Destiny Only Han

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Drums rumble.

Although the Han army had unlocked the technology of telegraph machines, drumming was still the most efficient means of command before walkie-talkies were unlocked.

Flags for mobilizing troops were waved, and groups of soldiers in armor slowly stepped forward.

If you look closely at this time, you will find a particularly interesting scene.

The two armies at war with each other in front of them wore exactly the same armor and held the same weapons...

At this time, Liu Zhao began to scold the profiteers.

Well, it’s Shangxian Tang.

Those guys are after money, and they will sell the armored halberds for money!

But actually, the culprit is someone else.

It's just that Liu Zhao didn't dare to scold, or even think about it...

Gradually, when the sun rose higher and higher, casting dazzling light on the earth, the God of War began to roar.

boom!boom!boom!
The twelve-pounder infantry guns placed on both sides of the army roared.

In an instant, the ground shook.

But unfortunately, there were very few casualties.

King Sunga stood on the back of the elephant and breathed a sigh of relief.

He saw from the telescope that the artillery shells landed in front of the Sundanese army's formation, and the subsequent ricochet only smashed a few shields, and the casualties were almost negligible.

"Han army, that's all!"

"Han is just a paper tiger!"

King Xunjia sneered, thinking that he had killed his father to seize the throne, had a tough attitude towards Han, and was right to start a war with Han until now!
After all, only when the tide recedes will we know who is not wearing the Kuchazi!
He waved his hand and the order to attack was passed down to the front of the formation.

In this battle, the Sunga Kingdom's formation was thick and wide. Fourteen thousand troops were deployed along the Ganges River. The 5 people at the front were Moros, the most elite soldiers of the Sunga Kingdom. Those people were battle-hardened. This is the trump card that the Sunga Kingdom can use to subdue many vassal states and frighten its enemies.

In the era of cold weapons, morale is the most important.

Many times, casualties do not occur when the two armies are fighting, but when one side is defeated and the other side takes advantage of the victory to pursue them.

If you put the miscellaneous soldiers in front and think about using those people to consume the enemy's physical strength, it is very likely that the miscellaneous soldiers will be quickly defeated by the enemy, and the fleeing soldiers will overwhelm the main force's front, eventually causing the entire army to collapse...

Therefore, it can only be ace versus ace, winner takes all!

While the flags were fluttering, groups of Sunga infantry advanced in formation.

They held halberds and crossbows in their hands, carried iron shields on their backs, and wore iron armor composed of thousands of armor leaves. They marched like steel fortresses.

Slowly, but unstoppably!

And among them, there were many cavalrymen who were also like tin cans.

These people are Kshatriyas who have practiced martial arts since they were young. Now they are equipped with armor, which is the trump card that can determine the outcome of the war between Sunga Kingdom and neighboring countries in the past.

Further back, there is the elephant.

This is the traditional military branch of the Sunga Kingdom.

To be precise, it is the traditional military force of the various countries.

However, with the changes in the form of warfare, especially the increasing armor rate, war elephants, which are extremely difficult to tame and are a double-edged sword, have gradually withdrawn from the combat order.

Therefore, those standing on the elephants were not soldiers with helmets and armor, but Brahman monks wearing clothes decorated with gold, agate, coral and other objects.

They were chanting scriptures loudly.

Pray to their gods to grant their soldiers courage and victory, and if possible, kill the Han army on the opposite side with a thunderbolt...

Among the Han troops, Liu Zhao looked normal, but his heart was full of anxiety.

In the previous round of test firing, the artillery was not as powerful as he expected.

This is mainly because the humidity and wind speed of the battlefield will affect the accuracy of the artillery.

At this moment, the artillerymen are adjusting the charge amount, the elevation angle of the artillery and many other data based on the feedback data.

Jia Yi looked at it for a while and felt dizzy.

He knew all the symbols that made up the formula, but that was all...

After all, he is a liberal arts student.

At this moment, Jia Yi finally understood what Zhou Yafu had said before when he repeated Liu Ying's words.

Before the application of artillery in war, the first brother in the army was the cavalry, but after that, artillerymen were the well-deserved first-class people!

Without him, just by calculating data such as ballistics and charge, the combined brains of the nearly [-] cavalrymen on the battlefield could not compare to that four-eyed boy named Zhang Lei!

Well, Zhang Lei is Zhang Cang's grandson. He is now the deputy commander of the Black Crow Knights and the artillery commander.

In this battle, Zhang Lei was mobilized to take orders under Liu Zhao.

After a while, the artillery adjustment was completed.

However, Zhang Lei did not order immediate shooting.

With Jia Yi's face full of confusion, a hot air balloon rose slowly. Two thick hemp ropes were tied to the stone pier, allowing the balloon to rise only more than a foot high before no longer rising.

Zhang Lei was sitting inside.

Jia Yi poked the envious Liu Yingke with his elbow and asked, "What are you doing?"

Liu Yingke explained:

"When the artillery fires, there will be thick smoke coming out. There is no wind today, so after a few shots are fired, nothing can be seen clearly here."

"So, someone needs to stand at a high place to direct the artillery fire."

"In the past, we used to make a temporary cloud car for people to sit on."

"But that's too troublesome. Now we have this kind of hot air balloon that can fly into the sky. It's much easier to use than that kind of cloud car!"

Jia Yi nodded and said nothing.

At the same time, as Zhang Lei waved the command flag, the sharp whistle sounded continuously.

