Chapter 1831 Flesh Millstone

Qian Tiandun was not worried about Gao Qiaonan's on-the-spot command. When he was stationed in Liaodong before, he had already handed over the command of the front-line positions to Gao Qiaonan. Facts have proved that this bold decision is not problematic. Gao Qiaonan

His performance as a field commander has never let him down. The reason why he went to the battlefield was not to take back Takahashi Minami's command, but to see the specific effects of some of the newly installed weapons and equipment in battle.

The effect, and whether the Qing army had any new tactics for this kind of offensive and defensive battles.

The only thing that can make the Qing generals feel fortunate at the moment is that Haihan does not seem to be planning to send troops to drive the Qing army away from this area, so they still have a chance to open a breakthrough from here - provided that more lives are needed to do so.

Just open the way.

Of course, they may not have truly realized at this time that all fighter planes may be part of the enemy's combat plan. The defense deployment plan for the northern line of the base was formulated by Qian Tiandun and his engineering troops after on-site inspections. In fact,

The so-called weak link was just an opening intentionally left open by the Haihan Army so that the Qing Army could see hope of breaking through the defense line and then invest more troops on the battlefield.

In fact, in order to seize this so-called fighter plane, the Qing army had to move its artillery position forward against Haihan's artillery fire, so as to concentrate the fire and blast a passage in the fortifications outside the Haihan position, and they paid a lot for this.

The price was that more than 20 cannons were destroyed by shells fired from the Haihan position in the process, and the artillery lost hundreds of people. This was indeed very serious for the Qing army, which had difficulty training artillery.

's loss.

Later, the cavalry also suffered intensive firepower when they charged towards this opening. By the time the Qing army ordered a second wave of troops to come for reinforcements, nearly half of the two thousand cavalry who had previously attacked had been lost, and the remaining troops

It was still more than half blocked in the Haogou, blocked by the corpses of the previously killed and wounded companions and horses, as well as the sudden appearance of several rows of horse-repelling guns.

At this time, the only tactic the Qing army could adopt was to dismount the cavalry and fight on foot, while the infantry fought hard. So hundreds of Qing soldiers poured into the defensive gap in the Haihan position, trying to quickly pass through various

In the fortification area, they broke into the trenches and fortresses where the Haihan army was hiding.

However, although the flat terrain of this area made it easier for the attackers to launch a charge, it also made it impossible for them to avoid rifle fire from the front and the left and right slopes. The intensity of firepower was far greater than when they rushed to the Haihan Formation before.

In the previous process, almost none of the Qing soldiers who entered here could run more than seven steps, and they would definitely be shot and fall to the ground.

"Master Jin, please see, there are currently at least 300 rifles and six artillery aimed at the area where the Qing army launched its offensive. In addition, there are dozens of snipers led by General Morgan personally on the high platform to clean up the fish that have slipped through the net.

With the current attack method of the Qing army, it is no exaggeration to say that they are dying in vain."

Although Kim Sang-hyun is a little afraid of heights, he still insisted on climbing up to the high watchtower today for the best safety perspective. Although Qian Tiandun did not accompany him personally today, he still asked the headquarters to send a staff officer to explain

, providing real-time commentary on the battle situation for Kim Sang-heon.

Jin Sangxian asked: "Then if the Qing army clears that area and then charges with heavy cavalry, how will they deal with it?"

The staff officer responded: "This possibility is not impossible, but we don't think the Qing army can do it. Even if they can clear the remaining roadblocks in that area, their own corpses will become new roadblocks, and the cavalry cannot

They rushed in directly, but in the end they could only use infantry to fill it in!"

The staff officer's tone was very calm. If it weren't for the clearly audible sound of gunfire, it would be more like he was describing a combat plan that had not yet been implemented. But within their current field of vision, such a bloody battle

The massacre was in progress, and even though there was still quite a distance between their location and the battlefield, Jin Sangxian could still smell the smell of blood in the air.

As the staff explained, Haihan specially created such a fighting environment in order to lure the Qing army to continuously invest troops into it, and then use the advantages of weapons and combat environment to kill and injure them. If the Qing army commander has enough head,

Tie, it's not a problem for Haihan to use this opportunity to eliminate thousands of Qing troops - in fact, this goal is already quite close.

