Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 725 Strong Army
The ice and snow gradually melted, and grass sprouts emerged from the ground that was as hard as iron plates, adding a little vitality to the barren land.

On the barren land, a large army is rehearsing nervously.The sound of rumbling guns kicked off the offensive. Six 85mm howitzers, regarded as the treasure of the army by the Dongjiang Army, accurately smashed the shells one kilometer away at an astonishing rate of fire of six rounds per minute. The fortress was strong, and the original strict camp was blown into a mess.Under the cover of artillery fire, three or four hundred grenadier cavalry bit their sabers in their mouths, covered their bodies with grenades, galloped on horses, waded through the knee-deep river, and rained grenades towards the enemy camp, while the main force of the army lined up. Formed into a huge phalanx, striding forward accompanied by fierce drumbeats.Walking in the forefront were four thousand musketeers, with their guns on their shoulders, without turning their eyes, striding forward, ignoring the icy cold water and pushing forward, behind them was a large piece of moving steel Jungle—nearly [-] pikemen lined up in twelve rows and followed closely.On the other side of the big river, the cannon roared terribly, and the solid shot ball came through the air with a terrific whistling, and flew over their heads, or directly smashed into the river water and splashed high. His legs went limp with fright.This is live ammunition. The artillerymen have deliberately avoided the phalanx and tried to hit them as much as possible, but the almost metaphysical accuracy of the front-loading smoothbore gun will still kill people. No, several shells fell into the middle of the infantry, and immediately splashed A rain of blood.The soldiers of the Dongjiang Army who were spattered with blood were pale, their eyes were loose, but they clenched their teeth and kept silent. They moved forward mechanically, their movements completely deformed, like a group of puppets being manipulated...

In the fortifications on the other side of the river, rows of firecrackers popped out, spouting tongues of fire at the Dongjiang army marching across the water. A flick is like being punched in the chest by someone, and I can't even stand still.Fortunately, their armor is strong enough, and the defenders use round lead bullets, and the charge is halved, which is not enough to penetrate their armor, but it is still very uncomfortable to hit the body. If you are shot in the arms and legs, you will be unlucky and go to the field hospital to lie down for ten days and a half months!
Li Weiluan, Mao Yongjun, Shang Kexi and others stood on the high ground, watching with binoculars their own troops wading through the icy cold river against the artillery fire and bullet rain poured over from their own family members, all of them clenched their fists nervously, Veins stood out in the neck, and their hearts twitched every time a shell landed in the middle of the infantry phalanx.Wu Yong's face was even paler, and he murmured: "It's too cruel, it's too cruel..."

Yang Menglong watched with relish watching a burnt chicken wing in his mouth. When he saw the Dongjiang army enduring the fierce fire from the opposite bank and crossing the river, he beautifully tore off a large piece of meat from the chicken wing and said: " It’s not bad, it’s finally looking a little bit better.”

Li Weiluan looked at the soldiers whose arms and legs were broken by his family's shells, and his heart twitched: "Is it necessary to train like this? There are so many soldiers, and I haven't even seen Jiannu's appearance..."

Yang Menglong said: "If they don't conduct such training, more people will die when they arrive on the battlefield. Calculate for yourself, how many times were they easily defeated by the Jiannu with fewer hits and more, and then chased by the Jiannu cavalry? There is no way to go to the sky, no way to go to the ground, and the whole army is wiped out in the end? Two or thirty people were killed or injured on the training ground, and they will save two to three thousand people when they go to the battlefield in the future!"

Li Weiluan wanted to refute, but couldn't find a reason.The Heluo New Army and the Denglai New Army were trained in this way. If the Dongjiang Army wants to become a strong army and finally recover Shenyang, it must pass this test!
Yang Menglong patted him on the shoulder and said: "You should learn to harden your heart, you must know that kindness does not command soldiers!"

Li Weiluan smiled wryly: "Looking at my troops being divided into two sides, the cannons are bombarding each other, and the firecrackers are firing at each other, it really takes a heart of stone..."

