Chapter 1022 The final battle (2)

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“It’s so spectacular!”

Many young staff officers of the Hu Ben Army couldn't help but murmur.

They were really excited when they saw such a big scene once. The duel of more than 100,000 people has never been in the history of the Hu Ben Army. Even when the Hu Ben Army attacked Liaodong, the total force was not 100,000. As the main opponent of the Hu Ben Army, there was no more than 100,000 people dispatched in one battle.

As the saying goes, tens of thousands of people are boundless and shoreless. There are already quite a few troops with tens of thousands of people, let alone troops with one hundred thousand. The general square array is only two thousand. If the number of people is smaller, there may be only five or six hundred people. The army with one hundred thousand people is five large square arrays. The army with one hundred thousand people is fifty such large square arrays.

In fact, the Hu Ben Army did not have a phalanx, but only arranged a scattered line. In this way, the length of the scattered line was even more boundless. Not to mention, among this 100,000 troops, there were more than 30,000 cavalry teams, more than 400 field artillery, and more than 500 flying thunder cannons. All these equipment and weapons were placed, making the momentum even more spectacular.

Especially those modified flying thunder cannons that can move quickly along the front line are the most powerful weapons of the Hu Ben Army. The caliber of these flying thunder cannons is thicker than a human waist. At a distance of 100 meters, the tactics of the Japanese sea of ​​people are simply too effective. If you pack a thirty kilogram of explosives, there will definitely be no living people within a radius of twenty meters.

In order to resolve the Japanese war situation as soon as possible, Zhang Zhun made the greatest decision to mobilize the main force of the Hu Ben Army. In the past three months, all the transport ships under the Hu Ben Army Navy have been put into busy transportation. In addition to the transport ships of the Hu Ben Army Navy, Zhang Zhun also ordered the recruitment of more than 500 other large merchant ships.

In addition to the troops under the First Expeditionary Legion, there were eight other battalions of troops. They gathered from different ports to Hiroshima. Some troops set sail from Dagukou in northern Zhili or Huanghua Port. Some troops set sail from Weihaiwei Port in Shandong. Some troops set sail from the East China Sea in southern Zhili. More troops set sail from the estuary of the Yangtze River.

Basically, all the vacant forces of the Tiger Army Army were put into the Japanese battlefield. There was no fierce battle in the Central Plains. The four major legions of the Tiger Army Army, together with the Li Yan Legion and Wang Dou Legion, could fully meet the combat needs.

Before the Chinese New Year, in order to streamline the army's operations, Zhang Zhun had ordered the disbandment of all the city defense forces. This means that a large number of strong labor forces were released again, which can effectively promote economic development in the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army.

In addition to the eight battalions of the army infantry, the other three artillery battalions of the Hu Ben Army were all transferred. In the Central Plains, there was nowhere to use such a huge artillery. Whether it was the Shaanxi Uprising Army or the remaining Ming Army or the light infantry of the four major legions, they were enough to deal with them. Moreover, there were some cavalry assistance.

The Dragon Cavalry, Tiger Cavalry and Leopard Cavalry of the Hu Ben Army cavalry were all transferred here. They were all elite among the Hu Ben Army cavalry. The three battalions of the Hu Ben Army cavalry, plus the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, formed a powerful assault force. At the same time, in the vast Mongolian grassland, there were ten Mongolian Thousands of Man teams, who were preparing for the battle.

The tactics of the Hu Ben Army are simple and practical, which is to have a feint attack on both wings, break through the front, completely split the Japanese army's front line from the middle, and then encircle and annihilate. Faced with layered Japanese positions, artillery and cavalry, of course, are the main forces of assault. However, before the cavalry is put into use, the infantry must open a gap.

"How is the situation?"

Zhang Zhun came to the forefront of the attack.

Preparing to take on the frontal breakthrough mission are the two most powerful infantry battalions of the Hu Ben Army. One is Yang Qianqiang's Keng character camp and the other is Yang Zixuan's Ding character camp. Although these two battalions are battalion-level organization, the number of people under the jurisdiction is actually greater than that of ordinary battalions. There are 8,000 people in Keng character camp, and there are also 8,000 people in Ding character camp, which is completely the number of people in a small army.

“Everything is ready!”

"Look at us!"

Yang Qianqiang and Yang Zixuan both responded confidently.

"good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

Surrounded by a group of senior officers, Zhang Zhun came to the front line and shook hands with the soldiers who were preparing to participate in the attack. Kengzi and Dingziba were both the earliest troops formed by the Hu Ben Army, and there were many veterans who were exporting. The veterans of that time were no longer here. Zhang Zhun saw that many of them were recruited for about nine months.

