Chapter 386 Grenadiers, attack!
The Tatar cavalry entered the range of the People's Army musketeers. After only a few dozen meters of advance, they collided with three waves of more than 3,400 lead bombs in a row. Even more than 2,500 Tatar cavalry lost their combat effectiveness.
In just a few seconds, more than 2,500 cavalry were lost. Buyanche Chen Khan and the leaders of the tribes of the central army were shocked. They were still more than 600 meters away from the Bohai Institute. Why did they lose so many warriors in the blink of an eye? They had previously exaggerated Hai's description of the enemy because of their rapid exaggeration. Judging from the current situation, not only did they not exaggerate, but even talked about it in a smaller way.
In an instant, Buyanchechen Khan actually had the idea of ordering the withdrawal of troops. So many people were killed or injured in such a short period of time, how many times the number of people who continued to attack would be 2,500?
Buyanchechen Khan no longer dared to continue to imagine, but he could not withdraw his troops immediately now. The army was in a state of charge and did not launch an attack on the Bohai Sea. Buyanchechen Khan was really unwilling to accept it.
"Ula!"
The Tatar army continued to charge forward in the face of the People's Army's guns and bullets. The death of their tribesmen made them even more crazy, and they wanted to fly up the city wall to tear the enemy apart with their teeth.
Compared with the shock of Buyanche Chen Khan and the leaders of the tribes of the Central Army, Suba Hai was simply frightened in the face of his own casualties. The enemy was too strong, and it became stronger than yesterday when the Pioneer Army launched two charges. The Pioneer Army killed and injured more than 5,000 people in one charge. Now the Central Army and the Pioneer Army launched a charge together, and the number of casualties will exceed 20,000 or even more.
Now Suoba Hai really regrets it. He should not have brought his tribe members to participate in this attack on the land of China. The enemy of Bohai Institute is unimaginably strong.
But it is useless to regret Hai now. The army is commanded by Buyanche Chen Khan and is launching an attack on the Bohai Sea. It is not something that can be retreated just by wanting to retreat.
Then continue to attack, but Su Ba Hai had no idea of charging ahead at all. Even most tribal leaders gave up the idea of charging with their tribe members when they saw the enemy so fiercely.
Crush and continue to rush. The Tatar cavalry will lose more than 1,500 people for every 100 meters ahead. The Tatar cavalry will continue to rush forward while stepping on the bodies of the fallen companions.
On the city wall, Zhang Xinquan held a telescope and observed the Tatar army that launched the charge. The cavalry was in front, the infantry was behind, and the ladders. This time the Tatars were going to launch an attack on the Bohai Sea, rather than sending two waves of more than 200,000 arrows to the 83rd Division as yesterday.
After thinking briefly, Zhang Xinquan understood the Tatars' intentions, took advantage of the strong maneuverability of the cavalry to rush to the city wall as soon as possible, and used bows and arrows to attack the People's Army on the city wall, suppress the People's Army, and let the Tatar infantry rush forward, and then launch an siege.
Musketeers are suitable for attacking long-distance enemies, but they are not allowed in melee combat. The best combination of the People's Army's melee combat is first-row warriors and grenadiers.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xinquan immediately ordered someone to order the Grenadier Regiment of the 83rd Division to prepare for combat. When the Tatar cavalry entered within a range of 100 meters, the musketeers who shot the last wave of lead ejection could temporarily retreat from the city wall and replace the grenades to move forward.
The People's Army soldiers guarding the city wall faced more Tatars than yesterday. Not far outside the city wall was a large area of Tatars, with a number of tens of thousands, while the number of soldiers guarding the Bohai Sea was less than 15,000, which was a tenfold gap.
At first, some people felt a little scared, but as the battle progressed, most musketeers and artillery attacked the Tatars in an orderly manner. Seeing rows of Tatars falling down by their own and their comrades, they couldn't help but have the idea of "the Tatars are just like this", which seemed to be no different from ordinary Ming troops.
Kill! Kill! Kill all the invading Tatars! Kill the Tatars to make them scared! Kill the Tatars to never dare to invade the land of China again!
Under the rain of bullets in the People's Army, the Tatar cavalry, who had suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, rushed to a position only a few dozen meters away from the city wall. Thousands of Tatar cavalry at the front had shot the first wave of arrows at the city wall. The Tatar cavalry that shot the arrows did not turn away. They asked the war horses to stop and draw a second arrow from the arrow bag, preparing to continue shooting.
Just as the first wave of arrows fell on the city wall, thousands of Tatar cavalry who had already pulled the bowstrings behind launched a second attack on the city wall.
Several groups of Tatar cavalry shot arrows in turn, trying to suppress the People's Army on the city wall. The Tatar infantry behind the Tatar cavalry continued to strode forward, trying to rush to the front of the cavalry and launch an attack on the Bohai Sea.
Buyanchechen Khan, who was originally heartbroken by nearly 10,000 casualties, had a smile on his face at this time. The enemy on the city wall had been suppressed by the Tatar warriors and could no longer attack on his own. Soon, the army would soon be able to capture the Bohai Sect. After capturing the Bohai Sect, all other aliens in the Bohai Sect except for the young and beautiful women were about to die!
On the city wall, the soldiers who first climbed the shield steadily raised their shields on their heads to block the arrows falling from the sky. Below the shield, in addition to the soldiers who first climbed the city wall, there were also grenades who had not long been on the city wall. The musketeers and artillerymen who had been constantly attacking the Tatars before evacuated the city wall in batches when the Tatar cavalry entered within a range of 100 meters.
Gradually, the city walls were covered with arrows. Finally, the Tatar infantry rushed forward and prepared to set up a ladder to attack the city. The Tatar cavalry not far away had stopped attacking to avoid accidentally hurting their own people.
"Grenadier, attack!"
At this moment, the People's Army on the city wall moved. The grenadiers held grenades in one hand and fire snatches in the other. They lit the grenade fuses with fire snatches, and then threw them directly along the battlement of the city wall.
Dozens of hundreds of grenades fell from the sky, hitting the shields held by Tatar infantry and hitting the feet of the Tatars. Only a very few grenades were lucky enough to hit the Tatars' heads. With the weight of the grenades and the height of the city wall, they directly smashed the Tatars into pieces and crushed them to death and seriously injured.
"What's this?"
The Tatars could feel the difference between this grenade and the rolling stone. Before the Tatars could react, the grenade that fell to the ground exploded!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amid a series of explosions, shrapnel were flying everywhere, and thousands of Tatars under the city wall had fallen into a pool of blood, but the attack of the People's Army's grenades was not over yet. Hundreds and thousands of grenades were continuously thrown out of the city by grenadiers. The Bohai Sea had sufficient grenade reserves, which could support two major battles. The grenades threw the grenades out of the city to the fullest extent and threw them as far as possible.
Amid the explosion, more and more Tatar infantry fell down. This was the first time they had come into contact with this kind of weapon that could explode. Even the grenades fired by the People's Army howitzers did not encounter them.
The injured Tatars were wailing in the pool of blood, and more Tatars fled back in panic. Seeing the heavy casualties of the infantry in front, the Tatar cavalry were stunned.
Chapter completed!