Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 120 The Qing Army Has Made Progress

Just when Qianlong was preparing to devour more than [-] Ming troops under Yang Yuchun's command in one go.

The cavalry led by Agui and Hai Lancha was already fighting the "Mule Cavalry" of the Ming army.

Along the north bank of the Ganjiang River.

More than a dozen mule soldiers of the Ming army in red clothes, with sabers, double-barreled short-barreled guns, and cavalry rifles (slightly shorter barrels) on their waists, are struggling to urge the horses under their crotches—if they are called war horses. .

And behind them.

It is a Mongolian cavalry with about 30 cavalry.

These Mongols are just like their ancestors.

Except that the armor on their bodies is cowhide armor-this is because the current Mongolian cavalry certainly cannot get things like iron armor.

The bows in their hands, the horses under their crotches, the scimitars, and the throwing hammers all make people seem to see the shadow of the invincible iron cavalry that crossed the Eurasian continent back then.

Whoosh whoosh.

A dozen arrows were thrown down from the sky.

However, they did not cause any damage—they were all light arrows, exhausted when they were thrown from the air, and the arrows hit by the horses only broke a little skin. The red military uniforms worn by the Ming army were made of wool, which was very thick. It was so hard that the arrow couldn't even penetrate it.

But these Mongolian cavalry don't care.

This was their tactic.

Harass the opponent with light arrows.

Their equestrian skills are also very good. Many of them hold the horse's belly between their legs and hold the bow and arrow with both hands, shooting arrows while galloping the horse.

But their opponents, the mule cavalry of the Ming army, did not dare to let go of the reins, and only ran forward with their heads covered.

But the horses under their crotch were not fast enough, and they were about to be overtaken.

It has begun when the Mongolian cavalry is ready to switch to heavy arrows and shoot their opponents into a hornet's nest.

In the grass not far away, there were suddenly intensive gunshots.

Bang bang bang!

Thirty Mongolian soldiers on horseback were hit suddenly, and the horses spun around in a panic. After a while, the knights on horseback were all killed by the bullets shot from the grass and bushes.

"Good fight! Hahahaha!"

Luo Dingshan, who not only became a military officer again, but was also promoted to a higher level, got out of the grass.

"That's the way to fight! This is how cavalry should be used!"

Luo Dingshan laughed.

If those European traditional cavalry military strategists saw that Luo Dingshan used cavalry in this way, they would definitely be angry that this person has no chivalry at all. On the contrary, those red-necked militiamen in the North American continent would think that Luo Dingshan was like them.

Lure the enemy, ambush, and shoot black guns.

Luo Dingshan's hand is indeed quite good.

The speed of those horses and horses is faster than that of the Ming Army's Dragoon Brigade—the No. 20 First Cavalry Brigade, which is also nicknamed the Mule Cavalry Brigade by other Ming Army troops, has the best record in the entire army these days.

Relying on the advantages of the range and accuracy of rifled guns.

This tactic of luring the enemy, ambush and shooting black guns has been tried and tested time and again.

If the opponent does not chase.

That relies on the range advantage of the rifled gun.

The mule cavalry of the Ming army can stick to their opponents to fight.

Wait until the opponent can't take it anymore
That's the result now.

"Brigade Commander, it's time to gather the troops. Now, Agui and Hailancha, the old dudes, shouldn't dare to spill his cavalry."

It was Zeng Ada who spoke.

King Ming ordered the general personally, and asked Luo Dingshan to be the commander of the dragoon brigade, responsible for the overall formation and summary of tactics - after all, there was no similar unit before this.

And Luo Dingshan was not too polite, after all he didn't want to feed the horses in the stables all the time.

So he came to King Ming's big tent, and took office immediately after being greeted by King Ming.

The first thing he did was to transfer his capable subordinate Zeng Ada to his subordinates and become the battalion commander of the first battalion.

After several times of groping.

Summed up the most suitable tactics for "Mule Cavalry" - one is to fly a kite, and the other is to shoot black guns.

This is what King Ming described.

It's very vivid.

"Go and get their horses back and attack your mother's mule soldiers. They think I don't want good horses."

Luo Dingshan said cursingly.

He looked at the hot air balloon in the sky, with the red, green and blue tricolor flag hanging below it.

These are the eyes of his mule soldiers.

"The brigade of cavalry is coming, hurry up!"

When Agui led the troops to arrive, he only saw the corpses of more than 30 Mongolian cavalrymen, and his face became more gloomy.

The torture he has suffered these days is the most uncomfortable since he led the army to fight.

The feeling of being completely passive and beaten is simply maddening.

The cavalry of the Ming army who were riding Japanese horses or simply mules approached them in small groups, and then shot from a distance. What is annoying is that they shot far and accurately.

When you are chasing, it is easy to fall into the encirclement of others.

And even more annoying.

They basically move within a few miles of the hot air balloon.

Ah Gui knew that the lookout on the hot air balloon used semaphore to announce the situation of the Ming cavalry within the range.

under these circumstances.

Even if the Mongolian soldiers under Agui's command are good at riding and fast.

Also said repeatedly.

And there are eyes in the sky staring at it. As long as Ah Gui's cavalry approached the Ming army's formation, they would encounter the infantry formation waiting in full force.