Perhaps it was because the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and the ignorant were fearless. These newly joined soldiers did not take the Japanese seriously at all. In their opinion, since the predecessors could defeat all the Tartars, what were the Japanese? Back then, the Japanese were still driven away by the imperial army. The combat effectiveness of the imperial army was much worse than that of the Tiger Army.

I have to say that such comparisons do have a strong psychological advantage. Zhang Zhun is very satisfied with this kind of psychology. For new recruits, what they need most is fearless courage. No matter where the courage comes from, as long as they have it.

"It depends on everyone!"

Zhang Zhun encouraged every soldier with a loud voice.

Then, Zhang Zhun went to the artillery position behind and inspected the shooting preparations for field artillery. More than 400 field artillery pieces were concentrated on the central front, and all the artillery pieces were ready. As long as the attack time came, hundreds of field artillery pieces would pour a large number of shells onto the Japanese positions.

The time for the attack came soon. The entire front line suddenly became very quiet. It was so quiet that only people could hear the sound of breathing. In a vague way, the sound of long farting could be heard. This was some of the nervous new soldiers, who were suppressed by the heavy atmosphere, endocrine disorders. Such a situation was not unusual for the recruits.

"fire!"

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand decisively.

As the commander-in-chief of the battle, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to be more skilled than Zhang Zhun for such a scene. After all, when he was commanding the Huguang Army to encircle and suppress the peasant army, hundreds of thousands of people were fighting with each other.

"preparation!"

"put!"

The command of the artillery commander is very short.

Pennant flags kept falling.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The fierce sound of cannons continued to sound, instantly occupying the entire battlefield.

After the shells were shot out, they kept bouncing on the ground, taking away lives. The entire center of the Japanese front-line position was soon covered by bullet rain. After the field artillery was fired, the flying thunder cannons also began to shoot, and they shot heavy explosive packs onto the Japanese positions.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The deafening explosion sounds continued.

Standing on the front line, I felt that the whole earth seemed to be boiling. Everyone felt that under their feet, it seemed like there was a continuous earthquake. The soil on the ground kept rolling, fully showing how powerful the flying thunder cannon was.

"superior!"

Yang Qianqiang waved his hand decisively.

The soldiers of the Keng camp immediately rushed forward.

"Roar up!"

Yang Zixuan's actions were also not slow.

With a command, the soldiers of the Ding Camp rushed up like a tide.

The sound of gunfire continued, and the entire Shinno country was suddenly in a state of war. The bombardment of the field artillery and thunderbolts of the Tiger Army, the casualties on the front line were quite heavy, and the positions were at risk of being broken through at any time. The Japanese commander behind hurriedly transferred a large number of reserve teams and tried to block the gap.

The firepower of the Hu Ben Army was indeed fierce, which made the Japanese army feel disgusted. However, the Japanese army also had a huge advantage, that is, the almost endless reserve team. There were troops under the command of Matsui Daisuke. After the Japanese army on the front line suffered a lot of losses, the Japanese army behind could still block the gap tightly.

The breakthrough of the Hu Ben Army was blocked back by the continuous Japanese army. Within a distance of fifty meters, the power of the smoothbore gun was quite considerable. What's more, in many battles, the distance between the two sides was not even more than thirty meters. Within such a short distance, there was no difference between the smoothbore gun and the rifled gun.

In fact, on many fronts, the soldiers on both sides have already fought hand-to-hand. The Japanese soldiers rely on a large number of people, and a few people are fighting against one of the Hu Ben Army. In their hands, they either hold samurai swords or spears, and engage in close-fitting hand-to-hand fights with the Hu Ben Army. In the Hu Ben Army, there are almost only bayonets, and the hand-to-hand fight is obviously at a disadvantage.

There was no choice but to retreat temporarily, widen the distance from the Japanese army, and continue to use Minnie bombs and flying thunder cannons to kill and injure the Japanese army. However, the number of Japanese troops was indeed too large. A large group fell down and a large group filled up behind them. The illusion they gave people seemed to be unable to kill them forever.

"Grass!"

"Grass!"

"Grass!"

Behind the Hu Ben Army, several staff officers couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

The Japanese army's human sea tactics are indeed a headache. Unless the Hu Ben Army has distanced them, they can shoot and kill them to the fullest. Once they approach, they will be subjected to a strong counterattack. In the face of the dense sea tactics, the usual attack methods have almost no effect. The essence of the Japanese army's combat is completely for life. There is no way, the Tokugawa Shogunate does have enough manpower to exchange for the life of the Hu Ben Army.

In fact, for the Tokugawa Shogunate, it was a forced approach to adopt such a method. In normal battles, they were no match for the Hu Ben Army at all. The only thing they could rely on now was relatively sufficient manpower. As long as the Hu Ben Army could not bear too much casualties and had to retreat, the Tokugawa Shogunate won.

