The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 249 Mobile Fortress
Manzhu Xili took the steel arrow and looked at it, his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed loudly: "A good arrow, it really is very powerful." He handed the steel arrow to the leaders to pass it on.

A leader said: "Such a good arrow, there must be a strong bow, Mr. Taiji! We must not let those Ming soldiers escape, we must kill them and capture their bows and arrows."

"Ben Taiji is exactly what he meant, come on and put on my armor quickly."

The Mongols are born with a love for bows and arrows, and those leaders also rushed back to their yurts to order soldiers to put on their clothes.They imagined that they could get good weapons from the Ming army!

The Huang family's team slowly advanced to a slightly downhill field about seven miles away from the Karaqin Manzhu Xili tribe's camp. The heavy infantry got out of the troop carrier to move their hands and feet.

This was the second time that Huang Mingli had brought a team to visit the prairie. He didn't even bother with the fighting power of the Mongolian soldiers, because the protection of the Huang family's horses was enough for them.

But Huang Mingli admired their mobility. He was not worried that there would be too many Kalaqin cavalry, but he was afraid that they would flee.

Finally, the opportunity to fight thousands of light cavalry came. Huang Mingli, who had been training landing soldiers to practice battle formations and study new tactics, had an actual battle to test the training results of himself, the Patriarch, and the soldiers under his command.

He was high-spirited, and he rode his horse to check the array himself. This time, [-] armored combat vehicles were arranged on the left and right flanks.

The protection of the Huang family's cavalry archers is enough to not be afraid of light arrows, but the horses are not equipped with horse armor, so they can't bear to shoot random arrows. This time, the enemy's cavalry is more than ten times that of the archers under his command. How to shoot the horses into hedgehogs to chase the enemy?
Therefore, [-] chariots were arranged on the left and right flanks to open the shooting holes on the side of the carriages facing the enemy, and use the advantage that the flintlock rifles have a much longer range than the steel arrows to shoot and kill the enemy light cavalry at any time.

The equipment of these forty chariots was slightly different. On the side facing the enemy, there was a temporary installation that could fully protect the horses and coachmen, and one side was covered with a thin iron sheet and a light-weight arrow shield.

Huang Sheng was a prophet, and the armor he designed was child's play. It was all for dealing with the Jurchens' bow and horse. It was required to be light in weight and easy to install.

But with the support of these armored chariots in the vast prairie, the soldiers of the Huang family would not be thrown into disarray by the enemy's surprise attack. All horses and horses could circle around the chariot and deal with the enemy, and even the coachman could become a combat force.

No matter how powerful the cavalry was, they couldn't bear the casualties after going around the Huang family's chariots for a few laps. In the end, they could only avoid it far away. How could the hot weapon musketeers be able to compete with cold weapons?
The horses of the armored chariot are advancing behind the chariot, and the two armored chariot drivers are driving behind. Some of the enemy's light arrows go over the chariot and fall on the horses. The horses of the chariot do not know how many times they will be killed by the musketeers.

The armor and visor of the coachman are not afraid of the light arrows of the Tartars at all, and they are not afraid of the sight of the battlefield filled with gunpowder, because they all wear goggles like the musketeers.

The cost of this small equipment is not worth mentioning, but everyone in the Huang family has goggles. When fighting in the windy and sandy north, they are not afraid of being downwind. The soldiers of the Huang family can always keep a clear view of the enemy's combat effectiveness. few.

Heihu and Han Kuan respectively led the two general flags of cavalry archers to line up next to the armored chariots protecting the left and right wings, and shot and killed the enemy troops who came into range with steel arrows.

The two shooters on the left and right wing armored vehicles did not worry about being blocked by the front tanks at all. They could open the sunroof and lean out from the roof to shoot. Although it was not as convenient as shooting holes in the vehicle, the advantage was that the field of view was wider.

Such a method of shooting is only allowed when our armored combat vehicles are in the way in front of us, as the first row of tanks to contact the enemy is prohibited.

Because doing so will make the shooter lose the protection of the armored combat vehicle and directly expose his upper body to the enemy, which will increase the casualty rate in vain.

