第一百六十九章 联手破敌
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韦俊这仗确实没办法打,原始的火绳枪在当今世界射速最快的击针枪面前,纯粹和烧火棒子没多少区别,火枪对射完全就是被湖北新军吊打,鼓起勇气以散兵线冲锋吧,先是击针枪密集覆盖,然后是苦味酸手雷弹热情招待,接着还有左轮枪补漏,根本就找不到半点近身白刃战的机会。而躲在土石树木后也不是办法,太平军士兵的人群只要稍微密集点,吴军的掷弹筒马上就已经把炮弹打到他们的头上,成片成片被屠杀。最后再加上士气大振的湘军士兵也从正面冲锋施压,韦俊也再没继续打下去的勇气,一咬牙一跺脚就大吼道:“撤!往下游走!这仗没办法打!”
联手胡林翼成功击溃了韦俊军后,按照吴超越事前的吩咐,黄大傻没追多远就把追击任务甩给胡林翼,带着本营人马立即回援主力战场。结果也是在黄大傻回师补强了正面兵力后,吴超越这才从容不迫的指挥民夫搭建浮桥,准备发起攻城。
与此同时,武昌县城内的火势虽然已经得到了控制,但火头仍然还没有完全熄灭,同时囤积在民房里的弹药武器和粮草也大部分被烧毁,守将刘满被迫无奈,只能是赶紧派人从北门出城,登船去和秦日纲联系,请示是否弃城。可是让刘满更加无奈的是,信使又很快回报,说是秦日纲带着水师与湘军水师激战正酣,信使小船根本无法靠近战场更没办法与秦日纲取得联系。
考验刘满决断力的时刻来临,虽说城里的太平军还有在城墙战场上还有一战之力,抢救出来的弹药还勉强够用,然而看到援军已溃,水师主力又已经被湘军水师缠住,同时又无比畏惧吴军的苦味酸武器,刘满难免还是生出了贪生怕死的念头。最后刘满一咬牙,和韦俊一样选择了弃城而走,带着残余军队从北门出城,同样是逃往了长江下游。城内百姓则立即打开南门迎接湖北新军进城,吴军将士顺利进入武昌县城,将吴军旗帜插上武昌县城头。
陆地战场接连告捷,水面上的激战却仍然还在难分难解,借着曾国华错失战机的机会,一直深恨湘军水师入骨的秦日纲不惜代价的死死缠住湘军水师主力,轻便灵活的太平军小拔船密如蚁群,在湘军各船之间的空隙中不断穿插飞驰,逮到机会就开炮纵火,近舷登船,展开太平军将士最拿手的近身白刃战。而湘军水师的战船虽然机动力不及小拔船,却又胜在船大炮猛,那怕是用撞也能把太平军的小拔船直接撞翻,火炮只要命中,更是可以把毫无装甲的太平军小拔船直接轰成碎片。双方各有优势,战术互克,直厮杀得是天昏地暗,日月无光,从早上到下午都没有分出胜负。
无数的双方战船都已经冒出了浓烟烈火,江面上飘满战船残骸和双方士卒的死尸,落水求救的双方士兵也是浮沉不断,随着江浪飘得到处都是,可水师的激战却依然还在持续,两边都咬紧了牙关在玩命坚持,谁也不敢畏战撤退,给敌人追击机会造成更多伤亡,全都在玩命的对拼对耗,只等对方先坚持不下去。
在望远镜中看到这一情况,吴超越难免是大皱眉头,虽说湘军水师的死活不关吴超越屁事,然而考虑到还要仰仗湘军水师保护长江航道,同时还得指望湘军帮忙收复长江下游的湖北城池。吴超越抿了抿嘴,还是命令钱威率领炮营把射程远的后膛炮搬运到长江岸边,寻找合适阵地架炮,用火炮轰击太平军船只给湘军水师帮忙。
也是太平军水师倒霉,吴军火炮布置到位后,恰好有一条太平军从湘军那里缴获来的红单船出现在了吴军火炮的射程中,接受过英国海军教官培训的钱威也不客气,马上用三角定位法测定了远近,调整好射高后立即命令全体开炮,二十枚炮弹轰鸣着夺膛而出后,运气很好的有两枚炮弹正好打中了那条太平军的红单船。真的是运气好,这年代的火炮想要准确命中移动靶,难度不是一般的高。
苦味酸炮弹对木制品的破坏有多大相信也不用罗嗦了,虽说只有两枚炮弹命中,那条倒霉的红单船还是马上被炸得桅断舷裂,船身上也冒起了水泼不熄的熊熊大火,同时另外十八枚苦味酸炮弹虽然落空,却也在水上水下炸开,把周围的太平军小拔船吹得东倒西歪,水下爆炸的波浪更是直接把两条同样倒霉的太平军小拔船掀了一个底朝天。
还有该死的火焰,苦味酸火焰最牛叉的地方就是漂浮在水面上也能燃烧,天生就是木船的克星,太平军的小拔船又船身过于低矮,不幸进入了苦味酸火焰笼罩的水面后,不但船帆会很快起火,就是船身也有被引燃的危险。所以吴军的首轮炮击虽然命中率只有十分可怜的百分之十,却在心理上给太平军来了一下重的,从没碰上这种火焰的太平军水师将士大呼小叫,惨叫连连,“妖火!妖火!这是妖火,水都浇不熄!”
