Chapter 2006

Compared with Ji Yuanqing, who was born as a soldier, Gong Qiqi did not have much experience in positional warfare. Most of the time, the field operations team he commanded performed special tasks such as security, surveillance, tracking, kidnapping, and assassination. They really needed to form a formation.

There are actually not many battles. Moreover, field personnel rarely use rifle-level weapons when performing tasks. Therefore, although the security agents involved in this operation have received corresponding shooting training,

Gong Shiqi was still very self-aware and handed over the wartime command of the team to Ji Yuanqing, who had more combat experience, to ensure that he could steadily defeat his opponent in this battle.

"To be able to clear such a large area beside the canal outside Yangzhou City, it seems that the local salt merchants are quite capable." Facing the empty dock, Gong Shiqi couldn't help but sigh: "To create such a

It’s a big battle, I hope those who show up later won’t be the same little gangsters as yesterday.”

"This should be the person we are looking for! They cleared the place in advance, of course, to prevent the outside world from knowing who is coming to attack later." Ji Yuanqing saw this very clearly, and became more and more certain that he would see that person next.

A mysterious musketeer team.

This private armed force hidden among the people not only poses a threat to Ningbo salt merchants, but is also a taboo existence for the government. Therefore, its whereabouts must be kept secret, otherwise even if the Haihan people do not come to the door, the government will not sit back and watch.

There are armed forces of this level right under their noses to do whatever they want. Therefore, even if the Yangzhou salt merchants have such powerful armed forces, they cannot call them at any time and at any time. They must be extra careful when acting in front of their own homes to avoid embarrassing the government.

Clearing the pier beside the canal in advance, and then asking the city government and the garrison to remain silent for a whole night about what happens outside the city, is basically the ultimate measure they can take at present.

Of course, in the view of Gong Qiqi and Ji Yuanqing, this kind of measure is also beneficial to their own hands and actions. They no longer need to worry about alerting the local garrison if they use rifles in battle. Wait until the garrison in the city reacts to what happened.

Whatever happens, it probably won’t happen until after dawn tomorrow.

The people on the pier waited for a long time in this strange tranquility, and finally the destination they expected arrived.

In the silent night, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from the east, and the sound became denser as it got closer. When the horses could be seen in the distance, Gong Qiqi discovered that the other party had at least fifty horses, which seemed to be more than his own before.

The data we have are more. In the attacks in other state capitals, it is said that the number of people dispatched by the opponent was kept at around 30 people, which was obviously different from what we saw before us.

Of course, it is also possible that the opponent did not dispatch all their men in previous operations and deliberately concealed their true strength, or that they were bluffing in today's operation. Not all they saw were musketeers, and the latter seemed more likely.

Bigger.

These riders did not rush over directly. Instead, they stopped thirty or forty feet away from the river bank, and then a rider ran out of the formation and headed towards the dock.

The horse stopped voluntarily when it was still five or six feet away from the tent defense line. It seemed that it knew that no unauthorized entry was allowed in the front. The man on the horse said loudly: "People on the boat, listen, this is the time for you to leave Yangzhou safely."

The last chance! If you don’t obey, your death will be closed tonight!”

After a moment of silence, a voice echoed from the tent camp and responded: "We will definitely not leave if we leave. If you have any other powerful tricks, just come over here!"

The man on the horse didn't waste any more words. After hearing this, he turned his horse's head and went back. Apparently he had expected the attitude here and was just going through the motions before the fight.

The harsh words spoken by both sides before the war were simple and neat, without any delay. It only took a very short time to express each other's attitudes. Both sides chose to use force to resolve the current conflict. This was done by both sides.

Together, each of them was ready to take action in advance. It can be said that the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.

After the horse returned to the opponent's formation, only a moment later, Gong Shiqi could vaguely see through the telescope that the riders were dismounting. He would not mistakenly think that the opponent did not want to fight. On the contrary, he knew that this was

It is a sign that the other side is preparing for war.

