Chapter 7 The Fight in the Morning (Part 2)
However, Liu Jingxiao had a considerable advantage in personnel. Although the troops invested by both sides were about the same, both of them were around 400.
However, because the Rouran Army arranged the rifles into ten formations, while the Dingbian Army was in six formations, in this way, the Dingbian Army had more riflesmen who could fire at the same time in the same unit of time, making up for the weapon disadvantage.
"Ah!" A scream sounded beside Liu Jingxiao. Liu Jingxiao glanced at her side and saw that Zhang Xin, the official of the flag palm, had blood on his left chest, his body seemed to be shaking, and the battle flag was floating in the morning breeze, causing the officers and soldiers behind him to sigh.
Zhang Xin struggled a few more times, and the expression on his face became more and more painful. He finally fell to the ground, making a dull sound of falling to the ground. However, a soldier behind him had already run two steps forward, took the battle flag, held it in front of him, and waved it upward twice, and a cheer immediately behind him.
Seeing this situation, the saber waved hard, and Liu Jingxiao shouted: "For the Republic, the entire battalion will shoot rapidly!"
This episode made the morale of the Dingbian army rise again, speed up the loading of bullets, and poured them into the formation of the Rouran army.
However, the impact of morning mist on shooting gradually emerged. The Dingbian Army, which is mainly composed of smoothbore guns, had insufficient accuracy. Coupled with the influence of morning mist, the hit rate was quite unbearable.
Fortunately, the Rouran Army was not much better. After the initial high-speed launch, as time passed, both sides' fatigue increased significantly and their spirits became more and more nervous. Not only did they often make mistakes during loading, it was also difficult to accurately aim at the enemy. The white smoke emitted after the rifle fired also had a great impact on the shooting, and the battle situation began to fall into a stalemate.
Liu Jingxiao was still shouting immediately, inspiring the morale of the Dingbian Army, and another flag bearer next to him fell down, but someone immediately replaced him, and the military drummer was slightly injured, but he was still beating the drum to help.
At this time, the enemy's rear formation was in a stir, and the infantry in the middle made a way out, asking the enemy's cavalry to charge. Taking advantage of the shifting speed, the Dingbian Army fired two rows of guns. However, when Liu Jingxiao saw the enemy's cavalry in the rear formation, he almost exclaimed.
The enemy cavalry were about fifty, all of which were handsome black horses, covered with black iron armor, and all of which were black armor on their heads. They were holding giant black cavalry spears half a length in their hands, and murderous aura was everywhere on their bodies.
"Lank Cavalry?" Liu Jingxiao's face became quite strange. Since Xu Dingzheng defeated the charge of 5,000 Rouran heavy cavalry with 6,000 musketeers and twelve artillery in the Battle of Mobei, the heavy cavalry, the army that once dominated for a lifetime, disappeared in the east.
However, Liu Jingxiao, who is proficient in the history of war, knows the terrifying impact of this heavy cavalry. Once he gets close, his broken formation with only six rows will be easily pierced. If the cavalry rushes back and forth twice, his troops will be completely killed.
"Shoot the horse and then hit people! Grenadiers prepare!" With Liu Jingxiao's screams, all the officers and soldiers' muzzles were concentrated on the lancers.
On the other side of the battlefield, the two heads on the hillside looked at the figure of the lancer, and strange eyes were also revealed in their eyes. Chen Ce was even more eager to try, looking forward to being able to compete with the opponent's heavy cavalry.
"The cavalry company cannot move, it's not time yet!"
But Guo Junqing gave Chen Ce unexpected order
Chen Ce asked with a question: "Deputy Battalion Commander?"
"It is not the idea of a smart person to fight against light cavalry and heavy cavalry. Besides, using a bayonet to fight against the lancers is a bit of a loss, but I believe Jingxiao can stand it for a while."
The Republican Army maintained the establishment of the Changmao Army for a long time, but during the fifty years of the Republic, the new rifle with firepower and melee capabilities was equipped with a bayonet of half a meter, and the Changmao Army eventually disappeared into the army.
The rifle with a bayonet is more than one person tall, enough to assassinate ordinary cavalry. Although it is quite difficult to deal with the lancers, it is enough to make the opponent pay a considerable price.
"Jingxiao asked me to command with all my power today!"
