The Qing army was originally coming with great force, with a determined attitude. Unexpectedly, as soon as the steam tank came on the field, the Qing army was defeated in a confused manner! As soon as the Qing army fled, Fan Dagui chased after the tank without thinking. Han Ershun also became a machine gunner at this moment. Two machine guns shot fiercely at the Qing army. After all, it was not an organized action. The fleeing was fleeing, and the waiters were watching, and the leaders tried to stop the escape. In the chaos, more and more fled. The Qing cavalry might not have a strong desire to escape, but the horses were no longer under control. Fear spread rapidly and spread rapidly between the horses. The cavalry on the horses did not know what was going on in front. After being rushed by the fleeing cavalry, they also fled back in a confused manner. In this way, it eventually turned into an unorganized escape.

A horse can complete the acceleration process in a few seconds without any obstacles, but for a bunch of horses, the collective speeding process seems quite long. During this process, the Qing cavalry dragged behind were constantly swept by machine guns, and dozens or hundreds of cavalrymen were instantly knocked to the ground by four machine guns of two tanks.[]

The two tanks were chasing, but the horses of the Qing cavalry finally got up and began to run together. The speed of the tank was not as fast as the horses. Seeing that the distance from the Qing cavalry was getting farther and farther away, only the unlucky guys who were behind were still falling under the strafing of machine guns. The Qing army's war horses were scared by two giant monsters that were smoking and fire. The deep fear greatly stimulated the running potential of the war horses. Soon after, the huge group of Qing cavalry gradually moved away and gradually disappeared in the dust and smoke raised by the horse's hooves. Meng Shihai saw the scene of thousands of war horses running in the periscope, and felt very happy. In the end, Meng Shihai simply lifted the hatch, raised the telescope, and admired the strange scene of thousands of cavalry being chased by two tanks.

In the trenches of the Ming army, soldiers stretched their necks and witnessed this strange scene. From a distance, two steel giants with black smoke drove away thousands of Tartar cavalry. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would have been totally unbelievable. Wherever the two steel giants passed, they crushed two deep traces. In front of the steel giants, whether they were falling Tartars and Tartar horses, whether they were alive or long ago, were ruthlessly crushed. After being crushed, they turned into piles of bloody and broken limbs. The Ming army looked at them.

The incredible scenes in front of him were all straightened. Finally, a brave guy climbed into the trench. Maybe he just wanted to see it more clearly, but this finally made the commander wake up as if he had made a dream. With his quick decision, all the soldiers in the trench rushed up. At this time, every soldier charging forward was very happy, fearing that he would not be fast enough. After rushing up, in addition to seeing this wonderful scene more clearly, he did not forget to add a bayonet to the wounded soldiers of the Tartars, making another contribution in the easy and freehand painting.

Fan Dagui didn't care about it, but he was still driving at full speed. When he was chasing, he felt a sudden tremor on his right side, and then he heard a loud noise, followed by a huge shock. The tank, which was originally advancing at the highest speed, suddenly made a sharp turn on the spot. After turning half a circle, he suddenly stopped. Meng Shihai was still enjoying the dynamic scene of the Qing cavalry being overturned. The tank stopped in an emergency, and Meng Shihai suddenly rushed forward due to the effect of inertia. The telescope in his hand was thrown far away and almost threw him off the tank. When he got up, he found that the track on the right was broken.

That's not all, something worse happened next. Somehow, high-pressure steam began to leak, and high-pressure steam began to emerge from the furnace, and the coal-filled soldier Yin Shoucai screamed. Fortunately, Fan Dagui endured the pain of being injured on his forehead, and was in a hurry to find the pressure relief valve and discharge the high-pressure steam, and finally eliminated the danger. Meng Shihai didn't expect that the good show would end inexplicably, which caused an unforeseen tragedy. Meng Shihai sighed,

I personally carried out the injured Yin Shoucai and asked six "Chang'an" to come up behind to cover the tank for maintenance on site. No matter what, at least the tracks must be repaired before they can be dragged back and repaired carefully. It was not until this time that Meng Shihai realized his responsibility for command. He was just chasing, but he didn't expect that he would only pursue three or four kilometers. He was just chasing and chasing, and even forgot about command. Look, what's going on! He threw off the armored vehicles behind him and forgot to chase them together.

