Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 658 Think about the escape route in advance (please subscribe!)
Ming's skirmishers were obviously well-trained, and their military movements were very professional.

I saw them kneeling on one knee, trying to reduce the area around them that was attacked by enemies.

Regardless of the simplicity of the action, this not only reduces the probability of being shot, but also gives up the shooting vision for the line infantry behind you!

Behind the walking snipers, the line infantry on both wings quickly formed an anti-cavalry hollow phalanx facing the Mongolian cavalry coming around the front line, shooting at the Mongolian cavalry from multiple directions.

The "anti-cavalry" effect of the hollow phalanx is not necessarily to cause much damage to the cavalry, but to "restrain" the "shock" of the cavalry, and have a higher chance of survival in front of the cavalry.

We all know that when an individual cavalry is chasing and killing an individual infantry, it can often easily slash and kill the infantry.

The infantry also often ran all the way without looking back, for fear that if they turned around and were delayed, the cavalry would rush up and chop.

However, there are far fewer hand-to-hand combats between cavalry groups and infantry groups fighting in line. However, infantry hand-to-hand combat is probably a little more than infantry bayonet battles in field battles. After all, Suvorov's Langeron The general has an aphorism whose original text was not dug up by Zhimodikov until the 21st century:

I have been in many wars, but I have never seen two infantrymen actually engage in a bayonet fight, except by force; nor have I seen two cavalry collide.There will always be one side retreating before the other arrives, but two or three times in my military career I have seen cavalry break into infantry.

To put it bluntly, when the cavalry attacked the infantry, most of the situation was a collective psychological game. Both the infantry and the cavalry were anxiously waiting for how close the infantry would bring the cavalry before firing.

As for how close is close, even tacticians with similar views may not be able to reach a consensus.

The cavalry was betting that the infantry would tremble with fear as the horseshoes approached, and their hands would shake until the effect of the firepower's damage dropped sharply, and then disperse and flee on their own. government.

In addition, the hollow phalanx is surrounded by people, and there is no rear and flanks to some extent. Naturally, the cavalry cannot go around the rear, and the morale of the infantry will not drop sharply as soon as they come up. It may run away, but it will make the phalanx tighter and tighter.

The range of Ming's trigger rifles is much higher than that of nomadic cavalry, so the Mongolian cavalry were temporarily scared off after suffering from the loss of range.

In the game between the Mongolian cavalry and the infantry of the Ming Defense Force, the Ming won.

The battle in the central battlefield is simpler and more brutal.

The slaves who were crushed by the Ming artillery ran away screaming. The Mongolian armored infantry had no intention of suppressing them at this time, but under the cover of their own archers, they took advantage of the chaos to charge the Ming army's front line!
This is the confrontation of hot and cold weapons, the confrontation between nomadic civilization and industrial civilization.

The line infantry of the Ming Defense Forces have raised their trigger rifles!
"shooting!"

Bang bang bang!
The powerful lethality of the Minie bullet directly penetrated the armor that was not thick on the opposite side!
What's even more frightening is that the wound produced by the conical Minie bullet is different from the spherical bullet of the previous musket.

Because of its greater mass, higher muzzle velocity, and stronger penetration into the human body.

Ball bullets often remain in the body and create tortuous wounds as they are ejected by muscles, tendons, and bones.

Minie bombs often penetrate the soft tissues of the human body directly, even if they hit hard bones, they are directly crushed and passed through, and rarely remain in the body.

The comminuted and open fractures caused by the Mini bombs usually have amputation as the only treatment option under the medical conditions in the prairie, and if they hit a large blood vessel, it would be directly fatal.

Tai Ji Sun Chengyun, who was sitting in the rear, saw his subordinates falling down one after another under the salvo of Ming rifles, his face was full of horror!
He pointed at the Xia Army infantry who were skillful in loading and shooting, and shouted: "No wonder my father was defeated in the Hunan battlefield a few years ago, it was still 500 steps ([-] meters) away, how could the range be so far! "No one answered him, and the Mongols around him also showed shock and were speechless for a long time.

In their sight, the Mongolian infantry fell one after another against Daming's shooting, just like they were mowing the grass before, falling in pieces!
In order to support the infantry, Sun Chengyun could only take a gamble and let the Mongolian cavalry on both wings rush to harass the opposite side.

Thereby gaining time and space for the infantry to get close.

After giving the order to the Mongolian cavalry to charge, Sun Chengyun whispered to his guards in Chinese behind his back: "Order to the brothers in the green battalion to get on their horses quickly. If the situation is not right, immediately retreat with Ben Taiji!"

In order to adapt to the prairie, the infantry of the green battalion line have all undergone riding training, and they can basically ride, so they can be regarded as a qualified cavalry infantry.

Good guy, it turns out that the real function of letting the Mongolian cavalry charge is to buy time for yourself to retreat!

Anyway, it's not a bad thing to consume a little more life for the Mongols.

It's just that the Mongolian cavalry on the flanks couldn't please them. They tried to open the situation by riding and shooting.

The soaring casualties made Qianhu Nayan who led the cavalry fight no longer calm down.

Originally, they naively thought that launching a charge against the Ming army could easily tear apart the Ming army's battle line composed of infantry.

But then, the Mongolian cavalry who charged towards the Ming army were hit by more intense firepower, and they barely rushed to the front of the Ming army's phalanx against the rounds of projectiles fired at them.

At this time, they found in despair that the rifles in the hands of the Ming army had turned into spears, and the phalanx formed by the Ming army was like a hedgehog, which made them speechless!
"Don't stop, rush over! Tear their phalanx!"

The Qianhu Nayans of the Mongolian cavalry shouted loudly, trying to drive the accepted cavalry to move forward.

But the Mongolian cavalry is also human, they are not fools, they have long been frightened by the continuous salvo of the Ming army!

Even if they wanted to charge, the horses under their crotches were still afraid of the rifles and bayonets in the hands of the enemy, snorting anxiously and hesitated.

The horses are not running anymore, so they can't get off their horses and use human flesh to open the way, right?

The helpless Mongolian cavalry Qianhu had no choice but to change tactics, leading his men to move around the Ming army phalanx, trying to find a weak point to break through.

But while they were in motion, the Ming snipers in the phalanx loaded their rifles with sniper scopes in an orderly manner, and shot at the riders who obviously had better armor among the Mongolian cavalry.

Amidst the continuous gunfire, Qianhumen among the cavalry was sniped one after another by the light infantry who withdrew into the phalanx!

The Mongolian cavalry who lost their command were finally too scared to fight again!

They yelled, turned their horses and ran away amidst the neighing of their horses. Their Taiji was Han, not even Mongol, so naturally they would not fight to the last drop of blood for Sun Chengyun.

The moment they fled, Sun Chengyun led the Green Battalion soldiers to escape before them.

Escape on the battlefield, as long as you run one step faster than your allies, you can sit back and relax.

(End of this chapter)