Daming kill

Chapter 257 It's Too Late to Regret
The order to fire was given by Li Ping.

Zhang Xianzhong even asked him to push the cannon to the front of the two armies, and the crowd was so dense. This kind of good thing is rare, and he didn't want to wait and see to waste a god-sent opportunity.

The ghost knows whether Zhang Xianzhong, who has been preparing on the spot all morning, will hide heavy artillery in the formation, and then knock out the field artillery that he has kept strictly secret and hidden, or blow up his infantry formation.

And it was he who was going to attack.

As long as he has a chance to fire, he can relieve a lot of pressure on the infantry who are about to attack.

These field artillery are Li Ping's most important secret weapon, and also one of his confidence to dare to attack.

Using cannons to tear apart the opponent's infantry line of defense in the field was Napoleon's usual tactic and a magic weapon for attacking and defeating the enemy. Of course, Li Ping had great expectations for this field attack method that first appeared on the Chinese battlefield.

Otherwise, relying solely on infantry or cavalry to charge the battle, the losses would not only be terrible, but also extremely variable.

With the firing of a medium-sized front-mounted cannon on the left and right sides, two solid iron balls also flew out successively in a crossing manner.

The first iron ball passed over the front row of Zhang Xianzhong's army seemingly slowly, smashed into the thick crowd looking around more than 100 meters behind with a black shadow that seemed to be grasped by reaching out, and hit the head of a bareheaded person .

What seems slow is actually a terrible illusion.

If they were soldiers during the American Civil War, they would be very familiar with it, and they would know it well.

The head of this unlucky guy who was hit exploded instantly like a smashed watermelon, and all kinds of red and white pulp accompanied by a large cloud of blood sprayed the people around him.

But the iron ball didn't stop.

It then grazed the neck of another person next to this unlucky guy and opened a huge blood groove, then took half of another person's shoulder, and then penetrated obliquely through a person's abdomen...

At a distance of less than 1000 meters, the artillery that fired the iron ball with a range of up to nearly 2000 meters is enough to guarantee its kinetic energy.

However, due to the high trajectory, the angle when entering the crowd is also a bit wide, and the place where the iron ball landed was very soft and wet, so that it only bounced slightly after landing and then stopped with blue smoke up.

Except for six or seven people, no more lives were harmed.

In a dense and thick crowd, six or seven people gathered together can be almost negligible, and their fragmentation and howling are also difficult to be effectively observed and received by people other than those next to them. It is difficult to cause too much ripple.

While many of Zhang Xianzhong's officers and soldiers were looking around instinctively to find out where the cannonball fell, the iron ball that was fired a little later and shot obliquely at the first cannonball rushed over under the eyes of many people.

Yes, this iron ball was thrown!

The second iron ball landed on a hard ground 80 meters away from the front row of Zhang Xianzhong's army. After picking up a cloud of dust, it bounced up and rushed straight towards the crowd with a clearer black shadow. Then he disappeared into a crowd in a daze.

It wasn't until a moment later that the screams began to sound, and a short slash-shaped gap suddenly appeared at the crowd where the iron ball disappeared.

It was caused by a dozen people who lost their legs and feet and fell to the ground.

But the second shell did not cause too many casualties, it landed too early!And failed to produce a second bounce.

Seeing the effects of the first two cannons, Li Ping frowned slightly.

One angle is too big, and the other angle is a little bit smaller, which is a bit regrettable but acceptable.

Cold cannon fire, the temperature of the gun is not constant, the temperature of the gun barrel is also low, the combination of the hoe of the gun carriage and the ground is not strict, and the technical state of the artillery is still very poor and unstable. To put it bluntly, the state of the artillery at this time is different from Under normal circumstances, the performance parameters are inconsistent, and there may even be large deviations.

And the artillerymen also need to adjust and adapt, especially to judge the distance more accurately, and it will be better later.

Besides, this is only a medium-sized field gun after all, and its power is slightly lower than the legal 12-pound gun that Napoleon used at that time (the effective range is about 800-900 meters, and the maximum range is about 2000 meters). .

This is also the main reason why Li Ping took the risk of pushing the army formation closer to less than 1000 meters (actually eight to 900 meters) from the enemy.

Although solid bullets of this quality can usually penetrate 26 rows of infantry, the recorded record of solid bullets penetrating infantry in history is only [-] rows, killing and injuring dozens of people.

After all, their shooting direction is a slanted line, and the actual distance of the shell movement is more than 1000 meters. In order to ensure that the kinetic energy of the shells is not seriously attenuated, the artillery firing angle, which should be less than 10°, has to be adjusted slightly higher.

Naturally, the perfect low and flat trajectory will not be able to hit it!

So the result is really good.