The shooter who shoots on the roof of the car must also follow a principle, shoot sideways and not shoot in a straight line, even if your shooting level has reached the level of a sniper.

Of course, this is Master Huang's rule of being cautious. The chariot is bumping constantly, and the possibility of inadvertently shooting along a straight line and killing the shooter who is also leaning out on the chariot in front is too great, so we must guard against it.

Whether we can effectively eliminate the enemy or not, let's first rule out the possibility of accidentally injuring our own people.

Huang Sheng, as the Chinese army, still brought ninety chariots to form a formation, and still used the method of hitting the enemy's cavalry with flintlocks head-on.

The heavy infantry are deployed around the chariot, ready to charge and assassinate the enemy cavalry who have lost their horses.

Qing Geertai took his subordinates, the driver of the troop carrier, and the medical vehicle to attack at the rear of the Chinese army, waiting for the enemy to collapse.

The personnel carriers of the Huang family are also supply vehicles. There are as many as 140 of them. Due to the cold weather, they have been equipped with compartments. Now they are placed in a row next to each other, which just blocks the rear of the army, but they do not have the capability of long-range strikes. .

The armored chariot is propelled by four horses, and the troop carrier is pulled forward by two horses. The combination of the Huang family's chariot and the troop carrier is equivalent to the rapid assembly of small fortress modules into a large mobile fortress that can move forward. , The horses and soldiers are all in a large rectangular formation with the carriage as a cover.

This movable fortress was not strong enough to be attacked by artillery fire and shield vehicles, but it was more than enough to deal with light cavalry assaults.

The problem is that the impoverished and backward Tartars and Jiannu have no artillery fire. When they organize enough heavy shield carts and push them slowly, won't the Huang family horses run away?
The mobile fortress of the Huang family only needs to run for an hour, and the shield car attacking troops have to prepare for a day. Where can they fight the Huang family's horses?
Now the field artillery of the Scorpion Island Armory is still under development. In the future, the six-pound gun with a gun body of no more than 500 catties and a total weight of [-] catties will be similar to Napoleon with a gun body of about [-] catties and a total weight of [-] catties. The [-]-pound artillery artillery troops are all within the range of the Huang family's cannons, which are the territory of the Han people.

It doesn't matter that the Huang family's rear has no attack power, the enemy doesn't know it, and they bypass the main formation to attack the rear of our army, so there is no need to worry, the light cavalry can't charge in on horseback.

Half of the musketeers in the front lineup can use the personnel carrier as a cover to shoot at the invading enemy, and the musketeers who shoot on the roof of the car turn around and shoot, and the job is over.

The cavalry archers of the Huang family can completely shoot and kill the Karaqin light cavalry who dare to approach in large numbers behind the troop carrier, because the fine steel pulley bow with spring steel as the back has a much higher range than the Tartars' riding bow.

This winter camp of the Karaqin Mongolian Tribe, who are wearing armor and practicing rituals, has received several waves of scouts. The number of Ming troops is indeed only in the early [-]s, and the number of cavalry is about [-]. The difference from the common Ming army is that the carriages are special. There are many, as many as the number of cavalry.

Manzhu Xili is confident, he thinks that the Ming army has more carriages, which means that they have more good things, which means that if they defeat them, they will get a lot of seizures.

He was neatly dressed and led more than 500 cavalry out of the camp. The strength of Manzhu Xili is not only this, but there are many tribes who have not come to the camp. When all the people come, they should be able to gather six or seven thousand people who can ride horses and fight. .

But there will be many old people and children in it, and many fighters from Nekalka and other groups who have just been forced to surrender.

He saw that there were not many Ming troops, and this time he did not take those descended troops who were not reassuring and forced to join them. Instead, he searched and suppressed their weapons, armor, and horses, and took care of them separately.

In winter on the vast prairie, if you want to escape without horses and weapons, you are looking for death. As long as you manage the horses centrally, the Mongol captives don’t need to be locked up at all. They also know how to behave and will not choose to escape at this time.

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