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Chapter 416
It wasn't Daming Zhongyong who roared first, but the dozen or so Hongyi cannons erected on the sand embankment.The artillery that had been adjusted to shoot at Zhu Yuan, took off the camouflage, revealing the black muzzle, bursting out dazzling fire.

The artillery shells skimmed over a hundred meters of the river, flew past both sides of the Ming army's battle formation, and shot obliquely into the formation of the Han soldiers.

The battle formation of the Han soldiers was about 400 meters away from the Ming army. Their old artillery had not yet reached the firing range, and the ground under their feet was relatively solid. This was the main reason why the Ming army artillery fired first.

Although the power of the old-style artillery is small, it still has a lot of lethality against the closely-arranged Ming army.Therefore, the Hongyi cannon fired first, disrupting the arrangement of the Han soldiers.

The solid shells used unstoppable impact force to make a bloody path in the battle formation of the Han soldiers until they were exhausted and stopped, leaving stumps, broken arms and bloody flesh all over the ground.

Screams and howls rang out one after another, and a cannonball rushed into the enemy line while bouncing, killing or injuring more than a dozen people.The number of casualties is still tolerable, not more severe than a round of musket fire.

But the roar of the cannons, the undefenseable impact and destructive power, coupled with the tragedy of killing and wounding, created a greater deterrent effect.

This is also easy to understand. It is also a murder, why there is Ling Chi who is hacked into pieces, just to make people die more miserable and increase deterrence.

Looking at the bloody corpses, as well as the companions missing arms and legs, blood flying everywhere, screaming and rolling, no matter how strong the nerves are, the back will feel cold and the scalp will explode, right?

Chen Sanhe's eyes were dull, and he stepped back subconsciously. His eyes were full of red, which were blood and minced meat, which belonged to his companions, and even friends.

The folks in a village are of the same age, and they can even be regarded as young.Now he has been beaten into a human shape by the shells, and he falls miserably in a pool of blood and rotten flesh.

"Crack!" A whip came down so hard that Chen Sanhe almost jumped up.

Ma Guangyuan's fierce voice sounded, "Those who retreat will be cut, and the whole team will advance."

The junior officers suppressed the fear in their hearts, shouted loudly, rectified the team, and continued to move forward.

"Don't be afraid, the enemy's artillery fires very slowly, just for a while." Ma Guangyuan yelled loudly on the horse, calming down the army's morale, "The more you retreat, the faster you will die; if you get close to the enemy, their artillery will not dare to fire." gone."

What he said seemed quite reasonable, which proved that Ma Guangyuan was not an incompetent person, and he still had a lot of knowledge about the performance of artillery.

As if to prove the correctness of what Ma Guangyuan said, the artillery of the Ming army really stopped bombarding.The Hongyi cannon is really not flattering in terms of rate of fire.

Under the urging of the officers, the bombardment also stopped, and the Han soldiers reorganized their formation and continued to press forward.

Regardless of whether it is a cold weapon or a firearm, it is necessary to pay attention to the battle formation on the battlefield and give full play to the collective advantage.The bird guns equipped by the Han soldiers are of course no exception. They must not only exert the density of firepower, but also be within the shooting range.

During the training, Tong Yang, Ma Guangyuan and others thought that the musket battle was a waste of time.You fire a shot, and I shoot a bullet. Within a similar distance, the hit rate will not vary too much.

Even if there is a difference in the quality, performance and power of muskets, the advantage in numbers is enough to make up for it.If the defense is based on a strong city, the gap in weapons can be narrowed.

The idea is good, and other factors aside, the approach is also correct.

Han soldiers are mixed with swords and shields and bird guns. This idea and arrangement are also very realistic.

Without bayonets, gunners do not have the ability to fight in close combat; as for swordsmen, they can block lead bullets (using bird guns as an experiment), and they don't take up as much space as spearmen.

The battle formation of the Ming army stood still, with twenty Franco cannons deployed in front of the formation, their black muzzles pointing at the advancing enemy.

500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters... The muskets on both sides did not fire, and they seemed to be waiting to enter the range.

Boom, boom, boom!Three roars broke the dull tension on the battlefield. Three shells rose from behind the sand embankment, flew towards the opposite bank in an arc, and smashed down.

Despite repeated calculations and adjustments to the direction and angle of the artillery, the Ming army that landed first also set up guide marks hundreds of meters in front of the formation, and the artillery still carried out test firing.

The three shells were either close or far away, two fell into the enemy's formation, and one fell in front of the formation, more than 100 meters away from the battle formation of the Ming army.

Luo Li held up the binoculars and observed the impact point.Then, he saw the semaphore from the friendly army.

"The angle and direction remain the same, fire and bombard!" Luo Li cheered up and gave an order loudly.

He had inspected more than a hundred cannons one by one, but until now, his heart was completely relieved.

After several years of growth and experience, Luo Li has become the commander-in-chief of the artillery.Whether it was the Hongyi Cannon fired at the head of Ningyuan City or the heavy oppression of the Ming Dynasty, he had mastered it well.

If it's just his own business skills, it's nothing.

The most important thing is that Luo Li compiled the shooting element table of the artillery. According to the above numbers, he can search and compare the shooting elements, such as the elevation angle and the amount of charge, and even calculate the impact point of the shell.

