Chapter 90: Fire Bull Array vs. Mine Array
Well, I've posted this chapter, I'm too lazy to wait for a day.
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On the morning of the day, Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui, Xing Changchun and others saw Ye Zhikui and Nie Shicheng talking and laughing again, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and relieved.
The generals gathered together and held a pre-war meeting. This move was also the first in Ye Zhikui. In the past, when the army was fighting, the generals under his command only accepted the above orders. At most, the generals discussed with their staff. It is rare to call generals like Ye Zhikui to speak together and study strategies to break the enemy.
Yesterday, Sun Wanling's troops conducted a trial attack and found landmines everywhere in Qingdao.
Sun Wanling said, "Mr. Nie, Marshal Ye, colleagues, it's not that I, Old Sun, complained, but the soldiers were really scared. The landmines were buried in the soil and exploded when they stepped on them. There is a saying that open guns are easy to hide, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent. The fear of unknowns is the most terrifying. It is understandable that the soldiers shrank and dared not move forward."
Cao Kun didn't care about the words and said, "It's because he is afraid of death. Why do you say that you are excusing yourself? If it were my Wu Yi Army, I would have stumbled on it and would have rushed forward long ago."
Sun Wanling was embarrassed when he heard this, and Ye Zhikui scolded: "Zhongshan, don't be nonsense, why not apologize to General Sun."
Seeing Ye Zhikui staring at him with his eyes, Cao Kun had to get up and bowed reluctantly, "General Sun, Cao is a straight man. He has offended him so much. Please don't take it seriously."
Sun Wanling also saw the style of the Wuyi Army. Although the Wuyi Army was brave in combat, every general was rebellious. Even the soldiers inside were on their heads and looked down on other armies. Only Ye Zhikui could shake and suppress a group of arrogant soldiers. If Ye Zhikui had an accident last time, I am afraid that no one in the Wuyi Army could suppress it, and no one of the generals would submit to each other. The collapse would be obvious.
Seeing that the scene was a little deserted, Ye Zhikui asked, "Uncle, what good ideas do you have?"
Nie Shicheng smiled slightly and said, "The mine array is not worth fearing. It is just some dead objects. Can we still suffocate us living people to death? It just passed the mine array and reached the attack range of Qingdao Fort. If you are not prepared at that time, I am afraid that I will really have a headache."
Ye Zhikui smiled and replied confidently: "This uncle doesn't need to worry. My nephew has been prepared. Our engineering team has recently established a new army, called the heavenly soldiers. He uses the latest hydrogen balloons to develop. He is worried that there is no actual combat training. The German army hastily landed and underestimated our Wuyi army. There is no weapon to fight against the sky. When the heavenly soldiers arrive, the fort will be captured."
Nie Shicheng touched his beard and praised: "Wu Yi's army was sharp and set a precedent for the Qing Dynasty. In this way, I can put down the stone in my heart. After a turret, the German army can only defend it."
"Yes, our army will fight street battles with the German army at that time." Ye Zhikui said in agreement.
"street fighting?"
Ye Zhikui replied embarrassedly: "Simply put, relying on houses and streets as the basis to launch a gun battle in the alley. At this time, we have to look at the military qualities of the soldiers on both sides of the enemy and us. Fortunately, my nephew brought more than a hundred sharpshooters this time and cooperated with ordinary soldiers to deal with the German army."
"It seems that Congyun has prepared for a long time. Since that's the case, let's discuss how to break the enemy's mine formation first." Nie Shicheng had to admire the strange troops in Wu Yi's army.
"Zhiquan, Huafu, what suggestions do you have?" Ye Zhikui saw Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui lowered their heads and pondered, and couldn't help but ask. The biggest squeezing of his subordinates was Ye Zhikui's favorite thing to do.
Of course, if they could not give any good opinions, Ye Zhikui would not care about so much and would not mind using German prisoners to attack the positions.
When Feng Guozhang heard Ye Zhikui's inquiry, he looked up and said, "I thought of Zhuge Kongming's fire cattle formation during the Three Kingdoms. Can our army also learn from it and use cows or horses to attack the enemy's mine formation?"
When the generals heard this, their eyes lit up, and Feng Guozhang's words undoubtedly opened up their minds for everyone.
The generals began to speak out and spoke, trying their best to improve the Fire Bull Formation proposed by Feng Guozhang, and soon came up with a practical combat policy.
German Qingdao Command.
Captain An Meng was also arranging combat missions. An Meng pointed to the three forts on the map and said to the lowly generals: "Imperial officers, since the imperial soldiers are fewer than the enemy, I decided to give up a few irrelevant places and mainly deploy the three forts in Qingdao. I believe that if the Qing people want to capture this place, they will pay a huge price."
After An Meng finished speaking, he asked the second lieutenant Philip again, "Lieutenant, what are the movements of the Qing people recently?"
Philip stood up and replied, "Sir, the Qing people entered our mine positions yesterday, and lost dozens of soldiers. Then he slowly retreated and stopped attacking."
"Is that true? The Qing people have many conspiracies and tricks. If there is any movement, I will repay me as soon as possible."
"Yes, sir!"
The next day, German soldiers were observing the enemy situation on the front line. Soon, they saw the soldiers of the Wuyi army rushing toward a hundred bulls slowly, and they couldn't help but wonder and confused.
"What are the Qing people doing? Did they know that we were tired of eating dry food and brought us fresh beef and mutton meat?"
"Then I have to hurry up and prepare the knife and fork."
"Haha, it's so funny. Look at that soldier, who treats the gun as a whip to drive cattle, only the Qing people can do it."
Second Lieutenant Philip came soon after receiving the news. Seeing the Wu Yi army's formation, he was confused for a moment. But then he thought, was it because the Qing people wanted to use these cattle to attack our mine positions? Will the cattle be obedient? Philip expressed his doubts.
Among the Wu Yi army soldiers who drove the cattle, there was the head of the cowshed. The other soldiers next to them sneered: "Cowshed, you have really become a cowherd."
The head of the bullpen smiled helplessly and protested for a short time when he was instructed by the superior.
The soldiers of Wuyi's army divided the cattle into four and five teams, each with about twenty cows. The others were first wrapped around and covered their eyes with cloth. After the soldiers prepared it, they caught up with a team of cows to the mine formation, hung firecrackers behind the cow's butt, and then lit them.
The crackling sound shook the cattle herd, and the pain of anus from behind the butt made the cattle start to get crazy and angry, running forward one after another, and soon entered the German mine formation.
The herd of cattle rushes and step on landmines, causing explosions to come one after another. The cattle that were injured and not killed were even scared and ran around desperately. In the end, they all fell on the road they went to and died bravely.
Philip was stunned because the mine position was relatively open and far from the German trenches, and they were not within the range of the rifle, so they could only stare blankly and watch Wu Yi's soldiers advance step by step.
Every time a batch of cows were sacrificed, the Wuyi army soldiers stepped forward, set up a fire, set up a barbecue, and made the beef tender butter and the aroma drifted far away.
The German soldiers looked at it from a distance and swallowed their saliva. Their mouths had long faded out of their mouths.
A German soldier finally couldn't help it, holding his gun, jumped up and shouted: "The Qing warriors opposite, I am willing to pay for your beef, please give me a price."
After hearing this, a Wu Yi army soldier who knew German, stood up with a smile and replied, "Come on, kid, we barter. As long as it is valuable things on you, you can exchange them."
The German soldier was extremely happy and immediately reported to Lieutenant Philip, asking him to go and buy beef.
Chapter completed!