When the military army captured gentry and bureaucrats in the Denglai area and confiscated their homes and exiled them, Zhao Junsu ignited a special reinforcement battalion of 3,000 people, and headed eastward to the Wendeng camp in the Wendeng area. Zhao Junsu's speed was too fast, and the Wendeng camp had not yet been fully assembled. In addition to the remaining Fen soldiers, the Wendeng camp, which had been left behind, could gather at most 3,000 people, but the money for the deportation was not in place and he went to the guest army. The soldiers were generally not very enthusiastic, and they were only two thousand soldiers to drag down the United States army.

As soon as they entered Ninghaizhou, the explorers of both sides had contact. In the fertile fields, the scouts from both sides fought each other. In two days, the bodies and pools of blood stained the land that was in autumn harvest red.

As contact became more and more frequent, the balance of victory quickly tilted towards special nutrition. The reason was very simple. Zhao Junsu had better quality horses and skilled cavalry under his command. Wendeng Camp was in the peaceful Jiaodong Peninsula for a long time. The soldiers were unfamiliar with combat formations. As long as a few nights were not collected, they were considered elite. However, in such small-scale battles, it was not people but horses.

The most powerful green camp can do horses with seven steps and three steps. Generally, horses with mixed horses. Most of them are insufficient. The Wendeng camp has been in short supply for a long time, and the soldiers do not have enough feed to feed the horses, which causes the horses to lose weight. On the other hand, the United States has sufficient war horses, especially the task force under Zhao Junsu. It is generally equipped with Yongning horses transported from horse farms in Vladivostok and Hokkien. This is a high-quality war horse from Europe such as Arab horses, Andalusian horses and British purebred horses and war horses smuggled from Jurchen and Mongolia. Although it has not yet been bloodlined and large-scale, the soldiers of the task force have been assembled in batches.

The shoulder height of Yongning horses was more than 1.45 meters tall, and it was a palm higher than that of Mongolian horses, and had a stronger body and explosive power. After landing, Zhao Junsu assigned the captured horses to the special camp soldiers. These horses were used as pack horses, so the cavalry was generally one person and two horses. On the vast land of Jiaodong, the United States cavalry riding Yongning horses used their skillful riding and shooting skills to knock down a large number of local scouts of Wendeng Camp, completely controlling the battlefield. Wendeng Camp had to shrink its patrol scope and make the battlefield unilaterally transparent to the United States.

On August 19, the scout cavalry found a large group of troops from Wendeng Camp in the area of ​​Jinshan Zuosu. Zhao Junsu immediately ordered the army to march. At noon that day, the Sout cavalry finally found the enemy approaching. When a thick black line rose from the horizon and the sharp sabers were dazzling, the Qing army knew that it was an enemy cavalry, not a scout cavalry.

Zhao Junsu had not many cavalry under his command, only more than 400 cavalry, and did not have an advantage in the Qing army. The Qing army stood on the high ground next to the official road, and the front row was set up with signs and chariots, and the archers and gunmen hid behind. Zhao Junsu did not order the cavalry to charge, but scattered around to check, confirming that the enemy had only two thousand people, so he was determined to eat the Qing army.

In the afternoon, the flintlock spearmen and artillery soldiers in the rear finally arrived. When the infantry were arranging the array, the artillery had already opened fire, and four-pound and six-pound field artillery fired continuously. The solid shells cut through the air and fell into the Qing army's array. Because the Qing army occupied a high place, the shooting effect was not good and it was difficult to penetrate the opponent's array. Zhao Junsu had expected this. He had already seen that the Qing army had gathered in a hurry and did not carry heavy artillery. Apart from three small Folang machines, there were only tiger squat cannons. This firepower was simply unable to stop the infantry from arranging the array, and Zhao Junsu had decided to give way to the infantry to open the front.

As the loud sound of the bronze horn resounded throughout the world, the squadron leaders of the five infantry brigades stepped out one after another, standing in the center of the team, facing the Qing army, and the brigade was in the front row on the right side of the column. The middle position of the entire brigade was the flags of each brigade. The battalion officer in charge of the attack led the drum team to appear in the middle, using the flags of the base camp to coordinate the super-organized brigade to launch an attack.

