Chapter 1438 Strength Gap

Qian Tiandun did have high hopes for the Pidao Army before the war, and even gave them the artillery flanks to guard. However, judging from the actual performance, the strength of the Pidao Army was still far from his expectations. In this aspect

This is due to the performance of the weapons and equipment. On the other hand, it is also due to the fact that the Pidao Army still lacks practical experience in this new combat method.

There are inherent difficulties in using infantry against cavalry. Although Haihan has taught the Pidao Army a relatively mature set of tactics, this is the first time it has been used on the battlefield. It is inevitable that there will be some mistakes when dealing with the enemy.

However, Qian Tiandun did not have the idea of ​​using the Pidao Army as cannon fodder as Shen Zhixiang was worried about. On the contrary, he did not hope that this new army would suffer too many casualties in the battle.

After all, Haihan has devoted a lot of material and financial resources to support the Pidao Army, and the target of this new army is changing from the Ming Dynasty to Haihan. Destroying them is equivalent to depleting Haihan's own strength. Qian Tiandun is still counting on

In the future, he could slowly integrate the Pidao Army and hand over part of Liaodong's defense to them. When the battlefield situation prevailed, he did not want this part of the force to suffer unnecessary losses.

Qian Tiandun did not intend to order the Pi Island Army to withdraw to the barracks immediately, which would cause a big blow to their self-confidence. Instead, he temporarily prevented the opponent from sending cavalry to attack and gave the Pi Island Army a chance to breathe.

This is probably the best response that Qian Tiandun can think of at the moment. Although the artillery offensive launched sporadically is a bit hasty and the shock is a little weak, as long as the artillery is fired, the Hou Jin army in Jijiabao wants to attack

, you have to weigh the risks again.

After the only artillery fired four rounds at Jijiabao at a frequency of two minutes, the second artillery finally joined the attack. The shells of the two six-pound cannons flew hundreds of meters and hit Jijiabao.

The walls of the castle are still very powerful, but the effect of such shooting is limited. The threat is far greater than the damage. At least there are no casualties on the defending side yet.

Of course, the artillerymen did not expect that such a few rounds of artillery shells would be able to blast through Jijiabao. The current shooting was mainly for the purpose of calibrating fire to prepare for the subsequent large-scale fire. And those few are the most expensive.

The new artillery had just left the camp and was heading towards the position.

At this time, Yangu Li had been forcibly dragged off the city wall by his adjutants and Qin soldiers, preventing him from continuing to watch the battle in a dangerous area where cannonballs could fall from the sky at any time. The desperate charge by Erhe and his subordinates outside the city just now did not stop him.

It did not cause too much emotional fluctuations for Yangu Li. Since this group of people failed to break through the Haihan Army's defense line, Yangu Li would certainly think that they were a bunch of trash with low combat effectiveness. If they were gone, they would be gone. There was no such thing.

What a pity.

Of course, Yangu Li also noticed that the Haihan army formation was obviously weaker on the east flank. If the damn spear formation had not been used at the last moment, Erhe's cavalry would have been able to rush into the formation and kill them.

Special kill. If more cavalry were sent to attack this area, Yangu Li was almost sure that he would be able to overwhelm the military formation there. But just before he was about to give the order, Haihan began to bombard Jijiabao, although it was only sporadic.

Shooting, but the south gate of Jijiabao was completely exposed to the enemy's gunfire. At this time, they did not dare to order the door to be opened and the cavalry to attack.

Yangu Li descended the city wall, but still ordered a thousand-man cavalry team to prepare for an attack. If Haihan's bombardment stopped, he could consider sending more cavalry to attack the weak points of Haihan's position.

. He also vaguely felt that there was something wrong with the rhythm of Haihan's sporadic bombardment, but he didn't understand why. If his mind was a little more flexible and he realized that this was because Haihan's artillery was not all in place, it would be very difficult.

It is possible that orders could be issued immediately to attack Haihan before he completes the artillery deployment. Only in this way can there be a chance of victory.

Although there was a cannon on the city wall that could also shoot shells a mile away, Yanguli did not order the cannon to be used immediately to launch a counterattack against the enemy because he knew that such a single-handed counterattack would not bring any harm to the opponent.