Yang Menglong said: "Sending a large number of soldiers to the battlefield requires a heart of stone! If you are not determined, I don't mind changing someone. I don't believe that there are so many generals in the Dongjiang Army that they can't find a suitable one!"

This is a serious word, Li Weiluan dare not say it again, let's continue reading.

At this time, the main force of the attacking side finally crossed the river and rushed to the opposite bank after paying the price of nearly a hundred people being shot and fell to the ground.At this time, they were so cold that their lower bodies were numb, and they couldn't stand still. They raised their guns and fired at the enemy hiding in the trench, but because it was too cold, they couldn't shoot at all. Instead, the opponent shot over. The bullets rattled their breastplates.These musketeers were already furious, and I don't know who shouted: "Use the bayonet, stab them to death!" This roar caused a catastrophe, and thousands of musketeers pulled out the sleeves without hesitation. The three-edged bayonet was inserted into the barrel of the gun and twisted a few times, and then a spear-split style, thousands of bayonets were aimed at the trenches.

There was also a roar in the trench: "Bayonet on!" Then the bayonet and the scabbard rubbed together, and the grenade thrown by the grenadier cavalry exploded, making the defenders jump up from the trench and behind the parapet , which is also a spear-split style, with thousands of bayonets aimed at the attacker.The attackers were beaten to death by their cannons and firecrackers. They were hiding in the trenches and were bombarded by the howitzers and grenades of the attackers. The mood on both sides was not very good, and they were a little red-eyed!

The generals were dumbfounded, and Yang Menglong yelled in fright: "Fuck!" He didn't want any chicken wings, so he jumped on his horse and galloped down the mountain, shouting angrily: "Stop! Stop!"

The attacker and the defender turned a deaf ear to each other, staring at each other viciously, approaching each other step by step with their bayonets straightened.The most terrible thing is that a large number of pikemen on both sides are also red-eyed, and form a pike phalanx to press forward.

When Yang Menglong arrived, the distance between the bayonet and the bayonet was less than five meters.He galloped through this corridor of bayonets, holding a revolver in his hand and pointing it towards the sky. He fired all the bullets in the gun in one breath and roared: "What do you want to do? Self-destruction." Killing? Stop it all! The exercise is over! It's over!"

Li Hanluan, Mao Yongjun and others woke up like a dream, and rushed over on horseback, scrambling and scrambling, shouting: "Remove the bayonet immediately, and offenders will be beheaded!" The voice was a little fluttering, this is not a joke , Really let these guys do it, Fuzhou is definitely bloody!
Under the repeated roars of the officers, the red-eyed soldiers managed to regain their senses, stopped and put their guns on their shoulders, but they still looked at each other fiercely, as if they were ready to fight at any time.

Yang Menglong jumped off his horse and was in the middle of them. He kicked Shang Keyi, the commander-in-chief of the attacking side, on all fours, and roared: "Are you so capable? You actually showed your bayonet at one of your own people!" Huang Yulang, the commander-in-chief of one side, kicked a dog and chewed shit: "You are not bad, you have learned to fight tit for tat! What do you want to do? Are you killing each other?"

Huang Yulang was very unconvinced: "The grenades they threw over wounded many of our brothers!"

Shang Keyi roared angrily: "They fired and killed many of us! It was agreed to be a drill, but they actually fired at us, they did it on purpose!"

Huang Yulang said: "You fart! Lao Tzu's gunners have been very careful to avoid you, but the broken cannon doesn't work at all. It hits east and west, and the guide hits north. What can we do!"

Shang Keyi's eyes were all red: "You mean to give you a few howitzers to make the bombing more enjoyable, right?"

Huang Yulang shouted: "Your grenadier cavalry wounded so many of us, how can you say that!"

Shang Keyi said: "I have already ordered them to be careful not to throw grenades into the trenches. You dug the trenches so wide, and a few of them fell in and injured you. Can you blame us?"

