The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 280 The Power of the Shotgun
After entering 500 meters, the 12-pound field guns also fired successively.

Boom, more cannonballs flew into the back gold formation, and these cannons were all fired towards the back, as if they didn't want to hit the shield car in front.

When the Hou Jin army was in formation, they still kept their distance. As soon as they charged up, everyone quickly forgot that they basically ran forward desperately, and the crowd became denser and denser.

This cannon shot into the crowd, and with a whimper, a bloodstain was drawn out, and fell down in pieces.

It was okay for some people to be hit in the vitals, and some were hit on the legs, and one leg was broken just like that, leaving their bodies screaming in the field, making the soldiers around them tremble with fear.

Everyone had to run forward even more desperately, because everyone subconsciously realized that the artillery would be useless after running close.

Because the shield car is relatively slow, from 500 meters to 300 meters, the Houjin army suffered two rounds of shelling, causing hundreds of casualties.

Many shield vehicles soon arrived within 300 meters.

Suddenly, they were surprised to find that there were finally many open pits in front of them.

"Be careful, be careful." The man pushing the shield cart shouted when he saw the pit.

They desperately tried to turn the direction, but such a big shield car had a lot of mud and sand piled on it, and there was a lot of twisting there.

Plop, all of a sudden the left tire fell into the pit.

Immediately stopped in place.

At the same time, there were thumps, thumps everywhere, and the shield vehicles were pushed to a stop, inclined 45 degrees to the ground, unable to advance or retreat.

As soon as the shield car stopped, the large troops behind also stopped subconsciously.

But the artillery fire of the Ming army will not stop.

"What's going on?" Huang Taiji looked anxiously, and he was rushing just now: "Is there a pit in front of the Ming army?"

Soon, some cavalry came back to report.

"The Ming people dug a strange shallow pit, which trapped the shield car."

The original 300-meter pit is different from the pit outside Jinzhou City.

Each pit here is about one meter long, one meter wide, and thirty centimeters deep.

The size is about a little bigger than a shield car tire.

Once the tires sunk in, they couldn't get up immediately.

Because the Houjin soldiers piled a lot of sand on it, preparing to fill the pit and prevent artillery.

The scene is full of Houjin soldiers who are carrying it vigorously.

Someone lifted it up with difficulty, and fell a few steps forward, and there were all such pits in front of him.

They tried their best to avoid it, but it was useless.

Plop, and soon fell into another pit.

After most of them sink in, they cannot be lifted up.

At this time, the Han army thought of a way to unload the sand on it and pour it into the pit on the spot to reduce the weight of the shield car.

After half of it was removed, the shield car was finally able to be lifted, but after being pushed forward, it would still fall, and then it had to be lifted again.

All the way there is full of pits, constantly sinking and lifting.

Before reaching 50 meters, the Han soldiers pushing the shield carts were already half dead from exhaustion.

At this time, they found that they seemed to be unable to push.

It turned out that there was a slope in front, and the Ming army dug a hole in front to dig out a piece of soil, and spread it down from the corner of the city wall, thus forming a downward slope.

At this time, the tires are not made of rubber, and it is difficult to push up this kind of uphill road, let alone have pits.

Finally, a part of the Han army couldn't bear it, and directly overturned the sand on the shield car to the ground. After the shield car was empty, they were finally able to send letters.

Many shield vehicles saw it and were imitating him.

But as soon as the silt was removed, boom, boom, the shells of the Ming army quickly fell into the group of shield vehicles.

Puff, a cannonball hit, and the shield car immediately fell apart.

The first wave of shells hit at least a dozen shield vehicles.

Now the Han army was caught in a dilemma. They were full of mud and couldn't push it up, and they couldn't defend against the artillery after unloading the mud.

The shield chariot couldn't do it, and the soldiers and horses behind didn't dare to get on it. They just stood on the battlefield and were randomly bombarded by the Ming army.

"What are they waiting for? They can't charge without shield vehicles. Let them charge." Abate couldn't take it any longer. He gave the order and immediately forced the Han army to charge forward.

