【Chapter 736】Grenadiers, prepare to pervert!
The ancient cavalry in the charge was generally suppressed by grenades and suffered heavy losses. At the beginning, the soldiers of the white-clothed army felt that a grenade was thrown over and the explosion effect was already good. As long as the ancient cavalry was near the explosion point, they were basically overturned. But later, more and more ancient cavalry were swarming up, and they felt that one grenade was not enough. They had to tie three or four grenades together and then threw them out with force. The sky collapsed and the earth cracked, so that the tide of the ancient cavalry was blocked.
The use of cluster grenades has indeed blocked the attack of the ancient cavalry to the greatest extent. Its huge explosion power is unstoppable by anyone and cannot bear it by many people. The more people near the explosion point, the greater the casualties it will cause. No matter how many people come up from the ancient cavalry behind, their vanguard is like a huge wave of the sea, slamming fiercely on the reefs on the shore, and countless waves are raised, but it has never been able to move forward. Yangguan Fort is like a monster, constantly swallowing up the ancient cavalry that rushed up. [..com]
Of course, the ancient cavalry were not just for a good meal. Their archery skills were like the Great Jin army. If they found a chance to take action, the White Army would have to continue to suffer casualties. Before the grenade was pulled, it was shot dead and injured by an arrowhead. This was pretty good. If it was a grenade after pulling the string, it was shot by an arrowhead before taking action, and the consequences were absolutely tragic. With a loud rumbling, the White Army would have to pay a considerable price.
Many of the city walls of Yangguan Fort were blown up by the white-clothed army's own grenades.
The grenades that had not had time to take action but had already pulled the strings were like time bombs. No one knew when it would explode next moment. As a result, a better gap was opened like this. The ancient cavalry took the opportunity to flock in.
Fortunately, Xu Xingxia also knew that this situation was very dangerous. Therefore, he set up a second deep defense line behind the city wall. The White-Clothed Army's reserve team was here, and could reinforce the front at any time and eliminate the ancient cavalry that rushed in from the gap at any time. Those ancient cavalry that rushed in from the gap... often had not yet figured out what was happening behind the gap, and had been knocked to the ground.
In addition to the reserve team of the White Army, some non-combatants gathered here. These personnel, including civilians who carried the bodies, sailors of transport ships who voluntarily applied to participate in the war, or the young and strong people around the Sheepguan Fort. At this time... they can also be used as combatants. The throwing of grenades... does not have too many skills, they only need to have enough arm strength. The people selected by Xu Xingxia naturally have enough arm strength.
Most of them can throw handgun bombs to 40 meters away. A small number of people can throw grenades to 50 meters away. As for a very small number of perverted gibbons, they can throw grenades to 60 meters away. With such a group of grenadiers on the second line of defense of the White Army, it is as solid as a rock. No matter how many ancient cavalrymen were killed in outside, they could not escape the destructive attack of grenades.
"Should the White Army form a bullet-clad armed force?"
Xu Xingxia suddenly had a whim. In the history of modern Western wars, grenadiers appeared. They were generally tall, strong, firm, and tenacious professional soldiers. In addition to equipped muskets, they also equipped the most primitive grenades, and iron balls filled with black gunpowder. This and the fireballs have great damage to buildings. In battle, grenadiers are often regarded as elites at the bottom of the box.
Compared with the grenades equipped by the White Army, this primitive iron ball is useless. The explosion power of any grenade of the White Army can match five or six such iron balls, but the weight is much lighter. The grenade weighs only about two kilograms. The iron ball filled with black gunpowder weighs at least five kilograms. Under the same arm strength conditions, the light grenade will naturally throw much farther than the heavy iron ball.
Judging from the current technical conditions of the White Army, it takes a long time for the entire army to popularize the equipment of Han-style rifles. The production capacity cannot keep up for the time being. At the same time, the cost of Han-style rifles is higher than that of the Sun-Moon System, and it requires more financial resources. 200,000 Han-style rifles are a considerable expense. Even if Xu Xingxia is very rich, he can still feel the existence of pressure. After all, the money in his hands needs to be invested in many aspects to improve the combat effectiveness of other troops. A large amount of equipment of grenades is obviously a shortcut. The cost and output of grenades can meet the needs of each army. Faced with ordinary enemies, they use the Sun-Moon Mirror to deal with it. If the enemy is still stronger, they will send out Han-style rifles to deal with it. Such an echelon configuration can better utilize resources and better internal incentives.
