Chapter 767 Tianhuangshan Blocking Battle 5
"Hidle!"
Facing the sharp firearms of the Tang army, the cannibal army dared to attack, but it was not completely arrogant, but prepared. Well, with the shout of the general in charge of the frontline command, Abude, a hundred giant shields had already stood up.
The giant shield is very large, one foot high, and six feet wide. It is made of thick wooden boards. It is covered with two layers of raw cowhide, lined with iron in the middle, and there are two rows of handles to hold on the inside. Twenty officers and soldiers are behind each side of the giant shield, five of whom are responsible for advancing with shields, and five archers are responsible for covering. In addition, there are ten shield knives ready to attack at any time. The shield array is divided into ten rows, each row of ten giant shields, and the distance between the shield is several feet. This deployment is obviously aimed at the Tang army's firearms, and the preparation cannot be said to be insufficient.
"Forward!"
Looking at the rows of neat shields, Abd's heart suddenly became arrogant, waved his hand, and simply issued an attack order.
"Wohoo, Hoo..."
It is obviously not the first time for the Great Food Army to drill this kind of shield array. After an order, the slogan sounded neatly. Rows of giant shields began to move forward. Although the speed is not fast, it can be better than the momentum. There is really a spectacular movement of mountains. At the same time, the Great Food Army, which is responsible for contain the Tang army everywhere, also began. After moving forward, as many as 7,000 troops were put into the attack at a time.
"Let's go."
In the rear of the Great Food Army, Mohammed Suben Hussein silently looked at the soldiers and horses who began to move forward. His face was extremely pale. After a long time, he grew grimly and breathless. He turned around at the old and weak soldiers lined up behind him, waving his hand with no expression on his face, and then he didn't care what the army looked like. He lowered his head and took the lead in walking away from the thorn. Seeing this, the soldiers couldn't help but hesitate a little, but no one raised any objection. They all followed Muhammad Suben Hussein silently...
"Order the artillery to fire, focus on greeting the enemy's shield array!"
With the approach of the Great Food Army, the evil spirit gradually rose, and the cloud of the war became thicker and thicker. However, Xiao Sanlang, who was standing on the top of the mountain, was not moved. His face was calm and calm. After putting down the monocular in his hand, he just ordered indifferently.
"heavy artillery preparation, target: shield array, release!"
As soon as he received an order from the Central Army, Lu Mingquan, the deputy commander in charge of directing the artillery regiment, did not dare to neglect it. He waved the small red flag in his hand and issued a bombardment order loudly.
"Boom, boom..."
The Tang army carried a total of twelve heavy artillery in this expedition to Persia. Three of them, the first battalion led by Su Qingsheng, the commander of the artillery regiment, participated in the battle to ambush the enemy of Xiye City. The other nine were all concentrated on Tianhuang Mountain. Among them, there were three guns on the right mountain, and on the left main position under Lu Mingquan's personal command. Six heavy guns were arranged, and another 18 infantry guns cooperated. At this time, although only six heavy guns were fired, the huge roar was so earth-shaking. The huge bombs passing through the sky made a scream of death, smashed heavily into the shield array of the Great Cannibal Army, and instantly exploded out six extremely horrible mushroom clouds and shrapnel. Under the horizontal flight, the originally neat shield array of the Great Food Army was in chaos in an instant.
The giant shield is not useless. In fact, except for the giant shield that was directly hit by the heavy shell of the Tang army and smashed into the wreckage flying all over the sky, the other giant shields were not too damaged. The problem is that the giant shield can only cover the shrapnel from the front, but for the other three directions. But there was no cover at all. The big food officers and soldiers who hid behind them faced the shrapnel flying around. There was no other way to think about it except to gamble on luck. Obviously, luck is usually unreliable. Well, the explosion of only six giant bullets made nearly a hundred of the 2,000 food-eating soldiers who formed the shield array fall. There are so many people.
"No stop, keep moving forward, dare to retreat, kill without mercy!"
Although the Great Food Army has practiced the shield array, the exercises are returned to the exercise. When it comes to seeing the power of heavy artillery, they can't help but messed up their hands and feet. The shield array is scattered, not to mention that many bombed soldiers left their companions and fled back. As soon as this situation came out, Abu Deke, who commanded the attack, was anxious. Leading the personal guard rushed into the chaotic army, he killed several fugitives with knives, and roared for a long time. This was the riot among the generals that barely calmed down.
"Pray!"
The loading of heavy guns is quite troublesome. Fortunately, the vector has been measured early in the morning, and there is no need to make too many adjustments. Taking advantage of the gap of the cannibal Army to adjust the formation, the Tang officers and soldiers worked together and quickly completed the adjustment of loading and the position of the gun position. With Lu Mingquan's order, the six heavy guns roared again. Another six shells were smashed into the big cannibal army shield array. Unfortunately, the accuracy was not very good. It only destroyed a huge shield more than the first round of shelling. Although it also killed and injured a lot of big food officers and soldiers, it did not cause chaos in the big cannibal army like the first shelling.
"Pray, put it again!"
