Chapter 432 The Astonishing Results of the Eight Mile Bridge Battle
When the Guards surrounded Zhangtai's Eight Banners cavalry, Yue Le also arrived with 5,000 Mongolian cavalry. He took a complete look at the charge of the Guards cavalry and couldn't help but gasp. He
I originally thought that the cavalry of Mingyao in the south must not be very good, but I didn't expect that it didn't look like a cutting-edge division at all.
The separate advance and combined attack of the Guards cavalry, coupled with the completeness of the formation, undoubtedly shows that the strength of the Guards cavalry is not inferior to that of the Manchus and Mongols.
Perhaps the individual riding skills among them are not superb, and are not as good as those people who grew up on horseback, but through the cooperation of the group, they completely concealed this point, and their cavalry always maintained their posture when charging.
Maintaining a tight formation without revealing any flaws, this is actually very difficult to achieve.
Even the Mongolian cavalry is not good at formation, but uses super endurance to bite the enemy without letting go, just like a pack of wolves on the grassland, using time to defeat all powerful enemies.
Among them, what surprised Yue Le the most was that the horses of the Guards seemed to be better than he imagined. Almost all of them were good horses that could rival the Hexi horses. Where did this come from? He also
I haven't heard of any good horse farms in the south.
The war horses of the Ming Dynasty must be good. After all, they have the bonus of quality concept, coupled with careful cultivation, it would be strange if they don't produce good horses!
"Only hit people, don't hit horses!"
Looking at the horses that the Mongolian Junggar cavalry sat on, Pan Aqiang felt somewhat distressed. In fact, the number of outstanding war horses in the New Ming Dynasty was not very large, and it took at least two to three years for a war horse to go from a young horse to the battlefield. In reality, it can be
It is said that one horse dies and one horse is lost.
In addition to this cross-sea battle, the horses themselves were nervous after all.
Therefore, Pan Aqiang was thinking about whether he could capture some good horses from the Mongolian cavalry and the Eight Banners cavalry from the beginning, so that if the war went on in the future, his Guards cavalry would not be completely horseless!
When the cavalry of the Guards heard the roar of the people in charge of the town, they immediately figured it out. They moved their electric rifles up a few points and aimed at the Junggar cavalry on the horses. With a burst of crackling fire, they fired.
After that, the charging Junggar cavalry fell down from their horses like dumplings, leaving only some ownerless horses that continued to charge forward.
At the end of a full day of fighting, the Guards achieved an unimaginable victory, wiping out the two main cavalry forces of the Qing army and completely wiping out the Eight Banners New Army in Zhangjiatang. In other words, the Qing army on the opposite side in one day,
A total of 30,000 people were lost, while the casualties of the Guards and the National Defense Force were only more than 2,000. The Korean cannon fodder killed and wounded 9,000 people, and the Japanese cannon fodder killed and wounded 2,000 people.
During the progress of the cavalry, both sides will form a melee situation. They hope to penetrate the opponent's queue by staggering, slow down and engage with the nearby enemy cavalry in close combat, thereby cutting the opponent down under the horse. At this time, the rider's attack on the horse
Control, as well as the use of the saber, will directly determine the key factors in the success of the cavalry in close combat.
With four thousand against three thousand, it seems that the Qing Dynasty Junggar cavalry has the numerical advantage. However, on the battlefield at this time, no one would calculate it like this, because the morale of both sides is completely different, and the Guards are in a state of disarray.
The most high-spirited state, and the Mongolian cavalry was only the last straw from collapse.
Facing the Guards cavalry who were charging again, they did not continue to choose to fight. Instead, they reined in their horses and began to retreat. In this kind of battle, once someone could not hold on and chose to evacuate, the collapse of others would be inevitable.
It has become inevitable.
In addition to the cavalry's retreat, the Qing infantry, which had completely lost its command, was already very weak. After a period of fright and running away, panting and panting, Pan Aqiang suddenly had an idea and ordered the Guards officers to shout in unison: "Whoever surrenders will avoid death!"
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Pan Aqiang knew that the opportunity was not to be missed. He just raised the saber in his hand and roared loudly: "Come on! Defeat them completely!"
After this round of close combat, the morale of the Junggar cavalry, which was almost crushed, completely collapsed. Even if they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, their morale was not high, and they did not intend to fight to the death for the Qing Dynasty. Overall, their performance was not bad.
Not as good as the Eight Banners Cavalry!
When Yue Le saw this scene, he almost exploded with anger. Do these people still have some pride as cavalry? First they used muskets, then blunderbuss. Will they throw grenades later? Can they still do it?
The whole true warrior, dueling with spear and saber?
Not to mention, Yue Le's prediction was accurate. Once they got close, the Guards cavalry even threw a wave of grenades insidiously.
Suddenly, half of the Qing soldiers, whose legs were weak and cold, completely collapsed to the ground, crying and begging for mercy.
More than 2,700 Guards cavalrymen drew their sharp sabers and held them straight forward. The sharp blade almost gave people a sinister and bone-chilling feeling, with the smell of death, and rushed towards the front.
Junggar Cavalry.
Almost in an instant, the two sides collided completely. The exchange of spears and sabers left each other with no room to retreat. In just that moment, a large number of cavalry from both sides fell directly under their horses. The cruelty was evident.
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Yue Le could not save the current situation. He could only break out towards the Qing army camp in the distance with the support of his guards. The sabers of the Guards only followed behind and began to harvest the last remaining Junggar cavalry.
Once they find signs of regrouping on the other side, they will immediately charge like a storm!
In terms of equestrian skills, the Guards are indeed inferior to the Mongols, but their formation is more complete, so the gap in this aspect is not exposed. In the duel between sabers and spears, in addition to the skills of both sides, fortunately, the Guards also have
With the protection of breastplates and helmets, they had an absolute advantage at the moment of the confrontation - most of the cavalry who fell off their horses were Junggar cavalry.
Just after the bullets and grenades of the electric rifles in the hands of the Guards were finished, the cavalry put their rifles back on their horses and drew out their sharp sabers again. At this time, the Junggar cavalry was almost defeated for several times.
Of the first layer of cavalry, only more than 4,000 cavalrymen were left who were beaten dizzy.
In the hearts of all the Guardsmen, this was an acceptable casualty figure. After all, as long as the fighting continued like this, the Qing Dynasty was destined to be finished, and then the Ming Dynasty could truly take over the world.
They will also become great heroes and receive titles and titles from Zhu Kezang.
As the sun sets in the west, the moonlight shines on the Bali Bridge, bathing it in blood.
In the Guards camp, the lights were brightly lit at this time, and groups of Guards soldiers were patrolling the camp. There were several battalions on the outside who also strictly guarded the defense line to prevent the Qing army from using night attacks, even though they had already done so during the day.
He was completely beaten down, but he still couldn't relax his vigilance.
Chapter completed!