Chapter 96: The Greatest Hero
And that's not all, the third wave of buckshot is coming quickly.
After three waves of lead bullets and a wave of solid artillery shells, the cavalry team in the Ming army's array lost most of it, and the frontmost gunners suffered more than 130 casualties, and all the casualties added up to about 200, accounting for less than 15 of the more than 3,000 Ming troops, but the impact on the Ming army was huge.
"(Changle Qianhu) is dead? How is it possible, why are the firearms of the rioters so sharp? Seeing Changle Qianhu fall from his horse, Longchuan Qianhu, who was in the middle of the command, panicked, and there was just a group of chaotic people on the other side, how could his colleagues die so easily.
Longchuan Qianhu panicked, Heyuan Qianhu's state at this time was not much better, the front of the Ming army array was attacked, the injured kept wailing, and the two Qianhu did not immediately order the command, the entire Ming army array stopped in place, not knowing whether to continue to advance or retreat.
Just when Longchuan Qianhu came back to his senses and wanted to command the army to continue to advance and launch an attack on the People's Army, the firearms unit of the 1st Mixed Brigade opened fire again, and more than 120 lead bullets were fired into the Ming army's array, and more than 80 Ming sergeants were shot in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this scene, Longchuan Qianhu was stunned, after Longchuan, it would take a long time for the People's Army to reload firearms after three waves of shooting, how could it be fired so quickly, Longchuan Qianhu originally took advantage of the People's Army's firearms to load ammunition while the Ming Army continued to advance, and wanted to defeat the People's Army in front to avenge the idea of avenging his colleagues, and now Longchuan Qianhu already had the idea of retreating in his heart.
Just when Ryukawa Chito hesitated to give the order to retreat, there were new changes on the battlefield.
I saw that on both sides of the People's Army array, hundreds of soldiers wearing black military uniforms and holding shields, axes, and broadswords rushed to the front of the stagnant Ming army, followed by a larger number of soldiers of ordinary cold weapons troops, and the soldiers of the firearms troops in the middle area were not fast or slow to launch out with waves of lead bullets, and from time to time, the tiger head artillery also followed the excitement and fired a wave of solid shells.
"Withdraw, withdraw!" Before Longchuan Qianhu gave the order to retreat, Heyuan Qianhu had already given the order one step ahead.
"When you hear the drum, you will enter, and when you hear the gold, you must retreat", order the army to beat the drum when it advances, and sound the gong when ordering the army to retreat.
From the retreat of Heyuan Qianhu to the sound of the gong, and then to the escape of the Ming soldiers closest to the People's Army, this time was enough for the People's Army firearms unit to shoot another wave of lead bullets, and the bodies of dozens of Ming soldiers fell.
The Ming army of the three counties was united, until the retreat of the People's Army led the Ming Army to take the initiative to pursue, and then the two armies fought head-on, and now the People's Army repelled the Ming Army head-on, and the changes were so great that the Ming soldiers and soldiers could not understand.
"In front of me is a group of rebels, we are the Ming army, we are still more numerous than the rebels, why are we being defeated by the rebels, why are we running away?"
The Ming soldiers who fled frantically backwards, especially the Ming soldiers who fell behind, had no time to think about why their side was defeated, and all the heavy weapons and equipment on their bodies had been thrown away, and they wanted to have two more legs on their bodies, so that they could run faster, and at worst, they had to run past their colleagues, so that their colleagues could resist the enemy's lead bullets behind them.
The Ming army was fleeing, the cold weapons units of the People's Army on both sides were pursuing, and the firearms units of the People's Army in the center were constantly firing waves of lead bullets at the front.
The battlefield is a flat land with a wide field of vision, and the killing range of the tiger head gun is more than 750 meters, and the soldiers at the rear of the Ming army have to run at least 500 meters to escape the range of the tiger head gun, and the time for the Ming soldiers to run out of 500 meters is enough for the firearms unit of the People's Army to shoot six or seven waves of lead bullets.
Seeing the changes on the battlefield, Wang Shengrong, Gao Wei, Xiong Jian and others looked at each other and smiled, compared to the slightly younger Gao Wei and Xiong Jian, as a student of Fang Nan, watching the Ming army in front of him being defeated and caught up by the People's Army, which was still a few hundred less troops, Wang Shengrong felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
Six or seven years have passed since the idea of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty rose in Wang Shengrong's heart, and there was the idea of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty six or seven years ago, but Wang Shengrong stayed in the mountains for six or seven years under the leadership of his teacher before he went out of the mountains to attack the Ming Dynasty.
From today's battle, Wang Shengrong really understands why the teacher has to wait so long to get out of the mountain, and the preparation for such a long time is to create a tiger head gun, create enough tiger head guns, and use tiger head guns and tiger head guns to arm a powerful army, strong enough to defeat any enemy.
At present, the strength of the People's Army is quite large, but Wang Shengrong understands that the main force of the People's Army has always been a firearms unit, from clearing out the bandits in the mountains, to attacking the county seat of Yong'an, and then to clearing out the large landlords in Yong'an County, until today's battle against more than 3,000 Ming troops, all of which have highlighted the importance of the firearms unit.
If the People's Army had no firearms troops, only cold weapons troops, and 10,000 People's Army would have been able to easily take Yong'an County and Haifeng County, but in Jieshiwei in Haifeng County, and now against more than 3,000 Ming troops, if there were only cold weapon troops, the People's Army would probably be the target of defeat.
Today's victory of less than 3,000 people's troops easily defeating the more than 3,000 Ming troops in front of them is all the hard work of the past six or seven years!
"The foresight of the teacher is not comparable to ours." Wang Shengrong had a bright smile on his face, he believed that under the leadership of his teacher, the People's Army would definitely be able to overthrow the Ming Dynasty!
Gao Wei and Xiong Jian were not taught by Fang Nan personally, but they were also graduates of three-year education, and from one battle after another, they could also see the effect of the tiger head gun on the People's Army, it can be said that today's People's Army can easily defeat the Ming army, and the hero is this tiger head gun, but the two of them don't think as far as Wang Shengrong.
The battle continues, the Ming army has run out of the range of the tiger head gun, the firearms unit has ceased fire, and the Ming army that fled in front of the cold weapon unit pursues it, and it is very likely that there will be another battle in Longchuan County.
On the battlefield, there have been thousands of soldiers who have fallen, some are seriously injured and dying, some have been hit by lead bullets in their legs and feet, and they have fallen to the ground and cannot escape, screaming in pain from time to time.
There is a company of the cold weapon unit that did not participate in the pursuit, they are cleaning up the battlefield, and when they see a seriously injured and dying, they will make up a spear, and if they see a minor injury, if they don't resist, let the health officer simply deal with it, it is best to survive, and if they can't survive, they are unlucky, and if they are hit by lead bullets, the chance of being lucky to survive is very small.
In front of the battlefield, the number of Ming troops was less than 2,000 in the frenzied north, they did not think of stopping to resist the pursuing People's Army, in order to run faster, many people threw away the weapons in their hands, how to fight, all they could do was to keep running, as long as they fled to Longchuan County or beyond, they could save their lives.
And the soldiers of the People's Army who pursued the Ming army were less than ten meters away from the Ming soldiers who ran at the rear!