Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 234
The Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry was also defeated, and the failure process was almost the same as that of the Guanning Army. The loss exceeded two thousand cavalry, and they couldn't bear it anymore, so they had to retreat.

Seeing that a large number of enemy corpses had fallen before the battle, Tangning also showed a satisfied look on her face, and the generals and staff officers around her also started talking.

"My lord is truly a master of the ages, this formation is really wonderful."

"However, this formation is gratifying, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army and the Mongolian Army's tests have all achieved such results, and it is our army's sharp weapon to drive away the enemy."

"I'm ashamed to say that I have never been optimistic about this formation before, and I almost missed such an exquisite formation."

"General Lu is right, right."

Hearing everyone's unanimous praise for this great event, Sun Lin, who had opposed it most fiercely before, naturally felt a little uncomfortable.

But he has a bold personality, and he is not a person who only accepts death. If he made a mistake, he corrected it and once again apologized to Tangning. Naturally, Tangning would not blame him, nor did he take advantage of this to show off or ridicule him.

Claudia's eyes brightened slightly, and she stared at Tangning silently for a long time.

The enemy was defeated again today, so there should be no more major battles.

So Tangning immediately led everyone back to the camp.

In the camp of the Qing army, there were three attacks before and after, each of which was bigger and bigger than the last, but they all failed, which made Azig feel very bad.

"Your Highness, the new army is as immovable as a mountain, and it is really disadvantageous for us to wait in full formation. Why don't we wait for the new army to attack."

"If the new army comes to attack, we must not maintain this formation any longer. Our army will take the opportunity to break it." Shang Kexi took the lead in persuading them.

On the one hand, he was really thinking about the Qing army, but on the other hand, he was also afraid of sending his own troops to fight again. After all, no one wanted to consume their own strength.

Wu Sangui also had this idea.

Azig immediately raised his hand and said, "Since that's the case, I will meet Tangning."

After saying that, Azig looked at Belle Boluo at the side, and said, "Boluo, you will lead seven thousand troops to break through the enemy's formation."

Bo Luo immediately bowed and responded, "Yes, Your Highness."

Having said that, Azig did not procrastinate, and made sufficient preparations before attacking.

The chariot can be said to be one of the most important weapons of the Qing army since Nurhachi raised his troops.

The chariot is a kind of chariot, which was improved from the chariot of the Ming army. It has been improved and upgraded many times over the past few decades.

Mu Tongdun, Mu chariot, that is, a shield chariot.

The shield on the chariot is made of thick wood covered with cowhide and iron.

The chariot made in this way, small bricks and stones will not move, big bricks and stones will roll down, and firewood will not burn, and it will not be pierced by cannonballs.

The Qing army stipulated that every 30 people should be equipped with four chariots, operated by [-] people, and the proportion reached [-]%, which shows its status.

Because of this, the Ming army was unable to match the Qing army in field battles, and it was also related to this chariot.

After entering the customs, the Qing government tried its best to cover up the role of this chariot for reasons of stable rule and secrecy.

But now, Azig did not dare to be careless in the face of a strong enemy's new army. In order to reduce the casualties of the Manchu Eight Banners, this weapon with outstanding military exploits had to be used.

But he also knows that he has a car, and the new army also has advanced firearms.

The car can block the direct fire of the bird gun and the tiger squat gun, but Azig is not confident that he can block the shooting of the advanced weapons of the new army. After all, that weapon is far from being comparable to the bird gun.

But the arrow is on the string, and it has to be launched. We can only bet that the new army does not have many advanced weapons.

The next morning, shortly after sunrise, Belleboro set off with his army.

Among them, 4000 people pushed nearly [-] chariots to attack from the front, while Boluo himself led [-] fine riders to detour to the right wing of the new army to watch.

Nearly two hundred chariots spread out and moved forward. The chariots carried soldiers, bird guns, bows and arrows, spears and other combat materials.

Except for the soldiers pushing the carts, the other soldiers hid behind the carts to avoid the bombardment of the new army's artillery fire. At first glance, it looked a bit like the cooperation of infantry and tanks in later generations.

From the perspective of the new army, one after another chariots approached non-stop, and from time to time they could see the shadowy enemy troops behind the chariots.

But in any case, when the enemy approached to about two miles, the shelling began.

"Boom boom boom..." At the beginning, solid bullets were still fired.

Although many shells missed, many fell into the crowd, smashing the enemy soldiers into a pulp.

With a "boom", a shell smashed firmly on the shield of a chariot.

There was only a bang, and the shield fell to pieces and fell backwards. The shells rolled over the car, smashing several Qing soldiers hiding in the car and screaming miserably.

The powerful impact caused the Qing soldiers who were pushing to stagger back and forth, and several fingers and arms were broken on the spot.

This scene was staged everywhere. Some chariots were smashed and lost their function, and were immediately abandoned by the Qing army.

Some were only broken by a corner and could still be used, but they immediately supported them and continued to push them forward.

When the enemy approached to about Lixu, the soldiers of the new army put on grape bullets again.

Grape bullets are not as powerful as solid bullets, but they have a wider coverage and can hit more enemy tanks with one shot.

But the artillery commander of the new army didn't know whether the grape bullets could penetrate this kind of chariot, so he had to try it first.

"Boom boom boom..."

Facts have proved that when using grape bullets, unless it is a frontal hit, it is impossible to penetrate the defense of this kind of car.

Grape bullets are composed of many small lead bullets, so the penetrating power is stronger than that of solid bullets, but the blunt damage is much weaker.

Therefore, it is often seen that the enemy's army is penetrated through holes, but can continue to advance after a while.

As long as the solid bullet hits the front, it is almost always the result of destroying it.

The advantages and disadvantages of the two shells are very obvious, and it is a bit difficult to choose. In the end, the artillery commander quickly decided to use solid shells.

Because in his mind, for enemy tanks, the only way to destroy them is to prevent them from functioning.

Solid bullets are more destructive, and as the enemy distance gets closer, the hit rate of solid bullets has also increased a lot.

Sure enough, as the Qing army's chariots approached, the hit rate of the new army's artillery also increased a lot. One after another, the chariots were destroyed. Boluo felt a pain in his heart from a distance, but he could only grit his teeth secretly.

After the enemy approached more than a hundred feet away, the new army's extermination guns also opened fire.

The Extermination Cannon is a kind of mortar. Although it cannot penetrate the enemy's chariot, it can attack the soldiers behind the chariot through a high elevation angle.

The cannonballs fired by the Mielu Cannon fell on the crowd in the rear like a strengthened hailstorm, causing the Qing army to howl like ghosts and wolves.

However, this did not scare off the Qing army, but aroused the cruelty in their hearts.

"Come on..." the officer growled.

"Ah..." The soldiers pushing the cart shouted loudly, because they knew that the faster they rushed, the less likely they would be hit by one round or even several rounds of artillery from the new army.

(End of this chapter)