This is really a joy and sadness. Maybe it was because the tracks that had just been rolled over the burning shield, the tracks or deformation caused the pins to fall off, or the iron of the shield, etc., which caused the track to be damaged, which caused the track accident. The tank suddenly stopped at the highest speed, and vibration or collision may cause damage to the connection of a certain pipe, causing the accidental spray of steam.

With the help of tank No. 4, the track was repaired smoothly. It took less than two hours to get the track while moving. After the tank was opened, Fan Dagui found a crushed large mace at the scratch. The mace was probably only 50 or 60 kilograms. In the end, everyone unanimously determined that this large mace was the culprit of the accident. Lu Qixi also wanted to figure out how the owner of the mace could move such a heavy weapon. However, the corpse that the tank crushed back and forth was just a pile of bloody and bloody limbs, and it was impossible to tell the appearance of a person.

Then, Tank No. 4 dragged Tank No. 2 back to the station. It took more than a day to check and repair the steam leakage. However, it was a blessing to be repaired.

As soon as the tank was repaired, the order came. Tanks No. 2 and No. 4 immediately transferred to Hashan Pass, while Meng Shihai was ordered to attend a military meeting.

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In the evening, Meng Shihai took a steam-powered iron ship on the sea. After getting on board, he realized that this was the emperor's ship. The emperor was going to call a meeting in person tonight. Meng Shihai was nervous and didn't know whether to let him participate, whether to deploy a new combat plan or for something else. It would not be just to criticize his poor command of the armored vehicle troops!

Meng Shihai saw the people at the meeting, Wang Fuzhi, Zhang Huangyan, Guo Yunlong, Wei Deng, Qu Song, these were generals in the army. Liu Jiyun also saw them. Bai Hengdu had also met classmates at the Military Academy, but the other two had never seen them. One of them should be Du Jun, and the other one was, so it is unknown.

Liu Jiyun stood up, acted like a soldier, opened the folder in his hand, and said:

"Everyone, in the current situation, the southern line Ajige's troops failed to attack the defense line the day before yesterday, losing about 2,000 troops. They have now retreated to their original positions and stood for help. The reinforcements led by Dorgon on the northern line have now captured two defense lines. After two days of fierce fighting, they are still blocked by the third defense line. According to the plan, our army will give up the third defense line tomorrow, let Dorgon's vanguard cross the third defense line and approach Hashan Pass. Our army will launch a decisive battle with the Qing army coming to aid in front of Hashan Pass. This battle is critical, so the emperor personally summoned this meeting to ensure victory."

Chongzhen glanced around the participants and said calmly:

"Since Dorgon led his army to aid and fought fiercely with our army for five days, our army voluntarily gave up two lines of defense and gave up the third line of defense tomorrow. We chose the decisive battle battlefield at Hashan Pass. I want to know how you are preparing. This is one. Second, until now, the battle has been fought, and it is time to summarize the gains and losses. I think there are gains and losses, of course gains and losses are greater than losses, but there are indeed many places worth summarizing and improving. Today, you can speak freely, with the purpose of ensuring victory."

Zhang Huangyan was the front-line commander of Hashanguan's decisive battle, so he was the first to say:

"Hashan Pass has now strengthened the city and built crisscrossing fortresses outside the city. The fortresses are connected by tunnels. According to the combat plan, a defensive counterattack strategy is adopted. The defensive force is adopted for the first five days. It only consumes the living power of the Qing army. When the Qing army is tired, our army immediately puts in the armored regiment to counterattack on the entire line. After the counterattack is successful, we will pursue it with cavalry. Through this defensive counterattack battle, it is planned to eliminate more than 20,000 Qing troops."

Zhang Huangyan paused and continued:

"If our army can detour to the rear of Dorgon's troops, or land in the rear of Dorgon, encircle Dorgon's troops and then wipe out them all, it will be even more perfect."

Zhang Huangyan was obviously unwilling to only play a defensive counterattack, so he simply wanted to make a contribution in one battle. This made Chongzhen feel the bloodiness of a young man. On the surface, he was calm, but he was full of praise in his heart.

