Chapter 410: Northern Expedition 2
Zhao Xiaofei's roar was useless now. Zhou Shuai persuaded him, "Boss, now is not the time to assign blame. We are at a disadvantage right now. I'm in a relatively narrow terrain and can't take advantage of my firepower!"
"What should we do then?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Don't be anxious, boss. Let's organize the cavalry first. We can pull over 20 tanks (converted from agricultural vehicles) now. Let's use them all!" Wanshan said.
"But these chariots are not enough, and they are too light. Ten Jianlu cavalrymen can overturn them with chains or spears." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"This little loss doesn't matter! At worst we can just wait a little longer. There are plenty of tanks made from agricultural vehicles anyway!" Zhou Shuai said.
"We must find out who sold the weapons and intelligence when we get back, otherwise they couldn't have come by chance. If we had known earlier, we would have just stopped and released a hot air balloon for observation!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Boss, don't blame yourself. I have failed in my duty! We must be more careful when marching in the future. Let's assemble the troops now!" said Zhou Shuai.
"Okay! I want to see how long you, Dorgon, can keep causing trouble! Kill him!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
The Ming army began to assemble, but the terrain was not advantageous.
But once the Jian Lu opened fire, Zhou Shuai and Wan Shan were worried. The Jian Lu's artillery was mostly Dutch or Portuguese, and its range couldn't compare to theirs.
However, the Jianlu had many artillery pieces, and the Kenan army was caught off guard, so many soldiers were killed in the panic.
"Don't panic! Why are you running around? Have you forgotten your training? Hurry! Return to your position!" a team officer shouted at the soldiers who were shouting and at a loss, and began to whip them with the whip in his hand.
With these officers, the soldiers felt more at ease. These officers were veterans who had survived battles time and time again and were promoted from veterans with combat experience.
They had experience on the battlefield, and they passed their experience to the new recruits after each training session. The Ming army was in a state of minor disorder for a while, but soon recovered.
The Jianlu's artillery soon stopped, and their cavalry began to attack the Ming army's positions and camp.
"Come on! I want to see if you can get to me! Fire!" Zhao Xiaofei personally commanded his personal guards.
Zhao Xiaofei's personal guards were selected from the best of the Kenan Army, either the best in training or the most accomplished warriors on the battlefield, with the most kills. The personal guards also included an artillery battalion, which was also drawn from the most accurate gunners from various units of the Kenan Army.
Therefore, the Jianlu who are now rushing towards Zhao Xiaofei are the most unlucky ones, and they are suffering the most artillery fire.
By the time they finally reached the front, they had already lost thousands of men. When they got closer, the musket formation they had imagined didn't appear. Fang Hua, the captain of the personal guard, ordered the logistics captain to tie up the donkeys and oxen they had brought horizontally, forming rows of linked oxen and donkeys.
Some of the cows and donkeys had firecrackers lit on their buttocks. I don't know why they carried firecrackers while marching. It was to celebrate Zhao Xiaofei's success in the Northern Expedition.
Unfortunately, all the weapons were used by donkeys and cows, who were frightened and began to rush forward, some of which had explosives tied to their backs.
The cavalry were first driven away by the chain donkeys and chain cows, and then blown to pieces by the explosives.
At this time, the muskets of the Royal Guard began to fire, and they started firing intensively with a bang.
The enemy troops who charged into the battle formation began to retreat in an instant, but Zhao Xiaofei knew that they were just testing the enemy.
The other camps and positions were not so lucky. They were clearly not as strong as Zhao Xiaofei. Not only were their firepower low, but their personnel were also much lower quality. And the main reason was that there were too many new recruits.
The officers' organizational ability was not strong, so the Jianlu scattered the other camps.
At this time, Zhou Shuai started to order people to lift the hot air balloon, and he personally went on the hot air balloon to give orders.
After Zhou Shuai climbed to a high place, he immediately began to use fluorescent sticks to signal with flags to give commands.
Wanshan personally led the team to seize the high ground and waited for the artillery to pull the cannons to a high place.
With General Zhou commanding from the sky, all operations began to operate in an orderly manner. The army was a killing machine, with the exception of Huang Degong and Gao Jie's troops, who were still somewhat disorganized. The entire Kenan Army had basically restored order, with a barricade array in front, and soldiers in the back armed with eight-meter spears awaiting the enemy's charge.
An officer shouted, "Don't panic! Wait until the musketeers have finished firing their muskets. There won't be many enemies left!"
The musket phalanx opened fire in the front. When the smoke cleared, the musketeers began to retreat. The sword and shield phalanx opened a gap, and the musketeers fled behind it.
When the last one was about to run into the square, several sharp arrows flew over and hit the musketeer directly in the chest. He spat blood on the shield, and then the two shields in front of him opened, and two hands appeared to pull him into the formation, and then the shields closed again, like a wall.
The officer saw all the musketeers coming in and started shouting, "First row, guns up!"
The spearman in front raised his eight-meter-long spear and placed it on the shield of the shield soldier in front.
The officer saw that the cavalry was only 50 meters away and shouted, "Second row, get ready!"
The soldiers in the second row were actually two people responsible for one spear. Because the spear was too long, one person held it from behind, and one person held a bracket slightly behind the middle, so that the person behind could change the direction of the spear head at any time according to the direction of the enemy.
After suffering certain casualties, the Jianlu cavalry finally saw the Ming army's infantry formation. They were confident that they could jump over the shield formation in front and then go in and kill the Ming army like catching rabbits on the grassland.
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