The musketeers of the Duchy of Guedes were imitations of Marin's early musketeers, all of which used Mushkert muskets with projectiles weighing 50 grams. This arquebus is bulky, but the lethality is really good.

A projectile of 50 grams with extremely powerful kinetic energy. And the distance of 50 paces can also ensure that the Mushkert musket has a relatively high hit rate. As a result, the Gedesi Musketeers achieved good results in the first round - about 300 Beihai soldiers were shot......

Based on the calculation of more than 600 people per platoon in three shots, the hit rate of the Gueds musketeers in this round was as high as more than 50%......

Moreover, because the projectile is very heavy, the kinetic energy is very large, and the results achieved are also great. All the soldiers of the Beihai Kingdom who were hit, the wounds were extremely terrifying - after 50 grams of lead bullet hit the human body, they continued to roll, often causing a gunshot wound with a large bowl mouth. After that, the blood was described as a spray......

Fortunately, the first three rows of soldiers of the Beihai Kingdom all wore high-carbon steel breastplate armor. Although, the high-carbon steel cuirass could not withstand the impact of 50 grams of heavy buckshot. However, because of the cushioning of the breastplate, the lead bullet did not inflict terrible penetrating damage on the person who was shot, but used the powerful kinetic energy to inflict a huge impact on the person who was shot. The consequence of this is that the person who was shot was shocked by the powerful kinetic energy and broke several ribs, and some were even stunned on the spot, but still alive......

Therefore, in this round of shooting, two-thirds of the more than 300 Beihai soldiers who were shot in the chest were shot in the chest, and the breastplate armor offset most of the damage, so although they were extremely miserable and lost their combat effectiveness, at least they were still alive.

It's just that the fighters who were not hit on the breastplate were miserable - most of them either died on the spot or were beaten on the limbs with extremely severe trauma. Even if he survives afterwards, he will not escape the tragic end of amputation......

Despite Marlin's invention of alcohol, it can be sterilized. However, the damage of lead bullet is different. In addition to trauma, there is also a serious phenomenon of lead poisoning. Therefore, a soldier who is injured by lead bullet is difficult to heal unless the lead bullet passes through and does not stay in the body for too long. Those who have been beaten to the limbs may have to choose amputation. And with alcohol, the likelihood of surviving after amputation is greatly increased......

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In the face of the attack of the Gedse musketeers, the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom were naturally not to be outdone. Under Schwartz's command, 3,000 musketeers from the North Sea Kingdom fought back.

Because of the use of inquisition spring muskets, they were able to form a denser formation than arquebusiers, with twice as many lateral density as arquebusiers. Similarly, the bullet density is twice that of the opponent......

"Fire!" The first row, with thousands of musketeers in a denser formation, launched an attack on the opposite line of Gedes' musketeers.

"Bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang......" Bursts of gunfire came, and there was a wave of confusion in the camp of the Gedes army. Because, the first round of fire from the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom caused more than 700 casualties to the opponent. Moreover, most of the casualties were musketeers.

This was Schwartz's special request, because, in Schwartz's opinion, the musketeers were the most threatening to his own army in the opposing army. Therefore, when the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom counterattacked, they naturally gave priority to attacking the opponent's musketeers.

As a puff of smoke rose from the front of the formation, the second round of shooting was a little dazed. Why? Because the gunpowder smoke rising in front of the Beihai army affected their aiming......

So, in the second round of shooting, the hit rate of the Guedes musketeers dropped. However, the second round of firing of the musketeers of the North Sea State was not greatly affected. Because, the musketeers of the Beihai Kingdom are all veterans of the First and Second Legions, and they have seen more scenes and have rich experience......

In the era of black powder, the smoke from the black powder had an impact on the aiming of the musketeers when the platoon guns were fired. So, when firing, the musketeers need to make some countermeasures depending on the situation. The easiest way to do this is to simulate this scenario beforehand. For example, the musketeers of the First and Second Legions of the North Sea Kingdom used to do live simulations. How to simulate? It was to have the two musketeers stand facing each other and "shoot" at each other...... Of course, this is not a real shooting, otherwise the casualties would be too bad. Marin had the musketeers shoot at each other, only with gunpowder and not with buckshot. In this way, the scene of gunpowder smoke rising when firing at each other is simulated without causing casualties to the soldiers......