The giant shield is really too big and heavy. Although it is carried forward by five strong soldiers, it can't get up quickly at any speed. This naturally became a good meat target on the Tang army's heavy artillery. In Lu Ming's roar, the Tang army's heavy artillery fired a total of five rounds, and 30 heavy bombs were blown up. The Great Food Army was frightened. Before advancing to the foot of the mountain, it had lost ten shields, and as many as 200 officers and soldiers were killed and wounded. However, at this time, because of the shooting angle, the heavy artillery of the Tang army could no longer play its role and had to stop temporarily.
"Go, go up the mountain!"
In just more than 300 steps, there were more than 200 casualties, which can be said to be said to be a big deal. However, Abd was not moved by this. Just because all this was still within his tolerance, looking at the Tang army's gunfire had stopped, Abd came to his sense and roared and issued a charge order.
"The true God is on top, the true God is on top!"
Seeing that the destination was approaching, the big food officers and soldiers for the rest of their lives after the disaster were brave. They shouted religious slogans in unison, connected all the shields into several shield walls, and began to climb to the mountainside against the shield wall. The speed suddenly became faster.
"The fire oil bomb is ready, throw it!"
The shield wall offensive is really useful for fire guns, and it can even be used to prevent the attack of infantry guns. The Great Food Army can make such a move. It is indeed a lot of research and deployment of Tang Army's firearms, and the effect is also quite good, but it is not insoluble. At least in Lu Sansheng's opinion, not like this, not to mention anything else. In the shield attack, Lu Sansheng has encountered several times on the battlefield. He has long had a corresponding solution. He will not be afraid of the wild charge of the cannibal army. He waved his hand and ordered calmly.
"Boom, boom..."
Just as the Great Food Army rushed to less than 40 steps from the front position of the Tang army against the shield wall, with the roar of Lu Sansheng, more than 20 Tang soldiers who had been prepared had already thrown out the fire oil bombs that ignited the fuse, but they saw that fire oil bombs the size of basketballs rolled against the shield wall. In an hour, a cloud of fire exploded. Wherever the fire oil was stained, the fire burned. Even if the raw cowhide was added with water, it could not stop the spread of the fire. Soon, the first row of shield walls had burned into a blazing torch. The thick smoke rolled up and the heat wave burned.
"Shoot!"
The fire is a fierce force. The poor shield-holding officers and soldiers who rushed to the first row were either lit by the fire oil, or were burned around by the heat wave. As for the huge shields that blocked the bullets, they had long been unable to hold, and all of them were thrown on the ground. At the sight, Lu Sansheng would not be very polite to the big cannibal army. It can be said that with an order, the sound of gunfire in the Tang army surged like fried beans, and in an instant, all the big cannibal army exposed to the muzzle was swept to the ground.
"Fire oil bomb!"
"Shoot!"
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To break the shield array, the sharpest weapon is the fire and oil bombs. The Tang army has long had a consensus on this. In fact, in order to prepare for this battle, half of the last batch of Tang troops from Hexi to Persia are fire and oil bombs. In the face of such sharp weapons, the Great Food Army is miserable and can't move forward. The front is full of flames, retreat, and the back are all lined up with their own shields. Obviously, they can't retreat. They can only stand helplessly in place, honestly in front of the live target of the Tang army. With the command issued by Lu Sansheng, Tang officers and soldiers systematically knocked down rows of big food officers and soldiers to the ground. The battle was really relaxed and comfortable. Only a few officers and soldiers were injured by the dying arrows shot by the Great Food Army, and more than 300 people were killed by the Great Food Army.
People are afraid of death. Even if most of the big cannibal army is a fanatic who has been brainwashed by religion, they can't stand it in the face of irresistible death. With the tragic death of the first three rows on the scene, the big cannibal officers and soldiers in the back are timid, and I don't know who shouted first, the whole cannibal army. All of them collapsed, and all the officers and soldiers could no longer care about the order to attack. They dropped the inconvenient shield and turned around and fled to the foot of the mountain.
"Fire!"
The cannibal army can't escape so much that Lu Ming, who has been holding back for a long time, can seize the opportunity. With a loud roar, 18 infantry guns opened fire together, and immediately blew up the fleeing Taishi officers and soldiers in a mess. The 2,000 cannibal army that participated in the attack on the main position of the Tang army can really return to the place of departure intact. Less than half of them suffered heavy losses, which made the face of Abde, who commanded the battle, turn green.
"Waste!"
Aziz iben Abdul is not a good-tempered person. When he saw that his attacking army did not even touch the position of the Tang army, he was defeated like a landslide, and damaged so many people and horses. The anger in his heart immediately became angry. The horse rushed to Abude, and he was rudely a The ear scraper pulled over, which made Abde roll and fall off the horse.
"The Great Emir is angry, the Great Emir is angry, and the last general is willing to lead the death squad to attack again and take the mountain to the death!"
Abde has been following Aziz iben Abdul for some years. He knew his master's temper. Although his face was painful, he did not dare to complain at all. He turned over and rushed to one knee and begged bitterly.
"Well, the last chance, you can't go down the mountain. Come and see it yourself. Get out!"
Aziz ibin Abdul was furious, but he did not really intend to kill Abd's sacrificial flag. He just glared at him, squeezed out a cruel word from his teeth, and then turned his horse back to this array without looking back...