Chapter 586 How to fight without a goal?
Shengzhou City, Wuwei Hou Mansion.Quan Xu was having breakfast, of course, his breakfast was almost ten o'clock in the morning, and Quan Xu was also working hard, and he was tired of panda eyes.Just when Quan Xu had just picked up his chopsticks, Li Xin came to the Wuwei Hou Mansion in Shengzhou City."
If you haven't eaten, if you don't have it, together!"
Quan Xu looked at Li Xin coming over, and pointed to the chair opposite.Li Xin hurriedly said: "Master Hou, where are you still in the mood to eat?"
”"I'm working so hard, what's wrong with eating!"
Quan Xu's face was not red, he was not panting, Helena kept provoking him when he was in bed, the man couldn't say no, and in the end Quan Xu still subdued Helena.Sanniang, who was eating with Quan Xu next to her, got up and said, "Something to say!"
”Li Xin looked at Sanniang, and immediately remembered Sanniang's ruthlessness in wielding a knife to slash and kill the prisoners, in fact, he didn't know that Sanniang was indignant because he saw the Japanese samurai atrocities against the people in Wusongkou.Not to mention that there were only more than 100 Japanese prisoners, even if there were more than 10,000, she did not hesitate to cut them.Li Xindao: "Fengzhou Hu Kui Hu Zhizhou reported that there are 20,000 or 30,000 Westerners attacking Shenhu Town in Baguio County, Fengzhou!"
”"Fengzhou, I know, where is this Baguio County?
Where is Shenhu Town?
”Li Xin hurriedly asked people to find a map, and through the map of Luzon Island, Quan Xu knew where Shenhu Town was: "It's not close to Shengzhou here!"
”"It's not close, it's nearly one hundred and forty miles!"
Li Xin smiled bitterly: "We only have one cavalry division in Shengzhou City, more than 200 cavalry, this bit of people and horses may not play much role in the past!"
”"Mobilize the whole city and get the mules and horses ready!"
Quan Xu looked at Li Xin and said, "Whether it is a merchant or a farmer, all the carriages are ready, let's take the carriage over!"
”More than 140 miles, even if the whole family army marched in full armor, it would take nearly a day.Quan Xu didn't care about eating at this time, got up and came to the telecommunications command room of the Wuwei Hou Mansion, Quan Xu used the radio to talk directly to Yang Yandong: "Our fleet, the warship carrying the infantry, which one is closest to Fengzhou Port?"
”After dozens of seconds, Yang Yandong replied: "The 6th and 9th Regiments of the Marine Brigade are the closest, only less than thirty miles!"
”"Order them to land at Fengzhou Port immediately and immediately go north to support Shenhu Town in Baguio County, Fengzhou!"
After giving the order, Quan Xu waved his hand: "Yuan Zongdi, Li Yanqing, let's go!"
”"I'll go too!"
Sanniang had already changed into an armor at this time, and she was actually wearing a stab-proof suit, but because she looked even more heroic."
Let's go together!"
Just when Quan Xu led the whole family army guard brigade and the women's soldiers of the women's army to support Shenhu Town, Zheng Zhilong also began to attack Pang Xingwang's department.In fact, there is no need for Juan Carlos to say, Zheng Zhilong will also automatically ask for battle, he has been working hard and trying his courage during this time, in order to be ashamed.After training hard for more than a year and being a grandson for more than a year, Zheng Zhilong is going to be his grandfather today.Five miles south of Shenhu Town, Pang Xingwang looked at the dense pirates and mercenaries, his head was as big as a fight, if he had three thousand soldiers of the Marine Brigade under his command, he would not hesitate, and directly led the soldiers to push over.It's just a pity that he now has less than 3,000 militiamen under his command, although the militia can also be called soldiers, whether it is equipment, training, or physical fitness, there is no way to compare with the regular soldiers of the whole family army.Taking artillery as an example, even if it is an ordinary division or bureau level, the whole family army is now a direct support artillery, especially after the invention of thunder mercury, mortars are becoming more and more powerful and lighter.As a former Marine Corps commander, Pang Xingwang loves this lightweight, small, flexible, and key mortar with a very fast firing speed.However, now he has no chance of mortars, the militia will not be equipped with artillery, there is no way to equip the militia with such weapons, in case of a conflict between the people, with a mortar and a random bombardment, a town can be destroyed in the hands of a mortar."
Quick, build fortifications on the spot!"
Pang Xingwang didn't approach Shenhu Town again, he had already seen thirteen or four thousand soldiers dressed in blue-gray uniforms, lined up in a neat line, walking towards them.In terms of troops, this army was a little more disorganized than the rest of the army, but it was much more neat than the others, it was a well-trained army, and it was armed with a large number of muskets and artillery, in which case skirmishes were the least desirable.As the saying goes, the ruler is short, the inch is long, and when it comes to building fortifications, these militiamen are more efficient than the soldiers of the whole family, after all, the militia deals with the land all day long, digging the ground and working, for them, it is as easy as eating and drinking.The multi-functional engineer shovel of individual soldiers rotated rapidly up and down in the hands of the militiamen, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, a trench about two feet wide and about three feet deep was quickly formed.Don't look at it as only three feet, you know, these militiamen dug up the earth from the ground and smashed it to the north, so that in front of the trench formed a wall of about three feet."