Sure enough, the continuous firing results of the other medium-sized front-loading guns, which had waited for dozens of seconds, had improved considerably, but they were still unstable.

The shot trajectory still leaves a lot to be desired.

But the second round of firing is obviously different. Most of the shells either directly hit the first row of enemies, or land within 30 meters of the first row of enemies and start to bounce.

Diagonal gaps of more than ten meters or even tens of meters began to appear in Zhang Xianzhong's army, stumps were flying everywhere, screams were everywhere, and screams of fear were everywhere.

But the strange thing is that although Li Ping's artillery reloads quickly, the twelve medium-sized front-loading guns are not light small guns, nor are they Frang machine guns. After all, there is still a long gap between each round of firing.

And in order to prevent the gun from overheating and residual sparks, it insists on dipping and clearing the chamber after each shot. The shooting is strictly limited to no more than two rounds per minute (the dangerous burst loading can be carried out without dipping and clearing the chamber up to four rounds).

In addition, these guns do not have left and right direction adjustments. Even a slight adjustment of the shooting direction requires infantry to help lift the heavy artillery, which further reduces the firing frequency.

But that's it, after they fired six rounds and spent about 5 minutes, Zhang Xianzhong's army hadn't responded yet, only serious confusion appeared.

There are a total of 72 cannons in six rounds, and it is possible to return the cannons without missing a shot. Of course, it is difficult to miss a shot.

Only the twelve medium-sized muzzle-loading guns participated in the firing, and the other 24 guns had insufficient range.

Although the maximum range of the light front-mounted gun can barely be reached, it must be fired in a curved manner, and its lethality is very limited.And even if it can achieve a low shooting distance, the shells can hardly ricochet due to the weight problem, and the significance of firing at this time is very low.

(This is the experience of foreign countries. The occurrence of ricochets has a lot to do with the weight of the shells. Light guns basically cannot shoot ricochets.)
However, even if the 72 shots fired here can only cause ten casualties on average, that is 720 casualties!
Then basically only fight against a general place, which is about the golden section point to the right (east) of Zhang Xianzhong's army formation.

The key to Napoleon tearing apart the opponent's line of defense was not only the use of artillery, but also the concentration of artillery to hit one place.

Who has suffered this!

The piece of Zhang Xianzhong's army that was beaten was basically insane, there were wailing and staggering everywhere.Many people turned around and ran, and then were massacred by the supervisor team behind them.

Zhang Xianzhong's officers and soldiers who could see the tragedy in other places also turned pale, and chaos appeared in many places.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's slow reaction was not all to blame, because Zhang Xianzhong himself was still in shock.

The hero was nearly killed in a second round of shelling.

Zhang Xianzhong is a very courageous person, and of course he is also somewhat reckless and pretentious. Otherwise, he would not hastily observe the Qing army at close range with only seven or eight entourages in history, and was killed by a Qing army. Heavy arrows (heavy arrows with limited range) kill.

This time, he used 10 people to meet Li Ping's 1 people, so it is naturally impossible to be cautious in his actions.

In order to see Li Ping's army with his own eyes, although Zhang Xianzhong didn't stand in the first row, didn't wear bright colors or hold a big banner to expose himself, and didn't stand in the middle of the army, he still stood in the forefront.

It turned out that it was a coincidence, and of course it was not an accident, that the first round of test firing by the Li Ping Artillery was aimed at the vicinity of Zhang Xianzhong's position, but it was deliberately sideways.

Then the first shell of the second round of shelling directly hit the group of horsemen who were still in a daze, and directly smashed the leg of a guard next to Zhang Xianzhong together with the body of the horse.

A big puddle of flesh and blood splashed all over Zhang Xianzhong.

The guards, who were still in shock, hurriedly dragged Zhang Xianzhong through the crowd and walked back.

At this time, the troops will naturally be temporarily ignored and unable to respond.

But Zhang Xianzhong is not a mortal after all.

He knew that he was careless, and he also knew that he must remedy it as soon as possible, otherwise he would be in big trouble.

As soon as he arrived in the back formation, Zhang Xianzhong, whose face was green all over, immediately ordered the left and right to urge the troops to attack instead of the enemy. He was keenly aware that this would cause serious problems.

And Zhang Xianzhong specially ordered the cavalry originally deployed on the left (west side) to immediately attack the artillery closest to them, and the artillery had to be knocked out.

At the same time, he also grabbed Sun Kewang and urgently ordered him to sit on the far right wing (east side) of the army, and not to use the cavalry deployed there lightly for the time being, and hand over the artillery facing the other side to the infantry first.

Zhang Xianzhong felt very uneasy and felt that Li Ping must have other tricks.

Generally speaking, in order to make full use of the maneuverability of the cavalry and not trap the cavalry, the cavalry in the mixed infantry and cavalry formation with the infantry as the main body will be deployed on a certain flank or two wings. Of course, some are deployed in the middle, but these are rare. (such as Yue Fei).

