The Northwest Army occupied the tidal flats of the Yellow River and cleared the remnants of the Qing army, and the Qing cavalry on the second line in the distance also broke through the artillery barrage and approached the tidal flats.The government in the northwest is not so rich, and it still has to use horse-drawn carriages for transportation along the way, and if it wants artillery to form a firepower network, it will not be possible to directly do it without regard to the cost of the US military.It is already very good to be able to blow up the Qing army in pieces, and temporarily form an offensive force, and give the musketeers who rushed to the beach time to destroy the infantry army in front of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.The transportation capacity on the Yellow River was limited, and the enemy cavalry had the advantage, and the northwest soldiers who seized the tidal flats could only form a loose formation, using muskets to block the advance of the Qing cavalry, waiting for their large forces to arrive one after another.The Qing army also knew that at the last moment of the country's life and death, under the leadership of the generals, they braved the artillery attack of the Northwest Army and advanced to the death.As soon as the artillery line was broken through and the team was assembled, the front was faced with a dense group of muskets.At this moment, in order to keep the Qing Dynasty alive, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of it, the sound of horses' hooves roars and the sound of muskets is densely packed.Batches of horses fell in the charge, and the soldiers were trampled into pulp by the horses that came up from behind.Muskets flew in the charging ranks, blood splattered.No one retreats, everyone can only charge desperately, there is no way back.The 100,000 Manchu cavalry were able to rush through the slaughter of muskets and artillery, and less than 20,000 horses rushed into the musket array of the northwest army, and the rest died on the way to the charge.When the enemy broke the formation, the musketeers no longer loaded their ammunition, and armed with muskets with bayonets on them, fought with the Qing army with cold weapons.On the entire river beach, weapons collided, shouting and fighting, war horses neighed, and miserable screams continued.When the musketeers were about to hold out, a large number of cavalry troops of the Northwest Army were crossing the river in boats, assembling on the tidal flats, and then scattering their horses to fight on the chaotic battlefield.Along the entire Yellow River, the tidal flat positions of the Northwest Army in many places were again lost, and the musketeers were slaughtered by the Manchu cavalry.But there are still those who have fought hard and held the beachhead.These places soon became the breakthrough points of the Northwest Army.From point to surface, a breakthrough at one point, and expansion to comprehensiveness.The officers of the Northwest Army have all gone through military academies, and they can give full play to their strategic and tactical aspects.The Northwest Army continued to strengthen the tidal flats it had kept, and the cavalry and musketeers were constantly transported through these fortified places, and then, with advanced weapons, the occupied areas were constantly expanded, and finally expanded to the entire tidal flats, driving the Qing army away from the banks of the Yellow River.Then, the formed cavalry and musket corps continued to cross the river, and the artillery was also transported, and the first step of the river crossing operation was successfully completed.Then, the first units of the follow-up fresh army crossed the Transition River and advanced to the depths and the enemy's second line of defense.Zilharang was really determined, and the fast horse kept sending him news from the front.In the defense line of the Yellow River in Hebei, one by one the wharves suitable for crossing the river were lost one after another, and the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.He kept calculating the losses of his troops and the losses of the Northwest Army, basically three people died for himself and one person for the other party.This was still the situation when the Northwest Army crossed the river and the Qing army had the Yellow River moat to defend.Now, the Yellow River has completely fallen into the hands of Wang Shuo, the next positional battle, it is estimated that the casualties on their own side will be greater, and they will die five people, can they exchange for the death of one person on the other side to fight like this, and when his main force retreats to Zhending, there will basically be no one to report from the front, and after the enemy army seized the banks of the Yellow River, he stopped attacking.He looked at the sky outside, and it was already completely dark.They were afraid of chaos in the dark, so they stopped attacking.At this time, the news of the loss of the Yellow River defense line in Shandong in the distance had just arrived.If he didn't send it, he guessed it.In terms of troops, Wang Shuo's troops were very scattered, and he would not attack only in Hebei, but he would adopt a comprehensive attack from Shanxi to Shandong.This kind of powerful attack force, except for Wang Shuo, no one else will have it.But with such a long front at the same time, how could he coordinate the attack speed between the various armies, he would definitely not be able to coordinate.Then I will keep the main force, see which of his troops is advancing too fast, and stand out from the brigade, I will use all the main forces, completely eliminate one of his main forces, and open a gap in his offensive front, as long as a gap is opened, my Manchu Eight Banners can gallop in front of and behind him, and it will be a mess.When the time comes, there will be chaos before and after, none of us can help anyone, I don't believe it, when you can't grasp the situation of the war, you will still be brutal, if you don't negotiate with me, just give me another three or five years, I will also make muskets and cannons, and it will be difficult to say who will kill whom at that time.Starting with Dolgon, Dolgon took the hundred muskets that Wang Shuo gave him and asked the Ministry of Industry to imitate them.The Ming Dynasty left a lot of talents to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the craftsmen of the former Ming Dynasty Ministry of Engineering had the highest technical level in the world at that time, but the Ming court did not pay attention to them, so that the talents were buried in vain.They disassembled Wang Shuo's musket, and gradually figured out the firing principle and gunpowder ratio of the musket, and it was completely possible to make it, but the key was that the steel was not too hard.Wang Shuo has reached the level of blast furnace oxygen blowing and steelmaking, while the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty still use charcoal and crucibles, which are not at the same level at all.John Tang was called by Dolgon, and he couldn't figure out how the steel used by Wang Shuo to make the musket was made, and besides, the barrel of the gun was seamless, and it couldn't be made by artificial forging.Dolgon was furious, and put Tang Ruowang in prison, when will steel be made, when will you come out, don't say that Tang Ruowang has taken refuge in Wang Shuo, he doesn't plan to help Dolgon, he just really wants to help him, without Wang Shuo's guidance, he doesn't know what a blast furnace and converter are, what is drawing, and he doesn't understand the five major elements of carbon, silicon, manganese, phosphorus and sulfur, and he can't figure out this material.Originally, there was no hope for building a new musket, but Wang Shuo's side privatized the steel mill, which gave Zilharang hope.Although the Northwest government did not allow the export of any military-related materials such as steel to the Manchus, the steel of the Northwest government could be sold to the south, and he could secretly buy it from the south at a high price.Seamless steel pipes belong to military materials, which are only produced by Wang Shuo's military industrial base, and are not available on the market.However, the craftsmen left behind by the former Ming Dynasty successfully solved the seam problem by using casing technology.It's just that the musket made is too heavy, but the range and firepower are not bad at all.In addition, under the lure of Zilharang's high price, some people continued to sell some technology to him, and he had already mastered some of Wang Shuo's new steelmaking technology, and released John Tang from prison to continue to preside over steelmaking.In time, he will produce new steel.Now, let's make it from steel that I bought at a high price from Gangnam.It's just that the Manchus had no machinery and equipment, and the production of muskets was too slow, and more than 1,000 were produced so far, which was not enough to defend the imperial palace
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