Chapter 1831
Chapter 1831
Chapter 1831
It's not that Qian Tiandun is worried about Gao Qiaonan's on-the-spot command. When he was stationed in Liaodong, he had already handed over the command of the front line to Gao Qiaonan. Facts have proved that there is no problem with this bold decision. Gao Qiaonan His performance as a field commander has never let him down.The reason why he went to the position was not to take back Takahashi Nan's command, but to see the specific effects of some newly installed weapons and equipment in battle, and whether the Qing army had any effect on this kind of offensive and defensive battle. new tactics.
The only thing that can make the generals of the Qing army feel lucky at the moment is that Haihan doesn't seem to plan to send troops to attack and drive the Qing army away from this area, so they still have a chance to open a breakthrough from here-the premise is that they need to use more lives to come. Just open the way.
Of course, they may not have really realized at this time that all fighters may be part of the enemy's combat plan.The deployment plan of the fortifications on the northern line of the base was formulated by Qian Tiandun and the engineering troops after on-site surveys. In fact, the so-called weak link was just a hole intentionally left by the Haihan army so that the Qing army could see the breakthrough The hope of the defense line will put more troops on the battlefield.
In fact, in order to seize this so-called fighter opportunity, the Qing army had to move its artillery position forward against Haihan's artillery fire, so as to concentrate fire and blast a passage in the fortifications outside the Haihan position. The price was that more than 20 guns were destroyed by shells fired from the Haihan position in the process, and the artillery lost hundreds of people.This is indeed a serious loss for the Qing army, which has not been easy to train artillery.
Afterwards, the cavalry also suffered intensive firepower when they charged at this opening. When the Qing army ordered the second wave of troops to come for reinforcements, nearly half of the [-] cavalry that had previously attacked had lost nearly half of the remaining cavalry. More than half of them were blocked in the Haogou, blocked by the corpses of the dead and wounded companions and horses, and the sudden appearance of several rows of refusal guns.
At this time, the only tactic the Qing army could adopt was to dismount the cavalry and fight on foot, and the infantry fought hard.As a result, hundreds of Qing soldiers poured into this gap in the defense of the Haihan position, trying to quickly pass through the area where various fortifications were laid, and break into the trenches and fortresses where the Haihan army was hiding.
However, although the flat terrain in this area is convenient for the attackers to launch a charge, it also makes it impossible for them to avoid the rifle fire from the front and the left and right slopes. In the previous process, almost none of the Qing soldiers who entered here could run more than seven steps away, and they would definitely be shot and fell to the ground.
"My lord, please see that there are currently at least three hundred rifles and six artillery pieces aimed at the area where the Qing army launched an offensive. In addition, there are dozens of snipers led by General Morgan personally cleaning up those fish that slipped through the net on the high platform. With the current attack methods of the Qing army, it is no exaggeration to say that they are dying in vain."
Although Kim Sang-heon is a little afraid of heights, he still insisted on climbing up the tall watchtower today for the best viewing angle of safety.Although Qian Tiandun did not accompany him in person today, he still asked the headquarters to send a staff officer to explain the battle situation for Jin Shangxian in real time.
Jin Shangxian asked: "Then if the Qing army cleared that area and charged with heavy cavalry, how would they deal with it?"
The staff officer replied: "This possibility is not impossible, but we don't think the Qing army can do it. Even if they can clear the remaining roadblocks in that area, their own corpses will become new roadblocks, and the cavalry can't do it." They rushed in directly, and they could only fill it with infantry in the end!"
The tone of the staff officer was very calm. If it wasn't for the clearly audible sound of guns and guns, it would be more like talking about a battle plan that has not yet been implemented.But within their current field of vision, such a bloody massacre is in progress, even if there is still a considerable distance between their location and the battlefield, Kim Sang-heon can still smell it from the air. The smell of blood.
As explained by the staff officer, Haihan specially created such a combat environment in order to lure the Qing army to continuously invest troops in it, and then use the advantages of weapons and combat environment to kill it.If the Qing army commander's head is strong enough, then it is no problem for Haihan to use this opportunity to wipe out thousands of Qing troops-in fact, this goal is already quite close.
