A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 483
The situation of the Ming army was clearly seen by the Qing army on Huangtu Ridge. Shi Tingzhu laughed and said, "Okay, it's really a joy to beat the Ming dog and cry for its father and mother!"

Dorgon, Duoduo, and Abatai also laughed, but Dorgon had a different feeling in his heart. The credit in front of him was all due to the Han army.Could it be that the once invincible cavalry of the Qing Dynasty has taken a backseat, and the battlefield will be dominated by artillery and firecrackers in the future?

Of course, this idea only flashed in Dorgon's mind. As for whether Duoduo, Kong Youde, Abatai and others had this idea, it is unknown.

Jin Zidian also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Hu Qing's iron cavalry is unparalleled, and now he has sharp cannons, which is even more powerful. If the future North Korea wants to avoid disasters, it can only follow the Qing Dynasty closely.

At the same time, Shi Tingzhu's appearance made Jin Zidian secretly look at him with contempt, thinking: "You were not part of the Ming people before? You really became a slave, and you are even more cruel than your master!"

At this time, Rufeng Mountain City was full of joyous laughter.

Daishan, Yingerdai and others congratulated Huang Taiji loudly for the outstanding performance of their artillery battalion.

Huang Taiji also had a smile all over his face, heaving a sigh of relief at the Huangtuling battle.

He thought to himself: "Sophisticated firearms are really powerful weapons to dominate the world. The Ming army's car camps can often block my Qing cavalry, but they can't stop the cannons. The Zhejiang soldiers back then were outstanding in combat power, and my cavalry could not enter. , Don’t you also use cannons to blast them away? Flesh and blood can’t be compared with cannons!”

He was thinking that in the future, the Qing Dynasty should make a lot of artillery and bird guns, but...

The amount of iron produced in the territory is limited, and it is really more than enough to expand the scale of firearms.In recent years, all the iron materials mined in the country have been invested in the making of artillery and bird guns. Even the iron materials looted from the Ming Dynasty in previous years have been used up. It is really difficult to expand.

Especially during wars, the gunpowder and guns in stock were consumed enormously. In March of this year, the artillery battalion besieged Songshan. On the 25th and 26th, they fired more than a thousand guns.

Afterwards, Huang Taiji got Fan Chenggong, the defender of Songshan, and sent a Tang Bao to the Ming court, saying that 601 guns were found in the city, and Huang Taiji sighed that these guns should not be used again.

The use of firearms is different from knives and arrows. It seems that in addition to speeding up the pace of smuggling and taking away from North Korea, they have to enter the Ming Dynasty to plunder, and plunder more iron materials.

The Qing army cheered, while the Ming army gritted their teeth. Hong Chengchou, Zhang Ruoqi, Qiu Minyang and others looked ashen, and even the superintendent Wang Chengen clenched their fists.Due to the excessive force, several of his nails were deeply embedded in the flesh of his palm.

Zuo Guangxian, the commander in chief of aid and suppression, was also very anxious, he kept muttering to himself: "The Tartar artillery is powerful, what should I do, what should I do?"

Some Liaodong officers and generals in the army looked pale, and they only secretly rejoiced in their hearts that it was fortunate that they were not the ones attacking the mountain.Otherwise, the Tartar artillery is sharp, and our army will be defeated by the Tartar artillery before they reach the mountain.

Seeing that the Xuanzhen army is really elite, even now, it is still advancing under the fire of the Tartars.

Wang Dou was also anxious, holding up the binoculars and staring intently, when suddenly Zhao Xuan shouted beside him, "Look over there, General!"

Wang Dou's heart moved, he held up the binoculars to look, and according to Zhao Xuan's guidance, he saw that a shell from the Qing army had just hit an earthbag cart.Different from other chariots, this kind of simple earth bag cart was safe and sound under the roaring shells of the Qing army.

Wang Dou stood blankly, his eyes brightened, as if he had opened an unprecedented window!
Yes, I should have thought of it a long time ago, the times have changed, and the fighting equipment should also change accordingly!
Daming's chariots were used to deal with nomads in the past, against their bows and arrows!So the wooden chariot and playing cards are enough!However, the form of warfare is different now. Ming's opponents are no longer purely cold weapons. They also have firearms, and very sharp artillery!

And chariots cannot withstand artillery!

What can withstand the artillery is still the sandbags, soil bags, and soil baskets that look inconspicuous and cost negligible!
Seeing that Wang Dou seemed to have realized something, Hong Chengchou beside him hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhongyong has a clever plan?"

Wang Dou nodded, and said to Hong Chengchou, "Director Hong, look over there."

Hong Chengchou hurriedly followed Wang Dou's instructions to watch, Zhang Ruoqi, Wang Chengen and others also hurriedly watched, and then they all shouted in unison: "Sack cart!"

"Dirt basket cart!"

"Dirtbag cart!"

Zhang Ruoqi sighed: "Your official should have thought of it a long time ago. Didn't Uncle Zhongyong's Changling Mountain defense line use a lot of sacks and earthen baskets to prevent the Eastern captives from shelling?"

Hong Chengchou looked at the artillery formation of the Shenji Battalion in front of him. Here, Fu Yingchong had commanded the civilians. In front of the artillery, and on both sides, many sacks of sackcloth and earthen baskets were stacked to form the crenel wall. To protect the Hongyi cannon from ricocheting.

He sighed: "Yeah, I should have thought of it a long time ago, using a vehicle to pack dirt to protect the soldiers in front."

