Chapter 2033

This is not the first time that Bayano has directly fought against the Haihan Army. At this time last year, he also had the experience of fighting against the Haihan Army in Manila City, and the end result was the same. He fled the battlefield in a panic. Time has passed.

A year later, on the northern continent thousands of miles away from Manila, the same scene actually appeared again. It was like an infinite loop of nightmares, which made Bayano feel frightened.

When such a situation occurred, Bayano knew that he had made a key mistake. First of all, he did not arrange security around the training area, which was already a taboo for marching and fighting. He believed that this was an area controlled by the Qing army and was far away from the area.

The fortress defense line and the Qing army's camp are very close. Logically speaking, there seems to be no enemy troops in this area, so there is no awareness of taking precautions. Even though we knew that the Haihan Army had the possibility of invading from the sea, in the end we still

He was careless and did not take precautionary measures. Otherwise, if he could have warned a moment in advance, he might have been able to concentrate on fighting the enemy.

Secondly, he rarely arranges emergency response measures in daily training, because the function of this musketeer team is not an assault force. It will not even appear on the frontal battlefield in a short period of time, and it will suddenly encounter enemies in the rear.

The possibility of an attack is extremely slim - at least that's what Bayano and the Qing army's top brass thought.

God knows how a group of Haihan troops came to this place quietly, and even launched an attack so boldly. Bayano didn't realize until this moment that the opponent was coming for his musketeers, and he still

I still think this was a sudden accident.

Bayano knew that the Qing soldiers who failed to leave in time would be in bad luck, but at this time he didn't care so much. It was more important to escape for his own life. As long as he could escape back to the Qing army camp as soon as possible, the Haihan army would also not be able to escape.

Dare to attack easily. But the results of his training over the past few months have been undone, which really makes Bayano feel a little distressed. Although the combat level of these soldiers is difficult to meet his requirements, but he really needs to replace a new group of people, he also said

The quality may be worse than this first batch.

After escaping for about five miles, Bayano could hardly hear the sound of gunshots. When he looked back, there were no enemies chasing him on horseback, so he stopped to regroup his team, and one after another he met several Qing soldiers who also escaped on horseback.

, and then returned to the camp together.

When Bayano and others rushed back to the Qing army camp, Sun Bing was leading his men to the planned retreat point on the coast. According to the prior arrangement, at least two warships and two troop transport ships were in the coastal waters.

Stand by and arrive at the predetermined location to meet Sun Bing within two or three hours after receiving the retreat signal.

There is probably no time to rush back to carry the materials in the temporary base, but the personnel staying at the base will deal with the more important items, such as ammunition and personal belongings, and will take them away as much as possible, and the rest will be destroyed on the spot to avoid being destroyed.

The Qing army took advantage. As for things like food and medicine, they were not valuable items in themselves, so it was just that they couldn't be moved away.

The dozens of horses captured from the musketeers were used to transport prisoners and captured weapons. This saved Sun Bing a lot of trouble, as he no longer had to consider whether to give up and take away all the muskets captured at the scene.

Although the performance of these muskets is far inferior to that of the rifles equipped by the Marines, they are not worthless. If they are sold to North Korea or the Ming Dynasty, I believe both countries will be very interested in them. Sun Bing will seize the guns at the scene.

All the muskets were packed and shipped back. It is believed that they will be resold after their origins are verified in the future, and the proceeds will be able to slightly subsidize the military expenditures consumed by this operation.

Since the retreat route was through mountains and forests, and the number of captured horses was limited, the marching speed was actually much slower than that of Bayano, who escaped back to the Qing army camp.

The general who was in charge of the Qing army camp where the Musketeers were originally stationed was Azige, the king of Wuying County. Although his record against Haihan was not ideal in the past few years, he was one of the few high-ranking generals of the Qing army who could compete with Haihan.

Although he was a man with rich combat experience in the army, he still gained Huang Taiji's full trust, allowing him to serve as the chief general in one of the two camps behind the Jinzhou Fortress's defense line.

Azig suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Haihan Army, so he naturally knew the power of muskets and artillery, so he was also one of the supporters of promoting firearms warfare in the army, but he did not agree with the firearms of the General Han Army.