The Qing army that rushed into this narrow area quickly turned into corpses on the ground, and the layers of corpses and wounded soldiers became roadblocks to stop those who came later, and the cavalry completely lost the ability to charge in this area. Perhaps, one can only dismount at the front of the battle, draw out a saber or short spear, add a round shield with a diameter of no more than two feet at most, and then bite the bullet and charge forward on foot into the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
And the rows of carbine-repelling guns blocking the gap in the defense line were full of horses and cavalry who charged and crashed to death on them. At this time, it was no longer possible to organize manpower to dismantle the chassis and remove it. Because the line of sight is blocked by it, you often can't see the situation in front of you. When you go around the carbine and rush in, you find that the corpses and sticky blood pools of your companions are all under your feet.
But at this time, there was no way to turn back, and there was a supervising team that only obeyed Huang Taiji's orders at the refusal carbine. Anyone who turned around and retreated would be regarded as fearful of fighting and would be executed on the spot.They could only keep their heads as low as possible or bury them behind shields, praying while charging forward, and then fell to the ground after a few steps, being trampled underfoot by those behind them.
Hundreds of rifles fired from three directions at the densely packed Qing army in the narrow passage only a few feet wide, and they could almost shoot people with their eyes closed.In order to ensure uninterrupted firepower, in fact, each combat position is rotated by three infantrymen, ensuring that about [-] rifles are always firing at the Qing army, and the small-caliber field guns at several artillery positions are also Keeping a certain gap to fire in turn, coupled with the snipers who replenished their guns from a distance, the number of Haihan troops actually engaged in combat has reached a thousand.
Occasionally, there were grenades thrown by grenadiers in the Haihan position, which were thrown into the desperately charging Qing infantry formation and detonated.
Although the Qing army's second batch of two thousand-man cavalry and three thousand infantry were also trying to further widen the attack surface, they had little effect.The iron-netted horse-repelling array deployed by the Haihan army here is not the simple combination of fast cloth and fast-retracting used by the Yalu River, but a semi-permanent formation that connects multiple iron-resistant horses within a radius of several feet through densely packed barbed wire vertically and horizontally. Fortifications, these heavy iron horses are each fixed on the ground with thick ground nails, and it is quite difficult to dismantle or move them, and any delay will attract musket fire from Haihan's position.
Of course, the Qing army was not just beaten and did not fight back. The Qing army blocked in the north of Haogou bent their bows and shot arrows into the Haihan position. The impact is limited, but quite a few civilians who delivered ammunition to the front line from the rear were injured by arrows.
Although the Haihan Army built a roof to prevent bow and arrow attacks for the trench combat positions on the line of fire in advance, it could not achieve the same level of cover for logistical supplies.Fortunately, the attack surface of the Qing army was relatively narrow, and the trenches on the front line of fire were all connected to each other. Qian Tiandun quickly ordered to adjust the route of supplying ammunition, so that civilians entered the trenches from the farther left and right roads, and then used The cover of the trench was transported to the battle site in the middle to avoid the long-range attack of the Qing army on the base.
After the Qing army's offensive lasted for about an hour, more than half of the second batch of infantry that entered the battlefield had been consumed. The gap was like a monster devouring life. There were only living people entering, but Haihan's defense line was never breached.
Although the casualties of the Haihan defenders were not large, the consumption of weapons and ammunition was astonishingly fast. There were as many as seventy rifles with various malfunctions, and tens of thousands of bullets had been consumed.Fortunately, Qian Tiandun had anticipated this situation long ago, and prepared [-] new seven-shot rifles and a large amount of ammunition in the base arsenal in advance, replenishing the line of fire in time.
Seeing that this battle zone did not form a breakthrough as quickly as expected, the unwilling Qing army mobilized the remaining artillery to the two wings, trying to open up two new battlefields in the same way so that more troops could be deployed Put it closer to the Haihan position.
But this time the same routine did not have the same effect. The artillery counterattack on Haihan's position was obviously more violent than before. From time to time, the artillery of the Qing army was overturned by the shells flying from the opposite side.