Yang Menglong kicked the two of them down one by one, shouting: "Shut up for me!"

Li Weiluan was so anxious that a big man murmured: "This army is becoming more and more difficult to lead!"

Wu Yong showed a smile: "This army can fight tough battles."

Li Weiluan glanced at Wu Yong in surprise, and asked: "Why did Master Wu say that?" When Yang Menglong got along with Wu Yong, he usually called Lao Wu directly, and Yang Menglong's personal soldiers were called Master Wu, and never called Eunuch Wu Yes, Li Weiluan also learned a hand.

Wu Yong said with a smile: "I can't say it. Anyway, I think that if this army goes to the battlefield, it will definitely look like a group of red-eyed beasts. No matter how powerful the enemy is, it will be swarmed by them and torn to pieces."

At this time, Yang Menglong pulled Shang Keyi and Huang Yulang up, wiped off the dust on their bodies, and said loudly: "Yes, you did a good job!" Then he shouted at all the soldiers: "You all did a good job!"

At this time, the soldiers had already calmed down. Thinking that they almost killed each other just now, they were all afraid for a while, and bowed their heads in silence.

Yang Menglong said: "Do you think I'm talking ironically? No, I'm really praising you! How many armies in this world can endure the explosion of shells just a few feet away and stick to their lines? How many armies in this world can Can the army endure the fear of the shot falling in the middle and the blood of comrades flying all over the place while the formation is not chaotic and moving forward steadily? You have all done it! This is an unfair exercise. It is very unfair to both sides. Defense One side not only has far fewer troops than the other side, but also has to endure the bombardment of powerful howitzers and the harassment of grenadier cavalry; Intensive musket shooting, moving forward with difficulty! I thought that one of you would collapse soon, or even collapse at the same time, but you didn’t! You all survived, no one retreated, no one ran away, on the contrary, you were red-eyed , almost fought with the bayonet! Good job, as a soldier, you should have such a bloody spirit, even if only one is left dead, you must rush forward and stab a few backs to death with a bayonet!"

The Dongjiang army suddenly cheered.

Yang Menglong waited for them to finish cheering, and continued: "Remember this day firmly, remember this drill that scared you to pee your pants, and remember the bloodiness you broke out in this drill that scared you to pee your pants! This bloodliness was passed down from our ancestors from ancient times. It was because of it that in the pre-Qin period, our ancestors fought in a circle on the land of China and drove all the barbarians out of the Great Wall to eat sand! In the Han Dynasty, our ancestors once Han can defeat the Wuhu! In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, our ancestors wiped out more than [-] countries and crushed the surrounding barbarians on the ground! Now Jiannu and Tartars say that we are cowardly, a flock of sheep, and ten Han can’t beat them One, but I want to say that as long as you can show your bloodiness today, even if you only show half of it, you can make them pee in their pants!"

The Dongjiang army was silent for a while, then raised the weapons in their hands high and howled wildly. With the howls of wild beasts, the wildness from the bone marrow broke through all restraints and gushed out.All weakness and cowardice were excreted with blood and sweat during training, and the long-lost wildness returned.As Yang Menglong said, after passing this test, they have nothing to fear.

Li Weiluan looked at his subordinates who were howling wildly, and suddenly had the urge to cry.What Wu Yong said is absolutely right, his troops are ready to fight tough battles!
Since Nurhachi raised his troops, the Ming army has been invincible and lost the entire Northeast. Millions of Liaodong Han people were slaughtered to hundreds of thousands. The 10,000+ Guanning army can only shrink behind the thick city wall and watch Jiannu Outside the customs, you can hire freely and show off your might!The Ming army's poor equipment and diminished combat effectiveness are important reasons, but the most important reason is that the Ming army has lost its blood and can no longer fight tough battles!For an army, courage is always the "1" in front of zero, no matter how long the string of zeros behind it is, without this "1" it is meaningless!Now the Dongjiang Army has finally regained this "1". Although they have not completed all the training, it can be asserted that they have become a strong army!
(End of this chapter)