Chinese martial arts! Grandmaster

Chapter 169 Carpet Bombing! Fire!

Alande led two thousand elite soldiers of the Western coalition to block the reinforcements of the Daqian Dynasty.

but,

What he didn't expect was that the troops he was going to stop were not ordinary reinforcements.

Simon Hall Righteous Group!
This was a team led by Chen Jie himself, the elite members of Ximen Hall, heading straight from the Ximen Hall camp in the capital to the Dagukou Fortress.

Following him were Yan Kuangtu and Zhang Changfeng.

This time, all the elite members of Ximen Hall came out.

There aren't many people, only about 500 in total.

Even compared to a vanguard camp of the Daqian Dynasty, the number of people is much smaller.

But the entire Ximen Hall is elite and armed to the teeth.

Everyone was wearing a bulletproof vest, had an imitation Miao Dao on their waist, and a steel helmet on their head.

Before the imitation AK47 assault rifle was produced, all the elite troops were armed with muskets looted from the warehouses in the Austro-Hungarian Concession.

of course,

The most important equipment is the sixty mortars brought by Liu Qi.

Chen Jie was not only wearing a bulletproof vest, but also a "titanium alloy chain mail".

Five hundred meters behind the Ximentang Righteous Group were some remnants of the Xiongwu Army that had been defeated by the Western Allied Forces.

Originally, Chen Jie planned to let them all return to Beijing.

but,

According to the military regulations of Daqian, once they leave the battlefield, they will be considered deserters and will never be able to turn over a new leaf in their lives.

Finally, Chen Jie thought about it and decided to let these remaining soldiers follow the Ximentang Righteous Group and be responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.

They were about to reach the Tanggu Port, but unexpectedly, the scouts ahead soon sent back information.

Four kilometers ahead, the Western coalition forces appeared.

Chen Jie stood on a high ground and looked through a telescope.

Then,

He ordered Ximen Tang to stay on the spot and prepare for battle.

Today's battle is not a sneak attack, but a fair and tough battle.

The first battle of the Ximentang Righteous Group!
Significant!

Naturally, Chen Jie did not dare to be careless at all.

The gangsters under Zhang Changfeng's command are extremely fierce in combat and invincible in close combat.

However, facing the Western guns, it is not suitable for close combat now.

Only after completely destroying the enemy's firepower, launching a charge, engaging in the final hand-to-hand combat, and harvesting the battlefield, can Zhang Changfeng and his gang of martial arts masters be used.

Therefore,
On this special day today, Chen Jie did not plan to let Zhang Changfeng's men go into battle first.

Yan Kuangtu quacked excitedly and walked with the wind.

This was the first open battle between Ximen Tang and the Western Allied Forces, and this honor belonged to Yan Kuangtu!

During this period of time, Yan Kuangtu's experience was like a dream.

He was originally just a captain and battalion commander of the defeated Shandong Army and a deserter.

but,

Since he joined Simon Hall, he finally found the value of his life.

Not only did he practice martial arts hard and learn how to use various advanced weapons, he was also extremely obsessed with the many military books given to him by the young master.

He had a clear direction and concept for various artillery battles, street battles, land battles, etc.

Today is the day to verify the artillery battle, how could Yan Kuangtu not be excited?
Sixty mortars were divided into six rows, with ten mortars in each row.

The gun carriage was erected and the artillerymen of the artillery company began to adjust the angle and direction.

Each cannon is five meters apart in an orderly manner, with boxes of artillery shells stacked next to them.

Full fire coverage!
Standing next to Chen Jie was the captain of the guard, Tang Feng.

Not far away, Ximen Tang’s battle flag fluttered in the wind.

The more than one hundred remnants of the Xiongwu Army who were following Ximen Hall a few hundred meters away were stunned by the scene before them.

Liu Qi stood in front of the artillery company, holding the command flag in his hand.

At this moment, he was waiting for Chen Jie's order.

Chen Jie held up the telescope and glanced at the artilleryman next to him who was responsible for aiming and positioning.

The artilleryman nodded at Chen Jie, indicating that he was ready to end.

The enemy has entered the firing range.

next moment,
Following Chen Jie's order: "Fire!"

Liu Qi waved the command flag in his hand downwards.

The first and second rows at the front of the artillery company, a total of twenty mortars, loaded shells instantly!

Whoosh—whoosh—!
Twenty cannons, firing instantly!
Twenty artillery shells whizzed towards the Western coalition forces led by Alande.

At this moment, Alande is leading the Western coalition forces and is still advancing forward.

He was not in a hurry, but walked slowly towards the direction of Daqian's reinforcements.

As Frek's deputy general, Alande has good fighting ability.

He is also a great Silver Knight who has fought in many great battles.

He had fought against Ma Liangkun of the Daqian Xiongwu Army before, and was very disdainful of the fighting effectiveness of the Daqian Dynasty army.

The army of the Daqian Dynasty was proficient in battle formations.

However, when faced with Western muskets and artillery, they were completely vulnerable.

When he heard General Hunter say that those who came to support were just the civilian "righteous groups" of the Daqian Dynasty, he was even more disdainful.

Even the elite Xiongwu Army of the Daqian Dynasty was defeated by him.

The eight thousand Xiongwu soldiers were almost wiped out by a barrage of artillery fire.

Therefore,
He was ordered to come and stop a group of folk "righteous groups", so how could he take these "country bumpkins" seriously?
Through the telescope, Chen Jie saw two thousand Western coalition forces gathered together and walked towards this side in a swagger.

These Westerners are really brave!
With so many people gathered together like this, not forming a straight line, wouldn't that make it easier for our artillery fire?

Boom—boom—!
Ten seconds later, twenty mortar shells landed.

Then,

In less than five seconds, another twenty mortar shells landed.

The powerful shock wave completely overturned the surrounding area.

The earth is shaking!

The power of the mortar can be called a killer weapon on the battlefield!
Compared with the Krupp infantry guns and mortar shells of the Western Allied Forces, the lethality is increased several times.

The explosion radius reached 20 meters, which is simply indescribable.

Every five seconds, a shell would fall from the sky, blowing people and horses to the ground around them.

The soldiers of the Western Allied Forces wore armor that could withstand long-range bullet attacks, bows and arrows, etc.

Only a giant crossbow like the 'Eight Oxen Crossbow' from the Daqian Dynasty could penetrate their defenses.

Otherwise, ordinary bows and arrows would not be able to hurt them at all unless they hit their vital points.

Especially for the heavily armored soldiers standing in the front, those ordinary musket bullets could not break through the defense at all even from a hundred meters away.

but,

Today's mortar shells are completely different.

Not only does the shrapnel have infinite lethality, it also produces an extremely strong shock wave.

Within a radius of twenty meters around the landing of the shell, all the war horses, heavy armored soldiers, musketeers, etc. were instantly knocked to the ground.

When the first wave of shells landed, the Western Allied Forces were completely stunned.

Hundreds of people were knocked down by artillery shells and died.

"fire!"

Yan Kuangtu, who was standing nearby, shouted again.

The mortars in the third and fourth rows of the artillery company loaded shells instantly.

Boom—boom—!
The sound of artillery fire continued, with twenty shells falling from the sky almost every five seconds.

Saturation bombardment!
After six rows of shells landed, the first and sixth rows fired at the same time.
Carpet bombing!
This all-round firepower coverage leaves no blind spots!
"stop!"

After one minute of bombardment, Yan Kuangtu called for a stop.

Although it was only one minute, the shelling was carried out twelve times.

Chen Jie stood on a high place and observed the Western Allied Forces a few kilometers away through a telescope.

at this time,

Only a few Western soldiers who had not been blown up could be seen here and there.

There were more than 2,000 Western coalition troops, but less than 100 were still standing.

Some soldiers managed to stand up, but then fell down again.

Alande was completely stunned and looked at everything around him with wide eyes.

After more than a minute of shelling, he was stunned.

His left arm was shattered by shrapnel from the shell and his left eye was blinded.

This was the first time he encountered such fierce bombardment.

Damn it——!
No one saw that the entire Western coalition force of more than 2,000 people was completely wiped out.

Carpet bombing, no chance to hide.

"Retreat—quickly! Retreat—!"

How could Alande have the time to stop Daqian's reinforcements?

In just over a minute, two thousand elite soldiers were completely wiped out.

this moment,
He was completely frightened and fled back home for his life, shouting, trying to get the other surviving soldiers to retreat.

He had never experienced this kind of battle before.

Before they even saw the enemy, they were covered by full firepower!

Two thousand elite soldiers!
In just over a minute, the entire line was defeated!

Chen Jie saw all this through the telescope and a smile appeared on his face.

When Chen Jie saw Alande fleeing with less than fifty people, he called out to the captain of the guards, Tang Feng, and said:

"Notify Zhang Changfeng and ask him to take the remaining soldiers of the Daqian Xiongwu Army to clean up the battlefield."

"Dozens of people actually ran away. It seems that the mortar's angle coverage still has blind spots." Chen Jie shook his head with some regret.

in fact,

This is not a blind spot in any angle coverage, it's simply the dead people blocking the shock wave.

Those who managed to survive were either very strong, with super crisis sensing abilities, or they managed to avoid the shock wave by lying on the ground.

There are also the lucky ones on the battlefield, whose shock waves from the shells are blocked by the bodies of their fallen comrades.

Zhang Changfeng drew out the replica Miao Dao in his hand and shouted to the brothers behind him:

"Clean up the battlefield. If you see anyone alive, stab them again. Charge!"

finished,

He took the lead in the charge. After all, they were several kilometers away. If he went too late, the good stuff would have been picked up by others.

Ximen Hall practices rewarding people based on their merits.

Even if you just clean up the battlefield and hand in the good stuff you get, you can still gain a lot of military merit.

Therefore,
Everyone rushed to the battlefield quickly.

The artillery company calmly put away all the mortars.

This bombardment consumed nearly three hundred shells in total, and the results were amazing.

-

Tanggu Port!

Hunter led his elite troops and once again attacked the fortifications that had been bombarded by artillery.

He personally led the Austro-Hungarian coalition forces, followed by other elite troops, and rushed into the fortifications.

Take over Tanggu Port in one fell swoop!
this moment,
Hunter was determined to completely occupy the Tanggu Port before dark.

Bang bang—bang bang—!
The muskets continued to fire, and when Freke, who was standing next to him, saw the elite troops at the front fall in hand-to-hand combat with the remnants of the Daqian Xiongwu Army, his heart ached.

Many of them were his personal guards, who followed him all the way from France to Daqian.

I didn't expect to die by the sword in hand-to-hand combat.

but,

Freke could not disobey orders.

He understood Hunter's idea. If they didn't take over the Tanggu Port by dark, today's attack would probably fail.

At this point, there was only one step left to occupy the Tanggu Port.

"kill--!"

As the most powerful general in the French coalition, Freck is a top silver knight.

He held a huge heavy sword in his hand and took the lead, rushing to the fortifications first.

None of the remaining soldiers of the Daqian Xiongwu Army around him could stop his charge.

Clang, clang, clang—!
Freke swung the heavy sword in his hand left and right, charging forward.

For a while,
He single-handedly carved out a bloody path through the entire fortification.

"You fucking bastard - go to hell!"

Clang!
Ma Liangkun was completely crazy at this moment. He looked extremely miserable and covered with wounds.

but,

With the determination to die, he attacked Frek with the big knife in his hand like a madman.

There were more than 300 remnants of the Xiongwu Army who had followed him to break out and return to the Tanggu Port.

But after the continuous bombardment and the attack by the Western coalition forces.

There were only a dozen guards left by Ma Liangkun's side.

Xu Wenyang was sitting sideways on the remaining wall, hit in the abdomen by shrapnel from a shell, and the blood seemed to have turned black and purple.

“Haha! Kill them all!”

Freke laughed wildly and was about to kill Ma Liangkun in one go.

suddenly,
His eyes widened, completely stunned.

Just a few kilometers away from the fortifications, there was a continuous sound of artillery fire!
The whole earth was shaking as if there was an earthquake.

what happened?

At this moment, not only Freck was stunned, even Hunter couldn't help but look up into the distance.

All the members of the Western Allied Forces stopped at the same time and gathered around General Hunter.

Everyone had a bad feeling and looked in the direction of the gunfire.

After a few minutes--!
A scene that suffocated everyone appeared.

I saw Alande with a broken arm and covered in blood, running towards this side desperately.

Twenty minutes ago.

Alande led two thousand elite soldiers of the Western coalition to block the Daqian reinforcements.

And now, there were less than fifty people behind him, and almost all of them were injured.

“Arland——!”

Hunter shouted in horror.

The sound of artillery fire in the distance shocked everyone.

After a while,
Ma Liangkun reacted and couldn't help laughing wildly and yelling:

"Brothers, cheer up, our reinforcements have arrived, kill them--!"