Jin Shangxian vaguely saw that Haihan's strategy was different from the previous one, so he asked the staff next to him, "Why didn't your army send the Qing army to concentrate and destroy it like before?"
"The Qing army has superior military strength, so I want to try to expand more, put more troops on the front line, and use the superior military strength to contain our army. And our army's strategy is to concentrate superior forces and destroy the enemy's vital forces." Staff officer Answered Kim Sang-heon's question concisely.
But Jin Shangxian didn't understand this answer very well, and continued to ask: "That means that your army has limited strength, so it can only be concentrated in one place to fight the Qing army at close range, and will not let the Qing army launch a formation attack. The place?"
Naturally, the staff officer would not tell Jin Shangxian that the Haihan army's combat methods need to take into account the consumption of weapons and ammunition. If they choose to fight across the board, they can still fight if they are defeated, but the ammunition reserves may not be able to last until the Qing army is completely defeated.At this time, artillery was used to destroy the long-range firepower of the Qing army, so that it could not destroy the fortifications around the position before the infantry charged. The Qing army naturally had no choice but to give up the original idea in consideration of the possible casualties in the process of clearing these fortifications. , Still throwing troops into the war zone that they think has opened up the situation.
The staff officer thought for a while, and chose an answer method that avoids the important and ignores the trivial: "The current strategy adopted by our army can kill and injure the Qing army more efficiently. Lord Jin may as well take a closer look."
Kim Sang-heon was not a military officer in the first place, so he half-understood the explanation, so he just shut up and continued to watch the fun.Although he didn't understand strategy, he could see that Haihan's pocket tactic in the middle was really powerful. Although the Qing army was still continuously filling in the battle sites in the middle, the speed of their advance was almost stagnant.Even if the later Qing army even carried the corpses of their companions as a cover and advanced forward, they still could not reach the Haihan position which was only ten feet away from them. Qing soldiers were shot and fell down every moment. It is very efficient as the staff said.
When this flesh and blood mill slaughtered the second batch of the Qing army, the Qing army finally retreated.The two batches of troops that the Qing army put into battle totaled [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, but in the end only about one-third of the troops were safely withdrawn.After the battle, there were as many as hundreds of ownerless horses wandering in front of Haihan's position.
In fact, the generals of the Qing army had already realized that this battle environment might be a trap deliberately set up by Hai Han, but they still had the fluke mentality of breaking through with force, hoping to break through the defense line set by Hai Han by virtue of their strength and bravery. .It's a pity that their judgments about the combat power of themselves and the Haihan army are biased. After these 7000 people were put into the battlefield, they failed to achieve the expected effect. There is no hope of breaking through the defense line, which is the biggest blow to the Qing army.
Taking advantage of the voluntary withdrawal of the Qing army, Wang Tom suggested that Qian Tiandun let his marines go forward and change some positions, so that the combat troops of the independent regiment could take turns to rest.Qian Tiandun didn't refuse either, and readily agreed to Wang Tom's suggestion, and handed over the eastern front to the marines for defense.The company that was originally stationed on the eastern front went to the center first to replace the troops with the most defensive pressure just now, and asked them to return to the base for rest.
Wang Tom didn't let the Marine Corps go to the middle to grab the battle position of the Independent Regiment because the two armies had already divided their labor in the combat plan. The defensive battle of the Datongjiang Base was mainly completed by the Independent Regiment, and the Marine Corps only served as an alternate.Afterwards, he rushed to the north from the sea to intercept the battle of the defeated Qing army, and the Marine Corps played the leading role. Therefore, even though he was a little itchy in the fierce battle scene, Tom Wang still let his direct troops play supporting roles with peace of mind, leading the main force. The stage is handed over to the independent troupe to perform.
The [-]-meter-long pile of corpses outside the Haihan position has become a problem. It is midsummer now. Although the temperature at this latitude is not too high, if these corpses of the Qing army are piled outside the position for a long time, they will be destroyed in a few days. If it starts to corrupt, it will inevitably be a great hidden danger to the defenders.
Not long after the war ended, there were still many living wounded soldiers struggling to climb out of the pile of corpses, and a large group of crows circled and landed in the sky, ready to enjoy this "big meal".