"The whole team, guns are on the shoulders, front row, hold guns!" The squadron leaders of each squadron issued orders one after another, and there were only two rows of thunderous sounds in the team. There were only two rows of flintlock gunmen in the first row holding the flintlock musket in their hands with a standard movement that had formed muscle memory. In an instant, two bayonets shining with cold light appeared on this land with gray and yellow tones.

Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

On the silent battlefield, the invader drummer beat the war drum and used the drum beats to inform the officers and soldiers of the battalion of the next speed of advance. Then the sound of the flute sound sounded, and the cheerful flute sound joined in, forming a serious and neat infantry march.

Boom boom!

The sound of two thousand five hundred soldiers stomping on the spot was like the thunder of spring, and the infantry march was played in a section. The officers of each squadron leader pointed their swords in front, and the flags of each team leaned forward. All the soldiers formed uniform steps within three steps, moving forward without any progress.

The width of the line array is less than 800 meters. The rumbled steps have overwhelmed all the sounds on the battlefield. Rows of bayonets rise and fall as they advance, and intertwine due to terrain, like the shiny fangs of ancient giant beasts. Two thousand and five hundred people seem to be integrated. The tall ones are in front, taking the same steps and taking the same movements, with the speed of 80 meters per minute, which will last forever.

The army uniform with black as the background and red as the color looks solemn and harsh, but the navy uniform with red as the background and blue as the color is more dignified. Three army brigades and two land battle groups came out in a row, and the rolling torrent swept over and became the focus of the entire battlefield.

The drum beats were as excited as fire, the copper flute was crisp and loud, the soldiers looked harsh and focused. After rigorous training, they became completely obedient animals at this time. They did not allow individual movements and costumes, nor did they allow free and casual thoughts. Some only obey orders, and some only live and die together!

Because there was no threat of artillery, the mixed camp battalion lined up from 800 meters away and marched for six and a half minutes, less than 150 meters away from the enemy's vanguard. In this process, the field guns approached to 300 meters and hit the fortifications on the frontier with solid bullets and large shotguns. The fence that had just been raised was overturned, and the large cart without reinforcement was broken. The Qing soldiers ran away with their heads in their arms. The vicious officers could only use killing to maintain order.

As the camp flag was raised, the squadron leader began to issue orders.

"The whole team...stop!"

Bang!

The right foot of the two thousand five hundred soldiers stepped hard on the ground, and then the sound of drums and flutes completely disappeared. At this time, the distance between the two sides was 150 meters.

The order "Prepare to volley..." was issued again. The soldiers in the back row took a step to the right and their heads appeared between the two soldiers in front. With the preparatory order, the hammer of the flintlock rifle was pulled open, and Gada's voice sounded, and all the soldiers pointed the flintlock rifle diagonally towards the sky.

aim!

The two thousand five hundred flintlock rifles were laid flat in an instant. In the eyes of the Qing army, the terrifying bayonet completely disappeared. In front of them was a row of black muzzles, deep and terrifying.

This is the basic process of the United States infantry volley. In the era of combroach guns, in order to maintain firepower, combroach gunmen would be arranged in six to ten rows, shooting alternately, and entering the era of flintlock guns. The United States Army tried to flatten the army and spread the front lines as much as possible, so it was adjusted to three rows, but soon found that this was not reasonable.

The reason is very simple. Each soldier in the United States has his own military backpack, which contains all kinds of equipment. The existence of the backpack increases the continuous combat and marching capabilities of the infantry, and also increases the space occupied by the soldiers. Three teams of flintlock gunmen fired volleys. The front row needs to kneel down, and the back two rows interlaced together. The gunpowder residue shot by the soldiers in the third row can easily burn the skin of the soldiers in the first row, and even drop the equipment on the ignition of their bodies. Therefore, the flintlock gunmen with backpacks cannot fire in three rows, and throwing the backpack is not worth the effort. Therefore, the United States Army organized the line infantry into two rows of volleys. Because the Marines fought by the sea, it was easy to supply, and it was not so radical. Instead, the three rows of line infantry, but at this time, they could only put the army.

shooting!

The tall camp flag suddenly slashed, and the two thousand five hundred flintlock rifles fired the first round of volleys. After thinking about the crackling sound of the hammer hit, the sound of the gunshot like a bean-like blasting gun was deafening. Then, a smoke dragon stood in front of the line infantry, and orange sparks continued to bloom in the white smoke.

