I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 96
"Oh!"

A shell accurately hit a Qing artillery that was advancing forward. The powerful kinetic energy and high temperature ignited the gunpowder filled in the barrel on the spot.

In just an instant, a violent explosion engulfed several Qing soldiers pushing the artillery forward.

The same scene also happened to other Qing artillery brigades simultaneously.

Although the hit rate of the Ming army's red-coated heavy artillery was not very high, ten heavy artillery fires at once, coupled with the slow movement of the Qing army's artillery, even though more than half of the shells were empty, they still took away several Qing army artillery pieces. There are gunners.

Oh, not all of those that were smashed were empty, but two of them flew directly into the charging Qing army array.

Thanks to the dense array of the Qing army, the power of these two shells did not decrease at all after taking away the two unlucky front row Qing soldiers. They fell to the ground and bounced up again.

Then it began to wreak havoc in the Qing army array. Every bounce and impact could take away several Qing soldiers. There was a supervisory Qing soldier at the back who was wearing armor and belts and subconsciously raised his hands to resist.

However, under the weight of the basketball-sized shell and the inertial impact, his arm was fractured on the spot, and three ribs on his chest were even broken. Blood was flowing from his mouth, and he fell to the ground wailing in pain. It seemed that he would not live long.

However, his wailing was of no use. The Ming gunners quickly cleaned and reloaded the shells.

"Boom boom boom..."

With loud noises, the ten heavy artillery fired again, and the target was still the advancing artillery positions of the Qing army.

Yang Gong's fighting style was simple and crude, and he did not have many troops. Although the red heavy artillery was powerful, it was rare in number. There were only ten of them. If they were to compare with the Qing army's artillery, they would definitely not be able to compare with the Qing army's artillery.

In this case, fortunately, the Qing army was ignored, and the range and power advantages of the heavy artillery were directly used to focus on destroying the artillery battalions of the Qing army.

However, the Qing army was unable to resist Yang Gong's unconventional fighting style.

After all, unlike the Ming army, the Qing army came with many heavy artillery. The Qing army's artillery was mostly small land combat artillery, similar to the squatting tiger cannon, which was only suitable for field battles.

Both the power and the range are far inferior to the Ming army's red heavy artillery, but they are more numerous than the Ming army, with about fifty.

As for why these artillery were brought instead of powerful ones, firstly, Hangzhou Prefecture itself does not have many usable heavy artillery, and it would cost money to build new ones. This is completely unnecessary. Secondly, the army cannot carry such heavy artillery when crossing Huyuan River. .

Therefore, the Qing army had no choice at this moment, and the artillery range was out of reach. As soon as it advanced, it would be bombarded by the Ming army's heavy artillery, and each wave could always take away several.

After several consecutive rounds of artillery bombardment, almost half of the Qing army's artillery team was scrapped, and the rest did not dare to move forward at all.

The artillery battle between the two armies here has temporarily ended. In the center of the battlefield, the forwards of the two armies have finally come into close contact.

Without any instructions, the forward troops of the Ming Army, with daily training and muscle memory, first ordered the fire cannons to fire in three volleys, no matter how many Qing soldiers were killed. After the three rounds of shooting, the spearmen and sword and shield men began to charge. , and started a hand-to-hand battle with the Qing army.

With the triple blessing of good discipline, morale, and the quality of the soldiers, the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides only lasted less than half a quarter of an hour, and the Qing army's forward troops became somewhat unable to withstand it.

Although the number of these Qing troops was far greater than that of the Ming army, they were essentially soldiers recruited from the young and strong of ordinary people. After suffering from hunger and cold, their physical fitness was not as good as eating enough food every day, and there was still the smell of meat. Mingjun who supplements nutrition.

Even a daily march can't go very far, let alone such a violent hand-to-hand combat.

In addition, although Yang Gong's First Army was composed of surrendered troops from the original Qing army, its main force had received professional discipline training in Taiwan, and later came to Fujian without delay.

Under discipline and prohibition, Yang Gong's own army was not inferior to any new Ming army. ,

And Yang Gong is adventurous. Although he is no longer the leader of the charge as the commander of an army, his own army is still at the forefront.

With this headquarters army taking the lead, although the formations of other Ming armies were somewhat scattered after participating in the war, their overall discipline was still far superior to that of the Qing army at war.

These Qing troops are called Hangzhou Recruitment at best, but at worst they are a group of young men who simply train and have no understanding of battlefield discipline.

They only knew how to rush with the officers and soldiers. It was for this reason that Huang Sheng dispersed his army of supervisors and organized them into an army of [-] people, in order to take the lead in the battle.And as I said before, Huang Sheng has some military talent, but only a little.

This method of his is fine if the battle goes with the wind, it can indeed boost morale and lead the charge, but if the battle goes against the wind...

The war is still going on. Although the strength of the Qing army is more than twice that of the Ming army, when they start fighting now, they are completely suppressed.

Soldiers continued to fall. Among them were the supervisors of the Qing army and soldiers of the Ming army. Most of them were those Hangzhou soldiers wearing simple military uniforms. Who gave them the worst combat effectiveness.

But even so, the Qing army still did not collapse.After all, this is a battle involving nearly [-] troops. Just the suppression of the forwards cannot completely determine the outcome of the battle.

Moreover, Huang Sheng's admiral Biao battalion was barely holding on at the front. Those supervisors did not retreat, and the other recruits who could only blindly follow the army only knew how to follow.

If you're lucky, you'll just retreat. If you're unlucky, you'll fall to the ground and become a cold corpse. No, you can't even pass it off as a corpse, because under the trampling of tens of thousands of troops, even the corpse will be transformed beyond recognition.

"Send the order and let Tianlei Battalion go to fight!" Yang Gong could already see that the Qing army was at the end of its war effort and only needed this last fire.

As Yang Gong's order was issued, the Tianlei Battalion, which had been occupying the central army, was finally dispatched.

In comparison, this Tianlei Battalion is the best army in the First Army, except for Yang Gong's own army.

Moreover, although the style of military uniforms is no different from that of other Ming armies, the spirit alone is obviously not something other armies can possess.

This Ming army, which totaled more than [-] people and was equipped with only a waist sword, quickly rushed to both flanks of the army in the form of an infantry phalanx.

"Take the thunder from the sky!"

The two battalion commanders shouted in unison, and all 500 people took out an iron can from their waists.

"Ignite the fire! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! Long live the Jianguo!"

"Ming wins! Long live Jian Guo!"

……

The 500 people shouted in unison, then lit the fuse on the jar (a principle of the matchlock gun) and threw it towards the Qing army's formation.

On this day, Lei Camp not only trained in various ways to strengthen physical fitness and arm strength, but the food was also the best. Meat every meal was a must.

Huang Sheng, who was watching the battle from the rear, saw that his side was retreating steadily. His face was already red with anger and he was about to curse.

At this moment, the deputy general on the side suddenly shouted: "Sir, what is that?"

Huang Sheng looked up and saw hundreds of black dots suddenly flying into his own army. The size couldn't be cannonballs, and there was no sound from the cannons. They looked more like rocks.

"Ming thief, this is..."

Before Huang Sheng finished speaking, violent explosions suddenly echoed over the Qing army.

Fires filled the sky with the explosion, as if a yellow flower had bloomed in the Qing army.

Huang Sheng was stunned at this moment, and the deputy general on the side even shouted: "There are evil ways, my lord, there are evil ways for bright thieves!"

　Tsk... I feel like there is no one around, and indeed the shelves are half as low ε=(ο｀*))) Alas

　　
　
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