(End of this chapter)
It's not that Qian Tiandun is worried about Gao Qiaonan's on-the-spot command. When he was stationed in Liaodong, he had already handed over the command of the front line to Gao Qiaonan. Facts have proved that there is no problem with this bold decision. Gao Qiaonan His performance as a field commander has never let him down.The reason why he went to the position was not to take back Takahashi Nan's command, but to see the specific effects of some newly installed weapons and equipment in battle, and whether the Qing army had any effect on this kind of offensive and defensive battle. new tactics.
The only thing that can make the generals of the Qing army feel lucky at the moment is that Haihan doesn't seem to plan to send troops to attack and drive the Qing army away from this area, so they still have a chance to open a breakthrough from here-the premise is that they need to use more lives to come. Just open the way.
Of course, they may not have really realized at this time that all fighters may be part of the enemy's combat plan.The deployment plan of the fortifications on the northern line of the base was formulated by Qian Tiandun and the engineering troops after on-site surveys. In fact, the so-called weak link was just a hole intentionally left by the Haihan army so that the Qing army could see the breakthrough The hope of the defense line will put more troops on the battlefield.
In fact, in order to seize this so-called fighter opportunity, the Qing army had to move its artillery position forward against Haihan's artillery fire, so as to concentrate fire and blast a passage in the fortifications outside the Haihan position. The price was that more than 20 guns were destroyed by shells fired from the Haihan position in the process, and the artillery lost hundreds of people.This is indeed a serious loss for the Qing army, which has not been easy to train artillery.
Afterwards, the cavalry also suffered intensive firepower when they charged at this opening. When the Qing army ordered the second wave of troops to come for reinforcements, nearly half of the [-] cavalry that had previously attacked had lost nearly half of the remaining cavalry. More than half of them were blocked in the Haogou, blocked by the corpses of the dead and wounded companions and horses, and the sudden appearance of several rows of refusal guns.
At this time, the only tactic the Qing army could adopt was to dismount the cavalry and fight on foot, and the infantry fought hard.As a result, hundreds of Qing soldiers poured into this gap in the defense of the Haihan position, trying to quickly pass through the area where various fortifications were laid, and break into the trenches and fortresses where the Haihan army was hiding.
However, although the flat terrain in this area is convenient for the attackers to launch a charge, it also makes it impossible for them to avoid the rifle fire from the front and the left and right slopes. In the previous process, almost none of the Qing soldiers who entered here could run more than seven steps away, and they would definitely be shot and fell to the ground.
"My lord, please see that there are currently at least three hundred rifles and six artillery pieces aimed at the area where the Qing army launched an offensive. In addition, there are dozens of snipers led by General Morgan personally cleaning up those fish that slipped through the net on the high platform. With the current attack methods of the Qing army, it is no exaggeration to say that they are dying in vain."
Although Kim Sang-heon is a little afraid of heights, he still insisted on climbing up the tall watchtower today for the best viewing angle of safety.Although Qian Tiandun did not accompany him in person today, he still asked the headquarters to send a staff officer to explain the battle situation for Jin Shangxian in real time.
Jin Shangxian asked: "Then if the Qing army cleared that area and charged with heavy cavalry, how would they deal with it?"
The staff officer replied: "This possibility is not impossible, but we don't think the Qing army can do it. Even if they can clear the remaining roadblocks in that area, their own corpses will become new roadblocks, and the cavalry can't do it." They rushed in directly, and they could only fill it with infantry in the end!"
The tone of the staff officer was very calm. If it wasn't for the clearly audible sound of guns and guns, it would be more like talking about a battle plan that has not yet been implemented.But within their current field of vision, such a bloody massacre is in progress, even if there is still a considerable distance between their location and the battlefield, Kim Sang-heon can still smell it from the air. The smell of blood.
As explained by the staff officer, Haihan specially created such a combat environment in order to lure the Qing army to continuously invest troops in it, and then use the advantages of weapons and combat environment to kill it.If the Qing army commander's head is strong enough, then it is no problem for Haihan to use this opportunity to wipe out thousands of Qing troops-in fact, this goal is already quite close.
