The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 787 Weapon Generation Difference

The middle-aged Jianlu was talking, when he heard the screaming of cannonballs piercing the air from above his head. A cannonball drew a very high curve, and the sound was getting closer and closer.

His heart tightened, and the next moment, the cannonball hit him a foot or two behind him, making a crackling sound of bones breaking.

The middle-aged soldier breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at the few people who were smashed by the shells. Seeing that he did not recognize anyone, he turned to the young soldiers beside him and said, "Look, only three or four people died. But The cannon just now should have been fired by a novice.

"Let me tell you, this cannonball usually flies in a straight line, and it can knock down a row of people where it passes, and then roll out for a while, and can injure many people. If it falls obliquely, it will be embedded in the ground and cannot roll, so the effect will be much worse."

As he was talking, he suddenly frowned, stared at the shell and wondered, "Why is there smoke..."

A loud bang interrupted the second half of his speech, half of the cannonball embedded in the soil suddenly exploded, and the sixteen or seven people closest to him were instantly torn to pieces under the flash of fire.

Then the shattered shell shells splashed around, easily piercing through the bodies of the captive soldiers, and the huge impact brought the corpses flying out, and then fell to the ground one after another.

All of a sudden, there was blood everywhere, and the faces and bodies of the soldiers of the Qing army within four or five feet were covered with stumps and broken arms mixed with brains.The dozen or so captive soldiers who were not hit by the shrapnel fell in a pool of blood, twitching and screaming in pain.

The sixteen or seventeen-year-old soldier suddenly widened his eyes.

Three steps away from him, the middle-aged captive soldier was just talking about being slashed across his neck by something, but no sound came out of his wide-open mouth, and blood gushed out from the fingers covering his neck. Half of his body turned dark red.

Finally, the man's body lost its strength and collapsed to the ground.The young captive soldier immediately rolled his eyes in fright and passed out.

Surrounded by veterans who have been on the battlefield many times, their faces were ashen. They have seen cannons, and they have seen many people killed by shells, but they have never seen such explosive shells.

When this thing fell into the crowd, dozens of lives were taken away with a single bang, plus the dozen or so injured who survived, this shot wiped out the entire team of Xiaoqi.

The most frightening thing is that ordinary cannonballs are only as big as a bowl, so the chances of being picked up are actually not that great.Sometimes two people stand apart, and the shells fly between them without being hurt.

But the shell just now was too deadly.Within a radius of three feet, almost no one even tried to escape, and even four or five feet away, people died.

There is no good or bad luck, as long as the shells fly, you will die!This kind of psychological pressure is more than a hundred times higher than the previous cannon!
At the same time, explosions were heard from two other places in the Suohai formation.Looking down from the sky, you will find three huge circles suddenly appearing among the tens of thousands of Qing troops in the dark, and the circles are full of broken corpses.

On the artillery position of the Polu Camp in the distance, an artillery company always put down the binoculars, and said with some dissatisfaction: "The fuze was left too long just now, especially the No. [-] gun, it was cut off by half an inch!"

"Yes!"

A group of gunners skillfully readjusted the length of the fuze, and loaded the ignited flower bomb into the barrel.Immediately, three more shells with sparks drew a curved arc and fell into the battle formation of the Qing army.

The bangs continued to come from everywhere, and the captive soldiers who were knocked out of their wits by the strange shells began to appear chaotic.

Although the casualties caused by the explosive shells fired by the three cannons were much greater than that of ordinary front-loading cannons, in fact, only more than 300 Jianlu were killed at this moment. It quickly spread among the Qing army.

As the explosive shells continued to shoot, the speed of Suo Hai's troops became slower and slower.Later, even ordinary artillery shells would make the captive soldiers fly like dogs, and no one dared to approach within ten feet of each artillery shell.

The act of dodging the shells stirred up the entire army formation. It didn't take long for the ten thousand Qing troops to have no formation at all. Everyone crowded around nervously, fearing that there would be a sudden explosion beside them...

Ao Bai was still patiently waiting for Suo Hai to create a good opportunity to destroy the enemy, but he saw that the latter's army was still a mile away from the enemy but gradually stopped, and then there were signs of chaos from inside.

In his binoculars, some infantry even started to flee, and then they were beheaded by the supervising team who rushed over.

Could it be that someone mutinied? !Oboi had a bad premonition in his heart, thought for a while, and said to the lieutenant beside him: "We can't wait any longer, pass the order, let's go first, otherwise there will be enemy attacks from Suohai, it will be very difficult to suppress the internal turmoil."

"Whoo!"

The brigade of Jianzhou cavalry moved quickly. A thousand sharp cavalry, led by Oboi himself, gradually accelerated, and the rest of the brave cavalry followed closely behind. They waited for the heavy cavalry to break through the enemy line, and then went up to reap the heads.

Not long after, Oboi galloped past Suo Hai's troops, and then he personally experienced the "mutiny" of the infantry.

The artillery quickly discovered that thousands of captive cavalry were attacking, and the explosive bullets immediately turned to the enemy cavalry to fire.

The three shells fell accurately in the Jianlu Rui cavalry formation. The length of the fuze was very suitable this time, and it exploded almost as soon as it touched the ground.

Dozens of riders fell to their deaths, and the powerful explosion overturned more than 20 nearby horses. All the horsemen were half-dead, and even those who were not dead were immediately trampled to death by the horses behind.

To avoid fallen men and horses, the formation of cavalry is more likely to be disrupted than that of infantry. After only three rounds of bombardment, Oboi found that there were only a hundred people left beside him.Some of the other sharp cavalry spread far away, some fell behind the Xiaoqi formation, some were even stunned by the explosion, and turned towards Rufeng Mountain.

At this time, Obai was only two or three hundred steps away from the hollow phalanx at the front of the Ming army, even if he wanted to turn around, it was too late.

He tightly gripped the rein of the horse, leaned his body on the saddle, and shouted loudly: "Follow me to attack the enemy!"

The cannons on the Ming army's side were replaced with shotguns, and they also began to fire at the approaching cavalry.Behind the hollow phalanx, a group of Dragon Guard infantry raised a type of infantry gun in their hands, and shouted loudly with the commander, "Aim!"

"put!"

A burst of gunpowder smoke rose into the sky, and more than 2000 Mini bombs flew accurately to their respective targets.

The double-layer armor that Jianlu Ruiqi is proud of, and even some three-layer cotton armor are easily torn apart like paper in front of the high-speed rotating bullets, and everyone on the horse is killed without responding.

Under the combined attack of shotguns and rifled muskets, those cavalrymen wearing seventy to eighty kilograms of heavy armor seemed to hit an invisible wall, and none of the horses could run within ten steps of the hollow phalanx!

The two thousand Xiaoqi behind were at a loss immediately, Ruiqi did not break away from the enemy line, according to the usual practice, they should turn around and start over as a whole team.

However, the sharp cavalry army in front of them scattered and died, how could there be a posture to turn their heads?
All the captive soldiers hurriedly looked for the flag of General Oboi, and immediately someone pointed to the dozen or so riders in the dusty sky ahead and shouted: "Lord Batulu is there!"

Before he finished speaking, something suddenly exploded under the feet of those people who were turning sharply to the east. Several riders were thrown into the air by the force of the explosion, and the rest, including their horses, staggered to and fro.

Aobai's pennant with the yellow dragon embroidered on it broke into seven or eight pieces and fell to the ground.

"Lord Baturu!" Jianlu cavalry shouted in panic.

(End of this chapter)