To put it bluntly, it does not require a high level of education and computing power to manipulate artillery according to the map.This can be called an innovative invention, which was rewarded by the emperor and became a textbook in martial arts.

With this dictionary-like artillery manual, the requirements for artillery are greatly reduced, and the speed of training is greatly accelerated.More gods of war appeared on the battlefield, making the Ming army even more powerful.

Three test-fired shells killed two Han soldiers, rolling on the ground and emitting traces of green smoke.The Han soldiers who knew about the thunder could not help but exclaimed and screamed, and hurried away from the danger.

Boom, boom, boom!Three explosions sounded, the flames flashed, shrapnel flew in the rising black smoke, and there were screams and screams.

For the Han soldiers advancing in formation, the range that three shells can reach is really not big.

The Han soldiers around the impact point fell into chaos, but those far away had little effect. The Han soldiers in the distance didn't even know what happened.

It is impossible for thousands of people to be confused by three test-fired shells.Moreover, the lethality of these three explosive bombs may not be more powerful than the solid bombs of the Hongyi Cannon.

"The whole team advances, the whole team advances." The officers shouted loudly, rectifying the soldiers, who seemed to have a lot more experience than before.

Ma Guangyuan also howled and directed the Han soldiers to set up artillery, preparing to deal the same blow to the enemy.

Boom, boom, boom... There was a continuous roar from the opposite bank, and dozens of shells flew up from behind the sand embankment, skimmed across the river, and fell one after another under the horrified eyes of the Han soldiers.

Ma Guangyuan looked up at the incoming shells, his pupils shrank suddenly.How many cannons must there be, and the Ming army actually concealed such a method.

The shells smashed into the array of Han soldiers, and looking at the smoldering life-threatening talismans on the ground, the surrounding Han soldiers screamed and ran away.

If you look down from the air, the battle formation of the Han soldiers is like a beach hit by heavy raindrops, or like ripples caused by a lot of stones thrown into the water, and a circular void with the shell as the center appears.

Explosions sounded, one after another, a dazzling light flashed in the battle formation, and clouds of black smoke rose.

Du Yueshan gave the order to attack, and hundreds of Ming army musketeers who were ready to go passed through the gap of the Fran machine gun car, and strode forward in a tight four-row formation.

The successive explosions had just stopped, and a swan sound sounded again.

The battle formation of the Ming army came to an abrupt end, less than a hundred meters away from the Han soldiers in front.

The first row of musketeers raised their guns, took aim, and pulled the trigger, and the sound of the guns merged into a roar no less than that of artillery.Countless bright spots flickered, and thick white smoke rose.

As soon as the gunfire fell, the second row of musketeers passed their companions, raised their guns again, took aim, and with the order of the swan sound, another round of mighty salvo was fired.

The Han soldiers who were in chaos due to the violent bombardment had no time to adjust, and were hit head-on by musket fire.

Load the matchlock (load the matchlock into the tap clamp of the trigger, ready to fire), open the fire door, light the matchlock, take aim, pull the trigger to fire...

Although the Han soldiers have completed the first few steps of the tedious firing of the bird gun, only the final procedure is left, but when the chaos is still uncertain, people are panicked, and there is a rain of lead bullets, few people can calm down to operate ?
This is the lack of actual combat experience. Most of the Han soldiers have not experienced any battle formations.

In training, I can operate the bird gun more proficiently, but on the battlefield, it is inevitable to feel flustered and trembling hands. Who remembers that in an emergency, you can directly ignite the fire door instead of aiming and firing.

Four rows of Ming troops marched forward and fired in an orderly manner, like a precision machine running, and the muskets fired round after round, like monsters breathing flames.

This is the elite recruited by Zhang Pan. Some veterans even followed Zhang Pan when Dongjiang opened the town. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as having experienced many battles.

"Those who retreat will be killed without mercy! Those who do not retreat..." Ma Guangyuan's wolf howls could not stop the retreat of the Han soldiers. He waved his blood-stained saber in vain and killed several defeated soldiers.

He could see clearly that the third group of Ming troops were approaching the shore by boat, and the Ming troops that were pressing forward were making room for them.In addition to Ming soldiers, the ship was also loaded with artillery vehicles.

"Attach the bayonet and charge!" Du Yueshan shouted and ordered.

The battle drums sounded, although there were only two sides, and the sound was neither loud nor passionate, but the soldiers of the Ming army who heard the order to charge suddenly cheered up.

"Kill, rush, kill!" The shouts rang out, stirring up the blood in his body.

After firing the lead bullets in their guns, the soldiers of the Ming army raised their bayonets, took big steps, and charged forward with shouts.

Facing the Ming army rushing like wolves and tigers, the last trace of fighting spirit of the Han soldiers also lost, and the retreat finally turned into a rout.

Puff, puff, puff... A row of bayonets caught up with the enemy, pierced into the flesh mercilessly, and blood spattered amidst screams.

The wolves cried and howled ghosts, fleeing in panic, the situation of defeat has been achieved, and no one dares to turn back, let alone turn back to fight.

The third batch of Ming troops began to land, still with 20 musketeers, more than [-] Franc cannons and attached artillery vehicles.The strength of the enemy and us has changed, although it is not very obvious.

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(End of this chapter)