This was the order to fire.

boom!boom!boom!
The twelve-pounder roared again.

After all, the Han army and the Xunjia army were separated by just over one kilometer. On the plain, the four-pounder gun was not enough to maintain accuracy and lethality at that distance.

But this time, the adjusted shells landed among the Sunga people very accurately.The ravines where the shells passed were emitting bursts of heat, as well as a bloody smell that was so rich that it couldn't be dissolved.

Many Sundanese soldiers stood still, their eyes fixed, and they were all stunned.

Their bodies were covered with the flesh, blood and body parts of their comrades.

warm.

Still a little sticky.

What's more, a soldier's face was covered with half of his large intestine, and the food residue that had not been completely eliminated from the body emitted bursts of pungent sour smell.

But as elites in all battles, they had seen many scenes that were no less disgusting and tragic than the one before them.

Therefore, after being stunned for a short time, they immediately marched in formation at the officer's command.

Then, the sharp sound of breaking through the air sounded again in the sky.

boom!boom!boom!
Every time an iron ball fell, it took away at least a dozen or twenty lives.

But this is only a drop in the ocean compared to the [-] former troops.

However, the key to the problem is that the most important thing in combat in the cold weapon era is formation.

In the formation is the commander, and on the left and right are the robes who share life and death. Only in this way can everyone have the courage to fight the enemy to the death.

Therefore, this resulted in the sluggish movement of the infantry phalanx.

The Xunjia army and the Han army are two kilometers apart. According to the marching speed of the phalanx, it will take them 10 minutes to walk the remaining distance to reach the distance where they can shoot with the Han army with crossbows. Within these 10 minutes, The only option they have is to get beaten!

As a result, the battle-hardened generals of the Xunjia Kingdom quickly made adjustments.

The cavalry moved out.

They had never seen what Han artillery looked like before, but they learned from King Xunjia what artillery was and how it would attack.

Therefore, they cannot sit still and wait for death!
After all, the Han army's infantry is also waiting in tight formation. Even if their infantry is not afraid of death and can withstand such ultra-long-range attacks and walk to the front of the Han army's battle, their military formation will definitely be bombarded by Han army's artillery.

One side has a messy formation, while the other side is well-organized. It goes without saying who wins and who loses.

But they could not spread out and march to reduce casualties.

Without him, when the Xunjia infantry dispersed, it would be the moment for the Han cavalry to charge in groups!
When the time comes, death will be even worse!

Therefore, although it is not in line with their usual tactics to let the cavalry attack alone, it can only be done like this!

After all, their king was stolen from Han...

Well, I borrowed a military book, and there is a very reasonable passage in it.

Water is controlled by the ground, and soldiers are controlled by the enemy.Therefore, soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape.Those who can win due to changes in the enemy are called gods.

Therefore, the infantry phalanx split, and groups of Sundanese armored cavalry holding halberds began to charge.

One kilometer is an insurmountable gap for infantry, but for cavalry, it is just a blink of an eye!

Da da da, da da da!

Horseshoe rumbling.

When the canned cavalry launched a charge, it was truly overwhelming!

It's a pity that they are too slow.

Liu Zhao, who witnessed all this, smiled from ear to ear.

The same is true for Zhou Yafu.

Not to mention that the Marines equipped with muskets were arrayed next to the artillery. The four-pounders alone were enough to deal with the slow-running armored cavalry.

Shotgun.

Those iron sheets and steel balls carrying tens of thousands of joules of energy will tear apart the armor of the cavalry like a hot knife cutting through butter.

After all, they are too slow.

The form of war has quietly become completely different from before.

On the other side, Zhou Yafu immediately led the soldiers of the Black Crow Knights to charge.

Their target was naturally the Xun heavy infantry that had been torn apart by the artillery.

In particular, the opponent lacked cavalry protection.

Although the Han army's strength of five thousand was not enough for the cavalry to trample the joint camp, the cavalry of the Black Crow Knights had been upgraded many times, and they were no longer the melee cavalry that held halberds and combined man and horse.

At this moment, they held a carbine in their hands and a saber on their waist.

And there were six large-caliber pistols hanging on their right legs and next to the saddles...

Although nondescript, it was enough to defeat tens of thousands of heavy cavalry in horse armor after a wave of charges.

All beings are equal under the gun.

Whether it is an armored unit or an unarmored unit.

They are all dead!
Amidst the sharp sound of the horn, the black torrent rolled away wildly under the guidance of the red flag.

The infantry phalanx of the Sunga Kingdom immediately stopped advancing.

Moreover, they also began to shrink inwards.

This is to avoid exposing the weaknesses of the phalanx.

At the same time, powerful crossbows began to be cocked, waiting for the Han cavalry to fire intensively as they approached.

The most powerful arrow of a crossbow cannot penetrate Lu's silk.

Even the high-quality crossbow arrows produced by the Han Dynasty were still not enough to penetrate the armor of the cavalry at long distances.

Zhou Yafu sneered when he saw this, raised his arms high, and amid a whistle, the cavalry following him stopped a stone's throw away from the Xunjia infantry.

Well, it's 100 meters.

Then, there was a burst of gunfire as dense as fried beans.

The most powerful arrow of a crossbow cannot penetrate Lu's silk.

But muskets can, especially rifled carbine flintlocks.

ps: I recommend a movie, "The National Salvation Alliance", which tells the story of the December people during the Tsarist Russia. You can see the shock and damage of artillery to infantry in it.