Chapter 1441 The Power of the Marines
Before the war started, Hou Jin believed that the fortress defense line under his control should be equipped with relatively strong defense capabilities. If Haihan tried to penetrate this line of defense, he would inevitably pay a huge price. However, the battlefield situation after the war shocked General Hou Jin. Haihan had no intention of using hand-to-hand siege methods to attack the line of defense that Hou Jin had painstakingly managed. Instead, he attacked Hou Jin from a relatively long distance. They reasonably used a large number of artillery to attack the two main entrances and exits on this line of defense, and easily repelled the cavalry sent by Hou Jin to fight.
If the rhythm of the war continues as it is, Yangu Li will not panic. After all, behind the fortress defense line is the Houjin control area. Combat supplies are much easier than the Haihan army coming across the sea. As long as the defense line can be held It goes without saying that the longer this battle lasts, the more opportunities Hou Jin will have to reverse the situation.
However, Haihan's tactics did not follow common sense. While setting up two positions on the frontal battlefield to absorb Houjin's main force, he also sent a team from the sea to land behind the defense line. When Yangu Li realized that the purpose of the Haihan army behind him was not just harassment, the opponent was quickly approaching the fortress defense line. Based on the current battlefield situation, Yangu Li really has no confidence if he wants to fight enemies from both the north and the south at the same time. Therefore, he could only choose to attack the relatively weaker side, hoping to drive the Haihan army behind him back to the sea as soon as possible, and then he could concentrate on dealing with the enemies on the frontal battlefield.
Although a thousand-man cavalry had been dispatched the day before to deal with the Haihan army that suddenly appeared from behind, after receiving Azig's notice, Yanguli himself felt that such an arrangement was not enough. Unstable, he rushed over with two thousand people early in the morning, in order to solve the hidden danger behind it in one fell swoop.
However, when the Jin army led this group and rushed to the area, they found that Haihan's cavalry unit had disappeared, and only the very conspicuous beachhead position was still standing on the seaside. The number of artillery positions on the position has changed from two in yesterday's news to six.
"Where are the Haihan cavalry?" Yangguli asked worriedly to his men who had been sent here yesterday.
The destructive power of a highly armed cavalry is quite terrifying. Yangguli was afraid that the Haihan cavalry would disappear under his nose, so he sent the cavalry in advance to monitor the enemy's movements.
But the more I was afraid of something, the more it came, so I heard my subordinate say tremblingly: "I'm...looking for..."
Yangu Li whipped the riding crop across his head and face before he could finish his words. Regardless of the reason, losing the surveillance target so easily was an unforgivable mistake. What's more, the cavalry he sent in advance still had obvious strength advantages, but in the end, they were all escaped from the enemy's surveillance without a trace. This was undoubtedly a crime of delaying the opportunity of fighting. Even if the officer in charge was immediately pulled off his horse and executed, of.
In fact, after the Haihan Cavalry left last night, the Jin Army's surveillance still took some trouble. After nightfall, they first returned to the beachhead, then wrapped all the horses' hooves in thick cloth in the dark, and quietly left when the moon was dark and the wind was high. Fortunately, there were not many people in the cavalry battalion, and the night operation did not make much noise. In addition, Jin's side did not expect that the Haihan cavalry would leave the beachhead position, so they were able to implement this bold tactic.
Then when Jin realized something was wrong, it was already dawn. If he had been allowed to run away for such a long time, he was afraid that the Haihan Cavalry would have been twenty or thirty miles away. How could he find them at this time? trace. When Yangu Li came with his troops, they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, searching for the whereabouts of Haihan Cavalry.
After Yangguli vented his anger with a few severe whips, he quickly calmed down. Even if the Haihan Cavalry slipped out of the surveillance range, they came from the sea and had no way to return to the south from the land for the time being. So no matter how hard they tried, Yangu Li believed that they would have to return to the seaside in the end and take those damn... The sailing ships withdrew to the south of the fortress defense line. Even if they want to fight a protracted war, the supplies must be transported from the sea. In short, they cannot escape from this beachhead. As long as they keep an eye on this place, the Haihan cavalry will come back sooner or later, but if they can cut off their passage to the seaside, then no matter how hard this cavalry can fight, they will never be able to consume Houjin, who has several times the strength and has the home field advantage. military.
