Chapter 1368 Abandoned Fishing Village

Although the sniper's combat method is very sharp, it is also very susceptible to the influence of the surrounding environment. Especially when the weather is bad, the role that the sniper can play is not much better than that of ordinary infantry. And because the sniper is

The establishment of the sniper is extremely limited, and this tactic is also limited to a large extent by the individual's state and on-the-spot performance. Even an experienced sniper like Morgan cannot guarantee that he can perform at his best in every battle.

Good personal skills, not to mention these soldiers who became monks and started to learn this technology.

There are many mathematical calculations involved in sniper tactics, but for most soldiers who do not have a sufficient cultural foundation, they can only act based on experience after understanding it, and there is no way to transform it into a quantifiable numerical standard. This is a problem in

To a certain extent, it also limits their improvement. If measured according to the stringent standards set by Morgan for snipers, it can be said that more than 90% of the existing Haihan snipers have barely reached the passing line.

, still far from excellent.

However, in terms of the combat level of the army in this era, these snipers are basically capable of performing daily combat tasks. After all, in this era, only Haihan has this special unit. The Haihan sniper itself is the industry standard, and

There is no one to compare with.

Not to mention the outside world, even to Haihan officers like Sun Bing, snipers are still a strange and special existence. This is the first time for him to observe the combat methods of snipers at close range. For him personally, this

It was definitely a novelty that subverted his concept of war.

When Sun Bing came into contact with the navy's powerful ships and cannons after joining the army, he thought that this was probably the ultimate form of war. There should be no more powerful weapons in the world. But today he saw the sniper's

After learning about the combat method, I immediately realized how powerful it was, so naturally I wanted to learn more about it.

Taking advantage of the period when the Hou Jin Army temporarily ceased its activities, the Marine Corps transported two small-caliber guns from the ship to the fishing village and deployed them in the north direction facing the Hou Jin Army's stronghold. Sun Bing knew that the Hou Jin Army must

I'll come back again. If I just rely on the light weapons on hand, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop the enemy's cavalry attack. I'll have to have heavy weapons to suppress the formation. These two cannons are not borrowed from the army, but are specially used by the navy.

Of course, the field guns equipped for the Marine Corps are exactly the same model as those of the Army.

Because of his limited strength, Sun Bing could not take the risk of leading the Marine Corps to continue to advance inland. Without cavalry cover, it would be easy for the enemy to cut off his retreat. He could only hope that the Hou Jin Army would appear as soon as possible and then take the initiative to attack him.

The fishing village where he was located launched a wave of attacks. Only through fighting could he create a situation where the Haihan Army was desperate to occupy this place. The purpose of letting the snipers shoot Houjin Detective Cavalry was to prevent the other party from conducting further reconnaissance.

The situation became more uneasy, and a larger scale action was taken to deal with the Marines who landed here.

But not only Sun Bing, but also the fleet commander Wang Tom did not expect that their opponents would combine the miraculous performance of the Haihan snipers with the disastrous record of the Hou Jin Army at Lushunkou, and conjectured a

It was a personal weapon that even Haihan could not make. And because of the fear of this kind of weapon, the time for the Hou Jin Army to send troops again was delayed for half a day, until the sky began to darken, and the Marine Corps stationed in the abandoned fishing village

Only then did they finally discover the Hou Jin Army appearing in the wilderness in the distance.

The Hou Jin army that made a comeback was still dominated by cavalry, with hundreds of infantry following behind the cavalry. Sun Bing observed through the telescope and found that many of the opponent's infantry were carrying bows and arrows. This posture was

The plan is to use cavalry to harass the outside of the village, and the archers wait for the opportunity to approach and then launch an attack. Most of the houses in this fishing village have no roofs, and the walls are only ruins. If a large number of archers launch missiles from a distance, it will indeed be

It is difficult to completely avoid it. In addition, the Haihan Army does not have shields and other protective equipment. If the opponent is allowed to launch an offensive, casualties are bound to occur.

Although the incoming enemy force was several times the strength of the Marine Corps, Sun Bing was not panicked by this situation. Although the Hou Jin Army's cavalry and archery skills were powerful, the range of their bows and arrows was definitely not as good as their own muskets, so they had to resist the enemy.

It is actually not difficult to get beyond the range of the bow and arrow. What needs to be paid attention to is that the Houjin cavalry cannot divert all their own firepower, leaving opportunities for the opponent's archers to take advantage of. However, with the powerful weapon of the sniper, Sun Bing believes that he is completely

You can free up your hands and teach the other party a lesson.

"You deal with the archers behind, and my people deal with the cavalry." Sun Bing immediately made arrangements for the division of labor.

The sniper responded: "Company Commander Sun, we have limited ammunition, so we can't kill all the archers."

"You don't have to kill them all. Just put enough pressure on them just like you did with the cavalry. Find their commander first and kill them. The rest will be easy." Sun Bing had already thought about it.

Routine, he replied immediately.

Shoot the man first, shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first, capture the king. This tactical idea is very suitable for snipers. Sun Bing also realized this in a short period of time. The reason why the archers are left to the snipers is to solve the problem.

, firstly, because the archers will definitely stay further than the cavalry, the hit rate of ordinary rifles at this distance is far lower than that of sniper rifles; secondly, the archers move relatively slowly, and the hit rate of sniping such targets is

Definitely much easier than cavalry in shooting sports.

The cavalry of the Hou Jin Army cautiously cruised back and forth a mile away for a long time. Presumably they were also very wary of the weapons in the Haihan Formation that could accurately kill long-distance targets. However, this time Sun Bing specifically asked the snipers not to shoot.

, intending to place the cavalry nearby and then attack.

Both sides showed great patience in this confrontation. The Houjin Cavalry did not rush forward rashly, and the Marines in the fishing village had been lurking quietly. The lines of both sides were separated by more than a mile.

The distance seems to be waiting for the other party to reveal its flaws first.

Sun Bing judged the situation on both sides very clearly. He knew that as long as supplies continued, he could wait indefinitely, but the other party could not. The appearance of the Haihan Army here was equivalent to driving a nail into Houjin's vital part.

It is absolutely impossible for them to tolerate the long-term existence of this nail. No matter what, they still have to try to remove it before they can feel at ease. Therefore, it is inevitable that the Jin army will take the initiative to attack, but it will only happen sooner or later.

After dilly-dallying for about an hour, the Hou Jin army finally lost their temper and the cavalry took the lead in pressing towards the fishing village. However, probably the experience of fighting in Lushunkou made them wary and they did not launch a charge directly.

Instead, they were carefully divided into several teams, weaving in and out, and slowly forming an arc to surround them. It seemed that they were also trying to disperse the firepower of the Haihan Army as much as possible.

It has to be said that the approach of the Hou Jin Army was extremely smart. They knew that they were far behind in terms of weapons, and the traditional charge-style combat seemed to be of little benefit here in Haihan, so they quickly changed their strategy and concentrated the

The charge formation turned into a dispersed encirclement. Only in this way can the Haihan Army, which did not have the advantage in strength, be unable to concentrate its firepower. In this way, it might have a chance to break through the firepower network.

But Houjin's problem is that they have too little military intelligence. Although they have fought against Haihan several times before, they are still in the dark about the strength of this opponent and can only take advantage of it.

By splitting the moves, we have not mastered the tactics that can really restrain the Haihan Army. The tactic of spreading the Haihan Army's firepower by spreading the formation is indeed good, but it can only be effective when the combat power of both sides is relatively close.

, but the current strength gap between the two sides can no longer be made up by relying on this tactic.

The Houjin cavalry began to accelerate their charge when they were about a hundred feet away from the fishing village. At the same time, they surrounded them from three directions: east, north, and west. They were greeted by volleys of gun fire from the village. Although limited by the terrain, the Haihan Army could not line up anymore.

They formed a neat formation and fired at the target, but the intensity of the firepower output was not greatly affected. Sun Bing deployed a platoon of troops in each of the three directions. The sound of gunshots and the commander's copper whistle came one after another in the fishing village. Later Jin

Although the cavalry was dispersed in formation, some unlucky ones who were shot and fell from their horses inevitably appeared.

However, this level of loss was still within the tolerance of the Hou Jin army. The charge of the Hou Jin cavalry did not stop there. It was only when they rushed closer that they discovered that the passages that could allow the cavalry to enter the village were blocked.

