Chapter 1021: The Battle between the Manchus and Austria (3)
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Artillery on both sides is also firing at each other. Ethereal. 『⒉
The Qing army had eighty-five cannons, and the Austrian and Serbian forces had thirty-six, all of which were brought by the Austrian army.
The artillery of the Qing army was undoubtedly much more advanced, not only the degree of replacement of shells was faster, but the range and number of firing were also more than that of the Austrian army's artillery, and the Austrian army's artillery was completely suppressed by the Qing army's artillery after only one salvo, and was destroyed by the Qing army's artillery at a very fast degree.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The Austrian artillery positions, once again enveloped in a sea of fire, and six more cannons were destroyed.
At the same time as the artillery battle was fierce, the Austrian flint rifle team, after paying more than 1,000 casualties, finally brought the Qing rifle team in front into the range of their flint guns and began to counterattack the Qing rifle team.
"Fire, kill them!" The Austrian generals shouted.
"Bang bang bang----" The Austrian soldier hooked the trigger of the flint, and the lead bullet in the chamber of the gun suddenly flew out.
"Poof! Burst! ---Nearly 30 soldiers of the Qing Army's rifle team were shot, and nearly 20 of them fell on the spot.
The Qing rifles also fought back fiercely, faster and faster, and then continued to shoot at the Austrian flints.
The Qing army rifle is an imitation of the first generation of the Ming Dynasty rifle, which can only be loaded with one bullet at a time, but the finished bullet can be stuffed directly into the barrel from the breech, unlike the flint gun of the Austrian soldiers, which must be poked with gunpowder first, and then put lead bullet, which is at least three times slower, and although the bullet of the Qing rifle uses black powder, it also has an effective range of seventy or eighty meters farther than the Austrian flint.
The soldiers on both sides fired at each other in this way, and basically the death of four Austrian flint muskets could be exchanged for the death of one Qing rifle team, and the casualty ratio reached four to one.
If we include the more than 1,000 casualties paid by the Austrian flintlock team in the previous breakthrough, it means that the Austrian flintlock team had to pay at least 14,000 casualties to annihilate a mere 3,200 Qing rifle soldiers.
The commander of the Austrian army, Salmonburg, watched the battle situation on this battlefield through a telescope from the rear, and his face turned blue with anger.
"Damn Qing people, damn barbarians!" Salmonburg scolded.
The 20,000 Austrian flintlock pistes under his command are all elite in a hundred battles, and they have confronted the Ottoman Empire on the Austrian border all year round, and they are one of the best armies in Austria.
However, there was no way, he had to eliminate these thousands of Qing army rifle teams.
After a short exchange of fire, the Austrian flint rifle team suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and the Qing rifle team also paid 500 casualties.
Salmonburg felt sorry for his flint team, and Dorgon felt sorry for his rifle team.
You know, although the primer was developed and the large rifles and bullets were successfully imitated, Dolgon still kept the bottom line and did not let anyone except the Manchurian master these rifles.
The Manchurian population was limited, and the rifle team could only be composed of Manchu men between the ages of fourteen and sixteen, forty-five and sixty, or some young women under the two white flags, barely maintaining a rifle team of 40,000 people.
Dolgon preferred to use a part of the two white flag women rather than have the rifle in the hands of the Persians, Arabs, Indians, etc.
Of course, as long as the last 3,200 rifles can defeat the Austrian 20,000 flint rifles, Dolgon can also accept it, after all, war is all about losses, as long as it is not worth it in the end.
Theoretically speaking, the 3,200 rifle team of the Qing army, even if all of them were exhausted, would not be the opponent of the 20,000 Austrian flint rifle team.
However, Dolgon was not in a hurry, because the artillery battalion of the Great Qing Dynasty would immediately completely destroy all the artillery of the Austro-Serbian coalition army.
Sure enough, in just a few moments, the last Austro-Serbian artillery was blown up, and all thirty-six cannons were destroyed, while the Qing army only lost five cannons, and there were still a full eighty.