与之完全相反的是,突然得到了陆上岸炮襄助,又亲眼看到了吴军恐怖炮弹对太平军水师造成的巨大伤害,湘军水师这边却是士气大涨,上上下下欢声不绝,长时间作战带来的疲惫感顿时从身上消失,操船操炮间也更卖力更准确,战斗力顿时上了一个台阶。
炮声隆隆,只要逮到机会,吴军炮手就把苦味酸炮弹打进太平军水师战船的密集处,只可怜太平军将士是既得和湘军水师开炮对轰,又随时可能被从天而降的苦味酸炮弹命中炮击,提心吊胆手足无措,士气斗志哗哗的直线下降。最后实在招架不住吴军炮击带来的心头恐惧,大量的太平军船只开始争相逃向远离吴军炮兵阵地的水面,战斗队形因此逐渐凌乱。湘军水师乘势进击,逐渐占据了上风。
太平军将士中确实有不少类似刘满一样的贪生怕死的鼠辈,但更多的还是无畏勇士,察觉到吴军的炮击威胁太大,许多的太平军小拔船主动脱离大队,掉头向吴军炮兵阵地这边杀来妄图阻止吴军开炮。然而很可惜,迎接这些太平军勇士的,却是吴军士兵的残忍屠刀,掷弹筒、手雷弹再加上击针枪,把试图靠岸登陆的太平军将士杀得死伤惨重,连下船作战的机会都找不到半个,更别说捣毁无比该死的吴军火炮了。
吴军的炮击只是辅助,能不能打胜仗还是要靠湘军水师自己,但也还好,曾国华虽然有些喜欢保存实力,但是打水战还是有两把刷子,借着吴军炮击的掩护,努力完成了集结的湘军水师以集群冲锋的战术突袭秦日纲旗舰,太平军水师则吃亏在大船过少,无法拦截湘军水师成群结队的红单船和长龙船,秦日纲被迫让旗舰掉头东下逃避,湘军水师害怕又被太平军的船海包围,没敢过于追击,只是不断以火炮轰击两旁的太平军小拔船,迫使太平军小拔船纷纷掉头东逃,最后十分勉强的打了一个击溃战,在付出了不小代价的情况下取得了胜利。
同时也是到了这个时候,成功完成了军事观察员任务的刘蓉才想到与吴超越告别,准备返回新生洲大营向曾国藩交差。然而这时,刘蓉却又发现吴超越已经失踪,问明吴超越已经进城后,刘蓉又赶紧进城去向吴超越告辞。然而进了城见到了吴超越后,刘蓉的鼻子却又差点气歪了!
“乡亲们啊!武昌县的父老乡亲们啊!我这个湖北巡抚对不起你们啊!我万没想到长毛发匪只顾着抵抗我率领的官军,不肯救火,任由大火泛滥,还故意又放火把你们当做负担甩给我!我没能阻止长毛放火,我对不起你们,我对不起你们啊!”
“传令,传令,马上开粥棚施粥,不准让本官的百姓饿着!不准让本官的百姓饿着!”
当做无数被战火波及武昌县百姓,在火灾中失妻丧母一夜赤贫的可怜百姓,吴超越哭得是天昏地暗,几度晕厥,吴大赛等亲兵怎么劝都劝不住。那些可怜的百姓被吴超越感动得大哭落泪的同时,吴超越却又在心里得意说道:“成了,南面大冶铁山的矿工,东南袁乡煤矿的矿工,有了。”
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