Chapter 1338: Completely Dumb Fire
When the muskets of the young marksmen in front of them burst into flames and white eyes, many of the allied artillerymen looked at them with a playful eye.
In their opinion, shooting at a distance of one hundred and a few tens of meters is no different from a fool. As an artilleryman, he is naturally familiar with firearms. At present, there are only two types of firearms: muskets and artillery. As more advanced artillerymen than musketeers, these allied artillery veterans also knew the performance of muskets.
In this era, musketeers mainly used arquebuses, but at the same time smoothbore guns. Smoothbore guns like to roll over in flight because of their spherical buckshot shots, and their hit rate is generally halved when they are 50 yards (45.7 meters) away. And over 100 yards, hits are purely a matter of luck. Often, at this distance, it is not the person who is being shot by the musketeer...... After all, the enemy troops on the battlefield are standing there in formation. There are so many people, and there are always some unlucky ones.
Even in the time of the war, with the modern flintlock pistol with a crosshair and a shōmon, at a distance of 100 yards, 500 people fired a salvo to hit the infantry line on the opposite side, and it was considered against the sky to hit 150 rounds.
And in this era, arquebuses were very rudimentary, there were no crosshairs, and there were no doors. As for aiming, purely look at the talent of the musketeer and follow the feeling......
Only the musket of the Beihai Kingdom, with a crosshair at the top of the barrel, but no door at the back. The arquebus that other countries are equipped with is purely a bald pipe. Even, in order to facilitate the pouring of gunpowder, the tip of the barrel was specially made into a horn opening. If you want to hit such a barrel, you can really only rely on Meng.
Therefore, for the shooting of this group of children a hundred or dozens of meters away, these veteran artillerymen of the coalition forces are basically watching jokes. Even, at the moment when the opposite side opened fire, there were coalition artillerymen who laughed and said:
"Haha, it's really a group of milk babies who have never seen the world, firing at such a distance, is this betting that God is on their side today?"
Hearing this, hundreds of allied artillerymen on the position burst out laughing......
However, the next moment, they couldn't laugh anymore......
The young shooters were bare and blinded for a moment, when suddenly a strange sound of "poof-poof-poof" came from the Allied artillery position—it was the sound of a bullet entering the flesh......
More than thirty gunners standing in front of the right were busy loading and aiming. Suddenly, they all felt a sharp pain in their bodies......
"Made, I've been shot!" Jacobs, the commander in charge of commanding this group of artillery, immediately realized that something was wrong and reacted. However, he reacted too late......
As the commander of the Allied artillery, what he shouted just now had already attracted the attention of the young marksmen.
These are young marksmen, but the Marin faction has selected the most talented children among thousands of teenagers. After more than two years of training, after knocking out thousands of precious steel-core single-headed bullets, today's shooting accuracy is quite high.
Under the three-stage shot, the 33 musketeers in the front row hit their respective targets one after another. And Jacobus, the commander of the Allied artillery, was personally shot by Hank, the captain of the young marksman.
When Jacobus reacted that "he was shot", his body shook a few times, but he still fell down unwillingly. And with him fell, there were 30 gunners in the right front of the coalition artillery position. Only two gunners were lucky enough to avoid the bullets just now because the range of action was too large. But the bullets castrated unabated and hit the infantry behind them......
After being hit, it took about two seconds for the unlucky guy to react and let out a heart-rending howl - "Ah, I was shot!" ”
Of course, those who can howl miserably are not hit. For example, the unlucky Allied artillery commander Jacobs was hit in the heart, because of the cardiopulmonary convulsions, which affected the trachea vocalization, he could not howl out of breath, so he collapsed, and soon lost signs of life......
"What's going on? What's going on? The other party didn't fire a cannon...... "Many soldiers of the alliance of the princes of the eight countries were confused.
More than a hundred allied artillerymen in front of the formation were also dumbfounded, and then, they subconsciously looked to the side, wanting to see what the commander said. But what can the commander say? Jacobs has long been hit to the point, and he has fallen into a burp, how can he give guidance?
