Chapter 580: 580 feathers
Chapter 580 580 Feathers
"What!" After hearing the news, the Qi general who came to supervise the battle was shocked, and his expression immediately became solemn.
He felt that he was sure to defeat the rebel soldiers sent by the eldest prince, or at least to bribe the other party to surrender.
But if there is an enemy army on the opposite side, things will be difficult to handle. Although the 2nd Army, as the main force of the Qi State, has not fought head-on with the Tang Army so far, so it cannot be said to be timid, but along the way, they have also heard about the strength of the Tang Army.
Be able to break through the border defense line in two days, capture Nanye in Luozhen within a month, and even threaten the royal city of Qi...
Killed the third prince and General Tian Heng, and defeated the elite 3rd Army... Such a record is indeed enough to scare people.
“General, what should we do?” a subordinate asked with a sad face.
The last few tests were all done by his troops. Now more than 300 people from three companies have been filled in, and only more than 80 have returned. How can he not feel pain?
Seeing that the state of Qi was in chaos, having troops in hand meant strength. As the commander of the regiment, he now saw that his regiment was about to be reduced to a broken state, so of course his expression was extremely ugly.
The leading general also had no idea, so he could only order honestly: "Send the news along the railway and inform Er... inform His Majesty the King."
He had no choice but to give the news to the second prince and let "His Majesty the King" make the decision.
However, after the messenger who delivered the message had left for about ten minutes, the general also realized that if he waited here indifferently, he would obviously not satisfy the new king.
His Majesty the King has just taken that position and needs talents to fill his court. It would be unreasonable for him not to take this opportunity to show off.
So, the general looked at his men again and ordered: "Waiting is not an option! Gather the troops! Fight again!"
He is not the kind of idiot who knows nothing, he still has a certain level. After digesting the shock of the Tang army occupying Donghe Bridge, he decisively began his deployment.
"Gather all the nearby machine guns together! Cover the troops' attack! Cover these machine guns and rush to close range to suppress the enemy's firepower!" He knew that he had no artillery support, so he prepared to use machine guns to suppress the Tang army's machine guns.
"Besides, don't add fuel and press a battalion in one go! It doesn't matter if you lose more! As long as you can seize the two bridgeheads on the east side, it will be a great achievement!" After he finished speaking, he looked at a regiment commander with full organizational structure. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "You're going to do it this time!"
After finishing speaking, he continued to warn: "Don't worry! I promise to make up for all your losses this time! And as long as you capture a bridgehead, you will receive a reward of 10,000 coins!"
As soon as the regiment leader heard about the reward of 10,000 gold coins, he immediately became energetic. Now that he has more than a dozen machine guns to back him up, as well as a huge bounty, his will to fight is quite firm.
So the regiment leader immediately agreed: "Don't worry, general! My subordinates will seize the bridgehead at all costs and cover the army's crossing of the river!"
Money can communicate with the gods. With gold coins as a reward, the Qi army organized an attack twice as fast! Soon more Qi soldiers rushed up along the railway.
In the crowd, a Qi officer brandishing a pistol shouted loudly: "Come on! Avenge your majesty!"
“Fight back to the royal city!” On the other side, another officer also shouted crazily, motivating his soldiers to charge desperately.
"Destroy the enemy! 2 bounty coins for each person! Charge!" Further behind, the Qi army's supervisory team shouted loudly as they advanced.
They shouted, the bridgehead was already in sight: "One head of the Tang army, one bounty coin! Let's make a fortune, brothers!"
"Whoever recaptures the bridgehead first will get 50 bounty coins!" They didn't hear too many gunshots, and these Qi troops were even more excited, as if if they worked harder, all these gold coins would become theirs.
As a result, the officer who had just shouted to avenge the king was hit in the head by a flying bullet while walking.
The officer supervising the battle team who said that a paratrooper was worth one gold coin was also inexplicably hit in the chest by a bullet and fell down.
The efficiency of the snipers of the Tang Dynasty paratroopers was quite high. They aimed at the Qi officers with feathers on their hats and opened fire. Their shooting efficiency was quite astonishing.
In the south, the troops of the great prince. In other words, in the troops that fought against the Tang Army, the officers had already taken off the slutty feathers on their hats.
Because they discovered that the other side had some sharpshooters who specifically targeted the showy Qi officers. Therefore, as long as these Qi officers go to the front line, they will change their hats or simply take off their feathers.
As for majesty and beauty: such things do not exist on the battlefield, okay? Compared with life, everything is secondary.