Bai Hengdu always raises his own doubts about his radical playing style:

"Hashan Pass has been built for a long time, and the city walls are thin. Although they have been reinforced and renovated, they are still not worthy of support. Therefore, only fortress defense is the fundamental. Even so, I am afraid that the Qing army will take a gamble at all costs. Therefore, I think that at the critical moment, armored vehicles can also be allowed to participate in defense. As for the coordination with armored vehicles and artillery fire, there are many problems exposed. The experience of coordinated combat between various military branches is generally insufficient, and it must be improved in actual combat. Given that our army is still unfamiliar with coordinated combat, I think it is not blind to prevent it.

Mainly defend the counterattack tactics and erode the Qing army step by step. If the counterattack on the northern line can eliminate 20,000 Qing troops, Ajige's troops on the southern line will be unable to escape and eventually be destroyed. In this way, the Qing army will lose nearly 50,000 troops in less than half a year and will be completely at a disadvantage. At that time, our army will try to dismantle Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's Han army, and the remaining Qing army can fight only 50,000 or 60,000 troops, and they will have to set up defenses on three sides. Our army will take advantage of the victory and go north with a small number of people, so we can win. Therefore, I think that steady progress is the best and we should not underestimate the enemy."

Wei Deng also agreed with the tactics of steady action, but at this time he was under Zhang Huangyan, so he had to express his views on the shortcomings of tactical coordination:

"Our army has been equipped with new firearms and equipment recently, which is too short and has insufficient experience, especially unable to coordinate and difficult to exert its combat power. For example, when steam tanks were put into combat, the infantry had almost no cooperation. If the cavalry was cooperated by the Qing cavalry, Ajige's cavalry would never be able to escape easily. In order to win the decisive battle, how to coordinate and command must be prepared."

When Guo Yunlong thought of a good opportunity to chase the Tartars, he felt it was a pity. However, there was no expectation in advance that Ajig's cavalry would collapse by two tanks, and the cavalry did not come at all, let alone the cavalry chased. Guo Yunlong then echoed:

"Yes, don't forget our cavalry at any time. You must know that our cavalry is not only able to pursue, but also fighting face to face with the cavalry of the Tartars is not a problem."

Guo Yunlong had 10,000 cavalry equipped with cavalry and pistols, and used the improved "Manguda tactics", which was enough for the Qing army to have a pot of food. If he was not sure he would suffer a loss against the Qing cavalry.

Wang Fuzhi confronted the Qing army for so long and had a deep understanding of the combat power of the Qing army. The Qing army could not be easily controlled, so he was cautious:

"The combat power of the Qing army should not be underestimated, and do not underestimate the enemy. I think that the army should fight steadily. It seems that the time has not yet come to wipe out Dorgon's Qing army."

In the end, even Du Jun, who had always been radical, thought that he should not advance rashly. Du Jun just felt that the command below was very chaotic. A commander was just watching him and killed the enemy, but even forgot about command. Such command was simply a joke. Although the tanks finally scared the Tartars away, they were lucky enough to win and almost boarded a treasure tank. Such command, such coordination, defensive counterattack tactics are OK. If they were spread out to fight, it would be lingering!

Du Jun's words made Meng Shihai want to find a crack in the ground to get into it. Qu Song had to discuss it with Meng Shihai. Meng Shihai's expression seemed to have suffered a great defeat.

Chongzhen smiled and said:

"The first time I commanded the war between tanks and armored vehicles, I didn't have enough experience, so I couldn't blame them all. If I win, the credit was still a merit, but I just had to summarize it carefully. In fact, I didn't expect that the Qing army would be scared away by the fire-breathing tanks, and I didn't expect to send cavalry to pursue them at any time in advance. Haha, everyone has a familiar and flexible process for new firearms and equipment. Don't be afraid of making mistakes, just summarize and correct them in time. Besides, the tank armored vehicles that were built must have many problems. If you are afraid of driving them out, you don't have to fight."

After Chongzhen finished this paragraph, he suddenly felt that he was becoming more and more good at being a leader. He used the stick and carrot very easily!

Meng Shihai's words really touched Meng Shihai's heart.

Chongzhen then limited the entire battle to the scope of defensive counterattack. Although he had the characteristics of adventure in his later generations, he had been in the sports world for a long time, and the 1:0 theory in the football circle also influenced himself from time to time. No matter what, ensuring three-pointers are the most important. Things in the world are too eager to kill nearly half of the Qing army, so what else can you not be satisfied with!

A philosopher once said that the most important thing for a person is to set a suitable goal for himself and not be too ambitious!

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