This sentence made Chen Ce finally decide to obey the command of the superior.
The black torrent rushed towards the Dingbian Army at an astonishing speed, with the sound of overwhelming horses, and the dust flying all over the sky, all caught the hearts of officers and soldiers. Although it was only fifty, it was as powerful as thousands of troops.
In the formation of the Dingbian Army, many soldiers looked very pale, their hands kept shaking, and their loading movements seemed quite stiff and made frequent mistakes. Some soldiers opened fire without waiting for the soldiers in the front row to shoot.
Even Liu Jingxiao, who has been through the military formation for a long time, also felt that he was about to collapse. He really wanted to ride his horse and turn back immediately, but this idea was just thinking about it in his heart. He knew in his heart that if he was not careful at this time, the entire army would completely collapse, and the only way to save himself was to fight desperately.
"Grenadiers prepare for grenades! The first row is bayonet! The volley is ready!" As Liu Jingxiao shouted, the grenadiers had already put down their rifles, raised the pomegranate-shaped grenade with one hand, then ignited the incense in their hands, then raised the grenades with both hands, and threw them out with all their strength.
The grenade weighing up to two kilograms is very heavy. Even the most elite infantry can only throw about fifty meters, but this is enough.
The lancer in the sprint state cannot stop the charge and directly rush into the range of the grenade's killing.
"Boom!" With a few huge loud noises, the entire enemy cavalry formation was then covered by black smoke, so that the infantry could only shoot blindly at the general position of the enemy cavalry.
For lancers wearing heavy armor, the damage caused by grenade fragments is still bearable, but it is a fatal threat to war horses that do not have much protection.
Accompanied by the writhing and neighing of war horses, the lances were blown upside down. Even the lances who were not patronized by grenades were not uncomfortable. The dense rain of bullets was sprinkled at the lances. Heavy armor could not prevent the killing of bullets. The bullets could easily penetrate the black iron armor, not to mention that the targets threatened by a considerable number of bullets were not the cavalry themselves, but the war horses that were almost unprotected.
In the end, there were only about ten lancers who rushed to the front of the formation. Liu Jingxiao suddenly urged the horse to rush out first.
Inspired by Liu Jingxiao, the grenadiers formed an arc formation in groups of three or four, then surrounded a lancer, then raised their rifles and headed towards the Spurs.
Seeing Liu Jingxiao facing the challenge, the four lancers lit up their eyes and immediately surrounded Liu Jingxiao.
"Bangbangbang!" The Rouran cavalry who was facing Liu Jingxiao had no dream of Liu Jingxiao's sudden fire with a revolver. Six bullets were fired out at the first time. Although they were pistol bullets, the shooting at almost the closest distance had amazing lethality. With the fireworks jumping at the muzzle, the three knights fell off their horses.
Seeing all this, the remaining knight concentrated his anger on the spear. The spear stabbed Liu Jingxiao at an astonishing speed. Liu Jingxiao inserted his revolver into the holster, flashed to the left, handed the knife to his left hand, and slashed on the spear side. With the sound of the cold weapon breaking, sparks burst out from the spear.
The cavalry pulled back his spear and wanted to make another shot. Liu Jingxiao grabbed the spear from somewhere in his right hand and dragged it back. The Rouran cavalry did not withdraw the spear, and was shocked. He exerted force with both hands, dragging the spear back desperately.
Unexpectedly, Liu Jingxiao suddenly let go of his hand. The cavalry immediately became unstable in the center of gravity and fell off his horse. Then he screamed several times. It was a few grenades who came up and beat the dogs in the water.
Taking advantage of this situation, Liu Jingxiao glanced behind him. The military flag bearer changed another person, and the military musician was also a new face. The grenade formation in the first row seemed sparse, and there were not many left, which made Liu Jingxiao heartbroken.
The subsequent series of losses were also huge, and there was a lot of gap in each formation. However, Wu Canglei was raising his gun to shoot at the enemy, shouting to inspire morale. I guess Wu Canglei was commanding the entire battalion when he fought with the lancers just now.
The Rouran Lancers were almost gone, and the formations of both sides were in ruins, but Liu Jingxiao knew in his heart that he still had an ace in his hand.
It was time to harvest the fruits, Liu Jingxiao thought like this with a smile.
Chapter completed!