The Qing troops who rushed into this narrow area quickly turned into corpses on the ground. The layers of corpses and wounded soldiers turned into roadblocks blocking those who came after them. The cavalry completely lost the ability to launch a charge in this area.

Possibly, the only option is to dismount in front of the formation, draw a saber or short spear, add at most a round shield with a diameter of no more than two feet, and charge on foot into the bloody sea of ​​corpses ahead.

The rows of carbine rifles blocking the gap in the defense line were filled with horses and cavalry that had been killed by charges. At this time, it was no longer possible to organize manpower to dismantle the chassis and move them away. The Qing troops pouring in from behind.

Because his line of sight was blocked, he often couldn't see the situation in front of him. When he stumbled around the horse gun and rushed in, he realized that the corpses of his companions and a sticky pool of blood were all under his feet.

But at this time, there was no way to turn back. There was a supervising team that only obeyed Huang Taiji's orders. Anyone who turned around and retreated would be regarded as fearful of fighting and would be executed on the spot. They could only lower their heads as low as possible or

He was buried behind the shield, praying while charging forward, and then after a few steps he was shot and fell to the ground, trampled under the feet of those behind him.

Hundreds of rifles fired from three directions at the densely packed Qing troops in a narrow passage only a few feet wide. They could almost hit someone with their eyes closed. In order to ensure uninterrupted firepower, in fact, every combat position was shot by

The three infantrymen were rotating, ensuring that there were always about 300 rifles firing at the Qing army. The small-caliber field artillery in several gun positions also maintained a certain interval and took turns to fire, plus snipers from a distance to replenish the guns.

Soldiers, the number of Haihan troops actually engaged in the battle reached a thousand.

Occasionally, grenadiers in the Haihan position would throw grenades and detonate them into the desperate charging Qing infantry formation. The killing effect was almost the same as that of a small-caliber artillery attack.

Although the Qing army's second batch of two thousand-man cavalry and three thousand infantry were also trying to further widen the attack surface, they had little effect. The iron-net horse-rejection formation deployed by the Haihan army here was not on the banks of the Yalu River.

The simple combination of quick cloth and quick collection is used, but it is a semi-permanent fortification in which multiple iron horses within a few feet are connected vertically and horizontally through dense barbed wire. These heavy iron horses are each equipped with thick ground nails.

It is fixed on the ground, and it is quite difficult to dismantle or pull it. A slight delay will attract musket fire from the Haihan position.

Of course, the Qing army did not just take beatings without fighting back. The Qing troops who were blocked north of Haogou bent their bows and arrows and launched arrows into the Haihan position. However, this attack method was very difficult for the Haihan army who had deployed defensive measures in advance.

The impact was limited, but many people in the civilian team transporting ammunition to the firing line from the rear were injured by arrows.

Although the Haihan Army built a roof in advance for the trench combat positions on the firing line to prevent bow and arrow attacks, it could not provide the same level of cover for logistical supplies. Fortunately, the Qing Army's attack surface was relatively narrow, and the trenches on the firing line were all

They were interconnected. Qian Tiandun quickly ordered to adjust the route of supplying ammunition, allowing civilians to enter the trench from far away places on the left and right, and then use the cover of the trench to transport them to the battle location in the middle to avoid the Qing army's attack on the base.

Remote attacks within.

After the Qing army's offensive lasted for about an hour, more than half of the second batch of infantry that entered the battlefield had been consumed. The gap was like a monster devouring lives. Only living people could be seen entering, but Haihan's defense line had not been breached.

Although the casualties of the Haihan garrison were not large, the consumption of weapons and ammunition was also alarmingly fast. There were already more than 70 rifles with various malfunctions, and tens of thousands of bullets had been consumed. Okay.

Qian Tiandun had long anticipated such a situation and had prepared 500 new seven-shot rifles and a large amount of ammunition in the base's weapons depot in advance, replenishing the firing line in a timely manner.

Seeing that this battle zone failed to form a breakthrough as quickly as expected, the Qing army was unwilling to mobilize the remaining artillery to the two wings, trying to open up two new battlefields in the same way so that more troops could be deployed.

Drop it closer to the Haihan position.

But this time the same routine did not have the same effect. The artillery counterattack on the Haihan position was obviously more violent than before. From time to time, Qing army artillery was overturned by artillery shells flying from the opposite side.