After many drills, the veteran musketeers of the 1st and 2nd Legions had become accustomed to the scene of gunpowder smoke on the positions on both sides, which did not affect their shooting.

However, the musketeers of the Duchy of Guedes were not trained in this area. Their previous training was all target training, and they had adapted to the scene of gunpowder smoke rising from their own position. However, I didn't feel the smoke on the opposite position. When they saw for the first time the opposing army was wrapped in smoke, many of the Guedes musketeers were stunned for a moment, not knowing how to aim......

On the contrary, the three thousand musketeers on the positions of the North Sea Army were not affected by the smoke-filled scenes of the positions of the two sides. After memorizing the general direction of the first round of aiming, they simply raised the barrel of their guns and continued firing towards the position of the musketeers on the opposite position......

For a time, lead bullets flew on the battlefield, and the positions of both sides were filled with smoke, like a fairyland. The only difference from the fairyland is that the smoke is not the frolicking sound of fairies, but the howls of the great masters, listening to the madness......

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Schwartz stood on a stool in his phalanx, sparking with his binoculars...... However, he could not see clearly, and the smoke raised from the exchange of musketeers on both sides seriously affected his observation. So, he decided to look at it from the front......

However, just as he ran to a position about 100 meters away from the enemy formation, suddenly there was a sound of "boom" breaking through the air. Schwartz was startled, but soon, the head of an unlucky soldier a meter away beside him was concentrated by the flying lead bullet...... Then, red blood mixed with white brains burst out, spraying Schwartz in the face......

"I%#$@......" Schwartz was also frightened - Nima, the musket was terrible and disgusting......

It stands to reason that it was 100 meters from the front row of the enemy musketeers. At this distance, it is difficult for the opposing musketeers to aim. However, Marin also said that a distance of 100 meters is not safe, and he may not be blinded by the enemy. Therefore, in the past, as long as there were muskets and artillery in the enemy's formation, Marin would generally stand on a high platform in the rear, at a distance of 300 meters from the enemy's formation, and observe it from a distance with a telescope. Why do it? Obviously, Marlin is afraid of death......

Marin is a person who has died once, so he naturally knows the preciousness of life. Therefore, he would never put himself in danger. According to the level of weapons of this era, it is possible to get a shot at a distance of 100 meters. And then equipped with a Fran cannon, it can also hit 300 meters away. Therefore, Marin generally likes to be more than 400 meters away from the enemy line. In this way, the enemy artillery fire could not be covered......

Although Schwartz did not object to Marin's fear of death, he still looked down on it in his heart. After all, Schwartz was a man of his age, and a descendant of knights, advocating bravery and not liking to shrink behind.

But this time, Schwartz understood Marin's concerns......

Why? When it comes to frontal charge fighting, Schwartz is not afraid. Because, dying on the battlefield is the romance of knights......

But people have different ways of dying, and it is glorious to fight and die against the enemy. However, being killed by the enemy's stray bullets is not so glorious. It can only be said that it was not a hero who was killed by a stray bullet, but an unlucky man...... For example, the one next to Schwartz......

Seeing the terrible scene of red and white blood and brains spraying together, even the bold Schwartz was terrified in his heart - such a way of dying was not glorious, and disgusting......

Therefore, Schwartz made up his mind - the next time he commanded the army to fire muskets, he would never stand at a distance of 100 meters from the enemy line to observe......

It's just that this time, he is difficult to ride a tiger. Because, he knows, now he can't retreat. Once he timidly retreats, it can seriously affect morale. Severely, it can lead to a crash. So, despite the fear of being hit by a stray bullet, Schwartz pretended to be calm and stayed and loudly cheered up the soldiers......

Fortunately, Schwartz's personal guard Hartz saw his master's predicament, so Hartz specially arranged for several tall guards to stand in front of Schwartz. In this way, even if a stray bullet hits, it will hit the tall guards in front of Schwartz first......

Although it was inhumane to do so, it was the 16th century, a time of great hierarchies. In this era, the guards were responsible for blocking the sword and bullets for the master. In the Houjin army more than a hundred years later, if the master was killed in battle, the guards would even be executed and buried......