Chapter 69 Autumn Dew Part 2 "Grenadiers, attack forward."
Shi Liziyu, commander of the Third Army, waved the command flag vigorously and led 300 carefully selected strong men to throw grenades the size of melons at the enemy.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" There was another burst of lightning and thunder, and a full third of the four Miao Army centurions were knocked over.
The remaining ones were so frightened that they turned around and joined the fleeing team.
"The 3024th Regiment, form a triangle formation and attack forward."
Li Ziyu continued to wave the flag, his bronze face filled with the calmness unique to a general, "Grenadiers, follow behind the 3024th Regiment. , ready to force the way at any time.”
"Nuo" The soldiers around him responded in unison, and then used lanterns and suonas to transform the order into a signal that everyone could hear and see, spreading throughout the hill.
"Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock."
The elite members of the Huaiyang Third Army Corps came out from the darkness and quickly formed a huge attack triangle while running.
The sword and shield soldiers are at the outermost, followed by two rows of musketeers.
Following this triangle were three hundred tall and physically powerful grenadiers.
Everyone was wearing only a very thin wire vest.
In addition to a dagger, there was only a row of melon-sized grenades on each person's waist.
In the past, the General Administration rarely interfered in the specific affairs of each legion, so the main forces of the Huai'an Army were influenced by their chief generals and formed their own specific styles in battle.
The First Army is equipped with the largest number of artillery pieces and the most complex models, so artillery must clear the way in every battle.
The Second Legion retained the most cold weapons and heavy armor, and was unstoppable when charging into battle.
As for the Third Army Corps commanded by Xu Da, the outside world usually only hears the word "stable".
In every battle, one must make a decision before moving.
When moving, it is like the rising tide of the sea, one wave after another, swallowing up any obstacle.
These rumors cannot be said to be completely wrong, but almost everyone accidentally ignored two facts.
First, in addition to the capital commander Xu Da, the three armies also had a deputy capital commander Wang Bi whose military force was comparable to Chen De.
Secondly, the commander of the Third Army, Shi Li Ziyu, was originally the deputy Qianhu of the Grenadier Corps.
Among the major forces, the Third Army was the only one that still maintained the grenadier structure and was a regiment in size.
It is true that early ignition grenades had several shortcomings such as short attack range, high misfire rate, and easy avoidance by opponents.
Therefore, with the emergence of the four-pound cannon and the tiger squat cannon, its status was quickly replaced by the latter.
However, with the birth of glass, the grenades produced by Huaiyang no longer require external ignition.
The granulation of black powder and the continuous improvement of internal fuse technology have also made the power and stability of grenades increase day by day.
In addition, although the attack distance of grenades is far inferior to that of artillery, grenades have flexibility that artillery cannot compare with.
And there is no need for expensive barrels.
One thousand four-pound cannons were enough to make the finances of the Huaiyang General Manager's Mansion unable to make ends meet for several months.
The cost of training a thousand grenadiers is basically the same as that of ordinary soldiers, and even much lower than that of heavy armored soldiers.
Therefore, after receiving close cooperation from the Military Intelligence Office, Xu Da, commander of the Second Army Corps, immediately brought out the killer weapon of the grenadiers.
Chief Shi Li Ziyu personally led the team, led an infantry regiment and a grenadier battalion, and under the leadership of internal informants of the Miao army, quietly sneaked to Yang Wanzhe's Chinese army station, near Ziyun Qiu in Baiqiling.
Then, taking advantage of the opportunity when the mountain people would put down everything at hand to perform moon worship ceremonies every Mid-Autumn Festival when the moon is full, they climbed directly from the cliff on the side of Ziyun Qiu to the top of the hill.
Assemble, line up, and explore forward.
After it was determined that the enemy troops who came to patrol had already been bribed by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the dawn of victory was already in sight.
After Zhong Chaozi led Li Ziyu to the correct position, he decisively led his mountain people and took the initiative to get out of the way of the attack.
His mission has been basically completed at this point.
If he continues to kill, he will be injured.
The relocation of the entire tribe did not happen overnight.
There are not enough men to rely on.
The more money you have, the more vulnerable you are to the prying eyes of other mountain tribes around you.
As they took the initiative to evacuate, the enemy and our teams on the hill gradually became clear.
In neat formation, more than 1,300 Huai'an elites advanced towards the commanding flag on the top of the hill in an orderly manner.
And those who scurry around like frightened grasshoppers in clusters in the east and strands in the west are Yang Wanzhe's direct soldiers who hastily transferred back to protect him.
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The latter was either born in Yang Wanzhe's own village, or the leader of the village had a long-term intermarriage with his Yang family and were related by marriage.
As the saying goes, brothers fight like brothers, and father and son fight in battle.
In the age of cold weapons, blood relationships are often more reliable than political or interest alliances.
Although the mountain people who blocked the position pointed by the Huai'an army's front line were hacked to death with steel knives in groups, shot into sieves in rows by muskets, and sent into the sky by grenades in clusters.
But there are still twine and small gongs.
One after another, they lead their direct line to the front and block the position, fighting to the death and buying time for the coach Yang Wanzhe.
At this moment, Yang Wanzhe also showed the qualities that a veteran of many battles should have.
Knowing that his own safety was the key to the outcome of the entire battle, he didn't care about shame.
Surrounded by the remaining 400 soldiers, he decisively retreated to the other side of the hill and faced the approaching enemy.
Other tribes moved closer.
As long as he can join up with the tribal soldiers under the command of several generals under his command, the entire battle plan of the Huai'an Army will fail; as long as he can escape to a safe place, with the mountain people a hundred times larger than the enemy, even if one of them is spitting, he can escape from the cliff.
The thousands of Huaiyang elites who climbed up Ziyun Qiu were drowned alive.
"It's not that easy to leave."
Before going into battle, Li Ziyu had repeatedly calculated Yang Wanzhe's response on the sandbox.
Realizing that this man was indeed planning to abandon the army and abscond, he immediately pulled out a golden battle flag from the hands of his own soldiers and raised it high into the air.
"Hulala" the flag made of silk and satin was blown back and forth by the night wind.
It reflected bunches of golden light, illuminating the eyes of every Huai'an soldier.
"Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock," the sound of the copper suona was heartbreaking, and the triangular attack array suddenly split from it and turned into two long dragons.
One of them continued to drive straight in, while the other one suddenly made a big swing on the hillside, sweeping away the surrounding obstacles and moving around in front of Yang Wanzhe.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom" the musketeers kept pulling the trigger while walking, firing hot lead bullets into the enemy's chest.
The dozen or so sword and shield soldiers walking at the dragon's head remained silent and quickly rushed over, stepping on the body of the one who was shot, and split the rest of the enemy troops blocking the road in two from the center.
The sword and shield soldiers in other positions turned into protective golden scales as they advanced, protecting the entire team from being harassed by the remaining enemy soldiers.
The grenadiers, who were protected by sword and shield soldiers, saw the opportunity and threw grenades one after another towards the enemy's densely populated areas.
Every time there was an explosion, blood and flesh flew everywhere.
They are grenadiers, the earliest firearms unit in the old Xuzhou Left Army.
The oldest firearms branch in the New Huaiyang Army.
They have been forgotten for too long.
They will die tonight in the enemy's corpses and sea of blood, like phoenixes reborn from the ashes, proudly displaying their wings: