Chapter 1133: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (Twenty-Three)
Qiu He looked at the topographic map of Green Willow Villa brought back by the scouts from the first battalion, and frowned into a deep frown. This landlord, Lao Cai, was really difficult to fight. If the opponent really had enough power as he estimated, of military strength.
Green Willow Villa is surrounded by water on three sides. After several generations of efforts, the Liu family dug out a large ring-shaped lake around the village and surrounded Green Willow Villa. This large lake also alleviated the surrounding pollution to a certain extent. The difficulty of using water can be regarded as another version of farmland water conservancy construction, but at this time, it was a very difficult problem for the Han army.
If you want to break through Green Willow Villa, there is basically no other way besides hitting them head-on. Qiu He didn't even have to think about it. The other party must have deployed powerful firepower and most of their troops in the direction of the gate.
"Pig>Pig" Island" novel ww.m "How high is the wall?" Qiu He asked.
"It's very high, at least two feet high, and there are figures hanging on it. It's no longer a fence, but a city wall." The scout said with certainty: "Every few dozen meters up, there is a watchtower with beds arranged on it. Crossbows, especially the door area, are particularly densely packed with crossbows.”
Qiu He snorted, thinking that now they must have added the divine machine crossbows they captured from the first battalion. Thinking of the power of the divine machine crossbows, Qiu He had a headache. When hitting the enemy, the power of this thing made him feel special. I like it, but when it's this thing's turn to deal with me, I don't know what to do. Now he somewhat understands the pain of his former enemies.
"A hard attack on us will inevitably result in heavy casualties. This obviously does not meet the requirements of the regiment commander, so we have to think of other ways." Qiu He said to his several company commanders.
"Battal Commander, there is no other way except a hard attack. We can't conjure up a few navy warships on this big weir." First Company Commander Yu Dafu said, stroking his livid chin.
"We can't become a navy, but that doesn't mean there's nothing we can do. This is just a weir. How deep can it be dug out?" Qiu He looked at his subordinates, "Today we will try to find it from the front door. For a moment, Yu Dafu, you are responsible for the main attack. Pay attention, this is not about trying your best. We need to understand the enemy's firepower configuration. If you find out this, please come back. "
"What if I knock it down all at once?" Yu Dafu asked with a smile.
Qiu He's face turned cold, "Dafu, don't underestimate the heroes of the world. If you think so, be careful that you follow the footsteps of the First Battalion. Fu Jiang's First Company fought in Tucheng and almost crippled the First Company." But you didn't even touch the edge of the enemy's position in Tucheng. How much better do you think you are than Fu Jiang?"
Yu Dafu shrugged. Not to mention Fu Jiang's commanding ability is much better than his own, but in terms of personal bravery, he cannot compare with him.
"Be careful and you won't make a big mistake." Qiu He stared at the several subordinates present. "The failure of the first battalion sounded the alarm for us. This battle is not as easy to fight as we expected in advance, even if the green willow in front of us is If the Villa can swallow all the luggage in one gulp, it also has considerable combat power."
"Jiang Bing. I know that your water skills are pretty good. There are many such people in your second company. Select a group. Go explore the bottom of this big weir and see if you can find some breakthroughs from under the water."
"Understood, battalion commander, if the company fails, it's up to me." Company leader Jiang Bing said with a smile, "We can always find dozens of people with good water skills."
"Let's do this for now. The third company will be the reserve team. Send the order and the whole battalion will set off and advance towards Green Willow Villa. No matter what, we have to speed up the time and strive to defeat Green Willow Villa in the shortest time. The regiment leader will personally We’re going to Tucheng. If we’re late, we won’t be able to catch up with the battle in Tucheng.”
At the third watch, they buried the pot and made rice. When Erying Qiuhe, who set out at the fourth watch, rushed to Green Willow Villa, it happened to be the season of rising sun. Half of the head of the red sun emerged from the peak of the distant mountain. , the entire Green Willow Villa was bathed in the sun. On the big weir that surrounded Green Willow Villa on three sides, a layer of misty water vapor was rising, drifting left and right with the breeze. On the water bank, a willow tree hangs down its delicate branches, gently brushing the water, causing ripples in the water.
"Damn, Chu people really know how to enjoy it." Yu Dafu, who was born in the north, exclaimed, "It's really beautiful, like a fairyland. Oh my God, there is a willow tree there that is so big. I'm afraid it won't be a hundred years old. , otherwise how could it grow so big? Isn’t it why this place is called Green Willow Villa and there are almost no other trees?”
"No matter how beautiful it is, it can't stop us from getting angry." Qiu He said coldly: "The Green Willow Villa was built here. It was probably used to guard against bandits or rioters at the beginning. Against the real army, this is a shame. No matter what, from a military point of view, this is a dead place. As long as an army blocks their gate, they will have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. "
"In this case, why should we risk their extremely strong firepower to attack? As long as we capture the Tucheng, this place will be our fish and meat sooner or later."