Just as they were stunned, the second row of musketeers of the young marksmen also came up......
"Aim!"
"Fire!"
As Hank yelled, the teenage marksmen in the second row also pulled the triggers......
"Poof-poof-poof-" ...... There was another shot into the flesh......
Subsequently, many people howled in hindsight......
Then, many of the artillerymen of the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms reacted - God, their muskets can really hit so far......
As a result, many old artillerymen simply fell down in fright......
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Coincidentally, after they lay down, it happened that the artillery of the Beihai State also opened fire. It's just that because those artillerymen lay down early, they didn't make a contribution. But the infantry in the back row was out of luck, and they ate a feast of cement ball shells instead of the coalition artillerymen......
The tragedy of missing arms and legs, or having their heads smashed off, was once again played out among the allied infantry......
John, the infantry commander in the back, was furious, and he shouted excitedly:
"Artilleryman, what are you doing? Open fire! Suppress the group of artillery raised by G on the opposite side! ”
However, the group of artillerymen did not bird him, and continued to lie on the ground and did not dare to raise his head. Why? They are noble artillerymen, and you cannon fodder infantry officers shout hairy? Look at Lao Tzu ignoring you!
In these years, artillery is a technical branch, and they are all masters!
This backward smoothbore gun is simple enough to reload, right? Take out the gun, put gunpowder in it, and then tamp it, and then put in the stone bullet, and tamp it...... Then put in the mother gun and insert the bolt......
This process seems very simple, and people in later generations may find it not technically difficult. However, in this day and age, this is technology......
Don't laugh, it's really technology! Most of the ancient people were illiterate and kept in awe of artillery as a weapon of mass destruction. Because they don't understand, and if they don't understand, they are afraid. People who have never used it always feel tall when they see artillery. Also, how to clean the chamber of the gun, control the rhythm, and ensure that the gun does not explode, there is indeed some technical content.
Therefore, artillery that has mastered the "core technology" is an uncle-like existence in the army of this era. Ordinary artillerymen, the treatment is also equivalent to that of a low-ranking officer. In the words of later generations, it is equivalent to the treatment of a non-commissioned officer.
As a "noble" artilleryman, how can a bird be the captain of an infantry company? Therefore, the artillerymen continued to lie on their stomachs without saying a word. They have already lost almost 60 artillery pieces, and now only half of them remain. If you die again...... Those Qiu Ba infantry can't handle artillery......
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However, Henry, Duke of Wolfenbüttel in the back of Braunschweig, was dissatisfied, and he also saw the situation in front of the formation on the high platform behind the formation. So, he shouted:
"Let that John take over the artillery and resume the shelling! The artillery on the opposite side must not be allowed to continue to carry out their murders! Wait until you finish fighting the artillery on the opposite side, and then clean up that group of baby musketeers! ”
Because it was far behind, Duke Henry did not see the proportion of artillery casualties. After all, those who are alive are also lying on the ground, unable to distinguish who is dead and who is alive......
When the appointment came to the front, John, the commander of the infantry company, suddenly trembled. He shouted:
"Now I'm the artillery commander, you cowards, stand up and shell the artillery on the other side! Disobey, then die! After saying that, he also waved the knight's light sword in his hand......
In desperation, the surviving artillerymen had no choice but to get up and continue to prepare for the shelling. However, this time they did not dare to stand up and reload, even during the intermittent period of artillery on the opposite side. Because, there is a group of fierce dolls in front of the side who want to kill them......
However, they still underestimated the ferocity of the dolls......
Even squatting to reload the shells, he still gave the group of teenagers a chance to shoot them......
"Bang-bang-bang-" A burst of gunfire came, and the sixty or seventy surviving coalition artillerymen who were squatting and reloading their ammunition fell more than twenty more......
Although crouching is much smaller than standing on the target, it can't stand the aiming distance of the young marksman up to 200 meters. Coupled with the talent, there are still about 20 artillerymen on the streets......
Frightened, the surviving coalition artillerymen fell to the ground in fright and never dared to get up again. And the 40 artillery pieces of the coalition army were also completely muted......