The remaining soldiers and some civilians who had fallen into despair were now as if they had been given an injection of chicken blood and they actually cheered up again.

“Kill—kill—!”

For a while,
The most frenzied counterattack broke out again within the fortifications.

All the soldiers of the Western Allied Forces were completely shocked by Alande's miserable condition.

Alande led the elite Western coalition forces, but in less than twenty minutes, their entire army was wiped out.

How many reinforcements are coming?

Ten thousand?
Or twenty thousand?

To be able to massacre two thousand elite Western coalition forces in just a few minutes, there must be at least tens of thousands of reinforcements.

At this time, the soldiers of the Western Allied Forces had no intention of fighting anymore and turned around and ran!

Originally, the Western Allied Forces consisted of eight armies, each with its own commander.

Although they were all assigned to the First Army of the Western Allied Forces, Hunter served as the commander-in-chief.

but,

When they felt a deadly threat, they would not listen to your command. Everyone ran away at the request of their respective commanders.

Are you waiting to be bombed if you don't run?
Zhang Changfeng brought the elite troops of Ximen Hall to the bombarded battlefield.

Seeing the corpses all over the ground, he suddenly lost interest in cleaning up the battlefield.

Arranging the remaining soldiers of the Xiongwu Army to clean up the battlefield, Zhang Changfeng led an elite force of more than 200 martial arts masters and rushed all the way to hunt down Alande.

He was originally the leader of the Eagle Claw Sect. After joining the Ximen Hall, he was responsible for the training of martial artists.

So in terms of personal combat power, the brothers under Zhang Changfeng are much more powerful than the group of deserters under Yan Kuangtu.

Especially at this moment, they are armed to the teeth and their combat effectiveness is off the charts.

Alande was seriously injured and his speed slowed down after running one kilometer.

but,

When he saw Zhang Changfeng and his men chasing him, he was so scared that he fled for his life.

Zhang Changfeng chased to the outside of the fortifications of Tanggu Port and saw many soldiers of the Western Allied Forces in chaos.

For a while,
Zhang Changfeng was excited!

Hand-to-hand combat!
This is what the brothers under Zhang Changfeng are best at.

The war achievements are coming!

At this time, the Western coalition forces had no intention of fighting and just wanted to leave here quickly.

Zhang Changfeng's more than 200 fully armed elite soldiers were like an indestructible sword, chopping the Western coalition forces that were already in chaos.

this moment,
The Western coalition forces were in complete chaos, with screams and shouts coming one after another.

Hunter was completely dumbfounded. He was about to succeed, but he failed at the last moment.

Just now they were full of confidence and were about to announce the occupation of Tanggu Port.

But in the blink of an eye, the entire Western coalition was completely defeated.

When he saw that Zhang Changfeng's team had only more than 200 people, he couldn't help but shout loudly, trying to stabilize the situation.

But now, no one listened to him.

Freck gritted his teeth, knowing that today's attack on Tanggu Port had failed.

He decisively ordered the guards around him and said in a deep voice:
"Protect General Hunter and let him leave. Everyone else, follow me and stop these Daqian reinforcements!"

At this moment, among the entire Western coalition forces, only the soldiers under Freck's command could still maintain their formation.

Therefore, the commander is very important for any army.

As long as the main general is strong enough to stabilize the situation, the team will not be in chaos.

When Zhang Changfeng led the elite troops of Ximen Hall and charged left and right.

quickly,

He ran into a tough guy.

Freck led the elite French troops and blocked Zhang Changfeng's troops head-on.

This is a real hand-to-hand combat!
Simultaneously,

This was also the first bloody battle that Zhang Changfeng led this group of gangsters to experience.

About the same number of people.

Freck was leading the elite of the French Guard, which numbered only about two hundred men.

Eastern martial arts and Western martial arts collide fiercely on the battlefield!
No muskets, no cannons!

Hundreds of people were fighting together, with swords flashing and sabers flying.

At this moment, the battle formation that had been passed down in the East for thousands of years brought out 200% of the combat effectiveness of martial arts.

Cone battle formation!

This is the formation used by Yan Kuangtu when training his soldiers for assaults.

This is the battle formation that Zhang Changfeng has been training the most recently. When it comes to close-range assault and hand-to-hand combat, the lethality is doubled.

Therefore,
After one charge, Freck's French Guard was completely defeated!
(End of this chapter)