Chapter 830: War Begins!
Zhongling Pass.
With the arrival of the last batch of Qin-style rifles, the war was about to break out.
Chang Wei summoned Qin Shan, Guan Tong and Lu Chang to distribute the Qin-style rifles.
The Qin-style rifles were mainly distributed to the soldiers under the command of the three.
But with the Qin-style rifles, they had to take on the task of attacking.
"In the past month, the soldiers have basically mastered the shooting points and corresponding tactics of the Qin-style rifles. Is it okay to take Zhongling Pass this time?" Chang Wei stared at the eyes of the three and said.
Guan Tong stood straight. Among the three, he was the most talkative and said first: "When the muzzle-loading rifles were used, I could lead my soldiers to capture Zhongling Pass, not to mention that now that the Qin-style rifles are in service, I am willing to lead the third army of the royal palace to climb the wall of Zhongling Pass first."
After the military reform, he, Qin Shan and Lu Chang were no longer captains, but were promoted to Zhenwu generals, with three captains under their command and 30,000 people under their command.
However, as the Wu army reached the south bank of Jiujiang, he and Qin Shan each had a captain sent to the north bank of Jiujiang.
Currently, there are 70,000 people in Zhongling Pass.
Except for the full number of soldiers under Lu Chang, he and Qin Shan were both short of 10,000.
But even so, he wanted to grab the first attack mission.
"If we want to attack first, it should be our first army, one and three, who is in front, don't you know how to count?" Qin Shan heard this and glanced at Guan Tong.
The three of them have a good relationship in private, but he will not let Guan Tong go on the battlefield.
"Oh, don't argue, there's nothing to argue about. Isn't it obvious who gets the first attack?" Lu Chang spread his hands, "Whoever has more soldiers now will get the first attack."
Guan Tong and Qin Shan looked at each other and cursed together, "What's wrong with 30,000 people? Your 30,000 people may not be a match for our 20,000 people."
"Hey, you two are wearing the same pants. What, you are not convinced? Do you want to practice?" Lu Chang rolled up his sleeves, "You two come together, as long as you can beat me, the first attack is yours."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chang Wei slammed the table, "You What are you doing? Is fighting like buying vegetables? Bargaining here, no more quarreling, go to patrol the north bank of Jiujiang. There are many generals who want to fight, and you three are not needed. "
Chang Wei was angry, and Qin Shan and the other two immediately became honest, and they all smiled and said, "Whatever the general says is what it is."
Snorting, Chang Wei said: "This time, the attack on Zhongling Pass is the first attack. You will be given five days to take Zhongling Pass. If you can't take it, your official positions will be stripped and you will all go back to Beidaying to feed pigs."
"Yes, General." The three stood at attention and saluted Chang Wei.
After giving this order, Chang Wei walked out of the tent and looked at Zhongling Pass six miles away.
Just half a month ago, they were stationed two miles away from Zhongling Pass.
But they didn't expect that in the middle of the night, they were bombarded by the enemy's artillery.
During the evacuation, he found that the effective range of the enemy's artillery reached about 1,500 meters.
This is obviously not the effective range of the Shi clan's artillery.
Therefore, there is only one possibility, that is, there are artillery from the Russian state on the wall of Zhongling Pass.
After all, after the reconnaissance of the hot air balloon soldiers, a large number of Beidi soldiers were found in Zhongling Pass.
According to their intelligence, this is the army of Mule Hongzhen's younger brother, Ashur.
During this period, the Russian state sold a lot of muskets and artillery to Beidi.
In order to deal with this situation and reduce losses, he ordered the digging of trenches during the training of soldiers.
Trench fortifications were built under the city of Zhongling Pass.
After discovering this, the powerful tribe army of Zhongling Pass and the Beidi army also began to dig trenches.
Both sides thought of digging fortifications.
So now, within a range of 300 meters from the city gate are all the trenches of the powerful tribe.
Their trenches were blocked 300 meters away.
"Ashur, let's compete this time." Chang Wei clenched his fists.
He knew the name of Ashur. In Beidi, besides Mule Hongzhen, Ashur is the most capable and good at fighting.
And the soldiers under Ashur are more familiar with firearms, and it is said that hand-to-hand combat is also very fierce.
This can be seen from the fact that he was able to conquer Tubo in a short period of time.
But even so, he was still full of confidence in his soldiers.
In all the wars, his generals and soldiers had been tempered by blood and fire.
On the battlefield, their personal bravery was not inferior to that of the Northern Di, and was even slightly better.
Moreover, this time they were equipped with the terrifying Qin-style rifle.
As a general who led the war, he was naturally very sensitive to the changes in muskets.
After the first Qin-style rifle came to the army, he was convinced that the Qin-style rifle was the future of muskets.
First of all, compared with muzzle-loading rifles, Qin-style rifles are very flexible.
On the battlefield, after a muzzle-loading rifle fired a shot, the soldier had to stand up and reload the bullet.
This would expose the soldier to danger.
Moreover, although the bullets of muzzle-loading rifles are conical and easy to load, the soldier still needs to use a cleaning rod to push the bullet in, and the loading steps are cumbersome.
But the Qin-style rifle has no such problem at all.
Soldiers can load bullets in any posture, even lying down.
Furthermore, loading is also very convenient. You only need to pull the bolt open, load the bullet and close it.
It is precisely because loading is much simpler that the Qin-style rifle can fire ten times in one minute, almost twice as many times as the muzzle-loading rifle.
Of course, the most important point is that since their muzzle-loading rifle is modified on the basis of the flintlock, the effective range is only about 400 meters.
Although the King of Yan said that the muzzle-loading rifle still has potential and can reach 900 meters.
But compared with the muskets equipped before, the effective range of the Qin-style rifle is improved, reaching 600 meters.
With such excellent soldiers equipped with such excellent rifles, he can defeat Ashur, even if the Russian and British armies come in person.
Thinking of this, he passed through the tent and went to the temporary training ground.
At this moment, the soldiers are training.
The content of this training is mainly the action skills of using the Qin-style rifle.
For example, at this moment, some soldiers are crawling on the ground with Qin-style rifles.
There are also soldiers holding Qin-style rifles to practice shooting postures such as standing, kneeling, and lying.
There are also teams with flags as units to practice tactical point-to-point combat.
After inspecting the results of the soldiers' training, Chang Wei was very satisfied.
There is no doubt that from now on, the way of fighting of the royal army has completely changed.
After another three days, after the last batch of soldiers equipped with Qin-style rifles had adaptive training, Chang Wei issued an order to attack.
Under the order of the general, the soldiers carried Qin-style rifles into the trench.
The artillery quickly set up howitzer and rifled gun positions.
The guns were aimed at the Zhongling Pass wall.
The unusual movement of the royal army immediately aroused the vigilance of the Zhongling Pass garrison commander.
This garrison commander was none other than Ashur.
Next to Ashur was a Russian officer.
It was Orski, who had fought with the Ningjin Army with the Tongniu King's tent last time.
This time, he was under Ivan's order to assist Ashur.