Kim Sang-heon also vaguely noticed that Haihan's strategy was different from before, so he asked the staff officer next to him: "Why don't your army release the Qing army to concentrate and eliminate it like before?"

"The Qing army has superior strength, so it wants to try to bloom more, put more troops on the front, and use its superiority in strength to contain our army. And our army's strategy is to concentrate its superior strength and eliminate the enemy's effective strength." Staff Sgt.

Answered Kim Sang-heon's question concisely and concisely.

However, Jin Sangxian did not understand this answer thoroughly and continued to ask: "That means that your army has limited strength, so it can only concentrate in one place to engage the Qing army at close range, and will not let the Qing army form a formation to attack."

place?"

Naturally, the staff would not tell Jin Sangxian that the Haihan Army's combat method needs to take into account the consumption of weapons and ammunition. If they choose to fight on all fronts, they can still fight if they are defeated, but the ammunition reserve may not be able to last until the Qing army is completely defeated. At this time, with

The artillery destroyed the long-range firepower of the Qing army, preventing them from destroying the fortifications on the periphery of the position before the infantry and cavalry charged. Considering the casualties that may occur in the process of clearing these fortifications, the Qing army naturally had no choice but to give up its original idea and still carry out the attack.

Troops are deployed into the war zone where they believe the situation has been opened.

The staff officer thought for a while and chose a short answer: "The strategy currently adopted by our army can kill the Qing army more efficiently. Mr. Jin may wish to take a closer look."

Jin Sangxian was not a military attache in the first place, so he seemed to understand the explanation, so he shut up and continued to watch the fun. Although he did not understand strategy, he could also see that the pocket tactic deployed by Haihan in the middle was really powerful.

Although the Qing army was still filling in troops at the center of the battle, the actual speed of the advance was almost stagnant. Even if the Qing army later even carried the corpses of its companions as cover to advance, they still could not reach the distance.

They were only about ten feet away from the Haihan position, and Qing soldiers were shot and fell down every moment. The killing efficiency was indeed as high as the staff said.

When this flesh and blood millstone slaughtered the second batch of Qing troops, the Qing army finally retreated. The two batches of Qing troops that entered the battle totaled 4,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry, but in the end, only about 4,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry were withdrawn safely.

Only about one-third. After the battle, there were hundreds of ownerless horses wandering in front of the Haihan position alone.

The generals of the Qing army had actually long realized that this fighting environment might be a trap deliberately set by Haihan, but they still had a fluke mentality of using strength to defeat luck, hoping to rely on the superiority of their troops and the bravery of their soldiers to break through the defense lines set by Haihan.

.It is a pity that their judgment of the combat power of themselves and the Haihan Army was biased. After the more than 7,000 troops were put into the battlefield, they failed to achieve the expected effect. The casualties were second to none. The key is that so many people were killed and injured.

After that, there was still no hope of breaking through the defense line. This was the biggest blow to the Qing army.

Taking advantage of the Qing army's initiative to withdraw its troops, Wang Tom suggested that Qian Tiandun ask his marines to move forward to defend some positions so that the combat troops of the independent regiment could take turns to rest. Qian Tiandun did not refuse and readily agreed with Wang.

Based on Tom's suggestion, the Eastern Front position was handed over to the Marine Corps for defense. The company originally stationed on the Eastern Front moved to the center first to replace the unit with the greatest defensive pressure, and let it return to the base to rest and recuperate.

Wang Tom did not let the Marine Corps go to the middle to seize the independent regiment's combat position because the two armies had already divided labor in the battle plan. The defense of the Datong River base was mainly completed by the independent regiment, and the Marine Corps only served as a substitute. From then on, from

Rushing to the north to intercept the defeated Qing army at sea, the Marines would play the leading role. Therefore, although he was a little itchy about the fierce battle scene, Wang Tom still let his direct troops play supporting roles and leave the main stage to

An independent group comes to perform.

The pile of corpses stretching for hundreds of meters outside the Haihan position has become a problem. It is midsummer now, and although the temperature at this latitude is not too high, if these Qing army corpses are piled outside the position for a long time, they will be dead in a few days.

It begins to decay, and it will inevitably become a huge hidden danger to the defenders.

Not long after the ceasefire, there were still many living wounded soldiers struggling to crawl out from the pile of corpses. A large group of crows were already circling and landing in the sky, ready to enjoy this "big meal".
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