Even if these heavy infantry are all strong men, it is not so easy to get back up with dozens of pounds of armor after falling to the ground.

In normal times, they can get up when they turn around, but now they are on the battlefield, and as soon as you fall to the ground, they will immediately stab you at the weak point of your armor protection!

In terms of combat effectiveness, in fact, the heavy armored infantry on both sides are half a catty, after all, the heavy armored infantry on both sides are carefully selected, whether it is physical fitness or combat skills, they are not weak, and there is not much essential gap in equipment, so the fight is half a catty.

But the number of heavy infantry in the Tang Army is even greater, more than 100 people in front of them have rushed up a lot, and more than 100 people in the rear continue to rush up!

On the side of the Ming army, there were already more than 100 people, and at the beginning, they were given more than 20 pistols by the assault battalion, and now they are in their early 100s, and they are at a disadvantage of twice the strength when they fight.

Soon, the heavy infantry of the Ming army in front of them had to retreat gradually because of heavy casualties, but the battle was still not over!

Because the musketeers of the Ming army in the rear have already raised their muskets on the inside of the ruins!

Seeing this scene, several officers of the heavily armored sword and shield soldiers immediately shouted: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

"Get down!"

"Get down!"

These sword and shield soldiers have already completed their first stage of combat mission, and the next battle does not belong to them!

In this kind of battle for the ruins, the sword and shield soldiers and the musketeers have always cooperated with each other, and the sword and shield soldiers retreat if they can't beat them, and then the musketeers fire and throw bombs, and the sword and shield soldiers on the opposite side have to die!

But if you let the sword and shield soldiers rush to the musketeers, the musketeers will die!

The sword and shield soldiers of the assault battalion quickly lay down, using the rubble of the ruins to dodge the bullets, but there were still many people who could not avoid being hit, and these people who were hit were either dead or maimed, and they were shot by muskets at such a close distance, even if they were wearing plate armor, and the thickness of some important positions reached more than four millimeters, but they still couldn't stop the bullets!

Bullets can easily penetrate and kill them!

Even if it is impenetrable, the huge impact of the bullet will dent the plate armor, and then indirectly cause death and injury to the soldiers, and only a few ribs will be considered lucky.

After the heavy infantry in front was suppressed in an instant, more than 100 grenadiers in the rear and more than 100 musketeers who supported it later also caught up in time, and then raised the flintlock pistol in their hands!

To fight against the musketeers, especially the musketeers in cotton and iron armor of the Ming army on the opposite side, it is best to use your own musketeers, and the archers will not work.

With the grenadier captain's command knife swinging down, he shouted at the same time: "Fire!" ”

The grenadiers and ordinary line infantry fired the first salvo, and nearly 200 muskets fired, sweeping the Ming musketeers on the opposite side with more than twice the firepower of the opposite side!

The Ming army musketeers who had just fired a round of muskets in front of them suddenly fell in large numbers!

At this time, the distance between the two sides is only ten or twenty meters, and there is basically no need to consider the problem of accuracy when fighting, because when fighting in a line, if you can't get a super high hit at this distance, then you don't need to fight!

Otherwise, why do you think the Datang Army likes to play salvos within 30 meters, it is because of the high hit rate!

Shooting at this distance is basically the same as shooting at the enemy's face!

Accuracy and power are not a problem, so the competition between the two sides is naturally quantity, but the Ming army with arquebuses can outperform the Tang Army with flintlock pistols in the number of muskets? It's impossible!

The arquebus is limited by itself, the distance between soldiers is relatively large, and the density of fire is limited, while the flintlock pistol does not have this limitation and can fight shoulder to shoulder.

In this way, in this small section of the ruins of the city wall, although there are many musketeers on the side of the Ming army, there are actually less than 100 people who can really be put into the front-line battle, and they still use the method of round shooting, which further breaks the power of the first round of shooting.

The difference in firepower between the two sides is what really causes the difference in strength between the two sides!

The total strength of both sides is about the same, both are five or six hundred people, although there is a gap between the heavy armored troops, but it will not put the Ming army commander in an absolute disadvantage, but now, when the assault battalion musketeers and grenadiers who used flintlock muskets stepped forward to shoot, they instantly stunned the Ming arquebus musketeers on the opposite side.

How could they concentrate so many musketeers in such a confined area, and still be able to fire at the same time?

Why do they have a large number of musketeers, but they can only send half the opponent's musketeers to fight on the front line?

It's not fair!

A volley of musketeers in the rear suppressed the opponent, and those hoplites also took the opportunity to run forward quickly, and they wanted to take this opportunity to kill directly and settle the battle once and for all!

The heavy armored soldiers of the assault battalion were rushing, and under the cover of the musket troops in the rear, they crashed headlong into the array of the Ming army in front, first the heavy infantry of the commander who had retreated before, and then broke into the array of musketeers of the Ming army!