The flintlock rifle has a firing rate far higher than the flintlock rifle, from 50% of the flintlock rifle to 70%. In the first round of volleys, the components and loading of the flintlock rifle were at their best. At least two thousand flintlock rifles were successfully fired. The lead swept through the frontier of the Qing army like a storm. The Qing army in front of the line-line infantry fell at least fifty people, one hundred and fifty meters, and a hit rate of twenty-five percent, which is a terrible data.

After the first round of volleys, the artillery also began to attack with shotguns, and the flying lead bullets were like locusts.

The line infantry loaded the medicine again, and then carried out a round of volleys. The infantry's volleys and artillery bombardment were intertwined, but the opponent's counterattack was soft and weak. Only the Flanger and the tiger squat cannon fired several rounds, and the effect was not good. This is the advantage of the line infantry.

The flintlock rifle hits very low at 150 meters, but there are still many hits. Battalion-level volleys can kill some people. The bows, bird guns, and three-eyed guns in the hands of the Qing army cannot effectively attack. The battle situation has become one-sided, and the Qing army is completely trapped in passively being beaten. Such tactics are not limited to bullying a mixed army of hot and cold weapons that lack long-range projection firepower. Even when facing the same line infantry, they will mostly launch volley attacks from one hundred meters away.

Whether in the 17th century or the 18th century, long-distance shooting was a basic tactic. It was only a rare case that British lobster soldiers held on to 18 meters and then fired volleys. It turned out that a battle that consumed hundreds of thousands of bullets was the mainstream tactic that only a hundred people died was the one that killed only a hundred people.

Although the long-range volley caused little casualties to the opponent, the shock was quite powerful. The roar of the volley was deafening and challenged the mental defense line of the attacked person. Every time the volley shot, someone fell to the ground and suffered casualties. Every time it tested the opponent's morale and morale. Both sides fired in such a volley, which was to see who had more patience. In this battle, the Qing army was obviously inferior.

The volley was twelve rounds, and the soldiers cooled the barrel with wet cloth and prepared for the second round of volley. The Qing army could no longer bear it. The Qing army commander was also an old corps. He first sent cavalry to involve the cavalry of the task force, and then the infantry went out to the camp to counterattack, wanting to get closer and fight again.

The scattered Qing army rushed over, and the line infantry who had a short rest began to fire again. This time, the soldiers who had finished the first row of soldiers who had volleyed back and loaded the bullets, and the second row of soldiers also retreated back and loaded the bullets. In this way, the Qing army rushed over 200 meters and endured eight rounds of volleys, which were closer and closer, and more casualties at one time. At the distance of both sides, the last time was a volley of the entire bayonet. The soldiers of the United States who had bayonets rushed out of the smoke, and one faced the Qing army's formation, followed by full pursuit.

Two days later, the report of Wendeng's battle was sent to Dengzhou City. The special reinforcement battalion was killed 74 times and injured 135 times, killing more than 700 Qing troops, capturing nearly 1,000 prisoners, and seizing a large amount of military supplies.

In this way, there was no more huge threat east of Dengzhou, and even a few garrisons and thousands of households could not gather a few troops. The United States army was able to face the threat from the west with all its might. Zhu Guozhu, the governor of Denglai of the pseudo Qing Dynasty, fled to Laizhou, gathered troops in Laizhou, and quickly reinforced Jiaozhou Town in Jiaozhou. By the end of the Battle of Wendeng, Zhu Guozhu had more than 5,000 people under his command, but he still did not dare to advance east and stationed troops in Laizhou waiting for the support of the governor of Shandong. Yizhou Town, Linqing Town and major cities began to assemble to the Laizhou area.

On August 27, the Dengzhou battle report was sent to Jeju Island. At the Beiyang War Zone combat conference, the theater commander Gao Feng and other senior officers who received the battle report were extremely surprised. They knew that Shandong was relatively empty and the Shandong Green Camp was not a soldier of war, but they did not expect that the defense was so empty and the combat power was so low that the original plan was completely lost.

According to the original plan, the armed forces led the capture of Dengzhou, forcing all Shandong to gather troops to march into Dengzhou. Taking advantage of the emptiness of Jiaozhou, the main force landed from Jiaozhou Bay and attacked on both sides. On the one hand, it avoided the main force of the enemy, and on the other hand, it also gave the landing army a chance to rest. After all, land wars require rest before they can be put into battle.
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