Instead of expanding the size of the army, it is recommended to use Manchus as the team to form a more "pure-blooded" firearms unit.

However, it is easier said than done. It is not easy to form a firearms force. The problem of the source of weapons alone has been difficult for the Qing army to solve. Although the Qing army has been able to make its own guns through the introduction of Han craftsmen, the production capacity and quality have been limited.

It was not ideal, especially when compared with the powerful enemy of the Haihan Army, it made the Qing's self-made weapons unusable.

The second is the tactical issue of the firearms unit. Although there are a group of former Ming army officers who defected to Houjin in the Han army banner who can teach relevant techniques and tactics, in Azig's view, the tactics they mastered are not advanced enough. The Ming army

Even the Qing army couldn't defeat it at the beginning, so how could they expect to use their tactics to defeat the Haihan army, which was more powerful than the Qing army.

The arrival of the Spanish officer Bayano undoubtedly solved to a certain extent the problems that had plagued the Qing army for a long time. The weapons and tactics he brought were much higher than the current level of the Qing army. Azig even felt that the Spanish

What he taught has many similarities with the tactics of the Haihan Army, and this is the development path that the Qing Army should take.

However, the Spaniards were really stingy. The muskets they sent could not even equip an impressive man and horse, and it was unclear when the next batch of weapons would be delivered. Even if the Qing Dynasty was willing to buy them at a high price, the Spaniards had no intention of changing their minds.

, this made the generals of the Qing army, including Azig, very disappointed. They even thought that this road would not work. At most, it would only be able to train a group of commanders who knew more about firearms warfare.

According to the Spaniards and the matchmaking middlemen, they went through so much trouble and traveled such a long way to provide weapons and personnel training to the Qing Dynasty in the name of military assistance. The purpose was to echo the Qing Dynasty from north to south and jointly attack Haihan.

Carrying out military strikes. But what Azig didn’t understand was that since such a big battle was being carried out, why not supply more weapons to the Qing Dynasty, or simply build weapons manufacturing workshops in the Qing Dynasty so that

The Qing army was able to expand the size of its firearms force in a short period of time. Even though the Qing Dynasty had clearly stated to the other party that it could spend a lot of money to purchase weapons or manufacturing technology, the other party still refused to let go.

Azig didn't understand the plight of the Spaniards, and no one would tell him that the Spaniards suffered a huge defeat in 2006. Even the colonial capital was occupied by the Haihan people, and there is currently no large-scale arms sales.

Ability. But in this way, his enthusiasm for this cooperation project is greatly reduced, and it is difficult for him to agree with the cooperation partner's approach.

It wasn't until the Musketeers won a complete victory in the ambush operation and successfully destroyed the Haihan Army's cavalry patrol that the Qing army's top brass realized again that it was possible to defeat the Haihan Army by relying on this cooperation project. So it regained attention.

This team once again received more resources, invested more manpower in establishing a reserve team, and provided Bayano with more generous personal treatment.

However, Azig never expected that Bayano, who had high hopes, would arrange training activities away from the main camp on a whim. As a result, this musketeer team, which had just improved, was almost completely destroyed in the sudden attack.

After Bayano hurriedly fled back to the camp with the remaining subordinates, he did not go to see Azig first, but asked someone to find another translator. Otherwise, he would not be able to communicate with him at all.

Azig communicated. Fortunately, the intermediary left two translators in Liaodong. Otherwise, after the translator died today at the gunfire of the Haihan Army, Bayano would have to be a talking mute.

Azig also thought that Bayano returned to the camp much earlier than expected. When he applied to go out for training, he expected to spend a whole day, but he slipped back shortly after noon. But he hadn't yet

Before he had time to inquire about the training results, he heard the bad news the other party brought back.

"The Haihan Army actually came here!" Azig couldn't sit still after hearing this: "Send me an order to have Erhe and Ertenyi assemble their troops and prepare to set off!"

Azig immediately ordered two armored soldiers and horses, intending to wipe out this audacious Haihan army. The place where the musketeers were attacked was not the usual activity range of the Haihan army. He dared to attack the fortress defense line and the Qing Dynasty.