"Hahahaha, Austrian barbarian, suffer death!" The commander of the Qing artillery battalion laughed and ordered all the remaining eighty cannons to be aimed at the Austrian flint gun.
"Boom! Rumble! ----Dozens of shells fell on the Austrian flintlock team, because it was necessary to maintain dense and continuous firing, the formation of the Austrian flintlock team was very dense, although the shells of the Qing army's artillery were made of black powder, the power was not so great, but one shell hit could still blow up six or seven Austrian soldiers.
In an instant, the entire Austrian flintlock team was in disarray. Fortunately, this Austrian flintlock team is indeed elite, even if it is subjected to the fierce bombardment of the Qing army, it can continue to organize a formation to shoot at the Qing rifle team in front, but the casualties of the Austrian flintlock team have also increased a lot, originally four dead people can replace one Qing soldier, and now even five or six people have to die to kill a Qing soldier.
This was not the end of the story, and in order to win this battlefield as well, Dorgon also ordered a part of the cavalry to be mobilized from the cavalry battlefield to support the rifle team.
The cavalry battlefield was a battlefield where more than 9,000 Qing cavalry, 2,000 Austrian cavalry, and 8,000 Austrian infantry fought, and Dolgon believed that more than 7,000 Qing infantry were enough to contain 2,000 Austrian cavalry and 8,000 Austrian infantry.
On the other hand, on the infantry battlefield, although more than 70,000 Persian flags and Indian flags suppressed less than 50,000 Serbian troops, and the Serbian army was defeated and retreated, and firmly gained the upper hand, but Dolgon did not withdraw a single soldier from here, because the infantry battlefield is the largest battlefield, no matter whether the other two battlefields can be won quickly, as long as the infantry battlefield quickly defeats nearly 50,000 Serbian troops, then victory can only belong to the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, Dorgon only planned to draw 2,000 cavalry from the cavalry battlefield.
"Kill--- After the 2,000 Qing cavalry were drawn out, they immediately pinned down the Austrian flint from the left side.
Generally speaking, the cavalry must have suffered heavy casualties in the face of the intensive fire of the flint musketers, and it was not an opponent, not to mention that the Qing cavalry only had 2,000 cavalry. However, the 2,000 Qing cavalry only played an auxiliary role, pinning it from the left side, and the Austrian flint team had to face the Qing rifle team with more advanced guns in front of them.
---The cavalry of the Qing army relied on the momentum of their horses to increase their firing range, and from more than 100 meters away, they fired a rain of arrows at the Austrian flintlock team, and no less than 20 Austrian flintlock soldiers were hit by arrows.
"Bang bang--- The Austrian flintlock team had to draw out part of their firepower to counterattack the Qing cavalry on the left, but also killed some Qing cavalry.
However, the cavalry of the Qing army only held back the fire of the Austrian flintlock team at least sixty or seventy meters away, and the casualties were not particularly serious, but the Austrian flint team was constantly bombarded by the Qing artillery first, and now it was pinned down by the Qing cavalry, and the casualties were repeated.
Originally, five or six people could be replaced by one member of the Qing Army Rifle Team, but now it takes seven or eight people to die to replace one person from the Qing Army Rifle Team, and in this way, even if all the Austrian flint teams are destroyed, it will not be enough to defeat the Qing Army Rifle Team.
Of the three battlefields, two of the Orsai coalition forces are already at an absolute disadvantage, and they are calculated to be battlefields engaged with more than 7,000 Qing cavalry, but they only rely on the number of soldiers to be more than the Qing army, and slightly suppress the Qing cavalry there.
The balance of the war is completely tilted in favor of the Qing army!
If this continues, whether the Indian and Persian flags of the Qing army defeat the Serbian army first, or the rifle team of the Qing army and the cavalry of the 2,000 Qing army defeat the Austrian flint team first, they will be able to support the other two battlefields, and then it will be the time when the Austro-Serb coalition army is defeated.
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