The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 144 The Old Tradition of the Ming Army

The Liberation Army is also being shelled!
The shells tumbling and spinning, mercilessly hit the formation of the Restoration Army. In the formation of the Restoration Army, gaps were plowed, and blood and stumps and arms were everywhere.

In the fierce artillery battle between the two sides, the artillery of the Liberation Army was firing, and the artillery of the Spaniards was also roaring!
The battlefield was filled with smoke and shells flew across.

Judging from the scene, the artillery of the Liberation Army had the upper hand in the artillery battle.

Both sides had about the same number of artillery pieces.

There are more than 30 Napoleon six-pound guns named by Zhu Hongyu as the Guangfu No. [-] field gun on the side of the Restoration Army.

And the Spaniards have about forty field artillery!

However, although the number of artillery pieces is not much different, the difference in performance is huge.

The rate of fire of the Guangfu-500 field gun reached one round per minute, and the effective range of the solid bullet reached about [-] meters.

However, the rate of fire of the Spaniard's artillery was nearly twice as slow as that of the Liberation Army's imitation Napoleon cannon, and even the firing range was only two-thirds of that of the Liberation Army's field artillery.

In this artillery battle, the only thing the Spaniards can have an advantage in is the quality of the gunners!
The Spanish gunners have rich experience. After all, Europe has just finished the 30-year war, and there are many veterans in their army.

But the gunners of the Restoration Army were also fed by Zhu Hongyu with gunpowder and shells!
The gunners of the Liberation Army have a very intensive daily training, and they can often even practice with live ammunition.

Therefore, although the gunners of the Liberation Army did not have much war experience.

But the overall quality gap between the gunners of the two sides is not big.

Besides, the quality of the gunners cannot change the gap in the performance of the artillery!

Therefore, the current scene on the battlefield is the artillery of the Liberation Army, beating Spain unilaterally!
Although the Spanish artillery is also fighting back, it is obviously not as powerful as the artillery of the Liberation Army!
"fire!"

"fire!"

"fire!"

"..."

The gunners of the Liberation Army did not stop for a moment, quickly reloaded the artillery, and then ignited and fired.

Amidst the sound of rumbling guns, the shells flew horizontally, sweeping everything.

Zhu Hongyu commanded the battle calmly, directed the artillery of the Restoration Army to adjust and shoot at Zhu Yuan, and then waved and ordered.

"Send the order to the sharpshooters, let them shoot freely, and kill the Spanish officers!"

The Restoration Army now only has ten rifled guns, and these ten rifled guns are equipped to ten soldiers of the Restoration Army with the best marksmanship.

The ten recovery soldiers held the rifled guns that had already been loaded, took a deep breath, and then aimed in the direction of the Spanish formation.

They are the marksmen of the Liberation Army, the elite of the elite, and they come to the battlefield to bring fear to the enemy.

At this time, amidst the rumbling shelling, the infantry formations of the two sides were separated by less than [-] steps.

In the reverse-shaped Spaniard formation, the two native and mercenary phalanxes in front could no longer hold back and were ready to attack at any time.

Just then.

Snapped!clap clap!

After a burst of gunfire, seven or eight people in the Spaniard's formation fell to the ground, and one of them was a low-level officer who was directing the battle.

In an instant, riots broke out in the Spaniard's formation.

"Damn it, the distance is still 200 meters, why did they open fire?"

"How did you hit this distance?"

"..."

Amidst the discussions, the Spanish musketeers couldn't bear the pressure caused by the sound of gunfire and gunfire on the battlefield, and wanted to shoot back.

But after all, the Spanish soldiers were not a mob, they forcibly suppressed their restlessness.

The sharpshooters of the Liberation Army finished loading and started the next round of shooting!
Snapped!clap clap!

After a burst of intense gunfire, another seven or eight people fell to the ground in the Spanish formation.

