The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 680 Decisive Battle in Jiangnan ([-])

The Raksha people had already lined up more than a dozen columns of assault formations, and ran towards the Dragon Guard artillery battalion at the fastest speed.

This is also a standard tactic derived from the Spanish phalanx.There are only six people in front of each column, but thirty rows follow behind. The purpose is to reduce the bombardment area during the charge.

Sure enough, the Light Artillery Battalion only issued the order to fire three times, and the cannon even had time to fire once before the Luocha soldiers rushed within fifteen steps.

Immediately, Yakov gave an order, and more than 600 mercenaries who were not hit by the cannon quickly deployed into a phalanx of skirmishers, and fired a volley of heavy matchlock guns that had been prepared on the long-handled tomahawk.

Before the smoke from the matchlock gun dissipated, Yakov, who was as strong as a bear, roared, "Ulla!" He rushed out first with his guards.

The Luocha officer behind him immediately directed the Buryat soldiers to throw away their matchlock guns, grabbed their axes and rushed up together.The entire battle process was extremely smooth, which shows that Tsarist Russia also spent a lot of effort training these Mongolian soldiers.

After the column approached, spread out, conduct a salvo suppression, and then rush up to fight hand-to-hand. This is the standard tactic in Europe for infantry to attack artillery.

When Yakov could barely see the cannons of the Qingming Army from the smoke of gunpowder in the sky—just now the artillery battalion was firing non-stop, and the surrounding sky was filled with black smoke—he couldn’t help being stunned.

According to his experience, after a group of infantry fired a volley of guns at the artillery at such a close range, even if the gunners did not collapse, there must be a situation where corpses were scattered all over the field and unmanned artillery was discarded everywhere.

But at this moment, what appeared in front of his eyes were thirty or so neck-high iron plates, arranged neatly with each other, and there was no such thing as the expected mess.

Looking carefully, he found a black cannon barrel protruding from the center of the iron shield. He was shocked at the moment. Could it be that the suppression shot just now was blocked by these iron shields...

Before he could finish his thought, the cannons in front of him suddenly roared, and what they spewed out from the muzzles were large pieces of scattered bullets.

Most of the Tsarist Russian mercenaries were looking at the gun shields in amazement. Unexpectedly, countless iron balls rushed towards them. Including Yakov, who had the highest military rank, nearly 300 people were torn to pieces.

The Buryat mercenaries were all weak in their feet, and many of them turned their heads to flee. Yakov's deputy, Vladik, hurriedly ordered the Tsarist Russian officers to stabilize their men and continue to attack the enemy.

He knew that at such a close distance, the artillery would never be an opponent of the infantry. As long as he could withstand the blow without collapsing, the victory would definitely belong to him.As long as these Ming people are wiped out, His Majesty the Tsar will be able to get the Far East foothold he dreams of!

The Russians are really ruthless in fighting.The Slavic officers squeezed through the gap between the cannons with red eyes, and swung their iron axes to attack the artillerymen behind.

Encouraged by the officer, the Mongolian mercenaries in the back all dared to follow up.

The Light Artillery Battalion of the Dragon Guard Army discarded all their weapons in order to rush on their way, and the only thing they could use to attack the enemy was the cannon in their hands.

Around a No. [-] Franc cannon, two soldiers raised shells and threw them at the rushing Tsarist Russian mercenaries.In order to increase the speed of firing, the other person took out the blunderbuss that had just been fired, which were still extremely hot, with his bare hands, and immediately there was a smell of scorched flesh.

As soon as the loader picked up the new gun, he was chopped down by the Mongolian soldier with an axe. The aimer next to him roared and threw himself down the enemy in the orange short robe.

The gunner stepped forward to pick up the blunderbuss and stuffed it into the barrel of the gun, turned the muzzle to aim at the densely packed enemy army, and the ax flashed behind him, half of his body was almost split open, and he immediately fell into a pool of blood.

The igniter on the side was a recruit. Seeing his comrades fall one after another, he stood there in fear and didn't know what to do.Seeing this, the cannon commander exerted his last bit of strength, propped up his body slightly, and hissed, "Li Jiushuan, fire the cannon!"

Li Jiushuan was startled awake by the sound, and turned his head to see a Rakshasa man stomping the blood-soaked cannon commander over, causing the latter's internal organs to spurt out.

