Chapter 245: Secret Weapon
The dense hooves of the horses trampled on the ground, making a rumbling sound, and more than 10,000 cavalry had appeared on the edge of the battlefield, and they were naturally the cavalry battalion led by Nersu.
Everyone on the battlefield seemed to have discovered this scene, which made the morale of the Qing army suddenly shake up, and the Qing army, which had been suffering heavy casualties, no longer gradually retreated, but had the courage to take the initiative to attack the Han army.
They finally waited for their self-conceived rescuers, thinking that there was hope for this battle!
Seeing that the morale of the Qing army was gradually recovering, this made Cheng Ming a little anxious, as the commander of the third division, he had never received the order to go to battle, and he was a little anxious at the moment.
"Governor Dadu, now that the Qing army's cavalry camp has arrived, if you have any secret weapons, take them out quickly!"
On the battlefield at this time, the Qing army and the Fu Han army returned to a scorching state, fighting together again on the battlefield where the projectiles were flying, and the soldiers on the battlefield also let out angry roars, and the casualties of the Fu Han army began to slowly increase again. At the same time, the Qing army's horse team was also ready to make preparations and seemed to be about to start a charge.
Ning Yu saw this scene, his face showed a slight hint of relief, and said, "Don't forget, I said that I prepared an unexpected surprise for Kangxi, but it is the most suitable for fighting the horse team." After speaking, Ning Yu didn't care about the surprise on everyone's face, and walked directly towards the rear of the army.
Everyone looked amazing, although they felt that under the power of today's artillery, the Qing army's horse team would crush two regiments to three regiments at most, after all, under the current firepower of the Fu Han army, it would definitely be impossible to achieve more results, but seeing that Ning Yu was so confident, he was also a little curious at the moment.
Behind the tent of the Chinese military camp, there are hundreds of people wearing red military uniforms, fiddling with something, but it looks like a rocket in the Ming Dynasty, which makes everyone a little curious, what is the use of this thing today?
Dong Ce had doubts in his heart, and always asked Ning Yu directly, "Metropolitan Governor, isn't this your secret weapon?" It is said that the army of the former Ming Dynasty anti-Japanese general Qi was equipped with a large number of rockets, and the power was quite extraordinary. ”
Cheng Ming stepped forward and touched it, and said with some doubts: "The Grand Dudu, the last general has also read the book of soldiers, according to the last general's understanding, there was a kind of rocket in the former Ming Dynasty, called 'Shenhuo Flying Crow', its appearance is like a crow, made of fine bamboo or reeds, filled with gunpowder, two cartridges are installed on both sides of the crow body, and the bottom of the cartridge is connected with the gunpowder medicine wire in the crow's body. Once ignited, it can shoot to a hundred feet away, but what we see today is very different. ”
Ning Yu smiled, the things he took out were not those old antiques, and he smiled and said: "The rockets you are talking about, their actual power is not great, if they are placed on today's battlefield, they will be a piece of cake at most, but what the governor of Pontus prepared for Kangxi is a big dish!" He Yuanyi! ”
But I don't know when, a person came out of the red-clothed soldiers, wearing a red military uniform, but he was already in his forties, you must know that this is extremely rare in the current Fu Han army, most of the veterans over forty years old, were sent to Wuchang by Ning Yu.
"Qiyu Metropolitan Governor, He Yuanyi is here, and I also ask the Metropolitan Governor to give an order."
Ning Yu said with a smile: "When I was in Wuchang, I told your master Lei Huozi about some things about this Fuhan rocket, but there were fewer people at that time, and then there was no result, and it didn't succeed until a few days ago, can you use it?" ”
He Yuanyi bowed down and said, "Governor Qiyu, there are a total of 300 rockets brought this time. It's fully prepared and ready to fight. With that, He Yuanyi led everyone to the edge of the rockets, only to see that the rockets were three feet long, and they were also equipped with a wooden pole that was more than three feet long, which looked extraordinary.
In fact, this kind of rocket is Ning Yu according to the principle of the previous Kangreve rocket, found a thunder camel to make, this kind of rocket is quite powerful, especially after repeated improvements, the range can reach more than five miles, like those rockets with a large charge, the range can even reach seven or eight miles.
In fact, in addition to its own great power, this kind of rocket is not difficult to make, because the Congreve rocket itself is a rocket modeled after the Chinese Song Dynasty, and later this rocket technology was introduced to India in the Yuan Dynasty or Ming Dynasty, and was quickly imitated and improved by the Indians.
Later, when the British Empire conquered India, rockets also played a great role, and the Sultan of Mysore, Depo Sabu, also formed a rocket force, which caused heavy casualties to the British army, and then the British brought the rockets back and improved them, and finally named Congreve rocket.
However, in this era, the Congreve rocket has not yet come out, and Ning Yu just passed the memory of his previous life, and then let the thunder camel restore it according to this principle, but not to mention, the thunder camel is indeed a genius in this regard, and it didn't take long to make a similar rocket.
Now that the Qing army's horse team has begun to charge, this rocket has a chance to play a role.
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I have to say that the Qing army that occupied the north still put some effort into the horse team, and the battlefield here is relatively broad, in the eyes of many Qing troops, this big victory is no longer a suspense.
"Guys, the emperor is watching, we have to rush together and kill the Chu rebel party without leaving a piece of armor!"
Nersu let out an angry roar, but when he was about to swing the whip, he saw Fu Shan pull his reins and said urgently: "General, let me take my sons and daughters to go up first!" ”
As soon as these words came out, it made Nersu's mind sober up a lot, after all, he had not been in charge of the cavalry for a long time, and he still didn't know much about the many twists and turns in the cavalry.
Nowadays, the combat method of the Daqing horse team is not to blindly impact the opponent's phalanx, but to tear the cumbersome formation on the opposite side through repeated maneuvers, mainly riding and shooting, and then waiting until the enemy is completely exhausted, and then attacking, so as to make a contribution in one fell swoop.
In addition, a large part of the role of the horse team is not to trample on the enemy army, but to cover the rear road for the army, that is, when the army is unfavorable in battle, it has to cover the retreat of the army, otherwise it is easy to be dumpling. If you let the horses all rush out, then it will be very difficult to really take it back.
"Fu Shan, Hai Liyang, the two of you will first lead the three thousand cavalry of the headquarters to launch an attack to test and involve the enemy army."
Narsu was as good as a stream, and soon issued a new order, but the result of this order made him a little unexpected.