Chapter 169 Helpless Retreat
As night fell, under the cover of night, the two infantry battalions of the First Group of Arms and Firearms were divided into two groups, and detoured from both east and west to the place where the Ming army camped.
In the dark night, it is difficult to walk at night. It took more than ten miles and it took more than two hours to arrive in the mountains and forests on both sides of the Ming army camp.
The infantry battalion that arrived first did not care about when the other infantry battalion would arrive at the pre-determined location, and walked out of the mountains and forests and formed three horizontal lines towards the right battalion of the Ming army.
"Open fire!"
With the command of the battalion commander, more than 120 lead bullets attacked the Ming army camp in an instant. Dozens of Ming soldiers who were still sleeping were hit. The seriously injured dying person opened his eyes wide and could not speak a word. The less injured Ming soldiers were awakened by pain and kept wailing.
Round after round of lead bullets continued to shoot towards the Ming army camp. As Ming soldiers stood up from the ground due to attack, the number of Ming army casualties increased in the People's Army's rounds of shooting.
"The enemy is in the west, follow me and kill them!"
A Ming army general shouted and rushed to the west with his personal guards, trying to kill the enemy in the attack camp, soon a group of Ming soldiers followed.
"Don't run around, squat down! Squat down!"
There are also generals who are trying to stop the chaos in the camp, but it is not easy to restore the camp after the continuous shooting of the People's Arms and Firearms. It is already a very good situation without bombing the camp.
"The enemy is here, aim at the front right and open fire!"
Three rounds of lead bombs shot towards the Ming army, killing and injuring hundreds of Ming troops. Even the Ming general's shoulder was rubbed by the lead bomb, but the death and injury of hundreds of people could not stop the Ming army from continuing to advance.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
As the Ming army was getting closer, hundreds of People's Army soldiers quickly ran into the mountains and forests. When the Ming army came to the forests, the People's Army had disappeared in the forests. Under the cover of the darkness and forests, it was almost impossible for the Ming army to catch up with the People's Army.
The People's Army fled into the mountains and forests, but the Ming army that was chasing over did not leave. Under the order of the general, the Ming army divided into small groups to patrol outside the mountains and forests, guarding against the People's Army's next sneak attack.
Almost it was the People's Army here that fled into the mountains and forests. In the left camp of the Ming army, another People's Army opened fire on the Ming army camp.
After 120 lead shots, more than 50 Ming soldiers were shot. The attack on the right battalion of the Ming army had spread throughout the army. Driven by the officers, all Ming soldiers woke up and stood up, which also increased the casualties caused by the People's Army to the Ming army in a round of volley shots.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"There are enemies in the east!"
In the round of shooting of the People's Army, hundreds of casualties brought some chaos to the left camp of the Ming army, but the chaos was not as big as the right camp. Soon, a large number of Ming army left the barracks and rushed towards the People's Army.
After firing several rounds of volleys at the Ming army rushing towards us, the People's Army also retreated and retreated into the mountains and forests. Under the cover of night and forests, they quickly returned on the same road. With the situation tonight, the People's Army could only attack so twice and did not get the chance to continue the attack.
The People's Army withdrew, but the Ming army camp that was quickly pacified was not so quiet. The sudden night attack made many Ming army generals furious. Ming army squads patrolled everywhere to guard against the People's Army's next attack.
The two night attacks caused more than a thousand casualties to the Ming army, which was only one-tenth of the daytime casualties. The number of casualties was very small, but it had a huge impact on the Ming army. The Ming army, whose morale was recovering, was reduced again due to the night attack of the People's Army.
Song Yingchang's army was guarding against the People's Army's night attack and sent spies to monitor the People's Army camp. At the same time, there were patrol teams everywhere in the Ming army camp, but they did not expect that they were successfully attacked by two People's Army with only a few hundred people. Thousands of people were killed or injured on their own, but no enemy was captured.
The People's Army's night attack slapped the Ming army fiercely.
It was not too late to make up for the loss of sheep, but the Ming army made remedies, but also wasted rest time.
It was dawn and after breakfast, the People's Army immediately advanced towards the area where the Ming army camp was located. The Ming army spies quickly ran back to report when they saw the People's Army's movements.
Upon hearing the news of the People's Army's attack, Song Yingchang knew that he was facing a difficult choice, whether to go to war with the People's Army or withdraw his troops.
When the war broke out with the People's Army, the Ming army had not built many tanks and their morale was relatively low. Once the war started, the Ming army was very likely to be defeated.
Withdrawal, the Ming army with a larger number of people was forced to retreat by the thieves. If this matter was spread, it would be too embarrassing, but the Ming army would not have any casualties and injuries. They could reorganize the army and fight again, looking for opportunities to defeat the thieves.
Although she was very unwilling to give up, Song Yingchang tended to withdraw his troops and did not want to fight again with the People's Army in a short period of time.
"The thieves are coming in full force. What do you think?" Song Yingchang threw this question to the generals of the Ming army.
"We don't have a way to deal with the hidden weapons of the thief. This time we will definitely defeat the thief."
"We cannot fight. Our army suffered continuous defeats and night attacks, and our morale has declined greatly. The soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted. At this time, it is difficult to defeat the thieves when fighting with the thieves."
A group of Ming army generals were divided into three factions, one faction was responsible for the battle, one faction wanted to withdraw its troops, and another faction did not express their opinions and expressed their obedience to Lord Song's orders.
The People's Army is getting closer and closer, and Song Yingchang cannot keep asking the generals to discuss it. In the end, Song Yingchang made the decision to withdraw the army and retreated to the area near Xinfeng County to see if the People's Army pursued it. If it was pursued, the army would be more familiar with the terrain of Xinfeng County and could find a favorable formation to deal with the People's Army.
The Ming army withdrew, and the People's Army pursued for a distance and stopped and chose to withdraw.
Fighting? The People's Army is even more unwilling to fight. After a battle, no matter whether the People's Army wins or fails, there will be soldiers who will die.
What the People's Army chooses to lack is time. As long as there is enough time to create more tiger-headed guns and grenades, the strength of the People's Army can be quickly improved. Now when fighting with the Ming army, even if there is one-to-three damage, it is still relatively high for the People's Army.
Seeing the Ming army withdrawing, Wang Shengrong did not want to continue to fight with the Ming army, and planned to withdraw to the People's Army. Even if the People's Army continues to advance, judging from the current situation of the Ming army, it will continue to retreat. He does not want to fight with the People's Army for a short time, and the People's Army does not want to occupy more territory.
Song Yingchang's army retreated to Xinfeng County, Wang Shengrong's army retreated to two counties under the People's Army. On the main battlefield, the Ming army and the People's Army temporarily ceased to fight. Song Yingchang's army was waiting for more Ming troops to gather, and Wang Shengrong's army was waiting for the replenishment of tiger-headed spears and grenades.
But on other battlefields of the Ming army and the People's Army, a new battle began.
Chapter completed!