The Qing army that rushed into this narrow area quickly turned into corpses on the ground, and the layers of corpses and wounded soldiers became roadblocks to stop those who came later, and the cavalry completely lost the ability to charge in this area. Perhaps, one can only dismount at the front of the battle, draw out a saber or short spear, add a round shield with a diameter of no more than two feet at most, and then bite the bullet and charge forward on foot into the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
And the rows of carbine-repelling guns blocking the gap in the defense line were full of horses and cavalry who charged and crashed to death on them. At this time, it was no longer possible to organize manpower to dismantle the chassis and remove it. Because the line of sight is blocked by it, you often can't see the situation in front of you. When you go around the carbine and rush in, you find that the corpses and sticky blood pools of your companions are all under your feet.
But at this time, there was no way to turn back, and there was a supervising team that only obeyed Huang Taiji's orders at the refusal carbine. Anyone who turned around and retreated would be regarded as fearful of fighting and would be executed on the spot.They could only keep their heads as low as possible or bury them behind shields, praying while charging forward, and then fell to the ground after a few steps, being trampled underfoot by those behind them.
Hundreds of rifles fired from three directions at the densely packed Qing army in the narrow passage only a few feet wide, and they could almost shoot people with their eyes closed.In order to ensure uninterrupted firepower, in fact, each combat position is rotated by three infantrymen, ensuring that about [-] rifles are always firing at the Qing army, and the small-caliber field guns at several artillery positions are also Keeping a certain gap to fire in turn, coupled with the snipers who replenished their guns from a distance, the number of Haihan troops actually engaged in combat has reached a thousand.
Occasionally, there were grenades thrown by grenadiers in the Haihan position, which were thrown into the desperately charging Qing infantry formation and detonated.
Although the Qing army's second batch of two thousand-man cavalry and three thousand infantry were also trying to further widen the attack surface, they had little effect.The iron-netted horse-repelling array deployed by the Haihan army here is not the simple combination of fast cloth and fast-retracting used by the Yalu River, but a semi-permanent formation that connects multiple iron-resistant horses within a radius of several feet through densely packed barbed wire vertically and horizontally. Fortifications, these heavy iron horses are each fixed on the ground with thick ground nails, and it is quite difficult to dismantle or move them, and any delay will attract musket fire from Haihan's position.
Of course, the Qing army was not just beaten and did not fight back. The Qing army blocked in the north of Haogou bent their bows and shot arrows into the Haihan position. The impact is limited, but quite a few civilians who delivered ammunition to the front line from the rear were injured by arrows.
Although the Haihan Army built a roof to prevent bow and arrow attacks for the trench combat positions on the line of fire in advance, it could not achieve the same level of cover for logistical supplies.Fortunately, the attack surface of the Qing army was relatively narrow, and the trenches on the front line of fire were all connected to each other. Qian Tiandun quickly ordered to adjust the route of supplying ammunition, so that civilians entered the trenches from the farther left and right roads, and then used The cover of the trench was transported to the battle site in the middle to avoid the long-range attack of the Qing army on the base.
After the Qing army's offensive lasted for about an hour, more than half of the second batch of infantry that entered the battlefield had been consumed. The gap was like a monster devouring life. There were only living people entering, but Haihan's defense line was never breached.
Although the casualties of the Haihan defenders were not large, the consumption of weapons and ammunition was astonishingly fast. There were as many as seventy rifles with various malfunctions, and tens of thousands of bullets had been consumed.Fortunately, Qian Tiandun had anticipated this situation long ago, and prepared [-] new seven-shot rifles and a large amount of ammunition in the base arsenal in advance, replenishing the line of fire in time.
Seeing that this battle zone did not form a breakthrough as quickly as expected, the unwilling Qing army mobilized the remaining artillery to the two wings, trying to open up two new battlefields in the same way so that more troops could be deployed Put it closer to the Haihan position.
But this time the same routine did not have the same effect. The artillery counterattack on Haihan's position was obviously more violent than before. From time to time, the artillery of the Qing army was overturned by the shells flying from the opposite side.
