Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 315
The invading Rakshasa army is dominated by Cossack cavalry. It has to be admitted that the Cossacks are recognized worldwide as very good cavalry.

In the official history, after two Battles of Yaksa during the Kangxi period, the Qing army captured some Cossack cavalry.

The Qing army had seen the fighting power of the Cossack cavalry, and the Qing government spared no expense to raise these people, so that they would have the same treatment as the Manchu Eight Banners, which shows that the Qing government valued these people.

Napoleon once said: "If I had Cossack cavalry in my army, I would sweep the world with them."

But Napoleon also had to admit that although the Cossacks were excellent cavalry, they were undisciplined and unwilling to dismount to fight, which limited their performance on the battlefield.

Moreover, these people are also ruthless and cruel to innocent people, and they hate them very much whether they are friends or foes.

Tangning also learned that the Cossacks' advantage is light cavalry, and their favorite weapons are spears and sabers.

Of course, now they are also equipped with muskets and matchlock guns.

The army that Tangning sent this time was also elite, especially the cavalry mainly consisted of the original Eight Banners Army, Guan Ning Army and Mongolian Army.

The two parties have not formally met before, and they are both elites, so it is impossible to confirm who will win.

But one thing Tang Ning could confirm was that his firearms were definitely stronger than the opponent's. First of all, in terms of muskets, his side now mainly used flintlock guns, while the opponent's firearms were still matchlocks.

In terms of artillery, one's own side already has a dedicated field artillery, while the opponent may not even have the concept of a field artillery.

The first to encounter the Cossack cavalry was the Ainengqi tribe, because the distance between the Baliyati tribe and the Central Plains was much closer.

Under the leadership of the Buriyati cavalry, Ainengqi came to the area where the enemy was often active.

In the long-term aggression, the Cossacks have gained more and more advantages, and with their cruel nature, they have become more and more arrogant, so they did not hide their whereabouts too much.

Ainengqi was not careless, first sent someone to find out some details about the Cossacks, and then calmly arranged them.

Apparently, the Cossacks did not expect that the Buriyati Department had invited powerful reinforcements, and two thousand Cossack cavalry collided with the Ming army.

However, in order to prevent surprises, Ainengqi divided the team into two teams, led by the Buriyati cavalry, and first detoured to the rear of the enemy's side.

And he personally led [-] cavalry, and [-] infantry took the initiative to fight. At this time, the [-] Cossack cavalry encountered the [-] troops led by Ainengqi himself.

The sudden appearance of an obviously different team really shocked the Cossacks, but they immediately came to their senses and basically confirmed that it should be the Ming army.

After all, although they haven't directly invaded Daming yet, they have never relaxed their search for various information on Daming.

Although the Ming army on the opposite side was obviously several times larger, the arrogant Cossack cavalry was not at all timid, and they also had the capital to be arrogant, not to mention that the Ming army on the opposite side was still dominated by infantry.

Ainengqi did not take the initiative to attack, but quickly set up two hollow phalanxes with [-] infantry. In front of the two phalanxes were more than ten field artillery and more than fifty captive-killing artillery pieces.

The cavalry was placed in the rear.

The Cossack cavalry had obviously never seen a hollow phalanx before. Seeing such an obviously fragile formation by the Ming army, they felt disdain in their hearts, and couldn't help but underestimate the Ming army a lot.

Seeing that the Ming army had no other tricks, the Cossacks didn't delay any longer, and immediately pulled out 1000 people to launch a frontal attack on a hollow phalanx on the left.

The Cossack cavalry were brightly dressed, and they were as famous as their bad reputation. These people rushed directly without any shyness, but they knew that the Ming army had artillery, so they separated their formation as much as possible.

"Boom boom boom..." After the enemy cavalry entered the range, the artillery of the Ming army opened fire first, and the shells fell in the crowd of enemy cavalry, smashing each cavalry into meat, or throwing them up together with their horses. turn.

The Cossacks didn't take it seriously at all, and continued to move forward in a tacit understanding, while keeping distance from each other to make the troops more dispersed, thereby further reducing the lethality of the Ming army's artillery.

The Ming army put on grape shells and shotguns to conduct a round of baptism against the enemy.

Seeing that the next round of shooting could not be carried out, the artillery retreated quickly. The Cossacks also discovered this, and gathered their troops tacitly, preparing to use the powerful impact of the cavalry to smash the fragile defense line of the Ming army in one fell swoop.

"Prepare..." When the enemy cavalry was less than sixty feet away, the commander immediately gave the order, and the sound of the trumpet conveyed the order.

"Shua, Shua, Shua..." The three rows of soldiers facing him immediately raised their muskets, the black muzzles, and the gleaming bayonets all showed serious killing intent.

Seeing so many muskets aimed at him, the attacking Cossacks couldn't help being surprised, but their commander immediately adjusted his order to try to make the team more concentrated.

Because in his mind, the more concentrated the team was, the better the cavalry in the front row could become shields to block the damage for the soldiers behind.

Ainengqi immediately changed his strategy and asked the three rows of soldiers to shoot in batches.

The enemy cavalry quickly approached to about forty feet, and the commander immediately gave an order, "First row, salvo."

"Toot, toot..." The loudspeaker rhythmically conveyed the order.

"Bang..." The soldiers in the first row pulled the trigger without hesitation, and the dense bullets flew forward almost in a line.

"Ah..." Cossack cavalry screamed and fell off their horses.

"Bao'er, ba'er..." The horse hit by the bullet couldn't help neighing.

More than half of the Cossack cavalry who rushed to the front were shaved off.

Soldiers in the first platoon reload immediately after firing.

The commander quickly ordered, "Second row, fire."

The horn sounded immediately, conveying the order accurately.

"Bang..." Another row of Cossack cavalry fell down screaming.

A third volley followed, and the Cossacks fell again.

The three rounds of volleys caused the Cossacks to pay more than one-third of the casualties. They were immediately horrified, and they no longer dared to underestimate the Ming army on the opposite side.

If they hadn't seen that the Ming army was close at hand and felt that it was impossible to shoot a second time, they might have retreated immediately.

Now that the Ming army has finished shooting, and now the distance is close enough, it is their muskets that have played a role.

Therefore, many Cossacks immediately took off the matchlock guns on their shoulders, started aiming, and then shot bang bang bang.

The accuracy of matchlock guns is not as good as the flintlock guns in the hands of the Ming army, and shooting on galloping horses has a great impact on accuracy.

However, the formation of the Ming army was also very dense, so it was inevitable that some casualties were caused.

But now the Ming army is no novice, and their understanding of the hollow phalanx has deepened a lot, so the soldiers in the back row will take the initiative to fill the vacancy left by the fallen soldiers in the front row without the order of the commander.

(End of this chapter)