The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 475
The Qing army cleared the way with more than a thousand chariots.These chariots were as small as two meters wide, and as large as one and a half feet wide. Behind the iron-wrapped wooden boards, there was a layer of sacks filled with soil.

Luck Dehun's direct descendant Zhenghongqi Jianzhou soldiers followed closely behind, quite similar to the model of later generations using tanks to cover infantry to advance in combat.

At the same time, on the right wing of the infantry phalanx, more than 80 cannons of various calibers were pulled behind the chariot and followed by the infantry.After the "teaching" of Gao Xiang and the Russians, the Qing army finally learned the tactics of "concentrated use of artillery".

In fact, the cannons in Luck Dehun's hands should have been far more than these, because Tang Ruowang wasted a lot of cannon casting resources on hexagonal rotary-bore cannons, otherwise he would have at least forty or fifty more heavy cannons.But at the moment, all these cannons have turned into hexagonal revolving bores under Zhu Linmi's "strategy of war and neglect", and they all disappeared in smoke with an explosion.

Next to the Jianlu artillery were more than 2000 cavalry under Chen Tai's command who were responsible for covering the right flank of the infantry, and more than [-] cavalry from the Chi Tailu Battalion under Li Zhongxing.

The left side of the Jianlu infantry phalanx was covered by three thousand Zhenghongqi cavalry from the direct line of Luck Dehun and two thousand Jingying cavalry brought by Dasu.

Another [-] Dasu's elite infantry armor of Xianghuang Banner followed behind the Zhenghong Banner Firearms Battalion. After the Firearms Battalion broke up the Ming army's formation, they rushed forward to fight with swords and spears.

Luck Dehun himself brought more than a thousand Bayalas from the Beijing camp and nearly [-] Huizhou soldiers from Yu Yongshou.

Babutai, who commanded the battle formation of Jianlu infantry, rode on his horse and looked westward with binoculars, with an unconcealable satisfaction on his face, "These Nikans lined up in such a long formation as Gao Xiang said. It traverses more than six miles, but it is extremely thin."

The long snake formation of the Ming army is exactly the same as the "Ming army" played by the green battalion soldiers when the new firearms training battalion performed martial arts.

He immediately reproduced the situation of many previous drills - the new firearms battalion pressed forward, relying on the heavy-duty firearms with a longer range to attack first, and the weak formation of the Ming army was immediately riddled with holes.When the Ming army finally got within range and fired back fire, they found that they couldn't help the fine armor of the soldiers of the firearms battalion, so they had to keep approaching.During this process, the Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion was able to shoot continuously, and was defeated several times before the Ming army entered the effective range.

Even if the Ming army could really approach within [-] to [-] steps, although their firecrackers could cause some damage, the Firearms Battalion immediately abandoned the blunderbuss and rushed up with spears to fight hand-to-hand.Those awkward firecrackers with daggers hanging in the hands of the Ming army were no match for the Eight Banners warriors at all, and they were killed in an instant.

You must know that these martial arts performances were all carried out under the situation that the Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion was not equipped with chariots, and the number of people was roughly equal to that of the Ming army. The Firearms Battalion was able to win a big victory.

And right now, not only do I have thousands of chariots, but the number of people is two and a half times that of the Ming army. This is simply a one-sided massacre.

The more Babutai thought about it, the more excited he became. This time he won the great achievement of destroying the main force of Nanming, and the imperial court would definitely award him a lot, even if he was named a general of the town.

No, he suddenly thought again, when Zhu Lin's tribe is wiped out, it will be like picking something out of a pocket with Lord Baylor's all-out effort to conquer Fujian, and then he is afraid that he will become the duke of the state!

While he was daydreaming, the formation of the Qing army had approached to less than a mile and a half away from the infantry line of the Ming army.The roar of the twelve-pound cannon of the Dragon Guards who fired first brought him back to reality in an instant.

Since it was an encounter, the Dragon Guards hadn't detected where Jianlu's artillery was, so they aimed at the densest enemy formation and fired.

Five [-]-jin iron balls accurately penetrated into the left side of the Qing army's infantry phalanx with a piercing sound. Immediately, three chariots were smashed to pieces, and sawdust, iron pieces, etc. They scattered and flew in all directions, and nearly a hundred Green Battalion soldiers pushing carts were covered in blood, curled up on the ground, rolled and howled.

But the shells remained unabated, they smashed more than [-] captive soldiers to pieces in a row, and then rolled out more than ten feet, breaking the legs of people and horses.

Nanban's cannons are so sharp? !Babutai frowned, and ordered the herald to raise the flag and order his cannons to return fire immediately.

The more than [-] cannons concentrated on Jianlu's right flank hurriedly pushed forward another [-] or [-] steps, and only then did they basically enter the range of the largest caliber heavy artillery.

In fact, the structure of the heavy artillery of both sides is similar, but since Zhu Linmi implemented the process standardization, the casting accuracy of Daming artillery has been greatly improved, coupled with the strict verification and performance wage system, the craftsmen are all careful to build.

Therefore, under the same caliber, the cannons of the Dragon Guards can fire with [-]% more gunpowder.If it were not for the need to save every shell due to the excessive consumption of ammunition, they could have fired earlier.

When Jianlu's heavy artillery entered the effective range, the Qing army had already eaten two rounds of shells in the formation, but the nine-pound artillery of the Dragon Guards was able to reach the front of the enemy's formation.

Immediately, more than a hundred Eight Banners soldiers of the Han Army hurriedly loaded all the ten twelve-pound heavy guns, but after looking for a long time, they couldn't find where to fire. It's not worth it to shoot anywhere.

It was not until the Jianlu officer in command of the artillery battalion urged that the gunners randomly chose a direction, and then fired all ten artillery pieces.

The gunners of the Han Army Banner trained by Cai Shiying have experienced the battles of Songjin, Pianshi, and Tongguan, so they can be regarded as veterans.Half of the ten artillery pieces hit the infantry line of the Ming army directly or indirectly, and more than 20 soldiers died on the spot.

Zhu Linmi saw the gunpowder smoke rising from the Jianlu formation, and immediately looked through the binoculars, only then did she determine where the enemy's artillery was.

When the cannons of the Qing army gathered together appeared in the binoculars, he couldn't help frowning slightly, secretly thinking that Jianlu had also learned to use cannons intensively, but it was a bit troublesome.

The smoothbore guns of the [-]th century had poor hit accuracy. Gathering cannons together and firing salvos can make up for the lack of accuracy by increasing the density of firepower. Compared with shooting scattered in front of the formation, the firepower can even be increased by more than [-]%.

"My lord," the hussars who were scouting before the battle came to report the enemy's situation, "the captives must have more than ten heavy artillery pieces, and a large number of other types of artillery, the number is unknown."

Due to the cover of Chen Tai's cavalry, it is difficult to see the situation of the Jianlu Artillery Battalion clearly.

Zhang Jiayu immediately clasped his hands and said: "My lord, maybe we should mobilize our army's cannons to shoot at the enemy's cannons in order to prevent them from firing."

Zhu Linmi looked at the main force of the Qing army approaching endlessly before her eyes, and couldn't help shaking her head slightly.Although he wasn't worried about the fighting power of the Ming army's infantry line, but this time Jianlu had spread out a huge line of six or seven miles on the plain. Over such a long distance, as long as there was one mistake, the soldiers under his command might pay a huge price. casualties.

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