The Han soldiers bit the bullet, gave up their shield chariots, and rushed forward one after another.

The latter section is all uphill, and it is very difficult to rush up.

At this time, Yan Xiong on the city wall saw the Han army approaching, and immediately said: "Change the shells."

"Change the shells"

It was shouting everywhere, and all the officers were shouting.

All guns are being reloaded.

They picked up a shell wrapped in a thin iron sheet.

The iron sheet is very thin, and there are a lot of iron nails, ribs, iron sheets, and iron fragments inside, and the outside is wrapped with a very thin iron sheet.

The Craftsmanship Bureau tried many times before unifying the thickness of the iron sheet. It must be ensured that after the shot is fired, the iron sheet will be broken, and things will be scattered in all directions, forming the power of a shotgun.

If the iron sheet is thick, it will not disperse when shot out. If the iron sheet is too thin, it will disperse in the barrel, and the distance will not be far.

The city wall of Jinzhou is 8 meters high, which is not suitable for shotguns, because the shotguns have a short range and disperse when they exit the muzzle.

For shotguns, the lower the requirements, the better, and the closer the better.

Right now, their wall is 6 meters, and the front is filled up to form a steep slope. When the Han army rushed to 50 meters, the straight line height was already within three meters.

"Put" both sides are calling at the same time.

When the archers in front of the Han army entered 80 meters, some people had already started to try to draw their bows, although the distance was still very far.

At the same time, the Ming army's shotguns fired one after another.

The Ming army only had ten cannons within 300 meters, which sounds a bit small, but if they fired shotguns, they just covered all 300 meters.

With a puff, a cloud of shotguns hit the dense infantry.

An extremely tragic picture appeared.

It was even more tragic than the Golden State offensive and defensive battle.

Ding Yi didn't even use shotguns in Jinzhou, just to give them the same fate at this time and severely hit their morale.

This road is about 300 meters wide, and the Han army rushed everywhere within 300 meters.

On average, there are almost two to three hundred people on each line.

Suddenly, with the sound of cannons.

Chi la, the six to seven hundred people in the front rows lay down on the ground in unison, as if straw had been cut.

The entire cross-section of the Hou Jin Army seems to have been cut into a piece, and a large number of people are missing.

Six to seven hundred people fell down in unison, the scene was extremely shocking and bloody.

Huang Taiji, who was riding behind, jumped all over in fright, and almost screamed on the horseback.

The dignitaries of the Houjin were all stunned, their scalps numb from watching.

After this shot, the entire battlefield fell into dead silence, and the formation of the rushing Jin army came to a halt.

The Han army who was originally in the third or even fourth row suddenly found themselves in the first row.

The front is full of companions who are stumbling around.

"Ah!" I don't know who screamed first, turned around and ran away.

Then immediately set off a chain reaction.

"Ah..." the Han army collapsed in an instant, turning their heads and running frantically. Many people threw away the ladders and ran back.

"Bastard, shoot, shoot, shoot them to death." Abate, who was supervising the battle behind, was furious.

The two thousand Mongolian cavalry hadn't even entered yet, so they raised their bows one after another, swishing, and shot at the retreating crowd of the Han army.

People in the Han army turned their backs on their backs, screaming in all kinds of ways.

The scene became even more chaotic.

"Those who retreat will be cut." Countless people shouted in the rear formation.

The Han soldiers were shot down several times, and finally reacted, and stopped quickly.

"It took a long time for the cannons of the Ming army to go off, why panic, hurry up, you can go up the wall soon, hurry up."

"Archers go up and down, everyone rushes together."

The rear army encouraged the front to charge again.

The Han soldiers saw that if they charged, they would die, and if they didn't charge, they would die, so let's charge.

The audience turned around in a tumultuous manner, and rushed towards the Ming army.

Huang Taiji saw it, and was so angry that these Han troops collapsed too easily, and they were really not as easy to use as our big gold elites.

He didn't even think about it, if the Dajin Warrior had been hit by such a wave of guns just now, he would probably collapse.

(End of this chapter)