warning was issued.The civilians on the ground were evacuated in an emergency once again, while the combat troops of the independent regiment and the artillery immediately entered the combat position, preparing to meet the possible Qing troops.
However, the gathering speed of the Qing army was obviously much slower than Hai Han expected. After two full hours, the Qing army completed the assembly of most of the troops near their camp and began to slowly advance south.
Perhaps having learned the lessons of the previous battles with Haihan, the Qing army did not rashly let the cavalry charge towards the Haihan position, but patiently set up artillery positions on the periphery first, and the position was quite far from the forts on the Haihan position. , is almost at the limit of its artillery range, and it seems that it has made quite targeted preparations.
"Old Qian, have you noticed that the Qing army will have some adjustments in their tactics after a period of time... Or evolution may be more accurate. We want to rely on traditional tactics to deal with them. It is getting more and more difficult. !" Tom Wang used a telescope to confirm the movement of the Qing army in the distance, and then expressed his opinion to Qian Tiandun.
Qian Tiandun said: "This is also an inevitable trend! The commanders of the Qing army are not stupid, and they will learn from the defeat to improve their tactics. But they will still be limited by social productivity and military technology after all, and they will not be able to figure out better tactics. advanced tactics."
This problem was not encountered by the Qing army. In fact, competitors of the same era all had problems in this regard. Although they tried their best to imitate Haihan's advanced tactics, they soon discovered that some things simply cannot be imitated.Most of the tactics of the Haihan army are complementary to the weapons and equipment of the troops. It is extremely difficult for foreign troops to imitate. For example, the Qing army, which mainly uses bows and arrows as long-range lethal weapons for individual soldiers, must gather a large number of archers together. Shooting can play the greatest role, and it is impossible for a single soldier to hide in a trench like Haihan infantry to fully exert its combat effectiveness.
The only foreign troops that can really learn part of the essence of Haihan's tactics are the Fujian Ming Army and the Annan Army, which are equipped with a large number of Haihan weapons. Training, and even accompanying Haihan to perform various combat missions overseas all year round.However, there are very few foreign troops with such conditions. Like the Qing army, they can only learn lessons from continuous defeats and improve their tactics. Although it has certain effects, it is still difficult to fill the huge gap in the strength of the two armies. gap.
The Qing army realized the power of artillery and firearms in the past against the Ming army and the Haihan army. In recent years, it has also made great efforts to step up the manufacture of these advanced weapons that are more lethal than cold weapons. The progress of research is very slow, and it can't even surpass the current level of Ming Dynasty, let alone catch up with Shanghai Han.
However, the number of artillery equipped in the Qing army has indeed increased significantly compared to previous years, and more and more artillery has been used as a long-range attack method in foreign battles, and it has tasted a lot of sweetness.Although Jiuliancheng did not take advantage of Haihan when they fought against Haihan, the generals of the Qing army believed that the use of artillery might be the only way to fight Haihan on the frontal battlefield without losing the obvious disadvantage.Therefore, during the attack on the Datongjiang base, the Qing army resolutely moved out all the artillery in the general, intending to use this to blast a way through the Haihan position.
The idea is good, but the reality is very cruel. If the Qing army wanted to ensure the safety of its own artillery and artillery, it did not dare to press too hard. It could only deploy the artillery at the distance of the upper limit of the range. In this way, Haihan's artillery Although it is superior in performance, its accuracy and power will decrease accordingly if it is far away, which can reduce the combat losses of its own artillery units.Only in this way, the power of the Qing army's artillery was also greatly affected. When the shells fired exhausted and landed, they were often still some distance away from the garrison area of the Haihan position, and it was difficult to cause effective damage.
Although the accuracy and lethality of Haihan's artillery at long distances have also been seriously reduced, it is only four out of ten out of ten and one out of ten. On the contrary, it shows that the Qing army is being beaten unilaterally.
The generals of the Qing army quickly realized this, and ordered to set fire to the flattest area on the front of the Haihan position.Since the Haihan army in the trenches and forts cannot cause effective damage, it is better to use shelling to destroy the fortifications such as the iron nets on the periphery of the position, and then let the cavalry charge.There is no formed city wall in Haihan's position, and sections of discontinuous low parapets will definitely not be able to stop the cavalry's assault. As long as the gap can be opened to allow the cavalry to rush in, it may be possible to collapse Haihan's line of defense.