He immediately burst into tears, "Team Wei Guan!!"

But the latter is no more.

Li Jiushuan saw the Rakshasa man approaching with an ax in a threatening manner, desperately resisting the thought of turning around and running away, wiped away his tears, went up to the iron ax, and accurately ignited the fuze with the torch in his hand.

The moment the ax blade landed on Li Jiushuan's arm, the No. [-] Frang machine gun exploded, and almost all the Luocha soldiers within ten steps were shot through their bodies by the iron ball, and six died on the spot.

When Li Jiushuan saw this scene, a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then his eyes darkened, and he fell to the ground.

The artillerymen in the front row all fought desperately like this, 31 of the 24 cannons fired the final blow angrily, and almost all of the 230 five gunners who operated the cannons died for their country!
In exchange for their sacrifice, more than [-] enemy troops were killed at close range.

Chen Xiongfei's hand holding the saber turned blue-purple due to too much force.

None of the artillery battalion soldiers in the front row were afraid of the enemy fleeing. How could Chen Xiongfei waste the moment they won by holding the enemy back with their lives.

The adjutant next to him finally shouted the words "loading is complete", Chen Xiongfei swung his knife and pointed forward, roaring: "Let go!"

The Rakshasa mercenary "disappeared" in a big circle in an instant like snow being poured with boiling water.

Vlajik looked at the corpses everywhere, with blue veins popping out of his head.He had never seen such a tenacious artilleryman, who dared to fight recklessly with the infantry next to him, it was a life for his life!

Are these Orientals devils? !
He immediately remembered the tsar's strict order that if he did not get the land near Yaksa, he and his men would not be able to go back alive.

He had no choice but to continue leading his men towards the second row of cannons, but due to the desperate resistance of the Ming army and the casualties caused by the shelling just now, many Mongolian mercenaries began to hesitate.Even the Tsarist Russian officers, a few began to shrink back.

There were less than six hundred people following Vlajik.

Chen Xiongfei glanced at the infantry battalion that was fighting with Jianlu not far away, and said to the 25 guards beside him: "At the moment, I am the only one who has a weapon in hand, do you dare to follow me to stop the bandit army?"

"kill!"

With an angry shout, the guards raised their firecrackers at the same time, and the bayonets shone brightly under the scorching sun...

Not far from the artillery position, the infantrymen of the Dragon Guards were fighting bloody battles with the elite infantry of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Qing army with their muzzle bayonets.

If the two sides fought head-to-head, the 2000 Dragon Guard infantry would not be afraid of the nearly [-] prisoners.But before they were defending against the impact of the Qing cavalry, [-] people formed a hollow phalanx.

This kind of formation has a very narrow front, which is extremely unfavorable for close combat, and the Qing army's infantry rushed up so fast that Yu Xin didn't even have the time to change the formation.

The line array of [-] infantry behind the hollow phalanx has arrived near the phalanx for support after firing the last two salvos.

However, Duoduo, relying on the superiority in numbers, quickly commanded Shuosai and Chitat to outflank the Ming army's two wings, and the Dragon Guards immediately fell into a situation facing three enemies.

The Dragon Guard infantry stood shoulder to shoulder, feet to feet, forming an impenetrable human wall.

Holding a saber in his hand, Li Ying stood in the infantry line and fought with the soldiers of the surrounding battalion - in this kind of narrow battle, there is no need for overall planning, and he can provide a fighting force, of course. Standing on the front line hesitantly.

"kill!"

Following Li Ying's angry shout, the soldiers of the First Infantry Battalion also shouted in unison, "Kill!"

The bayonets in their hands were handed out and retracted at the same time. Every time they attacked, groups of captive soldiers would be knocked to the ground.

But these Zhenghuang Banner soldiers were originally used for the defense of the capital, and they were considered the most elite troops of the Qing Dynasty. They were all carefully selected from various ministries, and each one was extremely fierce.

Coupled with Duoduo personally pressing the formation behind, these captive soldiers waved their knives and spears one after another and rushed towards the infantry line of the Ming army.Although their cooperation was far less proficient and organized than that of the Dragon Guards, they were still able to hit Ming soldiers from time to time thanks to their large number of people.

As Shuosai and Chitat gradually completed the outflanking from the two wings, many soldiers of the Ming army had to face two or even three enemies, and the infantry line began to gradually shrink inward from both ends...

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