Author: Zero Romance

Most of the fortresses outside Shanhaiguan are in a group of three, with one large and two small ones arranged in a zigzag pattern. Yong'an Fort is the slightly larger one in the group of fortresses.

It has to be explained whether the army really put a lot of thought into strengthening the border defense. The resources invested in building those fortresses were probably no less than building a large city.

Those fortresses originally targeted the enemy, which was mainly cavalry and was not good at attacking the Qing army. If the cavalry rushed in, the position would turn into a millstone of flesh and blood, which could effectively delay the Qing army's attack on the rear.

The offensive at Shanhaiguan.

At that time, the Qing army did not have a good way to deal with that kind of fortress group, so they adopted a detour to avoid that hard nut.

Compared with the Qing army back then, the Haihan army had much more offensive legs. And from the time the battle plan was formulated, Sun Zhen had no intention of bypassing that area.

The Ming army wanted to use that line of defense to resist the Haihan army in the south east, and Sun Zhen also planned to use that battlefield to contain the elite border troops of the Ming Dynasty.

Although he was confident of victory, Sun Zhen did not lead his troops to advance rashly. Instead, he followed standard combat procedures and stopped his troops nearly two miles away from Yong'an Fort.

At that distance, the range of Yong'an Fort's small artillery should not be able to reach the position of the Haihan Army. If the defenders could open the door and rush out to the formation, they would be sent to the gunpoint by themselves. Sun Zhen could more calmly arrange to receive Donglai.

tactics.

Sun Zhen would not expect the wrong party to surrender voluntarily. There is no need to go through the process before going through it.

Several baggage carriages stopped in front of the formation. The engineers unloaded a bunch of leg frames from the carriages and immediately began to assemble them.

A short time later, two simple observation towers with a height of more than three feet appeared in front of the Haihan military formation. There were several steel cables at the top that were fixed to the ground to ensure that they would not shake.

The construction and dismantling of that kind of observation tower is very simple, it is most suitable for use in marching operations, and its height can be adjusted according to needs. If necessary, it can even be built in an ultra-high form with a height of more than eight feet, which shortens the construction time.

It will be longer.

A combat staff officer climbed up nimbly, and then used a telescope to observe the defensive arrangements at the top of the wall of Yong'an Fort.

The information he observed was quickly passed to the artillery troops who were entering the firing position. The artillery began to calculate the firing elements and calibrate the artillery position.

At this time, there was another observation tower, and two people were also there. Their mission was somewhat different from that of the combat staff. They not only wanted to observe the defense situation of Yong'an Fort, but also wanted to directly participate in the battle.

They unloaded their backpacks and carefully took out their weapons - special rifles with barrel sights attached to the barrel.

No, that's right, those two people are one of the most mysterious arms in the Haihan Army, the sniper leg.

From the beginning of the selection of soldiers, the standards for that branch of the army are extremely strict. They are required to select from soldiers who have been in the army for more than one year, are strong, have outstanding military qualities, and have a good fortune. Often there are hundreds of people in a battalion, and the primary selection is

You can pick out five or six people.

After those soldiers enter the training stage, they will go through many selections and eliminations. Those who could get the status of sniper legs before leaving the army are often not even one in ten, and they are definitely among the elite among the elite.

But for a sniper leg career, the training is just the beginning. In order to maintain a good shooting leg feel and combat status, the sniper leg needs to be practiced almost all year round.

Those sniper legs shoot through thousands of rounds of ammunition every year during monthly training alone. The live ammunition that most soldiers shoot during their service is only one-tenth of that number or even less.

In addition, in order to adapt to various geographical environments, the training location of the sniper leg is often changed, and it is even specially sent to a strange environment outside the northern region for training, which is not a small expense.

Therefore, not only is it extremely difficult to train sniper legs, and each one of them is not the best of the best, but the funds required to maintain this unit are also far higher than those of ordinary troops.

In the Sixth Lu Division under Sun Zhen's command, there were only two sniper leg squads with less than twenty people, half of whom had been taken away by Chen Pingliao. However, only a few of them were put into the battlefield in front of them.

Just people.

Sun Zhen deployed his sniper legs on a high platform, hoping to make full use of their advantages and choose the opportunity to snipe and kill the Ming army commander in Yong'an Fort.

Bu Nao's tactics are no longer unfamiliar to the Ming army. Haihan's sniper leg's decapitation tactics on the battlefield have long been famous. Once senior officers are noticed by Haihan's sniper leg on the battlefield, they often die violently.

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Relying on traditional defensive legs such as shields and armor cannot effectively prevent powerful sniper attacks. In the past, there were many unlucky people who were penetrated by both shields and armor on the battlefield.

The most effective way to respond to an error is to ensure that the error does not appear in the field of view of the sniper leg, but this will make things difficult for the commander who needs to understand the battlefield situation.

Some people soon thought of a solution, which was to use disguise to hide their identity. Since the sniper leg is used to hit high-value targets, it is necessary to take off the armor that shows your identity and replace it with the equipment of an ordinary soldier. If you are selected by the sniper leg,

The risk of targeting will be greatly reduced.

Such a conspicuous high platform has been erected in front of the Haihan Army's position. If nothing else, the Ming Army commander in Yong'an Fort should have been wary of this.

Whether you can find the right person on the wrong side depends on the two sniper legs on the high platform.

After everything was ready, Sun Zhen sent the order to start the war.

The Haihan Army's offensive battles have always been spearheaded by artillery, and tomorrow will be no exception. Several artillery fires were fired one after another in front of the formation, and then the walls and gates of Yong'an Fort were blasted into a cloud of smoke.

Although the defenders in Yong'an Fort also tenaciously fired a lot of artillery fire, at that fighting distance, their firing was obviously in vain, and the fired shells fell to the ground seventy or eighty feet away from the Haihan position.

The firepower thus exposed immediately attracted more intensive attacks, and several small cannons and their cannon legs were soon sent to the sky.

A round of shelling from the east blew the gate of Yong'an Fort to pieces, and a section of the fort wall collapsed in the smoke.

However, the sniper from the high platform failed to find a chance. Most of their sight was blocked by smoke and dust, and they were unable to find the expected target.

The firepower superiority of the Haihan Army was fully revealed in that situation, and it soon turned into a unilateral artillery attack. The fortress wall of Yong'an Fort was now in ruins. I don't know how many Ming troops were firing continuously there.

Huzhong was buried in the east of the ruins.

When the infantry began to slowly advance towards Yong'an Fort, another hail of arrows flew from the ruins of Yong'an Fort. Apparently, the defenders inside did not give up resistance.
Chapter completed!