It is a pity that the officers of Qi's 2nd Army, which had never fought head-on with the Tang Army, did not realize what kind of disaster their unique attire would bring to them.
Time passed like this, and the Qi offensive troops who had just reached the halfway point suddenly realized that... they couldn't seem to find their commander. On the chaotic battlefield, a soldier carrying a rifle ran to where a squad leader was with a frown on his face, and asked anxiously: "Where is the 1st company commander?"
They were actually very close to the Tang Army's position, and the other party might open fire at any time. Everyone was very nervous, but at this time they lost command.
The squad leader was also speechless. He wanted to find someone to ask. Is there at least an explanation for how to attack? So he could only shake his head, his tone full of sullenness: "I don't know!"
“The battalion commander has just been killed!” A squad leader next door approached with a weapon and brought even more depressing news.
As he spoke, he pointed to a place farther away: "The commander of the 2nd company was injured and was just carried down..."
"Damn it, let the 3rd company commander take over the command!" After hearing the news, the squad leader of the Qi army gave his opinion speechlessly and anxiously.
"The 3rd company commander can't be found!" The squad leader who came to deliver the news shook his head, but little did he know that his shaking head had already been aimed at the crosshairs of a Tang Army sniper high up on the bridgehead.
The other party pulled the trigger, and a bullet rushed out of the barrel of the gun. The bullet flew over the Tang Army's position, over the heads of the Qi soldiers in front, and hit the squad leader in the neck who was shaking his head.
The bullet penetrated the aorta and brought out a large stream of blood. This hot blood splashed on the face of the Qi Army squad leader opposite, making him tremble.
The bullet that penetrated the neck continued to fly forward, and hit another Qi soldier who was kneeling on one knee, waiting for the order to continue advancing, and then stopped.
"What's going on?" The squad leader Qi Guo, who hadn't realized that the gray feather on his head had betrayed him, was still thinking about how the squad leader next door died.
The other person lay at his feet, trying desperately to block the hole in his neck with his hands. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, blood still couldn't stop gushing out from between his fingers, like a small fountain.
His legs kicked feebly on the ground and finally began to slow down. He saw the monitor of the next class wearing a gray feather on his head desperately trying to put pressure on his wound, which made him unable to breathe.
As he was dying, he could hear the other person calling for help, and he could also see the other person's face. The other party looked down at him and called his name anxiously, asking him to hold on.
He wanted to speak, but his mouth was already full of blood. When he opened his mouth, red liquid spurted out. He saw it clearly.
The next second, before he lost consciousness, the head of the squad leader next door who was wearing a military cap split open in front of him, and blood sprayed on his face, which suddenly restored some of his confused consciousness.
The squad leader next door, who was shot through the head, hit him **** the chest and died before he breathed his last.
Eventually, the wound on his neck took away too much blood and he lost consciousness. Before he fell completely into darkness, he felt that the body pressing on his chest was really heavy.
In this way, Qi's attack collapsed again, because there were not enough officers to continue to support the army and allow the army to continue to advance.
In the chaos, all the soldiers ran away. After going back to take stock, they found that more than 80% of the officers in this battalion had not returned.
The battalion commander was killed, the company commanders of three companies were killed, eight of the nine platoon commanders died, and only seven squad leaders returned. In addition, the machine gunners suffered the most losses...
In short, this unit has basically lost its combat capability, and their attack did not even expose the Tang Army's hidden machine gun positions.
"What's going on? Why do they have so many sharpshooters?" The general of Qi State was going crazy. He could not imagine that the opponent's tactics could be so weird.
He couldn't even imagine that the Tang Army had three- and four-fold magnification scopes. The Tang Army's snipers had a much higher shooting ability than traditional marksmen at a distance of one hundred to two hundred meters.
Having never eaten pork but also seen pigs running away, the generals of the Qi army also thought of the crux of the problem: if you want to accurately shoot the target among thousands of troops, you need to identify the signs.
The officers of Qi State have feathers on their heads, and the feathers of senior officers are still colorful. It's like they have a downward arrow on their heads...
As for the heavy losses of the machine gunners, it is natural: they were all near the machine guns and could be easily recognized and killed.
“Let the officers pluck the feathers!” After suffering the loss, the Qi general figured out the key and ordered: “Change the camp! Go up again! I don’t believe it!”
The officers of Qi State, who had taken off their feathers, once again took courage and led their troops to start a new round of attack.
(End of this chapter)