“We don’t know how many troops there are in the village, so how many people should we leave to stop them? Leaving too many is not worthwhile, and leaving too few might make them the target. More importantly, they killed all the baggage company of the first battalion and even took away the army flag. The Han army has never encountered such a situation since the Fufeng Army. Maybe there have been times when they lost battles, but never like this one. No one escaped, and the whole unit was wiped out by others. This happened in our Second Regiment, the Third Division, and the New First Army. From the army commander to everyone, Every soldier has no face. So this battle is not only a military need, but also a face need for the Han army. Green Willow Villa must be taken down, and the person in charge must pay for the lives of the dead in the battle. This is called blood for blood, tooth for tooth. "Qiu He explained in a few words the mystery of Mao Afu sending a whole battalion to deal with Green Willow Villa. Now, for the Second Regiment, this matter has to bear serious consequences. Taking Green Willow Villa down and catching the mastermind will at least make the punishment at that time a little lighter, and everyone will look better.
After Qiu He explained the mystery here, Yu Dafu had already raised Green Willow Villa to a higher level in his heart. The meaning of the battalion commander was very clear. This was a battle that could not be lost. If there was a problem, the face of the Second Regiment would be really lost.
"Let's start!" Qiu He ordered.
Yu Dafu set up the battle formation in a disciplined manner. In fact, under such terrain. There was nothing fancy to say, just a straightforward attack. The land road facing the gate of Green Willow Villa was less than 20 meters wide. If you want to break through Green Willow Villa, you have to attack its frontal defense and blow open its gate.
The soldiers of the second company spread out their formation and began to slowly press forward. In the middle of their team, the crossbow heads of four divine crossbows mounted on the carriages had just been raised and aimed at the city gate tower in the distance. The arm crossbows in the hands of dozens of soldiers had already been loaded with crossbow arrows. When the whole team pressed to 300 steps away, they stopped. Behind them, the engineers in the camp who supported the second company were quickly unloading thick steel pillars from two carriages and assembling them at a very fast speed.
A suppressed exclamation sounded from the opposite city gate tower. As this huge weapon appeared in front of them, they finally figured out the purpose of this thing. This is an oversized catapult.
Liu An on the gate tower took a breath of cold air. They also seized this thing yesterday, but unfortunately they didn't capture a prisoner, so they didn't know how to assemble it after taking it back. How to use it? Seeing the appearance of this thing, Liu An suddenly lost confidence in defending Green Willow Villa. The stone thrown by this thing may weigh hundreds of pounds. Not to mention the thin wall of Green Willow Villa, even Pengcheng may not be able to withstand the heavy blow of this guy.
"Remove the gate tower!" Looking at the distance, the other party really installed a heavy stone of more than 100 pounds on the throwing part behind. Liu An's face turned green. There is no need to guess, the other party's target must be where he is now.
Hundreds of soldiers sitting on the gate tower, led by Liu An, hurriedly left this conspicuous target. Just as they walked down the gate tower, a huge whistling sound broke through the air. Liu An looked up and saw a huge stone rolling in the air, passing over the gate tower and flying towards a residential building in the village. Obviously, the opponent did not aim at it.
With a loud bang, the roof of the residential building collapsed like tofu by the huge stone, and a scream came from the house.
"The gate cannot be defended, immediately reinforce the second line of defense facing the gate." Liu An ordered.
Watching his soldiers with fear on their faces, they began to reinforce the second line of defense. It was a line of defense facing the gate, which was prepared to counterattack the enemy after the gate was breached. There were two divine crossbows he had robbed yesterday.
The soldiers had just entered the second line of defense, and a huge roar came from the sky road again. Liu An was startled. The shooting speed was too fast. Looking up at the sky, this time the bullet hit much closer, almost right next to the wall, creating a huge hole in the ground.
The enemy was correcting their target, and it looked like the next shot would hit the gate tower.
Outside the city, Yu Dafu looked back at the guys who were busy operating the missiles. Their accuracy was a bit too outrageous, but fortunately, the power was strong enough. It was really scary to see such a big stone flying in the air. This was just one machine. If the whole division gathered these things together, there would be dozens of them. If they were lined up and fired at the same time, the scene would be spectacular.
"No problem this time!" The gunner in charge of operating the catapult gestured to Yu Dafu. With his order, the huge thing once again raised its huge steel arm, and the huge stone flew. This time, it really hit the city gate tower accurately. Under the cheers of the soldiers of the second company, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, the city gate tower disappeared from everyone's sight, and the upper part of the city wall was also smashed down.
"Damn it, it's really fun. Come on, a few more times, and knock down this section of the city wall for me." The protection of the Green Willow Villa's wall, which could barely be called a city wall, was still too weak.
The towers began to counterattack, and the crossbows on the towers on both sides began to fire towards this side. For them, the target of the shooting was already marked, unlike the catapults that needed to be adjusted repeatedly. However, the accuracy of the crossbows has never been known for its accuracy. Several crossbows whizzed in, but they didn't even touch the hair of the catapults.
"Keep firing, keep firing, Shenji Crossbow, suppress those crossbows for me, don't let them destroy this treasure." Yu Dafu danced with joy. With this thing to lead the way, maybe the battalion commander ordered his feint attack this time, it might be possible to directly take down Green Willow Villa. (To be continued...)