Among them were two officers!
The fierce battle between the two sides is still going on!
As the flag rolled, the native servants and mercenaries in the Spanish army rushed up like a tide!
Countless people roared and charged, brandishing steel knives, divided into left and right formations, and launched an attack on the flanks of the recovery army.

Zhu Hongyu ordered.

"Turn to defensive formation, musketeers ready to shoot, swordsmen ready to engage, grenadiers ready!"

The Liberation Army, which was advancing in formation, quickly gathered its formation.

From the offensive infantry formation, it was methodically transformed into a defensive circular formation.

At this time, the effect of the daily training of the Liberation Army in the formation was revealed. The soldiers had long been accustomed to acting in accordance with military orders.

When the military order was issued, even on the battlefield, they completed the change without any confusion!
Except for the Liberation Army who faced the Spanish musketeers head-on, they still kept their formation and were ready to shoot at the Spanish musketeers.

The recovery army on the flank has quickly changed their formation into a circular formation to deal with the charge of the native servants and mercenaries!

As the Spaniards attacked across the board, the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly!
The deputy general next to Ma Xin asked.

"Admiral, are we going to take action?"

Ma Xin shook his head and said.

"What's the rush? Although the Liberation Army has switched from offense to defense, their formation has not changed at all, and they haven't seen fatigue. Besides, they haven't fought yet."

"When the Restoration Army and the red-haired ghosts fight, it won't be too late for us to take action!"

Although the relationship between Ma Xin and Zhu Hongyu is not bad, he still wishes to preserve his strength.

This is the old tradition of these armies in the late Ming Dynasty!

Turning in front of the battle is as fast as the wind, reinforcements are like Xu Rulin, teammates are as calm as mountains when they are in trouble, and scrambling for credit works like thunder.

The lieutenant nodded silently, agreeing with Ma Xin's words.

……

On the battlefield, the confrontation has begun!

The indigenous servants and mercenaries hadn't rushed to the front of the recovery army, and the musketeers on both sides were still more than 100 meters apart.

Under the violent shelling of the Restoration Army and the precise rifle roll call, the Spaniard's musketeers couldn't help but want to fire!

Finally, the Spanish commander shouted when the two arrays were still nearly 140 meters apart.

"shooting!"

Three rows of Spanish musketeers fired in salvo, and three thousand guns fired in unison.

In an instant, only the sound of musket guns remained on the entire battlefield.

The movement of three thousand muskets firing together even suppressed the sound of shelling.

In just an instant, gunpowder smoke filled the entire battlefield!

The lead bullets, mixed with flames and gunpowder smoke, spewed out from the muzzle and headed towards the formation of the Liberation Army.

In an instant, even though all the restoration soldiers were wearing breastplates, a large number of people fell to the ground!

In an instant, screams and wailing sounded!

At this moment, there were at least hundreds of casualties.

Many of them were shot in the head by lead bullets, and their heads exploded on the spot, and blood and brains were sprayed everywhere.

These unlucky Liberation Army soldiers had no chance of treatment, so they died on the spot!
There are also soldiers of the Liberation Army who were hit by lead bullets in their limbs. First, they felt that their limbs were hit hard, and then they felt piercing pain.

However, due to the protection of the breastplate, many Liberation Army soldiers were hit in the chest by lead bullets, but it was no big deal.

Although the terrifying momentum brought by the lead bullets made the soldiers of the Liberation Army look painful, but because the distance was too far and the plate armor was very thick, the lead bullets could not penetrate the armor.

Either after hitting the plate armor, it was bounced off by the front of the arc-shaped plate armor, or the projectile was deformed and embedded in the plate armor.

A round of salvos by the Spaniards caused confusion in the formation of the Liberation Army.

Many recruits couldn't bear the pressure and wanted to shoot back.

At the critical moment, Zhu Hongyu stood up again and said.

"Steady, don't mess up!"

"Behead the shooter without order!"

(End of this chapter)