Shoot strong, or the enemy's bullets will pierce the earthen wall and leave a big hole in you!"
While inspecting the fortifications, Pang Xingwang commanded the militia to begin attacking the position.Five miles, that is, 2.5 kilometers, 2,500 meters, on foot, can be reached in 20 minutes at most, so there is not much time left for Pang Xingwang and them to arrange their positions."
Forward, forward!"
The biggest difference between the Spanish phalanx and the ancient Chinese army was that they advanced with the sound of a trumpet, and according to the sound of the trumpet, they raised their legs neatly and fell in a straight line.The further south the town of Shenhu is developed, the better it is, and the more it is developed to the north, the south is almost all fields, and there are ditches, and the soldiers marching in the fields are naturally not as good as on the dirt roads, so they need to stop and form a team every few hundred steps."
Hurry up and send someone to inform Lord Zhizhou that you must ask for help from the whole family army, this enemy is not something that our militia can deal with, and the regular army of the whole family army must come over!"
As soon as Pang Xingwang's words fell, a knight rode to Pang Xingwang: "Lord Hu Zhizhou Hu has asked for help from the Shengzhou Mansion, we are more than a hundred miles away from Shengzhou, so please be sure to resist for a day!"
”"One day, let's put it lightly, let Master Hu come over and see if he can resist an hour!"
Pang Xingwang looked in the direction of Shengzhou with a depressed face.He knows a little bit about the movements of the whole family's army, the garrison of Shengzhou City is just a coastal defense regiment, plus an infantry regiment, with a total strength of less than 2,500 people, it would be good if they could support Qian'er 800 people, and he didn't know when the main force would come.Just when the first fortification was barely dug for more than five or six hundred meters, the troops under Zheng Zhilong began to approach the Fengzhou militia defense line.......Zheng Zhilong first used artillery to launch a fierce artillery bombardment of the Fengzhou militia defense line, with 18 6-pounder guns and 36 12-pounder guns firing shells at the Toyosu militia.If there were no fortifications, the Fengzhou militia would definitely suffer huge casualties, however, at this time they already had a defensive line, and it was really not ordinarily difficult for the front-loading unrifled smoothbore guns to bombard the trenches more than two feet wide.Almost 400 meters away, shooting a matchbox-sized target with a rifle.Of course, after seeing the earthen trenches and breastwork tactics of the whole family army, more than 100 warships, four or five hundred naval guns, and seven or eight thousand shells, they did not have to help the defense line of the whole family army, and their army only had 54 artillery pieces, and they did not have too high expectations.The whole army of Luzon was not an uninformed native, and when they heard the muskets, they were all frightened.In the face of the artillery bombardment of Zheng's infantry army, although the Fengzhou militia was a little flustered, they still stabilized the front.However, the shelling lasted for nearly seven rounds, but it still caused casualties to the Fengzhou militia, and one militiaman was frightened and ran out of the trench, only to be cut in half, and his body relied on inertia and ran for more than ten meters, only to find that the lower half of his body was gone.Infantry and artillery coordination, there was no such concept at this time, Zheng's artillery stopped shelling, and the infantry lined up in a neat formation and walked towards the trenches of the Fengzhou militia.They were led by more than 1,000 men according to the Spanish infantry code, with pikemen, musketeers, and sword and shield soldiers in between, and in this era, the Spanish phalanx was actually backward, and in the middle of the seventeenth century, they suffered a lot in the battle with the French, and later improved the Spanish phalanx.Previously, the number of Phalanx musketeers was about 25 percent of the total number, but after the improvement, it has increased to 75 percent, and this proportion can be compared with the French."
Eighty steps, sixty steps......"
Just when the commander of the Zheng clan ordered: "End the gun, prepare to ......", the Fengzhou militia in the trench raised their guns and pointed at the Zheng infantry, which was a row of guns.Sixty paces is actually the farthest firing distance of the early Gunners, at this distance, there is basically a 70% chance of hitting a half-meter-high chest target, and it is slightly earlier than the distance of 40 to 50 paces from the Musketeers in the Spanish phalanx."
Bang bang bang ......"
As a row of gunshots rang out one after another, at least five or six hundred firearms rang out, and almost more than a hundred people hit the target, that is, in just one moment, more than a hundred people died.The training effect of the Spaniards was still good, if the previous Zheng infantry should be chaotic now, now they can actually ignore the casualties of their comrades and continue to line up."
Grass, just these two moments, I already knew that I didn't need to ask for help!"
The Spanish phalanx that Pang Xingwang saw was dull, and it was simply queuing up to send him to death."
Ready, fire!"
Gunfire rang out in the second row of the Toyosu militia.At this time, more than 200 of Zheng's infantry fell, and they finally heard the order to raise their guns and shoot, but the problem was that there was no enemy opposite them, and the enemy was all cowering in the trenches.PS: Last month's update was a little weak, the first day of the month, three more to ask for a guaranteed monthly pass!