Chapter 748: Battle of Rangcheng

"Your Highness, if we annihilate the soldiers of the East Earth Alliance in Rangcheng, their troops will be wiped out by us by about 70%. Read"

In a small hill ten miles north of Rangcheng.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei are observing Rangcheng. In addition to the Goryeo King, there are also some Goryeo generals around them.

After waiting for the arrival of the rear army, they will march to Goryeo.

The battle of Fengming Mountain annihilated 80,000 East Earth Alliance troops.

The royal guards did not feel anything, but the remnants of the Goryeo army were greatly encouraged.

Many fleeing Goryeo troops ran out of the deep mountains and old forests.

Move with the royal guards.

However, they are basically only responsible for doing rough work.

For example, they are responsible for collecting food and grass, and cooking.

"Well, this battle in Rangcheng will determine the direction of the Goryeo war. We must fight quickly and decisively to prevent them from continuing to invest troops in Goryeo and getting stuck in the quagmire of war." Zhao Xu said in a deep voice.

Goryeo is just a small episode in its expansion of its sphere of influence.

Can't invest too much time and energy here.

Otherwise, it will affect his plan to unify Dasong.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will make them regret setting foot on this land." Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu nodded and continued to look forward.

There is a big river on the north side of Rangcheng, called Puhe.

Rangcheng was built behind Puhe and connected by a stone bridge.

The trench of the East Land Alliance is in front of this stone bridge.

Zhao Xu nodded secretly to this arrangement.

If it were a Japanese general or a powerful general, they would definitely blow up the stone bridge and just defend Rangcheng.

But in this way, they can still find a way to cross Puhe and arrive at Rangcheng unscathed.

However, Rangcheng, the Western Land general, dug a trench position at the stone bridge, and they had to capture this position before they could continue to move forward.

Otherwise, they would ignore it and bypass the trench position and cross the river directly.

The alliance soldiers in the trench position can attack them from the side and rear.

Thinking of this, he ordered his soldiers to confront the East Earth Alliance and dig trenches.

However, this time, he ordered the Goryeo King to send a lot of Goryeo soldiers to cooperate in digging trenches.

Three days later, relative to the trench positions of the East Earth Alliance, the royal guards also dug their own trench positions.

The positions of both sides were intertwined, and the closest distance was only about 30 meters.

This distance was enough for the royal guards to throw grenades into the opponent's trenches.

Everything was ready, and Zhao Xu ordered an attack on the trench positions in front of the stone bridge.

After receiving the order, the howitzers placed behind the trench positions roared, and one by one, the shells crossed the arc and fell into the trenches of the East Earth Alliance.

Field artillery had no way to deal with enemy soldiers in the trenches.

But howitzers could throw shells into the trenches.

Coupled with shrapnel shells, it could cause heavy casualties to the enemies in the trenches.

"Boom boom boom..."

The trench positions of the East Earth Alliance were instantly covered by artillery fire.

This time, the Armory sent all the 100 howitzers and special ammunition they had made to the army.

Enough for them.

"Ah..."

Under the bombardment of the howitzers, screams were heard from time to time in the East Earth Alliance position.

Some shells fell into the middle of the soldiers, and the huge power directly blew away the soldiers, and their limbs and arms were scattered everywhere.

Some soldiers were directly pushed against the wall of the trench by the shock wave and fainted on the spot.

Rangcheng.

Carter looked at the battlefield, and a drop of cold sweat slid down his face.

Yamada Haruno tried to stay calm, but his hands couldn't help shaking slightly.

He knew that the Yanwang soldiers had a kind of blooming bomb.

But the Dasong clan said that the power of this kind of blooming bomb was not too great.

But now, a blooming bomb fell, but it could blow up a big pit.

In fact, the clan did not lie to him.

After all, the clan had experienced blooming bombs loaded with black gunpowder, and had not tasted blooming bombs loaded with yellow gunpowder.

Moreover, the shrapnel shells fired by the howitzers this time were not only filled with yellow gunpowder, but the threaded wooden plugs of the shells were also changed to threaded steel plugs.

With these two improvements, the power of the shell explosion was even more terrifying.

Compared with Carter and Yamada Haruno, Xie An's head was covered with cold sweat.

Now, he just wanted to escape.

So, he said: "On land, we can't defeat the King of Yan at all. Continuing to fight will only bury the lives of soldiers in vain. The best way is to use steamships to control Jiujiang and prevent the King of Yan from going south."

After a pause, he continued to Carter: "After that, you must provide us with all possible help, so that we can finally defeat the King of Yan!"

"Nonsense!" Yamada Haruno heard this and was furious, "What kind of discouraging words are you talking about? We have sacrificed so many soldiers, and we can never withdraw like this."

Carter chose to remain silent. If he was commanding a Western army now, he might still have a chance to defeat the King of Yan.

The firearms of the Japanese army and the firearms of the powerful army are too different from the troops of the King of Yan.

Moreover, their soldiers' physical fitness is far inferior to that of Western soldiers, and most of the rare earth soldiers are educated and well-trained.

Although he knew that the best way now was to withdraw while the trenches were resisting the troops of King Yan.

However, at this moment he finally realized that the King Yan was a real threat.

In the Eastern Continent, such a powerful country was born.

In the future, they will definitely compete with Western countries for interests around the world.

This time when he goes back, he really wants Britain and Sam to provide the greatest support to Japan.

At the same time, arm the powerful families of Dasong as much as possible to contain the King of Yan.

Otherwise, if this beast breaks out of the cage, they will not be able to reap the benefits in the East.

Therefore, he wants the East Coalition to continue fighting the King of Yan.

On the one hand, he can understand the King of Yan's army, and on the other hand, he can continue to consume the King of Yan's troops, which is beneficial to their West.

The three people have different thoughts.

The battle situation in the trench position is becoming more and more unfavorable to the East Coalition.

The bombardment lasted for about half an hour and stopped.

At this time, a group of royal soldiers climbed out of the trench and rushed to the opposite side.

Under the bombardment of the howitzer, the soldiers of the East Coalition covered their ears and leaned against the earth wall of the trench.

The bombardment stopped suddenly, and they didn't react at all.

"Kill!"

At the relatively narrowest part of the trench, the royal soldiers rushed through in just five or six seconds.

They jumped into the enemy's trench and killed the Japanese soldiers.

The bayonet pierced the Japanese soldiers through.

Afterwards, more and more of the royal guards jumped into the trenches and engaged in close combat.

On the hilltop, Zhao Xu watched the battlefield.

He did not like the royal guards to make unnecessary sacrifices, but the royal guards were never afraid of sacrifice.

Dare to kill and fight is the soul of this army.

Otherwise, no matter how good the weapons are, they will not be able to exert their due power.

Moreover, in this era, the Western Army is at its peak in history.

Now, the war they are facing is just a pediatric battle, and future wars will only become more and more cruel.

He knew it since he took charge of Yanzhou.

He and this generation of Dasong people are destined to exchange blood and sweat for the supreme glory of Dasong.