Internal incentives are always an important magic weapon for the army to advance. If the army does not fight every day and does not have internal incentives, it is easy to fall into a state of being in the same position or even retreat. What is the main task of the army? It is to fight. Only by constantly fighting can we continuously summarize experiences and lessons and make continuous progress. If we do not fight, the army will become rigid, age, and deteriorate, and eventually the combat effectiveness will continue to decline, which is difficult to maintain.
To be honest, if an army does not fight for more than ten years, it will probably be a little rigid in many aspects. If it does not fight for more than twenty years, it will probably be out of touch with the mainstream of the world in many aspects. If it does not fight for more than thirty years, it will probably be a lot of problems and it will be difficult to return to the peak state without major combat baptism. If it breaks and then establishes, it will be like this.
"Has they indeed made a breakthrough?" Tang Gudi asked worriedly.
"I don't know." Amin shook his head slowly and responded vaguely. From the perspective of their standing, it was indeed impossible to determine whether the ancients had already rushed in. However, one thing is certain. The ancients had indeed approached the wall of Yangguan Castle and took effective actions to destroy the wall. If it weren't for the artillery fire of the White Army, they would have seen it more clearly.
At this time, all the senior leaders of the Great Jin Kingdom and the ancients were anxiously observing the situation on the front line. They all eagerly expected that the ancient cavalry could enter the Yangguan Fort and eliminate the White-Clothed Army. As long as they stormed into the Yangguan Fort, the White-Clothed Army would either face the sharp arrows of the ancient cavalry archers or the sharp scimitars of the ancients. No matter which one they were, they would only be slaughtered.
"Da da da da!"
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came.
A thousand-man leader rushed back excitedly, waved his hands and shouted excitedly to everyone: "My masters, we are in! Our people have already entered! Igduziber sent me back to report your victory to you! He also hoped that more reinforcements would go up, expand the top, and pacify the Sheep Official Fort in one fell swoop!"
Congor hurriedly asked, "Are you sure they've all gone in?"
That, the chief of the young master, said excitedly: "The second major Beile, we did break in! Batu, Bayin, Chaolu and others all went in!"
Kong Guoer's originally tense and heavy face finally slowly stretched out.
The three names mentioned by the ancient Qianfu Commander of the Méng are the three most brave Qianfu Commander under Igduqi. Since they have all rushed into the Yangguan Fort, it means that the ancient cavalry of the Méng had indeed destroyed the city wall and began to siege and kill the white-clothed army in the Yangguan Fort on the street stall. Under such circumstances, the number of the white-clothed army is seriously insufficient. They will definitely be wiped out against the ancient warriors who are several times more than themselves.
"Congoer, let's do it quickly!" San'er shouted excitedly.
This time, the ancient cavalry dispatched to reinforce the Great Jin Kingdom was divided into three 10,000 teams, and the commander of the army was Congor. However, in terms of real control, Congor could only command one of his tribe... Ten Thousand People Team, San'ar's Ten Thousand People Team, and Igduqi's Ten Thousand People Team, were all unable to directly control and command. This was also a habitual fall on the prairie. For any tribe, only the leader of the tribe can control it.
Now, seeing that Igduqi's 10,000 team is about to achieve dazzling results, San'al couldn't sit still. If Igduqi was asked to steal all the limelight, the power of Ming'an Beile would definitely rise even higher. San'al, from the perspective of his own interests, certainly, did not want Ming'an Beile's strength to grow uncontrollably. If that were the case, the seventeen... Among the seventeen Bellers in the Bellers, except Ming'an Beile, everyone else would have a hard time. He believed that Congor's thoughts should be the same as him.
Indeed, Kongor was also a little moved. The reason was indeed the same as San'er was worried. He was indeed unwilling to see Ming'an Beile's strength, and it expanded rapidly without control. This was very sensitive to him, the second-ranked figure. He hoped to maintain the current balance of the Korqin tribe, and did not want a situation where one could dominate.
Only when his strength is maintained in a relatively balanced state can he, the second-person of the Korqin tribe, play a certain role. If Ming'an Beile's strength is so strong that he can completely overwhelm others, he, the second-person, will become the first object to Ming'an Beile to eliminate. Kongor is very clear about this.
"Okay, let's do it too!" Congor made a decision quickly.
Chapter completed!