382 About the small difference between seeking death and waiting for death

After a while, Pang Yu walked up to the three of them, handed each of them an earmuff, and told them to imitate him, first plug their ears with a ball of small cotton balls, and then put on the earmuffs.

Before both ears were completely plugged, Pang Yu smiled at them and said:

"Wait a minute, the sound on this position will be very loud, and the dust will be very loud. Let's go down together."

"But at the end of the day, you can't see clearly on the other side?"

Zhou Sheng pointed at the opposite side, which could be regarded as some kind of test-could the short-haired man really be able to attack the opponent from such a long distance? However, Commander Pang only nodded lightly:

"It's okay, you can see it no matter how far away it is when it explodes."

With that said, he just pulled the three of them down the hillside, and asked them to enter the trench, lower their bodies, and put a helmet on one of their heads. Looking around, almost all the Qiongzhou soldiers hid under the cover.

, the few people who were still standing upright outside also chose their positions, ready to pounce into the pit at any time, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Why do these short-haired soldiers like to dig holes so much...Are they afraid that they will kill too many evildoers, bear too many grievances, and have no one to bury them when they die?"

As soon as Zhou Sheng had a daydream in his mind, he vaguely heard a signal gunshot on the hillside above his head, and then there was a "woo-woo" sound like a storm. Even if he blocked his ears, he still felt thrilling. The ground beneath him was shaking slightly.

Trembling, the sky suddenly darkened, countless smoke and dust rose into the sky, and it seemed as if the sky was falling apart. Before Zhou Sheng had time to feel frightened, someone next to him patted him and motioned him to look up at the sky. As soon as Jin Yiwei Qianhu raised his head, he immediately

Everyone nearby was captivated by the brilliant flames flying in the air.

"It's so beautiful...I can't get tired of watching it no matter how many times."

More than one Qiongzhou Army soldier praised this. Most of the soldiers here have seen the rocket launch scene - those in Qiongzhou Prefecture have experienced the actual battle, and most of those in Lingao have seen test firings. But at this moment, they are still looking at each other.

Looking at the trajectories drawn by those rockets in the air, some even opened their mouths stupidly, not even noticing that they were being blown a mouthful of sand.

A moment later, there was an earth-shattering explosion from the other side of the ground, and countless black and red fire pillars rose into the sky, exactly in the direction of the previous rebel position. Zhou Sheng was stunned. Now he was not worried about these firearms at all.

Will it hit those rebels on the head? Even if it doesn't hit them directly, the power alone is enough to cause any army to collapse instantly. This is simply not a force that human beings can resist.

Looking around, he saw Zhao Yi and Zhao Fengxiang lying next to him with a red face and trembling body. Zhou Sheng reacted well and immediately slapped Zhao Yi on the back when he saw this. He immediately saw the other person take a mouthful of thick phlegm.

After coughing out, he took a long breath, nodded to Zhou Sheng, and said something, but couldn't hear it at all - only then did Zhou Sheng realize that he was still wearing earmuffs. He quickly took them off and just listened to Zhao Sheng.

Yi Youyou sighed:

"...Fortunately, Master Sun didn't come, otherwise he wouldn't have any clothes to change."

Zhou Sheng smiled bitterly and turned to look at his other companion. Liao Yong, who had just had time to look up to the sky, was covering his mouth with his arm and biting his arm to prevent himself from making a sound. After a while, he

After recovering, he shook his head angrily:

"We're screwed."

"How to say?"

Zhou Sheng was puzzled for a moment, and Liao Yong smiled bitterly:

"If we continue to fight like this in the future, what's the use of our warriors? No wonder a mere two thousand short-haired men dare to go out of the city to attack. They don't need soldiers to kill people at all - the tens of thousands of people on the opposite side must be finished.

Even if we, the Ming Dynasty, have millions of troops, we can't help but bombard them a few times like this."

"Not necessarily. If this thing can reach far, it must not be good at close combat. If it can rush close..."

Zhao Yi had a good understanding, and he actually realized the weakness of the rocket launcher. However, before he finished speaking, Zhou Sheng patted his shoulder and pointed to the muskets in the hands of the short-haired soldiers in the trenches in front, as well as the neatly arranged muskets on both sides of the hillside.

More than a dozen cannons... Director Zhao immediately shut up.

The three of them were silent for a long time, and then they heard Liao Yong sigh:

"In front of them, if you rush forward you are seeking death, if you don't rush forward you are waiting for death - how the hell are you going to fight in the future?"

Zhou Sheng also sighed softly, looked around and saw that there were no short-haired soldiers nearby, and then responded in a low voice:

"Fortunately, they have surrendered to the imperial court...what a great blessing to my Ming Dynasty."

"Indeed, Mr. Qian's foresight and far-sightedness have made great contributions to the country."

Zhao Fengxiang from Donglin said sincerely, and Liao Yong nodded repeatedly. Only Zhou Sheng, who had first come into contact with Short Hair as an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, curled his lips and lowered his head because he did not want to speak ill of anyone.