Yanguli quickly figured out the key, and immediately adjusted his defenses, deploying an arc-shaped encirclement based on the coastline with a radius of one mile near the Haihan beachhead. Because of the limited force, the encirclement was not too tight, but it was impossible for a cavalry of hundreds of people to pass through silently.
Now that he's here, of course Yangu Li will try to attack this beachhead, but the artillery on the position makes him wary, so he specifically orders that he only needs to feint to lure the opponent to fire, and there is no need to charge desperately.
And the subsequent battle situation proved that his caution was necessary. After the cavalry rushed into the distance of a hundred feet, the sound of artillery was heard on the beachhead, and several artillery shells roared through the air, hitting the few who were rushing at the front. The cavalryman and his horse were beaten into a pile of dregs. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining cavalry immediately adjusted their direction and left the fighting zone.
"You should keep charging!" Wang Tom watched the rear golden cavalry rush into range and immediately broke away. He was also very unwilling at the moment.
He wished that the few thousand Jin troops on the periphery would make a desperate charge towards the beachhead, so that the efficiency of harvesting the enemy's lives would be higher. Although only six artillery pieces are deployed on the position, there are actually six hidden gun emplacements. A total of twelve field guns are deployed on this beachhead position. In addition, there is fire cover from the sea behind it. Therefore, Wang Tom didn't feel too nervous about Hou Jin's siege. Instead, he hoped that Hou Jin could take the initiative to launch an offensive.
In addition to wanting to eliminate more enemies in the current battlefield environment, Wang Tom also has another mission, which is to attract the firepower of the Jin army here so that the cavalry battalion can carry out its combat mission across the inland.
After Harugong led the cavalry battalion to break away from the surveillance of the Jin Army last night, he first detoured to the north and rested in a mountain forest until dawn. Then he turned and headed west for a while, and then headed south towards the fortress. Coming from the direction of the defense line. The cavalry battalion made a large circle, avoiding the Houjin outposts who were still searching for their whereabouts, and then attacked a small stronghold between Jijiabao and Sujiabao. The Houjin Army stationed here did not expect that an enemy force would come out from behind. They were caught off guard and were beaten to pieces by the Haihan Cavalry Battalion that was speeding past. They were only killed and wounded by rifles. There were nearly a hundred people. In the chaos, the Hou Jin Army, which rushed to the battle, even injured many people under the hooves of its own cavalry. By the time they arranged their chaotic formation, the Haihan cavalry had already voluntarily left the battlefield and headed northwest. .
The garrison stationed at the stronghold that was attacked did not pursue it, nor did it not pursue it. Their task is to guard this stronghold and be ready to add to the fortress defense line to resist attacks from the south. But at this time, the enemy troops appeared inexplicably in the north. If they divided their forces to pursue them, the defense of the stronghold would become weak. No one knew whether this was Haihan's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. If you don't chase him, his death will be completely in vain. Moreover, if you lose the enemy's movements, you will have no way to explain to Yangu Li when you turn around.
In the end, under the dilemma, the garrison here only detached more than 20 cavalry to fall behind the Haihan cavalry in order to grasp its next move. However, pursuit and suppression are out of the question. If there are fewer people, they will not be able to defeat them. There were too many delays, so I simply gave up on this plan.
The cavalry battalion did not fight back, but headed west towards Sujiapu under the leadership of Harugong. Similar to other strongholds, Sujiabao has a large number of troops gathered here, but they did not fully consider the offensive from behind. When the Haihan Army came from a distance, many people even thought that this might be another army. Reinforcements transferred from the Golden State or other state capitals. It wasn't until the cavalry got closer that someone finally saw that they were not dressed as members of their own family, and then an alarm was raised.
But before the golden cavalrymen could mount their horses to fight, they were hit by a hail of bullets. The huddled cavalrymen had no room to dodge, so the outermost cavalrymen became living shields and were eaten by force. Countless bullets. Although many people were shouting "enemy attack", only a few knights rushed out to fight, and they were often knocked down by whizzing bullets as soon as they appeared. After the Jin army finally adjusted and began to fight, the Haihan cavalry had already left the battlefield as quickly as a strong wind.