In fact, it’s no wonder everyone’s thoughts and ideas are sometimes just a thin layer of window paper, which is pierced by chance and coincidence, and it’s another world.Before the opportunity arrives, maybe hundreds of years, you may not be able to think of going there.

Just like Jingbian Army’s custom-loaded paper tube ammunition, in fact, as early as the Qi Jiajun era, there were granular gunpowder and bird gun ammunition packed in different categories. It was Wang Dou who first combined the two, so others suddenly realized that it was as simple as that. .

Many things are just a layer of paper and an idea, just like a chariot. Maybe everyone will say that an expensive chariot is not as good as a push-pull cart used by ordinary people?This is the fact that in the face of artillery, chariots are useless, and folk vehicles stacked with earthbags and baskets have become sharp weapons.

In fact, later generations have developed that there is no need for earth trucks to cover, and the army formation is naked and marches forward under artillery fire.

But the time has not yet come. In the past, soldiers needed shields to cover bows and arrows.Later, there were better weapons, that is, chariots, and now there are earthen chariots.In short, facing arrows and guns, it is better to cover up.

This is a kind of psychological barrier, even the second-class troops of the Jingbian Army, if they are fighting without the cover of chariots, they will feel anxious.

Therefore, although the chariots actually caused more casualties to the sergeants under the artillery, if there were no chariots, the army would definitely be in an uproar, and it would be difficult to move in fear.

As soon as they opened their minds, everyone immediately drew inferences and prepared a large number of long scooters. At least two-wheeled ones are needed, four-wheeled ones are best, and single-wheeled ones are not.Because facing the artillery, the wheelbarrow is too light to block the vibration of the enemy's shells.Then a large number of soil bags and soil baskets were loaded on it, and they were tightly blocked in front of the sergeants and the car battalion to protect the sergeants going forward.

In order to prevent the thieves' cannons from getting through the bottom of the cart and rolling off the legs of everyone in the cart, a lot of soil bags need to be tied to the bottom of the front cart, and it is better to leave no gaps as much as possible.In order to prevent the car from being knocked backward by the cannons of the thieves, the front and rear of the car need to be specially reinforced.

Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, was in charge of the army's logistics. He immediately followed Hong Chengchou's order to recruit craftsmen to carry out the transformation of the earthen vehicles.

Due to the urgency of the battle at the front line, the modified vehicle cannot be prepared for the time being. Qiu Minyang commanded a large number of civilians to select some suitable long vehicles filled with sacks and soil baskets. Many soil bags were tied to the front bottom and sides of the vehicle and transported to the front line urgently. go.

Hong Chengchou also urgently sent people to Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming's troops to inform them of this method. At the same time, he said to Wang Dou: "Dongnu's artillery fire is sharp. General Yang and General Li's troops suffered a lot of casualties, and we need Zhongyong Bo to help medical officers and doctors!"

In the Jingbian army, there are the most medical officers and doctors. In total, there are five doctors and one internal medical officer.There are 140 doctors in the first battalion.In the expedition to Liaodong, the Jingbian army dispatched many battalions, including the Shuai battalion. I am afraid that all the reinforcements and doctors in Liaodong will not have as many soldiers as Wang Dou's army.

Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, Wang Dou said solemnly: "You don't need Hong Du's words, this is a natural thing!"

Originally, the Jingbian army had supported Yang Guozhu and other army doctors, and at this time more than 200 people were sent.

These doctors all enjoy first-class military treatment. Although they don't fight much, the whole army has no complaints about it, because military doctors are the saviors of soldiers.

Their equipment is first-class military uniforms, plus a first-aid box embroidered with the portrait of the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing.The ambulance box is full of various medicines and equipment, such as scissors, hemostatic powder, gold warehouse medicine, alcohol, gauze bandages, marching pills and other things.

After the establishment of the shogunate, the Military Medical College of the Logistics Department was established very quickly. Over the past few years, a large number of doctors and officers have been recruited and trained, and various medicines have been continuously developed.

The Military Medical Academy is still researching Mafeisan. In fact, what Wang Dou longs for the most is Yunnan Baiyao, which is a medicine that has miraculous effects on treating internal and external injuries.But don't think about it now, let's talk about it after researching Mafeisan.

Wang Dou actually thought of Western medicine, but that was all later. Before the advent of antibiotics, Western medicine at this time was just a commodity.Even in the era of Napoleon, under the iron and knife, the surgical mortality rate exceeded [-]%.

Especially to treat wounds. At this time, boiling oil is poured into the wound. Wang Dou doesn't know what it means, whether it is killing people or saving people.

It was not until the early twentieth century that Western medicine gradually improved, and Wang Dou could not wait for the medical achievements at that time.In contrast, Chinese medicine now possesses many proprietary medicines, which are very effective in disinfection and hemostasis.

In addition, the Jingbian army also deployed a large number of stretchers, and knew how to build special rescue centers, as well as places for recuperation and recovery.Wang Dou came up with a mask that was originally designed to prevent poisonous smoke bombs, and is now widely used among doctors.

At Wang Dou's order, a large number of doctors from the Jingbian army rushed out to chase Yang Guozhu's army. At the same time, in the shade of the army formation, a large number of rescue tents were set up, and boiling hot water was also set up.

Hong Chengchou and the others were very moved when they saw it. The strength and goodness of the military system of the Jingbian Army are unmatched by all the armies of the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou immediately ordered many civilian husbands to follow, help carry stretchers, and send the wounded far away.The rough guys have heavy work, let these people do it, and we must protect the safety of the Jingbian army doctors, and we must not let them get tired.

(End of this chapter)