Artificial obstacles have been set up, making it very difficult to rush directly into the village.

Some riders did not believe in evil and relied on their good riding skills to jump over the obstacles with their horses. However, as soon as they landed, they heard the sound of gunshots nearby and were immediately hit by the Haihan soldiers guarding the side and fell from their horses.

Afterwards, the cavalry realized that there was still an ambush in the village. When they gave up their plan to rush in, they pulled the reins and turned around to outflank the south coast. Even if they could not rush into the village, they could cut off the fishing village and the village.

The contact with the Haihan fleet is also good.

But they still underestimated the strength of Haihan's troops lurking in the fishing village. In addition to a company led by Sun Bing, there was also a company of Marines deployed south of the village, specifically to protect the back road to the sea. These attempts

The Houjin cavalry who wanted to cut off the entrance and exit to the south of the village inevitably suffered another wave of attacks at the entrance of the village.

While the cavalry pressed forward to attack, the infantry following them also quickly approached the village. However, before they could spread out their formation to carry out the bow and arrow attack, Niu Luerzhen, the man in charge of commanding these archers, had already been sniped by Haihan.

The soldiers called their names. The unlucky man was shot in the chest and died before he fell from his horse to the ground.

Although his deputy immediately tried to take over the command and continue to implement the original battle plan, his luck was not much better than that of his predecessor. He was also quickly shot and fell in front of his subordinates, and he saw that he was dying.

After losing two commanders one after another, the Houjin infantry's front quickly became chaotic. Some people wanted to send the commander to the rear for rescue, while others believed that the war situation should be the priority and continue to attack the Haihan people in the fishing village.

This difference of opinion on the battlefield was undoubtedly extremely fatal. After all, the opportunity to fight was fleeting. While they were arguing, the cavalry in front had already been frustrated. The first round of offensive did not cause any trouble to the Haihan army stationed in the village.

The only two snipers in the village continued to kill the Houjin infantry in the opponent's formation who tried to use bows and arrows to attack with a stable shooting speed. Although their shooting frequency was not too high, in three

The hit rate was still quite high even at a distance of about a hundred meters, and in a short time he had already hit more than a dozen people.

More and more Houjin infantrymen found people around them lying in a pool of blood for no apparent reason. They knew that this might be the method of the Haihan people, and the commanders' lives and deaths were unknown, so the more timid ones began to take the initiative.

After retreating, they boldly fired one or two arrows in the direction of the fishing village, and then quickly retreated. In this case, there was no other way to stay on the front line except to become a living target. Although the Jin army fought fiercely,

He was not so stupid that he would die in vain. Seeing that there was no hope of attacking the village and the sky was already darkening, which was extremely disadvantageous for the attackers in the wilderness, they naturally chose to retreat.

After the Jin cavalry discovered that the infantry in the rear did not keep up with the attack, they chose to retreat. They did not dare to continue fighting and quickly left the battlefield. In order to be safe, Sun Bing did not order a pursuit, so he

Watching the Hou Jin army withdraw to the north in the night.

Since it was already dark, Sun Bing did not plan to let his soldiers go out to clean up the battlefield overnight. It was difficult to count the actual results at the moment. Since the Marines were hiding in the village, the enemy only bluffed on the outside, so during the battle he only had

A few people were slightly injured, but the losses were smaller than expected. The enemy troops retreated without even firing a single shot from the two artillery pieces used for town control, so the battle was relatively easy to fight.

Sun Bing was worried that the enemy might launch a night attack, so he ordered several fires to be lit outside the village so that the sentries could observe the situation outside the village at night. This method was also learned from the army, and it was relatively simple and practical.

Night defense measures.

After dawn the next day, Sun Bingcai ordered the soldiers to leave the village to clean up the battlefield and tally yesterday's results. Although the Jin army had taken away some of the wounded and corpses when they evacuated, the Marines still found more than 30 bodies in the fields around the village.

The actual results of the enemy's corpses must be much greater than this number. Although this cannot be compared with the results achieved by the special operations battalion and the cavalry battalion at Lushunkou, considering that the tasks performed by the Marines here are only

A feint attack instead of a strong attack, this kind of record can be considered qualified.
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