novelaction Chapter 353 Night Attack on Military Camp
Chapter 353 Night Attack on Military Camp
Set off. "
Standing on the temporary high platform, the high-spirited Mr. Wen Yang pointed his sword and gave the order for the entire army to set off.
At this time, there was still about an hour before dawn, and he had no idea of launching a night attack in the middle of the night, because the 20,000 soldiers under his command could not see at night, and they did not dare to march with torches in a big way when marching at night. I was able to march in the dark an hour earlier.
It's not that the army really marched in the dark. There were still torches, but only one or two torches were lit at intervals. The soldiers used the faint light to march one foot high and one foot low, and the speed was very slow.
But Mr. Wen Yang also calculated that no matter how slow the marching speed was, it would take a full hour to reach the camp of the First Independent Division of the National Defense Force before the sky lit up, and then launch an attack and defeat the First Independent Division in one fell swoop.
His wishful thinking was rattling, but he didn't know that the information had already been leaked. The red lady had already dug a big hole waiting for him to fall into her trap, and a battalion of troops was ambushing in the woods near the temporary camp, preparing to take action. His lair.
The camp was filled with various military supplies, donated by some merchants. However, half of it went into the pockets of the Donglin Party bosses, a small part went into the pockets of Mr. Wen Yang, and the rest was used as military pay, etc. After fighting this battle, Mr. Wen Yang will reward you based on your merits.
Mr. Wen Yang's 20,000-strong army marched for half an hour on a relatively flat official road, then turned into a bumpy village road and marched towards the camp of the Red Lady's Independent First Division. During this period, due to darkness, some soldiers sprained their feet and were unable to do so. Instead of sitting in the woods on the roadside, waiting for the war to end before returning to the team.
The military camp of the First Independent Division of the National Defense Force is located on Xiaopan Mountain. There is only one road up the mountain. After being repaired by the soldiers of the First Independent Division, the mountain roads are all spacious but winding.
When Mr. Wen Yang led his army to the foot of Xiaopan Mountain, there was still half a stick of incense before dawn, but this was the time when people were sleeping the most deeply.
Mr. Wen Yang led his army up the mountain. The scouts who had opened the way in front kept coming back to report. The military camp was silent. The soldiers on guard were probably lazy and slept somewhere. There was not a single ghost in sight.
Mr. Wen Yang was overjoyed. He led his troops to the front of the military camp, asked someone to open the door, and then pointed his sword and gave the order to attack.
The densely packed soldiers made loud roars and charged into the military camp brandishing swords and other weapons.
Massive gunfire like firecrackers suddenly rang out, and the soldiers charging at the front fell down with screams.
"Charge, keep charging, if you get in, you will win!"
The sudden burst of gunfire startled everyone, including Mr. Wen Yang. They instinctively stopped and looked back to where Shuai Qi was, waiting for Mr. Wen Yang's order.
Mr. Wen Yang knew that he had fallen into the trap, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. As long as the army entered the barracks and fought with the First Independent Division, the muskets would be useless and could only be used as fire sticks.
However, he had never been on the battlefield. Even though he had heard that the First Royal Regiment used three-stage shooting tactics when sniping at Li Zicheng's crazy attack, he didn't care at all. Three-stage firing could withstand his 20,000-strong army. A crazy attack like a tide?
Another one is that he overestimated the combat effectiveness of his private soldiers. The 20,000 soldiers were all farmers who had just put down their farm tools. They picked up swords and other weapons and went to the battlefield. Their combat effectiveness was the fifth scum among the five scum.
The First Independent Division's volleys of gunfire continued, and under the dense rain of bullets, private soldiers fell down in sheets and screamed. The ground was covered with corpses in different forms of death. The wounded but not dead private soldiers lay struggling miserably in a pool of blood. howl.
If Zhu Youjian hadn't demanded a large amount of free labor and asked the Red Lady to capture more prisoners, the soldiers of the First Independent Division would have greeted them with grenades and bombarded them wildly with dozens of artillery pieces of large and small calibers.
The private soldiers who went to the battlefield for the first time saw their former companions and friends falling down in pieces. The corpses in different forms of death were piled up on the ground. The blood dyed the ground red. Then fled.
"Don't retreat, hold on, charge in, kill..." Mr. Wen Yang waved the iron sword in his hand and roared, but his voice was completely covered up by the dense firecracker-like gunshots and shrill screams.
"Sir, we have fallen into a trap. Let's run away."
Seeing that the situation was not good, the guards around him quickly set up their horses and ran away down the mountain as hard as they could. If he didn't run away, they would be knocked down by the defeated soldiers scrambling for their lives, and they would be trampled into meat cakes, leaving no bones left.
"Oh, I didn't expect that the first battle I commanded would turn out like this..." Mr. Wen Yang knew that the situation was over, so he could only sigh and run down the mountain.