Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 723

The power of the Mines gun is indeed in stark contrast to the firecrackers originally used by the Ming army.

Only 100% of the [-] Minie guns in the first round misfired, and the killing effect caused by the other [-] successful firing Minie guns was quite astonishing.

When using firecrackers to kill the enemy, the hit rate is only about 20% each time. The casualties were only about [-] people, and the rest of the bullets were basically just listening to the sound.

But the shooting effect of the rifled Mines gun is completely different. After the blunderbuss rotates with the rifling at high speed and flies out of the barrel, it maintains a stable flight path, unlike the firecracker. Flying around regularly, so the accuracy of the Minie gun has been greatly improved.

The Mines gun, which was used in actual combat for the first time, shined brilliantly, with an astonishing hit rate of more than [-]%. After the first round of gunfire, fifty or sixty Spanish soldiers either fell to the ground wailing, or remained silent. Died on the spot, the remaining Spanish soldiers suddenly became a mess.

In the era when individual tactics had not yet been formed, the two armies faced each other head-on when fighting, and when they were attacked by the opponent's intensive firepower, the soldiers did not know that they should lie down on the spot or find cover to hide and then fight back. Therefore, when the supreme commander was killed on the spot, the Spanish soldiers were completely confused in the face of the sudden fire from the flanks.

At this time, another advantage of the Minie gun, which is fast loading and firing, is fully demonstrated again.

Just when the Spanish soldiers more than a hundred steps away were running around like headless chickens, after a tense operation of just over [-] breaths, the second round of loading of the Ming army had been completed. With the sound of the trumpeter, Two hundred muskets were leveled up again, and the dark muzzles were pointed at the Spanish soldiers who were fleeing towards Manila.

After the second round of musketry started, due to the loose formation of the Spanish soldiers, the killing effect was slightly worse than that of the first round. However, more than 30 Spanish soldiers were shot and fell to the ground. After two rounds, there were only less than 400 in total. The first battalion of Spanish soldiers in China has lost nearly [-]%.

"Get stabbed!

Team up and charge! "

The horn ticked twice sharply.

Seeing that the enemy began to flee, and the figures of a hundred soldiers in charge of intercepting the front appeared, Li Dingguo decisively gave the order to pursue.

The soldiers pulled out the one-foot-long spikes from their waists one after another, stuck the iron handles on the bayonet below the muzzle, and rushed out of the forest in the usual formation of mandarin ducks during training.

Of course, the gun stabbing is also Zhu Youjian's idea.

At first, the craftsmen of the Military Arms Supervision used the method of inserting the thorns into the muzzles of the guns, but this made the muskets unable to shoot in a short time. The skilled craftsmen of the country immediately improved it, and finally formed a model similar to the bayonet device of later generations.

The 100 soldiers of the Ming army who blocked the front approached the fleeing Spanish soldiers first. These 150 soldiers did not install spears. They stopped when they were [-] steps away from the Spanish soldiers who were trying to resist stubbornly. Amidst the voice of the command, a three-stage formation was quickly formed, and the muskets were fired under the inexplicable gaze of these Spanish soldiers.

Compared with the old firecrackers used by the Ming army, the heavy muskets used by the Spanish soldiers have a longer shooting range, and the effective range can reach about [-] steps. However, at this distance, the hit rate of the smoothbore gun is equivalent to winning the lottery probability.

When they saw the Ming army setting up a shooting formation at a super long distance, after being surprised, these brave Spanish soldiers still marched forward under the command of a captain, preparing to fight with the Ming army after reaching the effective range. Spread out.

No one thought that at such a long distance, the Ming army's muskets could hit them. The Ming army had just prepared for the confrontation in advance.

But before they could take a few steps, white smoke rose from the firing formation of the Ming army on the opposite side, and at least 60 of the 20 muskets were fired successfully, followed by roaring gunshots like popping beans. Nearly [-] of the team of Spanish warriors, consisting of about five or [-] people, were knocked down in an instant. The captain who was at the front of the team fell to the ground and died after being hit in the chest by a bullet.

After a brief shock, the small group of Spanish soldiers turned around and fled back amidst wild screams.

What kind of muskets are used by this group of troops of unknown origin? How can they still cause serious damage to them at such a long distance? This is simply terrible!

But before the surviving Spanish soldiers ran far, gunshots sounded again behind them, and the second round of gunfire from the Ming army came, and more than ten Spanish soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, and the remaining Spanish soldiers were terrified. Throwing away the heavy musket in his hand, full of all kinds of incredible emotions, shouting like desperately trying to speed up the speed of escape.

Is the army on the opposite side sent by the devil? !
Are they using muskets made by the devil?
More than 200 meters can still hit!
But what they didn't expect happened again.

At a distance of about 300 meters, the Ming army fired a third round with one hundred muskets.

As the distance increased, the hit rate dropped sharply this time, but seven or eight Spanish soldiers were still shot and fell to the ground.

In less than 2 minutes, only a dozen of the small Spanish army of five or sixty survived. The minds of the rest of the soldiers were blank. The fourth round of gunshots from the Ming army flew, and two more comrades beside them fell to the ground, and the few people who were alive seemed not to notice it.

The pursuit of the Ming army did not achieve much effect.

The Spanish soldiers were not too fast when they fled at first, and some even stopped, hesitating whether to join the counterattack camp, but after witnessing the tragic situation of their comrades being killed in an instant, everyone started Run away.

In the process of running wildly, they threw away all the things that could be discarded on their bodies without hesitation. The ghosts became the ghosts of the soldiers of the Ming army, and the soldiers of the Ming army could only watch helplessly as the Spaniards left behind a large cloud of dust and gradually disappeared from sight.

Around noon that day, the [-] Ming troops who had landed and assembled arrived at the foot of the Royal City of Manila.

　Thanks to Pluto Qian, Jeffrey, and the cake robber for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)