In just a few seconds, nearly two hundred heavy armored infantry completely smashed the Ming army's defense line, and the Ming army's musketeers were powerless to resist in front of the heavy armor sword and shield soldiers who rushed to them.

If you want to load and shoot, it's too late, just use a bayonet to fight, people wearing heavy armor can carry a bayonet to chop!

Although they are also wearing cotton iron armor, their protection is okay, but in the end, it is not an iron armor specially used to protect cold weapons, and in the face of countless steel knives, there is no practical effect at all.

The battalion commander of the 3rd Assault Battalion, who commanded the operation on the ruins, looked at the battle situation ahead through the mask, although he couldn't see his expression because he was blocked by the mask, but the eyes that were revealed showed excitement!

I saw him turn around, then gestured a few times to the rear, and then turned around again and waved the long steel knife in his hand vigorously, shouting: "The whole army assaults!" I widen the depth! ”

Immediately followed by a jump, that is, he jumped off a boulder that he had just stood on, and rushed forward with the pace of his comrades in front.

At the same time, about fifty meters behind, a colonel Qi Shoulin, who was wearing an infantry officer's combat uniform and a cuirass, also saw the gesture signal sent by the commander of the 3rd Assault Battalion, the friendly army in front, and the meaning of the signal was very simple: the breakthrough was successful!

Colonel Qi Shoulin retracted his gaze, then turned around slightly, and saw the prepared Seventh Infantry Regiment, which was his infantry regiment!

As the commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment, he was assigned to attack the first blasting point, and not only his own 7th Infantry Regiment was under his command, but the 3rd Assault Battalion was also temporarily under his command!

Previously, he sat in the rear, commanding the 7th Infantry Regiment to support the 3rd Assault Battalion, providing them with fire cover, and also acting as their reserve, once the 3rd Assault Battalion broke through, he would allow the 7th Infantry Regiment to quickly follow and expand the results.

Now, it's time!

I saw his black-gloved hand reach out to his waist, and then pulled out the gold-plated dragon pattern command knife on his waist, which is the imperial sword that can only be obtained by graduates of the Imperial Academy after the restructuring, which is basically similar to the Jinshi and the first or the doctor and the first gold in the imperial examination, only the first class can be obtained, and the first class is the top three.

The handle of the knife is gilded as a whole, and carved with a dragon pattern, and the word "Imperial Gift" will also be engraved, and the name of the owner of the Imperial Sword is engraved on the knife body and how many times the Imperial Academy has been issued!

When he pulled out this command knife, he could see that the knife was engraved with Qi Shoulin, the first place in the fourth phase of the Imperial Academy, and a young officer behind him saw this saber, and his eyes were full of envy.

You know, before the restructuring of the Imperial Academy, there were more than 600 graduates, although there was a royal saber at that time, but it was not unified, there were more people who obtained it, more than 100 people had obtained, so the gold content of the imperial golden knife at that time was actually very average, and many of the winners were unknown to everyone, of course, there were also senior generals such as Hao Bonian and Li Chunjing.

However, after the restructuring, the Imperial Academy has graduated in four phases so far, with a total of more than 800 students, and there are a total of twelve people who have obtained the gold-plated dragon pattern imperial saber!

Only three people can get each draw: 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place!

Therefore, all of them are counted, in the entire Tang Dynasty, there are only twelve people who have obtained this kind of gold-plated dragon pattern imperial saber, and almost every one of them is the proud son of heaven!

Qi Shoulin, as the first name of the fourth phase, is naturally the benchmark among the graduates of the fourth phase of the Imperial Academy, although he was awarded the rank of major when he graduated, like everyone else, he directly served as the commander of the main infantry battalion in the field army as soon as he graduated.

Within a few months, he was transferred back to the Privy Council as a senior operational staff officer, promoted to lieutenant colonel, and a few months later, transferred to the 7th Infantry Regiment as a regiment commander, and was successfully promoted to colonel after a month as regiment commander.

That is, he actually graduated in less than a year, and it took him a total of seven months to go from major to colonel at the time of graduation, and also to serve as the commander of the main infantry regiment!

Yes, seven months!

In recent years, most officers have been promoted to lieutenant colonel at most in two years, and if a major wants to be promoted to colonel in two years, it is not that it is impossible.

But basically, don't expect to be able to serve as the commander of the main infantry regiment as soon as you are promoted, even if the boss wants to train you, but often arrange positions such as deputy chief of staff of the division, deputy commander of the mixed regiment, army staff officer, division chief, chief of various sections of the Privy Council, and instructor of the martial arts hall as a transition.

As soon as he was promoted to colonel, he served as the commander of the main infantry regiment, and the students of the ordinary imperial academy should not be counted on, let alone ordinary officers.

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