Chapter 86
"Little girl, are you sure you want to lead troops to destroy the artillery positions of the Northern Army? There are at least 15,000 people below the high ground!"
Jackson and other Southern Army generals were somewhat surprised to see Feng Yuruo volunteering.
Feng Yuruo, a guerrilla general from the Ming Empire, asked him for a cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment, intending to launch an attack first.
"The opponent's artillery position is inappropriate. You only need to launch a joint attack of infantry and cavalry to capture the opponent's artillery position. When they cross the river, they definitely did not carry many artillery. Destroy their artillery position. If they lose the cover of artillery, it will be difficult for them to capture the Harry Heights." Feng Yuruo said firmly.
Jackson looked at Chu Qi: "You two are representatives of the Ming Empire. They were originally responsible for collecting intelligence. Marines and wars were not your duty. If you have any accidents, we cannot explain to the Ming Empire."
"Feng Guerrill plans to join the war as an individual, and any accidents arise with her have nothing to do with the Ming Empire."
Chu Qi had already agreed to Feng Yuruo's request in advance, and she was very determined, so Chu Qi couldn't stop her.
Jackson hesitated for a while and gritted his teeth: "Okay, I will give you the most elite infantry and cavalry regiments in Virginia to command for the time being. When you lead your troops to attack, I will use all the artillery to provide cover for you. Please make sure to destroy the opponent's artillery position."
Jackson assigned a complete infantry regiment and a complete cavalry regiment to Feng Yuruo, with a total of more than 1,000 people. As Feng Yuruo's guerrilla general, this is the largest number of people she can command so far.
Feng Yuruo chose a war horse.
Chu Qi said to her before she set out: "You really want to lead troops to attack the opponent's artillery position? There is no eyebrow on the battlefield. If you have any problems, it will be difficult for me to explain to the Feng family when I return to the Ming Dynasty."
Feng Yuruo said firmly: "Parking a horse and corpse is the fate of our Ming soldiers. I told you before that I have never participated in a real war, and this is a rare opportunity."
Chu Qi no longer blocked too much. Even if Feng Yu did not play in this battle, she would still be active in other dangerous battlefields.
Before Feng Yuruo rode his horse to the Southern Army Cavalry, the cavalry officers from the Virginia Military Academy looked at the female officer together. The other party came from the powerful Ming Empire. I wonder if they would lead them to victory today.
Feng Yuruo obviously also speaks here. She mobilized before attacking the opponent's artillery position: "Wait until the cavalry dispersed the defenders near the enemy's artillery position, and the infantry stepped forward to destroy their artillery. If everything goes well, the infantry quickly withdrew, behind the cavalry hall. Don't let me look down on you, if you don't even have the courage to follow me and brave the artillery forward, then you are not worthy of being called men. Come home quickly to take care of your wife and children!"
Feng Yuruo's words obviously stimulated these Virginian soldiers who pursued machismos, and some people shouted: "Only women should go back to burn firewood and cook!"
Feng Yuruo took a southern cross flag from the soldiers and said sternly: "Stain this cross flag with your blood to prove it to me, you are real men!"
When the Virginia militia was humiliated by Feng Yuruo, they seemed to have a breath of breath. They were on the verge of an outbreak at any time, and they were almost not taking off their pants to prove that they were big men.
"Everyone follows me!"
Feng Yuruo held the battle flag and led an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment to attack the artillery positions below the high ground.
Chu Qi, who was looking down at the battlefield behind, couldn't help but sweat for her.
The stray bullets on the battlefield don’t have eyes, and no one knows whether the stray bullets will hit her.
In the early days of the industrial age, countless generals fell on the battlefield, which was a high-risk profession.
"The officers of the Ming Dynasty will always attack so actively." Jackson looked at Feng Yuruo leading his troops and said to the artillery officer, "Use all artillery to provide cover for the joint attack of the infantry and cavalry!"
Boom! Boom boom!
The cannons on the Harry Heights roared one after another, and the harsh black powder explosion sounded, and the smoke filled the high ground. Solid bombs and blasting bombs were vented to the Northern Army positions below. At the same time, the huge recoil made the cannon retreat!
The gunners need to work together to push the backward artillery back to their original position, then rush to clean the barrel and reload the explosive pack and shells.
Chu Qi was very close to the artillery position in Harry Heights. The roar of artillery sounded from time to time in his ears, making his ears ring.
However, Chu Qi ignored the sound of cannons that sounded from time to time. He focused entirely on Feng Yuruo. The infantry and cavalry she led had already entered the range of the Southern Army.
Feng Yuruo and a group of Virginian cavalry officers were in front. Only in this way can the recruits who had little war experience be stabilized, and they could form lines to prevent them from escaping under the opponent's counterattack.
At this time, the officers were not so easy to be. They often had to sit in the front and march with soldiers, and the casualties rate was extremely high. Sometimes, after a war, the proportion of officers was the highest.
The war horses need to maintain physical strength before trying to get close to the artillery position to ensure that they can reach the highest speed when launching a charge. The cavalry braved the artillery and gunfire of the Northern Army and trotted to the opponent's artillery position. In the middle, many cavalry fell off their horses due to stray bullets, but the cavalry regiment was still approaching without any hurry.
In later generations, queuing and shooting and trotting of cavalry are very clumsy, but they are the most common tactics of this era.
Seeing that the opponent's artillery position had entered the range where the cavalry charge could attack, Feng Yuruo finally issued an order to charge. The cavalry clamped the abdomen and fired at the opponent's artillery position with horse rifles in hand!
The war horses accelerated from trotting and began to gallop. The cavalry drew out their swords. They broke into the artillery positions of the Northern Army like lightning. The cavalry sword easily harvested the caught-out artillery and the infantry that assisted the artillery to guard the positions!
Behind the cavalry regiment, the infantry regiment launched a hiking charge with muskets. They carried the Southern Cross Flag of the Alliance, followed the cavalry to seize the artillery position, and the engineers blocked the artillery door with hammers and nails. The only 17 artillery pieces brought by the Northern Army on this side were declared scrapped.
The Northern Army never thought that the defenders of the Harry Heights would take the initiative to launch an offensive when there were few people. Moreover, before the commander McDowell deployed the artillery position, the infantry and cavalry coalition led by Feng Yuruo destroyed the Northern Army's artillery position before the Northern Army formed an encirclement and began to retreat.
Chapter completed!