Chapter 586: The Thin Red Line
At the foot of Jinji Mountain.
"Kill all thieves and slaves today, and take the gold seal like a big elbow!"
Zhu Zhiyu shouted excitedly.
"Brother Shunshui is arrogant!"
Qian Sule next to him said with admiration.
"That's right, now that all the horses are together, we are just telling the world with a great victory, there is righteousness in this heaven and earth, and the traitor will eventually have the day when the head will be awarded, look at this armor and sun, look at this gun like a forest, why worry about this hero? Ladies and gentlemen, let that thief take a look at my Jiangdong athlete! ”
On the other side, Wantai shouted.
However, the soldiers in front did not want to deal with them.
At this moment, these have not actually experienced real large-scale battles, at most, they are the Ningbo regimental training soldiers such as suppressing bandits and suppressing Diaomin, and they are under the command of those officers and Dutch instructors, and they have no time to serve these sons and daughters who don't care about it.
At this moment, they are on the left is the Jinji Mountain Fort, and on the right is Jiaoshan, but at this time it should be called Longtou Mountain, behind is the Xiaohun River, and at the foot is a coastal barren beach. They are still a standard Dutch three-line formation, the first two, the fourth in the middle, the second in the back, the heavy artillery is erected on the high slopes of Jinji Mountain and Jiaoshan to form a cross fire, and there are heavier guns on the Jinji Mountain battery, light artillery in front of the forward formation, and the cavalry is still guarding the artillery in the back of the mountain on the two flanks of the forward.
Their firepower can be said to be extremely strong.
Although the eighteen-pound cannons on Jinji Mountain definitely can't shoot in this direction, those nine-pound cannons can all provide support for them.
And they themselves are four-and-a-half pounds and two-pound field guns.
i.e. six pounds and three pounds.
The shells of the two-pound cannon are two pounds and two coins.
This is also the two kinds of field artillery used by all the armies on both sides of the Jiangnan warring at present, whether it is the Jingnan Army or the regimental training, they are these two kinds of field artillery, and this place in Jiangnan can ensure mobility, and no matter how big it is, it is difficult to move around with nine pounds.
Two pounds is the most popular.
Because even without horses, the soldiers could be dragged along the paddy field paths, and when they were transported by boat, they could be carried down without a dock.
And twelve pounds is nine pounds, which has to be the mainstream of fortress defense.
It can be said that the current Ming Dynasty is invariably forming a standardized artillery system.
But even then, they have no advantage.
Because their front is covered by the guns of the Jingnan warship, especially those cruisers that enter the Xiaohun River completely cover their front, the reason why they are arrayed between Jiaoshan and Jinji Mountain is that they can still rely on Jiaoshan to cover their flanks. At the same time, some regiments were setting fire to the cruisers of the Jingnan Army on the Xiaohun River to prevent the cruisers of the Jingnan Army from going up the river, and a small battery on Jiaoshan was also engaged with them, so that even if those cruisers attacked, they would have to shoot here from a mile away.
This greatly reduces the threat.
In fact, the formation of these regimental exercises was under the bombardment of artillery shells, and the rumbling sound of artillery and the explosion of flowering shells were forming a picture of blood and fire together with the smoke of gunpowder.
And these soldiers had to use blood to smear the new color.
They looked at each other with trepidation......
"What kind of formation is this?"
In front of Zhu Zhiyu and the others, an officer of about 30 asked the Dutch staff officer.
This is Zhu Zhiyu's brother.
In other words, Zhu Zhiyu is definitely not the material to lead troops to fight, whether he is Qian Sule or Wantai or even Huang Zongxi and others who are younger but more famous than them. These young handsome people are all here to pretend to be forced, they are all holding the title of staff officer to express their ambitions, or cheerleaders, the real commander of Ningbo regimental training is Zhu Zhiyu and his eldest brother Zhu Qiming.
Wu Jinshi.
Of course, Wu Jinshi relied on Dutch instructors.
The latter shook his head.
"General, I have never seen this formation, at least I don't know it, and there is no such formation in Europe, but they use flintlock muskets, which have a faster rate of fire than ours, and the guns are loaded with spears, and it is normal that they no longer use spears."
The Dutch instructor said.
Well, they were facing the Marines with their backs to Kasama in a standard line.
What kind of spear do you play with flintlock pistols?
"But the spear is only as long as it is, and I don't believe that a seven-foot fight can beat a seven-foot one."
Zhu Qiming said.
"General, you are quite right."
The Dutch instructor said.
"Fire!"
Zhu Qiming waved his hand and said.
Immediately after that, they opened fire on the front and the artillery of both wings.
At the same time, the opposite Jingnan army returned fire, and the land artillery battle between the two sides began, and the cheerleaders' faces were immediately not as relaxed as just now, especially when a flowering bomb fell not far from them and exploded, and after blowing up several soldiers at once, the scream quickly made Wantai tremble first.
"Hold steady, win the thief, my Qian family will give 5,000 taels of troops!"
Qian Sule hurriedly shouted.
"Like the third brother!"
He then turned his gaze to Xie Sanbin.
