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Text 1911 Zhenglan Banner Breaks Out

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    The troops behind the snake formation entered the formation position, and the musketeers dismounted their horses to form a three-stage firing line formation.  Seeing that fortification equipment such as baggage trains and chariots blocked the rear of the formation under the push and pull of horses and auxiliary soldiers, Qin Mingtao breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the galloping Zhenglan Banner with his binoculars.

    But the sight in the telescope surprised him. Mang Gurtai was obviously not prepared to attack the front of the dense musketeers. He made the most of the flat terrain of North Zhili.  On the fertile Hebei Plain, the Tatars attacking at high speed fanned out to the left and right, and the distance between the horses widened. The front of the cavalry charge quickly stretched to two kilometers long, and they rushed over in a mighty manner.  .

    The Tatars came very quickly, and the thin linear array on the flanks was unable to direct firepower at the weak left and right sides.  Seeing that the 700-meter-long linear formation of Gaishui Camp was about to be outflanked by the Tatars from both sides, if no adjustments were made, the entire army would collapse immediately and be swept down by the fierce Jianzhou cavalry.

    Zhao De observed the changes in the incoming enemy and said anxiously, "Father, the Tatars want to surround us

    The battle at the Daling River was the first confrontation between Houjin and the Nanhai Kingdom. The Gaishuiying camp from the future knew what the Tatars were like, but the Jurchens had no idea about the Gaishuiying camp they came into contact with for the first time.  The artillery and flintlock guns that transcended the times were something the Jianzhou Tatars had never seen before, and they suffered heavy losses in the first battle.

    But not understanding Gaishui and suffering a disastrous defeat does not mean that Hou Jin will not be able to resist the attack of Gaishui camp from now on.

    War is not only a contest of military strength and weapons and equipment, but also a contest of commanders and generals.  Although Gaishuiying has absolutely leading weapons, at the general level, Houjin undoubtedly has an advantage.

    It only took more than a dozen years to rise from the black mountains and white waters. Nurhaci's nephews are used to fighting in the north and south. They have unparalleled war experience, and none of them are idiots.  After suffering a loss, they quickly came up with various countermeasures.

    Outside Funing City, Dorgon asked the soldiers to hold up thick wooden boards to resist bullets.  Although this wooden shield made of one hand was inconvenient to carry, it greatly reduced the long-distance lethality of the flintlock gun.  In this flat wilderness, Mang Gurtai chose another method to weaken the firearms troops.

    Zhenglan Banner abandoned all the baggage and rushed to attack, launching a surprise attack on the marching Gaishui Camp, never giving the Gaishui Camp time to build complex fortifications.

    And at this time.  Approaching the central area, Manggul Tairan discovered another weakness in the linear musket position.  These line formations have almost no protection on the flanks.  After Jinbeile decided to attack the weakest point of the enemy, Zhenglan Banner expanded the impact area and outflanked it from the left, right and front three directions.  Directly attack Gaishuiying's weak side and rear.

    The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly.  Qin Mingtao couldn't help but frown.  Think for a moment.  He issued an order to change positions to the entire army.

    "Change the formation! Change the entire army to a hollow square formation!"

    ????????????????????????????????¡­  The ordering soldiers held up the ordering boards and dispersed in all directions. The order to change formations was issued to the entire battalion.  The officers, who were anxious about the Tatar attack, breathed a sigh of relief.  Arrange according to training time.  The banner men and horses rearranged their formations around the artillery positions.

    The hollow formation is where the musketeers have no choice but to open in the middle on the open terrain.  Lines of musketeers were deployed in all four directions.  Although taking into account four directions reduces frontal firepower.  But if the firearms force does not conduct all-round defense.  The enemy's cavalry will rush in from the weakest place.  The frontal firepower is sacrificed for stronger defense and survivability.

    The hollow square array of Gaishui Camp has been slightly improved.  The front is composed of three rows of musketeers.  Two thousand soldiers were gathered in these three rows of fire lines.  It is the first line of troops to meet the enemy.  They will perform three rounds of fire during combat.  Create a suppressive and intensive firepower.

    There are another 600 musketeers on the wings to guard against the cavalry outflanking.  Their periphery is made up of chariots pushed up by auxiliary troops and a large number of simple horse-rejecting defense facilities, making the narrower flanks equally defensive.

    The middle of the hollow array is not empty. It contains artillery positions and auxiliary troops.  The auxiliary soldiers managed gunpowder and bullets to help the front-line soldiers reload as quickly as possible.  The auxiliary soldiers also managed horses, chariots, and baggage vehicles.  Despite the hasty change of formation, the well-trained auxiliary soldiers still rushed to deploy various simple fortifications such as Juma to the side and rear of the hollow formation before the battle began.

    Behind the hollow formation is a defense line composed of two lines of baggage vehicles and tanks.  The baggage cart was wrapped in thick sea cloth and covered with a layer of soil at the end.  The one-meter-tall chariot is not very heavy and is made of wood. It can be easily pushed and deployed on the battlefield.  The chariot is more than one meter wide, with simple wooden walls on the edges. At this time, there are also two rows of musketeers on it.

    The soldiers on the tank can not only guard against enemy sneak attacks from behind, but can also pour firepower to the front and flanks.  On the premise of ensuring side and rear defense, the frontal firepower of the phalanx was increased.

    &nbsThe cavalry in the rear row held the horse's head, waiting for the grenade to explode in the uninhabited area.  The front row cavalry gritted their teeth and rushed forward, crossing the grenade's killing area.

    But there were always some people who couldn't escape, and more than 400 Tatars were blown into corpses.  However, three hundred horsemen broke through the last fire net, and the war machine of several hundred kilograms rushed towards the front-line musketeers like a tank that was about to crush everything.

    "Bayonet raised diagonally!"

    Boss Liang, who was at the front, stepped to the front of the queue and quickly thrust a spear with a bayonet on the ground.  He stepped on the fulcrum of the gun butt, glared at the Tatars charging towards him, and shouted loudly,

    "The Great Wall has been broken! Behind us is the Han family! Are you the mountain that blocks the aliens?"

    "We are the foothills!"

    "Kill the thief!"
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