Not to mention the Ming army infantry with super firepower now.

Even in the large formation of the Han Chinese infantry hundreds of years ago, no cavalry dared to charge directly.

The strategic intention of using cavalry to contain the main force of the Ming army has now clearly failed.

And what worries Agui even more.
The role played by the mule cavalry of the Ming army.

In addition to riding horses, this group of cavalry.

There is nothing that a cavalry should do.

But it just doesn't work well.

Aguile horse is now on the same spot, let out a heavy breath, and ordered with a livid face: "Send someone to ask the emperor for instructions. It is difficult for our cavalry to interfere with the Ming army's march. It is better to mobilize our troops to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy." .”

Seeing that his subordinates were ordered to leave.

Agui let out a long sigh.

Said to himself.

"Damn it, it means that the cavalry is not good enough, why suddenly there is such a mule soldier now."

If you ride such a horse, you can have such combat power.

Then the Qing Dynasty estimated that it would be able to defend the north with the advantage of cavalry.
It should be dangerous too.

Qianlong is now preparing for the first attack on Sheng Midu.

Heavy artillery of the Qing army.

Three thousand catties of general cannon.

A muzzle-loading smoothbore gun made of pig iron.

The technology of casting guns was learned from the Portuguese more than 200 years ago. However, because Kong Youde rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty obtained this large western naval gun—also known as Hongyi (Yi) at that time. Cannon's casting method for old artillery.

So in the Qing army.

This kind of heavy artillery capable of firing 10 catties solid bullets and shotgun shells has a very large amount of inventory and production.

After all, this kind of iron cannon made of pig iron, as long as it is properly maintained, can be used from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

So this time in order to offset the firepower advantage of the Ming army.

The Qing army relied on the advantage of the Yangtze River transportation.

Thirty general cannons were transported to the front line in one go.

Now it was pulled up in one breath, and the bombardment began outside the range of the Ming army's mortars.

Cannons boomed and cigarette smoke filled the air.

Iron bullets visible to the naked eye flew in the air, and most of them hit the parapet of the Ming army's position. However, the destructive power of such solid bullets on the sandbag wall was very limited. Anyway, the Ming army hiding behind the parapet was safe and sound.

However, the Qing army did not expect this kind of flat firepower to cause any damage to the Ming army hiding in the fortifications.

It's just using the general cannon for fire suppression.

Under the rumble of gunfire.

A large number of Southern Green Battalion soldiers used their hands and feet to push forward a kind of shield car full of sandbags.

There are a total of more than 100 shield carts, which are large carts with two wheels. Sandbags are used to build a wall of sandbags on the carts, which seem to be used to avoid bullets and shell fragments.

Hiding behind these large shield vehicles are small vehicles equipped with small mortars.

Cover the mortar truck with a shield truck built with sandbags.

It's still very creative.

"Sandbags can effectively reduce the lethality of Niming's shells. Even if the shield car is lying down, it can also be used as a forward cover to attack Niming's position. After the mortar is fired, Niming can only go out if he can avoid being passively beaten. Let's fight, so that the Baoyi army can rely on these sandbags and Niming to shoot muskets!"

It was Qing army general Fu Kang'an who came up with this method.

"Wait for the Packed Army to shoot at each other for a while, and the rattan soldiers of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp who are hiding behind can rush up, throw a round of small thunder bombs, and then rush into the trenches of the Niming Army to fight hand-to-hand, using the rattan soldiers to deal with Niming's bayonets , they must be the ones who suffer!"

Fukang'an said beside Qianlong.

Qianlong nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad! Even though Ni Ming has sharp guns and cannons, he is not without weaknesses. As long as we fight nimbly, we don't believe we can't win this round."

Fukang'an is indeed a general.

The speed of growth is very fast.

They all began to think about how to fight positional warfare.

This kind of use of the deadly strength of the southern green battalion, the muskets and mortars in the hands of the coated army, and the bravery of the elite of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion.

This arrangement.

Looks like it's really going to win.

"What charter is this?"

Yang Yuchun raised his binoculars and frowned.

"Brigade Commander, there's news from the hot air balloon." A subordinate came up and handed the note in his hand to Yang Yuchun.

"There's a mortar behind the sandbag."

"Want an artillery battle?"

Yang Yuchun didn't know why.

"Use a light howitzer to shoot directly, and knock down all these sandbags!"

Following Yang Yunchun's order.

A dozen small-caliber muzzle-loading rifled guns leveled their muzzles.

It is the same as the large-caliber howitzer used by the Ming army.

The shells are no longer the wooden support shells they were before.

Rather, it was a steel-cased gun fitted with a copper ring to facilitate engagement with the rifling.

This kind of shell can use full propellant, and the shell has a strong armor-piercing ability!
Boom boom boom!
With the firing of Ming army artillery.

The impact force of the shells pierced into the sandbags and exploded, smashing the sandbags filled with soil into pieces. The huge impact force easily broke the unreliable wheels, and these sandbag cars soon collapsed .

And the exposed southern green battalion soldiers were completely exposed to the firepower of the Ming army at this time.
(End of this chapter)