Even if these militiamen have undergone certain training, it is difficult for them to have the ability to use muskets on horseback, not to mention this is at night when visibility is limited. Even well-trained cavalry are very dangerous to charge towards the river bank at night.

Action. One of the most basic musketeer combat requirements in this era is to shoot in formation to ensure the intensity of the output firepower. The Haihan Army can gradually improve this basic tactic by virtue of its weapon advantages, but other armed forces using old muskets

But it is impossible to do this. When fighting, you can only form an array first and then start fighting.

However, although this fighting method seems inefficient, due to the obvious advantages in weapon performance, it will still be a big advantage when dealing with traditional armed forces using cold weapons. Especially when the opponent lacks long-range offensive weapons.

, dozens of muskets can occupy an overwhelming advantage in small-scale armed conflicts, and are more than enough to deal with ordinary civilian armed organizations.

The Musketeers easily defeated their opponents in the previous missions. This also gave many people, including Lu Kangtai, a relatively inflated understanding of the actual combat capabilities of the Musketeers. They believed that as long as this team was dispatched, at least

It is difficult to meet any opponents in the private sector. Both He Huan and Lu Kangtai regarded this team as a secret weapon to launch a counterattack against Hui salt merchants. However, the impact of Ningbo refined salt on Jianghuai Salt Industry made them

It was decided that we should deal with the foreign troubles first, and then deal with the competitors in the same city.

Because Lu Kangtai was obese, it was impossible for him to ride on horseback with these musketeers. His location was still some way away from the dock, so he could only hand over command to the leader of the team. Although he had been outside Yangzhou Prefecture several times before

The operations were all going very smoothly, and today's opponents were just a group of foreign salt merchants, but Lu Kangtai was still a little worried that something would go wrong during the operation.

The other party still insisted on refusing to give in at the last moment, which made Lu Kangtai feel a little guilty. He couldn't figure out what the other party had in hand to confidently refuse the last chance to let them leave safely. But

Now that the matter was at this point, he didn't want to think about it anymore. He would wait until his troops broke through the defense line and captured the arrogant Ningbo salt merchant, and he would naturally have time to interrogate him slowly.

"You can actually advance horizontally. It seems that you have really received formal military training." Ji Yuanqing could roughly see the opponent's formation on foot through the telescope, and this spread-out formation was the standard battle of the musketeers.

Formation, each horizontal row represents a wave of firepower output. The more people in a horizontal row, the larger the area covered by its firepower.

Being able to learn such a formation and propulsion method basically proves that professionals from the military participated in the training of this armed force. Of course, the specific soldiers of which country are unknown for the time being.

Seeing that the opponent had entered the shooting range, Ji Yuanqing did not order to fire, but was still patiently observing the opponent's movements. The result he wanted was not only to annihilate the armed forces, but also to extract from them the people who helped the salt merchants form the musketeers.

The mastermind behind the scenes - that is the real target of this investigation in Yangzhou. So in the next confrontation, not only must we collect evidence, but we must also find a way to get a few survivors.

In order to achieve this goal, Ji Yuanqing's solution is to put the opponent as close as possible and then carry out a sudden attack. Although the routine is not new, because the opponent does not know that he is prepared and has already deployed a defense line, in addition

The weapon performance is superior, enough to defeat the opponent in a short time.

The other party obviously didn't realize what kind of danger lurked on the dark river bank. Their battle plan was very simple and crude, which was to form a formation and push all the way to the end. If anyone tried to use force to confront them, they would stop.

Come down and fire, knock down the target, and then repeat the previous steps until the opponent is completely defeated.

In the previous attacks carried out in other places, they all adopted similar tactics, and basically defeated the opponent with just one round of fire. There was no confrontation intensity at all. In the eyes of these new musketeers,

, the opponents they can encounter are basically mediocre in strength, and using the most basic tactics is enough to crush the opponent. And the fleet they are going to deal with tonight does not seem to be any stronger than the previous opponents.

