Chapter 110 Forced to break through

However, Chen Yu's fifteen mortars were relatively hidden, and they were built with rocks around them, or were concealed by natural terrain. The firing angle of the mortars was higher, which could reach between 45, so they could cross the edge of the rock bunker to shell, which was better than the mountain cannons of the Qing soldiers. Their mountain cannons must be fired in relatively open places, otherwise they would encounter obstacles because the firing angle was too small, so the law was effectively used.

"Note that the enemy's artillery is approaching the pass, nine kilometers away"

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"The distance is eight kilometers, the mortar starts aiming and prepares for shooting."

“Distance seven kilometers.”

"They only have one artillery team that entered our army's range. Eighteen mountain artillery were advancing on the road, and the rest of the artillery were not moving in the rear. It seems that they are also worried about being ambushed by our army's artillery fire. This sentry is here to explore the way."

"I can't care about that much, open fire." Chen Yu originally wanted to wait for the opponent's entire artillery battalion to advance within eight kilometers and enter a mortar range of 100 mm before launching artillery bombardment. However, the Qing soldiers were obviously worried about being attacked by artillery fire with a range of farther than theirs, so they only sent one post to enter the front. The two posts behind were on standby more than ten kilometers away and did not follow in. After weighing the pros and cons, they felt that they could not get too close to each other, so they immediately issued an attack order.

“Boom….”

A dense sound of artillery fire sounded near the artillery team at the forefront of the Qing army.

"It's more than 100 meters off, and it's too much off. Then send back the location data, so that our artillery can correct the shooting elements and adjust the orientation." A reconnaissance squad observed the artillery strike effect on the hilltop. The shells fell into the mountain on one side of the road, one hundred meters away from the mountain road. The squad leader shook his head and ordered his communication soldiers to continue to transmit the correction data.

"Adjust the angle, fifteen degrees right of the baseline, fifteen mortars hiding behind the hillside and rocks immediately began to adjust the position of the muzzle according to the correction data and fired again.

"Boom, boom..."

"Okay, no, this time it hit both sides of the road. There is still a little position deviation, so continue to correct..." The scout continued to correct the distance and position difference after the artillery attack, and guided the artillery to continue to attack accurately.

"War Chief, we retreat, our artillery range is not enough, so we can fight back."

The attacked Qing artillery team was immediately panicked, and the range of the Grusen artillery that was pushed forward was only 5.5 kilometers. At this time, they were seven kilometers away from the gate, and they had to advance 1.5 kilometers to fire at the other side.

"Master of the Side, we retreat. When we push forward 15 kilometers, we will be killed by the opponent's artillery." A team official braved the artillery fire and suggested to the sentry officer who was commanding the sentry.

"No, Guan sent a death order, and ordered us to advance, not retreat. This is Commander Duan's order. We cannot disobey, otherwise we will be shot." The whistle leader's face was very serious. He had to cross a mountain road of 15 kilometers and enter the range. During this period, he would be bombarded by the enemy's artillery fire for at least ten minutes. There were still a few cannons left in front, and it was difficult to say several artillery soldiers. Maybe they would be wiped out by the entire army, but the military order had no choice but to grit their teeth and order.

"Suppose my brothers, I will push the cannons forward."

At this time, the horses pulling the artillery were frightened by the artillery fire and neighed hard on the road. Several horses could no longer control them. They dragged the artillery to the mountains and forests on one side. The Qing soldiers immediately ordered the soldiers to rush back to the right path and continue to advance in the artillery fire.

"boom"

A shell landed in front of a carriage, and two tall horses suddenly screamed and fell down. The traction frame collapsed after the explosion. A cannon fell to the ground with a clang and broke up.

"Run, if you don't rush, you will die, and if you rush, you will die. I will push you all."

The heart-wrenching command from the whistle chief came from behind. The Qing soldiers did not dare to retreat without authorization. They all pushed the towed artillery or simply carried the artillery forward and slowly advanced. One by one, a series of artillery shells fell around their bodies. The Qing soldiers were pushed up from the ground by the explosion and landed on the surrounding ground. The Qing soldiers suffered heavy losses.

"Teacher, the troops in front are hit by artillery fire. Let's do it?"

The Qing soldiers in the rear had heard the sound of artillery fire and understood that the Zhenguo army had opened fire at the artillery team in front. They also estimated the range of the opponent's artillery and immediately learned that the opponent's artillery could reach seven or eight kilometers away.

"It seems that this is their maximum distance from artillery. We all follow us. Commander Duan ordered us to risk our lives to rush in. We must set the artillery within five kilometers." The pilot of the artillery battalion stood on a dirt slope, holding a telescope to observe the battle situation in the distance, and immediately came up with a basic judgment, and the opponent ordered.

