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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 643: Defeat the Enemy with Bayonet

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    "His Royal Highness the King of the West, my subordinates are still a little worried about the defense of the three camps. There are only more than two thousand people left to guard each camp. Isn't it too few?" Xi Wang Xinghuang said in the open field outside Majuqiao Town.  Under the banner, Qian Jiang said with some worry: "There are more than 100,000 Qingyao three mountains and five gardens plus the Qing army stationed in the capital. If they attack the camp desperately, my subordinates may not be able to defend it. ≥"

    Xiao Yungui was sitting on the horse, wearing the uniform of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Marshal. He said with a faint smile: "I guess the Qingyao is now divided into two factions. One faction wants to join the ocean to destroy the Taiping, and the other wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. There must be a quarrel.  Non-stop. If Qingyao wants to unite with the foreigners, they still have a huge obstacle, which is the deep grudge between the two families. This will take some time to resolve. If Qingyao sends troops alone to attack our camp, they will be left alone.  I don't have the guts!" The guy said this, but in his heart he thought: "Qingyun won't try to get behind me for the time being. As long as she doesn't act arbitrarily for the time being, there's no need to worry."

    The sound of gunfire in the distance began to intensify, and the messengers flew over and reported loudly: "The third battalion of the third division, one regiment, and the third battalion have begun to charge!" Xiao Yungui nodded slightly and said loudly: "Let the other two battalions come from the left and right.  Outflank the two wings and move around, be sure to defeat the enemy in front of you first! The second regiment of the third division is ready to join the charge!"

    The messenger loudly received the order and went to deliver the order. Xiao Yungui raised his binoculars and saw the Taiping soldiers began to charge towards the French army. The French soldiers under the tricolor flag used double rows of soldiers to protect their flanks as much as possible, but  The numerical disadvantage caused them to be attacked on three sides and stretched thin.

    The Taiping soldiers used skirmishers to charge in stages, and the skirmisher line advanced like a wave.  The soldiers in the front row kept standing and shooting, and then waited for the soldiers in the back row to come forward and continue firing to suppress them.  Then come forward alternately.

    Soldiers on both sides used rifled muskets with high accuracy at a distance of three to four hundred meters.  Casualties on both sides began to increase significantly.  The French soldiers' marksmanship was accurate and they occupied the advantageous location. The Taiping soldiers' shooting skills were not bad either, but they also had certain advantages due to their superior numbers, the formation of skirmishers and the camouflage uniforms. On the contrary, the French soldiers' red trousers were too eye-catching.  And the arrangement is compact, making it a very good living target.

    From the perspective of the French soldiers, the Taiping soldiers were very low when charging.  Moreover, he was quite cunning when running, always turning left and right to hide, and occasionally lying on the ground. His various tactical movements were dazzling, and he did not have the momentum of the French army to charge forward in an indomitable manner. The French soldiers were quite contemptuous of this.  .  But they also found that this tactical action of the enemy was very practical and difficult to hit the enemy.

    When approaching 100 meters, the Taiping Army's charge became faster.  The suddenly accelerated charging rhythm and indomitable momentum surprised the French army. The charge at this distance seemed to make the French soldiers see their own shadow.

    "Free fire, prepare bayonets! Smash the enemy's charge!" Major Boujie gave the order loudly, and the French army's line of more than 800 meters was charged from three sides.  He was prepared for a hard fight. He had to hold on here and wait for reinforcements from the left and right to arrive.  If they retreat now, their backs will be completely exposed to the enemy.

    Soon the Taiping Army's bayonets came forward.  The French soldiers also burst into loud shouts, and soldiers from both sides strangled each other quickly.  The cold light of the bayonet shines, the blood scatters everywhere, and the dying screams of the soldiers all show the cruelty of bayonet hand-to-hand combat.

    The bayonet made the spear withdraw from the stage of history. It perfectly combined hot weapons and cold weapons. It was not until the massive development of automatic weapons in the late World War II that bayonet tactics gradually decreased in application. It was not until the 21st century that bayonets were used  gradually disappeared.  Although both the Taiping Army and the French Army at this time were equipped with relatively advanced rifled muskets, no general thought that they could completely defeat the enemy with crossfire. In the end, they had to rely on bayonet charges to solve the problem. Therefore, the Taiping Army was building an army.  The time did not abandon the connection with bayonet tactics, on the contrary they attached greater importance to this tactic than ever before.

    Whether it is the French Army, the Taiping Army, or even soldiers of the British Army, Russian Army and other ** troops, in this era they all like to use bayonets. The bayonet can quickly defeat the enemy and destroy the enemy's fighting spirit. Many soldiers believe that the bayonet has the effect of  It is more reliable than bullets at any time. It does not have to worry about the weather or misfire. It is a reliable friend of soldiers in close combat.

    The French army's line was a little messy in the previous exchange of fire, but the French soldiers felt that the enemy was even more messy. There were gaps in the middle of the skirmish line, which could be exploited, but in the last ten meters,  The changes in the enemy made the French soldiers stunned.  The skirmishing lines of the Taiping soldiers changed rapidly. The three nearest soldiers moved closer to each other and echoed with the nearest trio to form small fighting groups. Although the French army's line was densely populated, they discovered after the fight.  They were unable to defeat the first row of enemy skirmishers for a while. As the subsequent enemy skirmishers arrived, the gap was quickly blocked., the fighting between the two sides became more cruel.