, this has already advanced to within ten feet, and the other party has not taken any countermeasures. Is this because the commander was frightened and did not give the order, or was he just being tough and had no intention of resisting?

Victory came too easily. After these musketeers confidently advanced a few more feet, they finally saw the opponent's reaction.

The tents set up on the river bank, blocking their way to the two cargo ships, were suddenly pulled down at a certain moment, revealing the fortifications behind them made of sacks filled with salt.

These salt bags were actually piled on the dock during the day, but no one would have thought that they were actually used to build several arched low walls, and Haihan's musketeers were hidden behind them, with only a small part of them exposed.

The head is used to aim at targets on the opposite side that are completely exposed to the muzzle of one's own gun.

On the two cargo ships not far behind this fortification line, a row of gun muzzles protruded from the side of the ship. However, they were so well concealed in the night that the people on the dock below could not notice them at all.

There was also a fire net a few feet above his line of sight.

"The people on the other side listen, immediately put down their weapons, raise their hands and kneel down and surrender, otherwise they will be shot without mercy!"

A shout suddenly sounded from behind the salt bag fortification, which shocked the salt merchants' musketeers who were at a loss at this moment. But they were surprised, and they didn't have much fear, because they didn't notice it at all at this time.

How many guns were pointed at them at the salt bags and the side of the ship. In their opinion, the other party was just bluffing to distract them.

The leader who commanded this musketeer team also had the same idea. Since the opponent still chose to continue resisting at this time, of course he no longer had to hold back. The order he received was to decide whether to fire based on the situation on the scene.

And ensuring your own safety first is still the top priority.

However, in the current situation, the way he chose to protect himself when he was threatened could not be to actively retreat and leave the battlefield. The only possibility was to order fire.

Just when he shouted the word "fire", he felt that he seemed to be hallucinating, because gunshots not only sounded around him, but also seemed to sound from the opposite side not far away at the same time.

Then he immediately realized that this was not an auditory hallucination, because he had already seen the flash of fire behind the salt bags and behind the side of the ship. He was familiar with that kind of fire, which came from the sparks when shooting. His heart suddenly dropped.

As soon as he sank, he knew that something was wrong. Since the other party had so many musketeers ambushing him at the dock, it was clearly a trap specially designed for his arrival!

Not to mention how many men the other side has and what kind of muskets they use, just the fact that the other side has a bunker is enough to cause a big loss for the fully exposed side. In this case, if you raise a gun to shoot at each other, the chance of your side being hit is high.

It's much bigger than the opponent hiding behind the bunker.

However, the existence of the bunker was only the beginning of this nightmare. As the firefight began, the Salt Merchant Musketeers immediately felt the difference in firepower output intensity between the two sides. They didn't know how many people were hidden behind the small bunker. They only felt that the other side was

The shooting seemed to never stop at all, and after the front row personnel completed the shooting, their own team had to give up their position to the back row personnel in order to complete the continuous shooting. The time consumed by this rotation was only one breath, and then the opponent unexpectedly even did this

There was no time for rotation, and gunshots continued like firecrackers.

But the other side was not setting off firecrackers, but actually using muskets to shoot at them. The men and horses of the salt merchants' musketry team were continuously hit by bullets, falling in rows like cut down rice. They rushed forward with confidence,

It only took a moment for them to collapse after encountering intensive firepower. But when they really wanted to turn around and escape from this killing field, it was already difficult to escape.

In the end, only a few people in the back row managed to rush into the night by throwing down their guns, crawling and crawling, and finally escaped, while most of the people who came with them had already fallen to the ground in this one-sided gun battle.

Got up.

"Cease fire! Reload!"

There was another sound from behind the salt bag fortification, and then the gunfire stopped. This short battle should have ended faster than both sides expected. The gunmen on Haihan's side had not even finished their weapons.

Seven rounds of bullets were fired, but there was no one left standing on the opposite side.
Chapter completed!