No matter how much the threat is, the target will be exposed by firing the artillery, which will attract the opponent's concentrated fire attack. Therefore, Yangu Li did not want to use this cannon to suppress the formation until the most critical moment.

Apart from being passive, Yangguli couldn't think of a more suitable adjective to describe his current situation. Although it seems that the Hou Jin Army is fighting at home, and logically it should have obvious geographical advantages, but in fact it is the sea opposite that really occupies the geographical advantage.

The Han and Haihan armed fleets are basically invincible in the nearby waters and can come and go at any time. Yanguli also had to deploy many sentries on the nearby coast to prevent Haihan from suddenly bypassing the defense line from the sea and landing behind him.

On land, the world should have been dominated by the Houjin cavalry, but the real situation now is that the opponent's long-range firepower cannot suppress the city. Thousands of cavalry can only huddle behind fortresses and high walls, waiting for the opponent to attack on their own.

A flaw was exposed. The tricks used by the Jin army to deal with the Ming army in the past seemed to be completely useless here in Haihan.

In the past, to deal with the Ming army's musket formation, the cavalry only needed to use some simple tactics to break through the opponent's defense line in a few rounds, and then they could kill the Ming army holding fire sticks at will. But the firepower output of the Haihan army

Much more powerful than the Ming army, and the intervals between rifle shots were so short that the Jin army began to suspect that the muskets used by the Haihan people did not need to be reloaded at all, but used some evil magic to complete the continuous shooting.

.If there is no shooting interval, then there will be no attack interval for the Hou Jin Army to take advantage of on the battlefield. This is simply an insurmountable gap for the Hou Jin Army, which must complete the attack through close combat.

In the past, I had only heard reports from the front line about how good the Haihan army was in fighting, but this time after actually seeing Haihan's fighting methods on the battlefield, Yangu Li realized that he had overestimated the difficulty of this confrontation before the war.

It's a bit simpler. Even if our side can use precious cavalry to attack the opponent's position at any cost, it will be difficult to cause a lot of effective damage to it. The battle loss ratio between the two sides will be a very terrible ratio. Even if Yang Guli is willing to do so,

Even if human lives are used to accumulate it, an ideal record may not be achieved.

While Yang Guli was thinking hard about countermeasures in Jijiabao, Morgan in the Haihan Formation made a rare complaint. After the Western Route Army under his command stabilized the situation, they turned the coastal highlands into a

The supply point was specially designed to receive materials transported from the sea. He knew that the special operations battalion would be responsible for the main frontal attack mission in this battle, so there were naturally many more opportunities for tough battles here. Morgan, who could not bear the loneliness, handed over the command to

He recruited junior officers and led his sniper team to the middle road to meet Qian Tiandun's special operations battalion.

But after looking at the gatehouse and city walls from the position for a long time, Morgan didn't find any valuable targets - when he started to look around, Yangu Li had already left the high place. And Morgan didn't want to be exposed prematurely.

This is a special tactic, so the sniper team is ordered not to shoot at will until a valuable high-level target is found. But in this way, he and his team have nothing to do for the time being, and they can't help complaining about Qian Tiandun's battle.

There was a problem with the previously arranged tactics, which did not create space for the sniper team to function.

Of course, this kind of complaint is just gossip. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and fighters have to be controlled by themselves. Of course, Morgan will not place all his hopes on friendly forces. Complaints are complaints. He has never put down the telescope in his hand, although there is no one on the city wall.

No matter what valuable target appears, it is also very interesting to see the changes in the impact point of artillery fire.

An hour later, four new artillery pieces from the Hainan Arsenal were finally deployed on the artillery position. During this period, the sporadic sound of artillery never stopped, and dozens of artillery shells hit the towers and walls of Jijiabao.

They all left a lot of marks, but they failed to cause obvious effective damage. In addition, a few cannonballs hit the city gate, but the city gate of Jijiabao seemed to be quite heavy, and none of the cannonballs hit it.

Puncture.

"Try the new guy!" Qian Tiandun, who came to the front line to supervise the battle, was also very interested in the power of these new artillery pieces. In fact, the reason why he came to the front line was to witness with his own eyes the new artillery on the battlefield.

Whether it can be the final word?