Harugong hasn't had such a refreshing combat experience for a long time. Although the cavalry battalion he led had performed many combat missions in the battle before the winter last year, they were all focused on tasks such as cover, warning, and reconnaissance. Lord, there are indeed very few opportunities to truly attack the opponent on a frontal battlefield as a battalion unit. This deep battle behind enemy lines was probably the riskiest mission since the establishment of the cavalry battalion. When formulating the battle plan, Harugong also fought for a long time before convincing other generals to let him personally lead the attack. This was originally just a backup combat plan, but after a suitable battlefield environment appeared by mistake, Harugong decisively put this paper plan into practice.
Just as they had judged when formulating the battle plan, although the Hou Jin army already knew that a small group of cavalry had landed behind the defense line, the delay in information transmission and the lack of attention by the Hou Jin generals directly led to their lack of corresponding battle preparations. , when the Haihan cavalry appeared, they didn't even have time to organize a decent resistance, and they had already suffered a wave of attacks from their opponents. The hit-and-run tactics of Haihan's cavalry made the Hou Jin Army lose track of their main point. They never expected what Haihan's next move would be.
News that the defense line was attacked by Haihan cavalry one after another finally reached Yanguli about two hours later, and he also realized that the beachhead set up by Haihan was intended to attract his attention to cover the cavalry. Launched aggressive attacks inland. If he continued to wait like this, if the Haihan people were not in chaos, the fortress defense line under his command would be in chaos first. Yangu Li decided not to wait anymore and try to force the cavalry team out as soon as possible.
The only feasible method at the moment is to attack this beachhead and completely cut off the cavalry's retreat. Although doing so may result in heavy casualties, Yanguli believes that if the opponent's cavalry can be retained at this time, it can boost morale to a certain extent, and he may even be able to capture Haihan's generals. , when the time comes, there will be bargaining chips available for bargaining with Haihan.
So he left five hundred cavalry to support outside, and asked the rest of the troops to launch an offensive toward the Haihan beachhead from the north, west, and south. It's just that he couldn't come up with any novel tactics in a hurry. He still used the usual routine of cavalry taking the lead and infantry following up.
"Finally here!" Wang Tom was not nervous when he saw such a scene, but was excited. The general staff had carefully calculated how the Hou Jin Army would react after being attacked by cavalry. The situation at this time was also among them, and corresponding measures were already waiting for them.
After the Jin army moved closer, the six hidden artillery positions finally revealed their ferocious features. As soon as the twelve artillery came up, they all used grape bullets with a large killing area as their main attack. As the cannon sounded, the Houjin cavalry who rushed in formation fell down in pieces, with almost no corpses left. However, the cavalry who were lucky enough to rush nearby suddenly discovered that there was a dense crisscross of barbed wire waiting for them outside the beachhead. Many horses could not stop and tripped directly on it, and then fell into the barbed wire with both men and horses. , the more they struggled, the tighter they became, and they could only wait helplessly for the Haihan soldiers behind the bunker to refill their guns.
In just one meeting, the Houjin Cavalry had already lost more than two hundred horses. This scene made Yangguli's face turn from black to green, and then from green to white. It wasn't that he couldn't afford to lose this few men, but they fell in pieces like this without even being able to touch the edge of the enemy. No matter how hard-blooded he was, he felt that this speed of battle damage was too much to bear.
Wang Tom didn't think so much. Seeing that he could control the situation better, he also took a rifle and joined the battle. The rifle he uses is a version specially customized by the Ministry of Ordnance Industry. The shooting accuracy is naturally better than the models installed by the army. When aiming at enemies within a hundred meters, the bullets are basically flawless. In a short time, the enemies under his hand will be injured. It has exceeded double digits.
Although Houjin continued to attack, Haihan's weapon advantage was too great, and the enemy-killing efficiency of the two sides was not at the same level. Even if they continued to move forward under Yangguli's supervision, they still could not catch up with Haihan's guns. The speed of killing. After a cup of tea, the bodies of the Hou Jin army and war horses were already densely packed outside the beachhead. The strong smell of blood filled the air at the seaside, making the soldiers on both sides of the battle more and more manic.
(End of chapter)