Qian Qianyi's protégé, the richest man in Yin County, was supposed to be a jinshi last year, but because of the change of examiners, Xie Sanbin, who unexpectedly fell off the list, was sad.
"My Xie family also gave out 5,000!"
He then shouted.
"The Qian family is out of 5,000, and the Xie family is only out of 5,000?"
One of the nearest soldiers muttered.
Xie Sanbin didn't hear it.
However, the stimulation of the silver was still very effective, and the regimental drills still maintained their formation under the bombardment of shells, but they did not move forward, their task was only to protect Jinji Mountain and Jiaoshan Fort, forcing the Jingnan army to land had to meet them first, if they left this position, they would have to face the battleships of the Jingnan army.
They didn't want to be hit by 24 pounds of artillery.
"The thieves have attacked!"
Huang Zongxi suddenly shouted.
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the front, and a thin red line slowly moved on the green barren beach.
A group of future national heroes and traitors pointed their binoculars at this red line, and then the soldiers who did not even wear armor or even helmets, but only wore red military uniforms, became clear in their field of vision.
This is the Marine Corps.
Carrying flintlock muskets with bayonets on their shoulders, they marched in a neat line, silently moving forward in the splashes of earth stirred up by the shells, and from time to time a shell fell between them, quickly making a gap, but then disappeared with the soldiers, as if nothing had happened. In front of them were the officers and standard-bearers who led the team, and the drummers with war drums hanging from their chests, the drumsticks in their hands were constantly beating, and the smoke trails of flowering bullets were constantly rising behind them.
Everyone silently watched as the thin red line gradually widened in their field of vision, and soon they could do without binoculars.
"A thief is not to be taken lightly!"
Qian Sule put down the binoculars and sighed.
Everyone put down their binoculars and looked at the figures that were gradually becoming clearer.
In the dirt stirred up by the shells, the figures were as neat as they had been at the beginning, and even all of them seemed to take the same steps, the red line consisted of three rows of soldiers, none of them stopped, none of them turned around, none of them fled, they were like a group of machines, led by officers and flag bearers, and they continued to advance against the shells.
Not even speeding up.
It's just to keep the original way of moving forward as if it wasn't slowing or hurrying.
On the contrary, the regimental trainers became more and more chaotic under the shell bombardment, and even the strikers fled, but then they were hacked to death by the overseers.
Soon the red line came into range of the muskets.
"Fire!"
Zhu Qiming shouted.
With the order from this side, the two battalions of the forward began to shoot, and the turtledove has been reduced to eight rounds because of the waste of ten rounds, and those long-trained regimental drills continue to erect brackets, set up guns to aim and shoot, and then put away and turn back to reload.
But they did not return fire on the other side.
The Marines continued to move forward with flintlock pistols on their shoulders with bayonets on their shoulders.
The speed has not increased either.
Even if people were constantly hit by bullets and fell, this strange team still maintained the same strange rhythm and lined up in a neat line, even if the officer was killed, a new officer in the queue walked out, picked up his axe and gun and continued, everyone walked silently, only the rhythm of the drum kept ringing.
Shooting continues here.
Eight rounds of firing still ensure the continuity of the shots.
The proximity of the distance continued to improve the accuracy, and by the time the distance was reduced to twenty zhang, the Marines on the opposite side had already begun to fall in large numbers.
But they didn't fight back.
They kept going like that.
Didn't even lower the gun on the shoulder.
"Demon law, it must be demon law!"
Xie Sanbin swallowed and said.
Even Huang Zongxi, who prides himself on advocating science, couldn't help but nodded, and the Dutch instructor in front of him drew a cross with great sympathy.
And the Marines moved on.
The arquebus fire continued, and more and more Marines fell.
But they didn't stop.
"Maniac!"
Even Zhu Qiming wiped his sweat and scolded.
At this time, the line of the marines had already entered the ten zhang of the regimental forward formation, and the spearmen of the latter began to urge the front to hurry back, and they were about to support their spears.
The Marines still didn't return fire.
They continued to silently follow the drums.
After entering this range, the hit rate rose rapidly, and more and more Marines fell from the impact of bullets.
But they are moving forward, as if they have not come to fight, but to line up to be shot.
This feeling makes people a little crazy, even chilling from the heart, as if they are not facing a living person, but a group of demons.
Thankfully, they finally stopped.
Stopped at a place where the soldiers on both sides could clearly see each other's faces......
"Ready!"
The roar of the Marine Corps officer suddenly rang out.
All Marines raised their guns at the same time.
This side of the group training can no longer care about fighting back, at such a distance they can see the muzzle of the opposite gun, and this is all the musketeers, behind the cold light of the bayonet is thousands of muskets aimed at themselves, such a distance is that the turtledove can hit fifty percent of the hit rate, that is to say, one of the two guns hit their side almost no one left, everyone turned in panic and prepared to escape.
"Aim!"
The second command sounded.
"Spearmen charge!"
Zhu Qiming suddenly realized that this was a pure redemption tactic.
However......
"Fire!"
The third command sounded on the other side.
Three thousand muzzles erupted into flames against less than a thousand people twenty meters away......
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