And those deployed at the end are even rarer.

But Zhang Xianzhong just noticed that Li Ping had deployed the cavalry at the back, and the number was obviously wrong with the information he had received, and the figures and postures of those cavalry were generally not right.

Originally, Zhang Xianzhong wanted to observe again, but there were many others, so there was no rush.

But after being bombarded by the cannon, he didn't have time to think about it anymore.

With their backs against Baishui, apart from the front, the only left and right wings that Li Ping could do badly to.And their left wing is more than a dozen miles away from Xiangyin County to the west. Not only can they get the cover of Xiangyin County, but the side is also densely covered with water and swamps, so it is not a big problem.

But the right wing is very open, and the terrain is also very conducive to cavalry assault.

It's just a pity that Zhang Xianzhong reacted quickly, but passing military orders in the chaos was more troublesome than imagined.

But fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong's troops have not yet collapsed.

Before the war, Zhang Xianzhong issued strict orders on the virtues of his troops and organized and arranged a large supervisory team, which played a very important and crucial role.

At the same time, because of Chen Zidao's rebellion, the plan to bury the rare soldiers in Xiangyin county had also gone bankrupt, so Zhang Xianzhong transferred most of the elite there back to the main army this morning for reinforcement.

Coupled with the obvious large number of people and casualties in only one army formation, Zhang Xianzhong's army withstood the shelling despite the chaos.

But when Zhang Xianzhong's troops finally got the order and began to be driven in a panic to prepare to attack, Li Ping's artillery had already fired the seventh round of artillery, and then the artillery fire had already shifted to other places.

At this time, the most inexplicable person was actually Li Ping.

Originally, he came to attack, but he didn't expect to become what he is now after he arrived.

Zhang Xianzhong let his cannon approach, but he was unable to counter it!

You can stay still and bombard the enemy. He is stupid and sends infantry to attack.

If Zhang Xianzhong continues to be beaten passively, he will continue to just use artillery to continue, and he doesn't mind hitting all the places with artillery first. He believes that Zhang Xianzhong's army will collapse in a short time.

Although Zhang Xianzhong has started to move now, it has turned into an offensive and defensive transition between the two of them. Even if Zhang Xianzhong's troops are mobilizing collectively in a semi-encircled state, this may have been planned and arranged by Zhang Xianzhong long ago, otherwise it is not very Possibly so fast and so uniform!

But Li Ping still couldn't be happier.

This allows him to continue to play to his firearms advantage.

It's just that the original battle formation needs to be adjusted, but he is about to complete these soon.

When the fourth round of shelling was carried out, Zhou Wen had already realized this possibility, and then they quickly issued an adjustment order.

The bird gunners were uniformly transferred to the front row.

If it is less than 900 meters, it is not far, nor is it close. You can refer to your physical fitness assessment results for the 1000-meter run in high school.

Then consider the fact that it is basically impossible for charging soldiers to run at full speed, or even at high speed. Most of them are actually jogging or brisk walking.

At this time, the artillery can continue to calmly harvest life for a while.

However, it was also at this distance that Zhang Xianzhong's cavalry unit, which was launched later and made a slight circle, could surpass the infantry and rush directly to the side of Li Ping's right-wing artillery position.

They swept in like a gust of wind and sand, but the team was pulled very long, like a belt.

There are 400 meters left!

A cavalryman of Zhang Xianzhong who rushed to the front showed a grim smile.

He clearly saw that a group of artillery not far ahead was being hurriedly adjusted to point at him, while the infantry surrounding these artillery were still obediently running behind the artillery, trying to make room for the artillery.

It seems to be counting on these artillery to withstand the impact of the cavalry, and it is still an impact from the side.

But his horse had finished accelerating, and the moment was near (actually a little over half a minute).

These officers and soldiers are too confident!

Even if there is still a chance to fire, it is just one shot, and it is not so easy to hit them who are moving at high speed and constantly changing lines by direct bombardment, and there should not be many unlucky ones.

300 meters!
200 meters!
The artillerymen who had completed the preparations for firing in advance finally completed the adjustment of the muzzle of the artillery, but at this time Zhang Xianzhong's cavalry, who were approaching at high speed, also raised their bows and arrows one after another.

Boom...boom...

Six cannons were fired one after another, and a terrible storm of bullets rained one after another in front of the artillery position.

The front peak of Zhang Xianzhong's cavalry at a distance of 200 meters to 400 meters immediately turned upside down with the sound of the cannon, including the cavalry who rushed to the front.

At this time, the sad guy stared at himself falling forward covered in blood, and cursed, "This is a fucking scorpion!"

(End of this chapter)