Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 665 Artillery Battle
Bai Yintu and Hong Chengchou, who were watching the battle in the back, were relieved.

"It's dangerous!" Hong Chengchou thought, the main force of the Qing army led by Sony was almost defeated by the Ming army's Shenhuo Flying Crow, but fortunately they survived in the end. It seems that Sony still has some real skills.

I don't know if the Ming army will have other tricks next?
If the Ming army has more tricks, can Sony stand up to it?
Bai Yintu's hanging heart also fell back into his stomach, but he said disdainfully: "The mere magic fire flying crow, how can we win our Qing soldiers? Next, it's the turn of the Qing soldiers' artillery to show off their power." ,snort!"

Hong Chengchou didn't refute, but said in his heart, didn't the Ming army have artillery?
The red-clothed cannons of the Ming army can go even farther, and it is still difficult for the Qing soldiers to take advantage of artillery battles.

While Hong Chengchou was thinking, clouds of white smoke rose from the front of each hollow phalanx of the Ming army.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou's heart trembled suddenly, the more he was afraid of something, the more he would come. Just now he was worried that the Ming army would fire the cannon first, and the Ming army did fire the cannon first.

……

When Jiannu was only about 1500 steps away from the Ming army's line, the 7 field artillery brigades in the Ming army's formation, a total of 630 4-inch field artillery, fired one after another.

The maximum range of the 4-inch field gun is 1500 steps.

This time has come, there is no need to hide.

Therefore, as soon as Jiannufu entered within a distance of 1500 steps, the seven field artillery brigades of the Ming army fired at the same time. There was a huge scream that cracked the air, overwhelmingly smashing towards the Jiannu army formation ahead.

Just a dozen seconds later, a shell fell on the open space in the middle, instantly plowing out trenches on the ground covered with weeds, and at the same time splashing rows of dirt and grass.

But more shells fell on Jiannu's army.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of clicking, Jiannu's van broke into hundreds of pieces in an instant.

There were at least a hundred gaps on the wall of the van that stretched nearly seven kilometers from south to north, all of which were smashed by the 4-inch field artillery of the Ming army.

The Eight Banners Han army hiding behind the van also suffered a lot of casualties.

It's just that because of the maximum range, the solid iron bullets don't have much kinetic energy left after penetrating the front fender of the van. After barely penetrating one or two rows of Eight Banners Han troops, they were exhausted and failed to penetrate more.

It is even more impossible to penetrate more than 20 rows of infantry formations in a row.

But even so, it still surprised Xu Shun and Jian Nu.

……

"How is it possible?" Song Xiance exclaimed in dismay, "Minggou's Hongyi cannon can hit this far? I didn't see the trick, did I? This is impossible!"

Li Zicheng was also secretly taken aback.

How can this be?He didn't fight the Ming army once or twice. He knew how far the Ming army's Hongyi cannons could hit, even better than the Ming army's artillery.

Because the range of the Hongyi cannon is just a number for the artillery of the Ming army.

But for Li Zicheng and the Dashun soldiers under his command, that is fate!
Li Zicheng clearly remembered that the Hongyi cannons of the Ming army had a range of only a thousand paces, and they had to be the most well-made Hongyi cannons to hit a thousand paces. Most of the Hongyi cannons could only hit seven or eight paces. Hundred steps.

But right now the distance between the Jiannu army formation and the Ming army is at least fifteen hundred steps!

The range of the Hongyi cannon of the Ming army has nearly doubled?when did it happen?
Only Gu Junen had seen the power of the Ming army's Hongyi cannon, and said to Song Xiance immediately: "Master, now you should believe what I say? The firearms of the Ming army are no longer what they used to be."

Song Xiance habitually wanted to refute, but he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Because of the iron-clad facts, the range of the Ming army's Hongyi cannons has skyrocketed. Isn't this what it used to be?What Gu Junen said is the truth, there is really no way to refute it.

Swallowing, Song Xiance said, "It seems that this battle still has to be fought."

"Well, this battle should still be fought." Li Zicheng also made a new assessment of this battle, thinking that the Ming army will inevitably lose in the end, but it will definitely not be easy for Jiannu to win.

This will be a close battle, and there will be good shows to watch.

……

Sony is also a little unbelievable.

"Ming Gou's red cannon can shoot so far?"

Ye Bilong, Sukesaha and others were also very surprised, and said: "This distance is probably [-] steps, but the red cannon of the Ming army can hit [-] steps?"

"Our Qing Dynasty only has more than 1000 steps!"

"Only the cannon in red can hit more than 1000 steps."

"That's right, like the camel cannon and the Franco machine gun, it can shoot up to [-] paces."

"The range of the tiger squatting cannon is even closer, less than five hundred paces!"

The generals of the Eight Banners on the watchtower looked at each other for a moment, this is troublesome.

The cannons of the Ming army can hit them, but their cannons cannot hit the Ming army.

How to do it now?Advance against the artillery fire of the Ming army, or retreat out of the range of the artillery of the Ming army and think of a way?But the question is, is there any other way?Send cavalry to charge?Can it work?
The cavalry is fast, but the artillery of the Ming army is also protected by infantry.

In the battle of Guting Town, the [-] cavalrymen were no match for the dismounted [-] Ming cavalrymen.