Jin Shangxian vaguely saw that Haihan's strategy was different from the previous one, so he asked the staff next to him, "Why didn't your army send the Qing army to concentrate and destroy it like before?"
"The Qing army has superior military strength, so I want to try to expand more, put more troops on the front line, and use the superior military strength to contain our army. And our army's strategy is to concentrate superior forces and destroy the enemy's vital forces." Staff officer Answered Kim Sang-heon's question concisely.
But Jin Shangxian didn't understand this answer very well, and continued to ask: "That means that your army has limited strength, so it can only be concentrated in one place to fight the Qing army at close range, and will not let the Qing army launch a formation attack. The place?"
Naturally, the staff officer would not tell Jin Shangxian that the Haihan army's combat methods need to take into account the consumption of weapons and ammunition. If they choose to fight across the board, they can still fight if they are defeated, but the ammunition reserves may not be able to last until the Qing army is completely defeated.At this time, artillery was used to destroy the long-range firepower of the Qing army, so that it could not destroy the fortifications around the position before the infantry charged. The Qing army naturally had no choice but to give up the original idea in consideration of the possible casualties in the process of clearing these fortifications. , Still throwing troops into the war zone that they think has opened up the situation.
The staff officer thought for a while, and chose an answer method that avoids the important and ignores the trivial: "The current strategy adopted by our army can kill and injure the Qing army more efficiently. Lord Jin may as well take a closer look."
Kim Sang-heon was not a military officer in the first place, so he half-understood the explanation, so he just shut up and continued to watch the fun.Although he didn't understand strategy, he could see that Haihan's pocket tactic in the middle was really powerful. Although the Qing army was still continuously filling in the battle sites in the middle, the speed of their advance was almost stagnant.Even if the later Qing army even carried the corpses of their companions as a cover and advanced forward, they still could not reach the Haihan position which was only ten feet away from them. Qing soldiers were shot and fell down every moment. It is very efficient as the staff said.
When this flesh and blood mill slaughtered the second batch of the Qing army, the Qing army finally retreated.The two batches of troops that the Qing army put into battle totaled [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, but in the end only about one-third of the troops were safely withdrawn.After the battle, there were as many as hundreds of ownerless horses wandering in front of Haihan's position.
In fact, the generals of the Qing army had already realized that this battle environment might be a trap deliberately set up by Hai Han, but they still had the fluke mentality of breaking through with force, hoping to break through the defense line set by Hai Han by virtue of their strength and bravery. .It's a pity that their judgments about the combat power of themselves and the Haihan army are biased. After these 7000 people were put into the battlefield, they failed to achieve the expected effect. There is no hope of breaking through the defense line, which is the biggest blow to the Qing army.
Taking advantage of the voluntary withdrawal of the Qing army, Wang Tom suggested that Qian Tiandun let his marines go forward and change some positions, so that the combat troops of the independent regiment could take turns to rest.Qian Tiandun didn't refuse either, and readily agreed to Wang Tom's suggestion, and handed over the eastern front to the marines for defense.The company that was originally stationed on the eastern front went to the center first to replace the troops with the most defensive pressure just now, and asked them to return to the base for rest.
Wang Tom didn't let the Marine Corps go to the middle to grab the battle position of the Independent Regiment because the two armies had already divided their labor in the combat plan. The defensive battle of the Datongjiang Base was mainly completed by the Independent Regiment, and the Marine Corps only served as an alternate.Afterwards, he rushed to the north from the sea to intercept the battle of the defeated Qing army, and the Marine Corps played the leading role. Therefore, even though he was a little itchy in the fierce battle scene, Tom Wang still let his direct troops play supporting roles with peace of mind, leading the main force. The stage is handed over to the independent troupe to perform.
The [-]-meter-long pile of corpses outside the Haihan position has become a problem. It is midsummer now. Although the temperature at this latitude is not too high, if these corpses of the Qing army are piled outside the position for a long time, they will be destroyed in a few days. If it starts to corrupt, it will inevitably be a great hidden danger to the defenders.
Not long after the war ended, there were still many living wounded soldiers struggling to climb out of the pile of corpses, and a large group of crows circled and landed in the sky, ready to enjoy this "big meal".
(End of this chapter)