On the Japanese side, the top giants of the Tokugawa shogunate almost all appeared on the battlefield. In addition to Masato Kaesaki and Yuki Abe, there were also Ryota Sato who led his troops from the rear. Daisuke Matsui also appeared on the battlefield. Strangely, one person was absent. This person was Tokugawa Ieki.

Later generations of historical researchers believed that Tokugawa Iemitsu had a war phobia and did not dare to face the bloody battlefield. Zhang Jun didn't know whether this was true or not. Anyway, according to the information provided by Shafes, Tokugawa Iemitsu did stay in Edo in this war. As for the reason why he stayed in Edo, it is still unknown.

The first day of the battle started in the morning and continued until evening. During this process, the Keng and Dingbats of the Hu Ben Army launched a series of attacks. Field artillery and thunder cannons never stopped. It was not until the sun set that the sound of gunfire in battle gradually subsided. It was not until the night fell that the battlefield returned to temporary peace.

According to statistics on the results of the battle, during the first day of the attack, the Hu Ben Army advanced about 300 meters and broke down the four lines of defense of the Japanese army. After a day of battle, more than 500 Hu Ben Army soldiers died, and the number of injured more than 1,000 people were injured. With the firepower and equipment of the Hu Ben Army, the casualties were so huge that the battle was fierce.

The specific casualties of the Japanese army are unknown. The battlefield is in chaos and there is no time to count the casualties of the Japanese army. Wang Shide and others estimated that the Japanese shogunate army lost at least ten times that of the Huben army. It may even be twenty times or more. During the daytime battle, the Japanese army was completely using their lives to block the Huben army's advance.

However, no matter what, the frontal breakthrough of the Hu Ben Army was not successful. The results of the first day of the battle were not very ideal. The Kengzi and Dingziba were both the top main forces of the Hu Ben Army. They attacked with all their strength, but only broke through a distance of 300 meters, which was indeed a bit shocking. The Japanese army was indeed powerful enough.

"Continue tomorrow!"

Zhang Zhun's orders were particularly cold.

He didn't care about casualties and the like. As long as there was a battle, there would be casualties. At this time, the Tokugawa Shogunate had to take out all the strength to feed himself. All he cared about was the result of the battle.

The next day, the Hu Ben Army continued to launch a fierce attack. This time, Zhang Zhun personally supervised the battle on the front line. The Kengzi Camp and Dingzi Camp were responsible for attacking the Japanese positions. The officers and soldiers of these two battalions were deeply ashamed of yesterday's defeat in the offensive. They vowed that they must fight a bloody road in today's battle and open up passages for the cavalry.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The deafening sound of artillery once again completely covered the battlefield.

More than 400 field cannons and more than 500 flying thunder cannons, they drove the front-line positions back and forth. On one morning alone, more than 10,000 explosive packs were dropped on the front-line positions of the Japanese army. According to a 30 kilograms of explosive pack, one morning alone, the Hu Ben Army poured 300,000 kilograms of black gunpowder on the head of the Japanese army.

After having experience in the first day of fighting, the artillery soldiers of the Hu Ben Army were simply crazy. They worked hard and kept firing out one round of shells. Some field artillery and even the barrels were red. They brought clean water from the side and poured them on the barrel. When they went down cold water, the barrels suddenly made a hissing sound, and white smoke kept coming out.

After the barrel was cooled, the cannon continued to fire. Later, after all the spare water was used up, the urine was directly used. The urine was poured onto the barrel to cool down. Because the frequency of use was too high, more than a dozen field guns were completely scrapped in the afternoon. However, among the four or five hundred field guns, more than a dozen were scrapped, and the Japanese army could not notice it. The Japanese army on the front line had been completely fooled by the Hu Ben Army.

During the violent explosion, the Japanese army's positions were repeatedly plowed over. All the people hiding inside, whether dead or alive, were blown up. Many Japanese soldiers were killed by death. Thirty kilograms of explosives packs had no shrapnel inside. Killing people was relied on powerful shock waves to shake their hearts alive.

When the sun set, the Hu Ben Army advanced 400 meters and broke down the five Japanese defense lines. At this point, the number of casualties of the Hu Ben Army that day had exceeded one thousand. The casualties of the Japanese army are unknown for the time being. The power of the flying thunder cannons was too great, and they blew up all the Japanese army into pieces, and there was no complete body at all.

"Continue tomorrow!"

Zhang Zhun's orders were still extremely cruel.

On the morning of the third day, the Hu Ben Army continued to launch an attack...

Day 4...
To be continued...