This tactic of the Qing army is very simple, but it is indeed effective.Although the artillery was constantly destroyed by the shells fired from the Haihan position, the shells fired by these artillery did plow an open field outside the Haihan position, smashing all kinds of fortifications outside the position. , a passage about three or four feet wide appeared in between.
Huang Taiji seized this opportunity and quickly dispatched two thousand elite cavalry to charge towards the gap.The vanguards of these fine riders are more than 200 full-body armored Bala warriors, and the horses they ride are also one of the best horses in a hundred.
Seen from a distance, the shelled outlying area seemed to have lost the ability to stop the cavalry from rushing in, but when the cavalry of the Qing army shouted and rushed to the vicinity and began to cross the Haogou, ready to have a good time, they found that Several rows of carbine-repelling guns suddenly appeared on the temporary passage that had been cleared out by shells. Where did these things come from?
In fact, these entire rows of carbine-rejecting guns had been deployed on the position earlier, but they were just placed flat on the ground, and they could not be seen clearly from a distance.When the original barbed wire repelling horses were destroyed by shelling, these repelling horses were immediately activated by the springs pulled by the ropes, bounced from the flat state, and pointed upward at a 45-degree angle to form new fortifications.Each of these horse-rejecting guns is composed of a row of ten guns, about one foot wide, and quickly blocked the temporary passage again.
Although the first dozen or so riders rushed forward almost without hesitation, expecting to destroy these seemingly insignificant roadblocks with impact, they soon discovered that their desperate actions were futile. Even the barrel of the gun is made of fine steel, not only piercing through the horse, but also piercing through the heavily armored cavalry on horseback, but the body of the gun is not bent, and its base is fixed on On the ground, this charge failed to overturn the entire row of carbine-rejecting guns.
After a series of cavalry were pierced by the terrible carbine-rejecting spear, it blocked the passage firmly, making it difficult for the subsequent cavalry to move forward near Haogou.The dense iron nets on both sides made it even more difficult for horses to cross. These Qing cavalry who charged in front of the Haihan formation didn't know what to do for a while.
However, the defenders on the Haihan position did not give them more time to react. Crackling gunshots immediately rang out on the position, and the Qing cavalry, who had almost nowhere to hide, fell off their horses one after another. In a short time, hundreds of riders were shot and fell to the ground.Seeing this, some Bala warriors rushing forward could only choose to dismount and fight on foot, trying to attack Haihan's position directly after bypassing the carbine refusal gun.
They didn't take a few steps before they realized that the firepower they were facing didn't just come from the front, there were also stray bullets whizzing from the left and right sides.The Haihan position was not a straight line of defense. Although it was too late to build a serious bastion fortification, the infantry trenches and forts on the position were built and deployed completely according to the bastion system.So this flattest area seems easy to break into, but the Qing army in it will find that the crossfire attacks they face are almost impossible to avoid.Only a few minutes later, dozens of Bajala warriors who took the lead in attacking this area were all killed.
At this time, there were at least 1000 Qing cavalry trapped by the Haogou, but they could not take the initiative to retreat until they received new instructions, and the only way to go was to continue to move forward.As a result, more cavalry had no choice but to dismount and fight on foot, trying to rush through this area, but they obviously did not realize that this special battle situation was also designed by the Haihan Army, and the purpose was to let the Qing army It is believed that this lot can form a breakthrough, so that there will be a steady stream of people pouring in here to eat guns and die.
It was also difficult for the generals of the Qing army who were in the safety zone a few miles away to confirm the actual battle situation on the front line. They could only vaguely see that the cavalry rushing past seemed to have indeed occupied the gap in the Haihan defense line, but they did not break through the enemy. The army's defense line seemed to be stuck in a stalemate.
So after an order was given, two thousand-man cavalry and three thousand infantry were thrown into the battlefield.The reason why more troops were not sent at one time was because the battle area of this battlefield was too narrow, making it difficult for the Qing army to effectively send more combat troops to the front.Even if tens of thousands of troops swarmed up, [-]% of the troops could only stand back and watch the excitement, and could not participate in the battle at all.
"Starting to play for real." Seeing this, Qian Tiandun couldn't sit still anymore, got up and patted Tom Wang on the shoulder and said, "You sit down first, I have to go to the front and watch."
(End of this chapter)