After the Ming cavalry stopped, all the Ming soldiers on horseback quickly dismounted and formed an infantry battle formation.

The artillery battalions of the four corps also organized a defense in one place together, and built a cannon battalion position of 800 cannons.

After all, the Burmese army has nearly 300,000 troops, and there are 1,700 war elephants, if they still fight in the way of cavalry, even if they can win, the casualties they pay will inevitably not be so early when they crossed the Nandu River, Zhou Cao made a decision to attack and defend with the infantry battle formation with the strongest attack power.

The abandoned horses plugged their ears and moved into the artillery camp position, which was within the defense of the artillery camp position.

On the side of the Burmese army, seeing that the Ming army abandoned its war horses and quickly formed an infantry battle formation, thinking of Wu Wentai's description of the Ming army's guns and artillery, and then seeing that the Ming army was so strict and murderous, the Burmese king gritted his teeth, no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered an attack.

"Take advantage of the fact that the artillery of the Ming army is not ready, and the whole army will attack!" The Burmese king shouted and ordered.

Don't underestimate the king of Burma, he can take Myanmar to become the first power in the southeast, the king of Burma has some strategy, he doesn't have to think about it to know that the Ming army has just come here, and the artillery cannot be put into use immediately.

"Kill"

This was a real all-army attack, and at the beginning the Burmese king threw all his forces, not only nearly 300,000 infantry, but also 1,700 war elephants, without retaining any strength.

On the side of the Ming army, seeing that the Burmese army rushed over first, the generals of the Ming army were not in a hurry.

"Defend the whole army!" Zhou Cao ordered.

Although the army can also attack, Zhou Cao obviously does not plan to do that at the moment, he plans to defend first, and after the artillery of the artillery battalion is ready, he will counterattack strongly and defeat the Burmese army in one fell swoop.

The Burmese infantry Zhou Cao didn't pay attention to it, Zhou Cao's eyes were fixed on the 1,700 roaring war elephants.

This is the trump card of the Burmese army, which is huge in size and thick-skinned, and is the only Burmese army force that can break through the firepower net and rush into the army.

Watching the Burmese army get closer and closer, the soldiers of the Ming defense pulled the bolts of their machine guns and the bolts of their rifles, ready to fire at any time.

The Burmese soldiers and the war elephants charged at the same time, although at close range, the Burmese soldiers ran faster than the war elephants, but this was a distance of 500 meters, so the war elephants quickly overtook the Burmese soldiers and rushed to the front.

The distance of three hundred meters, which is the distance at which the bullets of the Ming rifles and machine guns can effectively kill.

"Fire!" The Burmese war elephants had just rushed to a distance of 300 meters when the Ming generals ordered to shoot.

The machine guns and rifles form a dense network of fire to strafe the front elephants.

Many war elephants were shot too much and fell down.

There are also war elephants injured, but not dead, as in the battle of Nandu River, running around, and even hurting their own people, but this time, the Ming soldiers obviously learned the lesson of the last time, even if the Burmese war elephants are crazy and no longer charge at them, but instead scurry and affect their own people, the Ming soldiers did not stop shooting, but the fire network became more dense, vowing to kill all the war elephants who dared to enter the range.

The Burmese soldiers who controlled the war elephants also blindfolded the war elephants with things as they did during the Battle of Nandu River, and then manipulated the war elephants in a special way to continue to charge in the direction of the Ming army.

However, this is not a jungle of many difficult rivers, as soon as the war elephant appears, it can only rush into the Ming army's position at a distance of 100 meters, this is the important town of Mandalay, this is a flat open land, the Ming army's bullet range can be played to the farthest, under the Ming army's non-stop dense firepower, no war elephant can rush within 150 meters.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom, "A large number of war elephants fell with their huge bodies stained with blood.

The Burmese soldiers on the back of the war elephant were also thrown to the ground.

A soldier of the Burmese army who was thrown down had just gotten up from the ground, and his body was immediately shrouded in the dense fire net of the Ming army, poof! Burst! Burst! His body was instantly beaten into a hornet's nest.

A large number of war elephants fell, and the ordinary Burmese soldiers who followed the war elephants also rushed into the 300-meter range of the Ming army.

"Poof! Burst! Poof" The sound of a bullet penetrating a lot.

Like harvested wheat, the Burmese soldiers fell one by one, which frightened the Burmese soldiers behind them in an instant.

In front, the army of war elephants with 1,700 war elephants, at this moment, more than 400 war elephants have been shot by the fire of the Ming army, and the corpses of a large number of war elephants are piled up on the road ahead, like the road of death.

Elephants are one of the most intelligent animals except for humans, looking at the carcasses of other elephants densely packed in front of them.

If someone looks into their eyes, they can clearly see fear in their eyes.

Yes, the other war elephants that had not yet rushed into the range were afraid, and the extremely human expression of fear made them make an unexpected, but expected, move, and the remaining more than a thousand war elephants turned around almost at the same time, and fled backwards without listening to the maneuver.

Even if the Burmese army with the elephant on their back and manipulated it, no matter how they blindfolded them, they would only run in fear in the direction where there was no gunfire.

It is true that war elephants are the ace of the tropical countries of Southeast Asia, and their power is obvious, but their disadvantage is also obvious, that is, they are too intelligent compared to other animals such as war horses.

The fleeing war elephant herd even broke up the formation of many Burmese troops, trampling to death many Burmese soldiers.

The entire charging formation of the Burmese army was thrown into chaos and chaos.

However, the Ming army still shot all the Burmese soldiers and war elephants within an effective range of 300 meters before they stopped shooting.

The soldiers of the Ming army, who had stopped shooting, looked at the Burmese army in chaos outside the firing range with disdain.

In the rear, the Burmese king's face was flushed, and he barely had a mouthful of blood spurting out.

Originally, he listened to Wu Wentai's report on how powerful the army's guns were, but he was still a little unconvinced, feeling that he had nearly 300,000 troops and 1,700 war elephants, how could he still have the strength to fight with the Ming army.

But now, the obvious firepower was really displayed in front of him, and he knew that Wu Wentai not only did not lie, but underestimated the power of the Ming army's guns.

The Ming army's musket was so powerful, if a more powerful cannon was also put into battle, then wouldn't he have even less chance of winning.

No! Could it be that the kingdom of Great Burma is going to be so irreversibly destroyed in the hands of the Ming Dynasty?

"Nope! The big war is not over yet, I still have a chance! The Burmese king had a hideous face.

"Order the army, continue to attack, who can rush into the Ming army's formation! I will crown him king and give him a fief! ”