——That Mr. Qian was just lucky enough to pick a ready-made peach. If the short-haired guy hadn't already wanted to surrender, no matter how much he talked about lotus flowers, it would be useless. But when you think about it, it's really weird to have such a powerful person.

The terrifying firearms, but actually don't want to fight for the Ming Dynasty. Such rebels are really unheard of.

"Could it be that... they are really loyal and devoted to the country? But they are clearly not our people of the Ming Dynasty... What are the origins of these people?"

Zhou Sheng began to carefully recall his first experiences with short-haired people, and the confusion in his eyes became more intense.

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There was a sentry tower in front of the defensive position. Because there was still a lot of dust flying on the hillside, several commanders of Qiong Haijun had to climb up here to observe the enemy's situation.

The impact points of the forty rockets were relatively scattered, but they basically hit the rebel positions - there was a large army formation of tens of thousands of people on the opposite side, and the area itself was very vast. But it was still a little early to observe the results of the battle at this time.

It was just like the situation when a large number of gunfire was used to ambush five thousand officers and soldiers near Lingao: a very large area there was filled with a large amount of black smoke and dust, and it was impossible to see the situation clearly.

However, countless people could still be heard shouting and neighing around it, and it was a chaotic scene. The terrified soldiers fled in all directions, and some even lost their heads and rushed towards the Qiong Navy position. However, most of the people who could still run at this time were actually

I wasn't seriously injured, I was just frightened. After running for a thousand meters, I basically woke up when the cold wind blew. When I realized that I was going in the wrong direction, I quickly turned around, which made several snipers here very disappointed - they didn't show up after waiting for a long time.

It's within range, but the distance is too far.

With the battle going like this, the mission should be considered completed. Even if they stay in the position and don't go out, the rebels are unlikely to come back to cause trouble in the past few days - whether they can regroup again is doubtful.

However, for the young and energetic young men in the Qiongzhou Army, waiting passively seemed too passive. As a result, there were two completely opposite opinions in the team regarding the next step of action:

"Should we cover it up? Just like when Captain Tang led the team, he drove them away one after another."

This was the suggestion of several Young Zhuang faction company commanders, while Ma Qianshan, Pang Yu and Ao Sayang, among others, expressed disapproval:

"Don't charge randomly. No matter how powerful forty rockets are, they can't defeat the opponent's ten thousand people. They still have more than ten thousand troops at least. They are just scared out of their wits."

"Wouldn't that be a good opportunity to cover up and defeat them completely?"

The young men who made the suggestion kept asking, especially the stupid Qingwei Aiwen who still refused to give up and insisted on killing him:

"Look over there, Brother Xie, that's the center of the enemy's position. Isn't it possible to win only by planting our flag on the opponent's position? In future wars, will we always hide behind the trenches and wait for the enemy to move forward?

rush?"

This kind of encouragement is very effective for young people, but experienced officers such as Ma Qianshan do not agree with this, and several staff officers also shook their heads in boredom:

"Now is a good opportunity to pursue, but unfortunately we have too few people. If we send more people, the position will be empty. It will be useless if we only send three to five hundred people - many of the remaining opponents are cavalry. Chasing the capital

They can't catch up. Besides, they are no better than the government troops who came to encircle and suppress them. The rebels are now a group of completely surrounded and cornered beasts. No matter how hard they chase, they have no way to escape. On the contrary, they may inspire their desperate desire.

Why bother with this?"

After some persuasion, most people finally gave up the idea of ​​​​attacking. And generally speaking, since the combat staff has put forward an opinion, the troops below should implement it. Only this time, Jie Xi, as the commander-in-chief of the first army, was actually quite eager to give it a try.

mean:

"I would also like to see if those two great traitors, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, were killed. If they haven't been killed yet, I would like to shoot them again, which would completely change history."

——It sounds like a good reason. Although Kong and Geng have not yet had time to defect to the Manchus, but based on all the evil they did in Shandong, their lives are not unfair at all. Pang Yu raised his telescope and looked at it.

The smoke has not yet dissipated, so it is estimated that it is unlikely that anyone will go to the center of the bombed area to rescue people at this time - Ma Qianshan set the "Kong" and "Geng" flags as the center points when determining the targets for the rocket launcher.

Yes, those positions with shining golden helmets are the absolute key targets.

Therefore, the commander-in-chief Jiexi finally agreed with Xiao Wei's opinion. He even decided to personally lead the army to cover up a section of the battlefield. Together with Wei Aiwen's company and a small number of scouts under Beiwei's command, a total of more than 400 people were mobilized to pursue the enemy. Even if they could not chase the opponent,

If the opponent is defeated, at least occupying the opponent's main position can be regarded as truly winning this battle. By the way, let's take a look at what famous historical figures are available for capture there - for Lao Jie, this is the first time he has defeated a person head-on on land.

The generals who have left their names in history may be very memorable.

Pang Yu and Ao Sayan's persuasion was ineffective, so they had to try their best to cooperate with Shangguan. The two discussed it and decided that Ao Sayang would lead the remaining three infantry companies and artillery to defend the formation, and Pang Yu would attack with Lao Jie. However, before the attack, he and Jie Xi

It was agreed that they would not leave sight until they occupied the opponent's main position.

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