    The Taiping Army did not throw grenades at a distance of fifty meters before this charge. The main reason was that the enemy was condescending and the grenades thrown might roll back and injure their own people. Therefore, the Taiping Army's grenade use manual contained a rule, that is  It is strictly prohibited to throw grenades at enemies on hillside areas during intensive charges.

    It is worth mentioning that the bayonet of the Taiping Army was very different from the straight-cone bayonet used by the French army. The bayonet of the Taiping Army was still a flat-edged knife-shaped bayonet with two blood grooves on it, so as to stab the enemy.  In the end, a larger wound will be caused, and the role of the blood tank is more vicious, which is the role of bloodletting.

    The French soldiers were tall and strong and had experienced the bloody fighting of the Crimean War. The troops of the Taiping First Army were elite troops who had fought thousands of miles and fought with the Qing army for many years. They had similar bayonets and gun lengths, so they were equally matched.  A fight.

    More than a hundred soldiers were killed in the first encounter between the two sides, but the French army had some advantages due to its condescension. However, as soldiers from three directions of the Taiping Army joined the battle, the French army's numerical disadvantage began to become apparent.  The charge that could defeat the Taiping Army was gradually defeated by the Taiping Army's bayonets.

    Twenty minutes later, the French army finally collapsed, and the remaining less than 400 people fled down the hill. The Taiping Army did not pursue them, but formed a horizontal formation on the spot and opened fire mercilessly at the fleeing French army.

    More than two hundred French troops fell on the way to escape. They failed to hold out until reinforcements arrived. Major Boujie was injured in the head and was rescued by soldiers. He was very frustrated. Unexpectedly, his elite troops could only resist less than forty soldiers.  In five minutes, he knew that his troops had defeated several times the Russian army in Crimea. He did not expect to suffer such a defeat in the far east.

    When Xiao Yungui stepped onto the hill, he stared at the corpses of the soldiers being carried down one after another, and took a breath in his heart. They were indeed soldiers of the old colonial empire. Although they were at a disadvantage in numbers,  It also caused a one-to-one loss to the Taiping Army. If the Taiping Army had not gone through long-term training in weapons and tactics, as well as military discipline, etc., the previous Taiping Army would have definitely lost the battle.  No wonder, how many casualties did it take for the British and French forces to capture the capital in history?  Strict discipline, the idea of ??fighting for the country, and scientific strategies and tactics are the differences between the modern army and the feudal army.

    After listening to the battle damage report, Xiao Yungui said in a deep voice: "Order the first and second regiments to hide on the mound, and the third regiment to go up and prepare to lure the enemy to the open ground in front of the mound. The artillery regiment will be on the mound and behind.  Prepare, the cavalry regiments are preparing on both sides of the mound" After Xiao Yungui's order was issued, the various departments of the Taiping Army quickly mobilized

    Grant and Montauban met Major Bougett's retreating army halfway. Montauban regretted why he let Major Bougett go to seize the Maju River first. He did not expect that the Taiping Army could complete the crossing so quickly.  , thought they could give the Taiping Army a head-on attack at the bridgehead, but now it's useless to say anything.  Montauban and Grant exchanged opinions and could only continue to lead the troops forward, defeat the enemy in the field, and then retreat calmly to Tianjin.

    Arriving three miles from the mound battlefield where Major Boujie failed just now, I saw that a Taiping army on the opposite side had completed their formation. Like the French army, they formed a double row of large horizontal formations. From a distance, they looked like a camouflage line.  There was a long green line, but there was no reserve force. There were only a dozen general-like figures swaying on the hills in the distance, and no enemy formations were seen on the hills.

    "Why are the enemies not stationed on the hills?" Grant was very surprised, and Montauban was also very strange, but among the green grass of the hills, he did not see any enemy soldiers through his telescope. This was a very strange thing.

    "Maybe the enemy has set up a formation behind the hill and we can't see it." Montauban suspected that the enemy had laid a trap behind the hill. Grant nodded and said: "We can capture the hill first and occupy this only commanding height, and then  To counterattack the enemy, it depends on who is faster."

    Montauban agreed, and the two finally discussed and decided that the French army would attack in the center and left wing, and the British army would be responsible for the enemy's right wing. The cavalry needed to rush up the hill quickly to occupy it after the enemy's infantry collapsed.

    After the order was issued, the coalition forces quickly deployed, and several large horizontal lines were formed. They lined up in a compact formation and began to march towards the hills.  At the beginning, they maintained a strict military appearance and pace. To save energy, they followed normal marching steps. After approaching 800 meters, they took small steps. After reaching 400 meters, the French army's horizontal formation in the middle began the first round of volleys.

    The first row of Taiping soldiers lay on the ground, and the second row took a kneeling position. There were no standing shooters. Their two rows began to shoot at the coalition forces when they were 400 meters away, and it was a very messy free fire.  .

    After reading it, Montauban smiled and said: "It seems that the enemy is not very disciplined either."Lu Yanming, this way of fighting back is too hasty.  "Grant kept his mouth shut. He felt that the Taiping Army was deliberately showing weakness. Is there some weird ambush on the hill? Grant frowned and said: "We should ask the artillery not to bombard the enemy in the opposite formation, but to move towards the hill.  fire!  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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