Immediately, a military commander suggested: "General, this won't work, why don't you stop moving forward?"

"Stop going forward?" Sonny said coldly, "Waiting for Minggou to blow us up with fire and crows?"

Up to now, the Shenhuo Flying Crows in the Ming army are still fighting over row by row. How many waves is it now?Fifth wave or sixth wave?Anyway, it seems that it will not stop in a short time.

Another general said: "If you go any further, you will not only be bombed by Minggou's divine fire and flying crows, but also by Minggou's red cannons. The Qing soldiers suffered too many casualties. The Eight Banners Mongolia, the Green Camp, and the Outer Fan Mongolia may not be able to withstand it? Not to mention practicing bravery, they will definitely collapse!"

"No matter how heavy the casualties are, we must go forward bravely!"

"Our Qing soldiers have no way out!"

Sony still has a bit of ability to make a decision in an instant.

In a battle on the battlefield, the most taboo is the two ends of the first mouse and indecision.

In this regard, Sony has done a good job, regardless of right or wrong.

"Pass down my general order, the Eight Banners Han army will be transferred to the second team, and the green battalion will be changed to the first team!"

Such a specific order cannot be delivered with a large banner, but can only be delivered with the help of a fast horse.

Sony's military order was quickly passed on, the Eight Banners Manchuria, Eight Banners Mongolia, Outer Fan Mongolia and the training sequence remained unchanged, while the Eight Banners Han army slowed down slightly and became the second team.

Green Camp accelerated forward and reached the front row.

Because of pushing the cannon cart, Lvying had a hard time walking.

The gun carriage of the tiger crouching gun is okay, but it is not heavy.

But the cannon carriages of the Franc cannon and the red cannon are very cumbersome.

Among them, there are about [-] red cannons, about [-] Flang cannons, and thousands of tiger squat cannons. In addition, there are a total of [-] camels, all of which are loaded on their backs. With a camel cannon.

Sony's thinking is still very clear, which is to approach the formation of the Ming army as soon as possible.

Wait until they are within the range of the Qing army's artillery, and then use the green battalion to fight the Ming army's artillery.

The Eight Banners Han Army, Eight Banners Manchuria, Eight Banners Mongolia, Outer Fan Mongolia, and Lianyong also need to follow up to protect the Green Camp.

If the Ming army's horse-buried army can't get out of the hole, then first use the artillery of the green battalion to defeat the Ming army's artillery, and then drive the Eight Banners Han army and the Eight Banners Manchuria to attack, and then gather [-] elite troops from the two yellow and two white flags to attack from the east and the west. At the same time, they launched a violent raid on the Ming army's central army.

As long as the main formation of the Ming army's central army is destroyed, the battle will be over.

If the Ming army uses the horse-buried army to attack the green battalion, the Eight Banners Han army, the Eight Banners Manchuria, the Eight Banners Mongolia, and the Outer Fan Mongolia will launch a tit-for-tat counterattack against the Ming army's horse-bunk army. Raid the Ming army's central army in two directions.

Sony's tactical thinking in general is the case.

In all honesty, there is nothing wrong with this line of thinking.

It can be said to be the best tactical choice in the age of the flintlock.

The lobster soldiers in another world generally use this tactic.

But for the Qing army, one of the most troublesome things is the range of firearms.

Because the range of the red cannons of the Qing army is only [-] steps, the range of the Flang cannon and the camel cannon is only [-] to [-] steps, and the range of the tiger squatting cannon is less than [-] steps.

Therefore, the green battalion had to continue to move forward in the face of the artillery fire of the Ming army.

The cannons in red can only stop and fire when they are within [-] steps of the Ming army's phalanx. As for the Flang machine guns and camel cannons, they must be within [-] steps.

As for the tiger squatting cannon, it is estimated that it will not be able to keep up with the artillery battle.

The Qing army had less than fifty steps to go, and white smoke rose again from the Ming army on the opposite side.

Immediately afterwards, there was another "hunting" scream, as if it could tear the air open.

Then, another row of shells fell into the formation of the Green Battalion, but the formation of the Green Battalion was not as dense as the Eight Banners Han Army, and it was very sparse, so more than half of the shells landed in the gaps, only dragging deep grooves on the ground. Only a few shells hit the cannon carts of the Green Battalion, instantly smashing the wooden cannon carts, the cannons mounted on the carts also fell to the ground, and the Green Battalion following the cannon carts also fell down.

Several camels were also hit by shells, and immediately fell in a pool of blood wailing.

Immediately there was a wailing sound on the battlefield, it was the wailing of hundreds of green battalion soldiers.

Seeing this, Sony breathed a sigh of relief, such a loss is still bearable.

According to the frequency of receiving one shot at fifty steps, after ten shots, the red cannons of the green battalion can set up cannons to counterattack, and after fifteen shots, the Franc machine guns and camel cannons can also set up cannons to counterattack.

At that time, the Qing soldiers will be able to crush the Ming army with the advantage of the number of cannons.

For the artillery of the Green Battalion, Sony has always had great confidence, and this is the confidence that has been played.

Because since Huang Taiji formed Wuzhenchaohe, the artillery of the Qing Dynasty has never disappointed them, and this time will definitely be no exception, and it can definitely crush the artillery of the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)