The area between the army camps appears. It seems that the Haihan army is at ease to cause trouble.

However, after Azig ordered his troops, he did not act impulsively. Instead, he once again asked Bayano about the details of the battle. The focus was on the opponent's troop size and weapons equipment.

When Bayano mentioned that the weapons used by the Haihan Army were repeating rifles, Azig couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He had been dealing with the Haihan Army for two or three years, so he naturally knew

This is a high-end musket that only a few elite troops in the Haihan Army are qualified to equip. According to the information I have, the Haihan troops equipped with this kind of repeating rifle should be stationed in North Korea recently, and Jinzhou does not

There was no trace of the activities of these troops, so why did they suddenly appear behind our own defense line.

Azig's first reaction also did not consider that the target of this Haihan army was Bayano's musketeers. Instead, he believed that the location of its appearance might be related to its mission, such as launching an attack on the fortress defense line from the rear to destroy the existing

There are some defensive strongholds, etc. After all, it was only decided two days ago that Bayano would lead the team for training, and very few people knew about this arrangement in advance. It is unlikely that anyone would betray the whereabouts of the Musketeers to Haihan.

This is not because the Haihan Army arranged measures to mislead the Qing army. In fact, no one could have imagined that the Haihan Army had been lurking around here for more than half a month. It was not an accident that the Haihan Army would attack in that mountain depression.

Arnold's musketry team was a surprise attack launched after a long period of surveillance and observation and control of its action patterns.

Time, place, and environment are all the best opportunities for Sun Bing's team to take action, but for the Qing army with asymmetric information, this battle is more like an emergency, and it does not take this matter to a more serious level.

Think about it in a deeper way.

But in any case, Azig could not sit back and watch a Haihan army do whatever they wanted in this area and then retreat unscathed. Even if the opponent was the terrifying force known as the Haihan ace army, the Qing army must attack decisively at this time.

If we can severely damage the opponent after this, or even annihilate the Haihan Army, then our own musketry team will not be lost in vain.

But at this time, there is a new problem. After the battle, it is obviously impossible for the Haihan army to stay in the same place and wait for the Qing army to come and suppress it. So which direction will they go next? Azig looked at the map.

, this must be judged based on the local geographical environment.

The location where the battle took place was to the north where Azig was located, the Qing army camp, and to the south and east was the sea. If the Haihan army continued to march inland to the southwest, it would be the defense line of the Daheishan fortress under the control of the Qing army.

These major military landmarks are certainly no secret to the Haihan Army. After all, the two sides have been fighting for a long time. It is easy to learn this basic information from the prisoners of war.

If the other party wants to continue to stay in this area, they must either head inland or retreat to the mountains and forests along the coast. The first option is undoubtedly to dance on the tip of a knife, because there is not much for them to hide here.

Once their whereabouts are discovered, they will be attacked by the fortress defense line and the Qing army camp. In that case, they will most likely not even have a chance to escape, and Azig does not think that the commander of the Haihan Army will

Make such a stupid mistake.

Azig thought that since the other party had appeared, he would probably not go further inland rashly. He could only retreat to the mountains and forests to hide, or even return directly to the sea. From this point of view, he would hide in the mountains and forests near Jinshitan.

The possibility is the highest. But to seal off and search such a large mountain forest, and considering the level of combat effectiveness displayed by the opponent, it is estimated that the strength of the two Jia La is still a bit tight.

In order to be on the safe side, Azig ordered two more Jia La troops to be added, and sent people to notify the fortress defense line, asking the garrison there to strictly monitor the passage into the inland areas to prevent the Haihan army from mixing.

Enter Daheishan and lurk. Although this possibility is not too great, since the other party dares to come near the camp, no one dares to guarantee whether the Haihan Army will make more bold moves in the future.

The camp is very close to the mountains and forests on the Jinshitan coast, so there is no need to make much preparation. The Qing soldiers can set off immediately with their weapons, so the troops can be assembled very quickly. While Sun Bing's troops were still trekking through the mountains and forests, the Qing soldiers

The first Niu Lu who was the first to be assembled on the army side had already stepped out of the camp.
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