The artillery that operates these four guns comes from an artillery company specially established by the Army for this purpose. In addition to more than 30 gunners, this company also has a large group of logistics and technical personnel. Its organization is significantly different from that of an ordinary artillery company.

There are more than ten large flatbed trucks providing supporting services for these four guns. In addition to loaded ammunition, there are also various tools and spare parts for maintenance.

Company Commander Long Ping is an artillery commander who has participated in a series of foreign wars such as the Battle of Penghu, the Battle of Miyakojima, the Battle of Taipei, and the Battle of Zhoushan Islands. With his captain rank and military honors, he should actually be in a higher position.

, it’s just that the Haihan Army does not have an artillery battalion that corresponds to the formation of arms, so he can only temporarily stay in the position of company commander. Of course, the company he is commanding now is unique in the entire Haihan Army.

, this new type of artillery developed by Haihan Ordnance Industry is currently only installed on a small scale by his unit called the Artillery Special Service Company. Most of the artillerymen do not even know that this new type of artillery exists.

The presence of weapons.

In July last year, this kind of artillery was unveiled at the Cross-1635 joint military exercise held in the Beibu Gulf, and showed terrifying power and accuracy in the test firing target, which shocked the envoys and military observers from various countries who observed the exercise.

.Although this new artillery was just a concept weapon exhibited by Haihan at that time, all visitors would not view the emergence of this weapon so simply. Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that this weapon will completely break the battlefield.

As long as Haihan deploys them into the army on a large scale, no one will be able to have a head-on confrontation with Haihan's army on land in the future.

Although among the weapons unveiled at that time was the even more stunning steam-armored gunboat, that thing was ultimately very expensive and required extremely high logistics. It was unlikely to be deployed on a large scale in the foreseeable period. It was a real concept.

Weapons, so the outside world doesn't care that much about its existence.

Of course, the Haihan military also realized that it is much easier to equip artillery than a group of armored ships. After all, the navy is still invincible in the Far East, and the need for equipment upgrading is not so urgent. The army, however, needs more powerful weapons.

To complete combat missions, artillery is undoubtedly a highly cost-effective lethal weapon.

After Long Ping received Qian Tiandun's order, he ordered all four cannons to be aimed at the city gate of Jijiabao, loaded and fired. Only four cannon shots were heard, and the seemingly heavy city gate exploded in response. Although there was no

It fell down, but it had already been blasted with several large holes.

"All four shots hit, good shot." Qian Tiandun confirmed the shooting results through the telescope and nodded with satisfaction.

The shooting accuracy and power of this new artillery were fully demonstrated in this round of shooting, which greatly exceeded the artillery currently in service in the Army. If you have to find a fault, it is probably the cost of use. The shells of this new artillery

At present, it can only be produced in small quantities, and its cost is about dozens of times that of traditional solid bullets plus black powder. Even wealthy people cannot use them for the time being.

Qian Tiandun did not give the Hou Jin army time to react, so he ordered to fire again. Then four artillery fires were fired one after another, and the gate of Jijiabao was turned into broken wood in the smoke and dust, and was exposed without any cover.

the space behind it.

When Haihan launched the first round of artillery bombardment, the artillery shells that penetrated the city gate flew into Jijiabao and killed several cavalrymen who were preparing for battle in the rear. In the midst of chaos, the second round of artillery bombardment came over again, among which

Two cannonballs flew through the doorway into the already chaotic cavalry, tearing several horses into pieces together with the cavalry on their backs.

Yangu Li, who was lecturing the cavalry, witnessed this scene with his own eyes. Although he was a general who had experienced life and death on the battlefield, he was shocked when he saw his men and horses turned into a pile of bloody pieces in front of him.

It was still quite big. And the Haihan Army suddenly destroyed the city gate with a few cannons, which was beyond his expectation. He was stunned for a while before he remembered to give the order: "Hurry up and block the city gate!"

Of course, there will be no spare city gates in Jijiabao, and the existing city gates have been bombed to pieces and cannot be put back together. In desperation, they can only use tree trunks, gravels, sandbags and other materials

Fill in the city gate hole and block the passage in and out of Jijiabao.

Qian Tiandun was not in a hurry. After his opponent had been busy in the doorway for almost an hour, he ordered Long Ping to fire another round of cannons, blasting open most of the doorway that had just been blocked.
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