"A cavalry battalion behind us is here, and they will cooperate with us in the battle." A sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind Guan Dai, and the road was dusty. A cavalry battalion of the Qing army received the order and began to rush forward, preparing to go ahead to attack the enemy's frontier positions.

Then another cavalry battalion of the Qing soldiers followed. The mountain road was narrow. After a horse was pulled, the cavalry was a little crowded. The cavalry could only pass one by one. They had to be careful to collide with the artillery artillery or soldiers, so the speed of advance was not very fast.

"Let the cavalry go first, we follow behind, the enemy's artillery fire will be attracted by the cavalry, and we can advance forward to the range of the artillery." Guan Dai saw that about 1,000 people from two cavalry battalions in a company were sent, and his frown suddenly relaxed slightly. The soldiers ordered him to say that he understood the help of the cavalry, and their assault ability under the bombardment of the enemy's artillery suddenly increased greatly.

The remaining two artillery teams began to push and pull the artillery forward along the rugged mountain road. The cavalry soon passed to the front and chased the artillery team that was being beaten in front.

When the cavalry rushed to the front, the soldiers of the artillery team rushing in front had already run away, and more than a dozen artillery pieces were left near the road, or directly crossing the road to block the way. Some artillery soldiers hid around nearby bunkers and dared not continue to advance.

"Commander Duan is the order. How dare you disobey the order? Get up and keep moving forward." The captain of the artillery team shouted at the soldiers in the team, but the opponent's artillery fire was too fierce. The artillery became targets for being beaten. After more than five minutes, half of the soldiers in a whistle had been killed and injured by the bombing, and nearly half of the artillery was lost. The rest of the soldiers looked for places on both sides to hide.

"It's not that we don't leave. If we continue like this, we can only go to die in vain. Brothers can't stand it anymore. Swede Commander, you spare us." A soldier had blood in his mouth. He had just been cut through his cheek by a shrapnel and penetrated it into his mouth. He continued to bleed. While rubbing the blood with his sleeve, he responded with a sad face and a painful face.

"Bang"

"Bastard, whoever dares to hide here and not attack, don't blame me for being rude." The whistle chief roared angrily, his forehead was leaping, and he immediately raised his pistol and shot it in the sky.

The soldiers hiding around were furious when they saw that the commander was already angry and did not dare to neglect them anymore. They all started running back to the main road. No one dared to confront the corps at this time. It was obvious that the wardrobe would shoot one or two of them at any time to show their warning.

However, the artillery soldiers then gradually began to loosen their flesh, because behind them a group of cavalry was rushing towards the front in the fire of artillery, and had arrived behind their butts and were about to rush over.

"Brother, Commander Duan ordered you to follow our cavalry battalion and transport your artillery to the front as soon as possible to suppress enemy artillery fire. Otherwise, our cavalry brothers would suffer great casualties, all relying on your artillery fire." At this time, a cavalry captain was riding a high-headed horse. After seeing the whistle commander of this team, he immediately saluted and said to him.

"Don't worry, with you covering us, we will be much more relaxed." The expression of the sentry officer who was still angry just now had eased a lot. Obviously, the cavalry battalion would attract a large amount of enemy artillery fire, so that the artillery losses would be greatly reduced.

On the high ground on the Zhenguo Army, the scouts had already seen the Qing cavalry team start to rush within eight kilometers, chased the artillery team, and began to rush into the mountains. The fifteen mortars were still firing out one shell after another, but at this time they seemed to be willing but not enough, and the opponent's cavalry had begun to die and disperse a large amount of artillery fire.

"Boom Boom" shells continued to land on the mountain road, and war horses neighed in the artillery fire, fell on the grass beside the road, or directly crossed the road. The Qing soldiers also had to clear the objects scattered on the road and the corpses of war horses, and their speed was also limited.

"Boom boom boom boom boom" has only fifteen artillery pieces, and the strike density is obviously not enough to cover so many cavalry on the other side. Soon their cavalry rushed into the territory within five kilometers, and the lost cavalry was only about thirty or fifty. The artillery team followed behind the cavalry. However, when the team in front reached about five kilometers of the pass, there were only five mountain cannons left. More than a dozen cannons in front had been damaged and used by magic.

When the "boom boom" was opened, the Qing army's artillery fire fell into the north of the pass and landed in the mountains. The Zhenguo army's defense ground was hit by artillery fire. However, the Qing army's artillery position was not accurate. The shells were aimed at the pass. The Zhenguo army soldiers were hidden behind the hills and rocks on both sides of the pass, and the shells were not lethal.

A team of cavalry quickly rushed into three kilometers and continued to whip forward. A crisp sound of horse hooves echoed in the valley. Fifteen artillery fire was obviously not enough. The cavalry battalion and two artillery teams behind the Qing army had followed.
Chapter completed!